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transcribed & submitted by Gerrie Evans Raw

 

Ron – I’ll start transcribing at the beginning of her very tattered scrapbook.

The Angelical Advocate
June 10, 1937
BENCE-LYTLE
Miss Florence Lytle, daughter of Mrs. William B. Child of Chemung, New York, was united in marriage to Mr. James Bence, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Bence of Marion Center, Pa., at noon on June 7, 1937. The ceremony was performed in the presence of the immediate relatives by the Rev. Mr. Claude Ries, Professor of Bible and Greek of Houghton College.
They were attended by Miss Florence Clissold of Jackson, Michigan, as bride’s maid and Mr. James Bedford of Rochester, New York.
The wedding took place in the beautiful rock garden of Mr. Ries on the day of the groom’s graduation from Houghton College. The bride was graduated from Houghton College in 1936. After the ceremony a wedding breakfast was served at the home of Miss Belle Moses of Houghton.
Mr. and Mrs. Bence will take a short trip through Eastern Pennsylvania after which they will reside in Houghton, N.Y., where Mr. Bence received a position with Houghton College.
 

The Angelica Advocate
February 4, 1937
PALMER – HUNT
Sunday afternoon, January 31st at 12:30 o’clock, Miss GERTRUDE HUNT of Wellsville became the bride of EDWIN PALMER of Angelica. The ceremony took place in the Methodist Episcopal Church and was attended by the pastor, the REV. GROSS, in the presence of family and guests. The bride was attended by Miss TERESA CURELO of Belfast. EDWIN PHIPPEN of Angelica was groomsman.
Throughout the ceremony organ music was played by Miss RUTH RICHARDSON. During the service itself, “O Promise Me” and “I Love You Truly” were heard.
The bride wore a powder blue gown, with corsage of pink roses and black accessories. Miss Curelo was attired in old gold crepe, with corsage of yellow roses, and brown accessories.
Following the service in the church a wedding luncheon for the immediate families and wedding party was served at the home of MR. AND MRS. FAY PALMER.
Out of town guests included MR. AND MRS. ALBERT DANNHEIM of Wellsville, MR. AND MRS. ROBERT JUDD of Rochester, and MR. AND MRS. CARLOS MILLER of Cuba.
Mr. and Mrs. Palmer will make their home in Angelica where Mr. Palmer is employed in the Advocate Office.
 
The Angelica Advocate
June 12, 1937
Master ROBERT YALE MURRAY played host to a group of his little friends on Saturday, the occasion being his third birthday. Table decorations were in yellow and green. Invited guests included JOAN and DORIS DODGE, MARILYN MAXSON, PATRICIA WELCH, PATRICIA MORTON, DONALD ROBERTS, PHILIP TUCKER, RICHARD ARNOLD of St. Marys, Pa., and RICHARD MARSTON, Ithaca, N.Y. JOHN NEWMAN attended in the capacity of assistant. Robert Yale was the recipient of several gifts.
 
The Angelica Advocate
-----------------1938
MRS. ELIZABETH SLOAT
The death of Mrs. Elizabeth Sloat of 88 E. Main Street occurred Monday at 6:30 a.m. at the Messenger Nursing Home, after being confined to her bed for about ten weeks.
Mrs. Sloat was born in Albany, March 4, 1853. Her parents were JOEL GREEN and AMELIA J. GREGORY. She has resided in Angelica for about 65 years.
She was married March 4, 1873 to JAMES A. GREEN, who died October 13, 1911. On September 12, 1912 she was married to RANSOM S. SLOAT who died in June 1922.
Mrs. Sloat was a member of the Baptist Church and the Baptist Ladies Aid.
A prayer will be held at the house Thursday afternoon at two o’clock and services at the Baptist church at two-thirty. The REV. BYRON BIXBY of Friendship will officiate. Interment will be in “Until the Day Dawn”. The Women’s Relief Corps will attend the services in a body. Funeral arrangements will be in charge of Frederick Mulholland of Wellsville.
The nearest survivors are the following nieces and nephews:
JAMES GREEN, Buffalo; MRS. JENNIE ROBERTS, MISS LULU GREEN and MRS. HARRY WHITE, all of Angelica; MRS. FRANK SMITH, Wellsville; MRS. AFTON SCHOLES, Dalton, N.Y.; EDGAR GREEN, Brockway, Pa.; and CLARENCE GREEN, Johnsonburg, Pa.
 
The Angelica Advocate
September 29, 1938
JENNINGS-PIATT
Angelica, Sept. 27 – Announcement has been made of the marriage of BARBARA PIATT, daughter of MR. AND MRS. DONOVAN PIATT, to HERBERT R. JENNINGS, son of MR. AND MRS. RALPH JENNINGS all of Angelica. The ceremony, which was performed by the uncle of the bridegroom, the Rev. E. L ELDREDGE, took place in Avon, September 17. Mr. and Mrs. Jennings are at home on the Jennings farm East of the village for the present.
 
The Angelica Advocate
November 17, 1938
DERX – WAITE
Wednesday, November 16th, MISS HELEN WAITE of Belfast became the bride of KENNETH DERX. The marriage ceremony was solemnized in the First Baptist Church of Olean.
The young couple will make their home in Angelica where the groom has a farm on the Gibson Hill road.

 

The Angelica Advocate
December 1938
Engagement of Doctor Announced at Party
Andover, Dec. 5 – A dinner party was given Saturday evening at the home of MR. AND MRS. RICHARD HARDER at which the engagement of DR.ROBERT COMMON and MISS BEATRICE DICKENSON of Skaneateles was announced. The announcement was made by Anne Wood and Kent Harder, dressed in bride and groom costumes. Mrs. Arling Baker played the wedding march as an introduction. Miss Dickenson has been a member of the Andover High School faculty for the past four years teaching the second grade.

The Angelica Advocate
January 26, 1939
Celebrate Golden Wedding Anniversary
MR. and MRS. EDWARD J. REIMANN observed the fiftieth anniversary of their wedding at their home on W. Main Street, Monday of the week.
It was January 23rd, 1889, in the village of Greenwood that MISS DORA JACKSON became the bride of Edward J. Reimann; the marriage being solemnized by the bride’s father, the Rev. Morris B. Jackson. Twenty-five guests were present, of whom three now are living: Mrs. Caroline Hunt of Andover, the groom’s sister; Mrs. Myron B. Field of Machias, the bride’s sister; and Byron Austin of Springville.
In contrast to the raging blizzard of this week, they remember the small amount of snow on the ground on their wedding day, so little in fact, that they made the first stage of their wedding trip from Greenwood to Canisteo with horse and buggy. From there they visited several points in Western New York by train.
Following the first year of life together in Greenwood, they moved to Machias where Mr. Reimann conducted a drug store until 1900, when they took up residence in Franklinville. In 1913 the Reimann’s came to Angelica where Mr. Reimann purchased two pharmacies and combined them. Since that time they have made their home here.
They have one son, Dr. Leo E. Reimann of Franklinville, physician and surgeon.
Mr. and Mrs. Reimann have been prominent in church and fraternal circles, both having been local and district officers in the Eastern Star. Mr. Reimann is a member of Angelica Melrose Lodge, F. & A. M., and of Corning Consistory, A. A. S. R. He is superintendent of the Methodist Church School and a member of the Official Board. He has served on the school boards of both Angelica and Franklinville, and was for many years a director of the Allegany County Agricultural Society. Mrs. Reimann is a member and past president of the Progress Club, and once served as Allegany County chairman of the State Federation of Women’s Clubs. She was a choir member for many years and served twice as president of the Ladies Aid Society.
Wednesday event Angelica Chapter, Order of Easter Star, entertained 100 guests in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Reimann. Andover, Franklinville and Wellsville chapters were represented. The guests of honor were conducted to the East through a beautifully decorated golden arch hung with golden bells, at each side of which stood a large basket of golden flowers. Roland Richardson, Worthy Patron, presided.
Mrs. Katherine P. Duncan, past district deputy, presented greetings and gifts from Boneka Chapter, Franklinville. Mr. Reimann was the first patron of that chapter. Mr. Richardson then presented a gift from the local chapter. Mrs. Harold Margeson, matron of Angelica Chapter, extended greetings to the guests and congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Reimann.
The program included a Tom Thumb wedding in which the following children took part:
Mary Lou Schuyler, Billy Bosard, Jack Evans, James parson, Joan Dodge, Donna Graham, Marilyn Maxson, Betty Jane Schuyler, Barbara Howe, Gladys Bullock, Phyllis Thomas, Hartley Maxson, Jeanette Mott and Billy Thomas.
The Misses Janet and Maxine Silfies sang “I Love You Truly,” William Selver played two clarinet solos, accompanied by Miss Anne Duggan.
Out of town guests were Mr. Reimann’s sister, Mrs. Caroline Hunt of Andover; past district officers of the Eastern Star in Allegany County, Mrs. Martha Howe and Chester Mills, both of Wellsville; the present district deputy of Allegany County, Mrs. Helen Crosby of Cuba Chapter; Mrs. Hattie Caverly of Hinsdale, Mrs. Katherine Duncan, Mrs. Lou B. Rogers, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Stringham of Boneka Chapter, Franklinville. A wedding cake in gold and white with bride and groom in miniature had the place of honor.
Golden jubilee festivities included a family dinner party at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Reimann, Sunday, guests including Dr. and Mrs. Leo E. Reimann and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Smith, all of Franklinville. A reception followed in the afternoon and Mr. and Mrs. Reimann held open house all day Monday for their many friends.
Displayed among the golden wedding gifts in her home Mrs. Reimann had five of her wedding gifts: a silver butter knife, silver tray, a copy of Tennyson’s poems, a platter from her first set of dishes and Marseilles bed spread.
 

 

 The Angelica Advocate
April 27, 1939
VOSSLER-LINK
Anna W., youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert F. Link of Allen, and Merritt R. Vossler, son of Benjamin Vossler of Wellsville, were united in marriage Friday, April 21, at 8 o’clock p.m., at the home of the bride’s parents. The impressive double ring ceremony was performed beneath an arch of evergreens and spring flowers by Rev. Edwin F. Schlade, of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church at Allen Center, the bride being given in marriage by her father. Mrs. Harold Dornoe of Wellsville, a sister of the bride, was matron of honor and Richard Vossler of Wellsville, brother of the groom, was best man. “O Promise Me” was rendered before the ceremony, followed by Lohengrin’s Wedding March and recessional by Miss Felice Schuyler of Houghton College.
The bride’s gown was white chiffon over satin, with lace jacket and three-quarter length veil. She carried a bouquet of white carnations and pink rosebuds. The matron of honor wore pink taffeta with corsage of gardenias and Lilies of the Valley. The bride’s mother wore flowered wine-colored silk with corsage of pink sweet peas. The bride’s going away gown was navy blue with black accessories.
Following the ceremony a reception was held for twenty-eight relatives and friends. The color scheme of pink and yellow was carried out. The tables were centered with large bouquets of pink sweet peas and yellow daisies.
The happy couple left that evening for two weeks’ wedding trip to Washington, D. C., and points in Kentucky and Virginia. On their return they will begin housekeeping at their newly furnished home in Petrolia.
The bride is a graduate of Wilsonian High School, Angelica, and Robert’s Beauty Academy of Rochester. She also attended Geneseo Normal one year. For the past year she has been engaged in business with her sister, Miss Henrietta Link in Wellsville. The groom has a lucrative position in the oil field at Allentown.
Many beautiful and useful gifts were received, among them a number of electrical appliances.
Guests were present from Wellsville, Sonyea, Allentown, Genesee, Pa., Devine Corners and West Almond.
The couple are held in high esteem by a host of friends, who wish them a long and happy married life.


The Angelica Advocate
November 3, 1939
FISK-FLANDERS
Miss Helen Flanders, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Flanders, became the bride of Mr. Francis Fisk, Belfast, on Friday, the twenty-seventh of October, at two o’clock, in the Cuba Episcopal Church. The Rev. Roy L. Webber performed the ceremony. Mrs. Harry San Jule was matron of honor. The bride was given in marriage by her father. Mr. Harry San Jule was best man.
After the ceremony the young couple took a short wedding trip.
Many friends share their happiness and extend their best wishes. The couple will be at home in the town of Allen after November 15.


The Angelica Advocate
December 27, 1939
E. J. REIMANN Dies; Angelica Pharmacist
Edward J. Reimann, prominent Angelica pharmacist for the past 26 years, official in fraternal organizations and dog fancier, died Tuesday in Olean General Hospital. Mr. Reimann had been ill since December 1. He was 77 years old.
Mr. and Mrs. Reimann celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on January 20 of this year.
Mr. Reimann was born in greenwood, Steuben County, the son of Valentine and Elizabeth Reimann, August 3, 1862. He married Dora Jackson, daughter of the Rev. Morris L. Jackson and LaVerna Freeman Jackson, on January 20, 1889. At their golden wedding anniversary celebration in January, the Reimann’s displayed several of the gifts which they had received 50 years before.
From 1890 until 1900, Mr. Reimann was in Machias. He became a licensed pharmacist in 1901 and until 1913 the family lived in Franklinville. In 1913 they moved to Angelica and for 26 years Mr. Reimann has owned and operated the drug store on West Main Street.
He was a member of the Methodist Church, Melrose Lodge, F. and A. M.; Corning Consistory, A. A. S. R., and Angelica Chapter, Order of Eastern Star. He was at one time Master of the Franklinville Lodge, patron of the local chapter of O. E. S. and assistant grand lecturer of the Eastern Star for one term. He has been a member of the local Board of Education and was trustee of the local Methodist Church and Superintendent of the Church School.
Mr. Reimannn was a well known dog fancier and a breeder of beagles.

The Angelica Advocate
September 5, 1940
CORSAW-MORTON
Mr. and Mrs. Myron Morton announce the marriage of their daughter, Georgia Evelyn, to Robert Corsaw of Alfred, N. Y., on Sunday, September 1. They are at home on University Ave., Alfred.


