The Life Of Arthur Charles Willats, 1863-1933, Part 4, The Final Curtain. (2024)

As I pen the opening lines of Part Four in the chronicles of my English 3rd great granduncle, Arthur Charles Willats, I am humbled by the intricacies of his journey through life. Arthur's path, etched with the bittersweet symphony of loss and resilience, unfolds against the backdrop of Buffalo, Erie, New York, a city pulsating with its own rhythm of dreams and aspirations. With each chapter, his story unravels like a tapestry of human experience, woven with threads of triumph and tribulation.
Arthur, a man acquainted with the sorrow of farewells, bore the weight of two widowed hearts upon his shoulders, yet he strode forth with a quiet determination that defied the shadows of grief. In the bustling corridors of the Buffalo Evening News, amidst the ink-stained pages and the ceaseless clatter of typewriters, Arthur found solace and purpose. His pen became a conduit for the untold stories of the city, a beacon of truth in a world cloaked in shadows.
Yet, Arthur's life was not confined to the confines of newsprint. Beyond the newsroom, he ventured into realms unknown, embracing a myriad of endeavors that spoke to his restless spirit and insatiable curiosity. From the lofty peaks of intellectual pursuits to the humble streets where dreams took flight, Arthur's footsteps left an indelible mark upon the tapestry of Buffalo's history.
Join me once again as we traverse the cobblestone streets of Buffalo, journeying through the labyrinth of Arthur's life, a life rich with the hues of love, loss, and the relentless pursuit of meaning. In Part Four, we unravel the layers of his existence, peeling back the veneer of time to reveal the essence of a man who dared to defy the odds and carve his own path in the annals of history.
So without further ado, I give you,

Part 4 of the life of 
Arthur Charles Willats.

Welcome back to 1913, Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States of America. 
In 1913, Buffalo, New York, stood as a thriving industrial and commercial hub, pulsating with energy and innovation. Nestled along the shores of Lake Erie and the Niagara River, the city's strategic location played a pivotal role in its economic prosperity. As the second-largest city in New York State, Buffalo boasted a diverse population drawn from various ethnic and cultural backgrounds, contributing to its vibrant social tapestry.
The city's economy revolved primarily around its flourishing industries, including manufacturing, steel production, and grain milling. Buffalo's strategic position as a transportation nexus, with access to the Great Lakes and the Erie Canal, facilitated the movement of goods and people, further fueling its economic growth. The presence of iconic landmarks such as the Buffalo Central Terminal, a bustling railway station, underscored the city's importance as a transportation hub.
Life in Buffalo in 1913 was characterized by a bustling urban landscape teeming with activity. The streets buzzed with the sounds of horse-drawn carriages and the occasional honking of early automobiles, while pedestrians navigated the crowded sidewalks adorned with bustling shops and markets. The cityscape boasted an eclectic mix of architectural styles, from grandiose Victorian mansions to towering industrial complexes, each reflecting a distinct facet of Buffalo's evolving identity.
For the city's residents, both living and working in Buffalo offered a unique blend of challenges and opportunities. The industrial boom brought with it a surge in employment opportunities, drawing waves of immigrants seeking a better life. Many found work in the city's factories, mills, and warehouses, laboring long hours in often grueling conditions. However, these jobs provided a means of livelihood for countless families and played a crucial role in shaping the city's economic landscape.
Beyond the realm of work, Buffalo offered a rich tapestry of cultural and social activities. The city's diverse population contributed to a vibrant cultural scene, with theaters, opera houses, and concert halls hosting a myriad of performances and events. From bustling markets to serene parks along the waterfront, residents found ample opportunities for leisure and recreation amidst the hustle and bustle of urban life.
Against this backdrop of dynamism and progress, life in Buffalo was not without its challenges. The city grappled with issues such as labor unrest, as workers fought for better wages and working conditions. Moreover, social disparities persisted, with pockets of poverty and inequality existing alongside the city's burgeoning prosperity.
In 1913, Buffalo experienced significant milestones and events that left an indelible mark on its history. The completion of the Erie Canal expansion, linking the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean, solidified the city's position as a key player in America's transportation network. Additionally, the Pan-American Exposition of 1901, held in Buffalo, had left a lasting legacy, showcasing the city's potential on the world stage.
As residents navigated the complexities of daily life in Buffalo, they bore witness to a city in flux, a city defined by its resilience, its aspirations, and its unwavering spirit of progress. In the midst of the bustling streets and towering skyscrapers, the heartbeat of Buffalo echoed with the dreams and aspirations of its inhabitants, shaping the destiny of a city on the cusp of greatness.
Our Arthur was amoung them, making his own dreams come true, while making the history of Baffalo even more interesting.

Arthur was mentioned in an article called, “SEVEN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AUTO • RACES PLANNED”which was printed on page of Los Angeles Evening Post-Record, on Saturday, 14th June 1913.
It reads, 
SEVEN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AUTO • RACES PLANNED.
A series of seven automobile races are carded for fruition in Southern California in the next six months; and fully $100,000 in real money will be the purses in the numerous class events. Of course, there are valuable trophies, but trophies don't reimburse for expenses of putting racing cars in trim.
Attention is centered just now on the big July 4 race, Los Angeles to San Francisco, and the one man who is responsible for its certain success Leon T. Shettler.
This great race manager, just as soon as the last car crosses the tape, will turn his attention to getting entries for the great annual event at Santa Monica.
Everything at the beach course will be different this, year. The races will be run in the interests of the city of Santa Monica and all the extra moneys will go to local charity and civic improvements. That purses shall be twice as large as in previous seasons, the city council has hearkened to a petition of its people, signed by more than 400 realty holders, and a nominal general admission fee will be charged.
A conservative estimate of 100,000 people will view the races and
50 per cent of the paid admissions will go to the racing fund.
The Santa Monica race is under the direct charge of the Santa Monica Bay Chamber of Commerce, and Pres. C. Hile and Sec. C. W. McLeod are members ex-officio of all committees. The racing committee comprises Frank A. Garbutt, president W. A. A., chairman; Leon T. Shettler, E. Lillington, Frank Townsend and Claude Raymond, with Arthur C. Willats as special representative.

Arthur was mentioned in an article called, “REGENT THEATRE OPENS TOMORROW.” which was printed on page 11 of The Buffalo Commercial, on Saturday, 26th September 1914. 
It reads, 
RECENT THEATRE OPENS TOMORROW.
Buffalo's Newest Motion Picture House Will Show Fine Pictures.
Buffalo's newest motion picture theatre, the Regent Theatre, Main near Utica streets, will open its doors for the first public performance tomorrow afternoon. The theatre was built by the United Motion Pictures Theatres, Ltd., and Arthur C. Willats is the resident manager.
The theatre is beautiful within and without and the combination of colours for the interior particularly beautiful.
Violet and imitation old ivory with gold trimmings are the predominanting colors. The seating capacity is about 1,300 and all of the seats are on one floor. The seats are arranged so that the stage can be seen to good advantage from any part of the house.
A fine feature of the new theatre is the wonderful lighting effects. All the lights are of the new indirect lighting type and the soft, even glow has a restful effect upon the eyes. The stage is large. A beautiful coloured fountain is one of the decorative features.
The organ manual is also on the stage. Large vases adorn both sides of the stage and the boxes. From these vases large clusters of flowers are arranged and the entire front of the stage is banked with flowers. The decorations are splendid and everything possible has been installed for the convenience and comfort of the patrons.
The policy of the new theatre is to offer the finest and cleanest productions of the motion picture realm.
Pathe's animated weekly and Keystone comedies will be presented at every performance and there will be an entire change of bill Sunday, Monday and Thursday. An innovation new to the motion picture field of Buffalo will be the special matinees for children.
The Saturday matinees will be devoted to pictures of nature subjects, travel scenes and a goodly supply of comedies. Not even one feature picture will be shown at these children's matinees and the selection of the program will be made for the especial benefit of the youngsters.
A large orchestra under the direction of Henry Marcus will be another feature of the Regent Theatre. Mr. Marcus will give a fine musical program at every performance and a magnificent pipe organ will be heard in connection with the orchestra.
For the opening performance, two feature pictures will be shown.
"The Battle of the Sexes" is considered one of the best pictures ever produced.
"England's Menace" is an imported picture and is classed with the best pictures seen in England in recent years. Besides the feature pictures, comedies and educational
pictures will be seen.

The U.S City Directory shows us that Arthur was renting and residing at Number 143 Kensington Avenue, Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States of America, in 1914.

Arthur was mentioned in an article called, “SCREEN CLUB PLANS TO GIVE BALL AND VAUDEVILE SHOW.” which was printed on page 3, of The Buffalo Enquirer, on Wednesday, 29th March 1916.
It reads, 
SCREEN CLUB PLANS TO GIVE BALL AND VAUDEVILE SHOW
The Screen club of Buffalo, the membership of which is made up of the managers and heads of the local motion picture distributing houses, is to give a ball and vaudeville show at the Elm-wood Music hall on May 22, that is destined to eclipse anything of the sort ever held here. It is planned to bring all the famous movie stars here for the ball. A meeting was held yesterday.
The Screen club on Monday occupied the new rooms, over No. 11 Court street. and the charter was closed, although exhibitors are invited to become associate members. Committees appointed are:
Board of Governors, Ben. J. Brandon, Charles A. Taylor, J. L. Muhlhauser, and J. M. Sitterly; house, A. C. Willats, W. A. V. Mack, Harry Marsey, Harold Hughes, Albert Becker and Frank J. Leonard; entertainment, H. J. Carr, Louis Green, N. L Filkins, Charles R. Rogers, J. M. Gorchof, H. E. Benedict. The officers of the club are: President. Daniel Savage; vice-president, G. H. Christoffers; secretary-treasurer, Frank S. Hopkins.
The Screen club was formed only five weeks ago, but is already a flourishing organization. Meetings will be held in the new clubrooms on the first and third Mondays in each month.

Arthur, his daughter Beatrice, son-in-law Louis and grandson Richard, were residing at, Number 143, Kensington Avenue, Buffalo Ward 20, Erie, New York, United States of America, on Tuesday the 1st of June 1915 when the 1915 census was taken. It shows us that Arthur was a 59-year-old native white male, a US citizen and his occupation was Housework and was unemployed. Louis was working in a book store and Beatrice was unemployed and was doing housework.

The Buffalo, New York, City Directory, confirms that Arthur was residing at Number 143, Kensington Avenue, Buffalo Ward 20, Erie, New York, United States of America, in 1915.

Arthur was mentioned in an article called, “AD CLUB'S GET-TOGETHER MEETING BIG SUCCESS.” which was printed on page 12, of The Buffalo News, on Thursday, 15th June 1916.
It reads, 
AD CLUB'S GET-TOGETHER MEETING BIG SUCCESS
The get-together meeting of the Buttalo Ad club in the Lafayette Hotel yesterday afternoon was a big success. Brisk entertainment was furnished, solos being given by Carl J. Balliett, F. J. Rohr, W. W. Spragge and Charles Spendelow. A. C. Willats recited and A. L. Mercer paid a tribute to the American flag.
One of the purposes of the meeting, which was presided over by President William P. Goodspeed, was to bring together the members who are going to attend the convention of the Associated Advertising Clubs of the World, which will be held in Philadelphia from June 25 to 30. Finley H. Greene, a member of the On-to-Philadelphia committee, said a delegation of more than 50 will go from Buffalo.
Former presidents of the club, Charles R. Wiers, Carl J. Balliett and De Forest Porter, spoke. Each was applauded as he arose to speak.

Arthur was mentioned in an article called, “Members of "The News" Staff See Themselves on Screen” which was printed on page 3, of The Buffalo News, on Wednesday, 29th November 1916. 
It reads, 
Members of "The News" Staff See Themselves on Screen
Thrilling Accompaniments to Progress of an "Extra" Through the Big Plant Are Faithfully Pictured.
Members of the EVENING NEWS staff last night enjoyed seeing their favorite sereen artists in a special moving picture exhibition. The picture was "The Press and the Spoilsman." The scenes in this photoplay were taken in the various departments of the NEWS plant and the actors were the NEWS employes.
The picture was shown in the employes' club rooms in the NEWS building. William P. Goodspeed, the business manager, struck a Burton Holmes attitude when the operator started reeling off the films and told some things about the pictures that even the actors did not know.
Each seemed to think his own acting was the best in the play and Richard R. Coley, the world's handsomest police reporter, unable to restrain his emotions, applauded vociferously when his face was flashed on the screen.
Mr. Coley Picturesque.
Mr. Coley appeared as a country newspaper editor of 50 years ago, and if all country editors looked as Dick does in the play, then newspaper offices must have been ' picturesque places. He wears a brocaded waistcoat, a strictly 1865 model, with a high collar and carefully pressed trousers.
Leave it to Dick for the sartorial excellence of his appearance.
One of the interesting parts of the picture shows a conference between Edward H. Butler, Mr. Goodspeed and John D. Wells. Mr. Wells was probably telling them one of his jokes, for they all wear very serious expressions.
But to give him credit, our own John. D. really has a lot of talent for the movies.
His mustache is one of the best imitations of Charlie Chaplin's that has yet been seen.
An untoward incident happened when Willam F. O’ Connell, the city editor, made his first appearance. Jim Parke, the sporting editor, seemed to think this was a humorous part of the film.
Mr. Parkes' Burst of Mirth.
"Haw, haw, haw," he exclaimed.
"Look at Bill."
But the scene isn't funny at all. The city editor looks like a cherub as he sits at his desk and he really makes a good actor. (This copy must pass the city editor's eagle eye. Safety first.) Many thought that Mr. Parke's burst of mirth was out of place, but he had to get his whiskers home early so no one had a chance to ask him for an explanation after the performance.
When our great, in the matter of avoirdupois, city hall reporter, George Stuart Berrill, appeared Mr. Goodspeed was called upon to answer some questions.
"Did it cost much to hire that crowd?" he was asked.
"How did you get Fatty Arbuckle to play a serious part like that?" came another query.
In the photoplay story a reporter is shown covering an assignment. In the course of his duties he calls at the home of a young woman, has an interview with her and before he leaves holds her hand and wins her love. Olive Morgan, the business office Beverly Bayne, played the young woman's part with great realism. Kennedy, the cartoonist, on seeing this part commented that reporting must be interesting work.
Interesting Film.
Rosaline Shottmiller and Genevieve Connors, who also take part, are expecting to receive some flattering offers from the big producers as soon as the picture is released in the theaters.
But all jesting aside, "The Press and the Spoilsman" is an interesting film from an educational as well as entertaining viewpoint. It was written by Arthur C. Willats, who is connected with the business office of the NEWS.
Every department of the NEWS is shown and the process of printing a paper, is depicted from the time it is prepared by reporters and editors until it comes as a finished product from one of the big Hoe and Goss presses at the rate of 72,000 an hour.
The photoplay is excellent, some remarkable scenes being shown of Niagara Falls. Pictures of the Curtis aviation field and a flying machine also make an interesting part of the film.
Following the pictures last night, Harry and Charlie, two of the force of copy boys who are the evil spirits of the editorial rooms, played a few duets on some ice cream and a cake. The others enjoyed similar refreshments and then three was dancing.
When the entertainment broke up, "a good time was reported by all."

Arthur was mentioned in an article called, “AD CLUB BANQUET.” which was printed on page 8, of The Buffalo Commercial, on Tuesday, 12th December 1916. 
It reads, 
AD CLUB BANQUET.
George W. Perkins to Speak on High Cost of Living at Tomorrow Night's Affair.
The Ad Club's banquet in the Hotel Iroquois tomorrow evening will be a success.
More than 100 business men and bankers have taken tickets and will be there with the members to hear George W. Perkins of New York and Dr. Carl D. Case of this city, the speakers.
Mr. Perkins, who is a member of the firm of J. P. Morgan & Co., chairman of Governor Whitman's commission to investigate the high cost of living and head of Mayor Mitchel's market committee, will talk on "Markets." Dr. Case, a powerful and eloquent orator, will discuss "The Ethics of Food Supply."
The arrangement committee, headed by J. F. Melia, has looked after every detail that can contribute to the enjoyment of the members and guests. Carl J. Balliett and Arthur C. Willats will reveal the entertainment they have planned tomorrow evening.
The banquet will start on time at 6.15 ơclock. President Goodspeed still has a few tickets left, but not many.

Arthur was also mentioned in an article called, “PROMINENT FINANCIER WHO WILL ADDRESS AD CLUB” which was printed on page 14, of The Buffalo News on Tuesday, 12th December 1916. 
It reads, 
“PROMINENT FINANCIER WHO WILL ADDRESS AD CLUB”
George W. Perkins.
The Ad club banquet in the Hotel Iroquois tomorrow evening at 6:15 o'clock will be well attended, according to reports made this morning by President W. P. Goodspeed. More than 100 prominent bankers and business men in other lines will attend, in addition to the advertising men.
Besides the two speeches which have been arranged for, there will be good fellowship, music and entertainment. The nature of this, however, is being kept secret by Carl J. Balliett and Arthur C. Willats the committee charged with providing something that will make the blase business men and ad writers sit up and take notice.
And the committee are past masters in novelty and originality.
George W. Perkins, formerly one of the chief Progressives in this country: a member of the banking firm of J. P. Morgan & Co., head of Mayor Mitchel's market committee in New York, and chairman of Governor Whitman's commission to investigate the high cost of living, the prominence of the speaker and other conditions, his address is looked upon as an important statement.
Dr. Carl D. Case of the Delaware Avenue Baptist church will talk on "The Ethics of Food Supply."

Arthur was mentioned in an article called, “MOVIE STARS : TO ATTEND THE SCREEN CLUB BALL.” which was printed on page 3 of The Buffalo Enquirer, on Saturday, 16th December 1916. 
It reads, 
MOVIE STARS : TO ATTEND THE SCREEN CLUB BALL.
On Monday evening, January 29, the elite of the Land of Make Believe will step down from the motion picture screen and foregather at Elmwood Music hall for the second annual movie ball given by the Buffalo Screen club. The club has been planning for this event ever since the first ball was held last May. The first ball was such a great success it was decided to make it an annual affair.
Three men are now in New York looking up some of the big screen favorites.
To date two real big ones have been obtained. However, the names of the guests will not be announced until a few weeks before the ball, when it is known absolutely which of the players will attend.
The hall will be elaborately decorated and will be turned into a scene from the Mikado's land as a Japanese scheme has been adopted by the decoration committee.
Among the committees appointed by President G. H. Christoffers are: Decoration, Harry Marsey, F. S. Hopkins, AI Becker and P. Hofmeister; entertainment, I. M. Mosher, J. M.Sitterly, C. A. Taylor, W. Mack, Frank Leonard, B. Brady, M. Cohen, G. H. Christoffers, B. J. Brandon and G. H. Penn; programme, W. Mack, Al Becker, Harold Hughes, H. B. and B. Brady; publicity, Charles B. Taylor, Arthur C. Willats, Frank McGrath. G. H. Penn and C. A. Taylor ; Music, P. Hofmeister, Harry Marsey and M. Whit-man. Tickets, C. A. Taylor, Daniel J. Savage, B. J. Brandon, James K. Morgan, B. J. Brandon, J. M. Sitterly, P. Hofmeister and H. F. Brink ; Reception, G. H. Christoffers, F. S. Hopkins, J. M. Sitterly, B.J. Brandon. W. A. V. Mack, H. F. Brink, Charles B. Taylor, Arthur C. Willats, G. Mall, Daniel J. Savage, James K. Morgan, Frank Leonard, Al. Becker, C. A. Taylor. Refreshments, board of governors and the president, C. H. Christoffers.

Pretty much the same article was printed in The Buffalo Courier and The Buffalo Times, on Sunday, 17th December 1916.

Arthur was mentioned in an article called, “CAPT. HORACE A. WIILLATS OF BRITISH ARMY KILLED.” which was printed on page 2, of The Buffalo News on Friday, 12th January 1917, about the death of his nephew Horace Lennan Willats.
It reads, 
CAPT. HORACE A. WIILLATS OF BRITISH ARMY KILLED
Arthur C. Willats, of the advertising staff of the NEWS, residing at 2143 Kensington Avenue, has learned of the death of his nephew, Captain Horace L. Willats, who was the youngest officer in command of a company in the British army., Captain Willats, who was only 22 years old, resided at Hendon. He was in charge of bombing operations while attached to Midland camp and was injured by the explosion of a faulty grenade thrown by a private, his injury proving fatal.

Arthur was mentioned in an article called, “'PRESS AND THE SPOILSMAN' OPENS AT STRAND SUNDAY” which was printed on page 2 of The Buffalo News, on Wednesday, 17th January 1917. 
It reads, 
'PRESS AND THE SPOILSMAN' OPENS AT STRAND SUNDAY
"Buffalo Evening News" Photoplay Showing "The Inner Shrine" of Modern Newspaper Life is Best of Type Ever Produced, Critics Declare.
"The Press and the Spoilsman." the Buffalo EVENING NEWS photoplay, in which the overthrow of a criminal band is pictured, will have its initial public presentation at the Strand Theatre Sunday, and also will de shown Mcnday, Tuesday and Wednesday of next week.
This is a throbbing play, woven around a great newspaper's overthrow of a criminal band. An attempt to bribe the kidnapped district attorney, an aeroplane chase and automobile hunt are only suggestions of the play's absorbingly interesting plot.
Vivid scenic views of Niagara Falls, declared to be the best motion pictures of the mighty cataract that ever were made, are featured in the film, which also shows the making of a newspaper from the time a story is received in the office until the printed paper is taken from the press.
Gigantic Press Shown.
One of these gigantic presses, the Buffalo EVENING NEWS' Special, a marvellous printing press, that has a capacity of 72,000 papers an hour, is part of the mechanical equipment that is shown in actual operation in "The Press and the Spoilsman."
The scenario for the play was written by Arthur C. Willats of the NEWS, business department, and it visualizes the inner workings of a big newspaper - such as the Buffalo EVENING NEWS - in a manner that is perfectly true to life.
"The Press and the Spoilsman" is a film play full of heart interest, in which right triumphs over wrong emphatically. Scenes in Buffalo and along the Niagara frontier add to local interest, and doubtless will attract capacity houses to the Strand for every performance.
"Hi" Enas, arch criminal and leader of a daring band of lawbreakers, kidnaps Wellworth Strong when he realizes that Strong, the incorruptible district attorney, has sufficient evidence to send him to prison. Strong's mysterious disappearance as he is on his way to a good government meeting creates a sensation.
In the play, the city editor assigns the star reporter to "cover" the case.
The reporter, who is inf love with the district attorney's daughter, goes out on the job eagerly because he has determired to cap— "Hi" Enas it there is any way to — it.
Starts on Hunt.
The reporter starts on the hunt and decides that an aeroplane will best help him to run down "HI" Enas, He drives to the Curtiss aviation field, gets a flying machine and starts to scour the Niagara frontier.
As the chase becomes exciting, wireless bulletins are sent to the NEWS office. Their receipt in the editorial department, handling by the city editor and copy desk, rapid transfer via pneumatic tubes to the composing room, where the reading matter is set on the linotype machines; moulding of the metal plates from which the type impression is obtained and, finally, printing of the "scoop" on the battery of giant presses are incidents that are vividly pictured.
An old-time paper, the Jay County Clarion, is shown as the proofreader goes into a reverie. There is an extraordinary contrast between the machinery which was used in newspaper offices years ago and that which is used now in the best equipped plants in the United States.
Critics who have seen this play declare it is probably the best news-paper play that ever has been produced in motion pictures.

A very similar article called, “The Press and the Spoilsman Which Opens at the Strand Tomorrow”, was printed on page 2 of The Buffalo News on Saturday, 20th January, 1917. 
It reads,
"NEWS" FILM IS ON PROGRAM AT THE STRAND
"The Press and the Spoilsman,"
Thrilling Photoplay of Newspaper Work and the Trapping of Criminals.
How a band of criminals was overthrown in its work of bribery and kidnapping through the efforts of a great metropolitan daily newspaper will be shown for the first time in
Public through the presentation of “The Press and the Spoilsman," the Buffalo
EVENING NEWS photoplay, at the Strand Theater tomorrow. It will also be shown Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of the coming week.
How a newspaper starts, carries on and completes the work of trapping criminals is depicted in this film production in a gripping and throbbing story with local scenes and local "screen stars." A bribery attempt, the kidnapping of a district attorney, an aeroplane flight in search of the kidnappers and a thrilling automobile race which ends in a dangerous smash-up are only a few of the thrillers filmed in "The Press and the Spoilsman."
Development of Story.
With the hair-raising features of this film are shown vivid scenes and views of Niagara Falls, declared by experts to be the best motion picture production of the great cataract ever made. The film also shows, in every detail, the development of a news story from the minute the "tip" is received, through the various processes of typesetting and printing until the newspaper is taken from the presses completely printed.
An interesting feature in the film is the display of the great printing presses in operation.
The film contains a section which shows the BUFFALO NEWS Special, a gigantic newspaper press with a capacity of 72,000 papers an hour. This will be shown running at full speed with expert workmen at their posts of duty.
Arthur C. Willats, the writer of the scenario, is a member of the NEWS business department. He has depicted a true-to-life story to show the actual inside workings of a great newspaper, like the Buffalo EVENING NEWS.
Right triumphs over wrong emphatically in the plot of The Press and the Spoilsman." Scenes in Buffalo and along the Niagara Frontier add great interest to the play.
"HI" Enas, arch criminal and leader of a daring band of lawbreakers, kidnaps Wellworth Strong, district attorney, when it is realized that this incorruptable official has sufficient evidence to send the criminal to prison.
The disappearance of the district attorney as he is on his way to a good government meeting, creates a sensation.
The play shows the city editor assigning the "star" reporter to "cover" the story. The reporter, who is in love with the daughter of the district attorney, goes willingly to the job, determined to capture "HI" Enas, is there is a way to accomplish it.
Airplane Chase.
Deciding an aeroplane will best fit his needs and accomplish more than other mode of transportation the reporter drives to the Curtiss aviation field and engages a biplane to scour the Niagara Frontier in search of the kidnappers. As the chase becomes exciting wireless bulletins are sent to the NEWS office. The receipt of the wireless messages, the handling of "copy" in the editorial department, the assignment of other reporters to cover various ends of the story, copy desk work, transportation of copy by pneumatic tubes from editorial room to composing room, where the reading matter is set in type by linotype machines, moulded in the metal plates from which the type impression is obtained and last of all, the printing of the great paper containing the "scoop" on the big battery of gigantic presses is vividly pictured.
Old methods of newspaper work are shown when the proof-reader, former editor of the Jay County Clarion, goes into reverie and there is an extraordinary contrast between machinery of half a century ago and the presses used nowadays in the well equipped plants of the United States.
Many film critics who have seen "The Press and the Spoilsman" declare it to be the best newspaper play on the motion picture screen today.

