Rochester, Monroe, NY Democrat & Chronicle Feb 15, 1915 TO IMPROVE QUALITY OF GENEVA MILK Experiment Station and Board of Health Co-operate Geneva, Feb. 14 - Acting upon the suggestion advanced at a recent meeting of the Board of Health, it has been decided that through a joint action of the Board of Health and the Experiment Station a movement has been launched which it is hoped will eventually further improve the quality of the milk supply of the city and possibly may secure for the producers an increased price for their milk in proportion to its quality. The means, which it is hoped will bring about this end, is a bacteriological study of the milk supply of the city that is being made by the Experiment Station with the approval of the Board of Health. Dr. Robert S. BREED, the dairy expert at the station, is in charge of the work and has conferred with Health Officer Dr. Charles D. McCARTHY. The purpose of the study, as far as the Experiment Station is concerned, is to secure an opportunity to test out, in a practical way, the direct microscopic method of determining the amount of bacteria in milk. This new method was advocated last year by Dr. BREED as a substitute for the so-called "plate technique" which heretofore has been generally used. The dairy companies are interested in the work as it will provide them with data, relating to the quality of the milk that they receive from the producers, while the producers are interested through the phase of the proposition that they may secure an increased compensation on the basis of quality. * NUNDA BUSINESS MAN VICTIM OF HOLDUP Gives His Assailant Some Fight and Saves His Wad Mount Morris, Feb. 14 - Deputy Sheriff O'LEARY, of this village, received word last night from the Nunda authorities that Oscar WILLARD, a well known business man of that place, had been knocked down by an unknown thug, who was headed for Mount Morris. He was minus a hat when last seen, having lost his head gear in the struggle with his victim whom he evidently thought it would be an easy matter to relieve of his wallet. Officer O'LEARY has not yet located any one answering to the description. According to the report WILLARD was attacked in Main street early in the evening and although he received a heavy blow on the head he was able to resist until assistance was at hand and the would-be robber was obliged to beat a hasty retreat. It is understood that Mr. WILLARD had considerable money on his person at the time. * "NAP" TIMOTHY Coroner Called to Investigate Death of Oakland Man Mount Morris, Feb. 14 - Coroner F. J. BOWEN, of this village, was called to Oakland late yesterday to investigate the death of "Nap" TIMOTHY, which had occurred suddenly in the home of his daughter, Mrs. William TAFT, earlier in the day, Coroner BOWEN learned that TIMOTHY had suffered a fainting spell while working near the barn and that he fell to the ground with considerable force. A short time after his daughter succeeded in getting him into the house he died. He was 73 years old and formerly lived in Dalton in the southern part of this county. An autopsy was performed by Dr. BOWEN and it was found that Mr. TIMOTHY had been afflicted with valvular heart trouble and a certificate of death was issued to that effect. * FOR DANSVILLE OFFICIALS Dansville, Feb. 14 - The Republican electors at a meeting at 8 o'clock last evening placed in nomination the following ticket to be voted on at the biennial town meeting March 9th: For supervisor, Charles W. KNAPPENBERG; town clerk, Floyd A. LIEB; superintendent of highways, Adam GESSNER; justices of the peace, Howard WILSON, Bayard H. KNAPP; assessor for four years, George ALBERTS, Sr; two years, Charles H. SANDFORD; overseer of the poor, Joseph J. RAUBER; collector, Joseph A. WIRTH; constables, Ralph E. SQUIRES, Daniel G. H OLBROOK, Edward MINNICK, George CORUBAU, Joseph STIEGLER, Peter J. McLANE and Clarence S. REDMOND. Dr. F. R. DRIESBACH, Thomas MALONEY and Edward BACON were appointed a Town Committee to fill any vacancies that may occur on the ticket. W. S. OBERDORF was chairman of the meeting, Bayard