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-r&smgj. PRINCIPALS IN MONDAY'S WEDDING Church Studios NORTZ—McGRATH Miss Evelyn McGrath, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Mc- Grath, Jackson St. and Sgt. Richard Nortz, son of Mr. and Mrsi. Hi- lary Nortz, Belfort, were married at St. Peter's Chuch at 9:00 Monday morning. The ceremony was performed by the Rt. Rev. Msgr. John M. Ho- gan. The attendants were Miss Jean McGrath, sister of the bride and Donald G. Nortz, brother of the bridegroom. Miss Helen Eastman of Syracuse was soloist. A wedding breakfast for 18 members of the immediate families was given at the home of the bride's parents and a reception was; held at the Nortz Hotel in Belfortj Monday afternoon and evening. Sergeant Nortz is an instructor in the Central Signal Corps school at Camp Crowder, Mo., and he and his bride will reside at Joplin, Mo. The bride was married in a street dress of aqua wool with brown accesso ies and wore a corsage of gardenias. Miss McGrath wore a street dress of beige wool with brown accessories and a corsage of red roses. The bride has operated a beauty shop in her home on Jackson Street for the past three years. The couple spent two days at Rome, visiting Mrs. Nortz's sister and brother-in-law. GRANGE TO GIVE LINCOLN PARTY FRI. The next meeting of the Low- ville Grange will feature a Lin- coln ' Birthday program according to an announcement 'by the lec- turer. The 'Grange women will meet in the afternoon to sew for the Red Cross. At 7 o'clock there will be a covered dish supper with meeting commencing at 7:30. After the business there will >be the follow- ing 'Lincoln day program: Songs of Lincoln's time, letters from two boys in the service, tribute to Lin- coln, a reading by IMrs. Clinton Gow-dy, short essay, a story of cotton and cotton thread, Mrs. George Fitch; style show, cotton dresses by the West 'Martinsburg 4-H Club in charge of Harold Sweet, Lewis 'County 4-H 'Club agent; exhibit of cotton in a wo- man's world by Mrs. Robert Jones, Mrs. James Kelly and Doris Mc- Cue; exhibit of cotton in a man's world in charge of Richard Wel- ler, James Ross and Norman Bast. Dancing will follow the program. PTA HEARS HOGAN ON HOME SCHOOL 'Monseignbr John Hogan of St. Peter's Roman Church addressed the Lowville Parent Teachers As- sociation at the Lowville Academy Thesday evening on the relative responsibility of the home and the school to the child. The program followed a covered dish Bupper at which one hundred members of the association at-' tended. Walter Keen, head of the defense school spoke on the de- fense school setup for this com- munity and the state. Two musical selections were rendered by the trio, Marguer- ite Thisse, Ann Richardson and Amy Reed. Eighteen dollars was voted towards the milk fund. The next meeting will be held in April. FISH AND GAME MEETS TONIGHT The Lowville Fish and Game will hold its regular meeting to- night at 8 o'clock at Roy Virkler's store. E. F. Bennett Continues Studies At Princeton Edwin de F. Benett, a senior in Princeton University, passed his recent semester examinations in the Honor Division. He enlisted in the U. S. Army last July and con- tinues his studies awaiting his call soon into active service. Ed- win is the youngest 'of three sons of the Rev. and iMrs. W. <L. Ben- nett, the older two of which are in the armed forces at Camp Hale and Geiger Field. *7Ae Blaok (live/i Democrat LEWIS COUNTY'S MOST INTERESTING NEWSPAPER A DEMOCRATIC NEWSPAPER North State Street Lowville, N. Y. Telephone 253 JOHN 0. BOYD and STANLEY K. IVERSON, Editors and Publishers JOHN 0. BOYD, Editor MURIEL DENING, Society Editor Telephone 955F14 Entered at the Lowville Postoffice, Lowville, N. Y., As Second Class Matter. Published Every Thursday. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Lewis County One Year $2.00. Six Months $1.25. Three Months 75c All Other Subscriptions Except Canada, One Year $3:00. Six Months $2.00 Canada and. Foreign, One Year $4.00 Prices of Back Issues on Request. NATIONAL €DITORIAL_ _ SSOCIATION |MEMBER ggaMBfa* .- .