The Angelica Advocate
1940
Angelica Grange News
The annual Booster Night of the local Grange was held this week, in charge of the lecturer, Mrs. Lila Bullock. There were over one hundred members and guests present. The program began with the singing of “A Rainbow At Sunset.” The presentation of the Flag was followed by the singing of “The Star-Spangled Banner.” The invocation was given by Rev. Louis Teague of the Methodist Church. The welcome was by Harry White, acting Master.
A male quartet, Rev. Louis Teague, Paul Sisson, Walter Lilly and Hertel Fluent rendered several selections during the program accompanied by Miss Virginia Withey.
The organization of the local Grange, as given by Charles Seely, gave the names of the first officers and the charter members. Of these, Mr. and Mrs. David Evans, Daniel Lyon, Charles Gibson, Arthur Breitwieser and Mrs. Carrie Bullock were present. Past Masters present included Israel Jacobs, Roy Breadon, Ralph Jennings, Mrs. Alice McLean, Clair Evans, Leslie Morehouse, Walter Lytle and Harry White. Each of these was presented with a flower by Marilyn Chaffee.
The National Master’s message was read by Harry White.
An essay, “The Organization and Development of the Grange and In What Way it Has Protected the Interest of the Farmer,” was written and read by Edward Fleming.
Ralph Jennings read “A Lazy Farmer.” Mrs. Lena White, in costume, gave a humorous reading, “Looking for My Fifth Husband.”
Betty Tucker gave a tap-dance routine, Miss Anne Duggan at the piano.
The guest speaker, Frank D’Arcy of Wellsville, in a short talk, congratulated the organization on its family background. He explained that it seemed to him the closer one got to the ground, the closer one got to the real sense of values in life.
Recreation was in charge of the lecturer. Forfeits were paid by Miss Dolores Dorsey, Mrs. Dorothy Chaffee, Miss Ruth Lyon and Dr. Samuel Morchan.
Refreshments were served, Mrs. Arthur Breitwieser, chairman.

 

 

The Angelica Advocate
January 1940
MISS MAIN Weds HOWARD WANDS
Angelica, Jan.31 – Miss Dorothy Main, daughter of Mrs. George E. Harris of Wellsville, was married to
Howard Wands, son of Thomas McLean of Angelica, at the First Methodist Church of Port Allegany, Pa., by the Rev. Arthur Wright, pastor of the church. The bride was given in marriage by Raymond F. Lushbaugh of Bradford, Pa.
The attendants were Mrs. Mabel Wesche of Allentown and Gordon Demick of Angelica, uncle of the bridegroom. The bride’s gown was a floor length white crepe with a fingertip veil. Her corsage was of pink sweet peas. Mrs. Wesche’s gown was of rust wool crepe with matching accessories.
Among those who attended the wedding were Mr. and Mrs. Thomas McLean and Mrs. George Demick of Angelica; Mrs. George E. Harris of Wellsville.
Mr. and Mrs. Wands were honored by a dinner given by her mother in Wellsville, and by a dinner given by Mr. and Mrs. Thomas McLean. Mr. and Mrs. Wands are at home in Angelica.


The Angelica Advocate
January 1940
Personal Items of Interest
MISS MARY ELLEN GENTER is a taking a beauty course in Rochester.

FAY PALMER has been ill with a cold.

MISS DORIS ROWE is confined to the house by illness.

MR. AND MRS. BETELLE JONES announce the birth of a daughter, Nancy Eloise, on January 14th.

RONALD PALMER has returned to Quoddy, Maine, where he is studying Aviation Mechanics.

MR. AND MRS. ROBERT MILLER announce the birth on January 13th, of a son, James Randolph.

I am offering 1939 Wallpaper samples at one-third off the regular price. The new 1040 samples are here. I would be glad to show you these. Drop a card or call at my house. CHARLES SEELY, Angelica.


The Angelica Advocate
February 9, 1940
MAPES-TALBOT
Angelica, Feb. 9-Announcement has just been made of the marriage of MISS MARY TALBOT of Friendship to E. ALLEN MAPES, son of Earl Mapes of Angelica. The marriage took place November 10th, 1939. Both Mr. and Mrs. Mapes are graduates of Geneseo Normal. Mr. Mapes is teaching a rural school in the vicinity of Belmont. They are at home at the Mapes farm in Transit, West of Angelica.


The Angelica Advocate
February 1940
Angelica, Feb. 16 – A son was born to MR. AND MRS. CHARLES DEMICK of Olean Street at the Messenger Nursing Home Monday.

The Angelica Advocate
February 16, 1940
Angelica Briefs
The meeting of the Progress Club scheduled to be held with MRS. AMBROSE PALMER Wednesday evening was postponed due to the severe storm, to Monday evening, February 19.

MRS. BLANCHE DRAKE and MRS. ANNA HAYES of Cuba were recent visitors of their sister, MRS. H. D. COREY.


The Angelica Advocate
April 11, 1940
MRS. GRACE SCHOLES DORT, daughter of John W. and Lydia Manning Scholes, was born in Angelica November 26th, 1866, and died at her home in Belfast early Friday morning, March 29th, 1940.
She was twice married; her first husband, Fred Black, passed away September 20, 1919; and Wallace W. Dort, one of Belfast’s most prosperous and prominent business men, whom she married June 19, 1921, died in July of 1939.
Since that time, Mrs. Dort has kept her home in order, living alone, and leaves no immediate relatives to mourn her loss.
She lived to the ripe old age of 73 years, 4 months and 3 days.
She died in the early dawn of a new day. Just with the awakening life of a new day she went to sleep like a tired child. With the eyes of faith, one could see at the dawn of this memorable March day an invisible hand wave a signal, and a voice in softest accents on the morning breeze, announce that the gates were open and that God’s Angels were waiting to escort her in.
After a long and busy life, she died as she had lived –honored, trusted and loved. None ever entered her home without a warm welcome, nor left without feeling the warmth of a genuine hospitality.

It is difficult to pay a fitting tribute to the memory of so noble a woman-one whose every day life was embellished by the most charming and lovable attributes of her sex. A perfect lady at all times-under all circumstances, she seemed born to inspire the love and respect of all, and those who loved her living, now mourn her dead.
In the presence of such a sorrow, how cold and impotent are words, and how doubly deep would be the grief over the grave did not the rainbow of Christian hope span the dark gulf between time and eternity, and such pure, bright lives inspire the belief that there is a better world beyond.
A short prayer service was held at her late home on Main Street, Belfast at 1:15 P.M. Sunday, March 31, then funeral services at the Methodist Church in Angelica at 2:30, with interment in Until the Day Dawn,” Angelica.


The Angelica Advocate
September 1940
Angelica, Sept. 3 – An eight pound son was born August 29 to MR. AND MRS. JOHN ARONHALT of Nunda at the Messenger Nursing Home here.


The Angelica Advocate
July 1941
DOROTHY M. PIATT Bride at Fillmore
Angelica, July 3 – The marriage of Miss Dorothy Mavis Piatt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Donovan Piatt of Arkport, to WILLIAM F. FARNSWORTH, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Farnsworth of Fillmore, was solemnized in Fillmore Monday. Both young people are former residents of Angelica. Mr. Farnsworth was teacher and athletic coach in Angelica several years previous to his going to Wellsville.

The Angelica Advocate
August 1941
Wedding Announced
Angelica, Aug. 19 – Friends have received announcement of the marriage of MISS LOUISE ESTELLE DIETRICH, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Dietrich of Cattaraugus to the REV. ROBERT NEWTON LYTLE August 8. Both are graduates of Houghton College. They will be at home in Fillmore where Mr. Lytle is pastor of the Wesleyan Methodist Church.


Feb 1941
JESSIE E. PALMER, PAUL W. WILLIAMS Wed At Angelica
Wellsville, Feb. 12 – The marriage of Miss Jessie E. Palmer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Palmer of East Main Street, Angelica, to Paul Wilton Williams, son of Mrs. Stanley Pinkham of R. D. No. 1, Wellsville, was solemnized at the Methodist Church in Angelica at 8 o’clock last evening. The Rev. L. C. Teague, performed the ceremony.
Miss Ruth Richardson of Houghton College acted as organist. Preceding the ceremony Harold Elliott sang “O Promise Me” and “O Perfect Love.”
The bride who was given in marriage by her father, was attired in a gown of white satin fashioned with a fitted bodice, puffed sleeves, and a V neckline. She wore a veil of Belgian lace and a tulle halo with orange blossoms, and carried a colonial bouquet of white roses and sweet peas.
Miss Ethel Palmer, sister of the bride, was maid of honor. She wore a gown of blue satin with a fitted bodice, puffed sleeves, and white beads and carried a colonial bouquet of sweetheart roses and pink sweet peas.
W. Kenneth Williams of Wellsville, was best man for his brother. Ushers were Edward Palmer of Portville, brother of the bride and G. R. Williams of Wellsville, brother of the bridegroom.
The mother of the bride was attired in a gown of aqua blue with navy blue accessories and wore a corsage of yellow roses and sweet peas. The bridegroom’s mother chose a dark blue gown and wore a similar corsage of yellow roses and sweet peas.
A reception was held for 50 guests immediately following the ceremony, Mr. and Mrs. Williams left for a wedding rip to New York City. Mrs. Williams choosing as her traveling costume a red print dress, black pumps, tweed coat, and a red turban.
Out-of-town guests at the wedding included Mr. and Mrs. Arthur L. Cornwall, Mr. and Mrs. Norbert Shear, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Nicholson and Fern Nicholson and George Tucker, all of Wellsville; Edwin Mills of Buffalo; Mr. and Mrs. Donald Kennedy of Canaseraga; and Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Palmer of Perkinsville.
Prenuptial events included a variety shower given by Mrs. W. Kenneth Williams, a dinner given by Mr. and Mrs. Roger Williams and Miss Margaret Williams, and a variety shower given by Miss Frances Isaman. Mrs. W. Kenneth Williams entertained at an open house tea at her home on the day preceding the wedding.
Mrs. Williams graduated from the Wilsonian High School in Angelica and attended the Wellsville Branch of the Rochester Business Institute. Mr. Williams graduated from the Wellsville High School and attended the Case School of Applied Science in Cleveland, Ohio.
Mr. and Mrs. Williams will be at home after March 5 in Allentown.


The Angelica Advocate
January 24, 1941
Angelica, – MR. AND MRS. HERBERT JENNINGS are parents of a 7 and 3-4 pound son, Robert Keith, born at the Messenger Nursing Home Tuesday, January 21.
 

 

The Angelica Advocate
June 1941
MILLICENT D. WILBER, CLAIR T. GRASTORF Marry At Church
Angelica, June 23 – Miss Millicent Doris Wilber, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wilber of Mechanic Street, and Clair T. Grastorf, son of Henry Grastorf, of this place, were married Saturday evening at the Baptist Church by the Rev. Eugene Donelson.
The church was decorated with garden flowers and Miss Janet Silfies played the wedding music.
The bride wore an old rose chiffon dress with white accessories and a corsage of white gardenias and sweet peas. Mrs. Charles Day of Almond was her attendant and wore a dark blue gown with white accessories and a corsage of white gardenias and sweet peas.
Charles Day of Almond, was the best man.
Mrs. Grastorf is a graduate of Wilsonian High School and Culver Beauty Academy in Rochester. Mr. Grastorf graduated from Wilsonian High School and Colgate University. He is now employed by the Taylor Instrument Company of Rochester as a junior specification engineer.
Mr. and Mrs. Grastorf will make their home at 640 West Main Street, Rochester.
Out of town guests included Mr. and Mrs. William Junker and Mr. and Mrs. Homer Burdick of Friendship; Mr. and Mrs. Earl Leonard of Baltimore, Md.; Miss Phyllis fuller of Portville and Rodney Sheffield of Olean.
Prenuptials for the bride included a kitchen shower by Mrs. Homer Burdick of Friendship.


The Angelica Advocate
May 1941
Angelica, May 17 – MRS. EDITH RUTHERFORD HERDMAN died at the Burns Nursing home in Belmont Friday following a short illness.
For many years she was a teacher and later a principal in the Salamanca School system. She went from Salamanca to Washington, D. C. where she taught until the year 1909 when she was married to William Herdman of Angelica.
Mrs. Herdman was a sister of the late Edward Rutherford, attorney at Belfast, and she is survived by a niece, Josephine Rutherford of Rome, N.Y., and a nephew, Edward Rutherford of New York City.
She was closely identified with community life in Angelica. She was at one time a member of Wilsonian High School faculty, a member of the Methodist Church and active in its various organizations, a member of the Progress Club, and on the Board of the Angelica Public Library.

The body will be in state at the Wolcott Funeral Home in Angelica until Sunday, when it will be taken to the Methodist Church for funeral services at 2 p.m. (edt). Burial will be in Angelica Cemetery.


The Angelica Advocate
1941
LODDER – DIEBERT
In a simple ceremony in Asbury Methodist Church, Rochester, at 11 a.m. last Saturday, Miss Margaret Diebert, daughter of Mrs. Edna Diebert of Angelica, and James H. Lodder, of Post Avenue, that place, [sic] took their nuptial vows.
The bride wore a gown of coral crepe with white accessories and a shoulder bouquet of orchids, while her matron of honor, Mrs. Walter Zagata, wore a green and white crepe dress with a shoulder bouquet of tea roses. Russell W. Quinn was best man for the bridegroom.
Following the ceremony, a wedding dinner was served at the Home Dining Room. After a honeymoon in the Adirondacks, Mr. and Mrs. Lodder will reside at 80 Post Ave.


The Angelica Advocate
October 14, 1941
MISS MARIE PAULSON WEDS REV. EUGENE DONELSON
Angelica, – Miss Marie Paulsen and the Rev. Eugene Donelson were married Sunday, October 5, in the United Brethren in Frewsburg by the Rev. J. S. Strong. They were attended by Vivian Paulen, of Castile, and Loye Donelson, of Frewsburg.
The Rev. Mr. Donelson is a former pastor of Angelica Baptist Church and his wife was assistant cashier of the Angelica Bank. The Rev. Mr. Donelson is at present acting as pastor of the United Brethren Church at Bear Lake, Pa.


