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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1946
Page
36
Syracuse Herald Journal and Sundays Herald American reporters cover home tour news via every community in the wide circulation area of these newspapers.
Cornell plans 11 Sampson area barracks northeast of the university observatory to house 1,440 students for the fall term. Of the total, 660 will be at Kline road, 480 in Baker dormitory area, and 100 for veterans at Vetsburg sites. The project, costing about 320000, is financed with federal housing aid, with Cornell handling site prep roads water gas and landscaping.
Cortland Country Club appoints committees for the new season. Opening dinner at 7 30 pm precedes the Spring dance with Henry J Peters as operating committee chair and a roster including Swartwout Brewer Neubig Peaugers Corcoran Hoffman and Brewer. Memorial Day golf contest planned.
Greene resident Lt William C Page USOEC son of Mr and Mrs Joseph T Pace is home on 90 day leave before reporting to Brooklynn Navy Yard He joined the Navy V 12 program at Cornell University July 1 1943 served at Parris Island Camp Pendleton Tarawa and Sasebo before transferring to Guam and returning to the States Page plans to reenter college in the fall to finish his education
Plans for Memorial Day observances in Watkins Glen are completed with a parade forming on WL fourth street and marching to the lakefront. Veterans groups and scouts will participate and a salute to World War II veteran Nathan Grant will be given near the State Bank.
Mayor James Conley asked Friday for continued conservation of electricity with emphasis on cereal stores keeping lights dim and signs unbright. He urged Hiraca residents to minimize power use in their homes.
A young woman on the Cornell campus was bitten severely requiring ten stitches in the foot and leg. The campus patrol is on alert for the dog and will enforce the old ordinance banning dogs from running loose.
Sgt. Jesse V. Hill 33 of Adams held for grand jury on first degree manslaughter charges after a fist fight with Master Sgt. Frederick E. Miner 32, also of Adams, who died from a fractured skull after an altercation Saturday night in Adams. Miner, who reenlisted last week and was to leave for Fort Dix, died Sunday at the House of the Good Samaritan. Hill faced arraignment before Justice D. B. Potter. Miner served in Africa and Italy. he and his wives are named in the report. Burial is in Union Cemetery, Adams Center.
Voters in the Homer area will cast ballots on June 4 from 10 AM to 8 PM in Homer Academy gym for or against centralization. If approved, a board of education will be elected immediately after results are tallied. The statewide count shows 325 central schools existing.
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary L. Davis widow of Harvley P. Davis were held at Beard Memorial Home with Rev. J W L Graham officiating. Burial followed at Cortland Rural Cemetery. A native of St Lawrence County she had lived in Cortland for years and belonged to the First Congregational Church. Surviving are two daughters Mrs George Wall of Buffalo and Mrs Earl Atkinson of Cortland a sister Mrs Noga McCarthy of Brasher Falls and several grandchildren nieces and nephews.
Two parsons arrested over the weekend will be arraigned in City Court tomorrow. John Valentine Knoll, 38, of 39 Franklin Street, was picked up on a warrant for failure to provide and held at Cortland jail. Franklin James Waterson, 40, was arrested for driving while intoxicated on Church Street and pleaded not guilty at police headquarters.
In Cooperstown a Republican county committee meeting is set for 2 PM on Saturday June 15 at the Oneonta Municipal Building. They will designate six county offices including five vacancies and a coroner seat after Dr Edwin C Granger's death. Incumbents Stokes Talbot and Rose seek renomination. Livingston S Latham announces for Surrogate Court judge.
Dr Joseph J Romoda of St Lawrence University will deliver the principal address at An jeans Street Park Memorial Day observances after grave decorations John Gibson to recite Gettysburg Address Colette Charette to sing My Country Rev Bertram M Crocker to give benediction The parade forms at 8 45 A M west of Calvary Cemetery proceeding to Pine Grove Cemetery Veterans of Foreign Wars and Auxiliary in charge En route a stop on the De Grasse River Bridge for Women’s Relief Corps ceremonies
Announcement of the May 18 wedding of Mary Ellen Aungier daughter of Mr and Mrs Christopher Aungier Prebleti and Paul Merriman son of Mr and Mrs Frank Merriman Otisea. The ceremony was at St Looys Church Tally with Rev Preddy officiating the maid of honor Velma McEvoy and best man Gerald Merriman.
Capt. Michael G. Frisch, former Ithaca police officer, received an ITFIACA Commendation Ribbon for his duties as chief of the Criminal Investigation Division in Tokyo Japan Brig. Gen. Charles S. Ferrin awarded the honor. Frisch resides at 102 Irving Pl Ithaca and is married to the former Elizabeth Dallenbach.
