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Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County · Historic Scrapbooks Collection

M Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County · Historic Scrapbooks Collection UHJhK 1*, Ly.j Mr. Easterbrook was born in Painted P /. Post, the son of Isaac and m cfaififert Amanda Easterbrook. His father RITES TUESDAY waa an Episcopal After #2 clergyman. To thfmfnyreadershe many r

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Luther Bayard Elliott, 68, na tionally known advertising counsel and a former member of the faculty of University of Iowa, died yesterday (July 1, 1935) in Roch ester General Hospital after a brief illness. .- Mr. Elliott was^om in Glen- wood, Iowa, July 1$, 1867, and was graduated from the University of Iowa. Immediately after his grad uation he becanje /fcAnember of the faculty of that" institution, special izing in botany aftd biology. Ran Owh Company Here In 1890 he came to Rochester as a salesman for Bausch & Lomb Optical Cfprnpany, contacting edu extradited. From left are Webber Donovan, operator cational L institutions Edwards, 50, 171 Frontenac Heights, being throughout Neighbors of Adolphus William Klem, former fire chief; Glenn the He became advertis him as the man who of a gas station; country. last week betrayed Charles for Bausch & Lomb whose fingerprints lives across the street from Edwards, and ing 21 said Sly who mjtnager from an Ohio prison years ago, yesterday all of whom want to help. and^KpTen became associated with escaped Edwards from Timmerman, OOP committeeman, would do possible to prevent ;the late Thomas B. Dunn in the they everything a "He was always the same, per You said it," chimed in former | Sen Sen Company as advertising his bills, used fect gentleman, paid Fire Chief William Klem, who j manager. When that concern be- one trouble. My icame of the American Chicle caused no any to deliver milk at the Edwards part is to free him. when i he his own ad opinion they ought home. "We put people in jail Company, opened to bave bust him would only we number Petition Taking away they are dangerous, but ought vertising company here, Proposed he de of the industries the up family." to give this guy the break ing many leading There's something wrong of the city in his accounts. dis serves. Charles A. Timmerman, 15th His success in this venture at 10 Pri1 riSOIl with this country if society doesn't from Ohio 578 Eas- trict GOP committeeman, The the attention of the Frank a man like that a chance. tracted Fugitive often give said he's "passed Seaman of ton Road, we are to for Company cm- Lord says supposed j of his neighbors and tkne of with Edwards, he was lured to New If the wilt and respect the day" times 7 times' and I say City and good well read give '70 will not be extradited found him a "quiet chap, him at least York City by that firm to handle plover* m aave him. iflftwarda we ought to forgive Ar^J>s>flf 21 and likeable." several accounts including the ve nut his term of years ago. once." unexpired prison can't this thing out to Gosh. I get director of the Lackawanna and New York Central if need be in attempt "I Dean L. Gamble, petition of my mind." said Ttanmerman. Railroads and the Cunard and Ward Museum, agrees with the! vy^ar-old cabinetmaker**** warden the fellow well, every Star. The fnaaaat* from the like very exact no jWhite Steamship Companies. III* others that society should job and his ui*t *!Vn, Uat almost 48 hours body does. You wouldn't find a man Founded Bumble Bee at "l night, from Edwards. In thrlr hom* ^Scatne the who would further penalty in 1904 and Stepson "* mmnx waa Issued for in this neighborhood say He returned to Rochester .cht*. Irondequolt res- "He's been perfectly straight," bm.v **... ----T-"-- *w*"" Mas them manmn whowbw re-established his own advertis _,,,,.. arrest 01m 5^^,^aaiwaras a thing against him.'* j tuttti( mm *fter*rr**1 said Gamble. Jand rferday walked away from the Ohio prison Edwards' champions all said that ing agency here. He was one of ^**' OBf a* to - mem Edwards' 7 -- reputation ww^ H-.. - ^ ^^ to-^ -read that 1 the founders and a charter M im they were surprisedj a ' good neighbor," "food identified by fingerprints, sent to he h^ t^n arrested on a driving ber of the Ad he was arreatsd he Club which later became _. Washington after whttB intoxicated charge, alnce vertising hU , ded to that. 'Ploy*r. last weekend on a charge of drlv- had not shown evidences of being the Rochester Ad Club; the found Ward nr; awiy Ward of Natural,^ whni ,ntox1coted. ..m drlnklng man." Several nelgh- er of the Bumble Bee, official or- Marsd that Ed- fact that no for- and Soteoce Museum. Mystified by the ^ ambled at the Cooper Road jgan of the Rochester Ad Club, and worked "faithfully , arrived from Ohio m was a the wards has nal pmp%n VoluntMr Bremen's headquarter*. I MJu member of Ad Club, as weir for cht years at his Job authorities. Detective Captain Ed- , Chamber of Commerce, Oak Hill of a on Ed- I head of the cahinetmaking depart- wmrd coUina yesterday wired to where talk petition Death Country Club, Rochester Club and the wards* behalf waa said Consultant's meat at the museum, and that Warden Henderson "Please forward begun, hcj numerous national scientific asso if he was a Edwin A. Fisher, city engineer position is waiting for him warrant Immediately." particularly pleasant neigh- ciations. down in the Ironde- bor. emeritus, was joined today by [ wins hia freedom. , Meanwhile, He is survived by his wife, Mrs. where Edwards! Wide other Rochester engineers in Warrant Awaited quoit community Agreement | Ella R. B. Elliott, and two grand death Tuesday of lived for years, the -Ed-, "Ha keeps up his property and mourning the James and Miss j 1. 1 - 1f,nmhlxom eight children, Eugene Warrant for extradition Harrison Prescott Eddy of Boston, mwr4a cam, wmi thm toplc <* con- j seems to be a good cltiaen in every Madelyn Elliott of this city; a son, SUte Penitentiary in Montreal. Ohio VWaalion at every corner meeting way," testified Glenn Sly, who Uvea onvention Felix A. Elliott of New York City; u^jasi | was atill awaitea who often advised the ,1108 being .^ ^ everywhere opinion was across the street at 182 Frontenac Mr. Eddy, two L. and Nuel L wno brothers, Lloyd Rochester ponce, ' on night by UDU)|mool: -j^t him go." Heights. "I don't see any sense city engineering problems, Elliott of Los Angeles, Calif.; a with Mr. Fisher in pre "He's a nice guy-the kind of fel-|m taking a man away and putting worked sister, Mrs. Clyde E. Lee of Hemtt, of Warden the report o at tha rnquest PranMlow yoa>d Uk# ^ ^,0^- remarked'hlm tn jail if he's living a quiet, J paring the Hasen-Eddy Calif., and his father. Luther E. of the Ohio prison, iHendaraon wftcj w#bb#r Donovan, proprietor of ths decaat life and taking care of aMjtojWfl^ft.WP&Lin^ ^Elliott of Orange, Calif. telettraphad "mold the prisoner Hej^ stalksa near Mearda* home. aM, BTlfflg Hfiiflfl J UN 17 lMjf/ Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County · Historic Scrapbooks Collection DM Destitute Man to Ready Exchange Right Eye Willi For New Grip on and Comfort Security t ormer Club Head "I'd give my right eye for a William (Spike) Eisenberg, former president of the Erie little home and happiness for the Social Club, one-time restaurant proprietor, sports fan and few remaining years of my life\" | member of numerous fraterna-1 died at 2:30 That sounds like one of those organizations, idle wishes anyone might make. a. m., today of a heart attack at his home, 12^ East Pkwy., But 68-year-old William D. T been Eddy means just what he says. Mr. Eisenberg would have 51 3. He was born in Roch "I've thought it all out," he Sept. BUSINESSMAN ester. said as he slouched in a stiff- His numerous contacts in fra- i backed chair in - ternities and the grocery and res Union office, "and I know that taurant business won him a wide SUCCUMBS TO circle friends. He was a fa if the surgeons cut out my right of eye. so someone else can see, the miliar, genial figure at baseball andi strain may cause my left eye to football games. HEART ATTACK go bad. He attended School 24 as a boyr "It's a risk, but the gamble and later enrolled in Manlius would be worth it to me," he School, military preparatory school, said. where ho played baseball. In 1905, William Passing a bandaged hand he left Manlius at the death of his Eisenberg, through his shaggy white mane father, Conrad Eisenberg, and took of GOP hair, he told of a desperate over operation of the family gro Stalwart, to struggle keep body and soul cery store at 814 Clinton Ave. N. together in the years since the Dies at 50 depression during which he has Operated Restaurant been without steady work. Sportsman, businessman and ac He later a restaurant "You wouldn't call it 1'ving, operated tive fraternalist, William (Spike) at the same address and at his what my Wife and I have been Eisenberg, died early yesterday death was proprietor of the Com 122 doing," he said. (July 19, 1938) at his home, Store, now operated had Eddy lives in a primitive cot munity Liquor East Pkwy., Irondequoit. He on the site. . r. attack. tage he built 20 years ago in been stricken with a heart in affairs Bay Rd., Penfleld. The town For many years active Erie Onetime president of the gives him relief, but from his of the Erie Social Club, he was Social Club, staunch Republican point of view, that is not a satis president of the organization last of Rochester, and a member of the board of organization hej factory way to get along. year his 51st would have celebrated "It's not even directors this much of a gam year. time of birthday Sept. 3. At the ble," he said finally, "to give an He was a director of the Pinnacle death he the Commun eye for a chance to live Avenue Loan Association, of which his operated really which took the the founders. ity Liquor Store, again. his father was one of once a restaurant he "I want no of the of expensive car, mind He was a member Eagles place North, in Clinton Avenue you, but a home, three meals a and Rochester Lodge of Elks. owned the Elks Club. a day, a little gas and a license next to he at for my old Model T. so I won't Active in Politics A native of Rochester, Manlius Mili have to walk four mnes to the tended School 24 and Well-known in cir when butchers or for a Republican which he left little bit of tary Academy, flshii cles, he maintained an active in Eisenberg, his father, Conrad terest in ciiy, county and national he was in grocer, died. Although politics but never ran for office. he tensely interested in politics, His wife died in 1926. He was a never' ran for office. Surviving are two sons, William snda member of the Elks, Eagles, C. and Leo Eisenberg; a daughter, Loan Asso director of the Pinnacle Miss Mary Eisenberg, and two sis and ciation. ters, Mrs. Gustave Schelling C. two sons, William Mrs. Anna Frank, all of Rochester. He leaves Rites a *** Ellenbogen and Leo Eisenberg; WILLIAM T. KDOY and 1 Miss Mary Eisenberg, He Offers for Schelling nd Held in Right Eye sisters, Mrs. Gustave Troy '^^f of Rochester Vtrm. Anna Frank, all Funeral services for Louis M. | Illenbogen. Troy collar manufac ?steopath Named C 7f lefired railroad | turer and brother of Maurice G engineer, died ylesterday (Oct. 1, Ellenbogen, Rochester lawyer, were Trustee of College 1940.) in the home, 45 Salina St. Dr. M. Lawrence Elwcll, 230 Bon- !He had been in the yesterday in Troy. fmploye of thai jheld lie tTto. Ave., Brighton, has been B&O Railroad and its Louis Ellenbogen, a former can predecessor trustee of the Philadel company for 45 and for city comptroller in Troy, appointed years had| didate phia of Floyd been an for much ;died Saturday. College Osteopathy. engineer of thct Kefford, registrar, announced at I time. Mr. Ellis retired in 1931. Maurice Ellenbogen* counsel for I He was a member of the Amalgamated Clothing Work Philadelphia yesterday Broth- jthe Dr. Elwell, a graduate of the lerhood of Locomotive Firemen and ! ers, who is ill in Highland Hospital. attended his first Eninemen and of the has not yet been notified of his I ] class of 1920, Veterans! with the board yesterday Association of the B&O. He was brother's death. The Rochester at- J meeting a| last attended the eighth of Rochester. jtorney, who is reported in good land night [native annual charity ball In conjunction Surviving are the widow and a I j condition, did not suffer a heart with the 41st anniversary of theo Elmer Ellis. Funeral services ! attack, as erron repot erroneously Json,will be j /

