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Three Drivers Suffer Injuries In Morning One-Car Accidents Three drivers were injured in one-car highway accidents dur ing the last week, and one of them faces several charges when he is released from the hospital. Gerard Foley or Walton was admitted to the Margaretville Memorial hospital following a 2 a.m. accident Wednesday on route 28 at the Jones hollow bridge at Dunraven. Foley suffered broken ribs and a pos sible back injury. State police of the Margaret ville station said that he is ac cused of driving as an unsup)er- vised learner and of driving T w o P o n t i a c s B u r n I n L e s s T h a n W e e k Carburator backfires caused blazes that called Margaretville ■firemen away from their eve ning activities tv/ice during the last week.' Both were in mid- 1960 model Pontiac Bonneville sedans. The first occurred in the Wal nut street parking lot last week Wednesday evening in a car be longing to Tommy Davis of Arkville. The second occurred on Main street a few feet east of Maple about 5:30 p.m. Tues day in a car owned and oper ated by Leonard Shultis Jr. of Halcottville. Wiring, hose and paint in both vehicles suffered damage, but the fires were ex tinguished in short order. V e g a C h u r c h S i t e O f V e s p e r s A g a i n Roxbury, June 8.—Rev. David Bach of Roxbury will be the preacher at this year’s first vesper service in the Old School Baptist church on the Vega- Denver road at 7 p.m. Sunday. This vesper service was ini tiated by Mr. Bach last sum mer. It was so successful that those attend'ing requested that it be repeated this summer. The service consists of song and prayer and a brief Bible mes sage. Since Rev. Bach is leaving Roxbury, Rev. N il^ M. Puff will moderate the later serv ices, aided by visiting ministers and musicians as they are available. Among preachers coming are Rev, Arthur Kopp of Bainbridge, Rev. Cornelius Lepeltak, retired mnister of Roxbury, Rev. Clemen Brown of Roxbury. Musicians already promising their talents are the Heyler family, David Scudder, <A Ernie Shultis and Mrs. Poff. *nie, church is a sjiort dis- { tanee from Roxbury Run. The date over the door is 1856. The pews are straigiht and un cushioned. A wood burning stove provides heat when need ed. A gallery crosses the back of the sanctuary, reached by the winding stairway. With no electricity in the building, light is dependent on the sun, or, as last year, by farm lanterns brought by worshippers. Music is provided by an old bellows organ with 88 keys. N e w D r i v e r C o u r s e The state-required three-hour course for new drivers will be offered a t Andes central school on Wednesday, June 21, from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Anyone in terested in taking the course may register with Charles Smith at the Andes school by Friday, June 16. Proof of age is needed, and the registration fee is $3. while intoxicaced. They report ed that his northbound car went off the right edge of route 28, traveled 300 feet along the shoulder and scraped guard rails before hitting the bridge abutment head-on. James Stern, 17, of Kingston was treated at the hospital fol lowing a 4 a.m. accident Sunday on the Red Kill road near Fleischmanns. He suffered a broken arm and bruises. State police said his north bound car went off the right side of the road and struck a tree. Sherman B. Cauley of Tucson, Ariz., suffered a laceration of the forehead about 1 a.m. Fri day in an accident near the Shavertown bridge. He was traveling north on route 30 when his rented car failed to make a left curve about 50 feet west of the intersection of the south reservoir road. The ve hicle hit several guide posts and a road sign. A two-car accident at the route 28-30 intersection at Dun- raven Saturday afternoon re sulted in a summons for one driver. The state police report said that Dale Trischka, 21, of Syracuse was traveling north on route 30 and passed the stop s i ^ as she entered route 28. Her car struck the left rear of a car d r i^n by Benjamin Gold stein, 0 , of Brooklyn, who was makii^g a left turn off route 28 on to route 30. The Trischka woman was issued a summons for passing the sign. She said her attention was diverted as she looked at a road map while approaching the intersection. Diana Todriff, 25, of Wap- pinger Falls was traveling south on route 30 near Halcottville Saturday afternoon when a deer ran into the path of her car and was hit. However, the deer escaped into the woods. M e n t a l H e a l t h U n i t L i c e n s e R e n e w e d The Delaware County Mental Health clinic has pass^ all in spections of the State Depart ment of