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CHAPPAQUA NEWS Page 5 News of other North Westchester communities on inside pages. NORTH WESTCHESTER^ h» Castle tribune MOunt Kisco 6-8021 ^PPaqua iibiW~%tral 8-3020 10 senter st. Serving Mount Kisco 85 Years — No, 28 MOUNT KISCO, N.Y., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1963 SECOND CLASS POSTAGE PAID AT MOUNT KISCO/ N. Y., AND CHAPPAQUA, N. Y. 5* Serving New Castle 35 Years Snow Finds Crews Set To Clear MOUNT KISCO— The first snow of the season found the highway departments of the Village of Mount Kisco and the Towns of New Castle and Bedford well ready for the road clearance job that follow ed in its wake. Crews in all three areas were on the job at almost the first early morning snowflake and continued without surcease straight around the clock enabl ing schools to open on time and businesses to operate as usual. In Mount Kisco, 14 men with six pieces of equipment includ ing a new truck with a sander and a new plow, were on the job by 8 a.m. Donald Renner, superintendent of highways, explained that first the roads were sanded, then salted and five hours later plow ed, which cleared almost all the snow off the streets. On the eve ning following the snowstorm, bad spots, which the very cold weather froze, were again sanded by the same crew which had done the other work. Mr. Renner pointed out that the vil lage not only clears village streets, but Lexington Avenue, a county road, and parts of Rts. 117, 128, 172 and 133, which are state roads. The crews used 200 yards of sand and four tons of salt mix ed with one-and-a-half tons of calcium chloride. In New Castle In New Castle Walter Deems, superintendent of highways says his men were sanding roads by 6:30 a.m., and started plow ing at 2 p.m. Plowing continued until 10 p.m. when sanding oper ations were resumed. The men took a break from 3 to 6 a.m. and then resumed plowing ahead of the school buses. Nine plows manned each by (Turn to Page 12, Please) Mrs. Potter Promoted By Bank MOUNT KISCO— Mrs. Betty Potter, manager of the Manhattan Savings Bank's! Westchester office here, has been appointed an assistant vice president effective Jan. 1, it was announced by Willard K. Den ton, president. Mrs. Potter, who resides at 42 Smith Ave., joined the bank's staff in 1961. Following a com prehensive training period at the bank's main office in New York City, she was assigned to the community relations de partment at the Westchester of fice. In Februaiy 1962 Mrs. Potter was named assistant manager of the Mount Kisco office and be came manager in January 1963. The first woman trustee and first woman mayor of Mount Kisco, Mrs. Potter has served on several local fund drives and is active in civic organizations. A resident of Mount Kisco for more than 40 years, she has also served as president of the Par ent-Teacher Association and of the Westchester County Village Officials Association. The Mount Kisco office of the Manhattan Savings Bank, locat ed at 50 Main St., was opened in September 1961. Its current assets total almost $16 million. Mrs. Potter will continue as manager of the Mount Kisco of fice. Speed Limit Hearing Set For Saturday ANNOUNCEMENT After its issue of Dec. 31, all the functions and services of the weekly North Westchester Times-New Castle Tribune will be incorporated in the daily Northern Westchester Edition of The Reporter Dispatch, its companion newspaper for 25 years. Editor Mary B. McLaughlin, whose spirited devotion to her community has been evident in every weekly edition for many years, and her loyal fulltime associates will be welcomed into the staff of The Reporter Dispatch Northern Westchester Bureau. Mrs. McLaughlin will be News Editor in association with Bureau Manager Paul A. Schosberg. The bureau will continue to occupy the offices which the weekly and daily newspapers long have shared at 35 West Main St., Mount Kisco. This step the publishers of the two newspapers have taken in the immediate and long-range best interests of the com munity. The North Westchester Times has served thousands of devoted readers over a span of 85 years. The New Castle Tribune has been welcomed into the homes of the people of Chappaqua and New Castle township for 35 years. But recent years have brought not only population growth but broader scope and a more rapid pace to the life of this prime and progressive residential and business area. For the changing and