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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1947
Page
17
A list of correspondents and circulation offices for various towns including Ogden, Baranc, Tupper Lake, Canton, Boonville, Gouverneur, Lowville, Mansville, and Old Fort Gladys, with associated addresses and telephone numbers. Sunday Herald American notes coverage by reporters in Syracuse and surrounding communities.
The Lewis County board of supervisors closed its annual session on Friday after noon the 19th day of meeting since November 12. They granted a 200 dollar cost of living increase for full time county employees earning under 4000 yearly, a 100 dollar adjustment for those earning over 4000, a 20 percent raise for part time staff, with the increase temporary through December 31, 1948. The tax rolls for 18 towns were reviewed and approved and the apportionment of taxes was set. The board also approved reorganization for January 6 and decided to meet at the Elks club rooms, with a motion to place a Constable Hall portrait on the 1947 journal cover carried.
Massena Red Raiders beat Saranac Lake 41 to 34 to cap the Northern New York Scholastic League portion. Charlie Sharlow scored 18, lifting Massena into a league share for first with Tupper Lake, Malone, and Potsdam while leading scorers with 93 points. Captain Herb Hatch added 12, and Joe Carroll starred for Massena. Lynch led Saranac with 10. Jayvees: Massena 19, Saranac 12.
Potsdam High School, 47 26 winner over Norwood, led 22 14 at halftime and 33 17 after three. Woodruff scored 23 for Potsdam while Gallagher tallied 47. Norwood’s Fuller and Hughes topped their team with nine each. Potts dam junior varsity won 37 13. jayvees improved to five wins.
Funeral services for Mrs. Laura Corey Bezner 67 widow of Jess H Bezner who died Thursday will be held Sunday at 1 30 from her sister Mrs Elizabeth Corey home Burial will be in Rural Cemetery Adams Surviving are three sons Carl L Bezner Gordon K Bezner Adams and Donald F Bezner Theresa two daughters Mrs Hugh Lee Adams and Mrs Arthur Small Dover NH one brother John H Corey and a sister Miss Elizabeth Corey Adams
Charlotte Jane DeMars of 127 Sterling Street and Charles T. Armistead of Halden Louisiana were married Friday afternoon at Trinity Episcopal Church in Watertown. The bride is the daughter of Edith M. DeMars. Armistead, a veteran paratrooper with the 505th Combat Team, 82d Airborne Division, is stationed at Pine Camp.
Canton High School defeated Gouverneur Dean High School 53 to 46 in overtime after a 45 all regulation tie. Jerry Whalen hit a corner shot to start Canton’s late surge, with Bowmen and Wells scoring for Canton and Eckilsson and Mayhew each leading Gouverneur with 16 points before fouling out. Gouverneur Jayvees upset Canton Jayvees 22 to 17 in the preliminary.
Funeral rites were held in the Keough Memorial Chapel for Oscar Halberg of Harrietstown road. The Rev Ernest B. Mounsey officiated. Interment followed in Pine Ridge Cemetery.
The uptown postoffice will stay open today until 6 P.M. Postmaster P. H. McCarthy Jr announces. Windows will handle parcel delivery Sunday from 11 A.M. to noon and 5 30 to 7 P.M. No window service on Christmas day.
Massena reports total town receipts through 11 months at 9777.15 dollars, up from 9334.60 for all of 1946. Most departments show growth except marriage licenses, with 167 licenses issued in the first 11 months versus 217 in 1946.
Representatives of more than 15 local civic groups approved forming a city bicentennial committee with authority to sign a contract with John B. Rogers producing company for a 1948 celebration. The committee will be appointed soon to review the proposal, seek pledges, consult an attorney, and form a non profit corporation to raise funds and sign papers. A commemorative milk bottle stamp was also discussed for 1948.
Potsdam State Teachers College students closed Christmas activities with a medieval supper at the Civic Center. Miss Barbara Wade and James Collins presided as manor monarchs. The feast featured medieval service and a boar's head ceremony. Collegiate singers led by Norman Bell performed Christmas music for Potsdam Hospital patients, described as an interesting diversion by administrator Paul P. Sotering.
Mrs. Charles Marceau 67 lifelong Ogdensburg resident died at her daughter Mrs. Stanley Harrison in Hillsdale after a long illness. She was born in Ogdensburg, married Jan 15 1901, ran a grocery with her husband on Canton and Franklin streets. Survived by husband four sons Richard William Lawrence Arthur all from New York towns and three daughters Mrs Everett Drew Mrs Herbert Partt and Mrs Stanley Harrison. Funeral services planned in Hinsdale and burial back in Ogdensburg at St Marys Cemetery.
At a Lake Placid gathering, Dr James Campbell led seven new members to join the Lions Club activity. Members from Tupper Lake and Saranac Lake attended as part of the regional Lions presence.
The region endured another frigid night with lows around minus 31 in South Colton and eight below in Potsdam at dawn. Temperatures stayed well below freezing as a local skating rink received its first ice coating and was expected to be open for skating within days.
Funeral services for Mrs. Fannie Hyette Brown 86 wife of Byron Brown occur today at her Unionville home with Rev. Frank R. Hughes officiating. Burial will be in Bayside Cemetery. Born March 8, 1861 in Pierpont she lived at 36 Maple St Potsdam. She leaves two sons William Syracuse Guy Unionville a daughter Iva Nichols Syracuse a sister Phoebe J. Gero Springfield Mass a brother M Hyette Potsdam 13 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren.
Mrs George S Schuster of 264 St Massey Street is recovering at home from a fracture to her left arm after slipping on ice. She is a clerk in the land and tax office of the New York Central Railroad.
Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt US delegate to the UN assembly will stop in Watertown on January 7 during her Kingston Ontario visit. She will be greeted at the New York Central station by a Queens University delegation then travel by auto to Kingston for a lectures and a Rotary club dinner funds aid crippled children. She returns to Watertown for a night train to New York via the Thousand Islands bridge.
Mrs Georgianna Furness Smith died at the Michael Murphy home in Lisbon after a long residence there. Born on Lost Village road 80 years ago, she married Leslie Smith in 1899. he died in 1918. They farmed in Morristown Center. Surviving daughter Mrs Moore, sister Mrs Wells, brother John Furness. Services today at 2 PM at 1006 Knox Street home.
Funeral services conducted Friday at Clark funeral home for Melzer C. Landon with Rev. Sidney T. Ruck officiating. Burial followed in North Elba cemetery. Landon, longtime Lake Placid resident and former Merriam Drug Store operator, was a pioneer in amateur speed skating and a charter organizer of the Lake Placid Skating Association and board of control. Pallbearers included former speed skating champions James Sheffield and others. He survived by his wife and four daughters.
John F Fisher Cruickshank aged 78 of Ogdensburg died at his sister Jenny Cruickshank’s home on Route 1 Ogdensburg Friday. Born July 28 1869 in Lisbon he leaves two sisters Jenny and Herbert Smith of Brier Hill and two sons Basil of Ogdensburg and Alton of Cortland. Funeral services were held today in Brier Hill.
A couple marks a Christmas day wedding at their home with a private ceremony. They celebrate with family soon after.
Alexandria Bay reports trustees uphold a teacher's disciplinary authority after music teacher James Seeley allegedly shook grade student Donald Davis for misbehavior. Parents threatened legal action, but none pursued. Trustees cited state law allowing corporal punishment within reasonable bounds and posted a notice urging parental guidance.
Postal and railroad investigators probe the cause and total loss after a sealed baggage car on a New York to Massena passenger train burned near Altmar. Approximately 2,500 parcels, mainly Christmas gifts, were destroyed. none were addressed to Watertown. The wrecked car was moved to Watertown for inspection.
MASSENA Five cents per hour raise granted to all hourly workers at the Mica Company of Canada and New York Massena plant after AFL union negotiations. About 125 employees, mostly women, will receive the retroactive raise to December 8 while the hiring rate stays at 55 cents an hour. The previous March contract had awarded seven cents.
William Conkey Agon 81 died Thursday night at his Canton home 78 Judson street. Funeral services at 2 30 P M Sunday from R B Lawrence funeral home with Rev John Erickson officiating. Burial in Evergreen cemetery. Survived by widow Mary Munro two daughters Florence Kirk Washington DC and Lucille Isaacs Syracuse and stepson Thomas W Perry formerly of Ogdensburg now on the West coast.
Mrs Emma Dayan Enos widow of William W Enos longtime Chaumont resident marked her 97th birthday with daughters Clara M and Julia D Enos at 520 Sherman St Watertown. She remains active reading newspapers and listening to the radio, native to Syracuse and Chaumont resident since 1872.
Mrs Mary Ellen Foley Daley of Saranac Lake died Friday morning at home. A solemn high mass was held at St Bernard's Church and her body lies in the vault awaiting spring burial in St Bernard's Cemetery. She had lived in the village since 1916, ran a convalescent home at 42 River Street, later turning it into Lake Flower Cottage tourist house and was a charter member of St Bernard's Court Catholics Daughters of America. She served three years as grand regent and was among the first women jurors.
At Hotel Loutos in Tupper Lake employees from Lake Placid Saranac Lake and Tupper Lake received about 40 dollars each for 20 participants in the firm profits sharing plan. Owner Julian J. Reiss noted 60 percent of profits go to workers and praised fair dealings with customers and staff.
Massena Public School Teachers Association raised 540 in cash to buy 54 CARE packages at 10 each for Italy France Ireland and other needs. Miss Margaret Moore chaired the drive noting one package goes to Plati Italy home of Michael Ciampa a seventh grader. Schools contributions totaled 70 40 60 40 36 27 136 157.
Mrs. Georgia Story Whitney, 81, widow of Harry C. Whitney, is critically ill at the House of the Good Samaritan after a Sunday stroke at her home 214 Clinton Street. She was daughter of the late Frederick T. Story, former president and owner of Watertown Gas Light, predecessor to the Central New York Power Corporation.
One hundred ten youngsters were entertained by the Tupper Lake Lions Club at their annual Christmas dinner for children held at the Holland House.
MALONE The Easy On Diaper Corporation, a new local venture, plans to begin full operations on January 5. Secretary treasurer Eudore Pregent announced the plant will produce new style drapers at 38 Mill Street, opposite Malone Milling, with the office adjoining the three story brick building. Director Jacques Dufresne of Hull, Quebec, has been in Malone coordinating setup. additional machines are en route.
Roy L. Miller commander of the Jefferson chapter Disabled American Veterans announced a public auction Monday night at the Olympic Theater for Salvation Army and veterans hospital benefits. Goods donated by local merchants will fund the Salvation Army Christmas dinner and state DAV distribution to veterans hospitals.
A scrambled broadcast listing for Northern N Y Radio featuring programs and times across music, news, church services, and entertainment with multiple hosts and programs including Symphon Hour and Castle's Orch.
Listing of programs with times and show titles including Gene AUSTE Blondie Bam Spade Man Called Ned Calmer Corliss Archer Tony Martin Christopher Wells Buikett Rich Three Bank News Berence Maric News Weather Sherlock Molmes Gabriel Heatter A L Alexander Jimmy Picher Newscope Meet Me at Parky Jim Backus One World Music Glee Club News and Weather.
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