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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1946
Page
3
A batch of obituary notices from Syracuse and nearby areas lists numerous individuals with details of surviving relatives, funeral arrangements, and burial locations across several dates in 1946. Names include David Ralph Porte Attle Keith W. Attle Jr. Julia E Beckham William Mason Michael Mason Donald Bruce Sutton Betty Lou Waylor and others with service times and burial sites at local churches and cemeteries.
Thompson dies at Crouse-Irving hospital after a heart seizure. He was a Syracuse fruit dealer and former athlete with family including wife Lulu G Thompson two daughters Rexford in Jamestown and several siblings. Funeral services set for Greenleaf funeral home Sunday at 3 30 P M with burial in Pine Hill Cemetery Falconer.
A compilation of funeral homes and morticians with addresses and phone numbers including Joseph Farone and Son, John Gang & Son, Van Dusen Funeral Home, C. R. Eaton Funeral Chapel, McKinley Bros, Wilber W. Newell Funeral Home, Lehnmacher & Mason, and others. Listings provide firm names, license holders, and contact details for service in the Fayetteville and Salina regions.
The Rev. John A. Nicholson a Philippines missionary from Syracuse will be ordained at Woodstock College Maryland. He will celebrate his first solemn mass at Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception on September 8 with many family and religious figures participating.
Services for Donald Bruce Sutton 14 of Damon Point will be at 10 45 A M at P A O Neill Funeral Home Gouverneur burial Riverside Cemetery survivors include Mr and Mrs Deemer Sutton and grandparents Ben Whalen Ira Sutton and several aunts uncles. Emil F Kalina 41 of 127 Darwin Ave funeral 2 30 P M at home burial Morningside Cemetery survived by wife sister and brother. Betty Lou Taylor 13 of Brewerton RD died Friday at University Hospital parents and four brothers survive along with maternal grandmother Regina Taylor and other relatives.
County purchasing agent Robert W. Sollinger announced Friday that butter will be removed from county institutions tables as margarine substitutes due to high prices. The County Hospital and the Sanatorium will continue to use butter backdated to June, with margarine to be phased in soon.
The 11th annual national convention of the Italian-American World War Veterans of the United States opened with an address by Ralph J. Margiasso of Syracuse as national commander. Sessions began at 9:30 AM at Hotel Syracuse with memorial services and morning committee meetings followed by reports from national leaders.
Chancellor William P. Tolley praised Thomas J. Watson of IBM for leadership toward prosperity and peace during a Friday ceremony in Endicott. Tolley urged fathers to emulate Watson’s vision, discipline, and spiritual values and noted the Endicott college’s future ties to Syracuse University.
Frank A. Barton estate heirs named Catherine K Barton and Kenneth F Barton receive portions. The 1932 will, executed by Barton and collocated in 1942 with Merchants National Bank and Trust Company as executor, remains unchanged after his wife’s death. Surrogate Milford Jr. hears the filing by Melvin & Melvin for the estate. Holiday closure note: Syracuse Public Library system closed Labor Day. newspaper room open 1 to 9 PM.
The annual green corn dance is set for Sunday at the Orchard ball held on the Onondaga Indian Reservation. A baseball game between the Onondaga Indians and Lafayette will be part of the event.
Field days at Meacham Field opened Friday night under cool skies and run through Labor Day evening with new attractions each night. Rus sell G. Crawford says concessions and sideshows, refreshment stands and a ferris wheel will draw crowds while the American Legion band plays and dancing occurs on the tennis courts. Co chairs are Omar Helme Kenneth Gras and Harry Kimmey.
Syracuse shippers and receivers face disruption as a motor carrier strike in New York City could trigger embargoes on shipments. The current contract ends Saturday and, if the strike lasts, railroads will shun shipments to and from the strike area. Express and parcel post only remain viable, with potential ripple effects on industries and retail.
