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Newspaper
Palladium Times
Location
Oswego, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1959
Page
6
Oswego County Board of Elections will hold four evening registration sessions at the county building to ease daytime conflicts. Commissioners Reuel M. Todd and Joseph P. Ross will assist voters on Aug 20 21 and Aug 27 28 from 6 30 to 9 pm. Elevator service provided.
Rochester police found Gregory Kane, 24, missing after a canoe trip ended with a Genesee River search. He claimed he boarded a train to New York City and could not explain his actions. Kane, a typewriter salesman and new father, left work last Thursday and rented a canoe. The boat was found half-submerged.
Police grow wary after failing to find Kane in the river and earlier dragging yielded no body. A week earlier two men vanished in a Lake Ontario rowboat. they resurfaced claiming a Buffalo weekend, raising doubt about Kane’s drowning claim. Kane faces public nuisance charge. others Heid and Lane free on bail on the same charge.
A barbershop harmony concert featuring championship quartets and choruses will be added to free entertainment at the New York State Fair. Harold L. Creal, fair director, says the event runs Saturday Sept 5 from 11 am to 6 30 pm in Empire Court with old favorites like Heart of My Heart That Old Gang of Mine Watermelon Time and Tie Me to Your Apron Strings Again. The nine day fair opens Friday Sept 4 in Syracuse and will showcase the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America with noted ensembles from the Seneca Land SPEBSQSA district including Note Crackers At-Kans and Flower City Four Rochester and the Genesee Rochester Chorus led by Louis Agino.
The American Can Company mails a 50 cent dividend per common share to 83,445 stockholders, a rise of over 19 percent. The Bradely Sun Division in Maynard Massachusetts modernizes plastics plants to boost output and cut costs as it develops new squeeze bottles and tubes for products like shampoos and sun lotions.
New York wholesale egg market shows spotty demand with receipts around 13,300. Prices vary by quality and size. Whites and browns list top quality 40-44 and 41-42 dollars per 48-50 pounds respectively, with mediums, smalls, and peewees priced accordingly.
Washington announces a government certified controlled quality egg grading program effective Sept. 15. Eggs meeting standards gain U S Grade AA or Fresh Fancy Quality labels, with uniform flock age and prompt handling as key factors. The department has tested the program at egg packing plants nationwide.
Mr and Mrs Howard McNett and Mr and Mrs Anson McNett toured the St Lawrence Seaway by sight seeing bus visiting Massena Cornwall and the International Bridge on a Mexico NY trip observing the Seaway as a marvel of engineering.
Social items list guests and meetings for local groups. Highlights include the PNG Club hosting the Past Noble Grands of Lycoming Rebekahs with twelve members and a guest, plus the Lycoming Methodist Women planning a chicken supper and rummage sale. Also noted are visits from relatives, a hip surgery recovery, and a new Oswego Hospital birth.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hennessey with relatives from Fulton spent two weeks in Zephyrhills Florida visiting Leland Hennessey Davidson Ced ric Davidson and Richard Cole then enjoyed a week at their Saranac Lake camp with Samuel Sherman and family. Mrs Mavis Nichoff completed Syracuse University summer session and Jesse Bacon family visited relatives in Harrisville and Carthage while Ruth Palmer and the Chases attended the Palmyra Fair.
The 70th international Knights of Columbus convention will meet at the Sheraton-Jefferson Hotel August 18 to 20 with more than 3,000 attendees expected. Archbishop Ritter of St Louis will open the Supreme Council with a pontifical Mass at St Louis Cathedral, preached by Bishop Cody of Kansas City-St. Joseph. A States Dinner August 18 at the Chase Hotel will feature Archbishop Ritter and Supreme Knight Luke Hart.
Delegates will receive reports from supreme officers and elect seven of the 21 directors. Resolutions from the society's 63 state jurisdictions will be considered. Chairman Dr. John B. Wedge of Missouri augments activities for guests and delegates' families.
Rev. George T. Herrick preaches at 11 a.m. Sunday worship with Sunday School at noon. Vacation Bible School closes at 8 p.m. on Sunday. Ice cream social on church lawn at 7 p.m. Saturday. Scriba Community Baptist holds morning worship and Tuesday picnic at Baxters' cottage hosted by the Adult Fellowship Society.
Oswego news brief from August reports local happenings and society notes. Details include community events, upcoming meetings, and brief notices of local people.
A two year old Parish boy was struck by a car at 3 45 p m Thursday on Church Street about 50 feet west of the E Main Street intersection. Ronald Horning ran into the street and struck the boy who suffered a cut lip and forehead bruise. He was taken to Lee Memorial hospital by Deputy Elkins and treated by Dr. Dewitt C Mead and later released.
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