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7Stji Year — Number 8 hiirsday, October 14, 19SS 10 cents per cppy Just Some Stuff Off the Cuff by Bemcd'd Hilton I Merrett “Mert” Starr Dies On 102nd Birthday Tp Subscribers... Merrett E. Starr of Wella- Bolivar’s oldest away last l i t is with a twinge of sadness night, Oct. 7, at fiat we pound/out those last chap- «piies^Memorial Hospital on of ''the itwfl\ column for t02nd .birthday anniver- how, this i S 't e last edition of he~ old pioneer oil towns,, news- ^per.’ Most n f the oil wells have disappeared;- , so maybe it is Lural that the time has come to bry this tired sheet along with it. I Usually the number ‘30’ is writ- |n at the end of jiewsp^per s t ^ tnoting tbatrthis is the ‘end’ or trap-up’. It is indeed with regret bat this Writer must put a' per manent “30” a' the end of this plumn in' the BREEZE. We have ten puting notes together in this for nearly four years, or I^^th followed ^r-brief illness, arid he had been hos pitalized three days after a fall in his home. Earlier in the day, Mr. Starr had received birthday congratulations from Presi dent Johnson and Governor Rockefeller. A retired oil field worker who extolled the virtues of sunshine and fresh air, he kept a lively in terest in local affairs and Was active to degree unusual for his age. - “Mert,” as he was a ffection-, ately known, had been told As announced in the September 30 issue, today mal*ks the final publication of your weekly news paper. The decision tp discontinue was a difficult one to make but was mandated through basic econ omics. ./We Wjish^ ttharnk aJT^who—have 'SU'Pported the pa- per - it is these people who have made it possible for the community to have a newspaper. Persons with •unexpired subscriptions will be mailed checks to reimburse them for the unused portion of their subscriptions. , Bolivar Voters To Decide Two Contests At November Election Only two contests, are to be decided in Bolivar in the Nov. 2 General Election. Re- ice shortly after having moved as a young m an t h a t he had Bolivar. We did it as more of tuberculosis and would not live to see the ^ge of 35. He I service to the community than |iy other reasori, and the nice Imments we always received ort he column was pay enough for ftmeone who^ wanted to keep his ngers on the keyboard. I'We have known the financial lory of the BREfiZE for these 4 ■ears, and can truly say that Alle- \n y Printing .Company has been providing us with the weekly nail town newspaper at more |an just token •expen'se to the bmpany. We' know it didn’t come fesy for lluke to put the pef- tane^ ‘3.0’ on the paper, but mere pmmon sen^ dictated what had f_he done. We know \that Luke lill be losing one of his. closest liends in this old 'publicatiPn. jut, as in life, all good things |ust come to an end. Perhaps it 1 for the better, but that sounds bf of place thd^ .week somehow. To attributed the failure of that prognosis to hard work in the oil fields, and to swallow ing a tablespoon of Allegany Field crude oil every day. At the time\ he became a centenarian, . Mert walked daily to the business district, weather permitting, a n d ‘Vatched the boys play pool.’’ Born Oct. 7, 1868^t Cur- wensville, Pa.,, he. wfe a son of John and Marj?^ Jane Norris Starr. He was mar ried in 1885 to Mary Rook who died in 1956. .They moved from Bradford to Bolivar in 1901. He was employed at a gauger for the Union Pipe Co., retiring from the oil Mrs. Shaner Feted The official ^‘homecom ing” .of Mrs. Georgia Shaner •of Bolivar, associate grand marshal, was bbserved ' re cently by 'Buttrick Chapter No. f09, Order of the.^-East- em Star. About 75 members and guests attended the affair, presided over by Mrs. James W^^tkins, matron, and \How- ard“Sh^mari, patron. Guests included Mrs. Verna Lal|ak of Buffalo, associate grand warden; Wallace Yelverton of Endwell, grand marshall; Mrs. Jean. Kailbourne of Wellsville,. district deputy- grand matron; Dana Clapp, of Cuba, district grand lec turer; Andrew F Haynes,- of Fillmore, past grand pa tron; and Richard Wright of Warsaw,- district grand lecturer. publican incumbent Clarence Shaner will be challenged for the sho-rt term assessor’s post by Demo nominee Au gust Johnson, and GOP choice Carl Hettenbaugh faces a fight -with Robert Crowle>^ a Democrai^ for f a seat on the Town Board. Mr. Hettenbaugh was re cently appointed to the Board to filil a vacancy caused by the death of coun cilman Ralph?