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NAPLES’ HOME- NEWSP j SPER NAPLES’ HOME NEWSPAPER :ESTABLISHPD JANUARY,' 107O% A NEUTRAL JOURNAL DEVOTED TO' LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS. -TERMS: $1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE. • VO LUBfe 68 . •r NAPLES, Q ^ A H IO COUNTY, N. Y , WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1936. NO/9 HUS WEEK’S NEWS v IN LOCAL CHURCHES Provide us with the News .of Your \ChurcH if* You. would, have it appear in this column. - BAPTIST Rev. D!; M. Ratcliff, Pastor — Wednesday, 7:30 p. m.,/mid-. week.meeting_fot-JBible study and prayer.’ • Bring, the Old Testament-' 8:30, choir, practice. , , . — Sunday: 11 , morning worship and preaching service;, sermon top- ic, “ That Man from Macedonia in Modem Garb.” 12,- Bible School: Mrs. Elmer Comstock, superintend ent; Mrs. D. M. Ratcliff, primary ’superintendent. A class and a weir come for each aind every one. 7, evening service. The young peo ple will conduct the service. There the close.' The sermon topic will be, “ Gladness and.Joy.” — Tuesday, Marth 3, Eureka meeting. < METHODIST EPISCOPAL Rey. E^ J. B.urton!'jv{Mi.nister.:- ^'■:“ Se^iceV,'Lord,$,,Day^~March'1 Ty first Sunday in Lent: 11 a. m., Divine worship, prayer and ser- mpn; anthem by the choir. 12 in., Church School; classes' for every one of every age; Leon HNCor nish, superintendent; Mrs. Clar ence A- Baxer, primary superin tendent. 6:30v p. m., Epworth League meeting at the home of Gordon Walker. ~ — Wednesday, 7:30 p. m., mid week services. 8 p. m., choir re hearsal. • — ‘Friday, 3 p. m., a • special service observing the World’s Day of Prayer, will be held ” in the church. • All women of the com munity are invited. — Tuesday, 6:30 p. m., Church School Board supper anti business __ meeting at the ’ home of Mr. and Mrs. Leon H. Cornish, South Main Street. PRESBYTERIAN Rev. El Irving Braden, Pastor — 7 p. m. Wednesday, choir re- hearsal. 8 p7 m., young people plan to work on Sunday School chairs. 'Refreshments will be serv ed. p. m. Thursday, final mis sion study class, , at the home of Mrs., Orion L. Emory. A tureen supper is to be served after the class period. „ — 3 p. mr\ Friday, the World Day of Prayer will be observed by the women of the three churches at the union service to be held this year at the Methodist church. — 7 p. m. Saturday, choir re hearsal. — 10:45 &. m., Sunday, service of worship; sermon, \Lengthening the D a y ;” this Snnday opeqs the. Lenten season. 11:45 a. m. Sun- • day School service; Mrs. Braden’s class leads the opening worship .period; announcement to be made \this Sunday of the winner of the crusade contest; Men’s Class con tinues its discussion on “ Racial Purify;” Friendly Class, “ Racial Neighborliness.” 6.;.30 p. m., young people’s meeting to be held at the home of Miss Jean Otto; the discussion wjjl center about the re view o f the interesting book, “ I •' went to Pit College.” ' — 8 p. m. Tuesday, March 3, first rehearsal of union* choir for Easter cantata under the direttion of Miss Casler. 1 ST. JANUARIES’ * •Rev. Edward M. Scheid, Rector — Schedule of manes: First and third.' Sundays of the month, 10:30 a. m.; second and fourth Sundays, 9:0 0 a. m/; mass on holy days at 8 a.m . . WORLD DAY OF PRAYER ► The Worid Day of Prayer will be observed on Friday, February JURORS DRAWN - FOR COUNTY COURT The March • term ' of Ontario County 7 .Cdurt will be convened in Can&ndkigua next \Monday. Jurors have been drawn as follows: Bristol: Floyd Hatch, James Reed. Canadice: Richard Coitello.' Canandaigua: Bramon 1 E. Fox. East 'Bloomfield: Ray Hinds, Fred Murray. Farmington: Wayne Power. Geneva: Sherlin Ansley, Harry Archer, Thomas K. Fahy, Fred Fredenberg, George* McGuire. Gorham: William G. Henry. .. .. . Hopewell: Charles R. Brundage^ Gordon C. Foster, Jacob Harden- stine, Donald J. Howard, Law- renfce Snjith, T. A. Moore. Manchester!