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CHAPPAQUA NEWS Page 5 News of othei North Westchester communities on inside pages. mm Ghappaaua kiferary ^ 10 sefifer Sti Chappaqua M YOrktown 2-2747 MOtmt Kisco 64021 CEntral 8-3020 Serving Mount Kisco 85 Years — No. 13 MOUNT KISCO, N.Y., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1963 SECOND CLASS POSTAGE PAID AT MOUNT KISCO, N. Y.. AND CHAPPAQUA, N. Y. 5* Serving New Castle 35 Yean Easement Given State For Railroad Parking CHAPPAQUA- Supervisor John F. Reed has announced that the Town of New Castle will give New York State an easement for a period of two years on property adjacent to the present parking lot at the rail road station. The state will pave the area, put in curbs, lighting, guide rails and guide lines, thereby creating parking spaces for an additional 80 cars. There will be no investment by the town in the project at this time. Chappaqua now has parking spaces for 50 cars to serve its 600 daily commuters. Revenues for parking in the area will be collected, either by permit or meter, and such rev enues will be maintained in a separate fund. At the end of the second year the town will have the option of accepting the im provement and paying the bal ance of the allocated cost with in a ten-year period or of aban doning the project. A public hearing on the grant ing of the easement will be held Sept. 24 at 8:15 p.m. at the Town Hall. The improvement to the park ing at the Chappaqua railroad station is part of a mass trans portation demonstration project developed by the tri-State Trans portation Committee. Its pur pose, according to Gov. Nelson Rockefeller is to determine whether major rail service im provements, of which better parking is one, can attract sub stantial increases in journey to work and midday traffic, there by relieving the demand on high ways in the area. The demonstration project calls for expanded and speedier service to commuters north of White Plains. Twenty-six daily trains will be added to the schedule. To House Ambulance Kisco Lions To Get ome For Ambulance MOUNT KISCO— Gerald Marshall of the Mar shall Van and Storage Co., Inc., Kirby Plaza, has- been notified that he must vacate the Rail way Express Agency building by Sept. 15, and this means one thing that the Mount Kisco Lions will have a house for their am bulance. Village Attorney Thomas Sin gleton said today that the latest word from Fred J. Gasparine, general agent of the New York Central in charge of real estate is that the contract is on the way. The Railway Express Agency is selling the building to the New York Central Systems, Inc. who will in turn sell the struc ture to the village. Present plans call for the vil lage to lease the building to the Mount Kisco Lions Ambu lance Corps, strictly on a main tenance cost basis. An anonymous donor has con tributed $12,000 to the Mount Kisco Citizens Committee for the Railroad Station for the pur chase and refurnishing of the building. When the committee, now an official village body, Building Inspector To Attend Meeting MOUNT KISCO— The Village Board has author ized Warren Frisina, the new building inspector to attend a meeting of the New York State Building Officials at Albany on Sept. 26-27. Mr. Frisini is pres ident of the organization. Mr. Frisina who came to Mount Kisco from Lynbrook, L. I. was hired early in August as building and plumbing in spector, fire inspector and as sessor all on one paycheck. He is a graduate of the State of New York Agricultural and Technical Institute. Principal Knows First Principle Of Hiring He realizes that to hire help nothing matches the re sult-producing power of a \Help Wanted\ classified ad. And the following recent mes sage of his brought immedi ate action after appearing in the North Westchester Times, New Castle Tribune and the other Westchester Group Newspapers: TEACHERS MALE OR FEMALE Port-time tutoring. Elementary, high school & college subiects. Piano & all Instruments, voice. Translations. N.Y.C., Westchester, Conn. BE 0-0000. \It was a wonderful re sponse! Many applicants an swered and the required qual ified people were hired,\ the satisfied want ad user rev ported. Why, don't you, too, dis cover the amazing power of classified coverage? Phone MOunt Kisco 6-8091 was appointed the members concerned themselves with the station only and later became interested in the express office. Members of the committee are William J. O'Brien, George F. Sprague, Herman Fox, Dr. Leroy S. Heck, Raymond Wall, Granger Tripp, Edward M. Marwell, the Rev. Lee M. Fair- child, Theodore C. Slosson, Har