Presbyterians Decide On Report Amid Merger Of Education Boards
Atlantic City May 24 The General Assembly discussed delays in the Presbyteries of New York and Union Theological Seminary amid three added overtures on the heresy charges. Papers on Union students EK Leroy Douglas Rudolph Kastenak and Edmund L Chaffee were reviewed as the committee considers licensure records. The Assembly approved consolidating the College Board with the Board of Education into the General Presbyterian Board of Education, with a new secretary to be elected and likely headquarters in New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
N. J
Presbytery
New York
Union Theological Seminary
New York City
J. Ross Stevenson
Princeton
Presbyterian General Assembly
New York Presbytery
Leroy Douglas
Rudolph Kastenak
Edmund L Chaffee
Ita
Ths
College Board
Board of Education
General Presbyterian Board of Education
Robert Mackenzie
California
Lewin K. Holden
Wooster College
Maer
Mercer
Tyr Robert Watson
Radger Whittaker Work
Guard Encamps Near Metropolis for New York Maneuvers
Major General John F. O'Ryan announced 20 000 National Guard troops will train at Beekman in Dutchess County from July 9 to 22. The shift from Pine Camp aims to save about 80000 in transport costs and allow 4000 horses and mules to mobilize quickly for potential action in Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John F. O'Ryan
Aus Acres
Beekman
Hopewell Junction
Pine Camp
Lake Ontario
Mexico
O'Ryan
New York City
National Guard
Dutchess County
Ways and Means
Tramp
Ind
Olmetead
Kes R. Noyes
Heckman
Hudson Valley
Variety Shower For Mrs. Nettie P. McVoy
A Priscilla Club event at Mrs. Harry Carl’s home on Houston avenue honored Mrs. Nettie P. McVoy with a variety shower on Tuesday evening. Twenty six guests attended and enjoyed music and refreshments prepared by Mrs. Fred Williams and Mrs. Harry Carl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nettie P. McVoy
Houston Avenue
Priscilla Club
Harry Carl
McVoy
Fred Williams
Times-Press Want Columns Ad Emphasized
Advertisement promotes using the Times-Press want columns for any needs. It urges readers to place ads for services, goods, or notices in the newspaper’s classified section.
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Times-Press
Falling Tree Kills Farmer in Cronomer Valley
Newburgh, May 24. Denton Crosman a well known farmer of Newburgh was killed when a tree he had cut down on his Cronomer Valley farm fell on him at about 2 PM. His brother Charles Crosman alerted neighbors and rushed him home. Dr Townsend arrived but death was due to a crushed skull.
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Newburgh
Denton Crosman
Cronomer Valley
Charles Crosman
Kk. Townsend
Divorce Was Topic At Northern Baptist Convention
Minneapolis May 24 The divorce question sparked sharp debate at a section of the Northern Baptist Convention. A resolution disapproved clergy who wed divorced persons and urged remodelling of divorce laws and condemnation of the divorce evil. The word denounce was dropped and disapproved remained. Trev. Forest Preston Hunter attended.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Northern Baptist Convention
Methodists Cast Voting Irregularities At Conference
At Saratoga Springs on May 24 the Methodist General Conference faced a ballot counting dispute when votes exceeded the number of accredited delegates. A minority report on uniting Christian Advocates was tabled after a roll call vote. Bishop Thirkield voided the ballot amid debate as adjournment approached.
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Saratoga Springs
Methodist General Conference
Dishop
W. P Thirfield
S’s
Thirkield
Boy Performer Killed Imitating Circus Act
Elmer Decker an 11 year old boy from Butler New Jersey died when attempting an aerial trapeze trick he recently saw at a Paterson circus. His father Aaron Decker a dairyman found him hanging in an improvised trapeze in a barn on the Decker farm. The doctor said the boy had been dead about two hours.
