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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1946
Page
30
The Syracuse Herald Journal and Syracuse Herald American note their reporters cover home town news in every community of the broad circulation territory. Names include Mrs W of New York and others in Cooperstown Oxford and Unadilla, with various correspondents listed.
The daily column by Roaming Reporter Rey E. Fairman appears on Page 4 today. Read the cheerful sketches and local observations in the regular feature.
Two persons were injured in a two car crash on the Ithaca Elmira road about a quarter mile south of Old Hundred. William Mowry of Rock Stream led the other car driven by David Fairbanks of Ithaca. Mowry’s car flipped four or five times. Injured were Mowrey and Elizabeth Smith of Ithaca with facial cuts and possible chest injury from X-ray assessment.
All but a few of the senior class at Oneonta State Teachers College have definite teaching plans for next year. The list includes Marion Atkins Oxford Jean Atkins Delmar Beatrice Bailey Ithaca Elizabeth Barton Saugerties Frances Blakestee Chenango Forks Helen Bloom Schenectady Ailee Bowen Dolgeville Irene Braxe Cherry Valley Catherine Bunzey Palmer Eleanor Cane Rochester Mary Cane Pine Bush Helen Christman Rochester Martet Cuary Ithaca Juanita Cole Oxford Maj erste Crawford Rochester Suzanne Leighton Chappaqua Sylvia Dewey Mineola Jean DeGolver Cloversville Jean Dieball Rochester Helen Dinne Cobleskill Virginia Dougherty Long Beach Evelyn Cox Pelham Agnes Feehan Ithaca Mary Fellows Troy Gladys Ferr Roxbury Mary Francis Cherry Value Carolin Gacton Onconts Ralph Genna ino Pine Bush Florence Gerrish Rochester Jean Gesell Earlville Bernice Gonser Grand Gorge Rosamond Hall Middleport John Hamel Delmar Carolyn Hanser West Winfield Mildred Hughey Schenectady Marion Hulse St James Kathleen Johnson Mr. Upton Ruth Jones East Frankfort Mary Kahn Bridgehampton Vincent Lake Livingston Manor Shorley Lamb Gotham Margaret Leal Fort Henry Gloria Lloyd West Babylon Billy Loudon New Berlin Mary McCall Frankl Square Benryn McNitt Cooperstown Margaretyville Matilda Merax Hart Hampton Estelie Mickle Co s lestill Alton Millen Jane Millen Roxbury Areela Muir Huntington Alfred Oborscht St Johnsville Alice Reed Verona Ella Rose Cox Roxbury Anna Sites New Berlin Mary Springer Chang
Cortland wedding reports Betty May Purdy daughter of Mr and Mrs Raymond Purdy 59 Owego Street and Millard A Scott of Virgil son of Mrs D Maynard Moravia were married June 5 at Memorial Baptist Church Cortland Rev Allan R Knight officiated Bride attended by Dixie Lee Reed Cortland High School former Central Paper Box employee Bridegroom Charles Butler Cortland best man Scott attended Virgil Central School and recently discharged from the armed forces after three years overseas He is employed at Champion Sheet Metal Company.
Cortland obituary for Mrs. Minnie Davies 7K of Richford who died Saturday at her home after illness. Born in Germany, she spent most of her life in Solon and Richford. Survived by four sons Walter E. Davies Cortland Thomas Davies Sitka Alaska Fred Davies Rockford Illinois Ernest Davies Richford and several grandchildren including Marjorie Davies Cortland and Mrs Kirk Huttleston Blodgett Mills.
The Cortland County Federated Women’s Music Club will hold its closing business meeting of the season tonight. Important business will be transacted and a report on the spring concert will be given. Plans will be made for a picnic later in the month.
Baccalaureate services in Cage Chapel open senior week. Graduation in Schoellkopf Field at 11 A.M. Sunday June 23, with Bailey Hall as rain site. Senior dinner June 20 in Willard Straight Hall with Emeritus Prof Bristow Adams as speaker. Class day and singing June 22 in front of Goldwin Smith Hall.
Sherburne Fire Chief William T. Champ was elected president of the New York State Fire Chiefs Association at Elmira during the annual session. He is the first volunteer fire department member to reach this high post, and he and Mrs. Champ attended the convention.
The Oneonta area U S Employment Office appoints Howard Archer of Walton as assistant to Clyde Craft farm representative. Archer will liaise with Delaware County employers and farm organizations to address labor shortages. He has Cornell poultry training and dairy farm experience. war service included Saipan injury. Miss Woodrum urges farm owners needing workers to contact him.
Marjorie Whittemore of Norwich daughter of H. William Whittemore of Earlville wed Howard L. Welton son of Leslie Welton of Norwich in the First Methodist Church Earlville on June 2. Rev Arthur Oot Jr officiated with Mrs Mary Nower as matron of honor and Thelma Hodges as maid of honor. Ushers were George Genung and Wilber Whittemore.
