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Newspaper
Orange County Record
Location
Middletown, New York, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1927
Page
12
The Monroe Notes report that the Lake Region Reporter is publishing items at the home of Jesse Vance with papers available for sale at McMonagle and Rogers Drug Store.
Witnesses describe a deadly two car crash on a moonlit night at a hill intersection near Monroe. The village clerk Mrs Thompson and her husband were in the Buick which burst into flames after impact.
Lieutenant Flynn testified about two cars registered to Thompson and Van Deusen after a fatal crash at Brooks crossing. Officers described fire, a bottle, a shoe, and a rubber found at the scene, with coroner involvement and questions over charges for Trooper Van Deusen and Village Clerk Thompson.
James B Slater a lifelong Grahamsville resident was found dead in an outbuilding by his son Eugene Slater. Cause of death apoplexy. He was seventy years old.
In Wallkill, Moran, a long-time roomer at the Frear house, died after a self-inflicted back head wound from a .38 or similar pistol. Police and doctors pursued a possible post mortem while noting despondency and a wife Ella Moran with children in Newburgh.
Six consultation clinics for diseases of the lungs are set for the next two weeks at Newburgh Goshen Port Jervis and other venues. Doctors Chandler Seaman and X-ray exams will assist, with entries by family physicians school inspectors or health officers. A separate court note states Joseph Schwartz died before opposing a separation motion.
A first hearing on eliminating the three highway grade crossings on West Main Goshen Pine Island Erie line was held in the Board of Supervisors chambers. Witnesses cited danger due to close proximity of crossings while village officials voiced cautious openness to the plan.
James Van Leuven and William Clarke Jr are in custody in Goshen after funds were stolen from the Orange County Children's Committee office. The robbery occurred Sunday night at the County Treasurer's Building, with $17.50 cash and a $10 money order taken. Clarke recently completed a six month county jail term on February 14. Deputy Sheriff Mullen led the apprehension.
In the matter of removing the highway grade crossing of the Lehigh and Hudson Railroad near Farmingdale in Blooming Grove Town known as Drakes crossing.
Crystal chandeliers that hung for years in St. James Church Goshen were removed during interior alterations and returned to New York. The pieces originated with Queen Anne’s gift to St. Paul’s New York in 1747 and a Goshen vestryman later donated part of that gift to St. James Church.
The St James church chandeliers are offered back to the colonial building project at St Pauls Chapel, Manhattan. Rector Rev Edwin R Smythe and church officials welcome the gesture and preserve the historic gift by passing the fixtures to the collection.
James Budd Murray and Perpetta Sagtree settled a personal injuries suit from an auto collision out of court. Murray received 2200 dollars clear of expenses in a Goshen Supreme Court matter that was to be tried today.
Advertisement seeks agents in cities and towns to sell four home preparations. Claims profitable, permanent business with repeat sales. Calls for agents in surrounding villages and rural routes and directs to write the VANCO CO in Newburgh, New York.
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