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Elmer Decker
Butler
N. J
Paterson
Aaron Decker
Littl
Pinner
W. G. Coates
Milk Situation Compared With Last Year in April
The report notes April 1916 shows a drop in market receipts versus April 1915, which was a record month. April 1914 receipts totaled 1,417,180 cans of milk with 82,860 cream and condensed, while April 1915 had fewer cans. Cooler weather reduced cream demand. prices for Grade B milk moved from $1.90 per can in April to $1.20 in May with similar cuts for Grade C, and Borden price schedules were raised 10 cents per hundred pounds for April and May.
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Borden
Erie Railroad announces new summer train schedule
The Erie Railroad will start a new summer timetable Sunday. Trains No 7 and 48, previously dispensed with, will resume as eastbound Jersey City service from Hornell. No 8 the New York Chicago express will run about 6 30 p m from Hornell. Details on Middletown arrival and No 47 replacement are unclear.
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Erie Railroad Company
Jersey City
Middletown
Hornell
Annual Memorial Services at Sussex Sunday Evening
Sussex New Jersey reports a series of community events with religious services, sermons by Rev C H Rannels at First Presbyterian Deckertown and a union service across town. Also noted are social activities, hospital visits, and civic notices from May events and local residents.
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Sussex
N. J
C. H. Rannels
First Presbyterian Church
Deckertown
Milton Grant
Newton
Sussex County Historical Society
Baptist Church
Abrams
Tolly
Methodist Brotherhood
Even Potter
Unionville Avenue
Ralph Adama
Mise Esther Eifreth
New Jersey Women's Christian Temperance Union
Sussex Union
Sussex County Women's Christian Temperance Union
Hamburg Presbyterian Church
Howard Watkin
Mitchell
Hamburg Road
Harry K. Hideall
Dorothy
Paternon General Hospital
Florence Chssey
Glenwood
New York
Nelson Crissey
Margaret McCoy
Palisade Park
Charley Arm
Cheese prices hold high as milk markets show strain
The Milk Reporter notes prevailing cheese prices remain elevated amid ongoing milk market tension. Strong dairy demand keeps prices firm while production costs press farmers.
Christie Named Superintendent in New York Central Changes
The New York Central Railroad announces changes in its operating department. T. W. Evans is appointed assistant general manager for lines east of Buffalo with New York headquarters. C. Christie becomes general superintendent at Buffalo, previously with the St. Lawrence division in Watertown. Christie is son in law of the late J. E. Wells of Goshen.
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New York Central Railroad
T. W. Evans
Buffalo
New York
Evans
Syracune
Dewitt
C. Christie
Hudson River
St. Lawrence
Watertown
Christie
J. EB. Wells
Goshen
Hearing on Wygant estate lands in Newburgh
A second hearing was held Tuesday at the Court House before Commissioners See ker Gregg and Comesky regarding the 1,400 acre estate of Mary and Charles Wyeant of Rockland County. Palisades Park Commissioners were represented by Senator Blauvelt and Percy V. D. Gott with Elner BE Koosa appearing for property owners.
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Newburgh
Court House
Seeker
Gregg
Comesky
Mary and
Charles Wyeant
Rockland County
Palisaden Park
Blauvelt
Percy V. D. Gott
Elner BE. Koosa
Williams reports a productive year as state engineer
State Engineer and Surveyor Frank M. Williams outlines a busy year improving the barge canal program. He consolidated bureaus to save costs, managed bond issues and damage claims, resolved railroad crossing disputes at Lyons, and chose canal alignments and harbor plans to reduce project costs. He also advanced blue line surveys, prepared for terminal construction, and urged federal coordination to complete the canal by 1918.
