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fr . V S M AR BONOS AND THE MACEDÓN, JOURNAL ¿V U.S.WAR BONDS 52.00 PER YEAR—STRICTLY IN ADVANCE- . PALMYRA-, N, Y. MARCH 4, 1943 SINGLE GOPIES F fV E CENTS eiters From Boys In lie Service of Uncle Sam A tlantic City, N. J. Feb. 13. 1943 o Everyone: i received M y —flfsfc_T ,51Syfa ewspaper last- week Sunday. I. Palm y ra Courier-Joum al Palm yra,'New York -very- happy_.io _recelv&_ik,. -XJjDear-Sirs; --------------- ad a long w a it to receive the r e s t f my mail so I sat down an d pally enjoyed reading i ar paper bout friends w h o have been so ood to me in- Palm y ra and W a l- orth. IM S good to read about riends who are so distant \you ¡¡n’t talk to th e m every few days r hours. I receive m uch mail but never get all th e news until I read the Palm y ra Journal. Bedford Springs Bedford, Penna. J3un.,_lo,:3(La_in. -A I have -reqeived your p'aper prom p tly each a n d every week and I certainly appreciate ib.. I t ’s swell to lie o n 'm y b u n k and read of those-l-i afc^hpme; also the letters from those Who are in the service of TJncle Sam. I ’ve been at this school nearly two m o n ths now w h ich, is^atJout ' j h a lf of this course. Radio is a f h ighly interesting course, but as H-rm living h e r e -in-New-Jersey-in-jall- otheiT'Sehools, i t h a s TIfs m any hotel. It is a very nice barracks.. dull moments. .have three-other fellows in m y ( Again> j th a n k you for the pa_ besides myself. They are per. from Kentucky. They are very I 'ce to me. I don’t know afiyone ! well down here except them . I \I’m in the Air Corps. We re - ] ceive our basic training here th e n | we are sent to school. I have been • Id 0 n ’ft !Palm y ra Courier-Joum a r *now what day training r m on a t w illiam s s t present. We are jumped around Palm N Y k andadvanced so m u c h I can’t keep , Dear Fri’ends; up. I enjoy i t here very much. T h e I remain Charles L. Allen, S/2C Camp J . H. Pendelton Oceanside, Calif, 2/13/43. As w ith the M other Goose story of “M ary’s Little Lamb,” so the food is very good. 1 had chicken | for dinner today. The climate i s . _ u * - , . nr,. . „ .. ¡same holds true w ith your paper, certainly different from northern » t _ i- _ , No m a tter where I go, your paper always follows. And need I say, J I “Thanks Again“, for I know of n o ! A l l O v e r T h e W o r l d Hundred Volunteers Open Drive For Red Cross Funds boardwalk is c e rtainly a marvelous place for a soldier to spend his ex- HâirQfPüblic Moneys Apportioned To Schools The Commissioner of Education has directed Alice C. McCormack to certify that one h alf of the total for the year ending June 80, 1943, has been mad0 to the Third Super- -sdsory-JDistrict_of-W.ayno~-Schools. The ^figures set forth below indi cate .the amounts apportioned to the schools of the district. The total for schools in tho Third District is $79,213.37 of which $08,446.03 goes to tho Union Free and Central Schools and $10,- 706.74 is divided ampng thé Com mon Schools. The apportionment certificate divides the-moneys as follows: Macedon— District No. 1, $299.- 86; No. 2, $132.84; No. 3, $475.82; No. 5, $494.18; No. 0, $282.Z>2; No. 7, $372.95 and No. 9, $2,118.92 rjiaking a total to tho common schools of $4,176.79 while Macedon No. 13 gets $7,854.76. Palmyra—District No. 3, $380.- 12; No. 4, $123.76 and No. 5, $105.- 82 for a total of $609.70. Palmyra No. 1 is apportioned $18,144.75 and Palmyra No. 2 gets $3,272.13. Walworth—District No. 3, $1,- 813.34; No. 4, $461.02; No. 6, $474.00; No. 8, $437.66; - No. 9, $503,92; No. 10, $1,637.46; No. 11, $488.31 and No. 12 is given $263.