Halloween safety plea and local political notes in South Seneca area
State health commissioner Dr. Hollis S. Ingraham urges parents to supervise Halloween to avoid traffic danger, dark costumes, flammable attire, and risky accessories. Advice includes fireproof costumes, reflective tape, battery flashlights, and adult supervision. The column also covers Covert Democratic dinner, praise for Rep. Sam Stratton, comparison with Senator Kennedy, hay bale obstruction on Burdick Road, and Interlaken football concession nostalgia.
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Hollis S. Ingraham
Interlaken Children Aid Drive for Center in Ithaca
A Letter to the Editor notes Interlaken School Children will canvass homes to support the Special Children's Center in Ithaca New York. It mentions the Interlaken Community Chest awarding 170000 dollars to the center and highlights special teachers for physical occupational and speech therapy.
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Interlaken School
Special Children’s Center
Ithaca
New York
Interlaken Community Chest
A Soldier in Viet Nam and Home Front Reflections
A Vietnam veteran laments lack of freedom at home while praising service abroad and urging Americans to wake up to real liberty. The letter page also notes a charity appeal for training center programs for special needs children and thanks the Free Press for community engagement. The two items appear in single reader submission form from separate voices within the paper.
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America
Hve
Washington
Alaska
New Jersey
Viet Nam
The
Free Press
the Free Press
Trumansburg
Smith Bros
Purple Candles Spark Home Makeover Story From Trumansburg
A humorous anecdote by Hilda Murphy recalls impulse buying purple candles and the ensuing home redecorating spree. The piece ends with digressions on Beethovan, hospital rates, and Red Cross service to the military, framed in light local commentary.
Deaths Charles F. Moore and others in Trumansburg area
Charles F. Moore 79 of Searsburg Rd RD2 Trumansburg died at home Oct 19. He was a Trumansburg Fair director and Golden Sheaf member of Searsburg Grange, member of Searsburg Congregational Church Schuyler County Farm Extension and Sheep Breeders Cooperative. Survived by wife Amy, daughter Marjorie Bleiler, three grandchildren, a brother, two nieces and a nephew. Funeral Oct 21 at Samuel Rhode Funeral Home Trumansburg. Burial Jones Cemetery. Bearers named. H. Smith Travis 79 of Interlaken died Oct 22 1967 at Tompkins County Hospital. Lifelong resident of Interlaken, member of Farmerville Lodge 183 F and A M and Interlaken Grange 160. Chairman of the Board of Assessors Town of Covert. Survived by two daughters Juene Martin Orlando Fla and Esther Wilson Rochester, sister Nellie Minor Batavia and four grandchildren. Funeral Oct 25 Hurlbut Funeral Home Interlaken. Burial Lake View Cemetery Interlaken. Bearers listed. Emma H Pratt 92 of Saratoga Springs died Oct 19 1967 at Community Sanitarium Interlaken after long illness. Survived by sister Alice Landers and nephew Howard Young Saratoga Springs. Bussing Funeral Home Saratoga Springs and burial Green Ridge Cemetery Saratoga Springs. Hurlbut Funeral Home handled local arrangements.
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Charles F. Moore
Trumansburg
Searsburg Rd
Searsburg Grange
Searsburg Congregational Church
Schuyler County Farm Extension
Schuyler County Sheep Breeders’ Cooperative
Burdett
Clarence Moore
Samuel Rhode
Charles Schwartz
Harry Dunlap
Valois
Jones Cemetery
Charles Burr
Walter Johnson
Cecil Mount
Clarence Robinson
Almon Wright
Frank Wright
H. Smith Travis
Interlaken
Oet
Tompkins County Hospital
Ovid
Farmerville Lodge
Interlaken Grange
Covert
Juene Martin
Orlando
Fla
Esther Wilson
Rochester
Nellie Minor
Batavia
Hurlbut
Johan Mulder
John Kellogg
Homer Hurlbut
Clermont Covert
Floyd Dickerson
Douglas VanBenschoten
Emma H. Pratt
Saratoga Springs
Community Sanitarium
Alice Landers
Howard Young
Bussing Funeral Home
Green Ridge Cemetery
Hurlbut Funeral Home
Veteran GL Insurance Lapses From Grace Periods
Veterans lapse thousands of GL insurance policies yearly by riding the 31 day grace period says Leo J. Gangle and Richard F. Cummings. They urge timely premium payments and correct mailing address with policy numbers for prompt attention.
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Leo J. Gangle
Veterans’ Service Agency
Richard F. Cummings
New York State Division of Veterans’ Affairs
United Fund Aims To Serve 30000 In 1968 Across Agencies
Tompkine County United Fund member agencies and town chests or councils will serve thirty thousand persons in 1968. Donations support local welfare programs and community services through the United Fund drive.
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Tompkine County United Fund
United Fund
Remembering Do You Do You Remember
Do You Remember by Gertrude Carman recounts a trip of Mr and Mrs Zabulon Miller of Ithaca to Trumansburg to visit their daughter Mrs Earle. The piece reflects on age travel, early rail curiosity, and a seasonal high school activity noting brisk fall days and everyday life in 1908.
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Zabulon Miller
Ithaca
Trumansburg
Earle
America
Also Mentioned on This Page
Tory Y
Covert Democrats
Happy Landing
Wanza Ruh
Harold Daily
Morris Medlock
South
Seneca County
Sam Stratton
Romulus
Auburn
Kennedy
Burdick Road
the Victory Committee of
South Seneca County
Catharine T. Cokefair
Wall Street
Pre Bane
Hilda Murphy
Beatoven
Amy
Grossingers
Red Cross
United Way
Gertrude Carman
IT Publishing Corp
the Interlaken Review
Interlaken, M. Y
Wende M. Waid
W.Y
Ruth Clewson
M.Y
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