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, *' — - i - U Y A T E S C O U N T Y ’S LEAJD1NU N E W S P A P E R ' X ■o; *. r y- . ( » ♦ v , • •• • t V1 ? ,\*p u. vfV/it K \ • 9 \ ' y V;> • * 4 ♦ ADVERTISEM E N T S IN THIS PAPER REACH 18,000 READERS A L L TH E NEW S FOR A L L Y A T E S COUNTY Volume Cl I I — Number 7 P E N N Y A N , N. Y., W ED NESD A Y , F E B R U A R Y 17,1926 Whole Number 5311 •. * GRAPE GROWERS TO DISCUSS MARKETS Crosby, Bluff Point, Pul- teney, and Ilammonds- port Vincyardists Meet Feb. 25-26 Definite information about the grape marketing situation will be given by Processor Joseph Oskamp, of Cornell University, at meetings arranged for by the Farm Bureaus of Yates and Steuben counties at. Crosby and Bluff Point, on Thursday, February 25th, and i)i Pulteney and llammondsport on tint afternoon a,ml evening of Friday, February 26th. These meetings are called at 1 lie request of the grape grow ers t h vmse lies. Mr. Oskamp lias gathered together information of the actual planting of grapes in the principal producing ai;cas, the amount of the shipments from these areas, oven- a period of years, the freight rates that obtain from these regions to the consuming markets ami out of this has construct ed a discussion which is very much •worth while? for Die grape grower. During the past few years the east ern markets- have received increased shipments of California grapes and this western crop comes in direct competition with that grown in the east. While prices to New York gra|>v growers have been quite satisfac tory, perhaps enough so lo allay any immediate apprehension of the future, yet these prices were possible because of crop conditions which were below normal in California,, almost, a total failure in Michigan and much below normal in New York. The purpose of the meetings are simply to give the growers this infor mal ion in order that I hey may be in a better position to consider what the marketing situation may be in the future. The definite arrangements of each meeting are as follows: John F. Hynes, of Penn Yan, Finds Father Dead. Lost 36 Years. After spending $1,000 and ap proximately 36 years in search of his father, John F. Hynes, of Penn Yan, last, month reached the end of his long trail. He was notified by tele gram that, his father had died in Poughkeepsie and that the body was shipped to Penn Yan for burial, where the home of the son is. Previous to the doatli of his father, Edward Hynes, aged 75, the son had no inkling that the man lie sought was living in Poughkeepsie. Members of the family contended that t.lie father had been killed in a railroad ac cident. Young Hynes spent many months and traveled many miles in search of information. Final ly ho gave up the search only to renew it again five years ago withdiscovery of new clues. Until the body arrived here, January 30lh, John had never gazed on the face of his parent since ho was an infant. His father and mother became es tranged. The mother took him away, and he completely lost, track of his father. He is now *10 years old. Thomas Hynes, of Bluff Point, was a brother of the deceased and Mrs. Joseph Brady, of Penn Yan, his sister-in-law. >> ♦ > C h ro n lclc-E x p rcao In d e x of News Page Current News ............. 1 and 0 Penn Yan Personals ... 4 Perm Yan Locals ........ 13 Rushville News ......... 6 Gorham News ............. 7 Editorial P a g e ......... .. 10 Classified Ads ............. 2 County News .......... 3, 8 and 11 Rude Rural Rhyme .... 9 Penn Yan Markets .... 10 New York Markets .... 7 Additional Penn Yan Locals 3 •> ♦ ♦ ♦ » - ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ $ AU TO MONEYS HOT TO BE USED FOR SNOW REMOVAL SURROGATESCOURT BUSY WEEK ♦ ♦ “Dusty” Miller to Address C. of C. RUSHVILLE-POTTER-MIDDLESEX ROAD Handle Estates of James % Gray, It. C. Moore, Mary Smith, Iiiram Dibble, Estelia Myers and Others 4 t County Superintendent Explains Use * of Particular Funds in Response to Communication. “ THE MARSH” TO BE SOLD V AT PUBLIC AUCTION Hope to Secure Title of Waste Land Near Penn Yan for Village Trustees. The following important communica tions ruler lo the problem of snow re moval from the Yates county high ways; a question demanding a grua. 1 . deal of attention at present: Editor Chronicle-Express: “High Taxes First and Snow Removal Last.” Referring to the statement iu the .Penn Yan Democrat of last week un der the above caption, 1 wish to slate that the article is misleading and not founded on facts. The automobile moneys received from the state by the county and towns must be used for const .ruction of permanent roads or maintenance,- as provided by section 2 UI of the highway law. Town superintendents