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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1956
Page
6
Obituary notices from Syracuse area list deaths on Nov 29 1956 and Nov 29 1958 detailing survivors including spouses children sisters and brothers. Services are noted at St Matthew s Church Our Lady of Pompeii and local cemeteries with calling hours and funeral home details. Additional notices cover Catherine Daly Di Nardo Hotaling Lansbury O Grady Rogers Wells and others with burial at Assumption Mary s and Onondaga Valley cemeteries.
Salvation Army Senior Major Paula A. Harvey, manager of the Men’s Social Service Center, announced a Monday effective change in the center’s telephone numbers to 75-9983, 75-8984, and 75-9985.
Services for Pfc Donald Ernest Blodgett son of Mr and Mrs Ernest H Blodgett 109 Eira St Minoa will be Tuesday at 9 am at Russell H Sheppard Funeral Home and 930 am at St Marys Church officiated by Rev Norbert Scheid Military rites will follow at St Marys Cemetery DeWitt Blodgett 18 was killed in a jeep accident on Okinawa while attached to the Third Marine Division He played football and basketball at Minoa High School before enlisting May 25 1955 He survives his parents a sister Patricia and grandmother Mrs Charles Blodgett of Springfield Ill He will be waked Sunday 7-9 pm and Monday 2-4 7-9 pm
Services for Mrs. Aauic T Griffith of 118 Coral Ave widow of Oliver E Griffith founder of Q E Griffith Sea Food Co who died after a long illness will be held Monday at 1 30 p m at Welter Funeral Home with Rev Lloyd W Moffett officiating Burial will be in Waterville Born in Secretary Creek Md she lived in Syracuse 40 years She was member of Centenary Methodist Church She leaves three sons John K Oliver E Jr and Melbourne J Griffith a brother Harry Brid ge of Milford Del two sisters Mrs Nellie Selway of New Castle Del and Mrs William Charles of Wilmington Del and four grandchildren.
Services will be Monday for Carol Griffin six year old daughter of Harold and Mrs. Griffin of Murphy Lane Mohawk who died yesterday at St Josephs Hospital An emergency operation was performed after she was taken to the hospital Rites will be at Applegate Funeral Home Ilion at 1030 a m with burial in Schuyler Surviving are the parents three brothers Harold J Jerry W and Dale G Griffin and a sister Ann Marie Griffin
August E Edem of 139 Griffiths Street, longtime Syracuse resident, died at home. Former barber shop operator on Butternut Street and Meyers Barber Shop employee. Survived by wife Matilda Schmidt Edem, son Norbert, daughter Leona Schenk, sisters Mas Suits and Peter Vogt, brothers George Frank William, step brothers Leonard Bourg and Lawrence Edem, two granddaughters. Services at Frasier Funeral Home 8:30 a.m. Tuesday and 9 a.m. at Assumption Church. Calling hours 2–4 and 7–9 p.m. tomorrow and Monday.
Funeral services for Mrs. Ethel K Belden 49 of Miami Florida formerly of Syracuse were held at Phil brick Funeral Chapel Coral Gables. Burial was in Miami Memorial Park Cemetery. Surviving include son Jack Belden daughter Mrs William Davis mother Mrs George Kress and five grandchildren.
Rev Jacob M Depoyan aged 75 a former pastor of Armenian churches in Syracuse Philadelphia Boston and Lawrence Mass died today at his Providence R I home. Rites tomorrow at 1 p m at Armenian Euphrates Evangelical Church Providence which he founded in 1915 and served until 1929 Burial in North Burial Ground Providence Born in Harpoot Armenia ordained in 1511 later studied at Hartford Seminary Retired 1949 He was moderator of Armenian Evangelical Union of America member of central committee of Armenian Missionary Association and served with the Council of Churches in Boston.
Services for Mrs. Rose Fitzer of 1205 Madison Street will be held tomorrow at 2 p.m. in the Birnbaum Funeral Home. Rabbi Irwin Hyman and Cantor Harold Lerner will officiate. Mrs. Fitzer, a life resident of Syracuse, belonged to Temple Adath Yeshurun and was active with Temple Sisterhood Hadassah Council of Jewish Women and the Jewish Home for the Aged. Surviving are two daughters, a brother, and several grandchildren.
News reaches Syracuse of Benjamin E Scher death on Sunday in Los Angeles after a heart attack. Former tailor tied to E W Edwards & Son, Shriner and Mt Sinai Lodge member. Wife Theresa Freeman predeceased him. Survived by five daughters, two sons and three grandchildren. Buried Tuesday at Home of Peace Cemetery.
Nor bert J. Finkler of the Small Business Administration released a revised leaflet titled Radioisotopes and Small Business. The document updates Technical Aid No. 31 from the Atomic Energy Commission, outlining current industrial applications, potential future uses, and AEC sponsored training with safety considerations. It notes the publication is available from all SBA field offices.
Mr and Mrs Edwin J Feigel observed their 50th wedding anniversary with a reception for more than 70 guests at the Furman Street Methodist Church community house. They were married November 29 1906 in Fayetteville. Mrs Feigel, the former Nora Worden, and her husband a retired lithographer, have a daughter Mrs Esther Zobel.