- 04. Walworth No. 1 gets $7,024.45. Marion District No. 1 gets the sum of $32,150.54. Poifltrykeepers AnnuarMeet Thursday, March 11 The poultrykeepers and- their wives will be able to attend their boy who is in Our Country’s ser- Monday the W ar Fund Drive 'full benefit of the aid and com- ka few minutes or hours. This is . yice who doesn.fc , appreciate the , opened with about one hundred if he finds any. I rarely go. We have to be up a t 5:00 o’clock and cn the go to 4:30. We have very good musical en tertainment. O u r musical organ izations are led by one of Amer ica’s most popular band leaders, fact t h a t no m a tter where he goes,1 volunteer workers prepared to vis- the news of the folks at home is ^ every home in Palmyra and always»with him. %. I E ast Palmyra. They have 'as their I was very happy to note 2nd soal $4,690.00 This amount is larg- L t’s Commissions had been re - j 01' than any previous Red Cross ceived by Wizoman and Mitchell, quota. and am wishing all of m y old Captain Glenn Miller. D u ring friends in the service lots of luck, mess we have m u sic once in a not only w ith their advancement while. Last Tuesday night G lenn in rates, but in their work as well. ____ _________ _ ____ _ _MMer, himself, a n d his orchestra^— A n o ther pleasant_surprisej:oLme lp!ete—support, - The- membership TTTOC m i x m t t o i r t n l . . . _ .... ' 1 was our m u sical entertainm ent, was a letter from a close buddy, ^ere are several movie stars here, | Donald Babbitt, who is somewhere Broderick Crawford—and_ several jn the South Pacific. _ He_wished to others. j b? remembered to all his friends i Last Friday n ite K a te Smith w as i in Palm y ra. And m ay I add, th a t .here to entertain the-Air-Corps o f 'i f you- like good reading, and I : Atlantic City, N. J . This was h e r ' m e an good reading, try to read his ! regular radio broadcast. I didn’t latest publication, “The Lord’s W artim e activities have increas ed the responsibilities of The American Red Cross and each of those activities deserves your com- | see her as the A rm y had a date for ! me to do som ething else. I will close now and wish you 'people of P a lm y ra th e best of luck and thanks for t h e paper. P v t. Lloyd J. Sm ith - Feb. 18, 1943 Palmyra Courier-Joum a l Palmyra, N. Y. Dear Sirs: ’ A word to le t you know th a t I nave been receiving your paper reg- tflariy &ni a m xerxLthankful fo r it. There’s nothing like some lo- «al news when one’s away from home. I have been attending school here at Embry-Riddle in M iami and will graduate the 20th. I would be grateful if you would C reation”. The true thoughts of a young boy in this great turmoil. Letters from home tell m e of the extremely cold w eather you are having. The contrast amuses me somewhat, as we are having only a few rainy spells with plenty of clear w arm days. B u t even with such a pleasant clim ate to work in, I truly miss the winter sports and biting\ cold. I guess we never will be completely satisfied as to the clim ates we like best. Again, the bugle blows, rem ind ing us t h a t we m u st dream awhile. S o runtil we m e et again, let us be; fee of $1.00 has been enough to carry on peace time work but we are-at -war-and th e - R e d Gross has added w ar work to its broad peace time program. Be sure that you are increasing your contribution so th a t our armed forces will have East Palmyra Is Making Red Cross , War Fund Canvass T h e East Palmyra Red Cross -War F u n d campaign-is- under the direction of Mrs. Florence Brown and .Miss M argaret Fisher, co- chairm en. Other Workers include: Mrs. Wayne Lyon, Chittenden Road; Mrs. Jacob O’Meal, jr., both N o rth and South Creek Roads; H a rry A. Tellier, Shilling and Semper Fidelis ¡H a rris Roads; Ellison Woodworth, Sgt. E. V. G r a ttan 'a ,11 s° f h of “ et; « ^ f hef- Cambier and East Creek Road; ~\bold my next issue of the paper . until I can forw a rd you my new address. Sincerely Frem o n t Thrasher, jr. F o r t Jackson, S. C. ’ _ F e b ruary 16, 1943 .Dear Sir: I want to th a n k you for sending Hie the Palmyra paper. It seems good to read new s from my hom e wwn. -I have ju s t finished by«: basic training a t Camp Pickett, and am n o w golng-to-school inThere. Port Jackson f o r m o re training on_ “Medical work. T h e training is f o r __®ree months. W e are staying in ; huts instead of barracks, and th e weather down h e r e is beginning Bet warm. I have only been here for a few days so am not ac quainted enough to tell you about we camp. Yours truly