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Community Evensong will be held in the Presbyterian church, Sunday Dec. 18: The Carollers; Processional, No. 116. congrega tion seated; solo, Bethlehem of Mrs. George Hepler entertain ed some twenty guests at a va riety shower at her home on Sat urday from 1 to. 5 p. m., honor ing Miss Phyllis -Hall, whose -o Canandaigua high school bas- Judea, Mrs. George Dunn; trum- marriage to William Emmons of pet solo, O Holy Night, Edwin Reading Center, will take place Simonson; solo, Tenderly Sleep- on Monday, Dec. 26, at 3:30, ing, Mrs. Bernard Snyder; When the Crimson Sun Had Set, the ketball five will play Penn Yan children’s choir, soloists, Betty 'academy Friday night on the lo- Ball, Joyce Nudd, Jacqueline Mc- cal Junior High court. Next Connell; solo, Blessed Baby, Ros- the Presbyterian church at Rock Stream. Mrs. Leon King assisted her daughter in Hall received serving. Miss many from her friends. fine gifts Tuesday Penn Yan will play at Newark. anna Snyder; anthem, Adore and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Axtell of Be Still, the senior choir, Chan- Rochester, who sold their home ------- , I dos Shuart, soloist; solo, Sweet some time ago, are stopping with Roger Strum and Claude Hall Little Jesus Boy, Ann Potter; her mother, Mrsi. J, W. Warner, were in Geneva Friday night as- ' melody boys’ quartet, Jesu Bam- for a week. They will leave there sfsting in making arrangements bino, Robert Shuart, soloist; with a friend for Florida. .They for a visit of the Grand Patri- Hymn No. 127; ladies’ quartet, are traveling in a trailer. Later arch of the State of New York The Newborn King, Mrs. Henry to the Ontario andi Yates district. Gladue, Mrs. Henry Minnerly, o they will go to California. J. W. Peelle and wife have Mrs. Walter Faber, Miss Elinor been spending two weeks in Flor- Shuart; prayer and response; quartet, The King of Love My Shepherd Is, Edward Prentiss, Branchport Mrs. Mabel Carpenter, Cor. Mrs. Henry Gladue, Mrs. Henry spending the past two weeks Mr. and Mrs. Wilson McMinn ’ Minnerly, Ediwin Hess; offering, with her grandson, Lloydi Peelle ida on business. They went by plane. Mrs. Jessie Wilson has been w ill be delegates from Guyanoga Valley Grange to State Grange at Rochester. Charles Spiker was elected to the office of overseer of Pomona Grange. The pageant, Good1 King Wen- and wife. celes—The King, Charles Potter; A number of men in this vil- Rev. and Mrs. Charles Wallis are returning from Fort Myers, Fla., this week. Mr. Wallis will be back in the college for the service next Sunday morning. The Garden Club members are making Christmas decora tions this week and are ready for orders. The annual Christmas commu nity supper will be held1 Dec. 31 in the Community house at 6:15. Everyone is invited and if you have not been solicited, bring rolls, a dish of food to pass and your own table service. There will be a tree and program by the district school children fol lowing the supper. Miss Mae Baker of Clarksville, Arkansas, entertained the Gor ham family last weekend. Miss Baker plans to spend Christmas with Mrs. Edna Guevchenian and Mrs. Hazel Stanichfield in St. Petersburg, Florida. Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Perkins of Cattaraugus announce the ar rival of Stephen Edwin, on Dec. 8. Mrs. Perkins’ mother, Mrs. . . . . . . i . On the national scale dele gates also considered and passed a resolution calling for the con solidation of the Chicago and Washington offices of the Amer- grqwth over the past 16 years.”/ He reported that as of the past October 31, membership had reached an all-time high of 89,- 231 members and that 36 out of i - During this' .past season J50::. i dairy barns were ^prayed With ^ lindane by the Cornell en.omolo- \ gists. They found' that eight pounds of 25 per cent wetitable' ican Farm Bureau Federation in ; 56 counties had higher, member- ,i lindane powder per 100 gallons' « Washington, D. C. Other important resolutions: 1. Requested! appropriation from, the Legislature for a state fair in 1950. 