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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1954
Page
6
Obituary notices and memorial details list multiple individuals including Mrs. Cart Blume Mrs. G Alter and Mr. Donald Crim in May 1954 Syracuse area obituaries. Services at local cemeteries Woodlawn and Saint Agnes cited with relatives named and funeral homes.
Local notice lists funeral homes florists and monument firms in Syracuse area. Memorial Day observance closes Fulton City Hall and notes mayor William A. Bienenan will speak at 9:30 A.M. Monday at Veterans Park opposite the American Legion Home. The page catalogs businesses and their phone numbers.
Services will be Tuesday for Benjamin Johnson 83 a longtime employee of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company who died yesterday at his home 219 Fe Seneca Avenue. The Rev Charles P Benton will conduct at 2 PM at the Carlson Chapel 2515 Salina Street. Burial in Lakeview Cemetery Skaneateles. Johnson lived in Syracuse six years. He was with AT&T for 22 years before retiring in 1936 and had operated the first AT&T station in Oneida Valley. Survivors include two sons Ronald and Benjamin Jr of Syracuse a sister Mrs McClure of Oxford Pa and grandchildren. Friends may call 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 PM tomorrow and Monday.
Mark S. Hopper, retired mechanic at Sresee Cnevrotet Company, died last night at 626 Cannon Street. Born in Clay, he lived in Syracuse for 50 years and was active in its CA activities as a member and instructor. Survived by Nellie A., Leroy Sr., siblings, two daughters, and several nieces and nephews. Funeral in John G. Butler Funeral Home at 9 AM Tuesday, Rev. William Cole officiating. Burial at Onondaga Valley Cemetery. Friends may call tomorrow and Monday 2 to 4 PM and 7 to 9 PM.
Mose P. Whelan 80 of 131 Bronson Rd died yesterday at Onondaga General Hospital after a heart attack. Services Monday at John C. Tindall Funeral Home and St John the Evangelist Church, burial at St Agnes Cemetery. Survived by wife Jessie H Whelan a son Stewart a sister Mrs Sarah Hogan and four brothers. Friends may call today and tomorrow evenings.
Traffic report details a collision on Meadowbrook Drive near Scotcav as Kinney's northbound car struck Urciuoli’s eastbound sedan. Urciuoli, Welwood, and Borden were ejected. Kinney faces a dangerous driving charge. Also notes a funeral for Dale Wellwood, 28, Nottingham High senior, and a three-vehicle fatal crash reported by AP near Canton, Pennsylvania.
A list of deaths includes George EB, Sxinehert 72. John B. Benson 67. Frances Cole. Marion M Jordan 34. Jennie Pritchard. Georgi2z E McGivary 87. Mrs Frances Parker 34. Arthur Best 4. Gouvernenz and related names. Separately, about 2 45 AM two Marines were injured on Jordan Street when a car fleeing authorities struck them. they were taken to Auburn Memorial Hospital and then Sampson Air Force Base. The driver, William G. Lawton 45 of Scipio Center, is held by Skaneateles police. Erieville roast supper announced for today.
A late 1950s style Onondaga County traffic toll notes multiple injuries and fatalities. Patrolman Coleman, 31, was struck directing traffic near S Allen and Jefferson Streets, with serious leg injuries. Mohammed Kubba, 28, faces dangerous driving charges on a learner's permit after a crash near Syracuse University. Four Syracusans suffered injuries in a Route 20 collision near Cazenovia, including Jean Barrett and Andrew Roney. Two youths, Ronald Bartelli and Donald Hudson, were hurt in an Onondaga Lake Parkway motorcycle crash with a Liverpool truck. Edna Branchi and Pasquale Branchi were injured in a Milton Avenue collision, with Wright charged for drunk driving. Other injuries included Joseph Ramos and David Davis in separate incidents. police reported further crashes and injuries throughout the day.
Mrs. Irene D. Brockway of 627 S Warren Street, widow of Charles R. Brockway, died yesterday at University Hospital. Born in Owego, she lived in Syracuse 55 years, was a Republican committee woman for 30 years, and a member of Bonafide Chapter OBS. A son Aubury Brockway survives. Greenleaf Funeral Home to hold services at 7 PM Tuesday with Rev S Arigid Westcott officiating. burial in Onondaga Valley Cemetery. Friends may call 2-4 and 7-9 PM tomorrow.
