Pioneer the legendary field trial dog succeeding in American kennels
In Middletown and Orange County a historic kennel rise is traced around George N. Clemson and his champion dog Pioneer. The 1900s era and trials spotlight Clemson's blue ribbon line with Pioneer and other greats like Uncle Sam and Annie B, detailing victories across Manitoba, Eastern, and Continental clubs.
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Orange County
Daily Herald-Times-Press
Bencher
Middletown
George N. Clemson
Clemson
New York Herald
Westminister Kennet Club
Ring
Madison Square Garden
Westminister Kennel Club
Grand Junction
Tenn
G. N. Clemson
Independence Field
Robinson Ill
Continental Field Trial Club
Thomasville
N. C
Eastern Field Trial Club
Waynesboro
Manitoba
Lowell
Pioneer
Ewher
N. Y
Independent
Robinson, LL
Continental
Owa
O'Neill
Monongahela
Oblong
Eastern Field Trial CIA
Iowa Field Trial Club
2'Neal
Neb
Thompson
Robinson
Derby
Leastern
United States
Nlinois
Robinson, Ill
Virginia
Inh
Annie B
Allree
Missouri
Paris
Brandon
Man
Eastern MW
Subae
Eastern Field Civ
Thomasrilie
Pioneer Pioneer
Uncle Sam
Count Whitestone
Bonne Doon
W. W. Titus
West Point
Miss
Mark
Mr. Titus
E. M. Shelly
Shelly
Prince Whitestone
Deadora Addeline
Howard M. Powelson
W. B. Steel
Maybrook Enters Three Game Baseball Series
Maybrook hosts a three game series with Peerless Five of Maybrook at the Y M C A Auditorium on February 7 9 and 14 starting at eight. Maybrook High School teams were defeated by Cornwall with girls 43 12 and boys 33 22. Also local social notes include visits and a fatal death at home.
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Maybrook
Yeo M. C. A
Maybrook High School
Shower For Miss Livingston Before Wedding
Miss Marjorie Livingston of Middletown received a miscellaneous shower Monday evening at Miss Marguerite Dailey’s home on Orange Avenue. The event, hosted by the Girls' Friendly Society of which she is a member, yielded many valuable gifts and refreshments were served.
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Marjorie Livingston
Middletown
Harry Littell
Chester
Marguerite Dailey
Orange Avenue
Girls’ Friendly Society
Highland Mills Child Strays From Home
Highland Mills February notice recounts a two and a half year old child straying from home near the Erie depot. After about two hours of frantic searching, parents found him along the railroad, unharmed as freights passed. Local social items follow including sales, travel, and community updates.
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Highland Mills
Erie Coramissary
Erie Depot
Mrs. Sally J. Ackley Dies at 67 in Coshen
Mrs. Sally J. Ackley 67, a Coshen businesswoman, died Monday at 34 Murray avenue Coshen. Wife of George G. Ackley she survived by her husband and her Fort Lee New Jersey brother Frank M. Beattie. Born September 16 1859 in Sparta New Jersey she was daughter of Amos P. Beattie and Mary Hunt Beattie and had lived in Coshen four or five years.
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Sally J. Ackley
Goshen
Murray Avenue
Coshen
George G. Ackley
Frank M. Beattie
Fort Lee
N. J
Ackley
Sparta
Amos P. Beattie
Mary Hunt Beattie
Henry Wagner Death by Own Action Shocks Port Jervis
Henry Wagner a 30 year old service manager at Gardner Garage Port Jervis shot himself in the basement and died at Deerpark Hospital. His wife later gave birth to their third child at their Hudson Street home. It was unclear if she was informed of his death. He spoke with her briefly by phone before the tragedy.
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Henry Wagener
Gardner
Port Jervis
Deerpark
Hudson Street
Wagner
Wfe
Deaths and funeral for William A Cogswell of Middletown
William A Cogswell of 11 West Main Street died suddenly on Tuesday. He had lived in Middletown since 1884 with several local employers and married Josephine Kidd in 1893. Survived by wife, two brothers in Attica, sister in DeLand, and cousin in Middletown. Funeral at 2 PM Thursday at home with Rev. Dr. Kirkwood. burial in Montgomery.
