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By all-night hiking that he with Jack Martin a big smile and asks for a n and a PETER J. Bar- clean bed." t h a I o m e o But, if Bartholomeo doesn't have chases young- trouble, he does experience grief. Once

i until they chasing a particularly-elusive skipp, r, he* catch him. found himself on a railroad trestle. Bartholomeo is a YOU 'TO "skipper chaser," Trains seemed to be coming at him from holder of a title be- all directions, although in reality there * to wed on him by were only two, trapping him neatly be­ boys at the State tween them on the single set of tracks. Agricultural and In­ MEET••- There was only one place to go and dustrial School at Industry. More for­ Bartholomeo went. He emerged moments mally, he is the later, soaked with ice water and shiver­ transfer officer of ing with cold. He got the skipper. the parole division of the school. The young, round-faced skipper chaser Among his tasks is that of apprehend­ does his hunting by auto but he's ready ing youngsters who go AWOL from the for anything. If a fugitive veer* off into state-maintained institution. Twelve years of experience in skipper-chasing have en­ a swamp, for Instance, Bartholomeo promptly jerks on a pair of boots and abled him to evolve a procedure calling follows. It takes him between two hours for a minimum of waste motion. Often and two days to climax 98 pei cent of he luik.' near the boy's home and waits his expeditions, a week for 1 pei cent until the fugitive "catches him." and over a week for the test. Of course, it isn't always so simple as Bartholomeo wouldn't care for a re­ that, but that's an example of the science turn of the "horse-and-buggy" days. To -Bartholomeo has brought to his vocation. him they are synonymous with a time When the alarm goes out he embarks on a course that he has found highly ef­ when the school's predecessor; the West­ fective. ern House of Refuge on the site of pres­ ent Edgerton Park,. Was a grim place "Before beginning my chase," Barthol­ with walls 20 feet high. Runaways then omeo explains, "I generally go to the easily could elude officers hampered by record office of the parole division to inability to get around rapidly. the background of the boy I'm •m that I can beat tell what His years of tracking fugitives haven't hardened this former athlete, Rochester- or what mode of travel he likely to use." born and bred and once outstanding in Traveling in hot pursuit of fugitives. amateur baseball, basketball, football and Bai tUolooaeo has come iato contact with boxing circles. nearly every sheriff, police chief and "Ninety-five per cent of the boys are village mod town enforcement agent in good boys and the other 5 per cent are the state. He has plucked his quarry from freight carat, coal ears, stolen auto­ just unfortunate," he says. "None of mobiles, moving vans, stores, farm them is so tovgh and bad that I can't houses, closets, grain mills, rivers, lakes, handle them." creeks and many another biding place. He isn't even surprised when a T8un- ' r has he had any trouble with his day-morning quest winds up in a church. quarry, Bartholomeo. who scorns hand­ "More than once in the last year when cuffs or manacles, says. "Ordinarily, by boys 'took a breeze' early on a Sunday the time I catch up with a boy he's so morning I've found them in their home ^^f^W^P'w A»WWS>^WwaPwS«"W^Ss1S^WS' * * • *fi#S^B>pSX8lyPSJSrpl wrMSnSVr* hungry, exhausted from lack of *l«ep and town church, listening to sermons." J, ft C.MAY 12 1348

esi :nrplU pitv 7or Crash Victim CHattis\ Hffearker Dies, r D. >arnes Last rites for Ralph W. Baker, 27,) Former Rochesterian Milan. David Barnes, son of Mr. |of 120 Saxton St.. victim of an aut West! and Mrs. George M. Barnes of . {crash near Hamlin Sunday, will Englewood. N. J., former Roche*-! Grand Ave., today was enrolled . conducted at 300 Cumberland St.] tertan and once active in South! ,a cadet in West Point Militar it 2 p. m. tomorrow with burial| egational Church, St. An-! | Academy. in Mt. Hope Cemetery.^V^. 30 'Ho drews Brotherhood and the IOOFj Barnes, 19, was graduated Baker's wife, a passenger wkhj here, died recently in his horn* In! iyear from Hobart College and lim in the auto, was reported re- ;,Iewood, according to I Ion* of six Monro* County cam jvering from injuries today m[ word yesterday. Mr. dates for appointment to W« ^Municipal Hospital, where her hus- :ker resided here from 1906 to t>»nt Iband died early yesterday. IBB H* ia s graduate of Public She arid their two children,! *---- -• CaJJp S4U lool 33 and East High School! Irene May. 7. and Ralph Baker] " I* a member of St. Mark's Ir., 3. both of whom escaped in-j KuqLig_i^auio accident, aurvtva. a. Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County · Historic Scrapbooks Collection KUNEKAL SJlT Joseph Baiter, 1861 Recruit, OPENED* MISTAKEN FOR OFFICIAL H*ad!s Grand Arniy at 92 Joseph Bauer was 16 when he enlisted as a member of Canadian border. JB**4n UuJsitiL.* Mr. and Mrs. Babcock. who the 8th New York Cavalry Regiment in Rochester in 1861 were married In Christ Church SO your* going to be married and went to the Civil War. by Dr. D'Orville Doty, wer* a 1 CAR CRAS again? That, In itself, la no moat adventuresome young coupl* Today, at Albany, Rochester's best known Civil War •hock to me; lot* of* my beat becaus* they did not go to veteran, at 92, he was elected 1938 commander of the New friend* have don* th* earn* Niagara Fall*, on their honey­ 0. * CrdU'- '939 thing York State Department of the Grand Army cJ the Republic. moon . . . they went all th* But. my dear, married to th* His service in the Civil War was way to Quebec and took a boat c lives at 66 Sidney Street. SAME man! It'* just as trite a* trondequoit Cler long. At 18, at the expiration of up the Saguenay, a favorit* trip a dog biting a man, only more his first enlistment period, he Mr. Bauer was unanimous choice for ncwlyweds today. sentimental. signed again, of 28 veterans attending the depart­ And they not only went up the Killed, 4 Others this time with What's th* matfi * I« the Saguenay, but they stopped off ment's 71st annual encampment. the 5th New first knot getting a littl* frayed In the Whit* Mountains on their He and comrade veterans pre­ with time or are von both going? Requiem InjureMas* ford Raymond; York Indepen­ wny home and climbed Mt. pared this afternoon for a parade' all romai e * uer, 40, popular Irondequoitj dent Battery. Annually now, to be held tonight with 1,700 auxil­ In th* deputy town clerk, killed yesterday] he is grand mar­ iary delegates participating. morning In an auto accident near I that It will be n very shal of Roches­ Other officers named were Nelson impressive ceremony, because, ** Pembroke, will be celebrated at ter's Memorial as th*t Journey info what was St. Salome's Church, Sea Breeze, E. Rowe, Binghamton, senior vice- your brother Rill St the time almost "unknown" Day parade. He at 9 a. m., Wednesday. commander; John W. Hays, Al­ was only a third assistant r. country. has been assem­ (wasn't he") when he married Also injured in the fatal crash, blyman, labor bany, junior vicecommander; the The golden wedding anni­ you the flr*t time. And now th* Price Palmer, 00, 100 Ave. A., Point 1 • a d e r, local versary was celebrated at a Rev. Martin V. Stone, Jamestown,: dear boy is a bishop and v»u e*n Pleaaant, was In fair condition tn GAR official. family luncheon at Wyoming • chaplain, and Josiah C. Read, New do th* business up in »• * St. Jerome's Hospital. Batavia, last and commander Inn. and can you imagine a raor* I night, with severe facial lacera-i York, medical director, And. pleas* don't t*ll m* that of E. G. Mar­ perfect setting for such an affair, j ttoaa, a fractured nose and body! you can get Into your wedding shall Post. He Joseph Bauer with Its old time atmosphere'* ! bruiae*. dress. It would be more than > Mr. and Mrs. Babcock ar* ! Two others in th* car. Arthur could bear, although N would fortunate in having all their chll- | Magin. 48, of 158 Ave. B.. Point! OU-DM JON 9 193J be worth going mile* to see you dr*n close by . . . their daughter, Pleasant, and Howard Denk. 38,: tnak* the *ffort. Mrs. Eleanor Elliott lives in Of 228 Titus Ave., were discharged Sorrv I can't be there to hold Tracy Street. th* William j yesterday aftar treatment for their Babcocks in Harvard 8tr*et. tnjurle*. yi-Year-uidLeadei ives Picture th* Ralph Babcocks in Pittsford, Death Declared Instant catch your bouquet. Be*i«1 and the Emerson Jrs. in Rose- Coroner Peter J. DiNatale. Gen- don't want another husband. dale Street. ! c*«* Count)*, who investigated the This : do quit* nicely. There's a rtcord for you. my accident, said Bauer, whose home Hanging today behind the chair and am doing so today by present­ than: silver anniversary friend; see if was st 4040 Culver Rd.. died ln- of the presiding officer of the GAR ing to you this portrait as a re- Wart unl • been roan ted ffantly of a fractured skull when Memorial and Executive Commit­ membranc* of our pleasant re­ half a centuiy like ng If your he was thrown sgainst th* dash Emerson iw ' • ••- tee in the GAR rooms in City Hall lations." present MV8T b* sterling . *-. Of !>< nid. Annex, 34 Court Street, is a i ew Strati Vicecommander J. P. Kelly ac­ can I gst away with Sheffield? Th* accident occurred. Trooper picture, although not one of a new vVh*n has h*on cepted the portrait on behalf of [ William Weldcnbottom of the Clar- face. •d for 80 years, but the council, and a rising vote of Outpost of th* State Police It la the portrait of Joseph Baue, in the same home all that UtO* T°JWS •!/*.- thanks was extended to Com­ said, when the car, with Magin Sr., commander of the council and N l something to be mighty mander Bauer. driving, crashed into the rear of a for years marshal of the Memorial proud truck operated by Raymond Busch. Day parade. It shows him in his And If the horn* t* one of the Vel s ISociy : 37. East Shelby. Magin contended GAR uniform. landmarks of Wsstern New York | th* truck had no rear lights Commander Bauer, 91, a few t Its dijrninifd red brick waits ienbottom. who knew all th- days ago decided on a surprise for bavin* ehfltrred flv# goner* Found in River, | Irondequolt men in th* ear, having I his comrades. So he went down­ is'* famll make* th* Coron»r D»vld A. Atwater today llv*d formerly at 4180 Culver Rd.. town from his home at 66 Sidney rest of u* real is* that there sttll i Issued a certificate of suicide said Busch had juat pulled out Street and posed specially for the «• stahilii .aotouane** in of the driveway of bin mother' photograph. Yesterday, while pre­ v.irld of ours. while temporarily Insane In the horn* on Rout* 5 shout it siding over the monthly meeting of Way bark In th* day* when lease of JamesJFUBsJrd, 40. World wast of Batavia and a mile th* Council and the allied societies, "Rochester was s small cluster of \ War Vrterar whoa* body was [of Pembroke Army and Navy Union, Veterans of house* besld* a ri**r. tit* Br irk Track Driver Bruised was already standing found in the Genesee River n*ar Foreign Wars, Spanish War Vet­ 1 Th* truck overturned but Bu lily in ths fsetntty-ckared Rattlesnake Point yesterday. erans and Legionnaires, he made Iescaped with a forehead lacera a land grant from th* the presentation. Clad only In underwear, socks I jtion and hip bruises. Th* local me tat* of Connecticut. Ox taaaai "For several years," he said, and sho*«. th* body was discovered [had been to Buffalo and wer* had brought part of th* buitdinf "you have honored m* by election turning horn*. Weldcnbottom materials front Cansndaigua. al by Chostsr Leak*, lower river' as your commander and marshal Bauer, who also a«rved as clcrl. though th* brick* th»ms#lv*s front resident, who notified the for Memorial Day parade. Your I mad* "on th* place " Summervtile Coast Gusrd station. In Irondequolt** wat*r department, action ha* been unanimous each iwss sssistant secretary of Ironde- In the present.owner's lifetime. \led that Balrd had time and I have been deeply im­ ] quoit's Centennial observance com­ pressed by your friendly and when th* home was being r*- boon reported missing from his mittee. He was a member of the generous attitude. I have been modetod, a hitherto unknown boms at 978 Garsoa Avenue. Thurs­ North East Republican Club and anxious to show my appreciation i was found off ths main day. Identification was mad* byl I the Point Pleasant volunteers. collar and waa thought to bo a Miss Martha J. Church, a nice*. H* leaves his widow, Mr*. Cor part of th* underground railway through a ring on Balrd'a loft I Inn* Bauer: hi* daughter. Corinne by which slaves from ths Confed- hsttssaa erat* states wors atat ssross ths his father. Joseph Bauer; :•• TIB Iter. Mrs. L. Klein, and th (brothers. Harold. Ned and Edw Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County · Historic Scrapbooks Collection 1 ik I M 1 I Tim-at ' .ttiJrTHBTu ILITARY RITE PARADE PLANS Plan Welcome Joseph Bauer Last Roll Call • PERFECTED TO Joseph Bauer had a vigorous! individual­ For GAR Chief ity, but as the long procession of years Joseph Bauer, Rochester's grand JOSEPH BAUER Funeral Set passed he became to most residents of J old man of the Civil War, will Rochester a symbol of the once great! make a triumphal entry Into HONOR BAUER army in which he had fought so stoutly, Rochester Tuesday evening for a for preservation of the Union. a celebration in honor of his elec­ Tomorrow tion as state commander of the Groups Will Pay New State Head of As seemingly perpetual grand marshal j Grand Army of the Republic. Joseph Bauer's body will lie in of Rochester's Memorial Day parades, as a Mayor Charles Stanton, accom­ itate tomorrow. Final Tribute GAR Will Fly loyal membei and officer of the Grand panied by a Gannett Newspapers His myriad friends, most of representative will go to Albany whom knew Joseph Bauer all their Army of the Republic, he was known and Tuesday. They will escort Com­ To Veteran lives as the typical Union soldier From Albany respected by the city's whole population. I mander Bauer to Rochester, flying All the miltary pomp, splendor and a respected public figure, may The year? sat lightly on the shoulders aboard a Gannett Newspapers air­ look on him for the last time from Details of tomorrow evening's and ceremony that might be af­ of this man who, as a mere lad of 16, had [plane . forded a general will mark the 10 a. m. to 2 p. m. in Salem Evan­ "royal welcome"' parade for Joseph i A police detail will escort Com­ gelical Church, 230 Franklin St. funeral services today of Joseph Bauer, 92-year-old Civil War vet­ enlisted in the Union forces in 1861 and Imande r Bauer to Franklin Square, Bauer, who never rose above the Those of his Civil War comrades eran, were completed last night. re-enlisted in 1863* rounding cut four full the starting point of a parade at rank of non-commissioned officer who remain and who are physically Bauer, sprightliest of Rochester's j yean in the nation's service. 7:30 o'clock through University in the Civil War. able to pay last respects in person fast dwindling GAR men. last weekj Avenue and Clinton Avenue to Four white horses will pull the will join veterans of other Ameri­ in Albany was named department Nearly all the long life which has Convention Hall. gun-caisson on which the body of can wars in the final tribute to the comander. A Gannett Newspapers} closed with Joseph Bauer's death at 93 Carl S. Hallauer, as chairman. 