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Newspaper
Orange County Times Press
Location
Middletown, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1915
Page
9
Services at South Centreville Church with Sunday school at 10 a m and evening service at 7 30 p m Rev E neck to preach at both locations Also Hope church has Sunday school at 10 a m and evening service at 11 a m indicating a shared preaching event by Rev E neck.
Mr and Mrs Peter Hinchey announce the engagement of their daughter Mildred to H Stone. A wedding date has been set for June at an unspecified location.
The es-Press columns advertise a broad help service for readers seeking goods and services. Readers are invited to submit requests and find listings across multiple categories through the newspaper’s help column network.
Improved Black Dirt 260 acres near Mount Eve switch on Erie Railroad Pine land branch Ieland Carr tract best black dirt in Orange County portions cleared ditched ploughed Two buildings housing six families and stable for six horses Sold in 2 to 20 acre parcels Dill House Florida N Y sale begins 11 am December . terms 16 15 20 percent with deed and mortgage balance 1916 Maps at Dill House or on premises Mount Adams and Co William J Clark President Includes Holstein cattle breeding calves and orchard services rentals and clothing notices also listed for sale and rent and farm opportunities with multiple locations and prices
William T. Cornelius and Stewart Ker announce funeral director and embalmer services with offices in North Street Olleville and New York. John B. Carey lists office at Wickham Avenue with day night service and a private receiving vault. The notices include addresses, phone numbers, and associated New York offices and branches.
The New York Breeders and Dairymen associations hold meetings in Rochester December 14 to 17 at Exposition Park. Topics cover butter fat, forage crops, sanitary milk code, farm bureau role, and round table discussions on breeding and cheese making. A Holstein cattle sale on the 17th features 100 head from top sires. Hastings & Prescott conduct the sale. Several Rochester hotels listed for accommodations.
Isaac Williamson of Gardner and Miss Ethel Meredith of Bruynemick, Ulster County, were married by Rev. Robert A. Greenwell at the Bullville M E Church parsonage. The couple were joined by friends with Chester Terwilliger serving as best man and the bride attended by her sister Mrs Chester Terwilliger. They planned a short visit with Mr and Mrs Terwilliger of Bullville.
Communion services are set for 10 4 Sunday morning with preparatory services Saturday at 2 40. Friday evening at 8 o'clock a musical romance in the church parlor features organized church classes with refreshments. Proceeds aid benevolence. Guests at the Houston home on Wednesday included Mrs Robert Shaw and J Ub Houston.
The committee met at the Mitchell Inn to arrange the annual banquet. Members include Augustus Denniaton M Stivers H M Howell and George J Martin. The dinner will be at the Mitchell Inn Saturday December 18 at 12 30 for officers superintendents and assistants.
The Ladies Aid Society of the M. E. Church will hold its annual chicken pie supper in Mermen's Hall on Thursday evening Dec. 9 to benefit the church. Supper served from 6 o clock until sold out at 25 cents each. all are welcome.
The Fortnightly Social Club held a well attended dance at Grange Hall with Berg's orchestra providing music. The event kicked off a winter series and the next dance is scheduled for Wednesday evening December 15.
London reports respond to queries on the London declaration noting it has no international validity and that adoption by an order does not create an international tribunal. Marquis of Lansdowne states arbitration remains a principle when law and diplomacy fail, referencing last year’s arbitration treaty with the United States.
At a regular Concordia Council No 1077 meeting officers were elected for the ensuing year including Rep to Grand Council F W Eb lett Alt Rep C G Taylor Regent J W Conkling Vice Regent Fred Rogers and others. Social committee reported Ladies Night and banquet planned for January 19 with further details to come. One membership application was received.
Searsville Grange No. 1005 held its December 1 meeting electing officers for the coming year. Names include Master William J. Roberts Overseer O J Currie Lecturer Mrs H D Crist Treasurer B Baker Secretary H T Baker Gate Keeper Leonard Miller Ceres Mra H T Baker Pomona Mre J A McComb Flora Mise Besale Miller Lady Assistant Steward Misa Hazel Baker Trustees three years Robert P Sease Pianist Mre William Roberta Corresponding Secretary Mrs Ih Baker.
In Pougkeepsie on December 2 twenty five motorists from county and city areas appeared before Judge Overocker. Most pleaded guilty and were fined for traffic violations as Monday morning lights were checked.
Middletown clothier W A Hurtin walked 22 miles from Sussex New Jersey back to Middletown with a stop in Westtown on the return trip. Local notes mention Mrs. Robert E Tyler visiting friends in Sullivan County and James Swartwout visiting acquaintances from his youth. The community discusses a Birdman sighting over Toront to New York and church program topics for the Sabbath.
New Hampton reports seven carloads of supplies and a carload of horses now in the switch for Hampton Farms. Grant Green, superintendent of the Sunday school Christmas program, has been ill but improving at Thrall Hospital. Local remodeling continues as George Bates plans a new home, while Mrs Rodman visits Goshen and Mrs Wickham is homebound with a cold. Commissioner Kathryn B. Davis and a deputy spent Wednesday at Hampton Parma.
