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Newspaper
Orange County Times Press
Location
Middletown, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1918
Page
3
The first anniversary of American destroyers in foreign waters is marked as they continue patrols and gun down U boats. German subs remain cautious, avoiding surface exposure, while Allied fleets claim increased success and reduced sinkings in the Atlantic.
The Anderson area in Sullivan County loses its post office after years of service. The nearby community near Liberty once served by Cooley and Aden facilities consolidates as the Minieink Ford office closes as part of the discontinued service.
Mr and Mrs Vincent Sret of 71 Montgomery street welcomed a son on May 28 named Samuel.
Warwick Valley Light and Power and Orange and Rockland Electric petition the Public Service Commission for consent to transfer the Warwick plant and other properties to Orange and Rockland. The plant serves Orange county towns including Monroe Goshen and Warwick. No rate changes are expected. merger aims for economical management.
The New York Sun excerpt quotes Zane Grey praising bonefish as the most magnificent, elusive sea sport fish. Grey compares bonefish to a phantom, a relentless runner, and a striking target, describing their speed, stamina, and the thrill of pursuing them across Florida waters.
Westbrookside June 1 Nor ma McDowell returns from time with father in Port Jer vis. James A. Grant Liberty boiler inspector calls at J E Ashworths Sons. Mrs Percy Skinner hosts visitors Tue afternoon in Tort Jervis. Middletown worker Charles Startup visits town. School meeting set for Tue evening June 4 to elect trustees and officers. Various locals travel by touring car to Una Wace. Mrs Daniel G Ashworth and daughter Ellen visiting relatives. Miss DmiHan teaches at Din Wiel Ne. Marjory Fern of New York visits local family. Camp Wadsworth trip by several men from this place. Ladies Aid annual dinner scheduled at church basement Thursday.
The fire damage in the town center on the morning of Mas Uf hase been adjusted by the TOSTATC COMPNieR. Nearly all the dersers came out much waren of than thet at firet thoweht. The dasuranys Melved will atorage Ince Than ot ANT the losses on the prop.
A Memorial Day program at the State Hospital featured the 24th Separate Company Band, 18 members strong under Charles C. Brady, performing patriotic and classical pieces. Decorations of American flags and rhododendron, peanuts for all, a roast beef dinner, and readings of Elbert Hubbard’s A Message to Garcia framed the event. Major Rowan was highlighted as a hero in the drama, with Mrs. Maude M. Davidson and Charles Gunderson adding musical interludes and encores to a larger-than-usual audience.
Clarence D. Brotherton of Baklog Company 325 in France sends word to George H. Iseman about wellbeing weather and duties. He notes Third Liberty Loan support, busy daily routine, ample rations and clothing, and eagerness to hear back from friends as May 2 1918 closes.
Three prisoners appeared before Justice Tompkins yesterday at 3 30 pm. Ebenezer Wisher pleaded guilty to assault and highway robbery second offense and was sentenced to Sing Sing for 20 years. Averett Lawranke Hudson pleaded guilty to forgery of a check for 35 dollars and agreed to pay 50 monthly. sentence suspended with probation. Charles Stubley was ordered to pay 50 monthly. One of two brothers charged with shooting taxicab driver Thomas Falierton, Picaden, was found guilty and sent to Elmira Reformatory.
Justice AL Tompkins reports the Court of Appeals sustained his ruling awarding Mrs Grate Knowles £20,000 after her husband, a driver for the New Haven and Hartford Railroad, was struck as he moved an engine from a roundhouse. The appeal confirmed the verdict against the railroad for the fatal incident.
Chief of Police Wilam Hendry retires after forty years in the Pas antee Police Department. City commissioners elevate Captain Tohee Gaetav Schmidt to chief. Schmidt to receive an annual pension of $1,000.
A sealed verdict opened in the Supreme Court here awarded $360 to the Middletown Wall Paper and Paint Co Inc against Horace Porter and Mary E Porter. The defendants formerly resided at the Palatine Hotel Newburgh. The suit sought $420.69 for materials and work at a Stony Ford tenant house occupied by Thornton. items included painting shingling roof labor and floor work. Defendants contended charges were excessive and questioned labor and roofing values. The case involved a separate $1,100 contract for a barn and gasoline engine plant not directly in suit. Witnesses included George L Bemis William Walters and Robert Thornton. defendants testified for Porter. Jury members listed.
Eleven young men left Wickham Avenue station for Poughkeepsie and Fort Slocum to join the various service branches by enlistment. The group includes Franklin B Williams Middletown Cavalry, Harry T Craig Middletown Signal Corps, Aeneas McMillen Middletown Cavalry, Thomas Dolan Middletown Cavalry, John Campbell Port Jervis Signal Corps, George Sheare Port Jervis Signal Corps, Myron Startup Port Jervis Infantry, Frank Hailick Port Jervis Sinker Corps, John Baker Hamptonburgh Cavalry, William McDermott Cochecton Quartermaster Corps.