Obituary notices list Marion Ruby Bardy 64 Oneida Roland Heed locum 49 Wolcott Grayton A Jones 80 Watertown Nellie Reynolds Ware 8 Auburn Mila C G Ruhl 89 Auburn Doris C Reilly Ithaca Nellie Shearer 31 Onto Edward Grant 3 Mount Pleasant Carrie Bryant Fulton Bild Petuke 63 Manna Corners Emma W Drake 82 Locke Hugh Gallagher 71 Deerfield.
The Holy Rosary Society marks its feast with public prayers at 4 PM today in the 100 block of Delhi Street. James Nardiello, society president, arranges the events for today and Sunday to honor the Holy Virgin whose feast day is Sept 1.
Pompey District 5 School Board delays upper grade instruction citing budget limits. Superintendent DeAlton Smith may consolidate schools with districts deciding the fate of higher grades. Petitioners seek lower floor access at Pompey Academy while reviews probe petition validity amid opposition.
Justice Clifford Sears announced potential hiring of clerks to handle an unusually heavy Supreme Court schedule. About 800 trial court and 500 first equity calendar cases were cited, with deputies to guard sessions and at least one extra clerk needed. A tentative 1947 assignment schedule was approved at Justice Abram Zolter’s Herkimer home.
Governor Dewey will attend ceremonies for Champlain College in the former Plattsburgh Army barracks and aid the opening of two other two year emergency colleges this fall. The colleges include Sampson College near Geneva and Mohawk College in Utica, opened by the Associated Colleges of Upper New York.
World War II veteran Henry Sekula sued his sister Miss Helen Sekula for $1000, drawn June 12 from the Onondaga County Savings Bank and held in trust for him. The case ended Friday when she agreed to repay by 2 PM. Witnesses cited luck with dice in the Army and Sekula's $3400 top bank account.
Rose Murr of 325 Greanwey and Frank Mura of 626 Richmond av appear in a legal dispute noted in the public record. The brief entry records two named parties and their addresses without further details.
A deputy sheriff fired one shot in the air near the Jamesville quarry entrance at 3 A.M. Three boys aged 13 to 15, accused of riding in a stolen car, surrendered after a chase. The car owned by William E. Eaton of Wellington Place was found abandoned after fuel ran out. They were to be taken to Children's Court.
The Syracuse Hebrew School at 1120 FE Genesee St invites enrollments for fall with sessions Tuesday to Thursday 3 30 to 7 PM and Sunday 10 AM to 1 PM. The program features projectors, Hebrew history Bible and current events. Principal Sol Kay, President Max H Rudolph, and Indies auxiliary head welcome old and new students at a Sept 9 4 PM party.
DPW announces no garbage or rubbish collections Monday for Labor Day. Schedule shifts one day later all week, with Friday routes covered Saturday. Citizens asked not to put out cans Monday. downtown pickups still run day and night. Complaint clerk on duty. telephone 3765.
J B Barron named supervisor of the ordnance gage laboratory at the College of Applied Science Syracuse University. Barron, ex Albany Machine and Tool, begins Sept 1 and brings 20 years of industrial experience including service with Watervliet Arsenal cannon inspection and wartime war training course work.
Waste services warn that due to Labor Day the pickup week shifts one day. Monday routes move to Tuesday, and Friday routes will be collected Saturday.
The Bi Monthly meeting of Acirema Council 15 Sons and Daughters of Liberty scheduled Monday September 2 is cancelled due to Labor Day holiday. The council will meet Monday September 16 in Odd Fellows hall BE Genesee St.
National counselor Mrs. Cora Andriessen of Tiffin will be principal speaker at the three day Daughters of America parley attended by 121 councils in the state. Mrs. Kezla Zeriluh of Ozone Park presides. Mrs. Elva L. Dean delivers welcome. Bernice E. Kehn of Albany offers invocation. Lyman Young will provide music as convention schedule is set.
Firefighters from Engine 4 battled an early morning blaze at the rear porch of Dr. Iiaas F. Bauer's home at 809 Turtle St. The cause remains undetermined as investigators continue.
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