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/If #1 ■mW i .xkJ® AN ESTABLISHMENT WITH A RECORD OF 95 YEARS SERVICE T h e M a rion Enterprise ONLY NEWSPAPER IN WAYNE COUNTY’S TRADING CENTER VOL. I—No. 43 NEWARK, NEW YORK THURSDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1941 Ante red as second clpas m a d m a tter a t IJ w a r k . N. Y . P o s t Office TWO SECTIONS — 10‘PAGES Direct: Bond Sales in W ayne DENTAL AID They Lead New Local Red Cross Branch 100 1001 Two Newark Men. Head Unit to. Sell Stamps aftd Securities 1 Part of the national campaign to spur the-, sale of defense sav ings bonds to back the. nation’s gigantic war efforts, a Defense. ■ Savings .Committee for Wayne County has been formed under the leadership of Lyman K. Stuart and George L. Richmond, both of Newark. Notified pf their appointment as co-chairmen of the local drive by Richard C. Paterson, Jr. chairman of the Defense Savings Staff of the U. S. Treas ury Department, the two prom inent business executives lost no time in organizing the county set-up. Already chosen are a county committee, ah executive | committee, four divisional field captains, and town chairmen. Town chairmen have also been urged to complete their com mittees-as-soon as possible. Local Leaded Listed According Io the county chair men, every citizen has a stake in the way and *111 .be asked to support government through the purchase pf bonds and savings stamps. They point out that Liberty Bonds during World War I were bought mostly with savings, but that people will be encouraged to invest earnings in the present defense securities. The public will be [Jffggd to set aside a certain part of their income each week for the purpose, they, declared. * towns, who make up the Wayne County Committee with Stuart and Richmond, are as follows: Arcadia—Charles R. Clark; Mar ion-Frank K. Mosher; Sodus— Rev. Benjamin Hoffman; Lyons —William' B. Young'; Palmyra— Earl Brainan; Walworth—Rev. E E. Esley; Ontario—Dr. F. C. Thompson; Williamson—E. H. VanEenwyk; Macedon — Ford Fisk; Galen—Martin J. Barry: Savannah—Reginald Stevenson; Rose—'Traver Garlick; Butler- Frank Foster; Wolcott—Dr. D. F. oyer. Four Divisions Set Up The four divisional field cap tains gnd the towns under them are: Marshall Livingston. New ark—Arcadia, Lyons, Galen and Savannah; Harrison - Bloomer, Newark — Walworth, Marion, Macedon and Palmyra; Willis Barrett, Williamson — Ontario, Sodus and Williamson; J. Don ald Welch, N. Rose—Butler, Wol cott, Huron and Rose. The county executive com-, mittee is composed of Stuart and Richmond as co-chairmen, and the following: Organization - A. N. Christy, Newark; pub licity— Ernest' E. Severson, New ark; sales outlets and reporting —Kendrick Smith, Newark, and speakers—Ralph Henkle, Pal myra. • - C H I I D R E Families Get Aid, Children Toys,. Gifts “Merry Christmas to all” will ring out throughout the whole town on Christmas Day, with no one overlooked, thanks to the Community Christmas project and toy shop sponsored by the . Arcadia Family Welfare Society, j With characteristic genero- j sity, more than 40 Newark or- I ganizaUons- and individuals i contributed nearly $600 to bring . holiday cheer to less .fortunate - • Charles; Family Welfare Begins Pia^ to Treif School Chil- dreft in Need <' ;. A program of dental help ,, children of marginal' iftcom'' families “has been Initiated the AreridLVRamily’ wfefarie jfj9 ciety vritti the ■ hacking Community Chest and ipcafipfi^*; lie and, civic; organizations? ’ • The prbgfam 'is beihg under* taken as the result of examina/ tions iri Newark grade schools b? Miss Mariaii Brownell, scjhoqi, hygienist, which showed that S. great many children wer:e..’ij| need of-attention. Donations Meet Cost. 1 Available for the work is $150 for dental expense that is par? of the Family Welfare Society!, regular budget, and a speciiti sum of .