Dorothy Kirchgraber
Dorothy Kirchgraber, 75, of 1028 Ellis Hollow Road, died today, Wednesday, April 9, 1986, at Tompkins Community Hospital. Herson Funeral Home will announce arrangements.
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City Deputizes Ithaca Kiddies
ITHACA, N.Y. - UP -- This city safeguards it children during annual spring floods by appointing "high water deputies." Toddlers to 12-year-olds are deputized with a large round badge after taking a pledge to keep away from flood waters. They also pledge to help keep other children away. The idea was started in 1951 by the late Paul Kirchgraber and his wife. Their newsstand and confectionary store was near one of Ithaca's elementary schools and Six Mile Creek. The Kirchgrabers signed up 985 deputies the first year and during last year (1955) they had 2,280 members in the city of 7,200. About 12 teen-agers are appointed senior high water deputies. They make checks of the three creeks running through the town and the inlet to Cayuga Lake. If a youngster is found near the water he forfeits his badge. Each year the children are rewarded with a party sponsored by 14 firms. Mrs. Kirchgraber, who continued the program after her husband's death this year, says the program has proven it is a child- saver. No children have drowned since the program began.
Published in The Amarillo Globe-Times Amarillo, Texas ·April 13, 1956 Page 5
Also The Battle Creek Enquirer, Battle Creek, Michigan · Tuesday, May 8, 1956 Page 10; The Terre Haute Tribune Terre Haute, Indiana · April 8, 1956 Page 70
Dorothy Kirchgraber, 75, of 1028 Ellis Hollow Road, died today, Wednesday, April 9, 1986, at Tompkins Community Hospital. Herson Funeral Home will announce arrangements.
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City Deputizes Ithaca Kiddies
ITHACA, N.Y. - UP -- This city safeguards it children during annual spring floods by appointing "high water deputies." Toddlers to 12-year-olds are deputized with a large round badge after taking a pledge to keep away from flood waters. They also pledge to help keep other children away. The idea was started in 1951 by the late Paul Kirchgraber and his wife. Their newsstand and confectionary store was near one of Ithaca's elementary schools and Six Mile Creek. The Kirchgrabers signed up 985 deputies the first year and during last year (1955) they had 2,280 members in the city of 7,200. About 12 teen-agers are appointed senior high water deputies. They make checks of the three creeks running through the town and the inlet to Cayuga Lake. If a youngster is found near the water he forfeits his badge. Each year the children are rewarded with a party sponsored by 14 firms. Mrs. Kirchgraber, who continued the program after her husband's death this year, says the program has proven it is a child- saver. No children have drowned since the program began.
Published in The Amarillo Globe-Times Amarillo, Texas ·April 13, 1956 Page 5
Also The Battle Creek Enquirer, Battle Creek, Michigan · Tuesday, May 8, 1956 Page 10; The Terre Haute Tribune Terre Haute, Indiana · April 8, 1956 Page 70
Dorothy Kirchgraber
Dorothy Kirchgraber, 75, of 1028 Ellis Hollow Road, died today, Wednesday, April 9, 1986, at Tompkins Community Hospital. Herson Funeral Home will announce arrangements.
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City Deputizes Ithaca Kiddies
ITHACA, N.Y. - UP -- This city safeguards it children during annual spring floods by appointing "high water deputies." Toddlers to 12-year-olds are deputized with a large round badge after taking a pledge to keep away from flood waters. They also pledge to help keep other children away. The idea was started in 1951 by the late Paul Kirchgraber and his wife. Their newsstand and confectionary store was near one of Ithaca's elementary schools and Six Mile Creek. The Kirchgrabers signed up 985 deputies the first year and during last year (1955) they had 2,280 members in the city of 7,200. About 12 teen-agers are appointed senior high water deputies. They make checks of the three creeks running through the town and the inlet to Cayuga Lake. If a youngster is found near the water he forfeits his badge. Each year the children are rewarded with a party sponsored by 14 firms. Mrs. Kirchgraber, who continued the program after her husband's death this year, says the program has proven it is a child- saver. No children have drowned since the program began.
Published in The Amarillo Globe-Times Amarillo, Texas ·April 13, 1956 Page 5
Also The Battle Creek Enquirer, Battle Creek, Michigan · Tuesday, May 8, 1956 Page 10; The Terre Haute Tribune Terre Haute, Indiana · April 8, 1956 Page 70
Dorothy Kirchgraber, 75, of 1028 Ellis Hollow Road, died today, Wednesday, April 9, 1986, at Tompkins Community Hospital. Herson Funeral Home will announce arrangements.
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City Deputizes Ithaca Kiddies
ITHACA, N.Y. - UP -- This city safeguards it children during annual spring floods by appointing "high water deputies." Toddlers to 12-year-olds are deputized with a large round badge after taking a pledge to keep away from flood waters. They also pledge to help keep other children away. The idea was started in 1951 by the late Paul Kirchgraber and his wife. Their newsstand and confectionary store was near one of Ithaca's elementary schools and Six Mile Creek. The Kirchgrabers signed up 985 deputies the first year and during last year (1955) they had 2,280 members in the city of 7,200. About 12 teen-agers are appointed senior high water deputies. They make checks of the three creeks running through the town and the inlet to Cayuga Lake. If a youngster is found near the water he forfeits his badge. Each year the children are rewarded with a party sponsored by 14 firms. Mrs. Kirchgraber, who continued the program after her husband's death this year, says the program has proven it is a child- saver. No children have drowned since the program began.
Published in The Amarillo Globe-Times Amarillo, Texas ·April 13, 1956 Page 5
Also The Battle Creek Enquirer, Battle Creek, Michigan · Tuesday, May 8, 1956 Page 10; The Terre Haute Tribune Terre Haute, Indiana · April 8, 1956 Page 70
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