expanding needs of such an area a weekly publication no longer can suffice. It has become essential that the people here have today's news and advertising today—news of swift-moving government, civic, social, religious and other activities in their home com munities and advertising of services and merchandise required by them. More and more events demand almost immediate public action or reaction. In such circumstances, the weekly newspaper in this area had become both a functional and an economic anachronism. Many subscribers to the North Westchester Times-New Castle Tribune also are and long have been subscribers to The Reporter Dispatch and know how well that publication serves them day in and day out. All others, we hope, also will quickly become pleased and satisfied readers of the daily newspaper dedicated to their interests. All paid-in-advance subscribers to the North Westchester Times-New Castle Tribune will, of course, receive proportionate refunds. Our gratitude for the loyal support the weekly newspaper has had from so many Northern Westchester readers and advertisers intensifies our will to make The Reporter Dispatch ever more useful and friendly to them and all their neighbors. T. EUGENE DUFFY, Vice President and General Manager Land Blessing, Rededication Service Slated MOUNT KISCO— The Lutheran Church of the Resurrection will hold a Serv- . ice of Rededication of the par sonage and Blessing of the Land on Sunday at 4 p.m. at the parsonage on McLain Street. Present for the service will be the Rev. Dr. Alfred L. Beck, president of the New York Synod of the Lutheran Church in America and the Rev. John R. Pearson, dean of the Tappan Zee District of the New York Synod. The Rev. James Graefe will con duct the brief ceremony. . Bruce Jones of Armonk, pres ident of the congregation, will participate by speaking on be half of the congregation and formally accepting the land donated to the church a year ago by Mrs. Joseph Glass. The service will be held in conjunction with a Christmas open house given the congre gation by Pastor and Mrs. Graefe. The 15 church coun cil members and their wives will act as hosts and hostesses for this event. Just a year ago the pastor and his family moved back into the parsonage after it had been relocated from the site of the church to McLain Street. The relocation was made neces sary to make way for a new church to be erected at E. Main S^eet and S. Bedford Road. Tournament Postpones Rec Classes CHAPPAQUA— The New Castle Recreation Commission's badminton and fencing classes will not meet Dec. 26 due to the Horace Gree ley High School basketball tournament. The next meeting of the class es will be Jan. 2, and.will con tinue every Thursday night. In case of inclement weather call the New Castle Recreation Commission office. Contact the office for any ad ditional information. Judge Shulman Not Retiring Just Yet The Aspirants JOHN T. WARD WILLIAM B. MACK VINCENT T. CERBONE THOMAS J. SINGLETON ROLAND\ HOUSE EDWARD T. SALVATO In Legion Contest Miss Wills Places Second CHAPPAQUA— Amendments to the traffic or dinance in the Town of New Castle will be considered at a public hearing on Saturday morning at 10 a.m. at Town Hall. These amendments are auth orized by the Suburban Town Law, which goes into effect on Jan. 1. Without the amendments all roads would have a speed limit of 50 miles per hour, the state speed limit, after that date. The amendment would lower the speed limit on N. Greeley Avenue, S. Greeley Avenue, King Street (from Greeley Ave nue to Allen Place), Allen Place and Woodburn Avenue to 30 miles per hour. These roads currently have speed limits of 50 miles per hour. Additionally, the speed limit on all other county roads and town highways outside of the Village of Mount Kisco would be established at 35 miles per hour. The speed limits on these roads currently range from 35 to 50 miles per hour. The provisions regarding courts and fines will not be changed by the proposed amendment. The ordinance to be amended was originally adopted in June 1950. MOUNT KISCO— Dorothy \Dee Dee\ Wills of Shad Road West, Pound Ridge, and Mary Lee Fox of Rutland Avenue have won awards in the fourth Zone American Legion Oratorical Contest for West chester county, held Dec. 16 at Valhalla High School. Miss Wills, a senior at Fox Lane High School, Bedford, re ceived a second place cash award and Miss Fox, a sopho more at St. Mary's High School, Katonah, honorable