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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1947
Page
10
Local notices list Elizabeth Bishop age five with sister Kate Green, a niece and two nephews. funeral at Greenleaf Funeral Home Thursday at 3 PM with interment at Oakwood. Also listed are Ana B Buschle and Mary Clyne obituary notices with funeral details, multiple surviving relatives, and service times across Syracuse area churches and cemeteries.
Miss Elizabeth T Bishop age 85 of 200 Liverpool Road died after a long illness. A former teacher in Madison County schools she lived in Syracuse forty five years. Surviving sister Kate B Green of Syracuse and a niece and two nephews. Funeral services at Greenleaf funeral home Thursday 3 PM with calling hours Wednesday 7 to 9 PM and Thursday 2 to 4 PM.
Obituary notices list numerous death entries across multiple towns including Tupper Lake Norwich Oneida Watertown and Cortland among others with ages ranging from infancy to 84. The compiled roll highlights residents such as Stella Julia Aldrich 79 and Hannah M West 84 as well as ward details like Ogdensburg Cortland Potsdam and Geneva. A separate item notes Patrolman Leiland Hax resigning from the Watertown police department effective Jan 10 after joining as a reserve in 1940.
The Hotel and Restaurant Employes Union of Syracuse rejected a plan to refuse meat on Tuesdays, calling it a breach of contract. Bornstein urged compliance with future hopes, noting potential legal issues but seeking district support for meatless Tuesdays in city eateries.
Funeral services for John Ghittino aged unknown for a Solvay resident who died Sunday will be held Wednesday at 8:45 AM at the home and 9:30 AM at St. Cecilia's Church with a solemn high mass of requiem. Burial will follow at Assumption Cemetery. Survived by parents Mr and Mrs Joseph Ghittino a sister Mrs Mary Guarino and an uncle Paul Ghittino, all of Solvay, plus two nieces and a nephew.
The Rev. Theo Wojcikowski will celebrate the requiem for his mother Mrs Teo fila Wojcikowski at Sacred Heart Church at 9 30 A M Friday. She died early today in St Joseph Hospital after a heart attack on a train returning from Rome. Survived by husband Vincent two daughters Miss Irene and Mrs Andrew Yuska another son Eugene and a grandchild. She was a Syracuse resident 36 years and a member of Sacred Heart Ladies Rosary Society the Third Order of St Francis and St Stanislaus Society Union of America. Burial in Sacred Heart Cemetery.
Funeral services for Thomas Gilligan, an employee at Manlius Military School, will be held at Goodfellow and Newell Funeral Home at 10 A M Wednesday. A 10 30 A M service follows at St Anne s Church. He died Monday at the school. Calling hours are 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 P M today.
Lucius L. Ruscher, 44, of 105 Wellington Place, was arrested Monday by Deputy Chief Probation Officer John J. Murphy for failure to report while on probation. Ruscher received probation in 1945 for burglary and forgery and will be brought before County Judge Leo W. Breed.
Gov. Dewey will hear clemency pleas for four men scheduled for execution at Sing Sing. Peter Bello of Olean and three New York City residents were convicted in shootings tied to a shotgun slaying, a plant hold up, and a Bronx liquor store holdup. The Court of Appeals recently upheld the lower court convictions.
Deputy sheriffs helped Charles Burrs of LeRoy locate his half-brother Edwin Wiers in Syracuse after a deadly LeRoy fire. Two relatives died and Marshall Burrs suffered severe burns, with Wiers found near Jamesville. the brothers then hurried to Batavia City Hospital.
Mrs. Clare Paetow of Dewitt received 3500 in a Supreme Court settlement for injuries from a November 1945 automobile accident. She was a passenger in a car owned by her daughter and driven by her son in law, who veered into a ditch due to a parked car. She suffered a broken wrist and was hospitalized. Paetow obtained 2500 from her daughter and 500 from Oliver Eno of Fayetteville, the other party.
Contributions of 1324 have arrived at Christmas Seal headquarters 607 Loew Building since the 1947 sale closed December 25. Thomas J. Corcoran chairman of the Onondaga Health Association Christmas Seal committee announced today. He said the late returns bring the total to 50172 and that the remaining contributors should send in their checks promptly.
Funeral services for Miss Anna M Barton of 32 E Seventh St Oswego who died Monday at Oswego Hospital will be held Wednesday at 1 30 PM from Munroe funeral home with Rev Allan T Dodge First Methodist Church officiating Burial at Mexico Cemetery
Six of eight crewmen from a crashed B-29 were rescued by two Alaska bush pilots near Nome 95 miles north on Seward Peninsula. Five others remain missing feared dead. Rescue efforts continue for Lt Vern H. Arnett and Lt Frederick I. Sheetz, who disappeared after Christmas.
Perry M. Shoemaker, general manager of the Lackawanna Railroad, will become vice president in charge of operations on January 1. The company also promoted Harry C. Schmidt to general freight traffic manager and James G. Cunningham to assistant secretary. Shoemaker, a native of Elmira, began with the railroad in June 1941 as transportation assistant and later served as superintendent at Hoboken and then general superintendent.
A storm caused a roof collapse at the New York Botanical Garden conservatory on Monday. Emergency heat was used to save potted plants as staff moved them to safety and workers began temporary roof repairs.
Rep. Flanagan of Virginia urged including tobacco in the Marshall Plan as a means to boost U.S. exports and reduce surplus. He argued tobacco would aid European efficiency by providing a business incentive and improve export trade prospects.
U Saw former premier of Burma was condemned by a Burmese special tribunal to die for abetting the murder of U Aung San and fellow ministers last July. Eight others in the case were also sentenced to death while Ba Nyun, who turned state's evidence, was acquitted.
A threatened strike of 2,500 C.O. telegraph workers against four international communications companies has been postponed 24 hours with the new deadline set for 12:01 A M Friday. The union the CIO American Communications Association announced the postponement Monday night on the ground it would follow up with further action.
Negotiators sought to eliminate the possibility of any charge of violation of contract and to set an expiration date. Union discussions were scheduled to continue today as talks aimed to resolve outstanding terms.
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