Contests Grow as Petitions Filed for Sept Primary
Oswego County voters begin petition filing for September primaries at the county building. Filing runs to Aug. 11, with Republican candidates filing in larger numbers and Democrats also submitting petitions. Contests expected for mayor, alderman, supervisor in Oswego and Fulton as well as town offices across 22 towns.
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Oswego County
Oswego
Fulton
Election Commissioners Office
The
Election Commission
Oswego Officials List From Oswego 1959 Election
A compiled roster lists names and roles of local officials and candidates in Oswego and surrounding towns including highway superintendents assessors town clerks and justices of the peace. The document names multiple towns such as Redfield Palermo Orwell Minetto Sandy Creek and Albion and notes terms of office where shown.
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New Haven
Louis R. Harvey
Redfield
Ernest West
Hastings
Vera DeLong
Palermo
Ivan C. Cruce, Jr
Ernest Quackenbush
Parish
Harold T. Rowell
Bettie Harvey
Samuel Stock
Robert Flint
Inez Henderson
Nelson Williams
Gilbert Sherman
Kenneth Cronk
Albion
Malcom Fuller
Granby
Whiting Hilton
Orwell
Robert D Martin
Earl J
Oswego
Oren Verdon
Repairs Started To Leighton School Roof Leak
Dr. Mark H. FitzGibbons says repairs on Leighton elementary school roof began yesterday by Dawson Construction and Wood Roofing of Syracuse at no cost to the Board of Education. Water damage affects nearly every room as roof materials fail and a new surface is applied while interior repairs proceed.
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Board of Education
Leighton
Mark H. FiteGibbons
Dawson Construction Co
Wood Roofing Co
Syracuse
Big New
FitzGibbons
Thomas F. Zain
Dawson
Wood
Ketcham, Miller & Arnold
Fitz- Gibbons
Mrs. Ferens To Head Auxiliary At Post 17
Mrs Sophie Ferens elected president of Korajno Puhalski Post 17 Auxiliary along with Rose Siember Kay Plata Julie Skorupski Stella Delia Virginia Sutkowski Sophie Krawczyk as officers Welfare Mary Bellardino Chaplain Mary Shambo Publicity Mary Gosek Julie Muroski and Sally Puhalski Mary Madey as trustees Ferens and Bellarding chosen to represent at New York State convention in Jamaica Hostesses named for Wednesday evening meeting at 8.
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Korajno - Puhalski
Sophie Ferens
Rose Siember
Kay Plata
Julie Skorupski
Stella Delia
Virginia Sutkowski
St Harms
Sophie Krawczyk
Mary Bellardino
Mary Shambo
Mary Gosek
Julie Muroski
Sally Puhalski
Mary Madey
Ferens
Bellarding
New York
Jamaica
Beverly Polczak
Seaway Affects Grain Storage in The Plains
An Agriculture Department official notes the St. Lawrence Seaway opening contributes to surplus grain storage in Oklahoma and Texas. C C C director C H Moseley says more than 50 million bushels of storage space were offered but not needed. He cites Seaway and ongoing storage expansion as key factors reducing demand for local space.
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Agriculture Department
St. Lawrence Seaway
Oklahoma
Texas
C. H. Moseley
Commodity Credit Corp
CCC
Moseley
Dallas Agriculture Club
Seaway
Gulf of Mexico
Great Lakes
Moose Break Even Down Pulaski But Lose To Torhitt's
Oswego Moose split a pair of exhibition softball games over the weekend. Kim Williams pitched a three hitter for a 4 0 win over the Pulaski Merchants on Saturday. Ed Johnson hit a home run with two aboard and Ernie Adams added two triples for Oswego. Sunday at Fort Ontario Torbitt's Sunoco routed Mo o se 15 8 as Oswego mustered seven hits off Jack and Ronnie Reynolds who split mound duties for Torbitt's. Outsiders filled rosters, leading to spotty plays and a high scoring affair.
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Pulaski
Torhitt
Oswego Moose
Kim Williams
Pulaski Merchants
Ed Johnson
Osweco
Oswego
Bob Fox
Ernie Adams
Johnson
Fort Ontario
Torbitt
Sunoco
Jack
Ronnieeynolds
Carrier Test for Rural Carrier Post Office Sterling N
The U S Civil Service Commission announced an examination for the Rural Carrier position at Sterling North Dakota. Applications open until August 25 1959 and require a written test with residency in the delivery office for one year before the closing date and at least 18 years old. There is no upper age limit except those over 70 may be considered only for temporary one year renewals.
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Sterling
LU. S. Civil Service Commission
U. S. Civil Service Commission
Washington
D. C
Contented cows sleep on foam mattresses claim
British dairy farmer Anthony Bramley, a 56 year old ex cavalry major, reports cows fed on foam rubber mattresses sleep better and produce more milk. He tested a mattress covered with plastic on twelve cows at his 120 acre Kidlington farm, founded a company to manufacture the beds at about 36 dollars each, and seeks to sell the patent to an American firm.
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New York
Anthony Bramley
Kidlington
England
Bramley
TV Quiz Winner Sued for Divorce
Betsy G. McCutchen of New Orleans has been granted a divorce in Common Pleas Court from Richard McCutchen of Columbus. The former TV quiz star, known for winning $64,000 on The $64,000 Question, custody of three children, alimony of $100 monthly, and child support of $83.33 monthly were ordered. McCutchen reportedly sells foreign cars in Columbus and resides with his wife’s parents. Separation details possibly affect TV winnings were not disclosed.
