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Local, Social and Other < Activities About Town| 6^ Game Refuges to be Established in Catskills I Leland Henry Rider succumbei^at ^ about 1 o’clock Wednesday m om inf| schools may return to February 5th, at his home oh on the first day of Sep- pect avenue, due to complica1tio|s|J^^fep^®' ^ “ °ve has , which he had been suffering for jSfofficials of the state I past week and a half. Mr. Rider education in letters not been in good health for boards. a-ftei-nooS r n ^ T e F o r i V m ^ H a r T o l - I ^ ^ T l t o year's crop of pupils is pital in Oneonta ?.>>« young people | until January 25th whed M | ^ * ^ , C r t n g trom the mid-year expect to hold a similar service at the Conservation Department, condition became serious He grad^’^ P ^ I ^ '^ \ * hospital every second Sunday after-1 The announcement was made today to | ___ _ The Ladies of the Methodist Epis-, --------- copal church will serve a public pan- I . ^ . , cake supper at the church on Friday! Albany, Feb. 5. Official announce- evening, Feb. 7th, beginning at 5:30 ment of the development of a big sei^e(f continuing until all are ^ game refuge and breeding ground in ■ a ^ as. ' ffie western Catskills was made today Twenty-one young people of the ^ r,a a . ^ a- Otego Baptist church accompanied by ! offices of the Conservation De- ^ their pastor, Rev. Carey R Moser, Partment. This is being developed „„t been in good health for sevdMf pital in Oneonta. The young people a a« ra a a expect to hold a similar service at the ' Conservation Department, hospital every second Sunday after-1 The announcement was made today to noon. set at rest a number of unsubstan- A sleigh ride was held last week (tiated rumors about new fish hatch- Wednesday evening by ibe 22 mem-[ roads,^ farms and other things bers of the senior class of the Otego r, v a t av a i Central school and their guests. They; *\ were chaperoned by Miss Farrell, j for several weeks. rm ‘e*^?’' r S d ^ ‘?a p t S ^ p 'S e i e unfortunate if rest- on the west branch of the Otsdawa. j of that section of the state Singing and games were enjoyed dur- | should get the impression that many Ing the evening and refreshments | of the developments rumored, such as served. establishment of a fish hatchery, ♦ ^^T Contemplated, should ter, Mrs. Loren Hammond of this vil- a ^ a lage have purchased the Hildreth 1 become generally accepted as facts. H«e Hm Sqd P«t Total Eeceipts of Milk at New York in 1935 Show Haxket Slipping Away from Upstate .Farmers, Com- mii^bfier Ten Eyck Says. lage aav«.w 4,..a»yaaMiM^vi vaa^/ aaaaiaaoi.U i w v ar Garment Shop at 170 Main street, |declared Conservation Commissioner, Oneonta and took possession Monday. Lithgow Osborne. “We appreciate The basketball games which ‘ will i^j^at the people are interested in the l;% e ^ t ? . t ? r s e b o S w ; ? f b ^ \ \ t e ^ »' P - ‘ioular re- the Central school teams of Mt. Up-, ®^d want the facts. ton and the local Central school; gome time the Conservation teams. The first game will begin , 7*30 o’clock : Department, Bureau of Game, has The senior class of the Central I been desirous of establishing big game refuges in the various portions of the Catskills. We have long felt that deer and bear should be among the most attractive crops»produced in these mountainous areas, and that such refuges would serve to increase the opportunities of harvesting this game by increasing the available breeding stock. About two years ago the Federal Government decided to embark upon a Federal Resettlement I project, the purpose of which was to m 9 ve'stranded populations to better economic locations, to retire submar ginal farm land, and to find the most productive uses of this farm and look ing over a period of years. Thanks to the activity of the State Conserva- .ttpn Department, the Federal Crovern- ment W8W convinced of the desirabili ty of locating a number of these areas in New York state. In this connec tion, it was our privilege to locate a number of these areas in such situa- A AJ.