$350..recently. voted; M the Community Chest for the project. It is .believed; that ad* ditional support will also he forthcoming from local organ* izations interested in th© proi gram. The Charity League already voted the proceeds 6f its annual dance to be hel'd Monday, Dec. 29, for this pur pose. * Only permanent teeth will toe given attention and parents of Association crowded into the j children treated will be asked j Newark Methodist Church last to Pay_as much as they are able Thursday evening for their a n -! the expense. Local jlentists nual meeting. James McConnell,! are also cooperating by giving general manager of the G.L.F.! their services at lower cost. GEORG? t . RICHMOND ' LYMAN K, STUART Stuart and Richmond, Newark business executives, have been appointed co-chairmen of the Defense Savings Commit tee for Wayne County. Wayne 'Groups Re-Elect Huckle Head at Meeting More„-than 225 men and wom en of the Wayne County Farm and Hoilie Bureau and 4-H Club ’Officers of new Newark bt^ch/.-Wayriiti Red,’ Cross Chapter, elected last’ Friday, shown buckling down to imihediate; work planmng-local urnt war relief activities. From, left, seated, Carlton F. Smith, chairman,. LED CROSS Enlistments-Sought For Marine Corps Sergeant J. E. Sorg of the Rochester Recruiting Office of the U.S. Marines will be station ed at City Hall, Newark, every Monday from 9 a. m. until 2 p. m. for the purpose of receiving enlistments to the’Marine Corps. He states’that Any applicant Cooperative, was the principle speaker. ! fee urged farmers to be ready j to lead the way bqcl^ from een -1 Newark's ’ized government- after Community Christmas chair-7tf esent emmgency. He also told man, reports. Largest contribu tion was $105 given by Newark School children. In addition, local groups and individuals also contributed numerous toys and gifts for the Community Toy Shop. Nearly 10Q families received , cash gifts for food, clothing and j fuel as part of the community enterprise, and parents of more than 75 families received invita tions to visit the Toy Shop and select gifts for their children. It is estimated that 255 children will thereby be, made happy on Christmas. Day. :— o ----------- the assembled audience that Wayne County still needs more inarketifig facilities, like can ning factories, which they own themselves. Tlie present incumbent, Clar ence Huckle of Clyde, was elect ed for another term as president of the Association. Mrs. Alfred Temple, Marion, and Roy Jen kins, Red Creek, were elected vice-president and secretary respectively, succeeding Mrs. Leo Bailey, Macedon, and Prank W. Beneway, Ontario. Bureaus, 4H Also Elect In the 4-H Department the following were elected to the executive committee: James G. Case, Sodus, 3 years; Mrs. Doro-1 thy Facer, Lyons, 3 years; Mrs. j C. Roy Curtis, Marion, 1 year Smith Heads Local Branch Bad « m r n e , , c m * ? nned f° r w * Wf k . Examinations by Miss Br-own* •» An enthusiastic group of about, ell thus far of 687 pupils i n ' i 100 women seeking to do a pa- three grade schbbls;/tri°tiP share in America’^ war disclosed a -total-of 1,374 casf&ffQi'ts.-rriet-^hast Friday apd', or-, Ities in permanent teeth, ana ganized: the .Newark branch of 1,480 cavities in temporary the\ Wayne County Rea Cross teeth. Only about 75 children had teeth that did not need treatment of some kind. Still to be examined are 60 more Chapter. Officers and commit tee chairmen were selected, headed by Carlton F. Smith, former village mayor, as local children at Perkins School, and j unit chairman, students at the Newark Junior, The group designated the new Senior High School. . officers as a committee to ar- The Rev. Charles W. Walker,! range for a local Red Cross' t chairman of the Family Welfare, workroom in which volunteers [ Society's dental program, points, may carry on Ihe war relief Work. This, includes sewing, knitting, first aid and home nursing instruction, and making bandages. Other officers elected are: First vice-chairman, Mrs. Mar ian MacDOugall; second vice- chairman, Mrs. Harry G. Chap man; secretary, Mrs. Rhea E. (Continued on Page Five) ---------- o- --------- ‘Victory’ is Theme For Charity Ball Here Next Monday Victory” will toe both the by-, word and decorative theme for Chittenden; treasurer, Mrs. and Roderick Foray, Williamson,; the Newark Charity Ball to be! Howard L. Franklin. At the or- 1 year- I held, next Monday evening, Dec. The Home Bureau elected Mrs. Ralph Merrill, Wolcott; Miss to-,’ w‘ « IfofTnomnn IFroif - T stavi o onri TVXt*c 1 ® 1 29, toy the ,Charity League in the Katherine Frey, Lyons, and Mrs.J Leo Bailey, Macedon, for 3 years,1 3 years, and one year respec -1 tively, In the Farm Bureau elec Designating the party as a “victory dance”, the league has adopted a patriotic motif as the