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24 The Press Post Tuesday, May 3, 1988 OBITUARIES pital, following a long illness. She was born June 26, 1908, in Greenwich, and was a lifelong resident of Greenwich. Her husband, Philip Tefft, died before her. Mrs. Tefft was a member of the Centenary United Methodist Church of Greenwich; a member of the Bottskill Grange 1076 for more than 50 years; and a member of the Washington County Pomona Grange.

She was also a member of the Witchcrafters Chapter of Home Bureau of Greenwich; the Betty Reid Chapter of Washington County Home Bureau; Ashlar Chapter 147, Order of Eastern Star of Greenwich; and the Senior Citizens of Greenwich. Survivors include three cousins and two nephews. Services were conducted Tuesday afternoon at Flynn Brothers Funeral Home, Greenwich, by the Rev. Burnham Waldo, pastor of the Centenary United Methodist Church. Burial was in the Greenwich Cemetery.

The family suggests that contributions take the form of donations to the Centenary United Methodist Church or the charity of ones choice. FLORENCE MARGARET VANNESS OATMAN SHUSHAN Florence Margaret Peggy VanNess Oatman, 89, died Sunday, April 24, 1988, at Mary McClellan Hospital, Cambridge, after a short illness. She was born in Northville, Jan. 22, 1899, daughter of James Robertson and Mary Elizabeth Satterlee VanNess. Her husband, Lewis M.

Oatman, died in 19S8. Mrs. Oatman graduated from the New York State Teachers College in Albany at the age of 19. She taught in Greenwich and Poughkeepsie public schools until her marriage. After the children had grown, she earned her masters degree from the Teachers College of Columbia University and taught in White Plains public schools until her retirement in Shushan.

Mrs. Oatman was a substitute teacher in Greenwich and Cambridge public schools following her retirement. Survivors include two daughters, Margaret VanNess Oatman of Shushan, and Elizabeth Oatman Williams of Seattle, and two grandsons. Services were conducted Thursday morning at the Shushan Methodist Church by the Rev. Alan Baumback, pastor.

Burial was in the Greenwich Cemetery. Arrangements were by the Charles A. Ackley Funeral Home, He felt the 1852 silver dollar in his coin purse. It was uncommon weight. Mary had saved it, she said, for an emergency.

But how had she saved it? He wondered. Two days pay. Why hadnt he discovered it? They brought more than the new coins, the thick, old ones did. But it was near midnight. Would it be enough to get such a man out on a cold night? The black serving girl left him standing on the porch, in sight of a warm coal heater.

Uppity. She had been slow to rouse, and slower to awaken the doctor. He had persisted. And there were things that could be done to the property of one who didnt give a man the courtesy of an audience. At length the doctor appeared.

One Took told Shaw his chances were slim at best. A night shirt bottom peeped from below the heavy, crimson robe. Lined leather slippers protected his feet. Dr. Kennedy spoke to him through the storm door, which remained latched.

Symptoms? Whats wrong? Sick stomach, cholic, fever, purging. How long? Since yesterday. Dont seem to want to come around. Sinking. He couldnt say that guilt, in the face of his own continuing health, in the face of his enfeebled, but aroused wife, had moved him.

Seemed to be sinking, he said, especially the middle one. The Dr. left the door for a moment and returned with a paper packet. Give them this. Theyll keep to another morning, Kennedy told him.

Ill come tomorrow. The door shut and Charley was left with the cold night wind, the image of his feverish, hysterical wife, and his writhing daughters. He couldnt go back to that. He stopped at the basement saloon under Robinsons store, west of the Union House. There he got a few belts of whiskey and a new dollar for the old coin, enough to pay the house call.

Except the doctor had given a powder to stop the purging. With his mind nicely fogged and the whiskey burning his belly, Charley Shaw staggered back down the turnpike to his dying family. He would blunder on in the cold, dreaming of a half-closed curtain at the bedroom of the- Briggs house. It was her signal that the way was unbarred, the latch slipped. Next Week: Deaths Final Throes MURDER, From page 13 When he returned from the war, he married the daughter of Dr.