One man, Michael Regan, 47, of South Colton, died after a head on crash on Route 56 two miles south of Colton at 10 15 p m. Five others were injured including Pat Wright, Ella Perry, Lyn Thomas, Richard Robinson and Leonard Chase with various injuries. The sheriff said the crash happened near Chase’s home and involved a car driven by Chase with Wright and Regan as passengers. Both cars were demolished.
The Syracuse District of the Zionist Organization of America will host a Chanukah Festival tomorrow at 8 p.m. at the Jewish Community Centre. S. Sanford Engel will speak on the Middle East situation, an Israeli film will be shown, and a program featuring the administrative committee followed by a Chanukah candle blessing and a songfest led by Sidney Novack will conclude the event.
A couple sought in Syracuse since September for second degree forgery are in custody in Jerome Idaho. Robert Goinsalves, 25, of Walt ham Massachusetts and Barbara De Napoli, 22, of Lynn Massachusetts are also wanted by police in Allegheny and Lynn Massachusetts. They allegedly passed 17 bad checks from Sept 13 to Oct 2, including 15 in Syracuse and one each in Solvay and East Syracuse, mostly at drug stores for 25 dollars. Idaho police have not disclosed which city holds first claim.
Death notices from Syracuse area report numerous individuals aged 60 to 89 passing away in communities including Bristol Tupper Lake Rome Clyde Oswego Auburn and Seneca Falls with names such as George Ki Barney Kirkey Martha M Belius Ellen Whelan Emily Prdney Francis Ketler Mae Scott William Weekes May OConnor Archie Brown Charles Cullen General Tufts Mary Wawro Robert Billa and John Takada among the listed deceased.
A joint Chanukah service at Temple Adath Yeshurun joined by Temple Society of Concord featured Prof Abraham Veinus conducting the cantata Feast of Lights based on the Book of Maccabees. Rabbi Irwin I. Hyman delivered the sermon with Cantor Harold Lerner. Gerald Kristt observed his Bar Mitzvah at the service.
Syracuse retailers face pressure from American Legion and VFW chapters to stop handling Iron Curtain merchandise or clearly label it. The two veterans groups urge stores to choose one of two plans and emphasize the moral right of citizens to act on conscience. They cite examples of Polish dam exports and Czech tree ornaments to argue the broader political and economic dangers of Communist market ties.
A pre conference for begin ning administrators opens the 27th annual New York State Association of Elementary School Principals meeting at Hotel Syracuse this afternoon. About 100 principals are expected, with Miss Marjorie Sherman as publicity chair. A banquet at 7 pm officially opens the conference, featuring speaker Dr. Fred Tuttle. Sessions run through Tuesday.
Santa Claus will make his first official visit to the city at 2 pm today. Hundreds of children will be greeted at Higginbotham Park as 3,500 candy suckers are handed out. He will arrive on a fire truck after a city parade, and Mayor Robert D. Kruger will present the key to the city.
A playful fragment notes Li'l Ones characters joking about how early a hike should start. The line references a character named Jarry and poses a curious timing question. Details are limited to this garbled OCR snippet.
A testimonial dinner honors Rev Dr Christian P Jensen who retires January 1 after 32 years as pastor of Zion's Church at Butternut and Prospect Streets. He and his wife will move to Silver Creek where he will serve Zion's Lutheran Church there. Speakers include Albert R Miller and Rev Franklin P Jensen.
S N Vincent of 316 Buckingham Avenue is named sole legatee of his father Guy Henry Vincent who died November 13 from a heart ailment. Administration papers filed by Surrogate Charles R Milford Jr list 19000 in personal property and 10000 in real property, with no valid will found. Vincent, a 41 year Syracuse resident, worked 30 years at Kempton's Luggage Store.
An overheated furnace caused a blaze in a two family house at 104 Warner Court early today. Firefighters from Engines 5 and 13 reported that damage was slight.
WATERTOWN A mill complex including the Dexter Sulphite Pulp and Paper Company buildings and 17 tenant houses sold to Abe Cooper of Syracuse president of Taggart Paper Mill Inc and of the Acar Machinery Company The sale from Kenneth C Irving St Johns NB includes the five story mill warehouse steam plant press department and rail siding idle since May 1953 Cooper plans no definite use yet but hopes to attract small industries to the site
The annual Woodchoppers Brawl runs from 9 p.m. to 4 a.m. in the Student Lounge, Marshall Hall, State University College of Forestry at Syracuse University. Square dancing, round dancing, sawing contests and preeating events highlight the evening. Sponsored by the Students Association. Informal plaid shirts and dungarees for men and skirts and sweaters for women. Open to all forestry and Syracuse University students.
Ronald Schlicht, 21, of Coral Ave, and Gerald Jones, 19, of Wasener Ave, were in a car in the 600 block of Almond St when three youths threw stones. They stopped to confront the group. in the resulting scuffle Schlicht suffered a three inch head laceration after a bottle struck him and he received treatment at Crouse Irvin g Hospital.
Occasional snow flurries tonight with a low near 20. Tomorrow will be fair and cold with a high around 36. Northwest winds tonight 10 to 15 mph, westerly tomorrow 10 to 15 mph. Snowfall totals and record highs are noted for the period, with regional conditions across the Great Lakes Ohio Valley and New England. AP Wirephoto.
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