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GREENWICH JOURNAL Page 4 SALEM PRESS Thursday, February 3,2000 Editorial Park with consideration, please It is sad to note that so many people are so inconsiderate that they ignore the signs and markings in parking areas indicating spaces reserved for handicapped parking. Time and again, we see people park ing or cars already parked in these reserved areas. We see able-bodied people jump nimbly from their vehicles in these spots or hop with agility back into their cars in the reserved parking slots. Perhaps their errand was a quick one. They expected to be only a minute or two. Did it ever occur to them that, v/hile they were gone, a car bearing a handicapped person might drive up and require the spot they were occupying. One time we spoke with a driver who preempted a handicapped space. We questioned the person, who appeared to be quite whole of body and ability. The reply we received was that an older person who drove the car was in fact handicapped. That may have been true, but that person was not in the vehicle for that trip. We couldn’t understand why the other person assumed the right to use a handicapped space. Now, after our recent accumulations of snow, we wonder if those who preempt handicapped spaces for parking are the same people who blithely park across egresses from sidewalks to streets which merchants have shoveled out for the convenience of their patrons? Why not think of others and park so that those shoveled spaces are available for use by pedestrians or for people who have parked fore or aft of the shoveled-out spaces? That way the cleared areas are open and people do not have to climb over or wade through snow banks. Remember that the handicapped need to be able to park in the spaces allotted and people need to be able to access streets or sidewalks when snow is piled high. jA .ave.nfu r e s e n m g by DoeofKy lAlsamar Keep them warm this winter This January, winter has come with a vengeance...snow and strong frigid winds. For the plants and soil in the garden, snow is a protection against the piercingly dry, cold winds, but not so for people and their dogs. 1 can always bundle up in a warm coat, but our little West Highland White Terrier had just recently been to the groomers and had lost some of his good, rough protecting terrier coat of hair. He was shivering because 1 had wanted him to look nice for the holidays. So, vowing I wouldn't be all that foolish again, next winter, I went out and bought him a dog sweater...bright red. He loves, it, and I've happily dis covered, on a snow covered lawn, or through a snow-deep woods, it's real easy to keep track of a white dog in a bright red sweater. Now, turning to your houseplants, they can't shiver to tell you they're cold, and you don't want to wait until they're damaged to realize you should have protected them. Any of my plants that need warmth, such as the African violets and amaryllis, are in the wanner part of our house. But, when you turn down the heat at bedtime, it's easy to forget, those plants tliat you have placed by windows can get awfully cold...too- cold. NEWCO Menu Monday, February 7 - Stuffed shells, Italian beans, California vege tables, Italian bread, fresh banana. Tuesday, February 8 - Lemon chicken, tiny red potatoes, asparagus cuts, pumpernickel bread, fresh melon cup. Wednesday, February 9 - Macaroni and cheese, stewed tomatoes, mashed rutabaga, stub wheat bread, chocolate cake. Thursday, February 10 - Chili con carnc, steamed rice, Mexican com, crackers, cherry cobbler. Friday, February 11 - Veal and pep pers, mashed potatoes, peas and carrots, Canadian oat bread, mandarin oranges. Emergency loan assistance Warren County has been added to the list of area counties for disaster emergency loan assistance through the Farm Service Agency. The loan assistance is available to family farmers who suffered the loss of at least 30 percent of their production caused by drought conditions this past year. To determine eligibility and obtain an application, fanners should contact the FSA office in Greenwich on State Route 40 North. The Greenwich Journal & Salem Press (ÜPS 229-380) Established October 13,1842 Sally B. Teff t, Publisher Sally B. Tefft, Managing Editor Published every Thursday by Tefft Publishers, Inc. 35 Salem St., Greenwich, N.Y. 12834-0185 Telephone: [518] 692-2266 - FAX# [5Ì8] 692-2589 Office hours: Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to noon & 1:00 to 4:30 p.m. Official Newspaper for Washington County; the Towns o f Greenwich, Easton, Jackson, Salem and Argyle; &. the Villages o f Greenwich, Argyle and Victory. Sully B. Tefft- President, Treasurer Vice President, Secretary Subscription Rates-Orie Year Washington County -$24.00 All Others -$27.00 Single Copy - 60 cents Subscribers: To insure tiittely delivery, please notify us immediately of any change in address or correction POSrrMASTEE:Sendatkkeasch0ng:stoTh6Joumal-Preas,P.O.Bax 185,Giasiwich)N.Y. 12834-0135. Periodical Pojtagepaid in Greenwich, New York, 12834 O ur C entury A J o u r n a l o f L o c a l T w e n t i