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    1. [NY-Old-News] >> Monroe Co., NY May 13, 1918 # 5
    2. Rochester, Monroe, NY Times Union May 13, 1918 PALMYRA Phelps, May 13 - At a meeting of the Village Board held last week, Dr. R. A. REEVES was appointed health officer for the village to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Dr. W. J. HENNESSY. The Town Board will probably appoint Dr. REEVES as health officer for the town at its net meeting. Karl LEBRECHT won the silver cup at the prize speaking contest at Newark. The Palmyra School will retain the cup for one year, at the end of which time it will be contested for again. Mrs. Daisey HALL is in Geneva a few days with Mrs. Harry LITTLE. Word has been received that Raymond ANGEVINE, younger son of Ward K. ANGEVINE, has left Camp Merritt and is now on his way to France. Mr. ANGEVINE enlisted in the Signal Corps and was for a time stationed at Camp Sherman. The Misses Vera and Rheba WILBUR, Susie and Marian SMITH, Agnes BOYER and Mabel PRENTICE, of Rochester, were entertained by Mrs. Richard ENGLE last Saturday and Sunday. Harold Story TUTTLE, son of G. Albert TUTTLE, was married on May 1, at Elkton, Md., to Miss Ruth Naomi HEISER, of Lehighton, Pa. Mr. TUTTLE has been stationed at Allentown, Pa., with the Ambulance Corps for some time past and has now been transferred to the Bacteriological Department at Washington. Miss Jennie BARRON has accepted a position in a school at Chandler, Ariz., for next year, where she will be engaged in primary work. **** WEBSTER Webster, May 13 - Mrs. Charles PIERCE, who has been seriously ill the past month, has been removed to the General Hospital in Rochester. Advices from Alvie VALCORE, who has been stationed at Camp Gordon, Georgia, states that he expects to leave soon for France. Mrs. Julia HARRIS has returned from spending the winter with relatives in New York. F. F. JONES is ill of rheumatism. Miss Doris ABRAMS of Rochester, has been visiting Miss Georgiana BERGH. Mrs. D. J. HIBBARD of Buffalo, has been called here owing to the illness of her mother, Mrs. Kate LANE. Mrs. Florence STANTON KNIGHT has returned to her home at Sandusky, Ohio, after spending some time with her mother, Mrs. William STANTON. **** WILLIAMSON Williamson, May 13 - K. M. DAVIS has been in Washington, D. C., for a few days. Mr. and Mrs. O. R. BISHOP have been in New York to visit their son, Russell, this week. Ralph FULLER, who is on the United States Steamship "Chicago," has been at home on a 10-day furlough. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar PATTERN, of Rochester, have been guests of relatives in Williamson. Mrs. Levi EDDY will attend the Northern Baptist convention which will be held at Atlantic City from May 15 to May 22. Miss Ella BENNETT will entertain the members of the Chautauqua Circle today. Miss Blanche DeZUTTER, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles I. DeZUTTER, will be graduated from Maryland College at Lutherville, Md., on May 17. Dr. and Mrs. P. I. JOHNSON and daughter, Bessie, have been in New York this week. Dr. Johnson was a delegate to the annual meeting of the Grand Lodge, F. & A. M. Clifford FARNSWORTH and Sidney PATCHET have returned home from doing guard duty in Watertown. They are members of the Williamson Platoon of the New York Guards. Ralph COLE, Howard STEWART and Peter MASCLE have left for Watertown to do similar duty. **** Engagement Is Announced Dansville, May 13 - At a meeting of a club at Mrs. A. I. DENNEGAN'S on Wednesday evening, Mrs. S. E. ROUSE announced the engagement of her daughter, Gretchen Maie ROUSE, to E E. ARTMAN, of Brazil, Ind. Mrs. ROUSE and her daughter have recently returned from St. Petersburg, Florida, where they spent the Winter. The wedding will take place soon. **** Car Abandoned By Burglars In Seneca Falls Seneca Falls, May 11 - The police found a car on Cayuga Street yesterday morning which turned out to be the car that was stolen from M. J. COLVIN in Savannah on Thursday evening. The car was the means the burglars used to escape after they had raided nine different places in Savannah. Mr. COLVIN returned to Savannah with his car yesterday afternoon. **** County C. E's Name Officers East Rochester, May 13 - At the 19th annual convention of the Monroe County Christian Endeavor Union, held in East Rochester Baptist Church all day Saturday and Sunday, the following officers were elected: President, L. T. WESTON, Rochester Emmanuel Presbyterian Church; vice presidents, William E. ROSER, Rochester Calvary Baptist Church, Gilbert GOFF of Brockport Baptist Church, Miss Myrtle KIME, Rochester Central Presbyterian Church; secretary, Miss Ruth A. GRAFFRATH, of Irondequoit Congregational Church; treasurer, Norman C. ESTERHELD of Rochester Memorial Presbyterian Church; superintendent of missionary work, Miss Ruth HALBUR??, Rochester First Baptist Church; junior superintendent, Miss Ruth BAKER, of Rochester Central Presbyterian Church, and intermediate superintendent, Mrs. Leslie VIALLS, of Rochester Central Presbyterian Church. **** Find ALL of the News Abstracts for Monroe Co., NY at http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/NY/Monroe/index.html -- GjS

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