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¿i* U.S.WAR BOHDJ A N D THE M A C E D O N JO U R N A L 'JÍOO PEK YËAIV-STEICTLY r a ADVAKCE L PALMYRA, N. Y. MARCII, 25, 1943\ ' S I N G L E C O P I E S P I V E C E N T S |ëtters FçomlBôÿs In Tie Service of Uncle Sam Memphis,' Tennt M a rch 14,\ 1943 ■ Petr Friends, rm Just writing a short letter to Inform you of\ my change In ad- jjjess and to thank you for sendlu; Bjerthe-paper. ----- -* ■nils station is Camp Stew art, Qa. Palm y ra Courier-Joum a l “ Palm y ra, N. Y. D ear-Sirs: Please accept my delayed .ttmnfrg fo r your kindness In sending me fthe-weekly-paperr-X-have'topnrffi' comparatively th e Red Cross H o spital for pCTT so there is p lenty of mud a n d m o n th and a half an d your pa l t e r around our barracks. The per was a real source of comfort fcod-and-auarters-are-very-good—darlnglm y many spare moments, for such a new station^ Each bar- J I t 's like being home f o r awhile to i»cks-is two stories a n d nearly 150 ‘xead it over and know w h a t’s hap pen are billeted on one deck. | p e n ing back home.’ A g ain, many -W e are starting our school to- ’ thanks. Borrow morning and -from th e n ' Sincerely yours jo we will have-Uttle-.time-for our- [ c Private Robent C. Goodness *el 7 es. The classes run from eig h t1 — In the morning until five' a t n ig h t.! A frica Before finishing I w a n t to ¿hank ‘ • M a rch 2, ’43 you again for Sending me the,pa- D e a r Sirs: per; I really appreciate it. I n ’ ^ I .want to take th is opportun ist,-its's hard to say how much ity to thank you for-sending me It means -to me. -j th e paper. Lots of tim e s it takes Sincerely _ -4-m onths to catch up w ill me, as' _ Basil A. Fleming, Jr., S2/c | we move around, m o re or less, -from one1 country to another. And Harlingen, Texas Dear Sirs: tho the issues are old i n date, (they w ___ aren’t to me. We were i n England I\ wish to take th e opportunity Quite awhile and haye been here jt-this time to thank you for send- Quite awhile and as yet I have not Ini; me the \Journal.” I have al- ru n into anyone I know, but am | tiys been delighted to receive i t ’ still hoping. j Q g f g H J g C o f f iD & H Y no matter where I am. Even in 1 I ’d also like to’ th a n k the P a l-' r J the sub-tropical climes near sunny m y ra firemen and th e American X c lK C S llO O O r S I n old Mexico, I still enjoy reading Legion for their X m a s present, n ._ . »bout events from home. Thank- w h ich I received a few days ago. R i f l e C o m p e t i t i o n In the final tabulation for last ing you again, I remain, Ut Viri Volent Pvt. Charles Papgnu Camp Croft, S C. M arch 14, 1943 Dear Sir: As I ’m in my last week of train ing here at Camp Croft, I wish to iind you my m any .thanks afad appreciation for our Palm y ra pa per' which I have received each week while hefe a t camp. | T h e different places a n d coun tries are O. K., but give me the , good old States any tim e . ;>l;ars shootlne the Palm y ra local | W e don’t have m u c h tim e to ,£)efcnse ComPany hils shown both write, but I always like to hear!Ule fll'st and second Col'Ps areas from folks back home. So if any- jtllat they are bad medicine when it one would care to drop a line, I ’d c011lcs to close shooting, certainly appreciate it. I Last April at the invitation of I remain ! the Military Training Camps Asso- Respectfully yours Iciation, the local company organi- A r to u r Davies zed a rifle team to compote in monthly matches with other civ- have one but who w anted to learn to shoot. The schedule to date has been carried out otherwise by the Defense Company. The United States Civilian De fense Council \in recognition of the' valuable training ufforded men taking such a course have cooper ated with the N ational Rifle Asso- ScrapMetal Drive For Wayne County Set For April 3-12 Tho second scrap metal drive will begin throughout ‘Wayne County on April -3rd and run all week. The steel mills of the country are still gobbling >ip scr\p at a tremendous rate.'ilnd it is* i In Child Health Service Clinics A series of child health consul tation clinics will be held in all Wayne County towns this year un der the auspices of tho State De- up to partment of Health artd a t state each community to furnish more expense, to determine the value and more scrap iron and steel. 