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The Oneonta Star from Oneonta, New York • Page 3

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The Oneonta Stari
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Oneonta, New York
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Rosa Farms, Machinery Firm Sold DELHI--One of the largeb real estate and personal prop erty transactions ever to tak place in this community, ha been completed between Josep Kosa of Delhi and Charles Yos bursh of Cortland. Mr. Hosa. who for past te years has operated an extensiv retail farm implement and in dustrial machinery business with repair service conncctcc ami also i most of tha period has owned and operate three farms, has sold all of hi holdings to Mr. Vosburgh.

Included in the sale is th Rosa Farm Sale Building, a tw story structure, with basemen: including show-room 30x16 feet office, 12x16: shop, 32x32. the second floor of the building which is about five years ok are two five rnnm apartments. Some 100 feet to the rear the sales i i is a large on story storage building, 48x12' feet, enclosed on rear and ends MAIN' FARM The main Rosa farm, 01 which the sales building is lo cated, contains 130 acres, 4 head of cattle, a 10 room house large modern barn, and wagon house. The farm is located 01 route 10, in the Village of Delhi and contains several building Jots. The second which Mr.

Rnsi owned and operated is known the Bert Cornell farm, located 01 route 28, in the village. It contain: SS acres. The home on the farn is the property of Mr. Cornell. The third farm i the formei Merlon Mayes farm of acres located just west of Ihe village 01 Route 28.

Tile barn on this property burned to lite ground williii the past year. But a 14 roon house is on the property, as is new five room home, and lat garage. LARGE FAMILY Kosa is married, and has five children. They are Hugh Delhi, who is associated with his father: Fayal. at home: Mrs.

Join Braymer, whose husband oper ates the farms: Mrs. Clarence Carpenter ot Lew Beach; Joseph in the U. S. Army in Ger many. "I have no plans for the immed iate future." -Mr.

Rosa said yesterday. "Afler we have cleaned up our financial obligations to al parlies concerned, we'll sec wha we have left, and then go on from there. My wife and I just couldn'i take this financial situation anj longer. The worrying has got us down." Otsego Fail- Elect Officers, Directors SCHENEVUS (Special) July 29 to August were tentatively set as the dates for the 1959 Otsego County Fair at Morris at a meeting of the board Saturday following that annual stockholders' meeting. The hoard meet December 29 to confirm that date and to sign contracts for the midway, At the stockholders' meeting, elected directors for three year terms were Herbert Slannard.

Eoseboom: Harold riathbnn, Ed- jneston; Clifford Ingnlls, Unatlil- la; and Eena Carvin, Umulilla, and elected director for one year, Bernicr Fuller, Sidney. At the board meeting which followed, all officers of the Fair were reelected: Guy Post. South New Berlin, president; Mr. Ingalls. vice president: Robert W.

Halbert. Gilburlsville, secretary, and liussell French. Schenevus, treasurer. Rolary lo Have Music a JO YEARS WITH THE STAR--John J. Hartshorne who received a -ID-year pin, gets a handshake from Mr.

and Mrs. James H. Oltaway at The Star-WDOS party a a night In the Elks Club. Others who got pins are, L-R: Ben Ttirnbull. sales manager of WDOS.

five years; Mrs. Helen Nichols. i The Star: Mrs. a i i Henderson, 10 years; Mrs. Emily Stapleton (back of Mr.

Hartshorne), live years; and Louis Young. 35 years. 30 A WITH THE STAR--Anthony A. Molinari. a composing room employe, is being congratulated by James H.

Oltaway, president of Oltaway Newspapers-Radio Inc. Sir. Molinari received a 30-year pin at the Christmas party for The Star and WDOS Saturday night in the Elks Club. Others to receive service are, L-R: H. Glen Harper, five years; Harry Mabey, five years; Robert Peebles, 10 years; Bradford O.

Mason (behind Mr. Molinari), 25 years; and William Petit, chief engineer of WDOS, five years. I AH'AY GII-T Mrs. I.enra Shipper is presented with a bracelet composed of service pins acquired since she joined The Star business office staff in ISI27. She is to retire soon.

At is her husband, Frank Shippey. who re'Jred recently as i a i manager. He joined The Star in Presenting the i is Byron E. French, vice-president of a a Newspapers Radio Inc. They were subjects of a skii.

-This Is Your Wife." a i a Photos.) Lioiis lo Fete Blind Persons Oneonta Lions Club will have its annual Christmas party for blind persons at 6:30 tonight in Jack's Restaurant. About 10 to 12 blind persons are to be guests. Work in behalf of the sightless is one of the featured projects of the Lions Club program. AREA MEETINGS WEST LAUREN'S Home Demonstration unit, Christinas party, with Mrs. Charles Wohlfert, noon, Tuesday.

of students, all musicallv inclined, are to provirle the program for the regular weekly meeting of the Rotary Club, scheduled at noon Tuesday at the Cooper I December program chairman Oron W. Cage said the entertainers a from Coopcrstown Central school, i include vocal groups a a brass en- somble. and are to be directed service by a i and 1'ersh- inc R. i i of CCS a all under the arran.qc- of Lester G. Rursey.

