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THE BIG FOUR PAPERS HAVE 80QQ READERS EACH WEE I, AND COVER THE LOCAL*TERRITORY ABOUT 90% PER CENT. VOLUME XXXV '- -PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY AT ARCADE, N. V FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, \1927 NUMBER 45 DECEMBER TEST SHOWS HIGH \ . * PRODUCING COWS IN ASSOCIATION M C DRAKE, M. J. JEWERT & SONS, MAYNARD SCRIPTER, A. R. LEWIS^AND GUS ZECHES HAVE THE HIGH PRODUCING HERDS FOR DECEMBER. the official-ftr ning just Mr. K. G. Hutton, cltfrjfir of \Western- -Wyoming: Cow Testing Association completed the report for December. report shows that Mr . M. C . Drake's dairy was the highest produc ing dairy 1,1 l ' le association in butter fat, having 33.4 lbs. , M . J. Jewert jml Si .ns 'were second with 31.8, Maytiard Seripter third with 29.1,. A. H Lewis fourth with 27. 7 and Gus Heches fifth with 27.5. M C. Drake had the highest pro ducing cow. Star, producing 62. 2 lbs . fat. while M. J. Jewert and Sons cow.- 571 produced 53.0 fat. I George E . Hogue had eight Hol- stems that produced over 4 0 pounds <)f butter fat or 1«200 lb s of milk: Yule and Redden had one, G. W. Whipple, Bliss, had 2; B : Lindsley 1; F. Zi -chcs 1 , R . Peet 1; A. R . Lews :(. \V Tozier and Son 1; Guilford Wou -lworth 1; H. .Nichols 3; M . L . Seripter 1 W. S.- Davis 1; M . J. Jewert an d Sons 7; M . Q.. Drake 8; C M. drake 6. — \ There wore twenty-six dairies test ed. '.'529 cows i n milk, 9 2 dry cows\;4 total 421 . . . ' Notes on December Teit W. S. Davis and Roy Yule have sold boarder cows this month. One of our members says that the Association -saved him 2-ton of hay last month. . Those wishing to take farm inven tories itfoy get jftiYCntory Books from the tester List of Bulletins published by the N Y. State Dept. Of Argiculture sent to each member of the Association. Leon Gill of Sardinia has dropped from the Association because'of the bad con.ditlo.n -of his herd this winter. 13 J Armading commenced testing in November; his name being omitted from the November list. Fix e new members 'were enrolled last month. They are George Lothel Sardinia. Raymond Peet, John An derson Fred_ Zeches nnd Gus Zeches, all of Bliss. DAVID R. JAMES DROPPED DEAD WHILE SHOVELLING WALK IN FRONT OF HIS HOME, TUES DAY. HAS LONG BEEN HIGH LY ESTEEMED RESIDENT OF ARCADE CELEBRATED FIFTIETH ' I WEDDING ANNIVERSARY Mr and—Mrs^-New-ton—Knight-of • Arcade, quietly celebrated the fiftieth V Anniversary of their wedding on Sun- \dav January 3rd. Tfiev did not want to make any . \noise\ about it , which is i n keeping xx-.ifi the quiet even lives of this ad- David R. J,ames, who has been an -almost life-long resident and most highly esteemed resident of Arcade, dropped dead, when he went out to shovel the snow from the walk at his home on West Main street, Tues day morning. The funeral services will be held at the home- at I p. m., Saturday, \interment will be in Freedom ceme tery. David R. James was born in Pe 'm- brokshire, Wales, October 13, 1847, and came t o America when about seyen years of age with his parents. For. a time they lived in \Freedom and Eagle, and then came to Arcade wherje hi s fathftv purchased, the farm now 1 owned b y Milton Bray. He purchased the farm after his father's death and made a signal success. He was* united in marriage to Phoebe Johns in 1883. In 1904 Mr. James retired from farming and pur- Chased the home on West Main street where, he'and hi s family have since resided. He ha s been* a most estim able citizen, a model husband ^nd father, and a friendly, helpful neigh bor, who enjoyed the highest est'eem of his, host of friends and neighbors. He served th e town as assessor fcir many years, was a rr ember of the Arcade Baptist church, a member of China Lodge-1. O. O. F. and o f the Maccabees. He-was 79 years of age. \-He is survived by his wife, and^by three daughters, .Mrs. Lertuel .Welles of Arcade, Miss Anna James of Buf- falp and Miss Alice .Tames of Arcade. Thre'e other daughters, ^Bertha, Cath erine and Ru.th prccededlheir father to the Great Beyond. . • FAYE HOWLETT V \u i ~„ n A Faye Howlett died, about 8 o'clock inmiMe couple, who have been good, ^„^ n „ m nrnl - rt „ nt >,,-«, ™ \ \\ ' \ 1 \=ttme ' IV' 3 . \ .. A' 'J ' V.