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North West Chester Times New Castle Tribune, Mount Kisco, N.Y., September 5, 1963 SUBSCRIPTION RATES BY MAIL One Month _ Three Months Six Months _ One Year .40 $1.00 $•1.50 $2.50 General Advertising Representatives, Kelly-Smith Company, 750 Third Ave- nu» New York City. Second Class Postage Paid at Mount Kisco, N.Y., 10549 and Chappaqua, N.Y., 105(4 MEMBER AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS Issued Weekly by Westchester County Publishers, Inc. V. E MACY JR. President T. EUGENE DUFFY Vice President and General Manager WILLIAM L FANNING Vice President GEORGE W. HELM JR. . MARY B. MCLAUGHLIN and Treasurer Vice President Editor Phone: MOunt Kisco 6-802 i CEntral 8-3020 - YOrktown 2-2747 The Key Word Is 'Yes' ONLY ONE word is needed to bring the proposed urban re newal project to a reality af ter the public hearing to be held on Monday night, Sept. 9 in the auditorium of the Mount Kisco Elementary Schol. The word is \yes\ by the mayor and the board of trustees. In our opinion urban renewal is just what the doctor ordered to make Mount Kisco a first class village. With all the past political shenanigans, the hiring and firing of lawyers, the hiring and firing of a sponsor, a million dollar suit still pending against the urban renewal director and the $170,000 already spent on the proposed project, since the urban renewal office was open ed in July 1960, we're happy that at last a public hearing is scheduled. HERE'S WHAT urban renewal will do for Mount Kisco. It will eliminate a flood condition that has existed since the Sutton Lane area was annexed by the village. It will furnish decent housing for many families. It will create new industry. It will make a four-acre park with re creational facilities available to the residents of the northern end of the village, which is shown in the Master Plan as desirable. Kisco Avenue will be realigned to a 70 foot width with sidewalks. North Bedford Road, within the village limits, will be widened to a four lane high way with sidewalks for safety and an island in the middle. The state has already shown interest in carrying the highway further if urban renewal is adopted. All new modern gas, water, sewer and sanitary faci lities will be installed to fill the needs for the next 40 years. NOW WE KNOW that there will be plenty of opposition to the project next Monday night. Maiden aunts are famous auth orities on the problem of bring ing up children. Their unsoli cited opinions on questions of health, discipline, morals, diet, etc. ad infinitum, ad nauseum, are so reminiscent of the pro found \Aunty knows best\ ad vice so freely offered by unin formed, nonresident critics of the proposed urban renewal pro ject in the village. If the aunties must wield the Katonah Chorus Letters To The Reader Wants Repairs, Painting Of Chappaqua Station Benches Dear Editor, I read with interest your arti cle on the \New Look of the Chappaqua Station.\ I am also one of the pleased commuters- but wonder why they did not complete their good work. In front of the station are two dilapidated benches in need of repairs and a good paint job. With your influence with the the of contractor, you may get benches rertovated free charge • he got enough for the second coat of varnish applied in the waiting room. Sincerely yours for * a Chappaqua, Ernest Hollmuller 114 Mill River Road Chappaqua clean GOLDEN VOICES of the Katonah Community Chorus, numbering 65, are being care fully disciplined by Lloyd Wal- ser in preparation for their first public concert scheduled for Sept. 8 at the Katonah Elementary School. The sing ing group, sponsored by the Katonah Village Improvement Society, is an experiment and will continue through the win ter if enough members indi cate an interest in preserving the group. — Staff Photo by Jeff Harrell. hammer of criticism, and agon izingly appraise the cost of gov ernment spending why not turn their talented rasps on the ex penditures that are all cost, that pay no dividends in health, beauty or creature comforts for our own people. Thirty years ago the same arguments were used against PWA Projects that would have saved this area many millions of dollars that were passed up be cause the aunties were scream ing \A political party will gain prestige, the Federal Govern ment will move in a n d take over Socialism.