Julia Dean the first of the tragic starlets
Port Jervis historian Calvin Crane recounts Julia Dean a 19th century American stage star who rose to fame in New York then faded amid divorce heavy drinking and a late life burial in Laurel Grove Cemetery Port Jervis born 1830 near Buffalo. Dean died in childbirth at 38 and was buried without a tombstone in a family plot.
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Port Jervis
Judy Garland
Marilyn Monroe
Jean Harlowe
Julia Dean
Miss Dean
Calvin Crane
Joseph Jefferson
Rip van Winkle
Charleston
D.C
Lady Prior
Julia
Jefferson
America
New York
Arthur Hayne
U.S
Crane
Dean
California
Salt Lake City
James G. Cooper
James Allerton
Garland
Monroe
Harlowe
Orange lettuce crops roll as market called fussy
On Pine Island growers battle a variable market for Orange County iceberg lettuce. Prices at Hunts Point range from 1.50 to 2 per box as trucks haul out, with major shippers like Ted Sobieck reporting thousands of boxes sent. Local farmers cite high costs and a glut from California’s crop, while critics call the market fussy and demand higher quality from eastern buyers.
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Rne Island
Pine Island
Hunts Point
Bronx
Orange County
Ted Sobieck
Felix Myruski
Joseph Wyda
Gosken
Wydra
Sobieck
California
Leo Nowicki
Leo
Secret Liberty vote nullified by Nyquist
The State Department of Education nullified Liberty School District actions selecting Sullivan County Press as official paper for 1968 69. Acting Commissioner Ewald B. Nyquist ruled the board acted secretly with closed ballots and must disclose views and votes. He also said final minutes are public records, while drafts are not, and tape recordings need a two thirds vote to be public. Elaine G. Etess did not comment.
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Liberty
State Department of Education
Liberty School Board
Ewald B. Nyquist
Richard L. Rosenbaum
Liberty Register
Sullivan County Press
Nyquist
Liberty Board
Elaine G. Etess
Blagden elected mayor of Tuxedo Park in retirement plan
Crawford Blagden will become mayor of Tuxedo Park succeeding 18 year incumbent Trescott A Buell who retires in July. Blagden, former vice president at Benton and Bowles, served four terms as village trustee. John Kennedy was reelected trustee and Henry Maresi won first term as village father as 148 votes were cast with Blagden 135, Kennedy 126, Maresi 133.
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Tuxedo Park
Crawford Blagden
Tuxedo
Trescott A. Buell
Blagden
Benton and Bowles, Inc
New York
John Kennedy
Henry Maresi
Kennedy
Maresi
Postmaster learns of new Cuddebackville post office
Mrs Robina B Startup postmaster of the Cuddebackville Third Class Post Office says she read in the newspaper about a new postal facility to be built in Cuddebackville. The project, approved by the Post Office Department, is to be developed by the New York regional office and will be the town’s second post office building.
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Deerpark
Robina B. Startup
Cuddebackville
Baker’s
Washington
McKneaily
Post Office Department
New York
Harriet Space
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ED Townsend
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