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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1947
Page
19
The notice lists multiple correspondents including Suzanne White Homer Izabeth Haller and Mabel Bartholomie w connected to the Syracuse Herald Journal and Herald American. It describes how these reporters cover home town news across the newspapers' broad circulation areas.
Residents of Preble School District 6 will vote on joining either Homer Central or Tully Central under a decision by the Appellate Division Third Department. The New York Education Commissioner granted the vote after an appeal by a Preble citizens’ committee. Homer Central School Board challenged the order, but Albany Special Term Judge Bookstein stayed interference. the Homer Board appeals were rejected. Election date to be announced.
Hundreds of Christmas shoppers in Ithaca watched as a maroon 1947 sedan tied up State Street near Woolworth for hours. State Police and Ithaca police guarded the car while awaiting a telegram from the Tennessee Motor Vehicle Bureau to verify ownership and potential theft. The investigation traced the vehicle from Elmira Thursday night after a man and woman caused a scene at a gas station and drove the woman away in the same car. The couple failed to return to Ithaca where the car had been found Friday morning.
Miss Agnes V Griffin 74 of Front St died at Tioga Memorial Hospital Waverly Thursday Funeral services were held at St Patrick s Catholic Church at 9 with Rev Michael L Hynes officiating Burial was in Tioga Cemetery She is survived by a sister Mrs Margaret C Lowry of Owego and a sister in law
John J. Woodall 24, a former Ithacan, died in a B 29 crash at Tucson Arizona while in Army Air Forces service. He attended Dryden Central School and parochial school, served in the Pacific for three years, re enlisted in 1946 at MacDill Field Florida. He is survived by his parents Mr and Mrs Harry Woodall of Atlanta Georgia and three sisters Kathryn Gumosky Elmira Eugene Robbins Auburn and Mrs Roger Steinberg Ithaca R F D 3.
Funeral services for C Edward Wright 75 will be held Sunday at Newfield Methodist Church with Rev Wayne Archer officiating. Burial at East Canton Pa. Survived by wife three sons Leland Dean Wright Glenn Wright. daughters Mrs Frank Wheat Canandaigua Mrs Earl Cornelius Groton Mrs Emerson Geer Ithaca. sisters Mrs Otis Williams Anton Pa and Mrs Fred Smith Winchester Wyoming. six grandchildren.
Cortland County Chamber of Commerce elects six new directors. Named are H. Mahle Brown of Hamer, Louis R. Dowd, Mary Dunning, Verne Parmiter, Ronald Sullivan, and Dr. John F. Attenberg.
Ian Gilmore and Clarke announced a 1500 grant to a foreign student for a year in the Architecture program at Cornell University. The grant comes from an anonymous fund created to encourage study in the arts.
Massena Public School Teachers Association collected 540 in cash for CARE packages. Packages at 10 each will be sent to Italy France Ireland and other places in need. One package goes to Plati Italy home town of seventh grader Michael Ciampa. Schools contributed varied sums to the drive.
Marie Reed a nurse at the Cornell University Nursery School has created a driving board toy for toddlers. The flat board carries a detachable steering wheel and shaft that can be used on a sled cart or footstool. No patent has been filed but several nursery school parents in the university lab are producing it this year.
Funeral services for Mrs. Charlotte A. Ring 85 of 10 S Fulton St will be held privately at 2:30 P.M. Monday at the family home. Rev. William Rosell will officiate. Burial will follow at Glenwood Cemetery. Mrs Ring active in First Baptist Homer Eastern Star and Rebekahs. Survivors include daughter Edythe M Ring son Howard and one granddaughter, all of Homer.
WATKINS GLEN The Methodist Church hosts its annual Christmas party and family night Monday at 6 30 PM with a picnic supper and program. The church school Christmas program at the Presbyterian Church is set for Monday at 7 30 PM. The Christmas picnic supper and party will be at St James parish house on Sunday beginning at PM.
The Owego Gazette Tioga County's oldest weekly changes hands after more than 75 years under Leroy and Henry E. Kingman. Allyn S Brown of Waverly and Dana Johnson of Sayre Pa co publish Sayre Evening Times. Donald D Campbell assumes business office duties.
Frederick J Wright 52 died at his home in Newark Valley on Thursday. Born April 22, 1895 in Broome County to Lucius and Hannah Wright, he will be buried in Hope Cemetery. Funeral services are Sunday at 2 30 PM at Richards Funeral Home with Rev. Floyd E Richards officiating. survivor includes sister Antie Smith of Owego.