\ So the moneys were spent in other areas. Localities got schools, post offices, sewers, town halls etc. The government hasn't taken over and the poli tical parties are still reversing themselves periodically Let's not be so proud this time. Let's accept State and Federal help to solve our pro blems. Others will and we'll help foot the bill. WE URGE the citizens of Mount Kisco to speak favorably on urban renewal. The Time Is Long Overdue WE ARE becoming increas ingly alarmed by the number of young people in the 16-19 age bracket who tell us that the drink of young people is hard liquor. As late as 1959 this same age group reported that beer was the drink of teen agers, particularly the older group. Apparently someone is drink ing a lot more hard liquor, be cause according to the State Li quor Authority reports, hard li quor consumption for 1960 was up 1,126,465 gallons over 1959 1961 was up another 528,459 over 1960. This amounts to a two year increase of over a million and a half gallons. Beer consump tion dropped from 1959 to 1960 by over 5 million gallons, but it gained back 2% million gallons in 1961. It seems reasonable to assume that somewhere along the line there is a relationship between a state that drank 321 million gallons of beer in 1961, plus 30,- 725,000 gallons of hard liquor, plus 25 million gallons of wine, and the 700,000 alcoholics report ed to the legislature by Gover nor Rockefeller. There must be some relation ship between the above con sumption figures and the 5,583 automobile crashes caused by motorists in New York State in 1962, whose ability to drink was whose ability to drink was im- impaife'of By alcohol. The Motor Vehicle Department reports that research shows that the actual number of crashes with alcohol involved is undoubtedly much higher. The time is long overdue for New York State to take a real close look at what alcohol is do ing, and a good place to start is for us to get in step with the 49 other states and raise our age from 18 to 21 for purchase of al cohlic beverages. School Bells Again EVERYONE'S view of sum mer is different depending on his responsibilities, opportuni ties, and role in life. Many mothers very probably feel it has been long, noisy, busy and hot. But a good many million children and dogs probably find it hard to believe that three months could have sped so quickly and that the school doors are about to open once again. ^The sounds and smells and ex periences of summer vacation are still an important part of growing up. But there have been changes — the old swimming hole may have become a con crete-lined chlorinated pool. The automobile and airplane have vastly extended the scope of things that can be seen on a va cation trip. School has changed too, as the frontiers of man's knowledge have been pushed back so rapidly in recent years. The amount of knowledge that must be packed into the heads of children in grade school and high school has vastly increas ed. AS SCHOOL bells ring again, let's salute our young, people and those who guide them through ever more complicated fields of learning. In the great affairs of nations, in science, and in the complicated business of leading a good and worth while life, our need has never been greater for concerned, in telligent, educated men and women. Stork Has Brought AUGUST 15 Daughter, Mr. and Mrs. George A. Doria, Yorktown Heights. Son, Mr. and Mrs. Edward P. Walsh, Yorktown Heights. Daughter, Mr. and Mrs. John Eugene Walsh, Shenorock. AUGUST 16 Son, Mr. and Mrs. Real M. Lauoie, South Salem. Son, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Max- ner Sr., Katonah. Son, Mr. and Mrs. Clifton J. Usted, Armonk. AUGUST 17 Son, Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Dreska, Pleasantville. AUGUST 18 Daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Alex ander D. Andron Jr., Mohegan ake. AUGUST 19 Son, Mr. and Mrs. John R. Bassett, Bedford Hills. Daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Mi chael Moore, Yorktown Heights. Son, Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Her bert, Peekskill. Son, Mr. and Mrs. Donn Schin- dler, Chappaqua. Daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Beiser, Peekskill. Son, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Mc- Cabe, Mahopac. AUGUST 21 Daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Rich ard Jones, Purdys. Daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Louis J. Spost Jr., Crompond. Daughter, Mr. -and Mrs. Allen Meyer Jr., Chappaqua. Daugther, Mr. and Mrs. Fer rer Marini, Mahopac Falls. Daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Wal ter Credle, Peekskill. Daughter, Mr. and Mrs. War ren Caris, Pleasantville. School Menus BEDFORD— The following lunches will be served in the Bedford schools during week of Sept. 9. MONDAY Frankfurter on bun, cabbage carrot and raisin salad, potato chips* applesauce, milk. TUESDAY Tomato soup, choice peanut butter and jelly or egg - salad sandwich, carrot and celery sticks, pear havles, milk. WEDNESDAY Sliced cold cuts and cheese, potato salad, tomato slices, bread and butter, apple cake, milk. THURSDAY Spaghetti with meat sauce, green salad, buttered hard roll fruit cup, milk. FRIDAY Tuna salad on bun, potato sticks, buttered green beans, ice cream, milk. BEDFORD VILLAGE Play ers, shown rehearsing for \The Glass Menagerie\ to be^given Friday and Sept. 13 and 14 at the Bedford Me^. mentary School) are, left to right, J. Walter Higle, dfrec-. tor, Karl Touraine, narrator, Julie Busing, stage manager, Laura Kilian and Carol Con- ant>-Staff Photo by Jeff Har well. CHAPPAQUA— The following lunches will be served in the Chappaqua schols during the week of Sept 9: MONDAY Juice, hamburger, cole slaw roll and