2. Urged amendment of the Vehicle and Traffic Law to per mit movement on public high- ship totals in 1949 than in 1948. of water gave good control for three weeks and then the spray- lost its fly-killing power rather In the closing address of the meeting, Dean Myers declared: “Reduction of the violent swings quickly. They used about 20 gal lons on me average sized bam. lifiable form of lin- m prices, production, and nation al income and reasonable stabili- An zation of the purchasing power dane which was also mixed with’ of the dollar today are the most water, lasted a little longer—four ways of farm machinery not in important economic problems of weeks of excellent fly control. In excess' of 13 feet in width. 3. Recommended adoption of a state ten-year plan for improve ment of town and county -roads. 4. Requested addition of two regional poultry laboratories to those already in operation in the state. 5. Called for continuance of agriculture and the entire United States.” comparison, 20 pounds of a 50 per cent wetitable methoxychlor powder per 100 gallons of water Experiments Show Lindane ! was almos,t no s°od at a11 for o Controls Pests of Cattle fly control sifter the second week. Compared with DDT, lindane- is rather expensive, but farmers- Several thousand New York who have used it say its worth Sltate dairymen stopped mange the money. The comparative cost mites and lice last year with lin- with methoxychlor is about the appropriation on rabies control, i dane before these pests stopped game because of the large 6. Asked amendment of the Si- their herds, and with each spray- amount of this product that has cial Security Act to make old age and survivors1’ insurance available to farmers and farm workers. 7.- Called for opposition to trends leading toward socialized While returning to Clarkson and Mrs. Fenton Simonson; the university at Potsdam from a singers, girls of the youth choir. his pages, James Fox and Ed- lage are out of work. Some have Marion Folts, ward Nudd; the peasant, Frank been paid off for good, with no week Koeberle; the two cottagers, Mr. promise of later work. A good i spending the medicine. with 8. Requested state funds research to determine for Thanksgiving vacation at New York city, Ronnie Sutherland, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest At the Manger—Mary, Nancy Cole; Joseph, Charles Ball; Once Christmas present for a man with a family of small children. Christmas exercises will be held in the hall on Dec. 24, at Stanley causes and remedies for sterility in cat tle. ing they were able to get good fly control in their bams for three weeks or more during this past season. That sums up the results of tests and extensive work with dairymen throughout New York State by the Cornell Univeri ty Agricultural Experiment Sta tion and the State Bureau of Animal Industry. In their 1948 to be used. -o- $12 Million for Aid The Red Cross spent $12,171,- 000 on 303 disasters last year in which 592 persons were killed’, and 4,064 injured. o in Royal David’s city, John Koe- 7:30 r>. m. Come out and see old Sutherland of Branchport, was berle; Away in a Manger, chil- Santa amuse the kiddies. shaken up in an automobile ac cident at Catskill. His compan- dren’s choir and primary chil dren; entrance of the Three Mrs. T. B. Morris is expected meni1:- home this week. She underwent a serious operation two weeks John Hutchinson is a patient better or worse farmers will at the Geneva General hospital have to give more attention to where he hag gone for treat- the public problem® of agricul ture” , and Fleming, who follow*' Miss Mabel Moon returned ed on the program, added that Dr. Hill told delegates that “for mange and lice control experi- ion, a fellow student from Clark- Kings of the Orient; Gaspard, son and driver of the car, was Ediwin Simonson; Melchior, Rob- ago. She is convalescing nicely. Mrs. Herbert Alien! and Lydia Newcomb visited their cousin, from Strong Memorial hospital farmers had the major question the oast week to the home of her of deciding “whether we are go- hospitalized with a fractured leg. er£ Shuart; Balthazar, Richard Shuart; congregation will join in the last verse. Simeon blesses The vehicle was demolished. • About $30 was cleared at the pancake and sausage supper the Infant Jesus. Simeon, the sponsored by American Legion Auxiliary and held at p ev Mr. Piper; recessional, Si- Community Hall Mrs. Darwin Thompson, at her home in Watkins Glen on Fri- coiusins, John at Gorham. The WSCS ments Cornell researchers, under the direction of Prof. H. H. Schwardt and Dr. D. W. Baker, sprayed 1500 dairy cows at the rate of 1% pounds of 25 per cent wettaible lindane powder in 100 gallons of water with excel- ing to be able to resist the world- ; lent results. For mange the cows 303 Disasters Approximately 312,000 victims of 303 disasters were helped by the Red Cross last year. o Relatives will live beyond your means if given the chance. o wide trend toward socialism. It were sprayed twice about 10 days held their Christ- is a major question as to whetih- ! apart with two gallons per cow mas meeting at the home of er we, as citizens, are prepared each time. Animals1 sprayed the ________ . , n _______________________ l u X . . _____________________ ______________ . 