son, four a ilton RAM. greater Washington or Lincoln. grandchildren and sis- Chapte.-, but I do know they ought to be Sjter, Mrs. Sarah J. Long, all of this [back here today to take things in ^city. hand. Do you suppose Roosevelt! He was a member of Genesee ! Good Printer, CHiien [will have the nerve to run for a! Falls Lodge, F&AM, Hamilton from its earliest fre- third term?" he asked. "I won't say Chapter, RAM, and Rochester Printing days I've never voted for a Democrat Typographical Union. ; quently has been referred to as a craft,

taken a in Mr. Elliott was but I've always great known to his as rather, than a trade. The custom con- terest in civic affairs and my prin sociates as a man of unfailing good i notes something of an artistic sense, ciples always hav been Republi humor and physical robustness un- some extra for can. common in a man of his years and feeling good typography, Eichei | Born in Germany in 1849, hie fatal illness came unexpectedly. in addition to mechanical skill. man waa brought to the United He recently had decided to give up Printers were the States when he was four years old. his early publishers. work and was planning for a He has lived tn Rochester ever Peter Zenger was a "printer" and some life of retirement when taken ill. since, except for two years In Can of those who furthest in edi Funeral services will be con have gone ada, and was one of the first six ducted at 3 p. m. tomorrow at the torial and fields are those who of the Bausch * Lomb publishing employes home with the Rev. Donald B. Mac- started "at the case." Charles Eicheiman of 522 Brooks who was Queen, minister of First Baptist 91, Ave., born The of one who has been a X^^T/com^aJy^work' Church, officiating. Burial will be passing ahop from the old Reynoida Arcade on Washington s lights the candles on his cake. birthday, Mt. Hope Cemetery. printer for more than half a century, to a building on Wntrr Si therefore, serves to remind us of these worked in Congress Hall.! tools for more than 20 years and [man from Yeading. hut Mill Street and extra Central Avenue, also was employed in tho city and 'abreast of the times through radio qualifications a good printer gen and then set his own up barber rounty ta* office*. j program* and driighta in discuss- erally possesses. Printers not only are shop. He manufactured pruning > Poor eyesight prevent* world Etchel-'ing problems. good workmen; they generally are good citizens; active in many fields with which the ideas they put into concrete form Investment Man Dies bring them into contact. Charles P. Evans, 76. who con Thomas J. Elliott, who has just died, ^"ducted an investment loan bus! was such a printer and such a citizen. Nmk>n

_ Athenaeum . tion at the Rochester and Mechanics Institute," co-author Professor 10 Years to with Georgie Hoke, January, 1936. Acting President Chosen Successor Doctor Ellingson is co-author I Named Acting with Dr. W. W. Charters in the | A. Randall by Institute Board- writing of "The Mechanics Insti- | John tute Program" which is to be re- | leased next spring. Has Record as Educator Dr. Mark Ellingson, member of Long Professional educational associ- it; (he staff of Mechanics Institute -dtefrv HU ates to which Doctor Ellingson be- I f& I3f for the last 10 years, yesterday was of Rochester longs are the National Education !!. Dr. Mark Ellingson, acting president elected by the board of directors Association, Department of Super- and Mechanics was unanimously elected | acting president of the school. Athenaeum Institute, Intendence, Curriculum Society, I The was made vacant of the Institute's board of directors at the semi-annual American Educational Research I presidency president Aug. 5 through resignation of Col. in the Institute Association, and National Society meeting yesterday. John A. Randa'.l because of neces Doctor Ellingson, who at 31 wa for the study of Education. sity of giving his entire attention appointed acting president in Au- Rotary Club Member i to private business. succeeds John A. Randall, New Institute Chief Doctor Ellingson also is a mem- | gust, Of the 33 directors, 22 were now associated with the National ber of the Rochester Rotary Club present at the meeting yesterday Youth Administration in Washing and the Rochester YMCA. noon at the Genesee Valley Club, ton. Doctor Ellingson's appointment I presided over by Carl F. Lomb, June son of Mrs. has been made at a time when Born 5, 1905, ji chairman of the board. and the late the Mechanics Institute is broaden- I Katherine Ellingson in Joined . Faculty '26 Ole of St. Anthony, Idaho, ing its program. The evening Ellingson \ Doctor Ellingson, 32, has been has had broad school this fall has an Doctor Ellingson already jj resident director of curriculum re and in various enrollment of more than 1,700. This s training experience vision and educational research at of the educational field. aspects Mechanics Institute since 1928 and Won State Debate Titles for the last year and a half alsa the adminis The new president received his has been chairman of elementary and high school train trative policy committee. He came ing in Idaho public schools. In 1922, to the Institute in September, 1926, he entered the Southern Branch as instructor in economics. of the University of Idaho, Poca- Born at Magrath, Alberta, Can tello, Idaho, where he studied for ada, June 5, 1904, Doctor Ellingson from Col two years. While at that university was graduated Gooding \ in re ] he was active in debate, dramatics, lege, Gooding, Idaho, 1936; and oratory, winning state cham ceived the degree of master of arts pionships in debate and dramatics. at the University of Rochester in of doctor of He also served as his class presi- 1930 and the degree from State Uni I dent and was active in wrestling philosophy Ohio I end track. versity last March. His junior In 1921. Doctor Ellingson trans- undergraduate year, 1924-1925, he of Roch- I ferred to the University of Roches passed at the University ter. From Rochester he returned to He also has done graduate I Idaho where in 1926 he earned his work at the University of Chicago of arte degree at Gooding and New York University. (bachelor were native-born College. While at Gooding, Doctor His parents States. His Ellingson resumed his work in citizens of the United Ole for debate and oratory, and again won father, the late Ellingson, rancher in Alberta |the state championship in debate. DR. MARK ELLINGSON a time was a served as After graduating from Gooding and for three terms pro bate judge in Frcemont County, | College, Doctor Ellingson joined the is the largest enrollment in the Idaho. His mother lives at St. liberal department of Mechanics as 107-year history of hte school. Anthony, Idaho, where the family an instructor. In 1927. he was ap Doctor and Mrs. Ellingson live moved when Doctor Ellingson was pointed wrestling coach and or at 55 South Street Washington six. He has five brothers and one ganized the first teams to represent t nmmmmmmmtM the of sister. the Institute. He received degree master arts from the of Active In College Years Appointed resident director of the of University The summers During his college career, Doctor curriculum revision and education Rochester in 1930. was on of 1928 and 1930 were Ellingson for two years unit of Mechanics Insti spent by ment of National ^search the Idaho state championship col Superintendents, tute in 1928. Doctor Ellingson Doctor Ellingson at the University was state Education Association; the Curri- of and New York Unlver- lege debating team, i served in that capacity until June. Chicago j champion in dramatic reading, Society, America/i Educa- 1936. In 1930 he was appointed ity, respectively. as-jCUlum sociate editor of the college year- , of the of Gained Ph.D. Degree Uon Research Association; Roch- [supervisor department book, class in his sopho in president Club Rochester photographic technology and in the new ester Rotary and | Beginning 1931, presi more year, and a member of the 1 1935 he was chosen chairman of summer dent spent spring and wrestling and track teams. YMCA. the institute's committee. I policy quarters at Ohio State University, As an avocation, he coaches the Mr. Lomb praised the new act While in various capaci serving where in 1936 he was awarded trie Mechanics Institute*wrestling team. ing president's qualifications to ties at Mechanics Institute, Doctor idegree of doctor of philosophy. The Doctor Ellingson is married and carry on the work to which he continued his education j fniigson (topic of his doctor's dissertaion was ives at 1233 Crittenden Road, j was elected. The Institute has and in extension schools summers "Determining the Professional Henrietta. ) about 60 full-time faculty members various universities. He attend at Courses in a Technical Institute's He is a member of the Depart- I and about 50 others on part-time. ed the University of Rochester Curricula." Dr. W. W. Charters, summer sessions and extension internationally known educator, times from 1926 school t various wi-i Doctor Ellingson's adviser at Ohio State. Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County · Historic Scrapbooks Collection 10- i&m DEATH IN FALL John G. Ellendt Dies at 56, J. G. Ellendt Former Public Works Hea r uneral HELlfAfeDMi William Evans, 38, who enjoyed s-Onloi NOV 1 5 1937 solitude and found it in a man Wa^ n XVidel^JS^wn morrow made "cave" beneath the Smith; As Construction treet Bridge, was killed accidental Friends who have been active in ly when he slipped while climbing Engineer life will be active bearers public down to his "quarters" above the at the funeral of John G. Ellendt, Genesee River, police officials an-'| John C Ellendt. 