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1940 »IVE HUNDRED YEARS OF S mamancaw I nquire k . SUBSCRIPTION RATE $1.50 PER YEAR 6ufsl<Je Cify of Saiamano POSTAGE PREPAID Voir XXII S A L A M A N C A , N . Y . F R I D A Y , A U G U S T 9, 194 0 . N o . 3 2 . Big Parade Today Features Convention Week GARWOOD SUTFIN 32nd President Southwestern Volunteer Firemen's Association THOIvTAS WILSON Mayor City of Salamanca First President Southwestern Volunteer Firemen's Association Two of the best known and most popular members of the Association, whose many friends have kept them exceptionally busy this week. Edward Schalk of CKeektowaga is First Fireman to Register Edward Sdialk, delegate from, the Cheektowaga Fire Department, was the first to register for the 32nd An nual convention of the Southwestrn Association. Boarding the first bus out of Buf falo Tuesday morning, he was the first to sign the books of Convention Secretary Arthur E. Lawson of Sal amanca Tuesday night. This is the 31st convention for Schalk. Little Valley IM^unicipal B i a x U l n s t o b e D e d i c a t e d Mayor W. F. Andrew said Thurs day morning that it is possible the municipal building^ and. fire station can be dedicated in a public cere mony on August 23. The building itself is about com pleted, although, some painting re m ains to be done and tbe heating eauipment is not entirely installed. Mayor Andrew said. Screens have been fitted to the windows, and “only a few odds and ends remain”, he said. Commenced late this spring, the building has been erected in an in- ereditably short tim e by tbe Benz Engineering Co., a Salamanca con tracting firm. CHIEF ANDREW B. LEASKEY Popular head of the Salamanca Fire Deparfmenf, who has served from 1930,. Local Residents Asked To Leave Cars At Honjie Today Chief of Police Frank J. Nobles has asked local residents to leave their cars at home during the big parade today, in view of the fact that about 40,000 people are expected to visit in Salamanca today to witness the parade. Every bit of parking space will be needed to accommo date those from out of town. No parking will be allowed after twelve noon today along streets on the line of march. Firemen Bring Half Holiday to Workers W.orkers, office and business peo ple have the Volunteer Firemen to thank for a Iialf-holiday this after noon during th e . big parade of the (Southwestern Volunteer Firemen’s Association. Mayor Thomas Wilson has order ed all city offices to close at 2 o’ clock and stores and business es tablishments, generally, will close at 2:30. Several of the manufaeturing concerns w ill close dewn for either the entire day or the afternoon. Westons Defeat Sinclair Oilers The Weston’s Bakery nine pulled a surprise victory over the strong Sinclair Oilers of Wellsville in a game at Veterans Memorial Park Wednesday evening. The score was 4 to 3. East Otto Woman Buys Property in Salamanca Alta Hintz of East Otta has pur chased the property at 316 Front avenue from the H.O.L.C through the Kammire Real Estate Agency. She plans to remodel the house into a .two-family home. Johnson-Formica Songs Make Hits This Week “Our Firemen Grand”, song march, with lyrics by Stanley W. Johnson and music by Robert M. Formica, is making a big hit with firemen this week during the South western Volunteer Firemen’s associ ation’s 32nd annual convention here. “Land of Liberty,” patriotic song by the same duo, is also meeting with acclaim. The American Legion band went to Buffalo Monday evening, where recordings were made of the two selections, which are being played over the convention loud speaker system. Both songs have been copy righted and printed in sheet music form and are now on sale in many Salamanca stores. Pulling Events to Start Off 99th County Fair LITTLE VALLEY — Two great days of team pulling events com m ence on August 28, opening day of the 9 9th annual Cattaraugus County fair, it w a s stated this week by James W. W atson, fair secretary. Lighter w e ight team s pull for county championship ranking on W ednes day, commencing at 10:00 o’clock in the morning. The two heavy weight classes commence at the same tim e on Thursday, Mr. W atson said. Al though the fair booklet lists pulling events for afternoons only, it was decided Monday night at a m eeting of the fair society to start