1 _______ A ________________________ l _____________ M r + i ________________________________________ i_ A T V T ____________________ 1 ____________ ___________ ________ and Rev. Mr. Davies. The reader, the day. Oaimmett Branchport Wednesday night. Mr. andl Mrs. Russell Perry lent Holy Night, congregation seated; benediction. Organist! and director, Mrs. are receiving congratulations on pUrdy; assistant director, Two Rock Stream boys are seeing a lot of this world in their travels with the Navy. Em met Keady just returned from the Arctic and is now on his way The oil heating debt of to preserve the American Way. Foster, making his 20th the birth of a son at Bath Me- Elinor Shuart; the Christmas to Europe. J. Robert Keady is man* morial hospital, Sunday. Dec. 4. angels, Mrs. Edward Nudd and now in Saipan. Mrs. Mary Stone and Charles Mrs. Preston H ill; the little an- Spiker were guests Nov. 31, at a dinner given in honor of the A displaced family from tiained the gels, Mildred Simonson, Verna France has arrived at the J. W. nesday afternoon, Dec. 14. She Barrington C h a rles M c C a r r ic k , C o r. birthday of Mrs. Verne Ackerson Lin da Pelchy. at her home in Elmira. The Mother’s Circle met with Mrs. Retta Robeson on Tuesday, Dec. 13. The last of the series of pre- Christmas union services will be held Sunday evening, Dec. 18, at St. Luke’s church at 7:30. Glenn L. Owen and Charles Spiker attended an executive committee meeting of the North ern Central firemen’s association at Port Byron on Sunday. The Christmas party and pro gram of the Methodist church will be held in the Community _ ____ _____ ___ __________ Hall on Friday evening, Dec. 23, chUreh to attend a council meet- Schoeffler, Rosemary Hoose and Peelle farm. They speak no Eng- an- the Methodisit church has been nual report a® general seceretary of the Federation, said that “ an independent apriculture free of government control is the way to achieve even more efficient production and an even higher standard of living for the na tion.” At the traditional annual farm reduced to $116.75. Contributions to this fund may be made to the trustees or to Mrs. Hazel Hoff- Mrs. Delos Van Orden Wed- Law first part of November were mange free until March. Calves I under three months* old were not treated1. One application of lin- | dane at the same rate gave good | lice control for a year. The I spray killed the adult lice and the eggs at the same time. Milk i tests for residue were favorable, j Based on Cornell recommenda tions, Dr. Ivan G. Howe, state lish. Miss Nora Van Duzer and Mr. Van Duzer, a nephew, of Syra cuse, visited her sister, Mrs. Ira gifts e, Mrs. Margaret Washburn dinner, Foster was1 presented a veterinarian and director of the Mrs. Emily Cammett. There plaqute and citation ini recagni- state bureau of animal industry. , began a mange campaign and when it ended last year, more was an exchange of Christmas tion of his 20 years of service Love, on Sunday. William Gardner, who is still in the Amot-Ogden hospital, El- The Fidelis class held its De- mira. is some better, cember meeting at the home of Mrs. Floyd Hinkley is visiting Hotel Syracuse. Mr. and Mrs. Leland Gyer on- her brother in Wisconsin for a Wednesday evening. Those at- weeks. tending, participated in an ex-' Supt. of Schools C. C. Muehe has been attending the sessions of the district superintendents of Neiw York State association at as general secretary of the Fed eration. than 100,000 dairy cows had been C. K. Bullock, reporting on the treated! with lindane. Farmers membership program, declared1: “The history oif the Federation reported that it killed the itch, their cows held flesih and milked is one of steady and consistent better. WSCS held a bake sale the basement Warren - Soules visited his