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Newspaper
Free Press
Location
Trumansburg, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1968
Page
9
Narrator recalls failed cooking attempts from baked beans to pudding and shortcake as family jokes about her clumsy meals. The piece ends with a reflection on modern conveniences and a final line defining a taxpayer as someone who avoids civil service exams.
Ovid Central School Band earns top visiting band honors at the Trumansburg Fair. Head of music Robert Jacoby supervised a seven week summer program across Ovid Willard Hayts Corners and Lodi, teaching 144 pupils including 40 beginners. The summary notes Jacoby’s patient instruction across cornet flute clarinet and drums and highlights the band’s summer activities and progress.
A compact historical survey notes abundant crops in 1834 harvests around Trumansburg and rich meadows. 1836 dentistry ad touts teeth preservation. 1905 trolley line chatter links Ithaca to Elmira via Mecklenburg. 1910 urging men to praise wives for daily encouragement.
James S. Brewer 47 of South Main Street Ovid died Aug 8 at Taylor Brown Hospital Waterloo after illness. Funeral at John D Covert Funeral Home Ovid with Rev Chester Zogg. Burial Union Cemetery Ovid with full military rites by Arthur J Depew Post 6200 VFW. Survived by brother Lewis Willard and half brother Kenneth Ludlowville. Brewer WW II veteran. Pallbearers Frank Lilla Carlos Young Kedric Covert Clayton Traphagen Harold McDonald Joseph Lichak.
Sven L Svensson aged 44 of Deer Park Long Island died unexpectedly at Huntington Hospital on Aug 6. He is survived by wife Lorraine, two sons Martin and John, mother Carolina, three brothers and three sisters in Goteborg Sweden. Funeral Sept 10 at Rhode Covert Trumansburg with Rev Earl Gross. burial Grove Cemetery. Bearers listed.
Leo C Palmer 75 of Lodi died August 12 1968 at Tompkins County Hospital Ithaca after a short illness. Born in Michigan he lived in Interlaken for years and belonged to the Interlaken Sportsman’s Club. Survived by brothers John Palmer San Diego and Roy Palmer Ithaca sisters Mrs Merle Campbell Interlaken and Mrs Catherine McElroy Ovid. Funeral today Thursday August 15 1968 at 4 p m at Hurlbut Funeral Home Interlaken conducted by Rev George Johnson United Presbyterian Lodi burial Lakeview Cemetery Interlaken Bearers listed.
Frederick Irwin Biggs 58 of Ridgway Pennsylvania died Saturday August 3 1968. Born February 5 1910 in Trumansburg he attended Cortland High School and Cornell University electrical engineering graduate. He worked at Elliott Manufacturing Co later a private consultant. Survived by wife Frances Dempsey Biggs a son Frederick C Biggs II and sister Rebe Biggs Smith. Committal at Grove Cemetery Trumansburg. Funeral held.
Lafay ette E Hawkes 26 of Il Whig St Trumansburg died at home after a WWI Army service in France He was a charter member and past commander of the Arthur E Bouton American Legion Post He is survived by wife Ina Campbell Hawkes two sisters and nieces and nephews Funeral Tuesday at Ness Funeral Home Grove Cemetery burial officiated by Rev Earl Gross First Federated Church of Ulysses Also notes 1967 consumer spending for services hit 200 billion dollars a record high and housing costs comprise about half of that total
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