Pvt. Vincent Crane Sampson, N. Y. February 21, 1943 Dear Sirs:\ Well, after m y seven'day leave I back in th e old harness again ~^ t r ’- ^ k e s me_feeLswelL ___ I ___ I have been, stationed here a t “ampson, on S h ips Company as a vtiaplain Yeoman. I have charge oi the Catholic an d Protestant of- one 01 “th e training areas i,« u am also helping with w h a t we hope will be one of the best States 0111133 111 the Uniteci ‘•n>iilcl.oset* you WU1 And my new •»tracks address. . Y o u rs truly G lenn W atters Í -EBEKAHS TO 3SÏEET Palmyra R e b ekah Lodge will ' j Its regulkr m eeting on W e d - esaay evening, M a rch 10. The following letter was re ceived by Mrs. Ada Keller from her son. Pvt. W a rren E. Keller, who is stationed a t F o rt Bragg, N. C.: 2-11-43 Dear M o ther: Ju s t a line to let you knowT r e ceived your letter. Please let me know if you received the money I sent .you, and please send m e my dress shoes as I can’t buy any.;. W illiam Chapman, Lyon and Jag- ger Roads. The campaign for this m ost worthy cause is to take place between Monday, M arch 1, and Saturday, March 6, Inclusive. Wayne Votes Road Repair Work The \Wayne County Board 'of Supervisors_has authorized County Highway Superintendent LeVan R. I would like to know why i t takes so long f o r the m ail to get through. Yes, I get. the Palm y ra paper every week. I would like to have you p u t | construction of bridges, roads and a piece'In the p aper thanking them drainage on the county road sys- B a m e s to proceed w ith surveys and prepare plans and -estim a te s-for for sending i t to me, and also tell them I think the Army is a nice place to be and th a t every young man should have the privilege; to be in it. I think th a t anyone should think i t a n honor to be able to serve his country. There are some places in the TT. £L where they are selling horse meat;—W e have*goairmeatrmostrof tho time. Well, m o ther, I have to go to work .so will close for now; Your soldier boy Pvt. W arren E. Kellfer P a rris Island, S. C. D ear Friends, - - — , I wish tcrtb a n k you yery^rkindly fb i your thoughtfulness in sending m e the Journal. I t gives one m uch Savannah—Spring Lake Road 152 bridge and approaches. W alworth and Macedon—Wal worth-Yellow Mills Road 139, bridge~and~ r e c o n s t r u c t i o n ; ------- W o lcott^E a s t ^ P o rt Bay Road' 114,-rec6nstructlonr I t is understood the surveys will pleasure to read the home town be m a d e and plans completed so tem. Apprbval was voted after Superintendent Bam es reported to the board that his office was pre pared for such work in 1943. The schedule as drawn up and voted-by the board is as follows: . M acedon — Hewitt - Quaker' Church Road 137, bridge and ap proaches! • > fort which only The American Red Cross can give them. Walton Roacl and Town Line Road—Mrs. Percy Yorlon Walker Road * Mrs. Fred Palm er Creek Road to Shilling Road— Barbara Storms Newark Road Mrs. Abram Cleason Hammond and S^riith Hoad—N. _K. Bernhard Clifton Springs Road—Mrs. Marinus Bedette'-- ._ Marion Road to East Palm y ra Road—Harvey Thompson Parker Road—Fred East Spier Road—Lena Brown Division Street, both sides Bushart Crowned Potato King Joseph Bushart of Marion was awarded the cup at the ninth An nual Wayne County potato show which was sponsored by the Farm Bureau and held in Williamson, N. Y., last week. Other prize win ners were- A. J. Lewis of Wal worth; Ernest Pratt,—Marion-; Cor nelius Boerman, Newark; Leon DeFisher, Williamson; Albert Dinsc, Ontario; Anthony Bushart, Marion; Gerald Love, Marion and Carl Steitler, Sodus. DeFisher and Steitler are previous winncrsv. of the Newark Courier-Gazette Cup, so were not eligible to Sweep- Guerdon Rodney Maple Avenue, R. R. Crossing to stakes Competition this year. Contant and Clejnent—Mrs. Levi Haak, jr. Maple Avenue, Underpass to Elias and Forsay—Doris Smith “Western Union’7 Thrilling Drama At Palmyra Strand “G et a telegraph line through ¡,\n” ld p«7erick wil- Called For Induction The following ihen from Pal myra, Macedon, Macedon Center will 'leave for Rochester Induction