56, of 920 Culver former city commissioner of public nounced former commissioner of yesterday. Rd., city works, tomorrow at 2 p. m. at the j public works and widely known That closed the case, which at! died unex home, 920 Culver. construction engineer, first was believed to have been one! pectedly in Genesee Hospital last Mr. Ellendt died unexpectedly .of foul play, after the body was dis-J night. Saturday night. Burial will be in Mr. Ellendt entered the hospital 'covered Thursday by two boys play-i Mt Hope Cemetery. well on Oct. 29 and was believed ;ing under the span. the road to recovery up to a few Official* Bearers ! Police said Evans apparently had hours before his death. Public Among i lived in a cavity in the concrete works commissioner during the last The active bearers will be Thom wall beneath the west side of the I in 1932 Republican administration, as J. Morrison, present public bridge for five or six years, winter and 1933. Mr. Ellendt had been works commissioner; David Hayes, and summer. prominently mentioned as a candi JOHN G. ELLENDT O. former chief Evans "must have as he date for his old office when the Frank Strowger, slipped, Afr. Ellendt, former commis climbed to his lonely home," party resumes its domination of the engineer for the CWA and TERA; sioner of public works here, died IMorgue Attendant George Glasser : city administration in January. Fred of the Traub, supervisor-elect He also was en Born in the Bronx, New York, Saturday. ijjsaid, "and fell 15 feet striking a M 18th Ward; Harry J. Bareham, of Works Admin a Mr. Ellendt was the son of John G. gineer Civil igas main and girder before land- 9 former GOP chairman and city in this dis snd Mary Miller Ellendt. He was istration projects on a ledge," where the bodyf and official, and Curtis W. 1934. educated in New York public county trict in as found by 12-year-old Richard Barker, former deputy commis || schools and was graduated from none, 317 Verona St., and Patsy if* sioner of public safety. the engineering division of the Loce, 13, 388 Smith St.,- as theyf \n Ellendt Rites Mr. born in the College of the City of New York in Ellendt, Bronx, climbed beneath the structure. New York 56 edu Set ior Tomorrow c 1904. The next year he came to City, years ago. An autopsy performed by Coro- 1 Hwf East Rochester to work on the cated in New York's public schools Flfures prominent in pUblie life er's Physician Floyd S. Winslow mills and graduated from the engineer of and yesterday slowly American Piano Company owed Evans died of fractured' today division of the of the there, and shortly afterwards ing College ribs and a moved *lnto a home at 920 Culver Death Takes punctured liver, suffered moved to Rochester. City of New York, was commis Rd. last nlsrht to pay Unal respects the fall which was believed to He became widely known ss a sioner of public works here in 1932 to John G. Ellendt, former city, ave happened during the rainy I specialist In reinforced concrete and 1933. com mhnrttmer or puBTlc works, who four or five days ago. construction. He was named super A Republican, he succeeded Har unexpectedly Satu.'day night. for intendent of buildings in 1928 and old W. Baker, now city manager, in wh,, moulded the d. Attorney then became commissioner of pub- the position. From 1928 to 1932 he Republican Partv of whtcn lie works. waa superintendent of buildings. In as a key f! rure before On Jan. 9, 19S3. Mr. Ellendt was 1934 he was appointed engineer in tost control of City Hall appointed .engineer in charge of charge of all CWA projects in the ' h new party members Ogen, TJ3, for Civil Works Administration proj- Seventh Judicial District, but the ' end many Denpenta in parsing mAHy "year* counsel for the lecta for the Seventh Judicial Dis appointment was cancelled three bier Hot; Amalgamated Clothing Workers tS.tfJJ' trict. Two days after his appoint days later, because of criticism of end! served as eommnui here and prominent in Republican Everest ment was made public the state the selection of a Republican. Raymond W. Jvffl a snd 1933. political circles, died early today headquarters of CWA. through Uved Here Over 80 Years was city snptrtnt. in Strong Memorial Hospital after Dies id New Jersey j Psul M. Folger, local chmrm.in, sn- Mr. Ellendt came to Eist Roch ildlng. He was p a long illness. ^T' I nounced n of the ap ester in 1905 and moved to Roch Raymond W. Everest, native! mentioned for a major position Mr. home was at pointment. Officials of the ester shortly afterwards. EUenbogen's iRochesterian and former director! when the republicans reorganise 221 Pelham Rd. died! agency denied political expediency He was a member of the Ameri of the Vacuum Oil Company, ty Administration Ja At his he had been attor in Plain- in the face of charges that influ can Society of Civil Engineers, the death, Jyesterday at his home ral nervier* will be held at for the Rochester Joint of j ential Democrats of this are* Rochester Architectural Society ney Board, ffield, N. J., after an illness morej I home and for 21 In he was wanted one of their own political and the Society of the Geneeec. ACW, years. 1934, than a year. He was 60. \ Inter In Mt. candidate for the State Hope Cemetery. faith named to the post. Besides his widow, Mrs. May Republican He was the son of Charles M.j v* bearers will be close s member of the Senate in the 45th District. Mr. Ellendt was Ellendt, he is survived by a sin, Everest, for many years president; friends of the late commissioner. Mr. attended Colum American Sor Engi John H. Ellendt, snd two daugh Ellenbogen of the Vacuum Oil Company, inelude J. Barham, bia and Harvard re Hiram They Harry neers, the Rochentrr Architectural ter*, Rose Marie and Elizabeth universities, founded by his grandfather,

Society, and the Society of the Gen- Jane Ellendt. ceiving degrees from both. He was B. Everest. man. treasurer snd | a member of Berith form-; county e*re. Temple Surviving are his wife, the commissioner: Curtis W. F.l Kodesh, and founder and director safety He leaves his wife. Mrs. May er Ruth C. Moore; a son, Charles; former of the Jewish Barker, deputy public safety lendt; a son. John H.; and two Home for the Aged, M. Everest 2d; a daughter, Mrs.j Public Works Elis and a commissioner: daughters. Rose Marie, and trustee of the Rochester Harriet E. Maroney; two sisters,? Thorns* J. Morrison. will be Hebrew School. was missions abeth Jane. The funeral He formerly DeLancey Bentley and Mrs. Fred Trsub. at 2 m. at bis home. of the Associated Hebrew |Mrs. mother. supervisor' Tuesday p. secretary ; Raymond Bentley, and his Frank O. Strowc Ceme Charities and a - - I: Burial will be In Mt. Hope member of the local : 1 . . CWA snd TF.RA chief engi tery. committee of the American Jewish navid Hayes. There wilt be Congress. no honorary hearers. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Marjorie Ellenbogen. and his mother, Mrs. Tina Ellenbogen, Troy. Funeral services will be private, Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County · Historic Scrapbooks Collection John G. Elbs, 70, Succumbs; MANY ATTEND Loren D. Business and Civic Leader Eldfedge, 77, Dies; ft4C. APR 29 f Former Bu/iness Head Here Realtor, Manufacture Active in of Furniturfe Executive i Fraternal Delegations, Spite Illness Passes in Home Business Leaders Long Of Sister Present John G. Elbs, 70, manufacturer Loren D. and real estate operator, died un Eldredge, former Roch ester furniture I Funeral services for -"[flhn fj^ expectedly last night at his home, company executive 747 East and resident of the for who died Avenue. city many 70, manufacturer, years, died JElns, Although ill since 1933, Mr. Elbs yesterday (Sept. 24, jApr. 28, 1936, were conducted this 1939) at the home of his had continued to be actively en sister, Mrs. Wesley R. Canton. He fcnorning at 9:30 o'clock from the gaged as head of his Howe, was egg tray and 77. 747 East and at 10 carrier business. |iome, Avenue, Born in West He was born in Austria a Stockholm, Mr. o'clock at St. Church. and as Joseph's Eldredge came to Rochester as a baby was brought by his parents Mass was celebrated the Rev. young man and entered the furni by here. He was in educated Roch ture business. Later he became a William A. Doherty, C.SS.R., as ester and later worked for his partner in the firm of sisted father in the ice business. Hubbard, by the Rev. John O'Regan, Eldredge and MiUer. In the early '90's he established C. SS. R., as deacon, and the Rev. When he retired in he a wholesale 1927, paper business. In moved to Gerard Kuhn as California, at subdeacon. The 1904 he started Carrier wintering Egg Pasadena and most of Rt. Rev. Mgr. William M. Hart, the & spending Tray Company. In 1919 he his summers in Rev. the east. He was a George Weinman, the Rev. bought the Woodcock Macaroni member of the Genesee Valley Club John Muckle and the Rev. Leonard and Company operated both under and the Country Club of Rochester, Kelly were in the sanctuary. title of John Elbs. G. He leaves his widow, Adele Active bearers were John Ochs, Originally situated in Cortland Champlaine Eldredge; a daughter William P. Arthur A. Weider, Street, business expansion caused Mrs. William Peck Farley, Weider, E. him to and/his Aloysius Lechleitner, move into larger quarters, sister, Mrs. Howe. Funeral services McKee A. Palmer, Arthur J. Zenkel. first in Exchange Street and final will be Honorary bearers were Edward ly iv Jay Street where the con Bausch, William Bausch, William cern is now. He made several A. E. Drescher, James E. Gleason, trips to England to introduce his Dr. C. Arthur Huber, Oscar B. products, which are sold in the Spiehler, Bertram Winn, Thomas United States, Canada and Great J. Northway, Oliver E. DeRidder, Britain. Charles P. Schlegel, William Dein- Mr. Elbs was at onetime on the inger, Carl F. Lomb, Fred J. Oden- Rochester Club board of direc bach, John E. Rauber, Dr. Fred- tors, a member of Oak Hill Coun erik W. Zimmer, William G. Stuber, try Club, the Chamber of Com OPERA S Albert Will, George Heberger, merce and on the Commmunity j Chest Noel B. William Murray. .William Calill, board. He was a member J Enslen, radio announcer and" a John C. Rodenbeck. Henry B. of the Knights of Columbus, i sIHgefT memtfer of the first Pjat- American man. Alhambra, St. Joseph's Church, Opera Company of the Eastman School in LOREN D. Delegations represented the 1A1- Holy Name Society, Sacred Heart 1925 and 1926, ELDREDGE ] was found dead in hambra and Knights of Columbus. Society and Holy Family Society. his New York apartment Burial was in Holy Sepulcher In 1925 he built the Gibbs Apart- yesterday, according tOj j dispatches. Cemetery. X ments and Elbs Arcade at Main ! and Gibbs Streets. Enslen, the report said, was found in front He married Elizabeth Zweigle of a kitchen stove ) where four of Rochester in 1890. Besides his gas jets were open. He was clad in his widow he leaves: two sisters, Mrs. pajamas and nailed to the wall of the William A. Brott, Rochester, and foyer was this large Death Takes Mrs. Anna Dean, New York and pencilled warning: ,"Do not enter here with several nephews and nieces. lighted cigarets or matches." The Funeral plans have not yet been body was dis made. covered when other apartment ten Thomas Enderby, ants complained of the odor of gas. di rectos of, the Canada Steamship Officials of the National . Broad Lines which has a branch office EHENHE1MER, casting Company said }ie had been in East Avenue, died unexpectedly Ex-St. Luke's in Organist poor health and about six weeks late yesterday (May 29, 1939) in his ago required several blood trans office in Montreal. EX-JEWELER DIES In Albany Hospital fusions. He was 38 years old and Mr. Enderby, a native of Lei his B. Ewell, former future was considered was considered one of the! S. Louis Henry prom cester, Ettenhelmer, 84, for organistj said. choirmaster at St. Luke't ising, they leading transportation men in Can-i many years identified with the land Locally, he was recalled for his ada. He was is 11 appointed managing! jewelry business at the Four Cor Episcopal Church, seriously work | with the opera company. The director of the company in 1938, ners, died today at his home, 460 in the Ann Lee Home Hospital, | Al-j first company of the American having joined the organization in Bast Avenue. R94 7 it was learned yesterday. jbany. Opera, it was said, a scholarship 1924. During his career in th< Mr. Ettenheimer was born Feb. A brother of Frank B. Ewell,? group and Enslen was one of 12 Dominion he was four times presi 29, 1852. and in life who died in March, 1936, at his early entered picked for roles. He dent of the Dominion Marine f>70 Avenue previously the business home. Plymouth Soutl . jewelry with his had studied in the Bush Conserva sociation. father, who established the con Mr. Ewell is credited with having[ tory of Music and was a baritone. cern. discovered Alfred Piccaver, nowi At the school he met his wife, He retired about 20 leading terror of the Royal Operatic! years ago. the former Beatrice Knele, who He is survived a by sister, Mrs. 