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WHITED STATES ^ d e f e n s e ■ o & d s STAMPS. U|U. AND THE MACEOÖN JOURNAL JJHITED STATES DÉFENSE B O N D S A N O S T A M P S I I I V J j 2 ,Q 0 PER YEÌAR— STRICTLY ÍN ADVANCE .*• PALMYRA, NEW YORK, THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1942 - SINGLE COPIES F IV E CENTS Tiie Service of Uncle Sam Ig g j f e ; [Chrigtmag ’Mail For Members- Dewey For Governor Open Next Tuesday Pvt. Harold S. Button AJS.N. 32Í40850 A.P.O. 2337 c/o Postmaster San Francisco, Calif. Pear Folks: im. sending you my new ad- i: . t • ii. ianiiyra i^ouner-jou U because I miss the ¡Palmyra PaI New y k fend very much and will ap- To the Ma ¡h& Bdit precíate it more where I am going. - Could you send me Lud\vi& Goelfaer’s address as I would like t„-get in touch with him. Haven’t bgen assigned to any 2nd Bn. Hq. Btry., 209th C.A. (AA.) APO No. 813, c/o Postmaster New York, N. Y. August 2 , 1942 Palmyra Courier-Journal Dear Editor: I am ndw in Northern Ireland and am receiving your editions of the \Palmyra Courier-Joumal and although-the news is a little lata THOMAS E. DEWEY Was nominated as candidate for Governor by the Republican party, I at the state convention in Saratoga' Everything is in readiness for the opening of school on Tuesday, September 1st. The interior of the building has been thoroughly cleaned and much painting and brightening up has been accom plished. Two new classrooms have been put .in condition to take care of the large enrollments in the Second and Fourth Grades. Eight, new.faculty members will be on hand to greet the pupils— six in the grades and two in the high school. A complete faculty list for this year will- be published at an early date. The high school registration hav ing been completed last spring, the regular school prpgram will be under way immediately. It is therefore important that all pupils be on hand on the opening day. outfit\yet 'but am on my way to „ “ t ]t >s greatly appreciated. Papers some ac , ^ ■ . and magazines .are scarce over • Harold S. Button j ^ b ° y S w i t b __ >ne from cities and towns near T. . . T !• Palmyra and they, too, like to read Camp Livingston, Louisiana the Journal Tuesday evening I ' • . . - ar gjrs I 1 °an say nothing of the trip springs Monday night. His oppon- Jnst a short note to thank you'°ver but assure Vou !t was an ex- ,*nts for the November 3 general , for the paper. News from home ¡C,,t,nf? °.ne- I also had the. pleasure , Action are State Attorney Gen- T A j S I S t F a r m H e i n rou’rc nieetmg John Cuflen. I had seen , rral J°hn J. Bennett, 3 r., nomina -1 * ** r t o a l a l 1 <11 111 1 IC IJJ ueana quite a hit when you’i ■uuiin uuce uBiuie we leit ana never '•':u llle governorsnip Dy tne ‘S r e is not much to say about lexPected ‘t° see him again for Democrats in Brooklyn last week amp life as you have heard it all t‘mp' Was 1 surprised whei- and Dean Alfange, New York City (roB the boys. We nurses live un- 1 n'et ?},m’ agaln’ some two thous-1 American Labor Party designa te similar circumstances except and ml„les away from home‘ ! tlon' re'have very little part in the ' * have not seen much of Floyd fighting line. Most of our work 0T George as they are in another consists of supervision of the med- jocation near here. “Stub” Burgess ical ward boys—soldiers who have *s ^ere and ^ see him nearly every tiken hospital training. i day‘ Acclimating oneself is a bit dif- I There is not much any of us éan . . _ ... fcult, but everything straightens tell now, so will have to save it 0n Market Street will out after a while. So while we are until we arrive home. I can say thv ° J 0“ ‘ winning this war it wjll be fun to people of America do not realize * __ 1 „.„„I. „r°iF 1 a^8’ feep\track of the news back home how lucky they aré. “One must lmve ration coupons for everything anil then it is hard to get. The people jOver here are sacrificing every thing to win this war so you people (in America should be willing to. sacrifice some of your pleasures and luxuries that we might win. In closing, I wiBh to thapk you for sending me the Palmyra Cour- |ier-Journal, which helps me keep _Iha_King!s -Da\ightor 8 ’--Society-in—touch with the news and my Till hold its first quarterly meet- friends back home. Thank you 2nd Lt. Beatrice E. East ANC Res. Station Hospital Camp Livingston, La. King’s Daughters To Resume Meetings Volunteer Office Hours Are Changed Until further notice, the Volun- ier Office on Market Street will , be open for enrollment and infor mations Tuesday throug from 3:Qfl to 6ifi0 P. M, The Volunteer Office has supple mental gas ration applications and