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'/?* U^.WAR BOKSS A N D THE M ACEDON JO U R NA L ¿W UJ.WAJt BONM £ $2.00 P E R YEiÙt^STRICTLY ÎN ADVANCE TPAjLMYRA;, N.'Y.- FEBRUARY, 11, ,1943 ‘SINGLE COP.IEÖ FIVE CENTS in H E L P - F IN ISH T H É - JO B The Service of Uncle Sam Fort McClellan,- Ala. [ ' Feb. 1, 194; P a lm y ra Courier-Journal palmyra, N. Y. • ,Dear Sirs: • I receive you? paper every week, jmd certainly''appreciate ifc- Ifc ^PTYig~good~iiO—read—all -the-newsrOPPOFtunity—to-see—how weU~rep from home. rm quite busy now and find lit tle' time for writing. As you prob- ' ably know, F o rt MCClellari is an 7 Inf an try Replacement Center and ; Uncle S am is pushing the w a r ef- ~iort along the infantry lines, r hope the other boys in the Service :of our country enjpy the paper as much as I do. „ Sincerely yours, - George Holland i Hawaii 1/19/43- (- Dear Sirs: X received my flrst cppy of the Palmyra, Journal recently and I ’m very thankful for your kind r e - 1 membrance. It gave m e my f lr s tr resented our towns are in this fight. . I t was as good as a T-bone I steak to see familiar nam es and faces even if only in print. I will be looking for my copies in the fu ture w ith impatience now th a t i ! ■have received my first. Aloha. • Sgt. Chas. Sapienza G entlemen: Memphis, Terin. Feb. 3, 1943 j I am receiving your paper regu- | larly each week and wish to thaqk | you, a ll very kindly. I t Is one of i j the things that help us boys in t h e ; service to keep our spirits up to hear of the news back home. j „ . , , ___ . , . . We a r e very busy h ere taking our X wish, to thank you again for , . , , . ... ,,, ....... training and getting this brand new hospital ready. We Muskogee, Oklahoma February 2,1943 • palmyra Courier Palmyra, New York Dear Sir: your pappr. My wife also enjoys it, although she is not from Pal- , . 1 have room for 3,000 beds and _, _ i < ,,, few buildings are still being p u t ! P l i n n p f n Y n i l f * J^ e m a ta reason in my writing up;_ = . ____ I* UCJ11C 111 1 U U 1 this letter is .to take this._oppor- The w eather here 'Is very tunity to th a n k the Presbyterian1 T 1'!, i ^ C W S I l C I Q S j P l C d S G _____ , ________ a _ _____ and nice w a r n sunshine m ost of v the tim e. We very seldom wear. Parents and fnends °* the b°ys •Ladies, F irem en, Legionnaires and ladies of the'M oose for their gifts. Also Steve Pingo for his gift. Thanks again for the presents “ \ C “ .and cards. I hope to be home soon overcoats' and lots of days we do|[n tbe servic,e! Practically every boy from Palmyra in the service of his country is receiving a copy not need a coat. We see lots of of the Palmyra Courier-Journal It makes me think of . ., . _ , , .... , „ June w e a ther back home. We are in which I intend to thank you all not f a r from the Jt f Memphls land as you have read from their ^personally. .............................. Yours very truly, Henry J. Griffin which is - a very nice city. Buses | n.lany. ^etters *n tbo Paper appre- here r u n every 15 minutes. They i c' a*-e very much. Let’s all do our .have th e gasoline problem beat (down here as the buses are similar to the Greyhound, b u t r u n on elec tricity w ith electric line overhead, Extends Time to Pay T o v o c ' f ft P o k m o n r 07 ' but a r e operated the sam e as a gas taxes io reDruary n bus T h e re are no steel rails 01. Miss Minnie A. Crandall, tax ' road bed. There are still a few of -collector, has extended the time the old type street cars in th e m a in for paying your taxes afc-one per part of th e city. icnt from Monday, February 22,! There are thousands of soldiers, to ‘Saturday noon, February 27. sailors an d marines in Memphis in Take advantage of this tim e ex- the evening as the arm y , a navalv tension and save by paying a t one station, the ferry command, the per cent. A fter that date a fee of Marine Corps and C o ast Guard five per cent will be charged. , are located near by so you cap' ,— - -------- --- --------------- ! imagine th e amount of servicemen D i T I A M I l T P * th a t are in town. T h e city of K A 1 1 U m i N G j Memphis has a population of SUGAR—Stamp No. 11 in Book