Ilion Franks Howard A Moore Correspondent News Note
Ilion and Frankfort local notes from Howard A Moore correspondent. Reports include community items and notices while Syracuse Herald Journal and Herald American reporters cover the wide circulation territory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilion- Frankfort
Howard A. “Moore
Hion
Herkimer-Mohawk Nichols
J. ‘Trimboli
Washington St
Syracuse Herald-Journal
Syracuse
Herald-American
Herkimer Couple in Hotel Fire
Dr. Milton Soroka and Mrs. Soroka of Herkimer faced a Christmas week scare as they slept at the Concord Hotel in Monticello with 900 others when a morning fire erupted. Grounds patrolman Harry Brogger alerted crews after spotting the Cabana Playhouse blaze at about 3 45 A M. Firefighters controlled the fast spreading restaurant bar night club and theater fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herkimer
Milton Soroka
Concord
Monticello
Soroka
Grossman Block
N. Main St
Harry Browger
New York City
Cabana Playhouse
Thirty seven lawyers to attend Coupe rites Utica funeral
In Utica thirty seven members of the Oneida County Bar Association appointed by president Mason F. Sexton will represent the association at the funeral of Leo O. Coupe, a prominent Utica lawyer who died unexpectedly Thursday afternoon. The procession will start from Quinn and Ryan funeral chapel Monday. The attendee list includes Supreme Court Justice William F. Dowling and numerous judges such as James T. Cross, Ezra Hannigan, E. Howard Ringrose, Stephen W. Brennan, John J. Walsh, Martin Lutz, Martin Larkin, and F. H. Hazard, along with other notable lawyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utica
Oneida County Bar Association
Mason F. Sexton
Leo. O. Coupe
Quinn & Ryan
Supreme Court
William F. Dowling
James T. Cross
Ezra Hannigan
E. Howard Ringrose
Stephen W. Brennan
John J. Walsh
Martin Lutz
Martin Larkin
F. H. Hazard
Bartle Gorman
Henry T. Dorance
Joseph S. Zyx Zogby
Willard Pratt
Lewis G. Fowler
John Qualtieri
Gilbert H. Hughes
David B. Lisle
Charles L. Deangelis
William M. Hampton
Ferdinand Tomaino
Salvatore J. Capecelatro
Arthur J. Foley
Arthur L. Evans
James O
32 Attend Club Fete In Herkimer County
Thirty two members of the Herkimer County Business and Professional Women's Club attended the annual progressive dinner and Christmas party ending 1946 activities. The group met at 6 30 P M at the home of Mrs Agnes Folts Frankfort where the first dinners course was served. She was assisted by Mrs Jessie Bullion and Miss Barbara Kelly who served hot vegetable soup. The group then traveled to Illion where a dinner was served at the Hall Wood Restaurant Barringer rd. From there the group returned to Frankfort where the dessert and the evenings entertainment program was enjoyed at the home of Miss C Ruth Towne. Mrs Marjole Dandervoort was in charge of general arrangements. The next regular meeting will be conducted on Jan 13 by the legislation committee headed by Miss Mary Rudd assisted by Margaret Palmtier and Anna Benedict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilion
Herkimer County
Hall-Wood
Barringer'rd
Frankfort
C. Ruth Towne
Marjole Dandervoort
Legislation Committee
Mary Rudd
Margaret Palmtier
Anna Benedict
Veterans of Foreign Wars to remodel new Chenango post home
Members of Christy Rock Post 2782, Veterans of Foreign Wars, are summoned to a 9 A M work party at the new VFW post home on East Main Street. The former two family house was acquired to serve as meeting place and headquarters for county veterans who served overseas in three wars. The post gained possession last month after a year of purchase delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwicn
Christy Rock Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
E. Main St
Chenango ‘County
House Committee
House
Rosa Mangano
Jay
New York
Woman Hurt in Fall in Watertown at Teneyck and Sherman
Mrs. Ethel Jenkins, 55, of 261 Teneyck Street, suffered a severe lip injury after a fall at the Teneyck and Sherman streets intersection last night. She is a patient at the House of the Good Samaritan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fall Watertown
Ethel Jenkins
Teneyck St
Teneyck and
Sherman
Producers Return Is 2 Cents Less