0f guch services in the community. There is still a groat deal of old , . . . . . . , « « • * rrr ft • T h o s e QOfnonstYational clin ics m e tn l ..lyin g __ abound. W o n 't you . „ . , n . please gather it up this coming are °P°\ to «H diildren up to six week and have it ready for pickup* 0 ni’°‘ l0y \* P10V1 the- week of April 3rd? A rich source of much of the re maining metal lies oh tho sur rounding farms. A, few hours spent gathering it up will help the coun try ’s w a r effort anc^ a t the same time enhance the appearance of your farm . I f you prefer to sell it, thq Salvage Committee highly ap proves; as long as the metal is started on its way, it doesn’t m a t ter how it reaches the steel mills. Remember—Scrap metal harvest-' during the w n c lcA p rrl~3rd^ Farmers Wiil Get Gas For Trucks Fanners may schedule their 3 943” crops with the assurance of enough gasoline for all necessary truck operations, local fuel sup plies permitting, Albert J. Monro, District Manager of. the Office of Defense Transportation, has stat ed. “The ODT’s mileage control program for commercial motor vc- Put Tin Out Friday —TW s-has-been-my first oppor-1-—,- _ . . _. fornlty to thank you for your f O F C o l l e c t i o n U B thoughtfulness. You will receive „ 3 UP • my new address as soon as I can ¡ S a t u r d a y iV l O m i D f f A fter several m onths of saving f tin cans, the households of Pal m y ra are expected to furnish a ¡record amount of tin fox- collec- |tion Saturday morning. Alvin La- I Rue, general chairman of the com- imittee, earnestly requests every- t ,one who has saved tin cans to Over 300 Pounds Fat lace them at the curb before 9.00 jgraved as follows: 1942 Preinduc- - ,a. m. Saturday morning. Only cans tion Rifle Team—Championship Up to edition time the two girl properly prepared can be taken. 5C._U,..t:roaps’ under the leadership Any cans which have not been pro of Miss Bessie Palm er and Miss parecj must be left behind because Ellen P ornplu^Jiad-canvasM d-the-fHe nl^r* ^ T io T ia^ donaFed their reach the new camp or where I ’m ; io go. | Thanking you again, I rem a in,1 Truly yours Pvt. Nicholas J. Papanu Girl Scouts Collect ilian units engaged in m ilitary drill or instruction in the second corps area approximately covering the states of New York, Now Je r sey, Pennsylvania and Delaware. The competition was further aug mented by two special matches with the leading team of the first Corps .area covering most of the New England States. Palm yra has chalked up the enviable record of all_ wins ^and no losses to. bring home, in lieu of a loving cup, a handsome old stein suitably en- own, located, and collected over lim e f o r th i s w o r k c a n n o t spend hree hundred pounds of fats for tim e preparjng the cans, fte war effort. These liave been j If you live outside of tow n please twned in to the m arkets and will bring tllem ini n a box or sack, to shortly be on their way to the lhc V illager Hall a n y t i m e this nappy Hunting Ground.” MTCA—Second Service Command. This trophy is now on display in the window of our library. ___ ¡week. If you have a substantial l^anberg-. Individual honors were not lack ing for the MTCA has awarded gold crosses to the following five high men of the year: Pvt. E. Col lins, Sgt. K. East, Sgt. E. Fisher, ¡Corp. W. P ratt and Sgt. H. Span- | Committee to his ODT District Of fice or directly the District Office. IA final appeal can be made to his | ODT Regional Manager. Emer gency gasoline rations may be ob-1 the week. Recreation defeated Gar- Itained from Local War Price and i locks four points by scores of 2125 The emergency m achinery re- [Rationing Boards while requests to 1849; Pearsalls knocked tho pair and adjustment program of ifor adjustm ent or appeals arc be- maples to take 3 points from Finn« the—Wayne County Farm Burestr 7 inS^considered. has put many farm machines in 1 good Operating condition and!|W n f .p M p n . . W n m p n should contribute much to the In- m U I C 1» UU1CU The Palmyra Salvage Commit- 'am o u n t and cannot bring them in, ke is proud and appreciative of please plione Alvin LaRue a t 390, ^.results of- this excellent e f f o r t1 before Saturday noon, and a truck by the girl scouts, and chairman |\vill be sent for them. LaRue wants every person in Pal- j W e are all in this w ar, as much ®yra to know what they accom- |as the men pounding through Tun- “iahed. js;a under the triple f ire of tanks,- it js pointed out by the Salvage artillery and Stukas. O u r p a r t is Committee that the need for.fats 'comfortable, safe, bloodless. Will ??