Former Orange County Brownie to be Dropped From the Roll
A disjointed report notes Brownie inspectors in Orange County being dropped from the rolls this April. It mentions reorganizing motor vehicle sections, expanding trooper duties, and possible new exams for inspectors. Several named officials and schools are referenced regarding the changes and training outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orange County
Surdivia
Strawae
Lester
Brownis
Bucharl Marine
Edward PL Turiy
Officers Installed by Cyprus Commandery
Apras Commandery Templar installed officers at its regular meeting Thursday night. Named were Douglas R. Spiers commander N L Saivhell generalissimo W T Cornelius captain general George H Blanchard treasurer Bob Taylor recorder D L Bonnyman senior warden E G King junior warden Harvey VeWirt excellent prelate C L Ghee excellent prelate R H Wis on standard bearer T S Clear Water sword bearer John Mc Cartney warder Roy Crawford third guard Sylvester J C Julse second guard Raymond Benedict first guard Philip Wern armorer Charles E Miller sentinel W F Benedict trustee one year Nelson L Satchell trustee two years H B Dewitt trustee three years Howard B Keeler uniform committee H S DeWitt and J Lesie Burnett drill masters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Apras Commandery
E Templar
Thurad Wight
Douglas R. Spiers
N. L Saivhell
W T. Cornelius
George H. Blanchard
Bob Taylor
D. DL, Bonnyman
E.G. King
Waren
Harvey
Expert Pruss Fitting For Men Women And Children
Expert Pruss fittings advertise made to measure abdominal belts seamless elastic stockings and supportive garments. A lady assistant offers private fitting rooms. Located at 29 North Shrest Middletown N Y McMonagley and Rogers promote their service for all ages and sizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
McMonagley& Rogers
North Shrést Middletown
Found Wife in Box Car Gets Divorce
Justice A. TH. F. Seeger granted a decree of divorce Friday morning to Jeremiah M Seybolt of Middletown from his wife Lidia M Seybolt. They wed at Stillwater, New Jersey on November 9, 1922. There was no defense. Plaintiff's witnesses were Seybolt and County Detective Charles W. Ketcham who served papers on the defendant whom he found living with a Morgan employee of the railroad in a box car at Graham. Attorney for the plaintiff was Edmund C Faulkner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. TH. F. Seeger
Jeremiah M Seybolt
Middletown
Lidia M Seybolt
Stillwater
N. J
Mr. Seybolt
Charles W. Ketcham
Morgan
Brit Railroad
Graham
Edmund C Faulkner
Appointed coach at Syracuse selects Lew P Andrews
Lew P Andrews, freshMinn coach for two years, has been named Syracuse varsity football coach to succeed Pete Reynolds, who asked to be released from his contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
Lew P Andrews
Freshminn
Pete Reynolds
Sullivan May Lose Man In Assembly R age At Ulster Dinner
Copiague main Page collector at the port of New York and chairman of the Ulster County Republican Committee praised the American system of party government and individual voter duty. Former Senator Charles W. Wilton of Kingston denounced centralized federal control and cited Lincoln. Dinner committees and numerous attendees from towns like Barryville, Bloomingburg, Cochecton, Eldred, and Middletown were listed along with speakers Luis de Hoyos and Clinton A. Shaw among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Furniore
Ulster County Republican Committee
Pan
Supreme Court
Joseph Reech
Charles W. Wilton
Kingston
Richard R. Hall
Charles G. Burns
Alonzo A. Caikin
Luis de Hoyos
Clinton A. Shaw
George G. Darling
R. T. Branch
Helen M. Stanton
Sidney Foster
William George
Howard Beecher
James H. Brady
Edson D. Knapp
J. W. Davis
Charles G
Charles Stoker
Cochecton
Truman Y. Burr
Guy F. Reilly
Eldred
A. A. Myers
Eureka
H. P Smith
Wallsbury
George S. Alexander
Archibald B Rosenstraus
Hortonville
Mildred Buddenhagen
Turleyville
W. N
Durland Jeffersonvle
Jane Townsend
E.J. van Kemen
F. Weise
C . Wilkin
Kenora Luke
Thomas H. Faxston
W. Moulthrop
Fred J. Wei Liberty
Martha Cekada
Emma E. Currey