™ ;„ -of—Aic.id c el! iX'ii.s yens. They were united in marriage i n the town <>f Freedom, January 2nd , I s 77 Mr. Knight i s 7 2 years o f age .in 1 \th;.. Knight i s 71. Both .are as auixe as most people a good many je .ii>. younger, Mrs. Knight doing al l her i .«n housework and Mr. Knight being employed every day. They have si x children and\nine .inn, -Mrs. Frank Scars of Sardinia, mi. child, Geovge_Knight of Arcade one duld, Mrs, IL^SL 1 1- id. .\U- Mildred trmt, two children. ' , nave -occurred \in LotmTte_jone_ > liriggs, \the: -.\o--tlenms family U e want t o extend our congratu- lat ions to Mr . and Mrs. Knight and x \i -h lor them many more-years of health an d happiness. NEW DEPARTMENTS-, RUNNING STATE GOVERNMENT (Photo by Pearson, Arcade, N. Y. ) i V.. ^ ' . FRANjt F. HAMMOND Everyonei in this part o f the coun-_^.ate' persons*. No lodge, social club, try knows the genial proprietor o f the Hammond Theatre of Arcade. ( Last Friday's Buffalo Tinies pub lished hi s photo and in their I'Our First Citizens\ column says: \Frank F. Hammond, of Arcade, i s proprie tor of a leading W. N. Y. Playhouse. He has served as collector of town taxes for two years. Mr. Hammond church, school or .fire company ever has been refused the use of - Mr. Hammond's, theater for a benefit en tertainment. At al l times he con tributes liberally to charity. Mr. Hammond is an ardent admir er of horses and i s a member of the Arcade'Race Horse Association. Arcadians will be pleased to note that Mr . Hammond's worth -is being recognized outside of Arcade, as well , _ ... UU . UI1 . U ,. U t recognizee ouisiae oi A moved to Arcade from East Aurora, as by our home people. twelve years ago and opened a small moving picture house. (This is an- error, as he purchased the show from Harry Cheney and H. Gillette Mc- j -picture shows way^above- the average Cutchebn—Ed). His business has grown- until he now operates on e of the finest playhouses in • Western New York. Mr. Hammond has assisted many char|;y organizations and. unfortun- It i s gratifying to us to have a man of ,Mr. Hammond's calibre, who is giving the people o f this section usually shown i n villages o f this size, He has one of the best theatres in the country towns, and outsiders are finding a real evening's entertain ment when they visit the Hammond Theatre. ARCADE CHAPTER OWW^STALLAtlON J. WILLIAM PROlisE, P. G. H. P. WILL HAVE'CHARGE OF CEKE- MON.ES„ FRIDAY, JANUARY 14 MASONS AND THEIR WIVES • AND-EASTERN STAR-MEMBERS INVITED. East .Main Street, Arcade, from in flamatory rheumatism, from which he had suffered severely for' two weeks.- He was 3 8 years old. ' The\ funeral services will be held Sunday, January 9th, at 2 p.\ m. He is survived by his wife, four children* »Lee, Catherine, John and Faye, Jr., b y his parents, Mr . and t Mrs, Oliver Howlett of Freedom, two brothers, John Howlett of . Brocton, ., ^ - A ^\ —JT ~Wflliamr-Prouse, Past—Grand \'•'gVi P-iest of the Grand Chapter of New York, of/Buffalo, will install the newly eleoftd and appointed offi cers of Arcane Chapter No. 32 2 R . A. M. , on Friday evening, January 14th. The newly elected officers are: H. P.—D. C. Bentley. King—Frank Briggs, Jr. , Scribe—R.. I . -CartwrigHt. . -Treasurer—A. 'Gordon Lewis.\ Secretary—H. Vernon Gibby. Trustee—J;' Faye Sproul. The list,.of appointive officers has not yet been announced. The installation ceremonies- are to be of a semi-open nature. Al l .Ma- ,sons, their wives and the members fit Eastern Star Lodge, are cordially in vited to- attend. 