Oswego Valley Soap Box Derby Race Sunday
The 1962 Oswego Valley Soap Box Derby will run Sunday at 1 p.m. on Oneida Street. Seventeen contestants compete for a $500 Savings Bond and a four day trip to Akron to join the All-American Derby on Aug. 4.
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Newspaper
Oswego Palladium Times
Location
Oswego, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1962
Page
4
The 1962 Oswego Valley Soap Box Derby will run Sunday at 1 p.m. on Oneida Street. Seventeen contestants compete for a $500 Savings Bond and a four day trip to Akron to join the All-American Derby on Aug. 4.
Kay Handley and Norman Noel were married June 23 in Mattydale by Rev. Robert Overmeir. The ceremony took place at 2003 Brewerton Road, Fulton, with documents filed at the City Clerk's office.
Louis D. Gilmore aviation structural mechanic third class USN son of Mr and Mrs Robert Gilmore of 113 East Tenth St Oswego New York serves with Utility Squadron two at Oceana Naval Air Station Virginia Beach Virginia The squadron provides tracking targets for Atlantic Coast facilities and flies the supersonic Chance Vought Crusader replacing the Fury jet
Three local observers in Wallaceburg Ontario reported spotting a Hudsonian godwit at a nearby marsh. The bird, once believed nearly extinct, now seems to be increasing in numbers and attracting attention from the community.
Fulton reports Roosevelt Seventh-day Adventists begin camp meetings at Union Springs on Thursday night and run through July 7. No services will be held June 3 and July 7 with normal service on July 14 at 10 45 a m. Charlene Tollerton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Tollerton and Mt Pisgah Academy student, is home for summer.
Four missionaries of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints operate in Fulton with a larger group of 12 000 youths worldwide. They volunteer from 14 to 24 years of service, hold services Sundays at 10 30 a m and 7 p m, and invite civic or religious groups to meet or have home visits. Contact 592 5966 for information.
The city clerk's office issued a marriage license to Carolyn Kirby of 452 West Fourth Street and Edward Proppe Jr of 452 West Fourth Street.
Mrs. Richard Rice of Fulton has enrolled in the St Louis Institute of Music for the summer session from June 25 to August 3. She received a scholarship and will take part in a calendar of activities including a musicale, a reception, a St Louis tour, visits to the Jefferson Memorial, riverfront, Show Boat, art museum, Zoo and botanical gardens, a municipal opera performance, a river cruise, and various recitals.
In a June 25 Palladium-Times letter Oswego County residents protest a proposed 110000 amusement park at Mexico Point. They question land value, state subsidy, added site prep costs, a possible 5000 to 6000 caretaker salary, and a new sales tax, urging supervisors to halt the project and protect real estate levies.
Churchill remains hospitalized in good condition after a fracture from a fall ending his Riviera vacation. Doctors note possible treatment options from natural healing to surgical pinning, as hospital attaches praise his resilience and vow to resume duties once cleared.
Ernest Payne, 66, died Thursday after a baler dragged him beneath its gears on his farm near the village. State Police said he apparently was adjusting the machine when the attached tractor rolled forward.
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Miss Mary Antoinette Fiumara and Rosario J. Pappalardo wed in Fulton in a Mass and duchess ring ceremony at the Church of the Immaculate Conception. The bride, a nurse, wore Chantilly lace with a cathedral train. the groom serves with the Fulton Police Department. The reception and dinner followed at the Polish Home in Fulton, with about 600 relatives and friends present. The couple plan a wedding trip to Lake Placid and Canada.
Fulton Chamber of Commerce reveals summer hours with the Motor Vehicle Bureau open 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily. Regular hours resume September 4. John Meyers, executive secretary, announced the change.
Clarence Best 73 of 107 West Fourth Street died Wednesday. Services begin at 9 30 a m Saturday in his home and 10 a m at All Saints Episcopal Church with Rev Frank Hughes officiating. Burial will be in Mt Adnah Cemetery. Friends may call Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p m at the residence.
Fulton A 1962 automobile will be given away as the grand prize at the Holy Family Church bazaar to be held Friday and Saturday July 6 and 7. Door prizes will be awarded hourly during the bazaar, with committee members including Rev. Robert Handler and several local residents.
Gerald Parrott and Lillian Kerfein exchanged vows June 1 at the Free Methodist Church with Rev Lawrence Baker officiating. Attendants were Linda Sikes maid of honor Sharon Kerfein bridesmaid Richard Brown best man and ushers Robert McDonald Frank Brown.
Mrs. Eva Foil Whaley of Central Square dies after a short illness at her daughter's home on South Main Street. Born in Amboy she lived in Central Square most of her life and belonged to the Central Square First Methodist church and its Women’s Society of Christian Service. Survived by her daughter and several nieces and nephews. Services Saturday at 2:30 p.m. at Traub Funeral Home with burial in Pleasant Lawn Cemetery Parish. Visitation Friday 2–4 and 7–9 p.m. at the funeral home.
Frances Ophelia Ray 95 dies Thursday at home of son Nelson W Ray 29 Parker St Auburn. A native of Oswego County she lived 60 years in Marcellus and one and a half in Auburn. Survived by son brother Orlando Day six grandchildren eight great grandchildren. Services 2 p.m. tomorrow Norris Funeral Home Marcellus burial Highland Cemetery Marcellus. Visitation 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Phoenix reports a bridal shower at the home of Mrs Forest W Morrison and Miss Kay Morrison honoring Frances Taylor of Fulton. Fourteen guests from Baldwinville and Fulton attended with games and refreshments featuring yellow and green decorations.
The New York State labor department says employment rose to 7,385,000 in May, up 65,000 from April and 75,000 above May 1961. Unemployment fell to 385,000, 105,000 under April. The state’s total job figure nears 7.4 million.
Donald Mc Cabe of Warsaw is elected president of the New York State Funeral Directors Association. Richard Embser of Wellsville becomes first vice president and Earle Wright of Cortland is named treasurer at the group's annual meeting on Thursday.
Walter A Jennings of Shady Lane Trailer Park Kirkville died at home after a short illness. A construction worker for Syracuse Rigging Co and World War II veteran, he lived in the Syracuse area 50 years and moved to Kirkville in 1959. Survived by wife Agnes Koch Jennings, a daughter Franklin Himes of Fulton, two stepdaughters, 11 grandchildren. Services at Kempf Funeral Home 203 Fitch St at 11 a.m. tomorrow. burial White Chapel Memory Gardens. Visitation today 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
Mrs Bertha Sisson, long time Pulaski resident now living with her daughter in Syracuse, has moved to Evergreen nursing home in the village. She is a former Pulaski resident.
The Nathan Huntley descendants held a June 24 reunion at Willow Bay annex with about 50 attendees. A rain storm forced a shift to the Allien home in Syracuse for the business meeting and games. Royce E. Huntley was reelected president. Royce Huntley, Mrs. Royce Huntley and Mrs. Shirley Miller were named officers.
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