Old Forge Winter Carnival Opens Season With Jan. 13 14
Winter Sports Association of Old Forge announces two day carnival on January 13 and 14 featuring a king and queen chosen from photographs. Interested residents send name address and photo. Prizes include all expenses paid trip, dinners, gifts from merchants, and a coronation ball at the Old Forge Auditorium. Ski events on Sky Ride Trail plus a new Abenski Trail expand skiing options with 18 trails three open slopes and five rows available.
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Old Forge
Massena H S Will Have Mat Team
Massena High School will field a varsity wrestling team for the 1950 51 season. James Long will coach and oversee the athletic program, with a meeting at 4 pm today to outline the plan. This marks the seventh varsity sport at the high school joining football cross country basketball baseball hockey and track.
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Massena
Massena Board of Education
James Long
Massena Public Schools
Alwoys
Long
Joseph L. Shepherd of Watertown Dies at 43
Joseph L. Shepherd aged 43 of 515 Morrison Street Watertown died yesterday in his room likely of a heart attack. He had been rooming with the Rev. John William Holmes at the A.M.E. Zion Church parsonage.
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Watertown
Morrison St
John William Holmes
A.M.E. Zion Church
Snow blankets St. Lawrence and Franklin counties
Four to six inches of snow fell across St. Lawrence and Franklin counties with three and a half inches reported in Massena yesterday per the Massena airport communications station. Existing snow remains piled across the area.
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Massena
St. Lawrence
Franklin
CAA
Glen Park Couple Engaged in Watertown Announcement
Cora Jean Gould of Glen Park is engaged to Edward C. Buckman son of Mrs. Maisie Buckham and Edward Buckham of Buller Pa Buckham is at the Newport R. I. naval training station Buckham formerly worked for the Woolworth Company Gould is a Brownville Glen Park Sehoni graduate now employed in the Woolworth office
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Watertown
Cora Jean Gould
Walter A. Gould
Glen Park
Edward C. Buckman
Maisie Buckham
Mullin St
Edward Buckham
Buller
Miss Gould
Brownville
Agnes Devon Malone Dies at 89 in Nursing Home
Mrs Agnes Devon Malone died early yesterday in a Malone nursing home at age 89 born December 8 1851 in Bellmont. Survived by two daughters Mrs Peter Martin and Mrs Nelson Lafave plus four sons Charles George Leslie and Koy and 13 grandchildren and several great grandchildren. Funeral plans pending family arrival and body to rest at Cagill funeral parlors.
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Malone
Agnes Devon
Bellmont
France
Fred Degon
Peter Martin
Park St
Nelson Lafave
Utica
Charles
Augusta
George
Knoxville
Tenn
Leslie
Watertown
Mass
Koy
Los Angeles
Calif
Cagill Fneral
Watertown Fireman John W. Whalen Dies at 73
John W. Whalen 73 a retired Watertown fireman died in bed yesterday after months of illness. Funeral services are set for tomorrow at 8:30 A.M. from Simpson Funeral Home and 9 from the Church of Our Lady. Burial in St Marys Cemetery Evans Mills. He leaves wife Elizabeth Reynolds Whalen two daughters Mrs Leo George of Burbank California and Mrs Joseph Sayre of Red Bank New Jersey two sons Robert D Whalen and Lt John Whalen with the Air Force in Biloxi Mississippi He was born in Enterprise Ontario and moved to Watertown at 22. He worked at Watertown Carriage Company until Feb 1 1909 when he joined the fire department serving nearly 35 years with No 1 Engine Company and retiring Oct 1 1943.
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Watertown
John W. Whalen
Lansing St
Simpson Funeral Home
Church of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart
St. Mary's Cemetery
Evans Mills
Elizabeth Reynolds Whalen
Leo George
Burbank
No. 1
Car Hits Pole Near Brasher Falls Injures Couple
Mr and Mrs William Mayo of Brasher Falls were hospitalized after a Sunday night crash two and a half miles east of Brasher Falls when their car veered off the highway and struck a telephone pole. He 68 suffered forehead lacerations and facial abrasions. she 65 endured shock. State police from Massena identified Henry Lafave 51 of Brasher Falls as the driver of the other car who attempted to pass another vehicle, causing his vehicle to leave the road.
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Massena
William Mayo
Brasher Falls
Potsdam Hospital
Henry Lafave
Lafave
Police Chief Myers Nears 25th Year
Ogdensburg Police Chief Herbert S. Myers will begin his 25th year as chief on January 1. Appointed January 1, 1926 by the late Mayor William E. Westbrook, he has served under nine mayors including Westbrook, Newell, Wert, Elie, Livingston, Burns, Wallace, Miller and Morissett.
