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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1946
Page
18
Cortland James McParlane and Clarence J Haxton in Ithaca along with Agnes Talbot Groton Anna Enclisa Marathon Gulanne White Trumansburg Sune Morgan Homer Flearette O Halle Dryden Mabel Bartholomew Truxton Mas B Moore Syracuse Herald Journal reporters cover home town news in each community within the wide circulation area of these papers Sunday edition notes their contact details and offices.
Ithaca NY three Emergency Farm Labor Program measures aim to improve movement and use of migrant seasonal workers in 1946. Farmers to provide full housing and work details to county agents and southern field offices. new staff to address housing feeding and camp management. effort to learn workers needs and improve seasonal employment in New York State.
Cornell University announces a new division of literature starting in the fall term. English, speech and drama, classics, romance literatures, German, Slavic and Chinese studies will cooperate under a common division with Prof. T. G. Bergin as chairman. The move aims to broaden study beyond departmental boundaries and emphasize the universal creative process in literature.
Announcement of the marriage of Marian Boddy daughter of Mr and Mrs Joe Graveline of Walhalla S C to Ralph Shaff of Tithara on May 11 at Homer Methodist Church The Rev John W Lewlen officiated with attendants Mr and Mrs Harry Heller Cortland Mrs Shaff came from North Dakota in 1928 and worked at Hotel Cortland Her husband served with the Third Infantry Division in Africa and is now employed at Parker Pontiac Carnage Cortland
Newfield Miss Lucy Crisfield 90 died yesterday in Newfield formerly of Spencer widow of Ellsworth Crisfield member of Spencer Presbyterian Church Survived by stepdaughter Mrs Lillian Payne of Newfield and nephew Kenneth Lott of South Lansing Funeral services at 2 PM Sunday Allen Funeral Home Spencer burial in Spencer
The Cornell Pilot's Club announced a Flying Breakfast for Sunday. President Don Sauer said members will depart Ithaca airport in several planes at 8 A.M. to fly to Elmira, dine, and return before noon. Guest speaker next Tuesday is Jack Goodman on Ground and Air Safety.
Donald C. Card Jr. of 401 Columbiast is added to the sheriffs' staff as a deputy. A World War II veteran and former Herald-Journal carrier boy, Card is an Ithaca High School graduate who was recently discharged after nearly three years in the Navy, much of it on air patrol in the Pacific.
Cornell announces the appointment of five associate professors across the College of Agriculture the College of Engineering and the School of Business and Public Administration. Henry Baatz Hansteen electrical engineering from Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute earned his Ph.D. from Columbia in 1941 Alvin August Johnson plant breeding joins from Michigan State College where he has worked since 1939 John son born in Warroad Minnesota earned a B S at North Dakota State College 1936 and an M S from Michigan State College 1938 Edward Albert Lutz public administration a Cornell graduate 1931 MBA from Harvard and a Ph D from Cornell William Hartley Shannon accounting University of Michigan AB 1928 MBA 1929 and Ph D 1938 from Kansas Eedgwick Eugene Smith animal husbandry BS 1935 Penn State 1935 and Ph D 1939 from Cornell.
Cortland announces the engagement of Charlotte Anna Huff, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Huff of 24 Railway Ave, to Mead C. Lane, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold M. Lane of 7 Parker Ave. Both attended Cortland High. Huff works for Stewart's Diner, Lane served in the Pacific and now works for Cortland Line Company. No wedding date yet.
Announcement of Cornell faculty promotions to associate professor across colleges. Royse Murphy and Andrew Schultz advance from acting to associate professor. Named promotions span Arts and Sciences, Engineering, Clinical Medicine, Home Economics, Veterinary, and Agriculture with many faculty in plant breeding, zoology, engineering, medicine, and horticulture.
Cortland polo resumes after 1941 war interruption with an interclub match planned tomorrow at 3 PM one mile north of Homer on Route 11. Fred Tejan and Ed Tejan assume supervision, bringing 33 ponies to augment seven local mounts, promising a strong eastern campaign with players from Cortland and Elmira, Skaneateles, Syracuse and Cornell University.
Teddy Van Amburg son of Mr and Mrs William VanAmburg fell from a shed roof behind their home. He suffered a fractured left leg in the incident. Two years earlier he also broke his arm in a fall from the same roof.
John G. Young, longtime racial work advocate from Hawaii and former general secretary of Kauai County M M C, will address Congregational Church Sunday at 8 PM. His two decades of interracial work span Hawaii Japan and China, including wartime activity with troops. He plans to teach at Doshisha University Kyoto for the American Board.
Emory A. Dunning, vice president and general manager of Edmund Machinery Co in Cortland, was appointed to the Social Security committee of the National Association of Manufacturers. Announcement from NAM in New York City. W. B. McIntosh of Ravenna, Ohio, is committee chairman.
