King is Dead Long Live the King A 1955 New Year Note
In a reflective 1954 wrap up, the writer notes a year of local events and friendships. It mentions fishing trips on Catherine Creek Stony Island and Twin Falls and laughs with friends like Matches Googey Bince Lopey Bitgoode and Coach Etaoin Shrdlu. The piece ends with a cheerful New Year wish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King
K.C
Orton Holly
Etaoin Shrdlu
Lopey Bitgoode
Catherine Creek
Stony Island
Twin Falls
Googey Bince
Lopey Bitgoode- Little Orlo
Lottie Dingwinger
Syracuse Woman Defends Subversive Tag on Peace Group
A Syracuse woman blasted Attorney General Brownell for labeling Syracuse Women for Peace as subversive. She called the move undemocratic and pointed out the group has been defunct for over a year. Brownell lists 27 groups as subversive and notes hearings are possible before listing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
Herbert Brownell
Women For Peace
Morton Geiger
Brownell
Syracuse Women For Peace
Patricia Geiger
E. Genesee Pkway
McCarthy
Geiger
Thomas J. Herbert
Subversive Activities Control Board
Jefferson School of Social Science
New York City
Herbert
Washington
New York
Communist Party
Nine Syracusans Pass State Bar Tests
The State Board of Law Examiners lists 479 successful applicants from the November exam. Of those, 454 certified to Appellate Divisions, 25 to Appellate after proof of compliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AAU Wreta
Albany
State Board of Law Examiners
Supreme
James John Maio
N. Roxiford Rd
Syracuse
North Syracuse Looks to Growth and Recreation in 1955
Village Mayor William F. Baker outlines plans for 1955 including new teen recreation facilities, sewer expansion along Lay Creek, and curbside traffic relief. He cites the North Syracuse Community Council under Earl Revercom as key to progress and notes ongoing school and religious facility needs amid postwar residential growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Syracuse
William F. Baker
Baker
Lay Creek
Church St
Frank Bellows
Village Planning Board
Rev Hosie and Wife Honored at Party
Clergy from Protestant Catholic and Jewish communities gathered at the Amberg home to honor Rev Laurence T. Hosie executive secretary of the Syracuse and Onondaga Council of Churches as he leaves Syracuse after nine years. Gifts included a silver bowl and a bound volume of letters. Attending were bishops, rabbis, and church leaders from multiple denominations. The Hosies plan to move to Indianapolis in mid January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laurence T. Hosie
Chefi
Alfred W. Haight
Council of Churches
Haight
Syracuse and Onondaga
Hosie
Richard H. Amberg
Brattford
Indianapolis
Alfred W Haight
William H. Donaghy
Amberg
State Gets Permission For Bridge
The Public Service Commission approved a State Public Works Department plan to build a bridge over a D L and W Railroad spur near the Halcomb Steel Company plant. The $548 412 arterial will link State Fair Blvd to improve traffic flow from Spencer and Liberty streets in Syracuse and will be built as a three span deck type steel and reinforced concrete structure. Work is slated to start next spring after bids for drainage and grading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Public Works Department
State Fair Blvd
D. L. and
Halcomb Steel Company
Public Service Commission
Onondaga Lake West Shore
ID. P. W
Spencer and
Liberty Sts
Syracuse
State Fair
Hiawatha
Harold Tarbell
District Office
State
Tarbell
Church of the Saviour Hosts Christmas Party
Syracuse Home Association members were entertained at the Church of the Saviour 437 James St for a Christmas party. New Year’s Day services will include Holy Communion at 8 A.M. and a 10:30 A.M. address by Rev. Arthur B. Merriman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse Home Association
Church of the Saviour
James St
Arthur B. Merriman
First Baptist Church
jRescue Mission
Valley Presbyterian Church
Salvation Army
Liverpool Adult School Chief Sought
The Liverpool Central Schools Board seeks a full time adult education director to handle enrollment growth and program development. The appointee will edit district publications, coordinate public relations, and serve as attendance officer with duties beginning January and effective July 1, 1955. Second term registration for adult education classes is set for Monday evening at Liverpool High School with new courses planned if enrollment meets minimums.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Liverpool Central Schools