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Ogdensburg
Herbert S. Myers
William E. Westbrook
Myers
W. EF. Westbrook
Join Wert
Fred Elie
John J. Livingston
Francis B. Burns
Homer M. Wallace
Max J. Miller
Ralph J. Morissett
Brothers Enlist in Army From Brasher Falls
Two brothers Leon F Barney 20 and Herbert R Barney 18 sons of Mr and Mrs Willis J Barney of Brasher Falls enlisted in the U S Army at Syracuse They will be transferred to Fort Devens Mass for training and assignment
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Massena
Leon F
Herbert R. Barney
Willis J. Barney
Brasher Falls
U.S. Army
Syracuse
Fort Devens
Mass
New York State Farms Boost Output and Tax Tips
The state operated 43 institutional farms produced nearly $3.3 million in vegetables eggs milk and meat plus grain and forage for the year ending Oct 31. Pilgrim State Hospital led in vegetables, Central Islip in eggs, Wassaic in milk, and Craig Colony in potatoes. New tax guidance from Cornell offers 125 deductible farm expenses and a 1950 return checklist.
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State
Robert S. Marshman
Oxford
Pilgrim State Hospital
Brentwood
Glenn F. Peterson
Central Islip State Hospital
William Keech
Wassaic
Owen Owens
Craig Colony
Sonyea
Thomas H. Bolton
New York State Vocational Institution
West Coxsackie
William S. Massie
Middletown State Hospital
Foster B. Cady
Cornell University
Dark for Cake Maintains Cakes in Dark Storage
A home study finds that dark stored cake mixes stay good up to a year in a cool dark place. At room temperature, shelf life drops to about six weeks.
Maryann Coles To Wed Soldier
Mary Ann Elizabeth Cowles daughter of Mr and Mrs Franklin E Cowles of 41 Mill Street will marry Pfe Neal J O Riley son of Mr and Mrs William E O Riley of 114 Stuart Street on December 27. Cowles studies at the Agricultural and Technical Institute in Canton Ohio while O Riley is stationed at Camp Gordon Georgia attending radio school.
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Watertown
Mary Ann Elizabeth Cowles
Franklin E. Cowles
Mill St
Pfe. Neal
J. O'Riley
William E. O'Riley
Stuart St
Miss Cowles
Agricultural and Technical Institute
Canton
O'Riley
Camp Gordon
Claude B. Gilchrist Funeral Tomorrow
Funeral services for Claude B. Gilchrist 60 former personnel and safety director of Bagley and Sewall Company will be held tomorrow at 9:80 A.M. at Cummings funeral chapel and 10 A.M. at the Church of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart. Burial is at Glenwood Cemetery. He died at the Altair home in Detroit while addressing Christmas cards. His wife survives. He had been in ill health since a cerebral hemorrhage on January 7. A native of Clayton he spent most of his life in Watertown and worked at Bagley and Sewall from 1942 to last summer.
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Watertown
Claude B. Gilchrist
Bagley & Sewall Company
Bruce M. Allair
Detroit
Mich
Cummings
Church of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart
Glenwood
Gilchrist
Altair
Mr. Gilchrist
Clayton
Bagley and Sewall Company
Miss Lafountain Weds at Tupper Lake
Miss Lafountain daughter of Mr and Mrs Eugene Lafountain and Leo J LaRoche son of Mr and Mrs Olive LaRoche were married Saturday at Holy Name Church Rev Gerard Gaynor officiated Miss Pearl Lafountain sister of the bride attended and Armand LaRoche brother of the groom served as best man A reception followed at the V F W clubrooms in the village.
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Tupper Lake
Hilsie la Fountain
Eugene Tun Fountain
McCarthy St
Leo J. la Roche
Olive LaRoche
Washington St
Gerard Gaynor
Holy Name Church
Pearl la Fountain
Armand LaRoche
Five Deputy C D Directors Appointed
Chester P. Hoyt announces five local residents named deputy directors for the city civil defense commission. Roland J. Deline will head engineering public works air raid warning and observers and communications. Harold R. Dwyer oversees wardens auxiliaries and fire police. Edward Curtin and Joseph Dibble lead auxiliary police and fire services. Dr Lawrence R. Smith is deputy director of medical services and William A. Mamler leads transportation evacuation and mutual aid reserves.
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Walertown
Civil Defense Commission
Chester P. Hoyt
Roland J. Deline
Harold R. Dwyer
Edward d. Curtin
Joseph T. Dibble
Lawrence R. Smith
William A. Mamler
Soloists Named for Yale Cantata “The Christ Child”
Mrs. Frank Halliday announces soloists for the Christmas cantata The Christ Child. They include Mrs Calvin Wyman Miss Marguerite Hugh Mrs Floyd Horton Arnold Brayton John Lahey Willard Madden De Forest MeElhearn. A 60-voice Massena Protestant Churches chorus presents it at 4 PM Sunday at Emmanuel Congregational Church with free admission and a public offering for Council of Churches work.