Funeral services for Mrs Fanny Hyette Brown 86 wife of Byron Brown will be held at her son's Unionville home with Rev Frank R Hughes officiating Burial will follow in Bayside Cemetery She was born March 8 1861 in Pierpont and lived in Potsdam for decades Surviving are her husband two sons William of Syracuse Guy of Unionville a daughter Iva Nichols of Syracuse a sister Mrs Phoebe J Gero of Springfield Mass a brother M Hyette of Potsdam 13 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren
Mrs. Georgia 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 Watertown. She was daughter of the late Frederick J. Story who led Watertown Gas Light, predecessor to Central New York Power Corp.
The McGraw recreational committee resumes Saturday night showings at 7 30 in the village hall. A feature titled Freckles Comes Home will be screened with no admission charge and a voluntary contribution to support the village recreation program.
One hundred ten youngsters attended the annual Christmas dinner and party hosted by the Holland House group, the Lake Lions Club entertaining children with Topper.
Funeral services will be held at 9 A.M. Monday from McEvoy funeral home and at 9 30 A.M. from St Marys Church for Miss Mary F Morris 65 of Forest Hills formerly Cortland who died Thursday at the home of her niece in Forest Hills Burial will be in St Marys Cemetery She taught in Cortland Seneca Falls Newtown Elmhurst and at Columbia University She was a communicant of Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Church in Forest Hills She is survived by one sister three nieces and three nephews
Cortland a military funeral will be held Sunday at 230 P M at the Earle W Wright funeral home for Harley J Rowe 50 of 28 Locust av who died Friday in Cortland County Hospital after a long illness Dr Ralph Lanker will officiate and burial will be in McGraw Rural Cemetery Born on Jan 20 1897 in McGraw he was the son of Jasper and Mary Bixbe Rowe He had lived in Cortland for many years He had worked at Brockway Motor Co for several years He is a member of McGraw American Legion post Surviving are his wife Estelle Cappers Rowe three daughters Mrs Mary Taylor of Crotonon Hudson Mrs Kenneth Andrus of Sidney and Mrs Norris Riehl man of Tully two brothers Burns Rowe of Marathon and Charles Rowe of Cortland two sisters Mrs Mabel Freer and Mrs Frances Jameson both of Cortland
UHACA offers $100 reward for the arrest and conviction of the man who struck 15-year-old Jean Dassance as she walked on S Albany Street. Police continue the investigation to locate the attacker who stepped from behind a tree and hit her with a half pound hammer, then fled after her scream. The hammer was found a few feet away.
The Owego board of schools commissioners postponed the $150,000 enlargement and renovation project indefinitely due to rising material costs and bids exceeding estimates by over 30 percent. The reroofing of the Owego Academy was completed at a cost of $3,500, about $700 under the original estimate.
A Montour Falls community staged the three act comedy Henpecked Henry at Watkins Glen High School to aid Frank Martin, a veteran who lost his left leg after a flood control project accident. Net receipts totaled $650 presented to Martin.
In Rock Stream Leroy Groat spotted a rabbit and aimed to shoot it but a neighbor’s cat dashed ahead. The cat reached the dead rabbit and hid beneath a porch, leaving Groat without his hoped for pot pie. No rabbit pot pie.
John Marcham son of F G Marcham Goldwin Smith professor of English History and Mrs Marcham of 11 Oak Hill Rd has been elected to the news board of the Cornell Daily Sun. He is a sophomore at Cornell.
Lansing Community Chest campaign totals show 294 contributions amounting to 3040.76 with three solicitors still to report. Ithaca Chest contributions are estimated around 1000 by Lansing residents. Cayuga Rack Salt Company donation of 1000 to Memorial Hospital and 500 to local projects boosts the year’s effort.
Postal and railroad authorities investigate the cause and total loss after a sealed baggage car burned on the New York Massena passenger train near Altmar. About 2,500 parcels, mainly Christmas gifts, were destroyed. None were addressed to Watertown. the car was moved to Watertown for inspection.
