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August 08 1924/2024

Dimock – The Dimock Camp Meeting Association announces that its annual meeting will be held beginning Aug. 14th and will last 10 days. Cottages may be obtained. ALSO Max Gregory wishes to express his heartfelt gratitude to the friends and neighbors for their many kindnesses during his illness and recent misfortune, and to the Ku Klux Klan, who recently came, hooded, to his home and left a generous sum of money.


Gibson – A committee of the Daughters of the American Revolution placed markers on nine mounds in Gibson township, where Revolutionary Soldiers sleep. In the cemetery at Gibson village, early known as Burrows Hollow, were found the last resting places of Consider Fuller, Elias VanWinkle, Wright Chamberlin, Dr. Robert Chandler and Nathaniel Claflin. Nehemiah Barnes is buried in a family plot reserved by the Barnes heirs on the farm of U.B. Craft, one mile from Gibson. The graves of Mr. Whitney, Sr., who died in 1846 and Moses Chamberlin, who died in 1832, are located in Union Hill cemetery, which is said to be the oldest burial place in the township. One and one-half miles from Gibson, on the old Potter farm, is the grave of Captain Joseph Potter, who died in 1835. He came here Jan. 29, 1792, and was the first settler in Gibson Township


Fairdale – Rose Horton, a missionary from British East Africa for the past eight years, is visiting her brother and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Horton. She has been with the Africa Inland Mission during her labors in Africa, a mission organization, which is closely identified with the Montrose Bible Conference Association.


Upper Lake, New Milford Twp. – Miss Bernice Tingley had a narrow escape from serious injury, last Thursday morning, when her horse ran away, throwing her out of the wagon, with four cans of milk. She had started for the creamery, as usual, when the horse started to run down Shay hill. Realizing her peril, and failing to stop the horse, Miss Tingley ran the horse into the bank and tipped over. She was assisted by kind neighbors, and returned to her home with several bruises and badly lamed, but thankful for even less serious accident.


Brooklyn – An accident, which resulted in Mrs. Meri Pratt sustaining a broken leg, occurred on the trolley line between this place and Foster [Hop Bottom] on Wednesday morning. The passenger car, which leaves Foster at 8:35, had gone only a few rods above the station when a collision took place with a work car returning to the car barn. When the conductor saw the work train approaching he slammed on the brakes and went toward the back part of the car. He was uninjured, but Mrs. Pratt, the only passenger in the car, sustained a compound fracture of the limb. It is understood that the cause of the accident was some trouble with the lights, which should have warned each car that another was in the block.


Forest City – We understand that plans are in preparation for a new theatre for the town that will be on a par with any of the amusement places in this section of the state. It will be erected on the lot of Julius Freedman, between the stores of Heller & Co. and G. A. Thorpe. The seating capacity will be 1200. It has been demonstrated that Forest City is a good “movie” town and we believe that the new and up-to-date amusement place will prove to be a profitable as well as progressive business enterprise.


Susquehanna – Fourteen men are now employed in furniture and mattress making at the factory in Lanesboro. Two men are on the road, a third beginning this week. Perrine’s furniture store, in this place, will soon have a display of the product from this new firm. ALSO Kermit Brenchley, accidentally shot in the back by his brother several weeks ago, has been discharged from the Barnes hospital, where he was under the treatment of Dr. H. D. Washburn. The boy is able to walk with the aid of crutches.


Sanitaria Springs, N. Y. – Dr. C. W. Caterson, former Montrose physician, is now in charge of the Kilmer Memorial Sanitarium. Remarkable cures are being accomplished. The location of the sanitarium is ideal and the surroundings are beautiful, with large, well-kept grounds and buildings, making it an institution that patients certainly must enjoy while convalescing. Dr. Caterson is being assisted, besides the nurses, by Mrs. Caterson and daughter, Mrs. Lucy Caterson Smith.


Harford – Four hundred men and women, who as children of Civil War soldiers and attended the Harford School for Orphans many years ago, came back to the scenes of their childhood and held a merry reunion. The “Harford Sixteeners,” as these sons and daughters of the veterans are known, because of a sixteen-year-old graduating rule, found Harford attractively decorated in their honor. The villagers did their best to make the occasion a pleasant one.


West Lenox – There will be a pie social at the home of Mrs. Lizzie Carey the evening of Aug. 13th. Proceeds will go to the Young People’s Sunday school class.


Uniondale – Douglas & Yale are erecting an addition to their plant. It will be 20 x 30, and will prove a temporary relief from an overcrowded place of business. ALSO The annual reunion of the Churchill family was held at the Elk Hill home of Oliver Chandler.


Montrose – The general Bible Conference closed Sunday evening and the executive secretary, R. M. Honeyman, informs us that without exception it has been the largest conference in point of attendance and doubtless the best from the standpoint of excellence of speakers, that has ever been held here.


News Briefs: The motor associations of Pennsylvania have started a movement to mark the routes through cities. By following the markings, tourists may drive through without asking questions. ALSO Why Babies Cry – Babies never cry because they enjoy it, says a wise mother. Discomfort, either from lack of care or from illness, is the real reason. A pretty good guide for baby care is to regard infants as real human beings with an all-round capacity, a little less in volume, than an adult.

Compiled By: Betty Smith

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