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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1947
Page
42
Heavy rains raised Oswego River to record highs halting canal traffic. Water in harbor and Lock 8 area four feet above normal. grain carriers delayed at Oswego elevator as river waters subsided. No ships en route to Oswego while flood levels persisted.
Civic Music Drive kicks off in Fulton with June 9 to 14 drive led by Lawrence Ackard of Civic Concert Service. The effort aims to fund annual Fulton concerts. kickoff dinner is set for Monday at 6 15 PM with city officials and church leadership guiding the campaign. Headquarters are at M Goldsberg Sons, 63 S First St, with special phones 1103 and 1104.
Syracuse Herald Journal and Syracuse Sunday Herald American reporters cover home town news in every community within the wide circulation area of these newspapers. The staff lists multiple correspondents with various city and street contact details scattered through the fragment.
Paro 8 carries Roy E Fairman daily column Roaming Reporter bringing local notes and early city sketches. The piece previews community events and familiar names in a concise snapshot for readers.
Oswego State Teachers College announces the retirement of Mrs Isabelle K Hart assistant professor of geography and former dean of women at summer session end. A 1907 graduate she joined the faculty in 1921 earned an AM from Clark University in 1927 did Columbia graduate work and led Clark field trips across the U S and Canada since 1942 she has been executive secretary of the Alumni Association after six years as its president and helped reorganize the group in 1935.
Mrs Elizabeth A Repholz 79 widow of George F Repholz died Tuesday at 509 S Hamilton St after a long illness Funeral will be Friday at 9 A M from Holy Family Church with burial in Glenwood Cemetery She survived by two daughters Mrs Robert J Easton and Miss Margaret M Repholz both of this city two sisters Misses Jane and Eleanor Fitzgerald of Syracuse two brothers Joseph Fitzgerald of Syracuse and Michael Witegerald of Schenectady
Watertown Jefferson County streams are gradually re seding after a 36 hour halt in rain from 6 P.M. Sunday to 6 A.M. Tuesday. They deposited a total of 2.38 inches flooding creeks rivers and streams. Farmland gardens and residential properties were spilled upon as waters rose above their banks.
Morrison Avenue area flooded as Ceplan plant sale to Acco Products progresses. Water reached six inches at homes, with one foot near porches and cellars flooded. Meeting at the office of Leo Seymour to finalize the sale of the former Caplan Steel plant at Ogdensburg to Acco Products, with officials from Bagley & Sowall and Acco present.
Mrs Charlotte Patrick and Mrs Nora Davidson of Palermo were named delegates representing Oswego County Home Bureau to a one day career and small business clinic at Plymouth Congregational Church in Syracuse on Thursday. A special meeting is set for June 14 to present a candidate for assistant home demonstration agent by Miss Elizabeth Grady.
Cyclotherm A team defeated Burke's Lumber 19-0 at Fitzhugh Park in a Class A City Softball League contest. All runs came in the first inning before Burke's Lumber forfeited the game.
Pedestrians faced street closures yesterday as floodwaters rose across farms and gardens. A group of boys used a small boat to assist marooned residents, while farmers struggle after 21 of the past 35 days brought heavy rain totaling 9.16 inches, washing out seeds and delaying planting.
G Ray Bodley, superintendent of schools, resigns as clerk of the Palton board of education due to state education laws. William Caton will serve as clerk for the rest of the year without salary. The board adopts a resolution mourning Maurice M Conley, a longtime board member and former president.
Martha Jane Circus, 13 months old, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Circus Jr., died Tuesday at home in Clyde. Survived by three sisters Delores Joanne Le, maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs William Phelps Phoenix, and paternal grandfather Edward Cirbus. Funeral services Friday at Hopkins Funeral Home with Rev Archie McKinney officiating at North Syracuse Baptist Church.
The Holy Name Society's Annual Communion at St John’s Catholic Church Oswego will be held Sunday after the 8 AM mass. Guest speaker is Martin L. Lally a former Oswego resident from Syracuse, with James Lanigan of Fulton attending.