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Massena
Frank Halliday
Calvin Wyman
Marguerite Hugh
Floyd Horton
Arnold Brayton
John Lahey
Willard Madden
de Forest MeElhearn
Massena Council of Churches
Emmanuel Congregational Church
Council of Churches
Bloodmobile at Potsdam Dec 19 drives local blood drive
The Syracuse Regional Area Blood Center bloodmobile will visit Potsdam Tuesday December 19 from noon to 6 PM. The Defense Department requested 1500 pints of blood this month for plasma and armed forces needs. Nelson Beeler of the State College faculty leads the clinic with PSTC Social Welfare Committee and Eva Nowe guiding student donors. Clarkson College students on vacation expected to boost community participation.
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Massenas
Syracuse
Potsdam
U. S. Department of Defense
Nelson Beller
State College
Pstc Social Welfare Committee
Eva Nowe
Clarkson
Fire destroys plant and three trailers near Estys
Loss estimated at about 40000 dollars after a fire yesterday destroyed a one story wooden frame Wafler and Snyder plant that made egg grading equipment and three unoccupied Waffler trailers. Fire Chief H B Ruzika of S Lansing Fire Department said the blaze began in the plant and the trailers were owned by Waffler.
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Ithaca
Estys
H. B. Ruzika
S. Lansing Fire Department
Wafler and Snyder
Ruzika
Waffler
William J. Cleary Rites Held for Longtime Local Laborer
William J. Cleary 69 retired machinist at Bagley & Sewall died at his home 402 Stone Street after a long illness. Funeral tomorrow at 8:30 AM from the home and 9 AM at St. Patrick’s Church with burial at Glenwood Cemetery. Survived by wife Ellen T Montondo Cleary three sons Howard Edward and Bernard Cleary a daughter Fay etteville three brothers James John and Thomas and three sisters Mrs Mary Keegan Mrs George Keay and Mrs Herman C Trumble.
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Watertown
William J. Cleary
Bagley &Sewall Company
Stone St
St. Patrick's Church
Glenwood Cemetery
Cleary
England
Ciy
Bagley & Sewall Company
Theis
Ellen T. Montondo Cleary
Howard W
Edward F
Bernard A. Cleary
This City
Daniel Jones
Fayetteville
James
John
Thomas
Mary Keegan
George Keay
Herman C. Trumble
City
Red Cross to Map Massena Drive
East St. Lawrence County Chapter Red Cross holds executive committee meeting in Massena rooms Thursday at 8 PM. Preliminary plans for the annual fund drive and blood quota revisions will be discussed.
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Massena
East St. Lawrence County
American Red Cross
Malone Soldier Killed in Korea Region Mourns Loss
Pvt Gerald L Dufrane 18 son of Mr and Mrs William Dufrane of St Regis Falls Route 1 was killed in action in Korea. He attended St Regis Falls schools and had a brother Athol in the army at Fort Devens. Other locals reported killed include Corp Norman Susice from the same area and Corp John Taro and Pvt Floyd Montgomery from nearby towns.
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Lake Ozoniard
St. Regis Falls
Athol Dufrane
Fort Devens
Mass
Santa Clara
Dufranes
Corp
Norman C. Susice
John Taro
Lawrence Taro
S. Pearl At. Malone
Floyd Montgomery
Fort Covington
Ogdensburg Cadet Receives DAR Award at Kings Point
Cadet Midshipman Stanley N. Cordwell of Ogdensburg earned the D A R honor for Naval Science and Tactics at the United States Merchant Marine Academy Kings Point. The DAR award was presented with an $850 government savings bond at graduation ceremonies by registrar general Mrs Kenneth Troy Trewhella of Hartford Connecticut.
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Kings Point
Stanley N. Cordwell
Ogdensburg
United States Merchant Marines Academy
Kenneth Troy Trewhella
Hartford
Griggs to retire as banker at Adams branch
Daniel F. Griggs of Adams, vice president and manager of the Adams branch since 1947, will retire on Jan 1 and will be guest of honor at the bank’s Christmas party at the Black River Valley Club. He served 23 years at Adams and previously led Farmers National Bank of Adams and Citizens and Farmers Trust Company. He is a Henderson native and former Adams postmaster.
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Daniel F. Griggs
Adams
Northern New York Trust Company
Black River Valley Club
Briggs
Adams Bank
Farmers National Bank of Adams
Citizens Trust Company
Citizens and Farmers Trust Company
The
Trust Company
Henderson
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