'esterday was in Chicago. i Myers of Norfolk. Va. ral 'j g Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County · Historic Scrapbooks Collection KZ. Engineer Dies ^rperjsqn Appointed DEATH CLABfS To Asse^srnerit Unit Military funeral of Frank W. Embser, 56, past commander of lATfl'tollS of Appointment Corporation L Bordman Smith United Counsel William H. Emerson to Camp, j" War will be serve on a special committee of Spanish Veterans, W. EMERSON ' the held tomorrow at 8:30 a. m. in F. I State Conference of Mayors to F. W. EMERSON the home of his Mrs. Cur-' study real estate assessment re- sister, I tis Dooley, 69 St. view, in co-operation with a legis Roslyn a resident AT PROVIDENCE lative committee, was announced Embser, of Rochester AT PROVIDENCE | yesterday. The committee will for 20 years and well known in - - serve with a group named by the veterans' circles, died in his home, New York State Bar Association. 64 Marshall St., Friday (June 24, 1938). Born in Dansville, he wasl - Rochesterian - Ex Ex Rochesterian educated in the public schools Be Buried Emerson ISanted there and when the Spanish-Amer- 1 Will Will Be Buried lean TVar broke out enlisted with f the 43d Company, Coast Artillery. ! Here Monday He was employed as a salesman j by the Monroe Disinfecting Com-j tsttttiri* Emerson will serve on a special pany. He also was employed as a Death late Thursday night (Aug. Death late Thursday night committee of the State Conference janitor by Mechanics Institute. Frank W. Emit 26, 1937) claimed as Embser leaves his 26, 1937) claimed of Mayors to study real estate wife, Mrs. j a Roch ^*r^^-^45HieJ'" 2, member of pioneer ( Roch sessment review in cooperation Matilda Hamelman Embser, a I. Bon. 72, member of "a pioneer at . In his home with a committee of the Leg- brother. J. William Embser, Wells- 2Sr family. in his home at joint j ester family, to the ville; two sisters, Mrs. R. I- islature named study en-| Dooley,' Providence, Providence, R. L and Mrs. ' fam tire assessment problem. Rochester, Willct G. was born in 1865 in the fam He born In 1865 in the Dansville. He was a He was Emerson was notified of his ap Passage, f homestead on Franklin Square, member of Name ily homestead on Franklin Square, by William P. Capes, Holy Society off* Wil ily pointment j the son of Senator Wil of the Confer St. Mary's Church. Rochester, the son of Senator secretary Mayors' L. Funeral services will be St. Emerson and Sarah L. ence. The committee will serve in | liam N. Emerson and Sarah liam N. Church at 9 a. m. moved to with a to be named the Mary's tomor-l The family later moved to group by The family later row. Burial will be in In Smith. Law Committee of the Holy Sepul- He was {Municipal j Place. graduated was In her v Place. He graduated ew York State Bar Association. Cemetery withmijltary com-i of Roch- ;h- University of Roch ittal c#remonies. of 1887 from the University /^pvS^"*$. . .-re he was a member of where he was a member laternity. ester, p,l { Fraternity. Msrion T. Psi Upsilon fn marled Marion I* Chosen Rites In 1894, he maried Engineer Arranged of Ira Otis and Otis, daughter of Ira Otis and S Otis, daughter of Gen. Elwell S. Otis. niece Maj. of Gen. Elwell Tomorrow for old Truesdale niece Maj. hved In the old Truesdale They lived in the . m Pittsford, which gained In Pittsford. which gained War days as a Takes house who wasl William English fame In pre-Civil Death War days as a engineer railway. fame in pre-Civil ,n on the uurl.rground railway. among chosen from various! station on the underground of* William J. and manufactured to take train W^iilf and manufactured country Fujp|r fur- He designed | English, 61, credit investigator for i'tsmsn and hospital F. W. Emerson fur recently atl draftsman and hospital ing the Rochester 1907 when he artist, Telephone Corpora-, W. Emerson 72. whosd 1907 when he Rock Island! then Frank niture here until tion, will be conducted at 8:30 a. m.i i From then Arsenal, over s lona Providence. From yester tomorrow at ss an numerous interests moved to the home, 195 Rutgers his death he was active an left foi j he was active as day of were until his death St., and at 9 a. m. at Blessed Sacra- He was a member period of years actively of tc engineer. ldcn| He was a member Washington and Gene- engineer. | ment Church. Burial will be in| Christ Episcopal Church tified with his native Rochester and Gene become an Christ Episcopal Church | Attica. In Rochester. at hi ee Valley Chlb died late Thursday night In Rochester. sistant mechan-i two! see Valley Club Mr. died (Jan.l are his widow, two ii English Tuesday kviag home in Providence, R I. are his widow, ical engineer Thomas Benedict. Surviving 2, 1940) while at work after ll| daughters. Mrs. Thomas Benedict, the Nevy D Funeral services for the engl Mrs. with the Conn, and MUM Louisa daughters, years service telephone I Stamford. Conn., and Miss Louise partment. neer and manufacturer will be hali Ftamford. company. Previous to that he is the sot j Emerson. Providence; one nephew, He m. at SS I well known in real estate circles here Monday at 11 a. and two William H. Emerson, of George Eng-I He Ki-'-'d < ",,K 8trset and Christ Church leaves his wife, Catherine Mm LsJf* Chestnut Leigh Cook lert. Democrat) all nieces. Mrs. Edward I two sisters, . Emerson, with burial In Mt Hop* Conway English; Mrs] Chapel L. Emerson, all and Chronich and Miss Carolyn Mary E. Hayes of Rochester anc Cemetery. compositor, ane Mon- in 1865 In the fam of Rochester. Mrs. Nicholas Reding of Attics icted Ke was born Mon conducted JOHN P. Mrs. and Franklin Services will be EnglertJ land a brother, John R. ily homestead on Square, and i st.i.EIlT English]. from 32 Chestnut Street 135 Rronso; at It a. son of Senator William N. Emer day Church Chapel at 11 a. of the C. Car- and Sarah L. Smith. University at Christ Church Chapel Ave., a graduate IhaxfcM son C. Car- University^Phil he manu the Rev. Charles Class of '36. and rial will be in f Rochester graduate, m with of Rochester. vtt ., Burial will be in He attended : factured artist, draftsman snd hos it ing. Beta Kappa member. Mt Cem< Hope of his own Con. grammar! Irack wilt be Edward pital furniture design Mt. Hope Immaculate Conception , hearers Edward t I be was from T. Plumb. F.ti Honorsry school and graduated .,m Plumb. Ku Since H. G. Miner. U Institute in 1936. inward H. Aquinas ,.:h;c. H.' rd of Ei win S. leaving the University Richard B. CUod John in 3- Rochester] English, Marion L. Otis; two daugh Eng- 1 22-year-oIdj Van Voorhl*. former Clapp. John w:th his engineering degree, formeir Rochesterian, is now an) Benedict. Stam- VanlD Voorhis, in ters, Mrs. Thomas Plumb. Charles ns been employed aircraft mechanic in the UJ ;yland Emer localj engine Conn., snd Miss Louise B. Mtllsrd. Ryland ford, it machine 99th Caneton r. Wil DJ" plants. IS. Army's crack Bombardment! Providence; a nephew. Carleton F. Brown, wasl Wendell J son. Kendrick. About a month ago Englert at Mitchel Field, Barrows and two nieces, J. Squadron Hemp-* Charles liam H. Emerson, snd and Wendell Iowa, to study! j Charles Barrows sent to Davenport, I stead. Curt Mrs. Edward L. Cook and Miss in the nearby government arsenal! Son of Mr. and Mrs. William KJ hrsre all of How- Active Carolyn I* Emerson, w.ll he Col. weeks before! G'i un*it' bearer, for six weeks. Two 516 Goodman Street Hi-d R. Smalley. Maj. A2S* Whit- | English, North.; Lester M was ordered tol Percival W. C ard R. Smalley. me was up he Private English is a graduate ofK Msj. Perci He camel j C Wilbur. Maj. Fred man. Maj. report to Washington. iMadison High School. He enlistedj Maj. Francis V Ibur. Maj, Carl Maj. Francis C. last week and left yesterday! in IS A. Tillman and Maj. Carl R Iman and Msj. uitomobile for the Capital^ Stephany Stephany where he will take over his ne~ lutles mider Cill Service Mooc \ Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County · Historic Scrapbooks Collection Services Arranged 13. FRMK M. :WQ*W&*$& '936 Carries ENDS, & Ship Funiwi^eWcUt-Wr tkawRft* o\der"residents of the city will note the Ennis, former Rochesterian and death of Frank M. Enos with more than famous bridge builder who world AIDE, passing regret. For years his stalwart mili V was decorated by King George Mimki was the of at figure cynosure all eyes of England, will be conducted next tary Remains Home week at St. Bridget's Church, the frequent parades of Company A, Boys where Mr. Ennis was of Lawrence Ennis, Rochester, ISDElAT73 in Blue, the Republican marching organ The body who married more than 40 years ago. world famous bridge builder ization. He was also conspicuous at the aboard the Amer <% ; Now steamship won a decoration from King CJeorge is ex frequent reviews of the police, whom he will comfe "home" ican Merchant, the body I V of England, to arrive in New York Business Man Had served for years as in 1 to Rochester next week. pected twenty-six military and will be brought I Now aboard the steamship Aucerl- City Monday structor. later. 