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A course in manual training is to be established in the Bath High School.

There are 500 employees at Craig Colony, Sonyea, and the monthly payroll amounts to $40,000.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles E Johnson of Naples, celebrated their golden wedding anniversary last week

The tax rate of $25 on the thou­sand in Naples township shows an increase of $3 09 over last year.

A truck loaded with livestock was damaged when it rammed into a snowplow near Belfast last week:

Gene eo American Leg on mem­bers will sponsor a Christmas party for the children of the village on the evening of December 23.

Engaged in razing a house at Son-ora, near Bath, workmen found and killed a spear-headed blacksnake which measured five feet in length.

The Homemaking and Agricul­ture departments of Hammondsport High school have started a group of associated small clubs known as Junior Clubs.

When navigation closes on the Seneca-Cayuga branch of the Barge Canal, work will be started on re­placing the wooden gates of the locks in Waterloo.

Mrs. Joseph P. Burock. whose husband has been a district superintendent of schools in Yates county since 1911, died at her home in Penn Yan last week.

Mrs. Theodore Conwicke, of Perry, has written two poems which will appear in the 'Christmas Lyr;cs of 1937," an annual compilation of timely and meritorious poetry.

The Rev. Richard E. Lentz, pas­tor for the past nine years of the Wellsville Christian Temple has ac­cepted a call to the Tabernacle Christian Church in Franklin, Ind.

According to report a plan is under way to place a flagman at Willetfs Corners, on the Nunda-Hunt-Portage road, where a network* of corners causes many problems for motorists.

Mrs. Ella Turner, 83-year-o'd Penn Yan resident, left last week by train for Por*land. Oregon, to spend the winter with her son She made the trip alone going via the new stream­lined train out of Chicago.

Miss Onalee McConnell, of Perry, has in her window garden a rare black caTa lily in bloom. The plant a native of Palestine, is a deep pur­plish black, with an ebony black spadix six inches in length.

John Morrissey, Jr» of Livonia has in his possession a letter found while razing a barn at Conesus, which is dated at Marlborough, July 23, 1813. and addressed to Ezra Bol-les, Middletown. Tne letter served as its own envelope and carried no stamp or cancellation of any kind.

Steuben County Schoolmasters As­sociation has gone on record as be­ing opposed to the teacher tenure of service law whereby a teacher after three years in a school cannot be removed except for cause. The As­sociation adopted a resolution re­questing the coming Legislature to

Alex Carver, a ramiliar figure in Western New York through his ex­hibitions of trimming meat blocks In front of butcher shops, is dead Carver, whose home was in Batavia. was reputed to have had an axe in his hand off and on sirce he was ten years old He was noted for his superhuman strength.

Geneseo State Normal School has received a Christmas gift *rom As­semblyman James J. Wadsworth, who with Norman Thomas staged a debate at the school recently. The return of his fee for speaking was accompanied by a note in which he asks that the money be applied to the Temple Hill Student Loan Fund, a fund aiding deserving students who lack educational finances.

Nathan D. Lapham, of Geneva, who made his last appearance in Ontario County Court as district at­torney last week, will, on January 1 assume his duties as Justice of the Supreme Court Standing in the same court room where over a per­iod of twenty-two years he has pro­secuted thousands of criminal cases, Mr. Lapham closed his official books as county prosecutor.

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VOLUME DANSVILLE, N. Y„ THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1937 NUMBER 7

PROF. BARRON

First Farm Bureau Agent To Be Appointed In the United States Addresses Meeting at Herkimer. Presented With Awards.

Dansvire.-—Friends in this vicinity of Prof John Barron will be inter­ested in the following article from a recent edition of the Ithaca Jour­nal. Prof. Barron and family have been spending several months at West View:

Pro:. John H Barron, of the Col­lege of Agriculture at Cornell, ad­dressed the twenty-fifth annual meeting of the Herkimer County Farm and Home Bureau at Herkimer Saturday evening.

The meeting was in commemora­tion of the 25th anniversary of the organization. He presented a brief historical resume of agricultural ex­tension teaching and of the develop­ment of the Farm Bureau.

Prof. Barron was the first Farm Bureau agent to be appointed in khe United States. He began work in March. 1911, in Broome county, with headquarters in Binghamton.

At the close of the address awards were presented by him to hose who had continuous member­ship in the Herkimer County Home Bureau for twenty-five, twenty and fifteen years. Forty-eight were eli­gible for such awards.