special purpose sugar applications 1 for those who want them. Palmyrans Pictured With New Inductees Employment Service To Assist Farm In Getting Gas Agricultural workers who can not get to and from their farm jobs on the regular allowance of rationed gasoline will be assisted in securing additional gasoline by the United States Employment j Service, announced Richard C. I Brockway, Director for New York State of the USES. Thousands of harvest hands must be sent to harvest jobs be fore the end of September if the nation is not to suffer serious loss of food through spoilage, said the Employment Service director. The supplying of extra gasoline is ex pected to assist in securing those needed workers. The Office of Price Administra tion has instructed its field repre sentatives to grant the supplemen tal ration books to . agricultural workers if tfie request seems to bo Sincerely yours Alfred W. Orlopp Corporal, 209th C.A. (AA) (Continued on Page Five) after three months vacation, on Tuesday evening, September 1. in the King’s Daughters’ Free Li brary. A picnic supper will be arved at 6:00 o’clock in charge of the following committee: Mes- 1 i n 1 . AT 1 dames Lyon, Bucknam, Chriswell, U & r lO C K S D e 3 . t iN e W & r K Fairbanks, Brown and Roberta Beeves. HiginbolhamFamily Widely Scattered In a letter from Mrs. Ri Æi» Hig- Doubleheader Sunday Pictured in the group of indue tees in the Rochester Democrat & justified. Chronicle Thursday morning of j Jn instances where the local ra- this w e e k were Francis VanBortel jtioning board may be in doubt as and Eliud Mumby, with the fol-j to tlie existence of a bona fide work lowing remarks by and concerning .opportunity, the 'agricultural work- each: |er-can secure a USES referral card A 210-pound buck private ought j giving the location and beginning to have a “big” job. So believes date of his farm job as substanti- Francis VanBortel, 21, of Palmyra, one of many inducted into the The Garlock team defeated New ark twice last Sunday afternoon by the-scores-of -8 to- 2 -and- 8 - to-Or They will play the Fairport King's, a double-header this -Sun day with the first game starting Motham the first of'the,-week she at 2:30 P. M. f 'poke of the various locations of l Wayne Pomonas Meet Next Wednesday I The Wayne County Pomona I Grange will meet Wednesday, Sep tember 2 , at 3:30 o’clock at Wol cott. At the afternoon session del egates will be elected to represent the county at the State Grange ¡meeting in Syracuse in December , and resolutions will be introduced Army of the Urjited States',-at tfie Federal Building Induction Center Tuesday. But what it is,- he dfeesn’t care just so “it’s a big job for a big boy.” r V :„‘- Eliud Mumby, 20, of Palmyra— \It’s hard to, tell what I ’ll get to do but, I know what I want to do— get some Japs and Nazis.” Fire Demolishes Courier Building Fire of yet undetermined, origin, destroyed a small building back of the Courier-Journal Office shortly after 6:00 o’clock, Wednesday af ternoon. This buildjng which had not been used by the Courier Com pany for some time, housed nearly a ton of scrqp paper, which be longed to the Palmyra Boy Scouts. This as well as the building was an entire loss.' The kindly response of local fire men prevented the flames from spreading to the main < Courier Building, the Powers Building and ating evidence. Farm jobs are being filled by all offices of the USES outside of New York •Cityj and by a special Farm Secti’on at. 124 East 28th' Street! in New York City. Experienced farm workers are in greatest demand, explained Mr. Brockway, but there are openings where any husky man can be placed. The jobs will last through November in many cases. Red Wings Finish Season Next Week Rochester’s disappointing Red Wings are to round out their 1942 season at Red Wing Stadium in games with' the Buffalo Bisons and the Toronto Maple Leafs dur ing the last week of August and on the first Sunday in September. The Bisons play single night games here on August 27 and 28 and a Saturday afternoon Knot hole game on August 29, the last of its kind for the season. On Sunday, August 30, the Tor onto team will be here for a pop- the Cook Storage Warehouse which |ular Sunday afternoon doubli houses a quantity of motor oil and 1 header. Another double bil!