City Seeks Title to Vacant 240 Lot Sherman Park Block
The Syracuse Real Estate Commission plans to ask the Common Council to take title to about 240 lots in the Nottingham Road East Colvin Street District for 500 paid to owner Anne B C Hillis. Taxes owed total around 40000. The move aims to sell part of the property as home sites to cover costs and avoid foreclosure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suracuse Real Estate Commission
Common Council
Nottingham Road
East
Colvin Street
Sherman Park
Real Estate Commission
Anne B.C. Hillis
Department of Public Works
Department of Health
Bertram R. Davis
W. Albert Bill
Davis
Woman Dies Days After Auto Injury
Mrs. Elizabeth Hugo, 56, of Mattydale, died at 11 AM in St. Joseph's Hospital after being struck by a car on Route 11 December 9. An autopsy at the county morgue was planned to determine the cause of death. The driver, Arthur Keyes, 40, of Geneva, swerved to avoid her as she walked into the vehicle.
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Mattydale
Elizabeth Hugo
Brookline Road
St. Joseph’s Hospital
J. Howard Peres
H Ernest Galt
Arthur Keyes
Washington Street
Geneva
Earl Andrews
North Syracuse
Andrews
Keyes
St. Joseph's
Shop Early Week Advice Spurs Brick Monday Trade
Merchants report crowded stores as Syracuse shoppers push Christmas purchases earlier in the week. Out of town residents and returning students are expected to boost sales while stock remains ample and downtown shops stay open late through Friday with some extending to Saturday.
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Syracuse
Mrs Evelyn Pefft Granted Divorce in Supreme Court
The Supreme Court Justice Ernest J. Edgcomb granted a divorce to Mrs. Evelyn Pefft 39 from Harry W. Pefft. The petition states Pefft left her May 16 1938. The Mexican divorce was invalid in this state and alimony of 12.50 a week was awarded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn Pefft
Harry W. Pefft
Supreme Court
Ernest J. Edgcomb
Robert K. Murray
Pefft
Syracuse Mail Carrier Charged With Letter Theft
Charles E. Markell a 40 year old Oneida carrier with 14 years service held in Oneida County jail for ar raignment after Postal Inspectors recovered 52 stolen letters at the Oneida post office. Four letters were to Rev John P Lauer of St Joseph Church and 48 to the Madison County Tuberculosis Association. Markell admitted the theft was ongoing for three weeks.
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Syracuse
Charles E. Markell
Oneida
Utica
Ray L. McManus
C. L. Cain
United States
David Wallace
Canastota
Tron Lung Victim Is Showered With Gifts at Hospital
Clarence Caruso a 17 year old Rochester orphan and infantile paralysis victim faces Christmas in an iron lung at City Hospital. Santa Claus has sent radios cookies books flowers and parcels. Foster parents Syracuse Sunday School class and CCC camp friends have given radios and gifts. Doctors say he may remain a chronic respiratory case with unlimited time in the iron lung.
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Tron
Clarence Caruso
Rochester
City Hospital
Santa Claus
Syracuse
CCC
Oswego
Reading Friends Hear H J Coon On A Summer's Reading
Harold J. Coon vice principal of William Nottingham High School will speak on A Summer's Reading at a Friends of Reading dinner tonight at Hotel Syracuse at 6 15 P M. Dr Paul M Paine of Syracuse Public Library will sketch life of Edward Fitzgerald and a mixed quartet directed by Dr Charles Reid will sing from Liza Lehmann In a Persian Garden. Washington Platt presides.
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Harold J. Coon
William Nottingham High School
Friends of Reading
Hotel Syracuse
Paul M. Paine
Syracuse Public Library
Edward Fitzgerald
Charles Reid
Liza Lehmann
Washington Platt
Auction For Charity At Scottish Rite Club Luncheon
Members of the Scottish Rite Club held a weekly luncheon at the Onondaga Hotel and auctioned donated items to raise funds for the charity. Proceeds will be used to buy Christmas gifts for needy families.
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Scottish Rite Club
Onondaga Hotel
Retirement extensions sought for two county workers
The Civil Service Commission faces requests to defer retirement for two county employees. John Heywood, 71, Sanatorium chief engineer, seeks extended work days to train a successor. Harold Welch, Sanatorium business manager, expects extension approval. Eugene Horton, 70, Court House custodian, also seeks additional employment time after 15 years in service.
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Civil Service Commission
John Heywood
Sanatorium
Harold C. Welch
Heywood
Eugene Horton
Court House
Horton
State Travel Group Seeks Permanent Promotional Body
Utica meeting of the Empire State Travel Association executive committee moves to establish the group as a permanent promotional organization. Harold M. Day and Truman H. Preston attend from Syracuse. The group seeks a state appropriation of 350000 for advertising resort attractions for the coming fiscal year, following a prior 200000 appropriation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Empire State Travel Association
Utica
Harold M. Day
Syracuse Chamber of Commerce
Syracuse
Truman H. Preston
New York State Automobile Club
New York State
Fire Record at Valley Drive and Greenway Avenue
Telephone alarm at 1427 Valley Drive due to oil burner causing slight damage. At 9 43 A M sparks were seen on the roof of Globe Foundry at 101 Greenway Avenue with no damage.