Mental Hygiene and has received renewal of its op erating license for an additional two years. The clinic is presently fh its sixth year of operation. It is located in the Doane Profes sional touilding in Walton. Clinic hours are 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. r e a T a l e n t s O n D i s p l a y a t S U C O Several area residents will participate in the second festi val of the arts sponsored by the Upper Catskill Community Council of the Arts this week end at State University college at Oneonta. Events will be from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. Sat urday at the college mall, or ins'ide the instructional resourc es center in case of rain. Alfredo Santos of Fleisch manns will be among the paint ers and sculptors exhibiting their work. The Roxbury Bur roughs club and the Rural Sup plementary Education Center a t Stamford will show sUde-tape programs in lecture h^ls 8 and 9 in the instructioned resources center (throughout the day. Irving Peterson, marimba solo ist, and Richard Everett, vo calist, both of Denver, will per form at intervails. Anneittfe Heyler. Ernie Shultis and Anne Shultis of Roxbury will act as strolling folk singers. R e a d y i n 1 9 7 3 Constructbn Of Mine Kill Park At Power Project Progressing Gilboa.—Work will begin soon on the second phase of construction of Mine Kill state park which the New York State Power Authority is building in conjunction with the Blenheim- Gilboa pumped storage power project. The Power Authority has awarded a contract to Habnar Construction Corp. of Mount Vernon, loiw bidder for the park work. The contract award was for $1,305,000. The new park, scheduled for completion next year at the same time as the power project, will include a three-pool swim ming complex, bathhouse and concession building and other supporting facilities. The park also will include an overlook and 20-car parking lot near Mine Kill Falls. First phase work, which was undertaken last year, has been completed. It included instal lation of utilities and construc tion of roads, parking facilities and a boat launching ramp that will provide access for boating on the project lower reservoir when the park opens. The Capital District State Park Commission will operate the park when the Power Au thority construction is finished. The focal point of the park development will be the three pools, one for swimmdng, one for diving and one for wading. The swimming pool will be 160 feet long, ranging from 55 to 75 (feet wide. The diving pool w'ill ibe 40 feet square. The kidney-shaped wading p>ool will be almost 40 feet long, ranging between 20 and 35 feet wide. Other major features of the park scheduled for immediate construction are a bathhouse and concession building, com fort stations, a visitors over look building, picnicking areas, a sewage treatment plant, a playfield, a control building, a pool equipment building and the Mine Kill overlook and parking area. Seventy-five picnic tables and 50 outdoor grills will be in stalled. The playfield will have a backstop, making it ideal for osftball games. The contract calls for plant ing of 3,500 new plants and shrubs. The park complex includes hiking trails, and space has been alloted for future camping. Work on the park will be visible throughout the summer from the observation platform at the Power Authority’s tem porary visitors’ center near route 30 north of Grand Gorge. The center, which includes new exhibits, will be open Sat urdays and Sundays until June ' 24 when seven-day-a-week op eration begins. Construction of the power house, the heart of the one-mH- lion-kilowatt project, also can be viewed from the observation platform of the center. CATSKILL DR. E. C. KELLY SOOIH IWHI AVE. J W . S A S T , 12209 L e g i o n C o n v e n t i o n W a s H e l d S a t u r d a y Roxbury, June 8.—'ITie Dela ware County American Legion convention was held at Grand Gorge Saturday. A new com mander, John Campbell of Wal ton, was elected to succeed Jus tin Marshall of Grand Gorge. Donald Finch of Margaret ville and Robert Whitney of Roxbury were elected vice com manders. Six school bands participated and were placed as follows: out- of-county Laurens, first; Badn- bridge, second, and Oxford, third. Delaware county. South Kortright, first; Grand Gorge, second, and Roxbury, third. Two community drum and bu gle corps, the Sundowners of Margaretville and the Lancers of Walton participated. A circus, shown in the after noon and evening, added to the festivity. The Middletown American Legion post won two first prizes. One in the junior di vision for the Sundowners Drum and Bugle corps and an other for having the most men in line. The post also took a second for the color guard as it passed in review. L e g i o n I n s t a l l s Roxibury, June 8. — Officers were installed a t Ralph Ives Jr. Legion post at the fire hall Thursday night by County Commander Justin Marshall. They are Robert Cole, Com- mandec; Hermgn Yaeger. F r ^ Hammond anrfKobert Whitney, vice commanders; Linden Greg ory, adjutant; Erving Thomp son, treasurer; Herbert Van Valkenburgh, service officer; Alva VanAken, chaplain; Don ald Weyl, Boys’ State chair man, and Herman Yaeger, baseball chairman. B u r r o u g h s S t u d i e s O f f e r e d o n S u n d a y Roxbury, June 8.