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Madison St Canastota
Grabam Caldwell
Chittenango
Borzelle
Raymond Ano
Tel
Senecast
Cazenovia
F. Horlesut
Vaccaro
Spring St. Camden
Mre
Barold
Juuck
Syracuse Herald-Journal
Syracuse
Herald-American
Vernon High School to hold 1947 graduation events
Vernon prepares for commencement week with a baccalaureate service at 7 30 P M Sunday at the Methodist Church led by Rev Davis E Gage and featuring the community chorus under Mrs Walter Brock. The eight grade promotion and graduation follow Monday at Vernon Union Hall and the 57th annual high school commencement is set for Tuesday at Mt Vernon Presbyterian Church with 16 graduates led by valedictorian William Doyle and salutatorian Catherine Kitchen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon
Vernon High School
Davis E. Gage
Vernon Baptist Church
Walter
Brock
Mendelssohn
Elijah
Church Triumphant
Leonard H. Bass
Board of Education
E. Arsene Alger
Vernon Union Hall
Mt. Vernon Presbyterian Church
Charles Casler
Velma Champrey
Curtis Chandler
William Doyle
Charles Hennig
John Houck
Alice Kitchen
Catherine Kitchen
Joan Kitchen
Edward Krawieec
Edward Lawler
Arah Jane , Metz
Richard Smith
Betty Wettel
Iva Rose Young
Valance Yaddaw
William A. Wettel
Union
Oneida High School
Alumni Association
Ood Fellows Temple
Legion Auxiliary Delegates Named for New York Convention
CANASTOTA Members of Charles Miller Post American Legion Auxiliary elected delegates to the New York State convention in Niagara Falls from July 31 to August 2. They also planned the annual auxiliary picnic for August 19 at the summer home of Mrs. William Hinkel on Oneida Lake and designated a nominating committee led by Miss Jean Dean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Hinkel
Oneida Lake
Jean Dean
Jane Sgroi
Marie Love
Joseph DeFazio
Samuel Fudesco
Oneida County Legion Parade Draws 15000 At Sylvan Beach
Sunny weather ushers in the annual Oneida County American Legion convention at Sylvan Beach with more than 15 000 visitors expected. A 4 30 pm parade will traverse principal streets featuring at least 15 brass bands and drum corps from 26 posts, with auxiliaries and floats. Capt John P Ronan state police will deploy extra troopers to manage traffic and congestion. The convention session opens at 2 pm in a large tent on the memorial home site, near Verona Beach four corners and the Barge Canal bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvan Beach
Oneida County
American Legion
John. P. Ronan
Evtra
Verona ‘Beach Four Corners
Russell
Hamilton and Norwich face off in pivotal semipro tilt
A large crowd is expected at Community Field Norwich Sunday at 2 30 p m for the Mid-State Semipro Baseball first round final between league leaders Hamilton Pioneers and second place Norwich Bluejays. Manager Chuck Lahey nominates Dick Veres to oppose the Bluejays while Ray Davis likely counters with Armand Perra or Danny Gibbs. Veres fanned seven for his first win after a stint in area and league play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Norwich
Hamilton Pioneers
Norwich Bluejays
Chuck Lahey
Dick Veres
Clinton
Bluejays
Ray Davis
Armand Perras
Trop Southpaw
Danny Gibbs
Florida University
Veres
Woh
Gilbertsville
Bob Hahnle
St. Michael’s Colege
Wendy Blanchard
Eddie Bergelt
Colgate Univrsity
Jack van Slyke
Fort Bragg
Lahey
Eddie Birkins
Dick Birkins
Dean Hammond
Wayland Heads Civic Club in Canastota Annual Meeting
Gordon Wyland was named president of the Canastota Civic Club at the annual meeting marking the close of the 1946 to 1947 year. Elected officers besides Wyland included Vice-president John H. Coulter secretary Sebastian Patane and treasurer Albert Fisher.
