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¿VUJ.WAIt BONDS A N D T H E M À Ç E D O N JO U R N A L ^U-S.WAX BDN»S J2.00 Î%R ŸEÀR^—STRÏGTLY IN ADVANCE . PALMYRA :N.'-Y. MARCH 18, 1943 SINGLE COPIES FIVE CENTS Letters From Boys In The Service of Uncle Sam . _C3mp_.Croft, S--C, M a rch 7, 1943 . Sesmour Johnson H e ld, N. G. M arch 3, 1943- Gentlemen: Palmyra Courier: I Just received m y first copy of w riting this letter .to. in.-_ your paper today, so I thought l?orm you of my new address. I would just s e n d a letter of th a n k s ., have not received your p a p e r from X really enjoy reading the n e w s , week but expect it to be for- of my home tow n . -1 guess all ser- j warded to me from A tlantic City, vice men do. Although the arm y I 1 certainly enjoy reading the „gives us the b e s t of everything J paper and will appreciate your • they still ca n ’t cure us of. th a t changing my address, empty feeling of home-slckness. | Seymour Johnson\ F ield here in That'S where th e news of hom e • Goldsboro, North Carolina; is a helps for i t does a great deal to ( beautiful camp and is very neatly make a soldier's life com pletely! arranged with -plenty of elbow happy. _____ ______ ; room. The meals here are very __ Asior myself I ’m going through sood, T h e hours, are very m u ch intensive train in g . I knoty t h a t , better th a n those at A tlantic City, 'in. my eight w eeks’ training per- 1 1Uted Atlantic City- very-m u c h — iod I ’11 learn everything I need to but also like it here. X d o n ’t ex- jnoff jind be really ready for the Pect t0 be here for very long, big job to come. | Thank you again for sending In closing I w a n t to thank y o u , *he Paper. again for the paper.; Sincerely Pvt. Hax-ry Sapienza Lloyd J. Sm ith (Continued on Page Seven) Blood Donors Wanted For March 24 and 25 | If you have not already signed New York City, N. Y. Feb. 4, 1943 Palmyra C o u rier-Joum a l Palmyra, New Y o rk • Dear Friends:— - I wish to t h a n k you very m u c h „„ „„ . , . , . .. J Tor sending m e th e Palmyra p a - ; as a “ °° d d°“?r f ° r I per each week. I t surely does its ^ °f ® e Mobile Unit of t t g , part in bringing home closer to ° ross B1°°d , me , to Palmyra on March 24th and ' I would also like to take this 25th' p,Iease pl™ne, 89 as soon as means of th a n k in g the Palmyra convenient and make an appoint ment, or call in person a t th e high Bremen and th p Amorlenn t . b mem, o r c a u m person ac m e m g n ui, «inn for psnivjfliw a ™ sch°o1 office- D°n’t delay, as w e ,l° Tuesday night, March lGth, the Palmyra Exceeds Quota In Red Cross War Fund Drive -n ----— -»ft* /\liv »pi- *» ' bave I m Cans r or Boys Overseas I On Saturday morning, March 27th, -the tin cans which you have been saving all winter will be col lected. All village fam ilies ave re quested to place their tin cans, properly prcpaircd, in a sack -or box at the curb Friday night, \Mai-cK 2Gtfi, so- that no time will be lost Saturday morning in col' t lecting them. Proper preparation means wash the can, remove pap er.label, cut out ends and crush flat. Wo are reminded th a t food for cur boys overseas m u st be sent in till cans, so the tin realized from this campaign will bo of di rect service to these’ boys who are giving so much for us. W e ar 0 all so safe and comfortable, we can surely go to this small effort that the men in the armed services can continue to eat. ' • If tlioso in.the rural area will bring their tin to the village hall nnd 'leavo it inside the door any day from March 20th to March 27th it will simplify m a tters for the committee. If you have saved a box of tin .cans or more and are unable to bring it in, phone Chairman La- ,Rue at 390 and a car or truck will pick it up. ii| i S li Navy s V-12 Tests To Be Held At Hobart April 2 Qualifying tegts for the United by July 1, 1943, and high school States Navy’s college training I seniors who will' be graduated by program , V-12, designed- to^pro* I July J, 1943, and who will have duce_ officers for the Navy. M a - attained their 17th-but not their lin e Corps, and Coast Guard, will According to reports received up are in need of 350 donors in or- !Rcd Cross drive in Palmyra has , der to get a full two-day quota. |f\°ile beyond its quota of $4,G90 | This blood is so necessary