Weekend visits and local social notes from West Jasper and area
Ovid Center Esther and Gary Swimley spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs Mocvris Schenck in West Jasper attending church services. George and Wanda Slack returned from a two weeks trip to Florida visiting relatives in Holly Hills and Newport Richey. Mrs May Swimley returned to Westfield Pa after visiting son Gary and family. George Houseknecht and wife Linda and two children arrived at his mother Elizabeth's for about 20 days. Raymond and Jean Williamson attended Winter Weekend in Waterloo. Mr and Mrs Paul Munson hosted supper in Waterloo. Lena Parish dined with Myrtle Lawrence. Cheryl and Alan Hoag visited Red and Shirley Beardslee for brother Danny's 14th birthday Feb 15. Ruth Simpson stayed overnight with Paul Munson's family. Myrtle Lawrence and son Orville will fly to Jamaica Feb 26 for services March 4 at a church dedication. Kathy Jennings from Finger Lakes Community College was home for the weekend. Barb Compton attended Crystal Cornell's birthday on Rock River Rd. Sympathy extended to Wegner family after daughter Debby died at age 14. Penny Beardslee has worked at Ray's Happy Landing Exxon and will study nursing at Corning Community College. Diane Ellis and family from Dryden were Sunday dinner guests of Barb and Bob McLaughlin. Helen McLaughlin spent a few days vacation with her aunt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther
Gary Swimley
Mocvris Schenck
West Jasper
George
Wanda Slack
Fla
Betty Osgood
Familly
Holly Hills
Jim
Sylvia Laycock
Newport Richey
May Swimley
Westfield
Gary
George Houseknecht
Linda
Elizabeth Houseknecht
Raymond
Jean Williamson
Waterloo
Paul Munson
Ruth Simpson
Lena Parish
Myrtle Lawrence
Cheryl
Alan Hoag
Corning
Red
Shirley Beirdslee
Danny
Orville
Jamaica
Stanley Lawrence
Kathy Jennings
Finger Lakes Community College
Canandaigua
Barb Compton
Crystal Cornell
Rock River Rd
Wegner
Debby
Penny Beardslee
Ray
Happy Landing
Exxon
Corning Community College
Diane Ellis
Dryden
Barb
Bob McLaughlin
Helen McLaughlin
James Carter
Lewis A. Brewer
Seneca Falls
Tony LaBarr
Cecil Field
Russell Ike
Betzler Rd
Tony
U.S.S. Saratoga
Cleo Carters
Joe
Hattie McAvelin
Mesa, Ariz
Townsendville
Interlaken Review
Paul
Virginia Krokenberger
John Bruce
Virginia
Greemoor Place
Tampa
Betty Jean Champion
W.D. (Brinks) Brinkerhoff
Dawn Brinkerhoff
Mike Brinkerhoff
Erma Morrow
Judy (Porter) Tudi
Bev Champion
Mary Utter
Ithaca
Louise Carter
Aloma
Harry Hornbrook
Vicki
Roger
Adam McCoy
Vernon Brewer
Pamela Brewer
Jimmy
Shari Carter
Charles
Bill
Debbie Brinkerhoff
U.S
America
Nixon
Easy Street
Local notes and birthdays span community gathering
Corna White visits Florence Vargason family while Elmer Ward nears 90 on February 27. Sgt Delbert Barkman deploys to Beale AFB while snowmobile outings and social visits fill weekends. Denise Potts battles scarlet fever. Danny Beardslee competes at Maple Grove Speedway then wins Jr. Division at Trumansburg Fair Grounds. Community events include Ovid Grange Neighbor Night with dish to pass and cake contest. mixed birthday remembrances and local folklore.