- Gordon B. Lewis, Albert Pardington. ' —— - Naples: William- Cleveland, Le- Roy- W gHacer~MoTrij-Wanier. --------- Phelps: Wright Bailey, Arthur Day, Frank H.\ Hicks, Bradley Spears. ^Richmond: Howard Shepard. „ Seneca: George Forcjon, Henry Sutherland. Victor:. Ray Rose, NJ-A. Smith, ' Is’* *; West Bloomfield: Edwin Croft, Walter McDonald. MARRIED 45 YEARS • Mr. and Mrs. .Herbert E. Gra ham, of Naples, observed the forty- fifth anniversary of their marriage' last week. Miss Matie E. Willover and Mr. Herbert’ E. Graham were united in marriage on February*18, -891* ‘ \- - Mr. Graham is one or the oldest business men in this village, and is widely known. He was engaged in the hardware business in Naples for several years as senior member of the firm of Doolittle & Graham, later acquiring the interests of his partner and continuing the bus iness until it was purchased by the C. Bolles, in 1900. For’ a few years he conducted a furniture and undertaking business in Prattsburgh, and for a few years was proprietor, of the Up-to-Date NAPLES FAIR SNOWPLOWS USED - GETS HIGH RATING TO CLEAR DEBRIS At the-meeting held, in Albany] Snowplows and shovels ■ which on Tuesday'of last week,, second^ .three days ago were battling snow- class rating'of the-Naples Fair was drifts on the highways in this vi- announced. This gives our local cinity were pushing debris from enterprise rank among the test some of the same roads\yesterday small-town fairs in the State o f ; ikfter a day’s thaw had transform- New York, and a better rating than ed the creeks- and gullies into roar- some of the county fairs 'received.- ing streams. President' Frank Widitner arid “ Dame Nature does things in a Secretary Orion L. Emory, of the big way lately, and when the zero Naples Union Agricultural Society, temperature moderated (he first of attended the Albany meeting.. ADULT EDUCATION the present week a thaw set in, which reduced to liquid the greater part of a foot of heavy snow here x in the valley in a mere twenty- ! four hours. In a few places the Naples Creek Principal A. O. Jenkins, chair man of the local committee for J adult education under the Works ^overflowed the high dikes builtat lastaples Progress Administration-plan, has j f an by the'dredgers, but the dikes reported that no progress has been w ere not much damaged. Prob- made in securing teachers— —ably—the—~creek— would—have n o -in-twenty-one-or-'more-lines of-bu: proposed program. The W. P^~55m m o d a ted the water, had there supervisor, John Nichols, hoy/ever, been no ice- jams. Plates of solid is attempting to secure teachers f o r , jce from eighteen to twenty-four BUSINESS MEN . TO ORGANIZE HERE A dozen local business men met last evening in Village Hall to con sider the feasibility .of reviving the Naples Chamber of Commerce or effecting a similar organization. It was unanimously decided to form an organisation of local bus iness men. A* Oi #Jenkins was jnade temporary chairman and Park Young temporary secretary. Mr. Jenkins, Mr. Young %nd Fred D. Delbridge were made a committee to devise ways and means of bringing the new organi zation into being. The twelve men present at the pneeting last evening were agreed th N needs a live organiza tion of its business men, and the cooperation of the local tradesmen\ LIVE NEWS GLEANEJL. FROM OUR EXCHANGES Fred Schweickhard has been ap pointed acting postmaster at Rush- ville. the Naples program. As. a. result o f announcemenlsjdk-i. tributed, over thjjrjy, different indi viduals, have .signified,, their; desire ’H -r-i O', ‘ './J : to take',part\in; the, program: ;Typei; inches in thickness and of forty to -fifty square feet in area blocked the jrushing water, i^ . The Naples-Middlesex t road and the ' Naples-Bristol Springs - ‘ad 1 — - r ----------- _r .