1 No individual in vitations will be sent out. For result? use OUR Want Ads . sympathy of their many \friends in their sad affliction * ± &Rv-H^WH^vg#^^tR^=eiripley^ ee o f thft Mcn\Gll;Souia.-CQmpany._A. iiien»ber-of--AtxttdT-^otlgtr-FT-<^A ^>lTv ! of China \Lodge I. O. O . F., and a member, of the Baptist Church. EfALWr- REV. OLIVER RECORD ATTENDANCE AT'MEN'S CLASS -IN CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. * MORE EXPECTED. NEXT SUNDAYi TIME, OF MEETINGS-CHANGED TO. 11:45 A. M. That the Men's Class in the Con gregational Church is going to be a success was Strongly evidenced Sun day when twenty-four men gathered in the room in the rear of the church The side door is'Tised so that those wishing to attend heed not go jnto the auditorium of the chtirch at all; . Rev. C. H. Oliver of Chaffee gave a splendid talk, after -which there was some discussion, ' President T. P. Stephens appoint ed Messrs. R. I . Cartwright,, W. F. Arthurs and C . .C. Baldwin as a finance committee. The time of the meeting -W,as changed from 12 m. to ,11:45 a. to. , immediately following the morning church service. These sessions of the Men's Class are attracting' the men for the reason tliut there i s open' discussion of all subjects, and a real hbn 'est-t'o-good- ncss invitation to each and every one to speak freely. . v . All men are cordially welcome. DID NOT \VOTE ' TO BUY SNOW PLOW At. a special meeting of the Arcade I own Board, Wednesday, to consider &uying a snow plow and keeping the mam roads o f the town open during the winter, no action was taken. ARCADE LIBRARY ELECTS OFFICERS il At the annual meeting of the Ar cade Libjary Association, Monday, these trustees were elected: George Hogue, F. K. Mason, Mrs. C. <3? Mc- Kerrow to succeed themselves; Mrs. J. H. Howard t o succeed Emmett Burns, for three year^; the Rev. Henry Mosley to succeed\\?). A. Lon- ergon, for two years. The trustees elected these officers: Leslie Spring, president. • F. K. Mason, vice-president. George Strong, secretary and treasurer. Administration committee, J\ T. SulliViih, George Hogue, E. E. Van Natter. 4 •* Finance committee, 'F. K. Mason, George Strong and the Rev. J. R. Riley. „v,. Chairman of the book committee, Mrs. W. K. Beebe: .It is intended to keep, the library open on Tuesday, and Saturday even ings. , ARCADE POST OFFICE.. v- BUSINESS INCREASED Eighteen new departments are carrying on \the wqrk of a re-organ ized state government. Governmental bureaus have chang- ed their names gvom^M n^d 11 9 scattered divisions—of -control—have been consolidated in their places i n these departments. Executive, audit and control, taxa tion and finance, law , state, public markets, labor, education, health,- mental hygiene, charities, corrections public service, banking, insurance and civil service. The officers of state treasurer, state engineer and secretary, of state, have been abolished. In their places are Deputy Commissioner Frank S. McCaffery of Cohoes in the depart ment o f taxation and finance; an en gineering division in the department of public works and the new depart ment o f state. A woman rules boxing and horse racing. Mrs'.. Florence. E. S . Knapp, whose term as secretary of state ex pired at midnight Friday, continues as the temporary head of the state department whicb_ .numbers among its divisions the state athletic com mission and the state racing confmis- -sion. Th^. motion \picture \commis sion,\ arbntrators of the' censorship law, has passed, and i n its-place is a bureau in the'Department o f Educa tion under the direction of- James Wingate o f Schnectady. u • A department of mental hygiene supersedes the state hospital com-i mission and the functio'nsopf the De partment o f Prisons, the Parole Board and the Probation Commission are joined in the new department of