John Brown Farm Grave Site by Lake Placid Historic Adornment
Abolitionist John Brown is buried near Lake Placid at his North Elba farm. The site features a marked grave near a granite boulder and a bronze statue, with the house and land once given by Gerritt Smith. Visiting hours run daily with no admission. the site is a New York historic location listed in a state vacation guide.
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Plains of Abraham
J.B
John Brown
United States Arsenal
Harpers Ferry
North Elba
New England
Brown
Gerritt Smith
Adirondack
Harper's Ferry
United States
Robert F. Lee
Adirondacks
New York
New York State
Ante Department of Com. Ree
Te Street
N. Y
Freedom of information bill stalled in Rules Committee
Letter to the editor discusses President Johnson blocking the information act A 1160, arguing public knowledge could have prevented the Vietnam War. The writer cites Dr Norman Balabian and accuses Johnson of manipulating news broadcasts while criticizing allied policy and public sentiment. John U Morris signs.
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Palladium Times
Fulton Lewis Jr
Syracuse Post Standard
Johnson
Norman Balabanian
Goldwater
John U. Morris
Oswego Couple Plans December Wedding for Trudy Ann Millis and Stanley Przywara
Engagement of Trudy Ann Millis, daughter of a Lis of 97 Fifth Ave., to Stanley Francis Przywara, son of Mr and Mrs Michael F Przywara of Syracuse, announced. Millis a Oswego High School graduate and nursing student at Crouse Irving Hospital School of Nursing in Syracuse. Przywara a Oswego Catholic High School and Central City Business Institute graduate, employed at Fay's Drugs in Oswego. The couple plans a December wedding.
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Lis
Fifth Ave
Trudy Ann Millis
Stanley Francis Przywara
Michael F. Przywara
Syracuse Ave
Barbara Jean Montondo Weds Solvay Man
Barbara Jean Montondo, of Solvay, wed Donald L. McCumber of Solvay in a candle light ceremony at Park Methodist church. The couple, after a Cape Cod wedding trip, will reside at 800 Cogswell Ave Solvay. The bride, a GE secretary, is a Pulaski High and RPI graduate. the groom is an engineer writer with General Electric.
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Pulaski
Barbara Jean Montondo
Cogswell Ave
Solvay
Donald L. McCumber
N. Orchard Rd
Park Methodist Church
Frank A. Halse, Jr
Clifford Montondo
Louis McCumber
Helderberg Ave
Schenectady
Anton Evanchik
Plainview
L. I
Cape Cod
Mass
McCumber
Pulaski Academy
Central School
Rochester Business Institute
General Electric
Syracuse
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Long Island
Schoharie
Rochester
Precaution Averts Kitchen Mishaps Warns Extension Expert
Miss Nancy J. Weather warns that most kitchen accidents can be avoided with more precaution. Community buildings should be inspected for hazards and steps taken to correct them before incidents occur. Post the Cornell Extension bulletin 843 in kitchens and request copies from Oswego County Extension Service.
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Nancy J. Wheater
Extension Home
Cornell Extension
Oswego County
Awards Recipients Honored At Oswego High Assembly
Oswego High School held its second awards assembly recognizing numerous students for scholarship and service. NHS and DAR awards highlighted several seniors, with Candy Stripers from Oswego Hospital Auxiliary singled out for senior girls.
