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rhe OVID GAZETTE Est. 1815 USPS 215-220 Number! January 19,1983 EDITH B. FORD memorial library OVID, NEV/ YORK 250 Special Basketball Section, pages 8 & 9 Tax Tips, see page 7 Ovid, St. Lawrence banks to form joint holding company By VALERIE WILKINS OVID — The rumor that the First National Bank of Ovid has been bought by St. Lawrence National Bank “ is not the case at all, ’ ’ according to Bruce Wheeler, Vice-President of the Ovid bank. Wheeler explained that the two banks “ have agreed to attempt to form a holding company. ’ ’ He continued that this has been agreed to in principle by the direc tors of both banks. This type of agreement also has to be approved by holders of at least two-thirds of the outstanding shares of each bank, and by various regu latory agencies. A special stockholders ’ meeting will be held sometime in April for this purpose. “ The purpose of this holding company, ’ ’ said \The purpose of the holding company is to pool the resources of the two banks/' said Bruce Wheeler, Vice-president of the Ovid bank. Reaching out Chris Mazzella, number 34, reaches for the ball from a Newfield player's hands, during action last Friday night in the Trumansburg gym. Russ Carpenter, number 44, is nearby, and Jeff VanGelder, number 40, is down court — ready and waiting. The Blue Raiders topped Newfield, 64-57. For a story and more photos from the game and a team picture, see pages 8 and 9. — photo by Roborto Sporting Wheeler, “ is to poo! the resources of the two banks to establish a larger capital base to better cope with the loan situation. ” He explained that, with agricultural loans for example, people are asking for more money these days. This holding company would make these larger loans more feasible. Although the banks ’ names may remain the same continued on page 2 Jacksonville citizens move to stop garage construction SS school board reluctantly approves home-teaching request By DEBBIE BURTON ULYSSES — Ulysses Town Board members were sent searching the Town Hall for more chairs when 26 citizens crowded into the meeting room for the board ’ s first meeting of the year on Jan uary 11. Even the judge ’ s bench chair was in use as an 18-member delegation from Jacksonville asked the board to seek an injunction to stop further building of a z cinder-block garage on Edmund Hurd ’ s INSIDE THIS ISSUE — Conservatory becomes owner of Baptist Church, page 16; — Singing at Juniper Manor, page 2; — New councilman in Co vert, page 15; — Trumansburg School Page, see page 12. THE ST. LAWRENCE NATIONAL BANK Interlaken — Waterloo Seneca Falls property, located in a business district on Route 96, Jacksonville. The Jacksonville residents said they were opposed to the construction because it was an “ eyesore ” . Junk cars on Hurd ’ s property are also considered unsightly, they pointed out. A letter written by Zoning Officer Thomas Ferrelli to Hurd on Dec. 7 said that the unfinished building is illegal be cause of its close proximity to bordering property. Fcrretti said he and a former continued on page 15 ‘ A country boy ’ becomes Ulysses town supervisor ULYSSES — Richard Backer, former superintendent of the Ithaca school district and Ulysses resident for 18 years, took over as town supervisor January 11. Backer replaces Bruce Payne, who stepped down about 12 months short of completing his fifth term because of family affairs. Describing himself as a “ country boy ” who loves nature and the out doors, Backer said during an interview that one reason for accepting this polit ical post was his gratitude to the Ulysses community. “ I took this position basically with the idea that I own this community an awful lot, ” he continued on page 15 By GER I TANSEY INTERLAKEN — The vote was close — four board members voting in favor and three abstaining — but South Sen eca ’ s School Board approved a request last Wednesday from a Willard couple who want to teach their child at home. Board member David Dresser deliv ered the recommendation of the Board ’ s Personnel Committee that Mark and Beverly Patterson be per mitted to instruct their 10-year-old daughter al home for the remainder of this ’ 82- ’ 83 school year. But Dresser emphasized that the Pat tersons must seek reapproval from the Board for following years. Such re approval will depend on the following Village trustee resigns in Lodi By GER I TANSEY LODI — Lodi Mayor Harold Potts ac cepted the resignation of Village Trustee C. Eugene Huff, effective as of Jan. 14, at the Village Board meeting last Friday night. Huff resigned because he is moving from Lodi to Seneca Falls. Mayor Potts'said he “ can ’ t see much point in appointing someone — there ’ s just one month to go (before the village election) anyway. ” A replacement for Huff will be elected at the village election on March 15, conditions: — the child must take standardized tests appropriate to her grade level and show acceptable progress; — parent and child must meet once a month with elementary school princi pal Donna Moss to review academic progress and attendance. Both parents have high school diplo mas, but neither has a bachelor ’ s de gree or leaching experience in the public sector, said Dresser. “ I have reservations about this per sonally, ” qualified Dresser, “ because I believe the teaching (provided by the parents) is not as good as that provided by the district. But if the education is continued on page 16 though the new trustee will be elected for the two years remaining in Huff ’ s unex- pired term. Anyone interested in the position should obtain an • independent nominating petition from the Village Clerk ’ s office, obtain three signatures from village voters and file it with the clerk by Feb. 22. Voter registration for the election is Feb. 26. Mayor Potts and Trustee Edna Ros- baugh are also up for re-election in the March 15 race. In other business, a representative from the engineering firm handling the Village of Lodi sewer project told village continued on page 16