---•':••-- • •• •--• ' - • VOLUME 34 LOWVILLE, N. Y., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1943 NUMBER 25 TALK OF THE TOWN RED CROSS PLANS RECEIVES STATE JOB Here is a ditty from World War I. My Tuesdays are meatless My Wednesdays are wheatless I'm getting more eatless each day My home it is heatless My bed it is sheetless They're all sent to the Y.M.C.A. The barrooms are treatless The coffee is sweetless Each day I get poorer and wiser My stockings are feetless My trousers are seatless My .gosh how I hate the kaiser. In thinking it over, World War •II certainly has it all over World War I as far as rationing is con- cerned. The system is much smoother and we at least have a little of what we want each day or don't you? The most complaints seem to come from a lack of cof- fee. This one pound lor every six -weeks is really a sacrifice of the first order for many people. One of the impressive facts about the new Republican admini- stration in New York State, is the way it goes about making ap- pointmments. The procedure is similar to that used by the La- Guardia administration in New York City. Each prospective ap- pointee is investigated for back- ground character and so forth. If there is anything phony there is no appointment. Incidently the Republican Party politicians do not like this procedure but for the present they haven't got a chance. One of the local apointments that we've been following since about ten o'clock election night is that of Art Mattson's. Tuesday the pa- pers came through and he is as you know Chief of the Bureau of Litigation in the Attorney Gene- ral's office. Don't say we didn't tell you on Nov. 5. There seems to be a difference of opinion around town as to whe- ther this winter is worse than the average or what. Being a com- parative stranger here myself it's hard to say. One person says the other doesn't know what he's talking about. Last winter just happened to be open says another and on it goes -far, far into the night. Whatever they say it's been cold enough and there has been more than enough snow to suit this reporter. And we're -willing to lay odds that next winter will 'be easier or else we'll have an early spring. I must check up with my good friend Dan'l Allen for a verification of this prediction first. If it's weather he knows it. (No the snow has not been removed from in front of the office .between the sidewalk and the curb.) A bit of news came through this week that will make not only the various restaurants around town a little happier but also the erst- while patrons of the restaurants. That was the fact that the office of price administration said you and you could drive to a restaur- ant if eating out and eating at a restaurant was essential shopping. Doc Odaughlin tells a story about a Doc friend of his who wouldn't let his son come home because he up and got married while he was still in college. .It seems that the son then went to Texas and be- came a howling success in his field after graduation. The folks back home began to get lonesome and suggested after about three years that it might not be a bad idea to bring home the bride. Well the lad rolls up in a nice shiny Pack- ard and a 'bank account in five fig- ures. That was different. The old folks decided then and there to move to Texas and live with the lad and his wife. You figure out the moral. There is a story going the rounds that a blind candy stand operator at the Bingham ton Court House has raised his price ceiling on that second cup of coffee. When \repeaters\ call for another mug, the operator points to a *Sign which reads, \Coffee — All You Want. 5c First Cup. $100 Second Cup.\ Eversomany people are walking to work these frosty mornings in Lowville. There are ever so many people who drive to work and whiz right 'by the walkees never think- ing to share the ride. Of -course there are some who do share the ride. But a lot of four seat vacan- cies go right by. They tell me that a lot of people around town worked off and on at Pine Camp when it was being built for the present war. It seems that many of these folks were sha- ken down along the lines that Westbrook Pegler wrote about in his column in the Post Standard last Friday morning. According to the colmun if you still have your receipts you can still collect the (Continued oft tPage J^ur), > „ Plans went ahead this week for the $20,000 Lewis County Red •Cross 'War Fund Campaign which gets under way 'March i. Joseph M. Russum' who is county chair- man of the Red Cross Drive stated yesterday that he expected to have all details of the campaign whip- ped into shape well before the first of the month. In addition the various appoint- ments of town and village chair- men, committeemen and solicitors' will be announced shortly. Upon -their shoulders will fall the job of bringing in the