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Newspaper
Orange County Times Press
Location
Middletown, New York, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1917
Page
1
At the Masonic Temple a Red Cross gathering mapped the city campaign with sub chairmen and organizational heads in attendance. Frank W Hillott presided as speakers urged widespread membership and cited war relief goals while the Columbia Brass Quartet played patriotic tunes.
Ide T. AL McManna of New York a longtime lawyer and former counsel for the State Association of Liquor Dealers died Saturday afternoon at Otisville after a faulty wagon accident near a farm. His body was taken to Troy for funeral and interment. He left no wife and had a brother Thedas in Texas.
A Montgomery man, Joseph Conroy, is sued by William Barcy alleging a car collision at 4 on a Sunday near Nes Loureh Vall'n Gate road. The suit claims speed and driver fault led to injuries and a fatality for a Nassau County area victim.
Private John T Kelley faced a general court martial in the state armory on Long Island regarding the April 7 shooting death of Callicoon resident John Deering. The trial featured Miss Margaret Lynch as a key witness and adjourned after Kelley’s testimony toward the Eastern Department for final action.
The Merchants' National Bank has subscribed for Liberty Loan bonds for its own amount and has also subscribed for Liberty Loan funds for all its employees. The notice appears in the Times-Press want columns.
Belva Ann Bennett Lockwood, born October 24 1840 in Royalton New York, died after a long illness in Washington May 22. A pioneer in women’s rights she was the first woman admitted to practice before the U S Supreme Court and led efforts for women’s suffrage and legal equality. She ran for president in 1879 and 1888 with the Equal Rights Party while securing notable cases including the Eastern Cherokee settlement of 5 million dollars.
At the First New York Regiment HQ in Binghamton orders from Adjutant General Stolesbury instruct recruiting to war strength of 150 men per company. Companies I E L and others to be mobilized with mobilization planned around July 1 and camp at Camp Whitman for intensive training before deployment. The War Department ban on enlistments in uniform is now in effect, prompting questions in civilian and military circles.
A long local notices column reports on church services at St Pauls Me with Rev G W Linton and Rev Grinten, hospital matters with Dr Maurice Ashley, a four day test extension for power equipment, a rifle club shoot won by farmer W A Willeis, and numerous social notices about residents and their activities in Middletown and surrounding wards.
The Orange County Pomona Grange meets at Knights of Pythias Hall Pine Bush on Wednesday June 6 with morning afternoon and evening sessions presided by Master D V Farley. District Attorney Hirchberg of Newburgh speaks on The Administration of Justice in Orange County during the evening.
The district library institute at Thrall Library opens Friday May 23 with two sessions at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Miss Mary Eastman of the New York State Library leads a program on Children’s Work duties of trustees reference works and recent books of importance. An exhibit on wartime books is on display courtesy of Hanford and Horton Co. A luncheon will be served at Freech Restaurant.
Special to the Times-Freese Albany reports Orange County has received 24 004.75 dollars from the Secretary of State under the new Green MIL vehicle registration act. The funds cover February to April and will be used for highway projects, with counties getting back their share of receipts.
A county Grange committee on food production hosted about twenty five attendees at Brookside Grange Hall to review an uptick in staple crop acreage. Officials expect a roughly one third shortfall from school census figures, with buckwheat and white bean seed campaigns noted. The state Food Supply Commission seeks 5000 bushels of seed buckwheat, and 100 college students plus twenty high school boys are placed through Farman Tegu and local offices. A tractor procurement plan was endorsed, field plowing near New Church averaging 3.34 per acre, while overall food reserves remain tight and a larger effort is urged to meet next year’s army needs.
A near-miss two-car crash occurred on the south road about a half mile from Wurtsboro as Crawford and family move from Port Jervis to Soar Iudging from the hero of his brother at Fair Oaks. The town notes frequent local movements and community updates including a school book drive and firemen’s event.
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