Station on Wednesday; March 10, ' 1943, from Local Board No. 514: Palmyra—James M. Everts, Gerafd E. Gavin, Gerald E. Henry, Peter LonneVille, Wesley Pike, annual spring meeting which is .to be held in the Sodus Episcopal Church dining rooms, Thursday,- M arch 1L The county poultrym en líave gotten themselves in shape for war demands on egg .production a n d . breeding stock but now are faced the discussion slides showing the keep egg production a n d m eat p ro- ductlon from lagging. _ _____ ~ F irst on tlie evening program will be -a discussion on P a s tu r e ' ■Range for growing stock in supple menting the feed situation by E. I. Robinson, Extension' Poultry Husbandman from tlie .New York S tate College of Agriculture. In with changed conditions in their feeding program th a t \may affect the production. W ith th e fact. In m ind the copiinittee has arranged a dinner meeting to .discuss this situation in order to help out with the feeding problem and to help to California 1” I bur, Vernon Rush, Gordon Strohm, I t was the President of th e Edward Ryan, Horace DeVries, United States who uttered this im - ¡ Davi(1 Brber)) DonUId S6uI char. passioned plea to a newly form ed ' jes Burr and struggling telegraph company. I Macedón-A rthur W. Petty, W ar—had—been—declared^ j Leonard \Boughton \\ IUcTiai’d S7 union was crumbling. States hung Youngman, William Schultz, Ken- on the borderline and already th e i neth j£0itZi arm ies of the blue and gray w e r e . Macedon Center—Wallace De- clashing on battlefields. [Jongh, LeRoy-Airy, Robert Wendt. Although the telegraph had only ' _________ _ ________ recently emerged from its experi- j m e n tal stage, lines were already leaping with m ighty strides across ¡ the prairies. T h e rout a t Bull R im .upset_ th e J T o tth . Secession was still under discussion in the W est. • On the frontier Edward\Crelgh- ton,-the-telegraph builder- who-had-t- carried the wire to Om aha, m e t 1 the challenge. H e shouldered “th e j ta?k of stretching the lines from ¡ Om aha to S a lt Lake City. I t was ' through Creighton th a t coast-to- coast communication became a r e ality. Behind Creighton’s engineering achievement was a great dram a of colorful_and daring .m enrand wo m e n of the frontier west. Zane Grey, famed American ncjyelist, captured all of its roaring action r 05tario-^Fum aceville-Road-105—in~his-bést-se. and Railroad Street Road 104, bridge, drainage and reconstruct tlon.__________________________. - news w h en he is not there. th a t bids can be asked for the I w a n t to take this opportunity. work to proceed as soon as weather also to thank the American Legion. p erm its. (Continued on Page Four) .1 Union,\ and 20th Century-Fox filmed this spectacular story in Technicolor. T h e picture. is at_the -Strand Theater next Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, March 10, l i and 12. 10% OF INCOME IS 1 CUR QUOTA IN WAR BONDS: Out luckgutoF Ewry Ten you ram should btqoinq g into ; Left Monday To . Enter Service The1 following tnen left from Local Board 514, -Lyons, New York for Fort Niagara on Monday, March 1st, 1943: Palmyra—Bernard C. Downey, Edward T. Gre'en, jr., (transfer) Charles H. Gunkler, Donald J. McGuire, Edward M urray, Perry L. Nichols, Reginald E. Rigglcs- ford, Marinus VandenBout. Mncedon—Robert A. Alderman, Richard Lynch. Lyons—Robert V. Allen, James J Alvaro, James E. Davis, Peter A. DeLork, Lyle P. DcWolf, Wal. ter J. Engels, H a rry J. Hobkirk. jr., Francis Milliken, jr., Byron Nellis, .Raymond L. Nellis, Jean A. Ungo, Howard Reiter, Louis | Salerno, Sartiuel Santelli, Richard Wadsworth, Donald R. Wilkinson. • Clyde—Arthur R. Braccio, Leon G. Chalker, Thomas A. DeVito, H erbert D. Inman, Vivian E. Lod- er, Alfred R. S'mmons. Red Creelc—William J. Crossin. Charles F. Lunkenhoimer. “ North Ros“c—Dotrald~W. DeVall; A cron E. Gillette. Wolcott—William Harrison, Al bert Hillsinger, Donald B. Kline. Newark—Henry Pieters. Savannah—Ned Pulley. Syracuse—Newell Whitcomb. The following men went to the Rochester Induction Station on February 22nd, 1943, and were selected for either the Navy,\ Mar- Mtes or the Coast Guard: . Navy Charlie Howell Kenneth Bumpus Alvin Orbaker Clifford Taft Angelo Castilano Benjamin Evangelist Donald Pitts Waite Palmer William Padglinm Coast Guard Edwin Cook Marines Mark Blanch, jr. Nicholas L i s c n a ______ plans and value of pas&ire will add to the information. Included in the talk on pasture will be the m eat scrap, fish meal, soybean oil sltuatldn and use of silage. “Keep them growing and laying” will be the topic of the-evening.