Henry Gray, the most respected physician in the area. Dr. Kennedys reputation and practice was second only to that of his father-in-law. The previous night at the Shaw household had been a nightmare. Everyone was up sick, rushing outside, letting in the draft, and heaving into the slop jar.

Even Mary. Only Charley and the grandson were unaffected. The grandson, product of the marriage of his oldest girl into the Mattison family, was his pride and joy. He was the only male in Charleys line. Tough As A Stray He had gone to work, anyway.

He never knew. It might be the last chance til mud time. This evening had been quieter, until Mary became frightened. Mary could be soft as a kitten. But sometimes she got her back up, mean as a stray.

Hed knock her down, put an end to it. But last time shed seen the judge. Charley didnt hanker to become too well-acquainted with the boys at the county jail. This time he humored her. He took note of the lighted windows of the Briggs house across the road, then turned north along the snow-rutted turnpike.

It was a lonesome hike from that far, past the pond at the Fowler place, where the rich skated. He would skirt the Checkered House; he wasnt too popular there. He was well-nigh frozen by the time he struck South Union Street. He could have branched onto Academy and saved a step, but craved the companionship of the lamps in the windows of the more settled Union Street. Charlie wasnt popular with the vets.

He hadnt fought, himself. In fact, he had gone to Troy, where a brother worked, to protest conscription. Draft riots, the press called them. It wasnt the draft, he remembered. It was the coloreds.

No work for the Irish, worse with free coloreds around. He made some money for awhile, though, hiring on as stevedore in Albany. Wanted a little farm for Mary and the girls, but it was the drink. Showed up every Monday without a coin to his name. Turned Down Before He guessed Dr.

Kennedy knew he had shirked and didnt care as much. He had been turned down before. GEORGE S. MORSE CAMBRIDGE George S. Morse, 68, former Washington County District Attorney, died Sunday, April 24, 1988, at Mary McClellan Hospital, following a long illness.

He was born in Glens Falls on March 26, 1920, the son of Harriet Vandenburgh Collins of Cambridge and the late Claude S. Morse. He was a graduate of Mechanic-ville High School, Dartmouth College and Albany Law School. He had practiced law in Cambridge since 1948. Mr.

Morse served in the United States Navy during World War II as a lieutenant junior grade. He was a member of the Cambridge United Presbyterian Church; Cambridge; Salem Lodge 481, Federal Chapter 10, Royal Arch Masons; Calvary Command-ery; Oriental Shrine; and Captain Maxson Post 634, American Legion. Mr. Morse was on the board of directors of Woodlands Cemetery Association; a member of the New York State Bar Association and the Washington County Bar Association; a former Justice of the Peace of the Town of White Creek; and a former Supervisor of the Town of White Creek. He was also the former tax attorney of Washington County; a member and past president of the board of directors of Mary McClellan Hospital; and a member of the board of directors of the Glens Falls National Bank and Trust Company.

Survivors, in addition to his mother, are his wife, Elizabeth Bateholts Morse of Cambridge; four sons, George C. Morse of Nis-kayuna, Richard S. Morse of Glens Falls, Peter V. Morse of Bethel Park, and Stephen F. Morse of Laffayette; one sister, Janet West-cott of Paducah, 11 grandchildren; one niece, one nephew and several cousins.

Memorial services were held Thursday afternoon at the Cambridge United Presbyterian Church by the Rev. Frank Kinney, pastor. Burial was in the Woodlands Cemetery, Cambridge. Calling hours were on Wednesday afternoon and evening at the Charles A. Ackley Funeral Home, Cambridge.

Members of the Washington County Bar Association met at 7:30 p.m! at the funeral home. I The family suggests that contributions take the form of donations to the Mary McClellan Hospital. ADA F. TEFFT GREENWICH Ada F. Tefft, 79, former resident of North Greenwich Road, died Saturday, April 23, 1988, at Glens Falls Hos BIRTHS MARY MAMIE J.

