Ovid Twentieth Century Club Opens 1968 69 Season
The Twentieth Century Club of Ovid opened its 1968 69 season with a dinner at Taughannock Falls Inn on Monday October 7. New president Mrs Benjamin Franklin welcomed members and outlined a year themed The World of Beauty with topics on Nutrition for Beauty Entertaining and Home Beauty Treatments. The next meeting will be at Mrs James Vangallo’s home on November 11 focusing on Veteran's Day and The Poppy. Cynthia Diamond of Ovid won second prize for Contemplation in Class I and Darwin Smith of Lodi received an honorable mention for Kaibab Forest in the Seneca Falls Art Association Exhibit through October 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OVID
Twentieth Century Club
Taughannock Falls Inn
Benjamin Franklin
Franklin
James Brownell
James Vangalio
Mildred Suits
Anthony Kay
James Vangallo
Robert Louis Stevenson
Cynthia Diamond
Darwin Smith
Lodi
Kaibab Forest
Seneca Falls Art Association
Seneca Falls Savings Bank
Tompkins County proposes charter for streamlined government
Voters face a November 5 decision on a new county charter that would create a Board of Representatives with 15 to 20 members, six standing committees, and a Budget and Administration department. It outlines reapportionment under one man one vote, a five year capital plan, and a master county planning function.
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Tompkins County
Board of Supervisors
Board of Representatives
Dept. of
Civil Service Commission
Sunday Laws and Local News Across Years
The excerpt cites an 1834 statute forbidding Sunday activities with limited exceptions. It notes 1905 traffic curb-cutting by Teamsters at Cayuga and King streets and warns barriers may be set. 1910 weather signs foretell a cold winter. migratory birds and animals prepare. 1911 store policy ends outdoor fruit and vegetable display due to dust, while Davies & King continue handling goods.
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Cayuga and
King Streets
Snyder
Central Park
Animal Kingdom
Davies & King
New York County Charter Shifts Departments and Roles
The present highway commissioner role becomes part of an expanded Department of Public Works. A County Jury Board and jurors system is created. A medical examiner replaces the coroner, and sheriff district attorney and county clerk retain functions with four year terms. Various departments remain, civil service unaffected, effective January 1 1970 if voters approve.
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Department of Public Works
Dept. of Law
Dept. of Health and Board of Health
County Hospital and Board of Managers
Dept. of Social Services
Dept. of Mental Health and Mental Health Board
County Library and Board of Trustees
Community College
Office of Veterans Affairs
Board of Elections
New York State
Deaths of Kochowiec and Hansen in 1968 region
Interlaken born Jan Kochowiec aged 63 died Oct 1 1968 in Elmira after car travel. Born May 9 1905 in Pinsk Poland he endured Siberia exile and German slave labor before immigrating to America in 1951. Susie M Hansen 81 of Enfield Center died Oct 2 1968 in Tompkins County Hospital. survived by daughters and grandchildren. funeral held in Ithaca. Interment Maple Grove Cemetery Horseheads.
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Interlaken
Jan Kochowiec
Elmira
Elmiry Heights
Mr. Kochowiec
Pinsk
Poland
Siberia
Russia
Hitler
Germany
America
Leon Packer
Ted Day
Interlaken Baptist Church
Kochowiec
Enfield Center
Susie M. Hansen
Iradels Rd
Ulysses
Tompkins County Hospital
Enfield Falls
LeRoy
Etta Chapman Dickson
John Hansen
Enfield Mothers Club
Enfield Valley Grange
Enfield Baptist Church and Women’s Fellowship
Neighborhood Birthday Club of
Enfield
Forrest Specht
Joseph Carr
VanOrder Funeral Home
Ithaca
Edward Husted
Enfield Baptist Church
Elmira Heights
Elmira Flora Products Co
Zofia
Nick Safoniuk
Montreal
Canada
L.H. Bartee
Jacksonville
N.C
Michael Kochowec
Brasstown
Wayne Sheesley
Horseheads
Mary Kochowlec
Rochester
John Kochowlec, Jr
Fort Leonhard Wood
Maple Grove Cemetery
Martha B Crane 87 dies after brief illness in Auburn
Mrs Martha B Crane 87 of 3801 Jordan St Skaneateles widow of Marion E Crane died Oct 2 1968 at Auburn Memorial Hospital after brief illness Funeral services at Coryell Funeral Home Ovid Rev Theodore Erble officiated Burial Mt Green Cemetery Romulus She survived by daughter Doris Yates and one grandson Dale Yates of Skaneateles plus several nieces and nephews
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Kendaia
Skaneateles
Donovan
Doris) Yates
First Presbyterian Church
Romulus
Dale Yates
Births in Trumansburg and Syracuse in September 1968
A sequence of birth notices from Trumansburg and nearby areas reports a son Daniel Frederick born to Theodore and Nancy MacCarrick on September 27 at Tompkins County Hospital. a daughter Michelle Marie born to Wesley Uites and Carol Reynolds on September 28 at Tompkins County Hospital. a son Matthew Thomas born to Thomas Seddon on September 18 at Tompkins County Hospital. a son Jeffrey Warren born to Warren Hausman on October 3 at Tompkins County Hospital. a child named Jimmie Pete was born to J Peter Gregoire on September 12 at Crouse-Irv ing Hospital in Syracuse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trumansburg
Daniel Frederick
Theodore MacCarrick
Nancy Baker
Tompkins Co. Hospital
Michelle Marie
Wesley Uites
Carol Reynolds
Jimmie Pete
J. Peter Gregoire
Crouse-Irving
Troop 3 Fall Campout Notes and Scout Leader Roles
Troop 3 BSA opened the 1968 69 season with a Connecticut Hill campout on September 13 14 and 18. An overnight hike on Hector land used the lean to shelter and covered 12 miles to Townsendville. Forty charter members in five patrols led by Senior Patrol Leader Charles Asay Patrol leaders Fred Dunlap Walt Busby Ricky Bradford and Bill Raymond. Boys 11 and older invited to join at School Building 1 Mondays at 7 00 PM. New York leads East in food processing with 135 products and about 1.5 billion pounds produced.
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Hector
Townsendville
Charles Asay
Fred Dunlap
Stingray Patrol
Walt Busby
Wolf Patrol
Ricky Bradford
Lightning Patrol
Bill Raymond
Flaming Arrow Patrol
Bobby Stone
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IT Publishing Corp
Duene C Waid
GB Winchell
Wenda M Weid
the Interlaken Review
Wanda M Waid
Ovid, NY
Ruth Clewsen
the Free Press
Trumenaburg
H.Y
Richard Murph
Hezel Timerson
Liess
Gertrude Carman
Charter and
Boy Scouts of America
Connecticut Hill
New York
East
United States
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