Rivalries kick off town elections across region on March 15
Voters face competing slates in Cornwall and Highland Falls as March 15 polls loom. Parties endorse candidates for president and trustees while Cornwall court rules the village board controls a new polling place. In Suffern old party lines persist as Republican and Democrat tickets vie. Other towns Goshen Chester Monroe Maybrook Walden Liberty Warwick Montgomery Boomingbure also set polls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiliam 4. Smith
Square Deal
John C. Lee
Cornwall Supreme Court
A. F. Seeger
Cornwall Village Board
Cornwall Board
Public Welfare
John Clarkson
Thomas H. Ashworth
Charles Slater
Robert J Britnell
Samuel VanTasnell
Civic Progress
John H. Culver
Johny A. Parkman
Samuel Docherty
Harvey C. Ferriss
Annie Geenwood
Highland Palla
Highland Falls
Peoples
Willam D Stewart
Frederick Michel
Nelson
Saffern
Suffern
Charles Hooper
Erven Shuart
F. O . Carter
Leon Shuart
Goshen
Chester
Monroe
Maybrook
Walden
Liberty
Warwick
Montgomery
Body of Slain Boy Found on Refuse Pile in Palmer
The mutilated body of John H Kelly, three, was found in a public dump in Palmer Masa. Identification came after neighbors reported the boy missing and several people recognized him at Beer's undertaking rooms. Albert Doe, a farmer, was arrested on first degree murder charges, with Mrs Ida Kelly, the housekeeper and alleged accessory, also detained. Doe had recently been tried for assaulting a Kelly child. Both to be arraigned in Palmer district court today.
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Palmer. Masa
John H Kelly
Hilly Gagney
Brooklyn
Gaffney
Massachusetts
Albert Doe
Ida Kelly
Doe
Chet Crimmins
Kelly
Beer
Cornwall keeps single polling place in village vote
Justice Seeger ruled that Cornwall voters on March 15 must use the village office building as the only polling place. The court dismissed a bid to require two voting sites, noting village boards have discretion over polling locations. The dispute includes contention over annexation validity and a stay bid in appellate court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seeger Wag
Cornwall
Henry Huster
Board of Trustees
Highland Engine Co
Canterbury
Firthcliffe-Cornwall
Seeger
Henry Hirschberg
Hunter
Edson Hallock
Hirschberg
Henry Chadeayne
Chadeayne
Aew
Hunters
Appellate Division
Village Board
Brooklyn
Parent-Teacher Association Supper at Goshen High
The Parent-Teacher Association plans a cafeteria supper at Goshen High School Thursday evening at o clock. The event aims to raise funds and support school programs, inviting students, parents, and staff to participate in the community gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parent-Teacher Association
Goshen High School
Elwood Corning Heads Washingtonville Christian Endeavor
Washingtonville notices report a Blooming Grove Christian Endeavor meeting on March 1 at Miss Myrnie Felter home. Officers elected include Her. Elwood Corning president and Victor Hendershott vice president, with Katherine Felter treasurer and other posts filled.
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Washingtonville
Mar
Blooming Grove Christian Endeavor Society
Myrnie Felter
Frank Brows
Mra
David Hudson
Her. A. Elwood Corning
Victor Hendershott
W. Seaman
Myrtle Felter
Katherine Felter
Middletown
Felter
Blooming Grove
D. Aur
Blooming Grove King's Daughters
Athenia Club
Misa Harriet Aunter
Chester
W. H. Wilcox
Chester Presbyterian Church
Tuberculin test demonstrates tuberculosis in local dairy herd
C C Davis and Dr John R Morse reported dairy herd tuberculosis after a Saturday demonstration on Tra Carpenter’s Slate Hill farm near Bradley’s Corners. Nearly 50 cows had tuberculin readings with all but two showing infection. the cows will be slaughtered in Chester under dairymen’s eyes as the effort to spread knowledge continues with Grange meetings this week in Montgomery Bullville and Hamptonburgh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C. Davis
Orange County Farm Bureau Association
John R. Morse
Times Herald
Tra Carpenter
Slate Hill Road
Bradley’s Corners
Morse
Chester
Montgomery Grange
Bullville Grange Hall
Hamptonburgh Grange Hall
Nicoll Seeks Ruling On Goshen Farm Plan
State Health Commissioner Matthias Nicoll Jr asks Health Officer R L McGeoch for a decision on allowing the Jewish Consumptive Relief Society to establish a farm for consumptives on the Goshen village reservoir watershed. The decision, due Friday, was requested in advance but refused. Nicoll has reached a ruling but not released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matthias Mcoll, Jr
R. L. McGeoch
Jewish Consumptives Relief Society
Goshen Village
Dr. McGeoch
Dr. Nicoll
Reward Offered for Arrest of Chester Dog Poisoner