contributions of the many citizens of 'Lewis County to the Red 'Cross War iPund. Mr. Russum said that several people had already approached htm regarding contributions) hut that all -monies should he held un- til the giver has been called upon by the solicitor. Arthur Mattson is vice chairman of the drive and expects to be actively engaged in work upon the first of iMarch when the og ahead signal is given. The Junior Red Cross will be operating in full force under the direction of iMary M. Coffey of the Academy faculty. TOWN CLERK REPORTS DOG LICENSES DUE Deputy Town Clerk A. C Mac- Kenzie stated yesterday that all dog licenses should have been ta- ken out by the 10th of February according to the law. This year the enumerator, Donald Thisse counted 390 dogs. For licenses application should be made at the Town Clerk's office. SHOE SALES STOPPED RESUMED TUESDAY The sale of shoes in Lowville ceased on (Monday morning except for one store who seemingly\ mis- understood the time to stop. On Tuesday sales resumed. The shoes that may''be sold are unused shoes in whole or in part of leather or with rubber soles, including all ordinary types and hard soled moccasins, casual play platform and rubber soled athletic shoes. Waterproof rubber footwear ar- ticles and so forth are not ra- tioned. Stamp No. 17 from War Ration Book 1 may be used for the purchase of shoes. This cou- pon is good until June 15, 1-343. VADE60NC0EUR TO SPEAK AT ACADEMY \ Vadeboncoeur, popular WSYR commentator and newscaster, has been engaged to speak at the Lowvile Academy, Thursday eve- ning, Feb. 25. In his talk, Vadeboncoeur will ' present a review and analysis of the present world conflict in the light of today's news. The pro- gram is 'being sponsored by. the Lowville Academy yearbook staff. ARTHUR W. MATTSON MATTSON GIVEN STATE JOB Arthur Mattson, attorney of Lowville has been apointed to the p'osition of Chief of the Bureau of Litigation in Attorney General Nathaniel Goldstein's office in Al- bany effective next Monday, Feb. 15, it was announced on Tuesday morning. Since election day it l>as been expected that Mr. Mattson would receive a state appointment. Mr. 'Mattson is the second to receive a state appointment, Mrs. Bertha Sammis last .Friday having been appointed representative for the 'New York State Tax Commis- sion to handle all tax matters in Lewis County. It is necessary that an attorney he appointed for this particular work. It so happens that Mirs. Sammis is the only wo- man in New York .State to be so honored. Mattson's Background Arthur W. Mattson was .born in Oroghan, the son of the late Wil- liam and Martha Zehr Mattson. He is a graduate of Lowville Aca- demy, Cornell University College of Arts and Sciens and College of Law. He was admitted to the bar of New York State in 1912 and sub- sequently to the Federal courts. He served as Clerk of the Surro- gate's Court of Lewis County from 1913 to 1915, practising law in Lowville and Carthage until 1918 when he joined the law firm of Charles Evans Hughes in New York City, and remained in that firm until shortly after Mr. Hughes •became Secretary of State. He 'then joined the law firm of .Nathan L. Miller, former Governor and New York Court of Appeals Judge. This Arm was dissolved in 1927 and !Mr. IMattson 'became one of the brial counsel for Sullivan and Cromwell, prdmdnent New York City law firm- of which the present .Chief Justice of the United States Harlan (L. 'Stone is a former mem- ber. Governor Miller's firm has recently been reorganized with Wendell Wilkie as one of its members. In -L932 Mr. Mattson returned to Lowville and has since been active here in many varied fields of endeavor. (Continued on Page Bight) LOWVILLE B.P.O.E. TO HOLD 75TH BIRTHDAY PARTY FEB. 16 Lowville Elks next Tuesday join their half-a-million fellow mem- bers of 1,400 lodges throughout the United States, Alaska, the Canal Zone, Puerto Rico and Ha- waii in celebration of the 75th Anniversary of the founding of the Order on February 16, 18.6-8, in New York City, by Charles \Vivian and a group of fellow actors and theatrical men. Keyed to the spirit of the times, observance of the Diamond Jubi- lee will be marked here and throughout Elkdom ,by intensifi- cation of the myriad roles the Order is playing in winning the war and by special meetings in every lodge home to pay tribute to the founders of the Order.