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NO. 39 0 ^ 3 0 . FIVE CENTS—$1.50 PER YEAR Local, Social and Other Activities About Town Oratorio Pr^ent Ga'i’s Frankliu Womau’s InsuTMce- Case Gains in Action I The chorus which presented Vin-j cent’s oratorio, “The Prodigal Son” j Miss Bessie Smith, student nurse. year is organizing again this | ip. the Binghamton City hospital, olanned to nresent Alfred ' Appellate division has affirmed t f r L d M r r \ / ^ u r s “ H ^ lfcu y ’ - a \ ; : : * \ . n i l i denymg the mo- Relatives in town have received ! and a shorter work. Rehearsals will , Northwestern Mutual Life j start on the first Monday evening in Insurance company to dismiss the • February and continue on Mondays i It is complaint of Mrs. Etta B, Gardner, of Franklin, whq seeks to collect two in word of an automobile accident in which Mrs. Otto Schrull of Laurens, was seriously hurt last week, being' thiown through the windshield. She; through February and March. ------ tran c e nf *i nnn or, thp was taken to the Herkimer hospital, planned to hold rehearsals alternate- \ ® cies of $1,000 each on the Mrs. Schrull is better known in th is'iy the Unadilla and Sidney High husband. r s 'i m p .w ^ n t Willard Gurnsey, who has been | rehearsal at Sidney on February o. traveling through the western states i Only two presentations are planned thp nast three months, returned to ! fr^-n vqqt . nna of iTno/iina noot-mT All persons Interested in joining the chorus for this year are asked to the past three months, returned to ! ^ qj . ^j^jg year, one at Unadilla Central the home of aunt, Mrs. Rose Leon- I ^ ^ at 7:30 p. m. on Palm Sunday, ard last week Friday. L ^ * c-., tt , t , W. H. Barney’s blacksmith shop | April 5; and one at Sidney High has been closed the past ten days ow- ^ school at 5 p. m. on Easter Sunday, ing to the illness of Mr. Barney. [April 12. Eugene Lasher of New Lisbon is 1 visiting his son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Neil Lasher and family. Vale Hanna Rebekah lodge will ob serve the birthday of Thomas Wildey, founder of Odd Fellowship in Ameri ca Tuesday evening, January 28th, in the I. O. O. F. hall. All Rebekahs and their families and Odd Fellows and theif families are invited to at tend. Refreshments will be served and each family is requested to bring sandwiches for the family and a cov- Hollenbeck and Carol Nichols. ered dish. | ------------------------------------- The annual business meeting of the i j • i nr-n ir.^4. Earnest Workers' society of the Pres-; Otsego’s Road Oficials Will Meet Jan uary 29. husband. The insurance company has claim ed that the complaint is based on in sufficient facts and is invalid under the six-year statute of limitations. Mrs. Gardner and'^ her husband, Harry W. Gardner, were living near Mt. Upton with their four children^ when a fifth baby was born. A young woman from a nearby farm, Beatrice DeForest, came over to help with the. get in touch with one of £he members | children and housework. She reraain- of the chorus committee before Jan-' ed for several months. nary 30. The committee members are: Unadilla, Walter Hunt, Fran ces Freeman and Lawrence^Bacon; Sfdiiqy and Rockdale, William J^ent and Ethel Case: Balnbridge, Earl byterian church was held last Thurs day at the home of Mrs. Celestia Lew- Highway superintendents of the o’clock and a social hour enjoyed. At the business meeting the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, Mrs. John Nymers^ first vice president,. Mrs. Jqllah F^y- ris; second vice president, Mrs. Anson Bouton; secretary, Mrs. Frank Ander son, and treasurer, Mrs. Celestia Lew is. Otego chapter Order of the Eastern Star will meet this Friday evening ,at 8 o’clock in the Masonic hall. The Otego Central schoqT.-basket ball teams will meet the teaiiyi the Gilbertsville Central school this Friday evening in the school • audi torium here. Of the five Tri-Valley League games already played, the school team has wone one and are out to conquer this one. Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Fuller and son Jerry of Schenectady visited Mrs. Puller’s brother-in-law and sister. Mr. and. Mrs. Charles Herring,\ and ’ family, Sfinday. Laverne Perrv, who for the past month has been traveling through xavions states and playing in many orchestras, is spending some time here with his mother, Mrs. Alfred Owens. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene McKee and son Everett and daughter Eleanor, re turned late Sunday evening from their annual meeting in the court room Of the municipal building Wed nesday afternoon, January ^9. The meeting will be featured with talks by representatives of the state highway department and discussions relative to 1936 plans. A state audi tor will be present to outline the proper methods of keeping financial records for the benefit of those who took office for the first time this year. Victor L. Hoke of Springfield Cen ter, county highway superintendent, will preside. Mr. Hoke, who is at tending a national road equipment show at Cleveland, will report details regarding the latest improvements in road machinery. ^ James H. Tbomas of Oneonta, resi- 1,000 New Coal Cars Being Built at The husband left home the night of- June 27, 1919, wearing his best suit and declaring that he would attend a neighborhood dance. His wife nevm: saw him again. Beatrice DeForest also left home that night and was never seen again. In January, 1933, a hunter found the bodies of a man and woman in a swamp near Mt. Upton. The remains- had been there 12 or 14 years, accord ing tcrmedican reports. A purse con taining Beatrice DeForest’s name w^s found nearby and seine articles whi«m Mrs. Gardner identified as her hus band’s. Cdd Wave and Blizzard Makes Traveling Hazvdws With the mercury dropping rapid ly this morning (Thursday) and the result of a strong wind which was proceeded by about two inches of snow Wednesday evening, all higli- ^ ways in the outlying districts blocked. The town, Plant Would K Locate in Una«iillal Sidney, Jan. 22.—Ban A. Hunt of j Unadilla, when arraigned before Jus- Peace George Burroughs ji^ |r e liab le milk firm has made j of Harpursville, was fined $10 and ■' t&e fact that they would glad-' satp in Unadilla if a sufficient ||m i l k to the proposed plant. T 'l^’cpncern paid milk producers in afiM^Jacent territory $2.05 net cash. Given to Governor A final report on the scope of flood relief activities in southern tier coun ties damaged last summer has been given a 30-day suspended sentence on a charge of causing an accident and failing to identify himself, it was said ' submitted to Governor Lehman by L. today at Sidney Barracks. ■ R. Simons, director of extension at C. C. Brayman of Bainbridge was the New York state colleges of agri-> _ the complainant and charged that his culture and home economics and state to^^^bember milk. The firm referred! sedan was struck by the coupe driven co-ordinator of flood relief agencies. be glad to meet with pro-1 by Mr. Hunt, while Hunt was pass-i In the report. Director Simons ■ of this section at any time a , ing him between Harpursville and j pointed out „... t, although relief ac- number cared to do so. j Nineveh. j tivities had lo be hurriedly organized is centrally located in an j Although Mr. Brayman did not j nnd conducted, they nevertheless <lnirying section and with the know the identity of the driver of the 1 seemed to have met with general sat- of territory caused by other car, he reported to tb,e barracks isfaction, despite difficulties. In the Franklin and that it was bearing license plates W- i speed or organization and work plants and with no milk plM^^nearer than Rockdale and the Upton in that direction Ca^fefie Wklton plant in tlie opposite Unadilla should prove an Idift^iqation, and this feature would a w 4'®Ui?li?ate the heavy hauling fe'Which is how so prevalent. |^^^:;p:foduce'F interested in a plant is requested to drop a let- Milk Plant in Unadilla,” cf^ ^ i|-T t o e 8 office, and it will be to the representative who '^^^^mtie here and give you the full regards to a Unadilla plant * |^ ^ |i t . hqw well they are succeed- ih ^ ^ b th e r places. flGliM for JaniHiry 27th Si^^al electrification as it may be o\|t-in Otsego county will be ^ed td’ farmers In a county- fi^Mng to be held Monday, Jan. o’clock in theJMt. Vision 77-09. Hunt was picked u|J later and arraigned before Justice Burroughs. —^Binghamton Sun. UnadiHa Gill’s Potato Ediibit Wins first Place in Bt^ware tractbf'-was^^te^ the Warren DeForest farm|;'^|^^ile^ ' Rockdale road and it was not' ^ t out* D. & H. Shops. I until Thursday morning. The reason More than 1,000 new coal cars to , for the tractor getting off the road supplant others being razed as Car- j was due to the fact that the driver boiidale are being made at the