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Vol. 6 No. 25 Chappaqua, N. Y. April 13, 1951 The Prize Winning Newspaper Price Ten Cents EW CASTLE Town Board Okays parings on Zone Amendments Amendments to the New 'Zoning Ordinance, pro- the New Castle Town Board at its regular meeting Tuesday, April 10, by the Zoning Board of Appeals, will be ad vertised for public hearing at the Town Board 's second April meeting on the 24th. ^Ine amendment proposes to require certification by a licensed engineer that buildings have been physically staked in ac cordance with the plot plan on which the building permit was issued -and that the plan itself is in accordance with zoning reg ulation as to set-back require ments before construction is be gun. This amendment supplants, at8fhe Zoning Board 's request a previous recommendation that violators of set-back require ments through engineering care lessness be assessed severe finan cial penalties. This previous rec ommendation was never acted on by the Town Board. The second amendment will ask re-zoning of a minute area on the Mount Kisco-New Castle corporation line to Residence 2 to equalize zoning regulations for property under single own ership straddling the line. The Meadowbrook subdivision will be principally affected. The Chappaqua Fire Depart ment was given conditional per mission to use the Greeley Av- (Continued on Page 2) A Courageous Decision Not since the days of Abraham Lincoln has any Presi dent been faced with so delicate and dangerous a decision as has President Truman in handling the defiance of General MacArthur. This newspaper has often stated that Harry S. Truman would go down in history as one of the greatest Presidents. The decision to remove the mightily powerful General MacArthur took patriotic courage of the highest order. The effects, good and bad, -will be world-wide and world- shaking. The basic question was a choice: MacArthur or World War III. The momentous decision made by President Truman gives our country and the world another chance for peace and may permit the nation's youth, some of them boys in our community, to live out their lives in a peaceful world rather than die at the whims of an irresponsible brass hat and reckless politicians in some remote Asiatic battlefield. If necessary, the United States will fight with arms, but in-so-long as it is possible, General MacArthur notwith standing, it is better to let the diplomats \fight with words\. The courage of President Truman's decision establishes his leadership for peace on a world sicale and will help restore unity in the western world. It was a great advance in the cause of peace. LEVERETT S. GLEASON, Publisher Silent Air Raid Prescribed Here An air raid warning te^t for New Castle's Civil Defense or ganization will be held between 10:30 and 11:30 tomorrow morn ing, Saturday, April 14, under the direction of the Eastern Air Defense Force, it was announced by Col. William J. Morden, local deputy director of Civil Defense. Like the first test held on Feb ruary 10, tomorrow's alert will be for the purpose of testing (Continued on Page 22) School to Undergo Evaluating Visit The 16 member evaluation committee of the Mid-Atlantic Association of Secondary Schools and Colleges will make its on- the-spot inspection of Horace Greeley School on April 23, 24 and 25, and will deliver a pre liminary oral report on its find ings, on which the school's ad mittance to the Association fin ally depends, to the Board of Education, with the probability (Continued on Page 21) Roaring Brook School The Balance Sheet 1. General Construction 2. Heating & Ventilating 3. Plumbing 4. Electrical ^5. Sanitation • Sub-total (Building) 8. Architects and engineers' fees 9. Clerk of the Works 10. Legal Services (including bond sales) 11. Gen'l. Admin. & Misc. 12. Insurance 15. Equipment # General contingency Budget $ 643,950 71,800 57,990 58,700 22,136 $ 854,576 59,800 7,280 4,000 to date 200 to date 700 125,000 Orig. Contract $ 619,950 71,839 57,990 58,700 14,545 $ 823,024 Extras 39,109.06 4,231.86 1,243.00 5,547.48 4,482.75 Present Contract 659,059.06 76,070.86 59,233.00 64,247.48 19,027.75 $ 54,614.15 $ 877,638.15 $1,051,556 48,444 $1,100,000 Income— Bond issue Premium Int. on certificates Miscellaneous Total $1,100,000 7,150 2,937 774 $1,110,861 estimated actual 4,000 estimated 4,276 estimated actual re-budgetted Driveway and add'l. \extras\ Contingency Bond issue 62,800.00 11,200.00 6,500.00 6,000.00 2,900.00 113,000.00 $1,080,038.15 5,000.00 14,961.85 $1,100,000.00 The above is a summary of the way in which the funds provided for the Roaring Brook school cdlfetruction by bond issue were spent. The contingency fund of over $14,000 is an unspent balance; about $5 ,000 of it will go toward cleaning up storm damage, raising of fire plugs, and certain last