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Newspaper

Free Press

Location

Trumansburg, New York, United States of America

Date

Jan 03, 1974

Page

9

Christmas fire at Ovid Post Office smoke call

On Christmas Day at 4 50 p m a furnace fault at the Ovid Post Office caused a smoke call. Firemen under Chief Bill Clark and Undersheriff Gerald Brewer investigated with minor smoke damage reported. Also, Varick Deputy Robert Favreau arrested Lester B Haust on cruelty to animals. Haust pled guilty before Judge Davids and ordered to pay vet fees and replace the cat.

OVID Bill Clark Gerald Brewer Varick Robert Favreau Lester B. Haust Haust Davids

Auxiliary thanks community for support in Christmas drive

The American Legion Auxiliary thanks donors and volunteers for Christmas activities. With meetings paused until January 15 they urge continued support and recycling of toys, dolls and coupons. They aim for 40 quota per member and accept Bonus Stamps. Next county meeting is in Ovid on January 17. Interlaken Grange 160 donated $50 to the ambulance fund and packed Christmas boxes for elderly members. Their next regular meeting is January, and Interlaken Grange hosts Seneca County Pomona Grange on January 12 at 10 a.m. with lunch.

Interlaken Interlaken Grange Interlaken Ambulance Fund Seneca County Pomona Grange

Ovid Generals 4 H Club Plans Paper Drive and Bike Raffle

The Ovid Generals 4 H Club announces a paper drive and a raffle. Residents may drop papers at Dale Arcangeli Chaplin Street Ovid. Tickets for the drawing of a 10 speed bike and a $25 savings bond go on sale at the Interlaken Review Office or from club members. Drawing is February 7.

OVID Ovid Generals 4-H Dale Arcangeli Chaplin St Interlaken Review Office

Pomona Grange Plans 1974 Interlaken Meeting

Seneca County Pomona Grange schedules its next gathering for 10 a.m. Saturday January 12 1974 at Interlaken 160 Grange Hall Covert. The session opens in the Fifth Degree led by Pomona Master Philip Stannard. Includes fudge contest recipe swap and raffle offering a man’s or a woman’s watch as the prize.

Interlaken Seneca County Pomona Grange Grange Hall Covert Philip Stannard Pomona

Bateman Family Delivers Seasonal Program at Trumansburg School

The Bateman Family formerly of Trumansburg now in the Lansing Central School District presented a seasonal program for elementary children using High School Memorial Auditorium. The event featured a string quartet, 12 family members in hot day attire, Gayla Bateman 18 a Brigham Young University student singing two solos, and a Toy Land Christmas Parade finale with wooden soldiers and dancers. The family has historically performed for hospitals nursing homes churches and has appeared in Rochester Utica and Rome with radio and TV.

Trumansburg Bateman Lansing Central School High School Memorial Auditorium Gayla Bateman Brigham Young University Toy Land Rochester Utica Rome

Ulysses Community Council Annual Meeting on Jan 21

The Ulysses Community Council will hold its annual meeting Monday Jan 21 at 8 p.m. in the new firehouse to hear 1973 annual reports from United Fund supported agencies and to hear budget requests for 1974. Dues of 1 are due before March 1 with voting rights granted to paying organizations. The meeting is in TRUMANSBURG. TRUMANSBURG hospital entrance hours change to 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. with access via emergency entrance.

Truman SIRG Ulysses Community Council United Fund Thomas Moore Trumansburg

Interlaken Health Center Closes in Seneca County

Seneca County Board of Supervisors votes to close the Interlaken Health Center effective immediately due to staff shortages. The Health Department lists replacement clinics across the county with dates and contact numbers for immunization, child health, orthopedic, mental health, family planning, and counseling services in Waterloo Ovid and Geneva.

Waterloo Seneca County Board of Supervisors Interlaken Seneca County Department of Health Health Dept Ovid Health Center Waterloo Health Dept Mental Health West William St Geneva Geneva 789-1092. Family Counseling Service of the Finger Lakes North St Call

Ovid Legion and Lions Club Christmas Aid Report

The Ovid LegionBest 48Auxiliary and Lions Club joined to deliver 15 Christmas food baskets and toys to area families. Lions Club members with Joe Maleski Bob Dubham and William Lutz distributed goods on Saturday December 22. Legion and Auxiliary organized toy purchases and wrapping led by Joe and Mary Ann Maleski. The Legion also held a December 16 Christmas Party for area children up to age 12 with candy goodies and toys.

OVID Ovid Legion Best Auxiliary Lions Club Smaall Beaune Legion and Auxiliary Joe Maleski Bob Dubham William Lutz The Legion Joe Mary Ann Maleski Legion and Auxiliary

Local Residents Make Winter Moves and Notes

Romulus and Mrs. Russell Spencer head south to Florida for winter while visiting daughters in Ohio Illinois and Oklahoma Arch ie H Brennan moves from Lois Coryell house to Kenneth Post tenant house on Swick Rd Dr and Mrs Bruno Riemer return from Florida Christmas visits Mr and Mrs Charls Hicks spend Christmas with son in law and daughter in Cazenovia Jesse L Rundell Varick town clerk returns home Ethel Fitzgerald spends Christmas weekend with the Beeman family in Syracuse Presbyterian Womens Assoc to meet Jan 3 at Mrs Howard Byron's Cayuga Lake Blvd Lois Coryell sells South Main Street house to Carl Milligan family of Rochester moves to Poplar Beach mobile home Presbyterians will worship in Fellowship Hall during January and February

Russell Spencer Florida Ohio Illinois Oklahoma Archie H. Brennan Lois Coryell Kenneth Post Swick Rd Bruno Riemer Charls Hicks William Parker Cazenovia Jesse L. Rundell Varick North Main Street Ethel Fitzgerald Larry Beeman Syracuse Presbyterian Women’s Assoc Howard Byron Cayuga Lake Blvd South Main Street Carl H. Milligan Arid Rochester Coryell Poplar Beach Fellow Ship Hall

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