G. F. Currey
Harry McLaughlin
Harriet McLaughlin
Eugene Roseh Loomis
DM. Chanzee
M. E. Mackay
Middletown
Addie Penny
Vance Roosa
Franklin B Williams
Mongaup Valley
Fred Cooper
Charles Moore
Monticello
D. D. Bishop
J. H. Brady
R. §. Breakey
Local residents and households listed by towns
A fragmented from an old notice lists individuals and couples by townships including Narrowsburg Neversins Philipsport Mort Jervis Rustus South Fallburg Spring Glen Sunmitville Swan Like White Lake Woodhaven Woodridge with names such as Mary Vaughn Van Hornbeck Calvin Hornbeck George A Elbvich George R Rogers and others in a civic alignment. The entry reads like a social register or community roll with numerous married pairs and a few single names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Vaughn
van Hornbeck
Narrowsburg
James Tt. Bennett
M.J. Clark
E. Deitse
Geo. A. Elbvich
W. H. Koster
A. J. Stranahan
Neversins
Calvin Hornbeck
Wii H. Lawrence
Philipsport
Ay Hardenbergh
Louis Jolkover
George R. Rogers
Mort Jervis
Julai E. Cuddeback
Stephen Zeh
Rustus
James F. Wobold
South Fallburg
Arthur Dennis
We Kay Elmore
Arthur Thainhish
Spring Glen
H. &. Smith
Sunmitville
A. C. Cudney
Middletown Library Plans Branch System Expansion
Middletown moves to open a two station branch library system directed by Miss Helena S. Le Fevre, with 250 to 300 books per station. West End and North End stations will operate 2 to 6 pm on Wednesdays Saturdays and Tuesdays Fridays respectively, aided by local sponsors Holmes & Tuthill and R. P. Anderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Helena S. LeFevre
Thrall Library
West End
Holmes & Tuthill
West Main Street
Monhagen Avenue
R. P. Anderson
North Street
Wisner Avenue
Girl Scouts
Death of Wallkill Child Diphtheria Victim
H Eugene W. Smith aged one year six months son of Mr and Mrs Harry Smith of Wallkill died Friday after five days of diphtheria. Born in Middletown August 10 1925. Survived by parents two grandfathers and one grandmother Eugene Smith and Mr and Mrs William Patten of Wallkill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H Eugene W. Smith
Eugene William Smith
Harry Smith
Wallkill
Middletown
Eugene Smith
William Patten
Rev Kettle to Speak at Monroe Masons Washington Dinner
Standard Lodge No 711 Monroe will host its fifth annual Washington Birthday dinner February 22 at 7 pm in the Community House. Rev William I F Kettle of Middletown, grand chaplain of the New York Grand Lodge, will deliver the address with community singing and music. Tickets from Harry M Littell Joseph W R Dally Charles W Smits Lindley Heaton or Frank W Relyea before February 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tandard Lodge
A. M
Monroe
Washington
Hawthorne Chapter
William IF. Kettle
Middletown
Grand Lodge
State of New York
Orange County
Mr. Kettle
Harry M. Littell
Joseph W. R. Dally
Charles W. Smits
Lindley Heaton
Frank W. Rel Yea
New York Man Buys the Monell Estate
W. L Burns of New York City has purchased the Otterkill Farms estate of 565 acres in Hamptonburgh from the late Ambrose Monell. The dairy property features a stone cow barn with 0 stanchions and extensive improvements, a 12 room master’s house with four baths, a 12 room superintendent’s house, four workers’ houses, a 40 000 dollar barn for 96 head, and more than 100 fertile acres tilled. Burns plans to place 100 cows next spring and become a leading county dairy producer. Continuous ownership changes began June 3 with Pendell’s speculative purchase and end with Higherd’s conveyance of 25 Jerseys and equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. 8. Burns
New York
Thomas Pendell
Ambrose Monell
Hamptonburgh
Otterkill Farms
Monell
Burn
Pendell
Eight Year Old Boy Linked to Newburgh Fires
Police report an eight year old boy, Willa Sparks, living at 248 Water Street with mother and stepfather, as key suspect in several Newburgh arsons. He allegedly started fires at 13 Chanders Street on January 12 and at 207 Liberty Street on January 1. both were extinguished with no injuries or property damage. Authorities plan psychological evaluation as the boy and his case are reviewed.