H. KNAPP, secretary and Pliny HARR and Lewis KRAMER, tellers. * MRS. MARTHA S. QUIVEY Brockport, Feb. 14 - The death of Martha S. QUIVEY occurred in her home in Brockway place yesterday morning, aged 74 years. She was born in Henrietta, the daughter of Hiram HOVEY and Delia ROSS HOVEY. She leaves two sons, B. H. QUIVEY, of Hamlin, and M. B. QUIVEY, of Mitchell, Nebraska, and one daughter, May L. QUIVEY, of Brockport. The funeral will be held Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock, Rev. R. J. BLACKFORD of the Methodist Church officiating. Burial will be in the Blossom Cemetery in Hamlin. * MRS. CATHERINE RYAN Lima, Feb. 14 - Mrs. Catherine RYAN, widow of Michael RYAN, died in her home southeast of town yesterday afternoon. Her parents were Patrick and Elizabeth FINNEGAN, and she was born in County Moneghan, Ireland, January 15, 1834. At the age of 23, she came directly to Lima from Ireland and had always lived in this town. On March 29, 1865, she was married to Mr. RYAN in North Bloomfield. His death occurred about nine years ago. Mrs. RYAN leaves one sister, Mrs. James MINNEHAN, of Rochester, three brothers, John and Peter FINNEGAN, of Lima, and James FINNEGAN, of Rochester; four sons, Thomas, John and William RYAN, of Lima, and Michael E. RYAN, of New York city; two daughters, Mrs. John J. O'CONNELL and Mrs. Michael J. SLATERY, wife of the town clerk of Lima. The funeral will be held from St. Rose Church on Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock with interment in the local cemetery. * MRS. WILLIAM CLASON Springwater, Feb. 24 - Mrs. Francis Helen CLASON, wife of William CLASON, died Saturday at 11 o'clock in her home on East Hill, one mile from this village. Mrs. CLASON was born December 22, 1870, in Avon. Besides her husband she leaves two daughters, Margaret and Anna; four sons, Fred, Arthur, Theodore and Walter, all of this village; her father, William H. VANDER, of Cohocton; two sisters, Mrs. Charles B. HAMMOND, of Rochester, and Miss Bessie VANDER, of Cohocton; three brothers, Harry and Guy VANDER, of Cohocton, and Arthur VANDER, of Poughkeepsie. The funeral will be held Tuesday at 11 o'clock from the home. * FUNERAL OF JOHN HEIT Lyons, Feb. 14 - The funeral of John M. HEIT, who died in the home of his sister, Mrs. William EYER, in East Lyons, Friday night will be held from her home Monday afternoon at 1 o'clock, Rev. F. W. SCHWENCK officiating, with burial in the Lyons rural cemetery. Mr. HEIT was 59 years old and had lived in this town for the past twenty years. He leaves four sisters, Mrs. William EYER, of Lyons; Mrs. John O. WELCH, of Galen; Mrs. Lester PETTYS, of Junius and Mrs. Henry FALKE, of Rose, and one brother, Charles, of Shortsville. * JOURMAN MATTISON Canandaigua, Feb. 14 - One of the best known residents of Rushville, Jourman MATTISON, died in the Canandaigua Health Home yesterday morning at 7 o'clock after a long period of feeble health. He came to the Health Home last June. Mr. MATTISON was 90 years old. He leaves two daughters, from the home of one of whom, Mrs. HARRISON, of Rushville, the funeral will be held Tuesday afternoon at 1 o'clock. The interment will be in that village. * FOR MEMORIAL TO SERENO PAYNE Auburn, Feb. 14 - Plans are under way for the erection of a memorial tablet to the memory of the late Congressman Sereno E. PAYNE. The tablet will be placed by the members of the congregation of the First Baptist Church of this city. The committee in charge is composed of Benjamin C. MEAD, B. O. SIMPSON and B. A. DEAN. An effort will be made to have the tablet unveiled at the children's day service in June. * JOHN GEORGE KORNBAU Dansville, Feb. 14 - John George KORNBAU died on Friday in his home on the Perkinsville- Dansville road. He was 82 years old, and leaves two brothers, Peter, of Dansville, and Conrad of Cheshire, and several nieces and nephews. The funeral will take place Monday at ? o'clock from his late home with burial in Gre-------cemetery. ** Find ALL of the News Abstracts for Monroe Co., NY at http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/NY/Monroe/index.html -- GjS