1 the one-time state commander of 93-yeai-old German-born American plane will fly to Albany tomorrow was spent in Rochester. He was born, will introduce Senator Joe R. Han- who died early yesterday. with Mayor Charles Stanton as at. ley, of Perry, as the principal the GAR will rest. Before it, an­ however, in Baden, Germany, coming to other white horse will be lead, its passenger to pick up the veteran! speaker. Thirteen Remain empty saddle significantly re­ and bring him to Rochester. Rochester with his parents at the age of 6. Mayor Charles Stanton today Forming in Franklin Square til announced a citizens' committee versed to mark the passage of a Thirteen of them remain ln this Perhaps that good fellowship best sum­ 7:15 p. m. the parade will move at| with himself as honorary chair- warrior and leader. area, living quiet lives in Roches­ 7:30 o'clock through University K med up in the really untranslatable word In the solemn line of march will ter and elsewhere in Monroe Coun- Avenue to Clinton Avenue North, gemuetlichkeit was in part a neritage from be units of every veterans' group emnants of the hardy army OH JUM 121331 to Clinton Avenue South to Con-! ln the area, including a contingent early 1860s of which Joseph his South German ancestry. of the British Legion. The latter Bauer was for decades a leading „ CornnWnSer BaMyJiviih4al937 \ Be that as it may, Joseph Bauer was a unit will pay final tribute veteran. They are: cort of the 121st Cavalry will ride man esteemed and liked by all. He was Civil War veteran for the first George Brown. 77 Seward St.; in an early division that will also time here. active in labor circles for many years, it A. Hard, 652 Genesee Valley include Major John Meston, grand I Chimes to Ring Memorial served a term in the Assembly. But k was Tk Blvd.; Charles T. Peck, 256^ marshal; Henry Lilly, GAR veteran j National Guard and Reserve East Ave.; Henry Lilly, 1402 Chili and honorary marshal; Maj. as an outstanding representative of vet­ army organizations will bring the senior vicecommander of the Wheeler C. Case, chief of staff; erans of the Civil War that he became so homage of the modern milit;i New York State Department of the Capt. Abram N. Jones, assistant ; widely known that all Rochester joins in the soldier of another day. As one Grand Army of the Republic, of and Lieut. John A. Vaisey, aide. of the largest military funerals in tribute paid him as he answers the last ^'hlch Mr. Bauer was formerly Also in that division will be a ji VAirz the history of city enters the gates commander; John Bohannan, 59 naval militia battalion under Lieut. \ roll call. tl 1> *B, of Mt. Hope Cemetery, the chimes Lenox St.; Edward B. Smith, H. G. Baist, and marine unit under of the University of Rochester will Buena PI.; John A. Roe, Ironde- Capt. Edward J. Doyle. rin~ out in musical memorial. quoit; Sigmund Stettner, Spencer- Next division will consist of This morning, the body of the Frank Bissell, Scottsville; Spanish War veterans under Com­ German-born nonagenarian who of­ >s Chambers, Honeoye Falls; mander Joseph Marcille, VFW fered to pay the highest pr Frank Van Alstyne, Webster; Pat­ contingents under Senior Vicecom­ citizenship in his adopted country rick Egan, Mumford, and Edward mander Joseph Laurence, and the will lie in state in Salem ' Wildey, Caledonia. Army and Navy Union under Com- hymnaJ Dedicate gelical Church, 230 Finnkl: U. R. Graduate to Sail mender Ewald Weyrich. from 10 o'clock until the ti , ./oDr. C. A. Barbour mer Assemblyman Third division will be Disabled With Rhodes Group 1 the funeral services at 2 p. m. C2? vPeditat,on of a hymnal to the American Veterans in automobiles, Robert.^^JBabfiQcJs of Evanston, J Active pallbearers will be C Those who can will join Joseph 5 lata ClarjBJice.- Augustus. Barbour, American Legion units led by Com­ 111., University of Rochester ath­ H. Rohrer. county commam Bauer's other friends, "shorn he rx*D., former president of Brown mander David B. Brady, and lete and scholar who was grad­ the United Spanish War Veterana; drew from the ranks of bu TJiiversity after "serving as presi-. Jewish War veterans. uated last June, is among 25 Joseph H. Lawrence. c<> «md labor, workers and school chil- %—"^dent of Colgate-Rochester Divinity\ Music will be furnished hy the • Rhodes scholars who will sail at 6 j mander of the ' A shoemaker by trade, he ]**, Sohool, took place last night in the VFW Band, WPA Band. Ladies' w -*-p. m. Tuesday from Hoboken™ wars; R. Leighton Gridh • • leader in organized labor, a I £j}| lajter institution. Rand of Rnrhof'T and Slager aboard the Holland-America liner the Am- »er state Assemblyman. £-2| -Prof. H. Augustine Smith, head; st Band. Stateraaana f. gion; Marine Del^e, county Military funeral services at Sal- _ of the department of Church Music PreMys^rijitq the sailing,.. >the mander of the Army . cm Church tomorrow at 2 p. «m. \£J} in Boston University, who compiled ttuderus will be guests of former a Earl Bennett, c> v/Ul be in charge of County Corn-] : -0 the book, was principal speaker. Rhodes scholars and officers of they of the Disabled American V nander Charles H. Rohrer, United Doctor Smith told about "The Ro­ Guggenheim Foundation at a fare-1 of the World War, and Ab Spanish War Veterans, who, with mance of Hymn Singing." Jones, past commander of th wel smoker Monday night in the j veterans' groups today laid A donor whose name was not llofil Pennsylvania, New York I serve Officers Association. visa for the rites tomorrow. mentioned presented several hun-I %• nallb*>arers will b City. The men will land at Ply­ Members, of the Third Battalion. dred of the books, entitled "The mouth and spend a fow days in jj York State Naval Militia, will New Church Hymnal," to the Londo"1 before taking up their] ' p. m. tomorrow at Main nk E. Gannett. Charles K school. studios at Oxford University. East Armory, attend the j 1 Thomas E. Broderick, Char,. -•: and thm act as an honor- William F. Ln-. n Mr. Bauer's bod) liam F. Butler, the Rev. William J ken »o Mt. Hope Cemetery- Hallock, Walter S. Beilby ar M Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County · Historic Scrapbooks Collection A Veteran of "the Press Colorful Figure Led City's Memorial Day Joseph Bauer Dies at 93; 1 Death of Frederick G. Beach ends the Parade for Many Years—Enlisted for career of a man who for more than fifty i GAR Veteran 111 One Day War Service at Age of 16 years contributed to the development of The Democrat and Chronicle as a news­ ate •ommanda* of the Grand Array paper and to the advancement of business of the Republic, Li • ami former assemblywati, d#d generally in the City of Rochester. this inornii". Hospital. He WHS taken to the Mr. Beach was the last of three sons of u hen ricken suddenly. His death ! the late Calvin Beach, a notable pioneer sax* of military and* He used to say "I could write S i in newspaper development in Western New Ity. book about everywhere I had bean \ York. The father established the Orleans Mr. Bauer was the most widely and everything I had done, espe­ Republican, which is still published atr known Civil War personality In cially done. It would be an awful Albion. One son, Robert K. Beach, after book. It would sell like hotcakes." Western New York and always a ' working on the Rochester Herald, went to dominating figure at military dem­ Active Republican onstrations. On his return to private life, he J Jamestown as one of the founders of the, j Morning Post there. A ~:cond son, Lafay- beAlway rememberes colorfud bly figurethousand; hes will ianearned becamd thee tradactive oef ishoemakingn the old, the soldierly figure that, astride a Knights of Labor, which later suc­ j ette Beach, remained in Albion and after whito horse, led the Rochester Me­ cumbed to the American Federa- i I the father's death assisted his mother in morial Day parade for 10 years, a tion of Labor. Mr. Bauer was an carrying on the Albion paper. Some years j practice he discontinued three organizer in the former trade j after his death the paper was sold years ago to ride in an automo­ union, and then in the A. F. of L Judge Sanford T. Church. bile, "not because I wanted to but In that capacity he organized the ! Fred Beach came to Rochester in 1884 j because my friends persuaded me first union of horsecar railway em­ ; and entered The Democrat and Chronicle's L against my will." ployes; that was in the early 80':=. employ in the printing department. After] A member of the E. G. Marshall One of the early labor politicians, eight years he began work in the adver­ Post here of the Grand Army of he was active in the Republican the Republic, he was elected com­ Party, and as a Republican waa tising department. He was advertising mander of the Department of New elected to the Assembly in 1888 and manager until 1934, but from then on until York at Albany in 1937. He was served one term. He carried his within a few months of his death he the unanimous choice of 28 vet­ labor convictions with him to handled some accounts and was at his erans attending the department's Albany, where he succeeded in desk daily. 71at encampment. The 72nd en­ passing a bill changing the election 5 Mr. Beach's fine character made him campment held in Rochester this law to give the right to vote to j the friend of everyone with whom he came year he attended in a wheel chair, j workers who had to be at work ] in contact. He was dean of the city's suffering from a broken ankle. before 7 a. m. He also introduced j advertising men and had a wide acquaint­ Enlisted At 16 the bill that provided for thefirst I ance and friendship in the city. His asso­ His war record began when at electric street railway in Roch-1 the age of 16 years. He enlisted in ester, to replace the horse cars, the | ciates and other friends are saddened by the Eighth New York Cavalry, drivers of which he previously had his passing and proud^ of hisft long and Company K, in 1861, leaving Roch­ organized. useful service. ester for the front on Thanksgiv­ Other meausres which he suc­ ing Day. He remained with that cessfully introduced provided for FuneraTTomofrmv unit until 1863, serving with the the installation of a short lock in I Army of the Potomac under Mc- the Erie Canal between the Canal ^Frederick G. Beach Clellan, Meade and Hooker. His and the Genesee River; hoist I Funeral services were to be enlistment expiring, he re-enlisted bridges at Caledonia and over the I 'conducted this afternoon for Fred­ In the Fifth New York Independent Widewaters. He obtained an ap­ erick G. Beach, 84, dean of c.r,, Battery, for the duration of the propriation of $50,000 for the State a dvertising war and was honorary discharged Industrial School, after asking for men. In 1865. Although he participated $100,000. The school then was Mr. Beach, In 19 major battles, including the situated at what now is Edgerton j for more than Wilderness campaign and engage­ Park. Another appropriation which i 50 years asso-j ments under Sheridan in the Shen­ he obtained was $40,000 for the ciated with Ther andoah Valley, he came through Deaf Mute Institute after asking Democrat a n di the war without serious injury. for $80,000. Chronicle died! Later acigat a rreunio of hin so nday thse Gettysin th­e and vitalitBory untin lnl aGerman short timy e prior late Saturday atj burArmyg .Battlefield "Before, hIe wawenst decoratein thde toH ehi swa deaths principa, was lbor doorkeepen in Badenr in, his home. if witarmy.h th" eh Gettysbure said, "Ig hamedad nevel bry beeGenn. Germanythe Assembl, iny Aprilfrom, 18918452. anto d1895 cam. e N u n d a Blvd Danieany lfarthe Sicklesr .nwa y than Brighton, toMr thi.s Bauer countr, why wito retaineh his parentd his svi angd FRED REA( H aftenessr. a brief ill-. 1 Hthoughe liket dtha tto threminisce looks eo fove a rma an two brothers andfive sisters at th- Surviving at* JOSEPH BAUER made him and so during the cam­ age of 6 years. The family cat on a sailing vessel; they were d*cf% I I a t e Mr. Beach one son, George j, paign between Douglass and Lin­ 1 iai taken before j^ Beach, Pent" coln I favored Douglass. But Pa! in crossing. he rrtlrrd from bu«.inr< Yan; t hr e was a Lincoln man. he continued,' In 1866, the year after the war. he married Miss Louise Wolf, who daughters, Mrs.J he used to get real warmed up for George Leader, Mrs. Leon D. Lew­ Lincoln. I changed my mind of died in 1915. At the age of 89, in 1934, he took a second wife, the is, and Miss Ruth K. Beach. Roch­ course." he added. ester; one sister, Mrs. Sanford T.j Recalling Lincoln's campaign former Mrs. Fannie Hamman, 24 years his junior, who survives him. Church, Albion: six grandchildren. visit here, he described how the four great grandchildren. wartime president rode a wagon Three generations of his family have been warriors. He fought Services were to be private to­ piled high with rails at which he day at his home. Bearer* were hlal swung an axe ail the way down in the Civil War, his son, Joseph J. Bauer, in the Spanish-American former associates in the advertis- J* Street. ing profession. WarPugsley, .an idn thhies Worl grandsond War., Earl Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County · Historic Scrapbooks Collection

Democrat a Chronicle DEATH CLAIMS Staff Director Over 30 Years A. E. BEALE, 87,

Dean of Rochester's advertising men, Frederick G. Beach, 84, for i more than a half century affiliated BUILDER HERE! [with The Democrat and Chronicle, died in his home, 46 Nunda Blvd., Began His Career I last night, following a brief illness. Builder, Dies For more than 30 years until S1928 Mr. Beach was advertising At Age 10 as manager of this newspaper. He Unexpectedly I was known for his geniality and his Hod Carrier willingness, expressed through the Sturdy, enduring buildings in Private fnueral services will be years, to aid younger men gain a Rochester, Lima and other West­ conducted today for Albert E. foothold in his chosen profession. ern New York communities stand Newspaperblood was in his veins. as monuments to Albert E. Beale, Beale, oldest member of the Build­ His father, Calvin G. Beach, was a leader in the construction busi­ ers Exchange and founder of th* publisher of the Albion Orleans' ness nearly half a century who Beale Construction Company, who Republican, one of the pioneer died today at the age of 87. died yesterday (Mar. 21,. 1938) nt newspapers of the Western New Tall and straight, despite his ad­ his home, 240 Rutgers St. He was York era. vanced years, Mr. Beale continued 87 years old. He was born in Albion, Feb. 21, FREDERICK G. BEACH his lively interest in building activ­ The son of a builder, Mr. Beale 1854. From his 15th to his 29th ities almost until the time of hi* began his career when he was 10j.g year he worked with his father on men and quietly took over a desk. death, which occurred at his home, years old, taking the place of an! the Orleans Republican. He held that desk, actively writing 240 Rutgers, after an illness of older brother who responded to the At the age of 30 he came to The "ads," until a few weeks ago. two days. call to the colors in the Civil War, He leaves one son, George K. in carrying the hod for his father Democrat and Chronicle to take Son of a Builder i charge of the advertising alley in Beach, Penn Yan; three daughters, • in Lima. the composing room. He spent Mrs. George Leader, Mrs. Leon D. The son of a builder, Mr. Beale He came to Rochester in 1891 eight years there. Transferring to Lewis, and Miss Ruth K. Beach, began his career as a boy of 10 in and founded the Beale Construc­ the advertising office of the news­ all of Rochester; six grandchildren Lima when he shouldered a hod to tion Company, incorporated in 1921. In 1920 he remodeled the paper, he began his career as dis­ and four great grandchildren; also replace his older brother, called to ALBERT E. BEALE play advertising manager. He was a sister, MIJ, Sanford T. Church, duty in the Civil War. He helped old Times-Union building in Ex­ j advertising manager of the, news­ Albion. |*M m his father on many buildings still Mr. Beale, building construction change St., and later erected the present home of that newspaper paper until his 74th year when he He was a member of St. Mat- standing in Lima. leader, died today. He was 87. He came to Rochester in 1891 at Exchange and Broad Sts. relinquished the «reins to younger'taevr's Protestant Episcopal Church This photo was taken several and held membership in the Roch­ and founded the Beale Construc­ He was a member of the Roch­ ester Chamber of Commerce for tion Company, incorporated in years ago. ester Chamber of Commerce and various Masonic orders. many years. 