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CHAPPAQUA NEWS Pages 6,7 News of othei North Westchester communities on inside pages. NORTH WESTCHESTERik 3 ^S&JgJJUiUU^g^ e=>^ Serving Mount Kisco 84 Years — No. 36 MOnnt Kisco 6-8021 YOrktown 2-2747 CEntral 8-3020 S MOUNT KISCO, N.Y., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1963 SEOO' MOUNT Northern Westchester School etarded Need Love, Discipline By GLORIA BURCHETTA Katonah— Volunteer teacher assistants are needed by the Northern West chester School for Retarded Chil dren, a non - profit cooperative school sponsored by the West chester Chapter of the Asso ciation for the Help of Retarded Children and run with the aid from parents and fnends. The school currently enrolls eight children, ranging in age from 3 to 10, in classes held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. five days a week in moms provided by the Katon ah Presbyterian Church in its par ish house. Family Lhing The children are taught by Mrs. Carl W. Larson of Edgewood Av enue, a former elemental^ school teacher, with individualized in struction on different levels and each child getting what he needs. Mrs. Larson says she mainly teaches the youngsters family liv ing. One may have to be taught to chew, another has come from home still on a bottle. All are taught orderliness and, at lunch time, how to help serve, set and clear the table, with the older ones helping to wash the dishes. Mrs. Larson feels her way, sees what works best in a situation a little different than nurscr y, school, with e\er>thing chosen to help the children. \Patience is one thing you have to have,\ she declares. \These childien need love, a feeling of security, recognition for the slightest thing tney do \ She also notes the necessary discipline the school offers. We watched for a few minutee at the beginning of one school day, when six children were pre sent. The teacher and her volun teer assistant got the children settled at their places, then led the Pledge of Allegiance, holding the oldest and the >oungest as thc> lecited the words. Each youngster had his turn to FAMILY LIVING is taught to students aged 3-10 at the Northern Westchester School for the Retarded, held in the parish house of the Katonah Presbyterian Church. These youngsters are shown \cooking lunch\ in the child-size kitchen with their teacher, Mrs. Carl Larson of Katonah.—Staff Pho to by Doris B. Kirchhoff. say \good morning.\ being giv en a loving hug after he or she in dividually shook hands or curt sied. There was a \name-find ing\ exercise, during which the assistant had to take the young est and most active out of the room to work with him individu ally rather than have him disrupt things. Progress Made The rest of the children went on to point out their facial fea tures, demonstrate how they brushed their teeth, wiggled their tongues as a part of speech train ing. A child who didn't say a word when he came in Septem ber pointed out and named ob jects. Mrs. Thomas McCallum of Cross River Road, chairman of the project, emphasizes the fact that two women are needed daily with the children. The volunteer is asked to give one day a month and a substitute list is kept for unavoidable changes. \A few outstanding volunteers have served for years,\ Mr. Mc Callum states. Currently there are 35 on the rolls and more are \definitely needed,\ according to the chairman. Mrs. McCallum and three oth- 1937 at the suggestion of the Westchester Association for Re tarded Children. The school came into being, she explains, because \there was no place for these children to go.\ They were either too young for the special classes held by the public schools or did not have the qualifications. They were, per haps, not toilet trained, or per haps their motor coordination was not good enough. Requirements Mrs. McCallum says the North ern Westchester School will take any retarded child between the er parents started the school in I ages of 3 and 12 who is not cmo- Mrs. Reed's Funeral Held MOUNT KISCO— A Requiem Mass was celebrat ed at 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Francis of Assisi Church for Mrs. Annette V. Reed, who died at Northern Westchester Hospital on Saturday after a brief illness. Interment followed at St. Farncis Cemetciy. Mrs. Reed, who was the wife of John F. Reed .Ir supervisor of New Castle, was 49 years old. She lived at 142 Parkucw Drive. A resident of Mount Kisco for 20 \ears. Mis. Reed was born in Redbank, N J. She was a com municant of St. Francis of Assisi Church Surviving are her husband, two daughters, Joan A of the home address and Elaine M., a senior at Becker Junior College Worces