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Newspaper

Free Press

Location

Trumansburg, New York, United States of America

Date

Mar 08, 1973

Page

12

Lodi Town Board Meeting Questions Unanswered

Guest editorial questions the handling of town funds after a March 1 meeting in Lodi New York. It cites disputed charges from 1970 a grader loan no written agreement verbal price ceilings exceeded bills for engine repairs snowmobile oil and poor highway maintenance urging residents to attend meetings for accountability.

Lodi Basinger Cons. Co Highway Department Richard McCheyne Francis Hurd William Clyde Lodi

Letter asks to move speed limit sign near high school on Rt 96

A resident reports a speed increase sign from 30 to 40 mph near Trumansburg High School on Rt 96 and urges relocating the southbound sign just past the rise to improve safety for students. He notes tolling concerns and cites a crossing guard who raised the issue. The writer asks officials to consider shifting the sign north of the Sunoco station.

Rt 96 Highway Dept Rt -6 Joe Trumansburg Sunoco John Edward Moore

Five Tips to Prevent Cake Shrink During Cooling

Lucy Leboffe outlines five practical fixes for cakes and cupcakes that shrink as they cool. Use exact package measurements, avoid overmixing and overheating, choose proper flour for scratch cakes, and test doneness to prevent underbaking or overbaking. Cupcakes may pull from liners if overbaked.

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Lodi Town Board discusses road repairs and planning board changes

Town supervisor Hurd said eleven thousand dollars in revenue sharing will fund road repairs. The Planning Board, idle for years, will meet regularly with Tom Clayton replacing Jack Mulford and other members named. Complaints about snowmobiles on streets and sidewalks were referred to the Village Board.

Lodi Hurd Tom Clayton Jack Mulford Roy Shepherd Melvin Fish Carol Voorheis Bill Wagner Elmer Porter Charles Stengle Village Board

Community events calendar lists meetings and parties

ALICE CONOVER provides a March schedule with Rotary, Rebekahs, Fish and Game Club, Ulysses Grange, RAM, Village Board, Jacksonville associations, St. Patrick's Day dish supper, Ulysses Town Board, Sr. Citizens, Am Legion Auxiliary, United Methodist Church lunch, CES, First Baptist luncheon, and governing body sessions through March 20.

Alice Conover Rotary Rebekahs Fish & Game Club Ulysses Grange RAM Jacksonville Associat Ulysses Town Board A.m. Sr Presbyterian Chapel Am- Legion Auxiliary United Methodist Church CES Fish and Game Club First Baptist Public

Community Calendar Highlights for Romulus Interlaken and Ovid Areas

The notice lists upcoming meetings and events across Romulus Interlaken Ovid and nearby towns. Boards and clubs include Romulus Town Board Interlaken Village Board SSCS Ovid Federated Tops Band Boosters Interlaken OES Interlaken Grange Legion Aux Farmerville Lodge and various village and civic events with times mainly in the evening and noon sessions. Also notes a Boy Scout pancake supper March 23 and Operation Reach program at the American Legion.

Wanda Waid Romulus Town Board Interlaken Village Board South Seneca Senior Citizens Meeting Ovid Federated Church SSCS Interlaken Legion Interlaken Oes Interlaken Interlaken Grange Interlaken Legion Aux Farmerville Lodge Ovid Interlaken American Legion

Local Socials and Birthdays Highlight Rural Community Life

Mrs Allen Soule visits Lakeside Nursing Home with Elizabeth Townsend. Graceful gatherings mark birthdays for Edwin and Helen Nourse, and Alfred Mathews hosts guests in Horseheads. Barbara Koellner Pound wed Robert Landon in Beaver Dams on Feb 18 1973. Micheal Swartz advances to Webelos from Cub Scouts. Birthdays and parties noted across Cayutaville Mecklenburg and surrounding towns.

Barbara Koellner Pound Cayutaville Robert E. Landon Justice of Peace Loren Wheat Beaver Dams Barbara Mecklenburg Micheal Swartz John Swartz Cub Scouts Webelos Lloyd Shisler Vanda Lydia Kelsey Mike Boylan Catherine Dell Bonnie Bower Anna Strong John Hanauer Robert Carlisle Sr Golda Rumsey Donald Warren

Fox chase thrills Interlaken and Ovid districts in 1889

Local notices report a fox chase in Ovid and Interlaken with B W Covert’s dog winning first prize and William Shannon’s dogs placing second and third. Towns including Romulus and Lodi see bridge plans, timber shipments, and teaching appointments amid community events.

Village Review Interlaken N. Oaks, Jr van Liew’s Ovid Fox Chase B.W. Covert William Shannon Lodi Lizzie Sebring West Lodi James D. Brown Romulus Hiram van Nostrand U.S. Lumber Cutting Co Geneva Seneca Lake Ayers

Community Happenings and Obituary Notes

March events include Nettie Leonard at Work Day of Prayer in Perry City and a retirement dinner in Ithaca for Kenneth Soule of NYS Electric and Gas. Obituary for Emmett Tucker details birth in 1886, Enfield ties, survivors, and funeral at VanOrder in Ithaca. Also reports a Barnard-Lucky furnace explosion at Lanny Clark home with new furnace planned.

Nettie Leonard Perry City Friends Church Eugene Batty Horseheads Delvin Skinner Carleen Warren Cortland College Carl Warren March Mike Boylan John Swartz Harold Soule Kenneth Soule Allen Soule VFW Ithaca NYS Electric and Gas Hans Fenz McIntyre Rd Emmett Tucker Aiken Road Enfield Tucker Oak Hill Manor Fred Josephine Dickens Enfield Valley Grange Enfield Fire Co Grace SanSoucie Hill Groton Louise SanSoucie Bertha Hubbell Blanch Lovelace Infield Jean Blanchard Lyda Griffen Louella Cavanaugh VanOrder Hayts c/o Joyce Lane Lanny Clark Dolley Clark Clark

Tax Sale Notice Interlaken Village March Auction

Village of Interlaken Seneca County New York will sell at public auction on March 15 1973 at 1 PM in the Municipal Building Meeting Room unpaid real estate taxes and charges as listed. Purchasers must pay bids within ten days and receive a certificate of sale for parcels including Calvin and Mary Davis Railroad Ave Allan R Grant Railroad Ave Robert and Patricia Law Main St and Albert and Doris Tulla Knight St with amounts due 7486 10919 15879 6913 and other charges.

Interlaken N.Y State of New York Seneca County Calvin and Mary Davis Allan R. Grant Railroad Ave Robert and Patricia Law Main St Albert and Doris Tulla Knight St

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Trumansburg, NY Sig Ae Weiss SAT SUN Joseph Gelmis Bob Salmaggi Group W Network William Wolf Food For Thought Lucy Leboffe Lodi Town Board South Seneca Emember By Naomi Brewer Willard T. Georgia
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