Christmas Doings in This City and Night of Festivities
Christmas 1918 brings city wide holiday customs with church Masses at St Joseph's and Our Lady of Mt Carmel, a Victory Dance at the State Armory to aid the Day Nursery, and multiple services at Grace, St Paul’s, St John’s and Chester churches. Midnight masses, papal benediction, and special services mark Christmas Day plus a community sing at Linten Hall directed by J Dres J. Baird. Tickets for the dance are $1, with free admission for servicemen, and proceeds support underprivileged children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethlehem
Linten Hall
J Drez J. Baird
Mary Merane
Jace C Harman
Aridell
Teke
St. Joseph's Church
Church of Our Lady of Mt. Carel
St. Paul's
St. Ais Church
Holy Comunion
St. John’s Lutheran
St. John's
E Day Nursery
State Armory
Company I
New York
Ery
W. J. Startup, Inc
W. Young
Army and ‘Avy Cinb
Subscriptions Renewal Note for Daily Times Press
A 1918 reader from Callicoon New York requests renewal of the Daily Times Press subscription and compliments the paper noting Sullivan County Democrat publisher William Heidt Jr signs the message.
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Daily Times-Press
William Heidt, JR
Sullivan County
Short Session of Common Council On Monday Night
Five members attended a brief Monday evening session. The city treasurer and clerk’s monthly balance stood at 62 444 11. The Board of Education and City Clerk and Treasurer year reports were filed. Attorney Servin was named to advertise and sell unpaid tax properties. Adjournment set for December 31 as the present council ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Common Council
Herres
Cole
Funnell
Cox
Gaffney
Taylor
Alderman Cole
Board of Education
Times-Press
Tabor
Gaffzer
A. F. Servin
Cols
Twenty seventh division still in France report says
A statement from Gen March places the Twenty-seventh division near Corbie about ten miles east of Amiens and eight miles south of Albert. The Second, Third and Fourth Divisions, the Thirty-second, and Forty-second are in the army of occupation. The text mentions the seventy seventh and related units.
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Sas
Corbie
Amiens
Albert
Army of Occupation
Train strike victim improves at Thrall Hospital
Howard R. Wickham of Hreeze Hill near Johnson was struck by an O. and W. train at the Houston avenue crossing Saturday afternoon and has since been at Thrall Hospital. He is improving.
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Howard R. Wickham
Hreeze Hill
Johnson
Houston Avenue Crossing
Thrall Hospital
Soldier Edward Canfield Jr in Coblenz Germany
Lieut Col Edward Canfield Jr is in Coblenz as part of the American occupation force. He is the son of Mrs Jane H Canfield of 32 Prospect Street and likely among the first local soldiers to enter Coblenz with the Fourth Division under General Dickman.
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Edward Canfield, Jr
Coblenz, Germany
Middletown
Times-Press
Mordar
Coblenz
Germany
Lieut Co& Edwrd Canfield, Jr
Jane H. Canfield
Prospect Street
Rebular Army
Dickman
Boarding house operator injured in crossing accident
Abraham Ganden, who runs a boarding house at Falisburg, was struck by C. and W. Train No. 10 and brought to Thrall Hospital Monday night. He suffered head and ear injuries, back pain, and possible internal injuries. doctors considered fatal injury unlikely. The crossing near the station was where the incident occurred as the train approached slowly under conductor B. J. Vaughn and engineer J. Dunham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abraham Gandgen
Falisburg
Thrall Hospital
Ganden
B. J. Vaughn
J. Dunham
Milk Roll Call Tops in Middletown Red Cross Drive
Red Cross Christmas Roll Call in Middletown reports 6229 citizens enrolled as members for the year by 10 p.m. with school children and Junior Auxiliary not counted. Several local stores and plants reached 100 percent participation, and auxiliaries across Otisville, Westtown, Pine Bush and nearby areas submitted enrollments. Record-keeping will continue for a week at North Street headquarters to include late responders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. R. Buttenheim
Red Cross
Middletown
American Red Cross
Tompkins Drr Goods Op
Enter Prise, Electrical- Co
Clark's
Jmafket
Trebtee_ —Hetsact haremotr
A. E. Whitten
Bloomingbere
Hall George Crist
New Hampton
Anguate Wickham
Thompson Ridge
Alexander Thompson
The
North Street
John V. Demerest Dry Goods Co to Take More Space
The John V. Demerest Dry Goods Co will occupy vacated offices at 44 North Street after Servin and Cox relocate to the Argus Building on King Street. The expansion doubles floor space and reflects rising trade, allowing the store to devote the entire building to its business.
