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Newspaper
Florida Journal
Location
Middletown, New York, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1927
Page
3
A secret blaze is discovered Saturday as firefighters battle a large warehouse fire. Authorities investigate possible arson as flames threaten adjacent structures and residents remain on alert for further fires.
Two fires started almost simultaneously before five A M Saturday threaten the J J Newberry company warehouse on East Main street and injure Charles Decker, night watchman of the Orange County Trust company. Fire crews contained the blazes with little further damage.
Weekday and Sunday Newburgh ferry times listed in sequence with morning and evening departures. Services run from early morning to late evening with frequent intervals, noting leave times on weekdays and Sundays with an after 11:40 a.m. adjustment.
Central Hudson LINE lists departure times from New York at Franklin Street. Steamers run Tuesday Thursday and Sunday at 5 pm while trains depart Monday Wednesday and Friday at 2 pm. Contact phone 169 for details.
Mrs Stephen Slater received a letter from Mrs William A Robinson widow of Rev William A Robinson D D former pastor of the First Congregational church at Middletown. Mrs Robinson who was in ill health when she lived here has survived her husband who would have been 87 this month.
The Franklin Juvenile Band meets Tuesdays and Fridays at the Neighborhood House with twenty eight members listed by name and instrument. The Phyllis Club holds a February 28 meeting at the Neighborhood House. The Young People's Choir plans a February 18 minstrel show to fund a spring concert trip to New York.
The Common Council was the guests of Delaware Hose Company No 2 at a supper held at the truck house Tuesday night. A fine supper was served and a social hour was enjoyed.
The Historical Society of Middletown and Wallkill Precinct held Lincoln Night with papers by Sprague W. Drenan Rev. A. H. Pagan J A Bates and Mrs F B Winslow plus Amalgamated A M E Choir performances. Receipts included Dr E Frank Fowler Otisville recalling Lincoln’s 1860 Cooper Union trip. President Doty announced a Seward family paper by Dr F W Seward for the March meeting.
A severe wind storm raged overnight causing two major fires in Orange county and extensive damage citywide. The Singer Sewing machine window and Holmes Music awning were torn away while a storm window was blown from a hill area without breaking. Fire destroyed Goshen trolley station and Tuxedo stores as firefighters battled the flames.
Dr and Mrs F W Seward of Goshen along with Mrs William L Van Tassel attended the event, joining other members for the gathering.
Letters of appreciation from Arthur E. Wakeman of the Brooklyn Children's Aid Society were sent to William Birmingham John D. Lyons and Miss Nellie Childs Smith all of Monticello for their services and personal interest connected with the Wise case tried in the County Court in October. The Board praised the spirit and importance of the work noting it as a permanent record in the minutes. Charlie does not fully express the appreciation though he values the recognition.
Theodore F. Rolason of Beemerville Sussex county died February 1 in Mansfield Pennsylvania from acute indigestion while celebrating his 55th wedding anniversary.
S G Van Ness of Middletown attempted to take his life February 2 by slashing his throat with a razor at a Franklin roadstand owned by L Harwood near the L and H Railway culvert. A passerby, Alfred Phillips, found him and sent him to Franklin Hospital. his recovery is expected. Despondency over a recent job loss is cited as the motive. He boarded with the Harwoods and previously worked as a carpenter for Loren Depuy. he is about 60 and has a daughter in Middletown.
Martin Rosenblum of 114 Lake Avenue Middletown has graduated from Cornell Law School after earning a 1925 BA from Cornell. He previously won the Class of 1836 Memorial Prize in Declamation and the Class of 1884 Memorial Prize Debate, and represented Cornell in a debate with Oxford University.
The annual meeting in Monroe on Wednesday February 2 saw 1493 of 2000 shares represented. Roscoe W. Smith was re elected president and general manager with Alfred J. Crane as vice president and secretary and Frank Durland as treasurer. The year saw a 27 percent rise in household electric usage, 429 new customers, 85 new street lights, 1464 new poles and 500 horsepower of transformers installed. Power lines extended to Hewitt West Milford Brown's Macopin and toward Echo Lake, with 137 New Jersey customers in West Milford Township. The firm promoted electric ranges and refrigerators and expanded service to Woodside Drive Warwick Skylands Clarence Lewis estate, and continued South Florida connections for Albert Durland.
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