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RA X E D T R E BEJ3T All-Around W eekly Newspaper in N e w ?York State By the New Y o rk Press Association Cited by National Editorial Association For Distinguished Copununity Service tn Its 95th Year— B u t New E v e r y Thursday Wayne County Highway Toll Since Jan. 1 — A Year Ago 20 KILLED 10 180 INJURED 91 ol XCXV. NO. 26 5c a Copy NEWARK, N. Y., THURSDAY, 5 DECEMBER 26, 19,40 $2.00 a Year EIG H T P A G E S ,99 ions Club 0 Entertain ollegians 1 Banquet imitations have been extended Ttl Newark collegians to attend .iiinual dinner tendered in their , i by the Lions Club next Tues- nobn at the Hotel Oardenier. II. nry J . Wildhack, chairman, iciled that an attractive pro- am has been arranged for the udt nts' annual get-together, ud. nts enrolled in colleges and bo have received invitations to ihe guests of the Lions Club as follows: (Any student now me from college whose name not appear on the list is ked to contact Fred Burgreen). liriice Babcock, U. of Rochester; obert Baylord, Clarkson Tech.; uiherine Brown, Skidmore; Bet- Nan Burgreen, M arin Jr . Col- ge. Kentfield, Calif; Dorothy D a emon. Potsdam Normal; Kenneth Laney, Syracuse Dnlv.; Thelm a reen, Genesee Hospital; Irene euham, Mechanics Institute; :iald Lee, Cazenovia J r . College; Ipt-n M aynard, Geneseo Normal; Udred Miller, Nurse Training, ecnester; Paul O’Connell. Notre a me; Ralph Storm, Jr., Buffalo n ; Helen Taylor, Brockport pimal; Christine Torrell, St. ary's Hospital; Grace Vary, Me- ,,mcs Inst.; Faye Bartleson, ughton College; M arian Berger, BI.. Rochester; Allyn Cator, mell, and Mary Crouch, Albany te. Ruth Dee, Albany State; Jean Vttt, Brockport Normal;, Edward Young, Hope Colleger Betty lock, Toledo Univ.; John Finch, ii of M aine; K a thryn Gaston, rk Ave. Hospital; William H at- 11 . Hobart! M ary Louise Healey, enrsee Hospital; Ariste Jam e s- n. Alfred Univ.; M argaret New- n Traphagen School oMDesign, ew York: Anne Nuner, W ashing- n Univ.. S t . Louis, Mo.; Freder- • O’Connell, Rider College, Tren- n N J . : Dorothy O’Meal, Cor- Phyllis Putnam, Brockport ormal; Shirley Reed, Alfred; bert Robinson, Alfred; William heerens. Univ. of Rochester; ui.'d Trask, Nurse Training, racuse; Leslie Van Hub_en, ough'tbhV and. Donald V a n ’ wa'es, ‘ rnell. Howard VerGowe. Oswego Nor- ai. Jam es Ursano, N iagara Univ ; iia. W alsh, Brockport Normal; artha W right, St. Joseph's Hos- tal Catherine Zappia, General capital; K a t e jean AUerton,. Univ. Tennesee, Greenville, Tenn.; ert Allerton, trijiv. of Tennes- e. Greenville, Tenn.; M ary Claire aglev. Brockport Normal; Gerald ampbell, Houghton; Rose Colo- rdo. N u rse Training; Harold rcueh. Rensselaer Polytechnic, oy. N ,Y \ ; Olive, Dikeman, Gene- o; Eldon Reeves. Texas.- Chrls- an: Betty Schantz, Mt. J^olyoke. ■ Hadley,. M ass.; Ernest. S h o rt, omen; Paul Stott, Haverford nilege, Philadelphia, ‘P a .; M ary -msp Stroup, i l . of >\R 6 Chester: o f . „ 0 m ^ t-Tj-l n i , t r i t v t C L i u y m r m c u m e v t r u c i a i i u i u u u u i t . i n u i m - obtained from the old high school nent Democrat and active In fra- M , h r , a , A n n i w r m r , J y ( ) n g |To Defend , Corn King Title Here Arthur Facer, Lyons, will defend | his year-old “ Wayne C o m King” title January 2-3 when field corn growers from the entire county ! converge in the Grange H all with 1 entries for the second annual W ayne Com Show. Show competition is expected to | be unusually keen this year as the five-man judging committee pre pared the class placings leading , to the Sweep-stakes selection. The I grower winning this coveted award will receive the Sweepstakes Ros ette Ribbon, the Gazette trophy and the “W ayne C o m King\ crown for 1941, according to Peter i'Longrod, Lyons, chairm an of the Farm Bureau Dairy and Crops Committee. Announcement was also made of the selection of the judging com mittee which will function Ja n uary 2. Committee consists of three members of the county Dairy and Field Crops Committee; Ed Marvin, Macedon; H arry Walters, Newark; and Meric Phillips, Red Creek; George Hopkins, Sodus, and Leon Anstee, Clyde. T h e five-m an committee will make placing