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Oswego High School
Clarence Parry
National Honor Society
Math Assoc. of America
DAR Good Citizen
Margaret Wales
Leonard Lambert
Richard Dekker
Oswego Hospital
Jean Miller
Judy Price
Ruth Williamson
Terry Alton
Donna C. Baker
David Benzing
Rhonda Burke
Patricia Castiglia
William Chamberlain
Mark Cole
Debbie Cordean
Patricia Cortese
Sharon Davis
Deborah Deady
Alice Domenico
Carol Domenico
Linda Donovan
Mary Donovan
JoAnne Gentile
Linda Gibson
William Hogan
Ben Zaskula
Kathleen LaFave
Ronald Lagoe
Raymond Baker
Deborah Cordean
Deborah Decker
Anne Deno
Mary Louise Donovan
Gail Erwin
Ronald Lagee
Susan Lopez
Janet Marturano
Larry Mayo
Patricia McDermott
Jeanne McCarthy
Nancy Muroski
Patcia O'Reilly
Diana Potter
Marjorie Powers
Elizabeth Richardson
Ellen Robinson
Harold Rombach
John Dehollander
Susan Drake
Christine Georgeff
Robert Gimelli
Dennis Kieper
Larry Lombardo
Susan McWilliams
Mike Murray
Frank Sayer
Gene Sova
Douglas Tosh
Kenneth Tyler
Thomas Wahrendorf
Steve Zoni
Warren Zoni
Susan Boyd
Bruce Brown
Alan Campney
William Carey
Gary Carnal
Larry Converse
Larry
Looking Backward Fifty Years Ago June 6 1916 Drowning narrowly averted
News notes from June 6 1916 recount Jimmie Mansfield's near drowning after a fall into a gap witnessed by nearby Coast Guard men who pulled him free. The item also mentions a Virginia plant strike, a church debt campaign by First Presbyterian, and remarks by Secretary Lansing denying a Wilson feud with the press. Donald Goodess Rick O'Reilly and Diana Potter receive the Sousa award for top senior bandsman.
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Jimmie Mansfield
James E. Mansfield
Coast Guard
Virginia
First Presbyterian Church
Navy
Lansing
Jefferson County
Wilson
Marieanne Smith
Fred Spink
John Phillip Sousa
Donald Goodess
Rick O'Reilly
Diana Potter
Oswego Lawyers Attend Watertown Banquet
Several Oswego lawyers traveled to Watertown for the annual banquet described as a bacchanal. No arrests were made during the event.
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Oswego
Watertown
Peace talk seen as Nazi propaganda amid wartime events
June 6 1941 reports note Nazi propaganda tag on peace talks while Italian planes bomb Gibraltar. Oswego haze blamed on Quebec forest fires. Rev Frederick W Cummings to be ordained Saturday. Obituaries list Sister Mary Edith and others. Thomas E Farrell to lead U S O campaign in Oswego with Edgar V Hobbie as publicity chair.
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Gibraltar
Oswego
Quebec
Frederick W. Cummings
Albert Dettbarn
Lake Ontario
Order of DeMolay
Mary Edith
Bertha Marie Sutton
Frank P. Adderly
Harry Williams
Thomas Lawlor
Thomas E. Farrell
Edgar V. H. Hobbie
Senate to allow women Social Security at 62
Ten years ago on June 6 1956 Senator Smathers forecast a Senate vote to let all eligible women draw Social Security retirement benefits at age 62. The page lists OHS students receiving Owls Head awards and notes GOP nominations for assemblyman sheriff and state senator. Also reports deaths Clarence Gardner Jerry Sova and a Fulton streets repair cost of 70000 dollars.
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Sen. Smathers
D-Fla
Senate
OHS
Edward Crawford
Merwin Upcraft
Henry Wise
GOP
Clarence M. Gardner
Jerry D. Sova
Fulton Streets
Bernard J
Weight accounting in bulk cooking endorsed by extension expert
Miss Nancy J. Wheater, Oswego County extension home economist, says for community meals weight is more accurate than volume for dry ingredients. She advises proper measuring tools, tight packing for fats, brown sugar, and correct leveling of flour, with additional guidance from the County Extension Service.
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Nancy J. Wheater
Oswego County
County Home Economics Division
County Extension Service
Asso
Widow's benefits eligibility under new law clarified
Officials say a 61-year-old widow whose husband never worked for Social Security is not eligible for monthly widow's benefits. Eligibility requires the husband to have contributed to Social Security during work years.
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Social Security Office
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Times Dial
Lucille Mil
Joseph E. Shoenfelt
Joseph F. Shoenfelt
W. Lake Road
Union College
Solvay Man
Lake City
Fulton, N. Y
Hiram Lodge No. 144
Elk’s Lodge
West 5Th
S Bridge
Fulton Fritz Ercums
France
Mercury
Colony Park
Eiegion
Federal Building
Barrett
Insurance Service
Wes
Cayuga &T
Main WI
Oswagon
Penover Motors, Inc
S. Fourth Street
Fulton
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