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Pair Killed in Crash Exams 4 Scheduled Services Listed Sunday For Munu W' Teens MUNNSVILLE CANASTOTA The Regents scholarship and college qualification, tests are scheduled for Tuesday and more 100 seniors at Canastota High School are expected to compete. The test will be used as the basis for awarding 17,400 scholarships in the state. Candidates for Regents Scholarships will.take the one-day examination in two sessions, morning and afternoon. The-test will also provide an opportunity demonstrating academic qualification for receiving schol-J Friends may call Saturday afternoon and evening at their will be Sunday afternoon here for two Munnsville teen-agers killed Thursday in a one-car accident near Sangerfield in Oneida County. Services for Miss Cynthia (Cindy) Love, daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Burel -Love, Munns- vilie, will be at 2 p.m. at the C. E. Love and Sons Funeral Home, Munnsville, the Rev.

E. F. Mellott, former pastor of the Congregational Church, officiating. Burial will be in bridge Cemetery. ar incentive assistance during the first semester of college study.

It also serves.as an admission te'st for the State University colleges. Therefore, all pupils planning to enter college in 1967 are encouraged to take the test, Vincent Albanese director of guidance at the Canastota Junior-Senior High School, said. of seniors who may wish to discuss the tests are urged to contact the guidance department at the high school. convenience at the funeral home. Services for Steven R.

Kampf, 15, son of Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Kampf, Munnsville, will be at 1 p.m. in the Munnsville Congre- gational Church, the Rev. Allen Best, pastor, officiating.

Burial will be in Stockbridge Cemetery. Friends may call Saturday afternoon and evening at their convenience at the home. The two were killed when Ihe car-in which they were riding left the Mason Road, struck a large boulder, sheared off a utility pole and overturned in a ditch. Two others in the car were-injured, Kampf's sister, Linda, 17, who was reportedly in serious condition, and Mary Jane Joy, 17, of Sangerfield. Oneida County Sheriff's deputies who investigated said Miss Love was.

the apparent driver of the vehicle. She was a June graduate of Stockbridge Valley a by Dr. Calvin Bowne of Sherrill. While in school she had been active as a cheerleader, in the t. band, girls sports, dramatics and was the founder of ior Yorkers Club.

Surviving, besides her par ents, are two sisters, Deborah Jane and Kim Diane, both at home; her maternal grandmother, Mrs. Addie Rockwell, paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Love, Munnsville; an aunt: and two cousins. Kampf was a junior at Stockbridge Valley Central School, where he was a member of the baseball team.

Surviving are his parents; his sister, Linda; maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph De Wolfe, La Grange, several Sheriff Thomas Dies at 51 School and had'been employed)aunts, uncles and cousins. i Canastota Line Booster Club To Sponsor Fall Meeting CHITTENANGO The Chit- ten ango High School Booster Club will sponsor its open fall meeting at 8 p.m. Wednesday-in the high school gymnasium.

Adult members of the community are invited. Tourist Railroad Idea Supported Jaycees Especially urged to attend are parents of boys' participating in football, and cross country this fall and girls participating in the field hockey program. The Chittenango a School athletic department and the Chittenango Booster Club have combined efforts to plan a program for the meeting. After a short business meeting, the program will be turned over to the athletic department. Invited to attend are the football coaching staff, the cross country coach and girls' physical education instructors.

rie Canal Stamp To Be Issued by in 7968 ONEIDA The 150th anniversary of the Erie Canal will be commemorated two years hence with the issuance of a five-cent stamp, according to word from 'the office of Rep. Alexander Pirnfe of this congressional district. Approval of the Erie Canal commemorative stamp announced after it was approved by Postmaster General Lawrence F. O'Brien. The Post Office Department sent a cablegram to Rep.

Pirnie in Iran advising him of the decision to have a canal stamp. Earlier in the year Pirnie met with the Postmaster General and other officials and urged such a stamp. CANASTOTA The president of Canastota's Junior Chamber of Commerce has joined the call for discussion of the recreational potential of the Cortland to Canastota branch line of the Lehigh Valley Railroad which is scheduled to be abandoned. Michael Cerio president, said, the local Jaycees "wholeheartedly" supported the proposed recreation project. There will be an open meeting at 7:45 p.m.

