Separate Scenes Glimpses of Oswego Theatre History Five Nights
A five night program titled Travelogue Through Oswego Theatre History runs June 29 to July 3 at 8:15 p.m. in the Arts Center Fort Ontario Oswego featuring 125 years of scenes from plays performed in Oswego with multiple directors and a 100 year old painted scenic drop. After each show Rick Sivers handles technicals and Dr. Alfred Rickert guides the narration with tours backstage after performances. Friday opens with an invited audience of county officials and city leaders, with public access beginning Saturday.
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Theatre In the Arts Center
Fort Ontario
Oswego
Arts Center
Rick Sivers
Alfred Rickert
Soceety
Livers
Oswego Common Council
The
Jaycees
Five Hurt in Weekend Series of Local Accidents
The Oswego County Sheriff's Department reports five people injured in a weekend span across multiple crashes. Notable incidents include two youths, Donalee Solazzo and Ga Roney, injured in a foggy Town of Oswego crash on Route 20 near Easy Par County Club, and Timothy Hathaway with Steven Peterson hurt in a Town of Mexico incident on Route 3. Additional injuries occurred in Granby and Volney areas, with several drivers cited for traffic violations. a total of six summonses were issued.
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Sheriff's Department
Oswego
Maple Ave
Easy Par County Club
Donalee Solazzo
E. Second St
Ga Roney
Johnson Rd
Solazzo
George Scandura
Oswego Hospital
Mexico
Timothy Hathaway
RD 1
Sandy Creek
Steven Peterson
Hathaway
Clark Rd
Justice Court
Donald Skilinski
Michael Skilinski
Fourth St
Fulton
Granby
Granby Rd
Malone
Thomas Sliva
Fifth St
Sliva
James Ferazzoli
Robert Hall
Gwendolyn Bartlett
RD 2
Hall Rd
Volney
Bartlett
McDeagall Rd
David Fox
Kenneth Hackett
Youthful Offenders Get Probation In County Court
Two youthful offenders received five years probation each in County Court before Judge Don H. Stacy on Friday. Several others pled guilty to various charges with sentencing set for July 9. Lansing G Noftsier 21 of Watertown pleaded guilty to attempted burglary in the third degree while Jeffrey Greenier 20 pleaded guilty to petit larceny and was remanded to jail. The district attorney's office handled the prosecutions as the elephant gestation note appeared as an unrelated line.
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Don H. Stacy
Stacy
Richard C. Mitchell
Sidney Gordon
Gordon
Lansing G. Noftsier
LeRoy St
Watertown
Walter Smith
Jeffrey Greenier
Noftsier
William Hoag
Greenier
Jefferson County
Robert Nicholson
The
People
Oswego County Proclaims Children’s Lead Poisoning Detection Week
Oswego County Legislature through Chairman Alvin L. Krakau proclaims June 24 to 30 as Children’s Lead Poisoning Detection Week. The measure acknowledges the Health Department and Women’s Auxiliary of the Oswego County Medical Society sponsoring clinics in Fulton Oswego Central Square and Pulaski to protect county children ages one through five.
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The
Oswego County Medical Society
Oswego County
Oswego County Historical Society Opens Summer Season Exhibit
The Oswego County Historical Society inaugurates its summer season at 135 East Third Street with a new interpretive exhibit Oswego The Story of a County marking the Richardson Bates House 26th anniversary as a public museum. An open house is set for June 27 from 8 to 10 p.m. The exhibit outlines Oswego County history and includes three redecorated second floor rooms for temporary installations. The first floor period rooms will be shown as well as progress toward Victorian restoration. Initial funding came from the New York State Council on the Arts with support from the Oswego County Board of Legislators and the Society.
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Oswego County
Richardson-Bates
Rosemary S. Nesbitt
John F. Kingston
J. Edward McEvoy
Sanford Sternlicht
Frederick G. Winn
Joan Workmaster
William D. Wallace
Kenneth J. Stone
New York State Council On the Arts
Oswego County Board of Legislators
the Society
Richardson-Bates House
Four Accidents Prompt Fire Control Throughout Oswego County
Oswego County Fire Control reported five alarms from noon Saturday through early today. An accident in front of the Hastings Hotel drew Hastings Fire Dept and Brewerton ambulances at 9 31 p.m. Saturday with one person refusing hospital. A Schroeppel wreck at Middlecomb Road and Route 264 sent Pennellville rescue squad and Phoenix ambulance at 1 52 a m Sunday with minor injuries. Central Square Fire Dept responded to Main Street School after a false alarm about steam mist. An Oswego ambulance treated Allyn Rubley at 78 Hamilton Homes after an incident on West Seventh and Utica Streets at 6 20 p m Sunday. A Caughdeney Road bridge accident near Clay prompted Brewerton ambulance to Syracuse Memorial Hospital with two patients.