£L.on and on, so don’t stop sav- you do your part? %• The same markets will go on i??iSng fats as -they are -turood in. %anite Works Opens Office Here— Lyons Granite Works has rotated in the building formerly °W>Pied by the John W. Watson Co., 124 Market Street, Palmyra, w d jye now open f o r . business a complete line of quality Cemetery memorials. These mem orials are produced from best Wality Barre, Vermont, and St. Clond, Minnesota granites. For «ervice see J. W. VanValken- wirgh. , In addition to these awards tho five high members of the winning team for each month have received bronze bars. These men in addi tion to those above are as follows: Pvt. S. Forshay, Pvt. D. Haak, Lt. N Reeves, Pvt. L. Snell and Sgt. Freeman Spanganberg. The competition with f ir s t corps \area'Tesulted in specai bronze bars being-awarded to: Pvt. E. Collins. Sgt. E. Fisher, Corp. P r a tt, Lt.. N. Reeves and Sgt. H. Spangan* 'bsrg:' This jprogram was “basically or ganized to institute preinduction- Wayne Short In War-Fund-Goal — W ith the county still $2,500 short of its goal, Tîed Cross War -Fund—workers in -communities-be-|-Uaining_jn—the- proper—handling- hind on their quotas are intensify- i r i g ' t h e i F c f f 5f t s “ tHlS“ W E e k -to - p u tr th e i r localities on top and enable th e county to reach i t quota of $49,900. Total county contributions re ported to Geo. L. Abbott, county fund chairman, up until Tuesday, were $46,838. Nine of the seventeen county divisions are safely-over the top and four others a t e close enough to their goals to reach them with continued “-work this week. Communities over the top and am ounts «raised are*. A rcadia $13,- G50; Lyons $4,820; M arion $2,266, Palnfyra $5,184, Rose $602, Red Palmyra Rifle & Pistol £0ub. who loaned the use of their range to tho Defense Compan;/. In addition, the Rifle Cluj) members have loan ed their rifles to men yho did not R e a p p o i n t e d a s m e m b e r PROFESSIONAL E T H I C S COMMITTEE o f B A R A S S 'N ^The legal fraternity in Wayne - ------ - — . . . f° u\ty has \again been recognized-Creek $1,101, Williamson $3,548, by the New York-State Bar Asso- ¡Wolcott |I,920, Sodus $5,255. Near tistion by the recent reanooint- 'th e ir goals are: ButTer $628, Mac- , , a.tterober 0 ^ ^ ’ CommTttle’ on ' ^ A g^eat’deal’of interest centers es its quota of $1,940,_ success of ^o s s io n a l Ethics o f T h e State 1 a round the canvass in Walworth the county fund drive » a virtual iar Association. 'which is in full progress th is week ,certainty. I of a rifle and in this regard has already-hclped-'many-meijmow- in the services of our country. Sev eral of these men played an im portant part in success achieved by their1 team, but though their loss was keenly felt, it is hoped that they are now out there some where to “draw that bead” on Nazis or Japs just a uttle quicker than they. This program of actual _ rifle ciation to work out a more advanc- P'’c^cs ’s completely flexible,” Mr. ed course of instruction. The 1 Monro said' “Farmep may request N.R.A., in conjunction with the ■ a^ iustm ent of their Certificates Armed Forces, have prepared such ' ^ W ar Necessity whenever chang- i- course making the same avail able to civilians through schools set up by properly authorized ing conditions warrant.” Such requests, for gasoline, load, or mileage arid adjustment should groups. The Palm y ra Rifle & Pis- !be made to the Farm Transporta- to. Club has applied f o r .authoriza. jtion Committees of the USDA ticn to conduct a school and it is ; County W ar Boards. These corn- expected that by M ay classes will mittees are composed of the far- be organized. Under this arrange- mers neighbors, and their recom- ment, a school will be conducted mendations will be accepted by the for members of the Palmyra Do- 0DT District Offices making the fense Company, thus giving these adjustments, men a chance to learn the “whys | If a farm er’s allotment is still and Wherefores,” as well as how insufficient, he may appeal to shoot the same as Uncle Sam (through his Farm Transportation would teach them. medical examination and health insti-uction for infants and pre school children, os woll; as dental inspections and education *fn oral hygiene to promote the training of needed dental corrections. The consultation service also provides for a . follow-up program in the hemes by public health nurses to cncourage correction of defects and to teach parents in the care of their children. The consultation services are being conducted hero with tho an- proval of the Wayne County Board of SupcrvisorsT\Complete records of cases will t>e maintained and r e sults of the demonstrations will bo used to determine whether the pro gram should be adopted as a reg ular county