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LOCAiNEWS.
RECRUITING
FOUD CO M M IU EE
•Our Dairy iUmanac
OFFICERS HAVE
GETTiN^RESliLTS
aud
Memorandum Oaleudar
Henry Morgenithau, Jr.,
BUSY DAY HERE Boui^M 2 Carloads of Seed
rpr 1917
is now being issued to tb^ose of
our subscribers wbo call at tbe 24 Men Received in Regular
Potatoes for Distribution
ofl&ce for it.
Army and Lieut. Commander from Millbropk and Here.
W& yfiU also mail copies to
t&ose wbo drop lis a Ime giv­ DeKay and Surgeon Exam­ FARM L A B o iia S PLACED.
ing n ame and address.
ine 20 Applioants for tbe Na­
P I4 A O T 4 F L A OT.
The com mittee on food conservation
and resources -working und§r, .the
val MiBia^
OUR OWN WEATHER
iRJorday, A pril I 6 ,« ^ n p t l i e r cpW,
■M^rcliy dfty. m n im u m tem perature,
3 5 j ina3dmuni, 49.
Tues4^y, A pril 17,—O lear 4 a y
Witlt ris e In tem sperature. '’M inimum
te m p eratu re, 30? juaxim um , 59.
W ednesday, A pril 18.— ^Warmer
day, 'P a rtly pvercast, n a i u la te a t
n ig h t, 'MJnimuan tem p eratu re, 38;
m axim w
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10 MEN TAICEN
INTO T K l NAVY
stea d y progress w as mad© in en­
listm ents fo r every a r m . of th e n a ­
tio n al gervloe a t Poughkeepsie r e ­
c ru itin g statio n s Wednesday*, The
U. IS. A rm y statio n a t 390 M ain
S tree t aceepte*d 24 ap p lican ts o u t <Jf
30 w h ile a t th e U, S. N avy re c ru it­
in g office, 280 M ain S treet, 10 m en
NO 038»K BS w o n COMPANY %.
No orders have as y et been received yrere ta k e n in fo r service. In th e
for Company K./T'enth ft^gimentr, ae Y, M. C, A, ihuilding d u rin g tlie day
t a r as can he ascertained. - The com- and W edjiefday evening, a score of
: p4T?-y pasy' not receive orders for some m en w ere ejcamiiied by ksient,
tim e lYhile Oh th e o ther hand th e re is ma,hd®r Sekfoyd 'C,. D©l«^ay and PD
a PQSSihUity. it i§
pr th e coiapany F ra n k E rdvm rin fo.r en l^tm eb ^, in
1c>einsf called, to Ca.inP' ‘Wliltman, with th e New Y ork N avai ‘M il’i tift. a Uhit
o ther state troops to he. FederaU?;§d a t o£ w hich Is being organm ed in
C aptain H am ilto n
th e camp, f h § headquarters of th e Poughkeepsie.
P ish, Jr.', of th e 15th In fa n try , N a­
regim ent continues a t Netv P ali
tio n al <}uard of New York, who was
in th is c ity W ednesday, h ad euocess
in securing colored m en to e n list In
'
Of
th is colored in fa n try pf th e service.
Foughheepsie hridge wihieh re s t on H e enlisted a num ber of m en, none
la n d on e ith e r side of th e riv e r are of w hom live in th e c ity 'but come
surrounded now hy heavy harhed from th e outlying districts, an d sen t
w ire entanglem ents e ig h t feet In them a t once to th e 'Columbus barh e ig h t and placed a t a distance *of rac'ks12 fe e t from th e piors. T h is added
D uring tike p ast few daye th e re
m easure of p re te c tio n w as ta h en on have been brisk enlistm en ts in th is
W ednesday w hen a d etail from tl
city,
in th e U.^B. re g u lar
22nd E n g in eers stru n g 32,000 feet arm y. especially
A larg e num ber of m en call­
of w ire on each side of th e river.
