Daily News Batavia, Genesee County, New York State October 1, 1928 ROAD WORKER KILLED, MAN HELD AT WARSAW Warsaw, Oct. 1 - Gordon IEKLER of Bliss, aged 25, a road worker, was killed by an automobile driven by William WAHAL of Rochester on Saturday afternoon on the state road near Bliss on which IEKLER was working. WAHAL is being held in the Warsaw jail in default of $4,000 bail, pending an investigation of the accident. WAHAL said there was another car ahead of him and that when he passed it he did not see IEKLER in the road until it was too late for him to slow down. The road workman was thrown heavily to the pavement and his scull was fractured. He died ten minutes after reaching the Warsaw hospital. He leaves his wife and his mother in Bliss. Riding with WAHAL at the time of the accident were three students of nursing at the Rochester General hospital. ------------ FINED FIFTY DOLLARS, WENT TO COUNTY JAIL Charged with driving an automobile while intoxicated, William McCAFFREY, 24, of No. 129 South Main street, Warsaw, was fined $50 yesterday by Justice of the Peace F. W. MATTHEWS of Le Roy. Unable to pay the fine McCAFFREY went to the county jail to serve fifty days or until such time as the fine is paid. Trooper L. D. FORTNER of the state police arrested the Warsaw youth on the main highway near Le Roy. With him was Kenneth E. VanBUREN, 24, of Rock Glenn, who paid a fine of $10 to Justice MATTHEWS when arraigned on a charge of intoxication. ------- The Late John A. HUNTER Warsaw, Oct. 1 - The late John A. HUNTER, whose funeral will be held from the Presbyterian church here at 2:30 o’clock tomorrow afternoon, was a member of Batavia Commandery, Knights Templar, as well as of Warsaw Masonic Lodge. Among Mr. HUNTER'S surviving relatives is a daughter Mary. ----------- Perry Personals Word has been received by Mrs. George GILLETTE from her sister, Mrs. W. W. BOYD of Puerto Rico, former resident of Perry, that the family was safe. The roof of their house was blown off and they had been living in other quarters until repairs could be made. Assemblyman HANLEY, C. W. BUCKLAND and R. W. HART attended the Republican state convention in Syracuse. Fred HAWLEY has sold his stucco house on Main terrace to Willard CRANE, possession to be given April 1st. Mrs. C. W. JOHNSON of Warsaw will address the women of Perry Center Wednesday afternoon at the Congregational church on "Law enforcement" Mrs. E. C. ULLERMAN, who has been the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Henry KAHLER, returned Friday to Buffalo. Mrs. Elizabeth MAKEN of St. Lois, Mo., Mrs. C. B. ROBERTS and Mrs. G. H. HANKIN of Milwaukee, Wis., have been spending a few days with Mr. and Mrs. A. W. HEATH. Mrs. MAKEN, who purchased the first four-door sedan made by the Ford Motor Company, drove through with it and is continuing the trip to New York and Philadelphia. Miss Delia THODE of Niagara Falls is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. HOWLETT. James T. KINSEY of Rochester and Frank KINSEY, Jr., of Syracuse are visiting their sister, Mrs. T. L. MINGLE. Mrs. E. L. NOTTINGHAM, district chairman, and Mrs. W. J. METZ, local president, are at the 32nd annual convention of the Parent-Teacher congress in Niagara Falls. Mrs. NOTTINGHAM presides at the Genesee Valley district luncheon at the Niagara hotel. Officers of the class of 1929, Perry high school, have been elected as follows: President, Henry HILL; vice-president, Elizabeth STRONG; secretary-treasurer, Alexander TRYKA. Miss Bernice PARKS, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Milo PARKS, is improving after an operation for appendicitis at the Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester. Mrs. James BOOTHE is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Frank HOHMAN, and family of Rochester. Bequest to Perry Library Perry, Oct. 1 - Dr. Charles H. STONEWELL who died September 17th, leaving an estate of $120,000, chiefly to his widow, provided in his will that after the death of his wife a number of oil paintings be given to the public library of Perry, together with $10,000 for building an annex in which to house them. ------------------------ Submitted by Joan Falcone Arnold