And once again Arthur was mentioned in an article called, “Scenes From "The Press and The Spoilsman," Thrilling Newspaper Play at the Victoria Theater.”, which was printed on page of The Buffalo News, on Saturday, 10th February 1917. 
This article gives a lot of detail about the making of the movie and I feel it is the most interesting of the three articles.
It reads, 
Scenes From "The Press and The Spoilsman," Thrilling Newspaper Play at the Victoria Theater.
"THE PRESS AND THE SPOILSMAN" BILLED AT VICTORIA THEATER
Familiar Scenes in and Near Buffalo Appear on Screen as Thrilling Story of Crooks, Police and Newspaper.
"The Press and the Spolisman," the photoplay showing Buffalo seenes and Butfalo people as actore-will be shown at the Victoria theater, Ferry and Grant streets, on Wednesday and Thursday of next week. In addition there will be a program of the usual Victoria excellence.
"The Press and the Spollsman" tells an interesting story of the fight of a courageous district attorney, backed by a clean newspaper, for the civic interest for Buffalo folk in the fact that it was taken here.
Interwoven in the tale arè a number of thrilling scenes, such as an automobile collision, an airplane flight, and a dash for escape In a motor speed boat. The auto smash was taken on the Falls boulevard, the airplane fight at the Curtiss aviation field with Phil Rader, the Curtise instructor, as the pilot of the machine. The motorboat dash was staged on the Niagara River near the foot of Porter Avenue.
Then there are a number of scenes showing familiar parts of the city such as one depicting the Main and Seneça street corner on a busy morning.
You may have been caught in one of these scenes and unconsciously have become an actor in the picture.
For people living in the vicinity of the Victoria theater the picture should have an especial appeal, for Dick Coley, the pride of Arkansas street, is one of the big features. Mr. Coley is one of the NEWS staff reporters and is regarded as one of the handsomest young men in the city. (Mr. Coley did not write this himself.)
He appears in a scene showing old-time methods of newspaper work. He represents the editor of the Jay County Clarion and the workings of a hand press such as was used in the production of a newspaper 50 years ago is shown. Mr. Coley is ably assisted in the scene by a gorgeous waistcoat and by Willie Westy, the demon office boy of the NEWS. Westy's appearance should also be of interest to West side residents as he makes his home on Forest Avenue at a safe distance from the State Hospital.
Quite in contrast with this and other scenes showing the making of the old-time newspaper are scenes taken at the NEWS office. They show the biggest newspaper press in Buffalo with its capacity of reeling off 72,000 papers an hour. They show the dispatches coming in from all parts of the world, the reporters gathering the news in the city, the printers putting it in type.
It also gives the public an opportunity to know the joy there is in being a city editor.
Among the local screen stars that are shown are Police Chief Martin and Inspector Girvin. They are seen being interviewed at police headquarters by a NEWS reporter.
The scenario was written by Arthur C. Willats, who is connected with the business department of the NEWS. He was able to give the story a true-to-life touch, showing the actual workings of a great newspaper.
In the picture the leader of a daring band of lawbreakers, kidnaps Wellworth Strong, district attorney, when it is realized that this incorruptable official has sufficient evidence to send the criminals to prison. The disappearance of the district attorney as he is on his way to a good government meeting creates a sensation. Then the city editor is shown assigning a reporter to work with the police in tracing down the mystery. It all works out successfuly in the end and makes an interesting movie.

Arthur was mentioned in an article called, "NEWS" CLUB - BILLIARDISTS IN TOURNEY”, which was printed on page 14 of The Buffalo News, on Wednesday, 9th May 1917.
It reads, 
"NEWS" CLUB - BILLIARDISTS IN TOURNEY
Stoutenburgh and Taberski Will Have to Look to Their Laurels in the Pocket Game Now in Progress.
Larry Stoutenberg, local pocket billiard champion, who is to meet Frank Taberski of Schenectady, national pocket billiard champion, will find his title in immediate danger if he wins over the present title holder in their match here shortly.
The greatest danger to Stoutenberg lies in the first pocket billiard tournament of the NEWS staff club which started yesterday in the club rooms on the top floor of the NEWS building. It is a handicap event and with every man conceding himself an expert at the game, and keen rivalry for the club championship prevailing, the tournament threatens to bring forth a challenger for higher honors.
The first match of the tourney yesterday resulted in a narrow victory for Joseph F. Melia, advertising manager, who defeated Harold Rosenfield of the NEWS counting room by the score of 25 to 24. Rosenfield displayed a fine stroke, but faltered before the skill of Mr. Melia in the final frame of the match. It was a nip and tuck contest, but only a forerunner of some of the other lively matches to follow.
At least one match is to be played each day, and the pairing for the first round and the handicaps are as follow: Arthur Willats 6 vs. William Bielman, scratch; John D. Wells, scratch vs. George S. Berrill, 3; Otto Walters, 4 vs. Matthew Bertrand, 6; William F. O'Connell, 4 vs. George J. Noonan, scratch; Richard R. Coley, scratch vs. Clayton Underhill, 7; Robert Dargevell, 1 vs. Ralph Thorn, 3; George Erb, 4 vs. Charles B. Tay-lor, 4; William P. Goodspeed, 5 vs. Robert C. Stedler, scratch; John Ros-enbach, scratch vs. John Reiger, 7; Cornelius J. Kennedy, scratch vs. Edgar Steeb, scratch.

Arthur was mentioned in an article called “HICH SCHOOL PUPILS APPLAUD "NEWS" FILM.”, which was printed on page 2 of The Buffalo News, on Friday, 11th May 1917. 
It reads, 
HICH SCHOOL PUPILS APPLAUD "NEWS" FILM
"The Pressand the Spoilsman"
Exhibited Before Students of Lafayette Shows Intricate Processes of Newspaper Plant.
Pupils at Lafayette high school this morning were shown the intricate processes, the great machines and the careful organization that are employed in the manufacture of the two-cent daily newspaper..
Through the mediums of the photodrama, "The Press and the Spoilsman." the pupils were shown these details of a great industry. "The Press and the Spoilsman' has the additional interest of having been taken in Buffalo and having had its cast made up of Buffalo folk.
Its newspaper scenes were taken at the office of the Butfalo Evening News.
William P. Goodspeed, business manager of the News; William H. Smith of the Kelly-Smith company, New York representative of the News, and Arthur C. Willats of the News advertising department, who wrote the scenario for the photo-play, were at the school and were called upon by Principal Calvert K. Melien.
In announcing that the picture would be shown, Principal Melien said that the faculty and pupils of the school wished to express their gratitude for the opportunity of seeing the film.
Mr. Goodspeed said that the future promises much for the boys and girls of today.
They will be the business men and women, the lawyers and investors of tomorrow, he said, and they will face greater opportunities than ever before. All the great machines shown in the picture will probably be outdone by the inventive genius of the coming generation, he pointed out.
He talked while the picture was being shown, introducing some of the principal characters. and relating incidents regarding the things depicted.
He told how the EVENING NEWS presses, the largest in Buffalo, can turn out papers at the rate of 72,000 an hour; how 15 rolls of white paper, each weighing 1500 pounds, are required to feed the presses, and how this paper is run through the presses, is printed, pasted, folded, cut, counted and turned out ready to be delivered in 100,000 homes. More than a carload of print paper is used daily.
Pupils Sing “America."
He pointed out Police Chief Martin and Inspector Girvin, who take part in the picture.
He introduced different members of the EVENING NEWS staff, including William F. O'Connell, city editor; John D. Wells of Grave to Gay fame, and Edward H. Butler, editor and publisher of the NEWS.
Principal Melien, calling upon Mr. Willats, recalled the time of the Buffalo athletic field, some 25 years ago. Mr. Willats had charge of the field, and stirring athletic contests were had between teams representing old Central high school and schools of other cities.
Mr. Melien asked Mr. Willats if he remembered "The Bugle Boy," an old patriotic poem he used to recite.
Mr. Willats rose to the occasion and recited the poem and was heartily applauded by the boys and girls.
Mr. Smith spoke briefly, saying that he had been connected with the EVENING NEWS as its New York representative for a number of years. He said that it was a pleasant novelty to him to be able to visit a school and come in touch with its pupils.
At the close of the exercises a bugle was blown and three of the senior boys marched toward the stage carrying a silken American flag.
When they walked up the steps the school burst into the singing of, "America." Then the pupils were given the signal for the dismissal of the assembly session, and all rose and marched out.

Arthur was mentioned in an article called, “PERRYSBURG PATIENTS ENJOY "NEWS" FILM”, which was printed on page 2 of The Buffalo News, on Tuesday, 25th September 1917. 
It reads, 
PERRYSBURG PATIENTS ENJOY "NEWS" FILM
Joe Nieman, Former Newsboy, Writes Expressing Appreciation of Exhibition.
Joe Nieman, a well-known former newsboy here and now a patient at the J. N. Adam Memorial Hospital at Perrysburg, has written for the patients at the hospital a letter to the EVENING NEWS expressing appreciation for the exhibition of "The Press and the Spoilsman," given there last week.
The photoplay was shown in the "Suncure" building and in the main building. Booklets describing the making of a newspaper were distributed and Arthur C. Willats, who wrote the scenario for the picture, spoke.
"The patients of the J. N. Adam hospital wish to thank the Buffalo EVENING NEWS very much for sending the photoplay here," says Joe Nieman's letter.
"I wish you could have heard the way they applauded the show. It was a big success and it was appreciated in both the buildings."

Arthur was mentioned in an article called, "NEWS" CLUB TO GIVE DANGE IN W. S. S. DRIVE” which was printed on page 2 of The Buffalo News, on Monday, 4th March 1918.
It reads, 
"NEWS" CLUB TO GIVE DANGE IN W. S. S. DRIVE
Those Attending Affair Must Buy Thrift Stamps, and Thus Aid in Putting Campaign "Over the Top."
The Buffalo EVENING NEWS Staff club will give a "Thrift Stamp" dancing reception in Conley's hall, 650 Main Street, Monday evening, March 11. The purpose of the dance is to promote the sale of thrift stamps in the city in order that the War Savings stamp campaign now being waged in Buffalo may go "over the top." The committee in charge of the dance is made up of Arthur C. Willats, president of the club and chairman of the committee; Anna E. Clark, Marion Somers, Katharine Rathman, Clara Meyers, Harry H. Kimble, Clayton Underhill, Richard R. Coley, Edward P. Hartnett, Matthew W. Bertrand, Edgar C. Steeb and George J.' Barnett.
The purchase of two thrift stamps will be necessary for admission to the dance. Stamps will be on sale at the door for those who have not purchased them.
The patriotic movement, which was suggested by President Willats, has received favor on all sides. Stephen T. Conley, in whose hall the dance will be given, believes that one of the largest crowds that ever visited the Main Street Hall will be present that night.
"The dance should bring a large attendance." Mr. Conley said this morning.
"It is for a patriotic purpose and I am pleased to be able to assist in promoting the purchase of thrift stamps."
There will be plenty of music at the dance and good music, too. Webb's jazz band will play popular melodies for all the latest dances. Tomorrow tickets, which may be purchased with thrift stamps, will be on sale by members of the NEWS Staff club as well as in different hotels and stores down town.

Arthur was mentioned in an article called, which was printed on page 8, of The Buffalo Times on Thursday, 9th May 1918. 
It reads, 
COUNTY QUOTA FOR RED CROSS IS $1,500,000
Robert W. Pomeroy Will Be Chairman of Buffalo Committee in National Drive.
OPENS MAY TWENTIETH
Mrs. R. H. Thompson Heads the Women's Committee-Publicity Force Organized.
Buffalo and Erie County will join in the nationwide campaign to raise the second $100,000,000 war fund for the American Red Cross. Robert W. Pomeroy, chairman of the local committee, announced last night.
The county's quota is $1,500,000, and the effort will be made to do as well as in previous war fund drives by over-subscribing generously.
For some time past preparations for this campaign have been under way.
During the remainder of this week and all of next intensive work to complete the organization and plan of operation will be carried out. The drive will be short, lasting
just one week, from May 20th to 27th, and judging by the numerous expressions of interest that already have come to the leaders that is all the time that will be needed to have the city and county come to the front again with tangible expression of of patriotism and the desire to help humanity through the Red Cross.
In Liberty Building.
The big Red Cross organisation will occupy the same offices in the Liberty Buflding in West Swan Street that the Third Liberty Loan Committee had.
Home departments already have taken possession of their quarters and are carrying on their work from there. Others will join them in a day or two.
Chairman Pomeroy is naming a general committee, which will assist in the drive, and the personnel will be announced in a few days.
There also will be a number of division leaders; each of whom will be in charge of five or six teams. Each team will consist of eight members, including the captain.
There will be a women's committee in charge of Mrs. R. H. Thompson.
Mr. Pomeroy will direct in alll of Erie County, the campaign to be operated through each local chapter.
The county treasurer is Clifford Hubbell, and vice chairman to Mr. Pomeroy and Henry F. Werner, Nisbet Grammer and Morris Tremaine.
Frank S. McGraw is the chairman in what is known as District Five which includes the city of Buffalo and the the .counties of Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans and Wyoming.
Organize Publicity Force.
Finley H. Greene is chairman of the advertising and publicity committee, which also has a publicity advisory board to assist it in its work. The members of the publicity committee are:
Mr. Greene, Charles R. Armitage, G. Rarrett Rich, jr., W. W. Brundage,
R. T. Fiske, Edward B Houseal, Roy Crandall, Arthur C Willats, Dal H. Lewis, John H, Beckley, E. M. Hill, Н. P. Parrock, В. H. Taylor, W. J White side, Francis J. Rohr, Volney P. Kinne, E. J. Cobb, Fay L. Faurote, W. J. Richardson, W. A. V. Mack, R. B. Davenport, J. A. Shults, William J. Ferris, Albert Hutter, William G. Bryan, R. V. Galiagher, C. F. Alward.
James H. Lee, Neal V. Fatin, Fred J. Waldo, Harold J. Balliett, Mason B. Hatch and A. B. Wright.
The advisory board consists of Edward H. Butler, William J. Conners, C. W. Ellis, Joseph F. Eltges, James W. Greene, Frank C. B. Held, Joseph J. Lunghino, Norman E. Mack, Fred M. McLennan, Frank J. Offerman, the Rev. Alexander Pitass the Rev. Luke F. Sharkey, Fank Ruskiewicz, William C. Warren, Charles Zenkert, M. H. Hoover, C. E. Fitzsimons, E. T. Williams, A. A. Cobb, E. P. Hal, E. L. Allen, C. J. Sprague, M. A. Bowen, F. R. Hurd, Thomas F. Maroney, W. J. Hinchey, E. W. Greene, J. C. Simpson, J. T. Lonergan, C. C Platt, G S. Norris, L. A. Gass, F. A. Crumb, C. R. Stout, A. E. Cowles, G. J. Robbins and Mrs. E. W. Barnes.
The members of the advisory board are Western New York newspaper publishers.

Arthur was mentioned in an article called, “'NEWS' SCRIBES VISIT BATAVIA TO HONOR GOLEY.” which was printed on page of The Buffalo News on Monday, May 27, 1918. 
It reads, 
'NEWS' SCRIBES VISIT BATAVIA TO HONOR COLEY.
Excellent Dinner Is Enjoyed, Speeches Proving the Only Thing That Mar Event - All. Vote Occasion Huge Success.
A pilgrimage to Batavia to do honor to Richard R. Coley, secretary of the chamber of commerce there and until recently a member of the EVENING NEWS staff, was made Saturday by his former co-workers.
A caravan of automobiles and one Ford sedan carried the wisem*n across the desert places of Erie county, with, if memory serves, a stop at an oasis or two.
The party was remarkable in that it included four of what were formerly the fiercest living city editors but who are now tame and in captivity.
They are Harry B. Saunders, assistant secretary of the Buffalo Chamber of Commerce; Frank G. Whiston, secretary to Commissioner Malone; Harold Balliett, secretary to Commissioner Kreinheder, and Charles H. Armitage, secretary to Mayor Buck.
Of course, the present editor, William F. O'Connell, was there to lend weight to the party and to act as toastmaster. John D. Wells, the dignified managing editor of the NEWS, was present. George W. Smith, godfather of Buffalo newspapermen, also attended.
After the excellent beefsteak dinner at the Batavia club, speeches, smokes fand snoozes were indulged in. Mr. Coley was called on and in a few words he gracefully expressed his appreciation of the honor shown him.
The diners liked his speech the best of the evening. It was the shortest.
Mr. Wells congratulated Secretary Coley on behalf of the EVENING NEWS, and promised this paper's cooperation and support of plans for the growth and development of Batavia and its Chamber of Commerce.
Armitage Gets Noisy.
Then the four fierce former city editors were called on.
Mr. Armitage, who recently was the guest of the NEWS editorial staff at a dinner given in his honor, was the first speaker. He was given this opportunity because he was getting so noisy that it was necessary to allow him the floor until he became run down. His speech proved that as an orator he is a good newspaperman.
His remarks, however, created much merriment, and nothing more.
Meanwhile, repeated efforts were being made by one of the guests to gain the floor. The others showed their displeasure at his efforts and chided him, but he persisted. He deciared himself to be the best speaker on the NEWS staff. Why shouldn't he talk if Mr. Armitage were permitted, he argued.
"Who are you that you should be given a hearing?" someone asked.
"A SOLDIER OF ALGIERS" he bellowed, and it was seen that it was useless to try to keep the muffler on him any longer. He proved to be none other than William R. Meldrum, supposed to be the most modest and dignified member of the staff. Needless to say, the speech did not live up to the advertising he had given it and he was cried down after one or two sentences.
Arthur Willats gave an excellent recitation, such superior effort contrasted strongly with the labor of the others who responded. Then Edward Hartnett was called on to apologise for the Ford which he had driven.
"You're a better car than a Pierce is, Hunka 'Tin," exclaimed Hartnett, as he concluded his talk and sat down amidst great applause. Count Poppalardo tried to explain the delay in reaching Batavia and offered good reasons, Meldrum and Rollin Palmer.
Numerous other speeches were made, notably one by Matthew Bertrand. By unanimous consent his speech will be printed and sent to the newspaper proprietors. When the affair was concluded the run back to Buffalo was made and all arrived safely at the home port.

Arthur was mentioned in an article called, “$180,535 WORTH OF STAMPS SOLD IN CITY SCHOOLS.” which was printed on page 5, of The Buffalo Courier Express, on Monday, 10th June 1918. 
It reads, 
180,535 WORTH OF STAMPS SOLD IN CITY SCHOOLS
Hutchinson high first institution to register 100 per cent of student buyers.
SCOUTS SALES $30,794
Children are expected to be of great help during week of big drive.
EVERY FAMILY TO BE CANVASSED
Police are to leave pledgé cards in the homes and women workers will collect them.
The public schools have sold $180,-853.16 worth of war saving stamps and the children are not finished with their task, They are going to be of great help during the week of the drive, June 22d to 28th, to obtain pledges for $12. 00,000 worth of stamps. The same may be said of the Boy Scouts, who last night reported sales of $330,794.33.
There had been spirited rivalry in the schools to see which would be the first to register 100.per cent.
The honor goes to Hutchinson high. Every student in the school now is enrolled. Efforts are being made in other schools to get on he honor roll before the summer vacation.
A. J. Abels, director of sales in the city, last night announced that Charles E. Baxter will be chairman of the $1,000 limit club. I. C. Kantrowits will be chairman of the committee that will work among the retail merchants.
Thomse Cumpson will be head of the wholesalers' committee.
There will be a special committee headed by Allan. Fraser to follow up the reports that persons who signed pledges did not do their full share.
Heads of ofice building and industrial committees are to be named.
During the week of June 17th the police will deliver pledge cards to every family in Buffalo.
The same will be done in the rural sections, under the direction of Ralph S. Kept. The members of the women's ward civil leagues will call at the homes and obtain the signatures.
Mrs Frank. A. Abbott will be in general charge of this work. A major will be appointed for each ward and there will be a captain in each election district. The sale of stamps in the movie houses will be in charge of Mrs. Charles P. Chapin.
In the city the election booths will be used an sales agencies and
to receive pledges and reports. They will be open every day in charge of women workers.
In addition, stamps may be bought at post offices and other agencies. For the campaign week there will be booths in 50 different locations in charge of Mrs. Albert F. Laub.
The war saving stamp film, made under the direction of Arthur C. Willats, is being exhibited at picture shows in aid of the drive. Israel Rumizen, chairman of the Jewish committee, has sent out a letter urging the public to buy stamps.

Arthur was mentioned in a newspaper article called, which was printed on page 2, of The Buffalo News on Monday, 10th June 1918.
It reads, 
"NEWS" SMOKES DAY AT CRYSTAL WILL AID FUND
Liberal Percentage of Receipts From Sale of Tickets Saturday Will Be Given Fund to Send Soldiers Tobacco.
Next Saturday is to be EVENING NEWS
Smokes-for-the-Soldiers-Day at Crystal Beach.
Every person who buys a boat ticket that day to Buffalo's most popular summer resort will help to swell the fund this paper maintains for the purpose of furnishing the Buffalo soldiers in army cantonments with cigars, cigarettes, pipes and tobacco.
Through an arrangement between the NEWS and M. J, McAlpine, general manager of the company that operates Crystal Beach, it is agreed that a liberal percentage of the money received for the sale of tickets to Crystal Beach next Saturday is to go to the fund which supplies our soldier boys with the comfort that tobacco and nothing else save tobacco, can give to those who have learned to love its soothing and consoling kindness.
So, Mr. Man and Mrs. Woman, It's up to you. If you would help a worthy cause alone, if you would do the soldier boys one of the greatest favours you can bestow upon them if you would do something they're bless you for doing, make up your mind, now. to go to Crystal Beach next Saturday
and, having made it up don't charge it.
Besides helping to make happier the leisure hours of the soldiers, you will have a delightful lake ride and an enjovable time at the beach which is now radiant in the full bloom of its summer time glory.
Saving stamps in movies will be in charge of Mrs. Charles P. Chapin.
In the city the election booths which were used for the registration of women May 25, will be used during campaign week, June 22 to 28, as sales agencies and to receive pledges and reports. They will be open every day, in charge of women workers.
In addition to these agencies, war savings stamps may be bought at postoffices and numerous other agencies.
For the campaign week there will be booths in 50 different locations, in charge of Mrs. Albert F. Laub. The women's organizations of the city will be called upon to help in this branch of the drive. and a great deal of aid will be required.
The war savings stamp film, made under the direction of Arthur C. Willats, now is being exhibited in picture shows in aid of the big drive that is being planned. It is a strong message to buy war savings stamps.
Israel Rumizen, chairman of the Jewish committer for the sale of war saving stamps has sent out a letter urging the public to buy these stamps. He says it is the "duty of every Jewish citizen to stand behind this movement, Buy these stamps weekly, monthly. Be systematic. Buy a certain amount at each period.
Every time you put your savings into a stamp, you not only give the government, immediately, the use of your money, but you are helping yourself to a personal success."

Arthur was named in an article printed on page 16 of The Buffalo News called, “"NEWS" STAFF CLUB IN BILLIARD TOURNAMENT President Willats Handicaps Men and Wins Preliminary Game.” on Saturday, 16th November 1918
It reads, 
"NEWS" STAFF CLUB IN BILLIARD TOURNAMENT
President Willats Handicaps Men and Wins Preliminary Game.
Good, bad and indifferent billiards featured and marred the qualifying round of the first billiard tourney of the NEWS Staff Club yesterday. President Arthur C. Willats, the self-appointed handicapper, turned up to be one of the easy winners, due to his selection of his personal friend, Bill Meldrum, as his opponent. Meldrum started out like a champion, but it soon developed it was a camouflage, the chief officer of the club scampering home with a victory to the tune of 30 to 11. Under the rules of the tourney, the handicaps were sealed, but when Willats disclosed them it was seen he was safe by nine points.
Edgar Steeb and Matthew Bertrand put up a good exhibition, but the experienced editorial writer had an edge on his countin-room opponent, winning 30 to 18. The surprise of the tourney was the easy manner in which Ralph Thorn disposed of Fred Bann of East Aurora, famous for his development of the late "Fra Elvertus." Thorn held a handicap over Bann, who is rated as a scratch man. Both started carefully, but it was not long before Thorn went to the front, and the final score found him 30 as against 18 for the East Aurora scribe.
George Noonan went over Louis Schneider, 30 to 13, and Edwin Zydowiez defeated Andy Meissner, 30 to 19.
Cornelius J. Kennedy, the NEWS cartoonist, rated as the best In and outer of the club, lost his bearings completely in his match with Clayton Underhill, the business office representative, downing the sketch artist to the tune of 30 to 22. Joseph F. Melia of the advertising department, with a handicap of 10 over Robert C. Stedler, scored, 20 points to Stedler's 80 in the opening contest, necessitating another game. In the second match, Stedler scored 30 while Melia was able to register only 8 points. Melia suffered badly at the hands of fate in this contest.
The semi-finals will be played Monday.

