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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1956
Page
10
Obituary notices list several deaths on Aug 1 and 2 1956 in Syracuse area including Bessie A Allen Mary Harper Bennett Lucille Briggs Marion L Dennison Harry Drew Nicholas S Valentine Henry Ziegler Helen M Zimmer and others. Details cover survivors funeral homes service times and cemeteries with locations in Syracuse Solvay and surrounding towns.
An obituary poem honors Jess Fe Brain who died August 3 1950. The verse expresses enduring memories as leaves fall and years pass, with a family note from loved ones.
Nicholas S. Valentine Sr. 73 died yesterday at his daughter's home after a long illness. Services will be at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Edward F. Gaynor Funeral Home with rites at St. Sophia's Hellenic Orthodox Church. He was a Syracuse native and longtime businessman noted for Valetine Bros. candy store and civic work including Rotary, Ahepa, and Coast Guard auxiliary. Survived by son Nicholas Jr., five grandchildren, and three nieces. Burial at Morningside Cemetery.
An inmate journalist for Stilwater Prison weekly recounts Gov. Orville Freeman's tour of the state penitentiary and a brief interview. He says he bumped the governor's elbow and heard a courteous exchange about a written record that could not be produced.
Miss Helen Zimmer dies after long illness at 221 Dale St. Funeral at 8:30 a.m. and 9 a.m. at Keegan & Osbel, Assumption Church. Burial in Assumption Cemetery. Miss Iona Monarski of 901 First North St. dies in Rome Hospital. Services at 9:20 a.m. at Miller Funeral Home and 10 a.m. at Assumption Church. Burial in Assumption Cemetery. Mrs. Julia Myzgala, 63, of Brenneman Ave. dies after long illness. Services at 9 a.m. at Berdynski Funeral Home and St. Michael's Church. Burial in church cemetery. Rites for Myzgala include church services and prayers. survivors listed. Friends may call today and tomorrow.
Delegates from Fulton including Mrs. Nellie Stewart Mrs. Flossie Schoolcraft and Vernon Tallman travel to Utica for the Independent Order of Good Templars convention.
Federal Reserve Bank of New York tabulation shows Syracuse department store sales down six percent for the fourth week of July compared with 1955. Industrial slowdown with about 3,000 idled steel workers, roughly five percent of the local workforce, is cited as a factor while Buffalo, New York, and Rochester report gains and Newark trails last year.
Secretary of Commerce Weeks now forecasts healthy prosperity into 1957 and a bright outlook for summer and fall. He cited higher April June output, record employment, and unemployment slightly below June levels, noting confidence, rising production and spending power as keys to a strong year ahead.
Andrew Mazzi and Lucille Bohah pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct in Police Court and were ordered to pay 154 dollars for damages to officers’ uniforms and hospital costs. Mazzi 20 and Bohah 32 from Warren faced restitution before sentencing Aug 10. resisting arrest charge dismissed after June 28 incident in a Harold Place parking lot.
Rep. John Taber of Auburn says he has documentary evidence of gross negligence by the Air Force in shutting Sampson Air Force Base near Geneva. He plans to present details after further case building and says a House Appropriations staff review will address Sampson in the next session.
William Brown, 36, of 604 Madison St., was sentenced in Police Court to six months on each of two counts conduct and public intoxication. Judge P. Leo Dorsey ordered the terms to run concurrently. Brown was arrested after allegedly striking Lawrence Dineen at the Rescue Mission.
Girls in the Herald Journal and Herald American area can enter the 1956 State Fair Queen contest by visiting Wilson's Leading Jewelers in Syracuse. Entries close August 10 with preliminaries August 15 and 16, crown winner announced August 17, regional winner crowned August 23, and a Labor Day luncheon at the fair. Miss Nancy Bishop, last year’s regional winner, crowns the new queen.
A Labor Department survey finds two thirds of major collective bargaining agreements now run two years or more, with 21 percent lasting three years or longer. The report covers 1,727 contracts affecting about nine million workers and notes the traditional one year term is no longer predominant.
After an hour long salary talk with the Board of Estimates police and firemen filed another petition to place their 1957 pay raise before the public in November. Attorney Richard Sardino said the salary committee will study proposals and issue a weekend statement. A total of 18 000 signatures were gathered now with 5 600 added today turning the petition over to City Clerk Edward R Apps. The groups may pursue legal steps to force county election officials to place the measure on the November ballot. The city contests the petition and the case is in State Supreme Court.
Two Solvay youths Claude Bertilli 18 of 217 Lamont Ave and Donald Piedmont 17 of 112 Woods Rd admitted petty larceny for stealing gasoline from trucks at Onondaga Winery Inc. Police found a five gallon can and siphon hose. Judge P Leo Dorsey set August 14 for sentencing and ordered a pre sentencing investigation.
A son was born yesterday at Lee Memorial Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Giberson of Norwood. The infant adds to the Giberson family in the community.
Senator Walter J. Mahoney opened a Republican strategy meeting with a broadside against Gov. Harriman and the Democratic presidential bid. He accused Harriman of pursuing national ambitions at New York’s expense, calling Albany a mere stepping stone to Washington while urging a veto-proof legislature to curb the administration’s fiscal program. About 30 incumbent Republican senators attended the two day session.
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