old T. Blackeby and Edward Olim. In commenting of the project, Robert HoUoway, president of the Lions and captain of the ambulance corps said \a heat ed garage is something we've needed for a long time. After rolling on the roads for the past years, we now will have a place to siore and maintain our equipment. A place for meet ings and drills. Adult School Opens Oct. 7 At Fox Lane MOUNT KISCO— Registration for the Adult School will be held Sept. 30, Oct. 2 at Fox Lane from 8 to 9:30 p.m., according to an announce ment made by the director, Dr. Maurice N. Hennessy. A program of approximately 18 courses, ranging from crea tive writing to international af fairs, will be offered for a small fee for each course during the fall term. Classes are scheduled to begin Oct. 7. THIS STRUCTURE WILL house the Mount Kisco Lions ambulance and other equip ment shortly after the pre sent tenant G. Marshall Mov ing and Storage vacates the premises and planned refurb- ishings are completed.—Staff Photo by Jeff Harrell. Delta Gamma Luncheon Set In Bedford BEDFORD— • The Westchester Alumnae Chapter of Delta Gamma will open the season with a finger luncheon at 12:30 p.m. on Tues day, at the home of Mrs. Ken neth W. Payne, Pound Ridge Road. Assistant hostesses will be Mrs. Geoffrey Brock, Mrs. James Graefe and Mrs. Sher- ma Archbold all of Mount Kis co and Mrs. John Bucher of Pleasantville. Mrs. John A. Keenan of New Rochelle will be the speaker. Mrs. Keenan, a member of the local alumnae group, has re cently been appointed chairman of advisers for the Delta Gam ma national organization. Mrs. Allan Porson of White Plains, president of the local al umnae group, will preside at the business meeting. All new alum nae living in Westchester are in vited to attend the luncheon. Bros SOUGHT BEDFORD— The Bedford Central Board of Education has invited bids for classroom furniture for the Bed ford Elementary School. Bids will be accepted ui\il Sept. 19 at 2 p.m. at which time they will be publicly opened. Specifi cations are available at the bus iness office at 130 Main St. Funeral Services Are Held For Victim Of Auto Crash CHAPPAQUA— Funeral* services were held Tuesday afternoon at 2 p.m. at the Church of St. Mary the Vir gin for Mrs. Linda Townsend, 42, of 6 Bedford Road, who was killed in an automobile accident on Friday evening. Interment followed in Fair Ridge. Ceme- tary. Mrs. Townsend was killed when the car she was driving collided with another on Rte. 137 in Pound Ridge while round ing a curve, ran off the road, struck a tree stump and over turned. With-her is the car was Mrs. Barbara Wetzel, 40, of 27 Joan Drive, who sustained a fractured skull and left arm. Mrs. Wetzel is reported in satis factory condition at the North ern Westchester Hospital where she was taken from the scene of the crash. Occurred at 9:15 P.M. State police said Mrs. Town- send was driving west on Route 137 at 9:15 p .m. While round ing the curve, her car skidded and ran into the left rear of an eastbound car driven by Wil liam M. Bissel, 48, of Comstock Hill Ave., Norwalk, Conn, Mrs., Townsend's car then ran off the road, hit a tree stump, flipped over nose front first and landed upside down, state police said. Mrs. Townsend was pronounc ed dead at the scene. The crash on Route 137 occurred just west of Honey Hollow Road. Mrs. Townsend was a former resident of Mount Vernon and was a graduate of Pelham Memorial High School. She mov ed here with her family five years ago. She is survived by her hus band, Wesley C. Townsend, manager of the Metropolitan Life Insurance office in White Plains, and three sons, Wesley, 20, a Dartmouth Colege junior, Peter, 15, who attends Horace Greeley High School, and Ro bert, 11, a student at' the Ro bert E. Bell School, and one daughter, Lynda, 5, who goes to the Douglas G. Grafflin School. Also surviving are her moth er, Mrs. Angela Fiore of New Rochelle, and two sisters, Mrs. Angelo DiFalco of Mount Ver non and Mrs. Joseph DeRaffele of New Rochelle. Mrs. Townsend attended the Episcopal Church in Chappaqua and was a member of the New Neighbors Club. School Sets Course On Adolescent KATONAH— ' A course entitled \The Van ishing Adolescent\ is expected to be one of the most popular of ferings in the adult education program of the Katonah-Lewis- boro School District. The pro gram, which is being arranged by Joseph Lawler, assistant principal of John Jay and the newly appointed director of adult education, will begin the evening of Sept. 30 at 8:00 p.m. at John Jay High School. \The Vanishing Adolescent,\ which takes its title from a book of that