ter. Mass and a son John W., a fifth-giade student at St. Fran cis School. Other survivors are her mother Mrs. Ellen Ford of Elmsford, a sister, Mrs Helen Johncey of Elmsford, and a bi other, Andrew- Ford of Rvc. Churches List Lenten Services MRS. JOHN F. REED Premier Now In Pleasantville This is not a communique concerning a visiting dignitary, but none the less it is impor tant in its own right, dealing as it does with the recent ap pearance of a powerful want ad which offered a Lincoln Premier for sale to readers of The North Westchester Times, New Castle Tribune and the other Westchester Group Newspapers: I.inro.n— 195b Premier romertlble. While, new black tup. Good condi tion « OOO ml. $475. WE 0-0000 wk. ends e\es. \About VI persons inquired the first day and I made the sale to a resident of Pleasant ville,\ reported the happy ad vertiser. You, too, will sell fast with an inexpensive classified ad. Phone MOunt Kisco 6-8091 Area churches have announced speciai Lenten services, beginning \~ \fB^jgfl ^Sflay, which is next r&aafc'Pr^c' *- ••- At St. Francis In Mount Kisco, St. Francis of Assisi R.C. Church will have daily Mass at 7 and 8 a.m. weekdays during Lent in the church. Ashes will be distributed after these Masses on Ash Wednesday, as wrll as at 9 a m. for the paro chial school children and at 3 p.m. for the public school chil dren. At 8 p.m. Ash Wednesday there will be special Lenten de votions and distribution of ashes. There will be Stations of the Cioss at St. Francis every Fri day during Lent at 8 p.m. for adults and at 1:30 p.m. for chil dren The Miraculous Medal no- \vx\-\ and Lenten devotions will be held at 8 p.m. Mondays. At 3 p.m. Sundavs there will be the rosary and Benediction. Union Service The Mount Kisco Methodist Church and the Mount Kisco Pres byterian Church will hold a union Ash Wednesday service at 8 p.m. at the latter church. The Metho dist Church has also scheduled Lenton services each Wednesday at 8 p.m. At St. Mark's Episcopal Church Holy Communion nreceded bv the Penitential Office, will be celebrated at 6:45 and 10 a.m. Ash Wednesday. At 8 p.m. there will be a service of evening pray er and sermon, with the Rev. George A. Westerners beginning ! the midweek Lenten series. The Lutheran Church of the Resurrection will have an Ash Wednesday service at 8-15 p.m. There will be Holy Communion at 8 and 11 a.m. on March 3, the first Sunday in Lent. jTo Exchange Pulpits Pastors of four area Lutheran churches will exchange pulpits on Wednesday evenings during Lent. These include the Rev. Donald Luck of Trinity Lutheran Church, Brewster, the Rev. Walter Scherr of St. Andrew's Lutheran Church, York-town Heights, the Rev. John R Pearson of Emanuel Luther an Church, Pleasantville, and the Rev. James Graefe of the Luth- eian Church of the Resurrection. Theme of the Wednesday even ing series, \Personalities of the Passion.\ will be introduced Ash Wednesday evening by each pas tor in his own church. In Bedford St. Patrick's Cath olic Church will have a 7 a.m. daily Mass during Lent. Ashes will be blessed before Mass on Ash Wednesday and distributed after Mass. as well as at the 8 o'clock Lenten devotions that evening. An Ash Wednesday Mass for the children will be celebrated at 11:15 a.m., follow ed by distribution of ashes. Sta tions of the Cross will be said at 8 p.m. every Friday. The Bedford Hills Methodist Church will have Lenten services at 8 p.m. every Wednesday, start ing with Ash Wednesday. Lenten Institute St. Matthew's Episcopal Church has scheduled its annual Lenten Institute, with the theme \The Unity of the Christian Church\ on March 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29 and April 5. A 7:30 p.m. dinner in the parish house will be followed by the program at 8:30 p.m. On Ash Wednesday St.^ Matthew'j will have a 10 a.m,'g£*&6& t a¥| well as a 3:30 p.^n. children's service. St. Matthias Ca'tholic Church, which is served by the priests of St. Mary's R.C. Church, Katonah, will have weekday Lenten Mass at 7 a.m. and an 8 a.m. Saturday Mass during Lent. Ashes will be ! distributed after Mass on Ash Wednesday and at 11-30 a.m. and 3 p.m. for the school children. Confessions will be heard after Mass each morning during Lent. The Stations of the Cross and Benediction will be held at 8 p.m. every Tuesday, i In Katonah In Katonah at St. Marys, Len-' ten Masses will be at 6:30 and 9 a.m. weekdays and at 8 and 9 a.m. Saturdays. Ashes will be distributed after the Masses on Ash Wednesday and at 11:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. for the school chil dren. Confessions will be heard after the Masses each morning during Lent. Stations