were, unjust ly criticised in the article, when the The Yates county surrogate's court has been a busy place during the past lew days, many estates and mailers being handled as follows: Petition for letters of administra tion in Mm ('state of Samuel Loomis, who died in Dundee, January 28, 1926, was filed by the widow, Mollle Loomis. Personal property, $1,000; real, $800. Petition for letters or administra tion in the estate of Hiram Dibble, who died in Dundee, January 30, 1926, was made by the widow, Lavine Dib ble. Personal property, $1,000; real estate;, $5,000. In, selllemeiU of estate of Mary Smith, who recently died in Dundee, I Charles S. .Hoyt, as executor, is j charged ‘with receiving $1,590.95, an increase of $1,453.19, making a total estate of $6,041.14. He is credited with paying funeral expenses, adminis tration expenses, commissions and debts to the amopnt of $1,258.52- Legacies already paid are $3,200, leav ing $1,585.52 to be! divided between Addin Schlicht, Mary H. Harris, Clara H. Presl.on and Florence H. Wright. J.n estate of Robert. C. Moore, late of Penn Yan,. John C. Moore, as ex ecutor, received total of $5,513.50. Debts and taxes are $1,132.70, out. of which is taken $981.98, claim of execu tor against estate. The balance is to The February meeting of the tnerce will be held next, week Wednesday, February 24U), at 6:30 p. m., in the'Crangc IJa .11 with “Dusty” Miller, editor of the News-Journal, of Wilming ton, Ohio, as .speaker. Mr. Miller is a humorous speaker of wide fame. Recently he talked before the Batavia Chamber of Commerce. The men there were so pleased 'with his address that they later payed three times the usual amount to secure 1 a special return date. He is most highly recommended everywhere, and Penn Yan men cannot afford to miss hearing him. At. this meeling.it is expected that the community hall and tourist camp committees will make reports. The dinner will be served by the Berean class of the local Methodist church. v ♦♦ WOULD CHANGE GAME LAWS IN YATES COUNTY DISCUSS ROCHESTER AUTO CLUB Urges Construction on Direct Valley Route As Most Advantageous for Naples-Geneva Highway — Letter Calls Poller Improvements “ Pick of Road Gerrymandering 9 1 Mistakes in designating roads and highways for improvement by Mu- slate are daily costing motorists much time and money, and are largely the fault of the supervisors in the various counties who name, the regions Lo profit, by M m ; state money set aside for sex and Rushville, well populated, which is level, straight and is so situ ated that it does not drift in winter. Roscoe Peacock, piesident of Moore Cottrell Subscript ion Agencies, cover ing daily the southern part of the slate from offices in North Gohocton, Use of Tip-Ups in Lake Keuka Is For bidden. Sportsmen Meet and Elect Officers. broadcasting statement went out to! be distributed between Katherine Har- In order that all persons may have col l ect information as lo the court pro-: cecdings about to be brought regard-j ing the land under the waters of “the i Marsh” as set out in an advertise ment appearing elsewhere in this pa-! Crosby church, Thursday, February j per, here are tne facts: 25, JO:30 a. m. and 3:30 p. m. Com- First, it appears from old records nmnity dinner by Crosby Home fiu- j that the present, marsh land or mill rc , . : pond was once dry and covered with H’l-L . 11 ' *v * “ c*llllc*h February 1 timber and consisted of about 60 acres. The marsh was created by putting a 25 7:30 p. m. Above will be special program Bureau work. joint meetings with for women on Home Pulteney, 1 . (,). (). F. Hall, February 26. 1:30 P. m. Haumiondsport, high turium, 7:30 p. in. school aucli- Lcgion Post Endorses Community Building Project, mill dam across the outlet about 100 years ago near the Birkott Mills, there by raising the level of the lake and covering this lanal with water. Second, the ownership of this land at that time was vested in the Wag oner family. It also appears from a search of the public records of the warranty deeds, wills and other con veyances of the; Wagoner family that this particular piece of land in At the n-gulav meeting of the. John-., belonged to Abraha aUU Loblcllu Jost ost ol the American Lo * 1 died in that year, j 1853 am Wagoner, who tsun uoKieiio P ol the American Lo-« died that year, and that the Lille tfiou, held in then* rooms \\ ednosday - ]iaH nt)ver passed from him or his night, a community building program imirs. vuh considered. Two years ago when this proposi tion was originally conceived definite steps were adopted by tlio Post to raise funds for this purpose, together with that of supplying permanent quar ters fur the Post. Mho time did