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m Dr. Cyr Hwtored As County's \Citizen of Year\ Dr. Frank W. Cyr of Stam ford was named citizen of the year at a dinner meeting of the Delaware county Chamber of Commerce at Roundup Ranch in Downsville Tuesday night. The award was presented by Douglas McKenzie, president of the chamber, who also intro duced three of the previous eight winners present for the dinner. They are Dr. E. Ogden Bush of Delancey, Judge Wal ter L. Terry of Walton and Kenneth M. Axtell of Deposit. In presenting the award, Mr. McKenzie noted Dr. Cyr’s long record of accomplishments in education and service to youth. These include the establishment of the Rural Supplementary Educational Center and the Board of Cooperative Educa tional Services at Stamford, the Catskill Area Project in Small School Design and the educa tional TV network in the Cats kills. Dr. Cyr has also been a member of the National Coun cil of the Boy Scouts for many years. Judge Terry, Otscho- dela Council president, read a letter of congratulations from the chief scout executive, Alden Barber, which related many of Dr. Cyr’s accomplishments in youth work. The speaker for the affair was James A. Fitzpatrick, chairman of the Power Au thority of the State of New York. He discussed in consid erable detail the Blenheim- Giiboa pumped storage project and a similar one proposed at Breakabeen. He said that while the de mand for electricity has been rising at a steady rate through out New York state, the per centage increase in Delaware and Schoharie counties exceeds those of the entire state. This situation obtains for the serv ice areas of both the private utilities and the cooperative. In discussing the increasing need for energy, the speaker estimated it would be necessary to build 320 plants, each pro ducing a million kilowatts, to satisfy national demand by 1980. S u m m e r ’s E n t r y D o e s n ’t E n d R a i n Summer made a damp debut at 3:06 a.m. Wednesday with out changing the moist pattern that has provided a minimum of sunshine and dry weather through three months of spring. The area was braced Wed nesday night for heavy rains e;q>ected in the wake of Trop- , ical Storm Agnes, moving ! nprthWfflxl in its dying throes its a hutl'ltrarie. Local flood warnings were in effect for parts of southeastern New York. These followed flsish floods earlier 'this week near New York city and damaging floods and winds in the Wurts- boro and Liberty sections of SulMvan county 12 days ago. Spring has provided no more than nine consecutive days of good weather. Other than that, at has been almost con stant precipitation broken by an occasional few hours of sunshine and warmth. F e s t i v a l M a d e $ 2 0 0 The strawberry festival held Saturday by the Sundowners drum and bugle corps at the MEU’garetville pavilion cleared more than $200 for the organi zation. The parents organiza tion of the corps will sponsor a “Mamas and Papas supper” Friday, June 30, a t the pavilion on the opening night of the firemen’s carnival. T o w n B o a r d M e e t s DR. FRANK W. CYR RECEIVES AWARD as citizen of the year made by Delaware County Chamber of Commerce. Making presentation of a.plaque at a dinner meeting Tuesday night at Roundup Ranch in Downsville Douglas McKenzie, left. Kindergarten Ransacked At MCS Building The new kindergarten room at the Margaretville central school was vandalized over the weekend with damage esti mated between $600 and $1,000. There seemed to be no motive to the crime as nothing valu able was stolen. A new 16mm automatic movie projector worth $600 was smashed, two record players were ruined, thousands of feet of recording tape were spread around the room, crayons were ground into the new carpet and cigar ettes were butted on the new univents. The room was in such sham bles that it took several men five hours to clean up the mess. The damage, which was dis covered before school opened Monday, is fully covered by in surance. State police of the Marga- retviUe startion^ are continuing an investigation. There have been no arrests so far. G a r d e n C l u b M e t , H e a r d o f S p r a y i n g Roxbury, June 22.