Anthony Simiele a former Marine corporal son of Mrs Rose Simiele and Miss Margaret Ellen Yale daughter of Mr and Mrs Walter Yale of Sayre Pa were married at 9 A M today in St Marys of the Lake Catholic Church Attendants were Betty and William Siemele sister and brother of the groom also Golf Course Open at Glen Springs Golf Course in Watkins Glen with Joseph Fraboni named new caretaker ready for daily play
Miss Marmell Pangallo, 20, of Watkins Glen is confirmed dead after a boat trip on Seneca Lake with Howard Pierce, 21, missing. Fire crews grappled through rough seas and fog over the weekend, aided by the Cunningham party and James Woodworth, but search efforts were hampered by high winds and a storm. Pangallo’s funeral details are announced. Pierce’s status remains unresolved.
Cornell names Harold E. Shadick and Lucien Wolff as visiting professors for the 1946 47 academic year. Shadick, London born, long-time Yenching University staffer, chairs Western Languages department. Wolff, Rennes chancellor and former German hostage, served as liaison officer in France and has lectured at Cornell previously.
Glenn V. McFarland, chief United States probation officer for the Northern District of New York, to address the Exchange Club at Hotel Cortland at 6 15 PM. Judge Morse E. Ames to introduce. Y's Men’s Club meets at the Y MCA at 6 30 PM for a regular session.
Edward Lundberg of Cortland was elected president of the Municipal Recreation Twilight League formed in the area. Preston Maccomber of McGraw is secretary and William Maher of Cortland treasurer. Opening week is to begin June 17 with games on Tuesday and Thursday at 7:02 PM. Teams include Brockways, Cortland State Teachers College summer team, Cortland Junior American Legion, and the McGraw town team.
Georgia Yager daughter of George Yager and Walter F. Kunkel son of Mr and Mrs Walter D Kunkel were married in St Marys Church Oneonta by the Very Rev Arthur Cunningham. Honor attendants included Michael Pobran and Carmel ia Chicoretli with Alfred Yager as usher. The couple will reside in Philadelphia after a wedding trip to Niagara Falls and Canada.
Announcement reports the wedding of Mary Alice Briner of Massillon Ohio and Leslie H. Potter formerly of Cortland Syracuse. The ceremony was at First Methodist Church Massillon with Rev Taylor Alton presiding. Attendants were Daniel Yost and Katherine Briner. The bride is a nursing graduate. Potter served 42 months in the armed forces. They reside at Fair Haven Beach.
Janet Crandall with an 89.7 average will be valedictorian at Cincinnatus High School graduation this month. Frank Mn Ufford with 87.7 will be salutatorian. Crandall to enter Central City Business Institute Syracuse after graduation. She is editor in chief of the senior annual and was advertising editor of the school paper. Ufford was a member of the school dramatic club and has no immediate plans.
The annual mother and daughter dinner will be held at the Methodist Church on Tuesday at 6 30 PM. Mrs Herbert Gordon wife of the Riverside Methodist Church pastor Imira will speak. Miss Bertha Thompson will be toastmistress. Others include Mrs Arthur H Jackson Sr and Miss Alta Basset.
Mr and Mrs Donald Herr of S Glenav are parents of a son born at the Relief Hospital in Montour Falls. Mr and Mrs Bernard Clark of Beaver Dam are parents of a son born at Arnol Ogden in Elmira. Mrs Clark is the former Marie Tillman, daughter of Mr and Mrs William Tillman of Watkins Glen.
W Earl Mack 59 of Antwerp died Sunday at the House of the Good Samaritan after a cerebral hemorrhage. He had been a patient there since June 5. Survived by a sister Miss Helen Mack of Antwerp. never married. Body moved to Antwerp for funeral services and burial.
WATERTOWN The beer license of Menas Vouklizas at 109 Public Square is suspended by the State Liquor Authority for 10 days starting June 17 for enabling a person under 18 to dispense alcoholic beverages.
Louis George recently discharged from the Navy resides with his wife in Watertown and works in partnership with his brother.
Clair Dakin of 40 Park Place Geneva suffered head injuries after rocks struck him in a narrow gorge at Taughannock State Park Sunday. He was carried a quarter mile to the gorge entrance and taken to Tompkins County Memorial Hospital in critical condition.
Cortland State Teachers College held its annual men's athletic dinner at the Y M C A on Saturday night. Letter men received awards and outstanding athletes earned honorary sports honors including Kasmer Stempek Hoosick Falls in soccer John Moiseichik Cortland in basketball Marion Fricano North Collins in baseball Dimitri Poradosky Cortland in tennis and William Gilchrist Shushan in track A business manager Louis Hulbert East Aurora received a special award Dr C L Anderson spoke on Sports in the Life of Americans.
Funeral services for Dolph Oshier 64 will be held Tuesday at 9 am at Holy Name Church in Tupper Lake. He died Saturday at 4 45 am at home 145 Main St after years of ill health. Interment in Holy Name Cemetery. Survived by daughter Mary Woulf grandson Edward Woulf three brothers and one sister.