^ a^AAA\JA \>A «»00 \/L CXJIO \^< school have issued invitations to a dance to be held in the school audi torium next Tuesday evening, Feb. 11 from 9 to 1 o’clock. Music will be furnished by Pease’s orchestra and round and square dancing will be observed. Refreshments will be served. Mrs. Brown, mother of Archie Marlett, and who has made her home with Mr. and Mrs. Marlett on the west brandh of the Otsdawa for some time, suffered a partlytic stroke re cently which has left her in a serious condition. Mrs. Jennie Trask is seriously ill at the home of her daughter, Mrs. George Bidwell, on the west branch of the Otsdawa. Charles Hawkins is confined to his home with rheumatism. Arthur Flint X lU V U LUO -X A OOiLf^ Loa aa * xa church will hold a fellowship supper for members and friends in the upper room of the church Tuesday evening, Feb. 11th. Miss Serena Cole has been assisting --------- - xie ually failed from this time until Iil 3 | f | i demise. 1 Mr, Rider was born December 31,; 1886, at East Sidney and was the son^ of Gilead and Julia Rider. He at-^ tended the Unadilla High school. On- June 28th, 1911, he was united ifi’J marriage to Miss Eathel Seeley of Sidney. ^ ^ The deceased had always resided, in this immediate vicinity and was. highly respected by all who knew ' him. Mr. Rider had been employed by the D. and H. railroad for many years and he was highly esteemed among his wide circle of acquaint ances. He was an active member of the I. 0. 0, F., having served as past grand at G. L. Halsey lodge and past chief patriarch, and past district de puty of Unadilla encampment, and was a member of the Rebekah lodge. For many years he had been a mem ber of the Unadilla Baptist church from which the funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 2:00 o’clock, preceded by a prayer at the home at 1:30 o’clock. Rev. John T. Lyon, pastor of the Federated church, will officiate. Interment will be made in Evergreen Hill cemetery. The bearers will be Herman Bohn, Dewey Goodrich, Fred Secrest, Fred Seaman, Carl Pomeroy and Lee Murphy. Besides the widow he is survived by one son, Kenneth; a brother, Ed ward Rider of East Sidney and a sis ter, Mrs. Minnie Hanford of Bing hamton. ----------- - UXXXCXXU ;are busy making proposals |;193,6-37 term with only a ^\mnce at the summer vaca- Albany, Feb. 6.—Further evidence that the proposed marketing agree- irom me nua-year , ‘I*® of the S a f e , the state department I New York milk shed is vital to dairy- re'-aie busy maklne m-boosals I “>e“ i® ®een by Commissioner Peter G. Ten Eyck of the State Department of Agriculture and Markets in a com plete report on milk receipts on the H i p p a r tm e n t’s s u g g e s t e d ! ^ metropolitan market in .J i l i i i i g for 193 days of| a full week of studies i The figures announced by the De- ^ r v d a y , which would be ob- partment reveal < continued loss of Sihollday. The school year 1 n^a^ket to New York mUk producers after Regents ex- 1 '^bo supplied 63.1 percent of the mar- ;j > ket requirements last year as com pared to 66.1 percent in 1934. They shipped 2;0,865,653 40-quart cans of milk to New York in 1934 and 2,0, 173,018 cans in 1935. In the’i^ean- time other states shipping miik to the same market showed g^ins.' “Milk control was not responsible for' this loss,’’ Commissio^ief’ Ten required by statute to be ‘^ ^ 9 0 days, inclusive of legal ,|^^arid days spent by teachers !!i|ct superintendents confer- fd^Tat meetings of the State f e a t l o n . dlhpli^ay falling on Sunday K^ibbserved un the following M b ® |^^ijel^r day may be counted opened prior Election day, Lln- coln§p|ifthday and Washington’s bir^M j^^chool may be in session or not';?