—with other inflamable material. (the Bisons will ring down the cur- The loss to the Courier Building tain at the Norton Street ball park on Sunday, September G. As the season ebbs, with Nftw- ier family, and we are passing * ftis information on to you, the to “back home” in Palmyra. William is doing research work ‘t Mass. Inst, of Technology in Cambridge, Mass. Robert (32146418) is a 2nd lieu tenant, with the 596th F. A. Bn. at fort Huachuca, Ariiona. It is the 93rd, all negro, division with some Mgro officers. He has been in the wvice since April ’41, and got his (oiamission last April at Ft. Sill. . . . . . . . , Philip is working for the Seis- f»r discussion. I f there is time part »»graph Service Corporation o f ,0? the LocturcrS ProSram wl11 be 3, Oklahoma and has spent,8lven’ tearly a year in Kansas. I The evening session will begin Frederick <32377901)’ left for1“4 7:3.° °’clock a,?d wil1 a c.on‘ «my service July 23rd at Fort | tinuation of business, conferring W a , then two weeks in board ,of the fifth de&ree and the rest *»lk hotels at Atlantic City, and ,°f the Lecturer’s program. “Row stationed at Scott Field, 111-, There has been some discussion ®oia, in the 3G8th Tech. Sch. Sqd ' on the holding of meetings and in is r'adio work. He was with\-1 the last National Grange monthly |s i covered by insurance. ® one term of graduation from ’ was a timely article in regard to 1 “ * * Denison University in Ohio. ¡the curtailing of Grange m e e t i n g s | PASSES arks Bears WG\ out in front, a John hopes to return to Hamil- from Subordinate through Nation-. . . . v hot battle is on for play off berths, ton College, and Dorothy is enter-' al Grange meetings. O u r n a t i o n a l ' ^\e following-clipping was ta enjjn usua] post season series. *8 Oberlin in October. Ail are | officers, National Master Goss, Na-,from the Rochester Democrat & Buffa]0 must fight it out with Ve>7 well and busy and happy. ,tional Lecturer, Farmer, National Chronicle of August 24,1942, and ^ nntrpait Baltimore—and—Toronto- In its now premium book about to be issued by the Courier-Jour nal, The Palmyra Fair Association is featuring a new department en titled (Department V—Victoij Gardens). The Fair Association offers $ 100.00 in war savings .stamps find bonds (present cash value) for the best Victory Gar den 'Exhibits. It is suggested that in connection with such exhibits, icplicas of such gardens may be made, pictures used, miniature gar dens may be set up, records of the garden may be furnished, showing dates of planting and crops har vested, cost records may be fur nished, and if any of the produce was sold, rccoyds of sale. Exhibits from such gardens may be includ ed» witii not only exhibits of pro duce, but exhibits of dried, canned preserved produce. Any other feature in connection with a Vic tory Garden which the exhibitor may deem worth while inay be in cluded. The awards w\U be made by the jtidges who will divide - the pre mium money among those exhibits which they deem worthy and on a basis which they deem equitable. No admission fee is charged to exhibitors of Victory Gardens, the only requirement is that the entry must be made not later then Sept ember 16th and the exhibitor must state on his entry the amount of space which his exhibit will oc cupy. Blood Donors Given Army?Navy “E” Of Armed Forces Abroad Arrangements have been made by the Post Office Department in cooperation with the War and Navy Departments for the accep tance of Christmas parcels for tho members of the armed force§ serv ing outside the continental United States, including Alaska. Christmas parcels and Christ, mas cards should be mailed dur ing the period beginning October 1 and ending November 1 , 1942. the earlier the bettor. Each gift, parcel should be endorsed “Christ mas Parcel”. Special effort will be made to effect, delivery of all. Christmas parcels mailed during that period in tin^e for Christmas. In view of the. urgent need fo.r shipping space ' to transport ma terials directly essential to the war- effort, Christmas parcels shall not exceed the present limits of 11 pounds in weight or 18 inches ip Moose Organize Bowling League At the last meeting of Palmyra Lodge No. 1420, L.O.O.M., on Fri day, August 21, a boiling league to be known as the Moose Mon ’3 Bowling League was organjjied, with the following men as offi cers: President—C. Ferguson Vice-president—G. Gavin Secretary—D. McIntyre Treasurer—J Patridge The league is composed of six The following telegram has been. teams, whose captains are C. M. received by F. T. Deci, 'chairman ¡l’erry, G. Gavin, D. Cullip, M. Fos- of the Blood Donor Committee,! sett, L. Myers, E. Price. Bowling American Red Cross: ¡will be every Thursday night start- “War Department awarding Ar- j ing September 10. Any members my-Navy “E” to Blood Donor Ser-. wishing to be on one of these vice August 21 for high a c h i e v e - 1eams, t get in touch with any of ment in supplies vital to armed. the captains or officers, forces. Please