Cornwall Town News highlights local events and obits
March items note a beefsteak supper at the Methodist Church and a Firthelife Club film on April 12 benefiting Boy Scouts. School activities include basketball, a debate win for Cornwall High, and a staged play for Visiting Nurse Society. Various appointments, purchases, and local notices appear, along with church evangelism plans and county deeds transfers in Cornwall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornwall
S Wen
Methodist Church
Firthelife Club
Fred Thompson
Boy Scouts of America
Black Rock
Boy Scouts
Cornwall High School
C. Massey
Tommy
Cornwall-on-Hudson High School
Storm King Arms
Firthcliffe Athletic Club
Newburgh
St. Patrick’s
Firthclife
Girls’ Friendly Society
Rebe Leach
Willow Avenue
Highland Falls High School
Highland Falls
Philpp
Holy Name
Middletown
Walter Thomas Prendergast
Washington Fund
Warren Taylor
Fair Society Elects Seeley to Eden Post
Howard D. Seeley of Goshen was elected vice-president of the Orange County Agricultural Society to succeed the late John J. Eden at a Middletown board meeting. Seeley, a Farm Bureau and Grange leader, heads the cattle department and has long been involved with the society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard D. Seely
Goshen
Orange County Agricultural Society
John J. Eden
Chamber of Commerce
Middletown
Seeley
Agricultural Society
Benjamin B. Strong
Franklin A. Behriver
Chester
Goshen Merchant Injured In Auto Crash On Murray Avenue
Louis Diana a Goshen merchant is hospitalized with a fractured right leg and facial injuries after alighting from an auto on Murray Avenue and being struck by a second car driven by Charles A Reeves Jr of Hamptonburgh. Diana, a Goshen High student, was en route to St Patrick’s event when struck. Witnesses say the other driver was not at fault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Diana
Goshen
Murray Avenue
Diana
St. Patrick’s
Garr Hall
Charles A. Reeves, Jr
Hamptonburgh
William Goodman
Arthur Stevens
Goshen High School
Merritt adjourns Jenkins theft case in Goshen
Russell Jenkins faced Police Justice H. B. Merritt on a charge of stealing money last October from a drawer in the Farmers Hotel on Greenwich avenue Goshen and then disappearing. The hearing was adjourned for one week. Deputy Sheriff Stanley Golemboski arrested Jenkins after spotting him near Midvale New Jersey and nearby on a farm near Slate Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Jenkins
Farmers
Greenwich Avenue
Goshen
H. B. Merritt
Joseph Zelenski
Jenkins
Midvale
N. J
Sherif Stanley Golemboski
Mr. Zelenski
Jenking
Slate Il
Old Neighbors in Milk Suit in County Court
An Orange county jury quickly decides a dispute over milk priced for March to May 1923 from James Y. Dwyer of Greenville to William W. Schultz. Dwyer seeks 450.39 dollars, Schultz admits nonpayment but argues Dwyer owes him 140.54 after a disputed contract. The trial in Goshen county court, before Judge Russell Wiggins, features testimonies about a supposed contract price and Dairymen's League payment arrangements and ends with a verdict for Dwyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orange County
James Y. Dwyer
Greenville
William W. Schultz
Dwyer
Russell Wiggins
Goshen
Schultz
Dairymen's League
League
Dairymen’s League
William P. Gregg
Jim
Bill
William A. Parshall
Gregg
Frank E. Schultz
Francis Dwyer
James
Wiggins
Otto Miller
Harvey Tuthill
Montgomery
William H. Small
Balmville
William Clapper
Newburgh
Robert
Gerow
John Daniels
Middletown
Oscar Anderson
Cornwall
Alfred B. Love
Walden
Ernest G. Lamar
Carl Carleson
Central Valley
Ernest E. Rockafellow
Stephen Gnos
Surrogate Court issues multiple estate letters in Hudson area
Surrogate Elwood C. Smith issued letters testamentary and administration for numerous estates in Port Jervis Middletown Newburgh and Highland Falls. Cases include Fannie Case Ella Dows Amanda Wunder Frank Webb Joseph Sloat Nathan Resnikoff and Meyer Rubinowitz estates with executors and administrators named. Decrees issued for judicial settlements of William Shaffer and Frank Doxey estates with Clinton Dimmick and Peter Cantline as executors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elwood C. Smith
Herbert B. Case
Port Jervis
Fannie Case
John Bright
Middletown
Ella L. Dows
Thomas H. Lee
Frances T. Orr
New York
Milton Orr
Frank Lyle Wells
George Wells
Elwood ¢. Smith
Belle C. Webb
Port Jarvis
Frank J. Webb
J. Berwick Thompson
Newburgh
Josephine Sloat
Lena Resnikoff
Nathan Resnikoff
Joseph Rubinowitz
Meyer Rubinowitz
Goshen Club Defeats Tuxedo Firemen In General Tournament
Goshen Club members about 25 traveled to Tuxedo Friday and won four of six games in a general tournament with the Fire Department. Checkers bridge euchre and pool gave Goshen wins while Tuxedo took pinochle and bowling. Refreshments followed a pleasant evening and future meetings are anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goshen