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Canastota
Gordon
Wyland
Canastota Ivic Club
John H. Coulter
Sebastian Patane
Tresaurer
Albert Fisher
Pfc Wood Honored At Guard Mount
Pfc Richard D. Wood, son of Mrs Levi Warren, of De Ruyter, with the 31st Infantry Regiment in Seoul Korea, was honored at guard mount on May 26. He was selected from 250 men as colonel's orderly. Wood enlisted August 26 1946 and has been in Korea since November.
Sunday Church Services Across Town Rev. Morley to Lead Oneida PCUSA
Sunday schedules list morning sermons at multiple churches led by Rev. Morley, Otter, Lauer, and others. Services include Catholic, Episcopal, Lutheran, Baptist, and Methodist congregations with varied mass times, church schools, and youth activities across Oneida and nearby areas.
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Oneida
Oneida Presbyterian
James J. Morley
First Methodist
L. Ernest Otter
Joseph
Joan P. Lauer
J. Paul's Evangelical
Ward
Gonklin
St. John's Episcopal
Johnson & Bpringstead
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Sprinz
Patrick’s
Thomas H. Quinn
Megeemer-Lutheran
F. Hall
T. Stiemke
Baptist
Lee A. Howe
Christian Missionary Alliance
Howell H. Graf
Free Methodist
Stanley McLain
Church of God
William Menzer
Kingdom Hall
Phelps St
Watchtower Society
Ttalian Christian Assembly
Frank Bruno
Salvation Army
George Nelting
Oneida Castle
Cochran Memorial Presbyterian
Rex Knowles
County Court Term Ends at Rome
Sixteen defendants were indicted and sentenced, eight civil actions settled as the June term of county court closed with Judge Ezra Hanagan presiding. A breach of contract case between Edward Luckerland and Claire B. Stevenson was settled. Trial had begun Thursday with Luckerland claiming labor at the Stevenson cottage. Two youthful offenders were sentenced. one criminal case ended in a mistrial and two defendants pled guilty to petty larceny on grand larceny charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Ezra Hanagan
Edward Luckerland
Claire B. Stevenson
Luckerland
Stevenson Sylvan Beach
Nicholas Rienzo
Sportsmen's Club Field Day at Bay Park June 29
Oneida affiliated Sportsmen's Clubs of Madison County will sponsor its annual field day at Bay Park near Chittenango on June 29. Skeet shooting fly casting wood chopping and trap rifle and pistol contests plus stunt flying and horseshoe pitching are planned. The park offers a bathing beach picnic tables refreshment stands and parking for 5000. More than 100 merchandise prizes are onboard and more may be added. Families and children events are included.
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Oneida—Affiliated
Sportsmen's [Clubs of
Madison ‘County, Inc
Bay Park
Chittenango
Centralization To Be Studied In Rome Schools
Rome residents and trustees from seven school districts will meet Monday night at West Rome School to discuss centralizing Districts 5, 6, 9, 12, 13, 17, and 18. A charter for the Outside District Taxpayers Association will be reviewed and presented for approval, with results to be shared with the State Board of Education later.
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Rome
Association
State Board of Education
Village approves summer street resurfacing plan
The board of trustees authorizes a summer street improvement program with detours posted. Superintendent Melvin Devendorf will resurface Us Carora Street from Five Corners to the village line Oneida Street from Tuscarora to the village line Race Street from Russell to Tuscarora Lake Street from Decata Russell Street to the Boyd Park entrance.
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Chittenango
Board of Trustees
Melvin Devendorf
Uscarora
Five Corners
Oneida St
Tuscarora St
Race St
Russell St
Lake St
Fecata Russell
Boyd Park
Oneida Church Holds First Quarterly Conference
Oneida church events lead with St Pauls Church first quarterly conference at 7 45 PM Wednesday as community notices report births baptisms and upcoming weddings. Local youths attend Boys State at Colgate University while high school seniors receive baccalaureate sermons and diplomas.
Property Transfers Recorded by Clerk
Oneida Robert L. Paul of Oneida has transferred property through the clerk’s office. George H. and Mary L. Krug of Rome have transferred property at Sylvan Beach to Francis L. and Lena C. Heffner of Rome for $7,000 according to county records.