Thursday in the village hall to discuss the proposal. The railroad has petitioned the New York State Public Service Commission for permission to abandon the 50-mile segment. Should approval be granted at a hearing to be scheduled, the purchase would become a possibility. i Shoreline railroads are becoming increasingly popular throughout the country and those properly managed seem to pay for themselves and provide a distinct impetus in tourism of the communities involved. David M.

Beers, executive director of the University Hill Syracuse, and Prof. Henry Williams, land use architect at the State College of Forestry at Syracuse University, have called the meeting to outline the possibility of saving the branch as part of a regional recreational-educational program. They- will review the proposal and acquaint potential participants with steps taken to date. The two men said a small group of men in Syracuse area have for sometime had an inter- est in the purchase in the event of abandonment. Questionnaires a been mailed to freight users between Canastota and DeRuyter to ascertain how many cars have been shipped on the line in recent years.

It is understood about 1,400 cars are shipped annually and nearly 1,000 of these come into Canastota. The Agway, fertilizer plant here uses about 600 cars each year. Continuance of freight traffic is of prime importance in continuing the railroad and eventually developing a tourist attraction. The freight would provide overhead revenues for the road and the tourist business would provide any profits. ONEIDA Services for Philip T.

Thomas, 51, Sheriff, of Madison County, who died. Friday at Oneida City Hospital'will be at 2 p.m. Monday in First Methodist Church, the Rev. Irving Hill Burial will be in Valley View Cemetery. Friends may 7 to 9 p.m.

Saturday and 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday at Campbell-Dean Funeral Home, 250 Main St: Friends may contribute the memorial fund of First Methodist" Church. Sheriff Thomas resided on N. Court Street, Wampsville, where he moved after taking sheriff in 1961. He had resided ir Oneida several years before hif election as sheriff.

Sheriff Thomas was born ii the Town of Nelson and ha been a resident of this area for the past 30 years. He married the former Winifred Hall at Erie ville Sept. 10,1936. He was a graduate of Cazenovia High School, the Army X- Hay. Technicians School, Army Military Intelligence Training School and numerous law enforcement schools operated by New York State and the F.B.I.

He served as coordinator for zone seven of the state schools for police, representing the State Sheriffs' Association. Thomas served on the Oneida Police Force from 1936 'until 1958 and before election as sheriff he promoted to sergeant. He first was elected sheriff in 1958 and was re-elected in 1961 and 1964. A World War veteran, he served in the Pacific Theater of Fast First William M. Umberger, right, non-commissioned officer in charge of SAC's Job Control, presents the section's report for 102 per cent of its Combined Federal Campaign goal inst four hours after the campaign was kicked off.

Capt. James Graves, BCfVl project officer, accepts this "fast first" from Sgt. Umberger. Wilson Talk 4 Scheduled at GOP Dinner CANASTOTA Malcolm Wilson, Governor of New York, will speak at the annual Madison County Republican Cam- Operations as an agent in thelpaign Dinner Oct. 24 at the LOCAL NEWi George K.

StOayze, State Editor ONEIDA CAZENOVIA Dan Carey, Astl, NORWICH CANASTOTA 8 THE POST-STANDARD, Oct. 1, 1966 Oneida Small Game Season Opening Monday Lieutenant Gets AF Pilot Wings Second Lt Robert Y. Foerster, son of Col. and Mrs. Frederick H.

Foerster Jr. of 480 Wright Drive, Griffiss been swarded Air Force silver pilot wings upon graduation at Reese AFB, Tex. Lt Foerster is being assigned to- a unit of the Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) for flying duty. PACAF provides air offensive and defensive units in Southeast Asia, the Far East and the Pacific. The lieutenant, a 1961 graduate of Uniu Military School, Mobile, attended Michigan State University.

