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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1939
Page
2
About 11,700 Syracuse residents will receive Christmas club checks totaling around 7500000 from the Onondaga County Savings Bank and Morris Plan Industrial Bank. The fund grows by 125000 more than last December.
Fourteen year old Martin Meehan son of Elsie Holmes Meehan is recovering at University Hospital from a dislocated neck vertebra suffered during a neighborhood football game. He wears a specially devised harness at the hospital to strengthen the vertebra.
In Onondaga County Court House elevator, Nick Farnett known as Nicki spins tall tales of an imaginary garden. He claims 89 000 bushels of potatoes with 2 900 acres to harvest and 52 000 peacocks roaming his ranch.
Dr Charles Forbes Taylor claimed about 1000 Syracuse converts as his 24 day evangelistic campaign concluded at the Arena. Nearly 1000 Methodist attendees were expected with seats for thousands more. Taylor spoke on Amusement Can a Christian Have Fun and his sermon urged confession of hidden sins before God. A 45 minute concert by Rev Laurie Taylor accompanied the service.
The Syracuse Speech Reading Society for the Hard of Hearing will host an annual Christmas tea and sale on Wednesday December 6 from 2 to 3 PM in the society rooms at 445 South Warren Street. Mrs Louise Holland heads the event with a committee including Mrs John Ketcham Mrs Doris Conway Mrs LaVerne Gilmore Miss Sara De Lang Mrs John Baur Miss Blanche Cummings Mrs Ella Lowsse Gary Miss Mary Robinson Miss Harriett Humbert and Mrs Hazel Ingalls.
John J. Shea retires from the post office after 21 years of service. He plans to remain at 210 Seymour Street and ends his career today as eligibility for retirement is reached.
Members from four Congregational churches Plymouth Danforth Geddes and Good Will form a committee led by Mrs HL D Underwood to handle a sale for the blind at the Lighthouse store 205 East Fayette Street. The panel includes Mrs Ralph Tiffany Mrs C R Ellis Mrs James Stimson Mrs L A Gould and others.
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