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Newspaper
Free Press
Location
Trumansburg, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1972
Page
15
Local readers note the festive Christmas spirit as homes and businesses glow with decorative lights amid varying weather. Obituaries and hospital updates mingle with community events from the area, including college news, travel to Florida, church activities, and student notes as exams approach and holidays begin.
The Senior Youth Group decorates the Baptist Church for Christmas. Grandparents Owen and Mary Beth Babcock welcome Juliet Beth as the Degraws of Ovid announce their new grandchild. Janet Lynch and William Lynch move into a mobile home near Oneonta after leaving Ovid. Allan Drake family from Scotia and Mary Ella Drake of Catskill visit Nellie Purdy and Marie Mallory. Francis Potter and the Carl Potter family of Trumansburg join for the weekend. Floyd Tunison returns home after surgery. Janice Haskin and Glenn Medlock lose their Trumansburg home to a gas explosion but escape injury. Iva Hetrick visits Interlaken for church and Korean Children’s Concert. Colds and intestinal upsets are common. Plan Christmas Eve church attendance to set a blessed tone. Twenty-five ABC Club members ride the Baptist Church bus to the annual Christmas banquet.
December 2 dinner honors December birthdays and a 14th wedding anniversary for John and Mrs. Maleski. Visitors from Hamlin Fairport Ithaca and Ovid attend. Meetings plan a Christmas party December 20 at the municipal building. Several health, travel and wedding items are also listed along with local hospital and church notes.
Miss Beth Yingling and John Rudolph visited from William Smith and Hobart colleges during the weekend. The Country Club hosted a Christmas dinner at Mrs Mary Smith’s home with several guests. Others included Bernice Raymond Blanche Coleman Viola Stevens Sara Boyer Joan Hohward Harley Rorick and the Sadlers. Wilbur Shaffer visited Pearl Clyde’s home. The McCoys moved into the old Stout homestead. Goats on the Rorick estate were unshot this deer season. Gordon Steen hosted Edith Tompkins and four guests for a Wednesday dinner and Christmas party. Charles Williams and family spent the weekend at their Lodi Point home.
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