He received B.S. degree and commission in 1965 upon graduation from the Air Force Academy, Colo. His wife, Linda, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde L.

Bishop of San Jose, Calif. egms Special to The ALBANY New York State sportsmen will take to the field Monday as the 1966 small game season opens. Canastota Plans 'Pinky' Schmidt Honors Oct. 8 Miss DeShong Field Director UTTCA Miss Geraldine DeShong, 1919 Storrs Utica, has been appointed field director of Association VI of the Foothills Girl Scout Council, Miss Jean Hawthorne, executive director of the council, announced Wednesday. "We are i a Miss Hawthorne said, "to have one fill this vacancy with Miss background.

She comes to us from the fields of specialized education and big business," Association VI is supported by the United Fund of Frankfort, Ilion, Mohawk and Herkimcr, Little Falls Community Chtst and special girl scout drives in the communities of Dolgevilte, Newport-MiddJevllle field Springs-West Winfield, CANASTOTA Canastota a School will honor coach i i a "Pinky" Schmidt Oct. 8 when the varsity Raiders open their home football season against the Oneida Indians. Anthony J. Carolla, junior- senior high school principal, said the Board of Education has approved a resolution to set aside that date as "Pinky Schmidt Day" at Canastota Central. Highlighting the program will be a pre-game ceremony when the new athletic field officially will be designated William C.

"Pinky" Schmidt Athletic Field. The area includes a cinder track and a new football field which has been under construction for more than a year. There will be two main zones which will concern hunters this year, eastern and western, which will be separated by a line extending along the western boundaries of St. Lawrence, Herkimer, Oswego and Delaware Counties. In addition to the ruffed grouse, squirrel and woodcock seasons which open state-wide Monday, eastern zone counties will be open Oct.

17. Hunters will have until Jan. 31 to hunt squirrels and Nov. 21 for woodcock. The eastern zone pheasant season will close Oct.

22 except for Franklin, Clinton and' Essex, where a Nov. 12 closing has been set. The western zone pheasant season will end Nov. 5. Hungarian partridge in St.

Lawrence, Franklin and Clinton may be hunted between Monday and Oct. 22, while (he Jefferson season will coincide with the western zone pheasant season, Oct. 17 to Nov. 5. Varying hare hunting in the Adirondack counties will open with cottontail rabbits and will close uniformly Feb.

28. Generally, bag limits will remain the same as a year ago except in certain counties, where cottontail rabbit bag limits have been raised to six per day. For specific information oh all seasons, sportsmen are advised to consult their hunting, trapping and fishing guide. Pop Warner Game Slated CANASTOTA The Junior Red Raiders will travel to Utica Sunday for a 3 p.m. contest at Murnane Field against the Utica Giants in the second game of a doubleheader.

In last week's game Canastota came from behind in the second half to defeat Whiteboro 27-12 on the local field and New Hartford downed the Giants 19-12 at Uti- New Hartford and North Utica remain undefeated in the Tri- County Pop Warner Football League. The locals are 2-1. Army counterintelligence corps. He was president of the State Sheriff's Association, past president of the Canastota Rotary Club, a member of First Methodist Church and its Men's Brotherhood, Lodge 421, Loyal Order of Moose, Lodge 270, FAM, Dean-Cunningham Post 1312, VFW Post 169, American Legion, Oneida Fish and Game Club, the Anti-Sour Puss Club, Seven Oaks Golf Club, Wampsville Volunteer Fire Department, Chittenango Rod and Gun Club, Nelson Grange 1271, Oneida High School Boosters Club and the Blue Mountain Club. Surviving besides his wife are a son, Philip K.

Thomas; a daughter, Miss Patricia Thomas; his mother, Mrs. J. Mabel Thomas, Cazenovia; two brothers, Ernest Thomas of Nelson and Donald Thomas of Rochester; six sisters, Mrs. Charles Davis, Oneida; Mrs. Frank Stritter, Cazenovia; Mrs.

Donald Clarke, Oneida Castle, Mrs. Stewart Sheffild, Wampsville, Mrs. Mary Newberry and Mrs. Aubrey Tambs, both of Canastota: several nieces and nephews. White Elephant Restaurant.