of the Cross will be said at 8 p.m. every Fri day. The Katonah Presbyterian Church will have a series of fam ily night suppers during Lent, on March 6 and 20 and April 3 at 7 p.m. Each supper will be fol lowed by a devotional service be ginning at 8:13 p.m. St. Luke's Episcopal Church has scheduled 6:30 a.m., 9:30 a.m. and 8 p.m. celebration of the Holy Communion on Ash Wed nesday, with imposition of ashes before and after each service. Every Wednesday during Lent there will be 6:30 celebration of the Holy Communion. Starting March 6 there will be 8 p.m. Evensong, followed by a lecture discussion entitled \The Renewal of the Church: Liturgy and Soc iety,\ with guest speakers. Chapptiua Churches The Church of St. John and St. Mary will distribute ashes after Masses held at 7 a.m. and 9 a.m., and also at 4 p.m. and 8 p m. Stations of the Cross will Today's Index be held during Lent at 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. each Friday. ^The~'Church of St .Mary the Virgin vviil hold Holy Communion f' ^ j^, Qf Q)e North w tionally disturbed and can walk reasonably well. Youngsters are taken at first on a trial basis. The cause of retardation does not matter. The child may be only mildly retarded, may be borr with brain damage, may be a mongoloid, a hydrocephelic or suffering from PKU (phenylke tonuria). All can be helped. Get Them Early Mrs. McCallum believes it is extremely important \to get these children before they are of ele mentary school age.\ She says the school has not yet had a case where it has been a mistake to start working with them that young. \These children get the train ing they need, and money doesn't keep them out.\ she says. The school operates on a small budget. Tuition is only $25 per month and parents provide their own transportation, unless the child is of school age and can be transported by school bus. There is a scholarship fund for children who cannot pay. United Fund Helps The school is assisted by the United Fund, of which the West chester Association for Retarded Children is a member. Various civic groups also contribute. Whether or not to institution alize a retarded child is a deci sion each family has to make for itself, after assessing the prob lem, Mrs. McCallum says. She herself believes that un less a family has a completely custodial child, it is better, at least in the early years, for the child that can benefit to attend a special school or special class es and continue living at home. Tax Savings The retarded person is much (Turn to Page 20, Please) Times Open Tomorrow MOUNT KISCO- N. Y. 50 Serving New Castle 34 Years Is Chosen y Democrats BULLETIN Village Democrats last night unanimously nominated J. Ed ward Fox for mayor. The nom inating committee's slate was ac cepted without opposition: for vil lage trustee, William S. Dorn and Henry V. Kensing; for libra ry trustee, Arthur Meyer. MOUNT KISCO— The Village Democratic Party was scheduled to meet last night in the Moses Taylor Jr. Ameri can Legion Hall to pick its can didates for the March 19 elec tions. John Ward, party chairman, predicted the caucus would be \open\ with all registered Demo crats eligible to vote on propos ed nominees. Mr. Ward said he had three candidates that he fav ors, but indicated there would probably be other nominations from the floor. Front running name in the mayoralty sweepstakes has been that of J. Edward Fox, former mayor of Mount Kisco on the In dian (local independent) plat form. Mr. Fox also served two terms as supervisor of New Cas tle as a Democrat. Leading choices for the two trustee spots on the ballot were Henry V. Kensing and William S. Dorn, according to informed sources. If the Democrats are not able to come up with a slate this year, the word is out that the Indian party still has a little life left. Sources say the Indians have three candidates, but will not field a ticket if the Democrats run. EDWARD FOX Bedford's Town Board Will Help In Cedar Downs Search for Water BEDFORD HILLS— Cedar Downs and its water problem came up again at the Bedford Town Board meeting this week. This time, the board voted an appropriation, subject to permissive referendum, of S750 for the purpose of seeing what can be done. The 31 families in Cedar Downs will, in June, be faced with the problem of securing a decent wat- | er supply. A long-standing con tract to furnish their water free of charge, signed by the developer Bediord Hills Notes Bowling Results Business' News Calendar of Events Chappaqua News — Community Events Editorials — . 2 . 17 . 20 . 8 6-7 . 4 . 