not seem right for t he* promotion and com- Third, this unsightly spot has long been considered by all thinking people as a menace to health, a breeding place of mosquitoes and a detriment to the future growth of the village. Fourth, the time has now arrived when all people who are interested in and prosperity of ihe. public. No part of same is al lowed for snow removal. M. McEVOY, County Superintendent. The communication referred to by County Superintendent Matthew Mc- Evoy and signed by a Jerusalem tax payer follows: i HIGH TAXES FIRST AND SNQW REMOVAL LAST. I Will some one kindly inform us through the newspapers just why with the large increase m taxes anu huge increase in automobile license lees, which vye understand were to be used for the'purpose of cleaning siivw from the roads and general upkeep, the before-election promises of road superintendents, etc., etc., and still we are wading through snow, and the fai mers are bi caking out roads for the mail carriers when they have already spent good money for the cleaning out of said roads by the town? As a traveling salesman remarked in Penn Van this week, “It strikes me funny that after all the moneys the towns of Yates county have spent, for expensive snow plows, equipment,, etc., that: every salesman remarks that he rison, Lily Harrison, Janie Brieskie, Maggie O'Neill and Neilla Moore. In the estate of James Gray, late of Penn Yan, William W. Gray, adminis trator, is charged with receiving $ 6 .- 90.9.31. an increase of $404.31, making a total estate of $7,303.70. He-is cred ited with paying funeral expenses,! commissions and debts totaling $l,-j 583.75. and leaving in all $5,729.95 to be divided equally between Katherine J. Steinmetz, the general guardian of David Gray, infant nephew of the de ceased, $2,864.95. less sum of $174.19, transfer tax paid by administrator; and the rest, less $69.99 transfer tax, to be retained by administrator. The will of John B. Gilbert admitted to probate in Yates County Surro gate's Court this week and letters testamentary granted to George S. Sheppard. Decedent died December 23. 1925. Value of estate, $6,000; per sonal, $5,000. To WajTen A. Conklin and Celia Conklin, Ms wife, house and lot at number 31J Keuka street, with all furniture and personal chattels in or on said premises and $ 1,000 to each. Remainder ok estate, veal and per sonal, given to William B. Clark, of Addison. Petition showed that, doced- can toll when he enters Yates county ! ent bad no heirs at law or next of kin. poor condition of Letters of administration granted to William IT. Myers on the $300 per sonal estate of his wife, Estelia C. Myers, who died at Middlesex on Oct. . , , j the future welfare plelion ot such an enterprise. and so i pcnn Yan Can by working together U discontinued any further action 1 fcU,an up this unsightly rdace and ac- idong these lines. I ho proceeds o{ | com,,Hsh a great public good. the tail- have been careiully preserved Ffnh v-h,.n the Finger Lakes Land and are still available for use as Uicy were originally intended. by the extremely the roads.” Many individual farmers have erect ed their own snow fences, dug out the roads, cleaned sluices and many oth er things that they have paid for and which are supposed to be done by 1 the town officials. And by the way, while ! Myers, William Alton Myers, I have an axe to grind, why is it that share the estate, the rural mail carriet One of the largest gatherings the sportsmen of this county have had to is year was held in tin; sporting goods store of Wilkins & Ellis Iasi Friday evening, February 121 h. This special joint meeting of the Seth Green Line Fisherman's (dub, the Rod and Gun Club and other gentlemen that enjoy fishing and hunting was called for the purpose of listening to the report of Charles Wilkins, who attended the Consolidated Sportsman's League held in Albany last week. Mr. Wilkins was the only representative at this' meeting from this county and brought back some very valuable in formation of vital interest to our clubs and all sportsmen. The two clubs selected W. D. Reed as a delegate to a special meeting of the Consolidated Sportsman's'League to be held in Albany on the 23rd of this month to formulate a plan, where by the sporLman’s clubs through the stale can cooperate with the conserva tion commission at Albany to adjust the present game laws so as to better fit the needs of the different localities. The law as it is now prohibits the use of minnow nets for the taking of bait igi Lake Keuka. Fishing through the ice with tip-ups is also prohibited. They also wish to change 1 the law re lating to duck lumling so that the; sea son here will be open from October I 6 U 