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Oneida
Robert L. Paul
George. G. Zabele
Vernon
Vern
Utica
George H
Mary L. Krug
N. George St
Rome
Francis L
Lena C. Heffner
Elm St
Sylvan Beach
Sherrill Cooperating Churches Host June Services
Morning worship at Park Methodist Church on Sunday June 22 at 11 A.M. will feature Rev. Arthur H. Burnett with a sermon You Can Be. High School graduates who attend the Cooperating Churches will be special guests. Baccalaureate at Blymouth Congregational Church at 7:30 P.M. with Assemblyman Orlo Brees as speaker. Sherrill High School graduation exercises at Plymouth Church Monday night. Cooperating Churches Men’s Club spend weekend at Camp Kingsley. Vernon Center Methodist Church hosts summer vesper services starting July 6. July 18 service to be held at Sherrill lawn if weather permits.
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Sherrill
Park Methodist Church
Arthur H. Burnett
Blymouth
Orlo. Brees
Broome County
Sherrill High School
Plymouth Church
Camp Kingsley
Leonard Bass
Vernon
Vernon and Vicinity
Vernon Center Methodist Church
Durhamville Navy Officers to Wed Next Month
Durhamville Miss Martha Rebecca Churchwell daughter of Mr and Mrs John Hampilton Churchwell of Jacksonville Florida will wed Lt(jg) Leonard Robert Pavelka US Navy son of Mrs Barbara Pavelka of Durhamville in Jacksonville next month The groom is a 1944 Naval Academy graduate and serves as aide and flag lieutenant to Rear Admiral James Fife commander of the submarine force Atlantic Fleet based in New London Connecticut The bride elect is a Stratford School graduate from Danville Virginia and attended Randolph Macon Woman's College in Lynchburg Virginia
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Durhamville
Martha Rebecca Churchwell
John Hampilton Churchwell
Jacksonville
Fla
Leonard Robert Pavelka
U. S. Navy
Barbara Pavelka
U. S. Naval Academy
James Fife
Atlantic Fleet
New London
Conn
Stratfoord School
Danville
Randolph . Macon Woman’s College
Lynchburg
Brookfield Central to hear Rev Stan Collison address class
BROOGEFIELD The Rev. Stan ley Collison of Edmaston will deliver the commencement address at Brookfield Central School Monday. The Rev. Jay W. Crofoot preaches the baccalaureate sermon Sunday night. Grade school promotion week featured the operetta The Lost Clown. Alumni dinner set for 6 30 Saturday at the high school with classes of 1897 1922 and 1937 honored. Dancing will follow. NEW PARKING CHITTENANGO Diagonal parking in Chittenango has been forbidden and the State highway Department is marking off the streets. Bus stops and cross walks have been marked by road painters.
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Broogefield
Stanley Collison
Edmaston
Brookfield Central School
Jay W. Crofoot
Baptist Church
Ban Chittenango
Chittenango
State
Rligway Department
War Veterans Among Rome Free Academy Graduates
At Rome Free Academy 105 seniors will graduate next week, 23 veterans who served in the First World War are among them. The list includes Patsy Calandro George M Caccarelli Anthony DePalma Lawrence Esche Jack Farmer James J Florada and others with many more veterans pictured on the page.
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Rome
Rome Free Academy
Patsy Calandro
George M. Caccarelli
Anthony DePalma
Lawrence Esche
Jack Farmer
James J. Florada
Richard Schrenker
Alfred F. Secor
Joseph Peterpaul
Edward Sezna
Leslie Sinclair
Arnold Younglove
Benny Liccardi
George R
James Stovall
Jack Schmandt
Dick Ring
Vincent Petrucci
Ted Prossner
Russell McCann
Ralph, Mantelli
Jack Martin
Charles Lamb
William Keating
John Kicah
George Kopchik
Ambrose Kujlisz
Elmer Kotsko
Joseph Goworek
Stanley Goworek
Charles Guild
John Hamilton
Ronald Henderson
Lawrence Doyle
Walt Dublanka
Richard Edwards
Richard Corigliano
Durwood Creed
Dan Cretaro
Harvey Cline
William Colburn
Anthony
Combopiano
Anex Conti
William Brown
Robert Zieman
Georgetown Central School Graduation Announced by Principal
Georgetown Central School announces commencement exercises for high school and eighth grade. Eighth graders perform Freddie Plays Cupid, with Clinton Stone Betty Parkhurst Dorothy Harvey Joyce Haskins and Juanita Flaum. High school graduation June 23 with speaker Rev. Joseph Chapman Trinity Baptist Church.