1926, and now located at 315 Alex­ Survivors "are his widow, Mrs. Funeral services will be private, ander. at a time and place to be an­ His first job was the remodeling Eva Scott Beale, whom he married nounced later. of a house in Prince St. Soon he in Lima in 1883; two sons, Arthur As dean of Rochester admen, branched out into the erection of W. and Roy I. Beale, who joined Mr. Beach enjoyed a national commercial buildings and school him in the construction business, leputation. houses. and a brother, Charles W. Beale, Twelve years ago co-workers Later hie two sons, Arthur W. Wallace, Idaho. Charles Becker, gathered at Osburn House to cele­ and Roy I. Beale, joined him in Burial will be in Mt. Hope Come- brate his golden wedding anni­ the business. In 1920 he had charge versary. He married Miss Mary of remodeling The Times-Union '98 War Veteran, King at Albion, Sept. 8, 1875. At Building in Exchange St., where e was in charge of his he then had his office, and in 1927, paper, assisted by an older his company was chosen to erect the newspaper's present building df-si* YBerlcBr, Spanish War [ I Or»n „ Feb«v,k. 22, 1934, business asso­ at Times Square. 1 ilitary Rites Held veteran and member of the Order ciates again gathered, this time to 1 Liked to Be on Job Military Rit I of Railway Conductors and Vet- celebrate the 50th anniversary of For Spanish War Vet Office work never Interested lerana Association, died yesterday the time Mr. Beacn stepped from Military funeral services were him; he left that to his sons. He »et lomorrow (Oct 26, 1940) at his home, 110 a Main St. horse car and dashed conducted yesterday for Charles liked to be out on the job to see j Genesee Pk. Blvd. Mr. Becker was into the office of The Democrat and Becker, 110 Genesee Park Blvd., Military funeral services for j that his buildings were according Chronicle as an employe for thec by the Monroe County Council of Charles Backer, Spanish War vet-' member of L Boardman Smith to the sound principles he leari d first time. That banquet took place! the United Spanish War Veterans. eran and member of the Order ofl imp, USWV. as a youth. in the Rochester Club with news-j The officiating minister at the L. Railway Conductors and Veterans* He leaves his wife, Helen C. Mr. Beale was the oldest mem­ paper men and business leaders] Boardman Smith Camp lot in Mt. Association, will be conducted to-1 ber of the Builder*' Exchange. He ker; a son, Charles Owen Joining in a tribute to hltn. morrow at 2 p. m. at his home, 110 also was a member of the Roch­ :ker; three sisters, Mrs. Ronald Mr. Beach's mother was Judith! Genesee Pk. Blvd., with burial in| ester Chamber of Commerce and farrier of Henrietta, Mr*. William Hayward Beach, who was widely j Mt. Hope Cemetery. Masonic orders. spner of Olean and Mrs. William known for her prose and verse widow, and a son, Charles O Mr. Becker died Saturday at his! Surviving are his widow, Eva jrleigh of Lancaster. published In literary periodicals of] Becker; three sisters, Mrs. Ronald home. He was a member of L.I Scott Beale, who he married in Military funeral services will be the day. He inherited a love for Warner, Henrietta, Mrs. William Boardman Smith Camp, United Lima in 1883; his two sons; and a iducted at 2 p. m. Tuesday at writing from both sides of the Go'epner, Olean, and Mrs. William Spanish War Veterans. brother. Charles W. Beale of Wal­ i« home. Burial will be In Mt family. His only formal education, Burleigh, Lancaster. He died Fri­ Surviving are his wife, Helen C. lace, Idaho. Private funeral serv­ lope Cemetery. T, was at Albion Academy. day (Oct 25, 1940). Becker; a son, Charles Owen Beck-, ices will be conducted tomorrow Mr. Beach continued his interest er; three sisters, Mrs. Ronald! afternoon. Burial will be in Mt. in hi* father's paper until 1925,1 Warner, Henrietta; Mrs. William' ! Hope Cemetery. when the family *old it out to' Goepner, Olean, and Mrs. William; Judge Sanford T. Church. Mr. j Burleigh, Lancaster. Beach left Albion, originally, that he could help his mothe carry on the pasoer. Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County · Historic Scrapbooks Collection C. M. Beattie Rites F Set Tomorrow |DEATH CLAIMS UJECHTflLD DEATH CLAIMS Funeral services for Charles M. rmssr Beattie. vlc*pr**tdent and treasur-j ;J5. •r of th* Rochester Telephone Cor-, poratlon, will be conducted at 8:30| KIN OF FORMER MARCUS BECK a. m. tomorrow from the home, S50j Services Held BlofetEW Bereaford Rd. and at 9 a. m. at J Church of St. John the EvangaHftl Funeral services were to be held Hs died yesterday (Jun< MUSICAL STAR this afternoon at 137 Chestnut St. MARKET HEAD for James P. Beatty, prominent in SENATE'S 'BABY' D. ft C. NOV 1,3the sho1938e Industr y in Rochester. 1.4C.DEC 22^;. tin and Margaret Flynn Beattie. Mr. Beatty died Saturday at the 0. * C. Nov lo J9« July 6. 1862. he was a resident of Illness Fatal to home of his son. Wallace S. Beatty, Store Proprietor .Rochester most of his llf* with th*j 195 Dartmouth St. He was the G. T. Manning, 31, •ion of a short time when he| father of Roberta Beatty, former In City for . in Kentucky. J. P. Beatty in actres* and musical comedy star. He cam* to the Rochester Tele­ Joins 'Youths' Marcus Beck, 66, meat market] Mr. Beatty had been in ill health phone Corporation as auditor, May | proprieto2r 5her e Yearfor morse than 25 Son's Home for more than a year. years, died yesterday (Dec. 21, | .1, 1900. from the City Treasurer's of th In Assembly !fivffit!%*tfy'. father « He was born in Greenville,, Pa., 1939) at his home, 741 South Ave. and waa appointed treasurer! Senator-elect Karl K. Bechtold former actress and musical comedy and as a young man came here, Mr. Beck retired from active! In 1910. When the Rochester Tcle-i at 28 will be youngest member of phone Company and the New York! star, Roberta Beatty, and for nearly where h* worked for the C. H. Ben­ participation in the business nearly nett Company. Five years later, ithe State Senate when he takes Telephone Company were merged! 40 years Identified with the shoe two years ago because of ill health, j he becam* a road salesman for j office Jan. 2. U, he was named tr*as-l Industry In Rochester, died yester­ He conducted a market at 7431 the C. P. Ford Company, for whom Elected Tuesday over Senator urer of th* new corporation and? day morning (Nov. 12, 1938) at the $f| South Ave. for the last 16 years, j he worked 40 years. He was first George F. Rogers by a 16,831 plu­ 'was mad* vicepr«*ld*nt and trcas-j home of his son, Wallace S. Beatty. I and for 10 years before that con- 196 Dartmouth St. He had been in. president of the Rochester Associ­ rality, Bechtold will continue a turer Oct. 28. 1932. In addition to* I ducted a market at 201 North St. poor health for more than a year ation of Traveling Shoe Salesmen, tradition of youth in office that being in charge of th* corpora-i He was a member of Humboldt j and was a member of the National Monroe County established at Al­ but was aeriousr »] Lodge, IOOF; Court Flower City, I tions funds, he directed the dej Shoe Travelers' Association. bany when George B. Kelly first lv ill only a fort- IOF, and Mens Benevolent Society j ; ont of taxes and leases. P-i . i .t Surviving are his son and his went to the Assembly in 1932. of Salem Evangelical and Re- j He was a member of Gcneat* 1885. Mr. Beatty daughter, now Mrs. Julius M. Co­ Kelly, now 37, was one of the Chapter, Telephone Pioneer* off first was em- hen, Montreal. youngest members of the lower formed Church. America, and waa treasurer of tho ployed here with house. As Senator, at 33, he was He leaves his wife, Anna; a son, | Honorary bearers at rites today ! jiiKew York Stat* Telephone Assoc t-j th- C. H. Ben- were Clinton Clark, William Car- again one of the youngest although Gilbert Beck; two daughters, Mrs. "atlon for the past 19 years. Company. hart, J. B. Finneran, Marvin not the youngest member of the Cecil Hull and Mrs. Charles; Surviving are his wife, EllsabethJ After five years, Luscher, Charles Miller, A. G. Upper House for his fellow-ealon, ipSchram, and three grandchildren Bray*r Beattie; a daughter. MM • med the C. Schaub and C. B. Rowley. Norman A. O'Brien, was only 30. I Funeral services will be conduct­ Raymond A. Hlckox, Ardmorej P. Ford Com­ The tradition was continued with ed at 2 p. m. Tuesday at 40 West Pa.; a grandson, and a slstr pany as a road the election of Senator Emmett L. Mary Alma Beattie. of thi* salesman. H e Doyle, 36, two years ago. P worked there for Doyle's conqueror, Rodney B. BJBA1 i > 35 years. Janes, is 45, defeated Doyle by was first president of the 19,790. [Kites Arranged Rochester Association of Traveling Another youthful Monroe County Salesmen, formed in 1911, legislator who will make his bow and waa a member of the National to Albany in January is George Shoe Travelers Association. T. Manning, assemblyman-elect He loaves his daughter, now Mrs. from the Third District. He is 31. Julius M Cohen. Montreal, and his Bechtold and Manning not only for more than 25 years a meat son. Fun-Mnl •ervtoas will be h*ld will be among the youngest legis­ market proprietor here, will bber at 2 p. m. tomorrow at 137 Chestnut lators but they also will be among held at 2 p. m. Tuesday at 40 Wes St., with burial In Mt. Hope Ceme- the brawniest. Both are well over A.V6. A. H. Becker six feet and of powerful physique. Mr. Beck died yesterday at : Rften Arrange Honorary bearers will be J. B. Manning's successor as Fourth home, 741 South Ave. For 10 ye:a Finnri Marvin Ward supervisor will be named by proprietor of a market at ». For Louis'Beck ier, C. B. Rowley, * the City Council. Charles H. Scol- North St., he had for 16 year* be­ Schaub. Clinton Clark and William lick, ward leader, said the suc­ Funeral e*rvtc*s •• P.i fore his retirement been in busi-; gswM- §<° cessor had not been selected but ness at 743 South Ave., HI health t >er aaalatant tr*aaurar of he said he himself was not to be forced his retirement from active j the old Buffalo. -r A Pltts- considered. Scolllick said: jburg Railroad, will business about two years ago. "George Manning is going ahead He was a member of the Men'3 at 2 p. m. tomorrow at th* ho-M.| t,ommissioner fast as he deserves to do. The |tt Boardman St Benevolent Society of Salem Evan­ Appointment of Arnold H. Beck Fourth Ward gave him a plurality gelical and Reformed Church, and . tr. Back, who died Tuesday! 30. of kl2 San Gabriel Dr. a* of about 900 and George certainly tht (Oct H 1989) at his ! of Humboldt Lodge, IOOF and! "d States Commissioner to fill deserved it." Court Flower City. I*nter*d th* service of th* railroad pth* vacancy created when Leo GJ Of the two other newcomers to when he was 17 and continued In He leaves his wife, Mrs. Anna 'ElBebUwhh bi&& Hosenfeld resigned was announced] the Republican official family, H. t Beck; a son, Gilbert Beck; two it. rmploy until 1932 when It was! Douglass Van Duser, county judge- * today by U. S. District Court Judge] I daughters, Mrs. Charles Schranv I taken ov*r by th* Baltimore A In Cleveland elect, is 52 and Joseph J. O'Brien, •Harold P. Burke. and Mrs. Cecil Hull, and three} or.-.n Ansel E. Beckwith. 89. former [ A graduate of Harvard Law representative-elect, 40. randchildren...... leaves hi* wife, Eleanor H.| manufacturer* agent her* and or­ j School and the University of Mich Beck: a son. Nelson P. Back; a! ganiser and past master of the igan, Becker has practiced law for brother. Albert E. Beck. Falrport: I Seneca Lodge of Masons, died ye«- 10 years. He will maintain his of-I sisters. Mr*. Minnie Herri*, | jterday. (Apr. 7. 1989) In his home flee in 806 Powers Bldg. He wil^ Mrs. Carolyn Poetsplac* and Mrs shakers Heights. Ohio. probably be sworn in Tuesda; W. Dana Sehanck, and a grand-l Mr. Beckwith left here 18 year" ] Burke said today. He will serve daughter. [ago to enter the banking business in [ commissioner in this district wi Cleveland and at his death was | Walter A. Swan. president of the Federal Savings Hosenfeld resigned a month ag [and Loan Bank there. | to take a position on the staff o fjohn J. Bennett state attorney israL Death Takes Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County · Historic Scrapbooks Collection I Beip^cir For Veteran Worker Accident Victim FINAL TRIBUTE Funeral services for Joseph J. /"^"l d^ Becker, for 40 years an employe of iiiw ^av|-*^"K-»-a^ • ^s>T M the Bausch & Lomb Optical Com- 1; k^i M.\J m3 i&s GeVfvlt 1 pany, were conducted yesterday at Classmates, local priests, mon­ attooer his home, 78 Steko Avenue, and at signor! and Bishop James E. Richard L. Beck, expert Roches­ Sacred Heart Church. He died Kearney paid final tribute to Wal­ ter tatooer who for many years Monday night (Apr. 12, 1937). ter J. Beeman, 24, a student at worked his art in a studio in the [New Chief Prayer services at the home St. Bernard's Seminary, in funeral late Rattle­ were conducted by Frank Kunz, services at the Sacred Heart Pro- snake Pete's A native Rochestenan, who secretary of Rochester Lodge of Cathedral yesterday morning. museum, is I helped rebuild San Francisco *<; Moose. The funeral Mass was Beeman died as a result of in­ dead. 1 after the famous fire that I celebrated by the Rev. Earl Ritz, juries suffered in an auto crash He succumbed destroyed the city 32 years T assistant pastor, with the Rt. Rev. near Medina Friday. at 55 to a long Msgr. George V. Burns in the Active bearers, fellow students illness late yes­ ago, today was named vice- sanctuary. Monsignor Burns gave of St. Bernard's, were Patrick C terday. president and general man­ the blessing at the grave in Holy Connell, Charles McCarthy, John Born In the ager of the Despatch Shops Scpulcher Cemetery. Callahan, Joseph McNamara, Fran­ city of Brook­ Inc. of East Rochester. Bearers were Carl Moehring, cis Beuchel and John Kleintjes lyn, where he Conrad Schlicter and John Sutter The pontifical requiem Mass was learned his He is C. Arthur Becker, 395 Pen* of the Early Settlers Association of field Rd., who was appointed to celebrated by Bishop Kearney as­ trade, he came Bausch & Lomb Company, Michael sisted by the Rt. Rev. Msgr to Rochester as fill a vacancy caused by the recent Kolh, Everett Haynes and Arnold death of Louis S. West, former George V. Burns, the Revs. John a young man Hale of the Rochester Moose P. O'Beirne, Robert Kress, Francla B. L,. Beck with hi* needles, general manager of the company, Lorljrr. 30 Years In Employ Burns, George V. Predmore, Ed inks and de­ Surviving Mr. Becker are his ward Lyons and Earl C. Ritz. signs. His early experience had widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Becker; one been gained at the same Broadway son, Allen J. Becker; one dauph- WALTER J. BEEMAN stand where Louie the Barber iarBeckey of Ner haw sYor beek nCentra for 3l0 Railroadyears an. liter, Miss Frances B. Becker; two made himself famous by painting employHe wae s ogivef thn ea firmjob ,a s formerlclerk lny p <9 sisters, Miss Elizabeth Becker and W.J. Beeman out black eyes. thknowe Easn ta sRocheste the Merchantr shopss Dispatcin Mayh ,I | Mrs, A. E. Harford, and four mm Resident of Worcester Road, Transportatio1908, two yearns Companyafter he, graduatea subsidd- p u grsJMcifcldjrW/l ftT\ 1 /* STUDENT RJTES Greece, for many years, he was from Mechanics Institute. In Octo­ Rues Set widely known in Rochester. ber, 1913, he was named chief clerk Surviving are one daughter, to the superintendent, and m Marie Beck; three half-brothers, August, 1923, became assistant to Optical Firm 1 omorrow George Rapp of Los Angeles, the vicepresident and general man­ Bishop James E. Kearney will Henry Rapp of Rochester and ger. He was advanced to assistant 34-year-old St. Bernard's Seminary Fred Rapp of Brooklyn; two sis­ jgeneral manager in October, 1937. [PICKS oeneaict student injured fatally in an auto pontificate tomorrow morning ln crasWWh near Medina early Friday last rites for Walter J. Beeman, ters, Mrs. Anna Lobenske of Web­ In California After Fire George O. Benedict today was ster and Mrs. Kathryn Robbins of Born in Rochester, Becker at­ successor to the late Albert J. free* will be conducted this morning 24-year-old St. Bernard Seminary Brooklyn. tended public schools here and was as optometrist with the G^m-see' in Servicethe famils foy rhom Waltee art J32. 