New York producers in the six state milkshed face a December blend price of 5.31 per hundredweight for milk delivered to 432 pool plants. J Blanford of the New York milk marketing area projects a December yield of 355 million pounds, averaging 252 pounds per farm daily for 45,000 dairymen. Farm value is estimated at 20,308,240 dollars, with 18,850,500 from the uniform price and 443,040 in butterfat premiums. Class 1A price is fixed at 5.46 for next month, same as December and November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wil
Co. J. Blanford
Blanford
Mrs Ruby Mae Francis Dead After Asthma Attack
UTICA Friday night Mrs Ruby Mae Francis 46 of 418 Second St. died after being admitted to General Hospital from an asthma attack. She was walking at Park Ave and Bleecker St when stricken. Wife of Charles W. Francis she was with several children at the time. Dr Frank A. Graniero and coroner Dr Herman J Haberer were involved. Funeral plans arranged at Quinn and Ryan chapel. Detectives Flore and Resinski investigated for the police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utica
Ruby
Mae Francis
Second St
General Hospital
Francis
Park Av
Bleecker, St
Charles W. Francis
Frank A. Graniero
Herman J. Haberer
Quinn & Ryan
Flore and Resinski
Mrs Grace Wagner Dies In Ogdensburg At 62
Ogdensburg funeral obituary notes Grace M. Wagner 62 widow of Harry Wagner died at Hepburn Hospital. Born April 19 1884 College Point New York she moved to Ogdensburg 45 years ago. Survived by daughter Mrs Her bert S Myers and son Arthur Horn. Services planned Sunday with Rev George A Palmer officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ogdensburg
Grace M. Wagner
Harry Wagner
Hepburn Hospital
Finday
College Point
L. L
Henry
Minnie Dietz Horn
New York
Reunion Held For Shea Brothers In Oneida Area
Oneida residents Mr and Mrs Eugene Shea entertained at Christmas with Mrs Leslie House of Sherrill and families including Mr and Mrs Wallace Johnson and sons Mr and Mrs Everett Shea and son Mr and Mrs Clair Shea and son and Mrs Jessie Shea. It marked the first Shea brothers reunion since the war was declared five years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oneida
Eugene Shea
R. D
Leslie House
Sherrill
Wallace Johnson
Everett Shea
Clair Shea
Jessie Shea
Infant Elaine Palmer Funeral Held at Grandparents Home
Miss Elaine Irene Palmer infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Reginald Palmer of Massena died at Potsdam Hospital Monday Funeral held at the home of her grandparents Mr and Mrs Ernest Manchester West Bangor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malone
Elaine Irene Palmer
Reginald Palmer
Massena
Potsdam Hospital
Ernest Manchester
West
Bangor
Madison County Trust and Deposit Co stockholders meeting
Oneida reports the annual meeting of stockholders of Madison County Trust and Deposit Co will be held at 1 PM on January 8. The notice calls for stockholder attendance and indicates meeting details to discuss company affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oneida
Madison County, Trust and Deposit .Co
Local Radio Schedule Highlights Evening Programs
WIBX Utica broadcasts feature Melodies and Music blocks from 4 to 6:30 PM then Kiwanis Round fans news and World Today segments. Helen Flayes, Dick Hames, and Randy Brooks appear with Youth Presents and Tucker's Orchestra in a varied lineup of music, news, and celebrity appearances through midnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis
fide—News
World Today
Helen Flayes
Dick Hames
Youth
Kite Emis
Patti Onytos
McKineley
Randy Brooks
Tucker’s
Utica County Looks at General Hospital Takeover
County officials discuss the acceptance of General Hospital by Oneida County at the January 15 Board meeting. Mayor Boyd Golder informs relief responsibilities move to the county on January 1, with hospital operations to be leased to the county for one dollar per year. The board also reviews county office building changes, bids for Kinney & Pennock plans, and road funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utica
General Hospital
Board: of Supervisors
Bureau of the Welfare Department
General
Oneida County
Iitizens
Elkis
Evans
Seventh Ward
Kinney & Pennock
Floyd Park
Rome
Rome Army Air Field
Pritchard
Rome Air Field
Cook
Mell. A. Gooch
County Welfare Department
Engineer to Inspect Playground Sites in Utica
Utica Common Council directs city engineer to inspect properties on Catherine and Jay streets near Brandegee School for possible playground use. Report to Council and Board of Estimate will decide suitability for playground purposes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utica