—^The Gar den club met Monday afternoon at the homo of Mrs. William Friend. H. T. Silliman of the Environmental Conser v a t i o n department office at Stamford was present and spoke on for est, insect and disease control. He was accompanied by his as sistant, Kevin Neary of Stam ford. Mr. SilMman showed slides and answered questions on pest control. He spoke particularly of the gypsy moth and the saddled prominent, giving pam phlets with pictures of these pests in all stages. The slides showed the areas where work had been done in spraying. Following the program, the hostess served cookies and punch. Federal-State Ruling Holds Up Shandaken Hearing On TV Cables Phoenicia, June 22. — The monthly meeting of the Shan daken town board was held last week Wednesday at the town hall in Allaben. Supervisor Raymond J. Dunn reported that he had received word from an official of the state assembly that the freeze on granting CATV franchise lines, wMch was to expire on June 19, had been extended to April 30, 1973. By that time an application must be filed through the state agency and at the same time with the Fed eral Communications Commis- tion. Present at the meeting were many of the applicants for the CATV line. The crowd at the meeting was visibly disappoint ed at the announcement. Su pervisor Dunn advised the meeting that another public hearing would be called if the freeze on CATV lines was lift ed before the announced date. A resolution was passed by the board to set June 28 at 7 pjn. as the date for the public hearing on the trailer law. Mrs. Sue Tiso, crwner of Tiso’s restaurant in Mount Tremper, called the Board’s a t tention to the state conserva tion law reg a ^ n g advertising signs on the state highway. She stated that her sign, costing more than $1,000, had been cut down and hauled away to Sununitville. She also stated that she would have to hire a truck to go claim the sign, and that she could not re-erect the sign until after she obtained a permit from the Department of Environmental Conservation. Mrs. Tiso claimed that she had not been told until after it was too late that she had to apply for a permit to keep the sign. The board advised that the Department of Environ mental Conservation would be contacted regarding the inci dent of her sign being cut down and hauled away. A resolution was passed by the board to purchase new mer cury vapor lights to replace the old dim incandescent lights on lower Main, Jay and High streets in Phoenicia. The board also approved the installation of another mercury vapor light at the sharp turn on route 214. The board also instructed Town Clerk Paul Herdman to write a letter to Peter Savago, chairman of the Ulster county legislature and head of the Ul ster county manpower emer gency unemployment program extending the thanks of the town for all the work done in the area by the Manpower crews. The board discussed other town matters, including roads and bridges, audited town vouchers for payment and ad journed. is the organization’s president, E x t i n g u i s h e r s P u t O u t G a s o l i n e F i r e A fire in a small bulldozer being repaired at the Fairbaim Lum'ber company yard Sunday afternoon was put out with fire extinguishers as Margaretville firemen were answering the alarm. Robert Hunt, chief en gineer of the fire department, reached the mill from his Southside home before the ar rival of fire trucks and used a CO-2 extinguisher from his auto to aid the efforts of Howard Fairbairn, who was also using another extinguisher. Gasoline from the carburetor set the engine area of the ma chine ablaze as Robert Maxim was completing repairs. Wir ing he had just installed and hosing were burned. Mr. Max im also used his hands to scoop dirt on to the burning engine. It was the third consecutive alarm answered by firemen for gasoline fires in vehicles. T w o L a n d P a r c e l s , H i n k l e y H o m e S o l d Roxbury, June 22.—The saile of Leighton Hinkley’s . Msiin street house to Mr. and Mrs. Louis Morandi of Jamaica was closed Thursday at Kingston. Scott Greene of Roxbury was the seller’s lawyer. Mr. and Mrs. Morandi and family will occupy it next win ter for weekend of skiing, and, meanwsile, will rent it for the summer. The sale of two parrels of land, one in New Kingston to Richard Gary Melore of Jer sey City and the other to Ger ald Hiers of East Islip, L.I., a teacher, have also been closed. The sellers were David Munsell and James H. Robbins. Korzendorfer real estate agency was the agency, with Irma M. Griffin as agent in these transactions. F o r C l a s s o f 1 9 7 2 R e v . T e r w i l l i g e r T r a n s f e r s S u n d a y Rev. Irving F. Terwilliger, pastor of the Fleischmanns Mc-thodist church for the last four years, has been transferred to Grand Gorge. His first serv ice in Grand Gorge will be Sun day. During his years in Fleisch manns, Rev. Terwilliger has been an active member of the Fleischmanns community, serv ing as the fire department chaplain, working with the Boy Scouts and as secretary of the Margaretville - Fleischmanns Inter-church council. P a s t o r I s C a l l e d Roxbury, June 22.