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William A. Cogswell
Wiliam Adams Cogswell
West Main Street
Attica
N. Y
William F. Cogswell
Eloise Patterson Cogswell
Thomas A
George D. Cogswell
James Morman
DeLand
Fla
R. M. Rorty
Middletown
Cogs
Paymento Adams
Holland Purchase
New York
R. O. Kirkwood
Montgomery
Henry Cortright Dies at 50 Near Greenville
Henry Cortright died Sunday evening at his Greenville area home at age 50. A farmer by trade, he served several terms as Town Superintendent of Highways. He is survived by his mother and siblings Josie, Edward both of Greenville John Irving of Mount Salem Jennie wife of Harry Stevens of Middletown and Margaret at home. Funeral will be held Thursday at 2 pm at his home with burial in Seeley Cemetery Greenville.
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Henry Cortright
Greenville
Seeley Cemetery
Death of Charley Oscar Decker in Mid dletown
Charley Oscar Decker of Middletown died Tuesday at Thrall Hospital at 10 58 am He was born in New York City son of John R Decker and Sarah Ketchum Decker A longtime member of Eagle Hose Company No 2 Washington Camp P O S of A No 1 and Firemen's Benefit Association He is survived by his wife one son David Fancher Decker three grandchildren three nieces and one nephew Funeral services at 69 Monhagen Avenue Thursday at 2 pm Rev William F Kettle Eagles chaplain will officiate assisted by Rev George H Welch Burial in Wallkill Cemetery Phillipsburg Friends may call at the home this evening 7 30 to 8 30 PM
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Charley Oscar Decker
Charles Oscar Decker
Middletown
Thrall Hospital
New York City
John R. Decker
Sarah Ketchum Decker
Eagle Hose Company
No. 2
Washington Camp
A. No. 1
Firemen's Benefit Association
David Fancher Decker
David Alfred
Wilkin H
Charles A. Decker
Ethel Decker
Montgomery
George W. Doty
A. H. Shoemaker
Mechanicstown
William Decker
Monhagen Avenue
William F. Kettle
Chaplin
The
Eagles
George H. Welch
Wallkill Cemetery
Phillipsburg
Bear Mountain Park
W. A. Welch
Palisades Interstate Park
Joseph Volkringer
Weehawien
William Moran
West Shore Railroad
Volkringer
John Law
U. S
Pittsburgh
Shanghai
China
John
Washington, D. C
Dan Stapleton
Walter Reed
Daniel
John VanVoorhis
James VanVoorhis
Tillie Kimeneau
Kingston
Catherine Dempsey
Austin Schreegler
Fischang
F. Davenport
Rebecca Lodge
Edward Dornberger
Mountain Avenue
Kidney
Supreme Court Opens February Term in Goshen
The Goshen court opens Monday with Justice A. H. F. Seeger presiding. Twenty petit jurors are excused from duty for valid reasons and all applicants for release obtain it. The report notes broad relief among those seeking discharge.
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Supreme Court
Goshen
A. H. F. Seeger
Petit Jurors
Summoning of Jurors Brings Change in Jury Box
A new Commissioner of Jurors, John J. Toth, will alter jury composition, making exemptions harder. Grand Jury Chair R. E. Cooley, a Southfields merchant, was elected chair. Justice Seeger urged indictments only on legal evidence, warning against hearsay. Three inquests used the same jury. In the Bowman vs Wouschin case a $460.41 verdict was ordered. Decker vs Rader awarded $238 for Holstein cow deaths. Surisky vs Geddas et al. awarded $545 for store rent and damages. Attorneys named include George B. Overhiser, E. N. Oakes, and George F. Roesch.