1 to January 31st. rather than to January 7th, the present legal closing day. Tliis week Thursday, February 18th, a.t 7:30 in the'Wilkins & Ellis sport ing goods store, ail who are interested will gather to hear a report of the. meeting at Auburn on the previous night which will be attended by Wm. D. Itoed, of Penn Yan. At this gath ering there will be one man from each county in the Finger Lakes district. that purpose, according to George G. i is a leader in Ihe opposition against. Donahue, secretary*of the Automobile Club of Rochester Persons objecting lo the roads named by I heir elected officers should not spend (heir time complaining about the roads improved, Secretary Donahue said, blit should petition the state highway commissioner and the legislators for further action. The roads designated for improvement, and those already constructed, cannot be changed, but by an amendment lo the state highway law, another road can bo placed on Ihe map in the same vicinity. OPPOSE ROAD SELECTED. Mr, Donahue’s opinion was asked when it became known that residents of North Colioct on, Gohocton and Avoca were protesting about Hie im provement, of I lie road between Mid dlesex and Rushville, which towns an on the direct mute frem the southern tier counties and villages lo northern, eastern and western ponds. The argu ment raised was that t.lie mad im proved was dangerous, badly drifted in winter, and contained several “hair pin\ curves and steep hills which en dangered the lives of motorists cover ing this section of Ihe slate. Oppon ents of the improvement claim that there is a. direct road between Middlc- l.lic improved road. In a. letter to : Frederick C. Greene state superin tendent of public works, he says: “If I am going 'mm either NorIJi Cohoclon or Napbs to Geneva, as f - frequently have lo do, I am compelled to go through Rushville to keep on hard-surfaced roads. Even to Roch ester, our nearest city, Mie Rushville mute is Ihe only o ik ; with good road : all the way, unless one goes via Mount | Morris and Geneseo ---miles out of the : way. \Your data'will enable you easily to see that there are two main-I raveled ; roads between Middlesex and Rlish- viile. One of these follows, at water level! Ihe valley which extends all the way from Naples lo Rushville on one 1 level \through which rims a stream that j empties into the upper end of Canan daigua Lake. This mad is naturally i protected in such a way that it never drills, and is free of any snow ' wvmi I other mails in this section are almost ■ impassabl\. Peca.u.se of its lack of grades and freedom from snow, it was Mie ideal mad lo improve between ; Middlesex and Rushville, aside' from ! the fact Mint it is three miles shorter than the road 11 ml was chosen, (Continued on pace six.) Village Trustees Meet. RECREATION HALL DRIVE Corning and Clmira Patois Coming Here Tim minutes of the regular meeting of the village hoard ot trustees, lieiu Feb. 15, 192u, follow: Present were President Sampson, Trustees Wimlnagle, Sheridan, Vann and Ballard. The Hiimit.es of the preceding meet ing were read and approved. The following bills were audited ami ordered paid from their proper funds: Highway—James Luppino, labor, $40.60; llollowell & Wise, mdse.., $5; Tony Costello, labor, $10.60; M. D. Clumm, mdse., $7. Contingent— Chronicle. Express, pig., Vvlm Van announces $1.80; New York Tel. Co., service, labors who an GETTING UNDER WAY to Boost Project. Plano Announced. The committee in charge of the plans foi be ma.de 7. 1924. The value of realty is-$2,000.; They will chose one of their number The husband and ina M. Thomas, Ora Blaucli Phillips, daughters; Deo T). sons, Co., Inc., purchased the Hanford farm, m. , , *i l which it owned alone1, it also pur-: Ihe PotiL has coiunbuted tht> sum chasu(1 the undivided interests oni $25 lor a dinner meeting of the, shares of Mrs. Elizabeth H. Lapham • of committee, recently appointed by Mr. Bailey, president of uie Chamber of Commerce, and stands ready to as sume any part of the work connected with this campaign. In view of tne fact that a commun ity building seems evident, the Post heartily recommends that, a museum be given consideration. There are a great many people here who have in llieir possessions interesting relics of fonuev wars which should be careful ly preserved. The intrinsic value of these various articles may be small at the present time, but jn years to come they will be worth considerable. Defi nite action was taken by the 'Post, to carefully solicit the residents of this village for such trophies as they may see fit to contribute. Any article of clothing ' wm n by vet erans of former wars or any material which descend ants of