name by Edgar Frieden- berg, will deal with the psychol ogical problems encountered by the adolescent as he makes his individual adjustment to his family and to modern society. Dr. Russel Plimpton, psycholo gist for the school district, who is to teach the course, is plan ning for informal discussions of problems that have special in terest for those enrolled in the course. This is Dr. Plimpton's first year as full-time psycholo gist for Katonah-Lewisboro. Dur ing the past iwo years he has been with BOCES and has r nt part of his time working i ne Katonah - Lewisboro District. He obtained his d o c t o r's degree from Columbia Teacher's Col lege and his experience includes ten years as a school psycholo gist in Delaware. Other courses of special inter est in the program will include a clay workshop, taught by Rich ard Boldacci, which will help students to work with clay on a creative basis. A course in grooming and fashion, taught by Mrs. Beryl H. Arrants, will deal with beauty and health habits (Turn to Page 12, Please) Greeley Sets 1st Meeting For Parents CHAPPAQUA— The opening meeting of the Chappaqua Parent Teachers As sociation will be held Tuesday evening at 8:15 p.m. at the Hor ace Greeley High School. Aimed at the parents of high school students, the evening will open with a very brief business meeting. Following this, parents will follow their child's Tuesday class schedule through a series of ten minute \periods giving them the opportunity to meet the teachers and learn about the year's curriculum. Flyers and class schedules will be mail ed to all parents at the end of this week. In advance of next week's meeting, the annual PTA mem bership drive was launched at the high school this week. Mrs. Warren Evans, membership chairman, has urged all parents to sign up either by returning their dues and cards to the school or by signing up at the meeting Tuesday night. The drive will continue at the district's other three schools in subsequent weeks. PTA meetings for students in the middle school and the ele mentary schools will be held in October. Memorial Held For Miss Leonard MOUNT KISCO— A memorial service for Miss Martia Leonard was said at 5 p.m. on Sept. 4 in front of the outdoor Grecial amphitheater which she founded and main tained on her former estate on So. Bedford Road. The mourn ers sat on grass covered stone seats under towering elms sur rounded by cedar birches. Dr. Harry Meserve of the Uni tarian Fellowship conducted the service which was attended by 60 persons. Miss Leonard died on June 29 at the Northern Westchester Hospital at the age of 93. • She was born in New York City on April 14,1870-. Her grand father came to Mount Kisco in the 1860s and after his death, her father moved his family to the area. The site on which Leonard Park is situated was given the community by her brother, the late William H. Leonard. m MARTIA LEONARD ta 1889 Renewal Is Backed At Public Hearing New Castle League To Hear Fund Officer CHAPPAQUA— Mrs. Ben Sable of New York, public relations director of the Overseas Education Fund of the League of Women Voters, will address the first general meet ing of the League of Women Voters of New Castle oil Wed nesday at 12:30 pan. in the) home of Mrs. Paul H. Lang, 33 Aldridge Road. Mrs. Sable is a former Di rector of the LWV of the City of New York and consultant to the state board on publications. She has designed and produced many of the booklets of the Lea gue, including \Facts For Vo ters,\ \You and Your National Government,\ and \Let's Look At Our Legislature,\ as well as creating new and important outlets for League material. Mrs. Sable headed the survey to determine the effect of world trade on the City of New York. The results were read into the Congressional Record. She will speak on \Political Education for Economic Development.\ The local League's plans for the year's work in local land use, school housing, state ap portionment, United Nations and national economic develop ment will be explained by the various workshop chairmen. Coffee will be served at the meeting. All guests and new comers to the town are wel come, and anyone interested in joining the LWV is urged to attend. Membership is open to all women citizens 21 years of age and over. If directions or transportation are needed, please call Mrs. Thomas Land, Mo 6-3687. DISASTROUS flooding of this type will never happen * again in the village accord ing to Joseph Pacitto, director of the proposed Urban Renew al Project, if the project is accepted. In addressing a pub- lie hearing Monday night, Mr. Pacitto said that the idea of Urban Renewal was born dur ing the flood of 1955 which caused so much havoc to the village as shown above. The waters of Branch Brook and the Kisco River which flow through the renewal area spread all over the village at that time. Mr. Pacitto report ed that in 1957 the firm of Hazen and Sawyer was hired to make a survey of the cost of flood control. The firm came up with a figure of $553,- 700 for this phase alone.