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II ■ » .» » ADVERTISEM ENTS IN T IE S PA P E R A L t, THE NEW S Volume C I I I — Number 6 W ED NESD A Y Whole i > ■ i MANY DEALERS DISCOVERED SELLING STOVE WOOD UNDER FALSE CLAIMS C h r o n icle-E x p r e s s In d e x of N e w s Unknowingly Advertise and Deliver Fuel as Cord Lots When Load Contains But One-Quarter of Cord—Wm. D. Reed, County Sealer Weights and Measures, Gives Requirements of Law Page Current News ............. 1 and 9 Penn Van Personals ... 4 Penn Van Locals ........ 35 Rushville News .......... 6 Gorham News ............. 7 Euitorial P a g e ............. .10 Classified Ads ............. 2 County News .............. 8 and 16 Rude Rural Rhyme .... 9 Penn Van Markets .... 30 New York Markets .... 10 Additional Penn Van Locals 3 COMMUNITY BOYS’ BAND IN CONCERTS Young Musicians Startle Record Audiences With Ability in First Public Appearance at Elmwood Many farmers in this section of Vales County during the past few weeks have been advertising and sell ing stove wood by the cord, when as a matter of fact the load contained but one-fourth of a cord and thereby they have become guilty of misdemeanor, according to William D. Reed, of Penn Van, secretary of the New York State Association Sealers of Weights and Measures. In the past most of these people selling the wood have probably been unaware of the gross error and undoubtedly the buyers have sup posed they were purchasing a full cord load. The acute fuel necessity caused by the coal strike has presented an oppor tunity which many owners of wood lots in this county have been quick to rec ognize. This increased sale of wood has been carried on in the past with a general misunderstanding as to the exact amount included in the cord measure and apparently without knowledge of the fact that state laws prohibit any person advertising wood by the cord when it does not actually contain at least 128 cubic feet. According to Mr. Reed, many have been selling and buying stove wood, cut to one-foot lengths and stacked in a load or pile measuring four by eight feet, as a full cord, when actually it is but one-fourtli of a cord, or but 32 cubic, feet. By correcting the measure, however, no difference would be made in the cost of the wood. A fuH cord would then be advertised for four times as much as the former price. Mr. Reed, county sealer of weights and measures, explains the require ments in a letter to the Chronicle-Ex press as follows: This article applies to all persons selling wood or offering wood for sale. A cord of wood must contain 3.28 cubic feet' or a pile 4x4x8 ft. Any person offering or selling any OF C. COMMUNITY HALL COMMITTEE I President Takes Up Mat- less amount than 128 cubic feet for aj ter of SnOW - Cleaned OF PLAYERS cord is guilty of a misdemeanor. Stove wood cut in twelve-inch sticks and piled 4x8 ft., contains only 32 cubic feet or one-quarter of a cord and must be sold as such and marked 32 cubic feet or one-quarter of a cord. Do not advertise wood $4.00 a cord un less you deliver 128 cubic feet. There must be a sales slip delivered with each load of wood showing the exact amount delivered, with the name of the person the wood is delivered to and the name of the seller on the sales slip. This law applies 1o all wood sold except so-called kindling wood, which may be sold in barrels or boxes at so much per barrel or box, or so many to the load. I am going to try and check up all loads of wood I see, so be sure and have your sale slin with you. WILLIAM D. REEI), Sealer of Weights and Measures. Roads in Yates —Direc tors Seek Camp Site' M a r jo r ie W a t k in s V /in s a t Ith a c a . Scholarship ANNOUNCE CAST daughter of Watkins, of Present Comedy, The Whole Town’s Talking, Monday and Tuesday Miss Kelly, Directing 99 Miss Marjorie Watkins, Mr. and Mrs. Edward T. Penn Van, has the signal distinction of being one of four in the Ithaca Con servatory of Music to win a scholar ship for excellency of work. These scholarships, which are awarded an nually, go to those who have done the best in the school during the past year. Miss Watkins stood second. This was her first year in the con servatory. She graduated from Penn Van Academy last spring and entered the Ithaca school last fall, taking a course in piano and public school mu sic, She has new been advanced to the sophomore year. The Board of Directors of the Penn Van Chamber of Commerce took defi nite steps toward the securing of a community park and a recreational hall