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RCEST CR TT » WORCESTER OTSEG(®COUNTY, N. Y- WEDNESDAY. DEC 31. 1924 A NO.§22 <2 aement\ \ ‘SJélAFrR PUBLISHER We Cordally lnv1te You to JomJur Christmas | , ”q; tior 1925 - \&@ge; Dec. 15th, 1924 An - eagy. ancsure way to have money for Ch gmas. - It provides the easiest, surt and simplest plan to accumulate lditional funds for Holiday requp; ients next year. Your flrgt d osit makes you b mi?) i'Zes iNo Ines-No trouble. a rist- in one lump Sul just before ore of P r* Thos mas. You. maflom one o the several clas ® Call and get y* of abe folders ex- plammg the ser, 'al different classes. ~ ouf ano) Mat WoreSt®!® N. Y J -S. Walerman General [Surance Fire, Liability, Compensation, Auto, Etc _d ois (eam + % «20% To the “l'eLfle of You belisye i the good of your to een loyal to many fo: art- ed here myth: your financial supp \ for the glory. we never send peo; I donot as k ##ou or a loan of your m r my wealth, but for have conducted your in a successful com;] ment, and furnished t for several - familie up to you to buy at 0 ist me in furnishing ¢ cu _ the long cold mm! amilies or buying uh ds and help keep out unning and leavepymx people without . effipk prices f ie - best , we de- I Now, Friend Wis ask ster bake good? O L DO IN- ¢ s $1000 * tfe pF if liv- $89 4 1.12 in - $1090 1 ten 1- wr «. 2009 al Woy‘jjes' r Times You will get, I1 your money back. Harry Shafer. Worcester Briefs ' Interesting Items of Worcester aro Worcester Peop ». l ~ 1. Jack Northrup spent Xmas at his 'home in Oneonta. home on Monday and Tuesday. Miss Clara Perry of Syracuse is the guest of Mrs. Ella Wieting. John Fiest of Buffalo spent Christ- mas the guest of friends at the Cen- tral Hotel. W. H. French spent the week-end with his sister, Mrs. E. D. Nickles at Lysle, N. Y. Harold Shafer spent Thursday the guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Canistra of Schenectady spent Sunday the guest of Mr. and Mrs. John Cechini. Joseph and Martin Bellew - were home from their work in Albany for the week-end. , Ellsworth Langdon of Schenectady spent Christmas with his mother, Mrs. Helen Langdon. William Myers and Charles Um- sted of Yonkers are the guests of Newton. Hamilton. Mrs. Cora Walts and daughter, Marion, of Albany are the guests of Mrs. Kerrie McCabe. Landlord Elias Rickard is able to be about once more after a severe tussle with the grippe. Miss Pearl Fletcher left Tuesday morning for a visit at Clyde, N. Y., and Springfield, Mass. Miss Clara Bingham of Albany spent the week-end the guest of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Bingham. Mrs. V. A. Waterman is in Cobles- kill, called there by the serious ill- ness of an aged cousin. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Campion and children spent Christmas with the former's parents in Albany. Miss Minnie Bulson has been con- fined to her home during the past few. days with.g bad cold... Homer Empie of Albany and Luther Empie of Plattsburg spent Christmas at their homes in this village. , the guests of Mrs. Minnie VanDusen at Richmondville last Thursday. Andrew Sloam of Newark, N. J., has been spending the holiday vacation with 'his parents, Dr. and Mrs. Geo. A. Sloan. DeForest Wood of Ingomar, Mon- tana, is spending a few weeks the guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wood. Mrs. Elizabeth Griggs, C. E. Bell and Mrs. Bess Langdon .spent Christ- mas with Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Chase at Schenevus. ‘ Dr. and Mrs. James Skinner 'and Lucius Lennon of Oneonta were the guests of Dr. and Mrs. M. H. Nichols last Thursday. Dr. and Mrs. A. S. Peters have been the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Blodgett it Southold, Long Island, for a few days. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Wilber and daughter of Seward were the guests of the former's mother, Mrs. Hester Wilber, lass Thursday. Miss Carolyn Judd, a teacher in the East Crange, N. J., schools, is spending the holidays with ber par- ents, Mr. ard Mrs. Albert Judd. Miss Grace Waterman of the State Educational Department at Albany, spent severgl! days last/xweek the guest «* her{brother, J. S. Waterman. Dr. and Mrs. Fred Sloan and daughter of Bingharnton were the guests of the former's parents, Dr. and Mrs. Geo. A. Sloan on Christ- mas. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Robbins of Schenevus and Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Robbins of Brighton were the guests of Mr. and M:s. F. B. Robbins on i x a Christmas. A , Mr. and Mrs C. L Goodell, who e spending the winter at St. Pet- burg, Fim, have remembered Mr. Mrs. A. J. Bingham and Mr. and Terman Jadd with boxes of + froft. '\ceder wife and daughter, Sche. »ctady were the 'rs, He Davis last Wed- 'ng. n Thursday the M !clen Davis and * 1: villege, mot 1 sp # the day : for a few days on business. David L. Hicks of Schenectady was fracture the doctor thinks Mrs. Henry Mr. and Mrs. Floyd VanDusen were | ° Christmas dinner with friends in Fer- . mony took place, Christmas Day. | I A. E. Hamilton is itr New York City - Rev. E. T. Reilly spent Tuesday in Binghamton the guest of a friend who is ill. Mr. and 'Mrs, George: Schenectady were the friends in town Christmas. Cattell guests of of Miss Ruby Gage, who for several years has been a resident 'of Detroit, Mich., is spending several weeks the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. G. Gage. Mr. ang Mrs. Edward Crippen and children, Philip, Christine and Ed- ward Jr., of Oneonta were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Geo,. B. Crippen, Christmas day. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Simmons and children of Richmpndville and Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Platts and children of Otego spent Christmas day with Mr. and Mrs. Albert Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Wilber of Bing- hamton, Edward Mead, Jr., of Platts- burg, Mr. and Mrs. Horace Getman and daughter, Mary Frances, of Stam- ford, and Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Skinner and gon, Andrew, of this village were Christmas guests of Mr. and Mrs. E. L, Mead. Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Aldrich of Glov- ersville, N. Y. will have charge of the music of the union evangelistic services conducted by H. Wyse Jones, D. D. to commence in the Baptist church on Sunday, Jan. 11. Mr. and Mrs, Aldrich are both talented sing- ers and both play the slide trombone. Mrs. Aldrich is also a pianist of ex- ceptional merit. Mrs. J. S. Ridge received a mes- sage a few days ago that her daugh- ter, Mrs. Anna Henry of Fultonville, N. Y., had fallen on the slippery walk and received a very serious com- pound fracture of her left wrist, and Dr. Boughton took Mrs. Henry at once to the Amsterdam hospital where they Xrayed the wrist and put it in a plaster cast. Although a very bad will have the use of it after a time. so cones netic nicol o c_ South Worcester Lester Bruce and Carl Mlbeu’ell were in Oneqnta Friday. iz Frances 'Olmstead spent the week end with friends in Worcester. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Bragg were in Oneonta Monday. F. W. Olmstead and family were in Oneonta, Tuesday. D. G. Crozier of Cornell Univer- sity is enjoying the holiday vacation at the home of W. H. Sturges. Mr. and Mrs. James Bellew were Christmas Day guests at H. J. Bel- lew's. F. W. Olmstead and family and Carl Beardsley and family ate their gusonville. { Mrs. Niles Thompson of New York City is spending the holiday vaca- tion with her son, George, at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. S. Allen. Mr. and Mrs. Archie Vaughn of Ithaca spent the week-end with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Vaughn. Cards have been received here an- nouncing the marriage of Miss Viva Manning of Lawyersville to Floyd D. Branigan, one of South Worcester's boys, now of Coxsackie. The cere- Sohn and Harriet McArthur of Kortright were recent guests of their aunt, Mrs, F. W. Olmstead. Mr. and Mrs. C. Hebbard took their young son to Oneonta, Saturday, for an Xray of his shoulder, as it is fear- ed there is a dislocation due to a bad fall a few days ago. W. H. Sturges