Funeral rites for Mrs. Frank Miller 83 of 22 Margaret Street were held at St. Bernard's Church. Burial followed at St. Bernard's Cemetery. She died Friday at Saranac Lake General Hospital after a stay since May 26. Born January 1864 in Quebec, she lived in Saranac Lake over 50 years. Surviving are son Emil Miller of Rochester and grandsons Jack Miller of Rochester and Hubert Miller of Saranac Lake.
LAKE PLACID The New York State Funeral Directors and Embalmers Association will hold its annual convention here June 18 19 and 20. No exhibits are planned but a large attendance is expected at the first postwar convention of the organization affiliated with the National Association. Headquarters will be the Hotel Marcy and all business sessions will be in the Olympic Arena.
The McGraw High School Alumni Association will hold its annual dinner at the Methodist Church in Cortland on Wednesday June 26. A business meeting will precede the dinner at 7 p.m.
Pauline Dixon daughter of Mr and Mrs Harold Dixon Westmoreland married Donald F. McGovern son of Mr and Mrs Edward McGovern Constableville June 1 at the Church of the Annunciation Clark Mills. Rev James A Blodgett officiated with Relda Nusser maid of honor and bridesmaids Mrs John White and Mrs Walter Dixon. Best man Carl McGovern and ushers Graydon Jack son and Walter Dixon.
The Dairy Committee of Chenango County plans a June 12 farm tour to Cornell University Ithaca to view the New York State Artificial Breeders Association bull barns. Cornell staff will explain sire selection herd management and lab techniques at 10 A.M. Dr Turk will discuss record keeping then.
MASSENA Mr and Mrs Frank Mittiga announce the engagement of their daughter Sally to Richard J Donovan son of Mrs Richard J Donovan of Worcester MA The wedding will take place this summer Miss Mittiga a Massena High School and College of New Rochelle graduate teaches at Westbury High School Donovan a Worcester Polytechnic Institute civil engineer graduate and Navy Lt jg formerly in the Pacific is now employed in Boston.
Watertown funeral services are planned for John T. Rooney, 62, of 228 Francis Street, a business agent for the plumbers union local. He died Saturday night at Jefferson County Sanatorium after a two month stay. Services Tuesday at 9 A.M. from Simpson Funeral Home and 9:30 A.M. at Church of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart. Burial in Glenwood Cemetery. He is survived by his wife Margaret Fisher Rooney, two daughters, two brothers Michael and William, and a sister Lucy Lowe.
Mrs Carra C Matthews 61 a practical nurse of 224 Sherman Street Watertown died yesterday at Mercy Hospital She was lifelong resident and widow of Leslie D Matthews
Anthony Glamei Jr of 147% Homer Ave was arrested Saturday night by Patrolman Kenneth Demond for driving while intoxicated. Nelson Conklin, a passenger, was arrested for public intoxication. Both jailed awaiting arraignment.
The New York Federation of Growers and Processors Associations gains approval of its certificate of incorporation on June 4. Five incorporators from four counties form wartime labor groups to address recruitment housing and management for migrant workers. The federation will sponsor a migrant child care program in Syracuse and invites all associations to join.
Mrs David B Lawton was elected president of the Saranac Lake Women's College Club at the Tamarack Inn. She succeeds Mrs Winfield O G Kelley who will move to Norwich Connecticut. Other officers include Mrs Mott Chapin vice president Mrs James Monroe treasurer Mrs George F MacIntyre recording secretary and Mrs James G Noethen corresponding secretary. The meeting marked the final session of the season and the next gathering is planned for the first Wednesday after Labor Day.
Patrick Riley 81 a resident of Saranac Lake for five years died Saturday at his son Dennis Teys home in Saranac Lake He was born May 23 1868 in Malone to Patrick and Julia Riley A farmer for many years his survivors include three sons Dennis Thomas and Charles and a daughter Sister Mary Dorothy of Tupeper Lake
Gouverneur New York Reuben Sanford Johnston 60 longtime resident of Hasslesboro Street and compressor worker for W H Loomis Talc Core died Sunday in Van Duzee Hospital He was born September 29 in Muskoka Ontario Canada son of Daniel and Mary Johnston He married Mary Mee Donald October 28 1912 In Waters Town He is survived by a brother James E Johnston Napanee Ontario and a sister Mrs William Mary Wood Deseronto Ontario with several nieces and nephews Funeral services set for Wednesday at 10 AM at St James Catholic Church with Rev William J Argy officiating Interment Gouverneur Ontario
Watertown reports the Empire State Section annual summer convention of the Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper industry will convene at the Thousand Islands Club on Wells Island next Thursday through Saturday. Over 250 technical experts from state mills will attend with inspection tours planned of North Country paper mills.
Miss Doreei Furst, a Sunid High School student, becomes the new proprietor of the ice cream bar and luncheonette in La Fargeville, taking over the former Barban Narrow ownership.
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