veterans have in their posses sion and would care to turn over to the Post will be carefully preserved and arranged in a suitable display, cither in our present rooms or in the community building on its completion. •The committee on the 4tlr of July? celebration rendered a brief report of j lln; program for that occasion. On the fourth meeting night of each month Ihe entire meeting will be in] and Dr. Peter O. Hanford, which! might exist in any lands under the wa - 1 levs of the Marsh, the outlet or the. lake ns heirs oh Abraham Wagener. Sixth, by owning this undivided in-; terest in the lands under the waters; of the Marsh the Finger Lakes Land Co., Inc., was, quoting the words ol A. L. Bailey, president of the Penn; Yan Chamber of Commerce, “author, ized to start a law suit.\ So this at1.-: lion was taken with the unanimous: consent and full authority of the park; committee of the Chamber of Com-; mercc, of which Judge Gilbert II. Dak- i er is chairman. i i Seventh, in trying to carry out such! orders it is to be hoped that this par- i . tition action, now under way, will re-: suit in the land advertised being sold l to some bidder who shall be designat ed by the park committee and that the title will be vested, in due time;, in the trustees of the Village of Penn Yan. Then our unsightly marsh will be transformed into a park of charm and beauty. PAUL H. RITCHEY, P. (). Box 3, Penn Yan, N. in some parts of the county are apparently indiffer ent. lo Ihe fact that Uncle Sam's mall must be delivered, if passible, and the carrier is being paid well to do it? Of course, the -writer admits that, it is much more pleasant to ride around the route in a motor car instead of poking through the snow with old dobbin, but if the mail cannot be de livered by auto, the carrier must, at least make an attempt, with a horse. Now- voters of Yates county, I feel better after getting this off my chest but let's rally together and see that our‘officials keep their obligations for Ihe benefit of t.lie community they rep- tesont. • A TAXPAYER. Clarence L. Quick qualified as ad ministrator of the oslafe of Alonzo H. Quick, who died at Milo January ]. Value of estate, $300 personal. Transfer tax report was filed in the estate of Cornelia K. Black, 'who died j to attend the meeting in Albany on : the 23rd of this month. Following this joint meeting of the Seth Green and Rod and Gun Clubs, : the following officers of the Rod and ; Gun Club'\'were elected for the nnsu- ! ing year: President, Fred J. Hamm: ! secretary and treasurer, diaries 11 . : MacKay. The following lettei at. Penn A an August 4, 1925, and | eeived by Mr. MacKay verifying these shows value of estate to be $15,454.87. j restrictions as related to Lake Keuka; The debts, commissions and expenses! • minced it to $1 1,009.91, which was: Const!vatmn Commission, , distributed as follows: Penn Yan Cemetery Commission, $50: Green Bay Cemetery. Wisconsin, $100: Flora E. Mentor, South Deerfield, Mass.. $500; all exenmt from tax. Francis G. Olm- slcad, Frank IJ. Olmstead. George Olmslead, Harry A. Olmstead and Cor- Mr. Chas. Special 1926. Rochester, N. Y., Feb. 10, MacKay, Game Protector, Penn Yan, N. Y. Dear Sjr: Owing to the fact that the Conserva delia Olmstead. cousins, each $2,671.98,; i.i(m Commission Jias slocked the wa each paying a tax ol $133.60. iters of Keuka T*al<e with trouk both Y. Leg Cut by Ice Saw. charge of an entertainment commit*j tee whose duty it will be to provide 1 some wholesome entertainment to all e Logionaires who cave to attend. It j 3:30 Tuesday afternoon on the ice. w ill bi 1 necessary in order to attend ; the foot of Keuka Lake. Mr. Con these meetings that every man be re-i Earl Corwin is in the S. & S. Hos pital of this village as a result of a serious accident which happened about at win ANOTHER REPLY. Replying lo the article headed “High\ Taxes First ; Snow Removal Last,,*' I : for one will come to the defense of = I hose, good-natured, accommodating,; high-principled men who brave the: storms of winter and Ihe extreme heat! of summer in doing I heir best to see ; that the valuable messages and items: of news instrusted to them by \Uncle' Sam” are delivered and with all pos sible haste. i wonder iJ’ Ihe one who signs bD name “Taxpayer\ is not one-of those pitiful, short-sighted persons who sit in their comfortable arm chair by tin; cozy stove looking out of the window at. the poor mail carrier trying to buck hiS'way through the drifts and nevei offer to give a helping hand even to the extent, of shoveling out his own mail box, t,o say nothing of taking out TWO PACKED HOUSES RECEIVE K. OF C. PLAY Annual Even! Under Direction of Mies M. Elizabeth Kelly Proves