Grape Belt and Chautauqua Farmer, The (Newspaper) - February 9, 1954, Dunkirk, New York YOU CAN EASILY CONVERT YOUR FARM ITEMS INTO READY CASH WITH A LOW COST GRAPE BELT AD and CHAUTAUQUA FARMER V For Every Member The Grape Belt Local World Wide The Beat Comics Orange News 104 BIG ISSUES only for year Postage Outside Zone 3 SUBSCRIBE NOW DONT MISS AN 12 TODAYS ISSUE 14 PAGES FEBRUARY 195t Alaskan Rescue Team Battles Alaska UP Ground crews battled snow and an Alaskan blizzard to day as they searched for seven missing in anAir Force crash near Six survivors the explosion which ripped apart the big plane last Friday were recuperating at Elmendorf Air Force An and the bodies of three victims had been Lost In Freezing Rain Seven the 16 servicemen aboard the Which left Elmen dorf and vanished in a freezing rain on a 275mile flight to Ladd Force Alas were still unaccounted Veteran bush pilots held little hope the seven would be found alive in view of the blizzard and raging winds line the men were still they would probably be fight ing exposure and hunger in the Gold Creek c o u n t ry about 30 here near the base of North Americas high est The six survivors said they floated to earth by parachute when thrown into the air by the fonce of the explosion but none could shed light on what hap to the rest of the me All six survivors were bruise from being dragged by their para chutes after they landed but th injury reported was sprained ankle suffered by 2C Huey E Not Identified iNone of the three dead have bee identified as yet Air Force The Air did iden 9 of the 10 missing person The name of the planes was withheld because of an illnes in his The missing men were identifie as 1st Earl hus band of Anchor and son of and E Airman 2C Richard Knicker flight en gineer and passengers Don aid North Brae Edward Knapp AlC MC and A3 Alvi Raymer and Jaco whose records were no available Fire Damages 2FamilyH6me Firemen of t h Cassadaga fire department wen called to the home of and Mrs Percy 170 Maple avenue morning when furnace fille the home with intens heat and measures fire and cleared the home of smoke before leav ing a half hour Frank Ma assistant fire was i Mr Woodard said he built up the fire in the furnace and then left with Woodard to visit a sick relative in he smoke was pouring from the His and Gran were also absent th Some damage was caused by heat and Resident Dies In Auto Crash i A 19yearold formerly of was and his younger brother seriously injured w h e r oar was hit by a southbound passenger train near here recent Kenneth formerly was dead on arrival at Case his is in critical The dead youth had a skull frac internal and leg His younger brother also had a skull fracture and severe facial The accident happened w h e h drove their 1946 model car off 42 and started east on a secondary The car pulled up a s h ar p grade moved onto the tracks in front of the Only witnesses were the train and a truck driver The which usually goes 60 to 70 miles per how on that stretch of tore the car apart and scattered it for more than 200 the younger was found 0bout 50 feet beyond the crossing the other was about 75 feet away from the crash He died en route to the Formerly of Prospect For the two were their way from their new home to Forestville for a Number of Dogs In re t Town Now Totals The dog population of town cf including thevillage of is according to the census just completed by James The 1954 figure is Last year there were ca nines counted and in 1952 only 1 Owners of dogs have until 10 lo obtain licenses for their Shortly after that date those hay ing failed to secure the licenses their dogs will be faced with a summons ta justice Meeting This Week The annual meeting of the Sheri dan Red Cross was held Thursday in the Grange Hall at eight oclock Three volunteers from the Chap ter Executive Committee were present to answer questions anc discuss Since there wa not a quorum meeting has been called for Thurs evening of this week at eigh in the Grange n J tu n VA one in the attend as there wil important matters to be dls cussed to be trans Bus Consent Is Granted By Village a public hearing Monday Central Greyhound Lines of New York was granted con sent by the Fredonia village board K trustees to operate its jan service on certain streets in ihe A new consent was needed by the company dute to the raot it is in the process of selling its Dunkirk Fredonia operation o Donald and who have incorporated under the name of and F Transit and Greyhounds present consent will be assignee 1ihe new A resolution was adopted desig March as the late of the annual charter elec ion with polls to be open in the room and the fire hall rom 10 to 8 At this ime the terms of village trus Gloor and Russell and board of education mem Robert Maytum fand Louis The unexpired erm of Harry on school board be ap pointed of the voting Appointments reappointment of Samuel L rayo as registrar of vital statis tics for the village of Fredonia yas Mayor James named Alex