The Angelica Advocate
October 23, 1941
HEANEY – HERDMAN
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Herdman announce the marriage of their daughter, Marion, to William Heaney of Mount Morris. The marriage was solemnized at Mount Morris Monday, October 20. Mr. and Mrs. Haywood were attendants. After a short wedding trip the couple will be at home at Craig Colony, Sonyea.


The Angelica Advocate
November 20, 1941
MISS GERALDINE BREADON AND LYNN W. GRAHAM Wed
Miss Geraldine Breadon, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Breadon of Angelica, and Lynn W. Graham, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Graham, were married Thursday evening, Nov. 13, 1941, at Warrens Corners, N.Y., by the Rev. Louis C. Teague.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Jennings attended the bridal couple.


The Angelica Advocate
1941
KENNETH PIERCE Has Bad Accident
Last Wednesday, in the Alfred-Almond schoolhouse, an explosion took place which resulted in severe injuries to Kenneth Pierce, assistant janitor. It is thought the cause was a leak in the pilot, no fire being in the furnace at the time as it was undergoing repairs.
Mr. Pierce was thrown back several feet, and suffered 3rd degrees burns on his face and arms, while the rest of his body was burned to the tops of his shoes.
He is being cared for at Bethesda Hospital. Barring complications, it is thought he may be considered out of danger in another two weeks.
[personal notation: “Mr. Pierce is Abagail Braedon’s husband, serious.”]


The Angelica Advocate
1942
FELDBAUER – WEBSTER
Mr. and Mrs. Elmore Webster announce the marriage of their daughter, Helen, to Private Jerome Feldbauer of Fort Jackson, So. Carolina.


The Angelica Advocate
June 1942
Honor Students at Angelica
GLORIA STILLWELL and MATILDA RENIFF have been selected as valedictorian and salutatorian, respectively, of the 1942 graduating class of Wilsonian High School in Angelica. Miss Stillwell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Llewellyn Stillwell, has a scholastic average of 92.89 per cent. She has been editor of the Press Club, treasurer of the Allegany County Scholastic Press Association and is treasurer of the senior class. Miss Reniff, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Reniff, has an average of 89.88 per cent. She is a student council representative, a member of the Press and French Clubs and was a member of the cast of the senior play.
 

 

The Angelica Advocate
1942
Engagement Announced
MR. AND MRS. WILLIAM KUNZ of Angelica announce the engagement of their daughter, ROWENA, 543 Ashland Ave., Buffalo, to Mr. VICTOR D. NAPLES, 23, Fargo St., Buffalo.
Miss Kunz, former reporter with the Utica Observer-Dispatch, also worked for two and one-half years as publicity woman for stage, screen and opera personalities in New York City. She has been employed for the past six months in the purchasing department of the Chevrolet Motor and Axle Plant in Buffalo, where Mr. Naples is also employed. The wedding has been set for April 11th.


The Angelica Advocate
June 11, 1942
NAPLES - KUNZ
Miss Rowena Kunz, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Kunz, Angelica, became the bride of Mr. Victor D. Naples, 23 Fargo St., Buffalo, on Saturday, June 6, in the rectory of St. Joseph’s Church, Niagara Falls, N.Y.
Mr. and Mrs. John Condon of Buffalo were the attendants. The couple is residing at 543 Ashland Ave., Buffalo.


The Angelica Advocate
June 11, 1942
SEIVER - SMUNTAS
The marriage of Miss Margaret Smuntas, daughter of Mrs. D. Eastwood of Wellsboro, Pa., to Corporal Lloyd W. Seiver, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Seiver, took place in Wellsboro, Sunday, June 7th. Miss Dorothy Smuntas and Raymond Gerlaski were attendants.
The ceremony was performed by Rev. Maurice Hughes.
The wedding breakfast was held at the Hotel Penn, Wellsboro, with a reception following at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Eastwood.
The bride is a graduate of Saint Mary’s Academy, Cristobal, Canal Zone. She is now employed at the Corning Glass Works Plant at Wellsboro. Mr. Seiver is a graduate of Wilsonian High School, Angelica, and Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, N. Y. He is now stationed at Headquarters and Headquarters [sic] Co., C. A. S. U., Camp Edwards, Mass.
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Seiver and Mrs. Jerome Feldbauer of this place attended the ceremony.


May 1942
MRS. ELSIE E. COLLINS
Jamestown – Mrs. Elsie E. Collins, 71, widow of Edward C. Collins, died at her home 503 East Fifth St. Saturday, May 23rd, at 12 M., after an illness of several months.
She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Myrtle Winship of this city; a son, Frank E. May of Olean; a brother, Dr. J. C. Sayers of Reynoldsville, Pa., and three grandchildren, Guy E. Winship of this city and Frank May, Jr., and Robert May of Olean.
She was born at New Bethlehem, Pa., December 8, 1870.
Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon, May 26, 1942, at the Henderson and Lincoln Chapel. Interment was in Lake View Cemetery.
Mrs. Collins had been a long resident of Angelica before moving to Jamestown in April, 1929.


The Angelica Advocate
1942
Angelica Hit Hard
Angelica Bridges Out
In Angelica, East Main, Closser and Center Street bridges were washed out and the new state highway bridge was under more than four feet of water.
CHARLES GIBSON reported loss of nine cows, drowned in Angelica Cree, and A. H. REMSEN and the REV. H. M. FARGO reported the loss of one each.
The car and garage of FAY PALMER were washed away as was a shed on the TIMOTHY HIGHLAND estate formerly used as a blacksmith shop.
MRS. CLARA FRACE of Olean Street was removed from her home by firemen when water surrounded the house.
The high water in Angelica was termed the worst in the history of the village. Roads to West Almond and other places were closed: telephone communication was cut off, and gas and water supplies were cut off in parts of the village.
Houses on the East and West ends of Main Street were surrounded by water and in many instances water came in on the first floor of homes.
Charles Gibson’s horses were seen swimming in the waters of Angelica Creek. When they came to a road they came to shore and were rescued.
Victory gardens on Main, Mechanic, Olean, South and Center Streets were ruined.
The water rose so rapidly that residents had little time to move furniture to places of safety.
East of the village water washed out a road and damaged railroad tracks near the Allegany County home.


The Angelica Advocate
July 1942
MR. AND MRS. E. ALLEN MAPES announce the birth of a daughter, Patricia Ann on July 12th.


The Angelica Advocate
July 10, 1942
ROBERTS – SILFIES
A pretty wedding was solemnized Saturday, July 4, when Rev. Dewey E. Mullins united in marriage Miss Janet Silfies of Angelica, N. Y. and Pvt. Harold Roberts of Camp Lee, VA. Mr. Marshall Freeman and Mrs. N. N. Cummins, Jr. of Petersburg, Va., attended the couple. The ceremony was performed at the First Methodist Church of Hopewell, Virginia.
The bride was attired in a street-length gown of yellow jersey with white accessories, and wore a corsage of white violets and gardenias. Mrs. Cummins wore a turf tan gown with white accessories and had a corsage of sweet peas and rosebuds.
Mrs. Roberts is a graduate of Wilsonian High School, Angelica, N. Y., and of Culver Beauty Academy, Rochester, N. Y. She also attended the Federal Commercial School in Hornell, N. Y.
Private Roberts is a graduate of Wilsonian High School, Angelica, N. Y., and of Simman’s School of Embalming and Mortuary, Syracuse, N. Y.


The Angelica Advocate
1942
MRS. RUTH LYON entertained Tuesday evening in honor of MISS MARIE LYON of Perry, whose marriage to BERNARD SMITH of Perry, takes place this month. The occasion was a kitchen shower.


The Angelica Advocate
June 1941
MILLICENT D. WILBER, CLAIR T. GRASTORF Marry At Church
Angelica, June 23 – Miss Millicent Doris Wilber, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wilber of Mechanic Street, and Clair T. Grastorf, son of Henry Grastorf, of this place, were married Saturday evening at the Baptist Church by the Rev. Eugene Donelson.
The church was decorated with garden flowers and Miss Janet Silfies played the wedding music.
The bride wore an old rose chiffon dress with white accessories and a corsage of white gardenias and sweet peas. Mrs. Charles Day of Almond was her attendant and wore a dark blue gown with white accessories and a corsage of white gardenias and sweet peas.
Charles Day of Almond, was the best man.
Mrs. Grastorf is a graduate of Wilsonian High School and Culver Beauty Academy in Rochester. Mr. Grastorf graduated from Wilsonian High School and Colgate University. He is now employed by the Taylor Instrument Company of Rochester as a junior specification engineer.
Mr. and Mrs. Grastorf will make their home at 640 West Main Street, Rochester.
Out of town guests included Mr. and Mrs. William Junker and Mr. and Mrs. Homer Burdick of Friendship; Mr. and Mrs. Earl Leonard of Baltimore, Md.; Miss Phyllis fuller of Portville and Rodney Sheffield of Olean.
Prenuptials for the bride included a kitchen shower by Mrs. Homer Burdick of Friendship.


The Angelica Advocate
May 1941
Angelica, May 17 – MRS. EDITH RUTHERFORD HERDMAN died at the Burns Nursing home in Belmont Friday following a short illness.
For many years she was a teacher and later a principal in the Salamanca School system. She went from Salamanca to Washington, D. C. where she taught until the year 1909 when she was married to William Herdman of Angelica.
Mrs. Herdman was a sister of the late Edward Rutherford, attorney at Belfast, and she is survived by a niece, Josephine Rutherford of Rome, N.Y., and a nephew, Edward Rutherford of New York City.
She was closely identified with community life in Angelica. She was at one time a member of Wilsonian High School faculty, a member of the Methodist Church and active in its various organizations, a member of the Progress Club, and on the Board of the Angelica Public Library.
The body will be in state at the Wolcott Funeral Home in Angelica until Sunday, when it will be taken to the Methodist Church for funeral services at 2 p.m. (EDT). Burial will be in Angelica Cemetery.


The Angelica Advocate
1941
LODDER – DIEBERT
In a simple ceremony in Asbury Methodist Church, Rochester, at 11 a.m. last Saturday, Miss Margaret Diebert, daughter of Mrs. Edna Diebert of Angelica, and James H. Lodder, of Post Avenue, that place, [sic] took their nuptial vows.
The bride wore a gown of coral crepe with white accessories and a shoulder bouquet of orchids, while her matron of honor, Mrs. Walter Zagata, wore a green and white crepe dress with a shoulder bouquet of tea roses. Russell W. Quinn was best man for the bridegroom.
Following the ceremony, a wedding dinner was served at the Home Dining Room. After a honeymoon in the Adirondacks, Mr. and Mrs. Lodder will reside at 80 Post Ave.


The Angelica Advocate
October 14, 1941
MISS MARIE PAULSON WEDS REV. EUGENE DONELSON
Angelica – Miss Marie Paulsen and the Rev. Eugene Donelson were married Sunday, October 5, in the United Brethren in Frewsburg by the Rev. J. S. Strong. They were attended by Vivian Paulen, of Castile, and Loye Donelson, of Frewsburg.
The Rev. Mr. Donelson is a former pastor of Angelica Baptist Church and his wife was assistant cashier of the Angelica Bank. The Rev. Mr. Donelson is at present acting as pastor of the United Brethren Church at Bear Lake, Pa.
 

 

The Angelica Advocate
May 1942
CORPORAL RODERICK E. CHILD has received a diploma from the Infantry School, U. S. Army, stating that he has satisfactorily completed the prescribed course in Parachute Packing, Ground Training, and jumping from a plane in flight. He is, therefore, rated as a Qualified Parachutist.



The Angelica Advocate
October 23, 1941
HEANEY – HERDMAN
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Herdman announce the marriage of their daughter, Marion, to William Heaney of Mount Morris. The marriage was solemnized at Mount Morris Monday, October 20. Mr. and Mrs. Haywood were attendants. After a short wedding trip the couple will be at home at Craig Colony, Sonyea.


The Angelica Advocate
November 20, 1941
MISS GERALDINE BREADON AND LYNN W. GRAHAM Wed
Miss Geraldine Breadon, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Breadon of Angelica, and Lynn W. Graham, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Graham, were married Thursday evening, Nov. 13, 1941, at Warrens Corners, N.Y., by the Rev. Louis C. Teague.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Jennings attended the bridal couple.


The Angelica Advocate
1941
KENNETH PIERCE Has Bad Accident
Last Wednesday, in the Alfred-Almond schoolhouse, an explosion took place which resulted in severe injuries to Kenneth Pierce, assistant janitor. It is thought the cause was a leak in the pilot, no fire being in the furnace at the time as it was undergoing repairs.
Mr. Pierce was thrown back several feet, and suffered 3rd degrees burns on his face and arms, while the rest of his body was burned to the tops of his shoes.
He is being cared for at Bethesda Hospital. Barring complications, it is thought he may be considered out of danger in another two weeks.
[personal notation: “Mr. Pierce is Abagail Braedon’s husband, serious.”]


The Angelica Advocate
1942
FELDBAUER – WEBSTER
Mr. and Mrs. Elmore Webster announce the marriage of their daughter, Helen, to Private Jerome Feldbauer of Fort Jackson, So. Carolina.


Buffalo, N. Y.
1942
Buffalo Flying Cadet Killed on Solo Flight
A twenty-year-old Buffalonian, who abandoned a university education to enlist as an aviation cadet soon after Pearl Harbor, was killed in a plane crash on Wednesday during a solo training flight at Coleman Field, Tex., according to advices received here last night.
He is CADET JAMES R. DE VITA, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. Richard DeVita, 931 Genesee Street. No details of the accident were contained in the telegram received by his parents.
DeVita was a nineteen-year-old freshman in the engineering course at the University of Buffalo when he filed application for enlistment as a cadet in January at the Army recruiting station here. He was enlisted March 12th, called for service on April 21st, and sent to Kelly Field for training. Later, he was transferred to Coleman Field.
In recent letters to his parents, Cadet DeVita said he had been engaged in solo flying over a four-week period and expected to receive his wings in another month.
Funeral arrangements were being completed last night after the family was advised. The body will be accompanied home by a cadet escort.
DeVita received his earlier education at School 39 and Fosdick Masten High School.
His father served as a lieutenant in World War I with Bellevue Hospital Unit, No. 1. He saw service in the front lines at the Argonne-Meuse and St. Mihiel.
Friends said young DeVita became imbued with patriotism immediately after the Pearl Harbor attack and insisted on enlistment until his parents gave their consent.
Besides his parents, he is survived by a brother, Michael J. and a sister, Susanne.

