From the Sentinel Files

Jun 11, 2023

Compiled by Erik Pekar

Granville remembered its war dead Monday morning with one of the biggest crowds ever to witness a parade on Memorial Day in its long history. Long before 10 o’clock, the hour set for the start of the parade, the sidewalks of both sides of Main Street were overcrowded with people, both local and visitors, many coming a long distance for the occasion. The usual stops were made by the parade after it left the village square, at the Mettowee river bridge, the World War I monument, World War II "honor roll" and the Mettowee Valley Cemetery G.A.R. mound.

At the last meeting of the year, the North Granville P.T.A. entertained the county director, Mrs. George Robinson, of Cambridge. The program was an exhibition of dancing under the direction of Mrs. Carl Bain. Joyce Oddy gave a welcome speech and announced the program. Mrs. Robinson made many complimentary remarks about the year's work of the PTA in North Granville and she manifested a great interest in the work which has been done by the leisure time clubs. Officers for 1948-49 were installed by Mrs. Robinson.

The Variety Club will present a big musical show Friday, June 7, at 7:45 p.m. in Corinthian Hall at Middle Granville. Mary Ann Troy, Norma Gilfeather, Marilyn Jones and Priscilla Williams will major in song, tap, ballet and acrobatic numbers. After the show dancing will continue until 1 o’clock with music by Bob Hughes orchestra from Rutland.

There has been quite a bit of discussion among store owners in Granville recently in regard to Wednesday afternoon closing this summer, some favoring closing June 9, and each following Wednesday for three months, while others prefer to start closing their places of business Wednesday, July 14.

The American Legion Auxiliary held their June meeting Tuesday evening at the Legion rooms, with vice president Mrs. Katherine Conway presiding. There were 24 members present. Plans were made to hold a pot luck picnic supper at Lake St. Catherine, July 6, at 6:30 p.m.

On Saturday, June 5, Granville welcomes nearly 250 boys and girls of Washington County high schools. The occasion is the second annual County Music Festival. This is one of the few counties in New York state which sponsors a spring get-together in this particular field.

Dr. Howard C. Ackley, president of Green Mountain college, Poultney, was the speaker at the Rotary dinner meeting Tuesday evening.

At the Ritz: Today and Friday, "Alias a Gentleman"; Saturday, "The Return of Rin Tin Tin" and ‘The Challenge"; Sunday and Monday, "Saigon" and "The Prince of Thieves" and "Campus Sleuth".

Births: a son to Mr. and Mrs. Richard Kendall, Middletown Springs, Vermont; a daughter, Phyllis Mildred, to Mr. and Mrs. George E. Nelson, Hebron; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Everest Tatko, Granville; a daughter, Davene Ann, to Mr. and Mrs. Harris Roberts, Granville; a daughter, Cathleen Ann, to Mr. and Mrs. Eliud Parker, South Granville; a son, Richard Merritt, to Mr. and Mrs. Merritt Tooley, North Bend.

Weddings: Marie Kreutzer and Emil Griffiths, St. Albans, Vermont.

Obituaries: William Price Davies, Flushing; Frederick N. Dicklow, Poultney, Vermont; Clinton R. Perkins, West Rupert, Vermont; Robert J. Durward, Bennington, Vermont; Mrs. Ellen Haley, West Pawlet, Vermont; Mrs. Serafina Caruso, Granville; Earl Train, Miami, Florida.

Tuesday and Wednesday, June 12-13, are red-letter days for those concerned with the Granville Central School District. Tuesday evening at 7:30 o’clock the annual district meeting will be held in the high school auditorium during which time the budget will be discussed in detail and all questions posed by people answered by school officials and members of the board of education. The following day, Wednesday, between 2 and 8 p.m. in the school auditorium, voting on the budget will be held along with the election to fill two vacancies. Granville has four candidates for two vacancies. Sherman Ayres has pitted himself against Dr. John Glennon for the post being vacated by Walter Glasier. The contest to succeed Cora Parry is between Marge Vanderminden and Mary Scott. Winners will be serving a term of 5 years as members of the board.

Three Washington County leaders have been named Honorary Chairmen of the Emma Laing Stevens Regional Hospital Building Fund Campaign, it has been announced by Robert D. Vanderminden, president of the Hospital Board of Directors. He said Albert Berkowitz of Granville, Dr. Erich Seligmann of Whitehall, and Joseph Conboy of Fort Ann have accepted leadership in the $500,000 campaign because of "their keen interest in seeing a regional hospital erected in West Granville".

On Friday evening, May 18, Mrs. Lois J. McVicker of Staten Island, Grand Matron of the Grand Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, State of New York, officially visited the Warren-Washington District at a meeting held in the Middle Granville Elementary School auditorium. Mrs. Vicker and her staff of Grand Officers were welcomed by Mrs. Mary J. Tanner, District Deputy Grand Matron of the Warren-Washington District, and John J. Falkenberg, District Grand Lecturer.

