Rochester, Monroe, NY Democrat & Chronicle Feb 13, 1915 McCLOUD - JONES Clifton Springs, Feb. 12 - Announcement is made of the marriage of Jeremia ? McCLOUD, of this village to Miss Helen ? JONES, daughter of Mrs. Richard JONES, of this village. The ceremony was performed in the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. George KOTTEKER, in Chapin, on February 2d. The Rev. W. SHEPARD(?), pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of that place, officiated. * TRANSFERRED TO GENEVA Shortsville, Feb. 12 - F. H. PIEFFER, of this village, who has been employed as general night yard master of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company's yards in Manchester for several months, has been appointed general master of the Lehigh Valley yards in Geneva, while J. P. GERSBACH(?), of Shortsville, has taken his place in the Manchester yards. * THIMBLE PARTY FOR CLASS TRIP Clifton Springs, Feb. 12 - A Thimble party was held in the home of Miss Henrietta LINDNER in Main street this afternoon for the benefit of the class of 1915. A silver collection was taken and the proceeds will be used for the class trip to Washington. The junior class will hold an entertainment and social in the Y. M. C. A. Hall Saturday evening. * MASON - VAN ARSDALE Shortsville, Feb. 12 - Announcement has been made of the marriage of Clinton W. MASON, of Manchester, and Miss Amy VAN ARSDALE, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John C. VAN ARSDALE, of the town of Manchester, which took place in the home of the bride on Sunday afternoon, February 7th. Only the immediate families of the bride and groom witnessed the ceremony, which was performed by the Rev. William W. LANE, pastor of the Manchester Methodist Episcopal Church. The bride, who was unattended, wore a gown of white crepe de chine, and carried bride roses. After a wedding supper Mr. and Mrs. MASON left on an evening train for a Western trip, and will be at home after February 25th, in Manchester. * CELEBRATE SILVER WEDDING Phelps, Feb. 12 - Mr. and Mrs. John OVERSLAW last evening celebrated their silver wedding. The guests, numbering seventy-five, were received by the bride and groom of twenty-five years and their two daughters, the Misses Irene and Eva OVERSLAW. The house decorations were patriotic in character. Dinner was served at small tables, tiny silk flags being the favors. The evening was spent in progressive pedro. Guests were present from Canandaigua, Lyons, Newark, Clifton, Waterloo, Avon and Geneva. Several of them were present at the wedding twenty-five years ago. * JOHN P. LINTON Clifton Springs, Feb. 12 - Word has been received at the Clifton Springs Sanitarium of the death on Saturday last in the Friend's Home in Norristown, Pa., of John P. LINTON, an employee of the sanitarium for twenty-five years. The funeral was held in Newton, Pa., on Tuesday. Mr. LINTON was employed there most of the time as night watchman at the sanitarium. He gave up this position about twelve years ago. * SATURDAY NIGHT CLUB BANQUET Clifton Springs, Feb. 12 - The Saturday Night Club will hold its first banquet in the home of Charles H. BELDEN in East Main street Saturday evening. The hostesses will be Mrs. BELDEN and Mrs. George W. LISK. Supper will be served at ?:30 o'clock and the evening will be spent at five hundred. * TO HAVE OLD HOME WEEK Clyde to Combine Gathering of Clans with Chautauqua Clyde, Feb. 12 - The Chautauqua League of this village, recently organized, has decided to combine an Old Home Week with the Chautauqua movement and to spare no efforts to make both projects the greatest success ever known in the history of this village. The first week in July has been decided upon for the event, as this week includes the glorious Fourth there will be special doings on that day of a patriotic nature. Leading citizens of Clyde are entering enthusiastically into the work of putting Clyde very conspicuously on the map for at least one week in the year. * PALMYRA HISTORICAL SOCIETY Palmyra, Feb. 12 - At the meeting of the Palmyra Historical Society, held in the home of Mrs. G. S. TINKLEPAUGH, last evening, it was decided to hold the regular February assembly on WASHINGTON'S Birthday in High School Hall, and make the occasion a memorable one. Miss Lucy STODDARD will read a paper on the STODDARD pioneers in this section and Charles McLOUTH will have an interesting paper on the "Early Law Makers of Palmyra." Over