at a meeting held last week Wed nesday, Feb. 3rd. At this meeting it was reported that it is impossible under the terms of the deed of the village for the prop erty which for the last few years has been occupied as a tourists’ camp, and known as Red Jacket Park, to be long er used for that purpose. The chair, under motion, appointed a committee, composed of Messrs. David Miller, Al bert Beardslee and Welles Griffeth to j make full .investigation of the matter and report as promptly as possible,; whether or not other land is available; for that purpose and, if so, what land' and on what terms. ■ j In conformity with the resolutions: passed at the last regular meeting of the chamber, on December 3rd, the j president at this directors’ meeting al so appointed, as a committee to study: all phases of the community building j to be self supporting. matter and to report to the directors, the following men: H. Merton Smith, chairman, I. L. Vetter, Harry M. Put nam, T. Warner Windnagle, F. M. Cor coran, Clarence Andrews, William Welch, E. J. Walker, Dr. George But ler, Walter B. Tower and Welles Grif feth. President of the Penn Van Chamber of Commerce, A. L. Bailey, has also taken up the matter of snow-'cleared highways for Yates Qounty. On Mon- On Monday and Tuesday nights the Elmwood Theatre in Penn Van was jammed to the doors for the initial concerts of the, combined Junior and Senior Community Boys’ Band. It was the first public appearance of these young musicians in their new uni forms. As the curtains parted the audience of more than a thousand was dumb founded by the orderly, neat and at tractive appearance of the band. Fif ty boys, ranging in age from about 12 to 17, clad in spotless white uniforms, carefully arranged from their tan shoes to their white sailor hats, were seated in official formation about the conductor’s standi. When the leader, R. M. Dorin, of :Endicott, stepped to the front and tapped his baton, there was immediate attention. At another sign, all carefully-polished instruments were lifted to playing position. The opening march b^gan with a precision and confidence that one would not ex pect from a grobp of boys, many of whom had never tried to play a music al instrument until some eight months ago. Under the leadership of Mr. Dorin, the management of James Mooney and the help of the general commit tee, Supt. W. E. DeMelt, W. E. Bur nell, Dennis Pierce, Miss Beatrice Hor ton and Archie Thayer, the Senior Boys’ Band was staited some eightI months ago. Rehearsals were held j every Tuesday afternoon in the school 1 gymnasium. Three months ago the: Junior Band was started for the younger boys. A week ago the two re hearsed together for the first time. Considering these facts, the concerts of this week showed wonderful prog ress and promise. The Community Boys’ Band plans Dennis Pierce, D a ir y m e n W ill M e e t M o n d a y . Dairymen interested in cutting down the cost of producing milk, in other words making a better profit from their dairy, are invited to meet in the Farm Bureau Office next Mon day, February 15th, at 7:30 p. m. The local Farm Bureau committee has ar ranged for G. W. Tailby from the State College of Agriculture to start records with local dairymen at this time. Mr. Tailby has charge of the cow testing association and dairy improvement clubs in this state. The Farm Bureau has arranged this year to assist 25 Yates County dairymen in keeping rec ords as a means of culling their dairy. Making a cow prove that she is worthy of a place in the herd, works wonders in herds where it is rigidly enforced. On some farms the deadline has been set at 1 0 ,0 0 0 pounds of milk and any cow that cannot pass this mark with her second calf leaves the farm forever. There is no question about the value of a standard of production by which to compare the cows at different ages. This may rightly vary on different farms. Ten thousand pounds may be too high at the outset, but if a fair standard is taken it should be adhered to. Put the dairy on a business basis by keeping individual cow production records. The Farm Bureau will fur nish the blanks. PENN YAN’S BONDED INDEBTEDNESS AND TAX RATE UNUSUALLY LOW DATA SHOWS ♦ Few Other First-Class Villages Rated Lower Accord ing to Report of State Bureau— Stands in Class of Its Own With Large Sinking Fund—Table Com pares Figures With Other Similar Towns TRAINING SCHOOL OFFICERS NAMED The tax rate and assessed valuation for the village of Penn Van last year was lower than for most similar first