ed a t th e office du rin g th e day on
W ednesday for inforrnation concern­
in g th e ir enli*Btment w hile 28 w h ite
u n d er m en and tw o colored m en signed
:s personal d ire etio n saved the th e ir nam es to e n listm e n t b lanks
agnificent o rch ard on th e esta te of and w ere a t once exam ined fo r ad­
dw ard E. P erk in s o n th e Soutl? m ission. Six w hite m en w ere reject­
E dw
w ith de- ed because of physical defects. The
te i
}Road w hich w as5 1th re aLtened
s tru etlo n h y a hrijish fire Tuesd
Tuesday 24 successful m en w ere se n t a t once^
aftern o o n . A telep h o n e call to th is to P o rt iSlocum w here they w,jll tak e
city caused iMr. P e rk in s to g ath er un training immediately,
Chief P e tty Officer p r a n k T.
som e m en to g e th er 'an d h aste n hy
Holmes, of th e II. S. N avy statio n
m otor to M s esta te ju s t in tim e
cneck th e hlaze hefore i t reached th e here, Is n o t a t all satisfied w ith th e
o reliard .
re c ru itin g resu lts obtain ed in Pough­
keepsie so far. ■ H e-says th e re shQfild
be a t least from 10 to 15 m en on an
average daily w hile th e nav y en listm ent figures in th is city have fallen
down considerably. He is planni .
an extensive cam paign to arouse in ­
te re s t
am ong - Poughkeepsie and
D utchess County ypung men.
fo r sb r e y "b e ^
POUGHKEEPSIE
MAN'S FATHER
W hen Seymour H. Betts, of 15 Dean
Place, a forem an employed a t the
P lant of th e MoUne Company, read
th e Eagle-N ew s Tuesday m orning he
w as euriQus to know a fte r reading an
' account of t ^ beating into insensi
bility of a k e '^ e r a t th e A uburn pris
on Monday afternoon by >pe of th<
inm ates, Uoynpidg . Porgbrey, mankiller and desperate criminal, who the
victim m ight have been,
A
U oSS
Cf
DeKay, in charge of the New York
^N aval M ilitia, assisted by Frank'
E rdw urm , M. D., as s is ta n t surgeon
'of tflie N aval M ilitia on th e reserve
list, w ere a t th e Y. M, C, A. b uild­
ing all afternoon and until la te
W ednesday evening an sw erin g ques­
tions and, exam ining candidates fol
short the Poughkeepsie unit of the 'Hud­
son 'River B attalio n of th e ' m ilitia.
T w enty men w ere exam ined bj
Dieut. DeKay as to th e ir m oral qual­
ifications w hile they were given a
thorough physical examination by
Dr. E rdw urm .
L ieut. DeKay told a reppyter for
th e Eagle-N ew s W ednesday evening
th a t he is. very much disappointed
in the re c ru itin g resu lts obtained
Poughkeepsie so fa r 'by th e N aval
M ilitia. T here should have been a t
least 100 able-bodied yoiius men
present to e n te r, th e ir applications
for m em bership in th e u n it w hile a
s can t 20 applied. Of th is num ber
more th a n one-fourth are underr
w eight and w hile in good physical
condition their applications w ill
have to he sen t to W ashington for
th e officials to consider. V ery few
were rejected because of ppoy physi­
cal condition.
. In o rder to have a division of the
while later Mr. Betts received a tele­
gram from A uburn, stating th a t his
father, Jo h n Betts, an aged keeper at
th e prison, was in a seriou* oondition
s a resu lt of injuriesi received a t the
hands of th e convict.
Mr, Bett^ left Poughkeepsie at
once to be -with, his fathei*, whose
chances fp r recovery, jt is said, a re
not very favorable. H e will rem ain
a t bis fa th e r’s hedside for a n in ­
definite time.
F orsbrey m ade his escape from th f
prison a fte r felling th e aged guard
b u t a fte r a consistent chase on the
p a rt of th e authorities h e was cap­
tured in a b arn in th e suburbs of Au-,
burn. A dog traced the escaped con­
vict to th e barn, w hich was surround­
ed by arm ed guards and th e cap­
tu re w as effected w ithout any tro u ­
ble. The alarm of Fprshrey’s cap. tu re w as spread country-wide in a
sh o rt tim e and a reign of te rro r in
nearby towns prevailed until it w as
learned he had been captured. The
convict is called, the most dangerous
and resourceful of th e citizens of
New Y ork’s underw orld. H e has a
long -record and is serving a 20 year
te rm for m urder in th e second degreej This was his th ird escape
from
j^uburn. prison.
