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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1948
Page
25
A Boonville fair opens with Oneida County Day salutes. the piece blends taxonomic notes on local events with a rambling column on time-saving tricks, Hollywood gossip, and New York City nightlife. It mentions Governor Dewey, gambling debates in Saratoga, and various named personalities in a lively, opinionated collage.
Boonville fair operations were curtailed by a steady downpour. Exhibits continued under shelter as judges assessed plants and flowers, farm and garden displays, and home bureau booths. Tomorrow marks Delta County Day with county officials attending and a grand livestock parade plus a carnival Mardi Gras in the evening.
The Northern New York tennis championship opens this afternoon at the John Q Adams Held court in Watertown. Play continues tomorrow with quarterfinals and semifinals. finals scheduled for Thursday.
Watertown Haralduke Clark four year old son of Mr and Mrs Douglas Clark was run over by a tractor wheel on a farm but sustained only bruises. He was brought to the House of the Good Samaritan and later discharged. A separate note from Walton Fulton reports a new baby girl born Wednesday at Lee Memorial Hospital to Mr and Mrs Lester Hor.
Walter Kiernan offers a sharp, clipped analysis of recent convention coverage and political theatre. The Sunbathers conven tion is lampooned for gatekeeping and overzealous security while mock reports of a Louisiana youth elected as Bay President surface amid satire.
Forty three rowing classes featured county 4-H girls in a dress revue held in Cameron Court House. Blue ribbon winners include Carolyn Brown Nath erday Ann Wilkins Virginia Natelings Nellie Fredericksen and Mary Keller among others judged by Miss Margaret Nyhart Sunde Ames Ruth Busiach and Virginia Natelings.
Mrs Irene W Coats, wife of Ivan R Coats, was found dead in a cistern in the cellar of the Coats home on Welch rd near Richville yesterday. A note pinned to a bedroom pillow read only citstern. The husband left around 445 am for farm chores and returned to find his wife missing. Dr Frank P Allen of Richville pronounced her dead. Coroner I L Stacy of Ogdensburg and state police investigated. The body was moved to Kentfield funeral parlors in DeKalb. Mrs Coats, born June 25 1895 in Richville, was reported ill and despondent. she leaves a sister Mrs Clark Cartie Dodds of Bayshore LI.
Dr Francis W Brown of Hagerstown Maryland has been appointed assistant professor of chemistry at Clarkson College Potsdam. He will join the faculty on September 15. Brown previously led the chemistry department at another college and served as chief chemist at a Fairfield aircraft company. He earned a Master’s and PhD from Harvard and taught at MIT and Drexel. His family occupies the former Krebs home in Fort Pontaw.
Soldiers at Pine Camp practice brass pinches and duties previously assigned to privates. The scene features a colonel inspecting the unit while officers take on tasks at the firing range and pits.
The piece reviews welfare aid policy discussions amid North critics and National Guard personnel from New Jersey. It notes the 7th Infantry Division Organized Reserve unit in New Jersey, with enlisted shortages and monthly training impacts, and mentions university faculty appointments and departmental staffing for the 1948-49 academic year.
Eugene Palmer of Pocket Testament League and Dr George Alden Cole will speak at the Onlatin Bible Conference near Oswego Lake Ontario. Palmer will expose gambling house workings and perform magic tricks at the 2 30 P M service. The event marks the conference’s 27th year with public sessions today and Sunday.
Glenfield celebrates the retirement of veteran postman Hany Dall after 43 years serving the community and neighbors. William MacFarlane succeeds as postmaster with Laurie Chase Lake celebrations planned and a final farewell gathering at Chase's Lake.
Fragmentary notes describe an elderly woman named Une peepte and her alleged involvement with a shelter and espionage themes. References include rent payments, a Bentley family, and a local Albany Street address. The text mentions a manager role and a tone of suppression or refusal to help, with unclear dates and affiliations.
Polish Americans face Oneida Sunday at Recreation Park in Upstate League action. Incas pull for a win to boost playoff hopes as Romie and Sore lead the lineup.
Obituary records Private Potten born May 9 1915 served in South Africa 1918 wounded and captured later reported missing March 31 1946 declared dead. Military services scheduled July 6 at Holler af bvets Bally with burial at Colluised Hille cemetery. License suspended for traffic violator.
Pvt Petrus La ILE will be laid to rest tomorrow at 1 AM in St Ted's Church Houseville after his body arrived today. He served in North Africa and was killed in action during the Anzio landing on January 18 1943. Funeral details list Uhr RV and related arrangements while family updates note the late veteran's induction into the Army in 1942.
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