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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1953
Page
6
Obituary notices from Towanda and nearby areas list multiple deaths and funeral arrangements. Names include Herbert Cholet, Lucy Cross, Letitia Jane Elliott, Oscar Htau, and Charles Cleveland with various relatives, burial places, service times, and funeral home details. Additional items mention Towanda area churches and burial at Woodlawn Cemetery with multiple descendants named.
Fragmented OCR lists florists and monument businesses including HELEN'S FLOWER SHOP and MONUMENT CO with scattered references to Leading Florist and various names. Content unclear but centers on floral and monument services and associated vendors.
Beverly Browning aged 19 of Baldwinsville died at Syracuse Memorial Hospital after a five year illness. She attended Baldwinville schools and sang in the church choir. Survivors include her parents Herbert and Myra Browning and grandparents. Funeral Monday at 2 PM in the J Atelier Chapel Baldwinsville. burial in Forest View Cemetery. Visitation today and tomorrow with nursing fund donations welcomed.
Bernard J Knapp a longtime Syracuse police officer died at his home 263 Harding Street after 23 years with the force retiring in 1943 He was a member of the Police Benevolent Association the Arion Society and the Holy Name Society of St John the Baptist Church Survived by his son John Knapp two daughters Mrs Thomas Brooks and Mrs Michael Varg a brother Irving Knapp a grandson and several nieces and nephews Funeral services will be held at George W Ballweg Funeral Home at 9 20 AM Tuesday and at St John the Baptist Church Burial will be in Assumption Cemetery Calling hours are 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 PM tomorrow and Monday
Adam Rompf aged 81, former Syracuse and Auburn resident, died Thursday in Holinois. Survived by son Robert Rompf of Onondaga Jd and two daughters, Mrs Walter Westling of Dwight and Mrs William Sears of New York City. Funeral services in Dwight.
Mrs. Gage Carter and Mrs. John Ganley of Falls announce the death of Urs. Millert, with a son George and a granddaughter. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 8:30 AM at the Funeral Home and 9:00 AM at St. Joseph's French Church, conducted by Reverend Tate.
Funeral services for Oscar Han 174 a retired statehand who died at home 639 Burel man will be conducted by the Rev Dr CP Joneen at Woo lawn Cemetery. Burial will follow at Woo lawn Cemetery. Friends may call from 7 to 9 PM today and from noon tomorrow at the San France sen and oral cousins are listed as survivors.
Detroit police puzzled by a hold up at Ruffin real estate. A man walked in with a pistol and demanded money. Ruffin handed over cash and the robber, who kept the gun, fled to a waiting car. He left $30 on the desk.
Spike the dog, first non Communist unit repatriated in Operation Big Suited, returned to Freedom Village with his master Sgt William A Stone 25 of Wichita Falls. Stone said he acquired Spike eight months ago in Korea in exchange for a pair of tennis shoes.
More than 5500 pheasants 22 to 13 weeks old were released from May 26 into early summer in Jefferson, Lewis and St. Lawrence counties. District game manager says they were distributed by conservation workers under protections in three counties previously evaluated for suitable environment. All birds hatched and raised as the Brown-
In East Berlin unrest centers on housing and food aid as authorities threaten evictions for those who seek food from West Berlin. Meetings turned into kangaroo courts with punishments including loss of apartments and public shaming. A planned family rally at Ervin Methodist Church features musician Lindblad of the Christian Home League.
Charles E. Lane, 14, of Boonville died at Faxton Hospital after a collision at the Old Forge and Boonville roads near Liven. Coroner Dr. Preston R. Clark ruled skull fractures as the cause. An inquest is expected. James Tosello, 64, of 709 Ontario St Utica was the driver. Lane and his brother Harry, 12, were pedestrians. The incident occurred around 6 15 P M.
Rev Stanley Melain was reappointed minister of the Free Methodist Church of Syracuse at the Susquehanna Conference held at Beulah Park Camp Ground Richland. Bishop Charles V Fairbairn directed sessions. Other appointments include Rev Lloyd Newton to Fulton Rev M A Card to Rome Rev Ernest Foster to Onvida Rev Robert Canfield to Chittenango Station and Rev Karlis Isalnicks to Camden.