correction. James L. -Long, super intendent o f prisons, is the tempora ry commissioner of the new depart ment,\ despite criticism's levelled at him in the Alger report. For the first time in the history of- the state the Governor has a cabinet made up o f 'the heads ^>f * the princi pal, departments and including Joseph H. Wilson, dlreetor^of the budget, and Claude T . Dawes, solicitor gene ral. v - ODD FELLOWS INSTALLATION PAST GRAND, FRED YOUNG, WILL INSTALL.THE OFFICERS' OF CHINA LODGE, MONDAY EVENING. Price for Paper Continued forSeveral Weeks The business transacted in the Ar cade Postoffice increased about ten per cent during the past year. Dur ing the last quarter the increase was about nineteen per cent, over the same period last year, owing princi pally to upwards, of 800 parcel post packages sent out by the K. R. Wil son, pjant. • .J The>eceipts-la3t year, were $1096- .96 above those of 1925, and the receipts for _ the last three months, showed a gain, over .the correspond ing threejnonths.of 1925 o f $593.82. FOR SALE—FuV laVraje ^cfieSpl^In- quire Mrs. W. R . Wood^'ArWe, N. YT, Phone 162 . 45t46 • Our Christmas present of 50 cents to subscribers, has proven so popular that we have been prevailed upon to continue the offer for a few weeks longer. During the few weeks the offer was in force, some 1200 old subscrib ers renewed their subscriptions, quite a number paying for two years ih_ .advance. In this offer we' made no special eff(»b-to interest new.subscribers but were pleas antly surprised at the large number of new subscriptions which came in. unsolicited, except for the announcement in the paper. Better still, the new ones were.'home people or residents of the adjacent country and villages. Since the first qf the yearj so many have telephoned and written in, that they had'neglected'the'matter, and want ing to know if it was too late to renew at the dollar pirice, and, wishing-to give, all our subscribers the same oppor tunity, and enjoy a belated Christmas present, we have decided to accept subscriptions at $1.00'a year until fur- thei; notice. ^ \ *%/ During this time we plan to send sample copies of the paper into every home within a distance of fifteen miles of Arcade.'*\* - •* . This will give business men. an unprecedented oppor tunity to get their announcements into every home. This wprk will commence next week, and reservations of space should be made the first two days'of the^week or ear-Her. . ^ . , - \ .1 • , • There will be no' increase in advertising rates for this additional service, which will give all users the biggest advertising value obtainable anywhere. In fact-.we are giving that every week, • ; The newly elected and appointed officers of China'Lodge, No. .698 I. O..O. F., will be installed by Past Grand, Fred Young. The officers to b e installed are: Noble Grand—Albert Kraft. - Vice-Grand—Alfred Gerstung. Recording Secretary—H. H. Loo - mis. Financial Secretary— Lloyd D. V. Hooper. Treasurer—D. C Bentley. Trustee—Thomas J . Pugh. —:RrS; N. G.—Lewis Hawks. L. S. N. G.—Louis Coloross. R. S. V. G.—Wm. Marsh. L. S. V. G.—Raymond Manness. —nhnplnin-=F R-V.-in,N.it±i>K - . —Rr S-Sr=ealvin Hughes— -L.-5-.~S\.—Charles Pratt. Inside Guard—Byron Gerstung. Outside Guard—Philip Moses. SOLDIERS GALLERY i The\* boys who stood by their •Country i n the World War. andJtKua_ honored themselves and the' com munity. -RAY D.-LOWE - \ Son of Mr. and Mrs . C.