Police Sgt Lesicki Wins Pistol Medals at Buffalo Meet
Police Sgt. Frank Lesicki added 10 medals to his collection after high scoring at the Niagara Frontier Indoor Pistol Meet in Buffalo. Nine world records were set, two of them previously held by Lesicki since 1940, with Reeves and Hemming winning top overall honors in their divisions. Lesicki also led in the sharp shooter division, while Reeves topped the master division and Hemming led the expert class. He plans to launch a local indoor pistol league this fall, with banks, plants, military groups and pistol clubs expected to participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Lesicki
Francis Hendricks
Niagara Frontier
Buffalo
Lesicki
Harry Reeves
al Hemming
Reeves
Detroit
Buffalo Gallery
Hemming
Vermont
Syracuse Notables Share In 100th EUB Conference Honor
The Rev Sherman B Eckel pastor of Calvary Evangelical Church was reelected secretary of the New York Conference of the Evangelical United Brethren Church at the 100th annual Niagara Falls meeting. Charles F Sheridan graduates Amherst College, contributed to swimming soccer and band, son of Charles F Sheridan of 905 Comstock Ave. A West Shore rail route ride by National Railway Historical Society members tours the line Buffalo to Syracuse in air conditioned cars. The American Pension Club Three meets at 8 PM with luncheon and entertainment. ladies auxiliary gathers at 2 30 PM at 237 E Genesee St.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman B. Eckel
Calvary Evangelical Church
New York
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Niagara Falls
Associated Press
Charles F. Sheridan
Amherst College
Sheridan
Comstock Av
Syracuse
Buffalo
Rochester
National Railway Historical Society
American Pension Club
American Pension
Community Club Schedule At Syracuse Hotels
A dense listing shows Kiwanis Board Meeting at Hotel Syracuse with other groups like Retail Solid Fuel Merchants Anheuser Busch and United Parts meeting at the same venue. Recitals luncheons and receptions are scattered through Onondaga hotels with multiple civic and business groups attending throughout the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis Club
Syracuse
Annheuser Busch
Marcia Cronkhite
Museum of Fine Arts
United Parts
Syracuse Corp
Academy of Public Speaking
Onondaga County Horsemen
Onondaga
Ancient Order of Hibernians
Births Seen At Multiple Addresses In June
Birth notices list new sons for couples including Mr. and Mrs. Walter Midsley Lena Hapen at 1301 S Geddes St June 10 and Mrs. Charles Whitford Naomi eranco North Syracuse June 11 Mr and Mrs Wicholas Giambalista Elizabeth Greis 1112 Wolf St June 12 Mr and Mrs Robert W Baldwin Bertha A Schaffer 827 Eucliday June 14 Mr and Mrs Francis Graves Mable anal Air Base Mattydale June 14 Mr and Mrs Sanford Lavine Hetty R Bordon 600 S Crouse Av June 14 Mr and Mrs James E Fartrick Char Th Mexico June 14 and Mr and Mrs Roy d Mooney A ali etc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Midsley
Lena Hapen
S. Geddes St
Charles Whitford
Naomeranco
North Syracuse
Wicholas Giambalista
Elizabeth Greis
Wolf St
Robert W. Baldwin
Bertha A. Schaffer
Eucliday
Francis
Michael W. Fallon
Mallaret M. Hynes
Wescott St
Raymond H. Balsom
Ada J. Britton
Williamstown
Foster
Willis Av
Robert C. Rowne
Lucilie A. Wagoner
Onondaga Td
Nelson
M. Wallace
Sylvia J. Blondheim
Syracuse
Jack R. Collins
Marian FP. Allen
Tully St
Robert J
Donald Corel
Wallaces
Sultana
Willinot ID Zuhilke
Trutio Lindemann
Liverpool
Wiliam P. Hourigan
Margaret Richardson
Frank A. Hanyak
Matilda
Harney
W. Genesee St
Russell A. Johnson
Gloria D. Seda
Madison St
Charles Machall
Regina Gallagher
Marcellus
James Doyle
Marion Clarke
Bungalow
John R. Kranz
Eileen Hayes
Dominic J. D'Alota
Josephine EB. Glotai
Hierar
William F. Roche
Margaret Sinnott
Hamilton St
Francis W. Montanari
Andrew
Skaneateles
Marion F. Stepien
Adele M. Redzewski
Giminski Dr
Aden R. Marquisce
Betty A. Godhell
Elbridge
Clayton H. Theisen
Ferren
State Fair Blvd
Une
John D. Meachem
Tex A. Brown
Manlius
Thomas P
Howard J. Billings
Reba v. Sleeth
Mantius
John Sakran
Irene M. Marcinkiewiczi
Nara St
James X Maveiss
Mary E.asic
Allen St
Bate
Harold E. Daniel
Helen M. Schropp
Ruhamahav
Nedrow
Philip J. Santoloce ¢Y Yorlanda Frocione
W. Beard
August M. Buffa
Angeline N.riccinto
Beecher St
Edward H. Dent
Sally L.baxter
N. McBride St
Robert F. Connor