Funeral services were held for Jesse J. Brown, 66, a former Syracuse resident who died at his Stratford, Connecticut home. Plans for a Syracuse funeral were canceled, according to friends.
The Syracuse Memorial Day parade is set for 9:30 AM Monday with bands from American Legion and East Syracuse High School plus Veterans of Foreign Wars and Girl Scouts. Clergy Rev Frederick Wiman Rev James Bennett and Rev Anton Seeger will lead the ceremonies. Col Lestie J. Parnell may address attendees in the park.
Clifford Canfield 67 of 302 Shennard Street told Patrolman Joan Lynch he lost a wallet containing $40 between his home and a neighborhood tavern last night.
Pender, 1009 Grant Ave Erie resident, and Assy Upson, a Syracuse General Hospital nurse from 14 South Ave, suffer facial injuries after a collision with a tree on 300 block of Berk Street while driving with a learner’s permit. Syracuse University student Donald Lee, 23, suffers head lacerations after a Walnut and Waverly collision. Stanley Rorc Zak, 30, from 1417 2 Marcellus St. injures left leg in a two car crash at West Fayette and Maggiore. Passenger Dominick Battagles, 31, of 307 Marcellus St, incurs a back injury.
Porter-Cable announced several top level moves in Syracuse, naming John A. Proven to the board as president and director, with Robert Teo elected treasurer and vice president. Theodore M. Hancock was elected secretary and Margaret Macfarlane named assistant secretary. Teo has led Porter-Cable sales since 1933 and Proven is a Syracuse executive with industry leadership roles.
Deputies arrested two men after a reported shotgun threat. Hubert Allen, 34, and Wesley Rapholz were involved as deputies seized two shotguns. Rapholz is also wanted for desertion of his wife and was sought for investigation.
Leona Bravien of 613 University Ave whose purse was stolen from a branch store at 459 S Warren St between 7 and 9 PM was told by Patrolman Lynch it had been found previously on the roof of the Public Library. The purse contained $42 personal papers and apartment keys. The prior theft had rifled contents.
A total of 3240 in fines and penalties was paid yesterday by 15 speeders in Auburn Police Court. The fines ended a record breaking week for traffic violations in the city.
Sheriff Albert Sione has alerted 68 special deputies to watch for dangerous drivers. He says about 2% are reckless, but most obey laws. he urges reporting any operator observed violating rules to ensure swift action.
Miss Mary C. Egan received a $1,000 scholarship for advanced study at the Harvard Anivers School Health. The announcement came at the New York State Business and Professional Women's Club convention in Buffalo. Bliss Egan, daughter of Mrs. Mary E. Egan of 732 Woods Ave Solvay, is a Syracuse University graduate with a master's degree and serves as associate nutritionist for the New York State Department of Health Bureau of Nutrition.
James R Deferio 23 of 129 Delhi si pleaded not guilty to third degree assault in Police Court. Judge P Leo Dorsey set bail at 250 dollars and a June 22 hearing was scheduled. Parker 22 of 230 Lexington av reported Deferio struck him after a truck narrowly avoided his auto on Hawley av.
FORRESY B. WITMEYER of 19 Ostrom Ave, president of the Excelsior Insurance Company of New York, has been appointed to the incendiarism and arson committee of the National Board of Fire Underwriters. The board is an educational, factual and engineering organization of capital stock fire insurance companies.
Forecast calls for showers or thunderstorms today with warm humid conditions. Clearing tonight will bring cooler weather Sunday. Yesterday’s high was 83 and low 54. sunset 3:35, sunrise 5:30. Record highs and lows noted for the day. Relative humidity rose from 67 to 77 percent.
Thunderstorms are forecast tonight along the Atlantic coast states and across the Mississippi Valley. Warmer air is expected in the Northern and Central Rockies region. The forecast discusses pressure systems moving east, warm and cold fronts, and weather fronts producing precipitation as warm air rises over cooler air.
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