car could not see the road owing to the dated Gas and Electric Co. and the that it has been working on. . All farmers of the county are in vited. Representatives of the Asso- Miss Betty ^Sibley of Unadilis^, a member of ^Delaware county’s ,4-H club, y?on .first prize in the potato exhibit aC'the annual New York State Vegetable show held at Delhi. Other winners from Delaware coun ty’s 4-H clubs in the show were: Second place, Clifton Ruling of Youngs Station; third place, Charles Ryder, Unadilla, and fourth place, Gerald Gifford, Masonville. Delaware county 4-H, showing as a unit, won third place in the vege table exhibit at the state show. Dela ware county was first in that division in 1935. The silver loving cup, de noting championship in tl|fi division, will at once be 'trausferre|^tq Madi son county, 1936 Vinner. Delaware county 4-H club mem bers winning placings in the vege table-division were: ' Harvqy Jump, Masonville, fourth, and Charles Ry der, Juhadjn^ sixth.., I. ..aet-- apart |or;the 10 “there was no duplication or overlap ping of effort,” be said. The Rural Rehabilitation Corpora- tion extended $131,251 in grants and loans to 1,075 farmers. Further aid in the form of 2,900 tons of feed was distributed to 2,025 farmers, while the Red Cross aided 279 rural families to the extent of 034,717, of which all but $1,000 went for build ings and repair, food and live stock. Farms Saved. Emergency rehabilitation of 2,218 farms was accomplished through the Soil Conservation Service which at one time had 1,510 men in the field. Transient labor and CCC campers were used by the technical staff of the Soil Conservation Service, while heavy equipment, including power, shovels, bull-dozers, trucks and grad ers were supplied by the TBRA. La bor totaling 8,780 days was con tributed by the CCC workers. In offering praise of all cooperating agencies, the co-ordinator cited the i^ ||rta n t part taken in relieving dia- by the farm bureau agents, home demonstration agents, the Rural Re settlement Administration, the Soil Conservation Service, the Temporary Emergency Relief Administration, the Red Cross, members of the 'Plran^e and others. th^^flobd area, Bionheim where they were called b y , Delaware & Hudson rail- 1 high wind which kept the air filled the death and funeral of Mrs. Me- ( road in Oneonta. with snow in that section. Superin- Kee’s father. \ An equal number of obsolete coal I tendent of Highways Belden said this w’s^broTher. George Decker of|^^‘® Purchased recently from | morning that every inch of roads in Jefferson, met death in an automobile' railroad by the Steel & Iron Pro- the Unadilla township would have to accident between Warnerville and j ducts company of Chicago, 111. The [ be plowed. Clarence Strain, rural de- Ri\ hmondville last week Wednesday, price was not mentioned. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Smith and Mr. cam tv,,. aii and Mrs. Clarence Smith and chll-' said 100 of the cars, all of dren. Marguerite and Ralph, sp e n t! which have been ruled out of further Sunday with the former’s son and j service as rolling stock, are located on dau&hter-in-law. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur , the Pennsylvania division, while the to his home I here last Saturday from the Parshall j between Carbondale and Mohawk, hospital where he had been for two In having the cars replaced, the D. weeks following an accident when h is, & h . is maintaining a policy of con- amount of his trip light truck and another truck collid-l . . ____ f amounx 01 nis irip. ed. Mr. Ferris though seriously in- impiovement to its rolling^ ------------------------------------- Jured, is much ImproTed. stock. Under the terms of the pur- p m j c s l Calendar Starts Off Earlv Mrs. Valdlne Vay is confined to her' chase, the D. & H. may buy back I Off Jiariy. home on F t o Island by Illness. |p „ t s of the dismantled stock, if It' Thursday was the first day for livery man on route one from the Unadilla post office said as a result of the snow fall on Sunday that it made it necessary for him to drive approxi mately fifty miles and walk about five to deliver mail on Wednesday, and with this last storm it no doubt will be impossible to cover any great i desires. The contract is said to be for Of ;:L7pri;ra;;iyTan:rfiuTu^ Married at Sidney. Brfd?ord“ p ^ I n T o V 5 2 ^ I the company in ssveral years, were married at signing designatnig