e t h C e n t u r y H is t o r y g l e a m e d fr o m t h e p a g e s o f T h e G r e e n w i c h J o u r n a l a n d S a l e m P r e s s So, I draw a curtain or shade be tween my warmth-loving plants and their windows, or simply just pull them back a bit, into the room. It's amazing what a difference that can mean to theirs. . Also, if you plan to buy a plant this winter, make sure they wrap it up good at the store. Usually, places that sell plants have protecting paper sleeves near their cash registers, ready to slip over any plant you purchase. On very cold days, I've even seen people give their plants extra protection by placing them, sleeve-wrapped and all, into a large paper bag. Remember, your car can be very cold, also. Try to buy your plant on your way home, and zip it indoors, im mediately, when you get there. One last thing, the air in warmed homes, in winter, can become ex tremely dry. African violets like the air around them warm and moist, so 1 place their pots on water-tight trays that have raised inserts. The water in the trays evaporates to create a moist atmosphere around the violets, and as violets also like a barely moist, but never soggy soil, any accidental excess watering can safely drain away from the plant into the tray. Winter can be cold and harsh, but I've found it is much cheered by a Westie in a red.sweater romping in the snow, and some African violets bloom ing in the window. Winter precautions for pet animals With the onset of severe winter weather recently, pet owners should protect their animals from the cold. The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals notes that dogs and other animals can suffer from frostbite, expo sure and dehydration if water source is frozen, despite coats of fur. Cold weather spells real hardship for animals kept outside. Owners should be sure there is adequate food, water, shelter and medical care given if needed. Suggested safety measures include bringing inside baby, elderly, and small animals and short-haired dogs. Provide proper shelters and don't let your pet roam freely. Food rations should be increased. Use an antifreeze made of propylene glycol instead of ethylene glycol as animals are attracted to antifreeze because of its sweet taste. Keep ice on water supply broken up at least twice a day. Provide for strays until the owner can be located and con tact the humane society. * * * An open hand, an easy shoe, and a hope to make the day go through. —W illiam Bliss Carman Qeorge Purdy bought John Whiteside and Sons auto sales and service on January 1. Don and Ed Whiteside reopened their Mill and Bridge street building for their fuel and oil furnace business. About the same time, Harold, James, and Leo Flynn purchased the Ryan furniture and funeral business of Qreenwich and Schuylerville. * In February, John F. Keniry of Mechanicville became the general manager of Lant’s garage. His father, Patrick, was the lawyer who represented the village of Qreenwich in the take over of the water company. In November, Keniry bought Lant's. That business had started in Cossayuna in 1922 <ind moved to Qreenwich several years later. Also in February, Bob Pratt, a native of Cossayuna, purchased Dwyer's clothing store from Ray Dwyer, Jr., who was turning his attention back to his plumbing business, which he had started in 1954. Charles Cronin, 85, retired from business. His son, Jeremiah, purchased the hardware business, which was once Haverly's. Charles had been in business in Qreenwich (with the hardware and, at one time, a grocery) for 62 years. David Vanderzee, Chester Hack, and Joseph McQrath were busy during the summer carving out and creating Willard's Mountain ski area on 225 acres of land they purchased and leased on the mountain. Trails were being cleared and lifts planned. The Philip Kosowsky farm house would become the ski area's lodge. Skiers were on the slopes in December, but the first ones had to hike up the mountain, on 18 inches of snow, because the t-bar lift was not yet in operation. A 800-foot rope tow was soon working, however. Qreenwich Qarment company, located at Mill Hollow, purchased Pine Spring Shirt company on JHill Street. Harry Rosenberg became manager of both concerns. Another sewing business, Reilly Company, bought Joseph Lyttlejr.'s Corliss Avenue building in September. Lathrop Chase bought the Peter Bradley & Company grocery and meat store on Bleecker Street in November. That store had been in business for 57 years. Water, water, water On January 12, the voters of the village of Qreenwich went to the polls to answer a simple question: did they think that the Qreenwich Union Water Works Company should be municipally owned! Yes, the people said, 306 to 65. The village board immediately announced plans to seek new sources for the water supply and to improve the system. They dlso appointed a board of water commissioners (Lewis Collins, Qeorge Daisy, and Paul Schneible) to oversee the new village water department. Transfer of the company's property became official on May 27. A spring and summer drought severely taxed the system. In mid-June the