—D- 'ro writing, with eighteen people desir- were covered with several- feet of ing a course, heads the list, ^nd ice and mud, washed upon them by book-keeping, which attracts sev- the waters. Henry T. Noyes’\ ga- iness that were not represented at the meeting will be sought. en, comes second. .Music apprecia tion, knitting, contract -bridge and Kome gardening each have-four ad herents. Others are interested in advanced sewing, advanced cook ing, French,, birds and game, polit ical and current events, recreation-, 'art, psychology, wood working, business- lawj-interior decoratings It should be understood that these courses would carry no credit in any institution, nor would they receive Regents credit. Any num- ?age, on the Bristol Springs road, was entirely covered with debris, and other properties were treated to smaller “ helpings.” \Many wells and, cellars were flooded with surface water. Today .another’ brisk snow, storm is in progress. MRS. ELWYN HUGHNER Mrs:. Ruth'Hughner, 26, wife of Elwyn-Hughner—died at-her-Tiome ber of courses may be selected, i f ' ’in Sonyea oh Saturday, February there is no conflict in time. It is 22, 1936. She was a daughter o f hoped that the state supervisor will Mr. and Mrs. Earl Lafler, of Rush- be able to give us definite informa- 1 ville, and had spent the greater iaTZlohn'BolieZand his'son.^Tohn li°n *s to * hat sha11 be done abou t' Part ofLh*r I!fctin1 tha,1 the Naples program within a week. I Survivors, include, besides the huband and her parents, two TRUMAN R. CURTIS Truman R. Curtis, 61, Depa^ment Store'in Na^es.^hich his ^ome on the Naples-Woodville sister, Mrs road last Thursday, February 20, Potter. •daughters, Alice. Marie and Norma Hughner; two brpthers, Lester and died at i Emory Lafler, of Sonyea, and one Ralph Kilpatrick, of WILLETT M. SPANGLE Willett M. Spangle, 85, died last Wednesday at his home in Canan d a i g u a . ‘ He;r-was ' well known in Naples. After serving a clerkship of eleven years, Mr. Spangle was ac tive as a clothing merchant -iirCan- andaigua for fifty-five years. He retired two years ago. He was a member of the Canan daigua Village Board when that place was a village. Later he was a member of the City Council, and was its president for seven years. He served thirteen years as a vol unteer fireman, and was foreman of the company for seven years. In 1873 he joined the Odd Fel lows and was & member of the original Board of Managers, and a past grand master. He was a life member of Canandaigua Lodge of Masons, and belonged to the Ex celsior Chapter, R. A. M.; Red 1936, after several weeks’ illness. Mr. Curtis was a son of the late i David and Jane Hopkins Curtis, I and was bom in . West Hollow on he purchased from the late Tim othy J. Leahy; this business he sold to the A. B. Chaffee interests, of -Syracuse. In partnership with Maynard N. Fox, he -established „ the .Naples • ^ ar?h. 15’ . ' 872* H - ■ had, aWa,ys Hardware and erected the building |,ived m thls community, where hs tn-whieh-it—is-locatecfc—At-present I ^ as a, member the Baptist his son-in-law, Clyde H. Harring ton, is associated with him in the business. Services were held from the. Methodist church in Rushville on Saturday* at 2 p. m. SHORT COURSE NEWS About twenty-one people were 28, at 3 p. m., in the Methodist Episcopal church by the Protestant Church and o f the Naples Grange.' present at the third meeting of the Mr. Curtis had been a promin- Short Course, last Thursday eve- ent and successful grape grower ^ning. _The subject-for discussion for many years. • He had demon- j was “ T^e Principles of Operation strated what a grower can do in the Four-Cycle. Engine. This building-up his. own trade for his' was 8 >vcn by Leon H. Cornish, product, and each autumn thou- churches. The public is invited to sands of- motorists from near-by. attend this service. CHURCHES PLAN EASTER CANTATA The members of the four local churches, and especially those