health project, finan ced jointly Tiy‘state and county. Local Doctors in Charge The tentative schedule calls for six clinics to be held in Newark, two of which will- be for rural residents of llie township, and for approximately three clinics in ench of the other county townships. Children will bo referred to the clinics by their physicians. Those desiring the service for Mjeir child ren are asked to contact, their own doctors. Serving at the clinics will be local physicians, moro than 30 of whom have already agreed to take Machinery Clinics Begin April 5-6-7 Bowling Scores High At Season’s End As the Palmyra ladies fowling season gradually draws to a close, each team sends the pins into the pit for high scores. Wednesday nipht found the Palmyra Recrea tion hitting high total 3 - g a m c 3 of 2125 and also high 5-man game of 80G, receiving the prize offered for creased food production in 1943. During the winter tractor tune Urged To Enter by only u 3-pO'lnl tmlr^in In team up meetings w e ttrheld for a week T r j m i n ? C o U r S C S in January in which tractor op- j T . . , , orators were shown some simple! n an c 01 ° ceve op . adjustments to make economical ,™ np°wcr for defense production, high single; Ol.ve Klaver paced r \ 4 . 1 ll 4 flP . _ .... ... 1. .1 totals of 2028 for Finns and 2025 for Pearsalls. Cooks defeated P a l myra Hotel for two points by ■games, but the Palmyra Hotel won two by total pins, rolling 2015 for die Hotel and 2010 for Cooks. Evelyn Brownell paced the win- moro Ijiing bowlers by hitting 192 for of fuel, easy to sta r t and smooth j executives of the War Production I her with 175: Mary DeBuyser hit running. Loss of power and waste ;Tram ins, Pl'0gram„ . aJ c . d^ is.n g ¡high third p l^ e with 1G8; Ruth of time are usually the result of i\'ays and mcans of lnducing m o r e |B,ecse hit high fourth place with neglect which may cause severe'|m°n and WOme\ from nn areil com‘ and Hi,da Schullz hit 155 for damage to the machine in time. :pl'JSlrlfr mosl of Wayno County i0 iirth P,acc- This is not the time to have trac tors go wrong ’ as new ones are attend the training program given .at Lyons. hard to iind. N inety farmers at- ! A fter making R trip of inspect [ing-socond-was Katherine Do.wney tended the meetings.- . .tion through the county last Fri- InFebruary-elinies for one week lday' cla™ A' Cook- SuPervi‘ were held on repairing, oiling and cleaning electric motors. One hundred eleven m o tors were put sor of tho Wftr Production Train in g Program, whose headquarters is in Batavia^ appealed for more High 3-game total was rolled by Evelyn Brownell who hit .4804. rolU in good-running-condition by-Don- !tra,n“ 8 particularly for worn- ald-Bowman, -District—Agricultural-?11' Mr; ,C°ok hieM y -iiraised-the- T-cam- - - Engineer, and Lawrence DeBack, l‘”dustrl£‘ training^course given at-Cooks Service .............. farm—sorvice\m an~'for - R o c h e s teri^0^ ^ 0\ ^ ^ ' - ! ' 6 F carsa,m • V •“ '; Gas and Electric. Some of the mo- '*or’ 1?urtTon X Fisher’ 13 T °f the PaL Rocreation iors were the power on milking , ^ s t he had ever seen and the en- ~ ' ' T ima n/\rii n « a nnrittfA/irniHr ■with 408; third place goeH.to Ruth- Breese with 448; fourth place to Olive Klaver with 445; Grace Miir- tens and Florence -Thisthlewaite hit tic totals of 430 for fifth place. Team standings— W - Jr- 7G 3fi -75—3T 69 43 machines and \were vital foi* in creased milk production. Farmers were instructed on t h e . proper method of cleaning and oiling mo tors which is a very important op- eration to. know about electric mo tors and repairs\for them are prac- cicallv. unobtainable. tire setup is most satisfactory. H artley J. Martin is supervisor of training, Archie F. Bowler is supervisor of finance, John Starr supervisor of supplies. One class is given, from 3:00 to 0:00 p. m. and a second from 7:00 until mid night. There is no charge. Trainees » t a t -month the new District nrb wa\ i cd. from ‘^ e following towns: Williamson, Sodus, Wol- sljooting was made possible ( * . n . -p . T>rml‘TW towns: wunamson, souus, woi- through the .cooperation of the -Agricultural Engineer Paul T u r- , -p, Palmvra Rifle & Pistol £3ub who \P* of Ithaca -will be in Wayne ® ’ Huron, Butle , Sa nnah, _ County April 5, G, 7 and again on- Rof°> Galen, Palmyra, Arcadia and ¡leading teams are all working fo r April 19 and 20 to conduct meet- Lyons. sufficient'numbers are fjr8t place, and then the team s Garlock ........ ..................... 43 G9 Finns Auto .......................... 70 Palmyra H o tel .................... 