|»|^fermined by the local school ^ ^ e l n t o e t o ^ at W is Bridge Eyot declared.' \On the con5,W, the S u U V records show that Honiitwa L , . in caring for her aunt, Mrs. B. F. j ------ - m auvu »iLua,- Brown, at Laurens, the past week, tions that they would be highly de The Otego chapter of the Red Cross i sirable as breeding e-rminH« held its annual business meeting and i o-amp Sro^ds for wild election of officers Tuesday afternoon | various kinds. Knowing at the home of Mrs. F. D. Beagle, The appreciating that in the officers elected were: President, Mrs. ] western^ Catskills there must lie a I ®een employed bv this rnr ?ohn Herring! S e m tS y ! * * ! ’ j V ' ' * ’’ ‘^enty-six years and mond Redington; treasurer, Airs. . ' ® little time l o o k - ^ . n entry against his rec- Clyde Bouck. I the section, finally hitting during that period. ’ t’pon the area between Walton and \ ^ extend my sincere sympathy Eollowtng-la_a\ lettey-regarVdihg-^Fsrj Rider’s faithful service and excellent record during the years he was a, valued employee of the D. and H. Oneonta, N. Y. Feb. 5, 1936. My dear Mrs, Rider: I was very sorry to learn this morn ing of Mr. Rider’s death. He has been employed by this cor- yae jsouck . Mrs. Earl Gardner is confined to - r —* «,xco, uctwet^u vvanun ana - ------------ --------- « V..XW.A Vxvr iiincxaa Mian ’Rthfil rin'arnavrvn.x or, sovoral your bercavement. Miss Ethel Downsville as being one available. her home by illness. Wood is caring for her. the first semester is as follows: I tion this area was more satisfactory Grade 1—^High honor, Meryl Herr-. than others suggested, it has been se- Lawrence, Bertha Eighmey. | Primarily as a deer and bear breeding Grade 2 — High honor — P a tty, ground and big game refuge. Ac- O’Hara, Edward Dodson; honor—Joy [cording to present plans, portions of Si.n.Trihc^'aX'jcaTe:!*' r\ man, Janet Bush, Lila Brown, Teddy hunting. Efforts will be made, to Ejart. t improve Trout Brook flowing through 'J Q__TH*rn \hATinr—‘nnrnthvi ^ V./, ----- — j . M. F. LEAMY. J Grade 3—-High honor Dorothy [the area and, in order to serve the Wla C a rvSf hO n o r^R ^ rC o u n b y :' “®®' “ ®k® man, Marguerite Carracclolo, Albert ^®^est and recreational aspects also Soued, Frederick Williams. Gerald | productive and attractive. Grade 4-A—High honor, Helen Se- poses of the parks established by the cor; honor—George Sheldon, Ellen state and Federal governments are 4-B-Hlgh to n o r -B ry a n ! ;“‘‘:®'y®‘ ’^®'-‘®\®« The Burtch, Joyce Burnside, Edna Jones, [ ^^e^eral Government is anticipating Alice Goble, Robert Harrington; hon-1 developing this area in accordance or—Helen Sloan, Vera Lynch, James [with a carefully laid nnt man -Helen Sloan, Vera Lynch, James Hamilton, Betty Conner, Marjorie Case, Marian Bundy, Anita Bree, Donald Bowes. Grade 5—High honor—Jean Die- ball, Charles Herring, Margaret Mey ers; honor—Ra 3 nmond Maxim, Esther Georgia, Howard Wyman, Evelyn Foote, Robert Countryman, Arlene Wyman. Grade 6—High honor — Shirley Bennett, Allen Widger, Rowland Red ington; honor — Isabel Sheppard, June Dart. Grade 7—Honor—Phyllis Bump, Esther Knowles, Ruth Jean Reeves, Charles Schloupt. Grade 8—Honor—Gloria Davis, Roselyn Jones. Freshman—High honor—^Eleanor Holbrook, Frances Pierce; honor— Gliarlotte Law, Harold Lent, Doris Little, Clayton Buckley, Marguerite Dkvis. Alberta Georgia, Esther Reed. Sophompre—High honor—^A^es Haggerty, Joan Shaw, Glendore Wil cox : honor—Olive Miller, Doris Place. Juniors—High honor-—Olive Cran dall; honor—^Frances Miller, Clarence Guillaume, Adah Briscoe, Erwina Til ley, Homer Shaw. Seniors—High honor— Joseph Doo little, Edwin Harris, Louis Reding ton; honor—^Virginia Holbrook, Beu lah Coe, Irene Bouton, Naomi Ben nett, Pea,rl Sheppard. with a