butter, ice cream, milk TUESDAY Baked chicken, buttered rice buttered green string beans bread and butter, pineapple tidbits, milk. WEDNESDAY Sliced ham and cheese, maca roni salad, sliced tomatoes bread and butter, chocolate pudding with whipped cream milk. THURSDAY Juice, spaghetti with meat sauce, mixed green salad, French bread and butter, peaches, milk, es, milk. FRIDAY Baked fish sticks, tartare sauce, French fried potatoes, buttered spinach, fruit gelatine, milk. Golden Days IN NORTHERN WESTCHESTER 50 Years Ago March On Washington Inspiring Writes Pound Ridge Participant Dear Editor: For those of us who were there; Aug. 28 in Washington was a day that will always be engraved in our memories. Even the weather seemed to give its benediction to the cour age and hopes of the partici pants; to their quiet dignity and marvelous decorum. Father John LaFarge, in The Catholic News, said recently, \This concerns the fundamen tal rights of all of us - not mere ly the Negroes but the entire population. We are all involved m this question of right and wrong.\ This historic day demonstrat ed dramatically, the concern of Americans of all races in the deep moral and ethical issues. Perhaps for many the March on Washington will be an in spiration to work for racial jus tice as never before, and to de monstrate their concern with the democratic principles of true equality. Nancy E. Malawista Upper Shad Road Pound Ridge, N. Y. The local Gun Club grounds in Mount Kisco were crowded when the big Shooting Match began on Wednesday forenoon. As a re sult of the team contest, White Plains won out With a score of 442 out of 500. Mount Kisco came in second with 439. On the recommendation of the District Nursing Association, a dancing class was formed by he South Salem, Lake Wacca- buc and Cross River girls' clubs. The services of Miss Parsons of Brooklyn were secured and she has proven an excellent teacher. Mr. and Mrs. C. Gouverneur Weir left Katonah on Monday, having made plans for a tour of the world. They had expected to sail on the Imperator which took fire at her dock yesterday morn ing. O. W. Green on Wednesday trimmed up the long neglected trees that hung so low as to ren der driving on Katonah streets dangerous. However, many of the narrow escapes lately on the Parkway have been caused by failure to drive on the right side as it is a very common occur rence to see cars pass Kellogg and Mead's store going to the west, which is manifestly wrong according to driving regulations. Dana Thomas of South Salem received a present this week that will long give him untold pleasure. A friend wishing to re member the young man's birth day, sent him a Victor talking machine with 26 records of the finest grade. Independent Republicans Will Strengthen Party Says Reader The Camp Fire Girls who have been camping in Lincolndale for the past three weeks left last Monday for their homes in White Plains. The \Old Stone School House\ in Bedford Village will be main tained as a museum by the Bed ford Chapter of The Agassiz So ciety and will be opened to the public on Sept. 4 with an exhi bition of a loan collection of lo cal and locally historical arti cles. Dear Editor: As a citizen and registered Republican of the Town of Bed ford, I feel it my duty to stand up and be counted as an In dependent Republican. The present incumbents have been doing a good job in hand ling the affairs of our Town, but I believe that too many have been too long !n their positions. This poses a tendency to lassi tude and lack of progress. With the Democrats stirring and active, there will come a time when running on the Re publican ticket is not tanta mount to election. The Inde pendent Republicans are a group of people who feel that all citizens should be aware and Saturday night Yorktown Heights streets were illuminat ed for the first time. When the lights were turned on the boys of the village thought it was a good time for a parade, so the band got in order and had torch lights and music. The boys marched all around the place and made quite a little show ing and a good deal of noise to show that they appreciated having lighter streets. It is quite an improvement to the little village. Great preparations are being made for the church fair in Cross River this week. We have seen some very pretty aprons which have been donated for the occasion and come from the east and west. Some of which are about the size of a cuckoo's nest. Philatelic Almanac By DAVID SWIFT One of a stamp collector's most essential accessories, the Scott Standard Postage Stamp; Catalog, has 32 pages less in its new Volume I than last year, despite the addition of 1,666 list ings. The 1964 edition of the first part of the 96-year-old \Ency clopedia of Philately\ managed the squeeze by lengthening the pages a quarter-inch. The 994- page book, which is scheduled for publication Sept. 1, has 19, 415 new or changed prices— 8,515 of them for stamps of La tin America, 1,640 for United States issues and the rest in the British Commonwealth. Countries with the most