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Newspaper
Orange County Times Press
Location
Middletown, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1918
Page
3
The piece outlines a July 4 schedule with a morning band concert and evening ice cream, rejects fireworks due to war costs, and notes Friday June 28 commencement, chapel service, and Red Cross campaign progress. It mentions volunteers, donations, and morale, plus local community happenings at Windy Bush cottage and various staff updates.
The meeting of Lancelot Lodge No. K of P. Friday evening featured the purchase of $200 in War Savings Stamps. A check was drawn to cover the amount and a report of the event appeared in the Times-Press columns.
A Middletown N Y wedding at 42 Linden Avenue joins family and friends for Clara Leschorn and William Musbach. Details cover attire, décor, attendees, and gifts. An open letter to Hon Charles L Mead urges support for ratifying the Federal Prohibition amendment.
Queen Bather Chapter No 163 marks its 20th anniversary with Grand Officers visit and homecoming of Assistant Grand Lecturer BR Norman. About 460 attendees from district and neighboring districts. Grand Marshal RW Alzada B Ludington and P OAL G L William H Digin officiated. Decorations featured pink flowers by FE Ox Dienst. gifts presented to Grand officers and Mrs. S. ON Holt. Program included organ solo, vocal numbers, Masonry quartet, and a banquet prepared by Mrs. A. Hornbeck committee chair.
Willam C. Case of Tinweila, 32, was struck and killed instantly by an Erie Railroad train as he walked near the tracks. The foreman’s whistle warned the crew but he remained too close. Case’s father Alonza Case and wife Mary, of Matamoras, mourn his passing. he had lived his life in Menelia and left a widow.
A Taft Chapter gathering was held at the home of Mr and Mrs Tarry Anderson in Utissilla. Details of the event include a post dern and a planned meeting for the next session.
A Thursday evening shower honored Miss Catherine V. Doran of 63 South Street at the home of Misa Walstead 129 Wickham Avenue. Edward Conroy accompanied Miss Doran as 82 friends from Port Jervis and Goshen gathered after a moving picture showing for card games and music. Gifts included cut glass silver linen and china. Refreshments were served. the couple will be married next week.
The Newburgh Republican city committee endorsed candidates at a June meeting. Nominees include Senator W. T. Snider Assemblyman W. T. McCaw Sheriff James Miller and District Attorney Jonathan D. Wilson Jr for the September 3 primaries.
Bruce Lindacy of Loomis California joined 14 other Americans to load a British troop train under German shellfire. The British unit suffered nine casualties and vanished crews, prompting officials to seek volunteers nearby. A sergeant named Callahan organized the quick recruiting, with Brice among the volunteers.
About 34 percent of mineral content and fresh water make up the oceans. Three fourths of the common salt content is chloride of sodium with other ingredients being chloride, sulfate and bromide of tungsten, sulfate and carbonate of lime and ammonium phosphate, besides traces of various other minerals and metals including gold and silver.
A garbled extract discusses a character named Gilthers or Gilbers and a neighborly dispute over telephone service. The quote implies a rival deal of trouble and a person not in a position to complain directly to the company, with another neighborable action noted.
The article describes a technique where charred documents are made readable by pouring a solution over the charred paper. It notes that bank notes and other papers can be treated this way, allowing legible text to emerge through the burned layers.
Obituary notes the death of Crynus Larne a 71 year old bachelor native of Hamptonteigh who had long cared for hingeelt Crrnns daria and spent years in state hospital. Burial followed at Neely town cemetery on Monday with funeral services held there.
Hudson River district coverage notes that Senators Charles W. Walton of Kingston and John D. Stivers of Middletown are likely to return to the New York State Senate. The piece also outlines potential nominees and contested seats, including Brown, Argetsinger, Adler, Ramsperger, and others, with emphasis on party dynamics and anticipated retirements.
Good attendance at the monthly meeting of the Women’s Foreign Missionary Society in St Paul’s M B Church parlor. Annual mite box opening featured a program for the Woman’s War Council of the MBE Church of America. Readings and songs highlighted the plight of war orphans in France and fundraising for them. Next meeting will be at the parsonage.
Washington January 21 Associated Press says a new regulation drafts boards under Provost Marshal General Crowder. It broadens the work or fight order, avoiding specifics on professional players while stressing nonuseful occupations. Local boards to use common sense and consider residence changes and impossibility of securing work as grounds for waivers.
Mrs Edmund Lo Tichenor and her two daughters Constance and Mar plan a Crigsmoor visit with Sarel and Miss Catherine Read, a high school teacher, as they await word of a family health matter. The Ticheno r family will stay August at Henderson Harbor on Lake Ontario.
A surprise birthday party was held at Mrs. Oscar Posts Ridgebury home in New Hampton on Monday evening. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Mills, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Carpenter, Mr. and Mrs. William T. Osborne, Miss Margaret OConnell, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Gray, Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Stewart and son Elroy, Mr. and Mrs. George Bates, and Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Pound. refreshments were served by Mrs. Hugh Gray, Mrs. E. A. Stewart and Mrs. W. T. Osborne.
In Washington on June 21 Major Den Brancker of the British Air Ministry urged that big American air seaplanes be flying Atlantic routes to reach the front by next summer. He is in the capital to cooperate with American aircraft officials and argues pioneer trans Atlantic flights should be attempted without delay.
Washington June 21 The War Department reports that Americans now hold thirty eight miles along the fighting line on the western front. The figure was given to the House Military Committee during a conference with Secretary Baker and Chief of Staff March today.
The registration of German alien women in Middletown is ongoing and closes June 27 at 8 p.m. All are expected to have signed the blanks. One peculiar cage was used for the registration. A woman registered though her parents resided in the United States at the time, she was born in Germany.
Manager George A. Roberts of the Straiton theatre and Short Sho7, drafted at Amsternam Montgomery county, has been called to service and will report Wednesday. James Mr. Roberts, son, is said to be due today and will return this evening. Trevev N. Wo Shusiskes of Jamestown declined the call to pastorate at North Street Congregational Church given unanimously at a June 2 meeting.
Walden and Walton report Borden Condensed Milk Co to stop milk intake after June 30 at Wallkill and June 20 at Walton. The Wallkill plant, in operation since 1881, will close indefinitely, impacting 124 dairies shifting to East Walden creamery. Walton feeders at Colchester Station Pines Rockroyal Mundale also end June 20.
Private Harry De Mott, 16, of Port Jervis, severely wounded in France on June 6, served with the Marines after his father James De Mott died in a railroad accident last December. He enlisted with his father’s consent, was among the first from Port Jervis, and is a nephew of Mr and Mrs Frank S De Mott of Morris Park.
Prof A Stifley Dean, former organist and choirmaster at St Pauls Church, has accepted a post as organist and choirmaster at St Nicholas Avenue Presbyterian Church in New York. He starts duties Sunday under Pastor Rev Dr Elliott Wilber Brown. the church is described as large and influential, and friends here wish him success.
At a Tuesday meeting of the bank rectors, Dan Breseman Diaries B. Ward of DeBruce was elected president to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Dr. G. HW. Lathrop. Ward, a former councilman and rank official, was praised by the bank's officers and community for accepting the presidency.
The Citizen Herald reports Henry M. Norton returns as Unolipe operator at the Walden office after six weeks away. He had left for a read bursting role with the U S Government at Westinghouse Electric in Chicopee Falls Massachusetts, but health concerns prompted his return to his former job at the Citizen Herald.
Benny Leonard world champion light welterweight and boxing instructor at Camp Totén visited Liberty with his mother and friends last week. He has helped raise about $30,000 for the Campa AUF lette Fund across California and other Western states.
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