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Newspaper
Free Press
Location
Trumansburg, New York, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1968
Page
9
Spring brings a renewed spirit and urge to change. The piece notes warmth sunlight and warmer days triggering goals, projects, and family activity from kids biking to adults gardening. It contrasts youth exuberance with seasonal chores, all in the spirit of spring.
Excerpts recount housewives prepping for blue chores in 1888, a 1904 Union Street sidewalk discovery, the Baptist church relocation with high foundations, and 1905 street contrasts. Observations note dust, roadwork debates, and farmers benefiting from improved roads under current laws.
Mrs. Vaughn Pless and husband welcomed Vaughn William April 9 in Orlando Florida weighing 8 pounds 6.5 ounces. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Stephen Thompson and great grandparents Mr and Mrs Leon Payne. Also Michael Dewitt Bennett born April 9 1968 to Mr and Mrs Donald Bennett at Tompkins County Hospital in Trumansburg.
A humorous remark warns of high postage and taxes, with a quip about giving at the post office. The line humorously predicts future tax collection and charity in a civic setting.
Graveside services for Miss Mary T Carman 95 of Mecklenburg who died January 9 1968 will be held at Quaker Cemetery Carman Road Saturday April 20 at 1 pm Rev M Ford Crippen of Mecklenburg will officiate Numerous church and community events fill the week from April 18 to June 8 including meetings at Searsburg Trumansburg and Masonic Temple fundraisers and performances of Kiss Me Kate volumes of library hours and local gatherings noted.
Martha D. Clark 74 wife of C Raymond Clark of Romulus died Monday at Geneva General Hospital after an extended illness. Funeral services are set for Thursday at Coryell Funeral Home Ovid and Holy Cross Church Ovid with burial in St. Columb-kille Cemetery Seneca Falls. She was born in Seneca Falls to Patrick and Mary McGraw and lived in Seneca County. Survivors include husband, son William R. Clark of Ovid, daughter Janice Scarrett of Romulus R F C, two sisters, 14 grandchildren and one great grandson. She was a Sacred Heart Church Romulus communicant.
Obituary notices report several deaths including H Jalmar Crook of Ovid died in Newport Richey Florida on March 2 1968. Survived by wife Anna Worden and children Velma Renand Donald and Arley with many grandchildren. Also Interlaken resident Howard Houseknecht died April 15 1968 with services in Interlaken Baldwinsville and burial in Riverview. Additional notices recall LODs Frances Hufford and James McArdle from Ovid and Trumansburg areas with funeral home services and church burials. Later notices cover Clair E Scudder Trumansburg and Edna S Walden Buffalo with family survivors listed and services conducted at Rhode Covert Funeral Home and Evergreen Cemetery.
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