The White Lake Times...

The New York Times was founded in 1851, the White Lake Times in 1914.

A while back I found some old newspapers. I had never seen or heard of this paper before. This paper was established in 1914, owned and edited by William La Polt until his death in 1934. Then Mary Jane La Polt became the owner - publisher, Lillian McCormick became editor. The paper was sold in 1945 or 46 to a paper in Narrowburg which later merged with the Delaware Valley News.

So, as you see this paper was a part of our town for a long time. The following are articles taken from the paper.

..articles are copied as shown.

..**NEW Sept 4 1931

White Sulphur Springs..Norman Wood of NYC is among the guests at Harry Knacks farm..Mr Wood is well known here having spent several summer vacations here...Mrs Morris Borden of Liberty spent Friday of last week on the old home farm now occupied by her brother Fred Willl..Mrs Theo Travis of Astoria spent the week-end at the home of his father in law John Helchlinger where Mrs R Travis and daughter Lyal are spending a few weeks vacation..

..Mrs Leon Killian and two children and Mrs Armstrong of Liberty were guests of Mrs Roosevelt Cox on Wednesday last week..

Mrs M Hurley of Jersey City spent the week-end with her sister Mrs Alex Norris here..Miss Reta Ummerle of Kingston spent a few days last week Mr and Mrs Loda Boyd..Miss Ummerle is a sister of Mrs Boyd.

A I Fisher and two boys of Harriman spent a few days last week with friends here.

..Miss Florence Bossley of Liberty was a guest at a surprise birthday party on Thursday evening at the home of Mr and Mrs Roosevelt Cox. Miss Bossley received a number of beautiful and useful gifts. Refreshments were served by the hostess..

.NEW**..Feb 13 1931..

..Currey Estate..

Letters of administration were issued to Surrogate Court last Monday to Luther C Payne of Liberty on the estate of Nial C Currey Liberty undertaker..Mrs Linda Currey was named administratix but she was accidently killed Oct 10 1930 before the estate was administered. The estimated value of the property was $40,000 subject to encumberances of $30,000..William M WIlliams is the attorney..

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..DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE..

The new Democratic executive committee included James M Kelly recently elected county chairman, Moses Duryea, vice chairman, State Committeeman Henmba, Valentine Scheidell of Jeffersonville, Supervisor Clarence Baudendistel of Fremont, Arch B Rosenstraus of South Fallsburg and Sheriff Benjamin Gerow of Liberty.

..your dog license is due..obtain the 1931 license now fr J Fine Town Clerk..

83 suits docketed

Sullivan County Court which opens Feb 16 with Judge George L Cooke presisding will dispose of 83 civil actions now on the calender, beside the largest criminal docket in recent years..Dist Attorney Gardner Leroy will be in Monticello most of this week preparing his caeses..

..estate of Chas Winters..

Charles Winters of this village left an estate valued at $12,000. Twenty-four heirs are named. Seven grandsons, six great grandsons four granddaughters and great granddaughters. Five sons and one daughter. THe largest beneficiaries of the will are his three sons who recieve $2,000 each. Other legacies range from $100 to $1,000..WOB Winters of Oneida and Lee Winters of Liberty are executors without bonds..

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Schedule of Home Bureau Meetings..Monday Feb 16 East Cochecton Home Bureau will meet for a lesson on Home Nursing at the home of Mrs J Bertsch at 2pm under direction of Miss Marion Brown..Monday Feb 6 at 7pm the North Branch Home Bureau unit wll meet at the home of Mrs Euker for a lesson on Home Nursing under direction of Miss Brown..Tuesday Feb 17th the Woodbourne Home Bureau unit will meet for a lesson on lighting at the schoolhouse at 2pm under direction of Miss V Brewster..February 19th Thursday the Hankins Home Bureau will meet for a lesson on lighting at 2 o'clock under direction of Miss V Brewster

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..White Lake Bethel Club News..Mrs McKee DuBois of White Lake entertained the White Lake Bethel Bridge Club on Thursday evening last week..the following ladies present.. all Mrs A Plotkin..M Calvin.. A H Judson.. N B Brown.. P Sullivan..S Resnick..Al Fine..J M Phillips..Jennie Mitchell..J T Lynn..Harold Kinnie..Floyd Gabriel..Miss Gladys Naylor and Miss Gladys Lynn..High score prizes were awarded Mrs Resnick..Mitchell and Brown

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Care arranged for Seven Small Orphans

Provision has been made for care of four of the Kimball childen whose father died a week ago and it is expected the Town of Neversink will arrange for the remaining three and Mrs Kimball according to County Welfare Commissioner Mrs S Potach..since the fire which destroyed the Kimball home near Grahmsville the destitute family had been cared for at the County Farm..