The annual school meeting of the Hartford Central School District, which last year saw an animated four-way contest for the one vacancy on the Board of Education, this year appears to feature a lack of interest in the two positions which are open. Stanley J. Whitman has filed a petition to succeed himself, and Sterling Miller of South Hartford has filed to run for the three-year completion of the term of Victoria O’Hara, who has resigned.

On May 24, 1973, Mrs. Melburn (Kathryn) Cone was the guest of honor at the Annual Retirement Banquet of the Middle Granville Elementary School held at Le Chateau in North Granville. Mrs. Cone has taught 31 years, 12 of which were at the Middle Granville School.

Scott Furniture is celebrating the Grand Opening of their new Granville store with tremendous savings and bargains galore at both their Granville and Whitehall stores, from June 7 to 9.

The annual meeting of the Friends of the Pember Museum will be held tonight, Thursday, June 7, at 8 p.m. in the library.

Births: a daughter, Marcie Lee, to Mr. and Mrs. Reginald Durrin, Salem; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Artmann, Middletown Springs, Vermont; a son, Marc Francis, to Mr. and Mrs. Michael Monroe, Nashua, New Hampshire; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. David Skeels, Salem; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Julian Spallholz, Fort Myers, Colorado;

Weddings: Susan Thomas, Comstock and Wayne Stoddard Jr., Granville.

Obituaries: Mrs. Florence Jay, Fort Ann; Mrs. Helen B. Irwin, Fort Ann; Mrs. Elaine Park, Granville village; Mrs. Stella Skovira, Poultney, Vermont; Shannon K. Wells, West Hebron; Ebert O. Warren, Grosse Pointe, Michigan; Andrew J. Samudosky, Jr., Bridgeport, Connecticut, formerly of Poultney, Vermont; LeRoy Smith, West Fort Ann.

Granville residents who frequent Main Street are probably in for a delay in their travel plans this week as the New York State Department of Transportation will begin a resurfacing project Wednesday. Granville department of public works superintendent George Johnson announced Monday that the state would repave a section of the village's Main Street running from Williams Street to the Vermont border over a three-day period from Wednesday to Friday. The project, which is anticipated to take three days and run from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. each day, will include milling an inch and a half of the street, and its subsequent repaving. Main Street will be open to one lane only, and there will be no parking on the street itself.

The Pawlett Historical Society is celebrating its 25th anniversary at the Braintree School in West Pawlet. It will be held there on Saturday, June 6 from 10 a.m. to noon, and will be marked by many events and exhibitions. The theme is "A Celebration of Early Education." The school was built in 1852 to replace an earlier school. Rev. Donald Pepper, descendant of former landowner Simeon Pepper, will be guest speaker for the day and talk on his ancestor and the school. Robert Graf, Pawlet resident, will also be on hand to discuss and demonstrate early education techniques. The students of West Pawlet school will help and dress in 19th century clothing and play games and demonstrate dances of the period.

The village of Granville has been selected to receive a low-interest loan from the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund that allows the municipality to refinance a water tank project, in the process saving the village thousands in interest fees. The $475,973 loan is to pay for the 567,000-gallon steel tank on High Street that was built in 1994 to replace the old 1.2 million gallon uncovered concrete reservoir. The original loan was from the USDA Rural Development (formerly the FHA) for $500,000, over 40 years at 5.25% interest. The new refinanced loan is for 20 years at 3.9% interest; the village is expected to be spared about $400,000 in interest charges.

The Granville Rotary Club at its meeting Wednesday evening honored Robert Meldrum as its "Citizen of the Year." Before a full house at the Schoolhouse Restaurant, the club also honored Cyndy Warner as its "Rotarian of the Year" and Christina Osborne as "Student of the Year." Meldrum first came to the community in his role as Superintendent of Schools in 1980. He served in that position for a decade before retiring. He later served the Granville school district as an interim principal in 1996 and is currently the interim superintendent.

The Granville varsity softball team's determined attitude hit paydirt May 28 when they traveled to Clifton Park and netted their first victory in the Section II Softball Tournament, a 9-3 upset over Schuylerville. Granville is now 11-8 and will play Hoosick Falls Tuesday.

Births: a son, Alexander Steadman MacGregor II, to Rick and Karen MacGregor, Shushan; a daughter, Brianna Mae, to Spec-4 and Mrs. Micky Brooks, Fort Clayton, Panama; a daughter, Katie Ann, to Sonya Kelly and Travis Smith, Granville; a daughter, Kara Lauryn, to Stephen and Leah Prehoda, North Granville.

No weddings reported.

Obituaries: Robert P. Jones, Poultney, Vermont; Ernest VanGuilder, Granville; Harry Vladyka, Low Hampton; Michael DeBonis, South Poultney, Vermont; Clarence Myer, Kingston; Mary Ellen Mattison, East Poultney, Vermont.