THE NEWARK COURIER Newark, Wayne County, NY Thursday Morning August 16, 1928 LAKE PATROL CAPTURES TWO MEN AND BOATS Four Hundred Bags of Canadian Ale Captured from Rum Runners Tuesday Morning Capture of a 35 foot rum runner, her crew of two men and 400 bags of Daw's Black Horse ale by border patrol was reported early Tuesday morning at Sodus Point. Patrol Chief Frank WITTMAN, with Patrolman John F. FELERSKI and Fred GALLAGHER, Jr., surprised five men unloading a runner at Centennial Point, three miles west of Sodus Point. The ale was all ashore and the crew was loading it into an automobile and truck. The patrol closed in quietly but were spied by a sentry who gave the alarm. The boat's crew swam out and swarmed over the side. The motor roared as it was thrown into full speed ahead leaving a wide wake for the raiders to look at. The remainder of the band jumped into an automobile and escaped. A truck with 250 bags were seized. Earlier Deputy Collector W. W. GREEN of Fairhaven and Patrolman Eugene L. FRALICK of that village discovered a cache of Daw's ale in a boathouse at Fairhaven Bay. They set a "plant" for nine hours and caught two men who gave their names as Jack JENKINS of Mexico Point and Edward MURPHY of Syracuse. There were 150 bags in the cache. A 35 foot cruiser "The Mosquito," was taken in the raid too. MRS. DONK WILL RETIRE AFTER 55 YEARS HERE New York Central Station Agent Holds Record in State for Service HER FAMILY EMPLOYED 117 YEARS ON RAILROAD Learned Telegraphy in Syracuse When 15 years of Age-Has 70th Birthday Today The oldest woman employee of the New York Central, Mrs. Martha DONK of No. 125 Pearl street, retires Sept. 1st, after 55 years and four months' service as ticket agent and telegrapher, 54 years of which was spent in Newark. Mrs. DONK celebrates her 70th birthday today. Three members of her family have served the New York Central for a total of 117 years. Augustus DONK, her husband, worked from 1865 to 1908, when he was pensioned. He died in 1915 and her son, James DONK, freight clerk at Palmyra, has been with the company for 27 years. After spending three months at the Syracuse station, learning telegraphy she spent five months at Amboy, east of Syracuse, and came to Newark in February, 1874, when sixteen years of age. At that time the New York Central was building two additional tracks for a four track road, and the locomotives burned wood. Mrs. DONK's name before marriage was Martha A. TROUSSAINT, and she married her husband on April 27, 1877. At that time Mr. DONK was freight agent, but previously he had been a stationary engineer in charge of the sawing up of the lengths for the locomotives. Mrs. DONK has two daughters, Mrs. Elizabeth DONK of Newark, and Mrs. Madelen WOOD of Oswego. In March, 1927, she with James COOGAN, at that time station master at Syracuse, were honored guests at the Onondaga Chapter of the New York Central Veterans at the Hotel Syracuse. After she retires Mrs. DONK looks forward to a long period of rest. She is a white haired woman with spectacles, who has remained constantly on duty through her long service. Submitted by Sandy Luss Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com