Wyoming County Times

"Mr. Chas. Atherton has rebuilt his tenant house formerly occupied by the late Rhoda Cross and it will be occupied by Mr. M.E. Newman and family."

"Seriously Injured.
Wednesday afternoon an accident occurred at Summit on the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg railroad, by which Frank Knapp, son of Mrs. Thomas Knapp of this village, was seriously injured. The wrecking crew was at work lifting the front end of an engine which had been demolished in a wreck. Mr. Knapp, conductor of a freight train, was standing nearby with the master mechanic of the road watching the work when the smokestack broke and fell, striking Knapp on the head. The B.R. & P. surgeon from Machias was summoned and took the injured man, by special train, to St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester.
At the hospital pieces of bone were removed and the latest reports that he is remove, and his recovery is looked for."

"Warsaw Centennial Finely Celebrated...
The first church organized in this town was the Presbyterian in 1808, though religious services has been held prior to that time.... Funerals were attended without any religions services whatsoever. The first adult person who died in the town was Dwight Noble, in January 1807. His death was deeply deplored and yet there was was not even a prayer offered on the occasion of his funeral."

"Leffingwell Reunion.
The eight annual reunion of the Leffingwell family was held on Friday, August 27th, in Gainesville at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Powers. It also celebrated the 80th birthday of Mrs. Hildah Leffingwell. By noon guests to the number of 34 had arrived and a bountiful dinner was served on the lawn, after which those present were called to order by the President, Mr. Isaac Stamp for the business session. The following officers were chosen for the ensuing year. President. Mrs. Lawrence Powers; Vice President, Mrs. Wm. J. Stamp; secretary and treasurer, Mrs. George A. Powers; refreshment committee, Misses Alice Powers, Alice Wallace and Ella Stamp.
The afternoon was very pleasantly spent in visiting and a music program was given by the young people. An invitation was accepted to meet August 27, 1910 with Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Stamp at Castile.
The following were present. Mrs. Nicholas Burns and son Walter and grandson Alton Halloway of Rochester, Mr. and Mrs. John Wallace and family of Perry, Walter Wallace of Castile, Lee Wallace of Syracuse, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Stamp and family of Castile, Miss Frances Barnard of Shelby, Michigan, Miss Alice Powers of Warsaw, Mrs. Huldah Leffingwell, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Powers, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Stamp, Mts. H. B. McColl and Family, Chas. Powers and Leon Stamp of Gainesville."

"Leffingwell Reunion.
The eighth annual reunion of the Leffingwell family was held on Saturday, July 20th, 1912, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Powers, on the Lower Reservation. A bountiful dinner was served in a grove, to forty-three members of the family and two visitors.
In the afternoon a short program of recitations and singing was rendered, and the following officers elected: President, Mrs. William Shipman of Warsaw; Vice Pres., Mrs. Lena Stamp of Gainesville; Refreshment committee, Mrs. Lathrop and Mrs. Lutie Baker of Pike; Mrs. Lathrop and Mrs. Lutie Baker of Gainesville; Entertainment Committee, Mrs. Earl Burlingame of Warsaw; Mrs. Frank Regan of Rochester and Mrs. Lawrence Wallace of Perry, N.Y.
During the year four births, two marriages and one death had occurred.
An invitation was accepted to meet next year with Mr. and Mrs. Glen Lathrop of Pike. Guests were present from Perry, Warsaw, Gainesville, Castile and Pike."

"A Sketch of Frank Morris
As printed by the Jeffersonian in September
LOYAL TO WARSAW
Life Long Resident of Warsaw is Proving Himself a Man of great Integrity - Heads Largest Purchasing Department in the United States.
In these days when farmers throughout the country are crying for relief, it is interesting to find one who needs no aid, who while the economists and politicians are wrangling with each other over economic issues, has solved all the problems confronting him by applying his own initiative and intelligence.
And by virtue of this same initiative and intelligence, applied to his job as "storekeeper of the State of New York". Frank L. Morris, head of the Departments of Standard and Purchases, has saved his fellow taxpayers $3,000,000 in the past year.
Born June 2, 1869, on a farm at Warsaw, in Wyoming County, New York, Mr. Morris has been loyal to the soil which he continues to till as father did before him.
On that same farm Mr. Morris still lives and carries on the sturdy New England tradition of his parents, Charles L. and Emma T. Morris. Following their principals (for in their day "farm relief" was unheard of), Mr. Morris has no need of calling upon economists to solve either his personal or farm problems. However, Frank does not admit the existence of a "problem"..."