Patricia M. Hearn
Grand Av
Thomas Sunhiemer
Sinia
East Syracuse
Stanley Ponichiera
Jane E. Drabot
Greenway Ev
William F. Hafermalaz
Alma L. Bourlier
Central Square
Kenneth Robertson
Ruth M. Cross
South Av
In A Wo
Jule E B.opkins
Fayetteville
Joe
Priest Celebrates His First Mass in Rosary Church
The Rev. Cyprian Lynch O.F.M. was ordained on June 12 and celebrated his first Solemn High Mass at the Church of the Most Holy Rosary yesterday morning. He is the son of Mrs. Daniel F. Lynch of Bellevue Avenue. He will return to the Franciscan Monastery in Washington this week to continue studies before his first assignment in fall. Assisting were Rt. Rev. Msgr. Howard C. McDowell pastor of Holy Rosary archpriest, Rev. Joseph O Connor Portageville deacon, Rev. Patrick O Connor Graceville Minn subdeacon, Rev. Robert Fenske ML St. Mary’s Emmitsburg Md Master of ceremonies, and Rev. Valentine Long O.F.M Siena College Loudonville preacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cyprian Lynch
Archpriest
Joseph O'Connor
Portageville
Patrick O'Connor
Graceville
Minn
Robert Fenske
ML St. Mary’s Seminary
Emmitsburg
Valentine Long
O.F.M
Siena College
Loudenville
Local Couples Tied in June Weddings Across Syracuse Area
A long list of nuptials spans June dates from Strathmore to Fayetteville. Couples including Daley Balcolm Cogswell Del Guidice Zimmerman Fallon Balsom Frable Verrillo Metz Sheehy and many others tie the knot at homes and churches in Syracuse area towns.
Barry Stays Playground Supervisor
Commissioner of Parks William A. Barry will continue supervision of most of Syracuse's baseball diamonds and tennis courts. Mayor Frank J. Costello said the move follows a conference on complaints about the diamonds being in poor condition. Minor items will be addressed this week, and Roosevelt Field’s upkeep remains undecided. The Board of Education may take over Roosevelt Field and two or three other playgrounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Barry
Frank J. Costello
Syracuse
Costello
Roosevelt Field
Board of Education
Deadline Looms for Sales Tax Returns Tonight
Fred L. Dolbear director of the sales tax bureau warns the midnight deadline for filing payments. Early returns suggest a record business with $300,000 to $400,000, while first quarter receipts may total $700,000 to $750,000 after today. Vendors missing the deadline face a minimum 6 percent penalty, increasing with delinquency. only 25 vendors have 10 to 30 day deferments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred L. Dolbear
Sales Tax Bureau
Dolbear
Body of J J Hand To Be Returned For Funeral
Funeral arrangements are in complete for John J Hand Jr of 114 Shirley Road Syracuse who died Saturday in the Virgin Islands pending return of the body to J P Burns and Son funeral directors The body cannot be prepared until it is brought back to Syracuse from St Thomas Virgin Islands Hand died from a skull fracture after a fall at Bluebeards Castle Hotel found at 4 AM and dying a few hours later in Charlotte Amalie Hospital His wife Jean Williams Hand said he was on vacation leaving Syracuse a week ago
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Hand, Jr
Shirley Rd
Syracuse
Virgin Islands
J. P .Burns & Son
St.Thomas
Hand
Bluebeard's Castle
Associated Press
Charlotte Amalie Hospital
Jean Williams Hand
John P Delehanty Rites Conducted
Services for John P. Delehanty retired police captain who died Friday were held at J P Burns Son funeral home and St John the Baptist Church. The Rev James E Nicholson celebrated a solemn High Mass of Requiem with deacon William Dwyer and subdeacon Robert Reddy. Committal rites followed at St Agnes Cemetery. Syracuse Police Department officers served as bearers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John P. Delehanty
J. P. Burns & Son
St. John
Syracuse Police Department
James M. Murray
Frank A. Sallen
Samuel Nappi, Jr
Fred Collier
Dennis Flynn
John Shostack
Marriages Listed for Thomas Jenkins and Others in Area
Marriage licenses show Thomas W Jenkins of Youngstown and Helen M Nye of 306 Marshall Street among numerous couples. Other entries include Albert Keller at 110 Lelanday with Leona M Gorman of 137 Randall Avenue and Gerald J Costina at 398 Rowland Avenue with Rose M Pusateri of Buffalo, plus many additional pairs and addresses across Syracuse area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas W. Jenkins