Heavy rainfall and west winds along the St Lawrence River caused flooding that lifted boats and ripped docks to shreds. Camps, boathouses, and the northeast end of Ogdensburg faced rising water with residences and a park area submerged. Daughters born to local residents noted at Lee Memorial Hospital as river levels spiked and drifted docked vessels.
Utica Free Academy and Oswego High School battled 12 innings to a 0 0 tie. Darkness halted play after three hours with Oswego limited to three hits and Utica to five. Barr and Roy McCrobie each held strong in relief as both teams failed to score despite late threats.
Oswego County boards of education urged immediate and careful consideration of a new permissive county tax program for education. Over 60 trustees from 105 districts attended the Tuesday night meeting in Oswego, Fulton, and surrounding areas. A five member committee was named to assist the board of supervisors, including Ralph C. Lester of Oswego as chairman and James E. Lanigan of Fulton as chair. Attendees opposed nuisance taxes but offered no alternative to higher teacher salaries. The supervisors were set to meet the next afternoon in the county building.
Hoentr H Chapman 24 son of Mrs Julia Cheen Chapman died Tuesday in Orwell Sanitorium He was born November 25 1922 in Lake Ariel Pa Survived by five sisters Anona Cimono Rochester Bessie St John Sayler Laura Mae Chapman Pulaski Margaret Chapman Virginia Chapman Syracuse and brother George Chapman Syracuse Funeral services set for 230 PM Saturday at Hopkins Funeral Home Phoenix burial Pine Plains Cemetery
Rev John B OBrien of Norwich appointed assistant to Rev Edward P Kenefie at St Johns Callalic Church in FoxASKI replacing Rev Joseph K Nold who takes sick leave OBrien was ordained May 15 in Syracuse
List of sale items at 410 Rochester St Fulton includes a gray topcoat size 8 short new, a rowboat and oars, a porch glider, a 24 inch bicycle, a maple tilt-top device and swivel chair, a pool table chair, a bowling alley unit, 150 comic books, 40 boys Alger books, 2 bedroom chairs, doors, wool rugs, single doors, and various game puzzles marketed for camp price ranges. Call evenings.
The annual piano recital of Rexford E. Potts’ pupils will be held Sunday at 4 PM in the Methodist Church auditorium. Baritone horn soloist Jack Freeman will assist. A piano duet opens with Salute to the Colors. Performers include Joan Thompson Evelyn Davis Barbara Montondo and Joan Potts among many other students.
Fulton officials move to condemn about a quarter acre in Volney to fence Tilden Spring per State Waterpower rules. Landowners Albert and Mabelle Tilden seek 2500 dollars. city offers 200. Aldermen rescind Oneida Street widening plan. parking meters approved with church and physician offices exempt. Zoning for River dew Park district sets 4505 dollar minimum, and building permits for additions to a N First Street service station and a cement block building on S First Street are approved.
Pulaski reports the release of more than 7,000 fingerling trout into area streams Tuesday, funded by the State Conservation Department. Andrew Murray led the project with assistance from John Ras Museen Col Hugh Barealy and Arnold Davis of the local game club.
A Chamber of Commerce session will convene at 8 P.M. Thursday in Legion House. President Max Butler will preside as the annual meeting reviews the year and conducts the election of officers for the coming year.
Clyde Central School vocal music instructor Miss Claris Fairman will be guest soloist at Clyde Women’s Club musicale on Thursday night June 5 at 8 o'clock in the Lundy home. She studied voice and music education at Syracuse University and is soloist at the Erwin Methodist Church in Syracuse. The program also features composer pianist and organist Charles Sergisson and additional vocal and instrumental artists.
Robert J. Hayden of Fulton announces he will run in Granby in upcoming Republican primaries for the position of highway superintendent. Hayden is a World War II veteran who served in the European theater.
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