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WRUN AM-1150 • WRUN FM-106 DAILY SENTINEL, ROME. N. Y., WEDNESDAY EVENING. SEPTEMBER 7, 1955
W F tO SCHOOL THEY GO — It's school days again for Rome's public and parochial school children. Here are some typical first-day scenes. At left, neighbors Gary Richardson And Randy Brooks, both 7, head for Gansevoort School, where they are second graders. Gary is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Richardson, 103 Liberty Gardens, and Randy, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Brooks, 102 Liberty Gardens. In the second picture from left, fourth graders at the new District 12
Weather Tu«tday
1 p.m 80 2 p.m 81 3 p.m. . . . . 82 4 p.m. • • « . 83
Wedneiday 1 a.m 62 2 a.m 61 3 a.m. •••« 60 4 a.m. . . . . (1
6 p.m 83 S a,MI 61 6 p.m. . . . . 82 7 p.m 80 8 p.m. . . . . 76 9 p.m 72
10 p.m 70 11 p.m 67 12 Midnight 64
6 a.m. . . . . 59 7 a.m 68 8 a.m 60 9 a.m 64
10 a.m 65 11 a.m 66 12 Noon 70
Yaatarday'a high 83 degreei; low, 55 degreei. Mean temperature. 69 degrees.
Localized Forecast: Fair and cool weather through Thursday. Temperatures Thursday after-noon In the 60s. Quite cool tonight, low temperatures 35 to 42.
City water consumption 24-hour period ending 8 a.m. today, 11.5 million gallons. Flow over Fish Creek Dam: % Inch.
Births
school, Bielby Rd., which opened today, talk with their teacher, Mrs. Fannie Fox, seated. The youngsters, from left, are Alan Leist, 8, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Leist, 104 Ft. Stanwix Park N.; Gail Egan, 8, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Francis J. Egan, 1001 Jervis Ave.; Nan Carol Wentworth, 9, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. R. C. Wentworth, Bielby Rd., and Thomas Price, 8, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Price, 3004 Bedford St. In th«xthird picture is Maurice Blanchard, 10, an early arrival who wait%
outside Barrlnger School for the doors to open for the fall term. A fifth grader, he is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Blanchard, 106 Atkinson Ave. Picture at right shows a six-year-old "Davy Crockett" — Edward Eitches — accompanied on his schoolward trek by his mother, Mrs. Irving R. Eitches, 704 Elm St., and his three-year-old brother, Robert. Edward is a first grader in Laurel St. School.
Public and Parochial Schools
8.040 Pupils Report to Classes; Gain of 253 Over First Day, 1954
Installation Conducted by Gamma Iota
COONS — To Charles and Dorothy Wells Coons, Westmoreland Rd.. Sept. 6, 1955, in the Rome Hospital, a daughter.
DOTE — To Alphonse and Josephine Squadrito Dote, 107 E. Thomas St., Sept. 6, 1955, in the Oneida County Hospital, a daughter.
HEBURN — To Thomas and Melvina Durgan Heburn, 111 S. West St., Sept. 6,1955, in the Rome Hospital, a son.
JOHNSON - To N a v y S-N Charles W. and Patricia A. Murray Johnson, Holland Patent, Sept. 6, 1955, in the USAF Hospital, Griffiss AFB, a daughter.
REDMOND — To Joseph and Lois Ester Millson Redmond, 138 E. Dominick St., Sept. 7, 1955 in the Rome Hospital, a son.
WEST — To Milton and Dorothy Kirkham West, RD 1, Blossvale, Sept 6,1955, in the Oneida County Hospital, a SOD.
WILLIAMSON - To Leo and Betty Marie Ott Williamson Jr., RD 1, Rome, Sept. 3, 1955, in the Rome Hospital, a son.
YOUNG—-To A-1C Donald E. and Velma Valentine Young, 412 N. Madison Ave., Sept. 6, 1955, in the USAF Hospital, Griffiss AFB, a son.
More than 8.000 Rome pupils reported to their schools today as the 1955-56 academic year got under way. There were 6,584 in the public schools and 1,456 in the parochial schools.
The 8,040 total tops last year's first-day figures by 253. A 228-pupil gain was reported in the public schools and an increase of 25 in the parochial schools.
The figures do not include 128 enrolled at the Central New York School for the Deaf, 414 at Bell Rd. School, District 14, and approximately 200 at the new District 12 School. Bielby Rd.
Largest enrollment is at Laurel St. School where 1,278 boys and girls reported in kindergarten
through ninth grade. The figure is 108 more than the first-day total of 1,170 last year.