Funeral services for Ralph J. Middaugh a 34 year old World War II veteran from Owego RD 1 who died from a self inflicted gunshot wound Thursday will be held Monday at 1 PM in Emons Funeral Chapel Front Street Rev Edgar Frank of the Presbyterian Union Church will officiate Burial will be in Tioga Cemetery Middaugh had been in ill health for months and was found dead by his wife Sheriff Howard O Searles investigated and coroner Dr Kennedy F Robert issued a verdict of death by own action
Schuyler County Choral Society will present a Christmas program Sunday at 8 P.M. in Montour Falls Baptist Church directed by Mrs. J. Douglas Blair. The offering goes to Shepard Relief Hospital. Monday at 7 P.M. the group tours the county singing carols.
Uptown postoffice will stay open today until 6 P.M. Postmaster P H McCarthy Jr announces. Windows will operate for parcel delivery Sunday 11 A.M. to noon and 5 30 to 7 P.M. No window service on Christmas day.
The cold wave persisted into Friday night with readings around two below zero and eight below in Potsdam early. South Colton along the Racket River reported minus 31, marking the lowest temperature. The high school skating rink began its first ice carting and should be open for skating in a few days.
Cooperstown Otsego Lodge 138 elected Howard W. Polis master and named George Tillapaugh senior warden Oron Gage junior warden Edward Lindsay treasurer and H Harrington Yale secretary Bern ard D. Carr trustee for three years succeeding Rowan Spraker who declined renomination Frank Shipman chosen delegate to Otsego Schoharie Masonic District. New appointments include Harris Clark senior deacon Perry Hotaling junior deacon Clifford Snyder master of ceremony Harold Hollis junior master of ceremony Reverend Clarence L. Andrews marshal Francis Clark organist Howard Michaels tiler Judson Grantier. Installation conducted by past master Robert Atwell with Carl Green marshal.
Malone the Easy On Diaper Corporation plans to start operations on January 5 with production of new style diapers at 38 Mill Street across from Malone Milling Company. Secretary treasurer Eudore Pregent said the three story brick building will house offices next to the plant as more machines arrive with director Jacques Dusresne of Hull assisting in preparations.
Watertown Mrs George S Schuster 264 S Massey St recovering at home with a fracture of the left arm after slipping on ice. She is a clerk in the land and tax office of the New York Central Railroad.
At a Lions Club meeting in Lake Placid Dr. James Campbell initiated seven new members. Attending were members from the Tupper Lake and Saranac Lake clubs.
A list of Cortland area church services with pastors and service times across many congregations. Highlights include North Presbyterian with Rev Alfred Bentall 7 AM and morning sermon, Free Methodist with Rev Arden L Reed at 10 AM Sunday School, and First Baptist on Central Ave with Rev C W Vanderberg 10 and 11 AM sermons. The roster covers Lutheran, Grace Episcopal, Methodist, Baptist, Christian and more, detailing pastors, superintendents, organists, choir directors, and service times.
Cortland readers attend First Presbyterian Church as children from intermediate and high school present Why the Chimes Rang a Christmas drama. The senior choir and soloists perform Mozart and Bach selections, concluding with a White Gift service for needy families and baptisms.
ALEXANDRIA BAY The Alexandria Central school trustees upheld a faculty member s right to administer disciplinary punishment to students who break classroom rules. The case centered on James Seeley a music teacher who allegedly shook Donald Davis after a blackboard eraser incident. Trustees quoted state law on corporal punishment and urged parents to cooperate.
Massena workers at the Mica Company of Canada and New York gain a five cent hourly raise after AFL negotiations. About 125 employees, mostly women, receive retroactive pay to December 8, while the starting rate remains 55 cents. A prior March contract had granted seven cents.
Funeral services for 81 year old William Conkey Agon of 78 Judson Street Canton will be held at 2 50 PM Sunday from the Lawrence funeral home with Rev John Erickson officiating Burial will be in Evergreen cemetery He was born September 26 1866 at Canton son of George and Flora Conkey Avon married Mary Munro February 14 1906 at Springfield MA He was a carpenter and a member of the Canton volunteer fire department for 12 years Surviving are his widow two daughters Florence Kirk of Washington DC and Lucille Isaacs of Syracuse and one stepson Thomas W Perry formerly of Ogdensburg now on the West coast
The Rev. Donald S. Labigan Hobart College Chaplain will celebrate the midnight mass at 11:30 PM Christmas Eve at St James Episcopal Church A special musical program under director John J Thompson organist Harold Barnard of Interlaken will sing a solo
In Wathins Glen area recruitment officers at the Glen National Bank Building invite service members to obtain Victory and Defense medals. Discharge papers must be brought in a copy form for processing.
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