1 to dock in to Rochester several days Been 111 can Merchant, expected Only Still Mr. Enos was Ennis died and was buried earlier, conspicuously .New York Monday, Ennis' remains Mr. 1 in the volunteer Rochester for in England last May. active military organiza will be Drought to temporarily Fortnight a of Al funeral services several days later, Mr. Ennis was protege tions of the city, serving effectively in the Rochester bridge 4U according to his nephew John Jack, fred Moscrop, Naval Militia and during the World War in at the Roches Frank M. of the RVF OF THE of Metal Arts Company builder, and worked Enos, secretary president R. T. French died last the depot units of Troop H, First Cavalry, here. ter Bridge Building Company Company, His ac (Jan. 1936) at his home, and the Third BICGRAPHTi > Services will be conducted at St. many years ago. greatest night 22, Infantry. considered the 184 Dorchester Road. He was 73. Bridget's Church, where Emus was complishment was The precision and vigor of his military of the arch Mr. Enos had been active in married more than 40 years ago. building single span the and with which in bearing, skill patience of Aured Mos- across Sydney Harbor the business until about two weeks He was a protege bridge drill ago, when he became ill, and he inculcated the elements. of military crop, Rochester bridge builder, and Australia. weakened until his death worked at the Rochester Bridge He leaves his wife, Margaret steadily and discipline in successive awkward squads a Mrs. Jennie Hoyt, came. Building Company. With Moscroo he Ennis; sister, of the will be recalled for years ToEnter and city's police, Montreal and Rochester, and several nieces For 26 years Mr. Enos was mili Ready to went Baltimore, by older members of the police force and by Middlesborough, England. nephews, besides his nephew, Johnj tary instructor for the Rochester *r> of Metal Arts Com Police He was the men who were active in the Republi TTTfen Moscrop retired as general Jack, president department. ap Business- of the Com here. pointed to the post in 1902, and can unit. manager Dorman-Long pany '..,, i marching held it until it was abolished in Note to business executives: pany, English bridge firm that em These memories will longer per 928. persist This is one of a series of articles ploys 27,000 men all over the wcr'd, lTHl fn^fcUltarfTTp as a business man, than his memory to with the Ennis succeeded him, was made a Rites Conducted He had a wide experience in haps designed acquaint you ^ the of Democrat director. military affairs. For eight years although he was an officer in one of qualifications ana} For Bridge Builder Chronicle carriers who have His greatest accomplishment was in his youth he was lieutenant of most known and important Mass was cele city's widely de- considered the building ot the gigan Solemn requiem the Second Separate Division, reached the age when they Church industries. in Bridget's yes aval tire to enter wider of busi tic single span arch bridge scloss brated St. Militia. During the World fields Ennis, former Sydney Harbor in Australia. For his terday for Lawrence War he was captain of the depot ness. These carriers have been bridge engineering services in the Wbnd Rochesterian and prominent j unit of Troop H First Cavalry, and through a long period of train in War, he was awarded the Order of builder who died England. was later transferred to the depot ing and experience in this news& Rev. James V. Ennis, a! unit of the British Empire by George v . The the Third Infantry. paper's carrier organization. Ennis, celebrated ducation: Robert was an East Ennis died May 5, 1938. He was nephew of Mr. | He served for several years as the Rev. Ray- last June. His stricken while addressing a meeting the Mass, assisted by Captain of Company A, Boys in igh graduate and the I was 81 cent. of Dorman-Long directors. He was mond Curtin as deacon Blue, patriotic organization. egents average per sub- buried in England with services at Rev. Stanley Curtin, S. J., as Mr. Enos' father, B. Frank Enos, obert is a good mathematician the Westminster Cathedral. deacon. In the sanctuary were was clerk of police court for more nd draftsman. He has a long and! He leaves his wife, Margaret; a Rt. Rev. Mgr- Charles F. Shay, than 25 years. eriod- of service as a carrier, hav- S. Cam i sister, Mrs. Jennie Hoyt, Rochester, the Rt. Rev. Mgr. Joseph Mr. Enos leaves his wife, Mrs. ng carried the Times-Union for a and several nieces and nephews. eron. Burial was in Holy Sepulchre) Mary J. Enos; a son, Franklin J eriod of three years and The Cemetery, where Father Enos, and a brother, Arthur B emocrat and Chronicle during Enos. Private gave the final blessing funeral service 938 and '39. He has the dictinc- ill be conducted at the home ion of having obtained the largest morrow. umber of new subscribers in one ear which speaks well for his alesmanship. Robert also won Motor Fumes Kill Driver everal contests while carrying The ?eat! 111115 imes-Union. He is active in the Believed in Hi-Y and the DeMolay. Dozing Garage! Type of work preferred: Robert With vMerai Editoi two New Years Eve horns lying on the seat beside! wants to work in an office where him, 36-year-old John Evans Jr. was found dead carbon I he can get engineering or drawing of the of Louis A- Esson, one found-, He would accent a monoxide fume car in a experience. ers of the Rochester Appeal, lateri poiioT^gHuTTIfs yesterday morning position in a bank or industrial established in garage at the rear of his home at 640 Ave. the Evening Times Ridgeway Aside from his of years plant died at Coroner David H. Atwater said* 1887 by printers, yesterday training and experience as s He would he learned Evans had returned late his home, 107 Vassar St. stalled a short while after Chronicle carrier from a Democrat and have been 87 old 14. party and had apparently years May deadly monoxide fumes filled Robert has had as a] dozed off after the car into experience Mr. Esson, who in his later years driving car. the The car motor was clerk. was editor of the Post- garage. grocery vicinity turned Evans is survived by his parents, W. R. on, but the engine was not Express before it was sold to Mr. and Mrs. John three sis would like further running when Evans' father found Evans; \lf you Hearst, came to Rochester Mrs. Verne Mrs. Dar Robert Ester froi|| him about 9 a. ters, Coulson, regarding Canada, in 1871, m. \formation Natanee, Ontario, win and Miss Natalie or an interview with respect || In issuing a certificate of acci Vernoy \man, as a compositor on the Eveningly two cireulatioi dental death, Dr. Atwatei surmised Evans; brothers, Victor and jro employment call the [Express. He worked on several Evans. Evans probably arrived home about Edgar \manager, Democrat and Chronicle '.Rochester newspapers before going 4 am. and had paused momen- Funeral services will be con Main 7400 to the Post-Express. torily In the machine, its motor ducted at 2 p. m. Saturday at the He is survived by his daughter, idling, to listen to the radio which parents' home, 640 Ridgeway Ave Effie H. Esson, Rochester; and a was still playing when he was Burial will be in Mt. Hope Ceme-' sister, Mrs. Parker H. Rew, Scars- found. The motor apparently had tery. dale. N. Y. Private funeral services 1 be held tomorrow. .i, ft & JAN 2 1941 Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County · Historic Scrapbooks Collection

" Sailor Gets Yuletide Bride; He's Air Captain Now, ^I!r^WM BEvershetl Ritce Must Leave for Duty Monda; Makes Brief 0.*C.fJrJ23l937 t Scheduled for tmas comes once s year, tOQO U but this one will be one In a llfe- Visit Home! for Sallormsn A sun-tanned in a jtlme Artfritf, fiYSBt neat, chap Wedheffiy I and a with hair blue uniform , girl brown-gold stepped from the| Breezes from the lake and bay j and blue eyes he brought here from American Airlines Flagship Balti on which he sailed more than 40 _ Vaars will blow over the the West. more when it landed in Rochester! grave off -Frank C. Evershed, 72, retired ex Last night they were IBM yesterday afternooa and made cursion boat captain who died to-' l Two days after Christmas they will (straight for a telephone in the] day at his home, 3747 Culver. N| he separated for as long as the lairlities office. Funeral services will be he'.dj U. S. decrees. Four dsys Wednesday at 3 p. m. at the homeJ Navy I "Hello, mother. How are ft for a triple holiday cele you?] Burial will be in Ceme I have only a minute. We're tak Irondequoit bration, which includes Evans' first tery. ing off right awsy. I'm going to m in two yt-ara with his j Born in Irondequoit, Mr. Ever-' try to get home for a of couple days j shed, who captained boats near the end of this month." plying! between Charlotte and Sea Breeze! A few more words were ex land on Irondequoit Bay. He was changed, snd ths young man re vicepresident of the Irondequoit turned to his post in ths pilot's "Navigation Company and the Lake cabin. ntario Navigation Company. He Is Victor R. Evans, former He retired from the lake about Rochester flyer and co-pilot of The [10 years ago and later operated] Gantiet Newspapers plane, now a flower farm in Culver Road. captain in the American Airlines. Ts survived by a son, Robert] Evans, son of Mr. and Mrs. John shed; a grandson, Robert Jr., Evans, 640 Ridgeway Ave., left d a brother, William N. Ev< Rochester to go with the airlines bed. jf in 1936. He was the first Roches terian to become an airline pilot, and was promoted to captain last April. Yesterday's flight through BOAT CAPTAIN the city was hia first here since he flew the New York - Cleveland route in 1938 ss co-pilot. He hsd been on the Wsshington-Boston VICfTOR EVANS routes. Funeral services for F: e- The 29-year-old flyer estimated I he has flown approximately 6,000 Evershed, 72, retired excursion be hours since he began flying in [captain, who died yesterday (Oct.t 192S. Of these, 8,600 hour* have 30, 1939), will be conducted at 3 been flown on the airlines. m. tomorrow in his home, 3747 who holds a commission jp. j Evans, [Culver Rd., with burial in In ths Naval Reserve, received Ironde-j [quoit Cemetery. nearly sll his flying training in Mr. Evershed, who was horn in[ snd around Rochester. In 1935 he skippered boats run took a course st the School [Irondequoit, Boeing ining between Charlotte and Sea m California, obtaining a high Breeze before retiring from the! rating as a "blind" flyer. about 10 years ago. He was other Rocheater fol [lake Many pilots vicepresident of the Irondequoit] lowed Evens to airline jobs. Among Navigation Company and the Lake) them ere Cheetham, Gus Gesrge Navigation Company. Kons, Walt Gosnell. Ray Mix, [Ontario Surviving are a son, Robert Dick Richards, Ed Evans, Hank ;[ grandson. Robert Jr., and Osborne, Alexander Lindsay and [a and Mrs. Arthur trim Christmas tree. brother, William N. Evershed. Mr. Evans, newlyweds, Guy Stratton. Cheetham and Rich ards were formed Gannett Newspa St. Ix>ul*. all wreathed In I so I guess 111 be busy enough," per co-pilots. he said. yesterday because: Evans, who married Miss Nona "There Isn't much you can do hut The couple had spent yesterday! Sheard, Stinewood Avenue, la in smile tn *il this excitement. Its afternoon trmlmlng a Christmas May. 1987, resides Jackson ths ftrtt time I've met Arthurs tree at the home of ths bride folks. I'm getting married and it's groom's sister, Mrs. George Fuller. Christmas.'' Win hurst Rd., Brighton, attempt-] She couldn't even call forth the in,- an air of calm in view of the trace of a frown for the thought wedding about three hours hence. Threats of trouble in the Pacific that the bridegroom, sob of Arthur nine snd Japan failed to dis O. Ewj*. Edgewood Rd.. Brighton. turb rither of them, even though! e in St Louis Mon her Evans Is chief machinist on one of day while he travels on to Long th hig navy cruisers. Beach, Calif., to sail on the SS. The wedding ceremony last night Louisville for Australia. was performed by the Rev. George | II have an apartment and hmitt in St. Anne's Rectory. iants were Mr. and I'll keep house and while he's gone Mrs. TU keep on wor* old Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County · Historic Scrapbooks Collection

