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TRIBUTE IS PAID to those who fought for this nation as M argaretville holds its annual Memorial day. ceremonies at monument in front of Ameri can Legion home. Half-m ast flag hovers over speaker, Rev. William H arter, as MCS band, at right. Sundowners drum and hugle corps, in back ground center, and Legion members at left frame the ceremonial site. MCS Recycling Drive Is Saturday The recycling drive spon sored by Margaretville central school seventh graders will be gin a t 9 a.m. Saturday and con tinue through the day. Collection spots will be es tablished at the schools at M ar garetville and Fleischmanns. Collections toy tru<^ vwll be made dn both villages. House holders who are unable to place recycling m aterials, such as papers, aluminum and glass, at tbe curb ne£u- the front of their hocnes are asked to watch for the truck and heiil i t when it comes by. Students will then carry the m aterial from the h(Juse to the truck. Arkville Man Aids Minority Business W alter Geder of Arkville was one of the speakers at the ur ban affairs conference of the New York S tate Bankers asso ciation May 10 in Syracuse. Mr. Geier spoke on “How Minority Business Loans Can Be Prafit- aible.” PSC Approves Telephone Firm Debenture Sale Albany.—^The Public Service Commission has authorized the M argaretville Telephone Co., Inc., to issue and sell $350,000 of 8 per cent registered deben tures, m aturing July 1, 1982. The company expects ■ to sell the debentures directly to local residents. It plans to use the proceeds to pay outstand ing short-term notes, to reim burse its treasury for expendi tures on property additions and for future plant additions. M argaretville Telephone has ordered three carrier term inals to be ins.talled and cutover June 1, at a cost of $97,000, as the first step in a program to effect ownersbiip of all toll fa cilities in its territory. The new facilities will allow the comi>any to retain a larger portion of toll charges on calls originating in its territory. Construction of new long dis tance lines to Fleischmanns has been started along route 28 by the W orrad Construction ,Co. Mr. Geier and about 200 other businessmen in New York ) city have formed a volunteer gK H ^ to oondxjcJt worteshops in ‘ business QK»rtunities for mi norities and teaching minori- No FFD Holiday ties representatives how to op- ^ erate small businesses. He re ports th a t the group has been about 95 per cent successful in its efforts with 1,000 trainees, compared to albout 75 per cent failures nationwide for new businesses. Fleischmanns, June 1. — The Fleischmanns fire departm ent was called out Memorial day for a brush fire at the Kaplan farm in Red Kill and again in the evening for a grass fire at Will Griffin’s at Halcott Center. Alternative Sought Shandaken Rejects Proposed Law For Regulating Trailers, Parks Phoenicia, June 1. — The Shandaken town board unani mously rejected a proposed trailer regulating ordinance last week Thursday night foUowing a lively hearing th a t was at tended by more than 200 per sons. The board, however, will attem p t to find an acceptable trailer and trailer park ordin ance for the town. The proposed law was drawn up by a committee comprised 6f two board members, plan ning board members and resi dents of the town of Shanda- ken, including trailer park op erators. The crowd packed the hall and auditorium and stood outside, listening through the open doors and windows to speakers for and against the law. The board set down guide lines (that would govern the length of statem ents made pro or con the law. About 30 persons spoke, with the m ajority against the law. The gist of their dbjeations was the increase of obligations on the part of the trailer owner or trailer park operator and the stiff penalties for breach of any of ithe regulations for the installation of trailer parks or the m aintenance of any trailer or trailer peirk to conform with sanitary regulations in the law. The law provides thait the per sonal trailer brought into the town of Shandaken m ust be placed on a lot of not less them one acre. The protesters stated the property values in the town of Shareiaken had risen to such a height it woiild be alm ost pro- hibdtive to purchase an acre of land in order to bring a trailer into town. The law also calls for the trailer to be a t least 75 feet off the highway; this also invoked scores of protests from th e gathering. ■m e concern of traaler park or camp operators was with the requirem ent for the paving of roads in the campsites, which, m any p ersons pointed out, is not, being done in stkte-owned and m aintained trailer parks, such as Woodland Vailley and Devil’s Tom'bstone. These have the most m eager of requirements, not anyway near the comforts of the private .trailer parks. Augustus Simpson, proprietor of the Simpson Memorial Ski slope, stated th a t the jwoposed regulations would curtail any community activities, such as the white w a te r races. Mr. Simpson complained that the