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Newburgh
Colden Street
Wegawa
Cima Yy
Uny
Willa Sparks
Water Street
Nushburgh
Chanders Street
J. D. Wilson
Liberty Street
Sparks
F. S. Goldstein
Sow
Broadway
Chambers Street
Polen
Assemblyman Cure Stuns With Reapportionment Move
Lincoln Dinner reveals a proposed statewide reapportionment plan that would remove one assembly seat from Sullivan County and shift representation toward New York City. Local opinions split. Mayor Macardell supports equal representation and practical needs, while Special Surrogate Taylor argues Sullivan County should retain an individual assemblyman. Also noted are reflections on the statewide impact and upcoming local school meeting in Ellenville with priorities for taxpayers and parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Assembly
Monfireo
Orange County
Sullivan
Populion
New York City
Sanford Smith
Columbia County
A. B. Macardell
Commonwealth
Charles B. Taylor
Sullivan County
Amity Ladies Aid Society Elects Officers
A meeting at Mrs. Robert Doty's home on Thursday afternoon elected officers for the Amity Ladies Aid Society. Mrs Frank Ghaccarayne was chosen president and Mrs Lawrence Layton vice president, with Mrs Bakert J. among those named as officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amity Ladies’ Aid Society
Ladies’ Aid Society
Robert Doty
Frank Ghaccarayne
Lawrence Layton
Bakert J
Minisink Historians to Meet at Port Jervis Library
The Minisink Valley Historical Society will hold its thirty-ninth annual meeting and dinner on February 22 at Port Jervis Free Library. A morning room open for inspecting books and curios, a noon business meeting and annual election, and a 1 PM dinner at the Minisink Hotel with addresses by Samuel W. Griffin are planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minisink Valley
Minisink
Samuel W. Griffin
New Aristocracy and Patent Patents Debate in Meeting
A gathering features a debate on The New Aristocracy with Hon George N Smith of Monticello N Y and a reading by Irving Righter on A Survey of the Mippins Patent. Dr William Cuddy Lack discusses The Minisink Patent Our Minwink Region and Liberty Cradle Under the Flags of Six Nations with copies of Pier pack Patent Schuyler Patent Minisink Patent. Tickets available from Flob Fowler S M Cudderack with payment due by Saturday the 19th inst.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
George N. Smith
Monticello
N. Y
Hardenbergh
Irving Righter
C. E
Port Jervis
William 4. Cuddy Lack
Minwink
Six Nationa
Flob
L N E Lets Contrage For Spur Construction
The Lehigh & New England Railroad awarded a contract to Clement & Company of Philadelphia for a spur from the Glenway line near Pingland to the Empire quarries. Work to start within days, quarrying stone for monumental needs, claimed to supply manufacturers for fifty years.
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Goshen
Lehigh & New England Railroad Compass
Clement & Company
Phiadelphia
Toald
Glenway
Pingland
Empire
Chester to Have Fire Alarm System
February 12 1927 report details Chester village fire alarm project including 30600 feet of copper wire, 122 poles, two 3 HP transformers plus a 5 HP motor generator, switchboard and batteries in the fire house, and 45 HP of transformers supplying power to 20 buildings. A Tuxedo plant line rebuild will shift three phase current to a new gymnasium and cause extensive line changes through the village. Dynamite damage from Tony of Waterbury Concrete Construction delays service and interrupts a repeater station, with local complaints noted.
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Chester
Main Street
East Caester
Greycourt
Grevcourt
Bruise
High
Tuxedo
Tony
Waterbury Concrete Construction Company
Southfields
Tn 70
Horgepown
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State Police School of ‘Pros
Eivd
Cyprus
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Houghton Farm
S. R. Lewis, Mer
Pine Tree Inn
Newaceh
Albany
Buick
Washingtonville
Washingtonville, N
Middletown Library
Central Valley National Bank
Central Valley, N. Y
W. F. Kettle
Rev
Kettle
Standard
Led
Assemblyman Cure
Macardell
Doty
Charles Drew
Niower Fund
William
Layton
Hursday
Florida
Garfield
XN. J
Ellenvile
Historians OF
Storm King Highway
The
Bluebird Shop
Orange & Rockland
Skylands
Clarence Lewig
Bagie Valley
Tuxedo Line
Tony Cond
Moree, N, Y
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