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Newspaper
Orange County Record
Location
Middletown, New York, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1927
Page
7
Office of the Lake Region Reporter at Jesse Vance's home. Papers on sale at McMonavle and Rogers Drug Store.
A new canceling machine has been placed in the Monroe post office to speed work. The office serves a wide area and demand is rising, with long city delivery and turnabout service expected to begin soon. Local fans will travel with the Monroe basketball team to Otisville Friday.
Monroe residents report travels and events. Mr. and Mrs. R W Smith depart for Orlando to stay six weeks. Harvey Anderson and Gilbert Palen returned from New York City after a convention. A Monroe Council Jr O U A M meeting drew a large delegation. The Greenwood Council No 98 hosted State Councilor J A Corano. Hulet Clarke also left for Orlando for six weeks. Ray Steele remains home with an abscessed tooth. Mr and Mrs Russell Cox were in New York City. Mrs Ralph Breen arrived from Glen Wild to visit her parents on Franklyn Avenue.
State Troopers raided a crap game in a hallway to a Monroe office on Main Street Sunday morning. Six people were taken into custody. five were fined $10 each and arraigned before Police Justice Gilbert Carpenter. Abel Sliter was discharged. Names fined include Orval Vance Gabriel Mongosso Lyman Bacca Bert Nash and Frank Forbes. Disorderly conduct charges applied.
February meeting of the Sugar Loaf B B C held at Mrs. Frank Vance home. Fifty guests joined as 33 members will form the year’s roster. Mrs Willard Van Duzer presided in the president’s absence and Mrs Miles Stevens assisted. The hostesses served cards and a five hundred game followed by refreshments. Several visitors and local residents were noted in attendance.
Mrs Ed Vance is hospitalized in Warwick Hospital for blood poisoning in her hand. A dinner for directors of the Washingtonville and Chester Branches of the Dairymen's League was held Friday at the American House in Chester. Chester Grange met Tuesday with Mrs James Lawrence as new lecturer. Herman Warnken and family traveled from Rockville Centre. Agnes Stevens is improved after illness. Alfred Berger of Lake is ill with tonsillitis. Lewis Stanton and son Clyde visited Middletown to see Mrs Nelson.
Beemerville farmer Linford Kinney aged 53 died at 8 10 am when his Dodge truck was struck by a Sussex bound Lehigh and Hudson milk train at the Lewisburg grade crossing. The accident leaves two daughters in Middletown and two surviving sons and daughters. Kinney formerly ran a Beemerville milk route and was en route to the creamery. poor crossing sight lines likely prevented notice of the approaching train. He was born in Warren County New Jersey to Gideon L Kinney and Sarah Depuy Kinney. his first wife Samantha Ayres died 18 years ago. He is survived by Daisy Kinney a nurse in Thrall Hospital Middletown Grace Willson of Middletown Ruth Dalrymple of Waltertown and Sidney Kinney of Beemerville. The article notes Kinney was a farmer and milk hauler at the time of the collision.
Ford Martin of Newton Avenue Sussex died Saturday morning after several months of illness. He is survived by his wife and siblings Floyd and Phebe Tuthill. Funeral services were held Tuesday at the Methodist Church with Rev. Nevie Cutlip officiating. Burial followed in Fair View Cemetery.
Albany February discussion in the Assembly supported a bill to grant Orange County Court homicide jurisdiction. The measure, backed by Ninth District Supreme Court justices and Orange County judges, would ease Ninth District caseload by moving spicy cases like Browning and Stillman from the Supreme Court to the county level.
The funeral for Miss May Rutter will be held at 2 PM Friday in Beemerville with Rev. E Hoffman officiating. Burial follows at the local cemetery.
Severe winds hit Pine Bush Thursday night causing John Parkman’s garage to shift four feet from its foundation. A large window blew out at Dick Brown’s Depot street home. Edward Ellerman and Lens property chimneys on Borden avenue collapsed. Will Weller suffers rheumatic flare. Graham's church clam chowder sale well attended.
Goshen court official Walter G Brown gains raise to 4800 dollars a year from the Ninth Judicial District Justices. Appointed May 16 1921 he has served nearly six years with expenses cited as the reason for added pay.
The Ninth Judicial District notes Mr Brown advanced from Special Deputy County Clerk in 1909 to Search Clerk after a Civil Service exam, then Deputy County Clerk, in charge of the County Clerk’s Office, and finally Court Clerk. He is praised for courtesy and efficient service despite demanding duties, prompting congratulations on increased compensation.
The comedy McFadden's Flats with Charlie Murray and Chester Conklin comes to Broadway Theatre Newburgh for Thursday to Saturday shows. A strong supporting bill and Cabaret Nights accompany the screenings. Next week will feature Love's Greatest Mistake with Evelyn Brent, William Powell, and James Hall in Liberty Magazine serial.
Ralph J Stewart serves as master of ceremonies guiding weekly Broadway entertainments. The events occur every Monday Tuesday and Wednesday under his guidance.
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