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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1946
Page
16
A Clinton County boy is held for Grand Jury in connection with his father s death. The case involves investigators from the area as authorities pursue leads. Local residents await further developments as court proceedings may proceed soon.
Anna Mae Davis Murphy 51 wife of Elmer J. Murphy of Potsdam died at home in Elm Street following months of illness. Born March 27 1895 in Stockholm she taught music after graduating from Hawthorne Planoforte School. She was active in women’s groups and First Presbyterian Church. Survived by husband two sons Miland and Richard J a daughter Mrs Robert Dutcher two sisters and two grandchildren. Services 2 PM Sunday at home then church burial in Southville Cemetery.
POTSDAM Sher man Paro aged 24 of 29 Cherry Street Potsdam pleaded guilty to turning in a false fire alarm. He was fined 100 dollars and sentenced to 11 days in the county jail but the jail term was reduced to allow release for Christmas. He was arrested after investigation of a 4 AM alarm at Box 25 Market and Depot streets. The veteran of World War II was arraigned under village ordinance Section 15 Chapter 6. Paro was accompanied by a friend when the alarm was pulled on the way home.
Puritan Clothing of Massena tops the Northern New York Bowling League with 35 wins and 9 losses. Bowling Sunday at Massena alley on two shifts. Cappions of Massena 30–14, Crescent Recreations Ogdensburg 28–16, Standard Shade Ogdensburg 23–21, Audermans Gouverneur 20–24, Specialty Shop Potsdam 18–26, Norwood Recreation 17–27, Edwards Five 5–39.
Canton Agricultural and Technical Institute defeated Paul Smiths College 56 to 36 at Madill Hall Friday night. Canton took an early lead in the first quarter and maintained it throughout. Howard Bear Jenkins led the Canton squad with strong inside play and steady scoring.
Timothy H. McCarthy 56 of 214 Solar building investigator for city welfare department underwent a serious abdominal operation today at Mercy Hospital. His condition is reported as very serious.
Mr and Mrs Alick Kr Francis with two children Kate and Kenneth arrived in Watertown from London to settle in the United States. They stay with Mr and Mrs Edward AS Olander, sister Mrs Francis of Watertown comments on local stores. Francis remarks Americans would rush for everything in grocery stores, noting England’s hardship and their first grapefruit in five years.
Burton Nash of the North Department Marine Corps League will install St. Lawrence Detachment officers in Massena at 2 p.m. Sunday in the VFW Hall. The charter, granted July 1, will be formally presented, with initiation for all detachment members. Officers listed include Commandant Gordon LaPree and several Massena-based leaders. area vice commandants span Malone Bombay Fort Covington Hogansburg Canton and others.
Ithaca College beat St. Lawrence University 31 to 29 at Brewer Field House after leading 18 to 13 at halftime. John Mascioni sparked the Larries with a late steal and layup, but Syleka's basket with two minutes left sealed Ithaca's victory. Hercinger led Ithaca with 12 points, O Rourke paced St. Lawrence with 11.
Saranac Lake high school beat Canton 40 to 31 at the grammar school gym on Friday night. The winners led early and controlled rebounds with height, Newell scoring 20 points and Mayhew 11 for Canton. In JV action, Saranac Lake defeated Canton Bear Cubs 27 to 18.
A daughter and son were born Friday at Mercy Hospital to Mr and Mrs Ralph P Bovee of 323 Rutland Street. Mrs Bovee is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry J Desormeau of 724 Gilbert Street. Mr Bovee is a salesman.
Officers of the Massena Rod and Gun Club were elected at the annual meeting. Eli Compo is president and Dewar McKillop is vice president with Albert Leate as secretary and treasurer Wayne Cardy Roy Hess H L Hope named directors. Earl Servage becomes director automatically as retiring president. Membership stands at 404. Prize winners announced: Brown Trout John Angevine 3.50 first prize. Muskle Joseph Balasz 3.50 for 13 pounds 38 inches. Black Bass Glenn Ashley 1.50 first prize. second Geraldine Phelix 3 for 21% inches. Walleyed Pike James Guay 3.60 first prize. Toya Bearned Jr 2 4a pounds 42 inches second. Northern Pike John Batuk 3.50 first prize. Lloyd Learned second 2 74 pounds 33% inches. Cockerel Flat Lloyd Learned 83 50 14 pounds 33 inches. Deer Allied Morgan 6 222 pounds 10 pinks. Bear James Burke 5 100 pounds.
