Hotels open jobs for Irish exchange youths
The Catskills resort association finds employment for two Irish exchange students and seeks about 200 more positions. Patrick Brennan and James Irwin, ages 18 and 19, arrived with 176 peers to work in Sullivan Ulster counties. Brennan at Pines Hotel, Irwin at Paramount Hotel. Wages around 80 dollars weekly plus room and board, far above Ireland's pay.
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Monticellg
Catskills
Patrick Brennan
Dublin
James Irwin
Lurgan
Northern Ireland
Union of Students In Ireland
Brennan
University of Dublin
Irwin
Queens University
Belfast
Ireland
Pines
South Fallsburg
Paramount
Parksville
Seymour Krieger
Resort Association
New York
Krieger
Association Board of
Grossinger’s
Liberty
Brown’s
Loch Sheldrake
Woodridge
Gil Weisinger
Hay harvest in Grange and Sullivan counties hindered by wet weather
Grange County agent William S. Pendergast reports the hay crop is far behind schedule with likely less than five percent in by June 25. Sullivan County agent Earle A. Wilde warns of economic losses as prolonged wet conditions delay curing and feeding value declines. Farmers like Nicholas Kolk say rain and cold have left fields flat and difficult to cut, needing warm, dry spells to proceed.
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Middletown
Grange
Sullivan
William S. Pendergast
Grange County
Pendergast
Nicholas Kolk
Chester Ra
Goshen
Earle A. Wilde
Sullivan County
Orange County
Wilde
Fire destroys Woodbourne rooming house. no injuries reported
A three story rooming house on John Cihal's property in Woodbourne was leveled by fire of undetermined origin early Thursday. Cihal and his wife were sleeping in a separate building 100 yards away. Fire crews from Woodbourne Grahamsville Loch Sheldrake and Fallsburg fought the flames using tanker water and booster tanks. Cihal had little insurance and could not estimate the loss.
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John Cihal
Woodbourne
Cihal
Grahamsville
Loch Sheldrake
Port Jervis Cyclist Injured In Motorcycle Crash
An 18 year old Port Jervis cyclist Gary D Kolvenbach suffered cuts scratches and bruises after his 1967 Yamaha struck a brick and overturned on Hamilton Street. He is listed in satisfactory condition at St Francis Hospital Port Jervis. Police report the accident occurred Thursday afternoon when the motorcycle went west on Hamilton Street and hit a brick.
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Port Jervis
St. Francis Hospital
Gary D. Kolvenbach
Hudson Street
Hamilton Street
Retiring Sullivan County 4-H Agent Is Honored
Karl L. Grant, Sullivan County 4-H agent for 22 years, will retire June 30. A testimonial dinner is set for Sunday at 7:30 p.m. at the Columbia Hotel in Hurleyville. William A. Fales of Ithaca is named the new 4-H agent, to take over July 1. Grant, 55, began as 4-H agent in July 1946 after teaching vocational agriculture at Earlville Central School from 1934 to 1946. He helped develop Camp 4-H Pines near Neversink and a youth fair at the Grahamsville Fair. He plans a Alaska trip in retirement’s first three months. His wife, Jean Shapley, teaches at Liberty Central School. Fales has served as assistant 4-H agent since 1967.
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Liberty Karl L. Grant
Sullivan County
Columbia
Hurleyville
William A. Fales
Ithaca
Cooperative Extension
Grant
Sullivan 4
Earlville Central School
Mexico High School
Cornell University
Pines
Neversink
Grahamsville Fair
Alaska
Jean Shapley
Earlville
Liberty Central School
Columbia Hotel
Fales
Gees Torry Laely
Eisiliy
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By Gil Weisinger
Ulster County
Jerry Ehrlich
South Falisburg
Paramount Hotel
Fred Gasthaler
Ralph Meyer
Thompson
Concord
Philip ‘Kazansky
Concord, Laurels, and Grossinger’s
Karl L. Grant
Ed Townsend
By Linda Truman
Kolvenbach
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