and Reynolds as a commit ee of assessors to the as roll for the cost of con struction of new pavements In Prospect street and Lambert ave Bake Sale Set For Sheridan 20 At the meeting of the Sheridan Wednesday dans were made a public card tarty and bake sale to be held in he Grange Hall February the unds of which will be used by the Youth A meeting of and Members Associ tion will be held at of this Tentative plans were made at this meeting for the Anniver which will be eld in Visitors from the W e s t f i e 1 d Grange were Following he business meeting ames were between the wo The Sheridan team von three making the core for the local 18 wins nd 15 The will e played at rUse the Scholarship Concert On Wednesday There has been a good deal of in terest aroused in the Fredoni area regarding tBe proposed students to hono the late Jessie Th first of a series of concerts t start building Up the fund will be given Wednesday eve ning ait the Old Main for which tickets are being Miss who died Apr was teacher of piano a the Normal school from 1884 t when she After he retirement she taught A graduate of the music depart ment of Brockport Normal school she had studied in Germany anc New York City tinder known Outside of th larger music she wa known as one the best pian teachers for many miles around A mere announcement that sh was to give a concert or was t appear in a concert was enoug to attract a large audience of stu dents and The college music today owes much to ground work laid by Miss Large y through her efforts the old Fre donia Music club was formed this group brought to Fredonia many prominent artists during the which had do with the groundwork of the cul lural atmosphere of the commit lity and helped build the founda of the present music depart ment of Fredonia Teachers col The program Wednesday eve ning will include a group of num Jers played by Lawrence int head of Stangeland by Rober a group played by Alphonse Gail Mary vi ola and Richard Patterson The movement to honor Miss lillman had its inception in an adult music appreciation severa years ago and finally last Decem it took concrete form anc resulted in an organiza ion of which Lambert Miller Light Plane Is Wrecked At Although nis light plane struck some power lines and made a landing on the Floyd Win ton farm near four miles south of the pilot es caped without injury Sunday morn Howard of 114 Wii on walked away from the plane after the electric wires tore off the landing gear and The plane plunged 50 feet to the ground reaking the right The pilot told investigating dep that he was circling low over he Winton farm and had started o climb but failed to clear tie The plane is owned by Einar operator of alconer The plane tore lown five sections of power lines or a distance of about 1000 feet The hill area was with out electric service for several ours until Niagara Mohawk Pdw r corporation crews repaired the a Cattle Association Has Record For State New members of the Chautau ua County Artificial Breeders totaled 174 in it has been The the largest sin le county of its as again beaten the average n first services by nearly 100 per The state average for the year per coun ys is 14 per The ABC is now servicing ap onethird of the cows n the The Chautauqua County Cooper tive will hold its annual meeting pril The assets for the 1953 are with the liabilities at The operating budget was During were first services performed According to the auditors re there are member hips to Per capita consumption of sea od in the United States averages pounds annually as against 145 ounds of j 5 CENTS PER COPY George Editor Of Buffalo General Hospital George of 134 East Main many yenrs an employe of the Dunkirk Printing company nnd editor of the Grape Belt for 32 died late Sunday afternoon at Buffalo General Ho had been tak en ill 10 days ago and last he was taken to Brooks On he was transferred to Buffalo General Luke wasborn 1893 in the son of Min nie Wallace Luke and the date John He attended the Fre donia being graduated from the Fredonia Normal High school in 1911 and from the Nor mal schools general professional teaching course in While in Normal he wag Very active fn the old young mens debating and literary or and tihe Normal Leader of which the soci ety was Attended Columbia After he taught for a short time and then entered Columbia he was a student college of for two college and entered an officers training school in 1918 and upon Jon of the was commis sioned a lieutenant in the field He did not get jut served in this country until iie war was Named Editor in 1922 After his discharge from the army he was employed for some time at the old in the department and edit Torch club the Arch ory Photography was n hob by in which he became expert and he won numerous prizes at bits including the County Archery Club Founder Luke was one of the found ors of the archery club and was representative for several yean with the Lower Lakes of Archery Ho ai president of the SouthShore