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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1941
Page
5
Delia Erwin widow of Thomas Erwin and Mary J Shultz of Frederick Daggett are noted in a local obituary notice. The item lists multiple relatives including a daughter Mrs Brent, a granddaughter, a niece, and several others with references to addresses and connections in the community.
Fragmented listings show funeral directors monuments granite services and florist shops. Names such as Al Markowitz Floral Designs Edwards G Son and Wm P Lynch appear with phone numbers and pricing notes.
Albert Perrone 44 Central Employee dies in Buffalo after attack. Burial at Bowmansville near Buffalo. Also listed are numerous birth notices including Mildred May 25 and May 24 births for several Syracuse area families and addresses.
Funeral services are set for Mrs. Delia Erwin 71 of 110 Hayden Ave formerly of Marcellus and Solvay who died Wednesday night at her daughter’s home in Locke. The services begin at 9 AM at Hayden Avenue and at St. Brigid’s Church with burial in Assumption Cemetery. She was a member of LCBA and its auxiliary and a communicant of St. Brigid’s. She leaves two daughters Mrs Esther OBrien and Mrs Paul aml of Greton. sons Pred William Thomas and Michael. two sisters Nora Nossua and others.
Funeral services are planned for Ernest Marsh in Rome at DiGa on Saturday. The obituary notes an early life marked by hardship and an untimely death, with local arrangements pending and a spirit of community mourning throughout the area.
Rites Saturday will honor Mrs Nellie T Hall wife of Harry Hall of Read Solvay. Services at 9 am at Syracuse Memorial with burial at Veteran and a Gold Star. She leaves Howard and a daughter Alis, Spencer two sons Ivo and Bardld Wl oR two brothers Dennis Haley Warners and Owen Haley of Manateles and six grandchildren June dom five grandchildren.
Solemn high mass celebrated for Sister Mary Casimir of the Order of St Francis at Saint Ithany's Convent. Dated obit notes death Tuesday and services led by the Very Reverend Mayor with deacon Molley assisting as subdeacon.
Dr Bradley H Kirschberg 38 director of the New York State Police Laboratory died in Schenectady. Cornelius O Seabring 68 assistant state attorney general formerly Spencer town supervisor died in Elmira. Frederick Raymond Bay headed the Norwegian division of the Finnish Relief Campaign and died in Pasadena. Rev Walter Kinski 40 assistant pastor at Our Lady of Sorrows Church Buffalo died after long illness.
A parade of marriage license notices shows pairs including Paul Raymond Klock and Lillia Moore at Hills dale and South Salina. Robert Vogt and Grace DeRusso at Park Street. Mortimer DeWitt and Lena Mackay at Seymour. Russell Kaiser and Nettie Brown at Midland and ALCLEMan. John Nevin and Flora Berggren at Hill side. William Mullin and Theresa Perkins at West Onondaga. Chester Galliane and Mary Swanski at Burnet. Orrie Stanton and Arlene Case. and others connected to addresses in Syracuse and nearby streets.
Mrs Martha Stella Bryan 45 widow of Henson Bryan died of a heart ailment at her home 723 East Fayette Street She was a daughter of the late Mr and Mrs Andrew The survivor list includes a sister Mrs Helen Milburn and a nephew Donald Antburn Funeral services are to be held Friday at 2 PM from the St Philip's Episcopal Church with burial at Woodlawn Cemetery Saint Lucy's Church conferred on her and she was a communicant.
Funeral services for Leonora J Norton were conducted at PLOM church on Thursday in East Groveland with burial at Lake East Groveland. She is survived by husband Kenneth Norton Sr a grandson Jin and brother Her.
Funeral arrangements for Thomas A Shan of 1 Stedman Street were held at Burns Funeral Chapel with a 9 A.M. mass at Saint John the Baptist and burial at St Agnes Cemetery. Mrs Mary Sheehan of Syracuse died after a long illness at 73 and is survived by relatives. services were held at the funeral home with burial in St Agnes Cemetery. Phylena Eudora Moxley 75 of Lincoln Avenue died Wednesday. services set for Friday at 2 P.M. at the Tully Church of Christ with burial at Bolie Isle. she was a member of Syracuse Council 68, Sons of Italy, and survived by her children Hilda and others.
Joseph Mancino 75 a native of Italy and former east side Syracuse grocer died Wednesday at his home 300 Burnet Avenue. Rites at 845 AM Saturday from the home and 930 AM at Saint Peter s Church followed by burial in Baldwinsville. He lived in Syracuse 45 years and was a charter member of Court Principe Del Piedmonte 479 Foresters of America. Surviving wife three sons two daughters and two grandchildren.
A list of obituaries from the Syracuse region shows James B. Sanderson 71 of Bluff Point Grace Metherell 70 of Penn Yan Ella J. Blakeslee 79 of Mexico Albert Pluff 71 of Canastota Francina C. Arnold 94 of Interlaken Inomas W. Pierce 83 of Morris town Gertrude DeLosh 66 of Water town Minnie S. Grant 79 Potsdam Arthur Lillie 61 Sempronius William Whipple 82 Moravia Harry L. Bailey 64 Auburn Edith Goodsell 82 Rushville Lewis L. Hopkins 83 Randallsville Lawrence J. Cotter Auburn.
