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Newspaper
Central Valley Post
Location
Middletown, New York, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1927
Page
4
Reports indicate a second fire discovered Saturday as investigators probe an incendiary attack at a large warehouse. Authorities say firefighters battled the flames while trying to determine a motive and suspect.
Two fires started almost simultaneously near 5 A M Saturday endangering the J J Newberry company at 8 East Main Street and injuring Charles Decker night watchman of the Orange County Trust company. One blaze destroyed the Fair store warehouse with potential thousands in merchandise. The second fire in the Newberry building likely set, no injuries reported beyond Decker.
The timetable shows numerous Newburgh to Saarre departures through the day with many morning and afternoon trips. Return times from Saarre include late evening options, with after 11:40 AM and post 11:40 PM service noted on weekdays.
The Franklin Juvenile Band, recently organized, practices Tuesdays and Fridays at Neighborhood House with 28 members listed by instrument. The Phyllis Club hosts a Feb 28 meeting, Camp Fire Girls hold a party, and a minstrel show on Feb 18 benefits the Young People's Choir to attend a New York concert.
The Common Council attended a supper hosted by Delaware Hose Company No 2 at the truck house on Tuesday night. A fine supper was served and a social hour followed.
The Historical Society of Middletown and Wallkill Precinct staged Lincoln Night with speakers Sprague W. Drenan Rev A H Pagan J A Bates and Mrs F E Winslow plus Amalgamated A M E Choir performing Negro spirituals The event drew a fair sized enthusiastic audience at the Chamber of Commerce rooms and featured remarks on Lincoln from poverty to the White House Emancipation Proclamation and Civil War recollections with music and verse inclusions planning for a Seward family paper at the March meeting.
A severe wind storm last night caused two major fires in Orange county and widespread damage. In Middletown the Singer Sewing Machine window shattered at 2 20 and a Holmes Music awning ripped at 4 45. The gale toppled a storm window in the hill section and tore tree limbs. Goshen and Tuxedo suffered fires at a trolley station and local stores, with flames fanned by fierce winds.
Dr. and Mrs. F. W. Seward of Goshen and Mrs. William L. Van Tassel were listed among attendees at the membership event.
Letters of appreciation from Arthur E. Wakeman of the Brookyn Childrens Aid Society praised Charlie Wise for valuable services and personal interest connected with a case tried in the County Court in October. The board ordered the service and appreciation placed in permanent minutes, noting the effort’s immeasurable value beyond money.
Theodore F. Rolason of Beemerville Sussex County died February 1 in Mansfield Pennsylvania at a celebration of his 55th wedding anniversary from acute indigestion.
Central Hudson announces steamers leaving New York at Franklin Street on Monday Wednesday and Friday at 2 PM and additional departures on Tuesday Thursday and Sunday at 5 PM. The service links the city via the Hudson River with regular weekday and weekend trips.
Mrs Stephen Slater received a letter from Mrs William A Robinson widow of Rev William A Robinson D D longtime pastor of the First Congregational church of Middletown. Mrs Robinson who was in ill health when she died had survived her husband who would have been 87 this month.
S G Van Ness formerly of Middletown attempted suicide on February 2 by slitting his throat with a razor at a roadstand near the L and H Railway culvert in Franklin. He was found by Alfred Phillips and taken to Franklin Hospital where his recovery is expected. Despondency over job loss is cited. he is about 60, boarding with the Harwood family and has a reported daughter in Middletown.
Martin Rosenblum son of Mr and Mrs S Rosenblum of 114 Lake avenue Middletown has just graduated from Cornell Law School He completed Middletown High in 1920 and earned a B A from Cornell in 1925 He was active in debate winning memorial prizes and represented Cornell in a debate with Oxford University of England
The company reports 1493 of 2000 shares represented at its Monroe meeting. Directors Roscoe W. Smith Alfred J. Crane Frank Durland Jesse Bull and Henry R D Keller were reelected. Officers named are Smith as President, Crane as Vice President and Secretary, and Durland as Treasurer. Electricity use rose 27 percent. 429 new customers connected. 85 new street lights. 1464 new poles and 500 horsepower of transformers installed. A new water storage dam gates near completion and water impounding began. Line extensions reach West Milford and nearby towns. 137 New Jersey customers in West Milford. Extension projects include electric ranges and refrigerators promotion. Other notes: Smith left for a southern sojourn. lines extended to Goshen Florida road and Woodside Drive Warwick. Skylands estate line to Clarence Lewis near Eagle Valley completed.
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