Historical Wyoming County July 1956 - Old Fulton History

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Page 114 July 1956 An incident which challenged Allied occupation rights .in Berlin,Nov. 27, 1955s involved the arrest of Congressman and Mrs„ Harold Ce Ostertag of Attica, together with Representative Edward P„ Boland and an escort officer, by Communist police in the Russian sector of the city The party fras touring in an Army sedan of the type used, by the U0 S. Mission accredited to t. e Soviet Zone, and was equipped with a two-way radio which had been hitherto operated without interference o On the charge of violation of the radio laws of the Communist state, the party was held for some time until their re~ lease was secured by the American provost marshal„ Strong Ue Se diplomatic protests followed the seizure of the group0 Dr0 Paul A0 Burgeson was named Ch.i • f of Staff of the Wyoming Community Hospital in December, as successor to the late Dr0 George Wo Nairn,, Trained in the University of Buffalo Medical School, Dr„ Burgeson came to the hospital in 1937, and ten years later became Chief of Medical Service0 The Market Basket chain of groceries, founded in Warsaw by the late Harry E, Hovey in 1901, and subsequently moved to Geneva, N„ Y„, was purchased in December 1955 by the American Stores Inc, Ninety-two stores in central New York and northern Pennsylvania were involved in a transaction said to have reached $3,500,000o Mr0 Hovey and his family had purchased the Prank Phillip chain of 66 stores years ago and annual sales of the Market Basket stores were around $31,000,000 George F0 Hume, Gainesville Supervisor, was elected Permanent Chairman of the Board of Supervisors at its reorganization meeting in J armary o Effective Jan0 1st, the municipally owned Perry-Warsaw Airport of 58 acres was leased to Jack Rase, Warsaw, manager of the facility,, The townships will continue to assume certain obligations but all operational and maintenance costs will be assumed by the lessee„ Professor Wilbur F„ Pease, 1+-H Club Agent in Wyoming County, 1937= 191+2, and recently assistant state leader, was named Jan, 1st„to the post of New York State 1+-H Club Leader,, In his new position he will help direct the activities of more than 56,000 farm boys and girlSo A graduate of the College of Agriculture at Cornell in 1931, he began his career as a local leader at Castile for six years while he was teacher of vocational agriculture .in the high school there0 He moved to Suffolk County in 191+3 as Agent and in 1951 was called to Cornell to become assistant state leaderQ Rev„ Thomas E„ • u-v. pastor of Warsaw's United Church for more than eleven years, has accepted a call to the Bethany Presbyterian Church, Rochester, as an associate minister® (continued cn page ll5o)
July 1956 Page 1? 5 MILESTONES (cont.) Arcade's Industrial growth is being expanded with the erection of a $1,000,000 expansion program to the Motorola Inc., which will increase the size of the plant 50%o In January announcement was also made that the American Machine & -Foundry Co. had acquired through a merger the 0'Dell & Eddy Co0, a subsidiary of the United Block Go. and would erect a finishing plant for the rough-hewn maple bowling pins and shoe lasts manufactured at Arcade for many years. The $1 ,270,000 Letchworth Central Junior-Senior High School was dedicated at Gainesville, Dec. 26th„ Following an Open House during the afternoon, attended by an estimated 2,500 persons, dedication ceremonies featured an address by Dr. Robert S„ Fisk, dean of the School of Education, University of Buffalo„ Social Forces in the Middle East is the title of a new volume by Professor Sydney N„ Fisher of the History department of the Ohio State University, and a native of Warsaw and son of the late Addison Wo Fisher, attorneyc Publication was by Cornell University Press. Officials of Boy Scouts In Livingston and Wyoming counties have formed a new scouting district under the name of "Nun-^Da-Waga, " which means 'homelands' or s home in the hills.' Comprising twentyfive towns with about 1,1+00 cubs, scouts and explorers, the new unit hopes to expand its program under the direction of its district chairman, George Traber. Ill of Perry. A site of 185 acres near Johnscnburg has been purchased by the Niagara Frontier Area of the Christian Service Brigade for use aa a boys camp. Buildings on the property will" 1 be converted and in due course the project will have facilities for upwards of I4.OO boys. The 50th anniversary of the Attica Grange was observed in late February. Chartered March 2, 1906,' seven surviving charter members received pins as a part of the recognition ceremony. These were Arthur Merle, Ernest Rechter, Frank Marley, George Sonderlclier > , Mrs. Otis Benham, Mrs. Leo Stedman, and Mrs. Ray Sierk. Henry C„ Wolfe, supervisor of the Town of Pike, received appointment as postmaster at Pike, March 2'j>0 Henry C. Wells, a member of the town board for several years n/vive • to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Mr. Wolfe. The Middlebury Historical Society, Wyoming, has scheduled another Homecoming Day, Saturday, August 6, and is maintaining Open House at the Academy, Sunday afternoons throughout the summer. During the year past, the society has installed a kitchen and powder room and has projected plans to ultimately furnish the building with 19th century furnishings and acquire a fireproof safe to protect a growing collection of valuable records.
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