LAST^HANCEFOR
AERONAUTICAL
m iSTM E N T
\
Today will probably be j;he la st day
for “Poughkeepsie men to enlist in th e
A erpn^ntical section of the F o u rth
Battalion, New York Naval Militia.
L ieutenant. Comm ander Eokford O.
DelCay, of the N. Y. N. M. Avill be in
th is city this afternoon and evening
for the purpose of examining recruits
in this section and also th e P ough­
keepsie-unit, aud it is vex*y probablye
th a t no m ore members will be taken
for a while a t least.
The recruiting station of the A ero­
nautical section which is located a t
Dady W ashington Hose Company,
A cademy Street, will be open early
this m orning to receive the applica­
tions of candidates. John M. Ganzer
is in charge of th is statem ent and Mr.
Ganzer wishes to announce th a t he
W.U1 be a t th e office all day to accept
appHoations fo r m em bership.
Pew Poughkeepsie men realize the
w onderful opportunities w hich are of­
fered them by the aeronautical section
of the naval militia. A ll 4men a re given
an opportunity to ta k e aeronautical
W'ork in the na\’y w ithout th e .delay
th a t is usually found in the regular
arm y and navy. In the" arm y men
rtshu _ to enter the aero sections have
n-ishlng
to file their app]
applications aftep enlisting
i regulars and then w ait until vacan-
cies occur.
In the naval m ilitia it is
different. Men who have had exper­
ience w ith motors, can joint the aero­
nautical section of the naval m ilitia
and take up aeronautical w ork a t once.
The Poughkeepsie recruiting station
fo r th e aeronautical section of the N.
Y. N. M. ivS a sub-division of the Bea­
con station.
Home Defense Comm ittee h as been
hustling for several days and is get^
ting results. H eadquarters arc w ith
th e F arm B ureau a t 42 M arket Street.
This h as recently been moved from.
45 M arket Street.
H epry M orgenthau, Jr., acting as chairm an of the
com m ittee has purchased two car
loads of seed potatoes for distribution
from Millbrook and Poughkeepsie. A
consinerable proportioft of these have
already been sold a t ten dollars a bag.
There are still a few left for distribu­
tion a t each place.
O rders have been secured for 120
tons of acid phosphate and several
cars have been ordered b u t have not
yet been definitely pla<jed. Such Qoinmuniti^S as desire a car can secure
it by
>y g-etting- up a community order
The committeft se-t
for fifteen
fiftee ton's.
cured th is fertilizer a t eighteen dolla r s ’p gr tpn.
The pxdge has advanced
larply during the last three days
it th e contract w hich the com mittee
m ade is in force fo r as m uch as they
desire. Any com munity desiring to
take advantage of th is fo rtu n ate p u r­
chase can do so through Mr. MorgenSix farm laborers have been placed
during th e last three days. N ot as
many laborers are being secured as
th ere are applications fo r them but
th e com m ittee feels th a t it is help­
ing out the labor situation copsid-'
erably even though it is not able to
supply th e entire demand.
E. J. F atherly, a farm er of the
Town of P leasan t Valley, is the first
m an in D utchess County to receive
assistance through th e -committee, and
it is expected th a t o ther farm ers will
be aided today. The committee, In
th e activities of w hich F ran k H, L^cy,
head of th e D utchess County
pureau and former chairman, is tak­
ing a prominent part is being
bei
bailee
by th e farm ers as th e m eans w hereby
th eir problem s are tp be m ade much
easier.
P robabilities are th a t farm ers in
D utchess County who seek to secure
tracto rs for use in cultivating their
land will have to w ait u ntil the presOT^t dem and for these m achines sub­
sides, if ever it does.
The Moline
Plow Company, w hich m anufactures
a tra cto r adapted particularly for use
in th is section, recently refused an
order fo r 2,150 tra cto rs w hich the
B ritishI govern!
government sought to place.
procli
According to th e governor's procla-'
m ation arrangem ents are being made
for a local meeting to*be held in each
com munity S aturday afternoon or
evening. Thursday a t 1:30 p. m. th ere
will bo a ^county-wide meeting in the
court house to w hich th e local leaders
are summoned to I'eceive instructions
for conducting the Saturday meetings.
I t is expected th a t D utchess County
will show a total attendance of a t
least two thousand peoplq a t the Sat­
urday meetings.
