Truant Arrest urged to enforce education law in Port Jervis
Port Jervis reports a rise in November attendance but many illegal absences and tardiness persist. Supt. Arthur H. Naylor urges arrest and fines for persistent violators to safeguard state funding and improve school efficiency. The board discusses a new Regents diploma form and local progress on school savings banking data.
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Port Jervis
Arthur H. Naylor
Board of Education
Patterson
Secord Named Commander of City Veterans Post
Leslie R. Secord was elected Commander of Middletown Post American Legion at the annual meeting in the State Armory. The session featured a talk by Millard F. Clement on the Toronto reservoir dam and electric power, and plans were announced for a Swiss Bell Ringers concert and dance January 14. A long deferred membership dinner will be held Friday at the Washington Tea Room with Commander Secord and officers as guests.
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Leslie R. Secord
Middletown
American Legion
George B. Hayes, Jr
State Armory
Millard F. Clement
Orange County Public Service Company
Post
McConnal
Washington Tea Room
Lester Burnett
Secord
Frank A. Carey
California
Clement
Toronto
S. J. Culse
Willam F. Sehang
John Hoffman
Frari W. Sutherland
George L. Flach
George H. Welch
George W. Miles
Percy E. Benedict
Franklin Kramer
Edward R Hoerling
Hart W. Sutherland
Charles B. Walling
Meeting Notes Highlight Commander Hayes Bid Farewell
Attendees included George L. Flach Dr Harry S Shorter Kenneth M Jess up Bill H Werley and Paul Weiss haar Attendance awards were received by Dr Shorter and Fred D Clark The meeting ended with retiring Commander Hayes thanking members for cooperation during the past year
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George L. Flach
Harry S. Shorter
Kenneth M. Jessup
Bill H. Werley
Paul Weisshaar
Dr. Shorter
Fred D. Clark
Commander Hayes
Johnson City Man Held for Lack of Five Dollar Fine
Albert Lynch of Johnson City is jailed in Port Jervis awaiting a five dollar bill to avoid five days in Goshen jail for riding Erie train No 8 while intoxicated. Erie Officer Thiele arrested him and he appeared before Justice Bevins. Lynch cannot pay the fine yet expects aid from friends.
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Port Jervis
Albert Lynch
Johnson City
Goshen
Lynch
Erie
Thiele
William S. Bevins
Firemen to End Racing With Trucks at Fire Scene
Port Jervis officials vow immediate arrest of motorists who interfere with fire trucks en route to blazes. Firemen will issue summons on the offender under a plan adopted at a Monday meeting. Chief Wheat reports Johnson & Parks commended the department for a cellar fire extinguished Monday morning.
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Port Jervie
Strand Theatre
Howard Wheat
Johnson & Parks
Furniture store blaze damages beds in Port Jervis
Fire of undetermined origin yesterday damaged four bed shipments at Johnson & Parks on Pike Street. Loss not yet estimated but believed insured. Fire discovered by Duncan Birchett. blaze found in unpacked beds and extinguished with chemicals after alarm from Box 24.
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Port Jervis
Johnson & Parks
Pike Street
Duncan Birchett
Aremen
Middletown Council Reduces City Tax Rate by 76 Cents
The Middletown Common Council set the 1926 total tax rate at 29 per thousand, aided by an unencumbered balance of 73,184.10 credited to the budget. The move cuts nearly 3 per thousand from last year, though state and county rates rise. This marks the first use of the balance credit under a new uniform accounting system, with most of the balance from unpaid local improvements and other miscellaneous items.
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Common Council
Board of Estimate
Phoenix
Wen
Bills of Public Works Department
LaVolt
Board of Education
Water Department
Board of Health Commn Council
Hioard of Education
Louis Budd
Phillipsport
Summitville
Justice of the
Frederick Shhindler
Eisakavits
Ellenville
HM F Gardner
Elienville
Budd
O. & W Railroad
Hulenville Hospital
Etsakavita
Fisakavite
Fletcher E. Rhodes
Monticello
Bloomingburg Quintets Fall to Monticello in Doubleheader
In Memorial Hall Bloomingburg youths lost both games to Monticello teams. The girls 14 8 and boys 24 10 defeated. Monticello players include Marjorie Noxen Mary Gorman Florence Taylor and Robert McNeally Lawrence Hawkins Kenneth Godfrey Irving Waters. The town buzzed with a New York bus bringing fans and postgame refreshments were served.
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Bloomingburg
Memorial Hall
Monticello High School
Delmont Race
Monticello
Elmer Scott
Marjorie Noxen
Mary Gorman
Florence Taylor
Clara Crane
Melissa Robbins
Helen Crane
Rora Butler
Robert McNeally
Lawrence Hawkins
Kenneth Godfrey
Irving Waters
Russell Owens
Chester Ennis
Ernest Connell
Stanley Vaninwegen
Monticell
New York
Cornwall
Germans To Dive For 5 Million In Egypt Wreck
German divers may be kept in England after their search for the British liner M. I. 1. They plan to recover £1,055,000 in bullion coins and silver from the Egypt wreck off Ushant sunk in 1922. Peninsular and Oriental Lines hires them to raise the gold, with diving possible to 360 feet once new suits are ready.