Caretaker For Skatine Rink

Charles LaBoyteaux On Duty Every Afternoon and Evenings Until Ten .O'Clock. Cooperation of Citizens Expressed In Various Ways.

Dansville. — Charles LoBoyteaux has been named caretaker of the ^eer Park skating rink and is on luty eash. afternoon and evening until ten o'clock.

The rink ponsored by the Dans­ville Board of Trade, with Raymond **edder as chairman, has for several vears provided enjoyment for hun­dreds of persons, and this season promises to be one of the best yet with the hearty cooperation of local citizens being manifested in various ways.

Located on the E. T. Scovill estate property, in an area sheltered by low hills, the site is ideal for the winter sport, and old and young are taking advantage of the opportunity to enjoy this popular form of recrea­tion.

Superintendent of Schools Lewis W. Brad'ey has expressed interest n the rink and is lending his'co-

'wat ion to make the project a suc­cess.

Local firemen made possible the spraying of the rink, under the di­rection of Frederick Lieb. Donations include: Stove by Herbert Kennedy; stove pipe, Peck Hardware store; two cords of wood, Protectives; con­tribution to defray expenses of care­taker, Dansville Rotary Club, mis­cellaneous donations, John B. Pruner and Kern's Hardware.

LOSS ESHMATED AT $35,000 RBUITS FROM C0H0CT0N M

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Cohocton Valley Garage Destroyed and Six Other Busi­ness Places Damaged When Flames Sweep Village. Local and Vicinity Firemen Fight Blaze In Face of Grave Danger. I

Cohocton—Loss estimated at $35,. 000 resulted when a two-story garage was destroyed and six other business places damaged in a fire which swept through this village Friday night.

The fire which originated in the Cohocton Valley Garage and de­stroyed the building together with eight automobiles, spread, fanned by a high wind, to adjacent stores damaging their contents.

Firemen from Wtetyland, Avoca. Naples and Atlanta aided by the lo­cal firemen, were endangered by blasts when two oil drums in the garage exploded. Two gasoline tank; underground did not ignite.

Lost when the garage burned were the household effects of Clair Mehl -

enbacher, who with his wife resided in the second story of the building Included in this loss was $180 in cash.

A section of the village was plunged into darkness when the flames melted a high tension wire.

Scorched by the flames were the back part of the J. L. Edmonds drug store, the T R. Harris general store and drygoods establishment, the Peck & Vogel hardware store, a storeroom in the Irving Rocker Building, the Charles Davis restaur­ant and the Crosby & Sons furniture store. Goods in all places were dam­aged by smoke. A spark from the base was carried across the street and ignited an awning on the E. M. Carbrey meat market.

u.upjjg f*-T IS AWARDED

Dansville Grt *«rf In Operetta December 21

"Christmas Helpers," Written and Directed By Miss Margaret E. Hondelink, To Be Presented Prior To Holiday Recess. Parents and Friends Invited To

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F.re destroyed the home of Mr. \nd Mrs. Robert W. Lockwood near Cornell early Tuesday morning. Members of the family escaped from the burning hnu^trtg ja their night clothing.

Dansville. — A Christinas oper­etta, "Christmas Helpers," written and directed by Miss Margaret S. Hondelink, of the music'department of Dansville Central High school will be presented in the High school auditorium Tuesday, December 21, at two o clock in the afternoon, with all pupils of the grade school taking part, according to an announcement made yesterday by Eilfe B. Hyde, principal of the grade school.

, The operetta, to which all parents and friends are invited, will be the fourth regular assembly held by the grade school pupils this year, Mr. Hyde said.

The afternoon program follows: Selection: 'Jingle Bells" — by the

entire school. Operetta: "Christmas Helpers." The cast of characters will be: First Fairy, Marguerite Sorg

Second Fairy, Alice Conklin; First Brownie, Donald Nice; Second

Brownie, Richard Roberts; Star Maiden, Jean Sorg; Tinsel Maidens, Lola Campbell and Carol Jean Zim-mer; Bell Maiden, Arlene Moshier; Christmas Candles, Frances Buck and Shirley Chittenden; Candy Cane, Alvin Reeser; Pop Corn Men, MUton Newton and Robert Dixon Drum, David Schirmer; Story Book. Donald Roberts; Gingerbread Man, Paul Maples; Candy Lion. Gayle Al-dridge; Doll, Ruth Joan Rauth; Ban Donald Lemen; Jack-in-the-Box Douglas Smith; Dooly White Dog Grant Aldridge; Clown, Ralph Chapman. Mother, Marilyn Potter; Jack, Ralph Fox; Betty Lou, Mar-Jorie Stoner; Mary, Betty Jean Bradley; Leader, Leonard Weeks.