Big Success. unifFMl t(i> present his 1926 membership; Ice Co. '-vnen his right curd. U there are any eligible ex-serv- j and his leg was caugm ire men w ho have not joined the post; large powei-dnven saw was culling ice for the Lake Keuka i a ,rack «o hull, ice Co. evhen his right loot, slipped j ^ , 0 , ho carrier travel- under tins year, they should do so at once in order to be able to fake advantage of these social meetings. Missing Girl Traced in Pdnn Yan. Della McKinney, of Rochester, miss ing Madison junior high school stu dent, is being detained by Elmira po- lien. e ; The girl disappeared December 23 ; from her boarding place at. Rochester, i .home of Christ. Brandon, 27, charged j with vagrancy in connection with her i disappearance. Ilis ease has been ad journed to February 19. According to the police, they re ceived a tip Friday that, the girl had ! hem in Penn Yan and had gone to El- | miva. A wive -was dispatched to El- j mini police and Saturday they an- | nounced the girl \was picked up under ] tho name of Mrs. Fred Nelson. She will be returned to Rochester. been I hr the cles, tendons and bone. Though the member was severed more than bait through it will not be amputated and will probably be Restored unless infec tion sets in. Mi*. Corwin lives on the corner of Liberty and Wagener streets in Penn Yan. One Wave Works Great Havoc. Passengers arriving on the liner Empress of France from Europe re cently told a graphic story of how mighty a power a single wave at sea can be. One wave roused all the passengers from tlieir berths, bent. 6 i) feet, of bul warks and rails, moveu a three-ton winch 15 feet across the deck, broke 12 windows, smashed two booms, flooded the library and tore the cover ing from a hatch and poured 50 tons of water onto the baggage. ----- Florida Special Waits 35 Minutes for Poodle. Require 67 Varieties of Meat. It requires a total of 67 varieties of meat concord into 115 different d-ish- • es to meet the appetite demands of a fastidious traveling public. These Land other interesting facts were re vealed by an'extensive survey of din ing-car services just completed by the brakeman. pursued Mtional Live Stock and Meat Board, through snow-filled The survey embraced 45 leading rail roads of the XRiited States and Can- ,dv. The Pennsylvania railroad Winter-1 haven special for Florida recently was held up for 35 minutes while Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Fetter, who said their home was in Buffalo, aided by a porter and a wh^te poodle alleys, railroad and coal yards. Hosiery was ruined and the train delayed but the dog was recaptured. whatever he drives, to avoid the in come' tax, and use “old Dobbin\ for Ids driving through the year. Perhaps he would like to go back to the time when wc burned tallow candles, used logs in the fireplace and were mighty glad to get our mail once a week when one of the neighbors went, to the little coun try store and postoffice, bought the “tobaccy\ and brought, the mail for the entire neighborhood. Then we will stop to consider the many little things that a carrier does for us that lie does not. have to do and for which he Is not paid (of course I imagihe that it is a hard thing for “Taxpayer\ to think of those things! j because he must be terrible busy dur-: iing the winter months). I say let's ! rally to the support of “Uncle Sam's\: * servant and do our little bit to help : him along and make his trip as picas-: : ant as possible instead of sitting along- j i side of the stove and growling, i How about it, “Taxpayer”? ONE INTERESTED. On Monday and Tuesday nights \The “Tho Whole Town's Talking was pise smiled by the Knights of Columbus Players of .Penn Yan and still \the whole town's talking,\ And no won-, dm*, for on each night the Sampson 1 Theater was filled with an audiencei that, enjoyed this three-act. farce com - 1 edy to the full and did not hesitate to express its appreciation of the tine acting. From the mercenary point ofi view, loo, the; success of the adven ture was complete, according to Grand; Knight, Frank Quenan, who stales that.' the net, returns will easily equal the: members* expectations. It would almost suffice to say mere ly that the play was directed by Miss| Kelly, whose outstanding (experience; with high school and home talent per-! formances assures the public of a. most; entertaining evening at any production which sin; supervises. “The Whole. Town’s Talking\ is another success^ in her enviable erecord. 