price changes are Venezuela with 964, Nicarague, 837, and Colum bia, 801. An upward trend is typical of the U. S. prices, with the 24 cents airmail invert increasing to $11,000 from $10,000, and all the early airmails and Zeppe lin airs showing a general ad vance. In the Great Britain sec tion, prices of many unused 19th Century stamps have increased, and the strong, steady demand for 19th Century British West rose from $25 to $30. The Volume I, still priced at $6, will be followed on Oct. 1, by Volume H —covering the na tions of Europe, Asia, Africa and their colonies-^at $8. The Combined Edition, with both volumes in a single binding, is due Nov. 1 and will be $12.50. Soctt's U. S. Specialized cata log, price $5, is scheduled for Oct. 15. All may be obtained from stamp dealers. concerned with their govern ment, and their purpose is to stimulate and expand that con cern. They have been delving into the activities of the present administration and feel that there are many minor and some major matters that need correc tion. Their voice and your voice should be heard in these mat ters. Their main purpose is to strengthen the party, not divide it. They feel that all citizens should take an active interest in the affairs of government and be fully informed, thereby be- corning better citizens, with a better government. Ernest E. Russell 16 Franklin Ave. Bedford Hills, N. Y. It Happened 25 Years Ago Because the Elks carnival held on the grounds adjoining their new club house at Mount Kisco during the week of July 18 to 23 was practically rained out, General Chairman J. Ed ward Fox has announced that the carnival will be repeated on the same site during the week of Sept. 5 to 10 inclusive. Jobs will be created for ap proximately 150 women when the new $350,000 Readers Digest building is completed on Roar ing Brook Road, Chappaqua, next winter, Harry G. Wilcox, Digest representative, informed members of the Mount Kisco Lions in addressing the club Tuesday noon at the Kisco Riv er Country Club. New Books At The Library CHAPPAQUA— New books at the Chappaqua Library are: ADULT Fiction, \The Collector,\ John Fowles, \Cat and Mouse,\ Gun- ter Gras; \In the Name of Love,\ Josephine Lawrence; \Caravans James A. Miche- ner. Non-fiction, \Landscape Plan ning,\ Better Homes and Gar dens; \Jamaica the old and new,\ Mary Manning Carley; \Out-island Doctor/' Evans W. Cottman; \Common Sense in Teaching Reading,\ Roma Gan's;?\^'Thailand;\' D. Insor; year's Red Cross 100th anniver sary commemoratives w i 1 * come on Sept. 2 when 35 British territories are scheduled to is sue stamps in the same basic design. They will be among some 80 postal administrations marking the centenary. The British issues will be re leased in two denominations each by Antiqua, Ascension, Ba hamas, Basutoland, Bechuana- land, Bermuda, British Guiana, British Honduras, British Solo mon Islands, Cayman Island, Dominica, Falklands, Fiji, Gam bia, Gibraltar, Gilbert and El- lice Islands, Grenada, Hong Kong, Jamaica, Malta, Mauri tius, Montserrat, New Hebrides, Pitcairn Island, St. Christopher- Nevis-Anguilla, St. Helena, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Seychelles, Swaziland, Tonga, Tristan da Cunha, Turks and Caicos Is lands, Virgin Islands and Zan zibar. The design features the Red Cross emblem and a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II except in the case of Tonga, which will show Queen Salote, and Zanzibar. East Africa, Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika, will have two stamps, and Sierra Leon will have three stamps, in different designs. This column is a public ser vice feature of the Society of Philatelic Americans, a non profit group which has been serving stamp collectors for 69 years. Information on the Soc iety's services and membership benefits can be obtained from SPA President, Robert W. Baughman, Box 1178-K Liberal Kansas 67901, The biggest addition to this Exam For Clerk-Carrier Announced By Post Office Approximately 2,300 children will leave summer vacation days behind them when four north county high schools re open next Wednesday morning, Sept. 7. Final arrangements for the remaining of the Pound Ridge Reservation and the erection of a plaque bearing a memor ial to William L. Ward, former Republican leader of Westches ter County, will be made on Sept. 1 at 11 o'clock at the re servation when the members of the William L. Ward Memorial Committee meet. of $329, for a new Huntville Road High School and accepted an additional $269,181 outright grant from the Public Works Administration. Kis edit page tk 2-2 SH It hap pened 25 Years ago Aug 28 s Six men were arrested on vagrancy charges during the past week as police took steps to wipe out two hobo \jungles\ along the New York Central Railroad tracks between Mount Kisco and Bedford Hills. Three of the prisoners were given jail terms while the others receiv ed suspended sentences and were ordered to leave town. Miss Dorothy Butler, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. James But ler, of Little