is enjoying a box of fruit sent him by his daughter, Mrs. Roy Goodell, from St. Petersburg, Fla. - The Worcester high school basket ball team outgeneraled and outplayed the town team in a very interesting game at the Wieting Gym on Monday evening. The game was fast, al- though rather rough in spots, The vid NDtefendorf. Large Barn Burns The large barn on the Erwin Hunt farm situated on West Hill, - two | miles north of this village, was des-l Lroyed by fire early last Saturday I morning with all its contents. Short- | ly before five o'clock Mr. Hunt “(bl awakened and noticed a light on his i bedroom window. - He immediately arose and rushed to the barn hut the ‘l fire had gained such headway that | he was able only to rescue three horses. - The alarm was given anid neighbors were quickly on the seeng, But all they could do was prevent the spread of the bhl>ze to the other buildings. Included in the logs were 18 head of stock, a colt, dog five sets of harness, 'six wagons, two sets of bobs, thresh- ing machine, milking machine, gas engine, mowing machine, horse rake, hay tedder, 300 bushels of oats, 60 tons of hay, large silo and contents, and all kinds of small farming tools. An insurance of $2600 was carried on the barn and contents. - The loss over the insurance will easily reach $7500. _ It is expected that he will proceed at once to get out lumber to rebuild. - The origin of the fire is unknown. At twelve o'clock a neighbor passed along the road and noticed nothing suspicious and be- tween two and three Mr. Hunt was up and neither heard a stir among the animals nor saw a light lin the building. In an effort to get the cows out Mr. Hunt was quite severely burned about the face. He has since suffer- ed from a severe cold due to expos- ure from not being sufficiently cloth- ed to protect himself from the winter \ __ O'Marah Entertain Mr. and Mrs. On Friday evening, Dec. 26th, Mr. and Mrs. J. Frank O'Marah enter- tained a large circle of friends at the Central Hotel in honor of their daughter, Margaret, and their son, Franklin, who are home from school for the holidays. The large dining room of the hotel was decorated with holly and Christ- mas red and afforded a very desfr- able place for dancing, which was greatly enjoyed by the younger folks. The parlors were also nicely decorat- ed in holiday colors and those who did not desire to dance enjoyed the evening in playing cards. Music was furnished by an orches- tra under the direction of Ernest Russ, assisted by Mrs. Frank M. Snyder and William Boardman. During the evening, Rev. E. T. Reilly, Pastor of St. Joseph's Church of Worcester, on behalf of Mr» and Mrs, O'Marah announced the engage- ment of their daughter, Miss Mar- garet O'Marah to Mr. John Feist of Buffalo, N. Y. The following were among the guests present: - Mr. and Mrs., Por- ter R. Hadsell, Misses Frances and Delia Hadsell, Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Hamilton, Rev. E. T. Reilly, John Feist of Buffalo, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. French, Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Clark, Mr. and Mrs, C. I. Henderson, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd VanDusen, Mr. and Mrs. George B. Crippen, Dr. and Mrs. M. H. Nichols, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Root, Mr. and Mrs. Seth Flint, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Skinner, Mr. and Mrs. A. Skinner, Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Vickers, Mrs Homer Empie, Mrs. Walter Bingham, Mr. and Mrs. Frank weather. The sympathy of the en- tire community is extended to Mr. and Mrs. Hunt in this misfortune. - oem <0 - Center Valley Wood cutting is now the order of the day. We are enjoying mce zero weather at present. A social dance was held at the home of Fred Rifenburgh last Friday night which was attended by a large crowd. Payne Smith and wife were callers in Worcester last Monday. Arthur Rifenburgh is moving to Charlotteville where he will reside in the future. Everett Mcintyre was a business caller in Worcester recently. _ Wm. Hollenbeck has installed a