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..September 4 1931..

Fire District Elections Held

At the White Lake Fire District election on Tuesday night Cyrus Margison was elected Fire Commissioner for a term of five years. Inspectors of election were Charles C. Walger and Harold McIntyre.

..Mt Lakes Road..

Too late for last week.

Mrs Thornton Crumley attended the social circle at the home of Mrs William Burns at Fraser Settlement last Tuesday afternoon.

Mr and Mrs Edw Roosevelt of Monticello spent last Friday evening with Mr and Mrs T Crumley and Mr and Mrs Roy Stanton.

Fraser Settlement

Mrs Henry Schwenz is spending some time at Deposit NY.

Mr and Mrs Wm Harden entertained the following guests at dinner Thanksgiving Day, Mr and Mrs A. McIntyre, Mrs S McIntyre and Mr and Mrs Ganns? Of Middletown.

..Bethel Notes..

..Dr and Mrc C Duggan went to New York City on Monday

The usual good time was held at the dance at Emr's Hotel Saturday night. Mrs Geo Alexandar..Mrs Floyd Gabriel were guests of Mrs NB Brown Saturday night..Mr and Mrs Wm VanKeuren and daughter of Liberty called on relatives here Tuesday..

Mr Vail Coots of Kauneonga Lake painted Mr Chas DuBois’ silo this week…Mr Timothy Driscoll of Kauneonga Lake was a business caller in town Wednesday..Mr John Miller and daughter and sister, Miss Jennie Miller of Brsiscoe called on friends here Saturday.

..Forestine and Vicinity..

Miss Bella Brown of Brooklyn who had been vacationing at the Lake View House was called back to the city on business Sunday for a few days. After which she will return here and join her family remaining until Labor Day.

..Mountain Lakes..

Mrs Lillian Queen of Brooklyn NY and Mountain Lakes worked very hard to help make St Peter’s Bazaar a success as far as Mountain Lakes was connected..

Last Thursday evening Mr Al Barber took a full bus load to the supper and dance at Monticello.

Mrs Mary Tarpy of Hollis LI won a pretty tea set. Mrs Walt Gardner of Richmond Hill won a canister set donated by Mr John Vassmer of Kauneonga Lake.

Mrs Betton and Mrs Mc Closky won pretty blankets. The closing affair on Monday evening saw another crowd from Mountain Lake.

..White Lakers lose to Narrowsburg Team..

The good pitching of Bill Driscoll went to naught Sunday when support of his team mates was slow and poor at critical times.

The asbsence of Jimmy McCormick seemed to slow up the infield and the White Lake team suffered a defeat at the hands of the Narrowsburg team by the score of 11 to 10. White Lake outhit the locals sixteen to nine.

Bill Stadler knocked in the winning run in the ninth inning after the preceding batter received a base hit by reason of a misjudged fly which ought to have been caught.

..Items of Local Interest..

Mr and Mrs Charles Kahn and daughter Beatrice of New York City well known summer guests here will motor to White Lake ths week end.

Mrs J Perry Meek of Indianapolis Ind who spent the past week in Newark visiting her sister, Miss Ann Robertson has returned here to continue her sojourn with her family before returning to Indiana.

Mr Phillips and friend Miss Mc Garry and Mrs John Kraus motored to Callicoon Tuesday afternoon where they visited the Seminary of the Franciscan Order.

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..1934..

Bridge Club entertained at Bethel..Mrs AH Judson entertained the White Lake-Bethel Bridge Club last Tuesday evening..Those present were..Mrs Harold Kinne..Mrs Mc Kee Du Bois..Mrs Jennnie Mitchell...Mrs Clifford Van Wert..Mrs George Alexendar..Mrs Floyd Gabriel..Mrs NB Brown..Mrs Wm Norton..high score prize was won by Mrs Floyd Gabriel..second prize went to Mrs NB Brown and third prize to Mrs Jennie Mitchell..