Other schools which reported increases over the first day of the 1954-55 year were Barringer, Columbus, DeWitt Clinton, East Rome, Gansevoort and Junior High. The largest gain was at De-Witt Clinton, where 539 reported, compared to 414 a year ago.
Today's figures show an upswing following a decrease a year ago when some 400 pupils from Districts 13 and 14 entered the new Bell Rd. School.
Largest gain in parochial school enrollments was at Transfiguration School, were 300, including 30 kindergarten pupils, reported
The 1954 first-day figure was 248. The Gamma
Beta Siga Phi lota Chapter held its first
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6yhy^thohcschoo1U eUlmems ^Sub** "** * "* ^ with last year's enrollment in |C
parenthesis: St. Aloysius Academy, 581 (568); St. Mary's School. 386 (441); Academy of the Holy Names 189 (174).
Public school enrollments with last year's in parenthesis: Harvey E. Alter, 388 (391); Barringer, 328 (292); Columbus 475 (414); DeWitt Clinton, 530 (444); East Rome, 158 (143); Ft. Stanwix, 652 (720); Gansevoort, 508 (484); Garden St. Center, 258 (267).
Jay St., 85 <90); Laurel St., 1,278 (1,170); Junior High, 825 (801); Rome Free Academy, 1,060 estimated (1,078); Trade School, 39 (53). .
Improvement of Street Lighting Will Begin Within Two Weeks
Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. hopes to start work within two weeks on installation and improvement of street lighting in several areas of the city, Leo A. La Row, district manager, said today.
Authorization for the work was granted last week by Gty Manager Robert H. McManus. Niagara Mohawk recently surveyed lighting needs at the request of the city, LaRow said.
YFuneral Notices CAVANAGH ~ At Deer River,
N.Y., on Tuesday, Sept. 6, 1955, Mary Julia Cavanagh, Boonville, age 74 years. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 9:30 a, m. at the Trainor Funeral Home, Boonville, and at 10 a.m. i t St. Joseph's Church, Boonville, where a requiem high Mass will be celebrated. Interment in St Joseph's Cemetery.
The project includes installation of lights on streets presently un-lighted, a change to enclosed fixtures with higher lumen ratings from open fixtures presently in place and installation of additional lights where required.
Mr. LaRow said the work will increase the city's contractual costs for lighting approximately $2,500 annually.
Red Cross President Thanks Rome Donors
A total of $4,500.51 has been donated by Romans to the flood relief fund of the American Red Cross, Mrs. Myron W. Baker, Rome Chapter chairman, said today.
In a telegram received this morning, Ellsworth Bunker, president of the National American Red Cress, said that he was sincerely grateful to the people of Rome and to the members of the local chapter for their generosity and effort in helping make possible the raising of $10 million for flood relief.
The Rome goal of $2,000 was over-subscribed by $2,500.
Mr. Bunker further stated in his telegram, 'This total assures us
WEBSTER—Sept. 4, 1955. Ken- of sufficient funds to adequately neth M. Webster, at Dawson Springs, Kentucky, formerly of Rome.
Military funeral win be held from the Martin J. Nunn Funeral Home Friday at 10:30 a. m.
Friends may call at the funeral home Thursday at their convenience.
ZIENTEWICZ - In this city, Monday, Sept. 5, 1955, Alexander Zieniewicz. Funeral service will be held from his late home on Floyd Road, RD 4, Thursday at 8 45 a. m. and at Transfiguration of Our Lord Church at 9:30 a. m where a requiem high Mass will be celebrated. Interment in St Mary's Cemetery. Friends may call at the home at their convenience.
meet Red Cross requirements in the rehabilitation of over 49,000 families involved in the flood.
He added that a "special tribute is paid to the thousands of trained and volunteer Red Cross workers, nurses and Civil Defense workers who pitched in at a crucial moment to provide much needed help to the citizens in the strickened communities."
The final total reached here represents contributions by many of the city's businesses and other groups, as well as individuals. Among those contributing and not
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the previously announced were Rome Cable Foundation, General Cable etaployes, $160, and 20 Swiss francs from Mrs. Gerber Pfeuti of Berne, Switzerland, sent to her cousin, Mrs. Hazen B. Gocheee Rome, specifically for the Rome fund. The 20 francs represent 94.66 in American money.
Lights will be installed on these streets presently unlighted: •
Upper W. Thomas St. to corpor ation line, five; Westbrook Dr., Hire; Lee St., six; Bradford Dr., four; Amherst Dr., four; DeWitt Lane, two; Elm-Thomas in terser tion, one; Laurel-Wood intersection, one; Laurel-Union intersection, one; Carroll St., four; Bedford St., two; W. Cedar, six: Colonel Dr., three; Riverview Pkwy. N., two: Locomotive Ave., one and Ochab Dr., one.