The Angelica Advocate
1942
Local Youth Joins U. S. Marines
The United States Marine Corps Recruiting Office for this area announced that ROBERT H. WARNER, 17, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Warner of Angelica, N. Y., has been accepted for service with Uncle Sam’s hard-hitting Leathernecks.
Vowing to “do his bit,” the new recruit took his oath of allegiance as he was sworn into the service by Lieutenant-Colonel Clifford O. Henry, Officer in charge of the Buffalo headquarters.
Enlisted as a private, the youthful Leatherneck has been transferred to the Marine Corps training center at Parris Island, S. C., where he will be taught all the basic principles of modern, high speed warfare.


The Angelica Advocate
1942
BETTE SILFIES Weds DODWORTH ROWE At Buffalo
Miss Bette Silfies, daughter of Mrs. Agnes Silfies of Angelica, became the bride of Dodworth P. Rowe, son of Mr. and Mrs. Layton Rowe of Angelica, in the Riverside Methodist Church, Buffalo, Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock. The Rev. John W. Annas, Jr. at present the Dean of the Epworth League Institute at Silver Lake, performed the ceremony.
The bride was dressed in a street length gown of yellow with Kelly green accessories and wore a corsage of delphiniums and roses. Miss Maxine Silfies, sister of the bride, was maid of honor. She wore a beige suit with luggage [sic] accessories. Her corsage was of delphinium and roses.
Kenneth Hakes of Buffalo was best man.
A reception for members of the immediate families followed by ceremony in the future home of the couple. Mr. and Mrs. Rowe left shortly afterward for a week’s stay at a lodge on the French River in Canada. On their return they will reside on Williams Street in Tonawanda, N. Y.
Guests from Angelica were Mrs. Agnes Silfies, Miss Maxine Silfies, Mrs. Harold Roberts, Arthur Olsowsky, Mr. and Mrs. Layton Rowe, Miss Doris Rowe, Mrs. Marion Keyes and Miss Barbara Keyes.


The Angelica Advocate
January 1943
Joins WAACS
Miss IDA BELLE CRAWFORD, daughter of Mrs. Flora Crawford, is the first young woman of Angelica to join the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps. She left last week for Des Moines, Iowa, where she will receive basic training.


The Angelica Advocate
May 6, 1943
MR. AND MRS. ROGER HOOKER announce the birth of a daughter, Jeanette, on Monday, May 3rd, at Wellsville.


The Angelica Advocate
February 12, 1943
FRANCES GENTHER, PVT. CHARLES DERX Wed in Angelica
Miss Frances Jane Genther and Private Charles Derx were united in marriage in a ceremony performed in Sacred Heart Church here Thursday morning. The Rev. Daniel McCarthy officiated at the Nuptial High Mass.
The bride is the daughter of Mrs. Frances Genther of Brooklyn Street and the bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Derx of Olean Street.
The couple was attended by Miss Ellen Genther of Elmira, sister of the bride, and Roderick Seidel of Olean, cousin of the bride.
The bride wore a gold wool suit with brown accessories and a corsage of gardenias. Her attendant was gowned in navy blue crepe with white accessories and a corsage of pink carnations.
The bride’s mother wore a dark blue crepe suit and a corsage of red roses. The bridegroom’s mother wore a dress of olive green silk with a similar corsage.
Mrs. Taylor Brown and Mrs. Bruce Powant sang the responses in the mass and Miss Katherine Hyland was organist. The church was decorated with yellow daffodils and white gladioli.
A wedding breakfast was served at the bride’s home for members of the immediate families.
After a short trip Private Derx will return to his military duties at New Bedford, Mass., and Mrs. Derx will remain here for a time.


The Angelica Advocate
1943
The REV. I. W. SLATER is going to Watkins Glen, Thursday, to be with his grandson, SERG. RICHARD SLATER, bombardier, who is home on furlough. Serg. Slater was numbered among the first contingent to land in Australia and has been shot down by the Japs, having to bail out over New Guinea. It took him 3 weeks thru the jungle to reach his unit again. Another crash landing killed two of his buddies and put Serg. Slater in the hospital for a time. Serg. Slater attended Houghton College when he was studying for the ministry before the war.



The Angelica Advocate
February 25, 1943
DOROTHY GIBSON, DR. M. F. BEAL Wed in Church Here Saturday
Sodus – February 20 - Miss Dorothy Porter Gibson of Sodus, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gibson of Angelica, was united in marriage to Dr. Morris Floyd Beal, son of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Beal of Sodus, at 12:30 p.m. Saturday in the Westminster Presbyterian Church here. The double-ring service was solemnized with the Rev. Ward B. Flaxington officiating.
The bride, given in marriage by her father, was attired in a dressmaker suit of aqua wool with dusty pink accessories. Her corsage was of Talisman roses and white hyacinths. Mrs. Orton Hufstader of Washington, D. C., was her sister’s only attendant. She wore a light grey suit made in the same style as the bride’s and had violet accessories. Her shoulder corsage was of deep pink tea roses.
Harold Wilkinson of Sodus was best man.
The bride’s mmother wore a dress of teal blue crepe and the bridegroom’s mother was gowned in blue silk. They both wore corsages of gardenias.
Following the ceremony a wedding breakfast was served at the Smith Tea Room to the bridal party and immediate families. Dr. and Mrs. Beal then left on an extended trip.
Mrs. Beal is a graduate of Alfred University and Albany State Teacher’s College and is at present a member of the Sodus High School Faculty. Dr. Beal is a graduate of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathy and is practicing in Sodus.
Prenuptial events included a shower by Mrs. Harold Wilkinson in Sodus, a dinner and shower by Mrs. Alfred Fletcher of Angelica and a dinner by the Monday Club of Sodus. Out-of-town guests were present at the wedding from Washington, D. C., Sodus and Angelica.


The Angelica Advocate
January 1943
CLARENCE GARFIELD SYLOR, son of the late William and Florence Ann Sylor, died very suddenly at his home in the Town of Allen, Monday evening, January 25th. Surviving are his wife, Edna Manning Sylor; two sons, Calvin and Manning; one grandson, all of Allen; and one sister, Mrs. Ambrose Palmer of Angelica.
Mr. Sylor was born in the Town of Allen, September 21, 1880. Funeral services will be held at his late home, Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock, the Rev. Carr of Swain officiating. Interment in "Until the Day Dawns."


The Angelica Advocate
September 21, 1944
PLATT – SCHUYLER
Miss Felice Freda Schuyler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Guy E. Schuyler of West Almond, New York, and Sergeant Alfred Carleton Platt of Ansonia, Conn., were united in marriage at the Main Post Chapel, Ft. Ord, California, Friday, September 14, 1944, at 4 p.m., Rev. Wilford, the hospital chaplain officiated. The double ring ceremony was used.
Mrs. Lois Hanger of the Red Cross Staff at the Fort Ord hospital was matron of honor and Sergeant Gilbert Wayne Steed, also of the Fort Ord hospital and a close friend of the groom, was best man.
The bride wore a floor-length gown of flowered white taffeta with long-sleeved white taffeta jacket. The fingertip veil of white illusion fell from a tiara of orange blossoms flanked by white satin bows and a cap fashioned of Irish point lace from her mother’s wedding gown. The bride also wore a two strand necklace of pearls, a wedding gift from the groom, and a gold bracelet which was her paternal grandmother’s. The bride’s bouquet was red roses and white stock centered with gardenias and tied with a white taffeta bow and streamers of ribbons.
The matron of honor wore a floor-length gown of spring leaf green silk chiffon with a corsage of gardenias.
The groom and best man wore military attire.
The bride’s going-away suit was black and white checked jersey with black accessories and a corsage of gardenias tied with red, white and blue ribbon.
The chapel was beautifully decorated with bouquets of vari-colored chrysanthemums, palms and lighted tapers. After a short wedding trip, Mr. and Mrs. Platt will reside at 468 Pine Ave., Pacific Grove, Calif.
Following the ceremony, a bridal dinner was held at the Casa Munras Hotel in Monterey, Calif.
The bride is a graduate of Wilsonian High School, Angelica, and Houghton College, Houghton, N. Y., and has taught the past two years at Canisteo and Belmont. She is also an active member of the local Baptist Church.
The groom attended the public school in Ansonia and Mt. Hermon School in Mass. Received his professional training at New Haven General Hospital and Connecticut State Hospital. He enlisted in the armed services on January 1941, and has been stationed at Fort Ord for some time where he is at the head of a clinic.


December 1943
HOLSTEAD – WILSON
Miss Muriel Mary Wilson, daughter of Mrs. Mary E. Wilson of 128 Buscher Ave., Valley Stream, became the bride of Roland Holstead, son of Mrs. Anna Holstead of 12 Cherry Street, Oneonta, N. Y., December 26. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. George Benson Cox at Trinity Chapel in Valley Stream.
The bride, given in marriage by her brother, William Hallstine of the Bronx, wore a powder blue crepe frock with an appliqué net yoke, ice blue feather hat and matching accessories, with a corsage of gladiola and heather. She was attended by Miss Harriet Eleanor Daller, as maid of honor. Peter Dix was best man for Mr. Holstead and Roy Hill and Warren Heiser served as ushers. A reception followed at the home of the bride’s mother.
The bride, a graduate of Walton High School in the Bronx, is employed by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company in New York. Mr. Holstead is a graduate of Wilsonian High School I Angelica and was graduated from Alfred Agricultural School in Alfred. He is employed by J. F. Moore in Valley Stream. They will make their home at 35 Ballard Ave., Valley Stream.


The Angelica Advocate
October 16, 1943
RODERICK CHILDS Listed Missing in War Zone
Angelica, Oct. 16 – Alfred Childs received a telegram Friday afternoon saying that his brother, Sgt. Roderick Childs, was missing in action, as of September 15. Sergeant Childs was a parachutist operating in the Mediterranean area.
His mother, Mrs. Laura Hall, received the last letter from him dated September 4.


The Angelica Advocate
June 3, 1943
LELEAR – BRAUGHLER
Miss Beatrice Braughler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Quay Braughler of Dixonville, Pa., became the bride of Rev. Henry Lelear., son of Mr. and Mrs. Deo Lelear of Angelica, in a ceremony performed at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, June 1, 1943, in the Riverside Wesleyan Methodist Church by Rev. James N. Bence, pastor. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Jack, of East High St., Riverside, were the attendants.
The bride was gowned in white with a finger-tip veil caught to a tiara and carried a bouquet of white roses and sweet peas. Mrs. Jack was gowned in aqua and carried a bouquet of yellow roses and baby gladiolus.
After the wedding, Mr. and Mrs. Jack held a reception with twelve guests present.
Among the pre-nuptial events were a variety shower given at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Max Coleman, Wellsville, N. Y., by the Wesleyan Methodist Church of that place, also, a shower given at the home of Miss Fillmore by the Bible School, Houghton, New York.
Rev. Lelear graduated in June, 1942, and Mrs. Lelear graduated in May, 1943, from the Houghton Bible School.
The happy couple will be at home to their many friends at Westfield, Pa., where he has been pastor for the past year in the Wesleyan Methodist Church.


The Angelica Advocate
April 8, 1943
KELLEY – BEADLE
On Saturday, April 3rd, Miss Kitty Beadle, daughter of Mrs. Laura M. Beadle of Lafayette, Louisiana, was married to Lieut. James W. Kelley, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kelley of Almond, N. Y., in a double wedding ceremony in the chapel at Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland, by Chaplain James Kehoe.
MISS SHIRLEY WALTER AND LIEUT. WALTER CURTIN were married at the same time. The double ring ceremony was used by both couples.
The bridal parties entered to the strains of Lohengrin’s Wedding March. During the ceremony Mrs. J. A. Cummings, wife of Capt. Cummings played “Ave Maria.”
Mrs. Kelley was gowned in powder blue and wore a corsage of white carnations. Miss Helen Jean Kelley, bridesmaid, wore navy blue with a corsage of white carnations.
Following the ceremony a wedding dinner was served to the bridal party in the Oak Room at the Lord Baltimore Hotel, Baltimore, Md.
Mrs. Kelley is a graduate of Southwestern Louisiana Institute at Lafayette, La. At present she is a member of the faculty at Kaplan High School in Louisiana.
Lieut. Kelley, prior to his entrance into the Army was employed by Core Laboratories Inc., at Lafayette, La. He is a graduate of Wilsonian High School, Angelica, N. Y., and St. Bonaventure College, Allegany, N. Y., where he was a member of Alpha Kappa Mu and Tau Chi Sigma.
Lieut. And Mrs. Kelley are spending a ten-day leave at the home of his parents in Almond, N. Y.