carefully laid out plan which we have initiated and approved. While it is of course impossible for the development work to be complet ed with the funds at hand, they should be able to make an excellent start. Following completion ^ot that portion of the developmental work for which Federal funds are available, it is expected that the area will be turn ed over to the Conservation Depart ment, Division of Fish and Game, for administration and further develop ment primarily as a big game area with no connection whatsoevfr with any park, state or national. Develop ment work at present being done un der the direction of the Federal Re settlement Administration is being handled locally by Hamilton V. Miles, Supervisor of Land Conservation, working out of Ithaca with headquar ters at Shinhopple. “The interests of the entire Catskill region have been definitely in the minds of the officials of the Conserva tion Department. Although located in the Western Catskills the primary purpose of this development is to im- Gld Fashioned. Just to top off the handouts of Old Man Winter for the past two weeks which included plenty of snow and cold weather, Monday morning we were greeted by an atmosphere that put the mercury down to 30 degrees below. During the day it warmed up and Tuesday morning the. ther mometer stood at 30 degrees above and it rained. Within a few hours it began to turn, colder and the roads were covered with ice. Wednesday afternoon it gradually grew colder |;and at 9 p. m. the ipercury was five below. Thursday morning the weath er man was back at it in a two fisted fashion with thermometers register ing approximately 14 below. The warmer weather of Tuesday and Wed nesday was much appreciated by everyone—but a t present we are just wondering what next in the line of weather we may expect. fe^inter institute to be con- fthe Sidney sub-district of 'iiU league will open Sat- patx7:30 o’clock in Wells (junn, president of V announced Monday. I ^ Jiu^chesrwiU in-i • T5Tj Si'dW''Clhter, Feb. 22; Mt. Upton, Feb. 29; Ufiadilla, March 7. and Bain- bridge, Alarch 14. The study program will comprise “Learning to Work Together’’ for younger members of the league, and “Cooperating in Building a New World,’’ for officers and pastors. The class periods will be held from 7^30 p. m. to 8:20 p. m., and will be fol- records show th at the decline was checked during the first two years of control until the United States Su preme Court ruled that when milk is shipped across a state line the state control agency cannot say how much the producer must be paid for it. “If other arguments fail to con vince the farmers 'of this state that they need the protection of the pro-’] posed seven-states agreement,’’ the commisisoner said, “here is something that can't be denied. These fi^rofl show positively that dealers are dip^ ping into other states for their milk supplies in order to avoid paying full prices to farmers. “Now York dairymen havOAupplied less and less milk to the New Yorjc metropolitan market ^very. ^ea^A siiice* York city. Last year they shipped 20,173,018 cans. Describing the' sit uation in other words, our dairymen supplied 78.8 percent of the metro politan milk in 1927 and that per centage has declined every year until in 1935 it had dropped to 63.1 per cent. IVojects Hanned fw Otsego Young Pei^Ie Plans are under way to organize relief projects for young men and women residents of Otsego ^county, it was announced Tuesday by Ben jamin Weber of Norwich. Mr. Weber, who has been connect ed with Norwich Rural Rehabilita tion office, has been appointed as di rector for the Youth Movement in Otsego, Chenango, Madison, Dela ware, Broome and Cortland counties* He will be under the regional office, at Syracuse. Under the Youth Movement plan, work will be provided for young folks under 21 who are members