Arthur was named in an article called, “RALPH THORN WINS NEWS” CLUB BILLIARO TITLE” which was printed on page 23 of The Buffalo News on Thursday, 21st November 1918. 
It reads, 
“RALPH THORN WINS NEWS” CLUB BILLIARO TITLE
Consistent Work of Dark Horse Upsets Calculations of Self-styled Experts.
Ralph Thorn of the editorial department proved to be the dark horse in the billiard tourney of the NEWS Staff club and by consistent and careful play battled his way through the preliminary, semi-final and final rounds of the tourney and landed first place which carries with it the title of club champion. Thorn's playing was the outstanding feature of the battle for supremacy with the ivories. His showing against George Noonan in the semifinal startled his associates, but his cool, calculating stroke and his masterful safety play in the final match against Arthur C. Willats dispensed all doubt as to his superiority over his adversaries. His victory was a complete surprise to many of the players who had not figured him in the running.
President Arthur C. Willats wins second place in the tourney and the right to third place will be settled today when George Noonan and Robert C. Stedler, losers in the semi-finals, will play their match. Thorn will be presented with the cue donated by James R. Flynn, local manager of the Brunswick-Balke company, and Willatts will be the recipient of a cue, the gift of Bert Smith of the Hippodrome parlors. The third prize is also a cue offered by the club. A doubles tourney is to follow in a few days.

Arthur was mentioned in a newspaper article called, “RETELLS WAR'S TOLL AT 'NEWS' FAMILY PARTY” which was printed on page 25 of The Buffalo News on Thursday, 19th December 1918.
It reads, 
RETELLS WAR'S TOLL AT 'NEWS' FAMILY PARTY.
Edward H. Butler, Editor and Publisher, Welcomed by Newspaper Workers on Return From Europe at Staff Club — Lauds British Hospitality.
The NEWS had a family party last night in the NEWS Staff club quarters of the building by way of welcoming home Edward H. Butler, editor and proprietor, who recently returned from an overseas trip as the guest, with other American publishers, of the British government. It was a trip that took him from the North Sea station of the grand fleet in the Firth of Forth to the battle line in France.
The spirit of the gathering, which included all the EVENING NEWS company of men and women, with some few guests, was happily expressed by Arthur C. Willats, staff club president, when he gave Mr. Butler welcome back, not so much as employer as "friend and chum." Mr. Butler told an interesting story of his trip. The American newspaper men crossed on a transport. After they were two days out, they ran into a storm which mounted to an 80-mile gale. That, with the submarine hazard; what amounted to an epidemic of influenza aboard, and the loss of a ship of the convoy made the trip not at all pleasant.
Visit Munitions Plant.
But once the Americans had landed, things went well. Before the generous British hospitality that met them everywhere, they soon forgot their unhappy experiences at sea.
They were taken first to see the great munition plant at Gretna, a city in itself, where almost all the workers are women. Their accomplishments for the success of the war were the wonder of the Americans.
Then the Americans, went into Scotland saw more munition plants there, and then came their first war picture - the picture of Sir David Beatty's fleet of fighting ships, in which was a squadron of dreadnaughts flying the Stars and Stripes.
In a motor boat they traveled mile after mile along a waterway posted with the mightiest warships afloat.
"I had never comprehended what the grand fleet of Britain really meant in the number and power of ships," said Mr. Butler.
"There was the fleet before me - the fleet that had stood between Prussianism and civilization, a fleet that really had saved the world from domination of the Huns." 
The Americans visited the British warship Collosus where they met Admiral Nicolson and were shown over the vessel.
This was about a month before the signing of the armistice, but even then the British sailors had about given up hope that the German fleet would come out for battle. Daily, messages had gone from the officers of the British fleet to the officers of the Hohenzollern navy challenging, in the most insulting language, the Germans to come out and fight.
Pay Respects to King.
Soon after returning to London the Americans were invited to visit King George and Queen Mary at Sandringham.
Arrived there they were schooled by a functionary as to the manner of approaching royalty and regarding the forms of address. But all the schooling was to no purpose.
The king and the queen proved thoroughly democratic. They made the Americans quite at home and themselves showed the party about.
Then France and the battlefield. First the publishers were taken to the British front.
There they saw, the cleaning up of a trench recently taken by the British.
The dead lay about in heapssome of the bodies dismembered.
Machine gunners were "mopping up" dugouts which had served the Germans.
"It was a sight more horrible than anything I had imagined of war," said Mr. Butler.
They met, General Rawlinson, commander of a British army, and were shown about the field by him. From the British front the Americans went to the French line. That was when the whole allied line was driving ahead and much of the fighting was of open warfare order.
First Civilians in Lille.
"We were in Lille shortly after it was retaken from the Boche," said Mr. Butler. "Indeed, we were the first civilians to visit the city. The people had lived for more than four years under Boche domination, and they were delirious with joy again to be free. I asked a girl how they were treated by the Germans. She said she had been arrested 17 times for refusing to say that she was not French." 
The Germans took 5000 young women with them from Lille, Mr. Butler was told, and all the men from 15 to 45 years were forced to work for the Boche.
"You will get some idea of the sacrifice France has made, when I tell you that if all the French killed ip battle were assembled in squad formation, it would take them 12 days and 12 nights to pass a given point," Mr. Butler declared. "The number of French dead is 1,250,000.”
Mr. Butler scouted the idea that there was any friction among the allies or that there was any jealousy toward America. From his observation and from his discussions with men of affairs in Europe he was convinced that the nations which had made common cause against Germany were in full accord and sympathy.
After Mr. Butler's talk a number of stereopticon views that he had from the French were shown. They included pictures of tanks, of war leaders and of the war-torn sections of France.

Arthur was mentioned in an article called, “APPEAL OF RED CROSS AROUSES 15,000 PATRIOTS”, which was printed on page 2 of The Buffalo News, on Friday, 20th December 1918. The article continued from page 1. Both pages read as follows, 
APPEAL OF RED CROSS AROUSES 15,000 PATRIOTS.
Buffalo Folk Take Spurt in Campaign, Bringing Total Membership Here to 42,000 - Officials Plead for Final Gigantic Effort.
Reports from all branches of the Red Cross Christmas roll call campaign today showed the work has produced better results during the past two days, but the showing still is far from what it ought to be, General Chairman Langdon B. Wood only was able to report total membership applications in the city of Buttalo amounting to 42,000.
When it is considered the county's goal is at least 200,000 memberships and that the campaign is more than half over, the significance of Mr. Wood's report becomes apparent. It means the workers during the next three days must campaign with greater vigour and that the people must respond more generously.
Red Cross officials also made an appeal for everybody who had joined the Red Cross to wear the honour button and for all the homes entitled to do so to display the membership banner in a front window.
These two details are important to the success of the campaign.
Monday, anyone without a Red Cross button will advertise the fact that he or she is not a supporter of the Red Cross spirit.
Raps Red Cross Attacks.
At the first meeting of the campaign workers, Dr. David Hughes, the speaker, warned the workers against insidious propaganda that still makes itself felt. Reports of it have come from one or two plants, and when these vague statements and rumours are traced down it invariably Is shown they are falsehoods.
The Red Cross is so great that it is above the breath of scandal or suspicion.
It is so humanitarian that it asks nothing in serving a man or woman or child, except the need. The money contributed to the war (Continued on page 2, column 2)
APPEAL OF RED CROSS AROUSES 15,000 PATRIOTS
(Continued from Page One.)
fund, every penny of it and more, goes for nothing except war relief.
The banking arrangements by which large sums of interest are earned on the money make it possible to spend $1.02 for war relief for every dollar contributed. This does not mean that the money is used to help pay salaries.
The fund goes for relief and not a cent for overhead of any kind.
There still are many posters on hand, with George E. D. Brady, manager of the supply department at 667 Main street, is anxious to have folks call for and display. Frederick C. Gratwick, chairman of the speakers' bureau, has a long list of speakers available for any occasion, and among the men are four excellent speakers just returned from overseas.
Film to Boom Work.
Arthur C. Willats today announced that the Red Cross film, “The Greatest Gift.” will be shown. “The Peace Celebration in Paris.” another Red Cross film, will be displayed in the Elmwood December 20 and 21. The Oakdale, December 23, will show "The Helping Hand of Sicily," and the Arcadia on December 25 and 26, "Of No Use to Germany."
None of the large industries has yet reported, but Mrs. H. P. Parrock, director of this division, expects that when they do the total will add materially to the results thus far shown in the daily tally. These additional 100 per cent, industries have been listed at headquarters:
Household Outfitting company, Olin Gas Engine Company, Duthie Whitlock company, Robertson Machine foundry, Charles S. Jacobowitz Buffalo Art Manufacturing company, Reed Chocolate company, Keystone Manufacturing company, International
Harvester company, claim office of the New York Central freight department and the Buffalo Bag company.
Mrs. Howard A. Forman is pleased with the manner in which retail establishments are sending in their returns. She yesterday added the following to the 100 per cent list in her division:
The Wurlitzer company, the two Main street stores of the Woolworth company, the Douglas Shoe company, C. F. Meister, Louise A. Robinson, Graham & Springborn, Buffalo Trunk company, Daisy Candy company, Stroh's Flower shop, Shulmar Tailor shop, Mrs. Macheras, United Cigar! store at 346 Main, W. J. Palmer & Son, Morrison's, Emerson Shoe company, Regal Shoe Company, Newark Shoe company, Regal Shoe Company, Newark Shoe Company and C. B. Marsh.
Mrs. Theodore M. Pomeroy is confident that the house-to-hose canvassers will make a splendid showing by the end of the week. The report for Wednesday is a total of 2940 membership applications. The leaders in the work include:
Leaders in Work,
Asbury-Delaware auxiliary, Mrs. M. J. Nieman, captain, 270. Central Presbyterian, Mrs. R. J. Mac-Alpine, captain, 192. Holy Angels, Cathryn Magee, captain, 167, Saint Luke's Evangelical, Mrs. Cornelia R. Weber, captain, 154. Richmond Avenue M. E., Mrs. P. F. Haynes, captain, 93. Lafayette Avenue Baptist, Mrs. W. D. Merton, captain, 124.
General Sheridan auxiliary, Mrs. S. C. Peterson, captain, 91.
Mrs. James H. MeNulty is enthusiastic about the work being done in the theaters with the co-operation of the four minute men. The leaders in the work for Wednesday night are as follows:
Hippodrome, Mrs. A. J. Ellas, 166. Sheas, Mrs. E. B. Holmes, 104. Elmwood, Mrs. Ralph Brown, 91, Teck, Mrs. Percy Carr, 69.
The booths, in charge of Mrs. E. J. Barcalo, are doing splendidly with the crowds out shopping, a great many folks who ordinarily would not be reached can be approached, and the Christmas spirit prevails everywhere, so no one refuses to take a membership.
The leaders in the booths are:
Adam, Meldrum & Anderson's, Mrs. A. D. Collins, 200. Flint & Kent, Mrs. Cameron J. Davis, 143. J. N. Adam & Co., Mrs. Lewis D. Rodgers, 139. City hall, Mrs, M. F. Dirnberger Jr., 128. William Hengerer company, Mrs. Cornelia M. Green, 128.
It is hoped to have today's reports in every department the best of the week by a large margin. Unless the campaign picks up with a tremendous spurt today, there is fear for the final result.

The Buffalo Enquirer and The Buffalo Courier, both printed very similar articles on Friday, 20th December 1918.

The 1918 U.S City Directory shows us that Arthur was working for the Buffalo Evening News and was renting and residing at Number 15 Robie Street, Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States of America in 1918.

Arthur was named in an article called, “Newly Elected Officers of "Evening News" Staff Club.” which was printed on page 2, of The Buffalo News, on Saturday, 22nd February 1919. A photo of Arthur was also featured. 
The article reads as follows,
“Newly Elected Officers of "Evening News" Staff Club.”
The annual election of the EVENING NEWS Staff club, composed of employees of the newspaper in the editorial and business departments, resulted in the selection of the officers whose portraits appear in the accompanying group.
The election was filled with interest for the members of the club, some results being so close that ties resulted and a second vote was necessary. The spirited contests for officers were indication of the realization by the newspaper workers of the advantages of the club, which is the NEWS social and recreation end of the making of a great newspaper, and of the desire to continue in the future the successful administration of its affairs which has characterized the past years of its existence.
The officers chosen are: President, Robert C. Stedler, of the sport department; vice president, John G. Rieger of the art department; treasurer. Clayton Underhill, assistant' to the business manager; secretary, M. W. Bertrand of the local staff; and directors, with the officers, Cornelius J. Kennedy, cartoonist, of the art department, and Arthur C. Willats of the advertising department.
President Stedler and his associate officers are planning several entertainment features which will give the staff club members and their families much pleasure, it is believed, during the remainder of the season in which such activities may be enjoyed.

Arthur was mentioned in a article called, “WILLIAM P. GOODSPEED BURIED IN FOREST LAWN.” which was printed on page 1 of The Buffalo News on Tuesday, 25th February 1919. 
It reads, 
WILLIAM P. GOODSPEED BURIED IN FOREST LAWN
Rev. Dr. Howland Officiates at Funeral of "News" Business Manager.
The funeral of William Parker Goodspeed, business manager of the EVENING NEWS, who died early yesterday morning, was held this afternoon at 3 o'clock in his home, 167 Lancaster Avenue. Burial was in Forest Lawn Cemetery.
The Rev. Murray Shipley Howland, pastor of the Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian church, of which Mr. Goodspeed was a member, officiated.
The service was a formal one, impressive for its simplicity. The Rev. Mr. Howland read the service and made the prayer, but gave no eulogy.
The honorary bearers were Edward H. Butler, Roscoe R. Mitchell, John D. Wells, H. A. Meldrum, Ernest Anderson, James Lee, Dr. E. G. Herbst, Charles Moore, Harold J. Balliett, Willfam J. Simon, Dr. C. F. Howard, Harry Thorp Vars, C. F. Kelly and James M. Linton. The active bearers, all employes in the business department of the EVENING NEWS, were Harry Kemble, Joseph Melia, Arthur Willats, George Therrien, George Barnett, Edgar Steeb, George Noonan and Alfred Roehrig.
The meeting of the Greater Buffalo Advertising club which was scheduled to be held today, was cancelled in respect to Mr. Goodspeed's memory.
Mr. Goodspeed was one of the founders of the Ad club and its first president. Representatives of the Chamber of Commerce and other organizations of which he was a member, attended the funeral this afternoon.
Flags at the city and county hall were at half mast this afternoon in honor of Mr. Goodspeed.
His home was heaped with floral tributes from his many, friends, from the clubs and business bodies of which he was a member and from the employees of the different departments of the EVENING NEWS organization.
Besides his widow, Mrs. Mae Fowler Goodspeed, he is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Chauncey D. Cowles, Marion Cornelia Goodspeed and Betty Parker Goodspeed, and by two sisters, Mrs. J. W. Watson of Panama City, Fla., and Mrs. Burt J. Crawford of Gowanda.

The Buffalo Enquirer also cover the story. Arthur was named once again. 
It reads, 
MANY FRIENDS AT FUNERAL SERVICES OF WILLIAM P. GOODSPEED
The funeral of William P. Goodspead, business manager of the Evening News, whose death occurred early yesterday morning as the result of a cerebral hemorrhage, following au automobile accident was held a 3 o’clock this afternoon avenue from his home, 167 Lancaster Avenue. Burial was in Forest Lawn cemetery.
The services, which were attended by many friends of Mr. Goodspeed, as well as his associates at the News, were conducted by the Rev. Murray S.
Howland, pastor of Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian church, of which Mr.
Goodspeed was a member. The employees of the News attended the funeral in a body and representatives of the Chamber of Commerce, the Greater Buffalo Advertising Club and other organizations with which he had been prominently identified, were in attendance.
The active bearers, employes of the News business office, were Harry Kemble, Joseph Melia, Arthur Willats, George Terrien. George Barhett, Edgar Steeb, George Noonan and Alfred Roehrig.
The honorary bearers were Edward H. Butler, Roscoe R. Mitchell, John D. Wells, H. A. Meldrum, Ernest Anderson, James Lee, Dr. E. G. Herbst.
Charles. Moore, Harold J. Balliett, William J. Simen, Dr. C. F. Howard and Harry T. Vars.

Arthur was mentioned in an article called, “7-Year-Old Lad Emptied His Bank to Aid 'News' Fund.”, which was printed on page 7, of The Buffalo News, on Wednesday, 19th March 1919. 
It reads, 
7-Year-Old Lad Emptied His Bank to Aid 'News' Fund.
A pair of eager eyes peered over the edge of the advertising counter in the business office of the EVENING NEWS.
"Say, I want to give you my pennies to send the soldiers away to New York to the parade," said their owner.
At this juncture, Arthur C. Willats, business office mogul, thought he ought to find out if there was anything besides eyes and voice to this visitor, so he took a walk around the counter.
There he found Robert Fairbank, seven years old, of 37 Choate Avenue, standing on tiptoe to look over the edge of the desk, and clutching in his hand a bank of a miniature tank model.
The youngster insisted that he wanted to give his pennies to the NEWS 27th division appreciation fund.
He referred Mr. Willats to his mother, who he said was waiting outside. She said he was determined to give his savings to the NEWS fund, and that she had no objection as long as he wanted to.
The bank was opened and $8 in pennies and nickels were found. That sum constitutes the donation from the youngest subscriber to the fund.
"I'm glad I could help the soldiers, I am," he said. “Im going to be soldier myself when I grow up big."

A photo of Arthur was printed on page 19 of The Buffalo News on Saturday, 29th March 1919. The title and information reads as follows, 
“Members of Advertising Affiliation at Convention.”
1 - Group of advertising men prominent in Affiliation affairs, Left to right: Carl Perey, H. C. Weiler, J. George Frederick, Arthur C. Willats, Joseph F. Melia, E. D. Anderson and Alex Osborn. 2-Buffalo Ad men escorting Cleveland delegation to Hotal Lafayette. 3-Dr. W. E. Aughinbaugh, chairman department of foreign trade, University of New York and J. George Frederick, president Business Bourse, New York city.

Arthur applied for a passport on Thursday the 1st of May 1919.

56-year-old Arthur departed from, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, aboard the 45,647-ton ship Aquitania and arrived at Southampton Docks, Southampton, Hampshire England on Sunday the 8th of June 1919. It shows that Arthur was travelling alone. Arthur’s occupation was given as a Salesman. It shows that Arthur was a US citizen and the US was the country of last permanent residents.

The RMS Aquitania was an iconic ocean liner that sailed between 1914 and 1950. Built by the Cunard Line, it was one of the most celebrated vessels of its time, known for its size, elegance, and luxurious accommodations. Launched in 1913, it entered service just before World War I. During the war, it served as a troopship, ferrying soldiers across the Atlantic. Following the war, the Aquitania was refitted to resume its role as a passenger liner, setting the standard for luxury travel. It boasted lavish interiors, spacious public areas, and a reputation for excellent service. Its grandeur attracted both celebrities and regular travelers, earning a distinguished status in the transatlantic travel scene. Throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the Aquitania continued its prestigious voyages, offering a blend of opulence and comfort. However, with the outbreak of World War II, it once again played a vital role, serving as a troop transport, contributing to the war effort. Despite surviving the war, changes in the post-war travel landscape, including the rise of air travel, led to a decline in the demand for transatlantic voyages by ship. Consequently, the Aquitania was retired in 1950 after a remarkable career spanning several decades. It was then sold for scrapping, marking the end of an era for this magnificent vessel. The Aquitania remains a symbol of an era when ocean liners were the epitome of luxury and elegance, remembered for its contributions during times of conflict and its significant role in the history of maritime travel.

Arthur departed from Southampton Docks, Southampton, Hampshire, England, on Saturday the 6th of September 1919, travelling 1st class, aboard the Aquitania, sailing home to New York, United States Of America. It's States that Arthur is a 56-year-old Salesman and a US citizen. It also states that Arthur’s country of Permanent residents was a foreign country and the USA was the country of his future permanent residence.

Arthur arrived back in Newyork on the 13th of September 1919 after travelling for 7 days aboard the Aquitania. Unfortunately I can not give you any other information as the document is unreadable, sorry.

The same article was printed the following day, Wednesday, September 24, 1919, in The Buffalo News.

Arthur was mentioned in an newspaper article called, “160,000 SIGNERS FOR RED CROSS COUNTY'S QUOTA”, which was printed on page 14 of The Buffalo News on Monday, 27th October 1919. 
It reads, 
“160,000 SIGNERS FOR RED CROSS COUNTY'S QUOTA”
Organization for Third Roll CCall Completed - Mrs. Theodore M. Pomeroy to Direct the House-to-house Canvass.
With the organization for the third Red Cross roll call campaign complete and the opening date of the drive for about 160,000 members at $1 each in Erie County less than a week away, strenuous efforts will be made this week to complete all preparations. General Chairman Langdon B. Wood announced today.
"There is a considerable amount of work still to be done,” Mr. Wood said,
"but we are certain it will be accomplished in time to get the campaign underway on schedule and it is very gratifying to observe that interest in the movement is growing. As people realize not only what the Red Cross has done but is doing and is prepared to do, they will appreciate importance of continuing their membership in it. There is nothing that will pay such a splendid return in satisfaction as the investment of $1 in a year's membership in the Red Cross.
Headquarters Busy Spot.
The headquarters at Delaware avenue and West Huron street is growing busier day by day, and the attractive Red Cross posters are being displayed throughout the city. As a —————— large Red Cross sign, has been placed on a board alongside the city hall.
Everyone who passes there is certain to see it. Albert Hutter is arranging for signs on business places, Clement Kieffer Jr. will look after window displays, Red Cross films are to be shown under the supervision of Arthur C. Willats, wind-shield stickers will be placed on automobiles through the co-operation of Street Commissioner Schwartz and Secretary Dai H. Lewis of the Automobile club and the children in the schools as well as Boy Scouts will help by distributing cards' and posters. Red Cross with the word “Join” also are to be placed on trolley poles. 
Men, women and children who join the Red Cross again will be given the Red Cross buttons and window posters, bearing the figures, "1920.” Quite a few of those already have al been distributed, and in some places the membership campaign will be ended before the drive actually starts.
It will be opened next week with special sermons and announcements in the churches.
Red Cross workers will be authorized to obtain subscriptions for the Red Cross magazine, but this will be independent of the effort to get members. The subscription price is $1 a year, and the county's quota is 5000.
Since there are nearly that many subscribers for the publication now, it is expected that all will renew their subscriptions and that the new ones who will come along will make up the quota.
Selling Christmas Seals.
Chairman Wood has received the following notification from General John F. O'Ryan, chairman in the Atlantic division:
"By an agreement made this year, the sale of Red Cross Christmas seals will be in tie hands of the National Tuberculosis Association, and the funds derived from their sale will be expended only in promoting anti-tuberculosis work. The sale of these seals will be entirely distinct from the roll call campaign.
The Red Cross campaign is to be carried on through a house-to-house canvass, which is being directed by Mrs. Theodore M. Pomeroy; through of the industries, where the work will be in charge of Mrs. Thomas K. Mann; through the stores and public buildings, in charge of Mrs. Charles H. MeCullough Jr.; through the theaters, under the direction of Mrs. Ralph Brown and. Mrs. Charles F. Monroe; through booths, in charge of Mrs. Thomas Penney, and through moving-picture houses, in charge of Mrs. Charles Chapin.

From the 1919 US City Directory, Arthur was residing at Number 216 Main Street, Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States of America and working for the Buffalo Evening News, in 1919. His soon Richard is listed below. Richard Henry was a Salesman and was renting and residing at Number 51 East Delavan Avenue.

The 1920 United States Federal Census was taken on Thursday the 1st of January 1920. It shows Arthur was residing at Njmber 16, Robie Avenue, Buffalo Ward 20, Erie, New York, USA. It also shows us that Arthur was a single, white, 56-year-old male, working for a wage/salary as a Advertiser Manager for the Evening News. Arthur could read and write and was a roomier at the property Number 16, Robie Avenue. It states that Arthur immigrated in 1882 and was naturalized. Arthur’s native tongue was English and both his parents were from England.

Arthur was mentioned in The Buffalo News on Saturday, the 10th of April, 1920, it reads, 
AD WRITERS LEAVE FOR CANTON RALLY
Fifty Buffalo Men Attend Affiliation
FiIty advertising managers of Buffalo industries, and members of the
Butfalo Ad club left Buffalo last evening by special train to attend the
annual Advertising Affiliations convention in Canton, Ohio. They will
be joined by representatives from Rochester, Hamilton, Ont.: Cleveland,
Pittsburgh and Columbus, Ohio.
In addition to discussing the problems confronting the advertising man-
ager in this section of the country. Several nationally known speakers
will describe conditions in other portions of the United States. Charles R. Weirs of the Larkin company, and John J. Cronin of the H. A. Meldrum
company will address the convention today.
The following men left for Canton yesterday:
Arthur L. Dixon. A. C. Willats, O. L. Neal, John Beckley, Bruno Lipowitz. F. B Frazee, C. V. Merlau, C. M. Snow, G. W. Lydecker, Robert W. Morris, J. C. Bonning, Horton H. Heath, P. R. Cant, F. H. Greene, John J. Cronin, J. F. Melis, E. D. Anderson, Francis J. Robr, J.'H. Ford, H. T. Vars, James M Matthews, Charles R. Weirs, Fred McB, Dorris Clement Kieffer, Harry Grossman, J. C. Ruszkiewicz, Tolbert C. Miller, W. A. Allen, Ernest Leue, W. I. Peck, H. A. Meldrum, I. A. Wilson, A. G. Archer, W. R. Healy, E. Breitweiser, Dai H. Lewis, James C. Johnson, Raymond C. Smith, P. A. Kerns, J. E. Genrich, George H. Gilles, George E. Minthorn.

Arthur was also mentioned in The Buffalo Enquirer on Friday the 11th of June 1920, it partly reads, 
C. OF C. CRUISE 
Local Members Leave Tonight for Annual Voyage Among Thousand Islands.
Bound for the Thousand Islands, the good ship 'Happy Days. known. in the
marine directory as the Kingston, will lift anchor sometime tonight. when 400 joy seeking members of the Buffalo Chamber of Commerce start on their annual cruise.
The party will leave Bufalo on a special train from the exchange street 
depot promptly at 5 o'clock, state time. Arrival at Lewiston will be about two
hours later, where the gay voyagers will board the steamer, which will shelter
them until next Sunday night. Stops will be made at Alexandria Bay, Brockton and probably Kingston.
When the worthy bark reaches the three mile limit out in the lake the ship
will be turned over to Chairman E. J. Grabenstatter and his crew of funmakers. President Edward E. Koons and Secretary George C. Lehman will go on the trip. The following have signed up or the trip:

Sorry I have not listed all the names but our Arthur is among them.