Potsdam High School mixed chorus of 75 voices will broadcast a half hour of Christmas music from 8 15 to 8 45 P M Thursday from the school auditorium in Potsdam to Massena via station WMSA. Warren A Joseph will conduct with Andra Rogers as accompanist. James Nash of Massena station will announce and a recording will be made.
Homer S Blount, 75, of Eddy died Friday after burns in Ogdensburg Hospital. Born Feb 25 1871 to Silas and Sarah Blount, he attended local schools and Pougheepsie business school, married Susan Spooner in 1903, served as Eddy election inspector, secretary of Jerusalem Corners milk factory, and was a farmer. Survived by widow, son Arthur, sister H Edith Blount. Funeral 2 PM Monday from his home, burial Jerusalem Corners Cemetery. Rev Alan G Bowering to officiate.
Gouverneur American Legion basketball team led throughout and held off a late Massena post attack to win 38 to 37 on Friday night. Dick Horton scored 18 for Gouverneur and Broni Zagrebelny added 12 for Massena as Gouverneur built a 9 6 edge after one period, leading 20 15 at halftime and 31 27 after three.
Charles L. W. Langstaff, 82, veteran theatrical performer and owner and producer of stock and road shows, died at his step daughter’s home in Sackets Harbor after years in poor health. Funeral services set for Monday at 2 PM at the Presbyterian Church, with burial in Lake Side Cemetery. Langstaff began in drama at 18, led a Watertown headquarters company for 15 years, famed for Uncle Tom’s Cabin, retired 1933, later widow Luella Beckwith Lindley died here in 1944.
Watertown High School basketball teams beat Proctor High of Utica 59 to 39 at South Junior High School. Watertown led 26 to 6 at halftime with Binaxes and Ntre as top scorers with 12 points each. Utlen’s Kinsella and Montanarelli paced opponents with 14 each.
Mrs. Irene H Bodway aged 43 wife of Thray H Bodway of 10 Meade Way died last night at the Jefferson County sanatorium She is survived by a daughter Mrs Co Aubin and two sons Joseph and Alton all of Watertown.
Donald Champagne 16 of Morrisonville waived examination on a first degree manslaughter charge. He admitted striking his father Adolphus Champagne 39 with a pitchfork in a barn Thursday night, then later signed a second statement admitting he shot him after an autopsy found shotgun pellets in the skull. He was sent to Clinton County jail to await Grand Jury action. The shooting followed a Thursday argument over use of the family car. keys and wallet were missing. He traveled to Sarah Lake and back, telling relatives en route that his father was dead.
Forestport will install six new street lights under a revised contract with Central New Power Corporation. Lights will be placed along East River Street near the Catholic Church and along White Lake Street Beechwood Buffalohead and Woodgate using larger bulbs. Installation had been delayed by the war. nine North Lake Road homes now have electricity after a line completion last week.
ATERTOWN A successor to Clarence H Burtch of Alexandria Bay as Republican member of the Jefferson county board of elections will be selected at a meeting of the Republican county committee to be held at the courthouse next Saturday afternoon at 2. There are three candidates for the position which will be vacant Dec 31 they being Manford H Jerome of Sackets Harbor Alvin J McIntyre Eleventh Ward committeeman from this city and Robert G Howe Clayton committeeman The position part time pays 750 a year The agenda for the meeting also will include the filling of committee vacancies and transaction of other business.
Wind velocity hit 31 miles per hour at 1 45 AM Friday in Canton per Hubert BE Heyer of the U S weather observatory. The gusty wind was cold and harsh though it eased to 25 mph by 4 PM. Forecasts call for continued cold today and Sunday with a slight warmup Monday and possible snow flurries late Monday into Tuesday.
Ogdensburg firefighters repair and paint donated used toys for orphans, turning them into Christmas gifts for the city’s two orphanages St. Joseph’s and United Helpers Home. The drive fills studio space at No. 2 fire station as volunteers work to help hundreds of children enjoy yuletide happiness.