Saturday change of gifts and in packing mother iii Bath last Saturday. o boxes with Christmas candy. Ian Johnson was home from Mrs. Leland Gyer and Morris Cornell over the weekend. Ovenshire were elected delegates Mrs. Elizabeth Keady was in from Barrington Community town caiiing on Saturday. She is with supper at 6:30. Each family is asked) to bring their own table service and a dish to pass. A special program is in prepara tion!. At the annual parish meeting of St. Luke’s held last Tuesday, Charles Spiker was elected war den; Onba Burtch and Kenneth ing in the Reed® Corners Fed- spending the winter in Elmira. Dana Merrick was one of the er-ated church to consider the or- j.ucky one® to get a deer. danation of M. Jack Takayanagi on Sunday, Dec. 18 at 2:30 p. m. ; An investiture service was j held in the Barrington Commu nity church on Sunday evening at which the Barrington Boy o » i r FARM BUREAU OPPOSES REGIMENTATION Benton Center Mrs. Harry Lewis, Cor. M ick Scouts, Troop 36, received their Dunham, vestrymen; and Jvnss Evelyn Hunt, treasurer. ! Mr. and Mrs. Don Fernandez have returned home after hav ing spent a week in New York City visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Don Fernandez, Sr. Mrs. Edna Stever is in receipt of a letter from Isabel Kremer of New York City, deputy direct- l charter and Tenderfoot awards were made. The Christmas program of the will be served at 6:30. Each fam- local church and Sunday school ily is asked to bring their own will be held on Thursday eve- ( table service and buttered rolls, ning, Dec. 22, at the church. A and unless otherwise solicited, a supper in charge of Mrs. Clar ence Knapp and Mrs. Charles evening’s entertainment will op- McCarrick will be served at 7 en with recitations, drills, songs Farm price supports and ways of providing safeguard® against government regulation of agri culture ranked high among prob lems considered! by the, 89,000- member New York State Farm Bureau Federation at its 34th an nual meeting in Syracuse. Leon N. Stiles, Yates county delegate who also served as a ... , , 0 , ! i 4.1. member of the resolutions com- Ash to pass At 8 o clock the mlttee that ,he m offl. The annual Christmas party and program will be held at the Benton Methodist church Mon day evening, Dec. 19. Supper ! or of the United States Commit- o’clock. Following this the chil- by the junior department under tee for the United Nation’s In ternational Children’s Emer gency fund, which reads in part: “This will! acknowledge with warm thanks the contribution of the Branchport Book Club to the United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund. We are aware of the many appeals which have dren, under the direction of Mrs. the direction of Mrs. Paul In- Morris Ovenshire, will present the Christmas program. James Wells of Rochester gram and Mrs. Ernest Thomas. A Christmas pageant, “The Story That Never Grows Old!” , under spent the weekend with his direction of Mrs. Laurence Gard- i cial delegates approved a resolu tion declaring: “Support prices, subsidies and such artificial devices are dan gerous and should be used with great discretion.” The resolution, one of 22 ap- daughter, Mrs. W ilfred Knapp. ner, will be presented by the Pr°v^> aseried the Federations The annual corporate meeting young people. Following the pro belief that “farmers can survive Just For Maybe you’re a U Hava Not. n come a Why not “Have?” of Barrington Community church gram there will be the presenta- when healthy economic cbn- will be held on Saturday, Dec. , tion of gifts from the Christmas <htions prevail for all groups , and urged Congress to find Christmas is such fun if you have the necessary cash. Ask those been made to you recently and 31. with dinner at noon and the tree. fconsequently are grateful fbr your generous re- particularly business meeting at 2 p. m. I • Master Dale Allison spent Sat- means of stabilizing the general who 44 Have” received our 1949 Christmas Club Checks. 