petitions placing names of candidates on Wilkes Barre, Pa., rrcac ^ j -. *^6 0igners the home of Dr. and Mrs. Frank Boy tojnred in Coastu^- Holley in Sidney Monday night at 7 Accident, o’clocsk by the Rev. Roland M. Wen- Wallace Carnell, 12-year-old son of dell, pastor of the First Congregation- Darnell who reside in al church, Sidney. Mrs. Gregory has! Bainbridge school district, siiffer- been residing at the Holley home for | ^ fracture of the right thigh in a some time. Mr. Lavery has been em- ‘ coasting accident on the play ployed on the new Delaware and 1 school and is in Bain- Hudson railroad bridge. They were j bridge hospital. Young Carnell was attended by Miss Kathryn Holley and | coasting down a short, steep hill in Walter Hanni, both of Sidney. The' building when he lost flower girl w a s ‘ Jean Hayes. Thej^°^^^®^ crashed into sup- bride was given in marriage by Dr.]®®^^ ^ ^playground equip- Holley. The couple left Monday night not expected that the work of secur ing s will be at all active at this burgh. for a month’s trip through the South, ^ ®^<i^3,rd Danforth was called after which they will reside in Pitts- hospital where he will have to re main for several week^ Worcester Post Office Changes. . ^ On Friday of last week, George M. 1 been forbidden on the play- Allen, superintendent of the Borden | grounds for the* present, plant In this village, received notice 7 ! ^ from Postmaster General James Par-; Cancellation of^^,000 By Go'vemiflent ley stating that he had been appoint ed acting postmaster at Worcester to succeed C. I. Henderson, who has fill ed the post for over twelve years. That’s What the Sign Says. “What are those queer-looking statues over there?” asked the visitor to the city. “Those aren’t statues,” said the Londoner. “They are workmen busy on one of the new government jobs.” —Answers. on School Bonds. The Unadilla'(jentral^ school bonds which were taken by thn'government to the amount of $57,000, have been reduced in a recent grant of $8,000, also the school system was credited with $160 interest which was on the $8,000 which was taken off from the original amount. Uncle Ab says it is all right to at tempt much, but all wrong to attempt the impossible. Possible candidates were taken somewhat unawares, as the primary day had been set for Tuesday, April 7 th. It has now been moved ahead to Thursday, April 2nd, by law re- I ceiving Governor Lehman’s signature Tuesday night. The Election Law provides that de signating petitions signed “eleven weeks prior to Primary Day shall not count.” January 21st was originally the first day for signing. No other dates of the spring election calendar are affected. First day for filing designating pe titions will be February 25th, and the final day is March 3rd. The polls will be open on spring primary day from noon to 9 p. m.r and delegates ^nd alternates..to the national and state convehtions, alsb. county committeemen will he'elected^ New York Light and Power Co. will ! attend, it is expected. These two companies service this area. The county committee consists of 24 members representing the towns of the county. The whole program is planned on a cooperative basis, and the larger the number of participants, the greater the service obtainable, the chairman pointed out. Gray Foxes Causing a Heavy Loss Among Wild Life. Many local hqfeters believe that the unusual scarcity of rabbits and other small game in this vicinity the past two or three seasons is due in large part to the operations of the preda tory gray fox, which is rapidly in creasing in numbers hereabouts. The price of gray fox fur is not high enough to induce hunters to pursue these foxes and an effort will be made to secure payment of a bounty on the animals. Several reports have been heard that they have come across gray foxes devouring recently-killed rabbits, squirrels and game birds. The gray fox is said to be a more ambitious killed than his red brother and is harder to approach and kill with a Each of Guints Now Worth $24,000. Each of the Dionne quintuplets is worth $24,000 in her own right, their guardians annonnuce. Between them, the little sifters have $120,000 in government bonds in a trust fund. The money has been accumulated since the Ontario gov ernment took charge of their affairs a-year .ago. A S p e c ^ Deputy Sheriff iu C a lifori^ Los Angeles, Calif;;-Dei; 36;'-19Wg- — Today in the presence of a distinr