one hundred charter members have subscribed to the society, and much valuable historical matter has been contributed. * LESTER KENNEDY Wolcott, Feb. 12 - Lester KENNEDY, of this village, died very suddenly of appendicitis yesterday afternoon. Mr. KENNEDY was 21 years old and came here from Montgomery about two years ago. He married Miss Edith BENNETT, of Red Creek, last April. The young couple made their home with the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank BENNETT. Besides his wife, he leaves his parents and several brothers and sisters, all of Montgomery, Pa. The funeral will be held from the home Saturday afternoon. * WIN PRIZES FOR SPEAKING Palmyra, Feb. 12 - Miss Marian ALDRICH won the first prize for girls in the prize speaking contest held in the High School last evening. Edward FRAYLING won first prize for boys, Miss Sybil PHELPS received honorable mention. There were ten contestants. The winners will represent Palmyra High School at the Wayne county prize speaking tournament soon to be held. * SUNDAY IN PALMYRA Palmyra, Feb. 12 - The new Presbyterian minister, Rev. Boyd McCLEARY, will open his pastorate in Palmyra on Sunday morning with a sermon entitled "Scarlet made White." Services will be celebrated in Zion Episcopal Church by Rev. E. GH. EDSON(?), on Sunday morning in commemoration of the Centenary of Peace between Great Britain and the United States. * TO CELEBRATE CENTURY OF PEACE Clyde, Feb. 12 - The century of unbroken peace between the United States and England will be observed by the churches in the United States on Sunday. In the Clyde Presbyterian Church, Rev. W. J. JOHNSON will preach upon the theme. "The Era of Unbroken International Peace. Can it Be Prolonged?" In the evening the present series will be continued. * FUNERAL OF HOWARD KING Lyons, Feb. 12 - The funeral of Howard KING, who died in his home in Junius, Thursday night, will be held from his late home Sunday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock. Rev. T. S. DEY is to officiate. Burial will be made in the Lyons South cemetery. * JAMES L. COX Life Long Resident of Town of Wheatland Dies in Scottsville Scottsville, Feb. 12 - The death of James L. COX, an aged resident of this village, occurred last evening in his home in Caledonia avenue. He had been confined to his bed for the past seven months with tuberculosis. He was born in the town of Wheatland, October 16, 1843, and for the past three years had lived in this village. On January 26, 1876, he married Miss Alice M. STOKOE, also of Wheatland. He was an active member of the Scottsville Presbyterian Church and an elder of the church for over fifteen years. Besides his wife, he leaves one son, Theron D. COX, of Shortsville, and three daughters, Mrs. Roy TWEADY, of Chili Station; Mrs. Stewart BLY and Mrs. Frederick L. GUERNSEY, both of Scottsville, and five grandchildren. The funeral will be held Monday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock from the family home and at 2 o'clock from the Scottsville Presbyterian Church. Dr. R. C. HALLOCEK(?), the pastor, will officiate. Interment in Oatka cemetery. * GYPSIES INVADE MEDINA Medina, Feb. 12 - Three gypsy women, of Lackawanna, were arrested this afternoon for larceny. They entered the store of Hogan ? HAWLEY in Main street and stole $16.85 out of the safe. Shortly after this they stole $10 from John AMOS. AMOS gave them a $10 bill from which they were to make change for telling his fortune and they made away with the money. After being arrested they refunded the money and the Justice fined each of them $5 with the admonition that they leave town, which they did. In order to obtain the money for their fine they had to telephone to Buffalo. * SLEIGH OVERTURNS IN FRONT OF CAR Medina, Feb. 12 - The promptness of the motorman on an east bound B. L. & R trolley car averted what might have been a serious accident this afternoon. Mrs. Clark NEWING, of this village, when driving in a sleigh at the corner of Main and Center streets, was turning out for the approaching trolley, when the sleigh overturned directly in front of the car. The motorman applied the emergency brake, stopping the car before the trucks passed over Mrs. NEWING. As it was the car pushed the horse to one side and damaged the sleigh. ** Find ALL of the News Abstracts for Monroe Co., NY at http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/NY/Monroe/index.html -- GjS