\' ’ A new’ movie to the Wayne County Poultrykeepérs “Tlie form ation of the hen’s egg\ will be tlie other attractive feature: Tlie film shows tlie complete process from tlie formation of tho yolk to the laying of the egg. To poultry- keepers interested in egg produc tion the picture will help In un derstanding tho facts involved, in maintaining a steady .flow, of eggs. Abe Moll of Williamson, chair man of the County Committee, ex pects a large crowd of poultrykeep- ers to. take advantage of an eve ning meeting as many find it nec essary to do their work with less help. Dinner will be served at 6:30 o’clock by ladles of the Episco pal Church. Tlie meeting is classed as educational or business type. Farmers To Hear Abftut Prices Wayne County will hold its an nual upland vegetable growers’ meetings this week Friday at Mar ion Grange Hall and Saturday at Clyde Central School. Featured speech will be ono on prices and recommendations of crops tliatr -may be- grown with the assurance of a m arket next _fall by Dr. -ris C. Bond, who has followed de velopments in Washington. ENTERS ACTIVE SERVICE George R. Milligan, son of Mr. and Mrs; Geoige Milligan of Wash ington Street, (left Palm y ra last Sunday and Albany on Tuesday to enter active service in the U. S. Army Air Corps. George was a sophomore at sRensselaer Poly technic In s titu t e 'a t Troy and a member of the Air Corps Reserves., Two Army .Families Lose All In Fire Rev. II. E. Tollman received the following clipping this morning from his son. Major Edwin T. Toll man located in Louisiana: TWO ARMY FAMILIES -BURNT OUT ____________ __ ______ The one is Major E. T. Tollman with his family and the other Capt. J. S. Filnn. Today the two families appealed to Alexandrian!, for apartments. Both families lost nil their clothing. Last night Ma jor Tollman's family was taken to the home of Lt. Col. J. W. .Toyco- and Capt. Filnn’s family was cared for by Mr. and Mrs. Mc- Innes. As the letter containing the- above clipping was postmarked Monday, it is believed the fire must have been Saturday or Sun day night. _ _______ Blood Is Important Contribution MillionsvOf pints of hum an blood are being freely glvefrtoy patriotic blood donors who hope thereby to help in the saving of wounded fighting men. Medical men in the Army and Navy report th a t dried blood plasma litis proved to b e the— most Important single medical tool the war has produced. In the Rochester d istrict th e call has come for a minimum of two thousand pints a week in order to help fill the national quota for 1943 of four million pints. Palm y ra is in the Rochester district and on two former occasions has done Its full part in getting blood donors and supplying blood plasma. During the last week in M arch the Rochester Blood. Bank Mobile Unit will afeain-Visit-Palmyra for two days, March 24th and 25th, and every person between tlie riges of 18 and 60 is urged to volunteer if it is1 possible to do so. F. t Deci, principal of the Palm y ra ■ High School, is-chairm an of the Blood Donor Committee. Tea > « oeat af y m r ineom* la Wur Bonds will heIp.,to build the planes, and that Will Insure dcfer.t of II1K ler and his A j :I s partners. x New Air Raid Warning Building Lights Street Lights Traffic Control Lights Pedestrians Traffic / Civilian Defense Personnel FIRST BLUE— STEADY SIREN Out Out Lighted Move Move Mobilized RED UNDULATING SIREN Out Out Out Take Shelter C#ase Mobilized SECOND BLUE STEADY' SIREN Out Out Lighted Move Move Mobilized WHITE I CHURCH -BELL i Perm itted I Lighted ■ Lighted Move Move De-xiobillzed
