Christmas Assemblies at Kingsford Park School
Kingsford Park held two Christmas assemblies this week. The 6A grade under Miss Mary Donovan performed Christmas Is Peace with poems, Bible verses, songs, and a manger tableau. The junior high program by the Cantrices, led by Mrs. Mary Beth Talamo, featured a Christmas Medley, a candlelit procession, and a manger scene with a final Silent Night. John J. Dena delivered Christmas messages for both programs.
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Kingsford Park School
Mary Donovan
Cantrices
Kingsford Park
Biparcants
J. Alfred Cole
America
John J. Dena
Mary Beth Talamo
Augusta Hoffman
Frances Brown
Nancy Fenske
Oswego County Solons Laud Prompt Pay Increase
Oswego County officials move to include part of employee annuity contributions under Chapter 339 of the Laws of 1960, boosting take home pay. Civil Service Employes Association commends the Board for adopting the measure, noting 203 municipalities have similarly acted. A separate item covers Madison Wisconsin author John Brobst’s Civil War letters to Mary Englesby, published by University of Wisconsin Press, recounting Vicksburg, Sherman’s Atlanta campaign, and harsh views of the Potomac army.
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Albany
Joseph F. Feily
Civil Service Employes Association, Inc
Board of Supervisors of
Oswego County
Feily
Board of Supervisors
Civil Service Employes Association
Madison
Wis
GPI
Mary
Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin Press
John Brobst
25Th
Wisconsin Infantry
Mary Englesby
Gilmanton
Vicksburg
Sherman
Atlanta
Christmas Assembly With FPS Girl Choir at Fitzhugh Park
Fitzhugh Park School held its annual Christmas assembly in the auditorium Thursday. The Girls Chorus and Elementary Chorus presented the Christmas story from Luke with music, narration, and carols. Kathy Draper led the Girls Chorus, with Frank Kraft directing art decors and James A. Cole band direction. Principal Anthony J. Murabito extended season greetings at the close.
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Fitzhugh Park School
Fitzhugh Park
Stephen C. Healy
Martha Warner
Neidlinger
Mariah McCormack
Praetorius Girls
Balba E1cums
Kristina Wade
Patrica Pagano
Schulz
Donna Grover
Sleep
Schloeda
Gale Chorus
Charlotte Cernaro
Adam
Silent Night
Gerber
Kathy Draper
Gurls Chorus
Art Club
Frank Kraft
James A. Cole
Francs Zeno
Charles Lower
Anthony J. Murabito
Domestic turkeys trace ancestry to Mexican stock
Domestic turkeys descended from Mexican turkeys, captured and bred by the Aztecs and other Mexican peoples centuries before Europeans reached America, historians note. The lineage highlights early turkey domestication and cross-cultural animal husbandry in precolonial Mesoamerica.
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America
Sorghum Gem Maker Ernest Ball Heads Away From Trade
Ernest H. Ball has spent 59 years at a sorghum mill in Oho village, where molasses making remains a family affair. He notes his wife is his most dependable helper as the Ball family of 13 reflects a long-held rural craft. The text also mentions Robert Fulton’s steam warship Emplogos of 1815, notable for discharging 100 gallons of boiling water per minute at an advancing foe.
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Oho
Ernest H. Ball
Mrs. Ball
Robert Fulton
Emplogos
Hotel Pontiac December calendar of events
Calendar of events for Hotel Pontiac lists gatherings from Dec 23 to Jan 8. Includes college assembly buffet Dec 23, D. G. Sorority dance Dec 25, Rotary Club luncheon Dec 27, Chamber of Commerce Board meeting Dec 28, Catholic Daughters bridge tournament, Oswego County Medical Society Christmas Ball Dec 28, McGough Bridge Club Dec 29, Arthur Murray dance class Dec 30, New Year’s Eve dinner dance at Pontiac Supper Club Dec 31, Rotary Jan 3, Zonta Club Jan 5, Kiwanis Jan 5, Marathon dinner Jan 7, Port On tier Club dinner Jan 8.
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Pontiac
College Assembly
D. G. Sorority
Rotary Club
Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Catholic Daeghters of America
Oswego County Medical Society
McGough
Mote Pontiac
Zonta Club
Kiwanis Club
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St. Mary's School
St. PaUl’s School
Adlpa
E. Bridge St
Solons
Ames Iron Works
Raymond Foster
Donna Muroski
William J. Muroski
11Th St
Church of the Evangelists
Agnes Torbitt
W. Seneca St
Henry Foster
John St Phoio
Zimmerman
FPS
W. First &T
Oswego
West First St
Jim Guinta
Jim Sullivan
ED Bernot
George Wright
Ida Hutchinson
Leah Kiernan
Nettie Huntington
Louise Rowlee
Paul Rodack
Bill Crego
Dick Santoro
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