—A congre gational meeting was held after church at the Gould Memorial Reformed church Sunday morn ing. Howard P 3ibbs presided in the absence of the chairman, Donald Hadde'i, who was ill. Rev. John Bandt of Rochester was given a congregational call to fill the p'llpit of the Gould Memorial Reforijijed church left vacant bj flev. David Bach, who accepted a call to the Re formed church at Wyckoff, N.J. Rev. Cornelius Lepeltak of Kirksidc conducted the morn ing servi^s at the church. H i g h w a y P r o j e c t s P l a n n e d i n A r e a Two small highway repair projects near Grand Gorge are on tap for the area this sum mer by the state Department of TYansportation operating under a limited highway recon ditioning and preservation budget. There are no new highways or major reconstruc tions in the offing. The projects, on which 'bids Will be opened July 12, are for the reconditioning of 3.9 miles of route 23 in the town of Rox bury between Grand Gorge and Prattsville, and for recondition ing of 5.6 miles of route 30 from the Delaware county line above Grand Gorge through the town of GUboa. The two-lane road between Grand Gorge and Prattsville, which varies from 20 to 27 feet in width, will be resurfaced with asphalt. New giride railing sections will be installed, and culverts cleaned. The Gilboa job also calls for the resurfacing with asphalt of the two-lane route 30 to a point .7 mile north of the Gilboa - Blenheim town line. The pavement will be widened two feet on the inside of three curves, new guide railings will be erected, and the bridge over Mine'Kill creek. No estimates of costs nor times of completion were given with the announcement that bids are sought. D W I C h a r g e M a d e Fred Kelsey, 60, of Daven port was arrested Friday by Troopers Ivan Eignor and Jo seph Hewitt of the Margaret- ville station and charged with driving while intoxicated, hav ing no windshield wipers and being an unlicensed operator. Taken before Town Justice Jack Allen of Delhi, Kelsey was ordered committed to .the Delaware county jail at Delhi to ibe held pending action by the grand jury. CATSKILL DH. E , C. KELLY 26 9 SOOTH MAIN AVE. K . T . , 12208 NOV. 1972 MOUNTAIN NEWS No. 109—52 14 Pages—2 Sections MARGARETVILLE, N. Y., THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 1972 Published Weekly Second-Class Postage Paid at Margaretville, N. Y. 1245 S 15c Copy $7.50 Year Snowmaker Bids Show Progress At Ski Center A contract for construction of one phase of a snowmaking system for Belleayre Mountain ski center was awarded last week to the Merritt-Meridan Corp. of Hopewell Junction, N. Y. The company will furnish 20 snoyraiaking machines and construct a building with pits to house the pumps which will shove the water uphill. The amount of the contract is $69,689. Bids for another step in the program will be opened this morning at the Department of Environmental Conservation in Albany for the underground piping and electrical installa tions for the project. Engineer’s estimates of the cost of this part of the project range from $200,000 to $225,000. This would use up most of the $301,000 appropriation by the New York state legislature earlier this year. The new machines, added to the 10 now on hand, will give the center sufficient capacity to cover two trails at the upper area from the base station to the summit. These wUl be the Belleayre run and the Wana- tuska trails. Snovwnaking had previously been installed on the novice T-bar. Water will be furnished from an impoimd previously con structed a t the base station. It will be necessary to obtain an other water supply source be fore additional snowmaking can be installed. The center will begin sum mer operations o* July 1 and continue on a seven day a week basis through Labor day. One lift will carry passengers un hill beginning at 10 a.m., with the last trip down at 5:30. S u m m w C o u f s e s O f f e r e d S t u d e i i t s The Margaretville central school (guidance office has in formation regarding summer courses to be given at Kings ton high school. Registration begins June 26, and classes be gin Wednesday, July 5, with a $60 tuition charge. Students who failed courses during the regular school year may make them up a t the sum mer school, or courses may be taken for adivance credit. The guidance department also has information on how failed courses dn some subjects may be made up by taking 30 hours of tutoring from a certified teacher, approved by the high school principal. C h r i s W i l l i a m s I s B o y s S t a t e C h o i c e Chris Williams has been chosen to represent Margaret ville central school and Middle town American Legion post at the 1972 session of American Legion Boys State. Chris, son of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Williams