of five-ear entries in the following classes: 1 — Cornell 1 1 ; 2—West Branch Sweepstakes; 3— Cornell Hybrid 29-3; 4—White Cap Yellow Dent; 6 — Other vari eties. Under this set-up o f classes any grower in the county may en ter five-ear exhibits of any v a riety of husking com. Further more, show plans allow growers to make more than one entry in Mr. and M rs. Frank Tack, Bartle ; a class if they so desire. Five rib- Avenne, who celebrated their j bons are awarded in each class golden wedding anniversary on I listed. Exhibits must be at the Christm as Day. I N ewark G range Hall by 11:00 a. —Blair Photos i m. Thursday, January 2. ! T h e show is being held in con- t junction with the county-wide Farm Bureau Winter D airy Con- i ventions at which d a ir y cattle 'feeding, feed crop production, a r - ; tificial breeding associations, calf- | hood- vaccination and other dairy j topics of current interest will be . discussed. A t the meetings pre- mjer showing of colored moving pictures of the Palm y ra Livestock Show and parade Wall be made. All interested dairymen are in vited to attend and exhibit entries Ice Rink Opening Set For Jan. 5 Providing freezing weather pre vails, the new municipal Ice skat ing rink a t Colburn Park will be in the show, officially opened with brief cere-| monies Sunday. Jan. 5, at 3 p. m., according to Arthur E. Christy, chairman of the rink committee. I An attractive program of special I events has been arranged by thet committee Brief talks by Village , officials will be presented with an exhibition of fancy skating by Rochester skaters highlighting the program. A loudspeaker system trill be installed at the rink to fur. j nish recorded music for the skat- f Prank J . Baltzel, fo r 28 years ers. a Newark merchant, announced The rink, constructed by the' last week that his soda and con- Village and Municipal Boards, will fectionery store in the Capitol be illuminated by two floodlights. Theatre block has been sold to A new shelter house was recently Ellsworth T. Waldron of LeRoy. erected by firemen from material The veteran merchant, promi- 12 Youths -14 New Residences Erected Genevan to Fill Area In Community in 1940 Face Assault Baltzel Sells Candy Store To Waldron ne Walsh, Brockport Normal; elma Van Houte, Houghton, and nbprt Anderson, Univ. O fW a s h - gton. ' ■' v c rles DePauw, Ithaca College; agricultural department which ternal and civic circles, began his they razed last Saturday. . business career In 1906 when he Shelter house and rink will be operated a store in Clyde. S i x under the direction of the Deluge years later h e opened a store in Hose Company of the Newark Firp the 0)d Sherman Opera House x™ Pn,t Houghton: Marion Lee 'Department Firemen will also op. block on East Union street, moving - r»via J r . Opfiege: Dorothy I n - - cra. e a concession stand at ttv 1 the business to the present loca- »■ School of Art; N Y City. !ln& n .Ad.,, .,nnoi;nrri that the tlon m 1925 when fire swept the 'as Marchibli, Notre Dame: ' new shelter iiouse will be heated business block. -\aid Merriam, Albany S t a t e - 1 jcc rjnk committee Includes Ar- M r Baltzel will now devote all '• - Nevin, Western Reserve Lilur Christy as chairm an. Trus- his time to the Newark postofflce 1 Cplliege, Cleveland. Ohio, j tees E. D. Coljpurn, John B Keane, of which he has been postmaster ■'l0e Pilfer, Duquesne Univ ; p g Burgrqy®; Park Commls- f0r the past two presidential terms. 0 Reeves; Albany State; John 1 sioner T. Spepcer K n ight. Mur- The new proprietor has been Notre Daine; Jo h n Schantz . 1 rai- w e lcher. town highway super- m the confectionery business foi . .se Univ.; Harold Stiles, Cor- mtendent and Don Bird law School; Paul Fox, Cor- lola Goldsworthy. Park Ave 1 . Howard Ehpennulier, ■ if Syracuse: Howard Ridley. 1 ■if Syracuse: Josept Gilbert. 