8 Golden Days 50 Years Ago _ 8 Hunting and Fishing 17 Interior Design, Pahlmann _ 14 It Happened 25 Years Ago 8 10 2 11 8 14 8 17 20 Junior School Page Katonah News Items Kitchen Cabinet Letters from Our Readers Movie Timetable New Books at Library Off and Running Obituary Notices Real Estate School Menus Social News — Sports News . Stork Has Brought _ 18,20 _ 8 . 9,11 16,17 _ 8 _ 14 _ 6 Theater News Town Talk 25 Years Ago in Chappaqua 8 and imposition of ashes at 7 a.m. and 9 a.m. Morning prayer and Penitentiaf Office will be held at 8:45 a.m. Beginning on Ash Wednesday and continuing each Wednesday during Lent high school students, St. Mary the Virgin, will attend Holy Communion at 7 a.m. fol lowed by breakfast in the parish hall. Devotional Studies On Thursday mornings from March 7 through April 4 devotion al studies for women will be held following 9 a.m. Communion at the church of St. Mary the Virgin. The men of the church will hold their Lenten meeting on March 13. P. W. Gifford will speak on \Miracles\ at this meet ing. The Lutheran Church of Our Redeemer will usher in Lent with a service of general worship at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday. Congregational The Pilgrim Fellowship of the First Congregational Church will hold a service at 7:30 a.m. on Ash Wednesday and all Wednes days during Lent for its mem bership. St. Patrick's Church in Ar- monk will distribute ashes on Ash Wednesday at 4 p.m. and 8 p m. There will be no masses. Sta tions of the Cross will be held at St. Patrick's each Fnday dur ing Lent at 8 p.m. JOINS ADLER ELECTRONICS Howard T. Cervantes of 190 Croton Ave., has joined Adler Electronics Inc., of New Roch- elle as an engineer in aerospace ground equipment sect von of the government products division. Reader's Digest Will Cosponsor Editors Meeting CHAPPAQUA— The Reader's Digest Founda tion with the Overseas Press Club and the U. S. National Student Association are spon soring the Fifth Annual College Editors Conference. The con ference, which will be held Feb. 22-24 at the Overseas Press Club, will be attended by over 200 college and university editors from 50 states. Among those making address es at the conference, which will deal with \A Free Press in a Free World,\ are Paul W. Thompson, general manager, international editions of the Reader's Digest, who will speak on \The Journalist in Interna tional Affairs.\ Eugene Lyons, senior editor of the Digest, will speak on \Europe and the Union of So viet Socialist Republics.\ Clarence W. Hall, senior edi tor of the Digest, is chairman of the area seminar concern ing the Far East and James Monahan,* also a senior editor of the Digest, will participate in the seminar on Latin Amer ica. f esr- chesfee New-.Casile Tribune will be open all day tomorrow, Wash ington's Birthday. It may be a day off for most people, but the entire staff will be at the Times until 5 p.m. Anyone with copy is asked to take note of the fact that it may be brought or called in all day tomorrow. BEDFORD HILLS LECTURE Dr. Joseph Wielawski of Bed ford Hills was the speaker on Feb. 3 at the Bedford Hills Meth odist Church. Subject under dis cussion was \Emotionally Handi capped.\ of the area years ago, will term inate in June. The residents, through their Ce dar Downs Association, have been seeking assistance and look ing into various solutions to the problem. The board has offered advice and counsel to the group but is now taking the responsi bility for helping them in a pro fessional way. The appropriation will be for the purpose of a study made by Dittmars and Carmichael, con sulting engineers of Princeton, Boiidi Gets McCabe's Post: Dexheimer Named Assessor •r> '5 BEDFORD-HILLS-^ Joseph H. Bondi was appointed building inspector by the Bedford Town Board this week, for a term to run at the pleasure of the board, commencing on March 1. The councilmen named Chester L. Dexheimer to the Board of Assessors. Mr. Bondi will hold office hours two and one-half days a week, on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sat urdays in the office provided in the Town House. His salary for the part-time job will be $5,500 per year. Mr. Bondi succeeds George McCabe whose retire ment will, become effective on the day Mr. Bondi begins his term. It has been customary in the past for the building inspector to serve also in the capacity of fire prevention inspector at no salary. Mr. Bondi will fill this position also. Serving as deputy fire preven tion inspectors under him, as they did under Mr. McCabe, will be Edwin T. Ganung of Katonah, George W. Searles of Bedford Hills and Arvid L. Hall of Bed ford Village. Each of the deputies receives an annual compensation of $400. All four terms run until Feb. 1, 1964. N.J., to determine