village placed a ban on the sprinkling of lawns and the watering of gardens and prepared to begin pumping from the Batten Kill on upper Salem Street. A rainy day delayed that pumping, but then dry weaihei set in again. Before long, chlorinated river water was coursing through the pipes in town. In August the water works building was sold and the municipal department established ifself in the Qreenwich Community Center. Drilling of test wells for the future water supply began in November. One on the Chester Skiff farm on lower Hill Street at least looked impressive. An artesian flow burst forth from the ground and leapt, fora while, like a steady Old Faithful. Nonetheless, the search for new, deep, dependable wells went into the next year. Other news o f 1957 January 11 - State Senator Henry Neddo died at his home in Whitehall. On Valentine's Day, Albert Berkowitz was elected to take his place. — The Jackson Fire Insurance Company (with 151 policy holders) was 100 years old. Voters of the Cambridge Central School district approved a $320,000 bond issue for the construction of an addition and alterations to their school. The construction would provide 10 more classrooms. March 1 — The Reverend Samuel Arthur-Davies left Saint Paul's Episcopal Church in Qreenwich and St. Stephen's in Schuylerville to take his new charge in Lake Placid. His replacement, June 1, was the Reverend Qeorge R. Kahlbaugh. March 5 — The Qreen Acres Tavern was broken into by burglars who stole $650- worth of liquor and $15 in cash. — William McQuade, who had been commissioner of public works in the village of Qreenwich since 1929, retired. John Kelly was appointed on April 11 as his replacement. McQuade, 84, who was born in Qilford, Ireland, and came as a young man to work here at the Dunbarton mill, died on November 6. Before becoming public works commissioner, he had been a motorman for the Hudson Valley railway and had operated the Qreenwich—Thomson trolley, The Union Engine Company #1 hand pumper was badly damaged in a fire w'hich destroyed a Mowry Avenue barn owned by Jerry Cronin. April 9 — Jack Wyrtzen was the speaker at a Word of Life rally held at the Argyle United Presbyterian Church. April 11 — The Bottskill Qrange, organized in December 1906, conducted its 1000th meeting. April 18 — A barn on the Qray Estate in Qreenwich was destroyed by fire. Four days later a blaze deliberately set burned grass just outside the Q.L.F. farm store. Three other grass fires \were of suspicious origin, and soon a teenage fire bug was apprehended and sent for psychological counseling. January - April 1 Congressman John E. Sweeney Reports from Washington Response to the 2000 State of the Union address Congressman John E. Sweeney (R/C-Clifton Park) responded to Thursday night's State of the Union address. His remarks follow: The President, as always, has given an imposing speech. Unfor tunately after seven previous State of the Union addresses, President Clinton has shown that he can deliver a speech, but he doesn't deliver on promises made in the speech. This was especially apparent last year, when the President made a great show of his intention to pro tect the social security trust fund. The President then spent the re mainder o f the year trying to spend the social security surplus on new government programs. It was the Republican Congress that followed through on their pledge to protect Social Security. True to form, the President offers a full menu of enticing new programs for all manner of special interests this year. But we know that you don't reduce debt by expanding government. And we know you can't cut taxes by expanding gov ernment. The Republican Congress is pledging to cut waste in big government programs so we can pay down the debt and reduce taxes. While I commend President Clinton for following the lead of House Republicans and offering tax relief in his speech, specifically re lief from the marriage tax penalty, 1 must question his commitment to real tax reform. The tax bill that we passed last ■year, which included substantial mar riage tax penalty relief, was vetoed by President Clinton. I was a co sponsor of that bill. If he is serious about getting down to business, and if he is through playing partisan politics, I would look forward to working with the President so we might finally accomplish meaningful reform in our tax code. His latest laundry list of new programs and' big government spending indicate to me that he is not. Massive spending on new pro grams might sound good in a speech,, but making promises you won't keep* isn't good government. Mr. President, J would ask that we do three things this year: cut wasteful spending, reduce taxes and pay down the national debt.