Tupper Lake set a large Memorial Day program with Benjamin Church Post American Legion as host. parade marshal Fred Ives assisted by a team including Emil Krehl Norman Howell Eva Cummings Edna Utting Beatrice Rogers and Navy chaplain Father William Grant. Memorial services at Sunmount Lake View Cemetery and an exhibition game by Tepper Lake Lepton Snakes if weather permits.
Local groups plan evening gatherings in Saranac Lake. Knights of Columbus meet in club rooms at 15 Bloomingdale Ave for officer selection. Woman Auxiliary of the Presbyterian Church meets at 8 at Mrs. Lowell Moss’s home. Home Bureau convenes in the Marriestown Town Hall. PTA meets at 8 in the Saranac Lake High School making room. Girls Society of St. Mark’s Church gathers at 7:30 in the Main Street parish house. Women of the Moose host a 1 dollar card party in Broadway club rooms. Senior Girl Scouts Group 5 meets at 7 at the Girl Scout House on Priest Street.
Charles Phillip Sepp of Cortland married Mary Phil Niney of Syracuse at St. Elias Churea Syracuse in a double ring ceremony officiated by Rev George Karim. Attendants included sisters Genevieve Nasiff Kemal Phillipsey and Betty Sopp with brothers Donald Sopp and Ernest Sopp as ushers. Reception at American Legion Hall followed. The bride, employed by L S Smith and Corona, and the groom, with Red Star Express, will live in Syracuse after June 9. he is a January 1946 dischargee from service in Europe and the Pacific.
Potsdam prepares for the largest Memorial Day parade in years with participation from Potsdam High School, Clarkson College, School of Practice, Potsdam State Teachers College bands and about twenty organizations. Dr. FLW Chumb will speak at the civic center after the 10 AM parade. In Madrid, Legion Post plans a 9:50 AM service at Protestant Cemetery, a park program, and a river march honoring deceased Navy veterans. Mass at Catholic Cemetery by Rev. Francis Derosers precedes a memorial in Winthrop.
TRUATON Paul Whitman presented Leslie Gilbert of Cincinnatus with the sub CAL prize in the Miller Grange speaking contest. Gilbert spoke on Farmers Future. Other entrants included William Hulme Marathon Johnny Kile Homer and Hobart Nottingham Truxton with titles on farming safety culture and preventing mass starvation. Judges were Arthur Masters and Fred Tripp of Carnell and Poss Ames.
Lena May Zammett daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry Zammett Burdett wed Staff Sgt William C Smith son of Mr and Mrs William A Smith 76 Avondale Park Rochester at Marys of the Lake Catholic Church Watkins Glen. Rev Walter Kohl celebrated nuptial mass with bridesmaid Bernice Smith and Mrs Charles von Reyn and best man Lawrence Giles of Watkins Glen.
A varied program including two premieres by the Dudley Massow Balesance Trio will be presented in Bailey Hall at 8:15 P.M. Saturday. The performance will include 10 dancers from the new dance group plus Woody Guthrie and Tony Isvaber on guitar.
Mrs Mildred Coldwell of McGraw named district deputy president of Cortland County Rebekah Lodge at the 1946 Rochester assembly on May 23. She and her staff were installed at her McGraw lodge. she has 27 years with Star of the East Rebekah Lodge and was a 25 year jewel recipient.
St. Lawrence built a 2 2 0 3 1 scoring sequence and rode a strong pitching effort to defeat St. Michael's 14-8 in Windsor. Kellogg hit a key bases loaded triple in the six-run second inning while St. Michael's tried to rally against the Larries.
Ithaca A J Bibbins president of Cooperative GLF Mills with offices in Buffalo will retire on Sept 1 after 25 years of service to the cooperative he helped build James A McConnell Ithaca general manager of Cooperative GLF Exchange assuming administrative responsibility for GLF Mills as of July 1 Bibbins requested retirement under GLF plan at board meeting in Ithaca last week
Three members of the 4 H I Association in Cortland county will attend the annual 4 H Camping Institute at Jefferson Park Camp Woodville from May 29 through June. Attending are Marion Plummer Ruth Foster and Stewart Alexander. Robert Blatchley and Miss Adelaide Kennedy, agents, will also attend. Dr Edwin E Bates Sr optometrist of 6 West Court Street Cortland found dead Saturday. funeral tomorrow at 10 30 A M Beard Memorial Home.
Miss Beverly Smith of Yonkers has been chosen by the Kingsly Turner Unit of the American Legion Auxiliary to attend Girls State for 10 days at Skidmore College starting July 16. She lodges with Mr and Mrs Murray and is a member of the junior class at Truxton Central School.
The Rev. Walter Kohl of St. Mary's of the Lake Catholic Church outlines plans for an outdoor Memorial Day mass at St. Mary's Cemetery.
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