1 | Frank Quenan and Joseph Craugh as; partners carried their difficult, parts; through the play admirably. The part brown and rainbow, for a number of years, Keuka Lake lias been construed by the Conservation Commission to be trout waters. Therefore it is illegal In spear fish, use tip-ups in said waters or nets of any description, even min now nets lo take minnows, except a glass or wire minnow trap, without wings or leaders may he set for tak ing minnows for bait, for the taker's personal use, but nut for sale, provided lhah.no such trap shall exebed twenty inches in length and that the aperture therein for the entrance of minnows shall not exceed one inch in diameter. You will therefore give this all the publicity possible through the prestf, as well as all other ways, as they have been allowed to use tip-ups in said for several years. Very truly yours, J. W. HAMILTON, Inspector Div. No. 10. $J1.89; Walker-Bin Co., mdse., $18; Shepard & Grady, mdse., $1.50; Venn Yan Democrat, printing, $3.11; Bonn Yan Steam Heating Co., heat, $119.77; . H. C. Underwood, erroneous assess ment, $5.80; F. M. McNiff, mdse., ; $105. Preparation on the village budget was made at this meeting and was hold over for adoption to an adjourned 'meeting of the Board to be held Feb. ; 19, 1926, at 7:30 p. m„ when the fig*' : ures of the budget will be published. I Moved and seconded that the clerk take the necessary - steps as to the publishing of the notices of the village election. Carried. Motion made and seconded that Ihe Penn Yan Printing Go, I tic., lx* given has been i*i>- ! the work of printing the necessary village election supplies. Carried. Moved and seconded that the follow ing inspectors for village election be as follows: Janet H. Bullock, D. Wil liam Hyland, Robert F. Shay, William D, Reed, Perl Bridgman and Clara B. Meade. Ballot clerks, C. J. Meehan, Mary C. Diakeley and Hilda Baker. Poll clerks, Anna MoOarrick, Mary Hyland and John B. Durry. Carrier!. Moved and seconded that the meet ing adjourn to an adjourned\ meeting February 19, 1926, at 7:30 p. m. Car ried. JAY G. 11YATT, Clerk. ALICE CORCORAN AGAIN HEADS HONOR ROLL List of High-Standing Students in Penn Yan Academy for January Is Announced. lake Delphian Society. The next, regular meeting of the Keuka Delphian Society will be held February 22 at Ihe library \.villi Mrs. Andrews as leader. The subject of llie study will be, “The English Dramatists of the Restoration and the Eighteenth Century.\ 1. Preparatory reading, all be pre pared. 2. “The Double Dealer,\ Mrs. Ben- and Mrs. Travis. “Sheridan’s Career,\ Mrs. Hatch Mrs. Crosier. “Bob Acres' Duel,” Mrs. DeMelt Mrs. Vann. “Early English Actors,\ Miss Wnt- Jier sec- January son and and i i Alice Corcoran, daugliter of Mr. and Mrs. M. Francis Corcoran, of Penn i Yan, again heads t.lie list of Jiouor slu- ; dents in the local high school. This | seems lo bn get ting a,.matter of habit : with M^ss Corcoran, who has captured | first place every monlh sinen she has ; been in the school. This Is mul year. The honor roll lor follows: 96%—Alice Corcoran. 93% Genevieve Ca rroll, Christensen, Betty Imbrie. 92%— Eunice Winters, ; Youst. i 91 % - Josephine Challis, Dora He- Pe-w, Eleanor Garbus. David Jensen, Clara Knapp, Agnes .Swarthout. S9%— Lola IjpGro, Theda Long, Dor | is RLever, Leslie Weller, Catherine ZlR8%I'\Cton Hard iff, Mvvvdlyn jjn Pr,\ n ]/nn. j 1 ''.m n»ako hm awed D 'lv iv M ° (‘v e r y firm m th e tow n because of 1 '*lx benefit such work will he to the Thora i Angelina: Hie great financial drive to by M m ; Methodist church of the coming of experts and sue* ; cesses along the lino of church recrea- (ion halls. ! On Thursday evening, Feb. 18th, ; Rev. E. A. Matthews, pastor of Oak- wood Methodist church, Elmira, and four laymen will be present at a din- i ner at 6:30 which will he attended by : Ihe eaplajns of the various teams and the citizens* committee. This dinner . will be in the ehureii dining room and following this conference and dinner Hie pastor and his men will bring to the people of tin; church and constitu ency first-hand informal ion regarding Urn promotion and success of such a hall. Rev. Matthews went to Elmira from a most outstanding pastorate in . Glean, where the; church math' wonder ful progress under his leadership. The ; men who accompany him are men from various walks in life and will tell of the program Ihey are putting on and its results. All are invited. On Thursday evening, Feb. 25th, the ; church will have another great eve- i ning which will be attended by Rev. 1 George S. G. Hares, pastor of the First , Methodist Glmrch of Horning. Dr. Hares will he accompanied to Penn : Van by “Gy\ Bacon and several oth- ' er laymen from Ids elu.ndi. There will also be a. dinner in the dining room of Hu* church for these men and tlic cap tains of Hie teams. At 7:30 in the church there will be a great mass, meeting, when