3 Law School and Patricia- \■ Syracuse U Royal Arch Masons Elect t»»rf-Gircuit Causes Muck-Out” in Block 12 years. For the past five years he has been employed by drug 'stores in Phelps and Manchester He is married and has two chil- I d ren and plans td move his family here within a week. He also a n nounced that the store will con tinue under the ,-name of 'Balt- zel’s’’ for a year and plans ex- I, ps lie A Champion Phelpv. was tensive interior and exterior re elected High Priest of Newark modeling. Chapter. No. 117. Royal Arch Ma- -a local stores were w ithout' « 2 n s riat ‘ *lfL annual e,eCt'° n held D «*a n W a » s e r H «*a d s O ther officers elected were as , N e w a r k Odd F e l l o w s -ent trouble-shooters of th e 1 a ^ g e r ^ n ^ ^ T . 1 Dean W asser was elected Noble n, apd Das com p any Charles Ber- O j j j d •lent was cut ofi irom th e ' \ m s S a U o n w i l l be h.Io - n Janu- Mp^ ° ® ^ rS^ dE 5 *[eB^ h ■ ading to Montgomery Ward. ary 13 with-Dr. Jared A Rc-, J ; past ■ Home Dairy. Hick’s. H a r t s grand high pr.cst o[ th.: Ora-sd , •ilott’s. launderers and d r y c h a p t e r o f N e w Y o rk State, omri O W R r inkerhoff treasurer --\rs when a .mishap occurred ating.. M onday s meeting was pm C h a r i s - cableshjppiyitig a trahsf — ,_J' u\ \ “ ™ l st a the rear h f W ard’s store. --rs wnen a misnap occurrea at m g monaay s met-Loig thr«P - cable supplyih g a trah s fo r m e i, ceded by a, dinner served a t 6:30 p . , and^Fred Rawden. trustee for thre he i-par Af Woi-rDc vhmr , m. by tbe Eastern Star. j years. Draft Quota A tentative list of twelve draft ees, subject to change, has been drawn up by officials of the Sodus District board to answer the Ja n uary call, according to the Rev. Charles W alker, chairman. Ten volunteers, including those from Newark, comprise the list and if two more volunteers are not recorded by Janu a r y 16 when the group reports at the new in duction center at Syracuse a New-, ark and Ontario youth will be called into service from tne regu lar order list. Volunteers named for the sec- . ond call include Joe Zappia. Joe 1 Gravino and Howard Jam es R id ley of Newark: Basil Earl Simmons and Michael John Beckens of So dus. Harold Baylard of W illiam- 1 son. Francis Smeatln and Harvpy ' B Hadden of W alworth and his 1 twin brother. Howard; Abraham ‘ John DeFisher of Williamson, i Frederick Niles, J r ., Newark, and , Leo Rolland, Ontario, complete the | quota of 12 men fo r the Sodus District If any rejections are noted tlie vacancies mav be filled from a h-t hrnded by Howard Ieo Degnan of Newa.-k and Charles B .Williams. Jr . of Sodus BLLLET1N 1 The Hon. Lewis A, Gilbert, ‘ Supreme Court Justice-elect, filed his resignation as County Judge, Surrogate and Judge of Children's Court. Tuesday, lo bn effective immediately. I’p to this morning no word had been received from Albany, bul ll is understood that Jam es D. Hurley of Newark will be a p pointed to succeed Judge Gilbert, who will begin serving in his new office January 1. Mr. Hurley’s successor as Po lice Justice, in the event of his receiving the larger appoint ment. will be made a l a special meeting^ o f the Newark Village Board some time shortly after I January 1- It is rumored that I Marshall Livingston will be se- I iected. Excluding the $654,000 junior-senior high school project, nearly $170,000 was spent in Newark building programs ln 1940. according to , Elbert Fisk, Village Clerk. The outstanding feature of the building boom was the erection oi 14 new residences, an increase o f * t two over last year's m ark and a 1 gain of six over the 1938 figure. Expenditures involved in the 14 ! new homes amounted to $72,550,' as compared to $56,650 last year. Fifteen private garages were built in 1939 at a cost of $3,525 and two mercantile buildings at a cost of $25,400. Two actory addi tions at the Bloomer Bros, and Jackson & Perkins plants repre- , „ __ . sented a cost of $31,900. Additions,; Chicago truck dirver was fined repairs and alterations on other $5 following a collision on Route building projects throughout the j 3 1 Sunday night. Youth Hurt - Driver Fined In Mishap A Newark youth was Injured and community amounted to $23,855. The m ajor building project com pleted was, of course, the new jun ior-senior high school. M ajor pro ject now underway is Colaclno's Recreation Center on East Union street. The eight-alley bowling emporium will represent an Invest- 1 Howard Finewood, 22. was treat ed by Dr. Evan Tansley for a wrenched back when the car he was riding in crashed into a parked tractor-trailer on the Widewaters strip of the Newark-Palm yra high- ment of $40,000 and ls expected to wa^- a mhe west of Newark be dedicated on or about Jan u a r y According to Trooper Fred Wll- 10, ,1941. 