Chester posts a 200 dollar reward for information leading to arrest of a dog poisoner suspected of poisoning thirteen dogs since last Thursday. Police chief H.L.B. Green says a vigilante group is aiding the search. motives unclear though spite is suspected. Several specific dogs are named as victims, with 240 licensed dogs in the village.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
HL. B. Green
Sury
T. Smith
Arthur Prosser
James Dunn
Mary Burr
John Hunter
Joseph Frente
Harry Meyers
Thomaz Kane
McMullen
Bill to bar nearby liquor outlet clears Assembly step
The Assembly bill by Hall to prohibit such an establishment within three miles of aillage without village trustees and town supervisor consent is set to pass the Senate this week and will then go to Governor Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Assemblyman Hall
Senate
Smith
Realty Deals In Otisville Farms Change Hands
Mrs Marion A Smith of Otisville sells her dairy and poultry farm the Aveson farm at Finchville to Mr and Mrs John J Keller of Middletown who buy for a home and have taken possession Jacob Cawein sells his 18 acre poultry farm at Otisville to Hiram Terwilliger of Middletown who buys for an investment and will divide part of the property into building lots The Harold L Benton agency of Otisville handled the sales and bought from Correlia Zieres hef use on Highland avenue Otisville
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion A. Smith
Otisville
Aveson
Finchville
John J. Keller
Middletown
Jacob Cawein
Hiram Terwilliger
Harold L Benton
Cor Relia Zieres
Highland Avenue
Correction and Reform Plan in Goshen Prison Contract
The Supervisors' Committee on Correction and Reformation met in Goshen on Tuesday to discuss a new contract with the Chester County Penitentiary for prisoner care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee On Correction and Reformation
Goshen
Weatchester County Penitentiary
Farmer Dies In Goshen at 77 Years
Jacob A Mabee a prominent Orange county farmer and cattle dealer died Wednesday afternoon at his nephew Lewid Mabee’s home on Greenwich avenue Goshen aged 77 years 10 months and 27 days He was born April 8 1849 in Warwick and married Amanda Burrell who predeceased him Mabee had lived in the area for many decades and had suffered stomach trouble prior to his death
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob A Mabee
Orange County
Lewid Mabee
Greenwich Avenue
Goshen
Mr Mabee
Warwick
Jacob Mabee
Henrietta Wanamaker
Amanda Burrell
Marbee
Goshen Community Mourns Local Farmer in Death Notice
Town records show a Goshen farmer, long active in the Goshen Methodist Church, died after a period of illness. Surviving relatives include a daughter Mrs Frank Blakney of Middlewwa, three granddaughters and one nephew. Funeral services set for Friday at 2 PM at Goshen Methodist Church with Rev R L Masterstock. interment Slate Hill Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goshen
Goshen Methodist Church
R. L. Masterstock
Slate Hill Cemetery
Gosen
Bloomingburg School Sets Easter Vacation Week
The Board of Education met on Teenday evening and decided to hold the Easter vacation in the week following Easter. A state inspector was a recent visitor at the school house. The High View card club met at the home of Mrs. William Wigner on Wednesday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra M. Davison
Benjamin Horton
James Crane
William Hagan
H. H. Bischoff
Betty
Elks Circus
Bloomingburg
Board of Education
High View Card Club
William Wigner
Legion Auxiliary Meeting Announcement
A meeting of the American Legion Auxiliary will be held Monday evening at the Auxiliary rooms.
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Peter Bekeros
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Frank Yogel
Joseph A. Bryant
Joseph Caminade
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William NM
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Theodore J. Hicks
James E Reidy
the Alps
Constantine & Ellis
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Broadway
Newburgh, N
Brinkerhoff
Cornwall-on-Hudson, N.Y
Farmer
Lad
Canterbury Falls
Star Four
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Hayes-Hunt
Lone Stars
Garage
Walden, N. Y
Newburgh, N. Y
Firthcliffe Heights Garage
Firthcliffe, N. Y
Limestone Products Corporation OF America
Mewton
New Jersey
Rev
Elwood Corning
Washingtonville Christian Endeavor
Marian Felter Ednall
Clove
Charles Hallock
Young People's Club
Blooming Grove Church
Misa Temple
Moffat Library
George MacDowell
Harriett DeWitt
Craigsville
Frank Brown
George Owen
Bethlehem
Ralph DeKay
T. B
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McGeogh
Realty
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Highland Mills
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Central Valley National Bank
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Callom Bose
Dietrich
N. C. Lawson Motor Co
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