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Newspaper
Palladium Times
Location
Oswego, New York, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1960
Page
4
Chief of Police John J Reed reports numerous complaints about early Halloween visits. He reminds residents Halloween is Monday October 31 and only that date should households receive callers for treats. Reed urges cooperation and notes past annoyances from pre event door knocks.
The article notes school discipline restricting Halloween house calls and warns of penalties for vandalism and disturbances. It then details a West River Road crash on Oct 19 involving Everett L Hopkins and Wayne Arnold with injuries, plus a traffic collision at West Bridge and Laberts Streets injuring Catherine Le Grou and a separate crash injuring William Carter.
Personal notes show Lana VcCarey at a VA hospital in Syracuse seeking recovery and contact with new friends. Lavere Farrington Post and Veterans of Foreign Wars gather at 8 pm for an important meeting today, Oct 24, with regular meetings on Oct 26 led by Commander Edward Cocrane. Dance planned November 11, 9 pm to 1 am. Oswego event hosts a short business meeting at 83 Trade St on Oct 25 at 7:30 pm followed by Halloween refreshments. Local church plans, women’s groups, and Masons present activities through Oct 26 and into late October with refreshments committees named.
A Dutch freighter Paas Willem V of the Oranje Line waited off Oswego harbor in rough seas and gale warnings before mooring at Westside Dock to load three carloads of Solvay process salt for a North European port. The ship faced 28 mph winds and 10- to 12-foot seas earlier, with conditions easing mildly by noon. Cargo, stevedoring, and local agents are noted, with Great Lakes Overseas listed as agent in the area.
Oswego Chamber of Commerce presents the first of four travelogues this evening at 8 in Robinson Auditorium. Thayer Soule will show films and narrate, sharing his background from Rochester and a lifelong study of color and design. His talk centers on The Golden West, illustrating his journey from a child with a brownie camera to a seasoned presenter.
After Harvard graduation in 1939 Soule joined Burton Holmes as cameraman and associate narrator helping shape travelogue photography. A Marine officer he served at Guadalcanal and Iwo Jima, directed combat cinematography training at Quantico, and earned the Bronze Star while supervising Marine Corps photography in the Pacific.
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