Seasons Greetings From a Syracuse Columnist Esteemed Friends
Joe Ganley reflects on a year of reporting from June 6, salutes old chums and newcomers, invites letters, and notes New Year's resolutions. He and Regina McGuire celebrate a 35th anniversary with family at the Inn Between, recount past Tipp Off Award Dinners, and wish blessings for pigeons and friends. Christmas and New Year cheers accompany blurbs on boosters, a New Year’s Eve party, a dog giveaway, and memories of local figures, with updates on health and birthdays.
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Joe Ganley
McGuires
John C
Regina McGuire
Kings Court
Camillus
John
Monroe Abstract
Tipperary Hill Post
American Legion
St. Patrick’s Day
Hugh DeVore
St.Bonaventure College
William O’dwyer
New York City
John C. McGuire
Regina
A McGinnis
Tipperary Hill
Burnet Park Drive
St. Patrick’s Church
Roseanne
John Hennigan
Sarah
Mary Grace McGuire
Joe
U.S. Environmental Research and Development Agency
ERDA
Washington, D.C
Patrick
Denver Post
Denver
Colo
Kathie
Jeremy
Bridey
Brendan
A * ‘ Boosters
Heidi Heidenreich
Syracuse Blazers
Foxfire
Bayberry Power Outage To Expand Main Lines
Niagara Mohawk crews will interrupt power in Bayberry on Monday and Tuesday to enlarge main circuits to 13 200 volts. About 100 customers lose power Monday from 9 00 to 9 05 a m and 300 more Tuesday from 7 00 to 10 30 a m. Affected streets include Blackberry Road Dansor Lane Elderberry Lane Foxberry Lane Gooseberry Lane Bayberry Circle Cardinal Path Dove Path Finch Path Gull Path Ibis Path Hum mingbird Path Indigo Path Blackberry Road from Bayberry Shopping Plaza to Cherry Tree Lane Plaza Road Apricot Lane and Apple Tree Lane. Weather postponements possible to Tuesday and Wednesday.
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Bayberry
Niagara Mohawk Power Corp
John J. McVey
Blackberry Road
Dansor Lane
Derberry Lane
Foxberry Lane
Gooseberry Lane
Bayberry Circle
Bayberry Shopping Plaza
Cherry Tree Lane
Plaza Road
Apple Tree Lane
Elderly Teall Avenue woman robbed by youth attacker
Mary Buttaro, 75, of 1352 Teall Ave., was attacked near her home after getting off a bus on James Street. She was knocked to the ground during the purse snatching and sustained shoulder and rib injuries but refused hospital care. The purse with two wallets, $75, credit cards and papers was not recovered.
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Teall Avenue
Mary Buttaro
Teall Ave
James Street
Teall
Buttaro
John Werbeck
Burglar Takes $600 In Goods From Home
City police reported a burglary at 244 Collingwood Ave. where goods valued around $600 were stolen. George St John, 38, told officers he left at 3 30 p m and returned about midnight to find a rear window broken and entry made into the dwelling.
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Collingwood Ave
George St. John
Peter Vallar
Syracuse district runs human relations program despite funding delay
The Syracuse City School District reports its three month old Project to ease desegregation tensions is proceeding despite a $155,323 Emergency School Aid Act delay and the absence of a key project assistant. A crossflow of information is planned through four workshops for parents staff and students as the district seeks a city resident to fill the assistant director post.
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Syracuse City
Harry Balmer
Evies
Crawford
W. Genesee St
Death in flooded Deerfield basement under investigation
State police investigate the death of Rudolph C. Klein 65 of 5529 Walker Road Deerfield found in about 20 inches of water in his flooded basement. Autopsy pending to determine if heart attack drowning or electrocution. daughter Cynthia Tavovano and a neighbor found him after knocking failed. Neighbors had not seen him since December.
