Newspaper correspondents and offices listed by town
Syracuse Herald-Journal and Syracuse Sunday Herald American reporters cover home town news in every community within the wide circulation territory. Names, addresses, and telephone numbers for correspondents in Geneva, Seneca Falls, Waterloo, Clyde, Penn VanRiony, Port Byron, Weedsport, Moravia, and more are provided along with circulation offices in multiple towns.
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Syracuse Herald-Journal
Syracuse
Herald-American
Episcopalian Sessions Open In Geneva
More than 250 representatives from the Rochester diocese gather in Geneva for the 15th annual two day joint diocesan convention of the church and women’s auxiliary. A key agenda item is changes in divorce regulations and reconsideration of a union between Episcopalian and Presbyterian denominations affecting about 50 parishes. Holy Communion was observed at St Peter’s Church with Bishop Bartel Reinheimer presiding.
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Geneva
Rochester
Episcopal Church
Church
Philadelphia
St. Peter's Episcopal Church
Bartel H. Reinheimer
Charles B. Perset, Jr
Norman Remmel
St. Peter's Church
George Norton
S.T.D
St. Paul's Church
Samuel H. Edsall
Trinity Church
David R. Covell
Hobart
William Smith Colleges
Auburn Church Homecoming Dinner
A homecoming dinner for service men and women was served last night at First Baptist Church in Auburn. Rev. Joseph H. Sutcliffe, pastor, spoke. The King's Daughters Society will meet at 2 30 PM Friday at Irene Smith Armstrong's home on North Street. a social hour will follow the business session.
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Auburn
First Baptist Church
Joseph H. Sutcliffe
King’s Daughters Society
Irene Smith Armstrong
North St. A
Village Clerk and Wife Mark 25th Wedding Anniversary
Waterloo notes the 25th wedding anniversary of Village Clerk David Brooks and Mrs. Brooks residing at 113 Virginia Street. They celebrated by spending the weekend at the Hotel Statler in Buffalo. Mrs. Brooks serves as secretary to Attorney J. Seward Bodine and is a Seneca County Court stenographer.
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Waterloo
David Brooks
Brooks
Virginia St
Auburn Rotarians Lead City Delegation at Convention
Dr. G Perry Ross, president of the Auburn Rotary Club, heads a delegation at Rotary International convention opening yesterday in Atlantic City New Jersey. Other Auburn members include Thomas C Richard secretary Charles A Cannon Dr George C Sincerbeaux Dr Leonard W Sincerbeaux and Jay Robinson.
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Auburn
G. Perry Ross
Auburn Rotary Club
Atlantic City
N. J
Thomas C. Richard
Charles A. Cannon
George C. Sincerbeaux
Leonard W. Sincerbeaux
Jay Robinson
W.S.C.S. Meeting Set at Moravia Home
A Moravia W.S.C.S. meeting of the Methodist Church is announced by president Mrs. Leonard Mott for Wednesday at the home of Mrs. Elwyn Phillips. A covered dish luncheon will precede the business session with Mrs. Donald Wright and Mrs. Clayton Hitt in charge of arrangements. Reports from the recent Syracuse conference session will be given by Mrs. George Warn and Mrs. Bertha Follett.
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Moravia
W.S.C.S
Methodist Church
Leonard Mott
Elwyn Phillips
Donald Wright
Clayton Hitt
George Warn
Bertha Follett
Methodist Conference
Syracuse
Saito gets 60 day jail term in Waterloo assault case
Seneca County grand jury session under way as Judge Huff reconvenes court. William Saito, 33, of Waterloo, pleaded guilty to third degree assault and was sentenced to 60 days in Seneca County Jail. Saito’s prior felony history noted. defense urged leniency.