class villages and cities of about the same size, according to a report for the year 1925 just sent the local board of trustees by the New York State Bureau of Municipal Informa tion. The bonded indebtedness of this village is below the average ac cording to data for other first class villages gathered by the same bureau. According to this report Penn Van’s tax rate per $1,000 for the year 3925 was $14.57. Out of 48 other first class villages in the state there were but 15 others that had a tax rate equal to or lower than this. Penn Van’s bonded indebtedness as of February 28th of last year is given as $343,889.33. In this respect our ! village is unusually fortunate, for there were but six other towns out of i t all the 48 with lower figures under this item. Our town stood well in an other matter, it being one of very few to be credited with a sinking fund. At the time of this report last year our sinking fuqd amounted to $17,189.83. This last item is worthy of special mention because it. is rather unusual. These earnings come from the muni cipal power plant and pump station, which has earned the distinction of having paid off all its bonded indebt edness and having secured a fund that will be of great use in the Im mediate future when an auxiliary wa ter supply for the village will be put in. It is refreshing to Penn Van tax payers, when the rate so often seems unusually high, to glance through the table below, which is a fair sample of the report from which the above facts were gleaned: Faculty and Courses to Be Offered in Penn Yan Church School March 8th to 12th The board of administration for the five-day school of training for religious workers, which is to be held by the churches in this section of Yates county at the Penn Van Methodist church from March 8 to 12, is com posed of the following members: Prof. L. R. Loomis, chairman; Rev. W. H. Wheatley, Rev. C. K. Imbrie, Rev. S. G. Houghton, Rev. Christian B. Lar sen, Mrs. Geo. Taylor. Mrs. B. F. John son, J. F. Bullock, Sidney Ayres, Par- mele Johnson, Hans Andersen and Miss Louise Hemenway. The chairmen of the various com mittees are: Promotion, J. F. Bullock; entertaiment, Miss Louise Hemen- Assessed Valuation of Tax 1 Taxable Special Levied on Tax UaU i Real Franchise Village Per Bonded In Village Property Property Property $ 1,000 debtedness Penn Van ......... .... $3,519,188 $ 51,210.29 $14.57 $143,889.33 Albion ............... 4,833,200 $183,302 126,552.40 25.258 149,872.00 Catskill ............. ---- 3.643,700 1 2 0 ,1 2 0 76,940.52 21.10 82,000.00 Fredonia ............ 4,343,586 161,110 40,528.91 9.00 276,800.00 Malone . \ ........... .... 4,277,262 161,370 9t.447.lS 20.00 255,800.00 Newark ............. 4,524,075 217,933 103,761.67 21.46 320,000.00 Seneca F a lls ...... 3,389,970 218,115 86,839.69 21.68 172,819.92 Walden ............. 3,743,350 59,703 34,036.96 8.90 19,200.00 Waverly ............ 3,104,965 114,354 47,437.60 ll.i 18 3 75,000.00 Tho K. of C. 1 Mayers will present in the Sampson Theatre on Monday and Tuesday evenings, Feb. 15th and 16tlv under the direction of Miss M. E. Kcl-; ly, a 1 hree-act farce comedy, “The Whole Town’s Talking,” by John Em erson and Aneta Loos. This is a roy-j ally production, the stage rights of which have been secured through spe cial arrangements with Longmans, Green Co., New York City. [ The play abounds in good laughs; and amusing situations and insures j the public an evening’s enjoyment. Reilly Bros.’ Orchestra will be the musical treat of the entertainment. An exceptionally good cast who, have been working hard for some time will appear in the following program: , Henry Simmons, a manufacturer, Frank Quenan: Harriet Simmons, his 1 wife, Mrs. N. P. Sackett; Ethel Sim-; mous, their daughter, Miss Helen Pow-i ers: Chester BOY SCOUTS OBSERVE 1GTH ANNIVERSARY James Mooney and W. E. Burnell have loaned the money for the purchase of their striking new uniforms. These two concerts are the first of a series which the boys are planning, to secure funds to reimburse these men and to secure further necessary equipment. The concerts Monday and Tuesday! way; finance, Sidney Ayres; cnroll- were featured by two instrumental! ment, F. P. Hopkins, and local ar- solos with band accompaniment; a cor -1 rangements, F. P. Hopkins, net solo, played by Burton Barcliff,! The officers of the school will be: , son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard L. Bar-' Dean, Elmer Yelton; registrar/ day of this week three people com-> cliff, and a