4' Flower student fatally injured in a motor His wife, Ethel, died eight years graduated from Mechanics Insti­ Optical C o m -| City Pk. and in the Pro-Cathedral crash near Medina Friday. ago. tute in 1906. Before entering th* pany in the Lin of the Sacred Heart. Classmates of the student will be Funeral services will be held at employ of Despatch Shops, he waa coin Alii a n c e The Rev. Earl C. Ritz will of­ bearers. They are Patrick C. Con­ 2:30 p. m. tomorrow at Korn's connected with the firm of Ran- Bank Build ng. ficiate at the home service, set for nell, Charles McCarthy, John Cal­ funeral home, 2692 Dewey Avenue. some A Smith, construction con­ Enga gel in 9:30 a. m. and will head a pro­ lahan, Joseph McNamara, Francis Burial will be in Riverside Ceme­ tractors, and worked in New Eng­ optometric orac- cessional of acolytes and cross jBuechel and John Kleintjes. tery. land and in California. He took an tice the last 13 bearer to the Pro-Cathedral where The Rev. Earl C. Ritz will offi­ active part in reconstructing build­ years in * h e the Most Rev. James E. Kearney ciate at services at the home, 324 ings in San Francisco after the 1906 Cutler Building, will celebrate a pontificial requiem Flower City Pk., at 9:30 a. m. From MasOfficers at s1 0of o'clock the mas. s will include: ath processioe home, n Fatheof acolyter Rits zan wild al crosleads firs Benedict is a Assistant priest, the Rt. Rev. Msgr. (bearer to the Pro-Cathedral FOR R. L. BECK Also announced was appointment Roches t e r na­ George V. Burns; deacon, the Rev. I Assisting Bishop Kearney will of George Steuber, shop superin­ tive, graduate John P. O'Beirne; subdeacon, the jbe the Rt Rev. Mgr. George V. Funeral services for Richard L. tendent, to the post of assistant to of the Roches­ Rev. Robert Kress, and deacons-Burns, assistant priest- the Rev Uieo. O. Benedict Beck. 55. veteran tattoo artist who the vicepresident and general man­ ter School of of-honor, the Rev. Dr. Wilfred John P. O'Beirne, deacon; the Rev died Tuesday (July 27. 1937) will ager. He also will continue his Optometry Craugh and the Rev. George V. ,Bobert Kress, subdeacon, and the be conducted at 2:30 p. m. today at duties as shop superintendent He hold* Predmore. (Rev. Dr. Wilfred Craugh, and the 2692 Dewey Avenue. Interment will Rorlwstcrian Wins these distinc­ Minor offices will be taken by **ev- Geoge V. Predmore, deacons- be in Riverside Cemetery. tions in his profession: Mcmbe, Mr. Beeman's seminary classmates. |°'-bonor. Mr. Beck was born in Brooklyn Oklahoma Post of American Optometric Associa­ Members of his class who will 1 Burial wil1 be in Holy Sepulchre where he learned his trade. He | tion, vicepresident and chairman their late classmate to his pemetery. came to Rochester and worked for A Wast High 8chool graduate of the board of directors of tbe grave in the plot reserved for II years in a studio In the museum of land former Rochesterian, Lawrence a New York State Optometric As the clergy in Holy Sepulchre Ceme-1 the late Rattlesnake Pete. He was a ; IT. Brnningar. today i* instructor sociation, past president of the tery are Patrick C. Connell, Charles 1 resident of Worcester Road, Greece. in and head of th* department of Rochester Optometric Society, John Callahan, Jov. h Harry Ben Surviving are one daughter, secretarial science at the Univ*r- ' member of the Optometric Exten­ Marie Beck; three half-brothers, jsity of Tulsa, Okl*. "JL. sion Program. In Los Angeles 19401 Estabished in 1895 ity the late George Rapp of Los Angeles, Hen- j The son of Mr*. Mary Banningar, jS Harry Benson, husband of Doris ] W. W. Blssell, the Genesee Oolcsl ry Rapp of Rochester and Fred 181 Chili Ave., Benninger taught 'Jgg Pelton Benson, formerly of Roch­ | Rapp of Brooklyn: two slaters, Mr*. Company was Incorporated In iBOl. ester, died unexpectedly today at| hre* years in Morencl, Aria, High 'Jg Elbert W. Gluck, a director, ha.' Anna Lobenske of Webster and School following his graduation «^" his home ln Los Angeles, Calif., j | Mrs. Kathryn Robbins of Brooklyn. served as optician of the firm con­ according to word received here. "I Iowa. tie wife, Ethel, died eight years tinuously since 1906, except for j His only immediate survivor is I World War year*. his wife, Rochester friends said. Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County · Historic Scrapbooks Collection Enlisting in Army Directed R(,E Executive! Social By Reserve Captain Here Rcferet made in tn a | Anticipating >rd pressure of business jn the cam­ paign to b<><> - Army's enlisted personnel to author-j Tomorrow lized str> v'ar Department yesterday called up QMU J Barnet W. Beers, Rochester reserve officer, to head th>- Alexander M. Beebee, general superintendent of ths Rochester j | Building recruiting detachment ? ^~~ Assuming command of the de- [divisions in the Panama Ca Gas and Electric Corporation, will technical paper contributed to the session-; tachment lmmeu Captain Puerto Rico and Hawa; se honored to­ of the American Gas Association this year, Beers, a recrui' er in Chi­ cies existing in the field artillery morrow at the .rinning Mr. Beebee the Beal Medat. cago for several years after the engineering, signal, quartern) annual conven­ Armistice, planr xp.and the and medical units both at home au. tion of the In addition to affirming the enduring value of manufactured gas as a heat enlistment campaign in the locaJ abroad also are being filled 1( American Gas area so this district's share of the Association for source, the taper warned against undue 15,000 new recruits Will be filled contributing the by July 1. best technical extension of water power as a source o< paper to the as­ I electricity. Tl e ground taken was that it Orders calling him back into serv­ sociation this is as cheap, or cheaper, to develop power ice from the chemistry post he has Kodak CJtiemist occupied in Eastman Kodak Com­ year. from our immense coal resources, and M r. Beebee, pany for five years, emphasized Frank M. Hous­ that this gives much more employment the War Department decisioHeadsn to j Area ton and Clinton than hydro-electric plants. J leave no stone unturned in build- \ B. Col* of the ing up the Army's strength m Rochester cor­ "We are recruiting not for war J A. H. Beebee poration are at but for peace," said Captain Beers j as he took over the commanmMMkd from j » : tending convention sessions in At New Recruiter Goes into Action the senior noncommissioned officer { lantic City. Mr. Cot* will preside Plans for an intensive recruiting at meetings of a national commit previously in charge, Sergt. Jesse O. Smith. program were under way at the U. tee which he heads. S. Army recruiting station today The paper for which Mr. Beebee Army sources explained that Cap­ following the calling up for active will receive the Beal Medal and a tain Beers' assumption of respon­ duty of Capt. Barnet W. Beers cash prise established in 1897 is sibility for recruiting in this area Eastman Kodak chemist entitled "Time Marches On—Where will not only ease the budren pre­ I adjutant of the 391st Infantry It Manufactured Cas Marching" I viously carried by noncommissioned | Reserve, to head the office. given at the joint Production officers, but free Regular Army of­ Captain Beers, who was a re- ! and Chemical Conference In Nc ficers in this district for added (cruiting officer in Chicago for I York last May. work entailed in the new national i several years after the Armistice. Condemning further extension o defense program, including super­ plans a series of rater power as a source of el* vision of ordnance. spot and radio icity the paper maintains *n<-ift Previously the Regular Army of­ programs a n i as a whole would benefit froru use ficers stationed here were required extensive c o n - MMj^^gaja^aasl to swear in recruits. With "a rush tacts with of recruits expected in the next clubs, schools few weeks, it was thought better and organiza- lo make one officer responsible for 11 o n s as the Official of RG & E .$he recruiting. first step in in- Awarded Beal Medal Captain Beers, who served as a suring the first lieutenant with the newly or­ Rochester office For the theme that economical- ganized AEF tank corps in the its share of th^ Iher development of hydro-; World War after seeing service on 15,000 quota th. fal power, as compared to! the Mexican Border, is adjutant of Army must fill >B, Is "suicidal fol- the 391st Infantry Reserves, Roch­ before July 1. Mrxnndri M. Beebee, general' W. Beers ester. He announced he will "seek Pattern of the lent of Rochester Gas AI Army's national Electric Corporation yesterday was! the co-operation of clubs, organi­ zations and schools in defense plans may be found in the [awarded the Beal Medal by thef meeting jl j fact that present orders call for {American Gas Association.* Rochester's quota." i'j artillerunlimitey dan quod *infantr it to yma regimentn the coass int Th* medal, accompanied by al "Army service," Captain Beers lour "outposts of defense": Panama, ish prise, was given him in At- said, "has a lot to offer young men I Hawaii and Puerto Rico. In addi­ itic City for the bast technical! not only in the military sense, but iper submitted during th* ysari m opportunities for personal devel­ ction, there aro small quotas for Iro-electrtc power generation] opment. With the expansion under • medical, field ariillery and engin- charged. Is th* worst employer way, these opportunities will be j eers corps in these areas. labor, and Is unjustified In thl greater than ever." The call for more recruits for where coal r«s*rvcs Increasing mechanization of the •Puerto Rico indicates the increas-; armed forces, the officer added, iiing importance of the island in the will provide valuable training to jeyes of the Army since an earlier soldiers in the mechanical trades, | call for recruits there, announced both in the ground troops and in 1 last week, was the first in the the aviation branches. | memory of Sergt. Jesse O. Smith. Sergeant Smith said about 20) {recruiter who up to now has applicants were on the waiting list j(heade d the local enlisting detaoh- for air corps vacancies. Of this j| ment. Captain Beers commented: "All j Captain Be*rs slim., soft-spoken branches of the service now will? j World War and Mexican border | provide increasing opportunity for f(veteran , is empowered, as a com- recruits, even though a lot of young f ' missioned officer, to swear in Capt. Barnet W. Beers, Rochester reserve officer, assigned men think the air corps hold all recruits enlisted at the Federal to the command of the local Army recruiting office, is of the glamor." Building office who heretofore shown on his first duty examining: his first applicant. Rochester's recruiting station, it{ have had to go up to the Temple was announced, is accepting enlist-1 Building reserve office for the rite. vment without limit to the overseas | •MMBBi •_£••• JMSMHJllT MS Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County · Historic Scrapbooks Collection 1 U. S. ADVANCES WIDE RECORD Rochester Student Mission Marks E^mof Trail Sings with Club • R For World Wjmrr Wanderer Richard Bennett, son of Mr. and Robert J. Benedict has been a 5 l \Sfer&K «*l'"' Wnathfen'Rbtfhester- Mrs. Vincent Bennett of Lake Ave­ member of the American Legion J ian high in the diplomatic service nue and a student at Williams Simple ritfetE s at the'People's Re&tie MissioESthis after­ since 1919. He has been an active given an important assign­ College, will ar­ noon marked the end of the trail for white-haired James Ben|| -member of Cooper Post 603 for the ment yesterday rive in Roches­ last 10 years and was chairman of when H. .Merrill ter tomorrow as nett, who took refuge there 25 years ago from a world which! B e n n i n g hoff a member of the he admitted had defeated hint: th* post welfare committee in was transferred Williams Col­ His 25 years of faithful services- 1928; chairman post employment |; from the posi­ lege Glee Club honesty and steadfastness received tion as second committee, 1930; chairman junior f for a concert at a simple tribute from Herbert F. secretary of the committee, 1929; chairman finance [.' the Country Baker, superintendent of the mis­ American Em­ baseball team which won the Mon- E Club of Roch­ sion: bassy at Peip- ester at 3 p. m. "James will be missed." roe County championships in 1930 j•. ing, China, to He is a fresh- Eyesight Falls and was runner-up in the state u the American m a n at Wil­ contests fydUf 11. ty3rl I Embassy at liams, having James Bennett died Saturday Commencing with' his 'election is Tokyo, Japan, jprepared at after several years of ill health. I I Harley School, In recent years his eyesight failed I post finance officer in 1931, Bene­ with the same Richard Bennett rank. where he also him. His only daily task was to dict was elected second vicecom-! H. MKRKII.I, In Tokyo, Ben­ was a member of the glee club. bring from the bakery a dozen! mander in 1932? first vicecom- j BEXMNGHOKl' loaves of bread. ninghoff will be The concert is sponsored by the mander 1933, and commander in Williams College Alumni Associa­ He never could remember when 1934. During his administration associated with Joseph Grew, the American ambassador. Benning­ tion, of which John Francis 1 he was born, but he did recall that Cooper post organized a drill team Thomas is president; L. Elliott his father was Michael Bennett, which won state honors. hoff's career has placed him in many important positions in the Fitch, vicepresident; John A. t that there were Union soldiers In Benedict also has been active in Riegel, treasurer; and John Lowe, Germantown, Pa., when he was a the county legion administration foreign service in the Orient since he received his degree of bachelor secretary. boy. His father was arrested and for several years, serving as a rep­ James left home, never to return. resentative from Cooper Post on I of arts from the University of LIFE SAVING: Rochester in 1926. The parent was later exonerated the county committee in 1933, mem-1 Soon after graduation he was and the arrest proved false, but ber of the county finance commit­ appointed a clerk in the American James wandered. He never knew D.fr€r tee 1932, treasurer of Red Wings T consulate at Tokyo and later as a what became of his parents. baseball dinner 1930, member of the viceconsul of career and assigned Abandoned Autol Fort Niagara committee 1933, mem­ Fought Formal Schooling to the consulate at Tokyo. Since ber county executive committee then Benninghoff has been vice- Handicapped because he had al­ 1934, chairman of the reunion com­ Found by Police consul at Nagoya and Yokoho mittee of the state convention 19351 ways fought formal schooling, he and after serving as consul at Har­ told Mr. Baker the world defeated and children's field day committee J \F.JV.9en At Station bin in 1935, he was appointed sec­ him. 1935. retary of the Embassy at Peiping Set for rffia?™* He came to Rochester and sought Armed with an abandoned autc Benedict enlisted at Rochester under Ambassador Nelson John­ Funeral services for Frederick W. mobile as their only clue, police Apr. 23, 1917, serving with the 82nd I the aid of the rescue mission, son. It was said at the State De- last night were searching for Wal­ Company of the Sixth Regiment,! Bennett, inspector in the city comp­ "where men are helped to help ent that Benninghoff's knowl­ troller's office and president of the ter Bensley, 49, of 662 Goodman St. United States Marines. Later he themselves." edge of the Japanese and Chinese Credit Union of city and county B., who has been missing mysteri­ was transferred to the First Com-1 He became a valued employe, Iousl y from his home since last languages, both of which he has employes, who died yesterday (July pushing a handcart full of flre-i pany at Quantico, Va. He served In mastered, fitted him for his new Thursday. France from Nov. 19, 1917, to Mar. 3. 