The suggested program fo r th e lo­
cal meetings to be held S aturday is
as follows:
called to order by a
1. Meeti:
units are being organizefi. In Peeke- Street
k ill 75 men have signed np, -w-nile in
F lush in g and Btaten
Island, there
is 70 and 80 men in 'theae respective
organizing a n
aeron au tical section
of the Hud§pu River Battalion, will
b rin g 20 BeacfiU and D utchess Coun­
ty young men to Poughkeepsie a t 9
o’clock th is m orning to ta k e th e ex­
am inations for m em horshlp in th e
m ilitia.
Lieut. DeKay w ishes to m ake it
p la in to m eu who have been k ep t in
w aitin g a little longer th a n -was ex^
peeted because of th e delay in secur­
in g enough surgeons to tak e up the
w ork of exam ining th e men fo r th e ir
physical conditions. P ractically all
of th e doctors in the. n av al m ilitia
a re aw ay fo r m obilization and i t was
necessary for th e m ilitia officials to
press in to service surgeons who are
on th e reserve list. They a re h.eing
ta k en 'hack tem porarily, o r a t least
u n til tike b ulk of th e w ork of examilitia can d id ates is
in tn g naval
completed.
As soon as* the Poughkeepsie u n it
of te N aval M ilitia is fully o rganiz­
ed andd m ustered in it wfl
w fll probably
he sen t aw ay fo r tra in in g . "When
the u n it comes back i t w ill be a per-
332-346 Main St. 14-20 Academy St, PHone 2500,
Friday Morning’, April 20, X9X7,.
COURTESY-OUR GREATEST MONEY MAKER, COSTS US NOTHING
Therefore please feeLfree to come in this store any time you choose to see the merchan!iji3e, and
see w hat is new . If you want to ash any Questions, please feel at liberty .to do so. And if you w ish
to try on a suit, dress, or any other outer garment, we would be pleased to have you do so.
OUR FIRST SPECIAL HAT SALE
OF THE SEASON
THE WOMEN’S MILf^INERY SALON A GREAT ROOMFUL OF OPPORTUNITY.
-
Three Hundred Untriinined « nd Banded Hats at Each—
$2.98, $3,98 and $4.75.,
^
. Black Lisere Hats, Black Split Straws, Natural or Colored Milans and Jap.
anese Straws in Black or Spring colors.
A-
S h ip p ’s ^Hne Sailors-^Black Banded White Split Straws—Crosgrain'Bands
$4.7S.
K
' Trinnned Hat Specials Eor This Sale at
$4.95 and $6.95.
Hemps, Lacquared Chips and MUans Trimmed Smartly in the Prevailing
Fashions With Quills, Rihhons^ Flowers and Fancies. Some Have Crepe Black and
all the Wanted Colors.
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SWEET DANCE FROCKS FOR SWEET
; SIXTEEN
'U^
SOMETHING ABOUT AFTERNOON
DRESSES FOR LARGE WOMEN
New dresses—fluffy nets, embroidered and
dainty, taffetas in charming colors and combina­
tions, and others are of glistening silks in plain
hnes.
Bouffant skirts, draped skirts, tier skirts—
all these are included in the Spring fashions.
Soft green, cream color, maize, watermelon
pink, (delicate bine—-these are some of the col-,
ors—Siz^es 16 Jio 38 years.
Time was when the large woman had to
take what she conhl get or go without—nobody
was thinking anything lit partionlar about her,
*Today some of the best brains that mamifactnrers can secure are planing dresses«i'oi* lier-^such dresses as we can show her by scores in our
Fashio:^ Salon. They are cut with long lines—
of course; but more than that they are cut
long over the bust from Hlionlder to waist; the
waist bands are large and the skirls are large
ai^omiddhe liips. They are carried out iii taffe­
tas, Crepe de Chine and Georgette Crepe.
PRICES: $20.00 to $43.00.
PRICES; $ 2 4.50 to $52.50.
, Sleeves are veiy tiny, or minus; girdles are
often quite wide and the distingTiishing touch
to the whole gown; waist lines are above and
below their normal place.
temporary chairman.
Open m eeting w ith pati’iotio
music.
?, E lect perm anent chairm an and
secretary.
4. R ead Governor's Proclam ation.
5. R ead St. Louis Conference re ­
port.
