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Newspaper
Maybrook Enterprise
Location
Middletown, New York, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1927
Page
6
Monroe High School teams lost both games to alumni quintets at the Monroe community house last Thursday. The boys were defeated 63 to 24 and the girls 33 to 17, with lineups listing players from both sides and substitutions.
Congressman Hamilton Fish Jr recommends Mrs. Sarah M. Todd for reappointment as post master at Castle Point New York near the U S Veterans Hospital. The action seeks continuation of her leadership at the Castle Point post office serving the local military and civilian communities.
James B. Topping of Harriman Republican Club announces a resolution mourning John J Eden of Arden who died in a November Lake George incident with Lawrence Greene of Middletown. The club extols his citizenry, counsel, and helpful nature and sends sympathy to his widow and Mrs Biden. A copy will be published in papers where Eden was well known and esteemed.
Monticello January 6 reports say fox hunting in Sullivan County is very good with abundance visible in roads and woods. Fred Smith of Livingston Manor struck a grey fox while driving past County Clerk Johnston’s farm, causing a brief scare as the animal darted into the path of the touring car.
Congress member Hamilton Fish Jr condemns the American Legion for adopting a resolution recognizing poison gas as a lawful weapon. He states such action dangers civilians, urges ratification only with Allied signatories, and accuses the Legion of hasty, ill digested resolutions driven by powerful interests.
In a heated exchange, critics condemn rushing a resolution favoring gas use in war. They warn of odorless, deadly new varieties and urge the United States to join others in banning such weapons to protect civilization. They challenge Dr. Copeland and Mr. Fish to act before gas becomes an abomination.
Rev Albert Martin, ill at Middletown Sanitarium, has improved and returned to the manse but likely cannot preach Sunday due to weakness. Personal notes include Nathanial Carman visiting New Haven relatives, Christmas gatherings at Carman and Dickerson households, and several local illness updates.
At Monticello Kiamesha Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Stars held a semipublic installation of officers with large attendance. Eula Fraser was named Worthy Matron and Floyd Brown Worthy Patron. other officers include Minerva Taylor, Hazel G. Pelton, Mae M. Pelton, Mary Mearns, Minnie Neske, Rhythe Ennis, Edna Stecher, Ellen Race, Mildred Smith, Bessie Hembrt, Abbie Sniffin, Jennie Gonzales, Martha Schroeder, Grace Vin Keuran, Anna Beecher, Minnie Pelton, and Ethel Ma. 2, with an additional two and three year trustee appointments.
Middletown hosts the fifth annual Auto Show from March 9 to 12 under Battery D auspices. Capt. C. H. Jones says 17 dealers display more than 50 latest models on the main armory floor with trucks and buses downstairs. Exhibits space will be drawn next week. plans include an entertainment program and a five piece orchestra. A Middletown motor dealers committee leads a broad advertising push into Orange and Sullivan counties and nearby Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
A Tuesday fire wrecked a shell house at the F. KK Brewster powder plant in Port Ewen Ulster County. The blaze did not reach buildings where explosives were kept and nearby structures were spared.
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