extend to all donors { At this meeting lt was also vot- in your community congratulations ed that in accordance with a plan and appreciation of their coopera- 1 adopted early in the Spring, the tion. May this be an added incent-;profits from our series of sum- ive for all to give more freely in >nor roasts be invpsted in U. S, months ahead. ¡War Savings Bonds. Madison, W. Pierce, Chairman” Victory Committee Completes First Efforts on Securities Softball News 1 I The Palmyra Mixers and tho IMacodon Relics will bo rivals in a j softball game at the Fairgrounds .Monday night at 6:30 o’clock. Speeding Arrests With the announcement by Sec retary Morgenthau that the Treas-, ury had closed its books for the Jn C r e a 8 e d ¡ Q J U l y subscription to the United States _ J Government bonds 2’/6% due 1967, State Police Continued to pile up in length or 42 inches in length and girth combined. Nevertheless, the public is urged by the War and Navy Departments to cooperate by voluntarily restricting the size of Christmas parcels to that of an ordinary shoe box, and tho weight to 6 pounds. These departments have pointed out also that mem-' bers of thv Armed Forces are nm- • ply provided with food and cloth ing, and the public is urged not Lo include such mntter in gift par cels. Not more than one Christmas parcel or package «hull be accept- pd for mailing in any ono week when sent by or on'behnlf of the same person or concern to or for the same addressee. Owing to the great distanco this mail must be transported and the handling and any storngo it must undergo, it is absolutely necessary that ajl articles be packed ii\ sub stantial boxes or containers and bo covered with wrappers of sufficient strength not only to resist pressure of other mail in the same sack, but to withstand the weight of other sacks of mail, which in the long transit may be piled thereon. Fur thermore, as each parcel is sub ject to censorship, delay in hand ling may be minimized by secur ing tho covering of tho parcel so as to permit inspection of the con tents. Many combination packages will probably be made up, including miscellaneous toilet articles, hard candies, soaps, etc. The contents of such packages should bo tightly pa'cked, in order that the several articles may not be loosened in transit, damaging the contents of (Continued on Pago Two) Firemen’s Inspection There will be firemen’s Inspec tion Friday evening, August 2R, at 7-30 o’clock in front of the vil lage hall. generally referred to as the “tap” speeding • arrests during July issue, the local Victory Fund Com-1 response to Governor Lehman’s mittee of which John W. Hickey ' order for strict, literal enforcement is chairman for this county, has the 40 mile speed limit, completed its first efforts in tho The speeding arrests in July to- sales of United States Treasury taTed. 3,332, compared to 1,045 •(.< arrests for the same offense in In exnr'essinir his annreciation to' June- H was announced by Carroll in expressing: ms appréciation to Vv#, Wills, Virginia Grey and Cy Ken- all volunteer workers in the cam- dull. The second feature on the paign, Mr. Hickey stated that tho ctni« \v«r Council |snnio program is “The Postman information obtained from the - 'EUdn’t Ring” with Richard Travis workers is now being analyzed and Chairman Mealey reiterated Ins Tarzan and Beery Pictures Booked For Showings At Strand Tarzan and his mate leave their jungle paradise for the whirl and bustle of New York to find great er tin-ills nnd perils tlmn they ever encountered in the wilds In \Tar- zan’s New York Adventure” which is the current attraction at tho Strand Thentrc, Palmyra. Johnny Weismuller again enacts the Edgar Rice Burroughs character, with Maureen O’Sullivan as his mate and Johhnny Sheffield as their foster son. A strong supporting cast includ. |cs such featured players as Char ges Bickfol'd, Paul Kelly, Chill will present a valuable guide to Ploa for drivinK “not «Ver 40\ as Moose Women To Resume Meetings - ¡-Secretary\CâtôTï Over-!ie^t to~thB Palmyra Courier-JoiTf- seer Agans, Executive c o m m i t t e e - nal by F. H. Granger: 'men Gill, Eckert and Bagshaw and.' ^ YEARS AGO TODAY 1907 to land a berth in the playoffs, while Burleigh Grimes and his . , Maple Leafs are making a deter- ’Charles M. Gardner, high priest,¡ “Palmyra The 11:45 eastbound,^^^ j rjvc to edge out the Jer- ,_ — .'feel that meetings t should not b e , trolley car on the RS&E railroad|sey Giants for second place. , jj10 Women of the Mooae wili curtailed in that the Grange is a came near going into the basin, regular Internationa) Lea- d their first meeting of th« i practical working organization, the Erie canal at the foot of e season closes September 7, JL season next Thursday even- equipped nnd ready to carry -on Main Street- when it jumped the the Red Wings scheduled lo ¡ September 3, at 8:00 o’clock. ' ’ ' ’ **\- ---- 11 members are nrged to be pre- «nt as several items of impor- _ nee are to be discussed. , , . ... .. ... . ' , track vpsterdav The car was well 7 7 , , , , . , , . , Finucane paid tribute to tne voiun- eoupcraie in lurniBiiiiic jivi »on» « j .