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*m*L~37 a botonist employed as a field man By Jack Burgan * under the juris and he has a reason to offer for it. It's a ratiu diction of the Monroe ILLIAM L. G. Edson was born in the Green County Regional Planning philosophic reason, too. Mountains of Vermont where most boys hear Board. "Birds are like human he rumors about a called Democrats beings," says. "They. species Edson came down out of the New England hills are always for and all to be Individualists. looking something better. They try boys grow up after completing his formal education in the village to widen their habitat Edson is one of the more of the lone continually. Around Rochea rugged of Cavendish, Vt. in 1908. He was 18. to Coming ter we have a banders. that's has his He comparatively warm area but it is Perhaps why he title. Rochester, he went to work in the Eastman Kodak surrounded by a cold belt which birds. is official bird observer for Rochester. Company plant. discourages Occasionally some few birds not The term does not mean that Edson has a native will drop in, spe- But confinement within four walls was not his find things to their and trial license to look at birds. But it does imply that liking stay." conception of a method of making a living and so The |the slight, men who a deal of laughing gull and skylark, for are retiring spends great he applied for a job in Highland Park in 1909 and instance, supposed to find their his time in the basement laboratories of Dewey was home range far outside this hired. He studied botany and eventually be area but Hall, U. of R. Campus, can look at a bird with occasionally they pop in for a stay. came caretaker of the herbarium. It was then that greater authority than almost anybody else in Roch he The secret of a he resurreoted his interest in birds, a boyhood recognizing bird, confides, la not ester. He can identify some 250 varieties by sight hobby. studying what the songster looks like alone. "" or sound. More birds can be It was sometime in 1912 that he sent his first re recognized by flight peculiarities For 25 years he has been the official expert on than by any pair of he port of birds observed to the newspapers of the city. binoculars, maintains. Edson | birds for the newspapers of Rochester. Mon- uses glasses in his to Every He has been doing it once a week ever since. observations, be sure, but a fday morning in The Democrat and Chonicle city Edson more certain method is to recognize at first is lightly built with graying hair, so soft- glance edition you will find his at the bottom of the the way a bird or report spoken his conversation is difficult to follow. alights takes to the air, he says. first column of the second page of the second sec- His work as a botanist carries him into the out One talent Edson lacks, a gift he wishes for ,-tion, written much as he has been it for a He writing doors most of the time and as a result, most of his mightily. cannot imitate birds. Few people can, quarter of a century. he bird report is based on purely personal observation. says, stamping stories about Indian prowess as It's simply a brief paragraph or two in 6-point sheer "bunk." There are about 25 people around the city who are Louis Agassi Feurites, Ithaca bird I type listing the birds seen about Rochester area who lived a interested sufficiently in the accuracy of his report painter decade ago, is his idol for bird during the previous week followed by a terse para- action to telephone or mail their reports to him each week. paintings; Audubon the authority on bird

! graph noting any rare species. Over it rides Edson's > Thus he collects the raw material of his hobby. backgrounds. name and title. It all takes a couple of inches of He keeps complete records of the birds he finds Edson and his wife live at 54 Fairview Ave. with space. in the area of the a of city and tabulates them at the pair canaries and a pair of Australian grass official Naturally bird-observing is not Edson's end of the year. The greatest bird year the city parroquets. The official bird observer knows some way of making a living. It's simply a holdover hob ever saw brought 223 kinds of flyers into the county thing about taking care of his charges, too. He from the by days when he was a farmboy plowing to be he muses. observed, formerly had a big parrot. But it diedafter 38 the steep sidehills of Vermont. profession he is By Every year brings new varieties, Edson says. years in the Edson household. Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County · Historic Scrapbooks Collection DEATH TAI3 LEGAL EDITO iw Editor 1 1 IffflCH, Career Linked to erTcW19S I Standard Works LEGAL EDITOR i Of Profession SSeMf Funeral services will be held in D,&e, MAY Willis A. Estrich, 59, of 101 Marl \sbury-First M'ethodist Church at 2:30 p. m. for Willis A. 19^0 borough Rd., editor-in-chief of the Monday Career Linkea to Sstrich, 59, editor-in-chief of the Lawyer's Co-operative Publishing sawyers' Cooperative Publishing Standard Works Company and a committeeman of Company. Burial will be in River- the American Bar Association, died Uride Cemetery. Mr. Estrich, an Ohio native who Of Profession yesterday (May 18, 1989) in St. ^ -ose to prominence in law publishi Mary's Hospital. and was a committeeman of Willis A. Estrich, 50, of 101 Marl ng Mr. Estrich was a native of North he American Bar Association, died Rd.. borough editor-in-chief of the in St. western Ohio. He was a graduate yesterday Mary's Hospital. His home was at 101 Lawyer's Co-operative Publishing of Tri-State and Marlborough College, Indiana, fed. Company and s committeeman of received his bachelor of law degree the American Bar In the of Association, died University Michigan. Practiced in Ohio After school yesterday (May 18, 1089) In St. teaching and practic A of ing law in Bryan, Ohio, for a few graduate Tri-State College Mary's Hospital years, he came to Rochester in 1911 |in Indiana, he was awarded a Mr. Estrich was s native of North and associated himself with the bachelor of law degree at the Uni of western Ohio. He was a graduate publishing concern. versity Michigan, following his formal education with school [of T: . : rilana. and A legal scholar, he was the editor teach ing and several of law f*d his bachelor of isw degree of many standard works of the years prac in Bryan, Ohio. in the University of Michigan. profession, among them the "Est tice In 1911, he came to Rochester to After tesehlng school and practic rich on Installment Sales," his own begin his association with the law ing law In Bryan, Ohio, for a few work; "Ohio Jurisprudence," "Car- house. Among the yeans, he came to Rochester In 1911 mody's New York Practice," publishing many i standard law works he edited was land associated himself with the "Standard Pennsylvania Practice" \ his own "Estrich on Installment hlng concern. snd "American Jurisprudence." Sales." Other works which came A legsl scholar, he was the editor He was a member of the old First Willis A. Estrich, 59, law pub under his blue pencil were "Ohio of many standard works of the Methodist Church and served for Jurisprudence," "Carmody's New profession, smong them the "Est firm died more than 20 years as a member lishing editor, York Law Practice," "Standard rich on Installment Sales," his own of the quarterly conference as well Pennsylvania Practice,'' and "Amer work: "Ohio Jurisprudence," Rochester yesterday. a church trustee. After ican Jurisprudence." mody's New York Praq building wss destroyed by fire sev ' 1 "Standard Peantiylvania Practice jf ral years ago, he took a prominent Active in Church Merger American Jurisprudence." part in Its merger with Asbury A trustee of old First Methodist! He whs i member of the old Flmt I It Methodist Church and later became ul LlfeB GRAPH/ ! Church, Mr. Estrich served for Methodist Church and serves] * [board of trustees chairman. He be ;more than 20 years as a member more than 20 years as a member v useful life was that of WilusA. longed to the Chamber of Com orf the quarterly conference. He was of the quarterly conference as wsll it rich whose death at the age of 59 h merce, Masons, the Ohio Bar jjthe active in the merger of the church as a church trustee. After snd the American Bar Association. used deep regret among his associates swith Asbury Methodist Church building was destroyed by firs sev Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Sadie the after the "First Church" was de-| eral years sgo, he took a Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Follett Estrich; two sons, James pros^^H istroyed by fire several years ago. In Its merger with mpany and his many friends in the and Frank, both of Rochester; a [part i^^B He was later trustee chairman of Methodist Church and later bseaaM ter brother. John L., Angela. Ind.; two j '| community. tsbury-First Methodist Church. board of trustees chairman. 1 1 sisters. Mrs. Ella Stackhouse. Edon, A native of Ohio, most of his active Mr. Estrich was a member of the longed to the Chamber of O., and Clara M. Estrich. Edgerton. | s were in Chamber of Commerce, the Masons, the Masons, the Ohio Bar spent this city where his O. Funeral services will be held in jmerce. American Bar Association and ths American Bar Association. Ices as editor-in-chief of the - Methodist jthe and] ; publish Asbury-First Church ithe Ohio Bar. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Sadie m Monday at 2.30 p. m. Interment made him widely known in legal He leaves his wife, Sadie iFollett Estrich; two sons. James will be In Riverside Cemetery. Fol-j throughout the He waa llett Esferich; two sons, Frank and and both country. Frank, of Rochester: ^pes I James a skilled editor but Estrich, both of Rochester; t. John Angela. Ind two ily himself made I*. .; la brother, John Estrich, n. Mrs. Ells Stackhottae. Edon contributions to the literature of Angala.[ pralunble Ind.; two sisters, Mrs. Ella Stack- O . and Clara M. Estrich. i Edgerton aw. house, Edon, Ohio, and Miss Cli ineral services will be held In* The Methodist Church of this area (M. Estrich, Edgerton, Ohio. alar cause to mourn his passing. ;stee of the First Methodist Church. when its edifice was destroyed by fire soma years ago he promptly advocated merger wits Asbury Church. On com pletion of the consolidation, he threw himself into the service of the new organ isation with the same seal and interest he had displayed in First Church. Mr. Estrich was the type of man stBm influence is quietly manifest yet felt Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County · Historic Scrapbooks Collection Becomes utobiography j.v c? filfaySp Ar rt 1341 JOSEPH ENGEL, Rail Mans Obituary He Gave Fine Park at Frank Ellison Six years ago Archie Vernon Edick, 39 Marlborough Dying 88, Thompson leaves a memorial of pd., wrote and filed away a brief autobiography. Today that lasting his long and useful life in the 470-acre to {little article served as his obituary notice. state and local real estate circles park he gave j Mr. Edick, for many years a* for the last 33 years, died .unex- ! Monroe County. yrailroad claim agent, and a mem- pectedly yester- This is the closest of county parks to Woodmen of jber of the Modern day (July 27, Rochester. So close, in fact, that it hast America and 1941) in his been a favorite of - West Avenue home, 147 Edge- objective hiking trips M e thodist iRites v i e w various of folks, Arranged Lane, arranged by groups young j Church, died Brighton, of a Strictly speaking, the name Ellison [ leav heart attack. yesterday, Park honors the memory of Nathaniel B. ing his wife, Mr. E n g e 1, Ellison, the donor's father, one of the Sophia, and a who was In city's j T daughter, Mrs. wra,fer active business early school commissioners. Goms- b. time l Elmer J. Jjiiigel up to the The park property was formerly a farm rud. of his death, Funeral services for Joseph F.l owned by Mr. Ellison, who was associated Funeral serv was- -a V3"*1 Engel, prominent in state and local with a firm before he organ ices will be of the manufacturing realrpi estateMr.tA circles t*- w 33! president condu cted at New York State ized his own realty company. years, will be West Avenue Real Estate JOSEPH F. Historical associations of the conducted at 3 property, ENGEL M e t hodist Board and for as the site of Indian at the head p. m. tomorrow Landing EDICK Church at 2 p. three years, from 1928 to 1931, was at the home, of Irondequoit Bay, formed one reason why Recorded facts m. Friday, with president of the Rochester Real 147 Edge view Mr. Ellison decided to the farm to the aurial in Riverside Cemetery. Estate Board. give Lane, Brighton. 