th a t ar,d has turned in to the War Fund Committee in cash §5,000. This- practically brings to a conclusion the campaign th a t started on March 1 st and the results arc most gratifying to the campaign man agers and to all the people who so willingly took p a r t In the work. One especially noticeable fea- Extra War Stamp Sale Saturday lion for the especially fine C h rist- ■mas presents. T h e y were greatly appreciated. \Navy Life” is swell and I ’m . , , . , ___ . glad I chose .this branch of ser- *he COUf f , q u o ta*or has vice, but of course there is no a t io u r ^ l i o n p in ts’ °? place like home ■ w e am ount that was asked - Until the tim e w h e n my Job a n d ^ r ,last year' an,d “ J 8 som e thing the Job of m y buddies is done, I that/ , e can do boys who will just say goodbye and t h a t * » ar® d0ta>f 50 i°r\ T • nn 8galn . | The hours will be from 10:00 Sincerely I ± M. and from 1:30 F r a n c is Roeland S2/c g 3:45 P- M- Be sure to r tu r e is that the community of East register r ig h t away and don’t f o r - j Palmyra collected nearly $400'. j get the d a tes—March 24th and Mrs. J. O’Meal of th a t place spent 25th. several days covering an unusually large territory, as did Harvey Thompson of the Marion Road, and these two instances are typical of the spirit th a t filled the people who did the field work. Over one hundred persons took part in the work of collecting and for two weeks eaTried on an intensive and thorough campaign throughout the village and town. They were assembled and organ ized by Lewis Black, chairman of the War Fund Drive, together with Mrs. Carlton L. Johnson, vicc-. chairman, and these two leaders received valuable assistance and advice in^ the organization of the campaign from. C. C. Cdngdon. The Executive Committee of the Palmyra Branch- is highly grati fied at- the result and wishes to thank every one who took part in Leave For Service The following men le f t from Lo cal Board No. 514, Lyons, New York, for Fort N iagara to entor the U. S. Army on M arch 17th. 1943: Palmyra—Charles B u rr, Horace DeVries, James Evarts, Gerald Gavin, Donald Soule, Gordon Strolim, Frederick Wilbur. Macedon—Leonard Boughton, 20th birthdays by July 1, 1943, will hf> ollgthln to take the quali fying test if (!) they are m a le citizens .of the United States, ( 2 ' they are morally and physically qualifled for the program, includ ing a minimum uncorrected vis- unFayjlty of 10/20, (3) they are Republicans Name Village Candidates The Republican Village Caucus was held in the Vi'iage ilnil Mon day evening at 8:00 o’clock for the purpose of choosing candidates to be voted upon at the general elec tion on Tuesday, April\ 0 , The call of the meeting was read by Ralph D. Sessions and Sanford M. Young was elected chairman. Wallace J. Beatty acted as secre tary and Carlton L. Johnson as teller. Irving Monroe, retiring pres- Clinics At East Palmyra Tuesday ^ G r o c e rry y on Saturday, March ¿0. Palmyra E a s tern Star mem bers will be in charge, only as a patriotic venture. For the convenience of many who would Hke to further the w ar effort on S a turday afternoons af- j 0n Tuesday, March 23, from ter the Post Office hours W a r , 10 00 to 12:00 a m at the E a s t Savings stamps will be on s a l^ a 4 P t | r i y K r a t e r t h w ^ , in ^ d HartsGroce o n Saturday. March .... ,.„ ia prevention, (Toxoid) also smal* pox vaccina tion. Parents of young children not in school have been notified of the clinic and i t is hoped all in the dis trict will take advantage of these protective measures, against two diseases th a t are so dangerous, especially for young children. Th 0 Town Health Officer and county nurse will be in charge of this c'inic. Your Fat Will Make Hitler Thin Two Palmyra Girl Scout troops led by Miss Bessie , Palmer and Miss Ellen Pom p h ret, local teach ers, are assisting in a survey of Palmyra homes to determine the »mount of salvage fats and oils- being saved for th e manufacture of explosives. The effo r t is a- moth ers' and d aughters’ cooperative af fair with the m o thers assisting in contacting Mrs.' H ousewife, and the , Girl Scouts doing the leg work, _ iilling-out-the-caTds-and'coUeCting' the fats. On S a turday morning a \concerted effort w ill be made by _tte_girls to pick u p all fats