the events in the m orning owing to the large number of entries already listed with Charles J. Smith, in charge of horse events. Fair oflScials are optim istic on the prospects of the 99th annual fair, which runs this year for four days and four nights. A n ticipating greater patronage, the society has arranged for a complete change of platform entertainment for afternoon and evening. Bach night a sparkling re vue reminiscent of vaudeville days is to be presented. With the popularity of “girlie” revues w e ll established by the W orld’s Fair, the directors have built plenty of fem inine beauty into the free acts program for this m o n th’s county fair. Perhaps the headline attraction w ill feature the Six Grays, including four dark-eyed, dark haired and extrem ely vivacious young ladies who present dancing numbers of precision and eye-filling color. Miss Eleanor Ferry, one of the Gray troupe, pre sents songs in pulse-quickening svin g tim e manner. Dogs of all Nations, or aristocrats of Dogdom, is the attraction to be offered to animal lovers who delight in seeing blue-ribbon dogs perform with som ething akin to human in telligence. These beautiful dogs come from all parts of the world and are said to give the most difficult reper toire ever attempted in an animal act. The Dogs of all Nations act has ap peared with Ringling Bros, circus and in leading theatres of the nation. The zenith in human dexterity is offered by Don Ricardo who juggles everything from the kitchen stove to mother’s best hand-painted china. An ace in the entertainment world, Ricardo works alone and professes to like it. Trapeze artists extraordinary are the Moreen Troupe, acrobatic thrill ers composed of four men and two extrem ely pretty girls. Their act con sists of thrilling double trapeze work with members floating through the air with the greatest of ease, in combination with teeterboard antics and an unusual comedy pattern. H e a lth Camp Closes Tomorrow ' The 'Cattaraugus County Child ren’s Health 'Camp will close its eighteenth season in the Allegany State Park tomorrow morning. Parents and friends of Health Campers are urged to call for the children after breakfast time Sat urday morning. This evening prizes will be- award ed to campers who have distinguish ed themselves in activities. The awarding of Camp “C’s” will be a feature of the evening program. Twelve children have eelehrated their birthdays while in camp. They axe: Betty Baxter, Florence Spears, Bessie Spears, Dick Scouten, Nor man Rugg, Virginia Johnson, June Thre^ouse, Dean Neudeck, Bill Giardim, Sylvester Ebert, Charles Chase, Mickey BeacL » Big Parade Starts At 3 O'clock; Line Of March Given The 82nd Annual Convention of the Southwestern Volunteer Fire men’s Association will reach its cul mination this afternoon when at 3 o’clock the big parade will start to move, with an estimated 16,000 marchers expected in the line of march, more than five times the number who marched in the big Southwestern parade here in 1932. The firemen, auxiliaries, drum corps, bands and drilling units will start forming at 2 o’clock in Clin ton and South Main streets and vi cinity for the largest parade ever held throughout the entire section. The, line of march will be as fol lows: Main, Wildwood, Seneca, 'Church, 'Main, Broad to Veterans Memorial Park, countermarch on Broad to the high school where the parade will disband. So long will the parade be that the first division will have disbanded long before the final division starts. Regular Meeting of Common Council At the regular meeting of the common council in the council chambers in the city building Mon day evening. Mayor Wilson’s ap pointment of T. Harry Stephens as third ward alderman to succeed James E. Ledden, who resigned last week, was unanimously confirmed by the members of the council. Mr. Stephens will serve in that capacity until the November elections. Upon receipt of several written and verbal complaints of undue noise from radios, nickelodeon and sim ilar instruments throughout the night in the eating places, council passed an ordinance making it a misdemean or to play such instruments between the hours of one and eight o’clock in the morning. Complaints from Ger trude H. Dorenkamper. o f 5^ Main street and Frank Smith, 28 Merden street regarding dhnecessary noise