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Valley Drive
Globe Foundry
Greenway Avenue
Fire, Ambulance Ride, and Jail Cell Mark Busy Evening
Sunday proved hectic for George A. MacRae of 416 Park Avenue as he was carried from a fire to a hospital then to police headquarters. The sequence started at 7 58 P M after an alarm was telephoned and patrolman John assisted the response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A. MacRae
Park Avenue
Annual Rush At Postoffice Roars To Start
Christmas business floods the postoffice as thousands crowd corridors to buy stamps and mail gifts. Postmaster Edmund L. Weston notes heavy turnout and plans for peak activity through Friday with 100 extra workers by midnight. A fleet of 23 trucks was ordered for Sunday deliveries.
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Syracuse Postoffice
Postoffice
Edmund L. Weston
Weston
Youth Joins Navy After Year's Wait
Donald Ray Miller 18 of Cortland finally enlisted after waiting since September 1938 when he was 17 and too young. He left for Newport training with fellow recruits Ralston Spencer 19 of 205 LaForte Avenue and Franklin Boyd 21 of Pulaski, announced Chief Machinist Mate August J. Schmidt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Ray Miller
Cortland
Navy
Miller
Newport
August J. Schmidt
Ralston Spencer
LaForte Avenue
Franklin Boyd
Pulaski
College graduates return for Christmas holidays
Jack Wilkes son of Fire Marshal Charles Wilkes and Mrs Wilkes and Paul Hagen son of Mr and Mrs Leroy Hagen of 523 South Edwards Avenue have returned from William Jewell College Liberty Missouri for the Christmas holidays Both are candidates for the Baptist ministry and attend Immanuel Baptist Church Hawley Avenue and Howard Street
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Wilkes
Charles Wilke
Wilkes
Paul Hage
Leroy Hagen
South
Edwards Avenue
William Jewell College
Liberty
Immanuel , Baptist Church
Hawley Avenue
Howard Street
Meetings Frits Kunz Theosophist Lecturer
Public meeting announced with Frits Kunz theosophist and lecturer set for tomorrow at 8 15 P M at location 315 aligned with a local gathering.
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Frits Kunz
City's Tree To Sing for Newsies Sale
The Christmas tree in Clinton Square will sing during two hours of Old Newsboys of Syracuse Christmas Toy Fund sales from 11:30 A M to 1 30 P M. Ten amplifying machines plus police and sheriff cars will broadcast carols to encourage gifts for about 18 000 children in Syracuse and surrounding towns. City and county captains plan a final organizing meeting tomorrow at 12 30 P M at the Chamber of Commerce Restaurant.
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Syracuse
Clinton Square
Yuletide
Roy Stage
Syracuse Buick
Van’s Amplifier Company
H. Hurd
Kenee
Kenneth Walters
Dearstein
Wunderlich Sound System
Police Voice of Safety
Chamber of Commerce
Solvay Man Jailed Over Alimony Arrears
J Raymond Mathews of 228 Palmer Avenue Syracuse a Solvay businessman was moved from Cedar Street Jail to Jamesville Penitentiary on contempt for arrears in alimony and a fine. The order by Supreme Court Justice William T Collins notes 250 dollars in alimony owed and 107 50 in unpaid fines. Mathews said he had no funds to pay and would stay in prison until the arrears are cleared or court orders release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solvay
J. Raymond Mathews
Palmer Avenue
Syracuse
Cedar Street
Jamesville
Supreme Court
William T. Collins
New York City
Mathews
Edythe M. Matthews
Collins
MUNCY AND BILLINGS RITES PLANNED IN WISCONSIN AND NEW YORK
Mrs Charlotte A Muncy formerly of Liverpool dies at daughter in law's Buffalo home. Body to arrive Syracuse then Liverpool with burial in Liverpool. Bert H Billings 82 dies at his Vesper home. Services set at 2 PM Wednesday at Billings home with burial in Vesper. Survived by wife Etta Backer Billings and son Grant H Billings of Washington DC.
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Charlotte A. Muncy
Charlotte Allen Muncy
Liverpool
Buffalo
Muncy
Isaac M
Priscella Allen
Syracuse
I.L. Tucker
Bert H. ‘Billings
Vesper
Mr. Billings
Etta Backer Billings
Grant H. Billings
Washington, D.C
Deaths in Syracuse Area and Nearby Towns
Obituary notes list Carmelo Cambro 54 of Auburn and Mrs. Mattie B. Tibitts of Norwich among Syracuse area deaths. other names include Lila Flecher of 535 Suez and Mia-Cora Bard of Homer with further unclear lines.