1939) will be held at 8:15 a. m. wood, peddling it to residences in position where he started as clerk. Thursday in 9 Ridge Rd. W. and at Bensley la believed to have hac 18, 1919, in the Toulon Sector, the city. Later he was given charge more than $1,000 in currency ir 9 a. m. ln the Pro-Cathedral of the Aisne Defensive and Chateau H. Merrill Benninghoff was grad­ of a floor in the mission. his possession when he disappeared Sacred Heart. Burial will be in Thierry. He waa honorably dis­ uated from the University of] He was to be buried this afj His automobile was located ir Holy Sepulcher Cemetery. charged May 22, 1919. Benedict was Rochester in 1925 and entered the noon in the mission lot in Shiver gasoline station at Elmwood ant Mr. Bennett, 37, of 229 Flower cited for gallantry in action at consular service a short time ] louth Avenues late Saturday night City Pk., died suddenly at a camp Belleau Woods, June 3-4-5, 1918, by ! later. 'olice said Bensley's wife reportet on Long Island Point. Honeoye the French general Gourmant and He is the son of the Rev. andl iensley, treasurer of the Odd Fel­ Lake, where he had been resting also for exceptional and excellent | Mrs. Harry B. Benninghoff, for­ lows Bowling League, had "more after suffering stomach disorder. work at Fort Houdonmont in April, mer missionaries in Japan for the han a thousand dollars" with him.,, 1918, by the French general, Petain.' Lake Avenue Baptist Church. His Ihe stated the bank had notified! He was badly wounded in action wife is the daughter of Mr. and \imaWb*w&m A nat/ve of Brighton. Mr. Ben­ er that all but a few hundred!! and an issue of the 82nd Company Mr*. C. Jack Averill, Canandaigua. nett was a member of the Re­ lollars of the Bensley's life sav-j News contained the following Funeral Set Friday ngs had been withdrawn. publican county committee of the The funeral of Andrew C. Berg, account of a skirmish in which he 10th Ward. He was president of Bensley, according to his wife,| was engaged: 72, for 22 years a Monroe Coi ad complained of pains in hisft Knights of St. John Commandery deputy sheriff, will be conducted! "Benedict, accompanied by four 291, Sacred Heart parish, and was lead several weeks before his dis-l private*, was ordered to ascertain at 8:30 a. m. Friday at his home,| appearance. She said his employerj director of the Credit Union'* camp 606 Clifford, and at 9 a. m. at St. if the second platoon waa in post-I on Long Island Point. ilso had remarked on Bensley's! Hon. Suddenly, they were fired up-j Michael's Church, with burial in^ *-trange conduct. He is survived by his wife. Mr*. Holy Sepulchre Cemetery. on from the rear by a German ma­ He was employed as a black-J Mary Lynch Bennett; three daugh Mr. Berg died yesterday at hlsi ; chine gun neat they had overlooked, j ters, Dorothy, Audrey, Joan imith in an automobile body build- They dropped to the ground and j home. He joined the sheriff's office! ng shop at 1828 East Ave. parents, Mr. and Mr*. Frederick R in 1910 and served until 1932, when! then in single file retraced their !>nnctt; three sister*, Mrs. Eliza His wife described him as 5 feet step* to find out who was doing the j Sheriff William Stailknecht went: inches tall, brown eyes, dark ibcth Akey, Mrs. Bertha Martin out of office. •hooting. Another burst of gun-j [Mrs. Charles Dougherty, and t air and with his left index finger fire, fired at 12 f«*t, mowed down rothers, Joseph and Donald. From 1923 to his retirement, Mr. Msslng. She said he was wearing th* party. The machine gun nest j 1 Berg was captain of Court House brown sweater, vest with white was finally routed with Benedict: ! attendant*. pts, gray shirt, black trousers*) lack high shoes and a brown hati as sole survivor. He leaves his wife, Catherine, Bob Benedict is a member of the j JBerg, and four aons, Andrew J.,| Second Division Association, Roch-1 J Gordon H., Irving W., and Hiram ester Chapter, DAV, and ot the M. Berg. VFW. He is labor relations mana-j •— «rf »»»- local WPA. — Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County · Historic Scrapbooks Collection DEATH CLAIMS RUES PLANNED Death Ends Long Career CHMCH RITES WSWi FOR LEADER OF T Bentley, attorney ana Of Front Su Locksmith member of the law firm of Good­ win, Nixon, Hargrave, Mlddleton 4 Last rites will be conducted at 2 p. m. Monday ajt 756;mttwm j Devanis, died last night (Feb. 28, «BUILDER GROUP Main E. for Elius Martin Bertelsen, former employe of the ; 1940) st his home, 1982 Clover Rd., Danish government in Copenhagen, Denmark, who came J after an illness of nearly two years here 48 years ago and opened a locksmith's shop in Front Mr. Bentley, son of the late ^Berndt Services FOR ENGINEER j Sardiu* Bentley, Rochester attor- St. was considered one of the best £3 . Scheduled Mr. Bartelsen had operated the shop for 47 years when B-*VfiLjUN 12 1939 authorities ln Western New York cci Today |yesterdahe retirey d ata hiyeas homer ago, 23. 0H Sprucee died, ["~ | J. C. Bell Service j on titles and the law pertaining X) j after a month's illness, Just seven I to real estate, in which he special- Funeral services will be con- | months after the death of hia wife. ; iz.-.l. vo ducted at 2 p. m. today for Ed- Mr. Bertelsen | Tomorrow to Be He attended Rochester public ^ ward Berndt Jr., 46, of 235 Navarre was a member James vJ • schools, snd was graduated from Rd., president of the Rochester of Roche ster In St. Paul's • Tale University end from Harvard Horn* Building Lodge 660, Funeral Funeral services for James C. [Law School. Association and F&AM; Hamil­ 1 Bell, construction engineer for the He began the practice of law a prom in eat ton Chapter, m Bio Board of Education, will be held <>ted firm of Cadwallader, building con­ Monroe C o m- tomorrow at 3 p. m. in St. Paul's mandery, Lalla >raham A Taft in New York tractor for 20 Final rites will be conducted at Church, with the Rev. George E. Rookh Grotta, lorn a/hera he ro*« to th* posl- years. He died ! St. Paul's Episcopal Church at 3 Norton officiating. Burial will be Damascus Of marmscins attorney. Tuesday. ' p. m. tomorrow for James C. Bell, in Riverside Cemetery. Temple, Roch­ H*> left the firm to Com* to The Rev. Wil- 56, ot 942 S. Mr. Bell, who died Saturday ester Consistory Rochester, where he became asso­ frled Tappett 1 Goodman, who (June 10, 1939) in Strong Memorial and Gene see ciated with the law firm in which will officiate at , died Saturday Hospital and who resided at 942 BERTELSEN Lodge 3, IOOF. he became a partner In 1932. rite* ln the j in Strong Me- South Goodman St., was commis­ Locksmith dies Monroe Com- Hi* career as a lawyer was in­ home of 1 morial Hospital. sioner of public works at Schenec­ mandery will terrupted during the World War Berndt's p a r- The Rev. tady until he came to this city in assist in last when he served with the American ents, Mr. and ] George E. Nor­ 1926. rites, which will Expeditionary Forces oversea*. Mrs. Edward ton will offi- Born in Albany, Mr. Bell was |be conducted by the Rev. La Verne He leaves hi* wife, Janet Everest Berndt, 66 Weyl 2 ciate. Burial graduated from Rensselaer Poly­ iErickson. Burial will be in Mt. [Bentley; two sons. Robert and BERNDT JR. st. Burial will will be in River- technic Institute in 1906 and im­ Hope Cemetery. Charles Bentley: two daughters. be in Mt Hope Cemetery. i side Cemetery. mediately became connected with Mr. Bertelsen leaves a son, Ed- Ruth and Martha Bentley; his As president of the association Mr. Bell, for- the State Engineering Department. ^in, and a daughter, Mrs. Joseph mother, Mrs. S. D. B«ntley. and for three years, Berndt introduced ! merly commis- He had charge of many large pub­ Williams, both of Rochester, and fivr brother*. Cogswell, Alexander, amendments to strengthen the I sioner of public lic projects in the Hudson and three grandchildren. James C. BeU Harold, DeLancey and Livingston state workmen's compensation laws . works in Schen- Mohawk valleys. ley. and visited Albany several tim-s 1 ectady, at his Roch- He leaves his wife, Jane David­ to urge their passage. His organi­ | death was con­ son Bell; two sons, James C. Jr. zation led a flght against "fake" struction engineer for the and Gordon R. Bell; his mother, ites Arranged' partnerships" in the building in­ ester Board of Education. Mrs. Anna V. Bell of Syracuse, and dustry. \J. S. Bingham Born in Albany, he was a grad­ a brother, Roy W. Bell, also of or Veteran -^ He waa a member of Carpenters uate of Rensselaer Polytechnic In­ Syracuse. Union, Local 72; Genesee Falla stitute and soon after graduation Arthur Bell. Lodge, FA AM. and *erved over- joined th* staff of the State Engi­ lity Grocer aeas during the World War In neering Department, supervising DeathJUB-pi! FEBClaims 8 f&o it servloe* for Aim* J Battery B of the 87th Cavalry. He or Monday many large state projects in the 82, on* of the citys old- .was a member of Burton Miller Last rites for Joseph S. Bingham, Mohawk and Hudson valleys. He ,.rs. will be conducted at I Po*t. American Legion. 123 Trafalgar, for more than 30 ceme to Rochester in 1926. Engineer Besides his parents, he leaves • aa a ty *i hi« hom< years an employe of D. Armstrong, Mr. Bell leaves his wife, Jane trigsbi. and at 5> a m. a' St Augus I hi* wife, Mrs. Julia Schrank Bernt; A Co., Inc. shoe manufacturers, 155 Davidson Bell; two sons, James C. The funeral of Arthur B. Bell.] three brothers, George, Arthur and Exchange, will be conducted at 2; Bell Jr. and Gordon R Bell; his 76, engineer on the Steamship Gen­ tor Berndt. and one sister, Mrs p. m. Monday at 271 University mother, Mrs. Anna V. Bell. Syra­ eral Slocum, which burned with •and. a no' hoes.| 11 U : v Sch the loss of 1,021 lives in the East1 #nt*r S3 ysars age finngcs Student [Ave. cuse, and a brother, Roy W. Bell, At his death yesterday at his Syracuse. River at New York June 15. 1904. Hr had been a*)t)V>j in biMtB***l Vlck Park A. will be conducted at 300 Cumber­ ago. wh*n h* waa I home. Mr. Bingham was buyer and Bearers tomorrow will be J. E. Mexico, today factory superintendent for the shoe Matthews, Walter Nugent, Albert land St., at 8:30 a. m. Friday and sJtan ill H*- died Tuesday. weeks of study and con- at 9 a. m. at St. Margaret Mary's it*- maintained a store at 241 I firm. He waa a native of Rochester. Riley, Bicket Nairn, Stanley Stacey ion work aa part of a Pan- Surviving are his wife, Mabe} and Francis Scherer. all colleagues Church, with burial in Catskill. [Brtgf* for about 35 year*. During I American goodwill project. Mr. Bell, one of the few to sur-S [the depression of the early ltflsTs. JSchlcgel Bingham; a daughter,! of Mr. Bell at the Board of Educa­ Beal. aa Oberttn College atudent. [Lois Bingham; five sons, G. Reed.j tion. vive the historic marine disaster'A neighboring resident, recalled to- [end 24 other collegians. I* to help of nearly 36 years ago. died yes-j i day, he rarely. If sver. pressed forj [Robert. Joseph, William and! I Mexican peasants build a school j Thomas Bingham, and two sisters,! terday at the home of his daugh* I payment of account*. house in the Laguna Area gov-j ter, Mrs. Hugh G. Good, 3311 He leaves two sons. Joseph A. Miss Jennie Bingham and Mrs.f ernment rehabilitation section. In Frank Bosch*. Paul Blvd. lead Alfred A. Bert rand; a daugh th* *venlng* the group will study He retired 10 years ago. Since] 1 ter, Mr* Henry A. Dean, and aev*n| economics, social and Internation­ the Genera] Slocum disaster, after! tmndrhildrrn. al problems of Mexico with Mex­ which he came to Rochester, he had •IM*PR-3 1940 ican student* and officials worked as a stationary engineer.[ neveugMrn.h .rJoh BreturninBel.n lGood F.leave Bell.g s,t oanhi thsd eadaughter seagrandson.. , a ]9 Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County · Historic Scrapbooks Collection Flag PledgeRuMfj Bellamy's Settling a longstanding control |versy over authorship of the jester Divinity School•f-*I*. He^cotnplete7 d "Pledge to the American Flag," a'his course in 1879 and then was committee of historians in Rome, pastor of churches in Little Falls N. Y., yesterday decided the pledge Lnd Boston, successively, before was composed by the late Francis! joining The Youth's Companion Bellamy, former Rochester and!6'8^- father of David Bellamy, 64 Bar- He died in Tampa, Fla., in 1931 rington St. and was buried in Rome. The finer The committee announced its de­pledge is inscribed on his t. cision after a study of "all avail­ stone. able evidence." Authorship of the As Mt. Morris Dedicated Park to Francis Bellamy pledge had been variously ascribed io Bellamy and the late James P. Upham, Maiden, Mass. Th<; com­ mittee rendered its decision at the request of the officers of Job's Daughters, a Virginia Masoric or­ ganization, which plans to erect a national memorial to the writer. The announcement was made by Col. James A. Ross, president gen­ eral of the U. S. Flag Association, who previously had attributed authorship to Bellamy. Families of Bellamy and Tjpham ; submitted evidence to the com- : mittee. Bellamy was born in Mt. Morris i in May, 1855, and spent nwst of ' his life in Rome where his father i was pastor of the First Faptisi | Church. He was graduated from iRome Free Academy in 1872 and! then went to the University of [Rochester. After his graduation he entered the Rochester Theological; Seminary, now the Colgate-Rcch

SERVICES SET FOR C. f. BLOCK Funeral service for Charles W. Block, 73, of 203 Caroline St., I former hotel proprietor, will beu held in 301 Alexander St. Th'us-j day at 2 p. m. He died in Strong! Hospital Sunday (Mar. 26, 1939). For many years Mr. Block oper- u ated a hotel at the end of the | were, from left: William T. Larkin, general Charlotte car line and with Valen-f Prominent in Flag Day ceremonies at Mt. tine Aspenleiter was proprietor off Morris Wednesday, featured by dedication chairman of the committee; David Bellamy, the Oasis in the Wilder Building. | of the village's new park in honor of Francis Rochester, son of the late Francis Bellamy; He was a member of Germaniai Bellamy, native of the village and author Arden Page, Hornell, past exalted ruler Lodge, F&AM. of Hornell Council of Elks. Surviving are his widow, Marnier of the "Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag," St:utz Block; a son, Fritz Block;| one sister, Sophie Block, and iwoh brothers, Albert Meyer and Fredgj Meyer. Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County · Historic Scrapbooks Collection Man Dies in Leap Off Bridge (tainted by Death DEATH CLAIMS anv JHan Into River; Body Recovered eads state —&, • [HENRY BETZ, 56; of 963 Woodbine Memorial Bridge Welfare Unit 4 Hiortls ybod befory elande 7 o'clocd In k shallowlast night. [) fa Q/t JUL 2" 193/ 'WAS CITY AIDE Alden A. Bevier of Albany wfll aer on the east bank of the to carry a stretcher up the steep become Rochester Area director • ,. •r. A passenger In a bu* cros*- Incline, morgue attendants went to under the newly reorganized Stats the bridge told police BctUn Summervilie Coast Guard Sta­ Veteran Organist Department of Social Welfare, jdrov* hi* automobile to th* north tion and returned up the river in David C: Adie, state commissioner, curb, stepped out. climbed the rail, a boat. Ths body was taken to At Church Here anounces. Bevier may begin hi* land plunged over. The witness Summervilie and then to the work in this area about Apr. 15. asked police to withhold htis name. morgue. H.-!