The Watertown Lenten committee led by Rev. Robert W. Youngs announces a slate of speakers for the 1947 Lenten services. Feb 21 features Rev Dr Jarvis Morris of Philadelphia, former Puerto Rico Penit Institute president and editor of The Presbyterian. Feb 28 brings Rev Bernard Do Clausen of Euclid Avenue Baptist Church Cleveland. March 7 offers Rev Dr Joseph Sizoo of St Nicholas Collegiate Church New York City. March 14 presents Rev Dr Claude M McCay of First Congregational Church Binghamton. March 21 features Bishop W Earl Ledden of the Syracuse Methodist Church, last year’s Lenten speaker. Final speaker is Rev Dr Emerson Hugh Lalone, Universalist and Christian Leader editor.
Robert J. Green was unanimously elected high priest of Watertown chapter Royal Arch Masons at the annual convocation. He will take the role after the installation January 9. Earle T. Conklin was elected king, Andrew Nicholson scribe, Crandall F. Phillips reelected treasurer, George Balfour secretary, and Carl W. Clark trustee of the Masonic Hall association.
John R Woodside 59 foreman at the Standard Shade Roller plant died at his home 624 Elizabeth Street Friday. Born June 19 1887 in Hammond son of Alexander and Ellen he married Helen Fergusson a number of years ago. He had worked 22 years for the Standard Shade Roller Company. Survived by widow and a niece Mrs George Snydex of Hammond. Funeral from his home Sunday at 2 PM with Rev Melville D Nesbitt Jr pastor of First Presbyterian Church Ogdensburg officiating. Burial in Evans Cemetery Hammond.
Jesse Crawford of Heuvelton, 58, longtime Central New York Power Corporation employee, died of a heart attack at Barton Hepburn Hospital after being brought there noon Thursday. He was born June 9, 1888, in Heaveton. He is survived by his widow Bessie Stevens Crawford, a daughter Mrs. Morgan Rickett, a son Pvt. J. Robert Crawford, two brothers Fred S. Crawford and John Crawford, and military service included World War I. Burial is set at Hillcrest Cemetery with Rev. Allen G. Bowering officiating.
Charles Downer a 23 year old from the YMCA employed by a local roofing company escaped serious injury after being blown from a ladder while at work in Watertown He suffered ankle injuries but no bones were believed broken and he was taken to the House of the Good Samaritan for care
Fire caused by a broken spring against a wheel broke out in a trailer owned by Mr and Mrs Herbert LeValley en route from California to Potsdam. Ringgold Fire Company responded with two alarms. First extinguished blaze, then rekindled and reattacked, badly burning the trailer interior and supplies.
The New York Central will cut maintenance of way staff on the St. Lawrence division by 40 percent before year end, affecting about 350 workers at Watertown. The reduction will be offset somewhat by 250 New York Air Brake employees returning to work after a December layoff due to a coal strike, all in the foundry area.
Malone obituary for Mrs Frank Hutchins aged 56 who died Thursday at Alice Hyde Hospital after a minor operation. Cause listed as embolism. she had seven weeks of bed confinement for an ankle ulcer. Survived by husband ill at home, father, seven children Alfred William Roy Beulah Genevieve Sarah Kenneth and others. Funeral details not provided.
Funeral services for Patrick J. McRedmond aged 86 of 516 Curtis Ave Watertown will be held Monday at 9 AM from the Church of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart with burial in Illenwood Cemetery McRedmond retired machinist and former city fire department member died in Mercy Hospital after a fall at his home on Thursday
WWNY Watertown air schedule lists 8:00 News 8:30 Fantasies 8:46 Men s Garden Club 9:00 Morning News 10:30 First Presbyterian 11:30 Warren Sweener 11:55 Tabernacia Choir 12:00 News 12:45 News Review 1:00 People s Platform 1:30 Santa Claus Jidiee Leo Durocher 2:00 Weekly News 2:30 Hollywood Open House 3:00 Philharmonic 4:53 Hour of Charm 5:00 Family Hour 5:30 Carnival 6:10 Masla 6:25 News
Extensive Sunday broadcast timetable listing Bert Howell News and Weather Ave Marin Hour and many religious talks In various time slots including Church of the Air Voice of Prophecy Memorial programs and music features with a mix of news sports and special shows across the day at WSLB Ogdensburg including repeats and cross references to stations and program names.
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