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Oneida County
New Hartford
Rudolph C. Klein
Walker Road
Deerfield
Klein
Cynthia A. Tavovano
Norstar Blvd
Liverpool
al Pulman
Gerry Wendt
BCI
Leo Bartkowiak
P. D. LaGatta
License extension for driver and vehicle registrations
State Motor Vehicle Commissioner James P. Melton announces a one month extension for driver licenses and vehicle registrations set to expire at month end, now valid through Jan 3. Renewal forms mailing is courtesy, motorists must renew even without forms. exceptions apply to bus, livery, taxi and private rental vehicles with a Dec 31 deadline.
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James P. Melton
Melton
Meet the Teens Chuck Gridley Leads Bishop Laddem Council
Chuck Gridley, 17, senior at Bishop Laddem High School, is president of the Student Council and was voted most likely to succeed. He plays varsity hockey, works part time, and was named to Who's Who in American High School Students. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Charles Gridley of Camillus and plans to study business administration next fall to join his father's grocery business.
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Chuck Gridley
Bishop Laddem High School
Chuck
Charles Gridley
Camillus
YMCA to Sponsor Indoor Soccer Clinic for Boys
The YMCA will sponsor an indoor soccer program for boys ages 10 to 16 starting at 2 30 p m Tuesday. For additional information contact William Shove GT 475 0639.
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The
YMCA
William Shove
Aces Bridge World Champions Lead by Ira Corn En
In District 15 Regional Kansas City coverage the narrative centers on the Aces Bridge Team led by captain Ira Cornen. It details declarer play, insurance bets, and strategic outcomes in a no trump combat, with analysis of diamond and spade sequencing and a note on the Women’s Pairs win by Carol Sades and Connie Jackson of Nashville, Tenn.
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Ira G. Cornen
Declarer
West
South
North
East
Kansas City
Carol Sades
Connie Jackson
Nashville, Tenn
Super Handy Man Home Storage and Quick Fix Tips
Readers share practical storage upgrades from a garage sale to reduce clutter and better utilize space. Tips include converting bottles with improvised pouring spouts, using aerosol snow for privacy, sealing cracks to deter pests, cleaning logs with a shop vac, and saving topsoil for winter transplants. A bridge query and a brief note on an impact driver supplement the column.
Local bridge and quick answers for harried households
Local bridge names mixed with brief notes on moisture in windows. The column offers quick answers for readers facing common problems and suggests storm windows as a cure. It also mentions moisture sources from cooking showers and mopping and advises ventilation to reduce humidity.
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D.L.P
Bernstein On Words By Theodore M Bernstein Holdiday Rhymes
The column discusses usage of as if with either were or was, citing Charlotte Callis and Otto Jespersen. It examines factual versus hypothetical clauses and notes that the indicative is acceptable in some contexts. It also touches on the word cordial and its emotional sense linked to the heart.
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Theodore M. Bernstein
Holdiday
Leo G. Staley
Columbus
Ohio
Charlotte ©. Callis
Redwood City
Calif
Otto Jespersen
Frederick Schempf Earns Eagle Scout Award in Plano Texas
Frederick John Schempf grandson of Mrs Alethes Wheeler of Brewerton received the Eagle Scout Award from the Boy Scouts of America. He resides with his parents Mr and Mrs Fred Schempf in Plano Texas and has earned 27 merit badges while serving as scribe of Troop 291 for two years.
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Frederick John Schempf
Alethes Wheeler
Brewerton
Boy Scouts of America
Schempf
Fred Schempf
Plano
Texas
Christmas Eve Almanac Says 1976
The almanac for Friday December 24 1976 notes Christmas Eve with 7 days remaining in the year and a Moon between its third quarter and new phase. It lists visible planets Mars Saturn in the morning and Mercury Venus Jupiter in the evening and marks historical events including the 1814 U.S. Britain peace treaty and the 1949 rise of Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer in popular song.
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Mars
Saturn
Mercury
Venus
Jupiter
United States
Great Britain
Rudolph, the Red- Nosed Reindeer
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