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Newspaper
Palladium Times
Location
Oswego, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1959
Page
4
Oswego County Sheriff reports 88 July arrests, 56 for vehicle and traffic violations led by 26 speeding, 11 stop sign violations, seven crossing white line. Other notable totals include 9 public intoxication, 7 disorderly conduct, 3 petit larceny, 2 driving while intoxicated and 3 court order violations.
The department paid S- 207.33 in fees to the county treasurer during July.
Evelyn Dorothy Batchelor and William James Mercer wed in a Brookline Congregational ceremony at 4 this afternoon. Rev Rees Williams officiated before family and friends with candlelight and a white Biadioli decor. The bride, daughter of Exylvester Bathelor and the late Mrs Batchelor, wore white silk organza. The groom is son of Mrs Samuel Mercer and the late Mr Mercer of Brookline, Mass. The couple will live in Baldwinsville after graduation from Potsdam State and join the Baldwinsville Academy faculty.
Miss Mariyn Ann Lupton and Neil M. MacDonald wed at Oxford Presbyterian Church in a 3 p.m. ceremony officiated by Rev. Lee M. Fairchild. Attendants included maid of honor Laralee Boyd and bridesmaids Mary Ann Kreighbaum Jo Ann Savage Kizzie Ann Wraase, with Harold MacDonald as best man and ushers William Clark George Pagitaro Gerald Wendt. The couple, after a Cape Cod trip, will reside at 25 Edgemont Road Katonah New York. The bride, Oxford Area High School and Wilson College graduate, teaches in Pound Ridge elementary schools. The groom, Oswego High School and Oswego State Teachers College graduate, also teaches there. he served two years in the U.S. Army.
Oswego Country Club hosts the weekly Ladies Day with morning starts from 8:30 through 9:10. Pairings include Ball Hall Luka and several squads led by Deady Read Crawford and Wilson Wuerschmidt Brennan among others. Birth notices from Oswego Hospital list daughters to Johnson Lasurdo Sater Syrell Price Moore Newton Dowd and others in several local homes.
The Oswego County Labor Council AFL C I O will meet Wednesday evening August 19 at 7 30 P M at the United Textile Workers Union of America headquarters 24 South First Street Fulton A buffet lunch and refreshments will be served after the session All delegates and alternates are invited to attend
Mrs Abe Cooper of 108 Scottholm Blvd reported a missing dhambond and platinum necklace valued at 5000 to police. She last wore it New Year’s Eve and stored it in a jewelry box, searching since July without success. PMID American coffee consumption up 34 percent in ten years per Pan American Coffee Bureau.
Pulaski resident Hugh Douglas Barclay and Sara Jean Seiter of Utica married in a 3 PM ceremony at First Presbyterian church Utica. The bride wore tissue taffeta with heirloom lace and carried cymbidium orchids. maid of honor Gretchen Seiter and bridesmaids in azure gowns. The groom is son of Brig. Gen. Hugh Barclay ret and Dorothy Barclay. After a Europe trip the couple will reside in Syracuse.
Gail Frances Luke wed Ned Alen Goebricher in a double ring ceremony at St Marys Catholic Church. The bride wore a halter lace over taffeta gown with illusion veil and carried white Fuji mums. guests from Ashtabula Barberton and Montana attended. A reception for 150 followed at Hopkins Hall and a wedding trip through the Adirondack mountains.
Mrs Goebricher and Oswego High School figures are listed at 59 West Second Street Oswego. The passage notes employment tied to the office of Robert Downey Co of Ashtabula High School and mentions Harry T. King in relation to the record.
The Senate moves to vote on a $1,206,748,3559 public works package after House approval. Funds favor Army Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of Reclamation for floods control, navigation, power, and reclamation, plus federal power programs. New York projects include Barcelona Harbor 506000, Buffalo Harbor North Entrance 150000, Buffalo Harbor Riol Street Bridge 2000000, Endicott Johnson City Vestal 1700000, Fire Island Inlet 220000, Great Lakes to Hudson River 730000, Hudson River channel to Albany 500000, Oswego Harbor 657000, Staten Island Rapid Transit Bridge 2000000, Buttermilk Channel 1500000, New York Harbor New Jersey Pier-headLine 500000, Planning Nichols 0, Herkimer 48000.
Albany reports the six Agricultural and Technical Institutes may block SUNY's plan to create two-year community colleges in every population center. Financing differences worry counties. institutes now tuition free could shift to 300 to 350 dollars yearly.
The text compares two year or shorter technical programs from institutes with low tuition and credit transfer to four-year colleges against community colleges that provide broader educational programs at no local tax cost. Communities hosting institutes gain no extra education. counties must weigh financial benefits of institutes against educational advantages of community colleges amid expansion of the State University plan.
Army Pvt Eugene F Pendergast of Oswego New York completed eight weeks of police training at Fort Gordon Georgia gaining instruction in self defense traffic control and military law. Sgt Joseph R Regan of Oswego New York helped establish a Rhine river bridge record in Germany with the 237th Engineer Battalion. Capt Paul E Ridgeway of Lacona New York was assigned to the 2d Armored Division at Fort Hood Texas as an operations and training officer.
Representative Clarence E. Kilburn of Malone supported the labor bill to tighten union controls as the Landrum Griffin bill passed 303 to 125 and was sent to the Senate. Kilburn voted against alternative measures backed by labor union leaders.
The Palladium Times Osweze M Y issue dated August 16, 1959 presents a historic local newspaper card with notices, civic updates and community brief items typical of mid century Osweze reporting.
Roderick D. Rightmire of Brookline Mass has been invited to join the University of Texas Radio Television Department as assistant professor and radio production supervisor. He will also serve as acting assistant director of radio television during the coming academic year. Rightmire previously taught at Boston University directing WBUR and contributed to CARE’s 13 week series “CARE Is There” carried on about 100 stations nationwide. He will teach radio production and direct Radio House at UT, while planning a visit to Oswego with his wife Nancy and son Mark David before moving to Austin in September.
American tourists spent 300 million dollars in Mexico and an equal amount in Canada in 1958, the highest abroad. Italy, France, and Great Britain followed as popular destinations.
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