6, Em
ergency agricultural cengus.
Bmergenoy
cei
Explainedl bby teach er designated by
district superintendent of school.
7. A rrange for volunteers to assist
8. R ead statem ent as to agricult•ural loans.
9. Discuss questions of fertilizer,
m achinery, seed, labor, etc.
^10. Discuss farm problem s under
ti'featmei
ti'featment
of seed
Naval Xlilitia in th is city it w ill be w ar oonditions,
ut, inoculation
mwuulation of leguems,
etc.
for smut,
1'
necessary to recriu t 50 m en and
11.
ApDoint
a
com
m
ittee
m
in yoi
every effort w ill be m ade by L ieut. com munity to handle com munity
fan
DeKay, assisted by local m en, to problemiB for the duration of the war.
reach th is goal w ith in th e week.
12. H ave secretary render immePoughkeepsie, according to Lieut. diate copy of m inuter of m eeting and
DeKay, is fa r below o tk er cities of num ber in attendance to H enry
its size in the s ta te w here sim ilar M orgenthau, Jr., chairm an, 42 M arket
u n its. The a-viation sections of th e
first an d second b attalio n s of th e m i­
litia w ill go into training at Bay
Shore, Long Island, on Saturday. A t
an expense of ? 15,000 th ro u g h th e
courtesies o f th e A ero Cluh of A m er­
ica ap.d tike N aval T ra in in g Associa­
tion, b u ildings fo r th e use of these
sections have been erected.
The local office in th e Y. iM. C. A.
build in g w ill -he open ail day today
for th e purpose, of receiv in g ©nlistm ents. lu e u t, DeKay afid Dr. Erd­
wurm w ill he present to -e^camine all
candidates and an y in terested ■men
are tfrged to call, even if th ey
L U e m Y , P LA TT m CO.
LUCKEY. P L A T T & C O .
PROYIGIQNAL CO.
NOVY HAS 160 MEN
HOME DEFENSE
ODD FELLOWS’ 98TH ARRESTED BY
BRIDGE DEPUTY FINANCE COMMIHEE
.
ANNIVERSARY E dw ard Havens, one of th e special
IS ANNOUNCED
The 98th anniversary pf the Odd deputy sheriffs employed to gpard
th e Poughkeepsie bridge, who is sta ­
Fellows of Ponghkee;
cpsie, will b e .o b ­
Fourteen Heemits Taken in served this month. The lodges -v
-vyill
yi]
attend service, A dler Lodge,' Nq, 38
the Drill Held in at th e German L utheran Church, F allthe Armory Tuesday Even­ kill. No, 297 and Poughkeepsie, No.
21 at th e W ashington Street M, ig.
ing,
Chnrch,
EXTENDED ORDER DRILL.
On Monday, A pril 30, th e three
lodges will m eet in joint session a t
Adler’s rooms for a celebration.
A
Qfiq h\Hifir-ed and six ty men. frouT number of out of town visitors will be
Pougliikeepsie and
th e
tioned a t Delafield Street, had vis­
ions of a
country
T
Col. Archibald Rogers, chairrnan of
the finance committee,
ae, who
m an prow ling a
piers in th e bridge lo t between Dela­
field an d Tallm adge S tree ts Wednes­
day n ig h t a t 9:'30 o’clock, Officer
H avens tra ile d th e m an and finally
accosted him. as
to his mission
around th e bridge.
has
de­
voted the' greater p'ortion
irtion of th e w eek
to perfecting plgns for financing tfie
irk oof the Dutchess Couufy
■work
Defense
imittee, has annqupced
‘ use Committee,
the personnel of his committee,
S a m u e l .B esk in , B e a c o n :
E.
R is:
L ym gn
Brown,
vn, W appingers; George A. Dgn-
The prowler proyea to be Dennis iels, Pawling;- Warren Delano, Red
There will be a musical pregramme, consisting of solos, quartette IHennessy, 28 years old, wbo says be HoQb; Tracy Dows, Rhinebeofc: F rank
numbers, violin and orchestra selec­ lives in W.est Albany.
