Dizzy and Lizzy Enter Ringling Bros Big Top Show
The Ringling Bros and Barnum Bailey circus brings Dizzy the orangutan and Lizzie the elephant to McCarthy Island for performances on Thursday July 3 with shows at 2 15 and 8 15 PM. Doors open at 1 and 7. The 1947 production features European imports, a four train layout, and over 1400 people with hundreds of animals in a grand prewar style spectacle costing 2900000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dizzy
Lizzie
Ringling Bros
Barnum & Bailey Circus
McCarthy Island
Extended Child Care Set to End Sept 30 in Syracuse
Syracuse extends child care centers closing to Sept 30 with $3600 to keep operation until then. Mayor Frank J Costello announced after a Tuesday afternoon meeting with William R Dixon deputy superintendent of finance in the Department of Instruction. The mayor says centers will continue under the Education Department until the official close date and cannot continue under the Board of Education afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
Frank .J. Costello
Wiliam R. Dixon
Department of Instruction
Education Department
Board of Education
Fire Leaves Watertown Family Homeless in Eight-Room Farmhouse
A fire destroyed the Orrs farmhouse on Watertown-Champion county road, leaving eight in the family homeless. Mr. and Mrs. Irwin Orr and six children aged two to 10 were affected. The eight-year-old Hla Marie slept through the blaze until her mother rescued her. Firemen arrived in 19 minutes and saved the nearby barn. losses are about 8000 with 5000 insured. Gladys Shirley, 10, is visiting relatives in Kingston, Ontario.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watertown
Irwin Orr
Champion County Rd
Black River
Harold Parks
Gladys Shirley
Kingston
Ont
River shipping climbs on St Lawrence this season
Edward Cassidy of the Cardinal Canal locks reports a surge in river traffic with 746 ships passing the Cardinal Locks since April, averaging 12 to 14 daily. He notes grain shipments up and coal shipments down while automobile shipments exceed recent years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ogdensburg
St. Lawrence River
Edward Cassidy
Cardinal Canal Locks
Cardinal Locks
Cassidy
Fulton Rotary to Install Officers at Ladies Night
Fulton Rotary Club holds annual ladies night Thursday at 7 PM at Pleasant Point on Lake Ontario. James Turner will be installed as president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary
Fulton
Fulton Rotary Club
Pleasant Point
Lake Ontario
James’Turner
No Trace Found of Miss Margaret Blanchard in Patrol Search
Miss Margaret Blanchard a 28 year old Natural Bridge teacher vanished after leaving the Burt home Monday morning with a row boat and swimsuit. State police aided by volunteers scoured woods river banks and the Raquette River near Postwood Park where the boat and items belonging to her were found. Blanchard a Potsdam State Teachers College graduate taught at Fargo prior to Natural Bridge and had secured a contract for next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potsdam
Margaret i Blanchard
Natural Bridge
Harry Burt
Colton-Hanjnawa Falls
Canton Patrol
Postwood Park
Racquette River
Ree
Blanchard
Potsdam State Teachers College
Fargo
Youth involved in accidental shooting at Geddes Street
A youth fired a .22 shell that struck another boy in the ear during a Tuesday incident at 1609 S Geddes. The shooter and two others will attend a Crime Prevention Bureau discussion on firearms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert. Cavallo
Geddes St
The
Crime Prevention Bureau
Cook Named WAA Office Manager In Syracuse
George A. Cook, a World War I veteran, will manage the Syracuse WAA certifying office in the Chimes Building Room 1016. The Syracuse and Albany offices absorb Utica operations, ending all Utica functions on June 30, with Leo B. Gibbons returning to private law practice in Utica.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gabe E. Parker
JIR
WAA
Albany
Syracuse
Utica
George A. Cook
R.D
Chimes
Leo B.gibbons
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dizzy and
Lizzy
Jive Comics
Big Top
Herald-Journal Wire
Warren ST
Nature
Dean
Doan
Canada
Thousand Islands
Mount Airy Hotel
Vyy Lea, Ont
Her tide-Journal
Burt Farm
Margaret Blanchard
Anneth Weynand
Jean Weynand
U.S.A
Kenneth Weynand
King
Queen
I A
U. S
U.S
Salina St
Thins
Ian Offetal
U.S. Treasury
Adveciinum
Tenhter
Treasury, Depertmentt and Advertising, Council
Cook
Seitz
Jefferson St
John Grofith
Stanley West
Pol Pele
S. Salina ST
Civia Theatre
Oxfords
Choice
Warren Street
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!