Tuxedo
Fire Department
Parent Teachers Play At K P Hall Friday Eve
Pine Bush notices a home talent play to be presented Friday evening at the K P hall under the auspices of the Parent Teacher Association. Reserve seats available at M Osborne's store. Birth of David Barnard Sodebloom reported. Walter Schauer convalesces at Hiawatha House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Sodebloom
David Barnard Sodebloom
Walter Schauer
Hiawatha
Louis Hardenburgh
Middletown
Frank Corwin
M. EB
Park Avenue
New York
New Prospect
Naaman the Leper
Christian Endeavor Society
J. Penny
Wide Awake Women Can Make Money
In every city and town a woman with time and energy can work part or full time and earn good money. This woman can become the agent for four preparations, one or more of which will sell in every home. Profitable permanent business can be built with repeat sales. Agents wanted in surrounding villages and rural routes via the VANCOCO Newburgh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ry the Vanco CO
Newburgh
E E
Court Pays Respect As Trial Highlights Frank Nearn
The Raymond Gerald grand larceny case in Newburgh proceeds in County Court with District Attorney Lemon prosecuting and William F. Stanton defending. Adjourned to this afternoon at 1 o clock in tribute to late Frank J. Nearn of Central Valley, a longtime court officer, whose funeral was held earlier today. Jury includes Edward Noe Port Jervis Fred Kirby Middletown Charles Carson Middletown Frank Edwards Cornwall-on-Hudson Theron Osrland Burnside Frank G. Kain Middletown William Kruse Cornwall-on-Hudson Alfred Rogers Middletown E A Dunham Circleville Giles W. Cawley Middletown W E B Finch Fair Oaks Patrick Conway Newburgh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Gerald
Newburgh
Goshen
Lemon
William F. Stanton
Frank J. Nearn
Central Valley
Edward E. Noe
Port Jervis
Fred Kirby
Middletown
Charles Carson
Frank Edwards
Cornwall-on-Hudson
Theron A. Osrland
Burnside
Frank G. Kain
William Kruse
Alfred Rogers
Bethlehem Presbyterian Church meets for trustee election
Meadowbrook March 24 congregation of Bethlehem Presbyterian Church will meet in church on Tuesday March 29. Devotional at 10 a m lunch at noon and business meeting at 2 p m to elect three trustees replacing Dennington Cooper and Benedict whose terms expire April 1. Members invited to attend and discuss other church business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meadow Brook
Bethlehem Presbyterian
Charles M. Denniston
James H. Cooper
Howard QO. Benedict
Margaret Downie
Meadowbrook
Laura M. V. Cooper
Peck Memorial Hospital
Brooklyn
Mount Airy Road
Bethlehem
N. ©. Hayes
Atwater Kent Radio Ln
Russell Grey
Washingtonville
Bethlehem Presbyterian Church
Bethlehem Sunday School
Howard C. Benedict
Sylvester Gorse
Orange County Block and Materials Ad for Construction
An ad for high test concrete block and building materials urges use of blocks with 7.1 percent absorption to resist dampness and a load rating of 2016 pounds to 2 inches. It lists concrete block, pipe, sand and cement and provides a telephone contact in Idlewild New York under Est. E. C. Townsend and H. D. Gordon.
WIFE DESERTER TOLD HE MUST AID FAMILY
Michael Lahyonne of Worcester Massachusetts was arraigned on abandonment charges before Judge Wiggins. He earns $18 weekly and must pay $9 weekly for child support plus half of his earnings over 18 up to 12, with bail set at $500. he seeks a divorce while indicating willingness to take his family back if his wife remains in Worcester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Lahyonne
Worcester
Mass
Wiggins
L. B. Stock
Well
Lahyonne
Highland Falls
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Storm King Sentinel
E. P. Thompson
Charles Holt
Tarrytown
Joseph Holt
Miss Pierce
Mast
Edward J. Kennery
Schwab
Percy Hoyle
Firthcliffe
St. Luke's Hospital
Annie Holroyd
Miss Holroyd
Ladies’ Aid Society of Canterbury
Ruth O'Dell
Mountainville
M. E
Asa J. Brown
Baptist Church
T. Leroy Muir
Wilford H. Fowler
Forty Fort
Wilkes-Barre
Christ
Evangelist Muir
Cornwall Industrial Corporation
Harry A. Spree
West Elde Grand Street
Ernest J. Suliman
Joseph W. O'Donnell
Taylor Map
Emma W. Hamilton
Mary A. Gillis
Cherry Avenue
Ross Lixfield
Edward P. Runyoun
Fuss Lixfield
George Wood
Fair Society
Eden Post
Stockwood Inn
Harriman, N
Highland Mills
Joseph F. Gantert
Albert Dickinees
Louise Diana
Merritt
James G Dwyer
Maher’s Drug Store
Washingtonville, N. Y
Surrogate’s Court
Goshen Club
Tuxedo Firemen
Washington
North
Atlantic
Frank Nearn
Woolsey Garage Co
Central Valley, N
Toacs
Stalebaker
Central Valley, N. X
E. C. Townsend
H. D. Gordon
Idlewild
N.Y
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Les Paneer Ed
Naka
Tanetus
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