scheme tions Vernon Cator, Palmyra\: N.: for decorations. I who desires to go to Rochester i Read, Walworth ': and Marion I Mrs- Robert Rayfield, decora- Casts Announced For Senior Plays At Newark High Casts for the aim'ual Newark High School Senior -plays to be presented Feb. 18 and 19 were announced by Miss Irene B. Quiri, school dramatics teacher, following final tryouts last week. The casts for the three filays follow: Daisy Won’t Tell”: June— Margaret Townsend and Beth Wood; May—Gloria Groat and Elsie VanAst;. Daisy Jarvis— Aquila Santoro and Harriet .Smith: Ted Ryan—James Corn- 'vpH and Bill Matthews; Alan Rogers— Maurice Strobridge and Mark Walsh! “Ouess Again? Ghost !”• Ann ’•''\ds--Kathleen Crbuch; Phyl lis Leeds—Betty Allen; Great Grandmother Leeds -- Martha Fecves arid Grace Winkworth; Linda—Lena Cblso - and Ruth- tokeniaii; Tire Nurse—-Mary Erockhuizen and Constance Clark; A Young Woman — Cora H e n k e l . “Peace, It’s Wonderful”: Edith \ Joan Halcus; Fred—Harry In dian and Paul Merriam; Roscoe Alvin Landfield and Richard E'lmihhi; “Junior”—James Per- K,||S and Neal Sinkefdgm; Helen '■ ‘ean Burgt'eeu. ! that day for final examination 1 will be given transportation if he reports before 2 o’clock. ---------- a ---------- PAPER OUT EARLY ' Owing to the fact that Christa 1 mas and New Year's days fall on Thursdays, the Newark Courier- Gazette wqs issued Tuesday morning this week, and will be delivered on Tuesday of next week. Readers and advertisers are requested to fuqnish early copy as the paper goes to press Monday afternoon. Johnson, Williamson. tions chairman, said a large “V . unanimously re-elected. i made of greens will be hung on | Part of the evening’s program1 toe wall above Carl Dengler’s | was devoted to paying tribute to “Rainbow Rhythm” orchestra as (Continued on Page Five) (the central decorative piece, | while red, white, arid blue bunt- pi ati? o t afriTs avatt a r itt I ing will toe hung about the hall Blanks for 1942 motor vehicle j aIo« f with evergreens Procee^ registration may be obtained in I of the event, which will be from Newark at either the Police St a- j ^ P- m- to 2 a- m-’ ™H1 be turn- tion or Courier-Gazette office. to the schools dental County Clerk Charles A. Noble program being set up by. the announces that his auto bureau Family Welfare Society.. Mrs. staff will be in Newark all iday Benson T. Shirtz is general Jari. 22 to sell the plates. chairman of the ball. Coddes to Celebrate Golden Wedding Date Celebration of their Golden Wedding Anniversary will be observed by Mr. and Mrs. John G. Codde next Sunday, Dec. 28, with an open house at their home on the Lyons Rd. north of the Bloomer Paper Mill. The couple's many friends will call to offer felicitations between 3 and 6 p. m Mr. and Mrs. Codde were mar ried Dec. 27. ,1891. but toe cele bration is being held bee. 28 for convenience of the family. They werh wed iri Guy’s Mills, Pa.,, home of the bride who was MisS Nettle smith. Mr. Codde is a native of East Aurora. -N. Y„ and has been a niattress manufacturer^ During the past 33 years they have lived in their present home. They have three children. Mrs. Paul ine Peterhan of WilllamsqH. Kenneth Codde of Rochester, and Miss ’ Marjoirie Codde .. 1 i>;■ j i Ml. and Mrs. John G. Codde, Old Lyons Rd., who will observe 59fh wcldding anniversary next Saturday. of!.Newark, one. , grandson,Jaeis ^qterhan, wjlliaason, x~~~ ganization meeting Mrs. O. W. Bumpus served as temporary secretary, and Mrs. John L- Metcalf, cpurfy Red Cross chair man, explained\ the purposes of establishing a local unit. Presiding over the organiza tion session at the high sciibol was Mrs. Minnie F. Snyder, temporary chairman, who re called that she had, worked with a similar Newark Red Cross unit in such activities during World War I. A heated home was donated by R. A. S. Bloom er for the purpose at that time, it was reported, and the new officers will also seek donation of a similar vacant room this week for unit activities. Chairmen of the various com mittees which will carry on war relief wrirk were named by nom inations, and will select com mittee members to work with them. They are: Finance— -Ralph S. Smith and Wilson C. Bloomer:. home service — Mrs. ■Ronald Mat ti son; first ‘ aid and iifesaving. Mrs. Charles W. Bur gess; home nursing—Mrs. C. Dupha Reeves; canteen and nu trition—Mrs. August E. Witzei; sewjng production—Mrs. John R, Hayden; knitting production— Mrs. Robert S. Bloomer and Mrs. Ef. B. Elliott; staff assistants— Mrs. Duane Brown; and motor corps—Mrs. Curtis Scofield. — ---- —o— ------ -- CORN SHOW, DAIRY MEET The annual Wayne County Com Show and Dairy School sponsored by the Farm Bureau will be held Tuesday arid Wed nesday, Dee. 30 arid 31. 