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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1954
Page
20
Central High and Marcellus students stage musical and dramatic offerings as many groups prepare charity events and dances. Clubs like Senate Society and Future Homemakers of America organize gift baskets and fundraisers while senior parties and Christmas events unfold across campus.
Blue Gray coaches focus on improving the passing game. Don Faurot splits North into two units with Missouri’s Victor Eaton and Oklahoma’s Gene Calame at QB. Gray coach Frank Moseley uses LSU’s Al Doggett and Texas Tech’s Jerry Johnson to train ends. Richie Gaskell of George Washington joins late but hopes to be ready for Saturday. Jimmy Wade of Tennessee shows good form despite season injuries.
Outfielder Johnny Groth signed with the Chicago White Sox for the 1955 season. The 28 year old posted strong defense with a .988 fielding average and hit .275 with around 60 RBIs, ranking among the team leaders. He was the 10th Sox player to reach terms for 1955.
The New York State Department of Agriculture will hold a hearing in Syracuse at the Yates Hotel on January 29 at 9 30 A M to consider a petition for a state regulating order for the Syracuse Milk Market. The Syracuse Milk Producers Bargaining Agency filed its second petition this year after withdrawing the first.
New York stocks posted a mixed session with broad price moves. Rails, land motors, and rubbers fell while copper, oils, steels, aircrafts, and utilities led gains. Major names included American Telephone, New York Central, and General Dynamics while General Motors, Studebaker, and General Electric sagged.
A total of 151.12 dollars in court land trust funds awaits claim at the Onondaga County treasurer's office. Under abandoned property law, unclaimed funds under 200 dollars must be turned over to the state by March 31, 1955. Three state trust accounts and two Supreme Court orders comprise the total. no publication is required for accounts under 200 dollars.
Mrs. Charles Seeley 56 of 328 W Willow Sr. treated for a bruised knee and forehead bump after trip on Post Office steps. Harold Schlosser 32 of 461 James St. treated for a cut under the right eye from a fall on E Willow St. George DeRouche 36 of Pennellville required five stitches for a forehead gash after a fall on Erie Blvd W.
Rita Wilbur posted a high single of 192 and Marie La Pierre led the top triple with 489. The Burgreens took team scoring laurels with 772 and 2 180.
State University College of Forestry urges constant watering to keep needles green and minimize fire hazard. Keep the cut end fresh, use a water-filled stand, and consider waterglass spray as an extra precaution.
Kenneth A. Taylor of 525 Scott Avenue was elected president of the Heating Piping and Air Conditioning Contractors Association of Syracuse at a Hotel Syracuse meeting. He succeeds Thomas Burns. James F. Conway was elected vice president Cy Monnoyer treasurer and George J. Travis secretary.
Decoration contest sponsored by Shell Oil Company district manager L Parkhurst. Awards awarded for best interior and exterior displays, originality, window display and cleanliness. Last year Arnold Abrams of Seymour and Geddes streets won first prize in the New York Vermont and Eastern Massachusetts division.
General Electric announced a contract to design develop and manufacture a radio controlled traffic light system for Chicago north of The Loop. The project covers 13 intersections and costs about 34000 dollars as an alternative to underground cable and street disruption.
For almost nine decades St. Peter's Episcopal Church has provided the Christmas dinner for Cayuga Home children but the rector Rev. James E. Mahagan says the need no longer exists and the program will stop this year.
Jacob Russell Jr was elected high priest of the Salem Town Chapter Royal Arch Masons replacing Earl Hilbert. Morris Olschewske was named king Johan Brachtscribe Albert King and Robert T Mills filled the roles of secretary and treasurer respectively.
John Welas will lead the Hagerstown club of the Class B Piedmont Baseball League as manager for 1955. The former Syracuse Chief served as player coach and scout for Havana of the International League last season.
In the Smith Corona Bowling League Fritz Reichert posted the high score of 598. Len Kenrich led the top single with 1,317 and Elon Teamne topped the team game. The Merry Macks achieved the top triple tally of 2,996.
An 18 year old Schenectady youth, Donald J. Van Patten, was arrested for passing worthless checks in Tuesday incidents. Niagara Falls detectives transported him on a forgery warrant after Loblaw store manager Anthony Marino identified him. Police report Van Patten had netted hundreds in several cities, including about 600 dollars in Rochester and 400 dollars in Niagara Falls, with similar figures from other cities.
ALBANY The New York State automobile Dealers Association selects Carl E Fribley of Norwich as chairman of the State Affairs Committee. Fribley, a former president of the association, is serving his third term as NY director of the National Automobile Dealers Association and was secretary of the national body from 1952 to 1953.
Wholesale market notes show firm receipts of 399.9 thousand. prices on bulk cartons and dairy items quoted with varied scores and lots. Report mentions cheese, apples, vegetables, fruit baskets, and flour with broad regional assortments and unsettled wholesale selling prices based on exchange and time sales.
The Buffalo market report shows Crasing livestock with total calves about 300 and no net arrivals. Dairy cattle and steers dominate, with prices listed for meat, dairy and utility categories and steady to light supply for hogs and sheep.
Erving E. Brewer, 26, admitted spilling scalding water on his 234 year old daughter during a rage last November 4 and was sentenced to one year in Onondaga County Penitentiary. He pleaded to third degree assault after release from Syracuse Psychopathic Hospital and was deemed mentally competent.
The Syracuse Public Library and its branches will close at 5 P M on Friday December 24 and Friday December 31, due to holiday observances.
Snow flurries to night over Lakes region Pennsylvania New York and northern New England with possible southern New England and New York metro area. Rain on Pacific coast and interior snow or rain. Snow spreads east to northern Idaho central Montana. milder northeast and colder northern plains. Dr Selby Maxwell forecasts five days for Syracuse area.
Cloudy tonight with little temperature change. Tomorrow cloudy with snow and colder. Yesterday high 25, low 13. Sunset 4 34 PM, sunrise 7 35 AM. Record high 54 in 1931, record low 7 in 1943. Humidity yesterday 66 percent, today 66 percent.
The passage discusses an occluded front where warm air meets cooler air and is lifted by the advancing air masses. It notes the front often leads to precipitation as the warm air rises and cools, with little to no movement of the air ahead of the boundary.
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