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Newspaper
Orange County Times Press
Location
Middletown, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1917
Page
7
Miss Agnes M and Miss Bar pureaa plus many local guests and visitors are noted in Middletown society notes. Mentions of hospital graduates, residents returning from New York City and Philadelphia, engagements, weddings and forthcoming summer trips anchor the lively community calendar. Local schools, commencements, and public figures are referenced with dates and places across Middletown and nearby towns.
Mrs Addie J. Dibble Hubbard of Norwich dies at 59 after illness. Funeral at Shelden Street home with Rev. Foreman. burial Mt Hope. Survived by husband Ervin M Hubbard two daughters Erla E Tice and Minnie Menti and half brother Daniel Dibble. Mrs J Addigan Smith of Newburgh dies at 73 after brief illness. Survived by daughter Garant May and son Artfact F Smith with brothers Walter and Charles Graham.
Funeral services will be held at the home of the parents near Slate Hill Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Col Oliver Hazard Payne longtime Standard Oil magnate and multimillionaire died Wednesday in New York City at age 77 turning 78 next month. He owned a West Park estate of 170 acres on the Hudson River, laid out by eminent landscape architects to preserve natural beauty with gardens woodlands rolling meadows and sweeping drives.
June 28 Washington—Senate Agriculture Committee reports amendments to the food administration bill. A new provision excludes malt liquor from permissible manufactures and gives the President power to restore private production of alcoholic beverages during a public emergency. Also notes Cornell faculty bonuses and mid- coast regional rail changes amid competition and economic factors.
One of the prettiest June weddings took place at the Oaks home in Galilee Warne county Pa when their eldest daughter Mise Ins V was wed to George Stee of Damascus. Attended by Wesley Branning and Miss Mildred Irene Conklin the ceremony featured a canopy seating and Lohengrin wedding march. The bride wore pale blue crepe de chine and georgette, carrying a bouquet, with many presents noted. Out-of-town guests included Mr and Mrs Harrison Quick Alton Hartle George Alton and Miss Mabel Harris. In New Windsor the Webb Horton Memorial Church saw Alton Harris and Miss Emma Harris wed with Rev Dr van Dyke Wight officiating. The bride traveled in a gown, and the couple planned a short wedding trip before settling in New Windsor where the groom farms. Mrs Harris is the bride’s mother.
Governor Charles E. Whitman reported that county home defense committees are coordinating recruiting for federal and naval forces. State census returns list men in every county who wish to enlist, and these names are being sent to home defense chairs to urge contact with local recruiting officers.
Washington announces local exemption boards in twenty four states including New York will select draft candidates under the law next week. Rules for exemptions not yet issued. In Albany the state exemption board personnel will not be public for several days due to incomplete administrative details.
The first trip of the newly presented ambulance occurred Monday night and Tuesday when James M. Hancock, a New York contractor injured in an auto crash near the city last Wednesday, was moved from Thrall Hospital to Dr. M. C. Conner’s office for an X-ray. Private Arthur F. Lata drove the ambulance from the hospital and back.
In cooperation with the Orange County Home Defense League the Chamber of Commerce conducts a Farm Factory Labor Census to identify factory workers with farm experience for haying duty in Orange County. Top candidates will be provided to the Orange County Farm Bureau. This item notes the census aims to supply skilled labor for two weeks of haying work and to place the best workers with local agricultural interests.
Mrs. Endler of 2178 Washington Ave Broox attempts to end her life by leaping from a train window near Ferndale and Lason in Bullivan county nlabt while en route from New York with her husband. The woman and her eight year old son Novert were involved. he was rescued from drowning in a pond. She survived with a fractured skull and was taken to Thrall Hospital.
Goshen June Tolay of Pine Bush workers add Joseph Rider and Timothy A Durber to the Minisink Memorial. The effort follows an exhaustive inquiry led by Mrs M H Barrell after a dream inspired hers and a prior search failed to include the two soldiers.
Goshen in June news reports a proposal to illuminate Church Park with several high powered arc lights to aid drills by the local defense, with the Goshen Light and Power Company offering electricity and wiring costs only. Census taking wraps up, volunteers praise efficiency under Mrs. P. V. D. Guilt. Local events include a July 1 Garr Institute entertainment, an Ex-Mayor Wurster obituary note, a Ridgeway concert, and auto pledge efforts for emergency transport.
The Goshen graduating class of six, Philip Wilcox Elsie Rutan Harold Knapp Natalie Eleanor Pise, prepares for diploma day after a baccalaureate sermon by Rev. Charles T. A. Pise at St James Church. Alumni reception held. diplomas to be presented by Hon Caleb H Baumes with modest ceremonies due to wartime context.
The Erie Railroad Company will support an Orange County Food Battalion demonstration touring stations in Orange County from July 2 to 7. An auditorium coach will host talks on canning and preserving vegetables, with Miss Mary Wallace and others lecturing. proceeds aid printing and expenses.
Goshen sends three youths to join Hospital Unit No 15 from Roosevelt Hospital New York and G Frederick Norton continues duty in France. Jack Decker Harold Parker Winfred Sanford travel to New York to join the U S Hospital Detachment for service behind the lines tending wounded.
Goshen residents rally for Home Defense units, 7 sign bank pledges to place men in state service. Bishop Greer leads fund drive for uniforms while local unit remains on standby, arms reportedly to be issued by state. Conviction of Loletha for petty larceny noted, investigation into accomplice suggested. Memorial lighting at Everett monument planned despite mixed reactions. An upcoming lecture by Antin set for court house venue.
In a wartime snippet the text mentions pieced terms and dates with unclear references to actions and armed events, reflecting a damaged OCR from a historical report. The readable items suggest a list of wartime actions and dates but lack coherent context or complete names of places or groups.
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