According to- Mrs. Vincent Paone'and Mrs. Kenneth Johnson, chairmen, tickets for the dinner are available and a capacity crowd of 400 is expected to attend the affair. All county and area Republican candidates for office at the general elections in November will be on hand at the dinner. Wilson has made several visits here.

He visited Oneida Monday. Wilson has served as Lieutenant Governor since 1958. James Babcock Dies; ar Store Operator AL to Fete LL All-Stars CANASTOTA The Ameri- Rotes, Salaries Up Rome Hospital Lxpects '67 Fees of $2 Million ROME Patients of Rome Hospital are expected to pay more than million during the next year. The budget for Rome Hospital adopted by the board of managers for 1967 pegs estimated gross earnings at $2,174,131 and expenses at $1,992,900. The record high hospital income is expected because of new rates and opening of new sections of the hospital.

Room rates will increase 1 $2 a day effective Saturday. Average daily charge for hospital care, will be $22.24 plus medical supplies. Semi-private room rate will be $26 a day and private rooms will be $30 a day in the new section of the hospital. Registered nurses also received pay increases which will range from to $2.75 an hour from the present scale of to $2.40 an hour. Half of the increase will be granted Saturday and the remainder on Jan.

1. As of Jan. 1, nurses will 4 be paid for a n- and-a-half-hour shift rather than the eight-hour shift. The present eight-hour shift includes a 30- minute lunch period. Supervisory nurses will be paid for eight hours because of time needed to work on reports at the beginning and end of each shift.

canism committee of Charles Miller Post No. 140, American Legion, has planned a dinner Saturday to salute members and coaches of the Canastota Little League All-Star team. The group recently captured the district-9 tournament championship after downing all-star teams from the Rome National and Rome Federal Leagues, Sherrill and the Watertown Federal League. Madison County Commander M. Pemer Newberry, who is serving -as program chairman, said thrt Francis 1 Mariano, league president, also has been invited to attend the testimonial which will start with a dinner at 7 p.m.

in the dining room of the post home, S. Peterboro Street. ONEIDA James W. Babcock, 60, a widely-known Oneida cigar store operator, 446 Broad died Friday at Oneida City Hospital, where he had been a patient for a week following a heart attack. He owned and operated the Babcock Cigar Store on Madison Square for the last 13 years.

A native of Oneida Castle, he was a son of the late Corrington M. and Maude Watson Babcock. He attended school in Sherrill, Indians Blank Devils, 34-0 CAMDEN--The Oneida Indians their third straight victory, second in Tri- Valley League play, defeating the Cam'den Blue Devils 34-0 Friday night. Oneida scored on the first play from scrimmage on a 52- yard pass play to halfback Thomas Spadafora. Tom Schneider kicked the extra point.

Miss Urtz to Wed Paul Eddings ONEIDA--Mr. and Mrs. Earl Urtz, West Road, Oneida announce the engagement of their daughter, Miss Nancy Anne Urtz, to Paul L. Eddings, son of Mrs. Rita Eddings of Carthage and the late Clarence Eddings.

Miss Urtz is a 1964 graduate of Stockbridge Valley Central School and attended Mercy Hospital School of Nursing, Watertown. She is enrolled at Utica School of Practical Nursing where she is a candidate for graduation in February. Eddings is a 1962 graduate of Augustinian A a and served three years in the Army. He is employed by General Electric Scheneciady. The wedding is planned May 6, 1967.

Lakers Play Canastota Today CANASTOTA The local Jayvee football season in the Tri-Valley League opens at 10 a.m. Saturday when Casenovia's Lakers invade the Roberts Street field. Canastota opened its grid season last Saturday with a 31-0 win over Central Square on the losers' field. graduating from the old Sherrill High School and later from the University of Illinois with the class of 1928. He was affiliated with Sigma Nu fraternity while in college.