- j pl“.y U * » « » . « - > . * • \ « < • ? » • * Th»‘ i™ ' \ * It will be the first time in jiev- i . ..jeral-years- that Rochester ±as_not landed a playoff position. The 1942 tpam appears to be doomed to fin- rural areas throughout the nation _ - went over its quota more quicMy J A t l g H t l O n , B o w I e r S and to a larger extent than any, - \ . . . ; - The O’Brien & Hickey and + ¡other country | ^ \ l Y e held ^ ^ No. 8 slot to give Roch- J Breen Markets are the offic- * , The Grangeihas always stood for(Wedncsd eveningi September 2, ester its first cellar championship * ial Bourc e s for the collection * sound principles and is continually,^ 0>'lock in the Palmyra Rec-|in half a century of_ pr°f^ s,0'’al war. * * * * J “f fats and grease for the * >orTdng for the betterment of not “ ¿ on Hall. Every girl or woman1'baseball. Since 1899, Rochester has * *»>• only Rural America but also Indus- ¡ntere8ted in bowling is urged to won nine Pennants' and now come8 ,next Friday night, September 4, * * * * * * * * trial America. attend •\ 1 v ----------- ‘the cellar championship. and Brenda Joyce. nf tho Virtnrv a conservation measure and as an' T° lhue theatregoers tne further efforts of the Victory # . with whom Wallaco Beery and Fund Committee which has been Marjorie Main are prime screcn established as a permanent organ- favorites, the fourth appearance ization to direct tho salcB of all , ... ... pornmon Rpngn o( this ideally matched comedy types of government bonds thru y \ J) % h ” whn team in “Jackass Mail” will bo normal investment channels. Bpcc V... # . .. welcome news. This picture of .Region “2” of the Victory Fund ™ \ot * ,n^ . ea,,y frontier days will be welcome Committee comprises Monroe, Liv- ,1\ ^ ’ ^news. This picture of early front- ingston, Ontario, Seneca, Wayne __ _____ m t m IRI' 'lays will be tho Sunday and and Yates counties. Monday attraction at the Strand The Treasury first announced N n W A f 1,1 “J ackass Mail” Beery plays the issue available to the public on 11UW the Rort of ro]e thflt he revcIg ¡n> July 2Dth and for the -period Ber- V f t l l l t l t p p r O f f i r t » lhrtt of Marmadake “Just” Baggot, nard E. Finucane, Region Head, bife-hearted, rascally old West reports that this region topped $2,- Are all war seivice departments character whose scheming» and 500,000 in subscriptions. These aware that_ jersonneL_may__be hp - subscriptions were obtained from cured at the local Civilian Mobil- ^he hero and a respected citizen of Institutions, Savings Banks, Trust ization Volunteer Office? ' t|)c nljnini? town of Gold Cnmp, A'-counts, Corporations and. Indi- Lieutenant Howell of the 1st ta say nothing of kindling the love viduals. 'Commercial bank* were Fighter Command in Buffalo says jj^j^t ¡n Marjorie Main’s eyes. nr* eligible. that all persons in the ground ob-| .— ------------ a«-»« - — Expressing himself as heartily servers corps should be registered * ♦ + + + ♦ + + +,+ + + ~o + BOYS IN THE SERVICE * + W ill you please send us + * your army serial numbers? * * In case we have trouble In * * getting mail to you, we think + * that as a -last Resource we * + m ight' reach you through * + your army serial number. ----- 1 — - --- - ---------- * Just mail it in to the Pal- ❖ + myra Courier-Joumal or ask * * your friends or relatives to ■£ * call or bring it in to ns. + + Thank you. +> * * * * * * * * * * * + 4 'î? pleased with the work of the Re- at the local volunteer office. H gion “2” Victory Fund Committee, asks that all local volunteer offices Finucane paid tribute to the volun- cooperate in fdmishing persons for in contacting tho public. Finucane that people Wishing to volunteer ■also-staged-'that1 u- large measnre'^for this aTid all other’war activities of this success may, be attributed see that they are registered at tho to the cooperation qf the press. ¡central office. New York ranks fourth to Tex- Odd Fellows To Resume Parties The Odd Fellows’ popular Fri- . , ,,. . . day night parties will be resumed,13’ Wisconsin and Missouri m the - 'egg-drying industry, with 18 mil lion pounds produced in five plants. ‘and’ run every week thereafter. I