Miss June Walrath chairs a senior hall program at Warner High School in the gym at 9 PM. A queen is to be chosen among candidates including Aten navieve East Arlene, Joyce Underswood and June Walrath. Walrath will also be featured in the June Walrath entertainment. Organizers include Miss Mallore Norma Maxon and Max Worrigan. A separate event notes the Onon- Gaga Business School dinner at Mizpah at 7 PM Tuesday with Sara Kell icott as toastmistress and Lewis B. Bridges as principal speaker.
A Brooklyn draft board member Irving Schiller 41-year-old real estate operator was indicted for selling a deferred classifi cation to Fred Schwartzstein 24 a certified public accountant for 100 dollars on March 3. He paid in five marked twenty dollar bills and Schiller was arrested after accepting them. Bail set at 1000. Schwartzstein to be arraigned Monday on four counts each carrying up to five years imprisonment and a 10000 dollar fine.
Young people from Nazarene churches in Oswego Canastota and Auburn join Syracuse Church of the Nazarene tomorrow for a youth rally. Rev Morris Wilson of Beacon will speak at 2 30 and 7 p m with special singing during the services.
The $2,500,000 ambergris fortune found by the Siboney crew in the Atlantic last week proved worthless after chemists could not identify it. They said it was not the valued ambergris used in perfumery and did not resemble the expected substance
Bruce King son of Air and Mrs Ralph King at 924 Highland Street was elected president of the senior class at Apprentice Training School. Benny Spataro 117 John Street is vice president Emily Polite 127 Peters Street secretary and Lawrence Rinaldi 121 Lilac Street treasurer. Edmund Pienkowski named valedictorian for the June graduating class. Class colors maroon and white with motto No Victory Without Labor.
Seasonal tonnage on the New York Barge Canal shows a strong weekly increase with 451 582 tons moved last week and 710 772 tons to date. The Erie Canal led weekly gains at 120 031 tons and season total 598 270 tons while Oswego Division moved 9 559 tons that week and 43 558 for the season. State engineers expect defense loads to push canal tonnage to an all time high this year. A two day Alumni University opened at Hendrick Chapel with talks on America in the South and the Far East and sessions on youth politics and thrift.
Eric Hundt a 31 year old German born U S citizen was sentenced in Federal Court to 18 months in prison for failing to notify the Selective Service of intent to leave the United States on his way to Germany. Co defendants Fritz Paschhbeck and Karl J Wagner were granted dismissals though they had registered for military training.
G. Graham Newstead, local Federal civil service board secretary, urged continuous applications for junior stenographer and junior typist jobs in Washington. Stenographers earn 1440 dollars yearly, typists 1260. Applicants submitted after today will be examined in groups at intervals and placed on the eligible register if rated.
Syracuse Public Library will suspend loan service all day Friday except the newspaper room which stays open 1 to 9 P.M. Departments and branches close for Memorial Day per Dr. Paul M. Paine.
The board of directors of the Varsity Club met at a monthly luncheon in Hotel Syracuse yesterday. Grant W. Lewis, president, presided over the session. The group is composed of Syracuse University alumni and boosters.
Commander A N G Firebrace leads Britain's 200000 fire fighters from a London control room with telephones maps and discs showing enemy activity. When danger grows he flies or rides to the scene to direct the fight and summon reinforcements.
Skaneateles Country Club will host the opening dance on the night of June 28 as announced by President Howard C. Will. The clubhouse and golf courses opened May 15 and restaurant service starts Friday. Richard Govern and Charles Tracy take posts as golf pro and sailing instructor. Committee chairs for 1941 include Charles B. Cooper entertainment James H. Huxford greens Miss Eleanor Pease house Arthur Birchenough membership and Gordon Cronk sailing.
On May 1 Washington State enacted a new tax on amusements with skill elements. The pinball tax is 10 percent of gross operating income while slot machines face a 20 percent levy. The measure was reported from Olympia on May 29.
In a Vanderbilt tournament round in New York a single board decided a team-of-four match with a 2400 point swing. North dealer HABSL v AAMRARE, vulnerable, saw East-West lose major points after a double by West and a subsequent redouble by North. The East-West pair on one table and North-South on the other both misplayed, yielding 2400 points to the opponents.
The prompt asks how to bid a hand after West opens clubs ten and how South should play in a two no trump contract. It requires a precise, sourced, period-appropriate card game summary with named entities and numbers from the provided fragment.
Acting Postmaster Cornelius J. Nugent announced four substitute carriers and three substitute clerks to cover gaps from military induction illness and retirements. Carriers named are William Smolnycki John F Barry William F Maroney and Milo J Shep ard. Clerks named are Raymond W Hackbarth Paul L McKeever and John F Ryan.
City Hall offices will be closed and functions suspended for Memorial Day except downtown Works service. Parks stay open but playgrounds lack supervision and equipment will be locked. Last day to apply for playground posts and lifeguard positions is Saturday, announced Smith T Fowler, secretary of the Municipal Recreation Commission.
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