euphonium solo, played by! F. P. Hopkins; librarian, Miss Helen plained to him of the tact that rates = twentieth Brainard, son of Mr. and Mrs.!Shepard; bell ringer, Rev. C. K. Imbrie, County roads were nearly impossible. prank Brainard. These lads did ex -1 and assembly speaker, C. C. Daniels, for traffic. One man who drove from j ceptionally well and got real music D u n d e e H o lds F ir s t C o u r t of H o n o r. K e u k a P a r k T ro o p V is it s R o tary . Penn Y a n and O th e r Troops A c tive. r A. heavy program of activities for all Yates county boy scout troops marks the Kith anniversary of the national organization this 'week, of greatest im portance being the first court of honor to be held in the county, which con vened at Dundee Tuesday night.. H. Merton Smith, Walter B. Tower, Bunney, Simmons’ part -1 Rev. C. K. Imbrie and Scout Execu- ner, Joseph P. Craugh; Letty Owen,; tive Earl F. Bannister, the latter of •U motion picture stai\ Miss Char-! Geneva, met with what has formerly lotto Grady; Donald Swift, a mo-i been known as the Presbyterian troop lion picture director, Justin Hy-j in the church at Dundee. The addi- land: Roger Shields, a young Chicago! tional members were appointed to the blood, Hobart Gonter; Lila Wilson, i troop committee of that village. They here to a point in Pennsylvania via Bath and Painted Post, reported that in this county only were the roads blocked by snow drifts. In all other sections successful attempts had been made to keep them clear. Mr. Bailey found on inquiring from the Yates County Board of Supervisors that they had dropped the matter as impractical for a county-wide project, leaving it un to the individual towns. Milo has added some $800 in equip ment to its tractor and does fairly well in keeping its 84 miles of highway free from snow. But apparently none of the other towns have taken definite steps in this direction. As it is now, a traveler driving in the winter time knows that, when he hits snow-clogged roads, he is in Yates County. CHARLES HERMANN WINS BILLIARD TOURNAMENT friend of Ethel, Miss Margaret Perry; Rallie Otis, friend of Ethel, Miss Wan da McElroy; Annie, a maid, Mrs. Fred erick Corcoran: Sadie Bloom, a danc ing teacher. Miss Marie Burke, and taxi-driver, John Flahive. Tickets now on sale at the Elmwood Theatre or by members of the local council. Boy Runs O v e r F a t h e r , Last week Monday evening when there was a blinding snow storm, mak ing travel dangerous, S. Granger Gage met. with what migh,t have proved to he a serious accident, as he was going from his home to the center of the village and walking on the right hand side of the road near the curbing. An auto coming from Penn Yan, seeing another coming from the north, turn ed in towards the curbing in. order to avoid a collision and in so doing struck Mr. Gage, knocking him down, one of the front wheels passing over his leg. The driver of the car, Gran ger Cage, Jr., of Penh Yan, was go ing very slowly owing to the difficul ties of travel and immediately stopped his auto, jumping out, and in a short time succeeded in getting Mr. Gage from under the car. As he did so he was surprised to find that the man in jured was his own father, whom he bad come to bring hack with him to Penn Yan for the night. He could not see any one on the road nor did Mr. Cage see or hear the auto. He brought him to his home in Penn Yan where he had immediate attention given him. He is resting comfortably, although in much pain, arid his hip is badly in jured, but, he considers himself very fortunate in not being more seriously hurt.—Benton cor. are: Dr. Ira C. Ide, Burt Dewey and Cornie Sackett. At the court of honor, in which the 16 Dundee scouts participated. Mr. Smith presented those who had passed their require ments with the tenderfoot badges, Rev. C. K. Imbrie made the presenta tion to those advanced to second class. Earl F. Bannister charged, the patrol leaders and Walter B. Tccver charged the members of the troop committee. The members of the Dundee troop, under the direction of Scout Master Rev. M. E. Bartholomew, now to be Penn Y a n C lub Closes Close C o n test by D e c iding T ie . M a y C h a llen g e K n ig h ts of C o lum b u s . The billiard tournament conducted in the Penn Yan Club during the past few weeks under the direction of Dr. I. T. Whalen, chairman, came to an exciting close last week Friday night ■when Charles Hermann and Frank known as. the community troop, gave 1 Hyatt tied tor first place, each hay- demonstrations