The Angelica Advocate
October 1943
MISS MURIEL MORTON, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Morton, and CLAIR ROSSMAN, son of Mrs. Marnie Rossman of Almond, were married October 6, at the South Side Baptist parsonage in Hornell by the Rev. C. Hildreth Wilcox.
They were attended by Mrs. Georgia Corsaw of Alfred, sister of the bride, and Glen Rossman of Almond, brother of the bridegroom.
Following a wedding trip in the Adirondack mountains, they will live on a farm at Almond.
Geneva Star
Summer 1943
WARNER - VOGT
A very pretty late summer wedding took place on Saturday afternoon at 3 o’clock in the First Methodist Church when Miss Lois Evelyn Vogt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nelson D. Vogt, of 28 Lyceum Street became the bride of Joseph Lewis Warner, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Warner of Angelica, N. Y. Rev. Dr. Carl G. McConnell, pastor of the Oneida Methodist Church and former pastor of the local Methodist Church, officiated.
The setting was pink and white, gladioli, hydrangeas, palms and lighted tapers being used. Miss Alice Burnham played a program of organ selections and Mrs. Donald Vogt, sister-in-law of the bride, sang “At Dawning.”
The bride was escorted and given in marriage by her father. She wore a long white gown of marquisette over satin with fitted bodice and trimmed in small motifs of English lace. Her finger-tip veil of illusion was held in place with a coronet of orange blossoms and pearls. Her only ornament was a string of pearls. She carried a bridal bouquet of white roses and gypsophila.
Miss Doris Vogt, sister of the bride was maid of honor, and she wore a tiara of net matching her gown and carried a bouquet of pink sweetheart roses.
Mrs. Vogt, the bride’s mother, wore an afternoon dress of black silk jersey with white accessories. Her corsage was of pink rosebuds. The mother of the bridegroom chose a brown silk crepe with beige accessories and her corsage was of pink rosebuds.
Donald Vogt was best man. Ushers were Glenn Vogt, brother of the bride, and Richard Warner, brother of the bridegroom.
A reception followed in the home of the bride’s parents, where garden flowers and hydrangea were used in the decorations. A beautiful three-tiered pink and white wedding cake and white tapers centered the bride’s table where covers were set for twelve. The Misses Kay Salem and Dorothy Bouchey poured and the Misses Marge Cousal and Virginia Starr, friends of the bride, assisted in serving. Catering was done by Mrs. Clarence Fingland, assisted by Mrs. Hoffa Bogart of Flint.
For traveling, the bride wore a black and white polka dot suit with black and white accessories. Her corsage was sweetheart rosebuds.
About sixty guests attended the reception from Angelica, Newark, Phelps, Rochester, Gorham, Brooklyn, Seneca Falls, Dallas, Pa., and Nashville, Tenn.
Pre-nuptial events included a variety shower given by the bridegroom’s mother, a bedroom and bathroom shower given by Mrs. Richard Brignal; a grocery shower by Mrs. Donald Vogt and Doris Vogt; a personal shower by Miss Kay Salem; a dinner and party at Bellhurst by coworkers at the Shuron office; a stag party and dinner given for the bridegroom by Donald and Nelson Vogt at the home of the latter.


The Angelica Advocate
1943
Young House Damaged By Recent Fire
Fire of unknown origin destroyed the home of MR. AND MRS. HAMILTON YOUNG, Sunday afternoon, shortly after 1 o’clock. The upper story was completely destroyed by fire and the lower story by water and smoke. Much furniture, antiques and old treasures in the attic were destroyed.
MISS BARBER, who lived in the upper apartment, was away at the time and lost books and some clothing. Miss Barber is staying for the present in an apartment at Clair Evans’.
The loss is only partly covered by insurance. Mr. and Mrs. Young are planning to rebuild at once.


The Angelica Advocate
December 23, 1943?
COREY – BEST
In a candlelight service at the Delta Delta Delta sorority house of Syracuse University on Tuesday, December 21, at 5:45 p.m., Miss Mary Jane Best, daughter of Mrs. Arthur Best and the late Mr. Best, became the bride of Dr. Robert Thomas Corey, son of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert D. Corey of Angelica, New York. The Reverent Egbert M. Hayes, Presbyterian University pastor of Syracuse University, officiated.
The ceremony was performed before the pine-decked mantle in the living room. Christmas decorations were used throughout the house. Piano selections were played by Mrs. Robert Barnhart of Wappingers Falls, a sorority sister of the bride.
Mrs. Reginald Merrill (nee Barbara Lee), a cousin of the groom, was the bride’s only attendant. Dr. John Duggan, a classmate of the groom, was the best man.
The bride was attired in a forest green wool suit with matching hat and contrasting accessories. She wore an orchid corsage. The matron of honor, Mrs. Merrill, wore a brown dresssmaker suit with matching accessories and an orchid corsage.
Mrs. Best chose for her daughter’s wedding a street-length dress of fuchsia crepe with black accessories, and a camellia corsage. Mrs. Corey selected a soldier blue gown with matching accessories and a camellia corsage.
After the reception which immediately followed the wedding ceremony, the couple left for a trip to Canada.
Mrs. Corey was a graduate from the College of Business Administration, Syracuse University, where she was a former member of Delta Delta Delta Sorority. She was a former commercial teacher in the Wilsonian High School. Recently, she has been employed as secretary to the Direction of Admissions, Syracuse University.
The groom received his bachelor’s degree from Alfred University where he was a member of Kappa Psi Upsilon fraternity and was active in college athletic and journalism organizations. Dr. Corey was graduated on Tuesday, December 21 from Syracuse University College of Medicine and will serve his internship at the Buffalo General Hospital beginning January 1.

 

 

The Angelica Advocate
1942
Engagement Announced
MR. AND MRS. WILLIAM KUNZ of Angelica announce the engagement of their daughter, ROWENA, 543 Ashland Ave., Buffalo, to Mr. VICTOR D. NAPLES, 23, Fargo St., Buffalo.
Miss Kunz, former reporter with the Utica Observer-Dispatch, also worked for two and one-half years as publicity woman for stage, screen and opera personalities in New York City. She has been employed for the past six months in the purchasing department of the Chevrolet Motor and Axle Plant in Buffalo, where Mr. Naples is also employed. The wedding has been set for April 11th.


The Angelica Advocate
June 11, 1942
NAPLES - KUNZ
Miss Rowena Kunz, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Kunz, Angelica, became the bride of Mr. Victor D. Naples, 23 Fargo St., Buffalo, on Saturday, June 6, in the rectory of St. Joseph’s Church, Niagara Falls, N.Y.
Mr. and Mrs. John Condon of Buffalo were the attendants. The couple is residing at 543 Ashland Ave., Buffalo.


The Angelica Advocate
June 11, 1942
SEIVER - SMUNTAS
The marriage of Miss Margaret Smuntas, daughter of Mrs. D. Eastwood of Wellsboro, Pa., to Corporal Lloyd W. Seiver, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Seiver, took place in Wellsboro, Sunday, June 7th. Miss Dorothy Smuntas and Raymond Gerlaski were attendants.
The ceremony was performed by Rev. Maurice Hughes.
The wedding breakfast was held at the Hotel Penn, Wellsboro, with a reception following at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Eastwood.
The bride is a graduate of Saint Mary’s Academy, Cristobal, Canal Zone. She is now employed at the Corning Glass Works Plant at Wellsboro. Mr. Seiver is a graduate of Wilsonian High School, Angelica, and Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, N. Y. He is now stationed at Headquarters and Headquarters [sic] Co., C. A. S. U., Camp Edwards, Mass.
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Seiver and Mrs. Jerome Feldbauer of this place attended the ceremony.


May 1942
MRS. ELSIE E. COLLINS
Jamestown – Mrs. Elsie E. Collins, 71, widow of Edward C. Collins, died at her home 503 East Fifth St. Saturday, May 23rd, at 12 M., after an illness of several months.
She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Myrtle Winship of this city; a son, Frank E. May of Olean; a brother, Dr. J. C. Sayers of Reynoldsville, Pa., and three grandchildren, Guy E. Winship of this city and Frank May, Jr., and Robert May of Olean.
She was born at New Bethlehem, Pa., December 8, 1870.
Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon, May 26, 1942, at the Henderson and Lincoln Chapel. Interment was in Lake View Cemetery.
Mrs. Collins had been a long resident of Angelica before moving to Jamestown in April, 1929.


The Angelica Advocate
1942
Angelica Hit Hard
Angelica Bridges Out
In Angelica, East Main, Closser and Center Street bridges were washed out and the new state highway bridge was under more than four feet of water.
CHARLES GIBSON reported loss of nine cows, drowned in Angelica Cree, and A. H. REMSEN and the REV. H. M. FARGO reported the loss of one each.
The car and garage of FAY PALMER were washed away as was a shed on the TIMOTHY HIGHLAND estate formerly used as a blacksmith shop.
MRS. CLARA FRACE of Olean Street was removed from her home by firemen when water surrounded the house.
The high water in Angelica was termed the worst in the history of the village. Roads to West Almond and other places were closed: telephone communication was cut off, and gas and water supplies were cut off in parts of the village.
Houses on the East and West ends of Main Street were surrounded by water and in many instances water came in on the first floor of homes.
Charles Gibson’s horses were seen swimming in the waters of Angelica Creek. When they came to a road they came to shore and were rescued.
Victory gardens on Main, Mechanic, Olean, South and Center Streets were ruined.
The water rose so rapidly that residents had little time to move furniture to places of safety.
East of the village water washed out a road and damaged railroad tracks near the Allegany County home.


The Angelica Advocate
July 1942
MR. AND MRS. E. ALLEN MAPES announce the birth of a daughter, Patricia Ann on July 12th.


The Angelica Advocate
July 10, 1942
ROBERTS – SILFIES
A pretty wedding was solemnized Saturday, July 4, when Rev. Dewey E. Mullins united in marriage Miss Janet Silfies of Angelica, N. Y. and Pvt. Harold Roberts of Camp Lee, VA. Mr. Marshall Freeman and Mrs. N. N. Cummins, Jr. of Petersburg, Va., attended the couple. The ceremony was performed at the First Methodist Church of Hopewell, Virginia.
The bride was attired in a street-length gown of yellow jersey with white accessories, and wore a corsage of white violets and gardenias. Mrs. Cummins wore a turf tan gown with white accessories and had a corsage of sweet peas and rosebuds.
Mrs. Roberts is a graduate of Wilsonian High School, Angelica, N. Y., and of Culver Beauty Academy, Rochester, N. Y. She also attended the Federal Commercial School in Hornell, N. Y.
Private Roberts is a graduate of Wilsonian High School, Angelica, N. Y., and of Simman’s School of Embalming and Mortuary, Syracuse, N. Y.


The Angelica Advocate
1942
MRS. RUTH LYON entertained Tuesday evening in honor of MISS MARIE LYON of Perry, whose marriage to BERNARD SMITH of Perry, takes place this month. The occasion was a kitchen shower.


The Angelica Advocate
June 1941
MILLICENT D. WILBER, CLAIR T. GRASTORF Marry At Church
Angelica, June 23 – Miss Millicent Doris Wilber, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wilber of Mechanic Street, and Clair T. Grastorf, son of Henry Grastorf, of this place, were married Saturday evening at the Baptist Church by the Rev. Eugene Donelson.
The church was decorated with garden flowers and Miss Janet Silfies played the wedding music.
The bride wore an old rose chiffon dress with white accessories and a corsage of white gardenias and sweet peas. Mrs. Charles Day of Almond was her attendant and wore a dark blue gown with white accessories and a corsage of white gardenias and sweet peas.
Charles Day of Almond, was the best man.
Mrs. Grastorf is a graduate of Wilsonian High School and Culver Beauty Academy in Rochester. Mr. Grastorf graduated from Wilsonian High School and Colgate University. He is now employed by the Taylor Instrument Company of Rochester as a junior specification engineer.
Mr. and Mrs. Grastorf will make their home at 640 West Main Street, Rochester.
Out of town guests included Mr. and Mrs. William Junker and Mr. and Mrs. Homer Burdick of Friendship; Mr. and Mrs. Earl Leonard of Baltimore, Md.; Miss Phyllis fuller of Portville and Rodney Sheffield of Olean.
Prenuptials for the bride included a kitchen shower by Mrs. Homer Burdick of Friendship.


The Angelica Advocate
May 1941
Angelica, May 17 – MRS. EDITH RUTHERFORD HERDMAN died at the Burns Nursing home in Belmont Friday following a short illness.
For many years she was a teacher and later a principal in the Salamanca School system. She went from Salamanca to Washington, D. C. where she taught until the year 1909 when she was married to William Herdman of Angelica.
Mrs. Herdman was a sister of the late Edward Rutherford, attorney at Belfast, and she is survived by a niece, Josephine Rutherford of Rome, N.Y., and a nephew, Edward Rutherford of New York City.
She was closely identified with community life in Angelica. She was at one time a member of Wilsonian High School faculty, a member of the Methodist Church and active in its various organizations, a member of the Progress Club, and on the Board of the Angelica Public Library.
The body will be in state at the Wolcott Funeral Home in Angelica until Sunday, when it will be taken to the Methodist Church for funeral services at 2 p.m. (EDT). Burial will be in Angelica Cemetery.


The Angelica Advocate
1941
LODDER – DIEBERT
In a simple ceremony in Asbury Methodist Church, Rochester, at 11 a.m. last Saturday, Miss Margaret Diebert, daughter of Mrs. Edna Diebert of Angelica, and James H. Lodder, of Post Avenue, that place, [sic] took their nuptial vows.
The bride wore a gown of coral crepe with white accessories and a shoulder bouquet of orchids, while her matron of honor, Mrs. Walter Zagata, wore a green and white crepe dress with a shoulder bouquet of tea roses. Russell W. Quinn was best man for the bridegroom.
Following the ceremony, a wedding dinner was served at the Home Dining Room. After a honeymoon in the Adirondacks, Mr. and Mrs. Lodder will reside at 80 Post Ave.


The Angelica Advocate
October 14, 1941
MISS MARIE PAULSON WEDS REV. EUGENE DONELSON
Angelica – Miss Marie Paulsen and the Rev. Eugene Donelson were married Sunday, October 5, in the United Brethren in Frewsburg by the Rev. J. S. Strong. They were attended by Vivian Paulen, of Castile, and Loye Donelson, of Frewsburg.
The Rev. Mr. Donelson is a former pastor of Angelica Baptist Church and his wife was assistant cashier of the Angelica Bank. The Rev. Mr. Donelson is at present acting as pastor of the United Brethren Church at Bear Lake, Pa.



 

 

The Angelica Advocate
May 1942
CORPORAL RODERICK E. CHILD has received a diploma from the Infantry School, U. S. Army, stating that he has satisfactorily completed the prescribed course in Parachute Packing, Ground Training, and jumping from a plane in flight. He is, therefore, rated as a Qualified Parachutist.