Manger Tableau: Girls' Quartette: Rosemary Colt

Vera Evgenides, Elizabeth Hatch and June Howe.

Songs: 'Away in a Manger" and "Silent Night."

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Pageant Will Be Given In the Presbyterian Church Assembly Hall

Members of Senior Department of Church School To Present "A Christmas Miracle," Sunday Evening, December 19. Gifts To Be Distributed To Needy.

Dansville — A pageant entitled, "A Chistmas Miracle0 will be given in the assembly hall of the Presby­terian Church on Sunday evening, December 19th, at 7:30 p. m., by members of the Senior Department of the Church School, under the direction of Miss Louise Englehardt, who is also superintendent' of the department. The following persons are taking part: the announcer, Miss Arlene Campbell; the singers, Misses Dorothy Fowler, Elsie Finch, Dorothy Kopitzke and Helen Har­vey; Mary, Miss Lillian Mitchell; Joseph, Willis Kershner; Gabriel, Otto Layer. Jr., the shepards,

Charles McMurtrie, Carl Kopitake and Frederick Post; the wise men, Neil VanDeventer, Ralph Smith, Jr., and Burnett Jones. I t e Andtoew

Rauth is pianist and James Lemen is assisting Miss Englehardt with the staging of the pageant.

A White Christmas is being ob­served in connection with this eve­ning's program. Members of the en­tire school and members and friends of the church are bringing fruit candy or nuts, wrapped in white paper, to the church next Sunday These gifts will be distributed to the needy in the school and the community. The general public ir invited to attend these services.

Christmas decorations of the church are being arranged by Mrs Hermon W. DeLong, chairman, who is being assisted by Ullyette Bros Nursery, Women's Missionary So­ciety, Women's Association, Sun-

bine Circle, Opportunity Circle and the Men's Class.

Georgp Hammond Wins, Second Place In Contest Sponsored Bv National Grange. Stamp Journal Publishes Articles.

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Dansville—Geo ge Hammond, 1T-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs James S. Hammond of Sparta has for the second time received second place among New York State entrants in a Grange, Highway Education Bssay Contest, according to word which he has received from the Highway Ed­ucation Department at Washing­ton, D.. C.

The essay of 800 words written by the Sparta youth was one of many entered in the contest sponsored by the National Grange in connection with the Highway Education De-partment The topic of ihe essay /

was "A Grange Program ?OT High­way Accident Prevention/ He was awarded a bronze medal w'th name engraved thereon.

George Hammond, a graduate of Groveland High School is a student at Geneseo State Normal School. Interested in stamp collections for the past five years he has written and had accepted for publication in the Kaw Chief Stamp Journal, a number of articles relating to stamps.

Arthur Kreiley Heads Scottsburg Grange Officers Fm 193&

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State District Deputy Scott M. Trailer In Charge of Installation Ceremonies. Mrs, Lester Hughes, New lecturer, To Have

;e of Program On 28.

Scottsburg.—Headed by Arthur Kreiley as Master, the 'o'lowing newly elected officers of Scottsburg Grange were installed by State Dis­trict Deputy Scott M. Traxler at Scottsburg Grange Hall Saturday evening:

Overseer, Herbert Barber; lec­turer, Mrs, Lester Hughes; steward, Lester Hughes; assistant steward, William Wester; chaplain, Mrs. Frank VanHooser; treasurer, Wil*-liam Barber, secretary, Anna I d ­ler; gatekeeper, Kenneth Hurlburt; Ceres, Dorothy Kreiley; Pomona, Mrs. Dan Banker. Jr ; Flora. Minnie Smith; lady assistant steward, Betty Sterner; color bearer, C ara Kreiley; Flora treasurer, Mrs. John Putney; Juvenile matron, Mrs. Sophie La-Roue tte.

Preceding the meeting supper was served by a committee of which Mrs. Arthur Dodd was chairman.

The next regular meeting, which would fall on December 25, has been postponed until Tuesday evening, December 28, At this time a program in charge of the newly ejected lec­turer, Mrs. Lester Hughes, win be presented.

Post Gpts Citation

Dansville—Daniel Goho Post No. 87, American Legion is one of the two Legion posts in this county to receive a Community Service Cita­tion awarded by the National organ­ization to Posts who reported their activities through the Annual Com­munity Service and Post Activity Report. Mount Morris is the other county post to receive this honor. Untitled Document

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