\ Sawyer. The appointment runs' until Dec. ?> i. Supervisor .Leon J. Mac^ Mrs. Smith As Pr^xy Heads Legion Aides Ruth Smith was installed at president of the Kenyon Andrus Auxiliary Unit 772, American Legion, at cere monies held last week. . Mrs. James Wa^on was D^nell, a Democrat, is un seated as first vice president;, opposed,-for re-election to Mrs. John Page, j^cond vice the post he has held many president; Mrs. George Kin- years. Also unchallenged is? nicutt, secretary; arid Mrs. GOP choice Robert Thomp- el. ... Dunning, treasurer. .Also installed were Mrs. Jesse Pounds, chaplain; Mrs.. George Bliss, historian; and Miss _Connie Tucker,' ser geant-at-arms. Mrs. Ralph DeMarte and -Mrs. Arthur Do-wner of -Wejlsville vv-e r e installing offifeers* ’’ A tureen dinner preceded the ceremony, and'a social hour -followed. son, running for justice of the pfeace., Mrs. Erma. Jandrew, a Republican^ has received backing of both parties • in her bid for re-election as town clerk. Similar endorse ment has been given two other Republican , incum bents, Mrs. Susan ' Ingalls / for tax collector and Mrs. Bernice Hitchcock for long term assessor. . The Bert Richardsons Note 69th Anniversary At Reception fields at the age of 79. His wife died in 1956, two years our taowledge, Lv&e has after a ao\; failed to- print any story . Webster, ttie only one of their seven children to sur vive to adulthood. Mr. Starr was a member of the First Methodist Church here, and of the Bol ivar I.6.O.F. Survivors ^ in pat was suitable for publicaition. hi? source of publicity will be [irely mis.5ed. ifowever, talking ►out local stories, and publiciify, ll is not lost] tfcds writer has a jve minute news broadcast r P v ^ , 'for which > e weicbme ll local news and notices. Also, W a lter Mac- |e are the lOcaT correspondent O. Tavish of/Newton Falls, 0. The . Rev. Revere C. Perkins of the First Metho dist Church conducted fu neral services Sunday^after- noon at th Schaffner Funer- | r the Oletth Times‘H e rid dab Our relations with this news- bper have , been excellent, and ley have seen* f it to print most I the stories that have sent |em or notified them ;Of. ■ire ■tiire, raja -Po - - - ; # t h i s is po^ible. jSp, • ring at Bolivar 103. arid we will SfetS B&<xnn<3 e that,4trg^ i n ^ e V M The Geriesee Tcwp Bo^^ g get in a mention vOh radio , last week accepted a bid for rweU. V, ; a/portabie “jaw jTlie B'REEZE Is dehd^ 3he had Pse by. t]ftb:ihighWJ^3 . ^ p t . |kng.and ^loriquf life; She , * A contract witri P % W missed! by all tirea citi- ’vice, &c*, o f Pavilion w as ap- _ . - . ynik In o-ravel for rOa^ W ah w„gs Nice. m of a daughter, borri Oct. at ^ Mr. M Mr. ania»-iMrs. Bert Rich- RocEestefrDawn Richard- ardribn' d f Bolivar w. son *of~WeH^^ and Mary Sunday with;* a reception a t .. #ean Marra of Olean. the local American^ Legioii ; ! Approximately 75- friends Hal 1,: commemorating their .andjeeiatiyes called from tp 69th wedding anniversary^. 4 ,?Tp,m -b n the couple who The main table were married Oct. 1^, 1896/ Oentered with a \three^iered Mrs. RiebardsOri is the fpr- wedding cake’ of white' and mer Lula Thompson, daugh- veilow, arid boupuets Of tpr of Mr and Mrs. James . flowers. The hall was decor- Thompson of Kossuth, and ated in -Fail eolors. - M f Riehardson^ ri ^ Presiding\ at tie refresh- ^?re • M r .. and , Mrs._ Dell ment table were four'grand- Richardson of Eldred, Pa; daughters. Joanne Cordner • Mr; Richardson was bom of Eldred, - Sandra Shaner • June 18^1873, in Bldred,. and Mrs? Rmhardson Wvas/ borri Pa. They have five children, Earl, Leon, Albert IsabelUe (Shaner) and lone (Greene). Another’son, Clarence, is de-, geased. . The Richardsons also have 13 grandchildren arid 2T great-grandchildren ^ .Mr. . Richardson retired' from the M^ser Oil , Co.^ at the. age Of 78. The two have resided for the''pastes? years on Shaner Hill in Kossuth. f -.
