Cornwall Town News Highlights Local Events and Transfers
Community reports show the Methodist Church beefsteak supper, a postponed Firthcliffe Club film for Boy Scouts proceeds to Troop No. 1, and school activities at Cornwall High including basketball, debate win, and a play fundraiser. Property transfers in Cornwall and hospital visits are noted along with church and civic events through March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornwall
Methodist Church
Firthcliffe Club
Boy Scouts
Fred Thompson
Boy Scouts of America
Black Rock
Boy
Cornwall High School
C. Massey
Tommy
Cornwall-on-Hudson High School
Storm King Arms
Firthcliffe Athletic Club
Newburgh
St. Patrick’s
Firthcliffe
Girls’ Friendly Society
Rebe Leach
Willow Avenue
Highland Falls High School
Highland Falls
Phillipine Islands
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Cornwallen-Hudson
Hale
Maple Avenue
Fred Downsborough
St. Thomas
Middletown
Ana Thomas Prendergast
Holy Name Societies
Orange, Rockland and
Sullivan
St. Joseph’s Church
Masonic Temple
Washington Fund
Doty
Og Warren Taylor
Charles Holt
Tarrytown
Joseph Holt
Miss Pierce
Edward J. Kennery
Fair Society Elects Seeley to Eden Post
Howard D. Seeley of Goshen was elected vice-president of the Orange County Agricultural Society to replace the late John J. Eden at a Middletown board meeting. Seeley, a longtime Farm Bureau and Grange figure, heads the cattle department and will help steer the annual fair toward agricultural emphasis. The board approved expanding the flower department, dedicating a new building, with Benjamin B. Strong and Franklin A. Schriver coordinating the show. A radio show feature is under consideration for the exhibit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard D. Seely
Goshen
Orange County Agricultural Society
John J. Eden
Chamber of Commerce
Middletown
Seeley
Agricultural Society
Benjamin B. Strong
Franklin A. Schriver
Chester
Goshen Merchant Fractures Leg After Auto Crash
Goshen merchant Louis Diana was severely hurt when struck by a car on Murray avenue Thursday evening. He remained unconscious at the Emergency Hospital with a fractured right leg and facial injuries. Driver Charles A Reeves Jr of Hamptonburgh stopped and aided by bystanders. Diana, a Goshen High student, was en route to a St Patrick’s event when the accident occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Diana
Goshen
Murray Avenue
Diana
St. Patrick’s
Garr Hall
Charles A. Reeves, Jr
Hamptonburgh
William Goodman
Arthur Stevens
Goshen High School
Merritt Adjourns Jenkins Theft Case Near Goshen
Russell Jenkins facing a theft charge in Goshen appeared before Police Justice H. B. Merritt. The case was adjourned for one week. Jenkins allegedly stole money from a drawer at the Farmers Hotel on Greenwich Avenue and disappeared after dating to Midvale, New Jersey, before being arrested by Deputy Sheriff Stanley Golemboski.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Jenkins
Farmers
Greenwich Avenue
Goshen
H. B. Merritt
Joseph Zelenski
Jenkins
Midvale
N. J
Stanley Golemboski
Mr. Zelenski
Old Neighbors in Milk Suit in County Court
An Orange county jury quickly awarded James Y. Dwyer of Greenville $450.39 for milk delivered to William W. Schultz during March to May 1923. Schultz admitted nonpayment but claimed Dwyer owed him $590.93 due to a supposed contract. Dwyer denied any contract and said milk must be bought through the Dairymen's League. The trial before Judge Russell Wiggins included testimony from both men and several witnesses before the jury, which included residents of Goshen, Newburgh, Middletown, Cornwall, and other towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orange County
James Y. Dwyer
Greenville
William W. Schultz
Dwyer
Russell Wiggins
Goshen
Schultz
Dairymen’s League
League
William P. Gregg
Jim
Bill
William A. Parshall
Gregg
Frank E. Schultz
Francis Dwyer
James
Wiggins
Otto Miller
Harvey Tuthill
Montgomery
William H. Small
Balmville
William Clapper
Newburgh
Robert H. Gerow
John Daniels
Middletown
Oscar Anderson
Cornwall
Alfred B. Love
Walden
Ernest G. Lamar
Carl Carleson
Central Valley
Ernest E. Rockafellow
Stephen Enos
Surrogate Court Grants Letters Testamentary and Admin
Surrogate Elwood C. Smith issued letters testamentary for Fannie Case Ella L Dowe Amanda Wunder Belle C Webb J Berwick Thompson Lena Resnikoff to named heirs on Newburgh Middletown Port Jervis and Deer Park estates. Admin with will annexed granted to Augustus W Bennet on David Lev Newburgh estate. Decrees issued in settlement of Shaffer Doxey Dimmmick Cantline estates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elwood Co. Smith
Herbert H. Case
Port Jervis
Fannie Case
John Bright
Middletown
Ella L. Dowe
Julia Pratt
Westbrookville
Amanda M. Wunder
Deerpark
Ella E. Lee
Thomas H. Lee
Frances T. Orr
New York
Milton Orr
