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Newspaper
Free Press
Location
Trumansburg, New York, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1969
Page
12
4-H Program Call To Action In Ithaca
For more information on 4-H in your neighborhood, send your name address and age to Tompkins County 4-H at 225 S Fulton Street Ithaca New York 14850. The notice invites participation and outlines where to mail inquiries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tompkins County
S. Fulton Street
Ithaca
New York
Summer theater sprouts in old Hayward Barn
Two former TC students Melvin and Carl Voorhers launch a homegrown summer theater in Trumansburg using local talent. Under Robert Timerson the troupe aims to become an annual community event inviting all ages to join as staff. The first melodrama performance starts this weekend at Hayward Barn on Route 96.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trumansburg
TC S
T.C.S
Robert Timerson
Melvin
Carl Voorhers
Hayward Barnon
Hilda Murphy
Carrie On What is Middle Age
In TRUMANSBURG the author reflects on middle age after a busy summer. She lists small daily frictions and shifts in perspective that mark aging, from beach routines to showers, choosing rides, and managing feet and restrooms.
Letter to editor questions Bateman property variance
Readers challenge Bateman property variance for a gas station car wash restaurant and grocery facing Trumanburg school grounds. They fear traffic, tax exemptions, campus protection, and lack of transparency about ownership and recent sales records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bateman
Trumansburg
Holleran
Questioning impartiality and notice in Bateman Variance case
A taxpayer blasts the Trumansburg Zoning Board of Appeals over perceived bias and lack of legal notice. He asks how board members can attend protest meetings and still hear a variance case impartially and demands the variance be recorded. He questions why the hearing wasn’t advertised in the Free Press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zoning Board of Appeals
Bateman
Free Press
Trumansburg
Letter to Editor Seeks Mobile Home Solution to Costs
Edith Wells argues that rising taxes and living costs push people toward mobile homes in trailer parks as a practical survival choice. She likens the move to past injustices toward Indigenous peoples and urges financial focus on basic needs while condemning materialism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brotherlyness
Edith Wells
Interlaken and area support for Foreign Exchange program
A letter thanks Interlaken residents and neighbors for selfless support of the Foreign Exchange program that has sent many students abroad. The writer notes enrichment of both students and the towns and reflects on experiences in Great Britain broadening understanding of old problems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interlaken
Great
Britian
Death Notice Donald C Whitney Lyons
Donald C Whitney aged 32 of 3 Maple Street Lyons died July 24 at Edward J Barber Hospital Lyons after an extended illness. He was born in Ovid and worked at Newark State School. Funeral July 26 at 2 p.m. Hayts Corners Bible Church with Rev. Thomas E Niswonger officiating. Burial in South Lyons Cemetery. Survived by wife Janet Whitney, parents Merle and (Ire) Whitney, sister Joyce Williamson, brother Frederick Whitney, nieces and nephews. Funeral arranged by John D Covert Funeral Home Ovid. Bearers Lavelle Holmes Elwood Cornelius Kenneth Post Jr Melvin Smith Carl Backus Kenneth Wolf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyons
Donald C. Whitney
Maple Street
Edward J. Barber Hospital
Whitney
Ovid
Ovid Central School
Newark State School
Hayts Corners
Merle Whitney
Ira
Joyce) Williamson
Frederick Whitney
Miami
Fla
John D. Covert Funeral Home
Lavelle Holmes
Elwood Cornelius
Kenneth Post Jr
Melvin Smith
Carl Backus
Kenneth Wolf
TRUMANS BURG PAGES REVEAL Hints OF LOCAL HISTORY
A compilation from Trumansburg newspapers by Gertrude Carman spans 1881 to 1965. It notes fashion items in 1881 and local notices including a sea serpent tale in Cayuga Lake 1894, followed by annual community events, public works, and records from Interlaken and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trumans Burg
Gertrude Carman
Sarah
Cayuga Lake
Warren Davenport
Frontenac
Fence Around Cemetery Sparked By Townsman Saying
A reminiscence from the Interlaxen Papers notes last week’s discussion about building a cemetery fence. It recalls a saying attributed to Col. Ingersol suggesting no fence was needed around a graveyard since the dead do not complain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interlaxen
Doris Tulla
Our
Births Katharine Rose and twin sons born in 1969
Katharine Rose was born June 30 to Leigh and Christine Walpole of Dannemora at Physicians Hospital Plattsburgh weighing 7 lbs 13 oz. Grandparents: O’Connell and Walpole families. In Trumansburg twin sons Eric Jay and John David debuted July 20 1969 at Tompkins County Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ovid
Leigh
Christine (O'Connell) Walpole
Emmons Street
Dannemora
Adautter
Hopsital
Plattsburgh
Katharine Rose
Paul O’connell Sr
Arthur Walpole
Groton
Trumansburg
Eric Jay
John David
Harry Wellin
Seneca Rd
Tompkins Co. Hospital
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