Farm, Katonah, has returned from Saratoga, where she was a frequent visit or at the race track. Six hundred and fifty-two Ka tonah School district residents went to the polls yesterday and by a vote of 449-191, approved an appropriation by the district A flying scale model of the Curtis Robin Airplane is on dis play in the Bedford Hills Paint and Hardware Store. It was constructed during the summer by the Bedford Hills High School Aircraft group instructed by Joseph Netsch. Any stomach aches this morn ing? Well, well we don't wonder Mr. DeMicco at the bottling works was just too generous. We went to see how soda water was bottled and left the play ground with 15 children. By the time we reached the Kisco Bot tling Works there must have been 5 in the party. 25 Years Ago in Chappaqua MOUNT KISCO- An open continuous examina tion for Post Office clerk-carrier positions in first and second class post offices in Westches ter has been announced by the Board of United States Civil Service examiners. Postmaster Dominick Amuso points out that all substitute clerk - carrier eligibility estab lished before July 1, 1961 will be terminated when the regis ter resulting from this announcement is established. \John F. Kennedy, President,\ Hugh Sidney. JUVENILE Non-fiction, \African Myths and Legends,\ Kathleen Arnbtt; \The Man who was Don Quix ote,\ Rafaello Busoni> \Casey Stengel,\ Frank Graham; \Ten Miles High, Two Miles Deep,\ Alan Honour. { Those with notice of rating prior to July 1, 1961 must recompete in this examination if they still desire consideration for appoint ment. Starting salaries begin at $2.26 an hour and reach $3.14 an hour through annual increas es. Ten per cent additional is paid for night work. All qualified applicants will ceive consideration for employ ment without regard to race, creed, color, sex or national origin. A career with the Post Office Department offers, job security, paid vacations, up to 26 days, sick leave with pay, promotion al opportunities, low-cost group I life insurance, health benefits, a liberal retirement .program and incentive awards. No experience is required, but written tests will'be given at Yonkers-' and New RocheDe, New York\. Jobs will be created for ap proximately 150 women when the new $350,000 Readers Digest building is completed cn Roar ing Brook Road, Chappaqua, next winter, Harry G. Wilcox, Digest representative, informed members of the Lions Club at a meeting Tuesday noon. New Castle police held then- annual Roman feast last night at the boathouse of Berol Lodge, Whippoorwill Road, through the hospitality of Mr: and Mrs. Hen- New Books At The Library MOUNT KISCO— * New books at the Mount Kis co Library are: ADULT Fiction, \Bride of Pendorric\ Victoria Holt, \The Worlds of Science Fiction,\ Robert Mills. Non-fiction, \Polaroid Land Photography Manual,\ Ansel Adams, \Spain John A. Crow \Catherine the Great,\ Ian Grey, \The 365 Days,\ Keith G. Irwin, \A Statsitical History of the American Presidential Elections,\ Svend Petersen, \Alone No Longer,\ Stanely Stein. YOUTH Fiction, \When the Legends Die,\ Hal Borland. Non-fiction, \The World of Communism,\ Roger Sweariri- gen, \Radioisotopes Woodburn. JUVENILE Fiction, \Sandro's David Scott Daniell, George Learns the Alpahbet,\ H. A. Rey Non - fiction, \Thistle and Thyme.\ NIc Leodhas, ««pul a Revere's Ride,\ Henry W. Long fellow, \The Boy's Life of Edi son,\ William Meadowcroft, \The First, Steamboat on the Mississippi;\ Sterling North. • ry Berolzheimer. With the offi cers, their wives and friends, members of the Town Council I and police coinmission there were 30 in the party which last ed until after midnight. John H. Battle,\ \Curious At a testimonial dinner to E. Leonard Barker, retiring coach of Greeley School football teams, held last night at Briar Oaks, Briarcliff, 40 friends and former students who played un der Mr. Barker gave him a rous ing send-off. Mr. Barker leaves Tuesday for Meriden, N. H. where he will become athletic director of Kimball Union Aca demy. At a recent election of officers of Chappaqua Post American Legion, Dr. N. Henry Larson was elected commander to suc ceed Harry Borner who served during the preceding fiscal year. Captain Edwin C. Holden Jr. was named vice-commander. The Board of Education of the Chappaqua School district filed its request last week for a build ing permit to erect the new $315, 000 wing to Horace Greeley School. When this permit is granted next Tuesday by the zoning board of appeals, this township will have reached a to tal in building permits granted for 1938 of approximately $941,- 000. According to building In spector David Johnson, there are more than $60,000 worth of permits which will' be issued be fore Oct. 1. Then there-wilt still be three months left for New Castle to forge ahead of its mil lion dollar mark. Dr. Robert Bell, Greeley School -principal, returned to Chappaqua Wednesday after spending the summer at Lake Chatauqua. He and- Mrs. Bell spent Wednesday night at the Chappaqua Inn .but returned t<r their own home' yesterday.