at night and requesting a noise ordi nance to take effect at 11 o’clock at night were referred to the police commission. The council passed a resolution to sell at public auction at a regular adjourned meeting of the council on September 3, property known as the Sterling Furniture Factory, Rochester street, and now owned by the city. Rlckardi WilKelm Died At Home in Gowanda Richard Wilhelm, seventy-four, president of the Eastern Tanners Glue Company and wealthy Gowan da industrialist, died at his home in Gowanda at 9:45 a. m. Monday. The proprietor of six American and one Canadian glue plants, he v/as a leading figure in the glue in dustry. He was a bank director in Buffalo and head of the world’s largest glue combine. H is death followed a long illness which had become serious in recent weeks. Born in Rothenburg, Germany, in 1866, Mr. Wilhelm came to this coun try when about eighteen years old. He engaged in business with his brother at Pittsburgh and in 1897 came to Gowanda. He became man ager of the Gaensslen, Fisher & Com pany Glue Works. In 1904 he started a glue factory of bis own on the site of the present plant which occupies nearly 100 acres. Funeral services were held Thurs day afternoon. , His wife, the former Alice Wood ward, survives him. They had no children. Dr. Fenton Gives Last Camp Talk Dr. William N. Fenton, associate anthropologist in the bureau of American Ethnology, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. €., gave the final lecture of the season Wed nesday evening at the Allegany School of Natural History, Allegany State Park. He talked on “Man and the Supernatural: The Universe on the Turtle’s Back.” Two Little Valley Fishermen Catch Large Muskalonge Richard E i g h m e ’ s 12%-pound m u skalonge, brought hom e Tuesday, is but a scant two or three pounds behind the 15-pounder captured Sun day by “Hawk” Gorsline. Both fish w e r e taken from the Conewango Creek. Girl Scouts Get Awards at Camp 'Several awards were made at the campfire last Friday evening at the Girl Scout camp at Camp Carleton in Allegany State Park. Camp Di rector Evalyn Jacobson gave awards to the following: Janice O’Neill, best camper; Marcia Krantz, nature study; Caroline Stewart, craft work; Rosemond LeBlanc, dramatics; prize cabins, Music Box, Devil’s Hideout, The Old Horseshoe, Silver Foot and Tempest Hollow. Miss Jacobson al so announced merit badge winners. The camp closed Saturday for the first group of campers, and a second group is at the camp this week. Southwestern Headed By Mattison; 1941 Meet in Westfield •Thomas P. Miattison of Kennedy was elected _^president of the South western Volunteer Firemen’s Associ ation at a meeting in the high school auditorium yestreday afternoon, to succeed Garwood Sutfin of Wells ville. Westfield was chosen as the place for the 1941 convention. The following vice presidents were elected: 'Chautauqua county, Dr. Frank Tyler of Fluvanna; Cat taraugus county, Lee Ives of Cattar augus; Erie county, Charles P. Lips of Orchard Park; Allegany, Dexter Brown of Cuba. Benson Smith of Cuba was elected treasurer to suc ceed Edwin C. Green of Allegany, who declined reelection after serv ing twenty-five years. Richard Seheunemann of West Seneca is sergeant-at-arms and James Boser of Allegany is assistant. The following directors were elected: Allegany county, J. P. Dun ning of Bolivar; Cattaraugus, Har ry Smith of Gowanda; Erie, Robert Brown of Holland; Chautauqua, Howard Wlard of Silver Creek, There -was no contest for secre tary. 'Chris D. Becker of Lancaster has one more year to iserve in that office. Talks were given by City Judge Thomas L. Kelly, William R. Casti- more and LeRoy Dehlinger of Buf falo, Assemblyman Piper of Ham burg and George B. Abbott of Ham- The meeting adjourned in respect to the late Mayor Eugene B. Senear of .Salamanca, one of the founders of the association. Memorial exercises were held yes terday morning at the graves of Past President A. J. Crockett and Past Vice Prseident George J. Blank in Galvary cemetery. A fish fry was held last night at L. B. Hartman’s Garage. Waite Family rield 60th Retmion at Fair Grounds The 60 th annual Reunion of the W aite fam ily was held at the L ittle Valley Fair Grounds, 'Saturday, Aug. 3rd. Tbe officers in charge were: President, James Samuelson. Vice