Frank Lyle Wells
George Wells
Elwood C. Smith
Belle C. Webb
Frank J. Webb
J. Berwick Thompson
Newburgh
Josephine Sloat
Lena Resnikoff
Nathan Resnikoff
Joseph Rubinowitz
Meyer Rubinowitz
Goshen Club Defeats Tuxedo Firemen in General Tournament
Goshen Club sent 25 representatives to Tuxedo Friday evening for a general tournament with the Fire Department. Goshen won four of six games including checkers bridge euchre and pool while Tuxedo took pinochle and bowling. Refreshments followed and the clubs plan another meeting date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goshen
Tuxedo
Fire Department
Goshenites
PARENT TEACHERS PLAY TO BE GIVEN FRIDAY
Pine Bush notices list a Friday evening home talent play at the K of P hall under the Parent-Teacher Association. Reserve seat chart available at M Osborne's store. Other items note births visits and church services with events including a Sunday sermon and Christian Endeavor devotional at J Penny's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Bush
K. of P. Hall
Parent-Teacher Association
M. Osborne
Arthur Sodebloom
David Barnard Sodeblooum
Walter Schauer
Hiawatha
Louis M Hardenburgh
Middletown
Frank Corwin
M. E
Park Avenue
New York
New Prospect
Naaman the Leper
Christian Endeavor Society
J. Penny
Weather Outlook for March 21 to 26 in Washington
Weather forecast for the week ahead shows much colder conditions early in the period, then warmer by midweek with near normal temperatures thereafter. Rain expected over the south and snow or rain over the north on Sunday, ending by Monday, with showers midweek and again toward the end of the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
North
Middletown
Atlantic
Wide Awake Women Can Make Money
In every city and town a woman can work part or full time and earn good money as an agent for four preparations. A profitable permanent business can be built with repeat sales. Agents wanted in surrounding villages and R F D routes. Write the VANCO CO Newburgh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vanco CO
Newburgh
Court Pays Respect to Frank Nearn in Newburgh Trial
The Raymond Gerald grand larceny case in County Court at Goshen proceeds with District Attorney Lemon prosecuting and William F. Stanton defending. Adjourned to this afternoon at 1 o clock after a morning session. J ury members include Noe, Kirby, Carson, Edwards, Dukland, Kain, Kruse, Rogers, Dunham, Cawley, Finch, Conway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Gerald
Newburgh
Goshen
Lemon
William F. Stanton
Frank J. Nearn
Central Valley
Edward E. Noe
Port Jervis
Fred Kirby
Middletown
Charles Carson
Frank Edwards
Cornwall-on-Hudson
Theron A. Dukland
Burnside
Frank G. Kain
William Kruse
Alfred Rogers
Bethlehem Presbyterian Church Plans March Congregational Meeting
Meadow Brook March 24 The Bethlehem Presbyterian Church will hold its annual congregational meeting on Tuesday March 29 with devotional at 10 a m lunch at noon and business at 2 p m to elect three trustees replacing Charles Denniston James H Cooper and Howard O Benedict whose terms expire April 1 The meeting will hear other church business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meadow Brook
Bethlehem Presbyterian Church
Charles M. Denniston
James H. Cooper
Howard O. Benedict
Margaret Downie
Laura M. W. Cooper
Peck Memorial Hospital
Brooklyn
Mount Airy Road
Bethlehem
N. C. Hayes
Atwater Kent
Russell Grey
Washingtonville
Bethlehem Sunday School
Sylvester Gorse
Wife Deserter Ordered to Aid Family in Court
Michael Lahyonne of Worcester Massachusetts was arraigned for abandonment before Judge Wiggins. He must support his two children with $9 weekly plus half of any wage over $18 up to $12, with bail set at $500. His wife and two children live with relatives in Highland Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Lahyonne
Worcester
Mass
Wiggins
L. B. Stock
Well
Lahyonne
Highland Falls
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Cornwall Town News
Storm King Sentinel
E. P. Thompson
Schwab
Percy Hoyle
St. Luke’s Hospital
Annie Holroyd
Miss Holroyd
Ladies’ Aid Society of Canterbury
Ruth O'Dell
Mountainville
Asa J. Brown
Baptist Church
T. Leroy Muir
Wilford H. Fowler
Forty Fort
Wilkes-Barre
Christ
Evangelist Muir
Cornwall Industrial Corporation
Harry A. Spree
Grand Street
Ernest J. Stillman
Joseph W. O’donnell
Taylor Map
Emma W. Hamilton
Mary A. Gillis
Cherry Avenue
Ross Lixfield
Edward P. Runyoun
George Wood
Fair Society
Eden Post
Stockwood Inn
Harriman
N. Y
Highland Mills
The
Albert Dickinson
Louise Diana
Merritt
James G Dwyer
Surrogate’s Court
Maher’s Drug Store
Washingtonville, N. Y
Goshen Club
Tuxedo Firemen
Frank Nearn
Meadowbrook
Woolsey Garage Co
Central Valley, N. Y
Studebaker
Tel
E. OC. Townsend
H. D. Gordon
Idlewild
Ular
Water St
Newburgh, N. Y
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