Back in England, Arthur’s brother, 48-year-old, Architects Draftsman, Edwin Paul Willats, sadly passed away, on Monday the 5th of July 1920, at Number 52, Grove Park Road, Tottenham, Edmonton, Middlesex, England.Edwin died from Pulmonary Tuberculosis and Hemoptysis cardiac failure. No post-mortem was taken.
Edwin’s sister-in-law, Amelia Ellen Willats nee High, of 132, Landsdowne Road, Tottenham. was present and registered Edwin’s death on Tuesday the 6th of July 1920, in Edmonton.

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Chicago Tribune from Chicago, Illinois

The Willats family and friends laid Edwin Paul Willats, to rest at, Abney Park Cemetery, 215 Stoke Newington High Street, Stoke Newington, London, England, N16 0LH, in Section, D06, Index 7S03, on Saturday the 10th of July, 1920. He was buried with Baby Willats, Daisy Jean Maria Willats, Constance Margaret Thora Willats, Sophia Ann Willats and Edward Charlton.

Arthur was mentioned in a newspaper article called, “Orphans Enjoy Kiddies' Role in Modern Pied Piper Story” which was printed on page 26 of The Buffalo News, on Tuesday, 31st August 1920. Arthur was also featured in the first photo.
The article reads, 
Orphans Enjoy Kiddies' Role in Modern Pied Piper Story.
"News" Guests Just Reval in Lollypops and Other Goodies at Crystal Beach Outing.
A sort of modern Pied Piper of Hamelin Town story was enacted in Buffalo yesterday, with the EVENING NEWS playing the role of the piper. Its magic pipe was the deep-throated whistle of the Crystal Beach boat. At the sound of its echoing blast, out came a crowd of boys and girls, just as they did in the Brunswick city, all laughing, chattering, clattering down the street, and they were transported to what any modern child would consider a fairyland.
Of course they were not taken to a place where the horses have wings and where the streets were paved with gold as the Hamelin town children were. But they did go to a land where hot dogs were free, where lemonade and lollypops were to be had for the asking, where rides on the merry-go-round and the roller coaster and the miniature railroad cost never a penny.
And here the likeness between this modern event and the ancient tradition ends. There was no sad ending to this occasion. All the boys and girls were brought back home in safety last evening - comfortable, happy and tired.
It was the orphans' outing day at Crystal Beach and it was a day for upwards of 2000 children such as boys and girls with fond and indulgent parents seldom enjoy. All of the beach attractions were turned over to them during the hours they were at the resort.
Weather Was Ideal.
The weather was made to order for the occasion. The sun came out clear and warm and towards afternoon a stiff breeze began to blow across the lake. It sent the water in curling billows towards the shore. It was a perfect setting for a day of real sport on the beach. They took advantage of it by the hundreds. Lockers, bathing suits and towels were reserved for them at the bath house.
Those who were too small took off their shoes and stockings and waded along where the rollers washed the sand hard and smooth, They came out of the bath on the run. Scores of sun-tanned boys, brimming with energy. Girls with braided pig-tails streaming out behind them as they ran.
"Hey, lookit," was the universal cry. The cry would be followed by a splash into the water. The seeker after attention would dash out as far as his legs would carry him and then a white-capped roller would come along and bowl him over. Up he would come, blowing, puffing and laughing.
All Have Good Time.
"Watch me, watch me" would come from another. This one would essay a dive through a wave. He would grip his nose and push his head under water as the swell came along. He too would come up rubbing his face and head, and coughing, sputtering and laughing.
And so they played on the beach until it was time to get dressed for the boat. In the midway was a no less eager crowd of the devotees of fun.
They ran from one concession to another. They went from the merry-go-round to the roller coaster, from the roller coaster to the bump-the-bumps, from there to the whip. and then started all over again. They tried the skee ball gaOmes and the auto and pony races and many carried back kwpie dolls as souvenirs of the occasion.
All the time they wre being watched over by a group of men and women who found they had a busy but pleasant task on their hands.
"Phew." sighed Arthur Willats, an EVENING NEWS represntative ample waist line, who was beginning to wax warm in his job of keeping the youngsters in line at the hot dog stand.

Arthur's son, Richard Henry WILLATS and Emma Sawken’s engagement announcement was printed in the Buffalo Evening Times, on Saturday the 11th of September 1920, by Emma’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Sawken. It reads, 
WILLATS-SAWKEN. 
Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Sawken of Beverly Road, announces the engagement 
of their daughter, Emma to Mr. Richard H. Willats. The wedding to take 
place September 22d.

and in the Buffalo Courier Express on the Saturday the 11th of September, 1920.

The same article was also but in The Buffalo Evening News, on Monday the 13th of September, 1920.

and in the Buffalo Courier on Wednesday the 22nd of September 1920.

As well as, The Buffalo News on Wednesday 22nd September, 1920.

Back in England, Arthur’s brother, 63-year-old, Insurance Manager, Francis Montague Allan Willats, sadly passed away on Sunday the 19th of September 1920, at Wymondley Heathgate, Hendon, Middlesex, England. He died from Chronic interstitial hepatitis (several years), No post-mortem was taken. Francis’s son, Allen Montague Willats was present and registered his death on Tuesday the 22nd of September, 1920, in Hendon.

Francis Montague Allan Willats, was laid to rest, on Tuesday the 21st September 1920, at Highgate Cemetery, Camden, London, England, grave reference /40479. He was buried with 7 others, Frances Jessie Willats, Allan Montague Willats, Dorothy Beaumont Willats, Margaret Eliza Craddock, David Allan Willats, Margaret Jane Willats, and Horace Lennan Willats.

On Thursday, 23rd September, 1920, The Buffalo Courier printed an article about Arthur’s son Richard Henry Willats marriage to Emma Sawken.
It reads,

Willats- Sawken.

The marriage of Miss Emma A. Sawken, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Sawken of Beverly Road, to Richard H. Willats was solemnised yesterday morning at 9.30 o’clock at St. Vincent’s church. The Bride wore a gown of white georgette over satin and a white picture hat and carried bride roses. Her attendant, Miss Mary Carberry, wore pink organdie and a French blue hat and Carr pink roses tied with blue ribbon. George Ludwig was best man. A wedding breakfast for immediate family followed at the home of the bride’s parents. Covers were laid for fourteen. The house was decorated with pink and white asters. Mr. And Mrs. John S. Sawken were among the guests. Mr. And Mrs. Willats have left for a motor trip to New York and will be home after November 1 at their home in Kensington avenue.

The Buffalo Courier Express also printed an article about Arthur’s son Richards wedding on Sunday the 26th of September 1920. 
It reads, 
Willats-Sawken
The marriage ot Miss Emma A. Sawken daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Sawken, to Richard. H. Willats was solemnised last Wednesday morning at 10 o’clock in Saint Vincents church, the Rev. Joseph Hummel officiating. The bride wore a gown ot white georgette crepe and carrled a arm bouquet of bride roses.
Miss Mary Carberry, bridesmaid was growned in pink organdie and carried
pink Roses. George R. Ludwig attended the bridegroom. The Ceremony was followed by a breakfast at the home ot the bride in Beverly road.
Covers were laid for fourteen at a table centered with pink and white asters. Mr. and Mrs.Willats have gone on an automoblle trip to the Adirondacks and will be at home at No. 157 Kensington avenue after November 16th.

And on Monday the 27th of September 1920, The Buffalo Courier Express, printed an article about Arthur’s son Richard’s wedding.
It reads,
Willats-Sawken.
The marriage of Miss Emma A. Sawken, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward
A. Sawken of No. 98 Beverly road, to Richard H. Willats of No. 53 East Delavan avenue took place on September 22d in Saint Vincent’s church ,the Rev. Father Joseph Hummel officiating. The bride, wore a white georgette
crepe gown over white satin, a white picture hat and carried bride roses
tied with white tulle. Miss Mary Carberry, bridesmaid, wore a pink organdie gown, a French blur hat and carried pink roses tied with blue tulle.
Mr. And Mrs. Willats are taking a trip to New York, Philadelphia and Atlantic City and will be at home at No. 161 Kenisington avenue after November 5th.

In 1920, Arthur is named in the US City Directories. It shows that Arthur was working for the Buffalo Evening News and was renting and residing at, Number 16, Robie Street, Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States of America. It also shows that his son Richard Henry Willats, was working as a salesman and was renting and residing at, Number 51 East Delavan Avenue.

Arthur’s first wife Josephine was mentioned under the name Mrs Arthur C. Willats, in a the DIED section, on page 2 of The Buffalo Times on Thursday, 3rd November 1921. 
It reads, 
“DIED”
CONLEY-November 2d, 1921, Магу, widow of the late Patrick Conley, mother of the late Mrs. A. C. Willats, Mrs. N. Hart, Mrs. H. S. Thompson, Mrs. William Haskin and Edward J. Conley. Funeral from her son's home, No. 63 Heath Street. Services Friday, 9:30 A. M. from St. Joseph's Church, Main Street.

The US Buffalo City Directory shows Arthur was renting and residing at Number 16, Robie Avenue, Buffalo, Erie, New York,United States of America, and working for the Buffalo Evening News in 1921. It also shows his son Richard was a sales manager for Arthur L Dixon and was renting Number 1, Beverly Road, Buffalo.

Arthur's photo was in a newspaper article called, “Do You Remember Way Back, When” which was printed on page 26 of The Buffalo News on Wednesday, 4th January 1922. 
It reads, 
Do You Remember Way Back, When.
Many of these men now prominent in business and professional circles were young bloods? It is a photo of the Buffalo delegation to the convention of the League of American Wheelmen, at Indianapolis, in August, 1896. Included in the picture are:
Standing, Herman Ambelan, Freddy Glimmer, Dai Lewis of Auto club, Henry Bear, William Ehm ann. Horace Lerch, Fred Fornes, Wait Wilson, Ex-Postmaster. Charles Bovine, Amos Batchelder, recently killed in an aeroplane accident, Henry Kraft, William G.Shrader, William Humphrey, Louis Debo and Philip Knapp.
Sitting: Arthur C. Willats, William Baker, "Eddie" Bald,World’s champion cyclist, and Richard C. Hill.

Arthur was mentioned in an article called, “RADIO BROADCASTING SETS NEW STANDARD” which was printed on page 30, of The Buffalo News on Wednesday, 24th May 1922. 
It reads, 
RADIO BROADCASTING SETS NEW STANDARD
Excellence of "Evening News" Concert Astounds Buffalo Pioneers of Wireless Telephony---Numbers Distinct.
Radio broadcasting attained a new standard in Buffalo in the concert arranged by the EVENING NEWS and transmitted last evening from WGR, the new radio station of the Federal Telephone & Telegraph company's plant in Elmwood Avenue.
Owners of receiving sets, real pioneers in radio telephony in Buffalo, listening in as the NEWS' program was presented last evening, asserted they had never heard a program which excelled in clarity or quality that was presented by the NEWS. Every number was clear, distinct and transmitted in such manner that it seemed the very mannerisms of the entertaining artists floated through the air and reached the thousands who heard the concert and other program features.
At the home of John G. Rieger, 15 Fairview place, radio editor of the NEWS, where is installed one ot the finest receiving sets in New York state, relatives of Leo Considine, one of the soloists, were among those "listening in." Mr. Considine's relatives declared the reproduction of his voice was perfect. They were astounded with the clarity of tone and faithfulness of reproduction.
Reads "Bedtime Story."
The NEWS program opened with & Thornton Burgess "Bedtime Story."
Every word was heard plainly and distinctly. Arthur C. Willats of the NEWS business staff, an expert reader, gave the story.
The Rev. John P. Boland, rector of Saint Lucy's church, gave an address in which he paid a tribute to motherhood. The rector's eloquent message was plainly heard in all parts of the Rieger home through use of a Magnavox, which magnifies the sound and enables them to be heard by a large group of listeners.
A group of three songs by Ruth I. Koehler were transmitted perhaps better than any musical number of the NEWS program. Miss Koehler's voice seemed ideal for broadcasting and her tones and enunciation were as clear as if she were standing within a few feet of the receiving station. Mr. Considine's voice also carried well, as did those of other soloists.
Listeners laughed when the Federal company's announcer made preliminary remarks before the first selection of John Powell's 65th Regiment band. The announcer said :
said: “The band will now play "March Militaire." The announcer was wrong. The band struck up the melody of "Leave Me With a Smile."
Admirably Transmitted.
The band's first number was admirably transmitted, but it was in "The Poet and Peasant" overture that the musicians were heard to best advantage. Using no drums, the bandsmen played the Von Suppe classic with unusual harmony for brass.
Every note of the melody was distinct and the undertones and accompaniment were reproduced with great fidelity to the score. Mr. Rieger said he had never heard a musical number which was so well received on the radio telephone in the many
months in which he has been listening to unseen entertainment.
Another band number which provided entertainment of unusual quality was "Kiss Me Again.” There were evidently experiments in progress as the final number was played because it was not received as distinctly as the others.
These experiments are being made constantly in broadcasting stations to determine the most favourable positions of musicians, speakers and others taking part in programs.
Mare A Rose, managing editor of The NEWS, told of the NEWS' pioneering in the early days of wireless telegraph, and assured those listening to last evening's concert that the NEWS will keep abreast of the radiophone development and will help it readers solve their radio problems.
Piano solos played by Helen Garrett Mennig, an exceptionally talented soloist, were received with distinctness, as were cornet solos by Louis Impellitier. Other program numbers included solos by Hazel Romaine and a recitation by Mr. Willats.
Navy Wireless Heard.
Several times during the evening the navy wireless station sent out brief messages in code. Because of the high power of the navy station these messages were beard above the broadcasting. The naval men were most considerate, confining their official business to the short intermissions between numbers.
While the Buffalo concert was in progress Schenectady and Pittsburgh were also broadcasting programs. By readjustment of receiving sets the Schenectady program could be plainly heard while numbers were being given at the 'Federal plant. Atmospheric conditions were such that Pittsburgh's program was not plainly heard at all times.
Announcements were made last evening by L. B. Weller of the Federal company.
The NEWS this morning began receiving reports that its concert had been heard and appreciated in many cities and villages of Western New York. It is expected that reports will later be received indicating that the concert was heard at considerable distance from Buffalo.

Arthur was mentioned in a newspaper article in the, “The Social Chronicle”, section, of The Buffalo Evening News,which was printed on page 12, on Tuesday, 27th June, 1922. 
It reads, 
The members of the business officers nad heads of the various departments of "The News" held their annual picnic at the home of Mr and Mrs. J. W. Rosenbach, Millgrove near Bowmansville, last evening.
The tables for the supper were set on the lawn under the trees, covers being laid for 100 and the decorations were vases of daisies and roses. Mr. Arthur Willats read a poem written especially for the occaxion, a few after dinner speeches were made and a gift presented to Mrs. Rosenbach, by Mr. Louis Schneider. After a program of races, for which prizes were awarded, there was dancing in the barn, an orchestra providing the music. Miss Katherine Rathman was in charge of the arrangements asisted by Miss Ellen Beamer and Miss Anne Clark.

Back in the United Kingdom, Arthur’s brother, 67 years old, formerly Director of Limited Companies, Henry Richard Willats, passed away on Monday the 27th of November 1922, at 23 Barnmead Road, Beckenham, Bromley, Kent, England. Henry died from Chronic Nephritis 10 years and Cardinal Failure 6 months. Their brother Walter James Willats of 132 Lansdowne Road, was in attendance and registered Henry’s death on the same day as his death, Monday the 27th of November, 1922, in Bromley.

The Willats family laid, Henry Richard Willats to rest, on Friday the 1st of December 1922, at Abney Park Cemetery, 215 Stoke Newington High Street, Stoke Newington, London, England, N16 0LH. His was buried in a family grave and was buried with Baby Thornton, Florence Jose Western nee Willats, Harry Ashley Willats, William Western Thornton, and Amelia Willats.

Arthur was mentioned in a newspaper article called, “KINGLY FOOD FOR ALL NOW ASSURED”, which was printed on page 12 of the The Buffalo Times on Tuesday the 5th of June 1923. 
It reads,
KINGLY FOOD FOR ALL NOW ASSURED
A. C. Monagle of New York Addresses Manufacturers' Representatives.
Upwards of 100 grocers' trade buyers of Western New York and Pennsylvania were the banquet guests last night of the Buffalo Association of Manufacturers' Reprenentatives at the Hotel Statler The meeting, according to F. Willam Buse, president of the association, had as its objectives the correcting of trade abuses, the promoting of good fellowship and the exchange of merchandising information.
A. C. Monagle of New York, general sales manager of the Royal Distributing Co., Inc., declared that through the present system of merchandising foodstuffs, even the poorest workman can provide his family with a quality and variety of food products, which kings of old would have considered a luxury.
Max Monagle said that the grentest majority of manufacturers today are not only keenly Interested in maintaining the high standard of purity of their products in order to meet the requtrement of the pure food law, but are endeavoring to eftect a higher standard than has ever been reached before.
The fluctuations in the price of Mr. Monagle, and he expressed the opinion that, when the public realized that the average grocer and manufacturer, as well as the jobber, are constantly seeking new low cost means of merchandising their products, much misunderstanding will be eliminated.
Advertising Benefits Consumers.
The confidence of the housewife in manufacturers' produets, according to Mr. Monagle, in shown by the great number of children buyers. Advertising, he said, is responsible for the wide range of food and grocery products used generally today.
Joseph F. Melia, advertising manager of the Buffalo Evening News told of the great strides taken in scientific advertising during the past few years, and pointed out that the profits, which manufacturers are now enjoying and which have come to be accepted as common, are built upon an advertising foundation.
Charles M. Snow, the representative of the Buffalo Association of Manufacturers, entertained with stories, Harry C. Elwood, of the Colonial Salt Co., was toastmaster." Members of the association are W. F. Boland, H. W. Bosserman, F. William Buse, William M. Cousins, Christopher Dorn, Thomas L. Eagan, Harry C. Elwood, R. L. Fitzwater, F. D. Goodyear, Thomas S. Gorton, J. H. Handley, Stanley Hawkins, H. S. Huges C. J. Irwin, Otto Kahl, M. W. Killean, Harry J. Klein, Edward W. Koch, Roy C. Moore, R. H. Parker, J. Jo Quealy, Leo Shupe, Harry Simpson, Charles M. Snow, T. W. Spaulding, J. F. Taggart, Bert Thomas, Frea Walters and Arthur C. Willats.
According to President Buse, it is the intention of the association to make the banquets an annual affair.

Arthur was mentioned in an article called, “Listening In" on Buffalo Business.”, which was printed on page 12 of The Buffalo News, on Saturday, 6th October 1923. It is a very long article so I have only written out the part Arthur is mentioned in. 
It reads as follows, 
"Listening In" on Buffalo Business.
By WILLIAM GRANT BARNEY
Newspaper Advertising's Value as shown by the recent New York pressmen's strike, when the department and other retail stores were left with bare aisles because they could not get their offerings before the public through the daily papers, is a story that has been told in extenso. But it is by no means as generally known that the bankers and financial men of New York were hit hard by the same lack and while the newspapers failed to come out, or bore no advertising, the financial business of the metropolis experienced a startling and painful decline.
"Bankers and financial houses were never wholly convinced of the value of newspaper advertising," writes Arthur C. Willats, editor of the Ad-viser.
"They were purchasers of a certain amount of space but they were not at all enthusiastic about it. They are enthusiastic about it now, however, and one result of the pressmen's strike in New York will be the appearance of an increased volume of newspaper space used by them.
"With the lessons taught them fresh in their minds, the bankers and brokers of New York are now very generous in their estimate of the value of newspaper advertising. 'It is impossible to market the majority of bond issues successfully without proper newspaper publicity regarding them', said one banker, who in past years has been frankly dubious of the value of the space his house was using. Henceforth he announces, he will be a constant and liberal user of newspaper space."
For some reason, the financial interests for years have curiously misjudged human nature.
They have apparently thought that somehow men and women were different about the things they wanted in the matter of securities and financial service from the way they wanted others' things.
Financial advertising in the papers has been brief and too frequently lacking in interest or appeal. Conservation has been carried to the limit. The only effective financial advertising is that of new security offerings and those are put off in a painfully conventional form
If the New York pressmen's strike has at last made the New York bankers and financial men see a light in the matter it will be a good thing for both them and for the papers.

Arthur’s Father,89-year-old, Richard Henry Willats sadly died, on Thursday the 22nd of November, 1923, at, 34B Portsdown Road, Paddington, London, England. Richard died from, Bronchitis and Senility, the state of being senile, down to the weakness or mental infirmity of old age. Arthur’s brother, Percy Sidney Willats of 27 Kings Road, Finsbury Park, was present and registered his father’s death on Saturday the 24th of November, 1923. Percy, gave Richards occupation as a retired, auctioneer and surveyor.

The Willats family laid her father Richard Henry Willats, to rest, on Tuesday the 27th of November, 1923, at Abney Park Cemetery, 215 Stoke Newington High Street, Stoke Newington, London, England, N16 0LH, in grave number 092431 in Plot D06 with his wife, Eliza Willats nee Cameron, his sons Francis Paul Willats and Percy Sidney Willats. And his Stepson/nephew William George Willats. (My 3rd Great-Grandfather.)

Arthur’s sister, 64-year-old Charlotte Ellen Crosbie, widow of medical student, Pierce William Crosbie, sadly passed away on Saturday the 5th of April, 1924, at her home, number 34 Portsdown Road, Paddington, London, England. Charlotte died from, Cardiac Disease (mitral) and Hemiplegia. Edith Cameron Charlton Nee Willats, of number 27 Kings Road, Finsbury Park was present and registered her sister Charlotte’s death on Monday the 7th of April 1924 in Paddington, London, England.

Charlotte siblings laid her to rest, at Abney Park Cemetery, 215 Stoke Newington High Street, Stoke Newington, London, England, N16 0LH, on Wednesday the 9th of April 1924, in grave 127434 possibly renumbered 17434, (Grave Reference – Sec. I09, Index 7S08.) with Baby Crosbie, Amina Eliza Kathleen Reichert nee Charlton, Mabel Cameron Woollet Willats, and Eliza Smith (Charlotte Ellen Crosbie companion).

Arthur applied for a Passport on the 28th May 1924.

Arthur was featured in a newspaper article called “A Full Page of Pictures from All Over the World Daily for "News" Readers.”, which was printed on page 21, of The Buffalo Evening News on Friday, 27th June 1924. 
It reads, 
Arthur C. Willats of the EVENING NEWS advertising staff will sail from New York, on the S. S. Olympic July 6. While abroad he will attend the sessions of the convention of the Associated Advertising Clubs of the World in London. Mr. Willats will make a tour of Scotland and visit Paris while in Europe, returning about September 1.

Arthur left New York, America aboard the White Star Line S/S Olympic which arrived at Southampton Docks, Southampton, Hampshire, England on Friday the 11th of July 1924. It shows that Arthur’s proposed address in the United Kingdom was 34b. Portsdown Road, Maida Vale. Arthur was a 60-year-old US citizen and was workingas a salesman. His country of last permanent residence was the U.S.A.

The RMS Olympic was a grand and illustrious ocean liner operated by the White Star Line from 1911 to 1934. It was the lead ship of the Olympic class, a trio of sister ships that included the Titanic and the Britannic. Constructed by the renowned Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, Ireland, the Olympic was an engineering marvel of its time. With a length of approximately 882 feet and a tonnage exceeding 46,000 tons, it stood as one of the largest ships during its era.
Designed by Thomas Andrews, the Olympic boasted luxurious accommodations and innovative safety features. Its interiors were adorned with opulent furnishings, a grand staircase, and extensive recreational facilities, catering particularly to first-class passengers. The ship primarily operated on the transatlantic route between Southampton, England, and New York City, gaining a reputation for reliability and comfort.
Throughout its service, the Olympic encountered a few incidents. In 1911, it collided with the British warship HMS Hawke, resulting in substantial damage to both vessels. Despite this collision, the Olympic demonstrated its robust construction by managing to return to port without external assistance.
Unlike its sister ship, the Titanic, which tragically sank in 1912, the Olympic enjoyed a long and distinguished career. After more than two decades of service, it was retired in 1934. Its legacy remains embedded in maritime history, symbolizing an era of opulence and luxury in transatlantic travel. The Olympic’s design and construction represented the pinnacle of early 20th-century shipbuilding, leaving an indelible mark on the world of ocean liners.

Arthur was mentioned in the “Around the Town” section of The Evening Buffalo News, which was printed on page 16, on Thursday, 31st July 1924. 
It reads, 
THE SPECTACLE OF a burial at sea is rather novel. Arthur C. Willats of the EVENING NEWS advertising staff, who is in Europe, witnessed the burial in mid-Atlantic of a 12-year-old Italian girl who died from congenital heart disease. Dr. Joseph P. Burns, noted child specialist of Philadelphia, who also was a witness to the burial, wrote a description of the scene, which Mr. Willats has sent to the NEWS.
"An Italian priest read the burial service," writes Dr. Burns.
" "The corpse was covered with the British flag and quite a display of ceremonial etiquette was given to the solemn occasion. The stewards in neat uniforms lined in formation as the sailors carrying the bier approached the porthole opened for the funeral. They rested their burden upon a temporary support.
"Representatives of the entire crew, from the second senior officer down to the humblest waiter attended. Even the doctor who had attended the unfortunate girl was there.
"After the prayers for the dead had been recited, an order was given to consign the body to the deep. The flag was loosened from around the feet and at a given signal the wooden grating was lifted at the head until the proper angle was reached. Then the body slipped off of the grating feet first. The feet were weighted down with iron.
"There was a sudden plunge into a sullen sea, a sickening splash and the waves rolled over as though nothing had happened.
"The crescent moon cast her faint silvery light over the watery grave, then hid her face behind the dark, threatening clouds. All was over.
"The mother of the girl was not on deck. She probably had been advised not to see the last sad rites.
"There is no sadder spectacle than | a burial at sea. I have seen stouthearted 'tars' sob as a bereaved mother would over the loss of a cherished son, when death had snatched one of the crew from their midst."
Dr. Burns was a sailor on H. M. S. Minotaur in the British Navy under Admiral Seymour in 1878.