Following his graduation from college, he became associated with the Strauss Co. of Chicago; and later held an executive position with the General Outdoor Advertising Co. in Binghamton and Utica. He returned to Oneida in 1941 and held various positions here serving one time as manager of the Acme Market here. He purchased the cigar store bus inert in 1953, Mr.

Babcock was a member of St. John's Episcopal Church and av one time belonged to the Oneida Lions Club. He was married in 1929 to Catherine Sterling of Oneida, who survives along with three sons, James Gerald and Richard J. Babcock, all of Oneida, and six grandchil- dren. Services will be at 1 p.m.

Sunday in St. John's Episcopal Church, the Rev. Robert Morisseau, rector, officiating. Burial will be in Glenwood Cemetery. Friends may call 7 to 9 p.m.

Saturday at the Fiore Funeral Home, 303 Main St. Friends may contribute to the memorial fund" of St. John's Episcopal Church. Colgate to Offer Shaw Production HAMILTON Colgate University will open its 1966-67 Concert Series Wednesday with the appearance of Bramwell Fletcher as- George Bernard Shaw in the Charles A. Dana Creative Arts Center.

'The Bernard Shaw Story," created performed by Fletcher, is a reincarnation of Shaw as a great a i philosopher. The production is divided into two parts with Fletcher appearing in both as Shaw at his prime. All-Stars Honor Coaches Special recognition was given the coaches of the Canastota Little League All-Star team Sunday night at-the Little League dinner in the White Elephant Restaurant. Ron Bennett, left, is shown presenting gift from the team's players to Fred Meyers, man- ager of the All-Stars who recently captured the district 9 tournament championship. Others are, left to right, Tom Orr, Sam Russo, team coach; Peter Palamara, assistant practice coach and Steve Albanese.

More than 180 persons attended the event. Masquers Play Due Oct. 28-29 9 ONEIDA The Mapxjuers Society will present its first production "The Miracle Worker" by William Gibson on Oct. 28 and 29 in the Oneida Senior High School auditorium. The cast has been selected and is in rehearsal under the direction of Mrs.

Patricia Zich, Bushnell, O'Keefe To Head Oneida School Committee ONEIDA The Gneida Cons 1 i a School District Building Advisory Committee, named recently by the board of education, conducted an organizational meeting Thursday night. Named co-chairmen of the committee were Dr. Richard O'Keefe and William Bushnell. Secretary of the committee will be David Wolf anger. The committee was charged with responsibility of recommending and suggesting a building program tailored to meet district needs in the immediate and long-range future.

Attending the meeting were Dr, Edward T. Green, superintendent of schools, and Bushnell, board of education president. MRS. CATHERINE PUGHE ONEIDA--Mrs. Catherine M.

Pughe, 80, of 3870 Prospect died early Friday at Oneida City Hospital. Mrs. Pughe was born in Dinbarton and lived most of her life in the Oneida area. Her husband, William R. Pughe, died Dec: 5,1957.

Mrs. Pughe was a member of. ihe Elks Auxiliary. Surviving are five cousins; Mrs. Theresa Ida Kingsbury, Mrs.

Theodore Lena Raut and Joseph Berical, all of Oneida. Services will be at 1 p.m. Sunday at Campbell-Dean Funeral Home, 260 Main St Burial will be in Friends may call 2'to '4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Mostly cloudy Saturday Satin day night with some rain.

High Temperature la tie 50s, low at night in tke 41s, Winds westerly to northwesterly II to 25. Further outlook: Variable i and chance of showers Sunday, tic temperature change. Canastota to Harry 1919. Mr. MRS.

VERA FREY CANASTOTA Mrs. Perott Frey, 71, 132 Lamb died Thursday night at her home. She was born in and was married Frey in October, Frey died in 1957. She was employed as a secretary in the Canastota area most of her life until her retirement in 1961.. Mrs.

Frey was a member of American Legion Auxiliary 140, Canastota. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Anthony Fratelli, Cams- tota, two grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, an uncle and several cousins. Friends may call 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday at Schepp Cretaro a 'Home, 300 S.

Peterboro Canastota. Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery..

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