club In He sewed a number of nal clerk of the C of tlie n April 1922 as editor rof Grabe which position he held at the time of his was also associated with the Evening OB SERVER and frequently ed articles and Luke was particularly iri in the development of the Lake State near Broc ton and conducted an editorial campaign in connection with He also took great interest in the expansion of his alma now Fredonia Teachers writing articles and editorials frequently n connection with the Among his interests was the Fredonia Methodist of a Fredo nia Memorial Post American Le of he early commanders the Dunkirk and Fredonia Camera club the GEORGE LUKE Luke an but a talented and effective numbered hls friends by the While he a snort he never lost in schools and was profoundly In in expansion of the Fredonia public school system as well as Surviving are his Mrs Blanche two daugh George Weaver of Dunkirk and Donald Lawson of Fredonia his Minnie of Four grandchildren also Funeral Wednesday Funeral services will be hold at 2 Wednesday at the Metho dist Churchin with burial following in Forest Hill com Jury Reports J MAYVILLE A indictments against 14 ersons was made by a grand ury here Monday to Justice Lee Three were secret and two involved persons recom mended for treatment as youthful f Openly indicted were Eugene of first degree Willie Kin 32 of assault Robert of fraudulently disposing f mortgaged property Webster ean of our counts of bur lary John Elias of morals Kenneth town of lar eny Jewell f wo counts Howard of driving while in Donald of officer in is discharge of In County court Monday after Minear guilty o the ac used of having forged tax receipts rom the of Judge will sentence er Elias pleaded as set down for trial at the next Adjournments were granted week in the Hough today were uckley and both of whom re free MISS OKLAHOMA utility worker and unknown to ayin the race for ratio nomination for the Sen His platform v Peter or a who lived in is said to have invent d the first watch about 1500 Gypsy Moth Wave Due In England The State Park anid Forest Commission said today It appropriation to fight off a threat gypsy moth said the is spray special ists have warned go on line rampage this Application of toe poison spray would be airplanes at a cost of an Some especially in Hartford and Ice Fishermen Are Rescued BUFFALO UP Twenty Ice fishermen were and four to scramble to after they were ice breaks in Lake Erie falo were rescued off Sturgeon by passersby in a bor Shortly the Coast saved two None was reported harmed by the ex The break occurred 300 feet and stretched more than eight Along the Canadian mean four fishermen were strand ed by a similar Two hopped to immediately after the but the other two were swept out the Jake on a They hours blew them intoa bay at Beach where they jumped to They said equipment DIES IN FIRE swept home ren but their trapped in her second floor bed Use the National Grape Elects Officers annual moot ing of delegates nnd tho regular meeting of tho board of directors of tho National Grape association took place recently In Hie conference room of Welch block Four new wore ap proved for tho 24rtvombor board W directors They are John Harold John Daniel All of tho firm wore re elected for Uhc year They are North East president Loston Spring second first vice president Henry Ramsey secretary R assist ant secretary George Lamb treasurer Carl Salhoff assistant Charles To Be Honored At Forestville Members o tiho Free Methodist church here will gather tonight at tho homo o and Charles Ol Pearl bo help In ing 50th wedding annl The will Include the presentation of a gill cou Is being planned under the direction of Miss Ada Van Rons unu u married there by the A of ihc Nie Lewis daughter of and Walter Lewis who resided in Lincoln avo The wedding tool place at the brides Although the celebration lakes place the annl actually fall qn Friends and relatives plan on showering the couple with greeting and have two Elsie of and Waller who operates a farm with his West Set For Red Blast At Our Defenses By JOSEPH BERLIN Western ministers met today to de fenses an expected verbal attack by Russians on Ameri can Europe and the Near Secretary of State John Foster British Foreign Sec Anthony Eden and French Foreign Minister Georges Bidault planned strategy at a noon meeting atthe com missioners They expected Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov to present another of his diplomatic surprises after Ihe of their 14Uh session already has run through all but one item on a list of Soviet demands raised in a note to thp three Western powers on The only item in the note t brought up Ihus far is the ques tion of American bases in Europe and at in the Near near Ihe Soviet Having failed to make any head way with Molotov Monday In ask ng him to use his good offices Red China In an attempt to solve the Korean the Big Three to subject of reunifying Pay That Final State Income Tax Installment 15 ALBANY UP Final