The 1925, publication of the U.S., City Directories, shows us Arthur was renting and residing at Number 10, Robie Avenue, Buffalo Ward 20, Erie, New York, United States of America and was working as an Advertister for the Buffalo Evening News. His son Richard was also listed as working for Dixon Motor Inc and residing at Number 25 Stratford Road, Buffalo Ward 20, Erie, New York, United States of America.

The 1925 census was taken on Monday the 1st of June 1925. It shows Arthur boarding at Number 16 Robie Avenue, the home of Maud E Bartlett.
It states the Arthur was a White 62 year old male, who was born in England. Arthur had been a US citizen for 50 years and was working in advertising and was of working class.

Arthur was named in an article called, “Buffalo Ad Club Cruisers to Be Greeted in Montreal Tonight” which was printed on page 17 of The Buffalo Evening Times on Friday, 12th June 1925. The article lists rather a lot of names which I have not included in the transaction of the article.
The article reads as follows, 
Arriving in Prescott at 10 o'clock this morning, the 200 members of the Greater
Buffalo Advertising Club cruising to Montreal over the weekend, boarded the steamer Prince for the run of the rapids.
Montreal will be reached tonight where the Buffalo ad men will be greeted by the Montreal Publicity Association and the lord mayor. Dinner will be served at one of the Montreal hotels.
The members left Buffalo last night by way of the New York Central to Lewiston where
they embarked on the steamer Kingston.
On board the ship the guests were entertained by Hart Hopkins and his Piddle Puppers. A bridge tournament was engaged in and Armbruster's orchestra furnished music.
Day of Sightseeing.
Saturday will be devoted to sightseeing Montreal. Those who prefer to play golf may do so on links in Montreal or one in Alexandria Bay.
This will be featured by a contest between golfers from the Buffalo party and from the Montreal publicity men.
The party will leave the Canadian city at 9 o'clock Saturday night and will take a train to Prescott where the Kingston will again be boarded.
A stopover will be made at Alexandria Bay at 6:30 o'clock Sunday morning where members may attend church. Buffalo will be reached at 8:30 o'clock Monday morning.
Members of Party.
The members of the cruising party are as follows: (List of names including Arthur.)

The 1926, publication of the U.S., City Directories, shows us Arthur was renting and residing at Number 10, Robie Avenue, Buffalo Ward 20, Erie, New York, United States of America and was working as an salesman for the Buffalo Evening News. His son Richard was listed below, firstly under the name Dick Inc (Richard H Willats) working selling automobiles at 2235 Main Street, Buffalo and secondly, as Richard H (Dick Willats Inc) residing at 125 Stratford Road, Buffalo.

Arthur was an newspaper article called, “KOCH HEADS GROCERY MANUFACTURERS' ASS'N”, which was printed on page 15, of The Buffalo Evening News, on Wednesday, 15th December 1926. 
It reads, 
KOCH HEADS GROCERY MANUFACTURERS' ASS'N
The Buffalo Grocery Manufacturers Representatives' Association held its annual banquet Monday evening in the Hotel Buffalo. The officers elected for the new year Include: President, Edward W. Koch, 81 Bedford avenue; first vice president, Otto Kahl; second vice president, Theo dore C. Tait; secretary treasurer, Willam M. Cousins; directors, Herbert S. Hughes, Charles J. Stewart, Robert H. Bertolette and Willis H. Lytle, Arthur C. Willats was toastmaster.

The 1927, publication of the U.S., City Directories, shows us Arthur was renting and residing at Number 10, Robie Avenue, Buffalo Ward 20, Erie, New York, United States of America and was working in advertising for the Buffalo Evening News. Arthur was also named as secretary treasurer for his sons Richards business Dick Inc.
Richard was named under, Dick Inc R H Willats, working as the President at 2335 Main Street, Buffalo. Vice President was Earl E Green. Richards residence was listed as Number 125 Stratford Road.

Arthur was mentioned in a newspaper article called, “British Editors Visiting America - Byrd Leaves for Antarctic Trip”, which was printed on page 25 of The Buffalo Evening News on Wednesday, 3rd October 1928. 
It reads, 
Winners in the National Miniature Aircraft tournament, sponsored by the Buffalo Evening News and the local Department of Playgrounds, were awarded the News prizes the other day. Left to right: Arthur C. Willats, who presented the trophies ana medals on behalf of the News; Charles C. Harper, Elmer Bremer, Floyd Kowalak, William Mueller, Fred R. Hopkins Jr., Glenn Reichman, George Maul, Robert W. Beck, William Esslinger, Edmund Walty, Edward Huntzinger and Albert Mueller.
(Evening News Staff Photo.)

Arthur was mentioned in a newspaper article called, “Model Plane Contest Trophies Are Awarded by Evening News”, which was printed on page 14 of The Buffalo Evening News, on Wednesday, 3rd October 1928. It reads, 
Model Plane Contest Trophies Are Awarded by Evening News
Glenn Reichman and Charles C. Harper, Buffalo Prize Winners, to Participate in National Tournament.
Silver trophies, shields and medals engraved appropriately in aeronautical designs, were presented to the winners of the recent national miniature aircraft tournament at the Buffalo Evening News Monday afternoon.
The tournament was sponsored locally by the Evening News and the Buffalo department of parks and Playgrounds, represented by Joseph F, Suttner, director of recreation.
The prizes, given by the Evening News, were presented by Arthur C. Willats on behalf of the newspaper.
Names of the boys receiving prizes follow:
Indoor Division--1, Glen Reichman, Humberstone, Ont.; 2, Robert W. Bock, 528 Harlem avenue, Snyder, N. Y.: 3, Willlam Esslinger, 36 Rodney avenue, Buffalo; 4, Edmund Walty, 76 Pries avenue, Buffalo, 5, George Maul, 124 Victoria avenue, Buffalo,
Outdoor Division—1, Charles C. Har-per, Angola, N. Y.: 2, Floyd Kowalak, 233 Oneida street, Buffalo; 3, Frederick R. Hopkins, 195 Bryant street, Buffalo: 4, Walter Chappelle, 1024 Elmwood avenue, Buffalo; 5, Elmer Bremer, 525 Sherman street, Buffalo.
Scale Division-1, Edward Hunt-inger, 151 Theodore street, Buffalo; 2, Albert Mueller, 28 Peach street, Buf-falo; 3, Fred R. Hopkins, 195 Bryant street, Buffalo; 4, William Mueller, R8 Peach street, Buffalo.
News Guests at Resort.
Glenn Reichman and Charles C. Harper, accompanied by Joseph F. Suttner, who superintended the competitions, will leave Wednesday as guests of the Buffalo Evening News for Atlantic City, to participate In the national tournament conducted by the Playground and Recreation Assoclation of America.
Reichman and Harper also were winners in the Airplane Model League of America tournament, sponsored in Western New York by the Buffalo Evening News, and represented this district at the national competitions held In Detroit last June.
The News' party will register at Haddon Hall, Atlantic City. The main competitions will be held on Friday and Saturday.
The tournament officials are as follows:
Chief Judge, Edward P. Warner, assistant secretary for aeronautics, Navy department;-
assistant chief Judge, Arthur T. Noren, National Recreation school, technical adviser, Paul Edward Garber, Smithsonian Institute, whose articles are published every week in the Buffalo Evening News Saturday Magazine; clerk of course, John Martin; recorder, Arthur Williams, announcer, H. C. Callowhill.
Attractions Are Free.
Complimentary admission to the various boardwalk attractions has been arranged for all national contestants through the courtesy of the Atlantic City committee, and on Friday, Oct. 5, at 12:30 P. M., the contestants and officials of the tournament will have a luncheon together at Chalfonte-Haddon Hall. Dr. Frederick W. Maroney will be tonstmaster.
The Atlantic City committee has arranged for all necessary transportation to and from Haddon Hall. The indoor events will be held in the Municipal auditorium on Friday. evening, Oct. 5.
The complete list of contestants eligible to compete In the Atlantic City finals follows:
Name, City, Class
Atwater. Robert….. Eimira, N. Y. Junior
Becker. John…..Baltimore, Md. Junior
Bell, George…..Washington, D. C, Junior
Bentley, George P…..Boston, Mass. Junior
Borchardt, Gerald…..Oak Park, 111, Senior
Boyce, Robert.....Pittsburgh, Pa. Senior
Bruce, Douglas…..Washington, D, C, Senior
Cone. Harry…..Elmira, N. Y. Senior
Crawford. Daryl……Knoxville, Tenn, Junior
Dawson, John…..Evanston, Ill. Junior
Dorsey, Herbert…..Washington, D.C. Senior
Duncan, Robert….. Elmira, N. Y, Junior
Fallert, Alvin….. Glendale, Cal. Junior
Fish, E. C…..Washington D, C. Junior
Fish, Lloyd…..Washington, D. C. Senior
Frankel, Morey G……Boston, Mass. Senior
Greiner, Charles…..Reading, Pa. Junior
Harms, Edward…..Evanston, Hl, Junior
Harper. Charles…..Buffalo, N. Y. Senior
Hoeflich, Ralph……San Franciseo. Senior
Horn, Arthur……Boston, Mass, Senior
Hyde, Robert…..Elmira, N. Y. Senior
Klein, Charles J…..Baltimore, Md. Senior
Klinger, Evans……San Francisco, Junior
Kohl, Elmer…..Reading, Pa, Junior
Kronfelt, Arthur……Boston, Mass. Senior
Kuring, William……San Francisco, Senior
Leonard, Robert……San Diego, Cal, Senior
Liljegren, Gustav……Boston, Mass. Senior
Lockwood, D…….Chicago, 1.. Senior
Loper, Robert…..Topeka, Kan. Junior
Marcouiller. Ernest…..Eranston, Il. Senior
Marhowitz, Nathan……Boston, Mass, Junior
McCoy. Ernest…..Detroit, Mich, Senior
Miller, E……Chicaco, HI. Senior
Moffatt, William…..Muneie Ind. Juntor
Morris, Tudor……Peru. Ind. Senior
Myers. R……Chicago. 111. Senior
Novak, George…..Detroit, Mich, Junior
O'Donoran, Edwin……Topeka, Kan. Junior
Osborne, Joe……Muncie, Ind. Senior
Perl, Bud……SanDiego, Cal. Senior
Petroff, Oleg……Montclair, N.J. Junior
Plasewiez, Charles…..Boston, Mas. Junior
Radovich. John……San Francisco, Junior
Raisor, Kenneth……Muncle, Ind, Junior
Rasner, Virgil…..Port, Ind. Senior
Reed, Harold…….Topeka, Kan.Junior
Reitze, Wubur……Baltimore, Md. Senior
Rich, Harley……Knoxville, Tenn, Junior
Reichman, Glenn……Buffalo, N.Y. Senior
Robbins. Thomas……Washington, D. C.Junior
Shetland, Donald……Providence, R. T. Junior
Simeox, Burton…..Knoxville, Tenn. Senior
Salisbury. Frank……Washington, D. C, Junior
Stout. Eruest…..Washington, D. C. Junior
Waselewsky, Stanley…..Boston, Mass. Junior.
Wilby. Langfitt…..Washington, D.C. Junior
Yohe. Melwyn…..Pittsburch, Pa. Junior
Zimberg, Nat.……Detroit, Mich. Senior
Contestant medals will be given to all who fly their model aeroplanes at Atlantle City, Gold, silver and bronze medals will be awarded to the winners of first, second and third places, respectively, in each event.
Winner to Get Cup.
In competition for all-round championship, a handsome cup will be awarded to each of the three Juniors and three seniors scoring the highest number of points in all events indoor and outdoor.
In addition, the national committee will award a medal to the all-around champion of each local tournament.
Cups and medals have been donated by the magazine "Popular Aviation."
The Atlantic City meet marks the second National Playground Miniature Aircraft tournament, conducted by the Playground and Recreation Association of America in connection with the National Recreation Congress.
The national committee in charge of the tournament Includes: Orville Wright, chairman; Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, associate chairman; Porter Adams, president of the National Aeronautical Association of the U.S.A.; Commander Richard E. Byrd, U. S Navy; F, Trubee Davison, assistant secretary for aeronautics, war department; Harry Guggenheim, president of the Daniel Guggenheim fund for the promotion of aeronautics; Clifford B Harmon, president of the International League of Aviators; Joseph Lee, president of the Playground and Recreation Association of America; William P. MacCracken Jr, assistant secretary for aeronautics, department of commerce; Col, Theodore Roosevelt and Edward P Warner, assistant secretary for aeronauties, navy department.
The outdoor division events will be held Friday afternoon on Brigantine Beach, and on Saturday at Bader Field.
Charles C. Harper will be Buffalo's representative in these events. In the indoor events, Glenn Reichman, the Canadian boy, will compete as this district's representative.

The 1928, publication of the U.S., City Directories, shows us Arthur was renting and residing at Number 10, Robie Avenue, Buffalo Ward 20, Erie, New York, United States of America and was working in advertising for the Buffalo Evening News. His son was also named under, Dick Inc R H Willats, working as the President of the treasury, of Automobiles at 2335 Main Street, Buffalo. Richards wife Emma was Vice President.

Arthur’s brother, 64-year-old stockbroker, Walter James Willats, passed away on Friday the 29th of March 1929, at Number 163, Camden Road, St Pancras, London, England. Walter died from Myocarditis, Bronchitis and Cardiac Failure. His nephew P Champion, of Number 163 Camden Road, St Pancras, was present and registered Walter’s death on Tuesday the 2nd of April 1929 in St Pancras, London. At present, I have not located Walter’s resting place.

Arthur was mentioned in a newspaper article printed on page 1 and 21 of The Buffalo Evening News, on Thursday, 7th March 1929.
The articles were called “COOKING SCHOOL SURPRISES TODAY” and “SURPRISE DAY TODAY AT COOKING SCHOOL continued from Page 1”. They read as follows,
COOKING SCHOOL SURPRISES TODAY
"White Elephant's Party" Tonight Will Be Added Feature of Course Sponsored by News.
Thursday is "surprise day" at the Buffalo Evening News Cooking school in Elmwood Music hall. Surprises all day, afternoon and evening, 11 pleasant ones. Friday will be “party day.” Tat makes three interesting sessions before the News' fourth annual cooking school comes to a close. Two highly successful sessions have already been completed. That makes five in the course, one more than usual.
The extra session, and the big surprise feature of the whole school is the "White Elephant's party" Thursday evening. To it are invited particularly persons who are unable, because of their work, to get to the afternoon classes. This means business women and girls and men-husbands, sweethearts and unattached men who are interested in good meals-all men, in a word. In fact, the party is being named for the men, "White elephants"-that signifies things loved and cherished, but always in the way.
WIll Have Assistant.
Miss Jessie M. De Both, popular young conductor of the school, says she will have one of the best known of Buffalo's "mere men" on the platform as her assistant. She promises she will teach him some things about cooking that will make him an invaluable aid in any well-conducted home, and guarantees that he will be a finished cook when he leaves the Elmwood stage. She wouldn't say just what she meant by "finished." Any-way, one of the city's prominent male citizens is going to take a chance.
At this party, as at the other sessions there will be stacks of prizes to be given away to the lucky men and women.
Thursday afternoon's class will be given over to a demonstration of "general cookery." Miss De Both will show her pupils how to cook meats, vegetables, desserts; most everything. She says a lot of unexpected things are goIng to happen. She won't tell what they are, though. "Secret; but just you watch!" she advised.
Hall Opened Early.
Everybody had a great time Wednesday, at the second session of the school. Snow flurries in the morning didn't scare the women a bit, and a huge crowd was on hand as the school swung into its second afternoon. Before noon the big hall was more than half full. Authorities at the hall reported that some patient women were there as early as 9:30 o'clock. Shotly after 10 it was necessary to open the doors because a large crowd was blocking the sidewalks. The hall had not been scheduled to open until noon.
Extra seats had been moved in, and fewer persons were obliged to stand than on the opening day, though even with these special arrangemeuts some hundreds were unable to get seats.
Mrs. Pitts Opens School.
Mrs. Alice Fox Pitts, women's feature editor of the News, opened the school promptly at 2 o'clock and intro-(Continued on Page 91, Column 1)
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duced Miss De Both. She declared that though she was there in an official capacity she would have come anyway, to learn how to make baking powder biscuits that would rise. A murmur of sympathy rose from the audience.
Mrs. Pitta, whor* magazine articles are well-known and widely read, admitted that she wasn't an unqualified success as a biscuit maker. "For the last ten years," she said,
"I've been attempting to make baking powder biscuits for Sunday night supper, and they haven't risen once. “Certainly.” she declared, when the laughter had died down, no one is better able to remedy this end situation, than Miss De Both. As you all realize, she is the finest cooking instructor in the country today."
News Presents Best.
Mrs. Pitta told her hearers how Miss De Both was selected from the whole field of home economics specialists because of her superiority. "And the News is never satisfied to give the people of Buffalo anything less than the best," she declared.
"This holds true also in the selection of all our newspaper features." she added. "When you see a new story starting in the News, like "Carter & Daughter, Inc." which began Monday, it means that a committee of the News staff has read 20 or 30 books to select that one because of its high merits.
Every time a new feature appears you may know it has been chosen from literally hundreds submitted to the News,' she told her hearers. "We try to select the ones that you will find interesting, instructive and entertaining. Time and money are never stinted to give you the best newspaper teatures available."
School Lasted Three Hours.
The speaker urged the women to let the News know how they feel about the various features the paper is publishing. "Our féature pages are conducted for you, and we are always glad to know whether they please you," she said.
Then she welcomed Miss De Both who appeared in a spring-like costume of pale green silk, and turned over the school to her.
There followed three hours during which the women listened to the newest ideas in cookery, laughed it the fun-making of Miss De Both and Arthur C Willats of the News staff, who has won a big place in the hearts of those attending the school; sampled the cookery handed out by Miss De Both, and some of them received the many prizes which were given, ranging from an electric washing machine to large clothes hampers full of good things to eat.
Amplifiers Fall to Work.
The only trouble in the whole afternoon came when something happened to the amplifiers, and they stubbornly refused to ampllfy. But the audience heartily enjoyed the situation and it gave Miss De Both a chance to look around greet old friends in the audience and chat with those near the stage. It gave Mr. Willats, who has a voice as big as he is, opportunity to tell and show what was going to be given away in the big hampers. He scared the women a little when he threatened to drop a big bottle of
ammonia.
It didn't take long to fix the amplifiers, and it was only a few minutes before Miss De Both could be heard plainly all over the hall again.
Balanced Meals.
Miss De Both discussed balanced meals during the class, and demonstrated the preparation of several. She did much of her cooking on the gas range which was given an a prize at the opening session Tuesday, and which will be delivered to the winner at the close of the school.
One of the triumphs of the afternoon was the huge broiled steak, whose fragrance wafted over the audience, making noses wiggle longingly and eyes look covetously.
"Many persons don't broil a steak right," Miss De Both said as she took from the hands of her assistant the big, inch and a half uncooked steak.
"You can broil any kind of meat the same way as this," she continued.
How to Season Meat.
Then she took the outer skin from the suet, cut down through the suet to the lean meat at Intervals all around the steak, wiped the meat off with a damp cloth and spread a littie olive oil on each side. "That keeps it soft and it doesn't get crusty," she explained.
"Never season meat until the blood has coagulated." the warned.
"The seasoning extracts the juices and makes the meat tough."
Miss De Both spread a little mustard on the meat next "Not necessary; do it if you like it. I do.” she, said. And then she put it in the broiler to cook until brown on each side.
A plank might have been used, she said.
When the steak was done, brown and of a fragrance, maddeningly delicious so long after lunch time, she seasoned it with salt and pepper and then poured over it some of the fats which had dripped fom the suet in the cooking. As if that weren't enough, she made for it a mushroom cap garnish.
Kitchen Fashion Show.
Large cooked mushroom caps, filled with chopped red and green peppers were placed artistically bout the steak on a huge platter. Sprigs of parsley added the final decorative touch. And then the steak went on paradé, carried up and down the aisles by one of the white uniformed "101" girls. who are assisting at the school.
Mr. Willats, during this triumphal progress of the steak had been conducting the kitchen fashion show which is a feature of the school. He had been holding forth enthusiastically on the merits of the various house dresses as displayed by two pretty girls from a local department store. When the steak appeared on the stage and he caught the fragrance he left "a charming little model in printed voile" in the middle of the sentence and wandered hungrily after the steak, to the huge amusem*nt of the audience.
Dinner Given as Prize.
A meat ring was another dish made by Miss De Both. As she fixed It, it was a whole meal, a ring of meat, with the center filled with vegetables, and the whole thing as pretty a picture as could be.
In such a combinntion, Miss De Both said, the housewife may have an economical and yet attractive and delicious meal. She proved it. The dinner went as a prize.
There were dozens of dishes demonstrated by Misa De Both, carrying out the idea of the balanced meal, and many a tip on meal planning and preparation was jotted down in the notebooks of her hearers.
Fruit muffins were one of the things for which she gave a basic recipe. Miss De Both is keen on "basic recipes." You learn the one recipe and then you can make half a dozen changes, or more, it you are imaginativé, on it.
Recipe for Muffins.
The muffins were made from three cups of flour, one and three-quarters cups of milk, one egg, two tablespoons of melted butter, one teaspoonful salt, three teaspoonsful of baking powder, four tablespoonsful sugar and three quarters of a cup of frult.
Miss De Both mixed the two cups of flour, the salt, baking powder and sugar. Then she added the butter, milk and well-beaten egg, and finally the fruit, which had been mixed with the third cup of flour. She baked the muffins in a hot oven.
While she used chopped raisins, prunes, dates and figs for her muffins, she suggested that a cup of blueberries might have been used instead to make blueberry muffins, or a cup of respberries to make raspberry muffins, and so on, using one's own good taste and judgment.
Relates Humerous Incident.
"And speaking of judgment." she laughed, “Here's A good one."
One of the typical De Both "good ones" followed and sent the audience into roars
of laughter. Miss De Both Insisted the story was true. A friend of hers had a maid of foreign extraction, who still had something to learn about cooking, especially about seasoning. The friend spoke gently, but firmly to her about her deficiencies.
"Try to season things right," she urged. "Use judgment in cooking."
Soon after she came from a shopping trip and found Julia looking discouraged, parked on a step ladder in front of the cupboard. Bottles and packages and cans had been taken out and were here, there and everywhere.
"Missus," the girl responded wearily to her employer's scandalized exclamation,
"It ain't no use. I Just can't find that Judgment."
Mrs. De Both Presented.
One of the features of the afternoon was the presentation of Miss De Both's mother. While Miss De Both was getting something out of the oven, Mr. Willats sneaked to the center of the platform and stage-whispered that he had a secret to tell the audience.
"She didn't learn to cook in college," he said. "It was her mother's doings and her mother is right here."
The stately, white-haired woman with a sunny smile like her daughter's won the biggest ovation of the whole afternoon when she was finally persuaded to step before the audience.
Late in the seesion Miss De Both read notes from the audience, which had been brought to the stage by the “101" handy girls. Some Miss De Both answered on the spot; others, which asked for long recipes, she promised to answer in her cookery column, which runs every Thursday in the Buffalo Evening News.
Reception Is Held.
This "question box" is a dally feature of the cooking school, and the women are greatly interested in it.
The giving out of the prizes concluded the Wednesday afternoon session, and those who weren't in the lucky group rejoiced with those who went up when their names were called to get electric percolators, aluminium cooking ware, bags of flour, electric heatera vacuum cleaners, tall decorative hampers of food or any of 100 or more other prizes given by firms cooperating with the Evening News, One woman who won a basket of food at the opening session Monday was among the winners again Wednesday, getting another basket. The day's big prize was an electric washing machine.
Following the distribution of gifts Miss De Both held a reception on the stage and many of the women who didn't have to rush home and prepare dinner came up to meet her personally and to inspect and admire the various pieces of household equipment on display on the stage in the model dining room, kitchen and laundry.
Miss De Both announced that it will not be poseible to have this usual reception and inspection Thursdey, as it will be necesenry to clear the hall as quickly as possible to get it in shape for the evening session.
Miss DeBoth's Recipes
Used Thursday Afternoon
Some of the recipes used by Miss De Both Thursday afternoon in her "general cral cookery" demonstration are the following. They are all guaranteed to give splendid results.
Spaghetti Ring.
1 package spaghetti, cooked.
2 tablespoons butter or margarine.
1 small onion, minced.
1 tablespoon green pepper, chopped.
1 cup canned mushrooms, cut.
3 eggs.
½ eup milk.
Salt to taste.
1 teaspoon kitchen bouquêt.
Put butter in pan; when hot, add onion, peppers and mushrooms; then simmer. Beat egg yolks and mix with milk. Add to onions, peppers and mushrooms, than add salt, seasoning and spaghetti. Mix well. Fold in beaten egg whites. Pour into ring mold. Bake in 325-degree oven for 45 minutes.
Celery Stuffed With Cheese.
Stuff celery with cheese; lay on lettuce leaves and serve as a salad.
Pork Chop Puree.
6 pork chops (loin chops and medium cut).
2 onions sliced (¼ inch thick).
1 green pepper aliced (¼ inch).
1 quart tomato puree (2 cans tomato soup).
1-3 cup catsup.
Fry pork chops a golden brown. Place chops, in roaster. Pour the tomato puree and catsup over the chops. On each chop place a slice of onion and a ring of green pepper. Cook in a slow oven for 1½ hours (This will taste like chicken).
Nut and Fruit Bread.
4 cups whole wheat flour.
4 tablespoons baking powder.
1-3 cup sugar.
2-3 cup seedless raisins.
1/2 cup ground walnuts.
2 cups milk.
1 egg, beaten.
2 teaspoons melted butter or margarine.
1 teaspoon salt.
Mix dry ingredients, raisins and nuts together, in order given, add milk, mixed with beaten egg, then melted butter and beat well. Turn into greased pan for 15 minutes. Bake for one hour in moderate oven.
Coffee In the Percointor.
To make good, strong coffee, use a tablespoon of coffee for each cup of boiling water. Pour in one extra cup of water "for the pot." Let percolate from three to five minutes. Serve with orange water.
co*cktail Sauce for Shrimp, Oysters, Lobster and Crab.
½ teaspoon finely chopped olives.
¼ cup tomato cateup.
6 to 8 drops Tobasco sauce.
¼ cup lemon juice.
Place ingredients in a bowl, mix thoroughly; chill. Five or six servings.
Allow ¼ cup of shrimps, lobster or crab, or 8 oysters to each serving.
Green Pea Salad.
1 can peas, drained.
1 cup célery, cut.
2 raw carrots, grated.
1 cup shredded cabbage. '
14 eup green pepper, cut fine.
¼ cup pimento, cut fine.
¼ cup olivés cut fine.
½ cup sweet pickles, cut fine.
2 tablespoons minced onion.
2 hard cooked eggs, mashed fine.
1 cup mayonnalte.
Mix all together and serve on crisp lettuce leaves. Garnish with slices of hard cooked egg and paprika. Mix all ingredients with mayonnaise, and serve on crisp lettuce leaves.
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Arthur was mentioned in a newspaper article called, “Cooking School Sidelights”, which was printed on page 20, of The Buffalo News on Thursday, 7th March 1929.
It reads, 
Cooking School Sidelights.
What the women in the audience are keenest to know is "How does she keep so clean?" No one has ever, in the history of the News cooking school, been able to find a speck on Miss De Both's delicate dresses, though she has all the opportunity in the world to get spotted while cooking. She never wears an apron. Her dresses are always in the palest tints. It's the big mystery of the cooking school.
Quite a few men at the school Wednesday, sitting way back and looking slightly sheepish, but tremendously interested. Never mind, boys, it will be your innings Thursday evening, when the "White Elephants' party" comes.
Ages of those attending the school range from about 8 months to 80 years. They all seem to like it, though the littlest ones sleep through it, cuddled up in their baby carriages in the rest room, while their mothers absorb Information.
There was a lot of interest in the tablola "special edition" of the Buffalo Evenings News, published exclusively for persons attending the cooking school. The four page issue had a front page article by Miss De Both, similar to those carried in the News every Thursday, samples of other popular features in the News and pictures and stories of some of the women on the News staff who write features of particular Interest to women readers.
Mrs. Katherine Norton Britt, director of the Buffaio Home bureau, was seen at the cooking school Wednesday.
Mrs. Britt went up to say "hello" to Miss De Both after the session. She told her the school was wonderfully stimulating to Home bureau activity.
Hundreds of Home bureau women have been attending the classes, she said.
The good looking officer in charge of the police squad that furnishes protection for those atending the school is Lieut, George L. Uhl. He was there last year, too. "It's a fine crowd." he says. And he knows his crowds.
All the women who have been sending notes to Miss De Both asking for information about Arthur C. Willats of the Advertising department of the News may now be told that he's a widower. "Who says nobody loves a fat man?" he chuckles gleefully.
An impersonation of Al Jolson singing "Sonny Boy" was put on by Isabelle Sumley, one of the "101 girls." accompanied by her sister. Adele D Sumley, captain of the girls, at the Wednesday class. The musical entertainment given by the girls with their baby piano is just one of the 101 things they do at the school.
There was a "bachelor maids'" race Wednesday. Bachelor maids, Miss De Both described as being girls who have had so many proposals they don't know which one to accept.
"The first bachelor maid on the stage gets a prize," she announced sudcienly. The girls were a little backward about boasting of their many proposals, but two of them ran to the stage. The fleetest of foot was loaded down with presents. Miss De Both practically cleared her work table of packages of food and household helps and heaped her arms full. The other was given a consolation prize of a can of coffee.
Much interest was displayed by the women at the school in the bulletin board in the hall bearing sample copies of the various booklets of value to the housewife, which may be obtained from the News. Miss Angela J. Connors, who presided at the board, said a great many of the women wanted copies of Dare's "Lovely Lady" book, which tells all about how a woman may become most attractive.
Other booklets displayed included
"Convenient Kitchens." "Care of the Car." "How to Get Ahead," "Knitting and Crocheting." "Helps to Housewives," "Serving Book." "Weight Control." "Art Booklet," "Modern Homes," "First Aid." "Home Baking." "School Child's Health." "1000 Useful Books," and plenty more.

