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Newspaper
Middletown Times Press
Location
Middletown, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1917
Page
8
A shopper advises bringing a wife or friend to pick straw hats, noting wives have instinct for quality and style. The store offers Swammer Hats and De Knox Leghorns, described as regular straws at $2, with readers told these look better than other known brands.
Mrs J Addison Smith died suddenly at home aged 72 in Mount Horeb area. Born June 11, 1345 to William S Graham and Marie Connor, she married February 1867 to J Addison Smith in Walliki. Survived by husband, daughter Gussie May, son Arthur F. (died last year), brothers Walter and Charles, sisters Emma and Ida. Member of St Pauls Church.
A reflective piece asserting true greatness starts in the heart and lives as a dynamic fountain of activity. It emphasizes balanced leadership with the right pace relative to its era, and dismisses slumber as incompatible with vital progress. Roswell O Hitchensck
Mayor Thompson Dr Hardenbergh and Col Bradley named to run the exemption board for district 3 of Orange County Middletown area. About fifteen hundred local men called for selective draft on June 5 will hear Washington decisions by July 1 while boards in adjacent counties list local members and procedures for filing exemption claims and reserves.
Social life notes show Fred Davis and Claude Ackert enlisting in Salem New Hampshire. Elizabeth Tyrell announces engagement to William Connors of New York City. Various locals attend commencements and visits, with summers homes and engagements noted among the Middletown families. Engagements announced and public works officials home from Fire Island trip with 150 pounds of fish.
The Sunday school of the Fursi Presbyterian Church will hold their annual picnic at Burlingham tomorrow. Journey by automobile, cars depart church 8:20 to 9:00 am, return about 4:30 pm. Activities include swimming boating and tennis for those bringing rackets halls and tennis shoes. Miss Elizabeth Strong has joined Wells Fargo Express Co as stenographer and clerk. Miss Helen T Wilkin becomes stenographer and bookkeeper for Evans & Shann autmobile dealers.
In Gnionville on June 27 at 2 PM Marie, daughter of Mr and Mrs Earl Jeker, married Brice Terry in a private ceremony conducted by Rev Joseph Macinnes. The couple’s relatives and close friends attended. Also noted is Nip and Tuck Lodge meeting details for Thursday at 3 PM in Mechanics Hall Washington Street.
Goshen patriots at a regular meeting signed blanks to place the local Home Defense unit in state service. Of seven dollars raised, five signed the blank. The state is to provide arms while local uniforms are funded by ongoing contributions led by President George F. Grege. Local guards show enthusiasm and drills are keeping the unit efficiently trained.
Merritt Levis of Goshen was awarded the Master of Arts degree at Williams College commencement held on Monday. He previously earned a Bachelor Degree in 1913. Also announced is Garr Institute’s annual entertainment at Garr Hall on Sunday afternoon, July 1, with Rev. James A. Brady presiding and Miss May Tierney as musical director.
Blooming Grove Chapter of the D A R met at Mrs Patterson's Monroe home. Miss Alice Hart Neafie of Goshen was heartily endorsed as candidate for State Regent. The meeting also noted no graduates this year and advertised cinema features at the Central tonight.
Goshen holds commencement tonight with a large crowd expected in the school auditorium. Eleanor Pise wins the scholarship prize and will speak on the platform. The Teachers' Training Class, led by Miss Sarah Kellogg, graduates fourteen with teaching plans next year. Elementary and eighth grade diplomas are awarded to numerous students, with a school exhibit showcasing strong pupil work despite fewer entries.
Erie Railroad Company will aid the Orange County Food Battalion with a traveling demonstration on canning dehydrating and preserving vegetables between July 2 and 7 at stations in Orange County. An auditorium coach and equipped baggage car will showcase jars canning tools and lectures by Miss Mary Wallace and others with a housekeeping committee led by Mrs. Theodore Bailey. The Goshen event July 3 at 6 45 p m will feature demonstrations 8 to 10 p m and contributions are welcome to cover printing and related expenses.
Goshen announces three local youths Jack Decker Harold Parker and Winifred Sanford left for New York to join Hospital Unit No 15 Roosevelt Hospital destined for France Their duties will place them in a base hospital behind lines caring for wounded G Frederick Norton already serves in France and Goshen will be represented again in the Hospital Detachment with enlistment efforts continuing among locals Personal notes report navy recruit Jay Terwilliger visiting home from Brooklyn and community events outline summer activities and meetings
Funeral for Miss Margaret Mc Kiernan of 62 Morhagen Avenue was held at St Joseph's Church at 10 o'clock. She died in Thrall Hospital after setting fire to herself on Corwin Avenue. Interment followed in St Joseph's Cemetery. Pallbearers were her brothers John and Joseph, Lawrence Funnell, and R Prendergast.
North Street Congregational Sunday School plans its annual picnic at Lake Hemeside with first bus at 7 30 a.m. Ice cream sales and transport details included. St Paul’s Sunday School heads to Bloomingburg on Thursday with autos departing between 8 and 8 30 a.m.
A Washington Star tip suggests cleaning rust from bed springs by making a paste from whitening and water, brushing it on, letting it dry, then brushing off. Afterward, paint with white paint to prevent further rust and improve appearance. The note ends with a New York Journal quotation about persevering through disappointment before success.
The eastern part of South America from Venezuela to Argentina receives about half a million immigrants yearly in normal times. Chile has welcomed just over 2,500 annually for a decade, while other west coast nations show smaller increases. Southern Europe provides most immigrants and those who assimilate with local workers.
Acarnanians famed as Greece's most skillful slingers used stones and lead balls, with relics in Marathon plain bearing inscriptions and epithets meaning Look out. The Jews learned brick making in Egypt, echoed by Isaiah’s lament on brick towns built with clay.
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