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Oswego
Central Square Fire Dept
Main Street
West Seventh and
Utica Sts
Allyn Rubley
Hamilton Homes
Oswego Hospital
Brewerton
Caughdeney Road
Clay
Onondaga County
Syracuse Memorial Hospital
Youth Drowns Trying to Swim to Island in Lincoln Pond
David Gregory, 18, of Witherbee, drowned Sunday afternoon in Lincoln Pond near Elizabethtown New York. He was swimming with three friends and cried out that he had cramps before vanishing. Troopers recovered his body about 80 minutes later in eight feet of water.
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Elizabethtown
N.Y
David Gregory
Witherbee
Lincoln Pond
Essex County
Gregory
Edward J Farrell 70 Oswego Veteran and Community Leader
Edward J. Farrell 70 of 37 E Seventh St Oswego died Sunday at Veterans Administration Hospital Syracuse. Survived by two sons James and Robert and 11 grandchildren. Services set for Wednesday 8:30 a.m. at Dain Funeral Home and 9 a.m. at St Josephs Catholic Church with burial in St Peters Cemetery. Memorials to St Josephs or St Pauls.
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Edward J. Farrell
E. Seventh St
Veterans Administration Hospital
Syracuse
Louise LeRoy Farrell
New York City
James and
Alice Hayes Farrell
Farrell
Franklin Society Bank
Oswego
St. Regis Co
Mr. Farrell
244Th Coast Artillery
New York National Guard
Ft. Ontario
Germany
U.S. Army
N. Marilou McTighe
Eme
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
St. Peter's Cemetery
St. Joseph's
St. Paul’s Catholic
Motyka Dies. Oswego Native WW II Veteran
Joseph Motyka sits at Lee Memorial Hospital died Sunday morning. He was born April 16 1916 in Oswego son of the late Jacob and Sophia Motyka. He worked at State University College at Oswego until death and served overseas in the Army Air Forces during World War II. He is survived by his wife Genevieve four grandchildren two daughters and four sisters. Funeral services are Wednesday at 9 am Kozlowski Funeral Home and St Stephen Church at 9 30 am.
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Joseph Jacob Motyka
Genevieve Ball Motyka
Fulton Ave
Fulton
Lee Memorial Hospital
Oswego
Jacob and
Sophia Motyka
State University College
Motyka
Army Air Force
St. Stephen's Church
Frank
Linda) Bergman
Stephen
Gloria) Wilm
Liverpool
Mary Materazo
Alrmont
L.I
Ida Imer
Queens L.J
Bertha Pagliaro
Anthony
Virginia) Torba
Kozlowski
Obituary Notice Mrs. Nora M. Corey of Phoenix
Nora M. Corey 84 wife of Roland Corey of 1120 State St Phoenix died Monday at Oswego Hospital after a long illness. Born in Lysander she lived in Phoenix all her life and was active in St Stephen Church Rosary Society Senior Citizens and VFW Auxiliary. Survived by husband two sons Marshall Malcolm Corey a daughter Beverly Hoover nine grandchildren four great grandchildren and sister Margaret O'Brien. Services Thursday 9 am Allanson Glanville Tappan Funeral Home and 9 30 am at St Stephen Church Burial Phoenix Cemetery. Rosary Wednesday 7 pm Rev Robert Lavin. Visiting hours Tuesday 7 3 Wednesday 2 4 and 7 9 pm.
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Ronald Corey Phoenix
Nora M. Corey
Roland Corey
State St
Oswego Hospital
Lysander
Phoenix
St. Stephen's Church
Rosary Society
VFW
Robert
Beverly) Hoover
Seneca Falls
Marshall
Malcolm Corey
Margaret O'Brien
Baldwinsville
Allanson - Glanville- Tappan Funeral Home
Main St
Phoenix Cemetery
Robert I. Lavin
Massacre at Little Bighorn Revered in Memory 1976
In 1876 Gen George Custer and his cavalry were vanquished at the Little Bighorn River in Montana by allied Sioux and Cheyenne forces. The event remains a focal point of American military history and Native resistance narratives.
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George Custer
Little Big Horn River
Montana
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Alvin L. Krakau
County Health Department and
the Women's Auxiliary
Wego County
Central Square
Pulaski
Historical Society
Charles N. Wheeler Jr
Charles Wheeler Sr
State University College of
White House
Anne Legendre Armstrong
Washington
New Orleans
the Palladium
TIMES
Joseph J. Motyka
Ffs
Priwis
IES
Amy
Babe Ruth Leag
Kodacolor
Fays Drugs
Oswego Plaza
Val
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