Navy Yeoman Lana Tobey Receives Joint Service Commendation Medal
Lana C. Tobey Yeoman First Class U S Navy daughter of Mr and Mrs Edward Tobey of Kingtown Road received the Department of Defense Joint Service Commendation Medal at a ceremony in the Office of the Secretary of Defense on January 30. Presented by Col Robert C Hixon the award honors her meritorious achievement as a receptionist in the Secretary of Defense’s Immediate Office. Tobey, a 1959 Trumansburg Central School graduate, later studied at Rochester Business Institute and joined the Navy in 1964. She has served at Norfolk and has been with the Office of the Secretary of Defense since December 1966.
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Yeoman
Lana Tobey
Col
Robert C. Hixon
Secretary of Defense
Trumansburg - Yeoman
Lana C. Tobey
U.S. Navy
Edward Tobey
Kingtown Road
Department of Defense
U.S Army
Tobey
United States Navy
Trumansburg Central School
Area man aids NATO exercise with Holloman Phantom units
Sergeant Wilson E Mitchell, son of Wilson S Mitchell Jr of Union Springs, served as a weapons mechanic for 96 F-4 Phantoms from Holloman AFB in the large NATO training drill in West Germany. The exercise involved 15,500 US personnel and supports NATO readiness and annual future drills. Mitchells wife Sandra is daughter of Fayette residents.
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Fayette - U.S
Wilson E. Mitchell
Wilson S Mitchell Jr
RD 1
Union Springs
West Germany
Mitchell
Holloman Afb
N.M
USAF
Holloman
Europe
Canton
Sandra
Lewis Sorrentino
Fayette
Pvt Lee Weaver in Vietnam During Guerrilla Training
Pvt Lee E Weaver 21 son of Mrs Marjorie R Weaver completed nine weeks of advanced infantry training Jan 17 at Ft Polk Louisiana. He is now in Vietnam and welcomes letters from friends. His address lists his unit and battalion details including US52970093 199th Inf BDE.
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Trumansburg
Lee E., Weaver
Marjorie R. Weaver
Ft. Polk
Weaver
Vietnam
Lee E. Weaver
Ivan L. Weaver
RD 3
Grange baking honors claimed by Townsendville area women
Elsie Warden won first prize in Interlaken Grange Bread Baking Contest. Martha Ball of Covert Grange won first prize in both Bread and Sugar Cookie Contests held in Covert. Winners advance to Pomona Grange on March 8. Diane James visited sister Kathy at Fredonia State College.
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Elsie Warden
Interlaken Grange
Interlaken
Martha Ball
Covert Grange
Covert
Pomona Grange
Diane James
Kathy
Fredonia State College
Tom Morrow
Jerome Champion
ABC
Interlaken Baptist Church
Wayne Carroll
Clarence Ward
Elmer Wards
Daniel Baker
Ronald Stamp
College
Kings College
Linda
Patti Baker
Ronnies
New York
Have Nots Paralleling Dids and Did Nots
Quote by James H. Russell in The Belton Journal notes that the have s and have not s often mirror the did and did not s, suggesting socioeconomic labels reflect actions and choices.
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James H. Russell
Belton
Tex ) Journal
Stork Anniversary and Local Club Notices in Lodi
Charles and Ethel Stork celebrate their 59th wedding anniversary on February 22. Lodi Country Club hosts a meeting March 6 at 6:30 p.m. at Rev. George John Son’s residence. Community notes include lodge, grange events, baking contests, and various family visits and greetings across Lodi Area.
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Charles Stork
Lodi
Hyde Park
Lodi Point
Death of Rose McKenna in Ovid
Rose B McKenna 69 of Orchard St Ovid died Thursday at home. Prayer services were held at her home and Holy Cross Church where a high Mass of Requiem was celebrated. Burial will be in Holy Cross Cemetery. She taught in Ovid for 37 years and was active in Catholic Daughters of America and NYS Retired Teachers Assn. Survived by three sisters and two brothers. Funeral arrangements by John D Covert Funeral Home.
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Ovid
Rose B. McKenna
Orchard St
Mary Nicholson
Holy Cross Church
William Lammers
Holy Cross Cemetery
Miss McKenna
Romulus
John
Mary Mackin McKenna
Ovid High School
Geneseo Normal College
Catholic Daughters of America
Elizabeth Proctor Dies in Trumansburg at 76
Elizabeth Proctor 76 of Trumansburg died Sunday February 16 after a long illness. She is survived by nephew William Proctor of Trumansburg and two nieces Mrs Helen deBruyn of Freeville and Miss Mary Proctor of Kingston. Funeral services were held February 21 at Rhode Covert Funeral Home at 8:30 a.m. followed by Requiem High Mass at St James the Apostle Church at 9 a.m. Burial will be in Grove Cemetery.