Hennessy A. Hotclikiss. North East; Roben R.
vjcl-Ulty 3.1’6 present.
now enrolled on tlie roster pt the
FOUghHe^P^l® P rovisional Company
ISO A H EN D ^m K
afte r th e addition of, 14 recru its
in a t th e drill, keld in th e
SOCK” SOCIAL jtaken
afmory Tuesday evening, o n e h u n ­
tions. Hon. Caleb H. Baumes, of New­ was, not a spy.^Put Ju5t a common
burgh,
grand
representative,
make thq main address.*
will traveler with' no place in ‘particular
■to hang h is hat around this vicinity.
He had a little more , drink Wednes­
day n ig h t th a n w as good fo r him
and as a resu lt he became sleepy.
He w as seeking a place of sh elter
around th e bridge piers w h en cap­
tu red by th e deputy sheriff.
The
deputy S'heriff 'brought him to ' th©
poliee sta tio n w here he "\vas locked
The joint com mittee in charge of
dred eleveur menabers of th e con\The “ silk sock" social held a t .the
th e celebration is composed qf th e fol­
(W ashington S tre e t M. E. C hurch pany p articip ated In Tuesday even­ lowing: F rom Adler Ledge— Jacob
ing’s
d
rill
an
d
i
t
i
t
expected
'th
at
W ednesday evening called o u t over h e rea fter th e atten d an ce w ill he Schlimmer, C hristian Schilling, Carl
150 m em bers of th e congregation g reater for more s tric t reg ulations Schopaoh? from FallM ll Lodge—Jas.
an 3 th e ir friends.
Tfie room w as
H- Ackley. Jo h n L. palm er, George W.
decorated w ith silk socks of red, are to be p u t in force governing Bayer, E. A. Wood, Donald Pallie;
atten d an ce.
w h ite and b lu e 'and socles w ere sold such
from Bbyghkeepsie Lodge—F ran k
Tuesday
evening
for
th
e
first
tim
e
as souvenirs of th e occasion. The
i^illiam S.
th e com pany was drilled in extended N-ewtoUt W illiam St(;opher, Willia
sum of I? 60 w as realized.
A deligihtful m usical programme order, ’ T he awkward squad received
•was rendered in w hich th e follow ing jts u su al tu to rin g w hile th e v eter­
took p a r t; W a lter H errin g , E.sther ans, if th e y m ay be te n n ed such, re­
viewed th e ir lessons of th e p rey io u f
'Reick, A lva S m ith and o thers.
weeks and gained a little ad d itio n al
F r itz K nauss, so n of Mr. and Mrs. in a tm e tip n in th e im dim ents of m ili­
E rn e st Knauss,, of G rand S tree t, who ta ry scienee. Non-commissioned of­
school Was held a fte r th e drill.
h as been w in te rin g in St. P eters- ficers’
The first consignm ent of uniform s
burg h , F la., is sp en d in g an extended
E. B. PuM'fcnd, p atrio tic in stru c to r
v acatio n in th is city, H e w ill leave fo r th e com pany w ill b e received of H am iltqn-S leight Post, No, 20, G.
in Ju n e 'for New London, Conn., thin com ing w eek and w ill be issued A. R „ C aptain Berfholfi Myers, c a p ­
w here Bie hae secured a* position as a t th e n e x t drill. In th is consign- ta in A lmon Benew ay and Comrade
clerk in one jpf th e lead in g hotels In e n t th e re a re outfits fo r 90 men
and more u niform s w ill be received W illiam 'K. V an N osdall visited th e
there.
alm ost daily u n til th e com pany to a S. I?. B. Morse School, N o; 5, W ednes­
m
an is garbed in .the reg u latio n day aftern o o n and in honor pf th e jr
m an en t org an izatio n an d -w-111 have
com ing th e children rendered the
a b o a t house on th e riv e r fro n t, to­ clothing.
C ap tain W aterm an, for th e com­ follow ing program m e:
gether with ihoats, steam launches,
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signal outfits, m aohlne guns and pany, Ibas accepted th e in v itatio n of F la g salute.
H am ilton-'Sleight Post, No. 20, G. A. C horus— Tike S ta r Spangled B anner,
o th e r equipm ent.