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John J. Toth
R. E. Cooley
Southfields
Justice Seeger
Charles E. Bowman
Washingtonville
William A. Wouschin
New York
Tuxedo Park
John A. Campbell
Newburgh
George B. Overhiser
William H. Decker
Middletown
Bloomingburg
Percy W Suffern
Atttorney
E. N. Oakes
Esther Surisky
Crist Geddas
Sam Kallas
Makis Graunis
Firemen Battle In Montgomery Pool Tournament Tussle
In Montgomery on February 10 the Fleet Hook and Ladder No 1 and Wallkill Engine and Hose No 2 teams clash in a pool and euchre contest with Fleets 581 to Wallkills 574 after Saturday games. A separate report notes Mrs Anna Mae Gillespie Brown dies at 8 15 pm diabetes listed as cause. she leaves husband Daniel C Brown and relatives. A severe gale damages several local structures including chimneys a wagon house a garage and a storefront show window. The American Legion posts set a Monday meeting while 300 attend a diphtheria clinic at Montgomery High School with third inoculation planned next Friday.
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Riverside Cemetery
R. T. Senior
George W. Havens
Harry Crabtree
Harvey Tuttle
George Coe
Frank T. Hadaway
Brown
Cturn
St. Luke’s Hospital
Newburgh
A. Alanson
Elizabeth Pitts Gillespie
Daniel C. Brown
Carl J. Siebert
Yonkers
Nettie Mc
John Joyce
Mary Cox
Charles Street
Brown Bros. Hardware
E. Jeffries
American Legion
Spring Valley
Emory Osborn
Montgomery High School
J W. Ross
Albert M. Kyte
J. W. Ross
Charles Mueller
Mary Hehn
Marion Teed
West Point Officers Stage The Nervous Wreck Charity Play
The Academy Players an officers guild at Highland Falls presented The Nervous Wreck by Alvin Davis at Collum Memorial Hall for West Point Post charities. Cadets and guests attended as Major Chilton directed with Mrs Coun and Mrs Bryan Evans in leading roles. Proceeds support Army Relief Red Cross and other Post charities.
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Highland Falls
Academy
West Point
Alvin Davis
Collum Memorial Hall
West Point Dramatic Club
Post
Captain Applejack
Mansfield Theatre
New York
Lee Warner
Harris Sherer
Thomas Hedekin
Clovis Byers
Chilton
R. G. Moses
H. L. Taylor
T. B. Catron
West Point Community Chest
Army Relief
Red Cross
Highland Falls Man Injured in Car Accident
A Highland Falls man, James McGowan, sustained a head injury with a deep cut in a Thursday evening crash on Central Valley road. He received stitches. The wreck involved a car owned by Marty Farrel, severely damaged, with Mrs. Mary Hoffman and another passenger also mentioned.
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Highland Falls
James McGowan
Central Valley
Marty Farrel
Mary Hoffman
Bear Mountain to inaugurate new state ski jump
The Bear Mountain ski jump at Harriman State Park will host the New York State championships on Sunday February 13 sanctioned by the US Eastern American Ski Association and the Bear Mountain Sports Association. Events include ski jumping for points with silver trophies and a ten mile cross country race along historic routes used by General Wayne. The jump rises ten feet above a takeoff and aims for 100 to 125 feet, designed with guidance from S Rydow of the Swedish Ski Club and based on Nordic and American practice.
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Bear Mountain
Harriman State Park
New York
U. S. Eastern American Ski Association
National Ski Association
Swedish Ski Club
Bear Mountain Sports Association
Harriman Park
Anthony Wayne
S. Rydow
Long Man Hunt Ends in Worcester Abduction Case
Judge James E. Reidy has located Michael Lahyonne in Worcester after a two year man hunt. He is sought on a warrant for abandonment of his wife and two children. Lahyonne was arrested by Chief of Police George H. Hill following the extensive search.
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Highland Falls
James E. Reidy
Michael Lahyonne
George H. Hill
Worcester
Mass
Goshen Attorneys Back Sanatorium Bill at Albany Hearing
Goshen attorneys Philip A. Rorty and Percy V D Gott represented Goshen in Albany at an Internal Affairs committee hearing. The bill would ban tuberculosis homes within three miles of a village without local consent and is expected to pass the Assembly and Senate, with Governor Smith likely to sign. A Jewish Relief Society opponent seeks a nearby site near Project Lake. The previous hearing, adjourned to Friday, faced questions over an unlicensed physician’s application.