of fam ilies on relief, and their wages wBl supplement the weekly WPA money earned by the father of such families. The wage of such young people will be. about one-third of the weekly wage of the father. ^Works Progress adminiisftration will foster the program in the vari ous communities. The setup includes an allowance of $20 monthly to young men and women who are taking courses at the state agricultural Mr. Weber will havS charge of formulating projects for the young people. “Illustrating the fact that milk lowed by worship service and a social coincided with checking of' nroeram market loss up to the time of the 7 ^ court’s decision ip/the Seelig case last The Rev. George A. Roberts of Af- x. n . ^ , 4 . At. , X.-X X J year, are the detailed figures. In ton will be dean of the institute and - ^ ^ Ban Hollenbeck of Bainbrldge, res-i T istrar. Teachers will be selected from j ' f ^^ 1000 ^+ 1 ,^ inoi . __ . . . percent less In 1932 than in 1931; I clergymen of the subdistrict. Jack 1 5 _ I Jones of Unadilla will be in charge jof the entertainment programs. John Atwell Wiesmer. John Atwell Weismer died Tuesday at 4 p..m., January 28, 1936, at the, family home, 467 West Water street, j aged 84 years. Mri born a t Delhi, Sept* 2.0, jAlfrd Zeh SDCcombed Sunday at ParshaD Hdqial Alfred Zeh, 65, died late Sunday evening at the Parshall hospital, One onta, where he has been a medical P4|iept for only a few days. ThevVuneral was held Wednesday i'afternoon at 2 o’clock from his late home with burial in the Zeh plot in the Otego cemetery. The services were conducted by Rev. John T. Lyon, pastor of the .Federated church. — _ J-^ vuiabuicq ^ I Mr. Zeh was a son of Daniel and 1 jKuiffeia*.Zeb,.^s4r^ was 944 40-quart cans*^ of milk to .^New 1 born at Breakabeen, Schoharie coun- York city. Last vAar ! ty, April 18, ,1870. 1 December 1, 1886, he married Miss Romie Miller. On two different oc casions they were residents of One onta and for 16 years resided in Ote go. In 1923 he purchased the Phette- place farm on the Unadilla-WeUs Bridge state road, which had since been his home. Mr. Zeh was a member of the Dutch Reformed church and a man highly respected and much devoted to his home and family. He is sur vived by his widow, who suffered a stroke seven years ago and who has been since practically helpless and has received much of his care. He is also survived by a son. Grant Zeh, percent less in 1934—control’s sec- n Eighth street, Oneonta; a daugh- ond year—than in 1933, and 3 per- ]yij.g Bess Zeh Knapp, and two grandchildren. Miss Marion and How- j percent less in 1932 than In 1.7 percent less in 1933—the first year of control—than in 1932; 1.6 cent less last year than in 1934. “It was in the summer of 1935 that dealers began to take advantage of thp Seelig deefefon and buy ffillk buf- ’- j : --- T-rx*. ■ Past Noble Grands Name New Officers for Year. The Past Noble Grands’ association of Otsego district seven has elected officers as follows: Mira Couse, Unadilla, president; Elinor Jones, Hartwick, vice presi dent; Susie Belden, Unadilla, secre tary; Bernice Puller, Hartwick, treas urer; Jesse Hathaway, Hartwick, marshal; Julietta McFee, Oneonta, conductor; Carrie Terry* Oneonta, j cliaplain; Jennie Bunn, Hartwick, guard. Appointive officers were: Harilei^' Hun;^,.Milford, right support.toTpresi dent’; Viola Murdock, Oneonta, lejft support of president, Mabel Christian, Oneonta; right support to vice presi-. dent, Osie Joslyn, Hartwick; left sup port to vice president; Florence Huf- talen, Unadilla, pianist. prove the recreational opportunities,. particularly hunting and fishing, in i the eiitlre region.” ’ of GedrgO and Sally Bassett Wi^smer; At an? early age he moved to Unadilla where he' lived until 1898, when he went to Elmira. He* was a member of the North Presbyterian church. Mr. Wiesmer’s