6 Honored at Star-Radio Station, Yule Fete employes of The a nd WDOS received pins repre- i combined service of 2 7 5 years at thc i a party i given by ilie a a a a ni.ulii in Oncoiita Elks AVALTKR J. PALMER A i a A i i i Mr. and Airs. a .1. Palmer of i i is now at the U.

S. N'aval i i i i 1 wailing iranKfp.r, i Kin persons present. James H. a a president oi a a News a s-Kadio out nir.s t'or years of in The Star, as follow. Ci.mploe..

coinposr.ii: faix .1. inposine, nviin. -1(1 years: Louis composing room. ycai's: Chnrlcs A. liarcl.

cnrnponnt; room. years: A i A. i a i compos- i room, years: Bradford O. Mason, a i i rit'parjmeni. '2rt vears: i Miss ficials of Kactiu Inc.

Elton P. ger of Tlu ceremonies Otlaway. Lyndon R. Krancis H. Brinkley a K.

iieillcy. all ot- ay Xewspapers- a general a a Siar, of i i i i i snn.ns by Thi composed of Paul Pii-rcr. Larry a i a Sergio A i i a and Dick A urcncsira prilonmxi for danein; 1 i a nf two nr- v.ho i i i i yrar were minxi'iiei'd bv i i and Sl.ilkm a i a Graves. President Red Binding STILL ONLY HSy ($149 after January 1st) $10 A MONTH WRITE OR PHONE MRS. A I A I I A X.

Y. TEL. I i i S-(lll)l Dec. 15, 1958 Oneonta Star 3 Teen Talk Exchange Student Fund Drive Under Way By Carol Faul Hi. teens: Overshadowing pre Christmas activities at school is the benefit ham supper for the foreign exchange student are Betty Downie, president: Bob Estabrook, vice president: 'Anita; Decker, secretary; and Bruce Morris, treasurer.

SHOKTIKS fund. Ii's Thiirs-i Carole Silts accepted at Green day night, at the' Mountain College. Poultney Vt. First Methodist She'll take a medical secretary' a course. the "Tones" did an- thcre'U be two; other excellent performance, ap- servings, one atljieni-ing at the "Star WDOS" 5 p.

m. and one. Christmas party Saturday night. fi P- m- iOHS.ins In-ginning to catch Christ-: A nas 1ecn nias excitement, with many plans by var- umlmrav shorthand "classes: organizations lkjng christmas posters and will IP holi( gl eet i i ed by OHS girls, in shorthand seven more' a.e dl CCnlS rlni'c inritr i for children and $1.25 for adults, contact Charles demons, For before 0 ur opp nfi yet? grad- uatcs who work in local offices speaking to sectarial practice 1092-J or Betsy Mitchell, 471-W, co-chairmen of the project com- mittce i The Echo Staff will hold its an- Council I that in this country there are 17 million teenagers with a combined buying power over nine million dollars. Some companies are even selling stock to teens.

According to thc story, because of new economic freedom and technical advances, teenagers are having a hard time adjusting to society and their role in life. Juvenile delinquency is given as an example. Now 1 would like to ask an often voiced question why doesn't anyone ever notice constructive teens? Always, attention is given to a rotten, small percentage. I feel that the public would just as soon hear about good things done than gory, abnormal occurences. Yes, the question is often asked, but I have never heard a good Meanwhile, Student members are prodding school clubs for donations, to help swell the fund.

The Jackets did it again! li 7 (i Bob Turrell the top scorer, the aifferent aspccts of putting a school paper. Home EC classes' will provide the refreshments. nual Christmas tea Friday after-' noon upstairs in the Home EC- house. Mothers of staff members! have been invited, and a program' entire squad saw court action the 6-1-30 crush over Ilion. Friday another Valley team, Little Falls comes to town.

Repeat prlormance, Dragomen -please! while Mary Ann Murray is thc general chairman. Thc Echo's Christmas edition will also be pub- Isihed Friday. AI.KKT ALUMNI Joe Pondol- YULE JOBS fino, '58, elected vice president of! The large number ol OHSans the freshman class at Niagara I working in local stores during University, and Marie Ross, last; the Christmas season tics in with year's head majorette, on the a recent statement in a current Dean's List at Broome Tech. events paper that by the age 18 Congratulations to the IS new seniors inducted into National Honor Society at last weeks assembly. Honor Society officers for '5S-'59i one half ot boys and one third of the girls in Ihe United States are working at some type ol job.