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DVID
Seneca County
Henry W. Koch
John Brooks
Romulus
Seward Brooks
J. Willard Huff
Waterloo
Huff
William Saito
Fayette
Saito
Seneca Ordnance Depot
Herbert P. Wells
Koch
Pennsylvania
J. Seward Bodine
Rain Delays Moravia Groton Auburn Moravia League Play
Moravia and Groton games were postponed by rain in the Cayuga Tompkins County Baseball League. Only the Moravia beat Groton 8 to 1 at focal field, while Auburn edged Moravia 9 to 7 in a previous meeting. Manager Seward Morgan said postponed games will not be rescheduled unless tied scores warrant it. Games expected Sunday June 9: Groton at Auburn and Moravia hosting King Ferry.
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Moravia
Cayuga - Tompkins County Baseball League
Moravia Field
Groton
Auburn
Focal Field
Auburn-Moravia
Seward Morgan
King Ferry
Girls to Compete In Fashion Show
Geneva High School hosts a 4 PM fashion show at the Home Making Center with twenty five participating girls listed as Madeline Peter Rose Marie Travis Rebecca Abraham Rose Carnavale Shirley Dodd Patty Dobbs Joyce Farr Ruth Ann Heinman Helen Jackson Lois Monchan Jacquelyn Booth Betty Zakour Pearl Dungas Jean Cowan Betty McGuigan Betty McGrath Betty Rasmussen Betty Cook Joyce Knight Mary Pane Wanda Waddell Lois Griffith Barbara Vogt Margaret Davis Jacquelyn Antialek. Forty dollars in prizes will be awarded at graduation to the winners.
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Geneva
Geneva High School
Madeline Peter
Rose Marie Travis
Rebecca Abraham
Rose Carnavale
Shirley Dodd
Patty Dobbs
Joyce Farr
Ruth Ann Heinman
Helen Jackson
Lois Monchan
Jacquelyn Booth
Betty Zakour
Pearl Dungas
Auburn radio schedule full of hosts and shows
A cluttered listing shows WMBO Auburn daytime into late night with hosts Johnson, Hale, Lewis, Cobblers, and more. Programs include news, music, dramas, and religious segments with frequent repeats and times misaligned, reflecting a dense broadcast timetable.
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Griffin
Auburn
Johnson
Mutual Melody
Tom Mix
Gabriel Entter
School Addition Authorized in Seward and New Summer School
The Board of Education approved building plans for a Seward School addition, with President Dr. G. B. Atwater authorized to file with the State Education Department and to seek bids from Auburn architect Wallace P. Beardsley. A $400,000 bond issue to fund the new Evans Street replacement and Seward addition was petitioned but not yet acted on. A five week summer school at Fulton Street School July 8 to August 9 will cost $10, with Dr. Charles G. Hetherington to select staff. Miss Marion Twigg was appointed primary grade teacher for the coming year, bringing 14 years of experience after studies at Sayre, Cortland, and Buffalo State Teachers Colleges.
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Aubunan
Board of Education
Seward School
G. B. Atwater
State Education Department
Wallace P. Beardsley
Auburn
Evans Street
Fulton Street
Charles G. Hetherington
Marion Twigg
Miss Twigg
Sayre, Pa
Cortland and
Buffalo State Teachers’ Colleges
Six-County PTA Conference In Weedsport Tomorrow
Weedsport Central School band directed by Maurice Rose opens the six county district Parent Teacher conference in Weedsport tomorrow at 2 PM in the school auditorium. Finger Lakes delegates meet at 10 AM, luncheon at 1 15 in the cafeteria, with Mrs. G Atwater Auburn as director and Mrs. Clifford Jenkins as main speaker.
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Weedsport
Weedsport Central School
Maurice Rose
Parent Reacher Association
Finger Lakes
G. Burnett Atwater
Auburn
Legion to Present 25 Year Pins At Meeting
At tonight's W. Mynderse Rice Fest American Legion meeting in Auburn nineteen members will receive 25 year continuous membership certificates and three will receive 20 year certificates. Harold Brewster, poppy day sale chairman, will present a report. Delegates to the county Legion convention will be nominated.
