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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1949
Page
6
An obituary notice list details of multiple local deaths and services in Syracuse including Mrs Mary Curtin Quigley of 315 West Castle Street and Daniel F Reardon of 1948, with funeral arrangements at Plymouth Congregational, Immaculate Conception Cathedral, and St Agnes Cemetery. Other listings include Leo Burr Regan, Arthur Mead, and Mary Curtin Quigley, with survivors and service times noted.
Local pages list funeral homes such as Giminsei and Miller's with contact numbers on Genesee Street. A variety of florists including Karl Lutz Monument Co and Waller Granite Co appear beside memorial service ads and plant gift services.
Burr Keegan of Ithaca former Dodge Brothers executive and cofounder of Heegan Henson Motor Co dies after long illness at ountry home. Native of Batavia he lived in Ithaca, studied at Cornell, married Lena Keegan and leaves four sisters. Funeral Monday at Plymouth Congregational Church with Oakwood Cemetery burial.
Funeral services for Edward M Tucker of 602 Almond Street are set for 5 PM Sunday at the funeral home with Rev Murphy officiating. Burial will be in Portsmouth Virginia. He moved to Syracuse 13 years ago and was a 1950 graduate of the Sixamonson School of Embalming, licensed in New York in 1951, and employed by the New York Central Railroad for 22 years. Survived by three sons, a daughter, and two grandchildren. Masonic rites at 8 PM today.
Miss Ruby W Howe secretary to the deans of Syracuse University's College of Forestry for 35 years died at Memorial Hospital. She led the Business and Professional Women’s Club of Syracuse and belonged to the Friends of Reading and the Commonwealth Club. Burial is at Onondaga Valley Cemetery. Funeral Monday at 2 PM at Fairchild & Meech. Call hours tomorrow.
Funeral services are announced for Daniel E Reardon of Otisco and for John T Cunhan of Skaneateles with wake times today and tomorrow. Reardon a blacksmith, survived by wife Mary Snell Reardon and two sons. Cunhan retired auctioneer, survived by sons Frank and Charles. Also mention Elizabeth Gavigan of Minoa and burial plans in St Marys and St Patrick cemeteries.
A brief note clarifies that the term polecat is often misapplied to skunks. In reality it refers to a distinct mustelid related to animals found across Europe and Asia. The distinction helps avoid mislabeling species in natural history discussions.
Iris Rose Weiss asks a court for a temporary injunction to halt three Saratoga Springs gambling spots alleging open gambling and a broader county issue. Justice Imrie denied the motion for lack of sufficient evidence. no dates set for consolidation or further action.
Funeral services for Charles Hicock of 1510 E Geneseesi will be at 2 PM Monday at Martin funeral home. He was killed Thursday night while helping a blind friend across the street. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery. He worked for Strazeuse Twist Drill Co and is survived by a brother, an uncle in East Syracuse, and several nieces and nephews.
St Josephs Hospital records show 4,096 treated during July with 2,438 discharged and 1,250 births. Deaths total 139. 207 operations. 1,191 physical therapy treatments. 39 labs. 4,040 patient days. 6,236 patients remaining July 31. Other hospitals report similar monthly totals including Crouse Irving 839 admissions and 1,643 treated. Onondaga Sanatorium 26 admissions and 238 treated. Syracuse Central 1,SSL admissions and 703 treated. University Hospital 3770 treated and 3770 admissions with 234 remaining July 31.
The Central New York market experiences variable prices with gains in some fruits and vegetables while overall demand remains soft. Apples pears and squash show price shifts amid moderate to light receipts. dairy eggs and poultry list steady to weak trends as commission houses report mixed wholesale figures from state agriculture data.
Fragmentary obituary notes from the Syracuse area mention several individuals with unclear spellings and locations. Readers are advised to consult full notices for accurate spelling, dates, and burial information.
Fair and warm tonight with scattered showers or thunderstorms tomorrow. Highs near 36 warm and 61 overnight with sunset at 7 49 PM and sunrise at 6 25 AM. Record highs and lows listed 92 in 1948 and 45, humidity around 84 percent.
A Weather Bureau forecast notes the hurricane shifting northward through Florida with warmer temperatures tonight. Thunderstorms scatter across the central Great Lakes region and Mississippi Valley while skies clear from the Great Plains to the Pacific. The forecast cites a stationary front and weather systems chart with pressure patterns and wind directions.
Belgrade Yugoslavia reports an official note confirming a refinery fire at the Fiume plant was extinguished quickly and the facility is operating at full capacity. Reports from Albania claim four planes bombed a Yugoslav air field near Pristina, with one Yugoslav aircraft destroyed and four hours of flak. The Soviet note warned of tougher action against Tito unless persecution of Soviet citizens ends.
Joseph Purchine reported to the sheriff that burglars broke into a power shovel used on a school foundation at Liverpool last night. They stole tools, gasoline, a window was broken, and two grease guns with a set of socket wrenches. Deputy William Hayford investigates.
The New York Italian American publisher Il Progresso Italoamericano says a new jury trial should be held for the manslaughter death of Dartmouth College student Raymond J. Cirotta. He cites alleged judicial failures and gains support from a senator and three congressmen to probe the dormitory death and review the Coxsee case.
Girard M. Parce, longtime city auditor and sewer project official, died this morning. He served from 1901 on sewer building, flood prevention, and disposal programs. Survived by daughter Miss Marjorie Parce, son Rev Arthur M. Parce of Utica, and a granddaughter. Services Monday at 3 PM at home, Rev. Win Dahlberg officiating. Burial in Oakwood Cemetery.
Funeral services for Mrs Nora Corbett Corbett who died yesterday at her son's home in Piercefield will be held Monday at 9 AM from the home and 9 30 AM at St Cecilia's Church. Burial will be in St Agnes Cemetery. An Ireland native she lived in the west end over 30 years and was a communicant of St Cecilia's. She widow of Michael Corbett and is survived by a daughter Mrs B Patterson of Boston and five grandchildren.
Thomas F. Burns assistant chief of the wage and excise tax division at the Internal Revenue Bureau takes up plumbing as a hobby for three months. He has attempted amateur carpentry and soap box car plans while aided by his wife Pearl and children Suzanne Michael and Thomas Jr. Tonight on his 59th birthday he plans to dinner and contemplate more home projects amid family birthday songs.
In a court ruling Judge William H. Bamerick adjudged Ferdinand Rubin and Rubin Markowitz, nuns of a florist, for obstructing bus stops. The brothers were arrested June 9 while selling flowers in the 300 and 400 blocks of Salina Street.
In U S District Court voluntary bankruptcy petitions list Carmen Vecchio a Syracuse paint clerk with assets of 413 736 and a suit worth. The filing names R Howard Cowey a Fayetteville contractor with debts 11326 and 32592 and four and a half acres on Woodchuck Hill in Dewitt valued at 25 Frank Mancuso a student weaver of Austin with debts 34131 and no assets but monthly government income of 63 dollars.
The Town Board of Camillus New York invites sealed bids for furnishing materials and metal for the sewer project on Sixth Street and the Lecelawn Tract. Bids include equipment, labor, deposits, and performance security with a 5 percent bid deposit. Bids must be received by the Town Clerk by the stated closing time.
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