—^Visitors who attend the Burroughs open house at Woodchuck lodge and Memorial Field Sunday after noon may take their choice of three study groups. A nature walk will be led through the ^beech woods, with Mrs. Eliza beth Burroughs Kelley, grand daughter of John Burroughs, and Dr. J. Alfred Adams, pro fessor emeritus in entomology at Cornell university. Other offerings will include a presentation by Mrs. Nova Rose of Hdbart, who will share with a group her husband’s memories of John Burroughs. Her husband, Ralph Rose, was a farmer-naturalist. A third group will experience art through nature in involvement through language and artisitc experiments. Sammie Ives will guide and encourage. There will be an opportunity to preview one part of the Bur roughs educational design- slides and narration by Walter Meade. Herbert Van Valkenburgh, president of the club, and Mrs. T. Howad Smith, secretary, will greet guests and leaders. Mrs. F. Leighton Enderlin and Mrs. Roger Harrington will .serve as hostesses. The owners of Woodchuck Lodge, Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Burroughs, will cpen their home for this day. This program is inspired by the life and writings of John Burroughs, naturalist. In case of rain, adjustments will be made in the program. Organizers suggest that a fold ing chair be brought by those who wish to rest during the program. C o u n t y J o b s R i s e , U n e m p l o y m e n t O f f Albany, June 8.—Employment in Delaware county in April was 17,600, an increase'of 100 over March and 800 more than April 1971 total. Unemployment for April was 1,300, a drop of 100 from March. The unemployment rate was 6.8 per cent in April, a drop of one-half per cent from March and .7 p e r . cent below April 197'!. MOUNTAIN NEWS 14 Pages—2 Sections No. 109—50 MARGARETVILLE, N. Y., THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1972 Published W e ekly Second-Class Postage Paid at -Margaretville, N. VT. 12455 15c Copy !f7.50 Year Farewell Sermon Cutbaclcs Fail To Halt Incrcase In School Taxes NEW DAIRY PRINCESS, IVfary Jo Savold of Roxbury, receives her crown to reign for 1972 in Delaware county, from last year’s princess, Sonja Gavette of Hamden. Miss Savold Dairy Princess Miss Mary Jo Savold, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. James Sa vold of Roxbury, was crowned Delaware county dairy princess for 1972 at th^ annual June Dairy Month dinner Saturday night at Delhi Tech. Miss Sa vold was crowned by last year’s princess, Sonja Gavette of Ham den. Miss Mary Kellett, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Kellett of Deposit, was first runner-up, and Miss Darlene Huyck, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ron ald Huyck of Treadwell, was the second runner-up in the contest. S c o u t C a m p o r e e I s S e t T h i s W e e k e n d The Shehawken district scout camporee will be held Friday and Saturday at the 4-H camp near Delhi. Troops from this area will set up camp Friday afternoon and stay through the Saturday might campfire. Scouts will participate in a “good deed” weekend, clearing a woods area to improve the camp. Ribbons will be awarded to the troops with the neatest safest and best patrol or troop sites. All cooking will be done over charcoal fires. Richard Fager oif Fleisch manns, district health and safety chairman, and Glen San ford of Walton will man the first aid station. The camj)- oree will be in charge of Frank Bovee Jr. of Delhi, assisted by John Gilmore of Delhi, Robert Munn and Dick Hoffmeister of Walton. J o b s f o r S t u d e n t s The guidance office at Mar garetville central school has the names of several young people who are seeking full time or part time work for the summer. Most will be available for full time work after school closes Friday, June 23; others who are not taking Regents examina- . tions will be available after Monday, June 19. The guidance office may be called by employ ers seeking student help. S l a v i n D e g r e e W o n A f t e r T