mention, for their speeches on the Unit ed States constitution. First and third place honors went to James Spinelli of Archbishop Stepinac High School and Mari anne Goodman of White Plains High School. Both Miss Wills and Mr. Spin elli will compete in the county- wide legion finals at Stepinac High School, White Plains, on Jan. 8. Winners of this event will then go on to three more le gion contests - district, depart mental and national - the grand prize beng a $3000-$4000 college scholarship. Those students eligible for participation in the fourth zone event were winners of legion post trials held at north county high schools. Miss Wills received a first prize in the Moses Taylor Post 136 contest held Dec. 11 at Fox Lane High School. She was awarded a $50 savings bond for speaking on the constitution in competition with four other Fox Lane seniors. Second place and third place winners were Ellen Taylor of 95 Harris Road, Ka tonah, and Pamela Taylor of 79 Orchard Road - each of whom won a $25 savings bond. Miss Fox captured first place over four other students in the Katonah Post 1575 contest on Dec. 10 at St. Mary's High School. Second place winner was Patricia Bailey of 113 Smith Avenue. The four winners of the four th zone test received their awards at Valhalla High School from C. Henry Disbrow of Bed- BOOZIN' TIME EXTENDED ALBANY— All-night permits for New Year's Eve have been issued this year to on-premises license es desiring them, the State Li quor Authority has announced These permits extend the clos ing hour on Jan. 1, to 8 a.m the usual opening hour. ford Hills, Westchester County American Legion Fourth Zone Oratorical Chairman, and Wil- b'am A. Donoghue of Yonkers, Westchester County American Legion Oratorical Chairman. Officials for the event includ ed Judge Albert V. Marchigiani of Bedford Hills, Charles Pal mer of Yonkers and William A. Cooney of White Plains, An- gelo Fatone of Valhalla, Lee Wittig of White Plains and Carl Noe of Katonah. SECOND PLACE WINNER in the fourth zone American Legion Oratorical Contest for Westchester County held Dec. 16 was Dorothy Wills, left, of Fox Lane High School. Shown with Dorothy are Bet sy Taylor, center, and Pam Taylor. Dorothy was first place winner in the prelimin ary contest Fox Lane High School sponsored by the Moses Taylor Jr. American Legiion Post, Mount Kisco. Betsy was second and, Pam, third in the Fox Lane contest.—Staff Pho to by Doris B. Kirchhoff. Better Enforcement Of Ordinances Asked MOUNT KISCO— A Mount Kisco man who has perhaps attended more village board meetings than any other resident, isn't happy with the way village ordinances are en forced, and in letters, has made his thoughts and observations known to Mayor J. Edward Fox. In November Frank P. Broz's first letter arrived at the Muni cipal Building, addressed to the mayor. Mayor Fox, in turn, had copies of the letter made and sent them to each depart ment head. On Dec. 10, Mr. Broz sent another letter to the mayor as follows: \What I had hoped would hap pen as a result of my letter was that some action would be taken. This result has not been achieved. \On Thanksgiving Day, the day after you wrote the letter, I counted ten garbage cans be tween my home and my mother- in-law's. This past Sunday I counted four, including three on Main Street. \The broken glass is still at the North end of the station. In fact, there has been broken glass in the parking lot for about two weeks, which has not been cleaned up. The dogs are as numerous as ever and I had to jam on my brakes unexpectedly just last Saturday while going to the A&P. \Murphy's trucks are still on the sidewalk as are the vehicles belonging to the used car lots. The Stop Signs at Kisco Ave nue are still being disregarded; and I have noticed no additional painting of yellow lines, al though some have been painted at the railroad station. \The only thing I cannot talk about is snow removal and that is because we have had no snow. \I was amazed when you said we would have to pass a law in relation to the garbage cans. One of the things I pride myself in having accomplished for the village through my con stant \nagging\ is a codifica tion of our ordinances so that they are available for everyone. I had assumed that the mayor would have a copy and would know the contents. I enclose herewith • a photocopy of page 141 of the Code of Ordinances for your information. \My constant harping on these things may seem