The Angelica Advocate
October 23, 1941
HEANEY – HERDMAN
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Herdman announce the marriage of their daughter, Marion, to William Heaney of Mount Morris. The marriage was solemnized at Mount Morris Monday, October 20. Mr. and Mrs. Haywood were attendants. After a short wedding trip the couple will be at home at Craig Colony, Sonyea.


The Angelica Advocate
November 20, 1941
MISS GERALDINE BREADON AND LYNN W. GRAHAM Wed
Miss Geraldine Breadon, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Breadon of Angelica, and Lynn W. Graham, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Graham, were married Thursday evening, Nov. 13, 1941, at Warrens Corners, N.Y., by the Rev. Louis C. Teague.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Jennings attended the bridal couple.


The Angelica Advocate
1941
KENNETH PIERCE Has Bad Accident
Last Wednesday, in the Alfred-Almond schoolhouse, an explosion took place which resulted in severe injuries to Kenneth Pierce, assistant janitor. It is thought the cause was a leak in the pilot, no fire being in the furnace at the time as it was undergoing repairs.
Mr. Pierce was thrown back several feet, and suffered 3rd degrees burns on his face and arms, while the rest of his body was burned to the tops of his shoes.
He is being cared for at Bethesda Hospital. Barring complications, it is thought he may be considered out of danger in another two weeks.
[personal notation: “Mr. Pierce is Abagail Braedon’s husband, serious.”]


The Angelica Advocate
1942
FELDBAUER – WEBSTER
Mr. and Mrs. Elmore Webster announce the marriage of their daughter, Helen, to Private Jerome Feldbauer of Fort Jackson, So. Carolina.


Buffalo, N. Y.
1942
Buffalo Flying Cadet Killed on Solo Flight
A twenty-year-old Buffalonian, who abandoned a university education to enlist as an aviation cadet soon after Pearl Harbor, was killed in a plane crash on Wednesday during a solo training flight at Coleman Field, Tex., according to advices received here last night.
He is CADET JAMES R. DE VITA, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. Richard DeVita, 931 Genesee Street. No details of the accident were contained in the telegram received by his parents.
DeVita was a nineteen-year-old freshman in the engineering course at the University of Buffalo when he filed application for enlistment as a cadet in January at the Army recruiting station here. He was enlisted March 12th, called for service on April 21st, and sent to Kelly Field for training. Later, he was transferred to Coleman Field.
In recent letters to his parents, Cadet DeVita said he had been engaged in solo flying over a four-week period and expected to receive his wings in another month.
Funeral arrangements were being completed last night after the family was advised. The body will be accompanied home by a cadet escort.
DeVita received his earlier education at School 39 and Fosdick Masten High School.
His father served as a lieutenant in World War I with Bellevue Hospital Unit, No. 1. He saw service in the front lines at the Argonne-Meuse and St. Mihiel.
Friends said young DeVita became imbued with patriotism immediately after the Pearl Harbor attack and insisted on enlistment until his parents gave their consent.
Besides his parents, he is survived by a brother, Michael J. and a sister, Susanne.

The Angelica Advocate
1942
Local Youth Joins U. S. Marines
The United States Marine Corps Recruiting Office for this area announced that ROBERT H. WARNER, 17, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Warner of Angelica, N. Y., has been accepted for service with Uncle Sam’s hard-hitting Leathernecks.
Vowing to “do his bit,” the new recruit took his oath of allegiance as he was sworn into the service by Lieutenant-Colonel Clifford O. Henry, Officer in charge of the Buffalo headquarters.
Enlisted as a private, the youthful Leatherneck has been transferred to the Marine Corps training center at Parris Island, S. C., where he will be taught all the basic principles of modern, high speed warfare.


The Angelica Advocate
1942
BETTE SILFIES Weds DODWORTH ROWE At Buffalo
Miss Bette Silfies, daughter of Mrs. Agnes Silfies of Angelica, became the bride of Dodworth P. Rowe, son of Mr. and Mrs. Layton Rowe of Angelica, in the Riverside Methodist Church, Buffalo, Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock. The Rev. John W. Annas, Jr. at present the Dean of the Epworth League Institute at Silver Lake, performed the ceremony.
The bride was dressed in a street length gown of yellow with Kelly green accessories and wore a corsage of delphiniums and roses. Miss Maxine Silfies, sister of the bride, was maid of honor. She wore a beige suit with luggage [sic] accessories. Her corsage was of delphinium and roses.
Kenneth Hakes of Buffalo was best man.
A reception for members of the immediate families followed by ceremony in the future home of the couple. Mr. and Mrs. Rowe left shortly afterward for a week’s stay at a lodge on the French River in Canada. On their return they will reside on Williams Street in Tonawanda, N. Y.
Guests from Angelica were Mrs. Agnes Silfies, Miss Maxine Silfies, Mrs. Harold Roberts, Arthur Olsowsky, Mr. and Mrs. Layton Rowe, Miss Doris Rowe, Mrs. Marion Keyes and Miss Barbara Keyes.


The Angelica Advocate
January 1943
Joins WAACS
Miss IDA BELLE CRAWFORD, daughter of Mrs. Flora Crawford, is the first young woman of Angelica to join the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps. She left last week for Des Moines, Iowa, where she will receive basic training.


The Angelica Advocate
May 6, 1943
MR. AND MRS. ROGER HOOKER announce the birth of a daughter, Jeanette, on Monday, May 3rd, at Wellsville.


The Angelica Advocate
February 12, 1943
FRANCES GENTHER, PVT. CHARLES DERX Wed in Angelica
Miss Frances Jane Genther and Private Charles Derx were united in marriage in a ceremony performed in Sacred Heart Church here Thursday morning. The Rev. Daniel McCarthy officiated at the Nuptial High Mass.
The bride is the daughter of Mrs. Frances Genther of Brooklyn Street and the bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Derx of Olean Street.
The couple was attended by Miss Ellen Genther of Elmira, sister of the bride, and Roderick Seidel of Olean, cousin of the bride.
The bride wore a gold wool suit with brown accessories and a corsage of gardenias. Her attendant was gowned in navy blue crepe with white accessories and a corsage of pink carnations.
The bride’s mother wore a dark blue crepe suit and a corsage of red roses. The bridegroom’s mother wore a dress of olive green silk with a similar corsage.
Mrs. Taylor Brown and Mrs. Bruce Powant sang the responses in the mass and Miss Katherine Hyland was organist. The church was decorated with yellow daffodils and white gladioli.
A wedding breakfast was served at the bride’s home for members of the immediate families.
After a short trip Private Derx will return to his military duties at New Bedford, Mass., and Mrs. Derx will remain here for a time.


The Angelica Advocate
1943
The REV. I. W. SLATER is going to Watkins Glen, Thursday, to be with his grandson, SERG. RICHARD SLATER, bombardier, who is home on furlough. Serg. Slater was numbered among the first contingent to land in Australia and has been shot down by the Japs, having to bail out over New Guinea. It took him 3 weeks thru the jungle to reach his unit again. Another crash landing killed two of his buddies and put Serg. Slater in the hospital for a time. Serg. Slater attended Houghton College when he was studying for the ministry before the war.



The Angelica Advocate
February 25, 1943
DOROTHY GIBSON, DR. M. F. BEAL Wed in Church Here Saturday
Sodus – February 20 - Miss Dorothy Porter Gibson of Sodus, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gibson of Angelica, was united in marriage to Dr. Morris Floyd Beal, son of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Beal of Sodus, at 12:30 p.m. Saturday in the Westminster Presbyterian Church here. The double-ring service was solemnized with the Rev. Ward B. Flaxington officiating.
The bride, given in marriage by her father, was attired in a dressmaker suit of aqua wool with dusty pink accessories. Her corsage was of Talisman roses and white hyacinths. Mrs. Orton Hufstader of Washington, D. C., was her sister’s only attendant. She wore a light grey suit made in the same style as the bride’s and had violet accessories. Her shoulder corsage was of deep pink tea roses.
Harold Wilkinson of Sodus was best man.
The bride’s mmother wore a dress of teal blue crepe and the bridegroom’s mother was gowned in blue silk. They both wore corsages of gardenias.
Following the ceremony a wedding breakfast was served at the Smith Tea Room to the bridal party and immediate families. Dr. and Mrs. Beal then left on an extended trip.
Mrs. Beal is a graduate of Alfred University and Albany State Teacher’s College and is at present a member of the Sodus High School Faculty. Dr. Beal is a graduate of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathy and is practicing in Sodus.
Prenuptial events included a shower by Mrs. Harold Wilkinson in Sodus, a dinner and shower by Mrs. Alfred Fletcher of Angelica and a dinner by the Monday Club of Sodus. Out-of-town guests were present at the wedding from Washington, D. C., Sodus and Angelica.


The Angelica Advocate
January 1943
CLARENCE GARFIELD SYLOR, son of the late William and Florence Ann Sylor, died very suddenly at his home in the Town of Allen, Monday evening, January 25th. Surviving are his wife, Edna Manning Sylor; two sons, Calvin and Manning; one grandson, all of Allen; and one sister, Mrs. Ambrose Palmer of Angelica.
Mr. Sylor was born in the Town of Allen, September 21, 1880. Funeral services will be held at his late home, Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock, the Rev. Carr of Swain officiating. Interment in "Until the Day Dawns."


The Angelica Advocate
September 21, 1944
PLATT – SCHUYLER
Miss Felice Freda Schuyler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Guy E. Schuyler of West Almond, New York, and Sergeant Alfred Carleton Platt of Ansonia, Conn., were united in marriage at the Main Post Chapel, Ft. Ord, California, Friday, September 14, 1944, at 4 p.m., Rev. Wilford, the hospital chaplain officiated. The double ring ceremony was used.
Mrs. Lois Hanger of the Red Cross Staff at the Fort Ord hospital was matron of honor and Sergeant Gilbert Wayne Steed, also of the Fort Ord hospital and a close friend of the groom, was best man.
The bride wore a floor-length gown of flowered white taffeta with long-sleeved white taffeta jacket. The fingertip veil of white illusion fell from a tiara of orange blossoms flanked by white satin bows and a cap fashioned of Irish point lace from her mother’s wedding gown. The bride also wore a two strand necklace of pearls, a wedding gift from the groom, and a gold bracelet which was her paternal grandmother’s. The bride’s bouquet was red roses and white stock centered with gardenias and tied with a white taffeta bow and streamers of ribbons.
The matron of honor wore a floor-length gown of spring leaf green silk chiffon with a corsage of gardenias.
The groom and best man wore military attire.
The bride’s going-away suit was black and white checked jersey with black accessories and a corsage of gardenias tied with red, white and blue ribbon.
The chapel was beautifully decorated with bouquets of vari-colored chrysanthemums, palms and lighted tapers. After a short wedding trip, Mr. and Mrs. Platt will reside at 468 Pine Ave., Pacific Grove, Calif.
Following the ceremony, a bridal dinner was held at the Casa Munras Hotel in Monterey, Calif.
The bride is a graduate of Wilsonian High School, Angelica, and Houghton College, Houghton, N. Y., and has taught the past two years at Canisteo and Belmont. She is also an active member of the local Baptist Church.
The groom attended the public school in Ansonia and Mt. Hermon School in Mass. Received his professional training at New Haven General Hospital and Connecticut State Hospital. He enlisted in the armed services on January 1941, and has been stationed at Fort Ord for some time where he is at the head of a clinic.


December 1943
HOLSTEAD – WILSON
Miss Muriel Mary Wilson, daughter of Mrs. Mary E. Wilson of 128 Buscher Ave., Valley Stream, became the bride of Roland Holstead, son of Mrs. Anna Holstead of 12 Cherry Street, Oneonta, N. Y., December 26. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. George Benson Cox at Trinity Chapel in Valley Stream.
The bride, given in marriage by her brother, William Hallstine of the Bronx, wore a powder blue crepe frock with an appliqué net yoke, ice blue feather hat and matching accessories, with a corsage of gladiola and heather. She was attended by Miss Harriet Eleanor Daller, as maid of honor. Peter Dix was best man for Mr. Holstead and Roy Hill and Warren Heiser served as ushers. A reception followed at the home of the bride’s mother.
The bride, a graduate of Walton High School in the Bronx, is employed by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company in New York. Mr. Holstead is a graduate of Wilsonian High School I Angelica and was graduated from Alfred Agricultural School in Alfred. He is employed by J. F. Moore in Valley Stream. They will make their home at 35 Ballard Ave., Valley Stream.


The Angelica Advocate
October 16, 1943
RODERICK CHILDS Listed Missing in War Zone
Angelica, Oct. 16 – Alfred Childs received a telegram Friday afternoon saying that his brother, Sgt. Roderick Childs, was missing in action, as of September 15. Sergeant Childs was a parachutist operating in the Mediterranean area.
His mother, Mrs. Laura Hall, received the last letter from him dated September 4.


The Angelica Advocate
June 3, 1943
LELEAR – BRAUGHLER
Miss Beatrice Braughler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Quay Braughler of Dixonville, Pa., became the bride of Rev. Henry Lelear., son of Mr. and Mrs. Deo Lelear of Angelica, in a ceremony performed at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, June 1, 1943, in the Riverside Wesleyan Methodist Church by Rev. James N. Bence, pastor. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Jack, of East High St., Riverside, were the attendants.
The bride was gowned in white with a finger-tip veil caught to a tiara and carried a bouquet of white roses and sweet peas. Mrs. Jack was gowned in aqua and carried a bouquet of yellow roses and baby gladiolus.
After the wedding, Mr. and Mrs. Jack held a reception with twelve guests present.
Among the pre-nuptial events were a variety shower given at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Max Coleman, Wellsville, N. Y., by the Wesleyan Methodist Church of that place, also, a shower given at the home of Miss Fillmore by the Bible School, Houghton, New York.
Rev. Lelear graduated in June, 1942, and Mrs. Lelear graduated in May, 1943, from the Houghton Bible School.
The happy couple will be at home to their many friends at Westfield, Pa., where he has been pastor for the past year in the Wesleyan Methodist Church.