guished gathering. Sheriff Eugene W. Biscalluz, of Los Angeles county, commissioned Cornie J. Flaesch a special deputy sheriff for said county and pinned upon^ his manly breast shield No. S194 and the new deputy Immediately entered upon the duties of his new office. ‘Pfaiiif^,' the'interest from the fufid alone will support them. . The Milk Statlou to dose. Apnouncement- was made in this village 'last Friday that the Borden milk plant at Worcester will be clos ed early next- spring because of lack of patronage. Among ■ leading members in tlie first year vegetable growing study course was Steven Zaczek of Cannons- ville, who placed fourteenth, with a score of 95.5 per cent. Lessons in the potato and garden course for 4-H club members have been prepared and will be distribut ed in Delaware county and elsewhere in the state during the next few weeks. Members may still join the study course by applying to respective 4-H agents. Tompfixhs. ‘‘ ' slnkilei’’'''^r^aS^^^^ '' gany, Chemung, Otsego, Seneca, Tio ga, and Yates were also affected as were the muck lands of the Montezo- ma region. Fruit Areas Suffer. The report also pointed out the need of help for flood-ravaged fruit growers of the Hector-Bluff Point- Haramondsport areas in Schuyler, Yates, and Steuben counties. The re- their | said in part: “Many of the farms are so encum bered with indebtedness that the farmers feel that they cannot borrow more. Since they do not want to go on relief, it would seem to be in the public interest to allow them outside winter work to provide a living for Bainhridige Crossing Up ^ a i n . A petition of certain residents of the village of Bainbridge asking an amendment to an order providing for the elimination of the Delawai-e and Hudson railroad crossings in that vil- Lheir families and some working cap- lage has been denied by the public service commission. Tlie petition ask ed that the Frelot avenue crossing be ital for the spring.” The director revealed that a com mittee had been organized to study not closed. Under a recent amended, bleeds In different sections of the flood order of the commission the .Walnut j .including .the’ fruit regions, avenufe, Johnson street and West main Headed by E. A. Flansburgh, state street crossings be left open.. It of county agricultural agents, understood that the closing of Freiot committ.ee consists of representa- avenue and Tyler street meets w ith , fives from various college depart- the approval of village officials. ' iponts, the Federal Land Bank, Rural ‘ ------------------------------------- 1 Resettlement Administration, Soil Tranaent Camp to Return to Smith- ■ Conservation Service, and the TERA. viUe. --------- ; --------------------------- The Smithville transient camp will 1 Masonic Officers Installed, be returned to that village and willj At a meeting of Freedom Lodge, continue operations in that section No. 324, P. and A. M., held on Tues- according to word just received by j day evening, January 14th, the fol- John D. Auwarter of Smithville, chairman of the projects committee, from Jesse Jacobs of Oxford, chair- lowing officers were installed: Wayne L. Tyson, W. M.; Arthur G. Sommers, S. W. Walter O’Connor, J. man of the county Democratic com- W.; Amasa J. Teed, treasurer; Bur- mittee. Mr. Jacobs had been notified I ton L. Hitt, secretary; Tracy H. of the fact by Howard 0. Hunter, acting assistant administrator under Harry L. Hopkins of Washington, D. C. - Franklin'Men Arrested. Riley Waterman, 36,/and Herbert to await arraignment in city court on a charge of public intoxication. Would: Extend Milk Contiol. Assemblyman Dunir of Schoharie county has Introduced a. bRl to extend until AprtF 1, 192T, state control of milk, laiF Automatical ly expires Morse, chaplain; Allen C. Black, S. D.; Clarence Dibble, J. D.; Reniff C. Merriman, S. M. C.; Elwin DeShaw. J. M. C.; Herman Bohn, marshal; Walter L. Hunt, organist; E. C. Brockway, tiler. Appoint^ Claims Manager for In- sniani^ Camples*. ■ Charl^- Cahtor- Fla'esch, who for some tijm,e ha^ been associated with the General Accident Insurance Com pany at San Francisco, has been ap pointed Claims Manager of the Royal, Globe and Eagle Indemnity companies for the states of Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana, with headquar ters at Seattle, effective January 15. Mr. Flaesch is a son of Attorney Charles-0. Elaesch of Unadilla and is only 33 years of age.