Youngstown
Helen M. Nye
Marshall St
Albert
Keller
Lelanday
Leona M. Gorman
Randall Av
Gerald J. Costina
Rowland At. Rose M. Pusateri
Buffalo
Democrats May Endorse Judge Yehle In Fall Primaries
Democrats may endorse Leon J. Yehle the Children’s Court judge and Republican incumbent as party leaders in Ward and Town prepare to meet by June end to nominate regular fall candidates. Charles J. Hogan and Paul E. Fitzpatrick weigh shifting sentiment amid Yehle advocacy and past declines to back Skerritt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles J. Hogan
Hogan
Children’s Court
Leon J. Yehle
Paul E. Fitzpatrick
Yehle
Harry H. Skerritt
Parking Authority won't affect Jefferson Clinton Hotel addition
G Frank Wallace, chair man of the Syracuse Parking Authority, said the off street parking plan will not affect the proposed 16 story addition to the Jefferson Clinton Hotel. He denied plans to seize land next to the hotel for a downtown super parking area noting a parking lot already exists and there is a shortage of hotel rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Frank Wallace
Syracuse
Walrath's Condition Remains Serious at Syracuse General
Authorities at Syracuse General Hospital say John H. Walrath 84 of 134 Durston Ave, former mayor of Syracuse, remains in very serious condition after being admitted Friday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse General Hospital
John HH. Walrath
Durstonav
Syracuse
Walrath
Two accidents in Erie Boulevard injure two. three cited
Early morning crashes in Erie Boulevard, E. result in two injured and three motorists receiving traffic tickets. Murray D. Ballau, 48, and Stephen A. Milovicz, 31, faced licenses and control violations after a side‑tipped Milovicz car. Vincent N. Byrne, 44, and wife Norma Byrne, 43, were hospitalized after hitting a pole. Byrne charged with reckless driving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norma Byrne
Utica
Erie Blvd
Cherry St
Vincent N. Byrne
Murray D. Ballau
Thighbridge St
Fayetteville
Stephen A. Milovicz
Bernard Bush
John Sheehy
Ballau
Cottage Pl
Farmhouse Burns As Water Fails Near Jordan
A water shortage contributed to a early morning farmhouse fire on Dadold road near Jordan, destroying the Howard Hackney home and causing about 7500 dollars in damage. Chief Kenneth L. Bush said a defective chimney started the blaze and the rear hall burned out before firefighters arrived. twenty Jordan firemen saved adjacent farm buildings as they evacuated furniture from the front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Hackney
Dadold’ Rd
Jordan
Kenneth L. Bush
Bush
Crowds Attend Thornden Rose Fete Centennial Pageant
Close to 10 000 rose bushes bloomed in E M Mills rose garden Thornden Park for the Centennial of Roses events. Kathryn Goldschmidt Miss Pleasant View Avenue crowned Queen of Roses with Robert Wilkinson as crown bearer and Joan Burns maid of honor. A large queen's court included students from North High Eastwood Roosevelt and others. Flowers, bands, scouts, and a Lincoln playground dance highlighted the ceremony with Syracuse Rose Society officers welcoming guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathryn Goldschmidt
Pleasant View Av
Thornden Park Amphitheater
Joan Burns
Rugby Rd
E. M. Mills
Thornden Park
Goldschmidt
North High School
Robert Wilkinson
Glenwood Av
Nottingham High School
Jane Coons
Central
Nancy
Cimini
Eastwood
Hilda Porrataa
Valley
Marlyn Korb
Vocational
Vera Walrath
Percy Hughes
Roberta
Beating of Patrolman Is Mystery in Syracuse
Patrolman Joseph ONeill of the Syracuse Police Department was beaten in the downtown area early today. He sustained a deep scalp wound and multiple contusions and lacerations and was taken to St. Joseph's Hospital by a taxicab driver at 4 AM. He said three unidentified men attacked him near the 100 block of Erie Boulevard East while he was off duty and en route to headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph O'Neill
Syracuse
St. Joseph’s Hospital
O'Neill
Irving Blanchard
Erie Bivd
Appell Going To Annapolis
LEROY GUSTAVE APPELL 13 son of Mr and Mrs Gustave Appel Igan Clarendon sr has received a free appointment to the U S Naval Academy at Annapolis He wrote his parents that he was chosen from hundreds of candidates Appell a graduate of Eastwood High School class of January 1946 enlisted in the Navy trained at Great Lakes and then sent to officers school Bainbridge Md
