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W\ PATENT TRADER Saturday; Dec. 2,^9727? A Story for a dark day Dr. Miles says Supervisor broke pledge As the gloom of winter deepens and rain continues off and on as if from an atomic cloudburst, I find increasing satisfaction In a story told me years ago by John Pudney, a wide-ranging British writer. The story amuses and touches me every time I think of it, and I think of it every foul day, so that it brings some consolation, if not an actu al ray of sunshine, when I need it most. According to Pudney, there was a painter in Great Britain by the name of-Piper. He was a man of excep tional talent and he had a flair for color, especially the dark and the diabolical. He liked skies but his skies were not heavens. They were troubled ephemera, caught and. frozen in motion. If you looked up you got a jolt rather, than relief. At the point where you expected inspiration there was tumult. His paintings had the definiteness of the sky over London. No mishmash and no color running. peacefully together. Piper became known for his skies. They shrank the earth and the possessions of man on it. The earth was the sky. If the two separate elements met it was in disso nance. For some reason not immediately understandable, Piper was commissioned to do a portrait of Windsor Castle, royal residence standing high above the playing fields of Eton. The time came when the picture was to be unveiled and viewed. The monarch on the throne then was the genial George V, a man best known as the hus band of Queen Mary, the queen with the funny hats. George did his kingly duties dutifully and with dignity, no matter how minor or important the ceremony. Gracious and polite, George approached the picture and studied it. Piper had spared none of his talent and he had not compromised his principle of the epochal sky. George was hard pressed to know what to say, but of course he wanted to be as kind and appreciative as pos sible. According to Pudney, His Majesty surveyed the work for a full moment and then turned to the artist with a nod of approval. \Very nice,\ he said, adding with sym pathy in his voice, \but I'm sorry you did not have a better day.\ New Castle LWV reaffirms Council-Manager Plan support (The following letter, ad dressed to New Cattle Super visor George Oettinger, Is published here at the writer's request. —Editor) Dear Supervisor Oettinger: In this letter I wish to register a strong protest, not only for myself but also for the 150 citizens who took the trouble to attend the town board meeting of November 28 to support the library's position on a site and a new library. To have all discussion closed off by you after the presentation of the library petition struck me as being the height of discourtesy,' as well as being downright dishonest and, therefore, un pardonable. In the conference I had with you prior to this meeting, in fact, well in advance of this meeting, you thanked me for being open and aboveboard in sharing with you my plans in Letters To the Editor: In April 1970 the League of Women Voters of New Castle reached consensus in favor of the Council-Manager form of government for the Town of New Castle. Our conclusion WHB based on an analysis of the t town's government structure at that time, its anticipated growth and development, and a comparative study of govern ments in similar communities. Since that time our form of government has remained unchanged, and we have indeed grown. We\\feupported the Council- Manager Plan because our studies indicated that it is extremely effective in meeting increasingly complex local needs; it provides a continuity and stability to local govern ment; and a trained, professional manager can provide efficiency and economies to the governmental operation. At this time, when the citizens of New Castle are being asked to raise the salary of the Supervisor by $8,500 per year (approximately a 50 percent increase), the League hopes that the Council-Manager plan will be seriously considered. This form of government can be adopted after enabling legislation is passed in Albany. The League urges that citizens of New Castle attend the public hearing on the 1973 budget on December 5 at 8:15 p.m. in the Town Hall. This is the time to look objectively at the form of our local govern ment and decide what is best for New Castle. Martha F. Cossutn. President New Castle League of Women Voters Town and school meetings MONDAY P.M. 8:15—Mt. Kisco Village Board, Village Hall. 8:30—-Byram Hills School Board. H.C. Crittenden Middle School cafeteria. Armonk. Pleasantville Zoning Board. Village Hall. TUESDAY P.M. 8:00—-Public hearing, Lewisboro town budget. John Jay Junior High School cafeteria. Lewisboro Planning Board, Town Hall. 8:15—Mt. Pleasant budget hearing, Board 49 Beekman Avenue, North Tarrytown. town. New Castle preliminary budget hearing, Town Hall. 8:30—Yorktown Town Board. Town Hall WEDNESDAY P.M. 8:15—Bedford Zoning Board. Town House. Pleasantville Planning Board. Village Hall. 8:30—Fireside chat with Pound Ridge Town Super visor, Town House. 