\ so»# May g _ A five-week dry spell contributed to a forest fire on Willard's and Qreen's mountains in Easton. Fifteen acres of timber on the Palmer farm were destroyed. The able-bodied men of the town were called out to fight the fire, which was brought under control with shovels, brooms, rakes, and one commandeered bulldozer. May 22 — The Reverend Charles R. Edgington, 21 years pastor of Centenary United Methodist church, took on a new assignment, in Nassau. He and his wife celebrated their 29th wedding anniversary at a farewell party held May 15. The Reverend Andrew B. Cunier assumed Edgington's pulpit on June 2. June 4 — William T. Sherman of Cape May, N.J., was attempting to land his gypsy moth spray plane on a landing strip at the O. K. Butcher farm in Shushan when his craft's engine cut out. The plane lost its wings when it flew through the tops of some trees at the edge of the field, and it nose-dived into the ground, but Sherman escaped with just a cut to his own nose. June 29 — The tail end of Hurricane Audrey blew for three minutes or so through Qreenwich beginning at <5:15 a.m. Dozens of trees were uprooted, limbs came crashing down, telephone and electric service was cut, and the village was left with considerable cleanup and extra manpower expenses. ju|y 18 — Shirley Lamb of Easton was selected as Washington County's NYABC dairy queen. The runners up were Betty Davidson and Janet Lauder of Qreenwich and Beverly Lundy and Betsy McDougall of Argyle. August 3 — The county firemen's association convention and parade was held in Cambridge. August 20 — The Washington County Fair, bigger and better, was back at McMullen Flats in Qreenwich. WQY and WWSC made live broadcasts from the fair. Featured was an all-county amateur talent contest, August 26 — Qovernor Averell Harriman was in Schuylerville to open the new $2,000,000 Route 4 from that village to Bemis Heights. The old road had wound through the battlefield on its way south. September 3 — Qreenwich Central School opened with 1,100 students enrolled. The daily schedule was changed and included only a 34-minute lunch recess, about which Ralph Perkins, in addition to others, was concerned. It didn't provide enough time for village students who consumed their lunches at home to get there, actually eat, and then return to school. October — Roger Qreeno of Salem was one of 150 4-H club members to attend the third International Dairy Show Education Conference in Chicago, Illinois. October 31 — The Halloween parade was cancelled due to an outbreak of flu which had closed school for the week. Donald Judd said that he didn't have enough healthy band members to play for the parade. School resumed the next Monday with 80°/o attendance. In Argyle, Lester Lufkin, after being ousted from the job in 1956, won election, again, as highway superintendent. He defeated Robert Dowmont, 416 to 410. December — Political leaders from Saratoga, Warren, and Washington counties began consideration of establishment of a community college for the area. December 8 — State Police raided both the Legion and VFW posts and confiscated slot machines that had been used in them. Among those arrested for possession of gambling devices were Legion Commander Ralph Perkins and VFW members J. Harwood Brownell, Martin Moynihan, and John Hiland. They pleaded guilty to the offense and were each fined $10, but the payment of the fines was suspended. The machines were destroyed and their content of nickels, dimes, and quarters was entrusted to the coffers of the county treasurer. December 20 — Qreenwich conducted a community carol sing next to the village Christmas tree at Mowiy Park. Donald Judd and other members of the Q.C.S. music faculty provided the accompaniment for the. event sponsored by the Qreenwich Chamber of Commerce. By the way... Motor vehicle inspection began in 1957 for all used cars and all automobiles more than four years old. In February, models that were made during 1938 or before were the first to be inspected. Among the thirteen inspection stations in the county were the Ellis Qarage in Argyle, David W. Moore in Cambridge, the West End Qarage in Qreenwich, and Wever's Qarage in West Hebron. During the 1940's and 50's, QreenWich telephone numbers began with the letters, \QR.\ Four digits followed. Similarly, in Schuylerville, “SC was followed by four digits. In Salem, there were no letters, just four digits. That all changed at 3:01 a.m. on July 20. Qreenwich and Schuylerville numbers thereafter began with the letters \MY\ (for \Myrtle') and a new digit (2 or 5) preceded the old four digits of the numbers. Salem added UL (for Ulysses) and a digit (4) to its numbers. Timing! An S & T tissue factory opened in Cuba on May 5,1957, less than two years before Castro took control there, The facility, just 1.2 miles from Havana, had machinery designed and installed by Walter Metcalf and Asa Schermerhorn of the Middle Falls plant. Howard Oliver and Paul Qilchrist trained the new factory's personnel. At the time, S & T produced about half of the toilet and facial tissue used in Cuba. The spelling of “Bleecker\ Street was a matter of some debate in 1957. Street signs omitted the \c\ in the name. Historian Islay V. H. Qill explained that much of the west end of the village, from the river to Main Street, had once belonged to the heirs of Jonathan Bleecker, perhaps the same Dutchman for whom New York City's Bleecker Street is named. 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