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Newspaper
Orange County Times Press
Location
Middletown, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1917
Page
4
An ad for The Men's Store of Middletown promoting attire that helps men appear as regular locals without extra cost. The message emphasizes affordable, approachable fashion and straightforward style.
A high school auditorium concert under Miss McShane raises funds for the American Red Cross. The program includes marjorie Horton and Mildred Carnet performances and a variety of songs, with proceeds slated for patron membership in the Red Cross. Services at Cragville Church follow, led by Rev. F. With.
A noisy ad page lists funeral directors and casket companies with addresses in New York and nearby towns. Names include REILLY, ALEXANDER MERHITT, WILLIAM T. CORNELIUS, and National Casket Co. The item mixes contact numbers, offices in New York City and upstate towns, and notes on maternity and child care protections.
A long dedication recounts Orange County’s soldiers who served on land and sea. The memorial honors those who gave their lives, with reflections on duty, sacrifice, and the call of freedom amid ongoing wars. Colonel Bradley is praised for his steadfast service and leadership.
Memorial Day observance by Vlooming Grove Chapter followed with a veterans dinner at Grange Hall Washingtonville. Event featured toastmaster Denniston and remarks by Minot Venniton of Middletown, plus school children songs and a donation of five dollars to Beowster Board.
A chaotic incident on a moving train ends with a rider wounded and a sentry atop the cars firing toward a man described as Lim or Lam. The article notes a gunfight at the train entrance and a struggle with the rolling stock near a mill area, with scattered fragments of the scene and a late telegraph report.
Westtown reports a man named George Dallas Clark fell through a hayloft at Floyd Baird’s farm while whaling? whiling? and landed on his head and shoulders. He was carried indoors and placed under a physician’s care. The Red Cross Seckery will meet Tuesday afternoon instead of Wednesday with 66 members listed and in Nourishing condition. Several local visits and social notes follow, including Paterson coal trade connections and Memorial Day visits. Mildred Runyon plans September hospital stay in Albany to train as a nurse.
June 5 notices note Mrs Shipley visiting her parents in Allendale as family preparations unfold. Invitations extended for a memorial service at Mt Hope Church and various social events including Thimble Club gathering and a family visit to Goshen. Carries scattered names and locations with multiple attendees and moves.
Memorial Day in the city featured bright skies and a large crowd at Hilside Cemetery tendering the plots of Dr. and Mrs. Belden H. Talcott. A parade, school groups, and a Separate Company Band under Floyd Roesch marked the day, followed by a pinup of patriotic films, songs, and performances.
Newburgh May 11 at the 36th annual convention of the New York State Association of Local Name Agents the proposed appointment of a state insurance rate commissioner will be discussed to fix uniform rates for insuring hay buildings. About 25 men will attend, sessions at the Palatine, speakers include J. S. Phillips Fred Cov and James J Mores. Conference opens June 7 with a banquet and reception planned. Officers and delegates from several counties listed. Pomona Grange meeting also noted for the same period with town ship school questions to be addressed.
Montgomery announces a busy summer festival lineup starting June 18 with Tealivals at the Presbyterian Church and continuing July through August with church concerts and community activities. Local residents join in social events, engagements, honeymoons, and visitors from New York, Colgate, and Ansonia as families and clubs host gatherings and travel.
Sunday school schedules and preaching times for Otisville M E Church Westbrookville Rush Lake Ridgebury and Slate Hill churches. Services range from morning 10 to 11 o clock with Sunday school at 9 to 10.45 and evening study or Epworth League sessions in the 7 PM to 7.30 PM window.
Bloomingburg report notes residents and visitors at Rose Villa and local homes. A Memorial Day sermon in Rockland is mentioned. Community events include a Sunday School cake sale to fund the library, and several short social meals and visits across nearby towns.
Mrs. Arthur B Wood Miss Nellie Purdy and Misa Mills of Middletown Red Cross Chapter meet Pine Bush ladies. Thirty enrollments secured prior, meetings to be held in Knights of Lodge rooms with music dialogues and drills. Rev W H Marquiss will preach next Sunday at New Prospect Church. Bishop Luther B Wilson to address service next Wednesday at 10 AM. Byworth Lass group meets at 6 45 PM with topic What are my Bible ptudy aabiter led by Euther Ostrander. Miss Townshend recovering after gastroenterostomy at Lake's Hospital Newburgh performed by Dr C B Townsend and Dr B C Waterbury.
Mount Hope reports a Friday Epworth League meeting at Edith and Laure Smiths in Gardnerville with Rev B M Denniston visiting. Notes mention farm repainting by Charles Tuthill, Edward Mather and son Howard in New York, and Children’s Day practice at the M E parish house. State scholarship exams at Goeben High School discuss two county scholarships, followed by upcoming commencements and a stray home tip about cleaning steel knives with bath brick and baking soda.
Otterville June 1 Memorial Day activities featured a 1 pm parade led by the band and local Mechanics and school choral groups to the cemetery for exercises. An afternoon flag raising at the schoolhouse followed, with the Mechanics presenting a large flag to the school. Address by a Test Regiment officer and a ball-field crowd later to view Otisville events.
Laredo Texas May 31 federal officials report 15 to 26 young Americans with ample money and solid families leave the United States daily for Mexico. They travel south to mine prospect for oil or seek unskilled work and are believed to be avoiding conscription. Most are from eastern states including Maine and New Hampshire. Full descriptions are made of each departing American for future identification.
South Centreville reports May 71 Mation Carr confined to her home with an attack of bronchitis. Visiting from Port Jervis are Mrs. MS. Verney and her son. Mrs. J. Conklin recently visited Passaic and Pater 202. Also noted: Mrs. Herbert Biter seriously ill under Dr. Dawley, and Claribel Vandervoort visiting relatives. Events include a dance and euchre in Robbins' Ball on Friday June 1 and a flag raising at Howells with a patriotic meeting on Tuesday evening June 5.
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