8 As an official of the state body His autobiography follows: Burial will be county. he was a member of the committee But the area also nat "Archie Vernon Edick was born in Mt. Hope. possesses great which urged licensing for real North Warren, Pa., Dec. 24, Mr. Engel, ural attractions, with its hills rising out [at estate brokers, and also had served 1869. At the age of 5 years, he who died unex of the level floor and the creek wind 1 on the state's first citizens' avia valley [moved with his parents to James- pectedly yester tion committee. ing through it. | town, N. Y., where he resided un- day of a heart Mr. a native Rochesterian, have been turned into 21 of Engel, These hills would jtil years age. attack, was , in Falls , was a member of Genesee an "He received his early education active business gravel pits had Mr. Ellison accepted Lodge, F&AM, 505; Knights Temp in both the public and high school to the time offer of for the land. up lars, Hamilton Chapter; Laila $100,000 of his home city. In further prep of his death. He ENGEE to donate it for slated Rookh Grotto; Damascus Temple, He chose, instead, pub-, aration for Rites his life work, he took was a past Church. and St. Paul's Espiscopal lie use as a recreation ground both the commercial and steno delightful president of the New York State- He is survived by his wife/ Mrs. graphic courses in the Jamestown Real Estate Board and for three! Wilhelmina G. Engel; a son, J. Business I College. years, 1928 to 1931, was president! Frank Engel, and two brothers, "When the courses were com- of the Rochester Real Estate' Edward C. and John J. Engel. he took a with Ipleted, position the Board. Funeral services will be conducted Gummed Address Company, Fhila- A native a I Rochesterian, he was at 3 p. m. tomorrow in the home, i delphia, Pa., and worked with member of Genesee Falls Lodge, with private burial ceremonies in then* about a and a half. \Lawrence Ennis *>** | year He F&AM; Knights Templars, Hamil Mt. Hope Cemetery, then severed connections with the ton Chapter; Lalla Rokh Grotto, Funeral Held firm and took a position with Damascus St. 6fe/9,/?39 Temple and Paul's Last rites for Lawrence 'Isabella Furnace,' Wyebrooke, Ennis, Episcopal Church. former Rochesterian and well Pa., and remained there untill He leaves his wife, Wilhelmina G. known builder who died in 1894. bridge [Nov. 1, a J. Frank and Engel; son, Engel, England, were held yesterday "On Dec. 11, 1894, he entered two brothers, Edward C. and John morning in 300 Cumberland St. and the service of the Buffalo, Roch- J. Engel. in St. Bridget's Church. Burial i ester and Pittsburgh Railway was in Holy Sepulcher Cemetery. Company in the auditor and treas | Solemn high mass was cele office as urer's stenographer, and brated by the Rev. James V. Ennis, Ion Oct. 1, 1914, was made freight a nephew of Mr. Ennis, assisted by; claim of the agent company. He Briefl^Hoied, the Rev. Curtin as | UL 29 1941, Raymond continued to hold the position un- deacon and J rocarrear estate circles will the Rev. Standey Cur-' the State md jtil company was consolidated tin, S. J., as subdeacon. In the the miss the influence and leadership ot (with Baltimore & Ohio Rail sanctuary were the Rt. Rev. Msgr. road Company Jan. 1, 1932, when Joseph F. Engel, who died Sunday. For Charles F. Shay and the Rt. Rev. he I became district freight claim Mr. Engel took a broad view of the re Msgr. Joseph S. Cameron. agent for the B. & O." Father Ennis the final sponsibilities of his business, worked gave [blessing at the grave. effectively to keep its practices on the highest ethical plane. It was natural that hq should take an important part in civic affairs as well. Service on the State's first citizen aviation committee, and his interest in his church and fra ternal bodies, were marks of his readi ness to do his part for others. Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County · Historic Scrapbooks Collection Mr. Ellison had served on tho IS. and at board of Highland Hospital Frank Ellison Dies 88; donor of the Nathaniel B. was the Rites Slated Tomorrow Ellison Prize In History, given an-. nually at the University of Roch Park to Monroe 388-1 Donated ester. The Ellison Block at his 400 Main St. E. where he kept For Park Donor Nathan Ellison, offices was the site of the in 1856. The man who a 470-acre for un Head of RealtyKealt; FnFirn iel B. Ellison home, built provided playground He leaves his wife, Madeline counted thousands of Rochesterians was dead today.l Had Been 111 for a Mrs. Ross Ellison; daughter, He was Frank Thompson Ellison,) William McKay Patterson, and a philanthropist, civic benefactor and! Two Weeks Patter grandson, Ellison McKay donor of Ellison Park to Monroe | services will be held Frank Thompson Ellison, Roch son. Funeral County, who died yesterday at his j 2369 East Ave., at 2 home at 2369 East ester realtor who presented Monroe at his home, Ave., Brighton.

Burial will be Mr. Ellison was 88. County Its 470-acre Ellison Park, p. m. tomorrow. at his Cemetery. died yesterday (July 8, 1941) Mt. Hope He Funeral Arranged home. 2369 East Ave., Brighton. was 88. Final rites for Mr. Ellison, and of the presi-j Philanthropist patron dent of the Rochester Investors! of the Roch arts, he was president Company Inc., will be conducted 1 Investors Company "Inc., ester at 2 p. m. tomorrow at the home. its offices at 390 Main | which had Burial will be in Mt. Hope Ceme-I' two weeks ago he [St. E. Up until tery. in affairs of the had been active Last Rites The philanthropist at one timer he was taken 111. firm, then refused an offer of for to $100,000 Ellison also had presented the| 1 Mr. land he later gave to the county YWCA the Mary Thompson | Ithe for a park in memory of his father, in Portsmouth Ter Held | House Elltson foi?n94i Nathaniel B. Ellison, one of thei of his mother. Elli race in memory early school commissioners of the* opened Oct. 1, son Park, officially city. The park opened Oct. 1, 1927. to the county in | 1927. was given F. T. Ellison He also presented the YWCA the ! his father, Nathallel B. .memory of Mary Thompson Ellison House who was one of the early Final tribute wa^ paid yesterday in; I Ellison, Portsmouth Terrace, a commissioners of Rochester to Frank Elli cooperative} 'school afternoon Thompson residence for business girls, inj aided materially in promoting 2369 land son in services at his home, memory of his mother. progress. i its educational to come Born on South Street on Feb. the first of the East Ave., but generations j The donor of Mr. Ellison a en 14, 1853, studied Greek f was a member of will honor his memory in their county's parks and 4 land church journalism at Drew Rochester FRANK T. ELLISON joyment of Ellison Park, the pioneer **l\* J*f.- Seminary after being graduated Buell Ellison. for which he to the county 1 Samuel gave from the grandfather. 1822. Refused $100,000 Offer Nixon, University of Rochester. settled In the city in The Rev. Justir Wroe I having a He was associated with a manufac and private Ellison Park formerly was D.D.. officiated at the services. BHe attended public firm and firm farm Mr. Ellison. Well died Wednes turing realty before here, then completed operated by Mr. Ellison, who schools organizing his own realty Institute. In^a aware of its historical value be was of the Roches company. course in Satterlee's day, presided fromi tba cause of Indian Landing' at the Inc., *nd FRANK T. ELLISON 1873 he was graduated ter In/estors Company Refuses $100,000 Offer with a head of Irondequoit Bay, he prom had been one of the city j University of Rochester long Donor of Ellison Park to Mon alter and arts degree. ised it to the county. Shortly outstanding philanthropists Ellison Park formerly was a farm bachelor of roe County, Mr. Ellison died making his promise, it is related. civic benefactors. operated by Mr. Ellison, who Studied Journalism yesterday at his home at the prom he was offered more than $100,000 Honorary bearers were Richard ised it to the county because of waa that of age of 88. His first position for the property as a gravel pit but Millham, John Remington, John its historical value as the site of with n0*' bookkeeper th? he refused the offer and con Wright, George Keyes, Henry I Indian Landing at the head of firm of Ellison A Stod facturing tinued on with arrangements to Lempert, William Hardy, Alden Irondequoit Bay. which his father was head. dard of present it in memory of his father Covill, Herbert Winn, Edward It was shortly after he made his I he on After five years decided^ Ellison had been approached Charles Wray, Henry offer to the that he ywar"w * and Mr. || Cumpston, county refused: in church Journalism..Sill l career concerning the erection of a plaque Shedd, Emerson Babcock, William a bid of $100,000 for the property Drew Theological Seminary .entered at Indian Landing entrance of the Dick and Edward Morris. for use as a gravel pit. After a few years | at Madison. N. J. the but he After the work for park proclaiming gift park was opened it was of intensive study and had asked that such action be de proposed to erect a plaque at In- denomination as a layman, his his ferred until his death. County 1 dian Landing entrance proclaiming failed. He traveled for some health Parks Director Robert W. Coch the gift but he asked that such then re-entered business. j I time and The Board faction be deferred until manu- rane aald last night. his death. a company to | organising of Supervisors will be asked to fertilizers and other agrl- Progressive Founder ffacture erect a memorial shortly, he aald. j Party I chemicals. cultural Miss Madeline Rosa became Mr. worked in Buffalo and was He was one of the founders of He Ellison's bride In Buffalo In 1904. for a while with Alfred the Progressive Party and in 1912 | associated ."sises i campaigned for state aenator from sKfiarissr Washington.sl '^ssjl'^szFoundallon. the Mon land benefactor of Cornell Univcr- the 45th District on its ticket. roe County Farm Bureau, He; After 13 yeara with his own the] : had served as president of the Sixth Bslty. Historical '.he1 to enter the Roehater Society, 1 company, he withdrew Ward Republican Club and was a the Country Club of Rocheater, Alpha j | realty field as president of member of the National Municipal He Delta Phi Fraternity and the Em | i Rochester Investors Company. ; League. the old pire State Society of the Sons of' I waa also