- One of the highlights in Tuesday's ob- servance .will .be a 15 minute ad- ..dress by the Grand Exalted Ruler E. Mark jSuilivan of Boston, Mass. over the nation-wide network of the Columbia Broadcasting Sys- tem. He will be heard locally over station WiSTYR at 5:30 p. m. In connection with the observ- ance of the Diamond Jubilee An- niversary, Mr. Sullivan issued the following statement to The Black River Democrat: National Unity, the Constant Objective of the.Order of Elks *\H» Order'! flf Elks was Jitad ProyideB^e^ 5 ^f4to ( \*he Ainteric^ embittered sectionalism needed a conciliator and clashing immigrant groups seeking here a raven needed a harmonizer. From these discordant elements was distilled, in the alembic of Elkdom, the spirit of American unity. Other societies there were in our coun- try at that time: some secretly fraternal, some nationalistic, oth- ers sectarian; 'but they succeeded only in isolating their members and making, them selfishly group conscious. The tendency of many societies of that day was to place \blood bond\ ahead of American allegiance. Many were dedicated to perpetuating racial and religi- ous hatreds that liad their roots in foreign soil, and sought to re- quitie traditional wrongs more an- cient than the gxandsires of those who still -cherished them. Elks have edified their country- men by faithful practice of the cardinal principles of their Order: Charity, Justice, and Brotherly. 'Lore, and have so fashioned their lives as to make the name \Elk\ synonomous with \One who loves his fellow-an.\ Thus this .great American Order, more .than any other group of men, has * aided in achieving! its country's immortal aspiration, \E Pluiibus TJnflm'i\ ' .OJI- special . significance. ; ©n the PENDERGAST TILLS KIWANIS CITY ISSUES Joseph Pendergast, newly ap- pointed Lewis County [Farm Bu- reau Agent, told the Lowville Ki- wanis Club something about the problems involved in handling- a Farm Bureau office in a county the size of Erie and a city the size of Buffalo at the regular regular weekly meeting of the club at the Hotel Windsor Tues- day evening. Mr. Pendergast also told the membership something of his plans to improve agriculture in Lewis-'County. He said \with the help of the farmers 1 'believe that I can put agriculture on a better basis. I also believe that there should be more diversification in the way of stock raising. There is a possibility of raising more sheep, swine and horses.\ .Many of the members of the Kiwanis brought in books and it was voted to continue the drive for another week. Those present included: Dr. C. N. iLaughlin, Paul Hough of the New York State College of Agri- culture, Harold Sweet, Edward Bartleett, County Judge Miller B. Moran, Joseph Russum, Sanford Egloff, Jack Spina, Albert Schoff, Louis Kohler, Gereald Donnelly, John Boyd, Clyde Graham, H. N. Haberer and Spencer Reed. Louis Kohler was the winner of the War Stamp door prize after Allen Bush's, name had been drawn first. WAACS RECRUITER SPEAKS TODAY (Lieutenant Christie of the Wo- men's Auxiliary Army Corps spoke this morning to a group of Lewis County women regarding the join- ing of the Corps. The recruiting meeting was held at the Service Men's Club on Shady Ave. at ten o'clock. Plans were made for a local Lewis County campaign for re- cruits and a committee, organized to help with the recruiting work. Mrs. Fred Young was named to have change. In addition the com- mittee will furnish all information joining the WAAC's. U.S.O. TO GIVE V'TINE PARTY There wil be a Valentine Party at the USO Saturday night. From twenty-five to fifty boys from Pine Camp are expected to attend. Mrs. William O'Hara and Mrs.\ Ned Fowler are in charge of the sup- per, which wil be served to the •boys at 6:30 and the World Wide Guild, with Mrs. James Jones as chairman and Mrs. Henry Nortz and Miss Olive Kilpatrick will serve refreshments. Junior hos- tesses are invited to come for des- sert at 7:30. FR. RICHARDSON GOES FOR AIRCRAFT STUDY Fr. Albert 'C. Richardson will leave for Aircraft Recognition school where he will undergo one week's training, at Army expense, in aircraft recognition methods under the supervision of trained officers of the Army Air Forces. Fr. Richardson has been a mem- ber of the local observation post since September and has served- approximatey 100 hours since the post was established. He is one of more than 3,000 airplane spot- ters approved by the Army for such instruction on the Eastern .Seaboard, and will return here upon its completion to instruct other observers with material sup- plied by the Army. Similar schools- have been es- tablished at Portland and Bangor, Maine; Boston, (Mass., Albany, Syracuse, Baltimore, Md., Phila- delphia,\ Pa., •Harrisburg, Pa., Sc- ramton, Pa., New York City, Nor- folk, Va., and Richmond, Va. Plans for other schools in other sections of the territory covered by the I Fighter Command are now under uonsideration. Arrangements will be made for the classes after his return. Ob- servers for 1&2E Post, who are in- terested will register with .Ben Schantz. 