Boyd Golder
Thomas Ruggiero
Catherine and
Jay Sts
Brandegee School
Santo Gigliotti
Catherine St
Joseph Sacco
Jay St
Nicola Soldano
Jay
Couple Engaged for Summer Wedding in Canastota
Mr. and Mrs. Orla Harrington announce the engagement of their daughter Kathryn to Frederick R. Johnson son of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick L. Johnson of Seneca and Arch streets Chittenango. Kathryn is a Canastota high school and Potsdam Business Institute graduate employed in the record room at Syracuse Memorial Hospital. Johnson, who has just returned from 32 months of service, is completing his education at Blodgett Vocational high school Syracuse. He attended Canastota and Chittenango schools. Plans for the wedding are set for early summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canastota
Orla Harrington
Lambav
Kathryn
Frederick R. Johnson
Frederick L. Johnson
Seneca
Chittenango
Blodgett Vocational High School
Syracuse
Potsdam Dial Exchange Expands to Serve 150 More Phones
Potsdam with the addition of dial equipment to the Potsdam Telephone Exchange, about 150 of the 350 deferred applicants for service will have telephones by the end of February. Lee, the manager for the New York Telephone Company, says the dial exchange now serves 2,400 patrons in Potsdam and nearby communities including Parishville Colton Heu Falls South Colton West Stockholm and others. More than 15,000 telephones exist in the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potsdam
Donald B. Keep
Ogdensburg
New York
Lee
Parishville
Colton
Hanawa Falls
South
West
Stockholm
Tipsy Driving Case Adjourned to Jan 3
ROME Francis Brewary aged 20 of 905 Donald St will be arraigned in City Court on public intoxication and charges he drove a car involved in an accident and started a jail cell fire Wednesday night. Judge Lawler adjourned proceedings after Brewary pleaded innocent and ordered damage estimates from the jail blaze. Police say he set fire to a mattress torn up after being locked up for driving in the 700 block of N Washington St. The blaze was put out by Desk Sgt. John Plunkett with Capt. Patrick Smith, Sgt. Francis Nero and Patrolman Francis Phillips.
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Rome
Francis Brewary
Donald St
Francis J. Lawler
Brewary
Harvey ‘Levy
Washington St
John’ Plunkett
Patrick Smith
Francis Nero
Francis Phillips
Boosters Club to Give Boxing Bouts
Hamilton will host the first annual Boosters' Club smoker in the high school gymnasium on Wednesday January 8 featuring ten rounds of boxing performed by Colgate University athletes and Hamilton Central School students. The program includes tumbling speaking and clowning with two prominent speakers hoped for.
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Hamilton
George Greey
Colgate University
Hamilton Central School
Richard Haley
Haley
Widow of Soldier of Fortune Survives Final Illness
Mrs. Sophie O'Reilly, 63, of Tupper Lake dies after long illness at Mercy General Hospital. Funeral at St. Alphonsus Church, burial in Pine Ridge Cemetery, Sara nac Lake. Survived by son John O'Reilly in Paris as NY Herald-Tribune correspondent and sister Mrs. A F Rose of San Antonio. Husband Tex O'Reilly famed adventurer and soldier of fortune died weeks earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tupper Lake
Sophie O'Reilly
Mercy ‘General ‘Hospital
St. Alphonsus Church
Pine ‘Ridge Cemetery
Saranac ‘Lake
Edward
Edward S. veTex
Tex” .O’reilly
Mercy General Hospital
Sisters of Mercy
Sunmount
O’reilly
Jearnline
Lessian
San Antonio
Texas
John
Sophia Blakeney
Tex" O'’Reilly
Lowell Thomas
John O'Reilly
Paris
New York Herald-Tribune
A. F. Rose
Funeral service for John P. Greenizen in Clayton
John P. Greenizen 63 of Clayton farmer shot himself at home on Watertown road. Funeral Sunday 2 p.m. at the Methodist Church. Burial Clayton Cemetery. Survivors include wife Adeline E Ann and four children. two brothers and two sisters. a half sister.
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Clayton
John’ P. Greenizen
Watertown Rd
Methodist Church
Clayton Cemetery
Mary Wepburn
Oshawa
Maloney Funeral Today for Patrick G Mahoney
Patrick G Mahoney 81 died Christmas Day at his Helena home after a long Brasher Falls birth. He married Julia Keenan in 1895, leaving nine children James Helen Barney Theodore Marion Frank Normile Nekelski M Patricia Jack. Funeral was held at St Patrick Church Hoganburg at 9:30.