—-Pho to by E. A. Kirchhoff. Still In There digging IN SPITE ol his years, Cle ment E. Burbank of 26 Bur- bank Ave., Bedford, Hills, 96th birthday on Thursday, is an active gardener. He still drives a tractor and enjoyed every minute of two celebra tions held in honor of his.birth- day. A dinner was held in his home, which he shares with his .wife, and* a supper at the Home of his son and daughter- in-law^ Mr. and Mrs. Everett Burbank of 63 C o 11 a<g e Ter- raceTOut-of-town guests at the celebrations, included a niece and nephew, Mr. and Mrs. 'Harland Cusfaman pf Winter Parkv'Fla., and a niece, Mrs., Charles Stilwell of Framing-' ham, Mass. Mr. Burbank, who came to Bedford from Ver mont in 1900, is the sole sur viving, charter member of the Bedford Hills Fire Department which he joined in 1903. He has one son, two grandsons and eight great - grandchildren. — Staff Photo by Doris B. Kirch hoff. Speakers Favor Plan By 2-1 MOUNT KISCO— No one could be more opposed to Urban Renewal when it was first started than I was,\ Eu gene Rosaforte said as one of the first speakers favoring the project during the public hear ing at the Mount Kisco Elemen tary School Monday night. \I raised 'hell' at several meetings in the beginning. \But when I saw the amount of sincere hard work put in by so many intelligent and dedicated citizens, I was compelled to change my mind and I am now 100 per cent for it.\ Mr. Rosa- forte, a Kisco^ native, and an avid fireman has spent most of his life in the proposed Urban Renewal area. The hearing lasted four hours. Twenty one speakers supported urban renewal and 11 opposed the plan. Joseph Pacitto, Urban Re newal director, explained just exactly what the project will means. \It's a lot more than 76 apartments for relocated peo ple,\ he said to the audience of over 200 who attended the hear ing. \The project will provide for over $2 million worth of cap ital improvements. The new sewage, water, gas and electri city and road systems in the 91 acre plot are all projects which the commuRity would have to undertake eventually to keep up with growth and pro- gress. \Urban renewal will pro vide the money for all the things we must do and it will allow us > to do them now.\ Tracing the evolution of the project, Mr. Pacitto said after the floods of 1955 which caused serious damage to the area bounded by Kisco Avenue, Sut- tons Lane, No. Bedford Rd. and Main St. every village agency, assisted by many citizens' be gan work on a solution. A report from Hazen and Saw- /er, engineering firm, at that time indicated that it would cost $553,700 to attempt to remedy the drainage problems in the Branch Brook, Kisco River area. \If we had gone ahead to spend this amount of money, two properties would have had to be acquired for the work- one was the DiBlasio property (Turn to Page 12, Please) PTA Invites Parents To Open House KATONAH— Parents of children attending Katonah Elementary School are invited to reserve the evening of Wednesday, Sept. 25 for the PTA Open House to be held at the school, beginning at 7 p.m. Class rooms may be visited, enabling children to introduce their par ents to the teachers, and re freshments will be served in the cafeteria. The Open House will also serve to initiate a vigorous PTA Membership Drive, not only for the payment of annual dues, but also intended to encourage ac tive participation in school ev ents during the coming year. The first class to achieve 100 per cent PTA membership will re ceive a prize of $15. An attendance banner will be presented to the class with the highest parent attendance at the Open House. To the class with the largest number of \dad dies\ present will go the added reward of an ice cream party. Today's Index Bedford Village News Calendar of Events _ Chappaqua News Community Events Editorials Golden Days 50 Years Ago Hunting and Fishing 3 6 5 4 6 6 15 Interior Design, Pahlmann _ 8 It Happened 25 Years Ago _ 6 Katonah News Items 2 Kitchen Cabinet 14 Letters from Our Readers 6 Movie Timetable 13 New Book at Library 6 Obituary Notices 7 School Menus —. 6 Social News 10-11-12.14 Sports News 15 Theater News — 13 Town Talk -5, 25 Years Ago in Chappaqua ^'6