A photo of Arthur was printed on page 23 of The Buffalo Evening News, on Friday, 8th March 1929 and Saturday, 9th March 1929.
The caption reads, 
-Evening News Staff Photo.
Four women attending the Buffalo Evening News cooking school in Elmwood Music hall whose birthday occurred Thursday were presented prizes by Arthur C.
Willats of the News advertising staff. Left to right: Mrs. William F. Greenwood, Mrs. Daniel Thomas, Mrs. Clarence C. Becker and Mrs. Muriel D. Summer.

Arthur was mentioned in an article called, “Buffalo Orphans Have Happy Time at Crystal Beach Picnic”, which was printed on page 17, of The Buffalo News, on Wednesday, 4th September 1929. 
It reads
Buffalo Orphans Have Happy Time at Crystal Beach Picnic
2500 Children Consume Great Quantities of Good Things to Eat at Evening News Annual Outing.
If you've ever turned wearily homeward, with fingers sticky from endless lollypops, with the results of ice cream and hot dogs and hamburgers and pop and popcorn and peanuts all over your face, and you no doubt have, you know in what terms to measure the success of the tenth annual picnic conducted by the Buffalo Evening News for
orphans of Buffalo on Tuesday.
There were 2500 pairs of sticky hands. and 2500 sweetmeat-smeared mouths and 2500 pairs of tired feet that turned reluctantly toward the Steamer Canadiana late Tuesday afternoon when the outing at Crystal Beach was ended. But there was not one drooping pair of lips.
As one little shaver-Eugene was his name-who squatted comfortably upon the floor and sucked at one brightly-coloured lollypop while he gazed calculatingly at another-
a green one- held in a hand, obviously measuring the time in which the one in mouth could be disposed of and that in hand reached, put it, “It was swell."
Better Than Christmas!
It was an orderly though eager throng of happy youngsters that trooped down from the street cars furnished by the Buffalo Evening News and boarded the boat at 10:15 A.M. Tuesday to begin the day which, attendants said is the biggest day in the orphans' lives, not excepting Christmas. And when the boat docked at Crystal Beach, the scramble for the “eats" was on.
A multitude of hot dogs vanished In a flash. Mouths opeped wide, and down they went.
The boys were wasting no time in getting to the riding devices.
All day they slipped back to add to the pleasure of the tummy. But theirs was the longest and most drawn-out dinner conceivable.
The silence of the beach ended when the ship docked, and from then on until the
final warning blast of the steamer's whistle, it echoed with happy bedlam. Whoops and screams of delight were without end.
Eugene Rides Merry-Go-Round.
Little Eugene was an example of how the day was spent.
He was first discovered making a record dash for one of the merry-go-round ponies.
In the scramble he lost his belt. The ponies were all taken, but there was a giraffe handy. It was eight or nine times as tall as Eugepe, it seemed, but that didn't matter to him. Не scrambled up its side with agility that even the monkeys in the cage nearby could not have surpassed, and was off.
And then for two hours, Eugene was happy. For two hours he scrambled from one
"animal" to another on the merry-go-round.
Staving off calamity by hanging on none too tightly to the top of his pants, he evaded all of the attendants at the device, and was on board for every trip. Tiring at last of that, he turned back to the lce cream, the pop and the sandwiches. And next he went to the ponies.
To have watched Eugene enjoying enjoying the day was to know that the picnic had been a success
Color, Creed Forgotten.
Color and creed were forgotten Curly-headed Jewish boys and girls dark-complexioned little Italians, Polishchildren, little negroes, little Germans - every race was represented.
Every race was happy. There were stomach aches in every race Tuesday night.
Soap and water were needed for every creed when home was reached.
Attention was called to one incident which occurred in the course of the picnic,
demonstrating the honesty which is made a part of the lives of the children of Buffalo's orphan asylum.
A little boy who had been given a quarter asked Harry Milne, one of the immigration men at the beach, whether he would change the quarter for him.
Mr. Milne was won by the happy smile of the tousled-thatched youngster and
gave him six nickles for the quarter. The child grabbed them and was off. half hour later the boy called to him: “Say mister you gave me too much change. You gave me six nickles." The youngster had been searching for him from the time he had
discovered the amount of the change.
Food supply Disappears.
An Idea of what was eaten by the children can be gathered from figures concerning the food provided. There were 1000 pounds of weiners, nearly 1000 pounds of hamburger, 10.000 rolls, 50 gallons of ice cream, 100 gallons of milk and thousands of cones and thousands of bottles of pop. And there were other thousands of lollypops.
When the picnic ended all were gone. Nearly 400 persons assisted in caring for the children. There were 100 women at the beach before the arrival of the picnickers.
On board ship were 235 other attendants and 25 members of the staff of the Buffalo Evening News.
DirectTh after the arrival at the beach, Ernest D. Anderson, advertising manager of the Buffalo Evening News, thanked on behalf of the newspaper all whthe ship were 235 other attendant a success.
He was introduced to the assemblage by Arthur C. Willats, also of the advertising department of the Evening Newe, who was in active charge of the outing.
Institutions Represented.
One of the familiar figures on the beach was Judge George W. Woltz. chief judge of the City court. He was in charge of the “commissary department." Each year he has put aside his judicial duties to join the Buffalo Evening News in making the picnic a
success. Не poured mik for several hours Tuesday, and then he helped serve ice cream cones.
The institutions represented were the St. Agnes Tratning school, the German Roman
Catholle Orphanage, the Immaculate Heart of Mary orphanage, the Jewish home, the Nazareth home, the Protestant home, the Methodist home. Father Baker's St. John's protectorate. Father Baker's St Joseph's asylum, St. John's Lutheran home and the College creche.
Lollypop His Answer.
The Crystal Beach company furnished the steamer Canadiana, and all of the concescions at the beach were made available to the children without charge.
The Van Dyke Bus company provided free buses to transport children from refuges outside the city limits.
The Buffalo Evening News provided trolley transportation.
Wondering just how the children felt about it several hours after:, a reporter went
over to Lackawanna, Tuesday night, to ask some of the children there. There was Eugene!
"Well, Eugene, how was everything?" he was asked. He tugged at his pants, grinned at his questioner and stuck his hand down into a pocket.
Out came the green lollypop.
He held up the loilypop and chuckled in delight. That, he seemed to think sufficed as an answer.

The 1929, publication of the U.S., City Directories, shows us Arthur was renting and residing at Number 24 Glendale Place and was working as a Advertising Solicitorfor the Buffalo Evening News. Arthur was also named below in the listing for his son Richards business “Dick Inc” automobile sales, as secretary treasure, at 2359 Main Street, Buffalo.

William F O’Connell, city editor of the Buffalo Evening News, and
Thomas P. Hamilton, political writer, We’re buried today. Both died Tuesday.
Service for O’Connel were held at his home, 100 Lancaster Avenue, at 9.30 am and at the requiem mass in St. Joseph’s Cathedral at 10 a.m Newspapermen and memhers of the fraternal Order of Elks and the Knights of Columbus were honorary and active pall bearers.
The honorary bearers were: Edward H. Butler, owner of the News:
Alfred H. Kirchhofer, managing editor, and Dr. Pierce J. Candee, Clayton C. Underhill, Arthur C. Willats, John V. Maloney, Edward T. Danahy, Daniel J. O’Neil, William C. Cullen, Joseph F. Melia.
The active bearers were: Edward P. Hartnett, Ernest D. Anderson. Frank H. Spoeri, Edgar G. Steeb, JHugh V. Gragen and Thomas H. Hanrahan. Hamilton’s funeral was held from the home of his mother, 205 Fourteenth street. The pall bearers were:
Edward C. Tranter, Alfred H. Kirchhofer, Robert C. Stedler, Frank W.
Balch, W. Nelson Balch, W. Nelson Wilkinson and Samuel F. Head.

Arthur was lodging at Number 26 Glendale Road, Buffalo, Erie, New York, USA, the home of Henry and Cecelia Sandman and their son Norbert Sandman, on Tuesday the 1st of April 1930 when the 1930 United States Federal Census was completed. Arthur McLean and George Lang were also lodging there. The census shows us that, Arthur was a single white 65 year old male, whom could read and write. He was born in England but was now a American citizen since 1895. Arthur was employed as an Editor for a Newspaper (The Buffalo Evening News) and was being paid a wage.

Arthur’s photo was printed on page 17 of “The Buffalo Evening News” on Thursday, 19th March 1931. The caption reads, 
Headliners at the News Cooking School.
-Evening News Staff Photo.
Four headliners among the News cooking school entertainers were caught backstage by the photographer. Left to right: Arthur C. Willats, master of ceremonies; Jack and Loretta Clemens, WBEN staff artists, and the director of the school, Jessie M. DeBoth.

Arthur was mentioned in an article printed on page 1 and 17 of The Buffalo Evening News, on Thursday, 19th March 1931
The article was called, “Snow Flurries Fail to Deter News Cooking School "Pupils"” and “CROWDS CONTINUE BIG AT COOKING SCHOOL”
The article reads as follows, 
Snow Flurries Fail to Deter News Cooking School "Pupils" 
Third Day's Throng Begins to Arrive Early-Only One More Opportunity Left.
Gray skies and snow flurries Thursday morning didn't deter in the least enthusiasts who are attending the sixth annual Cooking and Home Making school of the Buffalo Evening News in Elmwood Music hall. They kept trooping in from early in the morning to the time the session opened at 1:15 P.M. Every street car on the line stopped to discharge streams of passengers from every section of the city.
Streets for blocks around were lined with automobiles parked by the "students." Hundreds came afoot.
The women will have one more opportunity to attend the school before its doors close for another year. Friday's session will be the last for 1931.
It will be "party day" Friday at the cooking school. Miss Jessie M. DeBoth, conductor always has one party day during the session here.
A new piece of entertainment was provided for the early comers Thursday in an organ recital given by Frank J. Walker of the News advertising staff at 11 A. M. This was followed by a radio entertainment. Then came popular Jack and Loretta Clemens of the staff of WBEN, the News radio station, with their banjo and piano numbers.
At 1:15 P.M., Miss DeBoth was presented by Mrs. Alice Fox Pitts, News feature editor, and the cooking session was on. A kitchen fashion show during which attractive house dresses were displayed by pretty giris, a vaudeville
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CROWDS CONTINUE BIG AT COOKING SCHOOL
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entertainment by the Sumley sisters and the daily distribution of presents were also on the afternoon program.
Speaks Over WBEN.
Before appearing at the school Miss DeBoth had addressed women who were unable to come to the hall in a radio talk from station WBEN.
Getting well into its stride Wednesday, the school with its second day attendance of between 5500 and 6000 persons, proved there is no need to worry about Buffalo women losing interest in the kitchen and the, homely or home arts.
Again the big audience eagerly absorbed the instruction given them by Miss DeBoth "laughed at the fun making of Arthur C. Willats of the News staff, master of ceremonies, and thrilled over the distribution of gifts, rejoicing with the many who won.
Everybody had a good time, as far as could be ascertained, from small Dorothy McNamara, four, who says she "comes every year with mama," to the courageous young invalid who propelled herself to the hall in a wheelchair.
It was just noon when the party started with a radio entertainment.
Catchy melodies kept the women humming and tapping time.
Then came Loretta Clemens, a dark-haired girl in a flame red dress, and her brother Jack of the News radio station, WBEN, who played a group of popular numbers. Jack played his banjo, with Loretta accompanying on the grand piano.
Mrs. Pitts opened the show at 1:15 P.M., introducing Miss DeBoth to the audience, most of whom already knew her well, The popular Instructor wore a bright cerise silk frock, with matching slippers.
Then Miss DeBoth tied on a tiny flimsy lace and muslin apron and started work on the lesson, of which general cookery was the subject. The women watched closely to see if she could get through the afternoon without spilling things on her handsome dress.
She did. It's all a matter of habit, she said.
Easy to Keep Clean.
"I used to wear regular house dresses." she told her hearers. "But I don't any more. It's perfectly easy to keep clean in the kitchen. Just keep a towel around to wipe your hands on, and you will be all right."
While she was cooking stuffed spare ribs, prune pie, whose construction an architect would have envied, brioche and all manner of dishes, Miss DeBoth was chatting with her audience, advistrig them on household problems, keeping them chuckling over her jokes, and pleasing them by handing out presents.
One burly policeman was called to the platform when she finished an egg-beating Job. "Let's give him this," she said, handing him the beater, "and telling him to beat it."
All afternoon Miss Harriet Cooke, the “Kitchen Counsellor" of the Evening News, sat on the platform as a spectator.
Miss Cooke Entertained.
Miss DeBoth wouldn't let her stay merely a spectator, however. She introduced her to the audience as "a person who doesn't do a lot of talking. but does a lot of splendid writing for home-makers."
"You all know Miss Cooke through her articles in the News," she said, "and I want you to join with me in presenting a cake to her." The women applauded vigorously as Miss DeBoth landed the "Kitchen Counsellor" a huge chocolate-covered cake.
One of the biggest laugh-getters of the afternoon was the parade of the washboard brigade. On Tuesday Miss DeBoth had invited those who use washboards to bring them to the school. About 50 answered with their boards on Wednesday. They paraded onto the stage with them. Two lone men, one of whom, of course, was Mr. Willats, were in the bunch, They had old boards and new ones, rusty ones and shiny ones, glass ones and tin ones, tiny ones that would almost fit into a handbag and others that took both arms to carry. Miss DeBoth hates washboards. She says they wear out cothes.
Trade In Washboards.
She offered to trade cook-books for the boards and many, as they filed off stage, dumped the despised washboards in a pile. Everybody who had brought d board along was given a present of washing powder, which Miss DeBoth said would make rubbing unnecessary.
"Is there anyone, here," Miss DeBoth demanded out of a clear sky, "who has a son 40 years old, tall and not married?" One motherly, little old lady said she had a son, Fred, who met the specifications. So she was given a big tray of "South Sea Island combinations," which are baked sweet potatoes fixed with bacon and pineapple and brown sugar and what-not. “And take these measuring spoons to Fred," added Miss DeBoth, handing her a set.
The women learned one way of deceiving their husbands at the Wednesday session. They were taught to make a pastry brioche from a dough which will keep indefinitely, if put in a refrigerator.
"You can make a lot of the dough, and when you feel like it bake the brioche," Miss DeBoth said, "and your husbands will say, 'Aw, darling, why did you stay in all day to make this for me?' "
Two Brides Showered.
Because she was a bride, Mrs. George Wertz received a present from Miss DeBoth—a cottage cheese pie, and enough other things to fill both arms.
Another young wife was amazed and delighted when it came to the final distribution of prizes by Mr. Willats and his assistants. Announcement that a handsome gas stove was to be delivered to her home in Kenmore brought a little shriek of joy.
There were several intermissions in the cooking instruction.
During one of them the crowd had its picture taken. During another the Sumley sisters entertained.
A question box period, during which Miss DeBoth answered questions sent up by members of the audience, concluded the program for the second day.
The school opens promptly at 1:15 P.M. Thursday and Friday. Each day many fine prizes, donated by Buffalo manufacturers and merchants, who are cooperating with the News will be given. They include electric refrigerators, radios, stoves, tables, vacuum cleaners, washing machines, and 50 big baskets of groceries every day.
There is no entrance fee; those attending are the News' guests.
Prier to coming to the school Wednesday Miss DeBoth had addressed Buffalo home women over station WBEN.

Arthur was also mentioned in an article called, Cooking School Side lights, which was also printed on page 17 of The Buffalo Evening News, on Thursday, 19th March 1931.
It reads, 

Arthur was mentioned in a news article called, “Spirit of Festivity Prevails As News Cooking School Ends”, which was printed on page 10 of The Buffalo Evening News · Saturday, 21st March 1931.The article reads as follows, 
Spirit of Festivity Prevails As News Cooking School Ends 
Instructor and Pupils in Jovial Mood While Party Dishes Are Concocted.
With a final, Joyous party, the sixth annual Cooking and Home-Making school of the Buffalo Evening News , came to a close Friday afternoon and Miss Jessie M. DeBoth, its conductor, waved good-bye to some 7500 women for another year.
The crowd was the largest during the four-day session, and according to authorities, the largest ever gathered in the hall. The total attendance for the four days, It was estimated, was around 23.500, which breaks the record for any cooking school of similar duration ever held in Buffalo.
The last day of the school was probably the jolliest of all. It had been announced as "party day." The crowd was right in the mood and highly appreciative of the surprises with which the afternoon was replete. There was only one thing that members of the News staff in charge of the party were sorry about-all those who wanted to get into the hall could not, and all those who did get in could not be seated. An hour before the scheduled opening the place was packed, with hundreds standing. These took it good-naturedly, however.
School Opens Early.
Because of the vast crowd which had gathered so early the opening of the session was shoved ahead half an hour.
A burst of handclapping and a spontaneous cry of "Art, Art, Art," greeted the appearance on the stage of the portly figure of Arthur C. Willats of the News staff, master of ceremonies.
The popular WBEN radio entertainers, Loretta and Jack Clemens, gave their dally opening entertainment with piano, banjo and song numbers.
Mrs. Alice Fox Pitts, feature editor of the Evening News, who has introduced Miss DeBoth for the last three days of the school, was vigorously applauded when she stepped to the microphone. Before introducing Miss DeBoth she told what the News is trying to do for women through its radio station, WBEN, and Introduced Miss Kay Swafford, new member of the station's staff, who will broadcast daily on matters of interest to women, Including home decoration, beauty, personality and fashions. Two radio performances by Rudy Vallee over WBEN were also announced by Mrs. Pitts.
Miss DeBoth Appears.
Then, bidding the women welcome to the school's final session, she declared that the News could think of nothing better to give Buffalo women than Miss DeBoth. At which the popular Jessie appeared, radiant in orange satin.
When the applause had died down, she tied on her apron and started a heavy program of making party refreshments. She began while the audience looked on fascinated, by constructing a turtle so real you expected it to amble right off the table. The "creature" was made of a couple of flank steaks. One steak for the lower shell, a large piece of dressing for its filling, another steak scored to look like a shell, for its back; wieners for its tail and legs; a chunk of liver sausage for the head, with wild looking eyes and a snapping turtle mouth of pimiento.
"Doesn't he look like a bloated bondholder?" demanded Miss DeBoth holdIng up the animal. A liberal salting, with salt even on his tail, to make him
"stay caught" and into the oven he went.
Colored Party Biscults.
Then Miss DeBoth turned her attention to colored party biscuits. She made them green and heart-shaped. and called them spring biscults.
Also on the menu were things that looked so much like real chicken legs that they smelled like them when they were cooking. But they were a rank sham-veal and pork cubes stuck on skewers and disguised with bread crumbs and other camouflage. Miss DeBoth guaranteed the mock chicken legs would be popular at bridges, luncheons and picnics.
In due time the green heart biscults came out of the oven and a couple of dozen women stampeded the platform for a taste. Miss DeBoth obligingly buttered the biscuits and passed them out.
A gorgeous creation that had the ordinary name of "cottage cheese ring salad" was another of the party dishes made. A chorus of admiring "Oh's" came when Miss DeBoth displayed the cheese ring with its gay touches of red pimento and green pepper on a bed of lettuce, with peaches and pears ranged around it and a mass of golden mayonnaise in the center.
Goes to Mother of Triplets.
She sald she would give it to the mother of triplets. Sure enough, there was one in the audience, Mrs. Kathryn L. Shufelt, 241 Lisbon street, who has two girls and a boy 23 years old. So into Mrs. Shufelt's hands went the salad, under her arm was tucked a bag of the green biscults to eat with it, and on her head was placed a shiny aluminum kettle.
Then came a present for Miss DeBoth. Mr. Willats appeared hugging a big doll which had just been sent by an admirer. It was a doll of oilcloth, with fur-trimmed coat and silk dress and everything, made for Miss DeBoth by Miss Fannie Shamp. Miss DeBoth loved it.
Half way through the afternoon the cookery expert had a breathing space, during which she chatted with friends on the stage. Meanwhile, Mr. Willats came again to the fore as director of the dally fashion show.
Sings a La Valle.
His instructions to the models on how to pose almost brought down the house. But that was nothing to what happened when he pulled his master stunt.
"Close your eyes," he ordered the surprised women. "Now just imagine that I'm 32 instead of 62, with nice curly black hair, and that I'm not quite so corpulent, and see if you recognize who is singing... I was dared to do this." he added. Upon which he began crooning a love song in best Rudy Vallee manner, until howls of appreciative laughter from the audience drowned him out.
On the heels of this came the daily song and dance entertainment of the Sumley sisters, Adele and Isabel.
Then Miss DeBoth was back again and asking for a woman weighing at least 200 pounds to arsist her. Four aspirants appeared and were weighed in on a pair of bathroom scales. The three least plump were dismissed with copies of cook books containing reducing diets.
Eats Her Sandwiches.
Mrs. Joseph Kirchner, 197 Locust street, whose weight was not divulged, but who qualified beyond Miss DeBoth's fondest hopes, was chosen. She entered upon her duties with a placid pleasure and thorough relish of her role.
Her coat removed and hands scrubbed, she was set to work making confetti layer sandwiches, three-decker affairs, fattening as sandwiches could be, with lots of cream cheese, bananas, mayonnaise, cherries and so forth.
After doing a workmanlike job on these, she was seated at the flower-decorated dining room table and placed the sardwichese and freshly made coffee before her. Mrs. Kirchner, fully alive to the humor of the situation, tucked an enormous napkin under her chin, and sat calmly enjoying her sandwiches and coffee, casting an occasional condescending look at the crowd while the audience laughed until exhausted. Her meal over, Mrs. Kirchner left the stage bearing the scales as a gift.
Goes to New Bride.
By this time the turtle was cooked and placed on a big piatter of water cress. "Who wants it?" asked Miss DeBoth.
"I!" came from thousands of throats.
"Say me." she ordered. They yelled
"me."
"I'm going to give it to a bride of one week," was the verdict.
Miss DeBoth's audience never disappoints Sure enough, there was a bride of one week, Mrs. Charles Schultz, 578 Plymouth Avenue. She got more than she had bargained for, and so did the crowd. First, Miss DeBoth and her assistants draped yards of white cheesecloth as a veil about her head. To this they fastened an amazing array of pots and pans and kitchen utensils and flour sifters and can openers. Then they plled three or four pans on top of her head. These promptly fell with a clatter.
"I don't know what's the matter with Mrs. Schultz's head." complained Miss DeBoth, readjusting the pans.
One of the big times of the afternoon came when the gifts were distributed at the close of the session. There were electric washing machines, an electric refrigerator, electric cookers, waffle irons, fans, and dozens of other gifts, 65 in all, and 50 baskets of groceries.
Distributors Kept Buy.
Mr. Willats and his assistants, including Ray Collar, Edward McCue and Norton S. Fowler' of the advertising staff were kept busy for an hour, in bidding her friends goodbye till next year, Miss DeBoth said she could not feel more at home anywhere than in Buffalo. She urged them to patronize the merchants and manufacturers who, by their cooperation and donation of prizes and foods, have helped so materially to make the school a triumph, because she said: "They have shown by the way they have worked with the News that they believe in the home."
"I wish you all," Miss DeBoth said in closing, "the most healthy, happy and prosperous year, and I am looking forward to seeing you all next year."
"Goodbye," she called, waving both hands. An answering goodbye from the audience, and the sixth annual Cooking and Homemaking school of the News, probably the most suscessful ever conducted, was at an end.