contesitarrts dn the w ater races park their trailers on the ski slope, using all the facilities of the ski lodge during their stay. Under the proposed town law, this practice would be illegal. The board asked Attorney Charles Watson of Pine Hill if this interpretation was true; he concurred w ith Mr. Simp son. Other speakers against the law stated that young persons living in the town and em ployed nearby would suffer the most. At the conclusion of the pub lic hearing, after all those who desired spoke their opinions, the iboard retired to the ground floor office, where the m erits of the proposed law were dis cussed. The board members re turned to the auditorium, where Supervisor Raymond J. Dunn made the announcement of the board’s decision. The announce m ent was m et with a roar of approval. Many who favored an ordiin- ance conceded th a t the pro posal as read was too strict and the proposed law unenforce able. Representatives of the U lster county departm ent of health and the New York City W atei Resources board spoke a t thf meeting, expM ning the part their respective departm ents play in the inspection of trailer camps and parks, noting sev eral regulations in the proposed law would be a duplication of services. Councilman M arian Umhey and Town Justice George Kirk alternated in reading aloud the 11 pages of the doomed pro posal. Tom Barrett Is Boys’ S tate Choice Thomas B a rrett, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard B a rrett of Andes, has been selected as his school’s representative to Boys’ State, sponsored by the Amer ican Legion. I t will be held at the State University Agri cultural and Technical institute at M orrisvlle from Sunday, June 25, through Simday, July 1. The ACS junior has partici pated in basketball and base ball during his three years of high school. This spring he is the left fielder for the Moun taineers, who are currently tied for first dn the Delaware Moun tain league. Swedish Student Is Rotary Speaker Miss Apette Johnson of Sweden, a Rotary exchange stu dent at Roxbury, showed slides and talked aibout her native country before the M ar garetville Rotary club \Tuesday night. She said half of the country is forested and th a t the lumber ing industry is largely mechan ized with maohfloes^to cut t»e trees, take ofif the Mmbs aii^ load the logs. Half the trees go to make wood pulp, the largest share of which is ex ported to the USA. Only one-tenth of the land is suitable for farming, but in tensive practices m ake it pos sible for this small acreage to supply the m ajor portion of the country’s food needs. In describing the education system she indicated th a t the average high school graduate had covered an amount of work equal to the end of the second year in college here. She was required to take eight yeai-s of English, six of German and four of French. Half the high school graduates go on l;o uni versities in which tuition is free. Funds for room, board and spending money may be borrowed from the government and are repayable over a 15- year period. A drug abuse problem is al most unknown except in the larger o iti^ . The .population of h e r home town is 14,000, and there is not nearly as much use of drugs by young j)eople as she has seen in Roxbury and Margaretville. Grand Gorge Taps Dr. John Burroughs Dr. John M. Burroughs has been appointed supervising principal in the Grand Gorge central school district. Dr. Burroughs is presently princi pal of the Overseas School for Americans in Rome, Italy, and has previously served as per sonnel adm inistrator for the Fenfield central school in Pen- field, N.Y. He also spent one year as an elementary teacher in Fairbanks, Alaska. Dr. Burroughs holds a bach elor of science degree from S tate University of New York a t Geneseo and a msister of sci ence degree in Administration from State University of New York at Brockport. He earned his doctorate dn education at the University of Rochester. He is 33, married, with one daugh ter, age 3, and exj>ects to begin work in Grand Gorge on or about July 1. Wedemeyer Buyer Eric Wedemeyer, who was listed as .the salesman in the sale of the Guy Eckert farm in Andes last week, was actually the purchaser. Mr. Wedemeyer has ^ o .bought the 120-acre form er Weldon Morse faitn in Meeker hoHow in the town of Roxbury and two 10-acre par cels whiich were part of the original Weldon Morse farm across from Roxbury Run in the Denver valley. Two ACS Bond Propolis Are Given Big OK Two bond propositions total ing $140,000 were passed by a large margin by the Andes central school district resi dents who turned out to vote last week Thursday. The prin cipal issue, aggregating $102.