vicepresMent of He also had served on the board Inc. the American Revolution. I Millham Realty Company [of Highland Hospital and was thei Several of the city's large bulld- Served aa Senator donor of the Nathaniel B. Ellison on Main Street East. East Prize in I Ings He waa one of the founders ofl History, given annually at Clinton Avenue. Water I Avenue. the Progressive Party and in 19 12 J [the University of Rochester. The and South Avrnue were erec Ellison campaigned for state aenator from block at 388-400 Main E., aa ventures by Mr. Elli- where he his ted realty the 45th Diatrict on Its ticket. kept offices, was the! son. He] site of the had served as president of thel Nathaniel B. Ellison Sixth Ward Republican Club home, built in 1856. and] He leaves his a member of the National! wife, Madeline, League. Ross Ellison; a daughter, Mrs j I William McKay Patterson, and a grandson, Ellison McKay Patter- Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County · Historic Scrapbooks Collection Worker Freed of Prison Threat Praises Aid of Friends urn Faces Future with Ohio Officials RuL Gratitude When Against Return Case Dropped After Escape burden he haa car Freed from a "Nothing could change that. He's ried 21 years, Adolphua Edwards been so good to me always the last night faced his future with a kind of man who would do a heart full of gratitude toward his good; turn for fellow men. anybody." The 50-year-old cabinet maker The Edwards indicated that they! had received the news that Ohio would make no changes in the authorities decided against return quiet life that they had led ing him to the prison from which up j to the moment when police walked he had escaped in 1920 while serv into their cottage Jan. 14 to arrest ing sentence on a larceny charge, Edwards as a fugitive. He had because his life had become that of been trapped by fingerprints taken a "valued and respected citizen" of a few days earlier when he was! the community. held on a charge of while I A smile broke over his face when driving intoxicated, to which he pleaded the word came to him yesterday guilty. afternoon while he was at his work Learns Job Is Safe in the cabinet shop of Ward's Na He said that he and Mrs. Ed- tural Science Museum, where he Wards planned to remodel their had been employed six years. cottage, and had already begun "It's a happy day for me," said work on it. His job in the museum Edwards, the quiet-mannered, grey- \ cabinet shop is safe, his employers haired workman, who lives in a cot | have assured him. tage at 171 Frontenac Heights, The Associated Press dispatched Irondequoit, with the wife he mar the announcement from Governor ried 15 years ago, and her 21-year- Bricker's office in Columbus that old son whom he helped to bring Warden Frank P. Henderson of up. Ohio State recom "Glad It's Over" Penitentiary mended extradition The celebrated plans be| couple quietly by dropped. out to dinner and going spending Investigation In Rochester the evening with friends. Both byj Lieut. Henry Barnes had disclosed! tiredly admitted they were "glad that Edwards had made as a It's over." good citizen, owned "a respectable "I'm grateful, more than I can bank] account and a high credit rating," ever say, to those who have helped held an excellent position as fore me," Edwards said. 'If it had not man of the cabinet making shop atf been for my employers, friends. my the museum and "was highly my neighbors and the Adolphus Edwards, freed of worry about return to Ohio re-j newspapers peni- garded" by his employers. I don't know where I would be tentiary farm, as he relaxed for hour at home last quiet night. Warden Henderson's recom-; now. I wish there were some way mendation waa seconded Wel I could repay the kindness that's by technically, though probably not! learned last week the secret of fare Director Charles been shown to me." Sherwood,! actually, still remains in her husband's jeopardy life, which he had who suggested that all papers in His attorney. Vincent J. Mulvey. he enters officials )f Ohio, pointed' guarded so closely from his rela the Edwards case be returned announced that he would take steps out. to! tives, smiled tremulously over the the penitentiary files. The record! to obtain from Governor John W. Wife Made III j good news. showed that he had been sentenitat Brleker of Ohio a full fori Mrs. pardon Edwards, who has been ill I feel Just the same toward from bia Cleveland in 1917 on a larceny; client. Otherwise Edwards j from the shock that came aa abe him as I always have," she said. charge.

State Association hester-j Corporation Counsel William H. .. w .. aa a leer In pion-j | Emerson yesterday waa elected the development of the Great of the Coun 1 Meadows, N. president Corporation J., truck-farming area, sels' Association of New suc in York, jdied Newton, N. J according to ceeding James Tormey of Syra word received here yesterday. Mr. the cuse, at annual meeting of the leaves hia wife, Ella New York jEngemannBarrett [association In City. Engemann, chairman of Others were the elected Michael F. Warren County, N. J., Welfare of iMaloney Utica, vicepresident, a daughter and three sis- and Louis K. Shaler of Ithaca, secretary, according to the Asso ciated Press. Born in Warsaw, Emerson has [lived in Rochester since 1899. He is a grandson of the late Senator William M. Emerson and grandson of the late Willard H. Smith, first j county judge of Livingston County

_ Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County · Historic Scrapbooks Collection BO. Police records here show that ] , JANUARY 4, 1941 KDAY JANUARY 1941 Edwards was sent to the Ohio [ 18. State Reformatory at Mansfield for j jj i,*~- forgery in 1909 and was returned < twice for violation of parole, while \ in Cleveland records reveal that in ; Fingerprints Trap Fugitive, 50, City, 1917 he allegedly stole a revolver, a rifle and a set of bits valued at I 21 Farm $65. He was convicted of grand I Years After from Prison ' Escape larceny Feb. 18, 1917 and sen- tenced to Ohio State penitentiary j at Columbus. Later he was trans Ohio Asks Detention ferred to the prison farm and ! Of Rochesterian "walked away." After his escape, he said, he had For Officers gone to Chicago, worked there as a cabinet maker, and then came to Too many highballs, a spin Rochester. About 1922 he learned around the block and a resulting \ traffic tangle yesterday proved to that a brother in Wyoming was ill, | be the that cost a slip may 50-year- so he went west to get him, brought I old Rochester cabinet maker the him back as far as Chicago and I quiet, respectable life of freedom that he had enjoyed for 21 years nursed him there. The brother I after escaping from a prison farm. died and Edwards took the body for t| of the Rochester A prisoner burial to Washington Courthouse, I police, Adolphus Edwards, who Ohio, a short distance from I lived with his wife and stepson only at 171 Frontenac Heights, yester the state prison. Then Edwards tj- in day paced the floor of a cell married and about eight years ago I the County Jail, facing possible came to Rochester to live. to extradition Columbus, Ohio, Police records sent here show where authorities want him. that Edwards was arrested on the of taken Comparison fingerprints forgery charge Feb. 15, 1909, sent , when he was arrested and charged to prison at Mansfield and paroled with while in Saturday driving Sept. 15, 1909. He was returned to -J with those filed the toxicated by prison for parole violation in 1911, f- FBI In a routine pro Washington, re-paroled in 1914 and brought back j was the to his iden MAURICE G. cedure, tipoff as a delinquent parolee in 1915. ELLENBOGEN tity. Hopes For 'Square Deal' literacy Dead at 58 Yesterday morning when word Discussing his plight calmly I jMCf! 141 came from Washington that a man through the jail bars, Edwards said of Edwards' description had he hoped "for a square deal." He run away Mar. 7, 1920, from the had thought his old record was all I 'DEATH CLAD Ohio State Penitentiary Farm at forgotten. He himself had rarely IF London, near Columbus, where he thought of it in recent years, he was serving time on a grand lar said. Detective "If I had it to do over JEWRY ceny conviction, Henry again," I into Edwards' he "I'd stick out Van Auker walked added, the aaa-l Funeral servicesLEADER^will be conduct-! home and rearrested him on a tence, get free and stay free. That ed at 10:30 a. m. tomorrow at the; technical charge of vagrancy. would be my advice to any kid ml | Edwards' wife, the mother of a a jam." . home at 221 Pelham Rd., for 21-year-old boy by a previous mar An orphan at 16, Edwards had I Maurice G. Ellenb^enT"58,-"foir21l riage, was stunned. told no one, not even his brothers, I I years attorney for the Rochester'; ' about his trouble, be said. He i Joint "I knew nothing about his life I Board, Amalgamated Cloth-; he that she told hoped, said, even now, I j ing Workers, and can- before we were married." 1 -Republican they won't know. More important r didate in police, fighting back tears. "Ail 1 1934 for the State Senate | to him, he added, is that his wife W from know ia that he'a been the best i the 45th District. "will be able to stand it" Mr. kind of a father to my boy." Ellenbogen, whose home was! Warden Frank Henderson of I at 221 Pelham Rd., died yesterday! Wife to Help Hint Ohio State wired to Penitentiary j ; (Jan. 3, 1941) in Strong Memorial! Rochester police to hold Nervous, suffering from a chronic yesterday f .Hospital after a long illness. the that j Illness and effects of having sev prisoner, a letter and \ He held degrees from Columbia the heart photograph would follow. Reports and Harvard eral teeth extracted, j universities. He was j from Columbus said authorities will ;j broken mother sought out attor a member of Temple Berith Kodesh, seek his return, but Warden Hen- 1 neys yesterday afternoon in a fight fa founder and director of the Jew- derson was non-committal in a X for her husband's freedom. Fish Home for the Aged and a; telephone conversation last evening. K of "We will lose everything." she (trustee the Rochester Hebrew He *aid h sent no letter es Edwards whose yet toP j School. He "And sonhe's so Adolphus (left), 60, fingerprints betrayed formerly was secretary i | aald. my proud." poli- his past life, is shown with Detective Henry Van Auker. of the Associated Hebrew Charities She retraced bitterly the events REh*!,terHearing on the vagrancy The prisoner, a well-built grey- charge | and a member of the Rochester | of last Saturday which had led to lodged against Edwards was i haired man, married Mrs. Edwards put [committee of the American Jewish her husband's undoing. He had over in City Court fori about 15 years ago in Waukeegan, yesterday Congress. with her to visit a relative. two weeks. gone 111. They had met previously in He leaves his wife, Marjorie had dowoed two highballs on an Rocheater. only a short time after for tl Year* and his mother, Mrs. stomach, she and then. Happy [Ellenbogen, empty aaid, U to Tina of . Edwards alleged have ea- a happy life! Ellenbogen Troy. to drive to Tve bad pretty had agreed from Columbus. For more caped last 21 years." Edwards 'restaurant for some food. On"*,";!the for the than six years. Edwards said, he I I've I told a "But guess way the Edwards car struck a reporter.

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