three hundred thousand and is a I is good for 3 lbs. through March cAean clty' ^ P e o p l e of -[g- Memphis are very, kind and friendly. > COFFEE— Stamp No. 25 in • We boys from the n o r th like it Book I is good for 1 lb, through i here-very much. There are about March 21. | seven hundred of us here, m o st „of SHOES—Stam p No. 17 in Bo6k*: ^ ironl New York s t a t e - fgood for 1 pair until June 157| M ust close now and thanks again This stamp is interchangeable ! *or sending me the paper. •among members of -same family. In case of possible hardship ap plication m ay be made to Ration Board for additional shoe certifi cate. Rationed are all shoes made in . whole or in p a r t of leather; or with Nrubber soles. Exempt are house slippers, soft-soled mocassins, in fants shoes and ballet slippers* TIRES-—-Meeting of official in spectors scheduled for last M on-lon a class. au slr K n ights are ay was postponed to Wednesday, requested to be a t this conclave. 17,' a t 8:00 p. m. The Sincerely Pvt. Clinton H. Tyler Zenobia Commandery Conclave February 17 A regular conclave of Zenobia Commandery, No. 41, K . T., will be held on Wednesday evening, February i7„at which tim e the Or der of R e d Cross will be conferred ■meeting will be a t the County Ra tioning Board office. local Red Cross Has F ineRecbrdsIn- Surgical Dressings 'The Palm y ra Branch of the ,-Ainerican 'Red Cross is busily do- Mg their share of surgical dress- ,'H)gs, now averaging better than '$,000 bandages a week. On Tues- day of this week they set a goal ®f 2,000 for the day and a t the -close of the dary figures totaled -2,027 large bandages wliich is a fine record. Since October 1st, 1542, and up -to the end of this \Week the local branch will have made about 67,000 bandages. Wayne County Home Bureau News ' Homemakers throughout the county a r e busy this week in study groups 7 concerned with Family Welfare and Home Improvement. Home Bureau classes are continu- iffg~tffilnlTT 3 r in home nursing-with- about 150 women in the weeks classes. A new group of 30 start ed Monday;, morning-in the vicinity of E a s t Williamson under Miss Agnes Maynard of Albany, who is teaching this important subject for Home Bureau groups in the county for three months- O ther classes in session in Hpme Bureau fo r this week are; Home pursing— Sodus No. x2, * Rose, Macedon, Marion and Walworth in,, „ . . • “ [Units. Slip Covers—Clyde unit. d u r i n g T r° T T °pfe j Furniture Repair-Macedon,- Rices ourmg the- week on Monday and Mmg and WaUington units with Mrs. P e a rl Martin as leader. Hook ed Rugs—jGanargua unit. Chair Wednesday' evenings, all day bn Tuesday and Wednesday and Thursday afternoons a t which time Caning—Wolcott Kitchen confer- iid« ™ 1P °f ^ !°lunteers. be-!ence8-S o d u s Point and Weaving siaes members of the committee 1 Mnrinn *re on hand working, filling the I rooms to capacity. E x tra classes are being given _ __ _ _______ _______ | by the Agent Mrs. Elizabeth i Pfautz, in meat canning where B u y D e f e n s e B o n d s need f o r this help is made known at the Home Bareau Office. share then by contributing an item or two of news each week for their benefit. Thus the columns of the Courier-Journal would be full of items of interest for all to read. If you have some news, just call No. 8 ,—News such as births, deaths, weddings, birthday or wed ding anniversaries, entertain ments, club notes and personals. There is no charge for such items of news. Preparing For War Fund Drive Soon Groundwork in organizing for the 1943 War Fund Drive of the American Red Gross in Wayne County' is beirig completed this week in preparation for'the cam paign which will be carried on in tho month of March; r The quota assigned to Wayne County of the 125 million dollar National War Fund is $49,900, of which ?39,900 will go to support the national activities of the Red Cross, and ?10,000 will remain lo cally to carry on the county Red Cross program. George Abbott, -county War Fund chairman, reporbs-that so far 11 of the 18 Wayne County com munity branches have designated local War Fund campaign chair men, with the others expected to name theirs within the week. The local