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Auburn
W. Mynderse
American Legion
State Legion Department
Harold Brewster
Railroader Speaks To Geneva Kiwanis
D E Mumford of New York Central Railroad spoke on Public Safety on the Railroad before Geneva Kiwanis at their weekly luncheon. James Bunting and F Wesley Tuxill will represent Geneva Kiwanis at the Kiwanis International Convention in Atlantic City this week. Unofficial visitors include Mr and Mrs Harry Tarbell and Mr and Mrs George Prince.
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Geneva
D. E. Mumford
New York Central Railroad
Geneva Kiwanians
James Bunting
F. Wesley Tuxill
Geneva Kiwanis
Atlantic City
Harry Tarbell
George Prince
Church Bazaar Plans At Moravia Women’s Meeting
The Women's Society of the Congregational Church in Moravia will discuss its annual church bazar and lawn fete at today's meeting with Mrs. Ray Robinson presiding. Committees will be formed to advance the event and refreshments are organized by a group led by Mrs. Leslie Luther and others including Mrs. Stanley Pryce and Miss E. Thomas.
Chief at Convention Seneca Falls in Elmira Fire Chiefs Meet
Fire Chief Fred C. Fornesi and Mrs. Fornesi of East Bayard Jr left for Elmira to attend the New York State convention of fire chiefs. The convention opened Sunday at the Mark Twain Hotel and will close tomorrow. Canoga Home Bureau to Meet at 2 PM Thursday at the home of Mrs. Ted Slover one mile south of here with Mrs. Marjorie Abbott as unit chairman presiding.
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Seneca Falls
Fred C. Fornesi
Home Bureau
Canoga
Canoga Home Bureau
Ted Slover
Here
Marjorie Abbott
Fox Cemetery Association to meet at Black Brook road home
Members will hold their annual meeting at 8 tonight at Clinton Morehouse's home on Black Brook road. Reports for the year will be presented.
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Seneca Falls
The
Fox Cemetery Association
Clinton Morehouse
Black Brook Rd
Waterloo Girl To Be Married
The engagement of Betty Jane Sutliffe to Paul Mumford was announced by Mr. and Mrs. Willard Sutliffe. No wedding date is set. Miss Sutliffe, a Waterloo High School graduate, works in the Seneca Knitting Mills office. Mumford recently returned to studies at Mynderse Academy after three years in the Navy.
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Waterloo
Betty Jane Sutliffe
Paul Mumford
Stephen Mumford
E. Bayard St
Seneca Falls
Willard Sutliffe
Oak St
Sutliffe
Waterloo High
Seneca Knitting Mills
Mumford
Canadian to Speak Auburn Rotary Meeting Guest
The Rev. H Crawford Scott of Hawkesbury California will address today's Rotary Club gathering at Hotel Osborne. Scott served as a squadron leader in World War II.
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Auburn
H. Crawford Scott
Hawkesbury
Cal
Rotary Club
Hotel Osborne
Scott
Unhurt in Geneva Car Crash at Crossing
Geneva three residents escaped injury when a car driven by Wallace Bruce Fairchild of 270 Washington Street was struck by a New York Central locomotive at Preemption Street crossing yesterday. Passengers William Berryman of 489 Exchange Street and Harry Anthony Zimmer of Sampson Naval Center reported facial pain. Zimmer sought medical care. Police say Fairchild did not see the flagman or hear the whistle, though railroad staff claimed signals were given. Fairchild’s car sustained heavy damage.
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Geneva
Rites Held for Edward E. Scovill in Auburn
Edward E. Scovill died Saturday in Scranton Pennsylvania. Funeral services were held yesterday at St. Peter's Episcopal Church Auburn with burial in Fort Hill Cemetery. He served 60 years as organist at St. Peter's and as supervisor of music in Auburn public schools. He had lived in Scranton in recent years.