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Trumansburg
Elizabeth Proctor
William Proctor
Helen deBruyn
Freeville
Mary Proctor
Kingston
Rhode-Covert
St. James the Apostle Church
Grove Cemetery
Malcolm Updike Dies After Long Illness
Malcolm W. Updike 42 of Interlaken died February 19 1969 at Tompkins County Hospital Ithaca after a long illness He was born in Romulus a farmer and lived in Interlaken 27 years He is survived by his wife Patricia four children his parents a brother two nephews and a niece Funeral services were held February 22 1969 at 2 pm at Hurlbut Funeral Home Interlaken conducted by Rev Edward M Miller Burial was in Lake View Cemetery Interlaken Bearers named.
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Interlaken
Malcolm W. Updike
Tompkins County Hospital
Ithaca
Romulus
Updike
First Baptist Church
Patricia Updike
Neil
Ross
Cindy
Dale
Harold Updike
Edwin Updike
Rochester
Hurlbut Funeral Home
Edward M. Miller
Lake View Cemetery
Robert Thompson
Curtis Thompson
Donald Crane
David Powell
Karl Stevens
Michael Westervelt
Horace Reynolds dies unexpectedly in Florida
Horace C Reynolds 71 of King Ferry died February 18 in Fort Pierce Florida. A Trumansburg native and long time King Ferry resident he was a farmer and former Venice town supervisor. He held multiple local posts including Cayuga County Patrons Fire Relief director and First National Bank of Moravia board member. Funeral held February 22 at Friends Church Poplar Ridge with burial in West Genoa Cemetery.
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Trumansburg
Horace C. Reynolds
King Ferry
Fort Pierce
Fla
Venice
First National Bank of Moravia
West Genoa
Cayuga County Patrons Fire Relief Association
Friends Church
Poplar Ridge
Marvin, Carroll
Charles Reynolds
Richard Parker
Auburn
Howard Parker
Betty
Community Calendar for Searsburg and Surrounding Towns
Trumansburg Alice Conover item lists community events from Searsburg and nearby towns. The schedule covers Feb to Mar activities including luncheons Rotary meetings church services library hours Grange gatherings Rainbow Girls World Day of Prayer and a May smorgasbord. It notes a final line about the State Conservation Department Olympic Bobsled Run at Mt Van Hoevenberg.
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Searsburg Ladies Aid
Mabel Dawes
Ithaca
Rotary
Gregorys
Rebekahs Masonic Temple
Searsburg
F & AM
Rainbow Girls
Masonic Temple
Federated Church
Henry W. Thomason
Jacksonville
Wesleyan
United Methodist Church
Searsburg Homemakers
Lena McComb
Trumansburg Star
American Legion
Church of Epiphany
Grange
Covert Grange
Ulysses Grange
John Porter
CES
Reynoldsville
State Conservation Department
Mt. van Hoevenberg
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Pvt
Lee Weaver
Townsendville
Stork’s
Mahlon Ike
Pearl Steen
John Zammett
Ruthann Bebe
Robert Jacot
Charles Holmberg Jr
Corning Community College
Jim Williams
Utica
Russell Greenfield
Susie
Lisbon Falls
Darwin Smith
Anthony Odzana
Dunmore
Charles Alger
Larry
Phillip
John Harding
Liverpool
Syracuse
Noel Harding
Courtrights
George Wright
Montour Falls
Chester Courtright
Cayuga
Ross Swim
Darlene
Rodney Steen
Brenda Lee
Gordon Steen
Chiildren
Mark, Beverly and
Carol Willams
Mrs. Otis Brockway
Mrs. Williams
Odgensburg
Rose McKenna
John D. Covert Funeral Home
Walter Bean
Alexander Bean
Robert Mannix
James Maguire
Arthur Hall
James Marks
Malcolm Updike
Horace Reynolds
Florida
Story
Andrew Reynolds
West Chester Pa
Chester Reynolds
Catharine Hoffmire
Gertrude Mather
Ruth Hawthorne
Lafayette
Ind
Orlo Stewart
Shakeston Funeral Home
Aurora
Alice Conover
Romulus Town Board
Willard
VFW
St. Pats
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