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Newspaper
Middletown Times Press
Location
Middletown, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1918
Page
8
Neighbors of Camp 10087 A W For A invite members to a memorial meeting at Mitchell's Hall Otisville on Sunday June 2 at 2 o'clock. Clerk B S Ketcham notes the advertisement and attendance.
Goshen June 1 the Goshen Driving Club opened the season with six trotting races at Historic Track. Entries in Class A through F include Arden Farms, Carteret Stable, Maybrer, Peter Saker, and Silver Spring names. Also notes civic club meeting on dependent children costs and talks by Miss Cuddeback. Sermon topics and a postponed reception due to Rev Dr Pise illness are reported.
Word arrives Lieut Flord H Cook LL D will be in Middletown Monday to Wednesday. G J Williams leaves for a driving camp in Ohio after time with Prof E F Oakes. Henton Rocsa of Company T 10th Regiment arrived safely in France. John J Lyons, US Navy, home for a week. Royal and Mrs Moore visit their son Frank in hospital at Newburgh.移
Lee Adams of Pelham Bay has been chosen for the rowing team in a loated crew. Mr and Mrs J E Gibbs and daughter Miss Myrta J vacation at their summer camp Middleboro Mass. John James OConnor, son of Mrs Guibert Kirby of Slate Hill, has volunteered for Uncle Sam as an electrician and is at Camp Dix. OConnor previously worked as an electrician for the Hires Condensed Milk Co at Enosburg Falls Vermont when he offered his services and was accepted.
A published table outlines new passenger rates effective June 10. Commutation tickets rise by up to 10 percent, while single tickets incur about a 25 percent increase plus a 3 percent war tax. Commuters living within roughly twenty to thirty three miles of New York escape the war tax. The table lists old and new fares for two randomly selected stations.
Obituary notice for John Williams Johnston longtime Rockland businessman who passed away at 4 a.m. on Wednesday May 22 at his daughter Mrs F H Holley's home in Roscoe. Includes reference to local Times-Press wanted columns.
A city wide union meeting of several churches will be held Sunday evening at First Congregational Church to discuss the State Christian Endeavor Convention in July. Pastors will preside and explain parts of the program as the convention plans unfold. All church and Young People’s societies are urged to attend.
Details recount the sinking of the President Lincoln by a German torpedo far off the French coast. The transport, a large military liner with heavy troop capacity, carried a bronze tablet of the Gettysburg Address and was among the finest second class liners before wartime losses.
Superintendents James Fl nthid, George F Hall, and others conducted a competitive examination in the Goshen High School for State Scholarships to Cornell University. Applicants from the county compete in number equal to its Assembly districts, with appointments to be made accordingly.
William A. AfoChusker of Maybrook and Walter H. Stratten of this city reported at 11:10 this forenoon for Camp Dix in response to Special Call 565 for brakemen, firemen and conductors in Uncle Sam service.
William H Bell died April 15 1893 at Branchville. His will dated August 12 1851 was offered for probate in Newton last Wednesday. Emma Bell widow named executrix and Clarence Linn Jersey City attorney witnessed signature. Bell built railroads and owned Branchville woolen mill and real estate. He shined in the Civil War era and envisioned rail lines to Culvers Gap and coal regions. He influenced the New Jersey Herald removal to Branchville Record and planned projects that shaped regional rail and coal transport.
The North Street Congregational Church intermediate group presents two farces on Tuesday June 4. The Anybody Family features Edison Adams as Father Anybody Ruth Carr as Mother Anybody Millicent Hazel Hornbeck Gwendain Winifred Hopkis as Millicent and Hazel Hornbeck with Robert Chester Gardner Willie Harold Fisher as a cast. The Twins and How They Entertained the New Minister lists Rev J Jones Ed Fleming Betty Helena Quick Bobby Beryl Wallace and James W Mattison in acting roles. Fakes Over Business notes James W Mattison of Warwick has taken over painting and refinishing work at the North End Garage.
A Russian prisoner returning from Germany states at Moscow that American prisoners in Tuchel camp, West Prussia, were treated brutally. He says they were hungry and penniless, captured several months ago, and asked to inform others.
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