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Delaware
Ohio
Betsy G. McCutchen
New Orleans
Richard McCutchen
Columbus
McCutchen
McCutchens
Delaware County
McCutchin
Oswego Drivers Set for Ottawa Landsdown Stock Races
Three Oswego Speedway veterans Irish Jack Murphy Bernie Bellinger and Mal Dodge will race at Landsdown Raceway Ottawa Ont in stock car programs tomorrow night. All three are Class A drivers and Murphy plans a 1959 debut at East Albany Street track Saturday night.
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Landsdown Race Track
Ottawa
Ont
Landsdown
Canada
Jack Murphy
East Albany St
State Jaycees Planning Confab Comes to Oswego
Oswego Jaycees announce the State Planning Meeting weekend August 7 and 8 at the Hotel Pontiac with seven or eight forums Friday night and a general session Saturday. Activities include a Friday midnight barbecue at Fort Ontario, Saturday luncheon with Oswego County products, and a breakfast for local presidents. Snow on the grounds is noted at the hotel.
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Schoharie
Oswego
Charles Young
Oswego Jaycees
Pontiac
New York State Jaycee
Lake Ontario
Fort Ontario
Oswego Harbor
Oswego County
Ferraro Seeks Republican Nomination for Fourth Ward Supervisor
Manuel J. Ferraro, Oswego educator and Fourth Ward resident, announced his bid for the Republican nomination for supervisor in the Fourth Ward. Primary races loom as Alder man Wills faces a challenger and Democrats Clavelli and Broadwell also enter the contest.
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Manuel J. Ferraro
Judson St
Ferraro
Fourth Ward
U. S. Marine Corps
Oswego High School
Oswego State Teachers College
Central Square Central School
Charles W. Wills
Frank Clavelli
Claude Broadwell
Start Girls Golf At Country Club
Two groups of girl golfers teed off at Oswego Country Club. Doren Poland won the older group with Marjorie Allen second and Suzanne Stacy third. In the younger group Katy Crawford took first with Nancy Deady second and Mary Read tied for third. Other players included Joanne Walsh Constance Brown Mimi Brennan Mary Louise Cotter Geneva Brown Heidi Wurchwil Debbie Deady Mary Coyvard Mary Bonney Jean Quigley Georgia Fink and Pauline Vona. Next matches are scheduled for Monday Aug 10 at 9 am.
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Oswego Country Club
Doren
Poland
Marjorie Allen
Suzanne Stacy
Joanne Walsh
Constance Brown
Mimi Brennan
Mary Louise Cotter
Geneva Brown
Katy Crawford
Nancy Deady
Mary Read
Margaret Quigley
Heidi Wuerch
Wil
Debbie Deady
Mary Coyvard
Mary Bonney
Jean Quigley
Georgia Fink
Pauline Vona
Girl freed from stuck canteen tongue in Charlotte
Carol Kuudson, seven, opened her mouth and a scout canteen went into her tongue. Her mother called firemen who summoned the Charlotte life saving crew. After an hour of careful work, rescuers cut the canteen from her tongue and she said she felt fine.
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Charlotte, N. C
Carol Kuudson
Charlotte Life Saving Crew
Carol
Birds call for evidence before foreign aid vote
Senator Robert C Bird of West Virginia urges Congress to delay the foreign aid appropriation bill until evidence shows whether there was a coverup of mismanagement in the program. He claims foreign aid officials have operated with considerable secrecy.
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Washington
Robert C. Bird
D-Wva
Congress
Draper to Run For Re election
Edwin B. Draper of 8 Prospect Street announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for supervisor of the Seventh ward. He has long served as supervisor and led the county business efforts. Draper, the first city supervisor on the highway committee, chaired the board during the Utica Street bridge project and helped dedicate it to Oswego County Gold Star Mothers. He has chaired the conservation committee, supervising the pheasant rearing program at the county jail farm, and he also leads the Sheriff's committee.
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Edwin B. Draper
Prospect Sr
Draper
Utica Street
Gold Star Mothers Chapter
Oswego County
Rotary Hears Gilbert on The Savings Bank Story
Rotary International met at the Hotel Pontiac for a Vocational Service program after luncheon. Oswego City Savings Bank president Charles W. Gilbert spoke on The Savings Bank Story using slides with a later question and answer session.
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Rotary International
Pontiac
Charles W. Gilbert
Oswego City Savings Bank
Savings Bank
Former Syracuse executive named Queensbury Hotel head
James F. Gilday, former Hotel Syracuse general manager, was named manager of Schine Enterprises Queensbury Hotel in Glens Falls. He resigned June 10 after 20 years at the Syracuse hotel and will head the 200 room property after joining Schine as motel and hotel consultant. A Taos, New Mexico raid in 1760 by Comancha Indians abducted 50 women and children, who were never rescued and absorbed into the tribe.
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Syracuse
James F. Gilday
Schine Enterprises
Queensbury
Glens Falls
Gilday
Schine
Taos
New Mexico
Union service at Congregational Church next Sunday
The second summer union service will be held at the Congregational church East Fourth at Oneida Street led by Rev. Russell B. Brown of the First Methodist church. Theme: The Church and the Open Door. Hugh Williams sings, Mrs Wallace B Clark at the organ. West Baptist and Presbyterian congregations join with Congregational and First Methodists. Public invited.
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Congregational Church
East Fourth
Oneida St
Russell 8
Brown
First Methodist Church
Hugh Williams
Wallace B. Clark
West Baptist
Presbyterian
Congregational
First Methodists
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Oswego, N. Y
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