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~\:4<f ' ; N ,;‘T;,:a>\»=’;i]\'2 V V . V V I g’-\“:i///IE2 :4. :' m le IE GRAND ISLAND, N. Y 8 Cents A Conv APRIL 29, 1944 War Plans Place Grand Island lialllenter of ”'l‘hruway” PUBLICATION DAY CHANGED We have been forced to change our Publication Day From Friday to SA- TURDAY, because of war- time measures. Nizugara, Fvront.ie1- Plann- »j.Associatio11 held a dinner .,tli,e Hotel Statler, 'I“h'ursday, 1 21, in honor of Mr. Char- ~ 11. Sells, New York State 1‘n§11iss41oner of Public Works. Giihnd Island was represent- Supervtisor Reginald P. 113, George W. Alt, Alvin S. ng, Horace J. Frea1o11 zind mik Schutt. State Parks at either end of the Island, may be served by Baseline R'd., a mor-e direct route. For scenic purposes a parkway winding away t and at some points along the West River would more nearly fill the bill. At the same time a. scenic route would allot con- siderable prope1~t._v with water front rights to private owner- ship, controlled by rigid build- ing restrictions and thereby re- turn to the Town tlfe ' right kind of taxvab-le property. Reginald P. Long‘, ‘Grand Is- land Supervisor, stated, “I be- lieve that a reasonable .plan for the West River Pzgrkway will be a result of this meeting and tl1a.~t an ullderstanding will be reached between t-lie people of Grand Island and the New York State department of pub- He works w!h.ic.h wil-l give use beautiful scenic route and a privately owned propel‘-ty which by assessed taxation will go 3. long way to balance the Town budiget.” Capt. Chas. A. Webb Retired Riverman, Keynote of the din-new was jI3t=f3va1' plannjn-g'_ for the Nia- ,1-.§‘F<rontier with emghasis on 3 7e Niagara. F‘1'untie1- Tliruwye‘, ll niéh is scheduled ‘:0 tie Nia- 1 ,1-a,_ Falls with the Lwke Shore 1, ‘via the bake and River on-ts and directly across $1..'i.'and Island. A vet;e~1'an '1‘onaW~a:nd.:a rive-r- man, Capt. Charles A. Webb, 72 retired operator of the tug wehi-ch hauled the Tcona.Wand-a- Grand Island ferry across the Niagara River for many yea~rs, died in DeGmff Memorial Hos- pital. He was a. native of Grand Island and had lived in Tona- wzmda 25 years-. He was ‘at mem ber of Tomawanda Lodge 247, F & A. M. and c Licensed 'I‘ugmen’s Pmoteetdve Associa- tion. S~urvivin.g am his wife. Mary K. Webb; one dratrgh Mrs. LeGrande R. K-aiser; one son, C1heste‘=r T. Webb. Ftmeral services were held at 2:30 Wed- nes-dsay aftemooh in the resid- ence. Burial was in Elmlrawm. Cemetery. SANDY BEACH Yacht. Club is planning a River Front Bowen-y Party for May 6tl1. . . The Red Gross unit that meets every Monday night ‘at the home of Mrs Gerqld Becks- berger has just completed its 90th ga.-rvment... Mr. and Mrs. Remi Gauvin of G‘nra.nd Rapids, Mich. visited his sister Mrs. Jo Laurman, for one._v_1eek. . . Joly- ce Wilson 11nderWen~t $1-11 opera- tion at St. Mary ’s iljospitgil, Niagara Fal-1s,'last week. . . The P. T. A. Card Party was we}! attended by Sandy Beagh folks and our hats go off to Oharlie (1‘homa§, A1 Pren.xtice, and Ant Kunk-le for their hglp in the kitehen. W-ives please note!» By Laura. Winters Little Jackie Tunnel enter- tained the “Small Fry” of Sandy Beach on his second birthday, April 14tlf. In attend anee Were: Dougie Frederiehs-, Mills Williams, Jerry Living- ston, Jo Ann Risser, Buzzie Belirens, Elaine I-Ianeoek, Betty and Kathy Kinsey, Margie Brit- t-on, Lee