the feasibility of establishing a new water dis trict or of extending the Bedford Hills water district to include the Cedar Downs area. In other business, the board au thorized the purchase of a com bination tractor and sidewalk snowplow for the highway depart ment. Low bid was $3,005 with trade in. A new car will be purchased by the water department from Burbank Motors Corp., who were the low bidders at $1,458 net with trade-in. Three other bids were received. A budget note resolution for $20,000 was approved to cover added snow removal expense not rovered in the budget. The offices of the town will be closed on Saturday, Feb. 23, fol lowing Washington's birthday. Brings Inspection Inspections of bingo games were authorized. The board stipu lated that these inspections would be made by sergeants on the po lice force at the direction of the chief. They wijl' probably be made once a month. St. Marys' Church in Katonah is the only organization in the area which runs bingo games, and the in spection is necessary due to a new state ruling covering such games. Authorization was given for ad vertising a painting job on the Town House. Sections of the first three floors are to be repainted. Officials for a Day Scouts Tour Village - - Machine Gun a Hit By MARY FLYNN MOUNT KISCO- The police station might have been the best part of it. That machine gun was really some thing. But everything that hap pened on Tuesday was terrific for eight Mount Kisco Boy Scouts who had the run of the village for half the day. The fun started for the boys from Troop 1 at noon, when the Lions Club had them as guests at lunch. The boys led in the salute of the flag at the start of the luncheon. Then, it was off to the Munici pal Building with Ray Wall, Boys' Club director. Village Manager David Goodman threw his office open to the honorary mayor, vil lage manager, trustees, and po lice officials, giving them the low-down on the running of a village. Any questions?—Mr. Goodman had the answers. And did every one know that the village can licenses, but not wedding licen ces? Maybe it really didn't make much difference to the scouts, whose average age is 15. Right now, the dogs, hunting, and fish ing are more important. Machine Gun Fans \Just hold down the trigger and watch 'em go.\ The boys' next stop was the police department and what a gun they have. It's a 22-calibre machine gun that can penetrate steel plates and the scouts really issue dog, hunting, and fishing got a bang out of it. It went from TEMPORARY «sergeant and police chief look over the radar equipment of the Mount Kisco police with the permanent chief John'Cregier; The boys are two of the scouts who learned about village government on Tuesday. \Sergeant\ Chuck Ford (left) and \Chief\ Ned Figa are pic tured. — Staff Photo by Fred Cerfeda. hand to hand and you could tell that the boys would have given anything to pull that trigger just once. Only six pounds in weight, the gun is one powerful weapon. As Ptl. William Nelligan told the scouts, \We don't want to kill anyone and we don't want to be killed. That's the purpose of this gun.\ It was getting a little late for the planned visit to the reservoir, but Water Superintendent John Sgrulletta was on hand to give the boys some idea of how his department works. Couldn't Make It Highway Superintendent Don ald Renner had hoped to meet the Scouts, but a couple of inches of snow kept him away. At least the boys learned a little about what he has to do when a storm comes up. Joseph Pacitto, in his urban renewal office upstairs, spent some time chatting with the boys, who examined the model of the renewal project. Then, it was time for Mayor House to sit with the village trustees in an assessment grie vance session. There were 11 grievances registered, but the boys weren't there to hear the complaints. The snow was com ing down and the real village officials wanted to be sure that their counterparts for the day got home safely. But before they left, the mayor told the boys a little about his duties and the jobs of the trustees. Grand Tour All in all, it was a busy day for the boys and they probably came away with a lot more knowledge of their village than many of their parents have. The boys selected by the troop to participate in the \Scout Day\ in Mount Kisco were Ed Stren- grevics, Jim Scott, Chuck Ford, Ned Figa, Stuart Koplin, Frank Turnbull, Peter Ticknor, and Bob Olson. Altogether, they represent 31 years of scouting. Pete's fath er and .grandfather before him were also scouts in the village. If they are ever elected to any office in Mount Kis <35*, Tuesday's outing will help the boys to \be prepared.\ i