Arthur was mentioned in a second article called, “Cooking School Sidelights”, which was printed on page 10, of The Buffalo Evening News, on Saturday, 21st March 1931.
It reads as follows,
Cooking School Sidelights
Just to reassure those who didn't know-that egg Miss DeBoth said was bad and which she hurled into the fourth row was only rubber.
"Three cheers for A. W., the only man who can get along with 3000 women." That was the tribute to Arthur Willats Friday.
The trim young lady in white who seemed to anticipate Mis DeBoth's every need, is Miss Clara Oberg. You know, the one who always wanted Miss DeBoth to talk about her feet. She had a pretty substantial ovation of her own the closing day.
Two women who won baskets of groceries Friday, Mrs. Arthur Willlams,
42 East Utien street, and Mrs. Omar D. Rice, 131 Longview avenue, gave up their prizes to needy persons. Mrs. Williams' basket went to a man with three children who has been without work for six months. Mrs. Rice's went to a destitute woman with six chil-dren.
The amazing orderliness of the huge crowds brought general comment from visitors, When they were not laughIng or applauding you could almost hear a whisper. The women could not possibly have been more attentive.
"No casualties" was the report of Nurse Harriet Dunn, who was on constant duty throughout the school in a fully equipped first aid room. Some headaches, a child's slightly pinched finger and that was about all.
The excellent work of the large detail of police under the direction of Lieut. Harold E. H. Hager, both outside and inside the hall, won widespread commendation. Presence of the police and also of Fire department representatives did much to make the audience feel comfortable.
This is one Miss DeBoth told Friday:
"The husband said: "Darling, your biscults are not as light as mother's."
"Well, his wife retorted, "Maybe not, but your roll is much lighter than daddy's."
It was a common sight during the school to see people coming into the hall with folding chairs.
One of Miss DeBoth's most sincere admirers and most inteersted spectators was Joseph J. Schwab, the fireman in the wings. He says he's a pretty good cook himself, but that he has learned a lot of new cookery tricks.
Miss Harriet Cooke, "Kitchen Counselor" of the News, is going to answer the questions which were sent to Miss DeBoth.
Asked by someone what his name was, Norton S. Fowler of the News said:
"You've seen it often enough to your checks...N, S. P." not sufficient funds."
Another DeBoth joke: "Grocery clerk to shopper: 'We have some fine oatmeal soap today, lady.' "Thank you, but we don't wash our oatmeal.'"

Arthur was mentioned in a newspaper article called, “WBEN WILL PRESENT CRUCIFIXION LECTURE” “Arthur C. Willats to Speak Friday and Council Secretary on Sunday.”, which was printed on page 4, of The Buffalo Evening News on, Saturday, 28th March 1931. 
It reads, 
WBEN WILL PRESENT CRUCIFIXION LECTURE
Arthur C. Willats to Speak Friday and Council Secretary on Sunday.
A bit of old Buffalo will be brought to light over WBEN when Arthur C. Willats tells the story of "The Crucifixion" as he presented it more than 600 times in the Cyclorama, the historic building in Edward Street which housed a magnificent painting of the crucifixion more than 40 years ago.
Thousands of visitors came to view the mammoth mural and to hear Mr. Willats' descriptive lecture. A condensed version of that two-hour address will be given by Mr. Willats at 3 P.M. on Good Friday.
National Broadcasting Company's observance of Good Friday, to be heard locally through WBEN, will include the presentation of "The Children's Crusade," at 11 A. M.; a devotional program at 2 P.M., and "Parsifal," the last and the most exalted of the Wagnerian music dramas at 11 P. M. "The Children's Crusade," a musical legend of the pathetic crusade of 1212, when children from Germany and France marched on the Holy Land, will be heard on the air for the first time.
Holy Week Schedule.
Speakers on the 2 o'clock program will be the Rev. James M. Gillis of the Paulist Fathers and editor of the Catholic World, and Suffragan Bishop Charles K. Gllbert of the diocese of New York, of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine.
Holy week services over WBEN will be inaugurated on Sunday, when the Rev. John A. Vollenwelder, newly appointed executive secretary of the Buffalo Council of Churches, will speak for 16 minutes at 1 P.M. Beginning Monday at 12:10 P.M. and continuing daily at that time through Friday, the Council of Churches services will be broadcast from Asbury-Delaware Methodist Episcopal church.
Speakers for the week Include Dr. Leonard V. Buschmann, Central Presbyterian Church; Dr. Henry J. Pflum Holy Trinity Lutheran Church; the Rev. Earl Frederick Adams, Delaware Avenue Baptist Church, and the Rey Frederick H. Krohne, St. Peter's Evangelical Synod Church.
Three-Hour Service.
A three-hour service will be held on Good Friday with the following speakers on the "Seven Last Words": The Rev. Sigfrid Sundin, the Rev. Leo A Gates, the Rev. John M. Peck, the Rev. Clarence A. Hanna, the Rev. Frank S McEntire, the Rev. W. J. H. McKnight and the Rev. Charles E. Guthrie.
Special music for the week is in charge of Willlam Benbow, chairman of the music committee of the council. He has engaged as soloists:
Monday, Charles E. Mott: Tuesday, Miss Bertha M. Fox: Wednesday, Herman Gawhe; Thursday, Miss Elvira Ruppel: Good Friday. Mrs. Rebecca Cutter Howe, Mrs. Margaret McNamara Mott and Joseph Phillips.
Members of the Young People's Federation are responsible for ushering during the week, under direction of Guernsey Camp Jr. The following organizations are assisting:
Assisting Groups.
Monday, the Epworth League; Tuesday, the Luther League and Business Girls of the Y. W. C. A.; Wednesday, Christian Endeavor; Thursday, the Episcopal Fellowship: Friday, the Evangelical Federation, the Baptist Y. P. council, Junior Presbytery, and Niagara Frontier Union of Evangelical League.
The Rev. Edward J. Ferger, editor of the Catholic Union and Times, will conclude his Lenten services on Saturday. The topics for the week follow:
Monday, "The Catholic church and Holy Week"; Tuesday, "The Spirit of Holy Week": Wednesday, "The Prayer of Christ in the Garden": Thursday, “The Catholic Church and Holy Thursday": Friday, "The Catholic" Church and Good Friday": Saturday. "The Catholic Church and Easter." Father Ferger will speak daily at 6:15 P. M

Arthur was mentioned in a newspaper article called, “Famous Crucifixion Lecture to Be Repeated Over Radio on Good Friday by Arthur C. Willats” which was printed in The Buffalo Evening News on Thursday, 2nd April 1931. The caption reads as follows, 
“Famous Crucifixion Lecture to Be Repeated Over Radio on Good Friday by Arthur C. Willats”
A mammoth painting of "Jerusalem on the Day of the Crucifixion," the work of a group of eminent German painters, was exhibited in the Cyclorama in Buffalo over 40 years ago, and Arthur C. Willats, who described more than 600 times the scene depicted, will give a condensed version of this lecture over WBEN, Friday, at 3 P. M.
For the broadcast on Good Friday, Mr. Willats will describe only the scene shown here, "Golgotha." His original address was of two hours' duration. He will describe the last hours of Christ and the attitude of the thieves, Desmas and Gesma, who hung at His right and left, respectively.

Arthur was mentioned in a newspaper article called, “WILLATS AND GRANDSON TO TAKE TRIP ABROAD”, which was printed on page 10 of The Buffalo Evening News on Monday, 6th July 1931. It reads, 
WILLATS AND GRANDSON TO TAKE TRIP ABROAD
Mr. Arthur C. Willats and grandson, Mr. Richard Willats Collord, will sail from New York, on the Aquitania Wednesday for a visit to Paris, where they will attend the Colonial exposition, and to London, Eng., where they will visit Mr. Willats' sisters, Mrs. Edward Charlton and Mrs. George Champion.

From the UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960 we know that Arthur departed from New York, United States of America, aboard the Cunard Steamship Company Ltd ship named Aquitania and docked in Southampton Docks, Southampton, Hampshire, England on Wednesday the 15th of July 1931, stopping at Cherbourg along the way.
The document shows that he traveled as a second class passenger and Arthur’s proposed address in the United Kingdom was Numder 61 Holborn Viaduct, London. His profession was working for a Newspaper. Arthur was 67 years old and was a US citizen and his last permanent residence was in the United States of America.

The RMS Aquitania was a remarkable ocean liner constructed for the Cunard Steamship Company Ltd. Launched in 1913, it became renowned for its elegance, size, and long service career. Aquitania was an impressive vessel, embodying luxury and functionality. It was among the largest ships of its time and known for its distinct four-funnel design, a signature feature that set it apart.
During its tenure, Aquitania served various roles, including a passenger liner and troop transport ship during World War I. Its luxurious amenities, spacious interiors, and excellent service made it a popular choice among travelers, maintaining a reputation for comfort and style throughout its service.
The ship underwent several modifications and upgrades over the years to keep up with evolving standards and technological advancements. Despite facing economic challenges and shifts in travel preferences over time, Aquitania managed to maintain its popularity and operational success.
Its career spanned several decades, providing transatlantic crossings and accommodating thousands of passengers. Aquitania was eventually retired in 1950, marking the end of an illustrious era in maritime history. Despite its retirement, the legacy of the RMS Aquitania lives on in the annals of ocean liner history, celebrated for its grandeur, longevity, and contribution to the golden age of sea travel.

67-year-old, Arthur found himself back aboard the RMS Aquitania on Saturday the 8th of August 1931, travelling second class from Southampton Docks, Southampton, Hampshire, England, back home to New York, United States of America. Arthur gave his last address in the United Kingdom as, St Janes Street, London the home of Mr T. Trust. Arthur gave his occupation as what looks like, “Executive”. He stated he a US citizen, his country of last permanent residence was marked in the Foreign Countries column and the country of his future residence was the United States of America. Arthur’s ticket number was 287361.

Arthur arrived back in New York on the 14th August 1931, after travelling for 7 days aboard the RMS Aquitania, travelling second class from Southampton Docks, Southampton, Hampshire, England, back home to New York, United States of America. The New York, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), shows us that Arthur was a male 67 years old, widow. Open with national nationalised in the County Court of Erie, New York, on the 4th of February 1888 and Arthur’s abode was Number Main Street Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States of America.

Arthur’s photo was featured in an article called “Orphans Are Guests of News at Beach - Buffalo Day at Hamburg Fair”, which was printed on page 16, of the Buffalo Evening News on Friday, 4th September 1931 and Saturday 5th September 1931. 
The caption reads,
-Evening News Staft Photo.
A DELICIOUS BITE FOR LITTLE CONETTA. Here is another jolly little guest of the Buffalo Evening News who made merry at the orphans' outing Thursday at Crystal Beach.
She is Conetta Gimbra, of the Nazareth home, shown with Arthur Willats, of the Buffalo Evening News.

Arthur’s photograph was featured in a Newspaper article called “Lutheran Choir Presents Cantata - Mississippi Towns Hit by Floods.” which was printed on page 14, of “The Buffalo Evening News”, on Monday, 28th December 1931 and Tuesday, 29th December 1931. The caption reads,
-Evening News Staff Photo.
SHUT-INS ARE ENTERTAINED. For the eleventh consecutive year, the Wolverine orchestra, formerly Ray Klein's, and the Buffalo Evening News gave concerts in six institutions Sunday afternoon. Left to right, are: Elmer Bauch, traps; Frank Limburg, banjo; Frank Madigan, pianist; Eric Krauskopt, trumpet; Ray Klein, violinist; Ralph Applin, saxophone; Frank J. Bodkin and Arthur C. Willats of the Buffalo Evening News, and Albert Schneider, boy vocalist. The picture was taken in the German Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum, 564 Dodge street.

Arthur was mentioned in a newspaper article called “HE'LL BE THERE AGAIN” “WILLATS TO SERVE AT COOKING SCHOOL”, which was printed on page 16 of the Buffalo Evening News on Saturday, 30th April 1932. A photo of Arthur was also included. 
The article reads as follows, 
HE'LL BE THERE AGAIN.
WILLAIS TO SERVE AT COOKING SCHOOL.
Popular Master-of-Ceremonies Again to Be on Stage With Miss DeBoth.
The annual Buffalo Evening News cooking school, which opens Tuesday at
1:15 P. M in Elmwood Music hall, is a one-man show with Jessie M. DeBoth, renowned home economics lecturer commanding the stage But even a solo act needs a master-of-ceremonies, and Arthur C. Willats of the Buffalo Evening News staff, who serves in that capacity, holds almost as fond a place in the hearts of the audience as the star herself.
No one needs to exhort, "Come on, ladies, give UncleArthyr a great big hand.” Mr Willats steps on the stage and at the first glimpse of him the crowd cheers.
When behind Miss DeBoth's back, he sticks a prying finger into a pie she has just taken from the oven, and licks it with every evidence of delight, the audience roars its appreciation. Year after year his admirers enjoy his mock embarrassment when, during the fashion show, pajamaed mannikins cross the stage.
"He's as good as a professional," they whisper. And why not? For many years.
Mr. Willats was an actor playing coast to coast in Shakesperian dramas.
Falstaff? No Hamlet. Those, you see, were the days when he was young-and slender!
Forty years ago when the Cyclorama was drawing thousands of visitors to the specially constructed building in Edward Street it was Mr. Willats who gave the lecture describing the famous paintings of events leading up to the Crucifixion. On Good Friday a year ago he gave a condensed version of that lecture over Station WBEN and won high praise from listeners.
WBEN audiences also hear him at Christmas each year when he becomes the most popular Santa Claus in Buffalo.
Mr. Willats will attend the four daily sessions of the cooking school next week and each day Jack and Loretta Clemens, banjo and piano artists, also will give a 15-minute program. Other entertainment will be scheduled for the intermission.
And from each session Miss DeBoth will send 6000 women home, happy in the knowledge that they have learned how to improve their skills as house-keepers, contributing to the health and happiness of their families.

Even Children Enthused.
It was a brown-eyed school girl of ten or 12, red tam on the back of her head, books under her arm, speaking to her chum as they stood in the rear of Elmwood Music hall Tuesday after-noon, taking in the opening session of the Buffalo Evening News seventh annual Cooking and Homemaking school.
The youngsters’ eyes were glued wistfully on the brightly lighted stage. where a figure in gay red silk was pulling a large, fragrant cake from the oven of a big white stove. The figure was none other than Miss DeBoth.
Edward H. Butler, editor and publisher of the News. came over to the hall to introduce Miss DeBoth and to welcome the women to the opening session.
Plenty of mothers were there. There were about 5000 women altogether-and a good sprinkling of appreciative men, too–and they gave Miss DeBoth
a rousing welcome. She waved an affectionate goodbye when school broke up in ample time for the pupils to go home and get the family dinner.
As usual at the News’ schools, the crowd started to gather early, and by noon hundreds of women were on hand.

Many Bring Lunches.

Arthur was mentioned in a newspaper article called, “Third Day of Cooking School Devoted to Leftover Dishes.”, which was printed on page 12, of “The Buffalo Evening News”, on Thursday, 5th May 1932. It reads as follows, 
Third Day of Cooking School Devoted to Leftover Dishes
Elmwood Music Hall Filled to Capacity as Thousands
Flock to Hear Jessie M. DeBoth.
Swinging merrily into its third day, the Buffalo Evening News Cooking and Home school Thursday again lured thousands of women from Buffalo and the suburbs to Elmwood Music hall Many of those who attended the previous sessions were there and brought their friends to enjoy the school with them. The big hall was filled to capacity.
Taking official cognizance of the present economic situation, Miss Jessie M. DeBoth, the school's popular teacher devoted the major part of Thursday afternoon to demonstrations of how to make very edible concoctions out of leftovers.
Miss DeBoth was introduced to her audience at 1:15 P.M. by Mrs. Alice Fox Pitts, feature editor of the Buffalo Evening News.
A mixture of surprise, information and fun, stunts and jokes, speeches and singing, playing, dancing and gift-giving, stirred together as judiciously as one of Miss DeBoth's own cakes was served at the second session of the school Wednesday afternoon.
Variety Is Keynote.
Variety was the keynote of the big meeting, and there wasn't one dull moment from the time Arthur C. Willats, master of ceremonies, ambled to the stage to test the microphone through which Miss DeBoth broadcasts her cookery instructions, with his “Hello, girls, can you hear me?" to the last minute, when Miss DeBoth sang out a "Bye, come tomorrow and bring your friends."
A surprise feature (and more of a surprise to him than to anyone else) was a short talk by Senator William J. Hickey, new Republican chief in Erie county, who had dropped in on his way home to see "what all the shooting was for" and was lured to the stage, as he charged afterward, on false pretenses. He praised the News for conducting the school. Another celebrity, who was able to get off with just a bow, was Miss Harriet Cooke, kitchen counsel for the News.
The entertainment, put on just before the session's 1:15 P.M. opening by Loretta and
Jack Clemens of Station WBEN, was another highlight of the afternoon, despite the introduction by Mr. Willats.
Jack and Loretta Entertain.
"You know," he confided “When I frist knew
Loretta and Jack, I didn't believe that sister and brother story at all. Then one time they invited me out to the house, and believe me, to hear them squabble. I knew they were brother and sister mighty quick."
During the applause that ensued, Loretta, a slim, dark-curled, smiling girl in a yellow dress, seated herself at the grand piano at the foot of the stage and Jack got settled with his famous banjo. They gave a regular vaudeville show, with songs, Jokes and music that brought down the house. "Who's Going to Wash the Laundry if China Goes to War." as rendered by Jack, with accompaniment by his sister, was a special favourite.
On the heels of this, Mr. Willats introduced Mrs. Pitts, who announced that, as this week is red lettered, not only because of the cooking school, but also because it is the anniversary of the News Kitchen Counsel Recipe contest, prizes in the contest will be doubled this week.
Miss Cooke Presented.
"So far," she said. "We have more than 200 women who have received prizes in the contests. One man almost did, but not quite."
"I want to present to you," she said. "The person who is responsible for the Kitchen Counsel column, Miss Harriet Cooke."
Miss Cooke bowed smilingly, and that was all.
After a whispered word with her, Mrs. Pitts returned to the microphone to announce
that "Harriet says she cooks better than she talks.” Miss COOK denied being the author of the remark.
Then Mr. Willats introduced Miss DeBoth. He began by confiding to his audience that when he went to Europe last year, she sent a huge box of home-made delicacies to his cabin. Time went on and no Miss DeBoth. Mr. Willats started to get nervous.
Dressed In Nile Green.
"Maybe," he said, “she's embarrassed because I told you how kind she was. Or maybe she’s ashamed of the new ensemble or creation, or whatever it is that she's going to wear.
"Yoo Hoo, Jessie." he bellowed back into the wings. A few more coaxing "Yoo hoos" brought Miss DeBoth to the stage.
She was dressed in a costume of Nile silk and cream eyelet embroidery, with green satin pumps that matched the modern kitchen on the stage and the green dishes.
She then made crossword puzzzle loaf, a meat and pastry and vegetable combination and a whole meal in itself, a pineapple meringue cake that looks like a dream, and a Californian mock Turkey that's nothing less than a leg of veal which looks for all the world like a turkey, when Miss DeBothgets through with it.
While she was doing all this, she was playing with the audience and making them forget their grownup dignity and become school girls again.
One Grand Time.
She had them "yoo hoping" gayly to her, singing old-time songs, racing madly up the aisles to get a piece of cake, and having, if appearances are to be trusted, one grand time.
Beating eggs for her meringue, she asked, "Would anybody like a nice egg beater?" Hands fluttered in the air and a chorus of assent rang out.
"I'll give it to anyone who has a green hat the color of my dress." That seemed pretty safe. There was a groan of protest from the crowd. But finally, from the audience first one, then another, and finally eight green-hatted women emerged and stalked triumphantly to the stage.
Miss DeBoth was equal to the occasion. The audience decided the winner by acclamation after careful comparison of colors. She got the beater.
"I'm going to find something for all of them," said Miss DeBoth.
"Let's sing." someone suggested.
"All right, who'll play "My Wild Irish
Rose?’
Everybody Sings.
Mrs. Ernst F. Ritter, 783 Glenwood avenue, played and they all sang while Miss DeBoth distributed measuring spoons and tin pans and packages of flour and bottles of cleansing fluid.
Then they wanted to sing some more. Old-time songs they all knew. "In the Good Old Summer Time" and "Sidewalks of New York" were sung. Mrs. Ritter must have something for her hard work at the piano, Miss DeBoth thought, so she heaped her arms full.
The big crossword puzzle loaf was finally completed and cut in two. Half for the first man to reach the platform; half for a bride of a week. Edward W. Hauser, 342 Davidson avenue, was the spryest man. Mrs. Harvey Mack, 57 Pineridge road, 17, was the bride. "Happy days!" Miss DeBoth wished her.
Then came recognition of the "bachelor maids," as Miss DeBoth calls them.
First to the platform and recipient of a cake was Miss Nina Yaeckel, 393 Emslie street. "I wish you luck," was Miss DeBoth's greeting.
Song and Dance Act.
During intermission, the Sumley sisters entertained, Adele appearing with a huge accordion and Isabel doing a song and dance act.
Intermission over, the mock turkey came out of the oven and was duly admired. That went to "a lady who has an unmarried son 40 years old who'd like to get married." Several appeared to have some in that category. One white-haired motherly woman with a son, Bert, got the turkey and the others received souvenirs.
Then the pineapple meringue cake, all white and fluffy, was given to Mrs. Adolph B. Meissner, 55 Tuxedo place, who was judged the oldest person to have a birthday Wednesday. She said she was so old she had forgotten when she was born.
Meanwhile, Senator Hickey had come in and was watching with interest from the rear. He said he thought he'd hear some information he could give his two sisters. Invited to the platform, he took an obscure seat near the entrance.
Then someone introduced him to Miss DeBoth and she coaxed him, protesting to the center of the stage, coat over his arm and cigar and hat in hand. The crowd applauded warmly and enthusiastically.

