Community event calendar highlights July to August
A dense list of local activities from July to August including library hours and events. Readings, bake sales, fish Fries, picnics, church suppers, TOPS meetings, town boards, and library hours across Searsburg Interlaken Ovid Ithaca Perry City and nearby venues. Notable dates include July 15 16 17 18 19 20 22 23 24 and August 2 7 21 25 with multiple venues such as Searsburg Church Interlaken Library Ovid Library and Stewart Park.
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Alice Conover
Rotary
S.S. Rep
TVG
T.G
Searsburg
P&c
Taughannock Park
Interlaken
Ovid
Ovid Federated Church
Fair winners continue with horse and pony pulls
Ira Kessler's Columbia Crossroads team won the heavyweight horse pull by pulling 224 1/2 tons for 17 ft 10 in. Hill & Bough of Port Byron took second. Steger and Livermore of Genoa and Howard Smith of Oxford followed. Tom Smith of Marathon won the lightweight division with 21 tons and 23 ft. A pony pull debuted with Del HIll of Newark Valley taking first. Parade marshal Ray Langlois called the parade a fantastic success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ira Kessler
Columbia Crossroads
Hill & Bough
Port Byron
Steger
Livermore
Genoa
Howard Smith
Oxford
Tom Smith
Marathon
del Hii
Newark Valley
Marshall Ray Langlois
Area Deaths and Pony Race Winners in Romulus and Trumansburg
Romulus Floyd Farnsworth 72 of Fayette died July 10 1971 after admission to Taylor Brown Hospital. Burial Mt Green Cemetery Romulus with Glen E Thorpe Post 8033 assisting. MMilitary rites. Survivors include wife Lydia and four sons. Trumansburg Mrs Lela Hymes Rumsey 90 died July 5 1971 at ICCF Infirmary. Burial Grove Cemetery. Several community group memberships listed. Pony race results note multiple winners across six races with purses ranging from 100 to 1000 dollars.
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Romulus
Floyd Farnsworth
Main St. Fayette
Taylor Brown
Waterloo
Coryell Funeral Home
Rev
Evert Wright
Fayette Federated Church
Mt. Green Cemetery
Glen E. Thorpe
Arthur G. Depew
Ovid
Newark
Pace
N.W
Lela Hymes Rumsey
Wayne Hanover
G. Johnson
Taffy G
Jim Mazey
Maynard’s Comet
Joe Robbons
Faromac
Baxter
Renasto
Salai
Domino’s Maria
Raymond
Trumansburg
I.C.C.F
Rebekah Lodge
Newfield Star
O.E.S. Enfield Grange
United Methodist Church
Covert Family Reunion Held At Watkins Glen State Park
The 43rd Covert reunion brought together 44 descendants of Horatio J. and Laura Woodard Covert from Romulus and nearby areas at Watkins Glen State Park. Attendees included Leslie Covert and Lena Garrison. Officers elected for next year are Richard Bucklin, Donald Stivers, Edna Garrison, and Nellie Van Nostrand. The gathering plans to meet again on the second Sunday in July at a possibly Sampson State Park site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Romulus
Watkins Glen State Park
Horatio J
Laura Woodard Covert
Richard Bucklin
Rochester
Donald Stivers
Edna Garrison
Sheldrake
Nellie van Nostrand
Phelps
Sampson State Park
Annual lodge picnic at Taughannock Falls State Park
Interlaken Farmerville Lodge 183 and O.E.S. Chapter 336 hold their annual picnic at Taughannock Falls State Park Central Pavilion on Tuesday July 20. Dinner starts at 6 30 PM with attendees bringing own silverware and a dish to pass.
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Interlaken - Farmerville Lodge
O.E.S. Chapter
Taughannock Falls State Park
Central Pavilion
Interlaken girls counselors serve at camp for exceptional children
Margaret Frantz and Diane Mc Coy, both daughters of local residents, serve as counselors at Camp Sugar Creek near Towanda for a Day Camp for Exceptional Children. The program runs July 6 to 16 under the Seven Lakes Girl Scout Council with twenty senior scouts aiding Bradford County children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interlaken
Margaret Frantz
George Frantz
Diane McCoy
Myron McCoy
Camp Sugar Creek
Towanda
Seven Lakes Girl Scout Council
Geneva
Margaret
Diane
Bradford County
Margarets Group
Veterans Outpatient Care At Ithaca Highlighted
Leo J. Gangl notes veterans with disabilities caused or aggravated by service may receive outpatient medical treatment from the VA regardless of war or peace time. Enrolled veterans qualify for care in rehab programs, and dental care has a one year filing window with a six month service connection presumption. Spanish-American War veterans may receive dental care regardless of service connection. Information and counseling available at the New York State Division of Veterans Affairs in Ithaca. Jacksonville Community Day Camp set for July 19 to August 6 at the playground, 9 30 to 11 30 a.m., for ages 5 to 10.
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Ithaca
Leo J. Gangl
New York State Division of Veterans’ Affairs
410 Savings Bank Bldg
Tioga St
Jacksonville
Ulysses Library Picks Spotlight Summer Reads
The Ulysses Philomathic Library highlights new fiction including The Antagonists and The Throne of Saturn. Thrilling mysteries pop with The Dower Chest and Murder at the Met, alongside nonfiction titles such as The Assault on Privacy and Blue Meridian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trumansburg
Ernest Gann
Plaidy
Thrush Green
Miss Read
Houston
Allen Drury
Dean
Carmichael
Gideon
Marrie
The
Met
Jarvis
Stowall
Miller
Matthiessen
Hunter
Ontario Bible Conference Set for July Sessions
Oswego reports the Family Conference runs July 10 to 16 at Ontario Bible Camp and Conference. Dr. Wm J Moorhead of Kingston Bible College Nova Scotia will lead sessions with morning and evening meetings and a Sunday 3 00 pm service. The campsite sits on Lakeview Road near the Progress Center at Nine Mile Point Oswego.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oswego
Ontario Bible Camp & Conference
Wm. J. Moorhead
Kingston Bible College
Nova Scotia
O.B.C
Ontario Bible Conference
Lakeview Road
Progress Center
Nine-Mile Point
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the Loch
South Seneca
Melinda Stott
Covert Town Board
Lodi
Interlaken Lib
Interlaken Grange
Laurence D. Hymes
Percy Freese
Cleo Freese
R.D
Rhode-Covert Funeral Home
Royal E. Filkins
Grove Cemetery
George Garrett
Edgar Hymes
Arnold Tunison
Franklyn Tunison
Lewis Tunison
Michael Tunison
Mac’s Margeret
Marabella
Wee Bit Shady
Neff
Pepperdine
Pace N
Frosty Phil
O’hagan
Miss Spanky
Tripple J
Collins
Alate
Gillette Jr
Misty Field
Capone
Dancing Rhythm
Shannon
Covert Reunion
Waterloo, New York
W. Main
Rites
Geneva Ra
Interlaken Girls
Dianes
Ulysses Philomathic Library News
Ontario Bible
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