Central School
Liverpool High School
Salt City
Syracuse Welcomes 1955 New Year Amid Festive Scenes
Syracusans and Central New York revelers greet 1955 with house parties, midnight services, and public events across the region. Churches plan night services, police run sober-driver programs with coffee bars, and celebrations stretch from Times Square to local clubs as Americans anticipate a wartime-free year and a hopeful start.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thruway
New York
Times Square
Houston
Miami
Dallas
Miami Beach
Atlanta
Boston
Salt Lake City
Dairymen to See Carey on Super Pool Plan
DANIEL J. CAREY soon to be state agriculture commissioner plans a meeting with New York milkshed dairymen to discuss a “super pool” to raise fluid milk prices. Four major dairy groups set Tuesday for a session at Albany with Carey and distributors to negotiate the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel J. Carey
New York
Carey
Groton
Associated Press
Albany
Ernest C. Strobeck
Macedon
Dairymen’s League Cooperative Association
Thomas J. Cribbs
Poyntelle
Eastern Milk Producers Cooperative
Kenneth A. Shaul
Cobleskill
Mutual Federation of Producer Cooperatives
James A. Young
Angelica
Metropolitan Milk Producers Bargaining Agency
Dairymen
Everett Case
Colgate University
Special Tree Collection Announced for Westvale Avery Friday
Geddes supervisor Joseph Berndt announced a Special Collection of Christmas trees in Westvale Avery next Friday. He urged residents to place trees outside late Thursday or early Friday since many could not be picked up on regular collection days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westvale-Avery
Joseph Berndt
Marriage Licenses Listed for Eddie Kellam and Others
The notice lists marriages including Eddie C Kellam at 709 8 and Minnie B Joseph at 1119 5 Townsend St, with other entries for William R Hongoust Dorothy A Paulianis Jamesville Georgia Hale Richard D Ensslin Anne A Knowles Robert F Hardy Mary E Van Bramer Helmer A Lokken Ethel H Larson James M Van Gelder Violet R Paisley Peter W Guereschi Jr and Theresa Casciere at 520 Pond St, East Syracuse, North Syracuse, Rochester and nearby areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie C. Kellam
Peter W. Guereschi, Jr
Syracuse
Theresa “A
Crash Suit Is Settled for Widow of Accident Victim
A Compromise of 7500 will be paid to Mrs Lydia S Bennett widow of Joseph Bennett 72 who died after an auto collision on April 30. The suit named Kenneth Boyea and James N Cameron as defendants. Bennett died July 5 following a stroke two months after the crash. The settlement was approved by Surrogate Charles R Milford Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia S.bennett
Holland St
Charles R. Milford, Jr
Bennett
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Joe Bearish
Santa Claus
Joe
Kris
Florida
Nedrow
Bust
Syracuse Yacht Club
Qbs
Marc Worner
Santa
St. Lawrence
Naomi
Marty Lynch
Carleton Curtis
Frank “Duffy” Stearns
Fred Betts
W. W. Nicholson, Sr
Herbert Donovan
John Brockway
Barrett Herrick
Imvin
138Th
Gays
Hancock
Sampson
Jacksonville
Jim Turner
Liverpool
Chiefs
Carmen Basilio
Herald Journal
Arrronne
Sidney Leon Manes
E. Genesee St
Thomas Joseph Murphy
Maxwell Av
Lewis Theodore Reale
Martin St
Stanley Virgil Scott
Sumner
Morrell Richard Southwick
Hickok Av
Theodore A. Trespasz
Court St
the Court of Appeals
David Tyre Bishop
Nivenst
City Hall
E. Genesee and
Montgomery Sts
E. Washington
S. State
E. Water and Market Srs
Washington St
W. Earl Ledden
Malcolm E. Peabody
Episcopal Diocese of
Central New York
Walter M. Higley
Joseph B. Toomey
Catholic Charities
Benjamin Friedman
Temple Society of Concord
Irwin I. Hyman
Temple Adath Yeshurun
Charles C. Noble
Hendricks Chapel
Syracuse University
Kenneth A. Rondarmel
New York State Council of Churches
David S. MacInnis
Walter D. Cavert
New York Presbyterian Synod
Glenn H. Asquith
Ivan M. Cash
New York State Baptist Convention
John W. Osberg
American Bible Society
Lawrence T. Hosie, Jr
Eunice Hosie
Syracuse, l
Church of Saviour
Liverpool Adult School
Fayetteville
Clam Cnawaden
William R. Hongoust
Onondaga
Dorothy A. Paulianis
Wyoming
Hubert K. Boss
Jamesville
Georgia
Hale
Richard D. Ensslin
Midlandev
Anne A. Knowles
Rochester
Robert F. Hardy
Mary E. van Bramer
Ackerman
Helmer A. Lokken
North Dakota
Ethel H. Larson
West Monroe
James M. van Gelder
E. Fayette St
Violet R. Paisley
Hawley Av
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