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MANNSVILLE NORTH ADAMS RODMAN
SANDY CREEK SMITHVILLE
WORTH AND SOUTH
JEFFERSON COUNTY, NY
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MARY L. BAKER, A
NINETEEN YEAR EMPLOYEE OF RING'S STORE PASSES
ADAMS, N.Y. —
Mary L. Baker, 97, of the Samaritan Keep Home, and formerly of Country
View Apartments, 87 East Church Street, Adams, died Thursday, July 3,
2008 at Samaritan Medical Center, Watertown. Mary worked at Ring's
Store for nineteen years, and was the wife of Ray Baker, who died in
1980. Donations in her memory may be made to the Lorraine
Methodist Church, c/o Arlene Moore, P.O. Box 66, Lorraine, NY 13659.
Our sympathy to Mary's entire family;
Bernard, Liz, Shirley, Ed, her grandchildren, great-grandchildren,
nieces and nephews.
ADAMS, NY
HISTORY AND GENEALOGY
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1849
MARRIAGE RECORDS RECORD
OF MARRIAGES IN
THE TOWN
OF ADAMS
AND COUNTY OF
JEFFERSON, NY. YEAR ENDING
DECEMBER
31, 1849.
TAKEN FROM TOWN
RECORDS IN ADAMS
CENTER, NY
PATRICK
- THOMPSON CEMETERY RECORDS Patrick Road, Adams, NY This
cemetery sits on the
town line for Adams and Rodman. The majority of the cemetery is
in
the town of Adams.
The
following information on William S. Rice, Inc. was sent to me from the Adams town
historian,
Sue Herse, and was originally published in The Jefferson
County Journal and the 1925 Adams High School Annual.
A History of W. S. Rice, Inc.
As published in The Jefferson County Journal
As
of 1944, without doubt, the outstanding business in Adams for the past
40 years has been W. S. Rice truss business. In its most
prosperous
years it has had on the payroll a total of 160 people, mostly from
Adams and vicinity. In 1944 it employed about 90.
Established
in 1886 in Smithville by William Seward Rice as an out-growth of the
Capt. Collings plant, it made a rapid growth through mail order
advertising and in 1898 Mr. Rice moved the business to Adams and
established it on North Main Street hill just beyond his residence.
Soon
after the grammar school was moved into the old Adams Collegiate
building, which was purchased by Adams school district. This left
the
old grammar school on the corner of Bond and Wardwell streets
unoccupied and in 1903 Mr. Rice bought the building and moved his
factory into it. The factory building on the hill was moved to
the new
location and formed the annex on the south side of the building.
Here
the business continued to prosper until 1920 when the wooden structure
was completely destroyed by fire. The same year a modern brick
building was erected and the business was continued as before.
Mr.
Rice was the dominant controlling force in the business during his
lifetime and since the death the management passed into the hands of
his son, C. Kent Rice, who ably carried on the traditions of the
business.
The Rice
mail order business raised the classification of the Adams
Post office to Class 1 at one time.
Ad
in 1925 Adams High School Annual
William S. Rice, Inc.
Adams, NY
Manufacturers of Surgical Accessories and Appliances of All Kinds of
Rupture and Other Abdominal Weakness.
We make a Specialty of Supports
and Bandages for use following Operations.
The
Jefferson County Journal - Auction Advertisement
AUCTION
Contents of W. S. Rice Factory, Adams,
NY.
ATTENTION: Antique Dealers and
Collectors
Saturday, August 17, 1991
10 AM Sharp
10 Wardwell St. Adams, NY
From Exit 41 off I-81, go East into
Adams village. Go through stop light, make the first left.
After
105 yrs. the Rice Truss and medical supply factory is closing its
doors. Long ago their carpenter shop made many types of pine and
oak
cupboards-bases-shelving, etc. Also to be sold are various office
& other machinery & equip., without reserve: 26-35 bin
cupboards, 110 box cupboard, lots of wood & metal shelving, oak
chairs-stools, brass extinguishers, 18 pine bin stands (good for mag.)
claw foot/platform/other scales, multi-drawer oak and pine cabinets, 8'
& 10' pine work tables, 1 drawer pine tables, pine cupboards,
drawer-base cabinets, 26 drawer 4 x 4 work base, printers proof table,
old boxes, 6-7" drawer units, hall trees, display shelves, 8-11 sq. ft.
sheets 5 oz. leather, much more oak and pine. Office &
Factory
Equip. & Supplies. Commercial Singer Sewing Machines, Stencil
Typewriter, Addressograph, Metal Armchairs.
Oak and other typing
desks, 3M copier, double ped, desks, file and card cabinets, postage
meter machines, time clock, 4' x 6 ' 1/2" sheets foam rubber, rolls
double knit cloth, rolls plastic sheeting, rolls Herculite-hospital
approved, 2 multi ton hyd. floor jacks, webbing, hand carts, hooks and
eyes, 1000's corset stays, metal strapping, electric conduit, dozens
steel cutting dies (for paper-weight souv.), Lg. wheel carts, beakers,
glass funnels, 1000's truss pads and wooden molds, shop-vac, cutters,
staplers, 1000's buckles, chop black, punch press, Stlmpson foot
punches, elec. motors, stripping cutter, eyelet machine, pin grinder,
9' work bench, clicker machine, 6 hp. elec. rotary transformer motor,
binder board, tools and much more. NOTE: We will sell by
quantity
wherever possible. A walking sale to be held inside. A
chance to get
a remembrance of a business which has been an important part of our
local history.
SNACKS ... NO BUYERS PREMIUM...REMOVAL TIME GIVEN
HUTCHINSON AUCTION SERVICE
232-2390
Robert Hutchinson, Auctioneer
From
The Jefferson County Journal, January 12, 2000
Obituary of William K. Rice, 82
William
K. Rice, 82 of Adams, died January 5, 2000, while at his winter
home in Ft. Myers, FL. He was the son of the late Agnes and Kent
Rice.
Survivors
include his wife, Doris B. Rice, whom he married December 3, 1955, two
sons, Gary Barr of New Castle, PA, and W. Michael Rice of Jupiter, FL,
a daughter Sue Ann Rolfe of Adams, four grandchildren and four
great-grandchildren.
Mr. Rice attended both Ithaca College
and
Syracuse University and was a Navy Veteran of World War II. He
was
president of W. S. Rice, Inc.e until his retirement in 1982. He
remained active on the board of directors of the Rice Company as a
consultant until the business closed in 1991.
For over 50 years
he was a member of the Adams Village Baptist Church; the American
Legion, and the Rotary Club, being named a "Paul Harris Fellow" and
Citizen of the Year. He served as president of the Elmwood
Cemetery
Association for 19 years.
An avid sportsman, he enjoyed boating,
fishing and hunting.
Arrangements are by the Ft. Myers
Memorial Gardens Funeral Home and
Piddock Funeral Home, Adams.
A memorial service will be scheduled
later at the convenience of the
family.
Memorial
contributions may be made to the Adams Village Baptist Church, c/o Mrs.
Al Castor, 18932 County Rt. 69, Adams, NY 13605, or to the Elmwood
Cemetery Association.
This
web site is dedicated to my father, Alan Carl Ring, 1925-2004
Left: Alan Carl Ring
Right: Felix Michael Ring (Original surname KWASNY?)
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