who sang in the Christmas cantata will be pleased to hear that again the community is to coopferate in the home on Sunday at 2:30 p. m cities cfeme to the roadside stand at his home to purchase grapes. In 1896 he was united in mar riage with Miss Bertha Harrington, of Italy,' who survives; other sur vivors are a daughter, Mrs. George R. Boheen, o f ’Rochester, and three nieces and two nephews. Services were held from the presentation of an Easter cantata. It will be, under the direction o f Miss Elizabeth Casler, She has di rected cantatas in other commun ities, and comes to these rehearsals with a background of rich experi ence. The excellent work done in the Christmas cantata and the attend* ance showed that the community is willing' to support these musical en deavors. 1 h Of course the success o f the pre sentation- depends uponUthe hearty aid of- the , singers in 'these churches*. -Jhe first rehearsal will be held on Tuesday, March 3,, at eight o’clock, at the’ Presbyterian conducted by the Rev. D. M. Rat cliff, of the« Baptist Church, and burial was made in Rose Ridge cemetery. HIRAM B. SHEPPARD : --Hiram Bert Sheppard, 70j (died of a heart 'attack in his home in Way! and on Thursday, February 20, 1936. H e is survived by his widow, Jennie King Sheppard; two sons, Floyd and Clinton Sheppard, of W»yl*nd; three daughters, Mrs. .Marion Evans, o f Rochester, Mrs. Lawrence Smith, of Buffalo, and Mrs. Bert Dudley, of Wayland, and a brother,' Charles Sheppard, of churth. A t that time the most ^Naples. Funeral services took convenient times for later rehc; r- piaac Saturday in the home’ at 2 p. sals will be 1 discusscd. The modem youth seeks diplo mas rather thaq-knowledge. A light, heart makes light work; a heavy heart, heavy work. who illustrated his talk with charts and an automobile • engine. Mr. Cornish in introducing the course said that most farmers have a need of knowing something about the principles of operation of their farm motors, so when, something happens, they will know where to begin to look'for the trouble. A good group discussion followed the talk,* with some good questions from the group. After the meeting an election was held for officers of the rifle club. George Ostrander was elect ed as president, and. will have chargei of the range; Grant Fisher will be treasurer, and Lyel Fleisch- mah will be secretary. The boys decided to form a local chapter of the Square Circle, a sportsmen’s organization. They also decided to inaugurate a postal match sys tem with several nearly schools. The meeting this week will be held at the usual time and j>Iace. Mr. Cornish will continue his series on motors, this week' discussing “ Ignition.” W e plan to have a board wired up to show the igni* tion system of an automobile mo tor. Mr. Cornish also has some films which will l e used. Everyone interested is invited to ’ attend. Rifle shooting and basket ball will follow as usual. — X. Templar, and Damascus Temple, A. A. 0. M. S., of Rochester. Mr. Spangle is survived by his wife, Mrs. Vinette Godfrey Sutton Spangle, of Canandaigua, formerly .of—Naples,—and -by— a— sister, .Mes>- -¥an—Ghroniele-&cpres $7 Clara North, of New .Haven, Corin ^Services were held on Friday from the Presbyterian Canandaigua and burial was made in Woodlawn cemetery, in ' that city. Miss Irene T. Southworth, aged 95 years, died last week in Man chester. Telegraph and cable service will be restored in Dundee after a lapse of six years. The school at Hall was closed last week in an effort to prevent the spread of scarlet fever. One of our\^ exchanges reports the indefinite postponement of a church chowder sale owing to the scarcity of clams. Is this because the bay is frozen over or because this is a campaign year and every Iking; ------------------- - — The Board of -Managers of the Bath Municipal Memorial Hospital Saturday afternoon announced that Mrs. Henry Wynkoop had offered to furnish and equip a' modern operating room in the proposed new hospital.