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Carmelo Cambro
Auburn
Mattie B. Tibitts
Norwich
Lila Flecher
Suez
Atte E. Eooath
Mia-Cora J. Bard
Homer
Saris Marrey
Death notices for Oluw and Trexler services and burials
Funeral services are set for Mrs. Anastasia Oluw 65 of Salina who died yesterday. burial Holy Cross Cemetery Am boy. Services for Mrs. Emma Fried Trexler 84 of Jordan and Plainville will be held tomorrow at B L Bush & Son, with burial Maple Grove Cemetery Jordan. Trexler leaves 83 survivors including five sons, three daughters, 40 grandchildren and 35 great grandchildren.
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Anastasia Olaw
Anastasia Olin
Garden Avenue
Salina
John Giminski
Holy Cross
Holy Cross Cemetery
Amboy
Poland
Oluw
Walter Oluw
Stanley
Bruno Kretkowski
Emma Fried Trexler
Saturn
Vera
Fred Pickard
Plainville
B. L. Bush & Son Funeral Rooms
Jordan
James McConnell
Jordan Methodist Church
Maple Grove Cemetery
Alentown
Trexler
Clinton A
Oneida
Arthur G
Dixon, NL
Charles O
Miles W
Edgar T. Trexler
Fulton
Pickard
George Brooks
Rochester
Lewis Pickard
Funeral notices mark multiple Syracuse area deaths
The notices report obsequies for Barbara Markert Kuppel at 15 A M from her Carbon Street home and a high Requiem Mass at Church of the Assumption. Burial followed at St. Joseph's Cemetery with bearers named. Also listed are services for Mrs. Caroline Williamson Law. Ruth Meek Schuelke. Michael Dixon. Mary A. Scott. John F. Martin, with details on times, churches, cemeteries, and surviving relatives such as Law, Scott, and Martin families.
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Barbara Markert Kuppel
Carbon Street
Church of the Assumption
Engelbert Eichenlaub
St. Joseph’s Cemetery
George Herr
Henry Eichenlaub
Rheinhart Eppler
Joseph Maser
Ae Eberlin
Paul Cranfall
Caroline Williamson Law
Frank J. Law
Holland Street
Crouse-Irving Hospital
University Hospital of the Good Shepherd
Law
Alumni Association
Trinity Episcopal Church
Robert George Law
Herman A. MacArthur
George H. Williamson
Neenah
Wis
Frederick Williamson
Syracuse
Fairchild & Meech
Claude H. Leyfield
Oakwood Cemetery
Ruth Schuelke
Ruth Meek Schuelke
Pleasant Avenue
Clair Borst Meek
Sycamore Street
Liverpool
C. C. Smith
Liverpool Methodist Church
Memorial Cemetery
Warners
Edward F. Bowman
Richard B. Townsend
Grant A. Burdick
Weston J. Doxtater
Marlin C. Schuelkt
Fred P. Kies
Michael Dixon
Burnet Park Drive
St. Patrick’s Church
George Hurley
Patrick Hartnett
Thomas Driscoll
Joseph Canfield
St. Agnes’ Cemetery
James Russell
Patrick Carroll
Walter Gibbons
William
Joseph
Mary A. Scott
Woodlawn Cemetery
John F. Martin
South
Lowell Avenue
Delia L. Martin
John H. Sickinger
Roger H. Dawson
Raymond .J. Martin
John Nester
Clinton
William Mullen
Schenectady
Solvay deaths and services listed for multiple residents
Funeral notices report services for several Solvay residents including a husband and five daughters of an unnamed man, Mrs Elizabeth S. O Connor of 266 McKinley Avenue, and Charles Klotz age 83. Details include home and church rites, cemeteries, and surviving relatives.
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Dusee
Railway Express
Western Union
van B
Beck
Hill
Oxfords Chains
Projecto
Gur
Wm. P. Lynch
Warren St
SC SP Sak
Dr. S. Bragman
E. Jefferson St
St. Joseph’s
C. E. Markell
Reading
H. J. Coon
CSC
2 Ae
John
Newsies
Bert HR. Billings
Emma F. Trexler
Barbara M. Kuppel
Caroline W. Law
Peat
Mgr
Louis
Domine
Angelo
Mia
Rais Armani
Stapelaton
Pasil Valletta
Margaret
Doris
Jack Reale
Jersey City
N.J
St. Cecilia’s Church
Assumption Cemetery
Charles Klotz
Onondaga County Sanatorium
Miller Funeral Rooms
Loomis Hill Cemetery
Elizabeth
O'Connor
Elizabeth Sheedy O'Connor
McKinley Avenue
St. Jnseph
Hoenital
O'Neill
Midland Avenues
St. Anthony of Padua
James O'Connor
Catherine O’connor
Lucille Sheedy
Philadelphia
Louis A. Hornbeck
Lansing, Mich
Frankof Preble
Richard
Lafayette
James Sheedy
Art of NO
Kel
Carter
Xmas
Dey’s
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