The article goes on to explain Area Obituaries Edward H. Blanchard Edward H. Blanchard, 77, of 43 Fair-view who was a retired employe of the Railroad and Fox Hospital, died December 14 in Bailey Nursing Home, where he had been a patient for one year. Funeral services will be at 3:30 p. m.

Tuesday at Bookhout Funeral Home, with the Rev. William H. Heapps, pastor of Elm Park Methodist Church, officiating. The body will' be placed in the a home vault for burial later in One- onla Plains Cemetery. Mr.

Blanchard was born Dec. 13, 1881, in Sacketts Harbor, a son of Willis E. and Frances (Hall) Blanchard. He married Mercy Baker in Oneonta, Aug. 22, 1D05.

She died Oct. 25, 1955. He had been a resident of Oneonta for 70 years. Surviving are one brother, Carl, of Schenectady; one sister, Mrs. Lucy Black, 2 Columbia and several nieces and nephews.

Friends may call at their convenience at the funeral home until service time. Fire Damages Empty House WALTON A seven room house on lower East Brook road, property of Sheldon Golden of New York, was badly damaged by fire about 2 p. m. Saturday. By the time firemen arrived, the fire, which had started in the back porch room on the east side, had burned through the partition and up through a bedroom and attic.

The house was emptied of its contents last fall and had since then been unoccupied. Charles A. Stevens, first assistant fire chief, it was easy to see that the fire had started in an electric receptacle, but the real cause is still under investigation, and no estimate of damage has been made. Chief Stevens said the electric current was supposed to have been cut off. Phi Sorority are selling tickets for the "Crystal Coronation" formal, December 30, 9-1, at the Elks Club.

Come, hear the and vote for your choice of queen, which will be any senior member of Sigma. Sigma Phi will meet at 7. tonight. OTHER SCHOOLS News from high schools around the nation Mumford High, Detroit, Mich. Special Ability classes are held two days a week after school for a selected group of students.

Courses ofiered are Debating, Nuclear Science, Radiation Biology, Russian, and Creative Writing. Cortland High School, Cortland, N. Y. girls are sporting danskin tights, kilts and "pixie shoes" while the boys wear Perry Como sweaters and crew necks, light suede shoes. Bronx High School of Science, New York a new school is being built for the giflcd teens attending Bronx Science.

The Controller of the city school system recently charged that the school's 'imaginative design' was costing the city more than $100,000. Part of the imaginative design $34,000 wall murals. EIGHT TOP TU-XES -1. "Smoke Gets In Your Platters. 2.

"Chipmunk Song" David Seville 3. "Lucky Ladybug" Billy and Walla Walla, i named for Indian "many waters." LegislativeSessiou. COOPERSTOWN The Otsego County Board of Supervisors will meet in the Court House at Coop- ersfown at 10 a.m. today in a regular legislative session. 4.

"One Night" Elvis Presley. 5. "Chantilly Lace" the Big Bopper. 6. "Topsy, Part 2" Cosy Cole.

7. "Tom Dooley" Kingston Trio. 8. "Queen of the Hop" Bobby Darrin. 'Bye, Carol I A DRYER? WHY? Lei Us Prove To You That Use Of Our Laundromat Is Cheaper.

Drying--10 'ROUND-THE-CLOCK LAUNDROMAT 22 Main St. Say Merry Christmas with 10 "War Mrs. Helen a Venles. com- ix Mrs-. I a 82.252 II.

a un VIMI-S: i busipt'ss rflii.r. i five a ru-mi. i a mnmbi 1 of a IVn.iamin M. manager, ami i i a I i chin' each for i uf i i i i i I i i i a The since i was a i i i i )y ay inn. i and 1 1'h WDOS.

Piv-rni Mr, Ouaw.iy I wore Byron K. Kreiirh. Mrs. I There's no finer gift than a no finer watch thsn a BULOVA! Come in and see that Bulova difference! PL E. BR1GHAM St.

Oneonta This can happen in your house on Christmas morning with the 60-second POLAROID Lawd CAMERA When Dad unwraps his present and sees what it is. he'll grin from ear to ear. A i later, when he takes a first finished picltire out of the back of the camera, his face'll light up like the tree! This is one gift that's sure to create sensation Christmas morning. And now, with the great new Polaroid Land Film, today's 60-second pictures have a sharpness and sparkle you'll have to see to believe. Come in (oday and take some pictures yourself.

How much for this great camera? You can give thc family this excit- inp; Christmas gift for only $72.75 With the Wonderful New Film! BRACKETT'S 190 A I ST. TEL. 3860 Give A Gift Certificate.

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