1 son investigation showed that a j Store improvements m the vehicle reported driven by Charles; downtown area continued from I - , , , „„„ where they left off last year as ■ P erkins’ J r - 21. of W. Maple ave- mercbants strived to keep up with nue, was traveling west 011 thu the streamlined building w o rld.; highway when it crashed into tlie Work on Village street improve- tractor-trailer owned bv the Wal- ments progressed on schedule with , _ , „ , the new Newark-Palm yra road now . |?ce, ^ a,I\sp2l!^^2JL underway occupying the center of . Springfield II) Trooper Wilion the highway projects. , 3ald that the truck was parked for _____________ r a repair job but the driver failed , to display emergency flares. 1 Operator of the truck was A lex. .Forgach of Chicago. He was ar- , 1 raigned before Justice of the, Peace Parke Reeves Monday and meted a $5 fine on a rharge of |-“ ” “ failing to display flares according I T h e n o o n S Plortfnnrf n o t . tO th e laW. , Riding in the Perkias car be sides Finewood. were Paul Bearicr and Carlton Brink who together Count Today George Taro, 39, Geneva, spent his Christmas in the Village lock up at City Hall. Arraigned before Acting Police Justice W. T . Purchase last Mon day afternoon on a charge of -sec- ind degree \assault. Taro was held on $ 1 . 000 «baii with the hearing ad journed to this afternoon at 4 p. m. at City Hall. He was arrested Saturday night on a warrant sworn out by Pete Decker, East Union street, who charged that Taro allegedly struck him on the head'w ith a piece of wood. According to police inform ation, Decker and Taro became in volved in an argument in a bar room on W ater street and then set- t'ed the Issue outdoors. It was alleged thet T a ro broke a railing leading to the barroom and used a piece of it to strike Decker on the head. Decker was taken to the Newark hospital where 12 stitches were taken on his head by Dr. Kauffm an. He was released from the hospital Tuesday, Guest Pastor For Services The Rev Dean S Bedford, pas tor of the Brighton Community Church oi Rochester will be tlie guest speaker at the Watch Night ,,, . . . - , _________ __________ Services of the Reformed Church with the driver escaped unhurt next Tuesday night The Perkins car was considerably -. ,, . , . , . damaged on the right side. Services will be conducted under _______ the auspices of the Non-Denoml- _ » « . . . . national Bible Class. Program be. S t o r e s A d o p t C l o & U l g gins at 8 p. m„ ending at mid- f l . , , , . night. Special features Include H o u r t o r S a t u r d a y s musical numbers and brief talks All Newark stores, except grocer* by the younger members. ies, will close at 9:30 p m. every ‘ Mrs. Charles Sergisson and Miss Saturday night, according to an Margaret Cambier will give an 11- announcement made today by lustrated children's Bible lesson on Bernald C. Bush, chairm an nf the the ieltograph board. A social hour Retail M erchants Couneil will be held fallowing refresh- The new Saturday night closin-, ments. Public is invited to attend hours will gb into effect this week, the services. 1 ending during the Easter season. Scofield to Manage Hotel Curtis C Scofield, prominent. Newark business man. has taken over the management of the Hotel Gardenier. according to an an nouncement made this week. In recent years under the H a r per and Nolan managements, the full possibilities of a first-class ho tel in Newark have been demon strated. Daniel Nolan, who has heretofore been associated with the Statler. Ford and other larger hotels, goes on from Newark to another large hotel assignment. Mr. Scofield hag not as yet an nounced his future plans but It is understood that he will devote considerable attention to modern izing the equipment and service of the dining room. Merchants Report “Best ' Christmas Sales Ever” Against the som b e r backgro'und ' of world events, N ewark and. v icin ity enjoyed one o f the most pros perous, most