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Philip A. Rorty
Percy V-D. Gott
Albany
Goshen
Committee On Internal Affairs
Assembly
Sharps
Jewish Consultive Relief Society
Project Lake
Senate
Smith
Mathias Nicoll, Jr
Jewish Society
Estates in Surrogate Court Probate Actions
Letters testamentary issued by Surrogate Elwood C. Smith Goshen on estates including Christina Mills and John Drake. Admin appointments granted for Edward Ruttenberg Arbella Mackey William Meach and First National Bank Middletown others. Decrees in judicial settlement issued for Say er Johnson Lewis Stiebling Babcock Shaver Wheeler guardianship granted to Walter Hawkins for Dorothy Tawkins.
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Elwood C. Smith
Goshen
Christina S. Mills
Theodore D. Mills
Middletown
John Drake
Catherine Myreski
Warwick
Edward M. Ruttenberg
F.B. Ruttenberg
Newburgh
Arbella Wilcox Mackey
Emmett Robinson Mackey
William A. “Eachs
James H. McCombs
Port Jervis
First National Bank of
Arthur Perry
Ella C. Howe
Henry Pelton
Corwin E. Sayer
John C. Rt. Taylor
Clara Kate Johnson
Gosnen
Walter T. Hawkins
Hugo Palmer
Anna Lewis
John W.W. Lewis
Hermine M. Stiebling
Edward J. Morehouse
Clinton Babeck
William H. Babcock
Caroline Shaver
Louis J. Shaver
Fred H. Pelton
Phoebe A. Wheeler
William F. Wheeler
Clifford I. Beattie
St John’s Five Defeats Walden Team at Garr Hall
The St John’s Five outplayed the Walden Methodist Church team 39 to 20 in Garr Hall Tuesday night. George R. Farrell refereed, with Stanley Fairchild timer and E. J. Riverkamp scorer. A preliminary girls game saw Walden teams 2 edge team 1 13 to 8, refereed by Thompson. Postgame dancing followed to De Morrow Tierney Evans orches piano.
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St. John’s
Methodist Church
Walden
Garr Hall
George R. Farrell
Stanley Fairchild
E. J. Riverkamp
Walden Methodist Church
King
Thompson
de Morrow-Tierney-Evans Orchesae
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Haines
E. A Godeffroy
Guymard
America
Anna Brown
Pine Bush
M. Hessberger
Cornwall
John Moran
Gladys Blake
Mary Canade
Marion Smith
John Canade
John Schoonmaker
Nate Clarke
Walden Road
Kings
Tower Avenue
Conn’s Hill
Frank Campbell
Clinterdale
Canada
J. Stickney
Ryar
C. C. Haines
Ruth Meyers
Frank James
C. Dayton
Jaeger
Ladies’ Aid Society
M. E. Church
Harry Florance
St. Petersburg
Morday
Earl Florance
Minnie Post
Harriman
Hilip Clark
Fred Hunter
Missionary Guild
Russell Hall
James Lent
E. T. Smith
Alfred Conklin
David Babcock
Babcock
E. Holst
Conklin—Matthews
Jennie Matthews
John Conklin
Archie Birdsall
United Fruit Company
Ellen Jones
Audrey Miller
Ernest Hunter
Sol. Earl
Nellie Woolsey
Mildred Kirkpatrick
Winfield McClennen
Howard Weygant
Mildred Weygant
Springfield
Fred Florance, Jr
Pratt’s Institute
Brooklyn
Fred Florance
Henry Hein
George Ackley
Henry Wagner
Fleets and
Wallkills
Highland Falls News
George Ember
Margaret
Hope
Ficken
John O Brien
Arthur Yogel
Haverstraw
Vincent Grazianne
Jerome Lewis
John Lechner
Court Constantine
Patricia
Anna McGee
Bee Leonard
McGee
Tucker
C. D
James Boyle
Theodore Blanchard
George W. Blanchard
the Rocks
Elizabeth Glanville
K. McKey
Peter Melton
Paterson
Lulu Hoag
Louis Wojescki
James Creech
Charles J. Meara
George Wibert Hager
Nathaniel Garrison
Robert Woodruff
Frank Esner
Firthcliffe
Highland Falls Athletic Club
John J. Higgins
California
Rorty and Gott
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