Thomas, Judy and J 0- an Ball, Peggy and Beth Pren- tice, and Buddy 'I\tmne1... . Members of the Sandy Beach Yacht Club were saddened to hear of the tragic death of Ted Hawlks, an enthusiastic ‘member of the Club. He was one of the victims. of the Hotel Statler tragedy of April 11th.. . . Con- gratulations to Ken; Winters on his election -as Republican Com- mitteemJan.. . . Tom Botsford is busy these days remodeling the “(former Stand” and -hopes to open May 1st. . . Young Janice Lamb does her near home. She caught. a nicesgized fish in the ditch ailonvg side her home. . .. Patty Meyer and Jo- an Buelahout gold xgxreeting cards at the P. '1‘. A. oard panty. The preceeds from the sale of the cards are for the June grad uuating class -expenses-. . Junior Livingston and Kenneth Kun1k- -].e were busy Satirrdny collect- inng scrap paper in the neigh- borhood and it looked as though business was good. . . . The eon-tract ~b1'id:ge club met at the home of‘ Mrs Daisy Brown with Miss Sybil Ball as eo-‘hostess. Mrs Esther Living- ston Won first prize. Otheér Win- ners Were Mrs Virginia. Riley and Alice Soch. After cards a lunch was served _and highlight ed by the presentatio-n to Mrs. Ball of a birthday cake. The next paw-ty will be held‘ at the home of Mrs Mary Jane Tnnnel with Mrs. Mjae ’lihomas assis-t- in‘g. . . The ‘Red Cross unit that has been meeting at the School every Friday evening under he direction of Mrs Frank Winters has temporary suspended oper- ations.. . . The Sandy Beach Mr, Sells spoke at len-guh on at war public wo1-kvs~ and sham-esged the fact that while 10 uefsrints of these projects are u-y:en1ig.hten1'n-g that a game- gl ‘visit to the site ‘hasxbrought .n'me the reality that the perso 3:1‘ iyroblems of mm ) <15 overlooked by p1mmin.g ',5>a’n;ls', Jooated in the State ul For example, the pre- West River Parkway 93“ call for a. Park-to-Par'k mté along the West Rivet ll 0 Ink and do not take into con- de‘rat_ion the loss of assessedo ulnfwtion of West River prop- e.°ty‘,,e to The Town. of Glrand 3 land. ' Mr. and Mrs Charles Thomas celebrated their Wedding versary Satumay April} 22nd. Call Home Service Mrs Jo. Williams of East River Road gave. a Stork Show» er in honor of Mrs. Wan.-en Stamler, Samrday April 15th. Many friends‘ of Ott _Win- ters will be pleased to know that he again is going: to be a “Szmdy Beaeher”.. . . Janet Bocksbenger is recovering from chicken-pox. Mr. Joseph Trautman Passes Are you worried. about your :b9,y'.? Then in touch with your local home service worker phone 44. Tuesday, April 18th marked the passing of Mr. Joseph Tra- utnmn, one of Gnrand iIs1and’s o1d=c-st residents. At the time of his de-nth he was 83 years of age. His passing was mourned bv his many friends. Born on Grand; I‘s1and,Nov. 12, 1830. Mr. '.I‘-rsautanan spent his life as a farmer. 2 Sells has noted t;l1'avt dif- zt \connection between the Is he wonried about things at home? Tell him to please get in contact wi his Field Direqgtor and don=’t fcmget to use V Mail for overseas contact. Scouts to Meet P. T. A Bold Card Party The field director acts as the service man's con He Troop 75 Boy ‘Scouts meet- ‘ ig at St. Stephen ’s Church -are 1 conduct their Re—registmtion aremony on the evening of mfay 2. Lya-l Bowen, Scout Ex- sutive and his staff will con- 0 uct._1_;he meeting. _At that time wards will be made and prizes ifvoen in the Bird House cont- Jt. The S‘aIva‘g'c Drive which be held Week of April .1 to April 29 for Waste paper y the Scouts asks the coopera- Lon of all the people of Gmand - ‘aeljand, if you have any paper ' gt in touch with a, scout or V ;Ii'11,‘33-W’ and a collector will ' all ‘for it. Edward Schintler and Fred {aedinger are the Scoutmiasters rs ssisted by Charles Stack. Tho .