install ment on 1952 stale income be paid next State Tax Commissioner Allen J Real Safe 5 V South Africa UP minded women running bazaar at the Sast London Zoo could find no safe pr They put it in the type odor fuel will marked by the Netherlands State The Hague t is reported to the best quality Gasparilla Festival Becomes Tragedy As Wind Upsets 7 Boats whipped waves which wrecked seven boats turned the gay Festival Into trag edy with otto boy another missing nnd 100 persons rescued In As n of boats ing the annual tit Tam across Tampa Bay from this west const wintor the trio bade winds up to 45 an hour stirred up seven foot which disabled h motor vessel carrying 55 persons nnd overturned a small with four The of the measure ship were towed to safety In rubber One Still Missing The youths a mo tor capsized on a bar by pounding waves and bwo of Lurry nnd Chat attempted lo swim hero lo brina help for their com William and Bob Young Robots was dragged out of chilly at hours exhausted and nearly was still A Const Guard the youths who remained with the overturned craft but voting son of Martin prominent Petersburg died en route to a was in very serious the 75foot Miss which numb bored many women nnd aged win visitors among its drifted aground n mile horo when anchor failed to hold In the tossing Ship Broken Up All police in Ao area and n dozen of Ihc Coast Guard auxiliary teamed 55 passengers safely to the beach In rubber life rafts as the pounded the ship to The Const Guard reported at least other boat in eluding the 2tWoot White Swan with 20 persons which Into with Its bow but all were out of 12 Scout Troops Sign For Camp Robert chairman of the county Boy Scon council camping and activities committee hag Win Troop 5 Jamestown and Troop 11 Dunkirk have signed up for Cami Mora during the summer of 1954 o has reserved Meac campsite lo July 41 b boys at ats Josephs frt In Bennett of Troop Is Scoutmaster Henry who has placed n reservation for OKJ week July 18 to July 24 on the Frontier The troop is sponsored by the Baptist staled 12 troops are now signed up for 14 Other Troops which nro Troop Chau Troop Dunkirk Troop Troop May ville Troop 31J Troop Troop Sheridan i Troop Troop Silver Tentative reservations have boon placed by Troop Fredonia and Civil Service Group Interested In Dewey Action ALBANY president of the Civil Service Employes Asso Said Thursday thai Govo nor Deweys proposal to freeze existing pay raises in the salaries if state workers leaves the most part the salary ques John said state sal arics are at least 12 per cent bo low in private has called for n Lion of inequities and also re to other adjustments for state The other era are most important part ol the whole Truck Damaged In 20 Skid A large panel with morning newspapers was ed on the top and left side at oclock this morning when it went nto a skid In Route 20 near the unction of Route Walter of 249 Normal told investigating deputies he was westbound in Route 20 when he applied his brakes on ice near the As he did his truck went into a spin and rolled over off the He was not Cocoa Next DBS Iowa State said oday state institutions would start serving cocoa as soon as the supply of runs The institutions now serve ee twice daily to about pa inmates and Use Caution I f 4 I NEW YORk article in the March issue Esquire warns to beware jf they gel that hankering to trade in he old wife for a nice It says Look before you weep he upkeep on that fancy new model may Jury Verdict Of Burglary Is Set Aside convicted by a jury recently of second degree will get another Counly Judge Bo dine Monday set aside the guilty verdict brought against the Irving Poole some time in court Attorney Loo Ad ams two weeks ago sot the decision reported by jury 7 on grounds District Attorney Edwin OConnor was In Jits and for a lack of Is Proposed CHICAGO A 10cont fcy on rat toils was proposed today as federal health officials clear Chicago of mad dogs that have taken one painfully injured scores of persons infected valuable have already taken steps blot out the epidemic as awoke to the fact that a mad dogs bite wasa lot worse than his Every dog and oat in was ordered inoculated against all of Cook County was v quarantined and city and police wore ordered to kill or capture every stray dog in the dent of the Veterinary advanced tho sugges tion that a bounty be paid to blot out nhe citys huge estimated at more than A child an adult were bitten by rats during the Dairymen Urged To Promote More Milk Drinking WASHINGTON of Agriculture Ezra Benson sug gested today that the dairy Indus ry make the of soaring cof ee prices by promoting more drinking of N Benson noted the Industrys ef orts to step up American milk drinking and said that current cof prices make this a particularly time to for greater The government has tied up in dried 5 cheese and er consumption of fluid milk would cut down on the amount to she these o government under price tupport Allen that 1 If nv as Senate The coffee SALE