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Malone
Patrick G. Mahoney
Helena
Brashers Falls
Julia Keenan
James
Helen
Barney
Theodore
Marton
Frank Normile
North Lawrence
Joseph Nekelski
M. Patricia
Ursuline
Thieves Enter Malone Restaurant
State police investigate theft at Marion's Restaurant after Christmas morning cash register shows $36.54 missing. Manager Eudore Pregent discovered the loss when opening the till. An open window suggested entry and an empty gin bottle was found in the kitchen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malone
Marion
Eudore, Pregent
Boy Hurt Skiing Near Watertown on Dry Hill
Dick Holloway, 15, son of Mr and Mrs H Holloway of 1731 Girard Ave, suffered a possible fracture of the right knee while skiing Friday night on Dry Hill. He is at the Good Samaritan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watertown
Dick Holloway
Lloyd’ H. Holloway
Girard Av
Toase
the Good Samaritan
Death Suit Is Put Over To Feb 7
Herkimer session of Compensation Court led by Referee Frank J. Sacco adjourned several death and injury claims. Mrs. Nabora zek of Little Falls delays until Feb 7 for testimony on her husband Walter Nabora zek’s bulldozer death near Putnam Towns Frankfort. Other adjourned cases include Mrs. Catherine Van Allen seeking widow’s compensation for Francis Van Allen killed Sept 3 1946 near Fonda and Emmett Ryder of Herkimer seeking lump sum for injuries from a fall at Rome. Seventeen cases continued, eleven closed, three discontinued for under seven days lost time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herkimer
Fredericka Naborazek
Albany St. Little Falls
Haseen
Jb Wrs
Frank J. Sacco
Utica
Putnam Toln
Erost Frankfort
Walter Naborazek
Jintle Falls
Herkimen
Naborazek
de Witt Waterman
E. Albany
Putnam Farm
Catherine van Allen
Little Falls
Larrabee Company
Francis van Allen
Fonda
John E. Larrabee Company, Inc
Amsterdam
Emmett Ryder
Turner Construction Company
Rome
Timothy Connors
State Water Ways and Flood Control Department
Cass
Schoolmen To Form Association In Canton
Canton to host an early January meeting in the Court House where county city village and district school superintendents plan to form an association. The group aims to streamline access to Government surplus and other materials for schools with a clearinghouse committee led by temporary chairman Frank C. Roda of Ogdensburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
Court House
Frank C. Roda
Ogdensburg
St Andrews Yale Party Monday at Episcopal Chapel
St Andrews Yale party scheduled for 6 30 PM Monday at ILOOF Hall in Durhamville hosted by St Andrew s Episcopal Chapel. Mrs Ethel Gregory serves as general chairman with Mrs Carl Selber handling entertainment. Attendees bring a covered dish table service for supper and a ten cent gift for exchange as the Sunday School plans a program.
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Durhamville
St. Andrew's Episcopal Chapel
Ilo.o.f. Hall
Ethel Gregory
Carl Selber
Youth Meeting at Nellie Cooks Home
The High School Young People of the Presbyterian Church will meet at Nellie Cook’s Ridgerd home on Sunday December 29 at 6 30 P M according to announcement.
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Cazenovia
The
Presbyterian Church
Nellie Cook
Ridgerd
Oriskany Falls Fire Kills Three
A two story frame dwelling in Maple J Village Oriskany Falls burned Friday night killing Mrs Edward Peckham aged 30 and her two daughters aged 8 and 10. Two Peckham boys escaped. Mr Peckham was away at work in Rome. Neighbor Charles Gray found the fire about 11 PM and called the fire department but the dwelling could not be saved. Dr William Zuckerman pronounced the three dead from suffocation. Coroner Preston R. Clark Lt Dougherty and Trooper Hopkins of the State Police led an extensive investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oriskany Falls
Edward Peckham
Maple J
Peckham
Mr. Peckham
Rome
Tme
Charles Gray
Willam Zuckerman
Preston R. Clark
Dougherty
Hopkins
BCI
Army Wife To Join Mate In Germany
Mrs. Margaret R. Shepard wife of First Lt. Leonard G. Shepard with her daughter Cynthia Ann left for New York to fly Monday to Weissbaden Germany to join Lt. Shepard with the Medical Administrative Corps at the Army hospital there. She is the daughter of Mrs. Isobel Cowper of 646 State Street and the former Miss Margaret Rose Philips formerly employed as an Inspector for the New York Al Brake Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watertown
Margaret R. Shepard
Leonard G. Shepard
Cynthia Ann
State St
New York
Weissbaden
Germany
Shepard
Medical Administrative Corps
Army Hospital
Isobel Cowper
Margaret Rose Philips
New York al Brake Company
Fifth Armored Division
Pine Camp
Miss Buell Weds Warren Engell in Schuyler Lake