>.V\^Beiz,^o7'of 381 Rosewood Under a unification of welfar* ! Nearby at th* time, a man who Tentative Identification made Ter.. draftsman in the city engi- department and TERA work da- [gave hi* nam* only as Warnen, through the car's license plate* Dg office for 34 years and or­ signed to save the state between 117*1 Lycll Avenue, climbed down was verified st the morgue by gan 1st at St. PauI'B Evangelical $-00,000 and $400,000 in salaries, six the precipitous bank and, while papers found on th* body. Bitten. Church for 35 years, died yesterday regional directors and 10 executiv* 26, 1939) at his home. hundreds watched from the bridge. a Bausch A Lomb employe, was a officers were named. The regional dragged th* body half way out of Born Apr. 25, 1883, in Germany, directors will receive $4,500 a year. member of th* Rochester Lodge f Betz came to Rochester as a child. the water. Finding it impossible of Moos*. Glenn Jackson, former Rochester ;He was graduated from Wagner YMCA secretary, was named di­ i e beforW.e Vi.t waHes wamoves adj rector of the bureau of public as­ : the Rochester Chess[ sistance - Club. FUNERAL SET lUHicipma approximately „_, leaves a daughter. Ruth Bets; ^e approximately^^.OOOiOOO a year to be spent by the new-'ds- 1IKNKY BKTZ five brother*, the Rev. Carl F. W. Picks City Man Betz, William A. Betz, Dr. G. A. partment, according to Adie, $70,. FOR A. L. BISHOP Betz, and a sister, Martha Bets. 000,000 will come from th* atat*. Funeral services will be conduct- j $30,000,000 from the federal govern- 11 > Head Relief gHenry Betz £at 2:30 p. m. tomorrow at 301 ment and the rest from local com­ Guy H. Bloom. 50. 422 Yarmout Alexander St., with burial in Mt munities, which will be responsibls PROOFREADER Rd.. today took over his positlo "ope Ce for administration of the law. as executive di­ Burial Rites rector of the I Death Takes I Philadelphia Tomorrow HEART ATTACK .aC7Se^f\ county relief ; board. Last rites will be held at 2:30j Steran Employe He was chosen o'clock tomorrow at 301 Alexander; | for the Penn- for Henry Bctz, 56. city engineering' PROVES FATAL faylvanla direc­ effice draftsman for 34 years, who [Proofreader Of Paper Here died yesterday at his home, 381 j] torship from a Adalbert L Bishop, for 35 years] •Odd Ter. Burial will be in I list of 25 appli­ a compositor and proofreader on Passes Mt Hope Cemetery. cants. Rochester newspapers, died early | TO E. F. BLEIER Funeral services for Adalbert L. The Ph. Beta was organist at St. | 'BfhOP. veteran Roch*st> today in Strong Memorial Hospital. phla board Mala Evangelical Church for 35 'Star and proofreader, will be held Arrangements have not yet beenj 1,800 employes year*. Ha was born ln Germany,) Bakery President at 2 p. m. Saturday at 786 Main completed for funeral services. who o v • r * c • (.in II Bloom Apr. 25. 1883 and came to Roches­ St. E. H* dl*d y**t*rday (S«pt. Mr. Bishop, whose home was atl 75,000 r • 11 • f ter as a child. He waa graduated I Passes in Home J8. 1340) in Strong Memorial Hos­ 2«' million 1114 Warwick, was born in Cale-I cases with a from Wagner College here before it* pital. jdonia and came here when a young! yearly expenditure of was moved to Staten Island. A nalhfs "f Caledonia, he made man. He worked on the Union- At Age of 37 dollars. Surviving ar© a daughter, Ruthl his h< it 114 Warwick Ave. Advertiser until it merged with] Bloom has been a member of brothers, the Rev. Carl Elmer F. Bleier. 37, president and ' 'he Unlon- The Evening Tunes and became th* Board of Directors of the Todd F. W. Beta. William A. Beta, of secretary of the White Star Bak­ rged with The Times-Union, and had worked pany. the Impress Company. Rochester. Dr. G. A. Beta, and Prof. ing Corporation, died uncx i to become the on this paper ever since as a proof-] th* American Institute of Bank Frederick Bets of New York, and of heart attack yesterda; >n. 11* h*d hen a mem- I reader. and Commercial Stationer* ! Pctz of Columbia. Mo., and] noon (Apr. 26. 1937) in his «taff sine* thrn The veteran printer is survived I CIo**ty associated with th* Todd a sister, Mia* Martha Bets of Roch­ 180 Wllshire Drive. Brighton. lesvs* his wife. Cora D*U by hi* wife; a daughter, Mrs. Company for th* last 15 years ester. With his brother. Raymond R. a rln '••. Georf* Jeorge Rich, West Henrietta, and] -•see ran* I Bloom I* on leave of absence fro son, Carl A.. 1539 Ridge Rd. W., Bleier. treasurer of the baking! firm, Mr. Bleier purchased the busi­ Purial will h-- that organisation id six grandchildren. He was aj ness 10 years ago and had expanded side Camet*i During the World War. he serve lember of Genesee Lodge 3, IOOF,] in the general ordnance depart xd of Typographical Union 15. Its facilities steadily since that ment in Paris and later was ai time. ammunition officer at the fron Surviving, besides the brother, In 1923-25 he was *n Instructor I are his wife, Ruth A Bleier; three the evening school at the Wh I eons, Donald. Robert and John hool of Business Administration | Bleier; a daughter. Betty Lou; his mother. Mrs. Katherine Bleier, and I a sister? Miss Lucille Bleier. Funeral services will be held In the home Thursday at 8:30 a. m. ,|an Lourded at s9 Churcha. m.. InBuria Ourl Ladwilly beo fi n Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County · Historic Scrapbooks Collection 13 City Man Retains His Post MAESHM! W\ Picked for PACKING FIRM Chemist FOR 2ND TERM FOUNDER DIES DEATH CLAIMS Frank C. Blackford cleaned his |'desk in the Federal Building yes- Frederek J. Blaisii Kfi. one of the Iterday and hied himself out to his organizers of Rochester Packing Spencerport home for weekend rest Company and first superintendent of its plant, C. C. BLOOI57, Census 'preparatory to starting his second iterm tomorrow as United States died yesterday The American Chemical So- 1 marshal. (July 14, 1937), 'ciety today announced a cen­ Tomorrow, when the federal gov- at his home, I enment enters a new fiscal year, 2963 Culver ORLEANS AIDE sus, directed by a Rochester I Blackford will take the oath c«f Road. Ex-Presiaei industrialist, will be taken of office at the Federal Building at 11 Born at Gon- a. m. Harlan W. Rippey, associate delsheim, Ba­ [the nation's 30,000 to 40,000 justice of the Court of Appeals, den, Germany, State Sealers [chemists to prepare them for will perform the brief ceremony. Jan. 10, 1851, he Blackford first swore to dis­ came to Amer­ mbs the eventuality of war. charge his duties faithfully for ica Apr. 4, 1868, D. £« 38 Rochester's more than 500 chem- I Uncle Sam July 1, 1936, when he and lived in Albion—Clayton Converse Blood. I Jists and chemical engineers will succeeded Republican Joseph Rochester until 57, former state president of the j be included in the survey, which Fritsch Jr. as Democrats took over his death. New York State Association of will be made "at the request of the marshal's office for the first In 1891 he en- FRKOKRK K Sealers of Weights and Measures the executive office of the Presi­ time in 12 years. He had served gaged in the ,1. BI.AKSI and Orleans County sealer of dent of the United States," the as deputy'marshal under John D. meat business in Front Street. He weights and measures for 28 years, Associated Press reported from Lynn during the Wilson administra­ was one of the organizers and died yesterday morning in Albion Detroit, where the ACS opened its tion. treasurer of the Rochester Hide A Hospital. Funeral services will be 1 annual meeting today. The 64-year-old marshal, an old Tallow Company. At the time of in the home, 11 Academy St., at 3 Billings to Take Census line Democrat who helped nomi­ his death he was interested in the p. m. tomorrow, and Masonic serv- j nate Bryan at Denver and Wood- nursery business. ices will be held at the grave in j Erie M. Billings, business and row Wilson at Baltimore, con­ Mr. Blaesi was a member of the Mt. Albion Cemetery, where burial j technical personnel director of tinues in office at $5,600 a year. board of managers of St. John's will take place. Eastman Kodak Company and Surviving are his widow, Mrs. I He said yesterday he plans no staff Home for the Aged since it was long a leader in the ACS, will di­ changes in the Western New York Sarah Emily Smith, Albion; a] instituted. He also was a member rect the census, requiring 70,000 district which he supervises. brother, D. Wayland Blood, Barki r, and trustee of German Emanuel M. questionnaires. ^Already nearing _: • and a nephew, Wayland Blood, Bos- E. Church. A member of Koerner completion under his supervision leath Llairils-wJy*- Pu>d,$ ton, Mass. is a classification code in which Lodge 288, IOOF, since 1873, he Born in Carlton May 4, 1881, he some 50 leaders in chemistry spe­ Packing Co. Founder once served as past district deputy was the son of the late Herve and grand master of Monroe district 3. cialties assisted. Frederick J. Blaesi, 86, one of Mary Jane Huff Blood. He attend- j In 1923 he was presented with a Billings is in Detroit for the the founders of the Rochester ed Albion High School and was I 50-year Grand Lodge jewel. meeting this week. Packing Company and its' firstsu ­ graduated from the Rochester Busi­ Surviving arc three daughters, | The ACS announcement said the perintendent, died today at his ness Institute in 1900. Upon grad-| census will permit classification of home, 2963 Culver Road. Miss Lillian E. Blaesi, Mrs. Louisa uation he secured a position wi'h Ringlestein and Mrs. Elsie Bott; American chemists so as to avoid Mr. Blaesi came here from Ger­ the Albion Power Company and was employed there until he was the waste of scientific and techni­ many in 1868, was school carpenter two sons, Arthur G. and Frank F. appointed Orleans County seek cal brains which occurred in the from 1880 to 1890, entered the meat Blaesi; one sister, Mrs. Lena Web- | I er; five grandchildren and one 1 weights and measures in 1910. business and finally formed part­ Allied armies in the World War. marriage to Sarah Emily Smith nerships in the foundation of the great-grandchild. Chemists are considered the back­ took place in 1904. bone of munitions supply and of Rochester Packing Company in Funeral services will be con­ ducted at 2:30 p. m. tomorrow at He was named vicepresident of new inventions for attack and de­ 1901. "^1^.3^/^1937 ,h h0 the state dealers organization in fense. He retired from the meat busi­ « Br&C,JULl5.iJ37 1938 and last year served as prest- I Start* with ACS ness because of ill health in 1908 dent. and entered the nursery business, Aa chairman of the Christ m^« The census start* with the 25,000 which he conducted to the time of Benevolence Committee of Albion members of the American Chemi­ his death. Lodge of Elks, he superintended cal Society, then will take in mem­ Funeral services will be held at annually the large Christmas ] bers of other chemical organiza­ FRANK C. BLACKFORD for Albion and vicinity undei; s 2:30 p. m. Friday at his home. tions and finally include individu­ stays as I • - . Marshal. leged children, making certain that al* who belong to no chemical so­ .offer Broker, /Votive each child had some Chrlstma*. cieties. He was past exalted ruler and a Louis K. Eilers, Eastman Ko­ >/ Rochester, Dies life member of the lodge. He was dak chemist, is chairman of the lust in massing C T. Bleuel, Rochester native if a life member of the Monroe Com- Rochester Section of the ACS, Fortunate is the Western New York] and New York coffee broker, died| mandery, Knights Templar, and the Damascus Shrine, both of I which has 500 local members, ac­ I District in having as its United States mar­ unexpectedly Tuesday in his home| cording to Past Chairman Edwin in Queensboro. according to word | Rochester. He had served as secretary o' O. Wllg, University of Rochester shal a man of the character and judgment I received here. He was 69. Orleans Chapter, RAM, for more assistant professor. j of Frank C. Blackford. Sworn in yesterday Son of Maurice H. and Annette 1 than quarter of a century and was Bleuel of Rochester, he early inl a life member of Renivation Lodge Billings has been a director of for his second term, he may be relied upon (life sought adventure. At 15, he | F&AM the ACS for five years, and for 11 1 shipped as a cabin boy on the M. P.jg year* a member of the policy com­ to steer a sensible course. He will net Grace and made many voyages in mittee of the ACS Council. He arrest everyone hysterically charged with smiling vessels. He traveled around waa a councillor-at-large from 1929 ! being a public enemy. He will truly pro- I the world three times. to 1934, was secretary of the Rocn- 1 ester Section for 10 year*, and jtect the public interest. The Times-Unionj v chairman in 1929. I congratulatesi him on his reappointment. me&? "«& V4 Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County · Historic Scrapbooks Collection 1 n , ll/f A Tiies-oiauiovH Final Inspection Before the 'Hanging School Man Answers Hurry -ggjg-flfla NOV 14 — To Birthday Surprise Bird "It's an emergency," an anxious voice told Verne A, over the telephone this morning. And Mr. Bird, who was trying'* to tell the voice that he just I couldn't come to School 17 because I he had a conference at the Board of Education, weakened and hur­ ried right over. FRED L. BLUM The "emergency" turned out to be a "birthday surprise" for the assistant superintendent of schools in charge of the adult education IN HOME AT 73 program. With eulogies on his work for adult education, WPA officials pre­ Former President sented theflustered Mr . Bird a pen j and pencil set and a portrait oft Of Lunch Firm himself painted by Anthony Sala­ mone, 81 Weld, commercial art| teacher at Monroe High School. In City About 100 teachers and super- [ Fred L Blum, former president visors attended the cermonies. The of Miller-Blum Lunch Company and portrait, an excellent likeness, onetime vicepresident of Bircher probably will hang in the Bird liv- j Company Inc., ing room at 205 Seneca Pkwy. died early yes­ terday (May 14, 1939) in his home. 739 Har­ vard St. He was Charles Blum, 73 years old. Born in Roch­ ester, Mr. Blum state attended school 8 1940 here and for many years had Charles Blum, 73, engaged in the been actively in­ tailoring business here for more terested in civic than 20 years, died last night at and educations his home, 4599 Culver Rd. enterprises. He He operated a tailor shop at 625 leaves hi* wife, I Hudson Ave. until 1925, when he j Mrs. Harriet L. Blum. entered the real estate business, Funeral services will be con­ i in which he continued until his ducted at 11 a. m. tomorrow in the death. He is survived by his wife, home, with Rabbi Philip S. Bern­ Mrs. Mary Rebholz Blum; four stein officiating. Burial will be ln VKRNK A. BIRD sons, Joseph, Maynard, Floyd and Mt. Hope Cemetery. Salamone. a WPA "white collar" worker, teaches Raymond; two daughters, Mrs. a course in commercial art at Monroe High night i Herman Huveldt, ai*d Mrs. Robert school. Bird, assistant superintendent of schools, I Rodenhouse; three sisters, Mrs. supervises the city's adult education program. Emily Schirmer, Mrs. Florence 'Yio's wlioT^tiiif ! Smalling and Mrs. Nicholas Loeff- | ler; one brother, Joseph Blum, and rcs^on.Ujadei r two grandchildren. onroe A. BTUm'e 5W Ave., expressed pleasure yesterday Funeral services will be held Sa­ istieV 10TlD¥ko turday at 8:15 a. m. at 300 Cumber- that he had been included amon< jland. and at 9 o'clock at St. Sa-[ ochesterians listed in "Who's W jlome's Church. Burial will be in in American Jewry" m the latest ! Holy Seoulchre Cemetery. Mr. publication of that volume, but Blum waa a member of the Holy when the book listed him at the JName Society. head of two New Jersey CC3 camps he voiced objection. Blu- menstlel, a major in the Army Re­ serve, said he did head the camps jntil 1937, but since that time has been working at his insurance busi­ ness at home. Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County · Historic Scrapbooks Collection U, Oi u tirK o» i 838- By Edmund W. Peters ssr AS A collector, Edwin D. Bloom, Jefferson and died while serving LlPrar y Janitor • represents an anomaly. When in a similar capacity in the first he faces a drought of historical term of James Madison. Stricken at Work\ objects to collect he provides Through his continuous bom­ something of hie own with his­ Stricken with a heart attack bardment of public figures with torical associations—and gives it while at work in the Rundel Li­ sway. correspondence ever since he em­ brary, 115 South Ave., Al.be. W.