addresses will be made . by the visitors and In*. Hares. Ifi\ Hares has been pastor of this ehuveh for several years. Mr. and Mrs. Walter E. GJark used to attend ■ tin- church and Ihey know something of the wonderful work that Mr. Hares is doing for l.lie Iowa through the me dium of I lie recreation hall. Do not miss hearing him. The church is planning to begin its drive for $25,000 on Sunday, Feb. 28th. and continue it for two days. Dinner will b<* served in the church on Sun- : day afternoon, following Sunday School at which the captains and mem bers of Ihe various canvassing teams ! will he present. Following the din ner, a set iqi of Ihe campaign will be announced and Ihe canvassers* will . spen'l the rest of the afternoon seek ing subscriptions from those not pres- 1 ent at. lie- morning session. There . will then be another dinner on Monday , '-veiling in tho church and another on .Tuesday evening, at 6:30, at which ’all the ca plains and teams w'ill make ; reports of 1 he previous day's work. ! There will be between 69 and 70 men , on tlie various teams. The citizens’ team will s e e k sub- ! scvintiojis from organizations, com- | panics and corporations and other in- 1 terested individuals. It Is -thought i that 'ibis being He* first effort to put « across anything like a, recreation hall t 3. of the wife was very well played by... . M r , Mrs. N. P. Sackett. Miss Helen Pow-1 llinb an\ lVlls' uole- ors, the daugliter, and Hobart Confer,' ihe young blood from Chicago, dis-j played unusual ability, giving the play; a charming Hash and color. As one would naturally expect the motion pic ture stars, Miss Charlotte Grady and Justin Hyland, .entered whole-hearted ly into their parts with a resulting realism that, ought to bring them bookings with any cinema director. Mr i* Dramatic reading, and Mrs. Foster. 4. Conversational discussion groups, Miss Watkins, Mrs. Colt 1 Andrews and Mrs. Vann. — ----- ♦-------- Barrington Grange. Taylor by M rs. State Officers To Make Visit. In H igh School a t A g e of 9. Barrington Grange held a very in ter ns Ling meeting at their hall Saturday., - . A1P . z. . , . .. Dinner was served at noon. During I Aklen Orth, Alfred Oswald, Ghiistine Miss Margaret Perry and Miss Wandai the afternoon session an excellent re -1 Petersen, Frances Robeson, Elizabeth ?JacElroy proved charming friends for port was given by TI. A. Peterson, del-1 Watkins, Nellie Wood, the daughter, their gift of gossip gab-legate to the State Grange. Mr. and bling certainly kept “the whole town .Mrs. Owen gave short talks which talking.\ Mrs. Frederick Corcoran as! were much enjoyed. The Grange vot- the maid. Miss Marie Burke as the led to organize a Juvenile Grange and Barden, Anna Bush, Carleton Mary Eskildsen. Mary Mitchell. M . . r ,. .. ; 87% — S a m u e l B o ls ford. M a rin Carey. ofr ,:VrVn!,u,V K ; ,l. V1. |lv a Conley, I'klw a i'l C rnary. N o rm a n , I he s lotraii of llie < I i i . i <,b i.s 1 v' ( ,j; I Donaldson Eleanor Hunt. George j |y ,' v\ •■hoi.Pan«l_ dollars mi I wo (lays. Travis, Elizabeth Wagstaff, Louise 1 Willett, Eugenie Wortman. Mae ____ 1 W'right, Gertrude Yavnell. ! n u Wednesday evening. Frb. 24Ui. 86%—Mary Challis. Marjorie Flem- Rie:,lf Worthy Mrs. Anna W. Carey, of ing, Mary Imbrie, Ruth Rothman, V/;l [ ciiff0n Springs, district deputy evai'd bur Whifbeck. -matron, and High! Worthy H. V. 85%^— Carolyn Dexter, Robert Weatherlow. of Naples, assistant Houghton. Eloise Jayne. Arlene Lewis,; n .anr| |PCi,im.r 0f the <miarie Sencoa- Benton Grange. “Everything's easy to me, says Ruth Horn, of New York City, who is in John Ericsson high school at the age of nine. She has “skipped\ eight classes in her progress toward an edu- [ cation. dancing teacher and John Flahive asi the application for a charter has gone the taxi driver were played with spir-iin with seventeen members enrolled, it and perfection. |Thevthird and fourth degrees will be The comedy and the acting were of [conferred at the next meeting. high quality throughout, and all whoj ----- —•-------- enjoyed them were without stint in 1 The Cornell University heating plant their praise. i uses J5U tons of coal a day. The regular meeting of Benton . Grange will be held Thursday evening, ! Feb. 18th. There will be a short busi ; ness meeting, after which will follow !a social time, to which everyone is cor dially invited. This will be a radio , party. Each lady is asked to bring a cheap valentine. Come one and all. Yales district, wjjl visit. Amity Chap ter. No. 372, O. E. S., of Penn Van. ,A hannuet wil) be served at 6:30. to which all members ami their husbands are invited. 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