-H. Lowe of Delevan, who enlisted i n the U. S . N.avy and- served during the World. War. BARN BURNED AT DONAHOE CORNERS FOUR COWS BURNED, OTHERS > ,BADLY SCORCHED. HAY AN D l-'ARM IMPLEMENTS DESTROY- , ED. The large barn on-the farm owne'd • by A.. R . Nevinger and B. J. Pfeffer, and occupied by Albert Molthrap, and his father and mother, at Dona- hoe Corners, was totally destroyed by fire early Friday morning^ Dec 31st. • Four cows were burned to death and seyeral others' badly scorched, one of thehi having to be killed, by Mr. Henry Jones of Sandusky, who represented the Humane Society. All the hay and .other fodder, together with the farming implements, were burned. . The fire is said t o have started jh one of the mangers, but this .is not verified. ' The barn had recently been repair ed and reshingled. The loss i s partially covered by insurance. JOHN POLHAMJJS DIED . * John Polhamus, of Holland, died, Wednesday, Jan. 5th, 1927, at his home o n Garfield Ave., Holland, at the age of 73 years. The_£uneral will be held at the home Saturday, at one o'clock. \Obituary next week. HOLLAND MAN CLAIMS . ' ..jANUARY-EGG-RECORDte THIRD YEAR OF . * MEN'S CLUB Wiliard Graves of Holland lays claim to having the best laying hens in the country. Hp has 325 hens and Monday these hens laid 231 eggs. Who's next? MASON-ACKERMAN ARCADE NEXT MEN'S CLUB TUESDAY WILL BET DEVOTED TO TALKS MEETING EVENING BY MEMBERS. Next Tuesday will be. BIRTHDAY meeting of the Arcade 'Men's Club. Three years ago th e Club had its in ception. The Birthday Meeting.will have for a protram little talks from members o f th'f Club o n whether the Club has accomplished any good; whether..jt might have done more; whether it is. worth-while to continue it and if s o what some of our aims and objects should be. Every member of the Club i s tlrgvhbride and ed to be present as this little_\heart Buffalo to heart\ conference should be of] vital interest to <every member of .the Club who has the welfare of our community in-mihd. , A beautiful wedding was solemn ized at the\ home of the bride's par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Warner M. Acker- man o f Bliss, Wednesday at 4 p. m., I when their daughter, Doris lone, was • united in marriage t o Mr . Leonard Charles Mason, so n of Mr.\ and Mrs. L, Arthur Mason of Arcade. Rev. •Crane officiated, using'the impressive ring service. The attendants weVel Miss Evelyn Sixt of Sardinia, and jVIr. James Ma son, brother of the groom. Only the immediate families were in attend ance. After the ceremony a' wedd ing dinner was^served. ** The 'newly-weds and Mr . and Mrs. L. A. Mason drove-to Arcade, .'where they were- met at th% home of the groom's, parents by about twenty of. •the friends of the groom who gave' them a cordial-reception. Later the groom left by auto -for SENIOR .PLAY \Rival Ghosts\ a three-act comedy play will 'be given, by the Senior Class of 'Arcade High School, at'the.J Hammond, Theatre, Arcade, N.- Y,., on Thursday and Friday, January 6 and 7th, for the benefit of the Senior Class Washington Trip. Admission, Adults 40c , • Children 25c. No reserved seats will \be sold. A crowded house greeted.the stu dents play last evening, and all were greatly pleased with the presenta tion. Another crowded house to night ought to be the reward of the excellent entertainment. • _ The >show .will be presented in Curriers' School Hall on Wednesday .evening,\January 12th . This upon,' invitation,of the. Carriers scliopl H . We- know the 1 \Curriers people will enjoy, the show. \. ! Mr. Mason is—proprietor of the Electric Store in Arcade, which he started about a year, ago, and has enjoyed a prosperous' business. He is one, of the most, estimable young men.- We want to join their many friends m extending sincere congra tulation's. MR. AND MRS. ASA KING'S FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY -4- Mr,-and Mrs. Asa King of Delevan, N. Y.;, celebrated their fiftieth wed ding anniversary on Sunday, Jan 2nd 1927, with theif children and grand children present: .• A good bountiful dinner and a good time wrfs enjoyed by all. - . . GROVER' AHL UNDER-SHEKRIFF Grover Ahl of Attica has been ap pointed under-sheriff by-Sheriff Char les. W. Stainton, ofWyoming County. .All of the,present deputies have been reappointed, including B. M. Holmes of Arcade. — --