| At the time General Italo Balbo barked on his career of collecting Bolton, 67, janitor, of 132 Lehigh! led a fleet of Mussolini's bombers in 1900, Bloom had received per­ Ave, died early Sunday morning to Chicago, Bloom persuaded the sonal messages from every Presi­ before medical aid could reach him.' general's secretary to take back dent since McKinley although he Coroner David H. Atwater issued, with him to Italy a small Ameri­ has kept vory few of them. In­ a certificate of death due to natural! can flag. The secretary mailed it stead, he has cherished more causes. back, addressed simply to Bloom dearly a copy of the Congress­ Mr. Bolton leaves his wife, Mrs.j at "Rochester, U. S. A.," and it ional Record sent him by Thomas Carrie M. Bolton; two daughters,' arrived safely. Shortly afterward R. Marshall, vicepresident under Mrs. Roy Alderson and Mrs. Albert; Bloom sent it to President Roose­ President Woodrow Wilson. Christian, both of Irondequoit, af velt. Browsing through a hietory son, Carl W. Bolton; a sister, Mrs.; There is method In his odd book on a November day in 1918, Emma Forsythe, Detroit, and six. practice. One of his flags went Bloom discovered that on Dec. 2, grandchildren. Funeral services! along on the last voyage of the 1918 at 12 noon it would be ex­ will be held in 1511 Dewey Ave. at rebuilt Constitution, historic actly 55 years since the statue of 2 p. m. today. Burial will be in American frigate, and the offer­ freedom surmounting the dome | Irondequoit Cemetery. ing enabled him to secure a per­ of the Capitol had been erected- sonally signed acknowledgement Since Congress was scheduled to from the President and one of convene on that day and at the the pens with which he signed hour. Bloom mentioned the anni­ Last Rites Held the Banking Bill. versary in a letter to Vicepresi­ Self-styled owner of the largest dent Marshall and suggested the For Allie W. Bolton collection of rare letters in this statue had stood through three Last rites were to be held today city, Bloom is evidentally more wars in the cause of freedom. at 1511 Dewey Ave., for Allie W. proud of the cards hearing the The Vicepresident opened the Bolton, 67, janitor at the Rundel signatures of the President and session with an elaboration of Memorial Building, who died of a his present cabinet for it was Bloom's theme and sent Bloom heart attack while working at the these he exhibited in the hobby his thanks and a copy of the library early Sunday. show at the Municipal Museum. Record with his remarks on the Burial was to be in Irondequoit After all, he says, his old letters subject checked. Cemetery. came from purchase, trading and , Mr. Bolton lived at 132 Lehigh acquisitions from persons who Ave. He leaves his wife, Mrs. were unappreciative of them. But I Carrie M. Bolton; two daughters, signatures of contemporaries ' Mrs. Roy Alderson and Mrs. Al­ were secured by just such trading bert Christian; a son, Carl W. as he indulged in with the Presi- . Claimant of the largest collection of rare letters i» Koch- Bolton; a sister, Mrs. Emma dent ester is Edwin D. Bloom, above, 30 N. Washington St. ForsytJisi.JDetwiAi and sto/fetfhnd- Outstanding among the letters ©f the 74-year-old collector who . » lives at 30 North Washington St. are those written by Matthew rdent Autoaraph-Seeker Prior, English poet; Lady Noel , Byron, wife of the poet, and Ben- | jamin West, Pennsylvania paint- j er, whose chief fame was won in ! England. New Marshal Prior's letter, dated Sept. 24, 1699, is the oldest. It was writ- ! Rocnestenan ten at The Hague where Prior Dies at Aide Named waa serving as secretary to the United States Marshal F. C. English ambassador to Holland Frank S. Bloom, 36, account ex­ DIP.' P ecutive of the Hutchfns Advertising and begs "my Lord Albemarle Blackford today announced appoint­ arheS C. H." Bonbrlgnl/^ion of Agency and an employe of the firm for 20 years or*| to get me sent home for I have George D. B. Bonbright, Rochester for 13 years, died today at his ment of Nelson Boehler, 30, of 1225 ganist at St. Stanislaus Church, a thousand things to do in Eng­ broker, yesterday was designated! home, 887 Chili Ave., after a long died yesterday (Jan. 19, 1939) at I land and not one to do here." Clinton Avenue - North, as deputy his home, 43 Pulaski St. He had I second secretary of the American i illness. Lady Byron's letter, of uncertain been in ill health for a year. Embassy at Brussels, Belgium, ac­ Mr. Bloom was born in London, marshal to succeed Albert Skinner. date, declares she is interested in cording to an Associated Press re­ England, Aug. 18, 1902. He came to Before coming to Rochester he I getting an "illustrated edition of Skinner had been deputy alnce port of changes announced by the Rochester with his parents when jhad held a similiar post in an | Robinson Crusoe if there is a State Department he was 3. He attended Rochester 1925. {Amsterdam church. Survivors are good one." Written in Paris, It For the last four years, Bon­ public schools and was graduated his widow, Mrs. Victoria Bogacki; | makes a plea for "two boxes of Boehler, 17th Ward Democrat, ir bright has been serving the De­ from the University of Michigan a daughter, Mrs. Clai Culick, Am- i tooth powder.'* partment at Washington and prio I in 1926. He was a member of Phi married. He formerly served in the sterdam; three sons, John J., Roch- Bloom also has the signature to that was successively vicecon t| Sigma Kappa fraternity and was a Department of Parks. His father ester, Victor J, Arlington, Mass., of Jane Austen. English novelist, sul at Canton, China, and thir. but the remainder of the letter is iitrustee of Westminster Presbyter­ was a former ward leader and state and Edmund S. Bogacki, Brooklyn; ian Church. a sister, Mrs. M. Lukowski, Brook- j secretary of the America Lega­ in the hands of some other col- committeeman. tion at Ottawa, Ont. 1 lector. Surviving are his parents, Mr. lyn; a brother in Poland, and three j The post pays $1,620 yearly. A graduate of Harvard Univer-, Among documents he possesses .and Mrs. Frank H. Bloom; his wife, grandchildren. Mary F. Bloom; a daugther, Janet Skinner, who succeeded former Funeral services will be held at sity in the Class of 1925, he mar­ are s will dated Nov. 14, 17W, and ried Sybil Rhodes, daughter of Ed­ , witnessed by Nicoll Floyd, con of 'Lucille Bloom; a son, Laurence Sheriff Albert H. Baker as Repub­ 8:30 a. m. Monday in the home and | Stephen Bloom, and a brother, Her- | at 9 o'clock in St. Stanislaus gar N. Rhodes, former Canadian William Floyd, signer of the lican leader of Greece, has been minister of finance, in April, 1933. Declaration of Independence, Jbert W. Bloom. Church. Burial will be in Holy | snd a commission to a lieuten- Funeral services will be conduct­ mentioned as a possible successot J sney signed by George Clinton, ed at 2 p. m. Monday at funeral of Romeyiv S. Dunn of Wheatland :! parlors at 271 University Ave. The •rst governor of New York who as penitentiary superint later served a* vicepresident dur­ ?Rev. Gordon Mattlce will officiate. ing the second term of Thomas uiiiuii FEB CTJ37 Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County · Historic Scrapbooks Collection I (a T(5DD PLAQUE "W*»* I Veieran, 93,Tfiears Las f tall BvgnerPttsses As Memorial Day Wanes • • * Death Takes Sports ON RVF ••MfT, B. Rochester paid reverent tribut Figure at 56 yesterday to its Civil War heroes, ROCHESTERIAN hut John Bohannan, who fought in JOHN BOGNER, 56, widely war. was too ill to pay much known In amateur sports in heed to Memorial Day. | the days of the Orange Blossom • j and Crimson baseball and foot­ About 15 minutes before the day ball teams here, was buried yes­ High Sales Award ended, Mr. Bohannan died at his terday after a funeral in St. home, 59 Lenox St. He was 93. His Augustine's Church. Presented to death leaves five Civil War Bogner was manager of the veterans still living in Rochester. Orange Blossoms and Crimsons, iFreg the dasm * Bloo"pi m He last took part in a Memorial amateur champions of Rochester w h i <• h Day parade two years ago. in 1914 and 1915. His teams baseball and basket •nil in his Mr. Bohannan was the last boasted the unique record of school days at West H gh and later •urvlvor of the 13th Company, New having 100 per cent enlistment at Mercer Unlverslt; Ml II York Infantry. He enlisted here in in the service. Bloom, sale* manager >f the Iloch- 1861, was discharged in May, 1863, Such luminaries as Red Quig- ester branch of the Todd Com­ and reenlisted In August of that ley. Butch Clark, Chubby Brown, pany, yesterday emerged as the year. He was mustered out In July, Rock Slattery, Stubby Flynn and champion sales manager of all 1865. Johnny Gilbert worked under ass A. of the company offices In He is survived by a daughter, Bogner, who was at that time \ the count Mrs. Mary Neary; 10 grandchil- one of the most prominent men In recognition of hi.4 achievement, 20 great-grandchildren, two in amateur sports in this area. h« was presented the President'! ea and a nephew. Trophy, awarded annually fa Funeral services will bo held standing achievement by Walter Saturday at, 9:30 a. m. at the homo L Todd, company president. Th< and at 10 o'clock at St. Monicas ar trophy is a bronze plaque Church. t; JOHN BOHANNON stf* | PWl?P graved on the plaque in addition! to the name of Mr. Bloom are those]' ^efcjomqrrow who assisted him In winning the! franklin BonnerV director of championship. They are George! Printed funeral the Monroe County Division of A. McKem mt D, K Regional Planning, will preside as Frederick via, Bancroft ites Friday acting president at the first con­ Gardii' ler and Ar-I ference in Elmlra tomorrow of the Last rite* for Peter Bohrer, 75, thur N. Holcomb of Rochester! lfil*y»pfwlMI>r>rary newly formed New York State Fed­ and Donald A. Anthony, Bf irm*r secretary of theCentral eration of Official Planning Boards. Ted Ncwmark a- rades and Labor Council, and one- pm.rr Sessions will be held at the me printer, will be conducted at n^d one of Rochester's most active same time as the annual meeting of , Reid. Ehntra; 91 Monro* Ave at 8.30 a. m. Fri-|labor icaders up to 15 years ago. the New York State Conference iay and at St. Joseph's Church at| yesterday (Aug. 29, 1939) at and G. Roger d!ed Elks and Rochester Gas * Elec- of Mayors and other municipal of­ Bloom was a. m.. with burial In Holy Sep- bU) home. 124 Main St. W. | trie Corporation representatives j ficers. A feature of discussions will | and attended lchre Cemetery' Bohrcr. a member and for- I bowed heads today at funeral serv-, be new powers granted planning •i he Mr. Bohrer dt*d y**terday at his mcr president of Typographical •' ices for Richard H. Bolin, 65. prom- boards at the last session of the ome. 124 Main St. W. i Union 15, waa secretary o.* the Ccn- 1 lnent Elk for 24 years and fore- Legislature. H* wa* a member and former trnl Tnides and Labor Council for ' man of the electric company's mo- Gorham Dana, chairman of t ildent of Typographical Union kn years, retiring 15 years ago. 1 tor department. Massachusetts Federation of PI i and ears before r*Ur- He wrote a history of the Coun- Mr. Bolin died Thursday at the ning Boards, is scheduled to d ,g » year* ago. wa* secretary of|cu and was part owner of the for- Elks Club, 113 Clinton Avenue j cuss " "Developments in Munlei h* Central Trades and Labor *„,„ Labor Journal, preceding the | North, his residence for 12 years. Planning.'' Wayne D. Heydeck 1. writing a history of th*Lid Labor Herald. | He had been an Elk for 20 years, New York director of state pla ,rganl*atlon. H* was active In the! Born in Rochester, Mr. Bonier .1 but never held office. ning. will tell "How to Make t" •Deration *n1 ownership of a labor entered the printing trade a* an Funeral services were conducted New Federation Function." awspapT apprentice on a former German j| at 7:30 a. m. at the Flannery fu­ i A native of Rochester. Mr Bohr- language paper ln 1876. H*.later neral home. 17 Phelps Avenue, and .r became an apprentice on a Oer-want to the Rochester HeraJd and at 8 a. m. at Sacred Heart Church. man language n*w*paper in 1876 wa, f h thit n«w.pjp. ' Mas* was celebrated by the later going to the Rochester Her- ceassd publication, when he iratired. Mgr. George B. Burns. •Id. retiring when th* pap*r died H. was a member «****"*£ T. Edward Frcckleton represent­ oubllcatlon of America. Court Gen**** J'»1Ic> ed a delegation of Elks. P He wiT* monitor of Court G*n- H* leaves hi. wife. ™* "J™ Bearers were Fred Gibson. Henry e— Vall*y. For**t*r* of Amarlca. flvs *ons Harry P. ^•""^ Gribbroeck. Charlea Heindl, Wil­ Surviving are his wife. Ruth to > • *"d "••JjJ liam Gulvln and Fred Davie. James C. Booker. 72, ' Bohr*r: flv. tons. H.rry P^Law- J^ Bohrer; thrw ^^viSti Surviving are two sons, Richard A. and William M. Bolin; two sis-1 Rochesterian. diod Tuesday in his rtnc* M. O«on» W. John ¥ sn «. "X hT*!Jro" hr ters. Mrs. John Gartland of Roch­ home in Raiford. Fla., according H*rtort J. Bohrer: thre* d.u«h- West and Miss Helen Bohr ; brothers, Charlea and Andrew ester and Mrs. John Doherty of !to word received here yesterdiy; ttr*. Mr*. Gertrude Wilcox. Mrs Bohrer. and two sister*, Mr*. Ther­ Keene, Ont., and one brother, Hugh JBooker is survived by his wiTe. Everett Wast *nd Mis* H*ten esa D* Sousa and Mrs Lavl Bolin of St Louis. Mo. IMary. He left this city five years Bohrer; two brcttors. Andrew and [ago after being in the tobacco Charles Bohrer. and t» oral service* will to conduct- business here for nearly 50 year*. Mr*. Theresa C* Sous* and a. m. from . -e- Monroe Ave. and at » *• m. from oph's Church. ] hj Sroul Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County · Historic Scrapbooks Collection mat Bloss Monument!At Brighton Today 65th Anniversary UEAlk CLAIMS ir Of Death Of W,C. Bloss, EX-LEADER/ OF SHOE INDUSTRY TodayPionee is the 65th anniversarr Liberay of anti-slaverly papers Thinke, "The Rights rof, the death of William Clough Bloss, Man." In 1838 he advocated the bal­ one of Rochester's pioneer settlers, lot for women. In 1845, while a who was Instrumental in promot­ representative at Albany, in rebuke ing temperance, education, and of the caste prejudice of the day, Last Rites Slated freedom in this part of the coun­ he left his seat among the whites try. at a communion service, and seat­ Tomorrow for The following inscription appears ing himself with the separated on the monument which was erect­ blacks partook of the sacrament ed over his grave at the Brighton with them. teiJVW. Booth Cemetery, on Winton Road. "In 1856, he supplemented the tho| helped "William Clough Bloss, Born at presentation of a rifle to each make Rochester a shoe manufac­ Stockbridjge, Mass., January 19, member of the Massachusetts Col­ turing center, Quentin W. Booth, 1795—Died at Rochester, April 18, onists enroute to Kansas, by the died yesterday (Jin. 9, 1W9T af *Btw 1863. gift of a Bible and spelling book, home, 272 Culver Rd. "A Tribute of the People: In 'to establish civil and ' religious A graduate of Cornell University 1826 being convinced that the use liberty in Kansas.' where he was a Theta Delta Chi of spirituous liquors waa an evil, "In 1856, during the Freemont in 1881, he was associated with his he emptied the contents of the bar campaign, he originated and circu­ brother, Irving E. Booth, in the of his tavern into the canal, near lated a map showing the area and manufacture of shoe, machinery this site. He waa instrumental In aggressions of the slave power, under the firm name of Booth establishing a Temperance Society which was so unanswerable an ar­ Brothers. He retired from busi­ in every town in the county. He gument as to be excluded from the ness in 1908. was the promoter of the Free southern mails. He favored unre­ Besides his brother, he ie sur­ School Law. stricted immigration. For years vived by a-sister, Estelle A. Booth, "He was one of the originators of he was a self-appointed chaplain also of this city. the anti-slavery movement, and in of the county jail, and his ministry Funeral services will be eon- 1834 he published one of the first to the needy, the destitute and the_ ducted at 3 p. m. tomorrow at the home with burial in Mt, Hope helpless continued throughout his Crmeteiy. life. "A thinker in advance of his age, an orator on whose lips the people hung, he boldly championed un­ popular truths, consecrating his gifts to God and humanity."