‘roop n-ow numbers 25 .re-gtistei-— _ ‘<1 Scouts and all boys T2 years dd or older are welcome. Par- nts and Friends night will 31%?) -e celbrated on May 2'. All wel- ome. helps the Service man file claims when :he is discliamged from service. Otftenvtimes the servicema.n’s family arrive at Camp and do not know how to find him, The d-irectort gets’ them straightened out. '1‘.oo the field director must verify ill-ness Within the family and Home Service is very efficient in helping on einex fur- loughs, for ‘service men in case of a death in family. He is survived by his ehi ren, Mrs. Lawrenee Landel, Mrs. John Kaiser, Mrs. Fred Redinger, Mrs. Harry Anderson Gordon Anderson, P. F. 0. Joseph Trantman Jr., Fred, Charles, Roy, Arthur a.ndAH’a- rold. He was the brotfhver of Charles Trautmnan-, Mrs. John Stamaler Sr., Mrs. Philip Christ- man and Mrs. Wm. Kt-inebevg. Intermnent was Mt. Olivet, in the Town of 'I\onaw‘andoa on April 21, 1944. T11e-f1me1-.al ser- vices were read at his late home in Bedell Road, by his nephew Rev. Harry Miller. The P. '1‘,_A. held a card party dn the school auditorium, 'l‘hursday, April 20. There were thirty-one tables of cards. The first prizes were won_by Mrs B1ayd_en at Aetion bridge, Mms. Don Warner at C’ont1.'act, Mrs,- Bertha Buchéi\-‘ aft ’Ped1;o and 1VL's. Margaret Lyden at Pin- ooh}-e. 0. C. D. Dance Raises $724 for Pump Shelter ‘The field director makes loans, wh=e-n needed, to service men, which the service man may pay back as he is able. A total of $724 was naised‘ as a result 0 fthe Dance presented by the Grand Island Office of Cicilian Protection on Saturday day April 15. Committee under the Direction of Ghiairman Franklin L. Klook was compos- ed of: Leon Peck, Edwai'd- Kru- se, Mrs Rose Blampin, Mrs: Le- o11 Peek‘ “Mrs I-rmao Reichelt, Kenneth Winters, Edward Baal] Horace J. French and’ Dr. De- witt. Bell. There is a. Field house in the center of the camps. The Build- ings staffed by the Red Cross are built by the Army and’ Na- vy. —-- Don’t forget. Home Ser- vlce. School Board to Meet The Annual School Board meeting will be held on Ma 2, 1944 at 7:30 P. M. in the Scgool Auditorium. One school trustee is to be elected to replace Mr. J 01111 Fontanla who has served‘ a one year term. This meeting; is open to 11h-e public. TRY SA'lY1‘E-RLEE’S FOR FOIR PREISGRJIPTIONS CALL EUGENE G. BUCHER. olnaifman of troop. DRUGS —- Adv S'A'I'I‘ElRDEE DRUGS. ~— Adv ‘V .. 1t'_ . \f’€;).:'-. _ ' ‘ «..e.:\‘_;a_-_.g‘):>,V.,.’.;_‘4 :, . iv . 4.‘. -‘.\-;.;._ §7y;_._,r.-:1 ;;_: H‘ ,1)“;-\<_‘ _, ,..,_‘ ..\,..¢<.;g,.:‘s:.4;g;«{;;;;;§&& J‘ ”;.’t¥s,‘ -; ‘'3' , 2 ‘ :::~?-m:.$.‘r‘-..>»vhwa;.,3xg._: ./_\_ f, Kg‘, ) ' ‘Tr F /_A...‘....._. r» “ ~»z:;.,o—e' J “§‘3i-r-u:m ‘*= \““'-~'-tn-.....‘.._ DEPOSIT A PINT OF BLOOD D0 YOUR BIT! — The Mobile Unit of the Red Cross Blood Bank will be at the Sidway School, Monday, May 1st. Hours will be from 3 30 to 7 :30 P.,,M. Registration to date is only 88 persons. Your Donation is Vitally Needed. Register now by calling Mrs. H. J. French, Grand Island 52-F-5.