Stratton High School Graduation Set for Tuesday
A Stratton High School graduation ceremony is scheduled for Tuesday. The event will honor graduating seniors and take place at the school gym with family and community members invited to attend.
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Newspaper
Orange County Times Press
Location
Middletown, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1915
Page
5
A Stratton High School graduation ceremony is scheduled for Tuesday. The event will honor graduating seniors and take place at the school gym with family and community members invited to attend.
The Middletown High School class of 1915 holds commencement exercises at Stratton on Tuesday June 22 at 8 16 p m with music by Weldon McWilliams orchestra and readings on bravery patent medicines sea topics and habit power. Diplomas and prizes are presented by officials including President George A Swayze and Rev Dr A F Pierce.
Reverend Dr. Kirkwood spoke at First Presbyterian Church during the baccalaureate sermon for the high school class of 1915. He urged graduates to choose between two worlds, stressing the duties of character, thought, and faith as they enter life’s career, and warned that nations face judgment if they choose evil paths.
An unidentified man was struck and killed by O and W passenger train No. 96 north of Fallsburg Station Sunday afternoon. The victim lay across the southbound rail, head on the tracks, in a stupor and did not move. Engineer F Clark and Conductor A E Jones oversaw the halt and investigation. Coroner Cauthers will attempt identification as railroad authorities study the case.
International News Service reports Genereo Juze 21 stating Henry Meme former New York merchant prince and bank operator surrendered to court to begin an IQ months sentence imposed last November after conviction for accepting deposits and mismanaging a 2 200 000 debt to 5 000 depositors A $159 000 offer did not alter the court’s decision and Siegel’s surrender ends his period of liberty while the majority press urged further restitution actions.
A 22 year old Italian man, James Clarragueria, drowned while bathing near a bridge on Johnstown Road in Ramapo at Southfield on June 5. His body was recovered by Charles Morgan and prepared by Hartman undertakers in Richmond Hill. The Anti Tuberculosis Association has set up tents at Richmond Hill for patients at Camp.
Atlanta dispatch reports Governor Slaton defending his decision to commute Lee M. Frank's death sentence to life imprisonment. Police dispersed threatening Cobb county crowd in Mariette Street after the ruling, with arrests and saloon closures to avert unrest. The piece recounts Frank's trial timeline from the 1913 case to the 1915 commutation and includes Slaton's 8000 word statement defending his action.
Reports from Galicia describe heavy fighting around Lemberg as Teuton and Austrian forces push to seize the city from Russian defenders. Russians retreat toward central Galicia while German and Austrian units launch bombardments from three sides.
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