—^-Cohocton lndex. , ' • Pneumonia serum has now been placed at the disposal of physicians in this area, free of charge. This marks the first’ time when this valu able serum so; effective in the care of, pneumonia patients could be had without considerable cost.— Canandaigua Times-Joumal. Washington made a will a cen tury and a half ago. The sterling integrity of the Father of Our Country is revealed by the first clause of this will, which reads: \A ll of my debts, of which there -are-few^-ancLnone—of- -magnitude, are to be punctually and speedily paid.” - The truck of “ Bus” Gibson, of the East Lake road, was pulled out Jacket - Commander^Knights. .Df- -about— six-feet— o f -frigid Lake Keuka water and put into service again hauling ice. Last week the truck, loaded with ice, was^ heading for shore north of Keuka, when it suddenly broke through.— Penn MRS. DOW D. NAGLE Mrs. -Dow D. Nagle, 44, of Hud son, Mich., (nee. Grace E. Pierce) died at a hospital in Ann Arbor, Mich., on February 9, 1936, after fan illness of four months, terminat ing with pneumonia. Mrs. Nagle was a daughter of the Rev. Dr. William R. and Mrs. Pierce,.and was a resident of Na ples from 1898 to 1902, when Dr. Pierce was pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church here. ■ Born into the family oPuu Meth odist clergyman and later united in marriage with another Methodist minister, she had never lived more than three or four years in any one community. In adult years she was- active in many branches of the work of the church and its- auxiliaries and at the time of her death was - president of the Ann Arbor District of the Woman’s Foreign Missionary Societies of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Tn September, -‘ 1914, she Was married at No^thville, Mich., to the Rev. Dow D. Nagle, a Methodist minister, who with a ten-year-old- daughter, Phyllis, Survives. She leavesi too, her parents, Rev. and Mrs. W. R. Pierce, of Albion, Mich.; two brothers, Rev. Ralph M. Pierce, D. D., of Evanston, III., jand Hugh M. Pierce, ^ d f , New Rochelle, -N. Y., and a sister, Miss L. Adeline Pierce, of Mt. Ple&sant, Iowa. The funeral was held February 11, at Hudson, Mich.;’ and inter ment was made at Albion, Mich. It was an expensive hunt for church in ■ Harry Byrp.es, of Minneapolis, who drew one oft the severest penalties §ver imposed for game law viola tions in that state— a $1,310 fine and a year in jail. Byrnes and when two. companions, when arrested, had in their possession 118 pheas ants, 2 Hungaritfn^partridges and 1 prairie chicken. He was fined $10 per bird and an additional $100 for hunting without a license. Wjllard Wykoff, of Romulus, has an antiquated article that brings to light events of the old days in- Romulus and- Varick. This is an old tax book for Varifck for the year 1847. It is a home made book of 15 pages and is about 7x10 inches. The book is rolled up in a thick leather cover in the shape of a scroll, and is tied with a slender leather thong. On the last page are the names of Tunis Dey, Benjamin Barrick and Jo Wykoff, assessors.-Waterloo News. Unable to-obtain sufficient ma terial to write a thesis on Turkey, Morris Schnidman.' a junior in the University pf Rochester, wrote to President Ghazi Mustapha Pasha Ataturk. For the five-cent stamp invested in iiis request Schnidman received a letter and express pack age containing fifteen books, pamphlets and,magazines in vari ous languages valued at' from 65 cents to $6 each. Included is a bound copy o f a speech on inter national affairs given by Mustapha Kemal. The address required five days for complete delivery and the printed English translation is in a volume of 724 pages. A request for a copy of the completed thesis was made by the Turkish president. — Watkins Review.