of Margaret ville, is a junior at the Marga- retvllle central school. He has participated in basketball, base ball and soccer and has acted in several school plays. American Legion Boys State is a one-week experience in democratic living, with boys from all over the state partici pating in the program, which is held on the State University college campus at Morrisville. Chris participated in an ori entation meeting for boys at tending Boys State on Saturday at the Donald W. Gleason Le gion post ait Delhi. F i r e m e n t o H a v e F i v e F i e l d D a y s Margaretville (firemen will present their traditional fire works display Tuesday evening, July 4, at the climax of their five-day annual carnival. The field days begin Friday, Jime 30, at the pavilion and village park. Among the events on schedule during the field days, besides the fireworks, will be a four- hour western show, chicken barbecue, Sundowners exhibi tion and supper and carnival attractions. This is the de partment’s chief money-raising activity. G o l f M a t c h e s S e t F o r K a s s P l a y e r s The Kass golf course has scheduled a Scotch foursome match for Sunday afternoon, beginning at 1 o’clock, for sea son ticketholders. Registra tion for the match, whic^ has men and ladies in mixed quar tets, will be Saturday at the clubhouse. The dub has also scheduled a series of ladies invitational matches through the summer. The list of matches and entry closing dates follows: July 5, a t College Park course in Delhi, with entries closing July 1; July 11, at Round-up Ranch at Downsville, with en tries closing July 7; July 25, at the Edgewood golf club at Laurens, with entries closing July 18; Aug. 2, on the Kass course, with entries closing July 29; Aug. 15, at Sidney golf course, with entries clos ing Aug. 7; Aug. 18, at Stam ford golf course, with entries closing Aug. 14. Time Of Farewell To School Days Approaches Baccalaureate services Sun day marked the beginning of the last week of public school ing for 23 seniors in Roxbury and 58 seniors in Margaretville. The baccalaureate services in the Margaretville Advent Christian church were attended by more than 200, the largest crowd in recent years. The program was entirely organized by the graduating class, and many members of the class took part in the services. The invocation was given by Rev. William Harter, followed by an old testament reading by Donna Kelly and a new testament reading by Bill Taylor. Following this the vocal music ensemble consisting of Evelyn Atkin, Sue Condon, Nel son Delameter, Mike DiBene- detto, Diane Heley, Jim Hosier, Patti Kelder, Carol Smith and Dotty Todd sang. Prayers were offered by Sue Condon and Carol Baker. Evelyn Atkin gave an original reading, fol lowed by an instrumental num ber by Jon and Kathy Bowen. The scripture for the evening was read by John Salvato, the senior class advisor, and Ruth Truran. The instrumental en semble, consisting of Evelyn At kin, Sue Condon, Nelson Dela meter, Mike DiBenedetto, Diane Heley, Jim Hosier, Patti Kel der, Carol Smith and Dotty Todd played two numbers. Prayers, before Mr. Harter in troduced the speaker, were given by Diane Heley and CUff Moore. The speaker for the evening was Rev. Robert Hammer, pas tor of the Bovina Center Pres byterian church. His address for the service was entitled “Caleb and the Spies” or the “Minority and Majority Re ports.” Following Rev. Ham mer’s reflections Patti Kelder sang a solo. The benediction was given by Rev. Kenneth B. Truran. Following the sendee, cake and punch were served by Dot Ruff. Graduation at Margaretville will be at 8:15 p.m. Friday in the school auditorium. The in vocation will be given by Rev. Howard Deats, pastor of the Arkville Free Methodist church, followed by the salutatory ad dress by Carol Smith. There will be a presentation of gifts to the school by co-salutatorian Gregg Mathis and the class president, Barry Holden. Several short addresses en titled “Reflections” will be given by Evelyn Atkin, Audrey Deats, Mike DiBenedetto, Diane Heley, Barry Holden, Jime Holecek, Gene Lane, Donna Kelly, Coralee Redmond and Ruth Truran. Two vocal se lections will be sung by the senior class. The valedictory, “This Above All,” will Ibe given by Patti Kelder. Presentation of the diplomas will be done by Fran cis Ruff, who is retiring from the school board. Dennis Mc Lean, supervising principal, wiU present the graduation awards and scholarships. Ushers at the ceremony will be Linda Baessler, Robin I^- Beau, Joanne Mariotti, Denise McLean, Vivian Pasternak and Barbara Policy. Nagui HaMm, Daniel O’Connor, Eric TerwU- liger, Joseph Todd, Robert Washburn and Ohris Williams. All are