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Georgetown
Georgetown Central School
Roderick Dorrance
Freddie
Cupid
Clinton’ Stone
Betty Parkhurst
Dorothy Harvey
Joyce Haskins
Juanita Flaum
Methodist Church
Ralph Davie
The
Baptist Church
Joseph Chapman
Trinity Baptist Church of
Brooklyn
Spacker
Blanch Young
Betty Cummings
Donald Davis
James Powell
Glenn Fuller
Man and Woman Hurt in Rome Utica Road Crash
A car torn through a guard rail near Stanwix in Rome crashed down a 20 foot embankment injuring a man and woman. Mrs Joyce Williamson 18 of 44 G sty Wright Park and George Carey 22 of Utica R D 1 are in Oneida County Hospital with head and body injuries listed as good. Harold Carey brother of George was driving and escaped injury.
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Rome
Rome- Utica
Stanwix
Joyce, Williamson
George
Utica
Canastota Briefs Highlights Local Visits And Church Camp
Mr and Mrs Jack Shumard of Jackson Michigan are visiting relatives in Canastota including lL V Shumard and Robert Shumard on New Boston Street Road. The annual daily vacation Bible School at First Baptist Church opens Monday at 9 AM and runs to July 3 with sessions each morning. Mrs Cary Swart of Canastota RD 2 is a surgical patient in Canastota hospital.
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Canastota
Jack Shumard
Jackson, Mich
Ll. V. Shumard
Robert, Shumard
New Boston Street
Shumard
First Baptist Church
Cary Swart
Canastota RD 2
Canastota’ Hospital
Alumni of Deaf School Hold Reunion in Rome
More than 150 alumni from all sections of the state attend the annual reunion of the Central New York School for the Deaf in Rome. School Superintendent Fred L. Sparks Jr welcomed former graduates at the afternoon meeting as the affair closes tonight with a banquet in the main dining room.
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Rome
Central New York School For the Deaf
Fred L. Sparks
Beekman Will Be Buried On Sunday
Oneida obituary for Stephen William Beekman 47 office manager of Smith Lee Bottle Cap Co. died of a heart attack at the plant. Funeral at 3 P.M. Sunday at Dunbar Funeral Home with burial in Glenwood Cemetery. Officiants are Rev Jonson A Springsted and Rev Ward R Conklin. Beekman lived in Oneida, born July 3 1899 in Ramsey New Jersey. Survived by wife Elizabeth Pearson Beekman daughter Marcia Beekman son David Beekman mother in Ramsey sister Harold H McCune Ramsey. He served in World War I with the Navy. Member of American Legion Sherrill Post Rotary Club St John’s Episcopal Church. Previously office manager at Oneidacraft Inc now Company of Master Craftsman Inc. Funeral home calling hours this afternoon and evening.