CARROL AN Mary Mamie J. Carrolan, 86, died unexpectedly April 27, 1988, at her home on North Main Street, Salem. She was born in Salem on May 3, 1901, daughter of John and Alice Delurey Welch. Mrs. Carrolan was a retired cafeteria employee at the Salem Central School.

She was a member of the Holy Cross Church of Salem and served as religious education teacher at the church. She had been a eucharistic minister, a member of the Altar Rosary Society, a 50-year member of the Catholic Daughters of America and a member of the Salem Senior Citizens. Her husband, Patrick J. Carrolan, died before her. Survivors include one son, James Carrolan of Salem; two daughters, Mrs.

Walter Boriscnok of Latham and Mrs. Robert Parrish of Clifton Park; nine grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews. A mass of Christian burial was celebrated Saturday at the Holy Cross Church by the Rev. Liam Condon, pastor. Arrangements were by the McClellan Funeral Home of Salem.

The family suggests that contributions take the form of donations jo the Holy Cross Church Cemetery Fund, care of Holy Cross Church. JANET A. BROWN HEBRON Janet A. Brown, 76, died Monday, April 25, 1988, at Mary McClellan Hospital, following a long illness. She was born August 12, 1911, in Union, N.J., daughter of Harry and Gertrude Craig Abolin.

Her husband, Milton Brown, died before her. Mrs. Brown was a retired school teacher. Survivors include one daughter, Alice Chapin, of Amherst, one son, Theodore Brown of Hebron; one sister, Virginia Farrelly of Long one brother, Theodore Abolin of Virginia; 11 grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. Graveside services were conducted Wednesday afternoon at Evergreen Cemetery, Salem, by the Rev.

Scott Loomer and Carol Fleming, copastors of the Salem First United Presbyterian Church. The family suggests that contributions take the form of donations to the Salem Rescue Squad. Arrangements were by the McClellan Funeral Home of Salem. May 8 Send Her the Best from it ROOSE Dale and Shaun Roose of Cambridge announce the birth of a son, Forrest Cole, on Saturday, April 16, 1988, at Mary McClellan Hospital. Paternal grandparents are Mr.

and Mrs. Andy Beaty and Wentworth Roose. Maternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Eriksen.

HEADWELL Robert and Cynthia Headwell of Fultonville, N.Y., are the parents of a daughter, Laurel Lind, who was born Thursday, April 21, 1988, at Mary McClellan Hospital. She has two brothers at home, Sean and Robbie. Paternal grandparents are Robert and Irene Headwell Sr. of Shunpike Road, Cambridge, and maternal grandparents are John and Catherine Saunders of John Street, Greenwich. WHITMAN Brionna Elizabeth Whitman was born Monday, April 25, at Mary McClellan Hospital, the daughter of Curtis and Jane Whitman of North Bennington.

Paternal grandparents are Gordodn and Catherine Whitman of Bennington and maternal grandparents are John and Mary Tudor of White Creek. GEORGE SCOTT FLORIST Scott Lane, Hoosick Falls, N.Y. Phone 518-686-7812 Flowering Plants Dish Garden Corsages Vase Arrangements Silk Arrangements FTD Special: Preserve Jar Bouquet Please Order Earlyl Flowers Say It Best Of Mothers Maybe we just need one day during the year whe we totally dispense with the daily realities of motherhood. Instead, we need to indulge ourselves with cards bearing embroidered messages and misty watercolor paintings of irises and roses and daisies in vases. Maybe we need one day to enjoy candy and flowers and effusive messages and breakfast in bed.

Maybe we need one day like that. Considering the difficulties being a mother entails during all the other days of the year, we certainly deserve that one special day. A Day In The Honor MOM, From page 13 mention peace and not war, Mothers Day cards embrace soft, warm memories and they intentionally dispense with discussion of dirty diapers and laundry and dishwashers. In that same vein, there probably wont ever be a Mothers Day card that discusses the day-care dilemma, either. And maybe, in the end, thats all for the better.

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