and _ .oils which will n o t be disposed of by direct sale to th e local markets. —When-one~of \the girls calls on you please give h er j u s t a few moments -°f yduFtime, as th is is a very im portant part of t h e continuing sal vage drive, - The committee widhes to stress 'tMs point: R e g ardless of how small a quantity o f fa t you have ( JVnaged to- save please see th a t '• >Hs collected o r tu r n it in to a • market yourself. I f you are hot «lied on. by F r id a y night, phone the Civilian D efense otfice and a Girl Scout will call Saturday mor ning. Remember: Y o u r fa t .makes Elycerine, glycerine makes T.N.T., s»d T.N.T. m akes Hitler wake up Kteamingj -* + ♦ * + + + + + + * * ~BLACKOUT CANCELLED Money Available For Farm Supplies Money with which to purchase fertilizer, -seed, feed, spray m a ter ial and supplies -is- now available to farmers, poultrymen and dairy men in amounts up to $400.00 a t 4% per annum who are ready to carry out their part in the “att* out for-food for victory\ program and-w h o -lack satisfactory—local. fjphtlng-bTJlYiber crew. production or bank credit, accord ing to C. B e rt Smith, who super vises the making and collectings of crop and feed loans for the United States Department of Agriculture, Farm Credit Administration, in Wayne County. 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 Moriiay, March 15th, between the.hours of 9:30 a/m . and 3:30 p. m. War Time and in the inter est of tire and gas conservation, nre urged to meet! with'the super visor promptly at the tim e\ and place stated. There is no fee~charg- éd for filling out papers and in terest is charged only from date of loan check and hot from date ox- Therefore^, applica- Arrives At Technical Training Post Pvt. Willard L. Crider, son of Miv-and-Mrs^-Harr-y-S^Crlder-has arrived at this technical training command post -where he will re ceive an intensive course in radio operating and mechanics to fit him for duty as a ‘member of a the work and all the people of Pal myra who so generously supported the Red Cross Drive. As some one said, “Its residents have always been very proud of Palmyra, and now Palmyra can welljoe proud of William CoHant, Kenneth Holtz, t? residents.” -nrnu -------- t i : _ i -----------------------------------------j i t -------------- The, Wayne County Red Cross W ar Fund is believed virtually certain to reach its.'goal based on reports yesterday, provided a few William Schultz, Richard Young- uran. Macedon Center—Robert Wendt. Clyde—William Barker, jr., An thony BonitQ, Harold Bratncr, John Canonico, Charles D e J o h n ,'R a y mond DiSanto, Donald Fratangelo, communities which have not’ yet!™ °nd ^^an to , Donald l-ratangelo, corrmlot^i | Clinton Gary, Martin Johnson, La- completed their canvasses finish i , r „ ,, „ .. _ mi q -no-». „ ,,„i it i Verne Noble, Gerald Parsons, W iu oil a par with the county generally. v « i. n • • rr, , . , . , . iliam Porter, Dominic Vitticore. Tuesdays tabulation showed a Wolcott—Valmnr Blondell, Ed win Marshall, Robert Pettit, Bur- ,total of approximately $41,000 FAIHMAN SMITH ident, nominated Sherwood Mate, raised in the county, amounting lon Shernlanj’ Vincent J. Sowers, n°f « V oLCec- 0f the \ U0ta Paul T h o m a s - — ' ? , . ix communities have Lyons—Roceo Cassavino, George wj10 iias noted ns trustee Tor the already gone over the top and two 'n • i tv u i mr r> u uustee loi the I .Cunningham, Richard Mason, Rob- foul. Venrq fnr tho nffiro nf others were virtually m sight ofl t « * A n r . w n j ] ytai-s, tor tne oincc 01 »1 ♦ . * ui crt Metz, George Rahn, Willard villno-o nl*r*<iirfont fnv nnr* vr»ni‘ T? their goals, according to rep o r ts'« * i rm. o i ' uiag0 picsiaent 101 one yeai. it. nnrn,ni»,i i... n _____t Santo, Theodore Thomas, Samuel Fairm an Sm ith was nominated by announced Tuesday by George L, Abbott, Palmyra, chairman of the county Red Cross War Fund' Drive. Leading the'communities which •have gone over the top is Newark and the Town- of Arcadia which re ported $13,325 or more than $1,- 300 in excess of its quota. Other communities which have reached their goals are: Wolcott with $ 1 ,- 920 contributed; Williamson which has already exceeded its goal of $3,420 by $130, Marion with a total of S2.250, Red Creek with $1,090, and Palm y ra with $4,690. AIL of- these towns expect to increase their margins as scattered final reports come in. - In sight of\ their quotas are Ly ons with nearly $4,000 of the $4,- 820 assigned to it received, and Sodusronly-ff 'fcw-innrdred- dallars •shyjjf its required §5,120. Campaigns in tlie remaining townships are- reported as pro gressing satisfactorily with only two or three expressing doubt Trombino, jr., George Young, jr., Roy Smith foi. Uustee for a tovm (transfer). 