h r e e Y e a r s Warren Slavin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Slavin of Fleisch manns, has received his bach elor of arts degree from Purdue university. He completed the work in three years, majoring in sociology and minoring in American history. Mr. Slavin has been accepted in the doctor of philosophy grad uate program in sociology at State University at Stony Brook, L.I. He is a member of Alpha Kappa Delta, the na tional sociological honorary society. C a b i n I s S o l d Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mittler of Centereach, N.Y., have pur chased a cabin on Hubbell Hill from William Duboveck. Also included in the transaction was an acre of land. The sale was made through the Margaretville office of the Safe-Buy realty agency. P h o e n i c i a I n c i d e n t T o B e G i v e n S u n d a y Rev. David J. Bach, who for the last five years has been minister of the Jay Gould Me morial Reformed church in Roxbury, will preach his fare well sermon Sunday before moving to Wyckoff, N.J., where he will, be the co-pastor and minister of education at the Wyckoff Reformed church, one of the 10 largest congregations in the Reformed Church of America. During his pastorate in Rox bury, Mr. Bach received 104 new members into the church. He also started an Alcoholics Anonymous group, a youth group called SEARCH, winter services for skiers at the Platte- kill ski center, summer services at the Old School Baptist church in Vega and a series of monthly marriage enrichment seminars. Mr. Bach has been a mem ber of the Rotary club for four years, chaplain of the fire de partment for five years, and a member of the library board for three years. His denomination al work included being the evangelism agent for the Scho harie classis and the steward ship agent for the Particular Synod of Albany. The congregation has planned an open house for Rev. and Mrs. Bach tonight, Thursday, at the Roxbury church. B u r n i n g T a r p S e t D r y G r a s s A b l a z e Shavertown, June 8.—Andes firemen were called out over the holiday weekend to the south side of Beech hill, where a grass fire had spread from a burning tarpaulin on the Salva-. tore Randazzo property. Pass- ersby helped to keep the fire in check until the arrival of the Andes rural pumper. Water was taken from a nearby pond to help combat the blaze. A load of buildiing material was being unloaded' from a truck which had beeii backed irtto the Randazzo propei’ty. Apparently a motor backfire set the new, paraffin-coated canvas afire, and as it was pulled from the truck, it spread into the dry grass. The flames were stymied when they reached the woods, where the ground was too wet to sustain fire. R C S G i r l A c c e p t e d Roxbury, June 8.—Miss Ali son Kelly, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Kelly, a senior at Roxbury central, has been ac cepted at Bridgeport, Conn., university for next term. P a s t o r o n L e a v e Andes, June 8.—Rev. and Mrs. Murray Walters are taking a year’s leave of absence from the United Metiiodist church and the Pleasant Valley United Methodist church. A farewell supper was given them Monday evening. Mr. Walters’ last serv ice' will be on Sunday, June 18. Y o u t h P l e d G u i l t y Thomas Joseph Hickey, 19, of Franklin Square, L. I., pleaded guilty last week to a charge of third degree possession of stolen property, a misdemeanor. He was released on his own recog nizance pending sentencing to night, Thursday, by Town Jus tice Allen in Delhi. State police of the Margaretville station said the case involved break-ins at dormitory rooms at Delhi Tech. Man Held From Jump Off Bridge Goes Through Drugstore Window Phoenicia, June 8.—A large plate glass window in the Gor don drug store was broken Sat urday night by an 18-year-old Long Island youth, who, wit nesses said, literally walked through it. The window meas ured 104 by 78 inches and was in the front corner of the store near the intersection of Main street and the Chichester road. Injured and arrested was George Skaperdas, 18, of Rego Park, who had been staying at a local trailer camping ground with two companions. Witness es said that Skaperdas had been involved in a tussle with sev eral local persons who had re strained him from jumping off the Main street b r i ^ e into tiie Chiohester stream. They were successful in this effort, but the youth broke away from theyn and ran across the street into /the window. Joseph and Philip Gordon, pro prietors of the store, had closed it at 9:30 p.m., a short time be fore the incident. Skaperdas was taken to Kingston City hospital by the town of Shandaken ambulance