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Auburn
Edward E. Scovill
Scranton
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Fort Hill
Albert A. Chambers
Robert J. Evans
John A. Frampton
Grace Episcopal Church
Union City
N. J
Scovill
183 Honored By Red Cross Fort Service
Seneca Falls Chapter of the American Red Cross honored 183 volunteer workers at an award tea in the Legion home. Certificates of merit and pins, signed by President Truman and Red Cross leaders, recognized 200 or more hours of service during World War II.
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Seneca Falls
American Red Cross
Legion Home
Red Cross
Truman
Basil O'Connor
National American Red Cross
Joseph J. Doyle
Harry Gumbert
Ovid
Interlaken
Romulus
Gumbert
George Cramer
Carl Forshee
Richard Butcher
Horace Knight
Hamilton Garnsey, Jr
Walter Naylon
Mary MacGill
Dairymen Vote For Milk Strike Action In Seneca County
At a Ro mulus Central School meeting more than 300 dairymen from Seneca County voted nearly unanimously to withdraw milk from market. The resolution seeks a 25 percent price increase over last year to cover rising production costs and will be sent to OPA Washington and state officials. The Seneca County Dairy Action Committee chaired by Florion Wilkins will coordinate the effort with other counties in the milk shed.
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Romulus
Romulus Central School
Seneca County
Seneca County Dairy Action Committee
Florion Wikins
Interlaken
Wilkins
Henry Brown
Covert
Harry Andrews
Waterloo
Harold Wyckoff
OPA
Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Charles Blanford
New York State
New York
Vermont
Pennsylvania
Edward Foster
New York State Conference Board of Farm Organizations
Allen Russell
Tioga Dairy Action Committee
Foster
Conference Board
Northeast
Russell
United
Dairymen
L. W. Hester
Theodore Marrier
Norwood Mitchell
Seneca Falls
Delos Hill
Fayette
Charles Beardsley
Lewis Morgan
Scott Nielson
Harold Larsen
Geneva R.D
William Olp
Junius
Henry McCoy
Elks to Initiate Auburn Members at Tomorrow Night
Auburn Lodge of Elks plans a large initiation at tomorrow night’s meeting with Exalted Ruler William Ganey presiding. Flag exercises are set for Friday June 14, led by Past Exalted Ruler Herbert T. Anderson who chairs the arrangements committee.
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Auburn
Auburn Lodge of Elks
William Ganey
Herbert T. Anderson
Divorce Granted in Auburn for Eva M. Lock and Arnold Edward Lock
Supreme Court Justice Earle S. Warner grants a divorce to Eva M. Lock from Arnold Edward Lock. Married at Cayuga on August 12, 1939. Decree orders the defendant to pay the plaintiff five dollars weekly.
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Auburn
Supreme Court
Earle S. Warner
Phelps
Eva M. Lock
Arnold Edward Lock
Cayuga
Joneses announce Diana Jones wed Leon L Cody Jr in Syracuse
Mr and Mrs James Jones of 1 Gibson Square Auburn announce the marriage of their daughter Diana Jones to Leon L Cody Jr of Auburn. The couple wed April 5 in Syracuse.
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Auburn
James Jones
Gibson Sq
Diana Jones
Leon L. Cody, Jr
Syracuse
70 Ton Crane Tips Over Near Geneva
John Schefkie, crane operator at Ontario Sand and Crane Corp north of Geneva, escaped as the 70 ton machine tipped onto its left side on a 100 foot precipice while stripping top ground. He climbed out through levers and gear with difficulty. The crane was badly damaged and out of commission for days until it can be righted.
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Geneva
John Schefkie
Ontario Sand and Crane Corporation
Mhfe
Schefkie
Waiting for Doctor Geneva Veteran Dies
Forrest E Lietvel of 19 Sherrill Street died yesterday while visiting a physician's office. He served four years in the U S Army, mostly overseas, and had worked at the Patent Cereals Company's plant. Survived by widow Josephine Fallon Lietzel, his parents Mr and Mrs Fred Lietzel of Lewisburg PA, a sister Jean Lietzel of Lewisburg, and several aunts and uncles.