ancestors were sol diers in the Continental Army during thcTRevolutionary War, his maternal great-grandfather, Jesse Atwell, hav ing marched from Durham, Conn., during the Lexington alarm in 1775. Mr. Wlesmer was for many years a [ partner in the wholesale merchant j and cold storage firm of Corbin & Wiesmer, formerly located in Elmira with branches in Binghamton and Scranton. He was actively interested in civic affairs as a citizen, but never held public office. He was a man of high principles and sterling charac ter, a leader for many years in tem perance reform. He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. C. C. Alden of Buffalo and Miss Marguerite Wiesmer at home. The body was., removed to the Smith & Fudge funOral hpme and will be tak en to the family hpme Thursday =anom. The funeral will be held at the hom^^Ffiday.at 2 % m. with, the Rev. W. li. Willetts officiating. Bu- Lrial in Woodlawn cemetery. Otego Dfiiry League to Elect Officers The annual business meeting of I the iSu^uehanna Valley local of the j^alr3nnieii'’8 League Cooperative asso- ' ciation-fpr the election of officers was held itf the Grange hall on Thursday nights a t 8 o’clock. - ---- - X. xxxo xx.vxxc;ACAa,t.cu UljB. ;aecnne to approilmateiF the^re-cpi®^! xetr. l ord. ^ - V ' “Then there Is another factor to be considered. Transportation of milk in motor trucks hurt sections in New York served by railroads and opened up areas in Pennsylvania which were inaccessible to the metropolitan mar ket by rail. Shorter truck huals cut into the longer distance rail transpor tation to the detriment of upstate New York farmers. “Unless we have state control with cooperation between the states of the milk shed, and the Federal Govern- t ment, to guarantee fair returns to all 'milk producers and bring about the orderly marketing of milk, I see no reason why this loss of market to [New York dairymen should not con tinue.” Pennsylvania in 1927 shipped 3,- 690,756 cans of milk to the metro politan market, or 10.5 percent of the total market requirements. Last year Pennsylvania shipped 6,004,09-2 cans, or 18.8 percent of the total needs. New Jersey likewise jumped from 2,551,353 cans in 1927 to 3,757,332 last year, an increase from 7.2 per cent to 11.7 percent. Othe|* states showed corresponding increases. Statistics on cream receipts, how ever, were slightly mor.e encouraging to New Y^oric farmers. They supplied 1,122,993 xaiijf of^cream. to the New York market In 1935 or 77.4 percent of the totttl’ijised there. In 1934 they ard Knapp, who reside at the Zeh hoipe. The report of Troop C, state police, for January shows that .42,175 miles were covered by the troopers in auto mobiles, 50 miles on horses and 38 miles on foot. Lost and stolen prop- I erty recovered during the month amounted to $2*855.62 and three stol en cars were recovered. Pines paid {during the month amounted to $127 and there were 241 investigations made without arrests; also one mo tion picture inspection was made. The report also shows that the troopers made 145 arrests, with 124 convictions, eight cases discharged, 13 cases pending, 15 convictions on old cases pending, and 10 old cases pending discharged. Biidsall Again Appointed. Webster J. Birdsall .of Albany, for merly of Otego, will again, he id. charge of the manufacturers and lih- j era! arte building at the State fair j at Syracuse September 6 to 12. Mr. ' Birdsali,/who is a inember of an old and well known Otego family, \had charge of that department last year. Tlie Times four months— 60c. jits cream, but the total shipped from New Yotk firm s to tlie metropolis in 1934 was greater than last year| 1,- 172..651 4p-quart cans. Changes in ui mo v u u u ^ ^ a inere. in 1934 they I cream receipts from other states var- sent New York city 77.f percent of Ued but slightly from 1934 to 1935.