picayune but there seems to be a total dis regard of due process and of proper administration in our village. The failure to have available immediately copies of (Turn to Page 12, Please) Warren Pitts, MK Worker Dies At 52 BEDFORD HILLS— Warren Pitts of 237 Babbitt Road died Dec. 19 at Northern Westchester Hospital after a short illness. Born in Griffin, Ga., he was 52 years old. He was employed as a fire man by the Sanitation Depart ment of the Village of Mount Kisco. He was a veteran of World War n and a member of St. Francis AME Zion Church. At the church he was active on the Ushers and Stewards Boards. He was also a member of Eu reka Lodge of Masons, No. 57, Elmsford; a member of the Ma- maroneck Lodge BPO Elks, No. 982; and the Moses Taylor Jr. American Legion Post, No. 136. He is survived by his wife, Ethel Mae Pitts; his mother, Mrs. Mary Parks of Griffin, Ga., a brother Edward Parks of Griffin, Ga., and a sister, Mrs. Delia Parks of Atlanta, Ga. Salvato Is Choice Of Committee By MARY B. McLAUGHLIN MOUNT KISCO— \I will not resign before Dec 30 and I will not resign on Jan. 1,\ Frederick E. Shulman, jus tice of the peace said here this week. Not after what happen ed at the Dec. 16 meeting of the village board.\ He was, no doubt referring to a letter sent by Trustee Henry V. Kensing to Frank Lieto, act ing village clerk. In part Mr. Kensing said, \it has come to my attention that our present Police Court Justice Frederick E. Shulman has been elected to the office of justice of peace of the Town of New Castle and will assume that office on Jan. 1, 1964. I should also like at this time to propose for the Board's consideration for this appoint ment the name of John T. Ward. Mr. Ward is a resident of the village and a practicing attor ney in the village. His legal ex perience renders him exception ally well qualified for this posi tion.\ Salvato Named Thursday night, the GOP vil lage committee met to consider the names ofthose which had been submitted to the group nd came up with what may be con sidered a \dark horse.\ He is Edward T. Salvato of Croton Lake Road. This newspaper also learned that an alternate candidate may be offered to the board of trus tees at the Jan. 6 meeting. Our guess is that he will be Vincent 2. uunc. On Nov. 7, the day after elec tion, this newspaper said, \There'll be a lot of political hustling in the village between now and Jan. 1 with the election Tuesday night of Frederick E. Shulman as a justice of the peace in New Castle, and the action will be mostly in the Republican ranks.\ This was putting it mildly. As of the moment there are at least eight candidates who wouldn't refuse the appoint ment. In addition to Mr. Salvato, Mr. Cerbone and Mr. Ward, they are G. Roland House, William B. Mack, Thomas J. Singleton, Leo Anderson Jr. and Frank P. Broz. All are capable men and loyal GOPers. Mr. Salvato has been a prac ticing attorney in Mount Kisco for about 30 years, and most of that time he has been engaged in political affairs all Republi can. He is also one of the found ers of the Union Party, and a former village attorney. He did undergraduate work at the University of Pennsyl vania, attended Syracuse Law School, and received his law degree from NYU. He main tains offices on So. Moger Ave. A veteran of World War II, he is now a Lt. Colonel in the Reserves. Mr. Salvato is a member of the Italian American Club and the Northern Westchester Bar Association. Kisco Native Mr. Cerbone who has served as acting police justice in the village for the past two years is a native of Mount Kisco. He is .the son of Mrs. Thomas Cer bone of 27 Grandview Drive and the late Mr. Cerbone. He has his office at 40 Main Street where he is assisted by his brother, Joseph as law clerk. He is a Korean War veteran, having served with the 1st Ma rine Division in Korea. Mr. Cer bone received his education at St. Francis School, St. Mary's High School, Katonah; De fiance College, Ohio; and ob- (Turn to Page 12, Please) Index Bedford Hills Notes _ Bedford Village News Chappaqua News Community Events — Editorials Golden Days 50 Years Ago Hunting and Fishing- . 2 . 3 5 '. 4 6 . 6 10 Interior Design, Pahlmann — 7 It Happened 25 Years Ago — 6 Junior School Page 14 Katonah News Items 2 Kitchen Cabinet 8 Letters from Our Readers 6 10 12 8 10 6 10 . 5 Movie Timetable Obituary Notices Social News — Sports News I Stork Has Brought Theater News Town Talk . 25 Years Ago in Chappaqua - 6 * s