The Angelica Advocate
April 8, 1943
KELLEY – BEADLE
On Saturday, April 3rd, Miss Kitty Beadle, daughter of Mrs. Laura M. Beadle of Lafayette, Louisiana, was married to Lieut. James W. Kelley, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kelley of Almond, N. Y., in a double wedding ceremony in the chapel at Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland, by Chaplain James Kehoe.
MISS SHIRLEY WALTER AND LIEUT. WALTER CURTIN were married at the same time. The double ring ceremony was used by both couples.
The bridal parties entered to the strains of Lohengrin’s Wedding March. During the ceremony Mrs. J. A. Cummings, wife of Capt. Cummings played “Ave Maria.”
Mrs. Kelley was gowned in powder blue and wore a corsage of white carnations. Miss Helen Jean Kelley, bridesmaid, wore navy blue with a corsage of white carnations.
Following the ceremony a wedding dinner was served to the bridal party in the Oak Room at the Lord Baltimore Hotel, Baltimore, Md.
Mrs. Kelley is a graduate of Southwestern Louisiana Institute at Lafayette, La. At present she is a member of the faculty at Kaplan High School in Louisiana.
Lieut. Kelley, prior to his entrance into the Army was employed by Core Laboratories Inc., at Lafayette, La. He is a graduate of Wilsonian High School, Angelica, N. Y., and St. Bonaventure College, Allegany, N. Y., where he was a member of Alpha Kappa Mu and Tau Chi Sigma.
Lieut. And Mrs. Kelley are spending a ten-day leave at the home of his parents in Almond, N. Y.


The Angelica Advocate
October 1943
MISS MURIEL MORTON, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Morton, and CLAIR ROSSMAN, son of Mrs. Marnie Rossman of Almond, were married October 6, at the South Side Baptist parsonage in Hornell by the Rev. C. Hildreth Wilcox.
They were attended by Mrs. Georgia Corsaw of Alfred, sister of the bride, and Glen Rossman of Almond, brother of the bridegroom.
Following a wedding trip in the Adirondack mountains, they will live on a farm at Almond.
Geneva Star
Summer 1943
WARNER - VOGT
A very pretty late summer wedding took place on Saturday afternoon at 3 o’clock in the First Methodist Church when Miss Lois Evelyn Vogt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nelson D. Vogt, of 28 Lyceum Street became the bride of Joseph Lewis Warner, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Warner of Angelica, N. Y. Rev. Dr. Carl G. McConnell, pastor of the Oneida Methodist Church and former pastor of the local Methodist Church, officiated.
The setting was pink and white, gladioli, hydrangeas, palms and lighted tapers being used. Miss Alice Burnham played a program of organ selections and Mrs. Donald Vogt, sister-in-law of the bride, sang “At Dawning.”
The bride was escorted and given in marriage by her father. She wore a long white gown of marquisette over satin with fitted bodice and trimmed in small motifs of English lace. Her finger-tip veil of illusion was held in place with a coronet of orange blossoms and pearls. Her only ornament was a string of pearls. She carried a bridal bouquet of white roses and gypsophila.
Miss Doris Vogt, sister of the bride was maid of honor, and she wore a tiara of net matching her gown and carried a bouquet of pink sweetheart roses.
Mrs. Vogt, the bride’s mother, wore an afternoon dress of black silk jersey with white accessories. Her corsage was of pink rosebuds. The mother of the bridegroom chose a brown silk crepe with beige accessories and her corsage was of pink rosebuds.
Donald Vogt was best man. Ushers were Glenn Vogt, brother of the bride, and Richard Warner, brother of the bridegroom.
A reception followed in the home of the bride’s parents, where garden flowers and hydrangea were used in the decorations. A beautiful three-tiered pink and white wedding cake and white tapers centered the bride’s table where covers were set for twelve. The Misses Kay Salem and Dorothy Bouchey poured and the Misses Marge Cousal and Virginia Starr, friends of the bride, assisted in serving. Catering was done by Mrs. Clarence Fingland, assisted by Mrs. Hoffa Bogart of Flint.
For traveling, the bride wore a black and white polka dot suit with black and white accessories. Her corsage was sweetheart rosebuds.
About sixty guests attended the reception from Angelica, Newark, Phelps, Rochester, Gorham, Brooklyn, Seneca Falls, Dallas, Pa., and Nashville, Tenn.
Pre-nuptial events included a variety shower given by the bridegroom’s mother, a bedroom and bathroom shower given by Mrs. Richard Brignal; a grocery shower by Mrs. Donald Vogt and Doris Vogt; a personal shower by Miss Kay Salem; a dinner and party at Bellhurst by coworkers at the Shuron office; a stag party and dinner given for the bridegroom by Donald and Nelson Vogt at the home of the latter.


The Angelica Advocate
1943
Young House Damaged By Recent Fire
Fire of unknown origin destroyed the home of MR. AND MRS. HAMILTON YOUNG, Sunday afternoon, shortly after 1 o’clock. The upper story was completely destroyed by fire and the lower story by water and smoke. Much furniture, antiques and old treasures in the attic were destroyed.
MISS BARBER, who lived in the upper apartment, was away at the time and lost books and some clothing. Miss Barber is staying for the present in an apartment at Clair Evans’.
The loss is only partly covered by insurance. Mr. and Mrs. Young are planning to rebuild at once.


The Angelica Advocate
December 23, 1943?
COREY – BEST
In a candlelight service at the Delta Delta Delta sorority house of Syracuse University on Tuesday, December 21, at 5:45 p.m., Miss Mary Jane Best, daughter of Mrs. Arthur Best and the late Mr. Best, became the bride of Dr. Robert Thomas Corey, son of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert D. Corey of Angelica, New York. The Reverent Egbert M. Hayes, Presbyterian University pastor of Syracuse University, officiated.



The ceremony was performed before the pine-decked mantle in the living room. Christmas decorations were used throughout the house. Piano selections were played by Mrs. Robert Barnhart of Wappingers Falls, a sorority sister of the bride.
Mrs. Reginald Merrill (nee Barbara Lee), a cousin of the groom, was the bride’s only attendant. Dr. John Duggan, a classmate of the groom, was the best man.
The bride was attired in a forest green wool suit with matching hat and contrasting accessories. She wore an orchid corsage. The matron of honor, Mrs. Merrill, wore a brown dresssmaker suit with matching accessories and an orchid corsage.
Mrs. Best chose for her daughter’s wedding a street-length dress of fuchsia crepe with black accessories, and a camellia corsage. Mrs. Corey selected a soldier blue gown with matching accessories and a camellia corsage.
After the reception which immediately followed the wedding ceremony, the couple left for a trip to Canada.
Mrs. Corey was a graduate from the College of Business Administration, Syracuse University, where she was a former member of Delta Delta Delta Sorority. She was a former commercial teacher in the Wilsonian High School. Recently, she has been employed as secretary to the Direction of Admissions, Syracuse University.
The groom received his bachelor’s degree from Alfred University where he was a member of Kappa Psi Upsilon fraternity and was active in college athletic and journalism organizations. Dr. Corey was graduated on Tuesday, December 21 from Syracuse University College of Medicine and will serve his internship at the Buffalo General Hospital beginning January 1.

 

The Angelica Advocate

October 25, 1945

MISS MARGARET WRIGHT Weds MILTON RATHBUN In Wallace Church

Miss Margaret Wright, daughter of the Rev. and Mrs. Stanley Wright of Wallace, and Milton Rathbun, son of Mrs. Clyde Rathbun of Houghton, were united in marriage at the Wesleyan Methodist Church parsonage in Wallace, Saturday noon, October 20. The bride’s father performed the ceremony.

Attending the couple were Mrs. Wilfred Duncan of Buffalo, sister of the bride, and Hendrick Rathbun of Fillmore, brother of the bridegroom.

Following a brief wedding trip, they will reside in Rochester where he is employed.

Mrs. Rathbun is a graduate of Houghton College and he attended there before entering the service. Mr. Rathbun has been honorably discharged from the Army after serving in the European Theatre of operations.

 

 

The Angelica Advocate

April 6, 1945

Death of ROBERT H. WARNER On Iwo Jima Shocks Angelica

Western Union telegram

April 3, 1945

5:19 P.M.

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Warner,

Angelica, N. Y.

Deeply regret to inform you that your son, “Corporal Robert H. Warner, U.S.M.C.R., died of wounds received in action at Iwo Jima, Volcano Island, in the performance of his duty and service of his country.

Report states the remains buried in Grave No. 764, Plot No. 1, Row No. 16, 4^th Marine Division Cemetery at Iwo Jima.

Please accept my heartfelt sympathy. Letter follows.

A.A. Vandergrift,

Lt. general U.S.M.C.

Commandant of the Marine Corps

 

He is the first Angelica boy to be killed in action.

Corporal Warner enlisted in the Marine Corps when he was 17 and he received his training at Parris Island. He was sent to New London, Conn., where he was stationed as a guard. Before going overseas he was stationed at Camp Pendleton, Calif.

Corporal Warner fought in four major campaigns, Kwajalein, in the Marshalls, Saipan and Tinian, where he was wounded and was hospitalized because of his wounds and yellow jaundice. He recovered quickly and went into action on Iwo Jima.

Corporal Warner was a member of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, a member of the choir, and had acted as crucifier and altar boy.

Besides his parents, he is survived by three brothers, Joseph Warner, Jr., of Geneva, Richard Warner of the Marine Corps and James Warner at home.

 

 

The Angelica Advocate

April 5, 1945

FARNUM – WICKWIRE

At an early spring wedding, Thursday evening, March 29, Hazel Irene Wickwire, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Wickwire of Belmont, became the bride of Pvt. Luther C. Farnum, son of Mrs. Grace Farnum and the late Gordon Farnum of Angelica.

The wedding was solemnized in St. Paul’s Episcopal Church by Rev. Roy L. Webber. Easter Lilies and pink and white snapdragons formed the setting. Mrs. Ray Lyon of Belvidere played the wedding music,

The bride, who was given in marriage by her father, wore a street length gown of beige with brown accessories. Her corsage was of Easter lilies and white snapdragons.

The maid of honor was the bride’s sister, Miss Edna Wickwire. She wore a gold colored gown with brown accessories. Her corsage was of pink carnations and pink snapdragons.

Harland Palmer of Angelica attended the groom.

Following the ceremony, a reception was held at the home of Mrs. Grace Farnum.

Pvt. Farnum left Monday, for Camp Meade, Maryland.

 

 

The Angelica Advocate

February 17, 1946

Marriages

MISS ISABELLEMARSHALL of Arlington, Va., and LT. RICHARD G. GILMORE of Belfast.

 

 

The Angelica Advocate

June 20, 1946

OLSOWSKY – SILFIES

Miss Maxine Silfies of North Tonawanda, became the bride of Mr. Arthur Olsowsky of Angelica, on Wednesday afternoon, at four o’clock on June 19^th, at the First Methodist Episcopal Church in Ogdensburg. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. George Dando.

The couple was attended by Mr. and Mrs. Harold Roberts, brother-in-law and sister of the bride, who are residing in Ogdensburg.

The bride wore a shell pink gabardine shit with white accessories and wore a corsage of red roses and lily of the valley. Her only jewelry was a string of pearls, a gift of the bridegroom. Her attendant was attired in a gold wool suit with black accessories and wore a corsage of gardenias. After the ceremony, the bridal party enjoyed a wedding dinner at the Holiday Inn, overlooking the St. Lawrence River.

Mrs. Olsowsky is a graduate of Wilsonian High School, Angelica, Class of 1942, and until recently was employed on the office staff of Bell Aircraft Corporation, Niagara Falls.

Mr. Olsowsky graduated from Wellsville High School, Class of 1937. He recently returned from overseas and received an honorable discharge from the U.S. Navy.

After a honeymoon trip in Canada and the Adirondacks, the couple will reside in Wellsville.

 

 

Houghton, NY

January 1947

The oldest member of the Houghton Church, MRS. CHARLES SLADE,  died on Monday, January 23red, in Short Tract. Funeral services were held in Houghton Church Wednesday afternoon, Rev. Claude A. Ries officiating, assisted by Rev. C. I. Armstrong and Rev. Alton Shea, with Prof. Charles Finney at the organ. She joined this church in 1906 and was a faithful member up to her death. She was president and secretary of the local Women’s Missionary Society for several years, as well as the efficient matron of McConnell Dormitory on the Campgrounds. Though 93 years of age, “Aunt Ell’s” alertness and keen sense of humor kept her buoyant to the end of her long life.

 

 

The Angelica Advocate

MRS.ELIZABETH O. MORTON, Well Known Teacher Passes Away

April 24, 194_

Mrs. Elizabeth Ostrander Morton, well known Allegany County teacher for many years died yesterday morning in Jones Memorial Hospital, Wellsville, following a brief illness.

Mrs. Morton taught in the high schools of Almond, Belmont, Owego, Wellsville and Bradford, Pa.

She graduated from Alfred University as president of her class in 1892 and received her Master’s degree from Alfred. Mrs. Morton studied for a year in Germany.

Mrs. Morton was active in community affairs here. She was Superintendent of Education of the Allegany County Fair Association, Angelica School director, president of the Angelica Progress Club, member of the Allegany County Garden Club, Past Regent of the Catherine Schuyler chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution and Eighth District Director of the New York State Federation of women’s Clubs. She was also a member of the Angelica Methodist Church.

Deceased was born in Ionia, Michigan, May 2, 1869, a daughter of William and Jeanette Allen Ostrander. She was married to Frank Morton in 1929. Mr. Morton was a dairyman and connected with the State Department of Agriculture and the division of Bovine Tuberculosis Control until his death in 1943.

Surviving Mrs. Morton are a nephew, George W. Ostrander and a great nephew, George K. Ostrander, both of Niagara Falls; and cousins, S. H. Ostrander, Olean; A. J. Halsey, Buffalo, Mrs. Jessie Braedon, Angelica, and Mrs. Myrtle Scott, Cuba.