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Servin & Cox
Orth Street
Argus
King Street
John V. Demerest Dry Goods Company
National Guard Cadres Revert to Civilian Status after Discharge
The Wat Advocate's office opinion, backed by the Secretary of War, holds that officers and enlisted men of the National Guard will revert to civilian status when discharged from Federal service. The ruling effectively wipes out the National Guard as it was organized before the war.
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Washington
Dee
Wat Advocate
Secretary of ‘War
National Guard
Capt W R Fearn Named On Governor's Military Staff
New York December 24 Captain W R Fearn is named on the governor elect's military staff with others including Capt W Walker Wear and Capt Herbert Sackett. The governor elect plans to fill remaining posts from returning fighters and may appoint Brig Gen Charles De Bevolce as Adjutant General. Captain Fearn, well known in Middletown, previously led supply duties with the 7th Regiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William A. Orr
Whittman
Elect Smith
Elect
Charles F. Rattigan
Auburn
W. Walker Wear
Binghamton
Herbert
Frank Foley
Ate
Dwyer
George B. Morris
Seventy-fist Infantry
New York Guard
William Faber Morgan
Twelfth Infantry
N.Y. G
John H. O Conver
Sixty-ninth Infantry
Wilam Ottwan
William L. Sales
Twenty-third Infantry
Frank Lorkmen
Twenty-second
Enginneers
W. R. Fearn
National Guard Reserve
Edward G. Murray
Ninth Coast Artillery
France
Charles de Bevolce
Big Business Transacted at the Postoffice
The post office reported record mail handling on Monday with a heavy rush through the day. Parcel post matter filled the basement as packages were received and prepared for dispatch. The office also handled mail for nearby points and received about 500 sacks at the State Hospital during the holiday season.
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Times-Press
Post
Ecar Sweeney
Former Alderman Edward Allen Visits Daughter in City
Edward Allen of Dizon HL, former president of the Board of Aldermen, visits his daughter Mrs. Rea O. Hollenbeck at 2 Watkins Avenue. Mrs. Allen, who has been visiting, will return home with her husband after Christmas.
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Edward ©. Allen
Dizon
Board of Aldermen
Rea O. Hollenbeck
Watkins Avenue
Allen
Geneva Daily News Absorbed by Geneva Daily Times
The Geneva Daily News merges into the Geneva Daily Times effective December 23 to cut costs and eliminate duplication. Publishers cite economic conditions and aim to serve Geneva and its patrons as a unified daily paper, noting Geneva’s size resembles Middletown.
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Geneva
N. C
Daily Times
Geneva Daily News
Geneva Daily Times
Middletown
Greene named new Orange County Farm Bureau manager
The Orange County Farm Bureau Executive Committee appoints L D Greene as Farm Bureau Manager succeeding T B Milliman who becomes Assistant County Agent Leader for New York State Farm Bureaus. Milliman moves to Ithaca January first for his new role. Funeral services for Freeman J Lewis will be held at the home of his daughter Mrs W E Halstander in High View on Thursday December 26 at 1 00 PM.
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New York
McAdoo
John Doe
John T. Dooling
Washington
Charles McArthur
Millerton
Duchess County
Orange County Farm Bureau Association
L. D. Greene
T. B Milliman
New York State
Greene
Milliman
Ithaca
Freeman J. Lewis
W. E. Halstander
High View
Wilsons London visit plans and Rhodes improves
Paris reports President Wilson arranging a visit to American Army HQ at Chaumont then on to England for a Christmas with troops. He will review ten infantry battalions from divisions including Sixth Twenty-ninth Seventy-seventh Eightieth and Eighty-second, plus cavalry and artillery. Major General Rhodes, injured in a plane crash near Paris, shows significant improvement. pilot Lt. Gilpin killed. Wilson banquet arrangements mirror royal protocol at Buckingham Palace with a throne and white gold decor. Wilson and Mrs. Wilson also shopped publicly in Paris before Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Paris
Wilson
Chaumont
England
Pershing
Twenty-sixth
New England
Ryodes
Rhodes
Gilpin
Treves
Germany
Calais
American Armistice Commission
London
Denmark
Buckingham Palace
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Linden Hall
Calicoon
N. Y
Stivers Printing Co
Abraham Ganden
PF. A. Grinnel
Mount Rigg
Pam Fert
Bryant
Bryant and Chapmar Milk Company
John V. Demerest Dry Goods Co
Fearn
Postoffice
A. W. Anthony
Albert W. Anthony
Anthony
Ontario & Western Railroad Co
Geneva Times and
Daily News Now
Co. Farm Bureau
Chow
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