Unionyilla December 3. Allen Nugent returned to Poughkeepsie to resume school duties. Samuel Ver Mullen of Paterson Freda Jeker of Hawthorne and Brice M. Terry of Pomptons Lakes spent Thanksgiving at Jekera on Second avenue. Mr and Mrs Daniel Beemer spent Thanksgiving in Jersey City. George Shay is confined to her home with bronchitis. Mt Salem church plans special offering for infirm Baptist ministers. Tina Polly hosted Sewing Club Tuesday evening. Pearl Rutan to entertain next week. Presbyterian preaching scheduled Sunday at usual hours.
Mechanicstown notes a vacancy in Campbell Hall's railroad office with Clarence Ford handling Mechanicstown station. Dewsnap and Comings install a dynamo to elevate ice at a large ice house, powered by the Transit Company. Announcement cards report the marriage of Miss Verrie Matte and Frank Gardner of Ynconta on Thanksgiving Day.
The Rev. F. H., district superintendent of the Newburgh district, will preach at Hullville M K Church on Sunday morning. More than 30 new members will be admitted to the church in full connection during the service.
The Mdea-Wee Sewing Circle met at Mrs George Bowers 17 Wallkill Ave for an afternoon with vocal solos by Douglas Bowers and Neva Bowers on piano. Refreshments were served. The final meeting of the year ends with a social on January 4 1916 hosted by Mrs Charlie H Clark at 90 Linden Ave for members and husbands.
The report details that in a number of instances Judge Overacker found the ex offense reasonable and opted to suspend sentences. It highlights the discretionary use of suspensions and reflects judicial nuance in sentencing decisions.
Pine Bush plans a Christmas bazaar and supper on December 8 at the M E Church with cake and candy sales and a music program. The Star Entertainment Course second show is at Pythian Hall tonight. Local building activity signals winter work for trades.
The Schoonmaker Quartet performed Tuesday night in the Presbyterian Church, raising 27 dollars for the church. The ensemble included Marvin, Sterting, Earl, Baril, and Julia Battell. refreshments followed in the chapel. A piano donated by Mrs. Vanderoer to the Montgomery Fire Department now decorates the Municipal building parlor. A shaft break at the lower mill slowed work for several hours, then repairs completed overnight.
The annual meeting of St Marys Guild of Grace Church re elected officers including President Mrs Hohnson Vice President C Macardell Secretary Harriet M Bryant and Treasurer Mrs W F Bailey. Plans were announced for the annual Christmas fair at the parish house starting at 10 oclock on the Wednesday in December. The guild reports 52 members and a prosperous condition.
The Warwick Dispatch reports a clear majority of the new Democratic County Committee signed statements by Mr. Ketchum supporting President Wilson's recess appointments. Named posts include Port Jervis Postmaster William H. Nearpass Walden Fred Burna Central Valley Henry H. Pembleton Cornwall-on-Hudson Frank J. Walsh.
In New Brunswick New Jersey on Dee 2 George Reed invited pugilist Severin J Kucinsky to lunch then used a rifle to shoot himself after prompting Reed to pull the trigger Reed was arrested and claimed he believed the gun was empty Kucinsky died two hours later
The Orange County Farm Bureau Association will hold its second annual meeting at the Goshen Town Building Saturday at 1 30 PM. Officers and the manager will give a full resume of 1915 work and members with non members are invited to attend after paying $1 annual dues.
Albany December 3 admirers of Assemblyman Alfred E. Smith planned a Dec 15 dinner in his honor as he becomes New York sheriff but the event was called off. Eighteen hundred subscriptions with $10 checks arrived but no New York hotel could accommodate the crowd. organizers refused to weed out subscribers to avoid ill will.
The American Telephone and Telegraph Company promotes a pamphlet explaining that wireless and wired phones differ in local message transmission. Wireless is described as for long distance business use only and not a substitute for local telephoning.
A lone burglar, active for over six months, robbed two houses in New Rochelle one in Mount Vernon and one in Tuckahoe after a weeks long absence. He is believed to have an automobile and pose as a chauffeur. The trip yielded over 2500 dollars in plunder.
Federal agents in New York investigate a German led plot using a new chemical coal to ignite coal bunkers on ocean liners carrying munitions. The Rochambeau fire is seen as deliberate with Mine to ship supervision of coal traced from Virginia mines to bunkers. Additional threats were sent to the Russian attache Colonel Golejewski, prompting police guards at his Flatiron District home. Chief Flynn leads the wider inquiry.
Wallkill River Grange hosted a well attended card party and social on Monday with prizes awarded to Mrs. W. Stewart Ker and Mrs. Denton Houston for ladies and Daniel Carpenter and Floyd Van Ness of Goshen for gentlemen. The social featured refreshments and a committee led by Harold Thompson. Election of officers is set for December 6.
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