service. After being treated and released he was arrested by Deputy Tom Sickler and Con stable Jack ScWegel on a charge of disorderly conduct. He was released on bail by Town Jus tice George Kirk for an appear ance at a later date. The Gordon brothers esti mate damage to the store and window at $500. The store was looted of several thouscuid dol lars in drugs mercharKiise during a burglary earlier this spring. Despite a cutback in services and personnel, the Margaret- v.lle central school district budget proposed for 1972-73 has risen by $217,000, setting the pace for higher taxes. The budget, totaling $1,397,908,000, will be presented to the voters for their decision at the annual school meeting, which is 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 13, at the Margaretville building. Also on the agenda for Tues day’s meeting is the election of a trustee for a five-year term to succeed Francis Ruff. Mr. Ruff is retiring from the board, and candidates to succeed him R e c r e a t i o n a l A i d A s s u r e d V i l l a g e The village of Margaretville has applied to the New York State Division of Youth for matching funds to help support the summer and winter recrea tional programs. Village offi cials have been assured that funds are available and that the request will be granted. The budget is $3,200. Half of this will be furnished by the state and the balance split be tween the village and school district. Last year 75 per cent of the money was used for the supper program including swimming, arts and crafts, baseball and softball. The balance was used to help support the winter ski ing program. No funds were received from the town of Middletown last year. Gov. Rockefeller announced this week that the state has allocated $1,250 to the town of Colchester for its 18th summer youth recreation project. The town will spend $3,900 on or ganized youth activities, which will include swimming instruc tion and public swimming for a 10-week period. S t o n e S c h o o l h o u s e M e e t i n g J u n e 3 0 Dunraven, June 8.—^The an nual meeting to elect officers for the Old Stone Schoolhouse Educational district will be held at 8 p.m. Friday, June 30, at the schoolhouse. Rev. Richard Prue, pastor of the Clovesville Bible Baptist church, will give the opening prayer and a message. Present officers are George McMurray, president; Mrs. George Owen, vice president; Lena Tiffany, secretary and treasurer; Mrs. George McMur ray, Robert Traver, George Owen, George Fairbaim, Eric Stange and Howard Fairbaim, trustees. Membership in the district is open to anyone. RefresHhients will follow the meeting. I n j u r e d T o t H o m e Two - year - old Eric Jensen, who was run over by a car after he fell from another ve hicle on Memorial day, was re leased Wednesday from the Benedictine hospital in Kings ton. He is with his parents at their summer home in Halcott ville. P r o g r a m I s T o n i g h t The primary school gym pro gram will be held tonight, Thursday, at 7:30 in the Fleischmanns gym. Children in grades one through four will participate in the program. Parente and friends are in vited. are Mrs. Stephen Meinstein, Mrs. Magdi Halim and Ernest Hyatt. There is also a proposal to purchase a new 48-passenger school bus for a total not to exceed $10,499.15. There is no additional state aid included in the proposed new budget, other than the $89,- 000 the district will receive toward the building construc tion. Additional revenue will come solely from $95,000 in bond proceeds and the tax in crease. The increase for town of Mid dletown residents, who comprise 80 per cent of the tax base for the district, amounts to $15.57 per thousand on assessed valu ation. This is a rate of $89.17 per thousand. Recent increases in assessments by town asses sors, whose figures are used by the school district, may cut the rate slightly. Tax rates for the other towns were still being calculated Wednesday. The increase includes $5.50 per thousand caused by the building program. The program is causing about 11 per cent in crease in this year’s total budg et. Salaries for non-instruc- tional personnel are up 5.5 per M C S N i n e F i n i s h e s O n W i n n i n g S t r e a k Margaretville central school finished the 1972 baseball sea son with two victories, one in a non-league game, the other an Upper Delaware league tri umph. The wins brought the MCS overall record to 7-5 and the league record to 4-4. Five of the last six games were wins. The Blue Devils defeated Windham here Friday, 12-4, in a non-league game. Chan Squires scattered six hits and gained credit for his second vic tory. He was relieved by Dave Elliott in