Miss Eleanor Louise Buell daughter of Mr and Mrs Kenneth Buell Schuyler Lake married Warren William Engell son of Mr P W Engel North Ilion at Schuyler Lake Methodist Church. The ceremony was by Rev Harold W Haynes Richfield Springs with matron of honor Mrs Charles Buron and best man Jules Bouck. After a reception the couple left for a Lake Placid trip and plan to reside at Sara nauk Lake. The bride worked at Sportswear Richfield Springs and the groom a World War II veteran, Ilion High School graduate now at Paul Smiths College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alion
Eleanor Louise Buell
Kenneth Buell
Schuyler Lake
Warren William Engell
P. W. Engel
North Ilion
Schuyler Lake’ Methodist Church
Harold W. Haynes
Richfield Springs
Charles Buron
Little Falls
Jouls Bouck
Lake Placid
Tthey
Saranack Lake
the Sportswear, Inc
Ilion High School
College of Arts and Sciences
Paul Smiths
Miss Cubley Resumes Red Cross Foreign Service
Miss Elizabeth Cubley of Potsdam reenters the American Red Cross for foreign service with an 18 month leave of absence from her teaching post at Huntington High School Long Island. She visits home for holidays and plans to complete the first semester at Huntington High before reporting to Red Cross headquarters in Washington in January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potsdam
American Red Cross For Foreign Service
Elizabeth Cubley
Red Cross
Tuntington
L. I
Cubley
Frank L. Cubley
Jstuntington
Washington
See ‘Ary
Herkimer Shielding Public From Canal Hazards Says AG
New York Attorney General Nathanial T. Goldstein ruled that Herkimer village, not the state, must carry primary responsibility for canal safety under local home rule law. His opinion, sent to Gov. Dewey, contends the two mile artificial waterway serves canal owners Atlas Tack and Standard Furniture, with municipal power to regulate safety and health within the village.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herkimer
Nathanial T. Goldstein
Thomas E. Dewey
Helen Gillette
Goldstein
Herkimer’s
Francis J. Moore
Atlas Tack Corporation
Standard Furniture Co
Municipal Commission
Driver recalls wreck that hit freight train near Williams Street
Henry J. Wykowski of Utica told Police Court he remembered little about his car crash at Williams Street crossing. He admitted driving without a license and paid $10. His companion Jane Bender was unhurt. Gate was down. extra gateman posted after the incident. The car, owned by Leo Namminga, wrecked. Wykowski escaped with facial scratches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oneida
Henry J. Wykowski
Lincoln Av
Utica
Durhamville R. D
Williams St
Wykowski
Leo Namminga
Durhamville
Jane Bender
Miss Bender
Marie G Loadwick Weds Veteran Neal R Donovan
Boonville resident Marie G Loadwick married Neal R Donovan at St Josephs Church Utica at 10 AM in a nuptial Mass celebrated by Rev Robert P Dries. The bride’s sister Alice Donovan served as maid of honor and Leland Jones acted as best man with ushers Thomas Mahill and Josh Conway. The couple will reside in Utica after a reception for about 70 guests at Gill Memorial Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boonville
Marie G. Loadwick
Mary A. Loadwick
Neal. R. Donovan
Neal Donovan
Utica
St. Joseph's Church
Celeste
Robert P. ‘Dries
Misa Aliee Donovan
Leland Jones
Stomas Mahill
Josh Conway
Donovan
Rome Army Air Field
Thomas
R. Proctor High School
U. S. Army Air Corps
Rome Air Field
Gill Memorial
Mrs Coe Reports Schultz Couple Welcomes Daughter Kathryn Lou
Mrs Howard Coe of Stockbridge learns from Termite Village Hawaii that her sister and husband Louis and Mrs Schultz have a daughter named Kathryn Lou born recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oneiday
Howard Coe
Stockbridge
Termite Village
Hawaii
Louis Schultz
Kathryn Lou
Inspector Named in Oneida VFW Appointment
Oneida Dean Cunningham Post of Veterans of Foreign Wars announces the appointment of Harry Cagwin as deputy inspector for the state department and Victor Tarrs post employment officer. The post has planned a New Year's Eve party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oneida
Dean Cunningham
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Harry Cagwin
State Department
Victor Tarrs
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Club Fete
VFEW
Grace Wagner
Watertown High School
National
Jean Valentine
Jeannes Adams
Ella R. Knapp
Doris Megus
Rita ‘Hubbard
Eleanor Duggan
Kathleen Young
Theress Purpura
Mary Athans
Robert Speérlish
Mark Barker
Guy Galardo
Edward Cole
Robert Simmons
Boosters Club
J.P. Greenizen
P. G. Maloney
St. Andrews
Yale Party
Miss Buell
Miss Cubley
Foreign Service
Percy A. Cassidy
Jefferson County Hotel and Restaurant Association
Andre E. Fatula
Herkimer Responsible
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