radio. Chauncey Barton and family of Oneonta were guests at L. M. Bar- ton's last week. Claude Hartwell and wife spent Christmas at the home of her par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Crippen, at Worcester last Thursday. Frank Prentice and family spent Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Miller at Worcester. . Mr. and Mrs. Howard Lewis enter- tained the following on Christmas, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Lewis, of Wor- cester, Mrs. Kate Armstrong of | Minnesota, Mrs. C. Stilwell and family | Mr. and Mrs. George Merriam and Claude Hartwell and wife. Robert Burnside and wife +enter- tained on Christmas Levi Stilwell and family, Bert Burnside and family and Robert Stilwell and family of Charlotteville, and Ernest Mabie and family. Arthur Rifenburgh and family spent Xmas with Fred Rifenburgh and family. Payne Smith sold a work horse to Worcester parties last week. Much Money Collected “x t Up to Saturday evening the totAl amount received for the sale of Xmas Seals was $4,380 out of a quota of $5,500. About 2500 persons who re- ceived seals have not reported as yet. Every reader of this article who has not already sent in their money should do sn at once. Injures Hip Mrs. FHizabeth Kelso, the aged , mother of Mrs. C. 1. Herderson o this village, bad the misfortune to fall at the Henderson home on Christ- mus night and severely injured her hip. - She hes since been confined to her bed. final score was 47 to 24 Lesh, Rost, and I Whitcomb {acim scored 14 points for the victors and Wm Whitcomb 14 points fer the fow@n pays rj A A4 ME wat ¥ . Vernette . Whitcomb, Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Fergu- son, Mrs. E. Rickard, Frank Rickard, Dr. and Mrs. Geo. A. Sloan, Dr. and Mrs. F. M. Bolt, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. McCarty, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Hen- derson, Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Holiday; Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Winans, Miss Emma Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. Frank M. Snyder, Misses Helen Skinner, - Vickers, Hester.. _Empie, Beatrice McCarty, Evelyn Bolt, Doris Winans, Charlotte Vickers, Mary Em- pie, Madeline Travis of Schenevus, Helen Davison, Mary Dailey, Frances Olmstead, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Hall, Mr. and Mrs. Frank H. Moak, Messrs. Newton Hamilton, Leonard Whit- comb William Whitcomb, Melvin Ferguson, Martin Bellew, Joseph Bellew, Edward Clark, Roger Travis, Kenneth Skinner, Gordon Davison, William Myers, Charles Umsted of Yonkers and Dorothy McCarty. CHURCH NOTES Baptist The subject of the pastor's sermon at the Baptist church next Sunday morning at 10:30 will be: \Going For- ward.\ - The Sunday school will meet at 12 m. and the Y. P. S. C. E. at 6:15 Subject, \How Can We Develop the the Spirit of Fiiendliness.\ The subject of the midweek service Thursday evening will be, \A Motto for the New Year.\ Phil. HI-7T-14. A corporate meeting will be held following the service for the election of a trustee and other officers and such other business as may properly come before the meeting. The week of prayer will be ob- served at the Baptist church each evening next week, except Saturday, with a union meeting on Fridsy night when Rev. W. D. Jones will lead. All members of church and congregation and friends, are urged to attend as far as possible, as these meetings are preparatory to the union evangelis- tic meetings of next week. Mcthodist Episcopal Sunday service-Preaching and ad- ministration of the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper at 10:30; S. S. at 11:45; E. L at 6.15; Union Service at 7.30. The Week of Prayer will be observed beginning Monday, Jan. 5. On Fri- day eve. a union prayer service will be held in the Baptist church and the Rev. Jones will lead. Mrs. Mary Cummings we Mrs. Mary Cuommings pessed awsy ast her home in Westford last Thurs- day sfternoon after a short fizness, The faoreral was keld from ber lsto bome st 2 p m. Sunday and the body | trterred in the Westford cemetery.