Tompkins County Coroner Dr Ralph J Low says Harlan Benjamin Christofferson 47 died from severe burns after a high volatile coal dust explosion at the Pennsylvania Dixie Cement Corp Portland Point plant. A broken light bulb ignited dust when a hose user slipped, igniting the dust cloud. Christofferson died at Memorial Hospital after crew members had just begun cleaning coal bins. Funeral services are delayed pending word from relatives in Reno Nevada.
Ithaca selects Aleta D Getman as the new Tompkins County 4-H Agent to replace Mia Velma Warner who resigns for marriage. Getman, a Cornell senior from Fulton, has nine years in 4-H in Oswero County and eight weeks teaching Dryden High School. She assumes duties August 1.
Cortland joins Central New York towns in July to host Fresh Air Fund vacations for metropolitan children. The Cortland Chamber of Commerce will promote the effort led by Sterling Ashcroft, with plans for groups from New York City to visit several local areas including Homer Preble Groton Dryden Moravia Tully Ithaca and Ohio.
Six clinics for preschool children and infants are planned in the Truxton and Cuyler area by the Cortland County health department in spring and summer. Dr. Hamlin will lead the effort with Miss Murphy and a dental hygienist assisting. Local committee women from East Homer and Trixton join the effort, listed by name.
Green Central School Footlights Society elected officers to be installed at the May 28 dinner. Officers include Ernestine Turner president Earl Palmer vice president Yvonne McLain secretary Elabeth Kymch treasurer William Kingman historian and Lucille Boeltz student council representative.
Fred Hemingway 76 dies at home Friday Ithaca funeral services set for 2 PM Sunday at VanOrder Funeral Home 511 W Seneca St with Rev John D W Fetter officiating Burial in North Spencer Cemetery Survived by wife Lydia Hemingway and grandson Jervis Goodrich both of Ithaca
Ithaca Ithaca A permanent Animal Nutrition Committee has been appointed by W I Myers dean of the New York State College of Agriculture to continue the work of a similar committee under the New York Emergency Food Commission until March 31 1946. Dr K L Turk was named chairman with members from animal husbandry poultry agricultural economics and extension. Industry reps include L S Riford J A McConnell G L F Ithaca Austin Carpenter Sherburne and Frank Daniels Binghamton. A final informal meeting discussed the current feed crisis with mills operating at 50 to 60 percent capacity in May. L C Norris formed an information committee to keep farmers informed until the new panel starts.
Protestant churches in Cortland outline a busy week of activities. Grace Episcopal hosts Boy Scouts and Red Cross sessions. First Presbyterian and North Presbyterian offer girl and boy scout events. First Methodist, Free Methodist, First Baptist and Memorial Baptist stage dinners, meetings, and youth groups. Westminster Fellowship and neighborhood group meet at various locations. Veterans plan Memorial Day program in Watkins Glen for May 30.
Cortland Common Council unanimously approves parking meters for the city and two off street lots. Meters from Perfection Parking Meters, M H Rhodes Inc of Hartford Conn, will be installed after the ordinance becomes effective. Existing parking areas include the old Randall estate on Main Street and the lot behind Ticknor's Furniture on Court Street.
During Parents Week in Cortland grade schools the initial exhibit opens Monday at the Owego Street School with daily hours 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 PM. Each school will display two units from the social studies program across classrooms, with related art English spelling and arithmetic. Miss Ella H. Moxle explains the exhibits show group and individual progress through booklets folders work books charts and aphs.
Ithaca girl Phyllis Manning and Edgar Parker wed in Elkton Maryland on April 27 in a ceremony conducted by Rev. William F. Hopkins. They will spend the summer at the bride’s home in Ithaca.
Cortland County 4-H boys and girls led in Hoard’s Dairy management contest with 295 entries, the highest participation in the state. The Cortland team scored 1,350 of 1,500 points to win in the Central New York zone and place seventh statewide, earning $5 and individual awards totaling $11.75. Winners included George Puderbaugh, Virgil Earl Ailsworth, Wilma and Agnes Van Donsel, Cortland. Philip Park, Virgil. and John Davis, Cincinnati.
Miss Alice L. Hummer daughter of Mr and Mrs J J Hummer of Cortland and Rhoderick M Hall son of Mrs William Meier of Cortland were married May 16 in a ceremony in Dushore Pennsylvania. The Rev Clement B Meyers officiated. Attendants were Mr and Mrs Michael Duke of Cortland. After a wedding trip to New Jersey the couple will reside in Cortland. The bride a Homer Academy graduate works at Smith Corona plant. The groom is employed by Cortland County Bus Lines.
Cortland residents will vote at the June War Memorial Committee meeting on a veteran drafted recommendation to build a civic center for the whole community. A questionnaire will be published beforehand inviting citizens to share views, with responses due to the Chamber of Commerce or placed in city boxes.
The engagement of Miss Bertha Delaney to Lt Earl Brown of the Merchant Marine is announced by her mother Mrs Clarence Allen of 133 Linden Ave. No wedding date has been set.
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