minute necessities. The other $10,000 may be applied to debt service along with the $10,000 \earned\ by the bond monies. Last second adjustments may cut into this total somewhat, but not appreciably. The virtually complete financial picture shows that the new school was built and equipped within its budget by a comfortable margin. ' ..... School Board Wants To Remove \Chicken Coop\ The Chappaqua Board of Education at its regular meeting Tuesday, April 10, without making a direct reply to the Rec reation Commission's bid for use of the Annex, the \Chicken Coop\ went on record as favoring disposal of the building, with a willingness to listen to any proposal for its continued use by the public that would include the Trade-in Deal For King Street Is Declined The Chappaqua Board of Edu cation at its regular April seosion Tuesday evening declined the written proposal made it by the New Castle Town Board for an exchange of the King Street school property for the Town- owned plot on North GreeLy removal of the building from the school premises. In the mean time the Board will legally ad vertise the availibility for pur chase of both the Annex and the King Street school building, in accordance with policy stated last week. In addition to these decisions the Board decided against the proposal made by the Town Board, pursuant to a suggestion of the Republican Club, that an exchange of the King Street property for Town- owned property on North Greeley Avenue on even terms be ef fected. In relation to properties Avenue and Old Pinesbridge I it now owns but does not need Road, now used as a baseball diamond, and the site of propos ed recreational activity develop ments by the Town. The original suggestion on which the Town Board's offer was based came from the New Castle Republican Club, which argued, in part, that the School's use of the Greeley Avenue field as a baseball dia mond made it a desirable prop erty for Board ownership. In declining the swap offer, the School Board gave as its reason \that after this spring it (the Board; would have no need for the Greeley Avenue property.\ A new baseball field has already been included in the Roaring Brook school contract, and will be in playing shape next year. The Town Board, in its offer, wished to stipulate that it would participate in any profits real ized from sale of the Greeley Avenue property, should the School Board accept the ex change, a condition which the School Board believed would provide a legal obstacle to a deal. (Continued on Page 22) Meeting Set For Budget Dissection The School Committee of the Town Club has been busy on a study of the proposed budget for the coming year of the Chap paqua school system, according to President Richard Bleier, and the indications are that the school tax is going up. The report of the School committee will be presented at an open meeting of the Town Club on Wednesday, April 18, in the Horace Greeley Cafeteria at 8:30. All residents of New Castle are invited to attend this open meeting. Robert D. Brooks, Chairman of the school committee, will head the discussion panel and present the proposed budget in its gen eral aspects. Gray Williams, member of the committee, will (Continued on Page 21) for school purposes the Board now stands in the position of desiring to dispose of them, and of having prepared itself to dis pose of them in the only legally unassailable way provided by law, according to the best opinion of the Board. The Board decided on physical disposal of the Annex by removal from the premises if possible, but by demolition if necessary (Continued on Page 22) Library Trustees Vote To Join In Countywide Plan The Chappaqua Library Board, after a thorough discussion of the pros and cons of association with the centralizing influence of an all-county library unit, decided to join the Westchester County Library Plan and to so inform the County Library Board before the acceptance deadline of April 15. The Board's action, clears the way to signature by J. Callender Heminway Board Chairman, of a year's contract, the terms of which were given at length in this newspaper last week, with the proposed County Library when the organization of that institution is enabled through amendments to the pre sent Education Law governing the formation of County Libra ries. The contract provides, with out cost to the Chappaqua Li brary, certain library services in cataloging, purchasing, trans porting, borrowing, centralized storage of excess books and pro fessional assistance. The asso ciation of the Chappaqua Library with the County Plan will pro bably not become effective for sometime, perhaps not this year, because of flaws in the legislative act. Most of the larger libraries of the County have signified their intention of joining the County Plan which only becomes (Continued on Page 21)