of first, aid work and : Y 0/1 slx games and lost one. It signalling. Mr. Bannister talked on | Y as. !ett Whalen to render the scouting and several reels of moving I decision. Fhe prize cue was awarded out of a horn, which in the latter case, at least, was almost as big as the! player. j The ' members of the Community Boys’ Band are: Gerald Amsbury, cornet; Ralph Amsbury, base; Gilbert Albertson, clar inet; Harry Batz, drum; Kenneth Brainard, euphonium; James Eaves, saxophone; Leslie Bagley, alto; John Barden, cornet; Richard Barden, alto; Llewellyn Barden, cornet; Monroe Barden, drum; Burton Barcliff, cor net; Eldrid -Barcliff, clarinet; Francis ( Tears, saxophone; Norman Caswell, drum; Vernon Calhoun, trombone; Howard Cody, clarinet; Stewart Cody, clarinet; Winfield Clawson, clarinet; Clifford Decker, cornet; Kenneth De- Bolt, trombone; Leon DeBolt, base drum; James Ferguson, drum; Philip Gleason, cornet; Charles Griswold, clarinet; John Herbert, alto; Merton Miller, trombone; Horace L. McElwee, trombone: Clarence Youngs, trom bone; Rudolph Parker, clarinet; Glenn Pulver, base; Rodney Pierce, alto; Clifford Richardson, drum; Clair Rar- rick, clarinet; Ralph Seager, trom bone; Ernest Thomas, clarinet; For est Valentine, cornet; Lindsley Weller, cornet; Paul Wilhelm, clarinet; Albert Clark, cornet; Henry Cornwell, cornet; Crosby Lament, euphonium; Michael Cincotti, ■ cornet; Heavy Nissen, cor net; Durward Skiff, alto; Sheldon Gib son, cornet; Hoyt Yarnell, base; Har old Lunn, alto; Roland Swartwood, drum; Donald Pulver, drum; Paul Thurston, cymbals, and Frederick Reuse, cymbals. — ♦ - H o m e B u reau O ffers T r a in in g in D ram a tics. W o u ld M a k e R e s a le of Diseased C a ttle Felony. Resale of tubercular cattle condemn ed by the state would be made a felony under a bill reported to the assembly on February 3rd1. The bill is aimed to cheek practices which were found to prevail in Cortland county .last year. pictures were shown. PARK TROOP AT ROTARY. Eight members of the Kxeuka Park troon with Scout Master Howard Purdy were guests of the Penn Yan Rotary Club at the weekly luncheon Tuesday noon. The fife and drum corns, 'which has been assisted in se curing equipment by the Rotarians. nlayed two selections. The boys save demonstrations of first, aid a”d light ing fire with flint and steel. Consider able amusement was afforded the hoys at the expense of the club members when the scouts placed a button-hole petr ,on each man. SMart English, presiding at. the meeting, presented Van R. Ediugton. 'vho in tvvu introduced Scout Master Howard Purdy. The latter gave general talk on the history, and of scouting. Members of the troon nresent 'vev^* Patrol leader, Harold Nielsen: Frank Mazzio, Robert Winters. Harry Suth erland. Elmer Nielsen. Elmer Soren son and Kenneth Sorenson. LOCAL TROOPS ENTERTAIN. Onen house wras observed this week at the new scout, headquarters nvith to Mr. Hermann on the grounds that he finished with the highest grand average. The change in the tournament rule from that of a straight game standing to that of points was made at the half-way mark of the tourney and was not generally known. Frank Hyatt insisted on Dr. Whalen ; making his decision in favor of Her mann, characterizing the decision as the only fair one that could be made, it was first thought that Hyatt and Hermann '-.vould be called on to meet in a deciding match. The cue, offered as a prize by A. J. „ , t Obertin, president of the club, is made : either for that matter, learn the selec- of three pieces, beautifully inlaid with | tion of good literature, or practice co- ivory and having a fine silk covering operation than in the common effort to produce a good play for the com munity? As to community loyalty— instead of driving to town to see the results of the efforts of a group of peo- The faculty of the school includes five especially trained, experienced and well known workers: Elmer Yelton, A. B., Yale Univer sity; Y. M. C. A. Secretary in United States and China; twTo years teacher in public schools; instructor in Leban on University; foreign student secre tary of international committee, Y. M. C. A.; general secretary New York state Sunday school association. He will act as dean and also as instruc tor in the Message and' Program or the Christian Religion and a Study of Adult Life. Rev. Charles W. Briggs, dir eel or of religious education for the Baptist Missionary Convention of the State of New York; A. B„ Colgate University; B. D., Colgate