Harold Tift First in County To Win Century Farm Award
Albany reports Oswego county farmer Harold Tift of the W. Tifft farm in Lacora has been chosen as the first recipient of the Century Farm Award. The tribute notes it marks one of four Upstate recognitions this year and highlights long standing farm stewardship.
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Harold Tift
County
Century Farm
Albany
Haroldtury Farm
W. Tifft
Lacora
Oswego County
Upstate New
York farms Chosen for 1961 Century Farm Awards
The New York State Agricultural Society will honor York area farm families at its 129th annual meeting on January 18 in Albany. Lacona’s Tifft family, owners of a 79 head Holstein dairy, is recognized for a century on the same property with active community service and extensive agricultural leadership roles in Grange, extension, soil conservation, and farm bureaus.
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York Farms
New York State Agricultural Society
DeWitt Clinton
Albany
Century Farm
Lacona
Tifft
Leander Tifft
Harold Tifft
Caleb Tifft
Amd
New York State
Edward J
Shirley) Morgans
Liverpool
New York State Grange
Oswego County Extension Service
Eastern States Milk Producers Cooperative
Baptist Church
Sandy Creek
Oswego County Farm Bureau
Soil Conservation Service
Oswego County
Soil Conservation Directors Association
New York
Loudon Daniels
Hamilton
Halsey Knapp
Farmingdale
Asa Candee
Phoenix
Charles Hilton
Orwell
Fred Johnston
Central Square
Raymond Sylvester
Fulton
Nelson Mansfield
Upstate
Robert Saxe
Catskill
Silas Hunt
Penn Yan
J. Blake Winter
Winterton
Sullivan County
Inaugural Prayers and Oath for Kennedy Inauguration
Washington announces the January 20 ceremony with prayers by Cardinal Cushing and Archbishop Jakovos, a rabbi, and a gospel-tinged inaugural program. Marian Anderson to sing, Robert Frost to read, Warren to administer the oath, Kennedy to deliver the address.
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Washington
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Earl Warren
Joint Congressional Committee
Marine Band
Richard Cardinal Cushing
Boston
Marian Anderson
Jakovos
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of
North and South America
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Lyndon B. Johnson
John Barclay
Central Christian Church
Austin
Tex
Robert Frost
Warren
Nelson Glueck
Hebrew Union College
Cincinnati
Ohio
Kennedy's brothers go skiing in Vermont
President elect John F Kennedy's brothers Robert and Edward and their wives are on a ski vacation in Vermont. Robert Kennedy the attorney general designate and his family arrived by plane from Washington, with Edward Kennedy arriving a day earlier. They are staying at Smugglers Notch Lodge on Mount Mansfield, planning to stay a week or 10 days.
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Stowe
John F. Kennedy
Robert
Edward
Vermont
Washington
Smugglers Notch
Mount Mansfield
Robert Kennedy
Governor Warns Station Wagon Owners On 1961 Licenses
Albany New York Gov. Rockefeller reminded nearly half a million station wagon owners that license fees for 1961 are the same as passenger cars. He noted some owners were calculating fees at the old 75 cents per 100 pounds and clarified rates: 50 cents per 100 pounds up to 3,500 pounds and 75 cents per 100 pounds over that.
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Albany
Rockefeller
U S Control Of Marketing Fluid Milk Under Fire
Federal regulation of fluid milk marketing may become a major Kennedy era issue. Orders set prices in 75 cities, with sanitary rules limiting markets to nearby dairy men, drawing criticism from surplus regions like the Midwest. Governors and dairy groups debate moves toward a national sanitary code to ease interstate milk flow and open Eastern markets.
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Washington
Midwest
Northeast
Orville L. Freeman
Minnesota
John F. Kennedy
Freeman
Kennedy
Gas Tank Cars Endanger Avon Town
In Avon New York a village of 2,500 avoided danger after two derailed tank cars loaded with 22,000 gallons of propane were cleared. 41 families were evacuated overnight as crews returned the cars to the track with a crane and no propane leakage occurred.
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New York
Erie-Lackawanna Railroad
Avon
Rochester
Trailer Burned Near Hannibal Then Barn Fire Aid
A small house trailer on County Route 66 near Hannibal was destroyed by a midnight fire of unknown origin. Owned by Milton Cummings, the scene was guarded until 2 a m by Hannibal volunteers. Later, Hannibal firemen aided Fair Haven volunteers at a barn fire near Cayuga County.
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Hannibal
Milton Cummings
Oswego
Many Graduates At Home Coming At Hannibal CS
Hannibal Central school held its second annual home coming with about 20 recent graduates attending the Christmas assembly as guests of the senior class. They were introduced by Thomas Purgh, director of guidance, and listed as students now at Ohio State University Drake Oswego State University College of Education University of Rochester Rochester Institute of Technology Alfred University and Alfred Agricultural and Technical Institute.
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Hannibal
Hannibal Central School
Thomas Purgh
Ohio State University
Drake
Oswego State University College of Education
University of Rochester
Rochester Institute of Technology
Alfred University
Alfred Agricultural and Technical Institute
Oswego
Leonard Earle
Earle
Armed Forces
Syracuse University
Grant
Carlton Blanchard
Homecoming Queen Crowned At Virginia Somer Dance
Virginia Somer a junior was chosen homecoming queen by the student body while David Peterich a senior was named king. Donny Benedict and Joanne Figiera crowned the pair as last year’s king and queen. Alumni boosted the Hanni bal dance band for music.
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Virginia Somer
David Peterich
Donny Benedict
Joanne Figiera
Hannibal
Pvt Rockwood Joins Honest John Missile Unit
Fort Carson Colorado Pvt Warren R Rockwood 23 son of Mr and Mrs Erwin Rockwood Route 4 Oswego assigned to the 79th Artillery an Honest John missile unit at Fort Carson Dec 9 Rockwood entered the Army in September trained at Fort Riley Kansas and is a 1955 graduate of Fulton High School formerly employed by the U S Soil Conservation Service before enlistment
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Fort Carson
Colo
AHTNC
Army
Warren R. Rockwood
Erwin Rockwood
Route 4
Oswego
79Th Artillery
Rockwood
Fort Riley
Kaw
Fulton High School
U. S. Soil Conservation Service
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Hannibal Central
Virginia Somers
Lorna Keye
Gary Scruton
Louis LaChat
Floy Kellogg
Louis Wendover
Linda Kellogg
Cen
Riangle Shoes
U. S
Hannibal CS
Missile Outfit
Stone's
Bridge ST
E. Bridge ST
Gchulet
Eo Prett S
Coal Co
Marine Midland
the Midland Trust Company of
Central New York
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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