President, Oscar Waite. Secretary, Marjorie Case. Xt the business meeting the fol lowing officers were elected for 1941: President, E. LaVerne Waite. Vice President, James Samuelson. Secretary, Clara Burroughs. The Reunion w ill be held in 1941 at the home of E. LaVerne Waite, Napoli, August. GEORGE B. ABBOTT George B. Abbott/ of Hamburg, formerly of Salamanca, past president of the Southwestern Volunteer Firemen's Association and organizer of fhe famous Abboff Hose Company of Salamanca, whose runners and couplers team held the world's record for several years. Firemen and citizens alike have given fhe \Grand Old Man\ a royal welcome here this week. Derival and Zafron Win Awards at Firemen Inspection Merit badges were awarded to Joseph Derival and Joseph Zafron as the men who did most for the company during the past year, Tues day evening .at the annual inspection of the Salamanca Volunteer Fire Department. Mayor Thomas Wilson made! the presentations. Derival is captain of the fire po lice and Joseph Zafron is general chairman of arrangements for the 32nd annual convention of the Southwestern association. Honorary memberships were ex tended to Howard A. Ahrens, chair man of the banquet committee for the convention; Leon Miller, chair man of the housing committee, and William J. Luddy, chairman of the publicity committee. iReviewing the group were Mayor Wilson, Aldermian Herman Gust and Fire Commissioners Karl Hohman and 'Charles McClure. Indians Ask State to Pay for Use of Road The council of the Seneca Nation of Indians Saturday took action on the claim of Mrs. Ethia Van Aernam and instructed attorneys for the na tion to* take any action necessary to collect money from the state for use of the Ten Mile Road. The Ten Mile Road, on which Mrs. Van Aer nam resides and which branches off the Salamanca-*01ean road the other side of iSeneca Junction en Indian reservation, was barricaded three weeks ago by Mrs. Van Aernam. Lat er U. iS. Marshals tore the fence down, but the Indian wonajan rebnilt it, only to take it down again upon the advice ! 0 f Seneca Nation Presi dent Wiiford Grouse. James P. Get ter, assistant attorney general from J oi. ju. jua V3i « ii« vv 0.1VC, Buffalo^ has declared the road “a the first Saturday in highway because of usage and dedi- t cation” for more than 100 years. Southwestern Firemen Hold Banquet at Hartman’s Garage The annual banquet of the South western Volunteer Firemen’s Associ ation was held Wednesday evening at Hartman’s garage with about 700 delegates and firemen in attendancev G. Sydney Shane, toastmaster, in troduced the principal speaker. Judge Ihos. H. P.owd, who jjftressed the importance of the volunteer fire men to the defense of the United States during the present world con ditions. John Duggan of Salamanca led group singing. The Rev. J. J« Kirby of Fillmore, formerly of Sal amanca, delivered the invocation. ' Among those at the speaker’s table were George B. Abbott of Hamburg, Thos. H. Dowd, G. Syd ney Shane, Mayer and Mrs. Thomas Wilson, City Attorney and Mrs. J. M. Seymour, Aldermen Anthony Fedell, Harry Stephens and Robert Sloan. Philatelic Truck To Visit Salamanca On Tuesday morning, August 13, the Philatelic truck of the Post Of fice Department will be at the local post office on Chestnut street be tween 9 and 12 o’clock. This truck with its display of U. .S.’ stamps has been on tour of the various cities for some time and with Salamanca on the itinerary for the above date it will give those who are interested in stamps an opportunity to see this collection. Through the courtesy of the E. F. Norton Co. and local dealer® and collectors o f stamps, an interesting window display has 'been prepared featuring a picture af the truck and a display of locally owned stamps, A s this truck and collection is scheduled to make only one visit to a community this will be the only time it will visit Salamanca. Front Row: Joseph Gengo, President Salamanca Volunteer Firemen; James Ledden, Thomas Wilson Anthony Fedell, Harry Farq^uharson, Secretary Exempts. Second Row: Ben Williams, Roy Smith, Joseph Zafron, General Charman; Kari Hohman, Howard Ahrens, James Caruso, Leon MiHer. Back Row: Chief Andrew Leaskey, Chas. McClure Raymond Geiger, Frank Sayeski, William Dundon* WiHiam Donlin, Kenneth Watters, V/^lliam Luddy,.