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Frank M. Williams
Williams
Barn Canal
Lyons
N. Y
Clyde River
Advisory Board of Consulting Engineers
New York Central Railroad
Willams
Canal Board
Clyde
Rochester
Buffalo
Ohio Basin
Hudson River
Albany
New York
Erie
Waterford
Jacksonburg
Tonawanda
Greece
Macedon
Newark
Oswego
Hadson River
Lake Ontario
Cayuga Seneca
United States
Entertain Choir of First Church Hosts Music Night
Mr and Mrs H K Wilcox hosted the First Presbyterian Church choir and friends at their Grove street home Tuesday evening. The gathering featured choir music, readings by Lucy Talcott Judson, and a piano theme guessing game with 20 ballads, Irene Carpenter guessing 19 correctly. A letter from the choir sent best wishes to former pastors Thomas Gordon and Walter Rockwood Perris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H K. Wilcox
First Presbyterian Church
Grove Street
Lucy Talcott Judson
Misa Irene Carpenter
Thomas Gordon
Washington, D. C
Walter Rockwood Perris
Syracuse
Incorporators Named for Hotel Bennett Inc
A certificate of incorporation for Hotel Bennett Inc was filed in Broome County on May 24. Grant H. De Ved Ornella De Ved Warren of Elmira and Frederick B. Prophet of Binghamton form the new company which takes over the hotel lease from Mrs. H. J. Protaman. The firm is capitalized at 75000 dollars, with 750 shares valued at 190 dollars each, and starts with 500 dollars paid in.
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Binghamton
Bennett, Inc
Broome County
Rollin W. Meeker
Grant H. de Ved
Ornella de Ved Warren
Elmira
Frederick B. Prophet
H. J. Protaman
New Hotel Corporation
De Ved and Warren Family Ties Ties in Obituary Line
Mr De Ved and Mrs Warren are noted as siblings in the obituary, listed as children of the late Mr Gabriel De Ved and Mrs Gabriel De Ved of this city.
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de Ved
Warren
Gabriel de Ved
Budget Escapes Executive Knife at Washington HQ
Newburgh May 24 trustees of Washington's Headquarters are pleased their budget survived Albany pruning and rose to 3800 dollars from 2000. Senator Stivers argued the needs before the Senate finance committee and the Governor approved the increase. The extra funds allow a wage rise for workers in the park from 1.50 to 1.75 a day amid general wage increases.
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Newburgh
Washington
Albany
Stivers
Senate Finance Committee
Sells Interests at Circleville Highlighted in Honesdale Report
Mrs. Winfield Seybolt and three children stay with Mr. and Mrs. Michael Fritz on Court Street. Mr. Seybolt sold his interests at Circleville New York and joined his brother in business in Springfield Massachusetts. Household goods shipped but freight embargo on New England traffic delays passage. Their older son, a Honesdale high student recovering from measles, remains in Maple City.
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Honesdale
Winfield Seybolt
Michael F. Fritz
Court Street
Sign painter Hart injured in store construction mishap
Frederick Lucas 20, a Poughkeepsie sign painter, is confined at Vassar Brothers Hospital with a fractured ankle. The injury occurred Monday afternoon at the new J. J. Reigeluth Company store at 324 Main Street when a heavy box fell on his leg during construction.
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Poughkeepsie
Frederick Lucas
Vassar Brothers’ Hospital
J. J. Reigeluth Company
Main Street
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Metropolis
O’ryan
Denton Cosman
Trev
Forest Preston Hunter
Western Union
North Street
Western Union Company
Western Union Telegraph
Mr. Rannels
First Presbyterian
Columbus
Oho
David Howard
Royal Moore
Papakating
Gable Inn
Frances Preston
Evi A. Wilson
Hamburg Avenue
Lucy "McKee
Hagel
Samuel McKee
Catherine Coleman
Questa
Frank Johnson
Friend
Brooklyn
William Johnson
Mabel Hill
Mise Wa Vandine
Richard Dugdale
Frank Simonson
Harry Sager
Edwin Smith
Edward Osborne
Milo
Jon
Clarence
Ruth
Hoofman
Grant Street
MR. Christie
New York Central
Wygant
Orange County
First Church
Mrs. Wilcox
Hotel Bennett
Budget
Circleville
Hart
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