Funeral services will be held at the late home here Friday at 2 P.M. with the Rev. Carlyle Smith officiating. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery, Almond.

 

 

First Methodist Church Bulletin

January 1952

Memorial services were held for MR. E. I. WEAVER on January 19^th, and for MRS. CORNELIA EVANS on January 23^rd. Each was a life-long member of our church. The words of the poet seem fitting:

“They helped us with our burdens,

and strove to lighten the load.

They followed the Kingly Master;

And traveled the higher road.

They lived, and loved, and labored

For folks they learned to love.

Their joys have now been multiplied

In the Mansions up above. “

 

At the official board meeting on Monday, January 28, Mr. Lilly reported that MR. DAVID EVANS has found it necessary to give up his duties as janitor. Mr. Evans has served a long period of time in this capacity and has ever been faithful in the discharge of his duties. We extend our prayers and sympathy to him.

 

 

The Angelica Advocate

April 24, 1952

LEWIS JOSEPH IVES

Lewis Joseph Ives died at his home on South Street, early Wednesday morning, April 23, 1952. While Mr. Ives had recently endured a severe illness he was believed convalescing satisfactorily and his death was unexpected. He was born in the Town of West Almond on August 31, 1880, the son of Louise Hills and Edward Ives, and was the last surviving member of a family of three children. He was married to MAYME JANE GEGAN on November 27^th, 1902. Their daughter and only child, THEDA PEARL, MRS. HOWARD BALCOM, died on October 11, 1950.

Mr. Ives successfully engaged in farming in the Town of West Almond for thirty-five years, coming to Angelica to reside seven years ago. He was also identified expensively throughout the southern tier through the purchase and sale of cattle, a business he continued, following his residence here. He served two terms as Road Commissioner for the Town of West Almond and over a long period of years conducted the duties of Town Clerk. He was a charter member of Enterprise Grange at West Almond and was a member of the West Almond Baptist Church. For more than twenty years he was a director of the Allegany County Agricultural Society and was the Society’s Race Secretary.

In addition to his widow, other survivors include a granddaughter, Miss Brenda Lou Balcom; a son-in-law, Howard Balcom of Belfast; a niece, Mrs. Franklin Sigenthaler of Medina, O., and a number of cousins.

The body is at the family home where friends may call and where funeral services will be held at two o’clock on Saturday afternoon, April 26. Burial will be made in Angelica Cemetery. Rev. Harold E. Blish of the Methodist Church will officiate at the funeral and committal services.

 

 

The Angelica Advocate

May 8, 1952

MRS. MARY JANE SULLIVAN

Mrs. Mary Jane Sullivan, a resident of Angelica for more than forty-five years died at her home on West Main Street, at four-thirty o’clock, Wednesday afternoon, May 7^th. Mrs. Sullivan had been ill about ten days. She was born in Hornell, the daughter of Hugh and Margaret McEvoy and lived there until coming to Angelica in April of 1907. She was married to Timothy O. Sullivan on June 12, 1895. They celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in 1945. Mr. Sullivan died on June 18, 1946. She was a member of Sacred Heart Church of Angelica.

Survivors include a son, John Sullivan, of Angelica; two daughter, Mrs. John Jenkins of Nadeau, Mich., and Mrs. Taylor Brown of Angelica; one brother, Hugh V. McEvoy, both of Hornell; five grandchildren; three sisters-in-law, Mrs. Patrick Sullivan, and Mrs. Harold McEvoy of Hornell, and Mrs. William J. McEvoy of Washington, D. C.; several nieces and nephews.

The body is at the late home on West Main Street where friends may call, and from where a prayer service will be held at nine o’clock, on Saturday morning, May 10^th, followed by a requiem mass at nine-thirty o’clock in Sacred Heart Church. Burial will be made in St. Patrick’s Cemetery at Belfast.

 

 

The Angelica Advocate

Fall 1952? [from chronological order in scrapbook. No date recorded]

JUNE J. PHILLIPS Bride of GLENN S. BULLOCK

Angelica – Miss June Jeannette Phillips became the bride of Glenn Stafford Bullock at 2 p.m. Thursday in the First Baptist Church.

The bride is a daughter of the Rev. and Mrs. John S. Phillips of 18 Park Circle. Her father, pastor of the Baptist Church, performed the double ring ceremony.

The bridegroom is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry L. Bullock of Mechanic St.

Mrs. Lloyd Dowd of Park Circle, a sister of the bride, was matron of honor. The bride’s twin sisters, Mrs. Donald Richards of Silver Springs, and Mrs. Lawrence Smith of Warsaw, were bridesmaids.

Miss Cynthia June Dowd of Angelica, a niece of the bride, was flower girl. John Phillips of Perry the bride’s nephew, was ring bearer.

Merle Fox of Hornell, brother-in-law of the bridegroom was best man. Ushers were Albert Keller of Silver Springs and Lloyd Dowd of Angelica, brother-in-law of the bride.

The ceremony was performed by candlelight before an arch of evergreens. Pink pompoms, greens and chrysanthemums in assorted colors decorated the church.

The bride was given in marriage by her brother, Calvin Phillips. She wore a gown of white slipper satin, entrain. Her fingertip veil fell from a pearl-belted tiara. She carried a heart-shaped bouquet of white carnations centered with an orchid corsage. Her jewelry was a pearl and rhinestone necklace, a gift from the bridegroom.

The matron of honor wore a floor length gown of blue nylon net over rayon with a lace covered bodice. She carried a heart-shaped bouquet of pink carnations and wore a coronet of pink rosebuds.

The bridesmaids wore similar gowns in pink and carried bouquets of blue carnations. The flower girl wore a floor length gown of yellow taffeta and carried a blue satin rose petal holder. All wore matching mitts and coronets of pink rosebuds.

Miss Joan Christen of Hornell, was organist. Ralph Munger of Wyoming sang two solos.

The bride’s mother wore a dress of navy blue with matching accessories and a corsage of white pompons. The bridegroom’s mother wore a plum colored dress, gray and black accessories and a corsage of white pompoms.

Immediately after the ceremony, a reception for 75 guests was held in the church parlors. Mrs. George Ellis of Conklin and Mrs. Albert Keller of Silver Springs, sisters of the bride, poured. Assistant hostesses were Miss Almeade Mull and Miss Janeanne Radley of Angelica, Miss Grace Pero of Wellsville and Mrs. Ernest Calkins of Almond.

The church rooms were decorated with autumn leaves, straw flowers and crepe paper.

Mr. and Mrs. Bullock left later for a wedding rip to Virginia. For traveling, Mrs. bullock wore a two-piece blue and gray dress with navy accessories, a fur –trimmed dusty blue coat and a white orchid corsage.

They will reside in North St., Angelica. Both are graduates of Angelica Central School. The bride will continue her position with the Bank of Angelica. The bridegroom is an employee of Air Preheater Corporation at Wellsville.

Out-of-town guests at the ceremony were from Warsaw, Perry, Pavilion, Silver Springs, Wyoming, Almond, Wellsville, Belmont, Belfast, Oakfield, Dansville, and Conklin.

Surprise showers were given the bride by Miss Almeade Mull and Miss Janeanne Radley and by members of the Angelica Baptist Church.

 

  

 

The Angelica Advocate

Spring 1954

MRS. MATIE MC GIBENY

Mrs. Matie A. McGibeny, widow of the late Watson E. McGibeny, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Lester Harding of Olean Street, following a long illness. She was born in West Almond, November 14, 1865, and had resided in Angelica and West Almond all her life.

Surviving is the daughter, Mrs. Harding; several nieces and nephews and cousins.

The body is at the Wolcott Funeral Home in Angelica, where friends may call and where funeral service will be held Friday at 2 p.m., with Rev. Harold Blish officiating. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery in Belfast.

Mrs. McGibeny was a member of Angelica Methodist Church for 55 years.

 

 

The Angelica Advocate

1955

GEORGE S. SHEFFIELD

Angelica – George S. Sheffield of Angelica died lasts night at St. James Mercy Hospital, Hornell, after an illness of about two weeks. He was 75 years old.

Born in Grove, he lived in Angelica for over 40 years.

Survivors include a son, Rodney Sheffield of Angelica; three daughters, Mrs. Harold Hadley and Mrs. Richard Sortere, both of Angelica, and Mrs. Levi Wood of Ithaca; a sister, Mrs. Sylvester Gillis of Galeton, Pa.; 11 grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews.

The body is at the Wolcott Funeral Home in Angelica, where funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., Monday. The Rev. Robert O. Holley, pastor of the Angelica Methodist Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Angelica Cemetery.

 

 

The Angelica Advocate

August 27, 1955

MISS MITTY M. WILLIS of 55 Washington St., Hornell, died last night at Bethesda Hospital, North Hornell, where she had been a patient for nine weeks. She was 60 years old. Born in Angelica, she was a teacher for 39 nine years. She taught in Angelica, Burns, Birdsall, Almond and for 27 years, in South Hornell, retiring in 1951. She was a member of the Official Board of Park Methodist Church.

Survivors include two brothers, Col. Herbert E. Willis (Ret.) of Clifton Forge, Va., and Martin B. Willis of Wellsville; a sister, Mrs. Henry Allen of Wellsville, and several nieces and nephews.

The body is at the Crandall and Crandall Funeral Home in Hornell, where funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday. The Rev. Carlyle Smith, pastor of Park Methodist Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Angelica Cemetery.

 

 

Wellsville Reporter

1955

GERALD W. BREADON

Gerald W. Breadon, 40, of 61 Highland Avenue, Wellsville, died at 8 o’clock Tuesday night in Jones Memorial Hospital following a heart attack.

Mr. Breadon, a plumber, was employed with Deb. Martin. He had worked Tuesday and was stricken that night.

Born on March 5, 1915 in Angelica. He was a son of Roy and Jessie Hurd Breadon.

Mr. Breadon was married August 30, 1941, to the former CLARISSA WILKINS who survives with his parents and three children, Gerald W. Breadon, Jr., William W. Breadon and Miss Mary Breadon, all at home.

Two sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth Monroe of Bradenton, Fla., and Mrs. Geraldine Graham of Wellsville also survive.

Mr. Breadon was a Past Master of Angelica Free and Accepted Masons 818.

Rev. Harold Hill will officiate at funeral services at the Frederick C. Mulholland Funeral Home at 2 p.m., Saturday. Burial will be in the Angelica Cemetery. Masonic services will be conducted at the grave by the Angelica F.&A.M. 818.

 

 

 

The Angelica Advocate

1958

Andover - MRS. INEZ FAY COMMON of Church St., Andover, widow of Dr. John Common, died at her home this morning after a long illness. She was 84 years old.

Born in Morrison, Ill., she was a resident of Andover for 57 years. Survivors include a son, Dr. J. Robert Common of Andover, and two grandsons, John and Jeffery Common.

The body is at the family home where funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday. The Rev. Joseph C. Shipman of Wellsville will officiate. Burial will be in Hillside Cemetery, Andover.

 

 

The Angelica Advocate

March 1963

ORTON HUFSTADER

Angelica – Orton Hufstsader, 58, 525 Grandin St., Cincinnati, Ohio, died unexpectedly Thursday, February 26^th, while at work. He was employed as manager of the General Motors Training Center.

Born March 24, 1904 in Olean, Mr. Hufstader was a son of William F. and Laurilla Post Hufstader. He was a graduate of the University of Buffalo and had been employed by the Office of Price Administration during World War II, and later by Studebaker Corp.

Surviving are his wife, the former LOIS GIBSON of Angelica; a son Gibson, Cincinnati; a daughter, mrs. Henry Ross, Bloomington, Ind.; three brothers, William, Thomas, and Robert, all of Florida; four grandchildren and several cousins.

Funeral services will be conducted at the Richard E. Burt Funeral Home here at 2 p.m., Monday. The Rev. Allan Keiper, pastor of the First Methodist Church will officiate. Burial will be in Until Day Dawns Cemetery.

Friends may call at the Burt Funeral Home after 10 a.m., Monday.

 

 

The Angelica Advocate

January 9, 1964

MRS. ORTON HUFSTADER

Mrs. Lois Gibson Hufstader of Cincinnati, Ohio, died Monday morning, January 6, 1964, in Drake Memorial Hospital, Cincinnati, following a long illness. She was the widow of Orton Hufstader, who died February 26, 1963.

Mrs. Hufstader was born at Angelica on March 9, 1908, a daughter of Charles and Mabel Franklin Gibson. She was a graduate of Angelica High School and attended Buffalo State Normal School.

Surviving are a son, Gibson Hufstader of Warren, Mich.; a daughter, Mrs. Henry Ross of Cincinnati; a sister, Mrs. Dorothy Beale of Sodus, N. Y., and four grandchildren.

Funeral services were held Wednesday in the Richard E. Burt Funeral Home, Angelica. Rev. Roger Derby of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Angelica, officiated and interment was in Angelica Cemetery.

 

 

The Angelica Advocate

1964

MRS. WALTER LILLY

Angelica  - Mrs. Marjorie Deal Lilly of 25 White St. died yesterday afternoon at her home following a long illness.

She was born at Allen’s Hill, the daughter of Asa and Margaret Patterson Deal and was married August 9, 19111 to Walter F. Lilly.

Mrs. Lilly was a graduate of Genesee Wesleyan Seminary in Lima, and a graduate of Syracuse University, where she was a member of the alumni association and Phi Beta Kappa.

She also was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution  and a member of the First Methodist church here.

Mrs. Lilly taught for several years at Wilson Academy.

Surviving besides her husband is foster daughter, Mrs. David McCollister of this place; a brother, Dr. John Deal of Vernon; seven foster grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 2 p.m., at the Richard E. Burt Funeral Home with the Rev. Allen Keiper of the First Methodist Church here and the Rev. Dr. Alfred Gross of Andover Methodist Church officiating.

Burial will be in Until The Day Dawns Cemetery.

Friends may call tonight from 7 to 9 p.m. and tomorrow from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m.