Madison, George and Washington Sts. will each receive three additional lights between Liberty and Elm Sts. One additional light will be installed on James St. south of Turin St.
All street lights with open fixtures and 120 to 1,000 lumen ratings will be changed to modern closed fixtures with 2,500 lumen ratings.
A symmetrical fixture will be installed to improve lighting at the
The following officers were in stalled: President, Miss Marcia Armstrong; vice - president, Miss Regina Murphy; recording secretary, Miss Peggy Martin; corresponding secretary, Mrs. Donald Smith, and treasurer, Mrs. Eleanor Duquesnel.
Committees for the year were selected as follows: Program chairman, Miss Lois McCann; gift chairman, Miss Carol Schrenker; historian, Miss K a t h y Murphy; publicity, Miss Jane Delano, and ways and means, Miss Martha McCarthy.
A dessert - bridge card party is planned for Sept. 27 with Miss Betty Ann Wilkinson, chairman Assisting are Miss Delano, Miss Marie Contos, Miss JAry Miller, and Miss Betty Smith.
Rush Party PUmped Several names were admitted for
rushing this year and the preferential tea for rushees will be held Oct. 9, with Mrs. Robert Mac-Inerney in charge and Miss Janet Lunn and Miss Peggy Martin assisting.
The rushees party is scheduled for Oct. 18 with "Disney Land" as the theme. Mrs. Gerald Caire, chairman, Mrs. Richard Kahler and Miss Martha McCarthy will serve on the committee.
A Christmas dance "was planned for Dec. 23. The committee is Miss McCann, chairman; Miss Schrenker, Miss Edith Kelleher and Miss Delano.
The chapter decided to sent i representative to a consumers advisory board which is being set up by the Junior Chamber of Commerce.
Tongue-Lashing. Fines Imposed on Speeders
Speeders were tongue-lashed in City Court today as Judge Abraham H. Baker combined verbal severity with fines ranging up to $50 against offending motorists.
He heavily criticized the fast driving In heavily populated areas and characterized the ac-
Baker Gives Report for Department
.«*[., intersection of Embargo and Le-**au' yitt Sts.
Holds Meeting The Social 12 Club met at the
home of Mrs. Alma Law, RD 1, Tuesday evening. A covered dish supper was served, and a birthday cake honored Mrs. George Blake who received gifts and cards. « .
Cards were played, with prizes won by Mrs. Howard Schoff, Mrs. Joseph Altler and Mrs. Vmcent Hoff.
The next meeting will be a dinner meeting Oct 4 at Trinkaus Manor.
Installation 6f New Street Signs Under Way
Installation of new street sign* at city intersections is under way.
Fred Tayntor, administrative assistant to the city engineer said the signs were being placed today along E. Dominick St.
Removal of curbing on Mill St., scheduled to start today, has been delayed pending completion of work by utility firms relocating telephone and power lines behind the street's new curb line, Tayntor said.
MHl St. will be widened as part of a new traffic plan for the industrial east end.
Nomination Conducted by Police Assn.
The Oneida County Sheriff's Dept. received and investigated 247 complaints during August, according to the monthly report of Sheriff Charles T. Baker.
Arrests totaled 64, of which 46 were for traffic violations and 18 for , misdemeanors. Two others were Children's Court cases.
Sheriff Baker's break-down for August activities is as follows:
Collected on property execu lions and garnishees, 17,949.59; fees, $911.98: tines, $1,265; ball, $1,780; board of U. S. prisoners. $114; number of executions re reived, 56; number of garnishees, 33; summons and complaints, 255; Jury notices served, 96; witness subpoenas served, 10; finger prints taken, 75.
Held for Grand Jury Males held for grand jury, 15;
females, one; transferred from Rome Jail to Utlcs Jail, three; admitted to Utica Jail, 150; to Rome Jail, 36; miles traveled on highway, 26,595; traffic accidents investigated, 27; fatal accidents, 3; personal Injury accidents, 23; persons injured, 36; property damage only, four; non-traffic accidents investigated, three; other deaths, one; funeral details, five.
Fires investigated, 19; special details, 67; motor vehicles reported stolen, two; recovered, one; other property stolen, two; total summons for Children's Court, 28; warrants for Children's Court, two; transported to institutions, one; placed in Detention Home, three; calls to migrant camps, 18; arrests at migrant camps, two.
tlons of several of the defendants when he told one the only hurry he was In was "the hurry to get to your next accident."
In imposing a $50 fine on John R. Pope, 22, RD 3, Rome, after Pope had pleaded guilty to reck-1 less driving. Judge Baker said the] defendant's deliberate criss-cross driving on Black River Blvd. was inviting "either suicide for yourself or death for someone else."
