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Newspaper
Orange County Times Press
Location
Middletown, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1918
Page
6
Goshen plans a commemorative tablet listing 263 local men who served in the country’s armed forces. The list was compiled under the National League for Women’s Service, with final erection plans not yet completed but assured to honor the village’s defenders and provide lasting credit to Goshen.
Govden Dec 3 Sheriff and Mrs Fred McDowell have begun moving their household effects from Goshen Court House to the Court House at Newburgh where they will stay for two years from January first. Sheriff McDowell, designated by Sheriff elect William M Leonard as under sheriff, expects all personal effects out of Goshen Court House within two days. Leonard will then start moving in, though the officer change does not take effect until year’s end.
Goshen plans show 69 boys ages 16 to 18 enrolled at the high school for military training over two days due to late understanding of arrangements. 49 employed in industries and 20 attending school. total enrollment later reported as 73.
Obituary notices for Richard P Schoenmaker of Falleburgh dies at home from illness. Survived by four daughters and a sister and brother. funeral held at Woodbourne. Also reports veteran George R Brown of Warwick dies aged 78, with service details and surviving children listed. Other obituaries include Margaret Finn of Florida and Mrs Sarah Bradner of Warwick, plus Jeremiah Cook of Maybrook and Miss Josephine Fischer of Ellenville with brief life summaries and funeral plans.
Thomas Woods of Forestburg Sullivan county longtime postmaster and town official died at Forestburg aged 80 after six weeks illness. He served as justice of the peace and town clerk in Highland and was a well known figure in the area. Also noted is the death of Mrs. Jane Lare in Liberty aged 72 with funeral services held at her home and interment in the family plot.
Charles M Warner testifies in Mineola court about a Labor Day raid on the Goshen Inn with his son Blaine Warner, co respondent Harry F Holbrook, and Warner’s wife. He recounts threats against Holbrook, the family’s finances, and wife’s alleged Broadway past in a heated custody related trial.
Nicholas J. Quirk a gateman near Walnut street crossing spotted a fallen electric light pole across the tracks and signaled to stop Erie passenger train 58. The engine passed over the pole with the pole breaking the eastbound track but the train was slowed and delayed two hours after the warning.
An English inventor has created a searchlight mounted beneath the rifle sights. Powered by a storage battery, the device illuminates game at night for aiming. The feature appears in an advertisement urging readers to use the Times-Press Want columns for needs and notices.
Miss Ernestine Balch of Middletown and Temporal Charles T. Ford of Massillon were married in Holy Innocents Church by Rev. Eugene B. Farley of Pleasantville. The bride is a trained nurse and has served in the western states. Ford served in the Aviation Corps and is stationed at Mineola. The bridesmaid and best man were Mr. and Mrs. Lester Martin.
A fragment praising poetry as essential to spring and autumn, noting Ite violet entumn wording and Ite vivid foliage as part of life’s book, attributed to Christian Herald.
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