chairmen will organize lead ers and workers 'to make a com1- plete canvass of all dwellings and business places in their area. The county fund* total is being divided into local quotas based- on population-and-relative-per capita wealth and these goals will prob ably -be ready for announcement r.ext week. Local Fund cbairmen''appointed Mrs. Lawrence Stone; Lyons, Mrs. James A. Smith; Macedon, Milton Kemp and Kolb Payne, (co-chaii- m en); Marion, John T. Hall; North Rose, Lloyd M- Marshall; Ontario, Mrs. Fred Kiphut; Palmyra, Lew is Black chairman, Mrs. C. L. Johnson, vice-chairman, Red Crefek, Mrs. Dan O’Brien; Savannah, Ned Olmstead; Sodus, Edward Bums, and Wolcott, Ralph C. Paddock.\ In Clyde, the Rotary Club will have charge of the drive. To Report For Naval Duty - Robert 1 R. Walton has received word to report to the U. S. Naval Recruiting Station a t Buffalo on Sunday, February 21, for active duty and transfer to the U. S. Navy Construction Training Cen ter, Camp PearyV~3Tagrudee, Va., for duty. Wayne County Fruit Schools Next Wfcek* Three fruit meetings will be held in Wayne County according to James G. Case, Sodus, Chair man of tlie fruit committee. Iden tical meetings will be held in Wil liamson Grange Hall, February 18, and Wolcott Central School Audi torium, February 19 with a differ ent type of meeting in SodUs Grange Hall on the 17th. Fruit men are concerned as to what spray materials they will find available in 1943 and this is a subject for one of tlie talks. Also Prof. M. B, Hoffman. outline, the extent of the injury-to peach es and make suggestions otr hand ling these trees. This js a concern of many peach growers who plan ned on a satisfactory price this coming summer. A movie was made in Wayne County orchards last summer in coior and will be shown at both Wolcott and Williamson. The title is \The Men Behind the Guns” and outlines the mechanics of' spray operations. Labor is a primarily interest to growers and there are two separ ate topics on labor saving sugges tions. Fred Lewis will answer the questions “Can Dust in the Apple Spray Schedule Relieve the Labor Shortage?\ Also a U. S. Employment Ser vice representative will be on hand to gi^e the details of that service in supplying labor this summer. The Internal Revenue Department advises that a deputy collector has been assigned to the Pal- myra Post Office O n Feb- ruary S3 and 24 to assist local residents with their current income tax re- turn*.- - — r * - Salvage Committee Plans tin Collection In March The Salvage Committee is plan ning a collection of tin cans somo time in March, so .Palmyrans are asked to please continue saving .them preparing them for collection in the usual 'way, by cutting off both ends, washing, removing the wrapper and stepping on to flat ten. Do your part, save all you have. Plans are being made by Salvage Committees of the various towns to have collections at the same time so that they can fill ti freight car. If you have not already turned in your silk stockings, plcaso re member to do so. Also save your waste fats. They are very much needed. The official scrap pile is at the Town Building on Kent Street. If you have any old scrap, you may deliver it to the pile yourself or call 447 and it will be called for. Palm y ra Gommumty-Ghest- Elects; Appoints Committees The annual meeting of the Pal myra\ Community Chest w as' held on Monday evening', February 8 , at which time the following 12 di rectors were elected for terms of three years each: Mrs. Georgo L. Abbott, Mrs. C. C. Congdon, Frcd- erick T. Deci, Mrs. It. M. Waples, R. D. Sessions, S. M. Young, Henry W. Griffith, Mrs. Satlie Ziegler, James DeBrine, Jay' A._Whittaker, Henry E. Mitchell and Kingsley F. Nursing Council For War Service Formed In Wayne The needs of the Army and Navy for nursing service have priority over all nursing needs and definite quotas have been set for each state. In order to meet this de mand and to assume responsibility for additional civilian nursing -needs,-thè-Natlonal Nursing Coun cil has urged the organization of County Councils to> study the needs and resources of the TcOBt- munity; — - - The Wayne Co. Nursing Council for W ar