Governor Whitman proclaims an extraordinary special term of the Supreme Court to be held at the United States Army Pool West Point starting June 6 to naturalize men chosen for Army service. Tuntice Joseph Morachauser of Poughkeepsie is named to preside. no naturalization fees will be collected.
County director Leander C. Purdy calls county stamp captains to Goshen for a June 5 meeting. They will discuss plans for the intensive war stamp drive to meet the county per capita goal and review state committee directives. The gathering coincides with West’s assessment by the Federal Board headed by Frank A Wanderup. Chester Red Cross and officers hold a separate annual meeting in the Vibrare rooms Tuesday at 1 o'clock.
Elmer Q Oliphant of Purdue fame and West Point, a multifaceted athlete, will graduate from the United States Military Academy and receive the Army lieutenant rank within weeks These honors crown a career spanning football basketball baseball track and hockey with a unique four branch Army A varsity letters and key scoring feats against Navy in 1913 and 1914 Oliphant captained the 1917 football team and led the baseball roster while excelling academically as class nears early graduation
June notes from Salisbury Mills report several local movements including Patsy Baccaro leaving Goshen with belongings, Mrs Clarence Dewitt visiting her mother, Charles Barty attending his mother’s death, and Robert Seaman’s road work. Also listed are Mrs FE Denny at a Sunday school convention, Miss Anna Hirins to New York, Heart Malier called away, a war-related message about mariners, Lae Gordon Wade visiting Standparents, and George Curry switching jobs from Holden Paper to 3 DGarrison.
In Grandville New Jersey on Thursday morning Rev Flumm er, pastor of the Presbyterian Church, was injured after falling from the manse porch. He sustained a broken ankle in the incident, marking another accident during the recent epidemic of mishaps in the area.
Ned Cross event raised funds for the Red Cross during a Thursday night patriotic mass and entertainment. The sale of a team bus contributed most of the money, with no collection taken up.
The annual Orange County Sunday School Association convention met at the Reformed Church in Warwick over two days and drew a large crowd. Speakers included Rev. Dr. O. B. Swift and Rev. F. 2. Haines with out of town attendees from Sanford Abrams Goshen Port Jervis Newburgh and many others.
The funeral for the Hon Augustus Denniston at his Washingtonville home drew many relatives and friends including Civil War veterans, Orange County Agricultural Society officials, and business associates. The service featured addresses by Rev J Scott King and Rev Dr Andrew Schriver, with tributes to Denniston’s life and charitable work for local colored neighbors. The body rests in the family plot at Washingtonville Cemetery, with numerous pallbearers and honorary escorts listed.
Anse Pets of Ottaville celebrated exoneration on a murder charge and release from jail pending funds to purchase American flags and War Savings stamps. Rome Peter was arrested in Ottsville in a killing case but grand jury declined to indict, saying self defense. Pete claimed his companion attacked him in a shack near Otisville. he struck him with a stick, fracturing skull, and the man died that night at Thrall Hospital.
The Phoenix, an SitMon tank ship built by the Chester Shinmitding Company near Chester, Pa, was launched yesterday with Mrs ELH Nat Timan of New York as sponsor. The vessel, initially contracted for the Cunard line, was commandeered by the Emergency Fleet Corporation.
Spartanburg South Carolina May 31 Almost all New York National Guard regiments skeletonized after the Twenty seventh Division reorganization are now at full war strength Draft arrivals at Camp Wadworth total 9700 men with units filled in sequence Second Pioneer Infantry previously the Fourteenth led the intake followed by the Second Anti Aircraft Machine Gun Battalion Fifty first Pioneer Infantry formerly the Tenth and Fifty second Pioneer Infantry formerly the Twelfth to full strength The Fifty third Pioneer Infantry formerly the Forty seventh nearly complete The Fifty fourth and Fifty fifth Pioneer Infantry formerly the Seventy first and Seventy fourth did not receive men yet but are to be expanded soon A large share of draftees were discharged for disability mainly flat feet or hernia About graduates of the third officers training school at Camp Wadworth were commissioned as second lieutenants and assigned to their units with names listed for each Pioneer Infantry unit and headquarters detachment.
Port Jervis Patrick Fallon was arrested by Officer Harry A Grant on Thursday night at 11 for furnishing whiskey to a United States soldier in uniform. Fallon was taken to the city jail and the US Commissioner was notified. The prisoner was presented before Commissioner Collins in New Leigh that afternoon.
From France June 1, Lieutenant Douglas Campbell of California earns the first American Ace designation for the Sting corps by shooting down a German biplane near Pont Amouscon. This marks his fifth confirmed victory after downing his first on April 15. Rumor says Lieutenant Rhinenbacher of Ohio may be named ace soon.
Harold S. Anderson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur R Anderson of his city, is to leave Middletown Thursday for Fort Siecom. He will join the finger print department of the regular army, using prints as identification. He has studied diatomic spectroscopy for the past ten years and does not know his assignment, possibly San Francisco or New Orleans.
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