9:00—Yorktown School Board, Middle School cafeteria. THURSDAY 8:00—Somers budget hearing. Town House North Castle budget hearing, large meeting room. Town Hall. North Castle Zoning Board, Town Hall, Ar monk. 8:15— Mt. Pleasant Planning Board, 200 Saw Mill River Road. Hawthorne. Pound Ridge Town Board. Town Hall. 8:30—Somers School Board, Somers High School. Yorktown Zoning Board. Town Hall. SATURDAY A.M. 9:30—Somers Zoning Board. Town House. P.M. 2:00—Bedford public hearing on proposed budget,' Town House. connection with the presen tation including those who would speak for the library's position, You also assured me that there would be a light agenda for that meeting, which would give us all the time we needed to be heard on the subject. For you to thank me for being eminently fair with you and then, without advance notification Qf any kind, to close off discussion, can only be in terpreted by me as a gross insult to me and to all the Friends of the Library who attended that meeting. The excuse you offered at the meeting — that a full agenda did not permit time for discussion — turned out to be an obvious fabrication, in light of the fact that you subsequently got through the whole agenda by 10:05 which is unusually early for a town board meeting. Your observation that this was a town board meeting and not a public hearing was another obvious dodge, because it is well known that iris common practice for statements to be heard from those present on any item of the agenda. May I point out that literally hundreds of man-hours by dedicated citizens of this community have been ex pended on getting signatures on the library petition. To have their effort blatantly ignored is unconscionable in the extreme. At the very least I think you owe the Friends of the Library and the Library Board the courtesy of a public hearing, well publicized in advance, as soon as reasonably possible. Donald W. Miles,President Friends of the Chappaqua Library DONALD W. MILES Pound Ridge League voices concern over hasty shopping center approval (The following letter, ad dressed to Pound Ridge Supervisor Fred ZWick, is published here at the writer's request. — Editor) Dear Mr. Zwlck: The League of Women Voters of Pound Ridge is disturbed at the Planning Board's decision to proceed with approval of the Shopping Center, in spite of the absence of the Area Develop ment Plan as required in Section 442.1002 of the Zoning Ordinance. Section 442.1003 states that \the Planning Board shall not approve a proposed site plan submitted in ac cordance with the requirements of this Section unless it shall find that such site plan: (2) conforms to the Area Development Plan approved by the Town Board..., .\ Since the town Board Is charged with responsibility for upholding Town Law, we are appealing to you to stop all action regarding the Shopping Center, as well as other proposals for the PB-B District, until the law has been complied with, both in letter and in spirit. We ask that you require the Planning Board to present this Area Development Plan for your approval as soon as possible. The purpose of the Area Development Plan, and indeed of the Zoning Ordinance is to provide tools for planning in the public interest. The Planning Board has, by its own ad mission, overlooked these important tools to control and shape development in PB-B in proportion to the areas already developed. We are not debating the merits of the proposed Hawthorne Circle site called ideal for proposed County Cultural Center To the Editor: In 1969 I wrote the Patent Trader supporting the Hawthorne Circle site as the location of the proposed County Cultural Center. Now, with this project in the news again, I wish to restate my position with even greater vigor. The Hawthorne Circle site is the best location for the center. Here's why: The new center needs at least 200 acres; the site has 500 acres. The center should be close to important roads; the site is close to the Saw Mill Parkway, the Bronx River Parkway, the Taconic State Parkway, Routes 9A, 100, 117, and the Sprain Brook extension. The center should be centrally located; the Hawthorne Circle is about as central as one can wish. In addition the terrain has been described as \an ar chitect's dream,\ eminently suitable for this project. And, as a bonus, the county already owns it! No parking MT. PLEASANT - As of December 1, vehicles should not be parked on paved highways after 1 a.m., Mt. Pleasant Police Chief Paul Oliva, reminds residents. The no-parking regulation facili tates removal of snow. For the surrounding com munities, the benefits are ob vious: new business, increased commerce, cultural ad vantages, and new revenue to a school district already starved for income. While the project is still in the early planning stages, our civic, educational, and political leadership should move to gather support of the forces necessary to take ad vantage of this vital develop ment that can be greatly beneficial to our community, our schools, and our families. One golden opportunity has already slipped past us. Let's not pass up a second chance. Anastasio A. Rossi, Director of Music, Mount Pleasant Central School District 1 Thornwood Shopping Center, on which the League takes no position. John Minicu8, Town Attorney, has stated that he and the Planning Board considered \the zoning code provision requiring such detailed building and parking designs for each lot in the--PB=B District- air \unrealistic\ and \an error in the code.' \ Mr. Minicus and the Planning Board have con tinually stressed their obligation to comply with all the provisions of the Zoning Ordinance. They have used this as the basis for their approval of the Shopping Center. We have respected their adherence to the letter of the law. Is Mr. Minicus now questioning the validity of Sections 442.1002, .1003. and .1004 of the Zoning Ordinance? If these provisions can be disregarded, which provisions can we be certain will be upheld? Since the Zoning Ordinance is an integral part of Town Law, we urge the Town Board to enforce it in its entirety. Mrs. Marge Whipple, . President lylrs. Jeannette Berger, Chairman, Local Workshop LiLiLL: HELP STAMP OUT STRANGERS None art quite t o alone as the stranger In town, or the newcomers to the neighbor hood. Remember your Uit move ...how you felt as the movi ng vsn pulled sway... how you more than halt wished you'd ntvsr come? Spare your nsw neighbors feelings such as trust. Let the WslcomtWagon Hostess bring greetings and gifts to make Them feel at home. Help stamp out strangers. Call Welcome Wagon today at Armonk Btdford Brtwittr Cormtl Chappaqua Hawtnorni Katanah Ltwliboro Mahopac Mt. 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