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Oneida
St. Paul's Church
Mahlon Lehman
Main St
City Hospital
Phyllis.Simson
George Dygert, Jr
Paul. Thorpe
Stoe.st
Lloyd White
Oneida Castle
California
Castle Presbyterian Church
Utica Presbyterian
Lyons
Rex Knowles
Howard Buss
Walter Pardoe
Salvation Army
Owls
Conches
Fred Duncan
Harmon Field
Herbert Brewer
Robert Zulch
James Sanderson
John Collier
Oneida High School
Colgate University
St. Patrick's Barochial School
Assemblyman
Orlo Brees
Plymouth Church
Sherrill
Thomas H. Quinn
St. Patrick's Church
Arthur J. Abbott
Eumenia Lodge of
Odd Fellows
Minnie Arnst
Rebekah Lodge
Temple
Oneida—Services
Stephen William Beekman
Smith-Lee Bottle Cap Co., Inc
Dunbar Funeral Home
Glenwood Cemetery
Jonson A. Springsted
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Ward R. Con
Robert .W. Riordan
Ramsey
Albion B. Beckman
New York Andviversity
Beekman
Navy
Sherrill Post
American Legion
Rotary Club of
Elizabeth Pearson Beekman
Marcia Beekman
David Beekman
N. J
Harold H. McCune
Teacher to Attend Math Conference at Duke University
Miss Frances Burns of Oneida High School will participate in the Institute for teachers of mathematics at Duke University Durham N C for 100 days starting August 5. She will lead a daily study group on Aids in the Study of Geometry and address sessions on Dramatic Incidents in Geometry and a panel on Students Teachers Textbooks.
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Oneida
Frances Burns
Oneida High School
Institute For Teachers of Mathematics
Duke University
Durham
N. C
Burns
Isession
Institute
Rome Firemen Answer Two Alarms In City Blazes
Firemen from two engine companies battled two fires in Rome yesterday. A blaze at the home of Donald G Edwards 113 N Doxtader St started when painters used a blowtorch ignited the eyes. While crews fought that fire, another squad tackled a junk yard fire at Petinelli Garage on Martin St where owners had burned old cars and flames spread beyond control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Donald G., Edwards
N. Doxtader St
Petinelli
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Hamilton George W Walters
Legion Auxiliary Names Delegates
Machik
Mecca
Lubecki
Ro. Lincs
Ra. Lince
Licardi _ Younglove
Trembeth
Sinclair
Secor
Schrenker
Peterpaul
DePalma
Cascarelli
Calandro
Zieman
Brown ‘Conti
Colburn ‘Cline
Cretaro Creed
Corigliano
Edwards
Dublanico
Dotle
Henderson
Keating
Lamb
Nartin
Mantella
McCarthy
Prossner
Stamdt
Stovall
Wayland Heads
Pfc. Wood
Guard Mount
Richard, Wetherbee
Moraine
Christian Youth Fellowship
Methodist
Charles L. Hess
Presbyterian
St. Agnetha's
William Pp. Church
James Henny
Nazarene
Stanley Hammond
Ipastor
Trinity Episcopal
Walter Muir
Walsh
H. Carl. Steinheimer
Pester
Peterboro
Charles Walker
South Bay Community
Richard Wetherbee
Whitelaw Presbyterian
Floyd N. Darling
Bertrand Brett
Joseph C. Hedges
Worsship
St. Peter's Episcopal
William Jc. Hicks
D.D
Charse
St. James Catholic
Richard J. Lynch
Nelson Methodist
Rudolph Grossman
Welsh Congregational
Philip Griff
Erieville Methodist
Morrisville United Church
Philip Griffiths
Elmer. E. Benson
Sportsmen’s. Club
Wampsville
Wright
Agricultural Engineering Department
Cornell University
John Mascari
Farm Bureau
Fred Windhell
William Millier
Court House
Canastota Briefs
Messenger's Bay
Searles
Balanc
Carl Lynn Searles
Fox Real Estate
Lenox Ave
Onight’s Movies
Delphia Theater Tonight
Tom Conway
Rita Corday
Vince Marnatt
Kirby Grant
Fuzzy Kniebt
Poni Adams
Bol Hope
Dorothy Lamour
Butch Jenkins
Peter Lawford
Gene Autry
Susan Hayward
Lee Bowman
Kenny
Delmar
Senator Cleghorn
Preston Foster
Bill Sheffeld
King of the Wild Horses
Madison
Albert Basserman
Mary Brian
James Warren
John Laurenz
Jacke Armstrong
Cofeature
Eddie Dean
Roscoeates
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