Theological Seminary. Will be the instructor in a Study of the Pupil and the Principles of Teach ing. Miss Alice Twing, B. A., Mount Holyoke College; graduate Baptist missionary training school; teacher In high school: special training in reli gious education; instructor in primary methods in summer school. Will in struct in Primary Materials and Meth ods and Story Telling in Religious Education. Miss Edith M. Quick, M. A., Boston University; special work in school of religious education; superintendent young people’s division, New York state Sunday- school association. Will •work as instructor in a Study of Early and Middle Adolescence and Young People’s Materials and Methods. Young people 16 years of age or older and all church workers are in vited to take advantage of this ex cellent opportunity for training offer ed for the following outlined courses: (Continued on page four.) K e u k a Lodge Uses N e w Q u a rters. On Monday evening of this week, a large gathering of the members of Keuka Lodge, No 119, I. O. O. F., as sembled in the newly-decorated lodge rooms for the first time in about four weeks to witness the conferring of the initiatory degree upon the first part of a class of 15, one of the larg est classes to join that order in sev eral years. The other members of the cl.ass will receive the degree next Monday evening. Upon entering the re-decorated lodge room, the members were un stinted in their praise, the new ceil ing is of steel and has been raised 18 inches. The lights are concealed in handsome dome shades, placed upon the beams. Keuka Lodge now has one of the finest lodge rooms in Western New York. The iniatory degree was conferred under the able direction of Degree Master Clarence D. Messinger; Past Grand Archie M. Thayer giving the secret work. An invitation was given to the de gree staff of the third degree of Co ll octon Lodge, No. 498, of Bath, to con fer this degree upon the large number of candidates, on Monday evening, March 8 th. It has been said that the members of the CohocLonHUird degree staff are second to none in this sec tion. CELEBRATE CENTENNIAL WITH BISHOP D. L. FERRIS TRAINS DISCONTINUED ON PENNSYLVANIA LINE FEB. 15 N o rthbound and Southbound Passen- ger T r a in s M a k e Last Runs Through H e re This W e e k . St. M a r k 's Episcopal Church Observes A n n iversary w ith D inner and Special Service. LEADERS ANNOUNCED We all have some of the dramatic: niinv. . .. in our natures which we express in | OBSTRiOT H0&8E BUREAU various ways, vve find expression in ! our churches, schools, clubs and! lodges and when outlet has been de -1 nied, the dramatic impulse has been ■ known to crop out in a quarrel with the family. i Instead of merely using the safety i valve method with this important side 1 of our personalities, why not capital- i ize it for the benefit of the. commun-: ity? How can we better help our j people, or our older people i W o m e n to H e a d C lothes P r o ject in A ll Sections of Y a tes County. young The following leaders of the Yates County Home Bureau have been an nounced. They 'will have charge of the Home Bureau clothes project: Barrington, Mrs. Herman Peterson on the handle. In accepting the award H ! Mr. Hermann complimented the com- : mittee on its unusual efficiency in con- i ducting the tournament, mentioning | in particular the work of Dr. Whalen in making it a success, a contest in which fain play and a jovial good spirit were always manifested as of more importance than the outcome of the game. This was the first tournament of the kind ever conducted by the Penn Yan and Mrs. LaVerne j Bath Roads, Mrs. | Mrs. R. C. Shriver; iliam Turner, Mrs. Sisson; Lake and John Beard and Bellona, Mrs. Wil- Mina Ansle.v and January 8 th under the leadership of i the following troops in charge: Mon-, club, but it will undoubtedly not be ' Pe-nn Y a n G range. The regular meeting of the Penn Van Grange will be held Friday evening. February 1 2 th. Program a (?). come and see. COMMITTEE. i day nipJit by CM am^ef* of Commerce troon No. 1. under direction of Scout. Master C B Snediker: Tuesday night bv troop 3 of the Baptist church, un der supervision of Scout Master How ard Tvler: Wednesday night by troop 4 of the Methodist Eniscopai church, i under Alfred Beamish. Thursday night it will be by troop 2 of the Pres- ] bvterian church, under Scout Master ■ Fr^w Hopkins. Local troops attended the services i in their respective churches last Sun-; day. Himrod troop No. 1, under Scout Master Rev W. D. King, also observed 1 the week with special activities. New troops are unde.