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Geneva
Forrest E. Lietvel
Sherrill St
Physican
U. S
Patent Cereals Company
Josephine Fallon Lietzel
Fred Lietzel
Lewisburg
Jean Lietzel
Presbyterian Women Hold Tea Tomorrow
Auburn story notes Westminster Presbyterian Church Missionary Society plans a 2 30 tea with speaker Mrs W Irren Odom wife of the First Methodist pastor The Star Class meets at 8 tonight at Mrs Elsie Dunster home for a gathering
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Auburn
Missionary Society of Westminster Presbyterian Church
W.irren Odom
First Methodist Church
Elsie Dunster
Recitals Tonight by Titcomb Pupils at Church
Voice and piano pupils of Miss Louise Carol Titcomb will present a recital at 8 15 P M in the First Presbyterian Church choir room. Participants include Doris Ridley soprano Caribel Jaeckel contralto Margaret Patrick contralto Robert Burtress baritone and Martha Mc Connell pianist. A second recital is scheduled for June 11.
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Auburn
Louise Carol Titcomb
First Presbyterian Church
Doris Ridley
Caribel Jaeckel
Margaret Patrick
Robert Burtress
Martha McConnell
Auburn Pastor John White to Speak at Rosary Society Dinner
The Rev. John F. White, ex professor at Cathedral College New York and Colette New Rochelle, will be guest speaker at St. Mary's Church annual Rosary and Scapular Society dinner in Hotel Osborne Auburn tonight. Toastmaster will be the Rev. Dr. William E. Cowen, pastor of the church.
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Auburn
John F. White
Cathedral College
New York City
Colette
New Rochelle
St. Mary's Church
Hotel Osborne
Father White
St. Mary’s Church
William E. Cowen
Mrs Achilles Named On Visitors Board
Albany Gov Dewey appointed Mrs William E Achilles of Geneva to the Newark State School board of visitors to fill the unexpired term of Mrs R Richard Roenke. Her term runs until December 31 1950.
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Albany
Dewey
William E. Achilles
Geneva
Bard of Visitors
Newark State School
R. Richard Roenke
Achilles
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Dalyolumn
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Spencer
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Geneseest, Auburn
WMBO
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the Johnson Pamty
Hi Neighbor
Captain Midnigh
Fulton Lewis, Jr
Korn Kobblers
aArthur Hale
Inside of
Mike
Gabriel Heatter
Gree Informatics
Frazier Hunt
Shady Valley Folks
Mutual
Variety Theater
Cecil Brown
Elsa Maxwell
Victor H Lindlant
William Jang
Cayuga Farm Buea
Lopes
Jonn J. Anthony
Cedric_ Foster
Jens Coin
Owaseo
Owaseo Lake
New Yacht Club
Peti
Clifford Jenkins
West Hempstead
L. L
New York State Congress of Parents and Teachers
James Compon
W. F. Lampnan
Fred Parsons
Winthrop Hamilton
Claire Wheeler
James Stafford
Ralph Christopher
Kenneth Sprague
Legion
Kiwanis
E. BE. Scoville
Powell Hill
Scotland
Duncan Morton
Osborne
Jennis Morton
Buffalo
Walter Morton
Trinidad
Thomas Morton
Denean Morton
William Rose
Morton
Montreal
Red Cross Fort Service
John Schelkie
Presbyterian
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Onight
Weedsport Theater
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Errol Flynn
Capitolehestee
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Brooklyn
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Alexander Knox
Dick Powell
Walter Slezak
Mrs. Achilles
Bugs
St. Auburn
Burrow’s Roofing & Siding CO
Weedaport
N. Y
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Cayuga County
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Arturo de Cordova
Mexico
Joel McCrea
Merle Oberon
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