festive —• a n d m o st : grateful — Christm a g holidays; In the community’s history* < W hile battles raged in' Europe, . young and old gathered around the traditional Christm as trefeg I yesterday and opened their gilts, lending a little prayer to those-liv- lng “on the ocher side.” T h e holi day spirit began to gain m o m en- turn two weeks ago, reaching a cli- • max yesterday in every home-. Newark m e rchants reported that ■ Christmas, L940, would set a nep record for h o lid a y sales. M a n y , could not reveal figures Or p e rcent ages since they w e re too busy jo in ing the cplebrants yesterday in stead of checking the Sales. Xjbcal\ stores w e re jam m e d with buyers. : for the p a s t two weeks, Railroad, and bus centers r e - . ported heavy traffic what w ith the younger generation com ing hom a for 12 -day? vacations from school j and college. M a r tial air w a s add ed to the scene w ith uniform ed s o l - , diers m ingling w ith relatives-and friends. Unofficial figures indi cated an all-tim e record f o r hpli- • day travel. Increases from %<r to . 40 per cent over 1939—a record year in i'tself—w e re reported* Through the untiring effo r t s \ Fam ily fW elfare Society aides-' ‘ Christm as cheer pervaded I n e home w h e re otherwise th e fe spirit w o u ld be lacking because 1 unfortunate circumstances. Mrs, George Richm o n d , chairm a n - of the Com m u n ity Christm as Coin- ' mitte, reported that nearly 60 . groups and individuals h a d .do nated approxim a tely $600 an d a large supply of toys and other gilts to the • 1940 Christm a s fund. ■j Organizations which took p a r t :’ in the C h ristm a s fund were a s foi- . lows: .. v t ' s , Ami&ie Chapter. , $ 1 5 ; ; Parent--Teaqhers Association, |6; W ashington Post, American Le gion. $ 1 0 ; B P .O - E . No. 1249, $79; Tuesday club, $5; Sh a k e s p e a r e , Club, $ 5 ; St. M ichael's Church,': $20; R e v . J . J . G a n e y , $5; N e w a rk Lodge No. 83, F . & A. M , $ 15 ; Bridge Club. M rs. Charlotte Bloom er, $6; D. A . R „ $25; League of Women Voters, $6; Charlotte K . , Bloom er. $ 10 ; N ewark State School medical staff, $ 1 3 . Newark Lions Club, $56r.60f. Townsend Club, $ 5 ; Bay ViewCluo,- $ 15 ; R e d Cross, $50; Mrs. R A* f • Bloomer, $10; Reform ed ChUrcn, j $10; Sons of Italy, $12; A m e ricas Legion Auxiliary, $10; 3 T Chip, j Newark High School, $10; Coterie Club, $5; V eterans of W ars, $10 ; K n igh ts of Co $15 ; Sunshine Club, School, $ 1 ; N ewark Garden CM S $5; Schools (pupils and facu lty), $104; Travelers Club, $5; S t M ich ael’s Sodality, $5. J . M. Pitkin, $10 ; M rs A - 0 Phelps, $2; G irl Scout Troop No ,7, $ 1 ; Newark Chapter N o w H 7 R A M ., $10 ; August M auer Post Am erican Legion, $5; PhilathedT * I C lass, Baptist Church, $4d S e f vice Class, M. E . Church $5 G ifl Scout Troop No. 8, Perkins School. ' $2; Newark S t a t e School employ-- ]ees. $19.85; Police Dept $8 5 0 Daughters of Isabella, $5; G i n s 01 N. Y . Telephone Office, $5; BUsi- 1 ness & Professional Women’s Club, $5; Newark Teachers Association 1 $10; Women’s Auxiliary, S f , M a rk's , C hurch, $15 ; R o t a r y Club, $50.. . L »ta M es tfie festive I Firemen’s Ball Announcement was made today that the annual Firem en’s Ban sponsored by the Excelsior Hook and Ladder CO. will be held on Lincoln's Birthday In past years the event took place ori Washing ton's Birthday. --------------------------- A _ ' P o l i c e C h i e f R e q u e s t s ^ ' T r a f f ic L a w O faservauctb Police ch ief W illiam Scheeten* . h as requested : downtown pedes- ! trians to observe t h e traffic) -.Slgna recently erected in front o f W ool- 1 worth's and Montgomery W ard I stores where the crosswalks were 1 eliminated. j \Unless the signs are heeded,\ warned Chief Scheerens, \fu r th e r steps will be taken, 'tta f f i c h 1 slowed to a standstill when pedes- J trians walk across the1 form e r crosswalks ahd th e re is alw a y s, the ! danger! o f som eone being'st ' * ‘ an automobile: I P l a t e W a r n i n g Police Chief W liham ' SChecSwiS • * 1 warns motorists th a t the n e w ll- “ ? ’ ‘ cense plates are n o t . to be ’ used ' , until Jan u a r y 1.