- 000, was passed, 85-15, and a second proposition of $38,000 on school lighting was passed, 70-15. The approval oif these bond propositions gives the Andes board of education a green light on installation of a new heating system at a cost of $70,000. The first proposition also covers smoke screen stair enclosures, m andated by the state, at a cost of $24,075, addi tional exits at a maximum cost of $6,800, and new exit lights a t the stair enclosures a t a maximum cost of $1,125. The second proposition auth orized the installation of new fluorescent lig'hting throughout the school building to replace existing lighting fixtures. District Spelling Matches Are Today The first annual supervisory district spelling contest will be held a t 7 :30 p.m. June 5 a t the Rexmere in Stamford. The champion of this contest will qualify for participation in the New York State F a ir spelling contest on Aug. 29 in Syracuse. Each school which has chosen to participate will qualify its local champion for the semi finals to ibe held today, Thurs day, a t the two occupational centers. In the morning, the following iwiH cranpete a t the N o rthern Catskills occupational center: Timothy Peet of Char lotte Valley centrjd school, Ma rie Mestyanek of Grand Gorge central school, K aren Olszew ski of H u n ter - TannersviUe central school, Monique Boyer of Jefferson central school, Anne Elliott of M argaretville central school, Anne M illar of Roxbury central school and Francis Lynch of Stam ford cen tral school. In the afternoon tiiere will be a competition a t the Otsego area occupational center for the schools in the northern part of the district. The three top finishers in each th e morning and the afternoon will qualify for the finals on Jxine 5. All contests wiU foUow the general rules of the S tate P a ir Championship iwit^ ^ jspeHdng done orally. However, no cme will be elim inated im til they miss two words. To be eligible, students m ust not be above the eighth grade .tlus year and cEuinot reach the age of 16 prior to September. Nudists Are Back Phoenicia, June 1. — W arm weekend w eather, mountain greenery and cool stream s re vived a problem th a t has be come perennial for town of Shandaken police officers over the last several summers. Re ports of nude bathing in the Woodland Valley stream were received by Constable Jack Schlegel, who w ent to make a I>ersonal investigation. No ar rests were made, but warnings were issued. Deak Bank Plans For Future Growth Nicholas L. Deak, president of the Deak National bank at Fleischmanns, has announced the signing of a contract to purchase two adjoining prop erties to be used to expand the bank facilities and services. The Blickstein bmlding ad joining the bank will be re modeled to create more lobby space and provide for a drive- in window. The form er Lip- ton building, next door, will be demolished to create additional off-street parking. Total street frontage will exceed 125 feet. No time table has been set for the construction. CATSKILL C . K E t t T SOUra MAXR AVE. 1 9 7 2 MOUNTAIN NEWS No. 109—49 16 Pages—2 Sections MARGARETVILLE, N. Y., THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 1972 Published Weekly Second-Class Postage Paid at Margaretville. N. Y. 12455 15c Copy $7.50 Year MCS Wins One, But Loses Another M argaretville defeated Wind ham, 14-2, in a non-league base ball game played at Windham last week Wednesday. Chan Squires pitched the en tire distance to gain credit for his first win. He scattered seven hits throughout the con test. Leading the Blue Devils offensive were Dave Elliott and Tom Augustine with two hits each. Also collecting safeties were Bill Gladstone, C. B. Je n - . kins, Chris Williams and Bill Boatwright. Last Friday MCS fell victim to South K ortright, 10-4, in an Upper Delaware league game. The Devils collected 10 hits, but could not overcome a large Ram lead. Elliott, Wil liams and Damon Slade each had two hits, while Augus.tine, Gladstone, Jenkins and Bill Gray contributed one. Today MCS hosts H unter- Tannersville ^ d tomorrow will close out the season with a home game with Windham. School) Hospital To Conduct Drill The M argaretville central school and the M argaretville Memorial hospital will cooper ate 5n a disaster drill a t an unannounced date in the near future. The occasion will sim ulate an explosion a t the school in which several students will be presumed to be injured. They vrall ;be .taken to the hospital in several ttips by the amJbulance. The last such drill involved a school bus wreck. The Board of H ealth requires the hospital to coi^uct several disaster drills each year based on some- facet of community activity. Deer Attack Cars Of City Drivers r o New Ym-k city M otorists encounters ivithi. Catskill mountain deer on a rea highways over the last several days, re ported state police of the M ar garetville station. Milton Laub, 45, of Staten Island was traveling north on the Denver-Vega road last week Wednesday night when a deer jimiped from an embankment into the left side of his car. M ark Deeker, 24, of Brooklyn was traveling south on route 30 in the town of Roxbury shortly after midnight Tuesday m orn ing. A deer entered from the Jeft shoulder and was killed when it hit his car. Charge Corrected Phoenicia, June 1.