\ way in Branchpoint, the last. Members are planning for a contest with the Knights of Columbus to he played in the near future/ The results of the contest follow in summary: W on Lost Hermann ........ ......... 6 1 Hyatt ............ ......... 6 1 Hyland ........... ......... 5 1 Kelly ............ ......... 4 2 Bowers ......... o < . 3 Willis ............ ........... 1 3 Yet ter ........... . ......... 1 5 Whalen ......... . .......... 1 4 Goodheart ...... ........... 0 6 One of February’s best indoor sports is studying seed catalogues. Another is planning vacations. What with t pleasures of anticipation and imagina- j Rushville and Dresden, tion and one thing and another, who i Yates countv now has nearly 120 cares if the winds howl? [boy scouts. * _ ____ _ I The short month of February will have only 18 working days for school teachers. Two holidays, four Satur-1 reel to the rare collection of action days and four Sundays occur in the ] pictures, taken in many secluded sec- month. _ j lions of the lake country. , . T.r „ . : Mrs. Holcomb; Benton, Mrs. William pie out m Hollywood months ago, why | Reiners an(j Mrs. Loren Nichols: not see what our own people have to Branchport, Mrs. Guy Merries and offer at the Grange hall, schoolhouse Mrs. Arthur Sisson; Crpsby, Miss or church hall? Hazel West; Dresden, Mrs. B. F. The first training school for leaders Gardner and Mrs. Erwin Reynolds; in dramatics was held in Penn Yan on ! Dundee, Mrs. John Swing and Mrs. William Finnigan; Friend-Yatesville, Mrs. Watkins Davis and Mrs. C. D. Sisson; Himrod, Mrs. Adelbert Beard and Mrs. Leon Culver; Italy Valley, Mrs. William Chapman and Mrs. Claude Wixom; Lakemont, Mrs. John Stettinius and Mrs. Katherine Roof: Middlesex, Mrs. W. A. Griffith and Mrs. Fred Mack; Milo Center, Mrs. Bert Brundage and Mrs. Smith Hen derson; Penn Yan, Mrs. I. Seymour Purdy and Miss Jennie Gelder: Pot ter, Mrs. John Bootes and Mrs. Frank Wyman; Rock Stream, Mrs. A. Wygant and Mrs. Claude Kellogg; Second Milo. Mrs. Emma Titus and Mrs. Grace Case; Starkey, Mrs. James Voorhees and Mrs. A. Jacoby; Stoney Crest, Mrs. Paul Barnes and Miss Min nie Athawes; Voak, Mrs. Dorthea Reissig and Mrs. Ethel Hey; West Italy, Mrs. William Whitman; Vine Valley, Mrs. Frank Dineliart and Mrs. Javius Mack. The second training school is to be held on February 16th at the- Court House with Miss Duthie. At this time more work in coaching, action and reading and some work on scenery and writing Mill be given. Miss Duthie is glad to have any attend this training meeting, whether they are officially representing some organization or not. Intimate studies of the bird life or ! the Finger Lakes Region are shown in ’ a new two-reel motion picture now be- Sng i shown to many sportsmen’s gath- ! erings in various parts of the state by Dr. A. A. Allen, a bird specialist, of Cornell University. During the com ing season he plans to add another The dining room of the Knapp Hotel was filled to capacity and an adjoining room also pressed into service last Saturday, when St. Mark’s Episcopal Church held a parish dinner. As pre viously announced this commemorated the 1 0 0 th anniversary of the beginning of the parish. The committee in charge included Messrs. James Kirkpatrick, Percy Grif fiths and John S. Zimmerman. They were ably assisted by the vestry and the ladies’ organizations. At the conclusion of the dinner John S.i Zimmerman sang two solos and Mrs\ George W. Crosier gave sev eral piano selections. After making brief references to some early history, the Rev. John E. Wootton compared the present parish equipment to the days when the found ers had only private houses in which to conduct Services. He also spoke of the need of a parish house to ade quately provide for the social activi ties in these days which mark the be ginning of another century of parish The Rt. Rev. David L. Ferris, D. D., was the chief speaker of the evening. He spoke of the parish's place in the life of the diocese and general church. In some detail he showed what the dio cese of Western New York had laid upon Bishop Brent and himself as its leaders, and paid a high tribute to Bishop Brent. Bishop Ferris preached in St. Mark’s Church on Sunday morning to a large congregation. He presented a very interesting sketch of the Episco pal Church in the western part of New York State. He outlined the days M'hen it belonged to the vast diocese of New York, covering the entire