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England
Peninsular and Oriental Lines
Egypt
Ushant
London
Mombay
Keil
Noefeld & Kunne
Egypts
John Gunther Lamdon
Klansmen Hold Funeral Services for Al VanLoan
White Sulphur Springs mourned Al VanLoan with a Klansmen led service at the M E Church and at the grave. About forty members attended and served as pallbearers while a male quartet sang hymns during the ceremony. The death followed injuries from being kicked by a horse earlier that day.
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White Sulphur Springs
M. E
al VanLoan
Order
William F. Shoup
Liberty Baptist Church
F. H. Baker
I. W. Hill
Baker
David
Jesse Lindsley
John Joyner
Special Levy Authorized by City Council
The Common Council approved a frontage tax levy on unimproved property fronting streets with water mains, at 2 cents per foot, and a 0.3 percent of assessed valuation on $42,609 of improved property not using water. The measure aims to fund water protection against fire and will be collected with other city taxes into the water fund.
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Common Council
Commissioner
Korschen urges city to adopt permanent paving plans
Middletown should implement a five year permanent paving program funded by a bond issue, per John A Korschen Commission of Public Works. The plan targets replacing stone with permanent paving and allocates funds for street cleaning, fence work around reservoirs, and departmental reorganization.
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Middletown
John A. Korschen
Commission of Public Works
Korschen
Mercier Omelet Legend In Dijon Graveyard Ad
In Dijon a restaurant keeper uses a tombstone advertising stunt to celebrate his Mercier omelet. The stone proclaims Pierre Mercier 1848 1903 as inventor and notes his son on Dole street guarding the recipe. The Times-Press page promotes the classified section.
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Dijon
France
Pierre Mercier
Dole Street
Mercier
Morgantown Ky Sends Three Sons to Congress in One City
Washington notes Morgantown about 1 000 residents is unusually well represented in Congress. Three locals served in the last Congress and three more aim for this session, with Harreld Thatcher Howard and Moore among the hometown figures. The piece recalls local ties and prewar Butler County history.
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Morgantown
Arizona
Delaware
Nevada
J. W. Harreld
Harreld
Oklahoma
Maurice H. Thatcher
Louisville
Howard
Robert Y. Thomas
Kentucky
John W. Moore
Harrold
Thatcher
Moore
Senior Class Shines in Clarence Play at Junior High
Mid dletown High School seniors presented a two and a half hour production of Clarence to a large auditorium audience. John Smith led the cast with a standout portrayal, supported by Ruth Hallman Eleanor Paulkner Kenneth Stich ards and Deirdre Campo among others. The show featured violin solos by Gordon M Curran and piano by John Lawrence under Prof. Sprague W Drenan's direction with makeup notes noted for improvement.
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Ruth Hallman
Eleanor Paulkner
Kenneth Stichards
John Smith
Clarence” Smith
Clarence
Jon Smith
Edward Canfield
Robby” Wheeler
Wheeler
Deirdre Campo
Kenneth
Sprague W. Drenan
Mra Martyn
Katharine Strait
Mr. Wheeler
Kenneth Ttichard
Mre Wheeler
Detrfre Campo Nobby Wheeler
Edward Cantila
Cora Wheeler
Ruth Ma'iman
Violet Pinney
Eleanor Panthnerrence
John Smite Della
Oversee Gertrudy
Albert Teeman
Mubert Stein
Barton Jidsen
Sun Spots Fear Hunger Trim Fertilizer Trade in Japan
In Japan the belief that sun spots foretell famine has dampened demand for artificial fertilizer. Dealers report a boom was expected earlier in the year, but business has been very poor as farmers fear wasteful purchases amid superstitions about coming famine.
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Tokyo
Japan
Fas
Hurleyville Woman Awarded 10000 in Light and Power Case
Mrs Pauline Shindler widow of Benjamin Shindler who died from electrocution at the Shindler boarding house in 1923 won a 10000 judgment against Sullivan County Light and Power Co after earlier verdicts were upheld by the Appellate Division and Court of Appeals. Local notes: school fundraiser, Farm Bureau meeting, officer elections for Hurleyville Fire Co., and several visits and social items from residents.
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Hurleyville
Pauline Shindler
Benjamin Shindler
Shindler
Sullivan County Light and Power Co
Court of Appeals
Plymouth Vermont Records Age Demographics
Miymouth Vermont recounts ages in Plymouth township after a visitor asks about aging locals. In hours residents named dozen citizens aged eighty to over ninety, with about six more expected. Township population around 400, and few under seventy considered young.
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