—Inform a tion given \nie News last week erroneously stated th a t Law rence Clearwater of P o rt Ewen was given a summons for leav ing the scene of an accident. The charge was not for this, but for failure to report an accident, a lesser charge. The driver is to appear next week before Town Justice Edwin France on this and another charge of failure to keep right. Democrats Met Paul F. Eaton, W alton at torney, Democratic candidate for Delaware County Judge Surrogate and Fam ily Court Judge, was the speaker a t a dinner-dance of the Eastern Democratic committee a t Stam ford Saturday. Two Boys Struck By Autos In Weekend Accidents Saturday-Sunday Natkm's Top Paddlers To Race In Es<qHis White Water Events More than 200 contestants, with 134 boats, have registered for participation this weekend in the annual Esopus white w ater races at Phoenicia. The city of New York has guaran teed the proper flow of w ater into the Esopus from the Gil- boa portal to m ake race con ditions ideal. The races are sponsored by the Phoenicia Rotary club, in conjunction with the Kayak and Cemoe club of New York. A challenging course over the railroad raipids below the Wood land Valley bridge has been laid out by the course archi tect, Robert Bliss, \nie races wiU run from 9:30 ajn . until 2:30 p.m. Saturday and Sun day. Among the top contenders ex pected to Ibe on hand are Eric Evans of Hanover, N J I., na tional champion in the ohe-man kayak division, and Sandy Mor rison of Minnesota, this year’s runner-up in the national one- man canoe division. Among the leading women contenders will be Candy Clark of California, wiho was second in the one-woman kayak di vision of the Olympic division. Mixed couples wiU be B arbara and Norman Holcomb of Bel- fonte. Pa., and Ann Schuster and John Sweet of S tate Col lege, Pa. These couples placed first and second, respectively, in the mixed canoe Olympic trials. ^ t a r y du b has improved fa cilities for caring for spec tators, and m ost contestants will m ake their headquarters a t the nearijy Siknpson sM cen ter. Admission to the creek bank for the races is free. Two young boys and an area man suffered injuries as a result of automobile accidents during the last week. The boys were struck by cars, and the man was a passehger in a vehicle which struck a tree. Most seriously injured was two-year-old & ic Jensen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Jensen of Flushing, who have a summer home in Halcottville. Eric tumbled from a moving car on Main street in MargaretvDle Monday morning and was run over by a following vehicle. He was reported in satisfac- Dog Attacks Boy Breaking Up Fight Pine Hill, June 1.—Craig Smith was badily bitten on bis left hand, arm and foot Tues day evening by a dog owned by people residing a t Fleisch manns. The dog attacked the Sm iths’ .police dog, which was tied by the house. As Craig rescued his dog the strange dog attacked him. He was teiken to M a i^aret- ville Memorial hospital, where he was treated. Besides 18 teeth punctures, four Icirger holes required stitches. Craig was able .to spend the weekend with bis gran<knother, Mrs. Fred Bogdan, and family a t Kingston. He returned to school Tuesday. Speed Limit Kept Phoenicia, Jxme 1. — The Shandaken town iboard held a brief special meeting last week Thursday night following its hearing meeting. A resolu tion asking that the 30 mph speed lim it be continued through .the community of Phoenicia was passed and sent to the state to cover that por tion of form er route 28 along Main street which has been turned over by ithe state to U lster county. The stretch af- ifects six-tenths of a male froqa 'th e intersection of.the Chiches- ' ter road easterly along Mi^n street to the outskirts of the business section. Fines, Settlements Levied on Anglers Trooper Joseph Hewitt and Conservation Officer Earl W ashburn apprehended three men for fishing without licenses Saturday and a rrested two more for trespassing on the Tusca- rora club property in the Mill- brook. All appeared before Town Justice Sollie Darling in Fleischmanns. Charles Davenport, 23, of Val ley Stream, L. I., paid a civil compromise settlem e n t of $22.50. Roy Kruse, 17, of Wee- hawken, N. J., paid a settlem ent of $19, and Joseph Rlttm an, 17, of Weehawken was fined $15 on the fishing charge. Fines of $25 each for tres passing were Imposed on Paul Grosso, 22, of E ast Paterson, N. J., and Kenneth Schoen- gnmd, 31, of Paterson, N. J., after they pleaded guilty. Cohen W ork Used In Lecture Abroad A sound-slide program made by CecU Cohen of M argaret ville Is ibeing use^ by the edu cation division of the State University college a t New Paltz to illustrate its oi>en edu cation program dn tours tlirough the United States and Europe this summer. It is one of three such program s made by Mr. Cohen a t the college. The slides were taken by the M argaretville man during visits to the college, where Mrs. Co hen is a teacher in the educa tion division. The sound was added later to make a film strip program. Tne Cohens had as weekend guests May 20 at their North- hill home the 70 perscms from the college who worked in the division. Concert Is Friday