32 80 High five averages— L. Murney—152 E. Brownell—148 R. Breese—145 - M. DeBuyser—145 _ v G. Martens—144 With the close' of the season drawing near, the girls are looking forward to the closing games. The (part; a village or public health nurse, a registered dental hygien- ist, and one or more volunteers to serve as assistants, Tho examining doctor will make physical examinations and with the written consent of the father, mother, or guardian, and the ap proval of the local health officer will immunize pationts - against diphtheria and smallpox, b ut all pa tients will bo referred to their own family physicians for advice about treatment and correction of de fects. Tho dental Jiygicnist will pivo ench*patient a thorough pro phylaxis, chart dental defects, and assist in tho education of patients and parents in oral hygieno. Those needing treatm ent will bo referred to their regular dentist. Follow Up Slated Arrangement will be made by thd Public Health nursT with the local Public Health Committee in encii community to provide' TiWilth educational exhibits in connection with each of the clinics. Following the examinations tho public health nurse will follow up the cases to encourage treatm ent and correction of defects, and to si-c that ararngements can bo made for this ip tho case of families un- ablo to pay. At the conclusion- of the year's fVmonslralion program the public health nurses will determine to- wlint extent recommendations for corrections havo been followed so that determination can be nihdo of what might bo accomplished if tho consultations were, established ac cording to population and need to afford complolo coverage. In addition to the services nt- ready enumerated, it is believed that tho child health consultation rerviccs will demonstrate to both the individual and the community •/hat conslittilcs adequate medical and dental-supervision of the-well infant and pre-school child; tho value of sticli supervision In terms of improved family health and the prevention \of disease. It is also believed they will accustom tha small child to tho ministrations of a physician thus making him less fearful and more cooperative in lime of illness. USO Open House Sunday, March 28 ings. He will also make farm visits to help with individual problems o-i machinery. Plow adjustments banquet which closes their season of bowling. With the cloae of tho season two secured bug, service will be a r ranged. Morning courses will be started demonstration will be held wfien ,Rllortly to accommodate the new t eams,. Palmyra Recreation and itrainees. 0 J Cook’s Service look forward to “the Machine operation and machine I city tournament, all mlmbers roll- s 'ing in placed in positions by tho may .you havo success in your ever the weather will permit. Any one wishing a farm « s it should write the Farm Bureau Office in Sodus. More than 1,200 USO clubs and centers in 47 states will be hosts to the general public on the oc casion of USO’S annual Open House Day, Sunday, March 28, i t was announced at national head-- quarters n New York. The-purpose of IJSO Open House\ ip to enable the American people at first hand to observe a USO_' club, anti- ttr become acquainted with the services rendered and the accomplishments of USÒ-with in the past year. In each commun ity where USO operates the slo gan for tho day will be, “This is ycur USO^-Come-and see it.\ From 1:00 to G:09 p. m. the pub lic will bo invited ito iirapect “tho clubs and see USO in action. Pro grams at each club will take tho form of -a com mu ni ty-iVj d e ceTe -. bration, In which prominent loqal officials and citizens, USO repra- srrfitiitives civic,“ religious and paP ~ liotic groups, service men, their iamilies, and USO volunteers will participate. Tributes will be paid to the 000,000 volunteers and hos tesses who have aided USO pro grams. Radio stations in many parts of tho country will broad cast the ceremonies. Examples of art and c raft work, photographs and other products of hobby groups executed by service men will be on view. Other dis plays will depict USO services to the armed forces and the growth of the organization. Music, will «fea ture programs at all clubs, and so far as rationing permits, refresh ments will be served. _ shop practice are taught, Trainees Mpg in all events. Good luck, girls, are school. 'games, April 11 and May 2. Salvage Committee Meeting There will be a meeting of the Palmyra Salvage Committee Fri day night a t 8:00 o’clock a t tho Town Clerk's \Office. Everybody out. Yoar help is heeded.