Service was organized_at' Lyons, January 27th. Composed of members of several representa tive-groups i t acts in an advisory capacity to th e H ealth Preparéd- ness Committee for the purpose of (1) recruiting inactive nurses (2) encouraging a n d increasing e n rollment in qualified schools of nursing and (3) consulting w ith local hospitals concerning plans for the use of non-professional nurses’ aides to supplement the de pleted nursing staffs. The present group consists of the following members, in addition to a Public H ealth Officer to be a p pointed: Mrs. Alfrleda Horton, W illiam- son; private duty nurse; Miss Nel lie Earl, Lyons, institutional nurse; Mrs. Jessie McClellan, -Pal myra, public health nurse; Mrs. Esthér Elliott, Lyons, Bed Cross nurse; Miss Mario*. Phillips, Wol- Loans Available For “Food^For Victory” Money with which to purchase fertilizer, seed, feed, spray ma terial and suppliers is now avail able to farmers, poultrymen and dairymen in amousts up t(j $400.00 at 4% per annum who are ready to carry out their part in the “all out for food victory” program and who lack satisfactory local produc tion or bank credit, according to C. Bert Smith, who supervises tho making and collecting of crop and feed loans for the United States Department of Agriculture, Farm Credit Administration. All who depend upon this source of credit and those who desire more information concerning loans should make definite plans to see Mr.'Smith a t Farm Bureau, Sodus, on Friday,v F ebruary 19, between the hours of 10:00 a. m. and 3:30 *p. m. W ar Time and in the inter est of tire and gas conservation, are urged to meet with the super- Mary DeBuyser Is Bowling Winner In T.U.C. Tournament Mary “JaiMJoBuyser, captain oi tho Palmyra Recreation team, top pled the maples at the Rutz, Bowl- inp Hall, Rochester, to the tune of 910 and copped seventh position of the winning list. Mary Had roll ed in all previous matches to qual ify for tiie final on Sunday night. In her previous games she had rolled in scores of 525, 522, 571 the last being the deciding matcii for thr> finals. Mary had rolled but three times previous to this bowl ing tournament in competition with more experienced bowlers and ieaEers in this gjreat sport,, and then when rolling had been a win ner. Rolling on the early squad be fore a house filled to tho rafters ac Rutz Hall, and on completely strange alleys Mary rolled in somo very nice scores, hitting 154, 150, 189, 153, 108 plus her handicap of 150 equalling a total of 910. The last game of the evening for Mary was the hardest, for a t this time any bowler is pretty tired after rolling in four nice gam c B and no rest between them and two bowl ers to an alley means very fast (Continued on Page Four) County Will Stage 9th Annual Potato Show February 23 Wayne County will holds its 9th Annual Potato Show in William son Grange Hall on February 23. Chairman Morris F. Butts said that the many questions in the minds of muck potato and vegc- tpblc growers make this mcetin,' essential this year. With price ceilings priorities, nnd machinery rationing to con- visor promptly at the time and | w’t^1 w^\!il growers arc ask- place stated. There is no fee charg-1 ^0 produce more than ever it Is ed for filling out papers and in- I essential that the confusion re- lerest is charged only from date S^rding these regulations be of loan check and not from date of cleared up before the planting sea- application. Therefore, applica tions may be completed wSeljs pri or to date loan funds are actually required without additional cost to the borrower. con. Supplies of fertilizer are limit ed and may be used only on cer tain crops called A or necessary crops while the rest of tho fertil izer may be used on B .crops whicli are not .considered quite so im portant. Another question is the extent of the supply of certified potatoes. Harold J . Evans secretary of the Blue Tag Association which handles certified seed will\ toll Young. Following-the annual meet ing the-officers.wcrp..elected: President—Frank O. Newell Vice-president \ < Mrs. Geo. L. Abbott Vice-president Henry -W. Griffith —Vice-presldünt ----------------- ; --------- Henry E. Mitchell Secretary—Frank H. Granger Treasurer—Earl Brjiman Campaign manager .S. M. Young -The following committees wore appointed by tho president: Executive—F. 0. Nowell,' Mrs. G. L. Abbott, H. E. Mitchell, H. W. G riffith, F. II. Granger, Earl B rani an, Chas. McJ.outh, jr. Budget— Chas- McLouth, jr., C. G. Adams, Mrs. C. C. Congdon, Jay W h ittaker. • Auditing—S. M. Young, I. 