the sixth inning. Tom Augustine hit a triple and Chris Williams a double to lead the MCS offensive. Other hits were toy Bill Gladstone, Mel FuUer and Rick Holdridge. Windham won the Delaware Mountain league title, and MCS was the only team to defeat them twice during the season. Monday the Blue Devils de feated Hunter-Tannersville, 4-3, in the final game. Dave El liott pitched the distance, to win his fifth game against two losses. It was his seventh com plete game. Hitting safely for the winners were Bill Russell, Damon Slade, Pat Myers, Jenkins and Fuller. Seniors who have played their final game are Bill Gladstone, Bill Gray, C. B. Jenkins, Tom Augustine and Damon Slade. F i t z P a t r i c k t o B e S p e a k e r a t D i n n e r The annual dinner meeting of the Delaware County Chamber of Commerce will be held at Roundup Ranch at Downsville Tuesday, June 20. A reception at 6:30 will be followed by din ner at 7:30. The speaker is James A. FitzPatrick, chairman of the Power Authroity of the State of New York. New facilities being constructed under his di rection wiU bring the Authori- ity’s investment in power gen erating plants and lines to more than $ 1 V 2 billion. During the evening the annu al C of C “Citizen of the Year” award will be bestowed. The public is invited. Reser vations may be made by writ ing the Delaware County Cham ber of Commerce in Delhi. cent under the agreement re cently reached. Instructional pay is up 3.5 per cent. Other factors in the increase are the exhaustion of reserves carried for the last few years and inflation. To help keep the budget total down, the dental hygiene and television teaching programs were eliminated. Also elimin ated were one custodial posi tion and one typist position. Another typist position was cut back by IV 2 months, and cafe teria positions were consolidat ed to cut back on number of personnel. These measures were estimated to save from $20,000 to $25,000 for the dis trict. Broken down, the functional unit items in the proposed new budget are $13,876 for the board of education, up $1,089; $60,083 for central administra- ton, up $1,208; $705,254 for day school instruction of regular classes, up $27,132; $26,200 for special school instruction, up $2,100; $800 for , community services, no change; $87,837 for transportation, up $7,725, which includes the purchase of a new station wagon at $3,442; $3,600 for undistributed ex'P)enses in service units, down $400; $189,- 505. for employe benefits, up $24,607; $13,950 for insurance, up $3,750; $19,800 unclassified, up $1,200; $80,239.31 for debt service principal, up $51,430.79; $100,717.69 for interest, up $97,- 759.21; $12,700 for lunch fund, down $300. The new budget also includes $200 lor completion of a bath room for the portable classroom at Fleischmanns. The $1,775 voted for this a t a special meet ing last August was not enough to finish the job. The amount is included in the operation and maintenance item. T e a m I s R e p e a t e r I n K a s s G o l f W i n The team of Gary Atkin of Margaretville and George Solo- vitch of Oneonta won its second member-guest tournament out of the three years the tourna ment has been held at the Kass golf course. The team finished second in the other year. Atkin and Solovitch were fol lowed in the low gross stand ings by the teams of Watson George of Margaretville and Pete Dalpe of Stamford. In third place were Ron Hull of Margaretville and George Solo vitch Jr. of Oneonta. In the low net scores the team of Clayton Misner of Mar garetville and Andre Morin of Stamford edged the second place finishers by one stroke. The second place was a tie be tween the teams of Doc Morse and Graham Johnston of Rox bury and' Ben Fuller of Arkville and Milo Horton of Poughkeep sie. The third annual tournammt was held Saturday and Sunday at the Kass course. P r e s b s r t e r y H o l d i n g M e e t i n g a t A n d e s Andes, June 8.—The United Presbyterian church of Andes will be host to the delegates of the Susquehanna Valley Presby tery Tuesday, June 13. Approxi mately 130 delegates are ex pected for the all-day meeting. The congregation will also a t tend part or all of the day’s sessions, which begin with the morning session at 10 o’clock. The dinner at noon is being planned by the United Presby terian Forum. RETIRING TEACHERS HONORED at reception in new kindergarten room at Margaretville cen tral school Sunday stand with Principal Dennis McLean, center, as they display gifts presented them. Left are Mrs. Laura Eignor, Latin teacher, and Mrs. Evelyn Taber, math teacher. Right are Mrs. Mildred Jensen, math teacher, and Albert Reining, elementary teacher.