..Will hear temperance speaker..Mrs Clara A Jacobs of Rochester NY State Secretery of the Young People's Branch of WCTU will speak on temperance at the ME Church here Saturday evening..Dec 8 at 8 o'clock. The young people of the three churches and the Presbyterian, Covenanter and Methodist Sunday Schools are uniting in this service..

..The local Ladies AidOyster Supper held Wednesday night in church hallwas well atteneded. Quite a nice sum was realized..

SUNDAY SPECIAL
ICE CREAM
40 cents Qt 10 cents Plate..
Julius HOHNSTEIN TEL 19 Kauneonga Lake

Short Items of Local Interest

Mr and Mrs George Anderson entertained relatives from New York City last week-end.
Mr and Mrs John L Millen and daughter Miss Lena were business callers on Lake St on Monday evening...
Mrs Olive Clark is spending a few days wirh her daughter Mrs H D Stalker at Swan Lake.
Mr and Mrs M Nathanson and son Jackie have returned to Brooklyn after spending a week at the Goldstein farm...

MAPLE THEATER
Jeffersonville NY
Western Electric Equipment-Talkies at the Best

Tuesday-Thursday-Saturday at 815p SUNDAY at 7-9 Standard Time Saturday and Sunday Sept 5-6
Jackie Coogan IN "Huckleberry Finn" Junior Durkin-Jackie Searl..Terry Toon Talking Comedy..SPECIAL MATINEE SATURDAY AT 245p STAND TIME Monday September 7th..Bert Lytell in The Single Sin Supported by an All Star Cast Also Terry Toon Talking Comedy..Wednesday Sept 9 I Take This Woman with Gary Cooper..Carl Lombard

Now operating our New Artic Cooling Plant After Labor Day Performances on Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday

QUALITY GOODS QUICK SERVICE Moderate Prices
B SILBERMANS Meat Poultry and Fish Market Very Choice Goods Reasonable Prices in old PO BUILDING
Phone White Lake 58
KAUNEONGA LAKE SULLIVAN COUNTY.

The White Lake Fire Co is arranging for improvements at its new fire house, which was formerly the White Lake Chapel. The building will be painted and electric lights installed.

...This is an article from The White Lake Times, Kauneonga Lake NY, June 22 1934. I would imagine this is the program that went with this school picnic picture. Mom says the picnic was during the day, the program was the same night. There were no pictures in the three newspapers I saw. Mom said POP had a motorcycle with a side seat. There were seven children, he would take a few at a time!!

.....Forestine and Vicinity...

Last row.. Mary Jane Peck Mattison, Gertrude Brucher. First row, second from left holding child Sylvia Gerow Mattison. Second row second from left next to boy Marion Brucher Campbell, woman in dark dress behind boy second from Marion, Lillian Mattison Brucher. First row 4-5th from right Beulah Brucher Mac Arthur then a boy and next to him Marcella Brucher Steinmann.

In the 1934 issue I have it shows classifides for one cent a word, min 25 cents. One ad reads..."FOR SALE--One 1933 New DeLux Plymouth 4-door Sedan, with Duplate glass, free wheeling and automatic clutch $625.00. One Pontiac Sedan 1930, $175.00 Beecher's Garage, Monticello N.Y. Phone 78." There are both a small and large ad for Ballard Bros (on Mt Lakes Rd) in Mongaup Valley. They were the sand and gravel people. For Mrs Mable Sanford Mongaup Valley, N.Y., there is an add for all sorts of stone. Many of the local houses had beautiful stone.

Local churches were....Methodist Episcopal, Pastor Rev Donald T Keil. Robert Sanford Superintendent.
Mongaup Valley, Hurd with Miss Bertha Miller Superintendent, Epworth League
North White Lake with Donald Stewart Superintendent.

White Lake Presbyterian Church at Bethel NY
..Rev Raymond Pinch, Pastor.. Covenanter Church with Pastor R Wyley Caskey, Sabbath School Miss Alice Millen, Young People's Meeting with Ellen Stewart, leader.St Joseph's R. C. Church Mongaup Valley with Rev Justin J Lyons, Pastor.

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