Arthur was mentioned in a newspaper article called, “Fancy Food and Gifts Make Cooking School a Real Party”, which was printed on page 18 of The Buffalo Evening News on Saturday, 7th May 1932. 
It reads, 
Fancy Food and Gifts Make Cooking School a Real Party
Miss DeBoth Has Tempting Dishes on Last Day-
"Believe It or Not" Contest Entries Urged.
"The daintiest last, to make the end most sweet." That was Shakespeare's idea and it's Miss Jessie M. DeBoth's, too. That's why Friday, the last day of the Buffalo Evening News Cooking and Homemaking school, was "Party day."
Everybody at the school was in party spirits and the lesson for the day was thickly peppered with fun. It was a real party.
The food prepared by Miss DeBoth, the school's popular instructor, was all party dishes for special occasions, tempting salads, sandwiches and fancy cakes, punches and other good things to drink.
Every day has been party day since the school started, if giving presents makes a party, but Friday was even more so, for many valuable pieces of household equipment-stoves, electric refrigerators and things of that sort were given away.
At the opening of the session Mrs. Alice Fox Pitts, feature editor of the Buffalo Evening News, told the women about the Ripley "Believe It or Not" contest which is conducted under her supervision and urged them to come in and enjoy it.
"Send in any amazing facts that you know about," she invited, "and maybe your fact will win a prize. You don't have to go to Africa or the South Pole to get the amazing facts. Sometimes you'll find them right in your own back yard or home.
Woodchuck Climbs Tree.
"A woodchuck climbing a tree or a kitten catching a ball may be as amazing as anything.
"One News reader who said he was ten years old." she declared. "sent in as an amazing fact the story that he once took a bath without his mother telling him to. As one who knows about such things, I thought he certainly deserved a prize. But as Mr. Ripley is a bachelor he may not have thought so."
Culinary concoctions that would have made the mouth of Lucullus water were evolved under the magic hands of Miss Jessie M. DeBoth at the third session of the Buffalo Evening News Cooking and Homemaking school Thursday afternoon in Elmwood Music hall.
Many of them may have been “economy" dishes, as Miss DeBoth asserted, but they looked good enough and smelled good enough to put on the table in the most golden days of prosperity. Choruses of "oh's" and "ah's" greeted her completion, and competition was hot and heavy when time came to give them to fortunate persons in the audience.
An Informal Gathering.
It was a friendly, informal audience that watched the demonstrations. It sang old-time songs while Miss DeBoth worked and put on a show itself that was almost as good as the one on the stage.
A number of men prominent in Buffalo's public life dropped in during the afternoon to gaze upon spaghetti loaf and Lady Baltimore cake and sub gum, and baby porcupine.
They marveled at the size of the crowd and were impressed by Miss DeBoth's skill. Men always like the school.
One of these was City Judge Robert J. Summers, who says he is a good judge of food. He came over after his work in court was over and, asked by Miss DeBoth to speak to the women, he tossed aside his hat and coat and told them something about his grandmother's cooking.
"I assume." he said, "that I was brought before you as an exhibit of what proper home cooking will do." The women took a look at the healthy-looking. stalwart judge and chuckled appreciatively.
Family Good Eaters.
"I come from a long line of good eaters, and that predicates a long line of good cooks. I can remember no more delectable food than the fried cakes that my grandmother used to bring forth from a steaming kettle of grease on Saturday mornings when I was a little boy."
The crowd clapped loud and long when he assured them that "while fines for white tags have been reduced to a mere $5, husbands may be sent to jail for six months upon the slightest complaint of the discontented wife." An old friend of the cooking school, City Comptroller William A. Eckert, who was one of the star performers at a "white elephant" evening session at the school two years ago, came over to say "hello" to Miss DeBoth. He chatted with workers back of the scenes for a while, but at intermission time, when Miss DeBoth called for him to greet the women, he had disappeared and gone back to the City hall. 
Eckert's Baking Recalled.
Many women in the audience recalled the sensation the comptroller created two years ago as Miss DeBoth's helper, when, with a big white apron tied under his arms, he helped bake cakes.
Another local celebrity in a front seat was Emanuel Joseph, 97-year-old Civil war veteran, who takes a keen interest in matters of civic welfare, of which he considers the cooking school to be one. He said he had come to see his old friend. Arthur C. Willats of the News advertising staff, in action. Mr. Willats is the master-of-ceremonies for the school.
County Attorney George L. Grobe was another publie figure listening from a back seat.
He was enthusiastic about the school.
One of the biggest laugh-getters of the afternoon was the sub gum luncheon enjoyed by two men. Sub gum, be it known, is a sort of chop suey. Miss DeBoth had made a quantity of the delicacy and said she would give it to any man who hadn't had his lunch. Two, it developed, hadn't. Charles Dal-loz and Salvatore Giangce.
Sub Gum Eaters Bring Laugh.
A place at Miss DeBoth's kitchen table was cleared for them, napkins were tucked under their chins and large dishes of sub gum set before them, which they attacked with vigor while the audience looked on laughingly.
"They ought to have music with their meal," Miss DeBoth declared. So another young man was recruited from the audience and he played "O Sole Mio," which was greatly appreciated.
The piano player received an aluminium kettle for his performance and went back to his seat.
By this time, the audience wanted to sing. Mrs. Jessie Peck, 545 Lisbon street, who had played for general singing Wednesday, obliged again and a young platinum-blonde collegiate miss in a yellow sweater and sports skirt led the women in "Smiles" and "Tipperary" and the "Sidewalks of New York." When she came to the "sweetest girl I know" line in "Tipperary," as if by common consent, they focused their eyes on Mr. Willats, seated on the stage, and substituted "sweetest man."
Race from Balcony Exciting.
By this time, the lunchers had had all they wanted of the sub gum. They left a little on their plates.
"Must have been a pretty mediocre kind of meal." Mr. Willats commented.
An exciting race from the balcony for an aluminium double boiler while the audience screamed with laughter, appearance on the stage of four women who admitted they had never had a beaux and received chunks of cake in recognition of the distinction, a song and dance act by another woman to earn a desired piece of kitchen equipment were just a few of the many events that entertained the audience between the serious cooking sessions.
Offer of a taste of the magic chocolate frosting Miss DeBoth was making for her Lady Baltimore cake brought a long line of applicants to the platform and she passed down the line with the kettle and a big spoon, feeding each a taste.
Another event that brought down the house was Mr. Willats' reading of a recipe sent up by "one of the girls" for cooking a husband to make him tender and good. 
Many Notes for Willats.
Mr. Willats is the recipient of many notes from his "girls," as he calls the audience. Many of the women know him from the six previous cooking schools conducted by the News and consider him an old friend.
One of the most approved pieces of cookery turned out by Miss DeBoth Thursday was her flaked cooked fish molds. A mixture of cooked flaked fish and milk and bread crumbs and eggs and seasoning had been baked in a mold the shape of a fish, which Miss DeBoth made more realistic by supplying eyes made of cross sections of stuffed olives. It was given to an unemployed man in the crowd.
At the Instructor's elbow and anticipating her every wish was Mrs. Alma Oberg, Miss DeBoth's first lieutenant who has been assisting at News cooking schools for years and is popular with the audience, although she never says a word.
Miss Harriet Cooke, News Kitchen Counselor, was again on the stage Thursday, and the crowd voclierously approved Miss DeBoth's idea that the Lady Baltimore cake be given to her.
The party ended with the presentation of gifts and baskets of groceries to about 75 persons in the audience.
Afterward, DeBoth admirers flocked onto the stage and an impromptu reception was held.

Arthur was mentioned in a newspaper article called, “Teacher Goes to Chicago. Miss DeBoth Brings Word From Col. Willats as School Closes.” which was printed on page 16, of “The Buffalo Evening News”, on Saturday, 20th May 1933. It reads, 
Teacher Goes to Chicago
Miss DeBoth Brings Word From Col. Willats as School Closes.
From here Miss Jessie M. DeBoth, News Cooking school instructor, left Friday night for her home in Chicago. This was her last school for the season.
"But that doesn't mean I won't be busy," she said. She hasn't had a real vacation in years, and is thinking of taking a short ocean trip.
Miss DeBoth Friday brought her audience news of Col. Arthur C. Willats, master of ceremonies at previous News schools, who has been ill and unable to attend this school.
She visited him at the hospital, and said she found him improving.
"He sent his love to 'his girls' here," she said The big audience, at the suggestion of one of its members, voted that the beautiful floral decoration which was to have been given as a present to someone in the audience, be sent to Col. Willats.
There has been a big fan mall for Miss DeBoth and Master of Ceremonies Merwin C. Morrison each day. One woman, who signed herself Mrs. Wahl, said she had been in the hospital for two years, and that the cooking school was one of the first things she had attended since her recovery.
Numerous attractive handmade gifts and bouquets of garden flowers were sent to Miss DeBoth by women in the audience.
"Come up at the end of the session so I can take your hands and squeeze them good and tight and say thank you in person." Miss DeBoth urged.
The Sumley Sisters. Adele and Isabel, who have been giving a special dance and song entertainment each day, sprang a surprise Friday, Dainty little Isabel appeared as old Uncle Josh, in overalls, ragged vest with constable's star, farmer's boots, the inevitable red bandana and even grey chin whiskers. Adele's surprise was a piano-accordion program. They brought down the house.
"Well, for the love of Mike," a well dressed young woman ejacul*ted, in pleased amazement, as her name was read as the recipient of a basket of groceries at the closing session.
The audience applauded loudly and warmly when Miss DeBoth informed them that one of the choicest gifts of the week, a washing machine, had gone to a woman who said, on receiving it, that she had wanted one for years, but hadn't felt she could afford it.
Miss Harriet Cooke, News Kitchen Counsellor, who has been occupying an inconspicuous seat on the platform at the sessions, was brought out by Miss DeBoth Friday and introduced to the audience, who gave her a flattering reception.
Betty Lou Adams, 128 Chenango street, was the little girl who helped Mr. Morrison with the gift giving Friday.
It was Miss Alice Reddan, 227 Springville avenue, Eggertsville, who won the prize dishes at the cooking school Wednesday. There was some uncertainty about her name at the time, and a slightly different spelling was given.
Friday's "low cost meal" suggested by Miss DeBoth was lamb stew with potatoes, turnip greens, custard with raisins.
One of the last to bid goodbye to Miss DeBoth when the school closed was her friend, J. George Haffa, custodian of Elmwood Music hall. He told her it had been a grand school and she thanked him for his cooperation. The two have been friends since Miss DeBoth conducted the News first cooking school eight years ago.

Heartbreakingly, 69 year old, Buffalo Lecturer and former Shakesperian Actoer, Arthur Charles Willats died on the Friday 2nd of June 1933 at Dr, Pierce’s Invalids Hotel and Surgical Institute, 665 Main Street, Buffalo, Erie, New York, USA. Arthur died from a Heart Attack.

His death announcement was put in the Niagara Falls Gazette, on Friday the 2nd of June 1933. It read as follows,
ARTHUR WILLATS DIES
Buffalo Newspaperman, Lecturer, Former Actor Succumbs to Heart Attack.
BUFFALO, June 2- Arthur C. Willats,
69 years old, 'well known Buffalo lecturer and former Shakesperian actor, "died in ' Dr. Pierce's Invalids Hotel and Surgical Institute, 665 Main street, early this morning. He had been in the institution since suffering a heart attack three weeks ago.
Mr. Willats was born in England and after coming to this country at the age of 17 he toured the United States as an actor, settling in Buffalo 50 years ago. He was engaged as a lecturer at the old Buffalo Cyclorama for many years and had been a member of the staff of the Buffalo Evening News for 40 years.
He had also recently lectured over the radio. . ^
He Is survived by a son, Richard
H. Willats, Buffalo automobile distributor, and a daughter, Mrs. Louis
G. Collard, 84 MontIcello place.

Dr. Pierce’s Invalids Hotel and Surgical Institute was a prominent medical institution located at 665 Main Street in Buffalo, Erie, New York, USA. Founded by Dr. R.V. Pierce in the late 19th century, the institute gained widespread recognition for its innovative treatments and medical care. Dr. Pierce, a well-known figure in the medical community at the time, established the institute with a focus on providing specialized care for chronic ailments and surgical procedures.
The institution offered a range of medical services, catering particularly to individuals suffering from chronic illnesses and conditions that required long-term care. Its reputation grew due to Dr. Pierce’s proprietary medicines, which were widely advertised and distributed across the country. These medications purportedly offered remedies for various ailments and contributed significantly to the institute’s popularity.
Beyond medical treatments, Dr. Pierce’s establishment provided accommodations for patients, functioning as both a hospital and a place of residence during their treatment and recovery periods. The institute’s facilities were designed to provide comfort and care to patients seeking relief from their ailments.
Throughout its existence, Dr. Pierce’s Invalids Hotel and Surgical Institute remained a symbol of medical advancement and compassionate care, drawing patients from different parts of the United States seeking the specialized treatments and innovative medical approaches offered by Dr. Pierce and his team of professionals.
On May 19, 1882 a Buffalo Commercial story announced that Pierce had consolidated the business in two newly erected buildings. The buildings were situated back to back with the Invalids Hotel and Surgical Institute located at 663 Main Street. Behind it, the World’s Dispensary was located at 660 to 670 Washington Street. A view of the Invalids Hotel with the World’s Dispensary visible in the background was included in later editions of Pierce’s Medical Advisor.

The hotel building was described in the following advertisem*nt as: Not a Hospital But a Pleasant Remedial Home.

Sketches in the Medical Advisor reveal that not only was the facility pleasant but high end as well. The grand main entrance was described like this:

The entrance to the Invalid’s Hotel and Surgical Institute is covered by a lofty porch of beautiful design, the roof of which is supported upon heavy iron columns. Above the massive double doors, through which the visitor enters, are large heavy panels of stained glass, on which the words “Invalids Hotel and Surgical Institute” stand out conspicuously.

Inside, the first floor included, among other rooms, ladies’ and mens’ parlors, described like this:

The wood-work is mainly of hard woods, oak and cherry predominating. In a large part of the house the floors are of oak, with a cherry border, neatly finished in oil and shellac, and covered with rich rugs and elegant carpets of the very best quality.

Here’s a sketch of the ladies’ parlor.

Upstairs, the patient rooms appear just as ornate.

The third floor accommodated the treatment rooms which according to the Medical Advisor contained “apparatus and appliances for the successful management of every chronic malady incident to mankind.”
Electrical apparatus of the latest and most approved kinds some of it driven and operated by steam power, dry-cupping and equalizing treatment apparatus, “vitalization” apparatus, numerous and most ingenious rubbing and manipulating apparatus and machinery, driven by steam power….
Another floor accommodated the Surgical Department, which thankfully they don’t describe in any detail!
Not only did Pierce treat patients in person at the Institute but if you couldn’t make it to Buffalo he’d treat you by mail. (Tele – medicine 150 years before its time?) That operation, performed by what Pierce called their Bureau of Medical Correspondence, was also housed in the hotel and was described like this:
From ten to twelve physicians, with their stenographers or short-hand writers are constantly employed in attending to the vast correspondence received from invalids residing in all parts of the United States and Canada. Every important case receives the careful consideration of a council composed of three to five of these expert specialists before finally being passed upon and prescribed for.
More information can be found here.

Arthur's life story was featured in a newspaper article called “Arthur C. Willats, Amuser Of Thousands, Dies in Sleep”, which was printed on page 21 of The Buffalo Evening News on Friday, 2nd June 1933. 
It reads, 
Arthur C. Willats, Amuser Of Thousands, Dies in Sleep 
Dean of Buffalo Evening News Advertising Staff Was Best Known as Master of Ceremonies at Cooking School.
Genial, popular Arthur C. Willats will thrill and cheer no more audiences as lecturer and master of ceremonies at the annual Buffalo Evening News cooking schools.
He died at 1 A.M. Friday-died in his sleep in Dr. Pierce's Invalids Hotel & Surgical Institute, 665 Main street, which he entered three weeks ago following a heart attack. Mr. Willats, 69, had been ailing for several months.
The funeral will be held at 2 P.M. Sunday from the home of his daughter, Mrs. Louis G. Collard, 84 Monticello Place, with services half an hour later in the Buffalo Crematory, Delavan Avenue.
Arthur C. Willats was born in London, England, July 11, 1863. He was 17 years old when he decided to leave England and come to the United States. Arriving in New York city, Mr. Willats took the first train west to Wheeling, W. Va., where an uncle then resided.
Fifty years ago Mr. Willats came to Buffalo, after having toured the United States from coast to coast as an actor in Shakespearean dramas. His most notable success was in the role of Hamlet, although he had achieved distinction in many other difficult parts. 
Thousands Thrills by Lectures.
Arriving in Buffalo, Mr. Willats became the lecturer in the Cyclorama, an octagonal building erected on Edward Street in 1888 to house a mammoth painting of the Crucifixion.
Thousands of persons viewed the painting and were thrilled by Mr Willats' lecture on the Crucifixion of Christ during the years the Cyclorama was a Buffalo landmark
Besides this lecture, Mr. Willats at various times lectured on other subjests, notably in regard to the outstanding events of the Civil war. The lectures attracted widespread attention and brought him more than local fame.
On Good Friday, 1931, Mr. Willats gave a condensed version of his lecture describing the events leading up to the Crucifixion over station WBEN. In the Cyclorama the descriptive address, which he gave more than 600 times, usually lasted for two hours.
For his Good Friday broadcast over WBEN, which won him high praise from the listeners, Mr. Willats described only one scene, "Golgotha."
Popular as Santa.
Every year at Easter time, Mr. Willats appeared before other audiences in Buffalo and elsewhere and repeated his address on the religious, historical and artistic significance of the great canvas, Crucifixion, and his efforts always were acclaimed.
Mr. Willats also was noted for his jolly characterization of Santa Claus at Christmas each year. Accompanied by an orchestra he would go from orphanage to orphanage throughout the county and portray that character for the boys and girls. Many of them. now grown to manhood and womanhood, fondly remember Mr. Willats for this charitable portrayal.
His Santa Claus was about the most popular in Buffalo. For the last several years WBEN audiences had heard him as Santa Claus. Not even the “mike" could dim the personality that beamed from Mr. Willats jovial face, nor still the ring of sincerity in the voice that had been heard by tens of thousands.
A gifted storyteller, a natural entertainer, Mr. Willats without conscious effort always became surrounded by a group of spellbound listeners wherever he went. 
Popular for "Tall Tales."
In gatherings of the members of the Greater Buffalo Advertising Club and of the Buffalo Chamber of Commerce, two organizations in which he took a deep interest until recent years, he was particularly popular for his robust stories and "tall tales," which he told with one eye closed and his tongue literally in his cheek.
Once on a trip to Canada with the advertising men, for he attended all their gatherings and went on all their outings, his stories ran far into the night.
"These people may want to go to bed, Art, let's be on our way," a friend interrupted to suggest.
The other listeners, angry as a cluster of agitated hornets, nearly mobbed the interrupter and Mr. Willats gave them another series of his tales.
It was not unusual for Mr. Willats when foregathering with friends suddenly to burst forth with a long dramatic recitation from one of the Shakespearean dramas.
His friends would be bound in silence to the close of the act and applaud and plead for further dramatizations.
Thousands of Buffalo and vicinity women held him in fond esteem for his efforts as master of ceremonies during the Buffalo Evening News cooking schools. Until this year, when iliness prevented, Mr. Willats always had appeared on the stage in Elmwood Music hall with Miss Jessie M. DeBoth, renowned home economics lecturer.
Dean of Advertising Staff.
Mr. Willats had been a member of the advertising staff of the Buffalo Evening News for 22 years and was dean of that staff when he died. He performed many duties at various times, was editor of the Ad-Viser, a publication distributed to advertisers of the Buffalo Evening News; was the official guide for parties touring through the offices and plant of the Evening News, was the master-of-ceremonies of the Buffalo Evening News cooking school and permanent chairman of the committee on arrangements for the annual orphans picnic sponsored by the News at Crystal Beach.
From the time Miss DeBoth arrived in Buffalo until she left after adjournment of the cooking school, Mr. Willats' time was at her command. Miss DeBoth was so pleased with Mr. Willats' entertainment and efforts that she offered to employ him permanently to appear with her before similar schools in other sections of the country.
It was never necessary for anyone to exhort, "Come on, ladies, give Uncle Arthur a great big hand” when Mr. Willats appeared on the stage before the cooking school attendants. The moment he appeared and the women glimpsed him, they cheered lustily.
Mr. Willats always had a job quieting the audiences down.
A Provoker of Mirth.
Then, after introducing Miss DeBoth, Mr. Willats behind her back provided the crowds with endless opportunities for merriment. He would stick a prying finger into a chocolate pie she had just taken from the oven, lick it with every evidence of deep delight and roll his large and expressive eyes.
That was always good for loud roars of appreciation.
Or perhaps Mr. Willats would put on one of Miss DeBoth's dainty aprons, which would only partly cover his wide girth.
Great gusts of laughter, roaring cheers greeted all of these little histrionic efforts.
"He's as good as a professional," some of the women would whisper.
Few of the women in the audiences knew that in fact he had been a professional.
About ten years ago Mr. Willats toured to every city and town in Western New York, delivering lectures on "The Press and the Spoilsman," in which he told how a newspaper plant functions, how news is gathered and presented to the reader.
Had Flavor of Newspaper "Game." 
None of the romance of news gathering was lost in his lecture-all the flavor of the "game" was there.
For a number of years before joining the staff of the Buffalo Evening News, Mr. Willats managed the old Buffalo Athletic field, on which now stands the store of Sears, Roebuck & Co., Main Street and Jefferson Avenue.
As manager of the old Buffalo Athletic field bicycling track, Mr. Willats was known to all the wheelmen and champions of the late 90's and during the early part of the present century.
Numbered among his friends were Eddie "Cannon" Bald, Tom Cooper, Owen Kimball, Floyd McFarland, Frank Kramer, Jimmy Michaels, Harry Elks and Edward Taylor, the French champion, to mention a few, while of the local cycling stars he knew intimately Frank Denny, Ray Duerr, Adolf Goehler, Earl Stevens, Charles and Mike Dirnberger, Charles Doerntge, Austin Crooks Billy Pensyres and many others.
Mr. Willats promoted many races in which these stars appeared and large crowds thronged the track.
Toured With Novelty Show.
He was a member of Parish lodge 292, F. & A. M., and of Eastern Star lodge 601, I. O. O. F. Mr. Willats at one time was noble grand of Eastern Star lodge.
In his early years as a showman, Mr. Willats toured Europe with a novelty show gathered together by Paul Boynton, famed as a Coney Island concessionnaire. Mr. Willats was business manager of the show.
It was while he was touring France that he met the late Edward H. Butler, founder of the Buffalo Evening News, and formed a friendship that later led Mr. Willats to become a member of the advertising staff of the News.
Returning from Europe Mr. Willats toured in the United States with a production similar to the Boynton show. Mr. Willats knew all phases of showmanship, including the experience of being stranded. His show disbanded somewhere on the Pacific coast. He was wont to intimate to his friends that while he did not exactly count the ties back to Buffalo on that occasion he did have "a difficult time" making the long journey.
On his trips to Europe Mr. Willats made it a point to visit the members of his family in London and he never later lost touch with his people there.
One of 13 Children.
Usually every second summer he revisited the scenes of his childhood and renewed the bonds of interest with his brothers and sisters who remained there.
Of 13 children in the family, five still live-Sidney and Fred Willats, Mrs. Ada Charlton, Mrs. G. Campbell Ferris and Mrs. George Champion, all living in London.
Three years ago, when he made his last trip abroad, he took his 16-year-old grandson, Richard Collard, with him to preserve the link between the families on both sides of the Atlantic.
Besides his daughter, Mr. Willats is survived in this country by a son, Richard H. Willats, who is head of the firm of Dick Willats, Inc., automobile distributors. Until he entered the hospital Mr. Willats resided at 24 Glendale avenue, but it had been his intention later to make his home with his daughter, Mrs. Collard, in Monticello place.

The same write up was printed in the late addition of The Buffalo Evening News, which was printed on page 1, on Friday, 2nd June 1933.

The following day, Saturday the 3rd of June 1933, The Buffalo Evening News, printed Arthur’s obituary. It reads,
WILLATS - June 2, 1933, Arthur C. father of Mrs. Louis G. Collard and Richard H. Willats. Funeral from the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Louis G. Collard, 84 Monticello Place, Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock and from the Buffalo Crematory chapel, Delavan Avenue, under the auspices of Parish Lodge at 2:30. Deceased was a member of Parish Lodge No. 292. F. & A. M. and Eastern Star Lodge No. 601, 1. O. O. P. Flowers gratefully declined.

The Buffalo Evening News, also printed a rather fascinating obituary and photo of Arthur on the same page, it reads the same as the long article printed on Friday, 2nd June 1933 , 
Arthur C. Willats, Amuser Of Thousands, Dies in Sleep.

Arthur funeral service was held Sunday the 4th of June 1933, at 2 P. M. in the home of his daughter Mrs. Louis G. Collard, 84 Monticello place, Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States of America and at 2:30 P. M. in the Buffalo Crematory, Delaware Avenue, Buffalo Erie, New York, United States of America.

America's first modern cremation took place on December 6, 1876, at the LeMoyne Crematory in Washington,Pennsylvania.
America's first PUBLIC crematory was built by the Lancaster CremationandFuneral Reform Society and its first cremation took place on November 25, 1884, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
The United States Cremation Company's Fresh Pond Crematory on LongIsland wascompleted and its first cremation took place on December 4, 1885.
The Buffalo Cremation Company erected their crematory on Delavan Avenue in Buffalo, New York, and its first cremation took place on December 27, 1885.
Modern cremation, as we know it, actually began only a little over a century ago, after years of experimentation into the development of adependable chamber. When Professor Brunetti of Italy finally perfected his model and displayed it at the 1873 Vienna Exposition, the cremationmovement started almost simultaneously on both sides of the Atlantic.
In the British Isles, the movement was fostered by Queen Victoria'ssurgeon, Sir Henry Thompson. Concerned with hazardous health conditions, Sir Henry and his colleagues founded the Cremation Societyof England in 1874. The first crematories in Europe were built in 1878 in Woking, England and Gotha, Germany.
Meanwhile in North America, although there had been two recordedinstances of cremation before 1800, the real start began in 1876 when Dr. Julius LeMoyne built the first crematory in Washington, Pennsylvania.
In 1884 the second crematory opened in Lancaster, Pennsylvania and, aswas true of many of the early crematories, it was owned and operated by a cremation society. Other forces behind early crematory openings wereProtestant clergy who desired to reform burial practices and the medical profession concerned with health conditions around earlycemeteries.
Crematories soon sprang up in Buffalo, New York, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Detroit and Los Angeles. By 1900, there were already 20crematories in operation, and by the time that Dr. Hugo Erichsen founded the Cremation Association of America in 1913, there were 52crematories in North America and over 10,000 cremations took place in that year.
As far as we can discover, the first crematory was built by Dr. Julius Lemoyne in Washington, Pennsylvania, in 1876. The first person cremated in this crematorium was Baron LePalm, in the same year. (Dr. Lemoyne had built this crematorium for the cremation ofhis own body - he was so strongly averse to burial.) The popular disapproval of this innovation was so active that police reserves werecalled out in New York City to allow the departure of the body. The furnace was the old fashioned co*ke, preheated type, 24 hours to heat, 2hours to cremate and another 24 hours to cool. A tablet in memory of this beginning of the modern cremation movement has been placed on thislittle brick crematory by the Cremation Association of America by Dr. Hugo Erichsen, its founder.
The public crematorium movement was really started by the sons of Dr. Corey of Buffalo, New York. Dr. Corey, somewhere about the early eighties, died in Europe and wascremated in an Italian crematorium. His sons, upon return to Buffalo, decided to organize the Buffalo Crematorium for public use. Theybrought the Italian workmen and materials from Europe and installed a wood alcohol, gas producing and burning retort, which was usedintermittently with gas supply to date.

"As the final curtain to the fascinating life of Arthur Charles Willats closes and we bid farewell to the chapters of Arthur Charles Willats' life, his story stands as a testament to resilience, courage, and the unwavering pursuit of a better future. 
The echoes of his legacy resonate with resilience and fortitude. From the depths of loss to the unknown paths of a new land, his fasinating spirit guided him through life's unpredictable currents. 
May his legacy endure, an inspiration for generations to come, reminding us that within the folds of history lie tales of ordinary individuals who, in their own extraordinary way, shaped the course of our shared human narrative."
It has been such an outstanding honour to research Arthur’s life, it's been rather incredible to find so much documentation, especially the Newspaper articles and his obituarys. When I first started researching Arthur's life, I really thought I would find very little about him, boy didn't I get that wrong! I knew so very little about him and I feel there is still so much to learn, especially about his days as a Shakespearean actor. Of course if I find any documentation about those days, I will be sure to share in hopes you are as interested and invested, as I am in this incredible human being. I very, very much wish I had had the pleasure of meeting this gentleman, and I am beyond honoured to call him my third great uncle Arthur. I'm pretty gutted that my journey looking into his life is over, out of all my ancestors I feel as I now know Arthur quite well. What a life he lead and what a kind inspirational bubbly soul he seemed to be. 
It truly has been the greatest of honours.

Until next time, stay safe, say true, stay you.
Toodle pip.

Yours Lainey.

Gone but never forgotten,
Arthur Charles Willats,
1863 – 1933

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