Romulus and Waterloo Notes in Local News
Miss Robin Hudson was crowned snow queen at the Waterloo JayCee winter carnival. Kathy events include visits by Mr and Mrs Eugene Waugh, hospital updates on Jesse Rundell and Ida McGrane, Florida trips by Paul Covert and Joseph Luppino, a Hawaii visit by Mrs Jack Bristol, and a large Eastern Star tour. A bridal shower honored Doris Mollenkopf for her upcoming wedding to Edwin J Smith Jr on April 21. Charles and Mrs Hicks attended open house for Leslie and Covert’s 60th anniversary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robin Hudson
Francis Hudson
Waterloo
Eugene Waugh
Danemora
Mr. Waugh
Milton Waugh
Ethel Larsen
Geneva General Hospital
Jesse L. Rundell
Geneva Hospital
Arthur Rundell
Geneva
Ida McGrane
Taylor Brown Memorial Hospital
Paul Covert
Florida
James E. O’connell
Seneca Army Depot
Virginia
Iness
Jack Bristol
Hawaii
Lester Hammond
Joseph Luppino
Doris Mollenkopf
Ovid Vfw
Miss Mollenkopf
Edwin J. Smith, Jr
Charles Hicks
Penn Yan
Local Unit Members Attend Lincoln Memorial Ceremony 1973
On February 12 four members of Co E 148th NYVIR along with 126th NY Waterloo and 71st NY Rochester represented the 1st NY Battalion at the Lincoln Memorial ceremony in Washington. Wreaths were placed by dignitaries including Mrs Anne Armstrong and Brig. Gen. Brown. The event honored Lincoln and the 164th birthday of President Lincoln with multiple floral tributes and a luncheon at the Army Navy Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OVID
Co. E
148Th New York Vol. Infantry
William Warne
126Th
N.Y
Waterloo
Charles Doane
71St
Rochester
Ron Rozzi
1St
New York Battalion
Richard Cuyler
Aubin
Lincoln Memorial
Washington, D.C
Abraham Lincoln
Harry Furman
Harold Goodman
Glenn Parish
Earl Terry
SOUV
New York State
Cdr
Terry
Beatrice
New York
Secy. of the Interior
Nathaniel P. Reed
District of Columbia
Martin K. Schaller
National Park Service
Ronald K. Walker
Military Order of the Loyal Legion
Brooke M. Lessig
Nixon
Armstrong
Lt. Warne
Viola Bremme
Philadelphia
SCUV
Cpl
Grand Army of the Republic
Pvt
Chester Shriver
Gettysburg
SVR
R. Cuyler
W. Warne
R. Rozzi
G. Parish
Army-Navy Club
Washington
Nicaragua
H.E. Seville
Sacasa
Thomas W. Brown
R.K. Walker
C-I-C
Fire Police plan state meeting in Virgil on March 31
The State Volunteer Fire Police session in Virgil features James Lefever county fire coordinator and a panel of fire police and law enforcement. Herman Heller chairs with Francis Quinlan and Jerry Avery assisting. a lunch at 11:00 a.m. precedes a 2:30 p.m. staff meeting and a 7:30 p.m. general meeting at the Virgil Fire House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Romulus
Virgil
Virgil Fire House
James Lefever
Herman Heller
Center Moriches
Francis Quinlan
Cortland
Jerry Avery
Holiday Inn
Virgil Firemen’s Auxiliary
Roy Spade
Chittenango
Ed Chubb
Manlius
Onondaga Co
Donald Beechner
East Syracuse
Roger Turk
Elmira
Robert Parker
J. Warren Corderman
Vestal
David Hotel
Marion
Robert Greene
Central Square
Tom Henderson
Association
Stanley Lowell Press
Cortland County Fire Police
Cortland Fire Police
Andrew Stebbins
Virgil Fire Police
Townsendsville News of Local Folks and POW News
Townsendsville notes honor family events and anniversaries from Cleo Carter family to Betty Champion birthdays. Readers share letters from Virginia Krokenberger, POW returns, and reflections on faith and patriotism amid postwar relief.
Veterans prayer call echoed in letter from servicemen
A letter from Roger Brewer and reports from SSCS graduates in San Diego highlight veterans and family reunions. Notes describe Tony LaBarr homecoming, tax time rebates, and Barbara Morrow's Florida surgery with positive recovery updates.
4H Poster Art Contest Seeks Youth Entries
The USDA sponsors a 4-H Poster Art Program in Waterloo to showcase what 4-H means. Posters may be individual or group efforts, horizontal or vertical, 9x12 to 16x24 inches, with names and ages on the back. Entries due at the Seneca County 4-H Office by February 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
United States Dept. of Agriculture
Charlie Brown
Seneca County
4-H
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Corna White
Willard
Florence Vargason
Elmer Ward
Delbert Barkman
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Beal Air Force Base
Linda Warne
Genesee Hospital
Anna Warne
Jim Creswell
Dale Theetge
Charlie Vargason
Grange Hall
Denise Potts
Larry
Mary Jennings Potts
Danny Beardslee
Maple Grove Speedway
Waterloo J.c.’S
Trumansburg Fair Grounds
Harold Updike
Helen
Marian Marsh
Hathaway Boys
Lewis, Hanpton
David
Paul Smith
Ovid Grange
Kenneth
Marie) Ballard
Andrew Sweeney Jr
Brooklyn Naval Hospital
Jimmy McBride
Joyce
John Glenn
Ethel Fitzgerald
Warder
Center
Seneca Co. Farm Bureau
Kenneth Dean
Kenneth Gibson
Yates Co
By Shari Carter
Roger Brewer
Mike Draheim
Interlaken
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Billy Terry
JoLene Hendrix
Stacey Renee
Tompkins County Hospital
Grandma Hendrix
Ike
Kenneth Seamon
Kenny
David Stoner
Bobby
Louise
Shari
Jaymi Carter
Rose Andrews
Erma
Charles Morrow
Barbara