2 Registration for . War Ration Book Number 2 will begin on Washington's Birthday, February 22, continuing for a week at the Lowville Academy according to an announcement by Elwin Rowell, executive secretary of the Lewis County Ration Board. There will be various meetings, and conferences in the meantime to acquaint those who do the re- gistering of the public with the rules and regulations of the new rationing procedure. The various superintendents of schools through out the county will make arrange- ments at the schools in their dis- tricts for registering people out- side of Jjowville. The applicant must declare the amount of coffee on hand on No- vember 2.8 together with the num- ber of people in the' family who are fourteen yeas of age or over as stated on book 1. The number of three ounce or larger cans or jars of foods-. In this respect cer- tain foods are excepted. A close census of pantry shelves is essen- tial to a thorough understanding of the new registration rules. In addition the names of each person and serial number that is on Ration Book 1 must be avail- able. Book numbe 1 itself must foe presented before Book number 2 is given out. Canned vegetables and fruit not home canned in three ounce con- tainers or over less five cans for eafth person o.n Che declaration must be listed. An important rule for the re- tailer to watch is that he* procure a copy of the \Official Table of Point Values for Processed Foods\ from the Post Office. Those who are eligible for Book 1 and did not obtain it before Jan. 16 may do so by applying at the local war price and rationing board on and after March 15, 1943. Be- tween January 16 and March 14 no 'No. 1 Books will be\ issued ex- cept to certain persons through un- usual circumstances. After ob- taining Book 1 the applicant may apply at the local board for Book 2 by presenting the Book 1 just obtained and his-consumer decla- ration. Also where the holder of Book 1 did not apply for Book 2 during the regular distribution period, he may apply at the local board for- Book 2 on and after March 15 by presenting Book 1 and his con- sumer declaration. WORLD WIDE GUILD TO MEET WEDNESDAY The regular meeting of the World Wide Guild will be held on Wednesday evening, Feb. 17 at 8 o'clock. It will be an evening meet- ing wfth Mrs. Franklin O'Hara in charge of refreshments. Mrs. Re- inford Mattoon and Miss Frances Rendell will have charge of the program. A large attendance is expected as important business will be transacted. 53, her She Si LILA ETHEL WILLIAMS Mrs. Lila Ethel Williams, died Wednesday evening at home in Otter Creek at 6:4&. had been ill several months and was confined to her bed for the past six weeks with complications. -She was born June 16, 1890 in Hurey, Wisconsin, daughter of Clarence Trowbridge and Olive Thames Towbridge. She was mar- ried .May 4, 1911 at Wilson, N. D. to Tracy iWilliams. Suviving 'besides her husband are three daughters, Grace Wil- liams of Lowville; Mrs. Paul (Al- lena) Rumble and Mrs. Clinton ; Olmstead, (Alice) both of Glen- ^ field; one son, Howard Williams in the U. S. Army, now located in Iceland; one sister, Mrs. Edward Smith, of Richmond, Calif.; and one brother, Clarence Trowbridge of Eureka, Calif.; three grand\ sons and one granddaughter and several nephews and nieces. She was a member of the Se- venth Day Advent Church and a member of the Ladies Aid Society, of the Methodist Church at Otter Creek. .\~|§ There will be a prayer setTJiMj at 1:30 and funeral services;.-jat -i 2:00 at the Methodist Chore££l|' • Otter Creek. Burial will be maufl'' at Beeches Bridge in the spring ''-I MEETING CANCELED The Sjewis Ootmty War Council meetings s^ijedoISd for (Monday*, e^elErnR.l^as.tgoStb^ried due to tie* WOT sto RATIONING AT A GLANCE f If -.J •i f Coffee No. 26 thru March 14 ;^g Gasoline No. 4A until March 2lf| Sugar No. 11 thru MaQsHj1jSj|||L Fuel oil No. 3 thru- Febirviztygr'* No. 4 thru- March 31. T I^^