In a little Brighton cemetery, just off Winton Road near East ites Slated Avenue, is this monument at the grave of William Clough Bloss. Mr. Bloss, who died 65 years ago today, was one of Rochester's Funeral services for John W. pioneer settlers, who was instrumental in promoting temperance, . Y. C. Road Names Bornkessel, 71, of 1549 Main Streel education and freedom in this part of the country. East, 'ormer president of the War Veteran ew JDlvision Head Rochester Heel Company, who died today, June 6, 1936, will be con-1 Last rites will be conducted at K. c. Born :eT of CcWrWus, ducted Tuesday morning at 9:30 J :30 p. m. tomorrow at 438 Webster Ohio, has been transferred to head o'clock from the home of his daur;h-, ter, 32 Lozier Street and at 10 for Edward J. Borate, World the Rochester Division, New York Central Railroad, succeeding Philip o'clock at Corpus Chrlsti Church. 'ar veteran who died Saturday Frederick Booth, C. Agans, superintendent here for Burial will be in Holy Sepulcher Last rites for Edward J. Boor- the Veterans' Hospital, Bath. many years, who becomes head of Cemetery. man 60, of Snyder, pioneer Bell urial will be in Mt. Hope Ceme- the Syracuse division. With Allen C. Hatch, formerly xeiephone Company employe who of Rochester, Mr. Bornkessel died unexpectedly Wednesday, were ery. Agans, a former mem.ber of the Lhvsin irondequoit |Chamber of Commerce Transporta­ founded the Rochester Heel Com­ to be held today at hi* home, fol- Mr. Borate was assigned to the pany in 1900. The business was in­ owed by burial In Mt. Hope Ceme­ tion Club, and assigned here for the Frederick G. Booth, 98, of 2384 153d Depot Brigade when he en- last five years, will be given a corporated in 1905. Mark H. Tou- tery, Rochester. Culver Rd., Irondequoit, died yes­ Pftered the service here Apr. 3, 1918, testimonial dinner by friends in hey, Mr. Bornkesscl's son-in-law, is Mr. Boorman, a native of Roch­ terday (Dec. 31, 1939). Tmd was shortly afterward trans- the Rochester Club Thursday. secretary of the company, and ester, moved to Buffalo in 1918. He Mr. Booth was a life member of |ferred to the Company B, 310 In- George Black succeeded Mr. Born- is survived by his wife, Marjorie Valley Lodge 109, F&AM. He leaves antry, and served overseas from kesBel as president when the lat­ Bruce Boorman; a daughter, Mrs. four sons, Harry, Irondequoit, ay 19, 1918 to May 29, 1919. He ter was taken ill. Robert Green, WilUamsville; two Fred, Lima, Milton and Leon, Roch­ fc ivas honorably d scharged June 6, Mr. Bornkessel was a member of hrothers, Roy C. of Louisville and ester; six grandchildren, five great­ • 1919, as a first class private. He the Elks. Kaymond Boorman of Rochester grandchildren; a niece and two formerly lived at 126 Rohr St. Survivors arc a daughter, Mrs ter Mrs Auetin Ju nephews. Services will be held u£fu* ™ ' ' dd of H He leaves two brothers, William Touhey, and a son, John Jr. Wednesday at 2:30 p. m. at 1826 Wait* Plains mU and Jacob O. Borate; two sis- Ridge Rd. E. i,.H! ^ vicechairman of the Am- fevers, Mrs. Edward Urlacher and . ™LR,*pUblIoan town committee, SMrs. Charles Krumbein, all of * member of the board of health. (Rochester. JJ^Past master of Buffalo Lodge, Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County · Historic Scrapbooks Collection Tf^-Wflv 'Mil—I OHM: He Shines Utility Sells Out— His Way inio DEATH CLAIMS Real Job To Shoeshine Operator The Rochester Gas & Electric Corporation had sold out E. J. BOSWORTH, today—lock, Mock and barrel—to a 100-pound shoe shine boy in a red r and a green Dow tie. BUSINESSMAN From President Herman Russell down, employes in the 10-story utility building in East Avenue were taking orders hjne orders—ironi pert-faced Proctor Bohling, 'go- l,*ve^- -JU 17." How they happened to be doing ft'm«kes f> fine ale. Bott, Coal Founded Company | Two day* before Christmas, Proc­ tor waa trudging Rochester streets Bearing Name In tll-flttlng, inadequate clothing 940 and «hoea flv* •lae* too big for WS^^IeJ In City him. One night he ducked Into the R. G. * E. lobby to get warm, John C Bott, 71, of 480 Hazel- Printer, inventor *nd leather; and was spotted by Raymond V. wood Ter., for more than 40 years novelty manufacturer in Rocheeter j Myers, building superintendent. connected with the retail coal busi­ for many years, Edward J. Bos-1 ness here, died today. worth, 75. died yesterday (June 24, Wanted a Shine He leaves his wife, Catherine 1939) in General Hospital. Frank Bott; two sons, Raymond J. Born in Rochester Nov. 10, 1863, Myers recalled that Russell had and Claude J. Bott; two brothers, he was the son of William H. Boe- suggested a short time before that Adoph and August Bott; a sister, | worth, principal of old School 12. he wished some good boy who Sister Francis of the Servant Sis­ i He was educated in Rochester needed a Job would drop into his] ters of the Holy Ghost in New schools and was graduated by the ofTic* to shine his shoes. Guinea, and three grandchildren. old Rochester Free Academy. So Myer* snd other employes] Mr. Bott was formerly with the For a number of years he op­ went into action. They gave Proc­ firm of Mclntosh-Bott Inc. erated a printing establishment in tor five pairs of shoes snd plenty! Last rites will be conducted Sat­ North Water Street, at Andrews, of warm clothing. The carpenter: urday at 870 Clinton N. and at ! and later formed the E. J. Bos- built him a solid shoe shine box. St.'Joseph's Church at 9 a. m., with | worth Specialty Company, that Somebody provided a footrest.1 burial in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery. manufactured leather goods and | brushes polish and the rest of the| novelties at 25 South Water St. equipment. Several years ago that business Today "just call me plain Proc­ was taken over by the John A. tor'' covers the utility building. DEATH CLA Levks Sc Sons Company, paper box Lincoln-Alliance Bank Buildijg] manufacturers, with which Mr. and Reynolds Arcade. "As *«< Bosworth was connected actively I crack on* other big building I until two weeks ago. have In mind. I'll hire two boys to' D He was a member of Central help tne," he announced. | Presbyterian Church and was ohs c, ft f of the oldest members of Class 421 Money Goes to Mother A heart attack yesterday morn­ [of that church. He leaves his wife. Allie Evan.*, Myers learned that Proctor loft ing caused the sudden death in [Bosworth; two daughters, Mrs. Gay his farm home near Wolcott early I New York City of Charles A Bost­ IR. Levis and Mrs. Roy Elliott of In December becaus* there just 'Rochester; a brother, Frank, of] wasn't enough money to provide wick. 56, former Rochester adver­ j Seattle, Wash., and five grand- for hie parents, five brothers, three tising specialist. Death occurred [children. II Ut HOIII.IM. * let ere and himself. He *old at his home. 212 East 48th Street, [ after an illness of four days. Funeral services will be con-] Given a start in business by friendly Cat «f Electric oBtcials. Christmas card*, lived at a down­ Mr. Bostwlck waa bo»-n in Low- | ducted at 3:30 p. m. tomorrow in Proctor has picked up so many customers he's talking of hiring a town hotel, hid his money "in soma vllle. the son of Ladotte and .Mary 271 University Ave., the Rev. Ray-j couple of assistants. The utility men took him in hand when they rock* behind a garage." Bcstwick, and wa« educated there. mon Kistler, pastor of Central found him homeless, ill clad, cold and hungry two days before Now, Proctor turns over most of He came to Rochester some time Presbyterian Church, officiatir (.AfWUMV hi* money to Myer* *v*ry ds> Burial will be in Mt. Hope Cer expln 'ouch a 0*J afterward and established C. A. that again. It'* all going horn* to Bostwick Inc.. an advertising firm, my moth. In Commerce Building He re­ mained 20 year* in Rochester. [ where he wa* prominent in adver­ tising and *port circles. H« wa* nber of Oak Hill and Locust Hill Country Club*. Last November. Mr. Bostwick I moved hi* advertising firm, which | specialised In special editions and page* for newspapers, to 400 Madi- | son Avenue. New York City. He leaves his wife, the former Nina Payne; a daughter, by a previous marriage. Mrs. Mary ; Msa* of Chicago, and a akter, Mrs. [Charles Steven* of Louisville. Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County · Historic Scrapbooks Collection Illness Fatal Kftjdjak-Aid'e Rochesterian Chides China Dies in Europe For Homely Girls, Bad Food F. H. BOYER, 70, News of the death of Niles Bou-j ven'g. liaison orficer between East-j T\iY P I^l^t^ VWjtiiX' r—*~ *• man Kodak Company here and as­ The girW in China are not lovely, shows and food are VETERAN AIDE sociated Kodak companies in Eu­ "lousy," and Howard Bowcn yesterday expressed himself as rope, was received at Kodak office being "glad to be home again." , today. Bowen, an Eastman Kodak etnplove has, jtetiH ned0&'sm OF KODAK, DIES A cablegram from Stockholm, Peiping where he spent the last>., Dr» vi JULr U~ lOOf - Mr. Bouveng's native city, said he six years in trying to like the 1 - . -- died there on Friday. girls, shows and food, as well as Oldest Employe Mr. Bouveng had many acquaint­ master the Chinese language on I ances in Rochester. He had visited the side. He's given the whole In Company's this city annually in the course of thing up as hopeless and plans to i i ':' business for a score of years prior spend the next three years in Rites Service to the summer of 1939. Rochester, Fitz Henry Boyer, 70, of 145 He had crossed the Atlantic But In spite of the unlovely Hurstbourne Rd., employed with women, unsavory food, and unen- For Veteran Ocean 50 times in the service of Eastman Kodak Company for a Kodak—and made visits to the tertaining shows, Bowen hopes to half century, died unexpectedly principal cities of Europe. go back to Peiping when his three Kodak Worker An amateur photographer, Mr. years are up here. yesterday (Nov. 32, 1939) in his Bouveng became associated v/ich Predicts Great Changes Funeral services for Fitz Henry;.* home. the Hasselbiads photographic firm "It will be interesting," he stated, Boyer, 70, who worked for East­ Superintendent of the plate emul­ JOHN R. BOURNK Sweden which has been sole "to compare the 1937 China with man Kodak Company longer than sion department in Kodak Park, Veteran stationer sales representative for Kodak in the 1940 China. Great changes any man except Mr. Boyer was the only employe that country since 1904. He helped will have been made. China isn't the industry's except the late George Eastman II form a business for production of standing still." late founder, to spend 50 years in the company's K. Bourne motion pictures in Sweden before No more has Bowen stood still. will be conduct­ service. Last May 9 at a luncheon he was employed by Kodak. All his life the wanderlust has ed at 2:30 p. m. in his honor he received from it guided him. He knows America Wednesday ' at] President Frank W. Lovejoy a gold Rites Listed thoroughly, from coast to coast his home, 145 medal commemorating his record. 1 and back again. Hurstbourne Rd. , Born in Smethport, Pa., he came 'Saturday ites Set Friday Of all the wonders of China, I with burial in £ to Rochester in 1888 and enrolled Bowen declared the opium ques­ Riverside Ceme­ in the Rochester Business Univer­ Last rites for Jchn R. Bourne, 72,For || E. /. Boylan, tion interested him most. For in tery. sity, predecessor to the Rochester widely known Rochester stationer, China, opium smoking isn't looked Mr. Boyer died- Business Institute. A year later I will be conducted Saturday at 2:30 Ki#ut with the keeper of the payroll records it was a day company. Frank W. Love joy, for special notations. Boyer was * - „ ,. -===. Eastman president, presented hl>„ipni„„ .; „,. " In 1896 Boyer was transierrea Boyer a gold medal yesterday beginning his 50th year at the to Kodak Park. His job was mix. to commemorate the event. plant. He is the oldest employe ing the emulsion supply for films. in point of service. In 1900 he became foreman of the The veteran, who got his job at i emulsion department. In 1912 he ., it/-. ™ , , . I was made assistant to Charles F. the late George Eastmans plant ,. ... , ft « UUSUB j/iaui. I Hutchison, now general superinten- through a help-wanted ad in 1889, ldent Gf film and plate emulsions. manhad , "growfromn assistanup" witt h superintethe plannt lln 1914 he became superintendent denfrotm tao departmenprint burnishet superintendentr to a fore.- .l of the film emulsion department He looked back through the and in 1930 superintendent of the years yesterday with "no regrets" plate emulsion department. over a one-company career, re­ Sees Bright Prospects flected that he had been "lucky." He, saw bright prospects- yester- pondering^ over the future of the 'Less Opportunity' dayOfor the future of the company, 4am.. 1 social and industrial world in gen­ "There's not so much opportun­ citing its recent years of expan­ eral. ity for a young man nowadays," ne sion. He had done his share of "Something is wrong with our said. "But I always tell the younger system, but I couldn't plan a better ones if they ask me for advice to one than w,e have if it were my 'stick to it.' We have noticed that job to do," he said. He didn't think strict attention to business and the days of long hours and hard calmness are the qualities that put them ahead." work were better days, despite the Back in the "good old days" fact he looked back with content-1 when Boyer went to work at the ment over his own career in the I camera plant, the employes worked "hard working" era. "Reducing hours was a step in r KIT-' "irvBv nflVPR 10 hours a day, six days a week. He bicycled to work. When George the right direction," he said, j Eastman made his first gift to em­ "Every man ought to have a I Honored by Gold Medal ployes, before the wage dividend chance to earn a living." A gold medal symbolizing 50 years in the service of which was instituted 13 years later, He figures on retiring in another Boyer> share was $75. (Eastman year "just after I have rounded out the Eastman Kodak Company belongs today to Fitz Henry j my 50." Boyer, 135 Hurstbourne Rd., first Kodak worker other| gave away wifbJn a year nearly half of the firjt' million dollars he than George Eastman to attain this record, received.) Boyer, now superintendent of the plate-emulsion depart­ In those days the customers took ment, was presented the medal yesterday at a luncheon at 100 pictures with their marvelous Kodak Park, exactly 50 years from the date w new Kodaks and then had to send the whole camera back to the fac­ employed, May 9, 1889. tory to be reloaded and for de­ Frank W. Lovejoy, president of veloping and printing of the film. the company, presented the medal, Boyer's burnishing job put the a replica in gold of the bronze l| prints through a sort of ironing medals given to 25-year employes.! process. •e was no Kodak Park and no* •We Do the Rest* Eastman Kodak Company when It took 10 days to deal with an Boyer. after attending the predeces­ order for the developing and print­ sor Institution of the Rochester ing of a roll of film from one of linesa Institute, answered an ad- those old "you press the button, tlsement, and got a job with the we do the rest" cameras. But only itman Dry Plate and Film Com- if the sun shone was it a matter H« was set to burnishing ; of days. If the weather were cloudy | graphic prints in the little factoryI the printing might take weeks. on the site ot the present Kodak Boyer attended the predecessor hutldlng. of the Rochester Business Insti­ Seven years later he was trans-J tute, the Rochester Business Uni­ jferred to Kodak Park, on which the versity. He was hired at Kodak by jfirst but ! Florence A. Glaser, superintendent irly in 1891. The.e hia job was of the little factory where the mixing the emulsion supr Kodak office tower now rises. | films. His work ha.s been in cmul- ion making ever since. Wotklr.g hours in 'the good old (day{days,', si' hx eday recallsworks a ,we, alonjwer.'•ea .*t 1wit0 hourh moas at Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County · Historic Scrapbooks Collection