1 Barrington Grange, No. 1101, urday with his uncle and aunt, price level. sponse to Mrs. Marsh’s speech. I will hold a Christmas; supper and., Mr. and Mrs. John DeVuyst, at believe that you will be interest- Pal^y Friday evening, Dec. 30, ed in knowing that despite the , ,e Grange hall. j very difficult conditions! in Miss Irma Wells of Penn Yan _ i China, the Children’s Fund pro- i f as a wef ^ fuesk of her sis- gram, although necessarily some- *er’ ^ rs' Wilfred Knapp. what curtailed, has been going steadily forward, ofteni within *ange of gun fire. One of the most important aspects of the Work there has been the train ing of young Chinese in the ele ments of medicine, diet and hy giene., They are thus enabled to return to their villages and in struct others in these basic re quirements for health.” i The three-day session resulted in the re-election of three direct- . « . . ors and all officers. Don J. Wick- . ■ . , sen and fam ily of Interlaken ^ m , j. Hector; Jacob Pratt, were Sunday dinner guests of his mother, Mrs. Hattie Morten- >■ Next year you, too, can be a “Have” Shopper. Don’t delay-- Palmyra. Mr. andi Mrs. Carlton Morten- Start Clubbing to-day. Schaghticoke; and Newell Hutch inson, Heuvelton, were re-elected START TODAY Pay Weekly For 50 Weeks Get Our Check Next November sen. to the Board1 for three-year Mr. and! Mrs. Kenneth Barden terms. IN OUR THIRD WEEK OF THE Mays Mill Mrs. Flora Tierney, Cou. and family moved Saturday At the close of general ses- frorn the McAlpine house to one sions. the Board re-elected War- in Stanley, and Mr. and Mrs. ren w - Hawley, Batavia, presi- Mrs. Lynn McCloud and chil- Gordon Andersen, recently mar ried, moved into the McAlpine dren have been spending several house, days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Doan. dent; Wickham, vice-president; Marion Johnson, Williamson, treasurer; EdWard S. Foster, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lewis and Ithaca, general secretary; and C. her sister, Mrs. Joe. Tierney, Kenneth Bullock, also of Ithaca, 1950 CHRISTMAS CLUB Deposit Every Week One of these Convenient Amounts Mr. and Mrs. Fred Mashewske ■o Y at esviile Mrs. W ard Stryker, Cor. There will be a Christmas pro gram and tree at the Yatesville church, Thursday evening, Dec. 22. Program will begin at 7:30. Harry Goodsell was taken to the Biggs Memorial hospital in Ithaca, last week, for treatment. called Monday on their cousins, Zeluff and Mrs. have received word that their Mrs. George son, Frederick, of the U. S. Ma- Fred Kick and family, as Fred rine Corps, has been promoted passed away Friday night. from private first class to corpor al. Mrs. Joe Tierney and her sis ter and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lewis, spent Monday with Mrs. Anna Newcomb is spend ing a few days at the home of associate secretary. Keynote for the sessions Wlas sounded by President Hawley, who in his annual address declar ed that “farm groups must de cide whether we are going to 25c 50c $ 1.00 2.00 5.00 $ 12.50 25.00 50.00 100.00 250.00 fhen when Christmas Shopping starts next year see what you will “Have” DON’T DELAY, START CLUBBING TO-DAY & her son and wife, Mr. and Mrs. have an independent agriculture Earl Newcomb. Benton school will hold its o The Gutenburg Bible, first book printed with movable type, was given the appearance of a hand-copied manuscript by the printers so that their invention would not be discovered. Mrs. Fred Kick and family in Christmas exercises next Wed- Port Byron. Their cousin, Fred n®sday at 2:30. Mrs. Maurice Mc- with farmers making their own decisions, or whether we are go ing to have a great deal of gov ernment control over our farm- THIS I S SfUST ONE OF THE SERVICES OFFERED BY BY Kick, passed away Friday after noon from pneumonia. Mrs. Donald Scutt received word December 10, of a little ^The Camn is teacher. There will be a in,g business.” tree and the public is invited. nephew bom to her brother and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Carl son qf Dresden. Little Joan Corey of Penn Yan spent several days recently with her grandjparents, enter taining the chickenpox. Oklahoma City settlement at Speakers who followed reaf firmed Hawley’s stand included, Lt. Governor Joe R; Hanley, Dr. F. F. Hill, head of the Dept, of Agricultural' Economics, Cornell University; Roger Fleming, di rector of the Washington office of the American Farm Bureau Federation, and Dean W. I. What you are when no one is Myers of the Neiw ’ York State Baldwins Bank Penn Yan was opened for noon, April 22, 1889, and by night had a population 0f 10,000 living in tents. 0 OFFERS COM P L E T E B A N K IN G SERVICE Memher Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. 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