'L.. Monroe, W. M. Parsons. Publicity—Lewis Blaök, II. A. Bassnge, H. E. Mitchell. Palmyra Will Adopt New Air Raid Signals —Palm y ra will adopt the new air raid signals as announced by the First Arm y Defense Command and broadcast from time to time over your radio, tho- new signals going into effect next Wednesday, Feb ruary 17. Complete details will bo announced later. Any Good Books For Victory Today? “Any good books today?\ T h a t, in effect, is what the m er- ' c h a n ts of Palm yra are asking their customers. For, along with their house to house deliveries of meats and groceries they are in turn, picking up books which you may have for our armed forces. Tlie book drive, under the spon sorship \of the American Library Association American Red Cross, and U n ited Servicc Organizations, is getting around the gas and tire shortage situation very nicely with the aid of our local business men. The delivery men will pick up the books wrapped and return them to th e ir ‘respective stores° a n d from there they will be collected by the Boy Scouts, and taken to the col lection center for ultim ate distri bution to the Army and Navy. The following stores are coop erating to make this drive a suc cess. Darlitig M e at Market O'Brien and Hickey v Cleason’s Grocery Breen's M arket Colaclno’s Count your bopks now, ana give the books th a t count—now! First World War II Veteran In Legion ■ The distinction of being the firét Veteran of the present World War II to Become a member of the ¡what tho “ W 1* 18 m th,s I’ort of American Legion in W ayne Coun- --e cour|try- ty goes to Irvine F. Burgess of ***$ sPrinS Potato-growers ex- -330_East. Main_St., Palm y ra, .who ! PPrxoncccL poor come-up or sprout became a member of Jam es R . 1 r0*'' B a rrus will dis- Hickey P o s f No. 120 on January fcu^ . this disensfi and. ^hfither or 12. 1943. Burgess enlisted February 19, 1942 and served to October 29, i942, when he was given an hon orable discharge for medical rea sons at F o rt Jackson,' S. C. He re ceived the rating of Rifleman, VG on June 16th last. not it pays to buy certified seed ~On \Wcdnesdayj-February -24r the vegetable men will meet in the game building to learn what fer tilizers they may use this year and hoW/much. Dr. A. G. Newhall- of Cornell University will describe a new treatm ent for controlling onion smut and' tell how it may be used by many growers this •spring. -Onion maggots operated cott, student^nurse recruitm ent; }n~many fields last year causing * a considerable loss of expensive onion seed. How to control onion John Keene, Newark, Lay Member Hospital Board; Mrs. Howard Had ley, M arlon, public health agency; magg0j inexpensively will be told Mrs. E. A. Baumgartner. Newark, | flt the mceting. publicity; Mrs. Charlotte Bloomer, I ^ asj. year Was awarded Newark, supply and dem and, Dr.x)eFisher of. Williamson James L. Davis, Newark chief o i:for the thJrd tlme wilich made it emergency medical service; -Mrs, pcrRlanent possession. This R u th H arris, Lyons, Federation of contestants will try for a new Women’s Clubs; Mrs. M a rtha award which m u st ^ won three Sims, Wolcott, chief nurse E a e r - I ^ ^ be]ong, to a contestant. gency M edical Service; Miss Mar -1 Ribbong will be offercd for f-hreo garet W halen, Rochester, member ej ^ vot?to(:s, Cobblers, Ka- executive officer. ^ tohdins and other varieties. Coming To Strand For Three Days To tho vast disappointment of specialists in tlie juicy morsel and the gossipy tid-bit, Broadway’s most celebrated vixen, Miss Ilka Chase, and Hollywood’s most acid screen personality, Miss Bett-* Davis? a p p e a r in the same motion picture and get along as nicely ru coffee and cream. The screen play is “Now, Voy ager,\ showing locally tti: the Strand Theatre on Sunday, Mon day and Tuesday.