An appeal tu Poughkeepsie m en to lit,, to p articip ate in th e an n u a l p a­ R ecitatio n — T h t B est D eclaration,
Desmond M oldridge
e n te r the N aval M ilitia service be­ ra d e o f th e G. A. R. and o th e r or­
cause of th e w onderful op p o rtu n i­ ganizations, to he held M emorial Solo—C olum bia........C h arlo tte Sm ith
ties for tra in in g Is m ade th ro u g h th e Day. T han th e company, w ill appear R ecitatio n — ^The F lag T h a t H as
N ever K nown Defeat, _
Eagle-N ew s by L ieut. Commander in its new u niform s and w ith 150 o r
Grace' Glaberson, A rvid Lekstrom
Eckford, C, DeKay, II. S. N. L ieut. more m en in lin e is expected to m ake
F lag Drill,
DeKay wishesi to em phasize th a t a gallant and impreBslve showing.
Miss Rook’s K in d erg arten Class
those m en who jo in th e N aval M ili­
tia now in p r e f e r ^ c e to th e re g u la r ■ JProfessor G. Dickinson*, of th e de­ D u e t - ^ l d Glory,
sar
College,
.
Al-ta C lark ,' F red erick Tripp
p
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V
assar
Gollej
arm of th e navy^ service w ill have
unexcelled o p p o rtu n ities for prom o­ w ill tak e th e position as o rg an ist of | R ecitatio n — Old Flag-FG^fevejr,"
F ran cis B arton, Stanley Bloomer,
tion in the service an d w ill enjoy SQ th e W ashington S tr e e tM . E. Church
m any more pleasures th a n they recen tly le ft v ac an t hy Charles H.J - Frederick. T ripp. .
Hiekok.
Chorus—America.
would in th e reg u lar navy,
PAID VISIT to
SaipO L N O .5
up by Sergeant Kfinlim on a charge
of in to x icatio n an d vagrancy pre­
ferred by Deputy Sheriff Havens.
Tlu5 is the first arrest thaf has
been m ade by th e corps of special
deputy sheriffs who have been doing
service fo r th e p ast 10 days in
gu ard in g th e bridge and property of
the C entral New E ngland R ailw ay
in th is city. T h e men are patro llin g
every fopt of th e bridge lot -vV>*ich
extends f r o m . W ashington S treet
w est to th e riv e r an d a careful
w atch is being m ain tain ed ag ain st
a n y attem p t of plo tters to w reck the
big bridge.
m issc o rl ¥ s~t o
WED B,H. WAIT
The engagement of Miss M arjorie
Corlies, daughter of W alter Corlies, of
29 Roosevelt Avenue, to B ertrand H.
Wait, division engineer of the State
Highway D epartm ent, was announced
hy Mrs. J, T. H arrington, a t an inform ­
al tea at b er home, 69 South H am ilton
Street, W ednesday afternoon.
A lbert F rederick, bass in th e q u ar­
te tte a t th e R eform ed D utch Church,
has .resigned. H is position w ill be
tak en by Richard Moate.
i
Thorne, Millbrook.
The Dutchess County Home Defense
League will hold
session in
its
another, im peptant
headquarters
in
the
Cham ber of Commerce building fit 2
o’clock this afternoon, when fu rth e r
tentative plans will he made.
HOUSE BURNED AT
CUNTON HOLLOW
While Mrs. Mary Tracy, of the Clin­
ton Hollow Road near Clinton Corners
was burning leaves n ear her house
Tuesday afternoon the flames spread
so rapidly tfiat they were uneontroluble, they jum ped to h er house 1 and
before aid arrived the house w as b u rn ­
ed to th e ground, The fire, spread la ter
to the woods of Owen W ebber’s farm
and destroyed m uch valuable tim ber
before it w as extinguished.
E arlier in the day th e large general
store of B rett & W hite Was saved fi
destruction only by quick w ork on tS
p art of men in th e vicinity. F ire was
discovered beneath one of the count­
ers burning in a pile of paper bag.s.
T h a floor w as charred badly h u t little
dam age -was done.
In consequence of these fires a
movement i.s on foot, .sanctioned by
th e Village Improvem ent Society of
Clinton Corners, to purchase a ,fire
fighting apparatus. ■
B ert Keefe, of th e N ew burgh
News, w as a buginesg visito r -ilL
Poiighkeepsie W ednesday.
Miss Cecilia Owens has retu rn ed
tq h e r duties in th e XIp-to-Date
C lothing Store after a n absence of
several weeks because of an opera­
ti o n
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