Oswego County Home Demolished. BOCES to Reuse Site
The Oswego County Homes on a windy Mexico hill were demolished after plans to repurpose the site for Oswego County BOCES. Dr. Burton Ramer notes the home’s loss ends a long partnership with BOCES including a Foster Grandparent program and training use in health care and trades. The 19th century county poorhouse history is summarized, detailing early care, farm operations, and evolving state policies leading to BOCES development on 107 acres.
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Oswego County
Boces
Mexico
Oswego County Board of Cooperative Educational Services
Burton Ramer
Oswego County Board of Sewericass
Board For Supervisors
Oswego County Boces
Ramer
State Commissioners of Lunacy
Boces’ School
The
Times
Pontiac
Oswego
Mabel Mack
Barn Fire Destroys Outbuilding in Very Monee Town
Oswego County Fire Control reported two alarms as a barn fire at Robert Rowe residence on County Route 11 in the Town of Very Monee destroyed hay and a manure spreader. The barn was a total loss. Later a drowning call came from Oswego River near Water Street with divers supplied by Brewerton and neighboring departments.
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Mexico
Oswego County
Board of Supervisors
Oswego
Salmon River County
Pulaski
Oswego County Home
County Poor House
Zina D. Stevens
Mexico Hotel
L. Baldwin
Sandy Creek
Care
Oswego River
Water St
Brewerton, Phoenix, Caughdeney
Ontario Aquanauts
Oil Spill Cleanup Nears End at Plattsburgh Beaches
Two Lake Champlain beaches were in the final stages of cleanup after a spill of heavy No 6 fuel oil. The leak at a Georgia-Pacific paper mill circulator pipe caused the pollution, and the company agreed to cover cleanup costs while authorities weighed possible antipollution actions.
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Plattsburgh
N.Y
Lake Champlain
Environmental Conservation Department
Georgia-Pacific Paper
Georgia-Pacific Co
Department
First U.S. Troops Land in Cuba in 1898
In 1898 American forces landed in Cuba marking the first deployment of U.S. troops in the Spanish American War context. The event signaled the entry of U.S. military power into Cuban soil during the conflict.
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U.S
Cuba
Nixon Listens To Pulaski AF Sat Is Music
U S Air Forces in Europe Diplomats combo performed for President Nixon during his Moscow visit. Sgt Hiei A Butler from Pulaski New York plays trombone with the 686th Air Force Band at Wiesbaden Germany. Butler is a 1961 Pulaski Central High graduate and Phi Mu Alpha member.
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Germany
S. Air Force
Hiei A. Butler
Richard M. Nixon
Moscow
Sgt. Butler
Max Butler
Park St
Pulaski
N.Y
U.S. Air Forces In Europe
USAFE
U.S
Soviet Union
686Th Air Force
Wiesbaden AB
Pulaski Central High School
State University of New York
Fredonia
Murray (Ky
French Poetry Published Here
The State University College at Oswego’s French department issued a collection of original French poetry and prose translations by undergraduates from the U.S. and Canada. Thirty-one pieces were selected from 106 submissions from Oswego and many other institutions including Boston University St Lawrence University Hofstra and Vassar. Four Oswego students served as editorial assistants under Dr. Arthur Sabatini.
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U.S
Canada
Department of French
State University College At
Oswego
Boston University
State University At Albany
Mohawk Valley Community College
St. Lawrence University
Hofstra University
State University College At Potsdam
Public Ham Supper at Bristol Hill Church
Bristol Hill Church will hold a public ham supper on Thursday June 22 starting at 5 p.m. Mrs. Clara Falanga is the chairman. The menu includes glazed sweet potatoes prepared with corn syrup and orange rind, baked 20 to 30 minutes in a moderate oven.
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Bristol Hill
Clara Falanga
New Rose Hybrid Forms Fast Growing Fence Plant
An unusual hybrid creates a tall non sprawling fast growing fence. The rose plant displays bright red blooms from top to bottom and develops into a dense, impenetrable barrier. It reaches 4 feet or more in year one and 5 to 6 feet by year two.
Credit Due To The Editor And Drowning Dignity
A reader urges credit for two teenagers who helped in a Minette drowning incident. Nancy Olin states she was among the first on scene alongside Rick Olin and helped in the water. The letter praises efforts and backs a Y program benefiting teens, noting support for Mr. Taylor.
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Minette
Rick Olin
Nancy Olin
City Programs Offer Free Teen Dance This Summer
Reader suggests the city recreation department sponsor free teen dances in July and August to help youths find affordable entertainment amid high job competition and a summer school program in Mexico. The note emphasizes keeping teens engaged and avoiding costly events.
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City Recreation Department
Mexico
Try This 3 S Shape-up Plan
A summer fitness plan emphasizes Swimming Surfing and Skiing for outdoor activity. It adds salads as a fourth wellness element and notes that one hour of swimming burns about 400 calories, roughly the energy of a pie slice.
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Vilage
Wego County
Viltar
By Helen Barbur
Mexico Academy & Central School
Annally
Gordon Chester
Simon Leroy
Town of
John Parsons
A.G. Tullar
Daniel Hunt
Richland
West Monroe
Nixon
Pulaski AF Sat
the Palladium-Times
James A, Butler
Palladium-Times
Taylor
Isaac
Westons Shoppers City, Inc
C. E. Unterberg, Towbin CO
Burnham & Company Inc
Clark, Dodge & CO
W.E. Hutton & CO
Ladenburg, Thalmann & CO
F. S. Moseley & CO
G. H. Walker & CO
Niagara Mohawk
Lake Ontario
Progress Center
United States
Niagara
Pene
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