0f four years to succeed Mr. Mate. Rose David Gent. Other candidates chosen at the North Rose Nolan Powell, Don- caucus are. J. Francis Lines, police aid Richardson. justice, nominated by C. C. Cong- Red Creek George Stewart, t|on ant[ Alvin E. LaRue, assessor, — nominated by Charles H. Johnson. The following men from Local , >p]le Republican commttee for Board No. 514 were-accepted for ensuing year includes Dr llow- duty in the U. S. Navy 0 3 March a,.d R. Fi.sher, George S. Tinkle- 10th, 1943: Ipaugh and Ralph D. Sessions. Macedon Center—LeRoy Lv Airy. J '■»«» Clyde—George J. Allen, Victor I-T. Angelo, Richard C. Fisher. Savannah—Ernest Lippert. preparatory school in Ontario, Seneca,. Wayne, and Yates .coun ties, and a t Hobart College, F ri day, April 2, from 9:00 to 11:00 A. M. High school and preparatory ualTaeyi _ _ school graduates and college stu- uhfiwirrled, and agree to rem a in dents who wUl have attained their(pllomarrpd until commissioned 17th but n o t their 20th blrthdays-^unlcss sooner released by the Navy Department, and (4) they evidence potential officer quali fications, including appearance and scholarship records. On the basis of these tests, the Navy will select qualifled candi dates for the V-12 officer traiiiing program, enlist them as appren tice seamen, United States Naval Reserve, and order thein to col leges then under contract with tlie Navy. At the conclusion of their col lege work, students will take spe- dlallzed naval training leading to commissions in the United States Naval Reserve. The first group to qualify .will report to colleges and universities, now being selected by the Navy, about July 1. A second group will report about November 1, and a third group about M a rch 1, 1944, following selection late in 1943 in other tests. Examinations in the Village of Palmyra will be held in Palm y ra High School. Young men Inter ested in this examination will get in touch with F. T. Deol, P rincipal of Palmyra t High School. For other towns, get In touch with the principal of the High School. Graduates of high or preparatory schools not now in school or col lege must present .diplomas or c e r tificates of graduation to be elig ible for the examination. The ex amination may be taken only a t one of the prescribed places, F r i day morning, April 2, from 9:00 to 11:00 o'clock. , Permission to miss regular school functions to take the ex amination will be granted by school and collcge authorities. Decision to take the examina tion should be made known a t once to one of the examining in stitutions. Any eligible person not taking this test April 2 will n o t have another opportunity to qual ify for the V-12 program w ithin the next six months. ' ' n vi ' nnnlication. Therefore^, appuca- blackout te s t scheduled for be completed weeks prior ™ay, March 23, has been can- | lo da(. loan f unds are actually re- Ml,ed- jouired without additional cost to + + 4- the borrow e r During his training at Sco;tt Fieldj Pvt. Crider will be tested by experts as to aptitudes for special types o f , work, and when his, course is finished he will be sent to more advanced training centers which are p a r t of the vast net work of technical training com mand schools under Maj. Gen. W alter R. W eaver. Upon gradua tion he will be well qualified for duty as expert raciio operator or technician w h erever his services are required by the Army Air Forces. , Scott Field,' known throughout the service as the '’FRadio Univer sity of the Air Forces;“- is- located six miles from Belleville, 111., in the “Looking Glass country,’’ im- jn o r talized - iy Charles .Dickens. Formerly a tra i n i n g ' ground for aviators in World W a r 'I , it i 3 now devoted exclusively to the produc.