state, the growth that came, which necessitated the setting apart of a new diocese in 1838, including what is now Western and Central New York; then in 1868 the establishing of the present diocese of Western New York. The Bishop expressed his welcome to the new rector and his family and his felicitations to the congregation at the present happy condition prevail ing at the beginning of a new century of parish life. The Pennsylvania trains, commonly known us the northbound 3 o’clock, and the 7 o'clock southbound evening train, will make their last trips this week Saturday. The following notice of their withdrawal has been posteu at the Pennsylvania station: “February 15, 1926, trains 8415 and 8416 operat ing between Elmira and Canandaigua will be withdrawn.” Train 8415 now passes through Penn Van at 2:41 p. m., northbound, and train 84J6 at 7:03 p. m., southbound. Both are purely lo cal trains, carrying no mail, operating over the portion of the Elmira Division that lies between Elmira and Canan daigua only. This decision was reached by the Public Service Commission at a session in New York on January 28. The action was originally brought by the village of Stanley. The vil lage was not represented at the re cent Rochester hearing, at which the railroad proved it was operating the two trains at a loss and that the peo ple of Stanley have other means of transportation. Those present at the Rochester hearing: John J. Hyland, representing the village of Penn Yan: Alexander S. Diven. of Elmira, for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company; E. E. Brinser, of Elmira, superintendent of the division; and E. C. Jones, of Elmira. Students attending Penn Van Acad emy from rural districts will be af fected by the discontinuance of the westbound train. New means of trans portation will have to be found on the part of those, students who have been patronizing the road unless they choose to wait for the train which leaves here at 7 o’clock . Members of the Commission pres ent at the New York hearing were; William A. Prendcrgasl, chairman; William R. Pooley, Charles Van. Voor- his, George It. Van Namee and George It. Lunn. ! K in d ler Gives T h ir d C o n c e rt at K e u k a . Ilie, Hans Kindler, world renowned cell ist, gives his third annual concert at Keuka College tonight, February H), at 8 o’clock. KindJer’s genius, which Iras resulted from endless work and patience in developing his wonderful talent, places him in a rank by him self as chief master of the cello. The program which he will give of fers not only variety in composition and execution but also the e x q u i s i t e blending and contrasting of numbers which mark the choice of a great ar tist. Upon modern and classic com posers alike he places the stamp of his genius as an interpreter. From the delicacy of a lullaby to the force and splendor of a symphony he passes with equal sympathy of interpretation. The program follows: Adagio, Allegro .............. Boccherini Symphonic Variations ...... Boeliman Aria .............................. Bergolesi Menuet...............................Valensia Bouree .......................... Francoeur Lullaby ........................ ,.. Brahms Scherzo ..................... . . Van Coens Hebrew Chant .............. Archipenko Rhapsody .................. Liszt-Popper - ------ ♦ ------- N a r r o w ly Escape Drow n ing. Robert Coleman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Coleman, and Robert, Wylie, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Wy all of Naples, narrowly escaped death while skating on the Strow- bridge pond Tuesday evening. The Coleman youth fell through thin ice and the Wylie boy was all but pulled in when attempting to rescue his com panion. The boys finally succeeded, however, in reaching safety. i i T a b e r Announces A n n a p o lis Appointee. Congressman John Taber has an nounced appointment of Gerald R. Hewitt, of Locke, as principal candi date to fill the vacancy from the Thir ty-sixth District of New York now ex isting in the United States Naval Aca demy, Annapolis, Md. The appoint ment will take effect July 1st. Dundee M a n u facturers Ship Bull Pokes to China. The Spencer Bros., of this village, have just shipped a consignment of their new invention, the bull poke, to Shanghai, China. This firm has just started in this business a few months and have had several shipments to places in foreign countries. This Is the first order they have had fro: ; China.—Dundee Cor. / i » * t . . v r v*#- , . t
