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Page 3 Couverneur Tribune Press Thursday, December 4,2008 Serving up plenty of good cheer Volunteers of every age were busy on Thanksgiving Day preparing the annual free holiday mean at the Gouverneur Methodist Church. People from all over the community give up part of their holiday to prepare, serve and even deliver the traditional Thanksgiving meal. Judy Bush, who coordinates the effort each year, said that 145 dinners were served this year, which is up about 25 percent from last year. About 40 folks decided to enjoy the meal in the fellowship hall in the basement of the church. It's nice that these folks \just show up\ every year to make sure that the annual dinner is a success. The girls above were busy dishing out gravy, dressing and potatoes. Attorney Henry Leader (center) was the chief dishwasher and Butch Prashaw (right) was offered some encouragement by Karole Elthorp while he was busy mashing a big vat of potatoes. Mr. Prashaw, manager of the Ogdensburg Price Chopper, managed to have several turkeys donated from his store. All of those who give up part of their holiday certainly understand the true meaning of Thanksgiving! (Dick Sterling photos) Last week's train wreck mystery solved By Sandy Wyman Wouldn't you just know? If info is needed on a happening in yesterday's news, I should have just called Marjorie Farr and that would have been that! In last week's edition of the Tribune Press, I again ran the picture of a supposed 1940's train wreck, courtesy of the Gouverneur Museum and asked for documentation if possible. The text follows and now all that is left is to put this article with the picture and another piece of completed history is added to the files. May 4,1942 The engines of the double-header fast freight S J- 2 that crashed into the rear of the local Gouverneur- Edwards freight train and shifter on the railroad bridge over the Oswegatchie River on William Street are shown with the wreckage. At the front of the damaged lead engine of the fast freight are the remains of the demolished caboose of the local freight train. Below it partly on the bank and partly in the river is the loaded car of talc that was toppled from the span. Also hurled from the bridge by the crash was a E. J. Noble Hospital awarded accreditation refrigerator car that is submerged in the river. An added note from Dwayne Martin, noted model railroader and history buff: \The train engine at the right in the picture is a Mogul Steam engine and its production run began in 1938 and was manufactured by the American Locomotive Company of Schenectady that was located where the GE Plant parking lot is today.\ By demonstrating compliance with the Joint Commission's national standards for health care quality and safety, E. J. Noble Hospital in Gouverneur has earned the Joint Commission's Gold Seal of Approval. Founded in 1951, the commission is dedicated to continuously improving the safety and quality of the nation's health care through voluntary accreditation. The Joint Commission's on-site survey of the hospital occurred in August of this year. Administrator Charles P. Conole spoke of his pride in a staff who members ask what neeus to be done to be accredited. \In addition, they appreciate the educational aspect of the survey aiid the opportunity to interact with the team of surveyors.\ Mr. Conole added that the accreditation is proof of an organization-wide commitment to provide quality care on an ongoing basis. E.J. Noble Hospital Welcomes AtulMaini.MD General Surgeon Effective December 8th 2008 DrMaini Will establish an office practice within the E.J. Noble Physician Office Building Call for an appointment at 287-3285 Dr. Maini completed his Residency at SUNY Health Science Center in Syracuse and is Board eligible. DADS POST 80 Monday Night Dinner December 8th 2008 4:30pm-6:30pm iHam Dinner, Escalloped Potatoes Vegetable, Dessert, Coffee, Tea, Milk $6.00 per person $6.50 for take out Nice rack! Jim \Chops\ Ashbocker of the Alexandria Bay area was hunting with a family group in the Macomb neck of the woods and stopped by last Saturday morning to share the group's good fortune with the taking of this seven-point 150-pound buck. (Sandy Wyman photo) Timepiece \timeless\ at Gouverneur Museum By Sandy Wyman The Goodnough Jewelry Store that was located at 105 East Main Street in Gouverneur for almost two decades in the late 19 lh and early 20 lh century held on its walls a very distinct treasure. One of those prominences, a heavily ornate wall pendulum clock (measuring almost eight feet in length) of days gone by now has a new home at the Gouverneur Museum. This piece of Americana has been donated by the granddaughters of Ross Goodnough, Barbara Lepper MacTurk of Hailesboro and Carolyn Lepper Fanning of Copenhagen. The wall pendulum clock \movement\, a masterpiece of time keeping started with the construction of accurate measurements of seconds, minutes and hours in 1656 by Dutch scientist Christiaan Huygens. During the Industrial Revolution, daily life was organized around the home pendulum clock. More accurate pendulum clocks, known as regulators were installed in places of businesses such as banks and factories and stores were used to schedule work times and to set other clocks. While there on Monday morning for the photo opportunity, granddaughter Carolyn Fanning stated that she had heard in her early years that the clock was used to keep time for the trains. A guest at the official unveiling, Dwayne Martin added that it would make sense because in that period there was no East Standard Time Zone and every village and or outlying area kept their own schedules as best they could. However with the onset of rail travel, a precision clock such as this one would have been a highly sought after and maintained piece. Pendulum clocks remained the world standard for accurate timekeeping for 270 years until the invention of the quartz clock in 1927. Pendulum clocks must be kept stationary and perfectly level to operate. They are now kept mostly for their decorative and antique value being no matter what the maker, the clocks were very expensive. Ross Goodnough was born in Fowler on February 12, 1884, the sonof William H. and Ellen Kitts Goodnough. He graduated from the Waltham Horological School in 1895 and promptly entered the jewelry business in the village at the site that later became the Graves Bakery. Mr. Goodnough remained in that field of business until 1917 when he entered into farming on the Hailesboro Road. He married Gene Parsons in Gouverneur on August 21,1901 and they had three children, daughters Hope Lepper, Esther Eysaman and a son Darcy. Mr. Goodnough was killed on October 18,1946 when the 1946 truck he was operating crashed into the side of the Gouverneur and Oswegatchie diesel engine at the first railroad crossing in Hailesboro. Santa k back in Gouverneur! Come have breakfast with the \Jolly Old Elf\ At Jumbo's Diner on Saturday December 13 .from 9:30am to 11:30am Bring your list to make sure that Santa /££/ knows all your \™\ special wishes for Christmas Morning A wall pendulum clock from the business of Ross Goodnough's Jewelry Store that was located at 105 East Main Street from around 1900 to 1917 was donated to the Gouverneur Museum by his granddaughters Carolyn Lepper Fanning (left) of Copenhagen and Barbara Lepper MacTurk of Hailesboro and on this past Monday morning, the sisters were thrilled to see this one of a kind timepiece now commanding its rightful place in Gouverneur history. 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