The First Ward Methodist Church will reopen for regular worship at 10 A.M. tomorrow with Rev. J Wayne Hunter announcing and Rev Dr Stanley Wilson delivering the sermon. Gambell of Otisco will also preach at Otisco Presbyterian Church as part of the Crusade team.
Pedersen of the group ticket sales said he sold 350 tickets in hours after starting work. The U S Marine Band will perform at Schine's Massena theater on the afternoon and evening of October 13. The Massena Chamber of Commerce sponsors the concert with net proceeds to fund an iron lung for Massena Memorial Hospital.
Seven applicants sought Auburn postmaster examinations including Charles L. Messer acting postmaster Peter Costisick Ralph L. Finizio James C Jacobs and others. A fire damaged the Balducci 300 fire destroyed mill causing substantial loss but no injuries reported. Local officials cautioned cause undetermined and estimated losses at Balducci works in Gouverneur region.
Several young people from Universalist and Unitarian churches of Central New York attend a leadership conference at Murray Grove, Sd. The conference opened Monday and ends tomorrow with representatives from New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Maryland and Washington, D.C. planning to develop outreach programs and discuss mutual personal issues.
Area youths will join a Christian Science Church conference tomorrow focusing on the nature of Christ Jesus and the Wayshower exemplar for all men. Readings include the Golden Text from I John and Deuteronomy prophecies, with passages from Science and Health explaining Jesus miracles as natural demonstrations of divine power.
The First Evangelical Batled Brethren Church will host an 11 AM service tomorrow led by Reverend Michael Salmen with the sermon titled A Promise of Divine Peace. The event centers on spiritual comfort and communal worship.
Union service between iBrown Memorial and Centenary Methodist Churches continues tomorrow with 10 AM services at Brown Memorial Church. The Rev. Lford V. Moffett of Centenary will preach on The Cost of Greatness.
Ireland bound aviation adventurer Mrs Marian Hart, 61, of New York, paused at Shannon Airport due to rain and clouds while planning further flights in her single engine plane that crossed the Atlantic Thursday. Co pilot Wayne Wetterlein, 30, unable to secure a New York return seat, awaits next flight. Hart intends to fly around Europe and possibly to India or Africa.
Fourteen motorists faced fines totaling 210 dollars after being checked with an electrical timing device in a State Far ines speed trap. They appeared before Judge Truman H. Preston yesterday.
A woman settled traffic court matters, paying a $140 fine and receiving an Inn 3 traffic disposition. She was arrested on a warrant by Patrolman Donald Eroland, linking the case to prior enforcement actions.
Charles Boyer of Lodi, a 27 year Willard Hospital employee, will head the hospital laundry next month after Edward Itzer steps down as laundry supervisor. Boyer is a great grandson of Dr. John Be Chapin, the hospital’s first superintendent, with Milton Kelloge to continue as head supervisor of the weaving and bean work unit.
Frank Zona of Ithaca Falls and Waterloo and Mrs Zona return from a European trip lasting nearly four months. They attended an international yarn convention in Paris, then toured Switzerland and Italy visiting Rome Turin and Naples before returning home and visiting relatives.
The forecast calls for fair skies and continued hot weather. Tonight’s low around 68 degrees with a high near 96 degrees tomorrow.
The Rev. Lloyd Moffett of Centenary Methodist Church will lead the 7:30 P.M. service tomorrow at the Rescue Mission Alliance located at 515 E. Washington St.
Fragmented OCR reports several legal notices and deaths in the Syracuse area. Mentions include summons with notice for Onondaga County, possible vehicle or gun incidents, and deaths linked to a Masters event. Names and details are garbled. core items reference legal actions and fatalities in Michigan and New York region.
Dr. Morel, a renowned meteorologist not tied to the U S Weather Bureau, forecasts the Syracuse area for five days. The forecast mentions thunderstorms and warm temperatures across the Gulf states, inner Atlantic region, and northern plains, with unsettled conditions in the Rock Mountain states and New England.
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