Judge Baker also revoked Pope's operator's license. Patrolman Theodore W. Panych arrested both Pope and Ronald J. Flint, 25, RD 3, Rome, on Aug. 20 after both men were reportedly headed north on the boulevard, criss-crossing in out of cars at speeds of from 40 to 45
Thay denied the reckless driving charges at their Atg. 22 arraignment, but today only Hint continued to maintain his previous not guilty plea. He was continued in $50 bait after the case was adjourned for disposition until Sept 13.
Attorney Frank D. Russo represents Flint.
The first of the speeding cases to be handled was that of Mrs. Patsy N. Anderson, 410 William St., who admitted doing 40 on Floyd Ave. from the city line to Oakwood Ave, She was stopped 7:10 p. m., Sept,
P.O. Ball-Point Pens Successful in Rome
The experiment with ball-point pens has been paying off at tha Rome Post Office, Postmaster Charles T. Williams said today.
Not only Is the public happy, but also the Post Office staff. Joseph D. Barry, supply and COD clerk at the Rome brandy
said "now we can read the money ""
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Motorcycle Patrolman Joseph A. Tierney was nominated to head the Philip S. McDonald Police Benevolent Assn. in 1956 at yesterday's meeting in the P o l i c e Station.
Other nominees are Sgt. C. Kenneth Church and Patrolman Leo J. Smith, vice - president. Patrolman Frank L. Smith, recording secretary; Patrolman Lyndon C. Fuller, financial secretary; Motorcycle Sgt. John W. Haley and Patrolman Joseph A. Bush, trea surer; Patrolman John Yamroz and Orlando J. Gulls, sergeant-at-arms.
Patrolman Bernard F. B r o w n was nominated for one - year trustee; Motorcycle Patrolman Joseph G. Grande, two years, and the outgoing president, Motorcycle Patrolman Howard F. Ellinger, three years. Ellinger will replace Sgt. Anthony J. Longo on the Board of Trustees.
Nominated as delegates to next year's state convention were Deputy Chief Patrick J. Smith and Sgt. Longo. The convention is usually attended by the delegate, the president and the alternate delegate who will be the 1955 Benevolent dance chairman, Patrolman Edward J. Czycon.
Election is scheduled for Oct. 4.
Assumed Names Chester G. Lockwood, Cary Cor
ners, M a r c y, as Lockwood's at Cary Corners, Marcy.
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Two at Meeting Louis A. Hornbeck, Boy Scout
executive of Ft. Stanwix Council, and the field executive, Henry J, Putnam, are attending the national training Conference, at Ann Arbor, Mich.
The conference is from Sept. 2-10. As a result of attendance by the two Council officials the Executive Board meeting planned for Tuesday at the Central New York School for the Deaf has been postponed until Sept. 13.
orders." He explained that with the old style nib pens, a lot of the mangled scratches on money orders were almost illegible. Post Office nibs were never noted as being the smoothest thing on paper.
The staff reported that they have had many appreciative comments from the public concerning the new ball point pens which went onto the Post Office tables Aug. 13 as part of a nation-wide experiment in progress by Wash
Roman Pays Fine in Same Law Violation
ington 6, by Patrolman Lyndon C. Fuller. I So far only four of the pens She was fined $20.
Speeder Censured Judge Baker censured Mrs. An
derson for speeding in an area where "children are playing In the front yards," adding, however, that his remarks were also meant tor the general public.
'Driving at excessive speeds In leavily populated areas just has to stop,,rdeclared the judge. And when Griffiss AFB airman Charles D. HUlebold, 21, also pleaded guilty to speeding on Floyd Ave. at 6:35 p. m., Judge Baker said what he told Mrs. Anderson held true for the airman. "You're no differ-
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Postmaster Williams point out that there are stiff fines and jail terms for theft or destruction of tovernment property and the Post
flee is anxious to hold on to Its shipment of 10 pens.
The Post Office Dept. In a memo to branches included with the Initial shipment of the pens, stated that they wanted regular reports of savings In custodial time, blotters Etc., that can be attributed to the use of ball point pens. So far the report will be optimistic, Postmaster Williams said.
Michael E. Lentini, 40, of 701
5. Dominick St., paid a 1200 fine, us $2.50 in court costs, before
Peace Justice E. Charles Wood, Lee Center, last night.
State Game Protector Stanley Stefanik, Lorena Rd., charged him with shooting a deer out of season near Knoxboro on Aug. SI.
The game protector said parts of a deer, including two hind quarters, were confiscated at Lentinl's home. He was assisted in the investigation by Rome Patrolman Eari E. Campbell.
Lentini was represented by Attorneys Joseph Serino and Frank A. Russo, Rome.
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