By MCS Musicians The music departm ent will present a concert on Friday evening at 8 o’clock a t Marga- retvlUe central school audi torium. The concert will feature the Fleischmanns elem e n tary choinis, the M argaretville mid dle school chorus and the high school chorus. The instrum ental groups will be the middle school band and the high school band. Mike Sdska 'and Tony M ar tin will play piano seiections. The public is invited. tory condition Wednesday a t the Benedictine hospital in Kings ton. He was transferred to the intensive care unit there Mon day a fter being picked up a t the accident scene and taken by ambulance to the Margaretville Memorial hospital. The accident happened at 10:30 a.m. in full view of scores of spectators gathering for the Memorial day parade. State police of the M argaretville sta tion investigated and reported that Eric was a passenger in a car operated by Rosemarie Lash, 31, of Glen Cove, L. I. As the vehicle was making a right turn off Bridge street on to 'Main, police reported that Eric managed to open the left rear door and tumbled to the pavement from the turning car. Behind was the car operated by Frances Curcio, 54, also making a right turn, and this c a r passed over the tyke’s head. Witnesses said that the driver was unable to avoid the boy as he lay on the pavement. Eric suffered a fractured skull, cracked neckbone, broken collarbone and massive bleed- Three Have Filed For School Board Three .petitions have been filed for the M argaretville cen tral school iboard of education for a five-year term . The can didate elected wHl succeed Francis Ruff, who is not seek ing another term . Petitions Med by Tuesday’s deadline were from Mrs. Si mone HaMm, Mrs. June Mein- stein and Ernest H y att, all of Margaretville. The annual district meeting and election ds Tuesday, June 13, a t 8:30 p.m. at the Marga- retviUe school auditorium. ing, according to the state po lice report, which also said there was no contact between the vehicles. This accident and a fire call from Flc?ischmanns,' which sent fire trucks from Fleischmanns, Arkville and M argaretville to answer causcd a slight delay in the parade. The fire trucks were to have been in the parade and were assembling at Marga- retvllle central school when they pulled out of line to an swer the call. However, the fire was minor, and the Ark ville and M argaretville trucks were turned back. Douglas Finch, 11, was struck Saturday as he ran from the sidewalk into route 28 at An des. State police said he was struck by a northbound car driven by Doris Sliter, 43, of New Lebanon Center, N. Y. The Andes boy was rushed to the O’Connor hospital in Delhi, where he was kept overnight for observation and released. Jam es U tter, 72, of the Mill- brook valley suffered multiple fractured rilbs on the right side and a laceration near his left eye in the car-tree accident last week Wednesday afternoon. He was a passenger in a car driven by his .wife, Agnes U tter. The vehicle, traveling easterly along the Millbrook road, went off the right side. As the driver tried to correct, the car struck a tree. Mr. U tter was taken to M ar garetville Memorial hospital and admitted. The accident was about four miles from the south reservoir road. PTG Fate Hanging Four Bones Broken By Young Player The last Parent Teacher Group meeting of the school year will ibe held at 8 p.m. Monday a t the M argaretville central school building. ’The number of interested persons who turn out for this meeting will determ ine whether or not the organization is to be con- Ralph F e lter III of KeHy ( tinued or dropped for lack of Corners fell Friday afternoon I interest, while playing baseball a t Mar garetville central school. He suffered four broken bones and one dislocation. Ralph .was taken by hds par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Fel ter Jr., to Cooperstown to have the fractures set. The foot was put in a cast yesterday. Property Is Sold Mr. and Mrs. Jam es Meehan of Long Island have purchased property on Hubbell Hill from Anthony L. M a ttera. The sale wah made by the SafeBuy real estate agency of M argaretville. Bands to Compete Nine central school bsinds will compete at Downsville on Saturday in the first Delaware county i)ageant of bands. They will join the Downsville central scho^ band in a parade, re treat and closing ceremonies. Participating, besides the host school, will be Andes, Charlotte Valley, Delaware Academy, Gilboa-Conesvilie, Grand Gorge, Movlnt Upton, South K o rt right, Stam ford and W alton central schools. The parade is at 1 p.m. PEACEFUl, VALLEY campsite at Shinhopple was the site of the annual Memorial weekend convention of the New York State Association of the National Campers and Hikers association. Members began arriving Friday noon and stayed until Monday. There were 1,117 families represented. Time was spent in meet ings, games, contests and swimming In the river. This is the association's second visit to the CatskUls after having visited Nickerson’s a t Gilboa three years ago.