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leroy Gustave Appell
Gustave Appel Igan Clarendon Sr
U. S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
Appell
Eastwood High School
Navy
Great Lakes
Officers’ School
Bainbridge
Drownings and a plane crash claim four lives in Central New York
Four people died in accidents around Syracuse and central New York. Joseph Franco, 12, drowned north of the West Canada Creek bridge near Herkimer. Ernest Samuels, 12, drowned in Oneida Lake at Willow Grove Point. Arthur M. Diekow, 27, drowned in the Otselic River. Egbert James Childs, 33, of Rochester, died of injuries from a plane crash near Clyde Lyons airport where instructor Childs was giving flight lessons to Edward Franklin, 20, of Clyde. Franklin was seriously hurt. The Samuels and Franco incidents are described with rescuers, witnesses, and funeral plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
New York
Rochester
Joseph Franco
Thomas Franco
W. Smith Sr
Herkimer
New York Central Bridge
West Canada Creek
Ernest Samuels
Herbert O. Samuels
Sue Brookfield
Mattydale
Oneida Lake
Willow Grove Point
Arthur
M. Diekow
Teast Freetown
Otselic
Egbert James Childs
Plymouth Av. S
Clyde-Lyons
Childs
Edward Franklin
Clyde
R. D
Daniel Briggs
Ted Youngs
Franklin
Dickow
Richard Hallock
Marathon
Otselle River
Whilet
Plank Road Plans Stirring Syracuse Pro Road Push
The 1848 Syracuse Star reports on a push for plank roads to ease spring thaws and winter mud. A meeting at Onondaga Hill on June 28 aims to plan a plank road from Onondaga South Hollow to the Syracuse Tully route, plus a Central Square to Pine plank road near Oneida Lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse Star
Onondaga Hill
Onondaga
South Hollow
Syracuse
Tully
Central Square
Pine Plank Road
Oneida Lake
Pine
Rome and
Oswego
Rome
Constantia
Cleveland
West Vienna
North Bay
Vienna
Frank Jay
Package of Meat Leads to Arrest
Joseph Reinfelts, 49, of 1108 East Washington Street, was arrested early yesterday on a third degree burglary charge. Acting Detective Thomas Reap stopped him on South McBride Street near the diner at South McBride and East Fayette Streets after questioning him and summoning Patrolman Ambrose Linehan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Reinfelts
E. Washington Sr
Thomas Reap
S. McBride St
S. McBride
E. Fayette Sts
Reap
Reinfelts
Ambrose Linehan
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Ishtiwenis Club
Syra- Tt
Democratic Women's Club
Onondara
Syracuse Coal Exchange
Hartford
N. Y. Telephone Co
Nash Motors
Cent Daley
Strathmore Dr
John 2
Seilsz
Alice
Padbury
Westmoreland
Alvin R. Balcolm
Shirley J. Hulls
W. Genesen St
Charles R. Cogswell
Mary Im
Cruther
Wellog St
Dune
Daar W. Stewart
Minyon M. Baumeariner
Fabius
Michael
R. del Guidice
Jennie d. Cerra
E. Willowste
Robert E. Zimmerman
Kathleen Almy
E. Genese St
Barry
J. J. Hand
Edward A. Moro
Herbert St
Josephine A. White
First North St
George Allen
Holden St
Esther Lee
John F. Carroll
W. Onondaga
Helen A. Daley
Salina
Edward GL. Prupner
Elizabeth M. Amos
N. Salina
Stanley L. Robinson
Norwich
Lois S. Robin
EB. Genesee
George A. Cox
Camillus
Flora M. Carroll
Bellevue
John F. Gorman, Jr
Gifford
Rita M. Lawson
John Kotyra
Geddes
Clara P. Everson
Lodi St. George
M. Elieff
Tyler Et
Goldie M. Johnson
Sidgewood Av
Robert L. Tove
Millsdale
Janet M. Fuller
E. Onondaga
William Ward
Bo Waterle
Mary L. Pride
Water St
Paul L. Wickham, Jr
Constance P. True
Paul M. Feitig
Albany
Florence E. Andres
Shuart Ay
Thornden Rose
Harry L. Wibbard
Syracuse Rose Society
City Parks Department
City Recreation Commission
The
Rose Society
KE. R. Wadehoneacur
Wiliam ‘S. "Timmions
Lincoln Playground
Bernice Walser
Franco
Joseph Sanganetti
Joseph Sweet
Sweet
Samuels
Corp
B. F. Butler
BCI
Richard Kennedy
Richfield Bird
Carr
Willow Grove
Kennedy
Albert Bickert
Canastota
Frank Warthington
Hugh T. Maher
Sylvan Beach
John Wheeler, Jr
Reuben N. Best
Oneida
John George
Verona
B. P. Fischette
Herbert O. Samuels, Jr
Joyce Arlene
Flora Lou
Charles Carpenter
East
William J. Samuels
Hiram Morley
Fairchild & Meech
North
Igor Mosses
Hborhood
Kodaks
Salina St
Mohawk Sewing Machine Co
Scottholm Blvd
Herald-Journal
Kodak
Ansco
Ansco Panda
Onondaga Hotel
Syracuse Coal CO
E. Ostrander Ave
Dolph Granger
S. Warren St
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