-' as to whether they can success- Sodus—Paul Goodrich. Williamson—Wesley G. Pike. Rochester—Gerald E. Henry Called For Induction Monday, March 22 The following men will leave. Local Board 514, Lyons, Monday, March 22, for Rochester Induction Center: Palm y ra—DonaldJloore, Alfred Byron, Russell Scott, John Eve- fully obtain the amounts set for }ant}( Robert Lowe, -Paul Goode=_ now,’ James DeBrine, jr. them. Commending fund chairmen and volunteer solicitors for their splen did efforts, Chairman Abbott yes terday urged chairmen in com munities where the drive is still n progress to continue with the .amfe enthusiastic enterprise which has marked the campaign-through- ' E a st Palmyra—Jerome Martin. Macedon—Albert Johnson, Ger ald Miner, Albert Baker. Miacedon Center—W a lter Hill. Walworth—Bernard Hilton. Lyons—David Williams, A rthur McMullen, William Gillette, \Char- Don't Use Telephone During Raid Alerts Civilian Defense officials ask the cooperation of the public in re fi aining frorn using the telephone during the. air Aiid alerts, cxcept in cases of emergency. This prac tice _shflul(Lhe .adhered to-af te r -tile- sounding rof the first signal and for -some tim e after the all clear signal has- been given. It is essential that the telephone facilities be available for the civil ian defense organization; -The-on-' recessarv use of thc-te'eplionc by -thè—public -can- -seriously hamper the mobilization and effective op eration of their protective services. out the county thus far. Declared les Foster, Joseph DeSain, Joseph Mr. Abbott: ¡Trombino, Craig fa n n i n g , jr., \We arei in sight of nor objec- .Dominick Muto, Angelo Luenella, tive and every effort should be Michael Cathoidi, Richmond Mos- made to make certain th a t it is ,her, jr., David Kell, Joseph Greco, reached. Based on th e 1 generosity Ryan Oakes, William Quackort- indicated thus far we have rèa- bush, Paul Tyler, Gerard Coffey, sonable assurance that our ulti- Gerald , Barnaba, Charles Mgirs- m ate goal will be attained. I t —is teiner, Ernest Kelly, jr., Bruce vital, however, th a t we do not re- Boss, Edward Nelli*. lax“-in~our -momentum-u'ntil-everyi Clyde — Michael A. Bonito,- potential contributor has been | (transfer), Louis DeLisio, Ray- given a chance to do his share in |mond TCa8lilano’ Anth°ny ^ ico1' etta, Leonard Marr, Roy Boyce, Wolcott—Raymond Newport, W alter Harrison, Clarence Vin cent, Elwin Youngman, Robert Countryman. Savannah — Clayton Mairden, Joe Bacon, Prentice Andrus. Red Creek—Elden Wairick, George Brooks, Maurice Shafer, Nelson Scutt, James Wise. N o rth Rose—Eldin Coonrod, A rthur L. Barnes, jr., Lionel Betts, Donald Yancey, George Ball, Char les Lyman, Irving Smith. Rose—Lloyd Scars, William Austin. tion of radio operators and mech- supporting the work of the Re «3 nichard Harper, Norman Pang- anics. Cross.” _ Lbum, Joseph Fratangelo, T e a p w cent of r a w lnoome Is . W a r Bonds wDl help to build the planes and tanks tliat will insure defeat of Hit ter and Ills Vsis partners. Lady Keglers Make Very Fine Scores Wednesday night found the ludy keglers knocking the maples for good scores. Pearsalls defeat-, ed Cooks three points by a score of 2108 to Cooks 2075; Palm y ra Hotel defeated Gnrlocks thrco points by 18G5 to 1804; Pulmyra Recreation defeated Finns Auto by 2004 to 2052. Emily Fisher sot the pace for high 3 games by hitting 482; pac- iijg-lier-was-Evclyn.JlrawndL with 481. Grace Martens hit 455 for third place, Ruth Lyon '448 fo r fourthi and Irene O’Keefe 443 for fifth. Evelyn Brownell hit the maples for-a- -high—singlcr-of=1927 Emily-- Fisher pneed her in hitting maples to a 190 high single; Dorothy Wil son, hit 180 for third, Grace Mar tens i79 for fourth and Emma Curran 173 for fifth place. Team standings: Team — W L Cooks .................................. 74 34 Pearsalls • ; • • • • ................ 72 36 Pal. Recreation ; ............... 65 43 Garlocks ............................. 43^65 Finns ......................... L. . . . 41 G7 Palmyra Hotel ................. 30 78 Individual averages: L. Mumey—152 E. Brownell—147 R. Breose—145 G. Martens—144 M. Johns—143 With only three more weeks left of leaguo rolling, all the bowlern ertered in the city tournament »re trying hard to raise their bowling- scores. Many splits are being picked hv close timing and control of the ball, resulting in m iglity fines s'ores by all the girls.
