64.
Ann Vail, "Interview" by author, June 5, 1996. Miss
Vail's knowledge of old Middletown is encyclopedic. She has been a wonderful resource person and acts far younger than her years.
65.
Grace Winslow, "Annual Library Report," 1939, p. [3].
66.
L. Marion Moshier to Grace Winslow, Letter, February 24,
1939, Miscellaneous folder, Local History Room, Middletown Thrall Library, Middletown, New York.
67.
Vail, "Interview" by author, June 5, 1996. On this same
date the Historical Society of Middletown and Wallkill Precinct held its monthly meeting. I briefly spoke with several people there who did not remember Mr. Rockwell at al1.
Ford A. Rockwell "Annual Library Report" 1940, pp. (2, 6).
68. 69.
Ibid., p. (6-7) and "Annual Library Report", for 1941 p.
[4].
70.
Ford A. Rockwell, "Annual Library Reports," 1940, p. [7],
1941, p. [4].
71.
"Things to Know About Thrall Library," 1943 Brochure, p.
[4]. Miscellaneous folder, Local History Room, Middletown Thrall Library, Middletown, New York.
72.
Helen Ludlow, "Annual Library Report," 1944, p. [6].
73.
Ibid., p. [7].
Grace Bennett, "Annual Library Report," 1950, p. [5].
74. 75.
David Lepage, "Record Collection: Library Is In Tune with
The Times," Middletown Daily Record, November 14, 1956, p. 8.
76.
Marian and Marvin Freeman, "Music Hour At Thrall Is A Big
Step," Middletown Daily Record, February 4, 1960, p. 10.