'at the Lyons Grange Hall. A Wayne County “Corn King\ will again be crowned for exhibiting the I best five cars of corn. Five class* j-ps are Cornell 11, Wefttcrbranch, I Swpcpstakes, Cornell 29-3. White | Can Yellow Dent, and all other • varieties ........................................ juidvj^Cm. Rhea yE. . .Chittenden, :secretary; standing^ Mrs.. Maneun ffeacDougall, first vice-chairman; Mrs. Harry G. Chapman, second vice-chairman; Mrs. Howard L. Franhliri, treasurer. , 5 Persons Injured Ixilifter^Cbllisicm At, S. Main Corner .-Five p.ersoris were injured, two .seriously, in a two-car smhshup at the corner of South Main. St. and East Maple Ave.. late SaUndayr-evening, as one auto rep'ortedljr went- out of control and jumped the curb. All injured persons were' reported recovering yqsteyday. .. Koe> to’:.- investigated, reported that a car driven north on Bouth Mail} by Robert Smith, 18, Phelps, ran up over the east Curb just south of the intersection, slipped between a tree and ligB^ pole, and crashed into another car on East Maple Ave. which had stopped for the traffic light. This car was Operated by Frank San- Angelo, 116 Prospect St. Riding with SanAngelo and most seriously hurt were Miss Grace Severance, 40, 116 Pros pect St., who suffered a broken left shoulder blade, possihle spine injury, contusions of the left side, and shock, and Miss Helen Severance, 42, same ad dress, who received a brain concussion, sprained neck, and head bruises. SanAngelo receiv ed a cut over the right eye. Riding with Smith, who re ceived slight internal injuries when thrown against the steer ing wheel, was Miss Marian Lash, 18, Phelps, who suffered a strained neck and contusions of the, left shoulder. Smith was driving a ,car owned by David Keen, Phelps, and told the offi cer that an auto emerging from West Maple AVe. as the light changed confused him and he lost Cofitror. — , ------ ,o - ------------- [lood Response Reported for Red Gross War Relief' Enthusiastic response to the Red Cross drive for a wav relief fund „ was reported in Newark ari d \throughout ...Wqyp© DEFENSES OFCOUNTY IN NEWARK Control Office in Civilian < Activities, Listed for City Hall The -.Civilian Defense •controi--: centei for Wayne County \yill be located m Newark, it was ari- j nounced last week, by Sanfbrd ' M Young of Palmyia, county, defense council phauman... Thi'fei center, which will be a clearing/-:-., house for county defense aetivi* ties, will be located on the’va* cant third floor of City Hall . Army officers ordered that tele control center be located here, Young said, in view of the fapt : that all mam telephone truiik lines for the county converge in’ Newark. He and Capt Thomas Griffin, county’ council secretary/ iaid^out plans here last- Friday for constructing arroonratoout-28; by 25 leet square within the large hallJbhat comprises —the— ri City Hall thud flooi County .Blackout Planned The Wayne chairman also le yealed that a county-wide black out will be held m the ■ neai futuie but said it will nut; be called before all communities -have organized and trained their air raid wardens In this connection Elmer J Cunningr . ham chief warden of the New ark ARP service, announced that a meeting of the five sector war— \ dens and all their post wardens V; ho have so fax been appointed Will be field tonight The session is called for 7pm at City Hall. Marshall E. LivuigM •ii on, district attorney ahteW paign for $30,000 got uri der way over the week-end. A. Eugene Bolles, Newark, coun* ty war relief chairman* said that organization of - community workers was completed toy the end of last week and that the volunteers, who already had be gun their canvass reported wholehearted generosity of citi zens toward this vital emergency project. Although no {definite total for Newark was announced yester day, Raymond A. Mutih, local campaign ' director, said that workers covering the village to raise $7,000 were reporting a highly patriotic response and that he believes the local quota will be raised by the Dec. 30 deadline if contributions con tinue as well as they have be gun. The Newark effort was given a substantial boost when both the Rotary andi Lions clubs voted $125 each toward the cam paign, Mjith ' also announced that Mrs. F. Neff Stroup has been ap pointed captain of the Dist 4 (Continued on Page Eight) ----------- b— -------- KING'S DAUGHTERS ELECT Mrs. Vernon Gridley was EARLIER SATURDAY CLOSING elected president of the King’s * • “ ■\ Daughters at.a meeting of the group last week Tuesday at the home of Mrs. Harold' Ingraham of Mason St. Other officers chos en were: Vice-president, Miss Mary Sedgwick; secretary, Mrs. Colston Ketcham, treasured, Miss Marguerite Schattner. Newark stores generally will close Saturday evenings at 9. o’clock beginning this week, in line with their annual custom •following Christmas, according to Bernald C. Bush, .chairman qf the Newark Retail Merchants Council. Newark Man, 92, M arks Birth One of Newark’s oldest resid- deVits and a former prominent store owner. A. Eugene Williams of 115 High St.. will celebrate his 92nd birthday at his home here this Friday. Still hearty despite his age, Williams keeps active daily at his hobby of wood-working, gardening and reading exten-. Sively. feis niind is keen, and he can probably recall more of Newark's past history than any other living man. Declaring that he can fead fine print, the nonagenarian says that he stop ped using glasses two years ago When fie got \the second sight”. For the past 14 years the old ster and his daughter. Miss Ethel Williams, Who resides wijfi\ him, have spent the winter in Florida where they always held .open house for friends on Mr. Wil liams.' birthday.. Continuing the custom here tliey will hold, open house at their Newark home this <■ Continued en Page Six) A, iBUGENE WILLIAMS council Will address the meet ing and instructions will be given the wardens \as to' 'their duties m pieparation for blaek outs and actual emergencies. ■ “ All Units Centered Here County control headquarters' here will include the -air raid- auxiliary police, emergency fire.. eme^ge^vj mcuteai., <md ishP-Mitsi— and food divisions of the county. civilian defense setup. In. the eyent of a large fire iri soine village requiring assistance from- other villages, or disaster te* ;;/- 'I quifing medical ayfi the contrbta//' * ceiter will have m m g a t l p i a ^ in recent surveys showing which V? ■ communities they can b.est .ahd: ; most quickly call on for effec- ' tive help. '!' '\' TV; Chairman Ycrung said timfc; of?/1 ’ necessity, the controi cgfiter.: / must be manned by a staft'v#'<y''4f volunteers Avom Newark, 1 will be in operatiofi day and - night during \alert” periods affe;:fi er lb is set up. He urged' lobafi; . . ’ citizens who wish to contribute time to register for sucfi work; at the Courier-Gazette office'ate ? * once. , , The center will be equipped by - 'the U.S. Army with proper fur- nishings for carrying on control work, and the staff will be -..inte'- -V: structed in such operations, Special telephone-lines' will fie :. ... run to the center, which will- be 4: heated during the winter. . . ; l / ' : O jjy'i-f'/ Plans Revealed For Revsun|j(ittg|^^ Newark • Newark Hospital is ufidrirgjijfig-'. ? a major face*fiftlng 'Operatiofi^teterif this riionth and, . although 'ifitei-/' 1 won’t be entirely finished until afiout next June, a large por tion of the building will be leady for occupancy early in January, according to Dt John C Caimei of Lyons, one of the- hospital ■ owners. Alterations, both inside and out, $re being made as re sult of the $5 000 fiie there le- cently. .. . ,vte Most important change m the . building will be the addition; of ■ a third flooi on the fiofit of the old original structuie, just above the fiont poich which willbetotn oflLTlxis thud story will provide— two rnoie pi hate looms, as will also a change m the old ^thiee- bed waid below it, said Dr Cal mer. _ Entire outside “of fire old “poi - “ tion, which was the only section badly damaged in toe fire will be sandblasted and pamted lo give the whole building a. rod . brick extenoi simrilar to the J l present new eastein section, K. new ai-tistic mam entrarice will (Contin uetl ©a, Page Tfilee)