juniors. Candddtaes for diplomas are the following members of the class: Evelyn Marie Atkin, Thomas Lee Augustine, Carol A. Baker, Susan Condon, David James Conine, Joseph Stanley Ch'leibecek, Michael G. Craft, Lawrence Dominick DeBari III, Audrey Sue Deats, Nelson G. Delameter and Michael Di Benedetto. Also Vicki Lynn Faulkner, John Donald Fenton, Paul C. Finch, Linda Patricia French, Juliann M. Fronckowiak, Ron- elie, Herrick Gavette, Cathleen Sue George, Coleen Marie George, William Gladstone, Nelson Lee Graham, William J. Gray, George S. Hasay, Diane Marie Heley, June Holecek and Barry Holden. Also James O. Hosier, Carroll B. Jenkins, Patricia Ann Kel der, Donna Marie Kelly, Lynn A. Kratochvil, Gene A. Lane, Elizabeth Jane Lynch, Tony Robert Martin Jr., Caroljean Priscilla Mathis, Gregory A. Mathis, Clifford P. Moore and R. William Morse. Also Kenneth David Paster nak, Michael Anthony Pedulla, Coralee Ann Redmond ,Karen Dawn Roadman, Damon Curtis Slade, William J. Siska, Carol Ann Smith, Leonard Stripp, Virginia Carolyn Tait, William G. Taylor, Dorothy JoAnne Todd, Jay Harrison Todd, Lora Rita Nadine Tompkins, Jayne Ann Traver, Ruth Marie Tru ran, Peter Vida, Edith May Watters, Calvin G. Wright, Penny Elaine York arei Cheryl Ann Zimmerman. Baccaiaiireate services in Roxbury were held at the Methodist church. Rev. Clem en F. Brown, pastor of the church, gave the address. He was assisted by Rev. Cornelius Lepeltak of Kirkside. There were 23 seniors in attendance. Miss Neva George sai^ a solo. Gradua<tion at the Roxbury central school will be Saturday at 8 p.m. Dr. Earl McArthur, director of continuing educa tion from Delhi Tech, will be the main speaker. Members of the class are Ernest Ballard, Tim Bergman, William Bergman, Anne Bolger, Richard Clark, Roxanne Clark, Leslie George, WiUiam Gilham, and Jan Gregory, the valedic torian. Also Maureen Hartman, Wil liam Higgins, Thomas Hinkley, the salutatorian, Ellen Kelly, Thomas Lutz, Frederick Morse, Cathy Prout, Eugene Rossman, Mary Jo Savold, Rande Sher wood, Connie Spiehnan, Victor Sprague, Nancy VanValken- burgh and John Warner. Eighteen Andes seniors will be eyeing the skies for sunshine Saturday to help make a suc cessful brecik in the traditional Friday night graduations of recent years. Weather permit ting, the Andes ceremonies will be held outdoors on the school groimds, beginning at 2 p.m. Saturday. In case of rain, they will be held in the school. Members of the class are Richard Aubry, Linda Bacon, Louis Barrett, Judy Beers, Miken Chappell, Suzanne Co- nine, Russell Darling, Kenneth Engel, Shirley Firment, Way- land Gladstone, Peter Johns, Robert Joslin, Dennis Rose, Robert Titch, Susan Tubbs, William Weaver and Edward Weber. Philip Geary will give the commencement address. Ken neth Engel is the valedictorian and Miken Chappell the salu tatorian. Diplomas will be awarded by Fred Temming, president of the board of educa tion, ai)d prizes will be award ed by Principal lioyd Johns. Hughes Carries Roxbury And MldfHetown In Loss To Farley In Primaries C h a r les D . C o o k of D e lhi is th e a p p a r e n t w in n e r in th e R e p u b lican p r im a r y contest T u e s d a y to c a r r y th e G O P b a n n e r in to th e N o v e m b e r election for m e m b e r of th e N e w Y o rk sta te NYSE&G Bu'dds New Substation To Serve Area New York State Electric & Gas Corp. has started work on a new substation and a rebuilt distribution system to meet the rapidly growing demand for electric service in the Margaret- ville-Arkville area. Richard L. Lynch, Fleisch manns manager for the utility, said the work, which will repre sent an investment of over $400,000, includes the construc tion of a “unit” substation and the conversion of 4,800-volt dis tribution lines to 12,500 volts. The “unit” substation can be compared to a pre-fabricated home, Mr. Lynch said. This means that the necessary equip ment can be quickly assembled and placed in service a t its new site just north of Arkville. ’The new substation will re ceive its power via a 46,000- volt transmission line which carries electricity from a point near Delhi. This power will be reduced to the 12,500- volt level for distribution to the communi ties in the area, Kelly Comers, Halcottville, the Denver-Vega area, Arkville and the village of Margaretville. Mr. Lynch noted that the transmission line coming into Arkville has been built for eventual operation at 115,000 volts, anticipating future ^ o w th in electric demand. 'The utility’s planning calls for further ex pansion at the Arkville substa tion, with the eventual capa bility to take 115,000 volts and convert this to the lowei: dis tribution voltage. The distribution conversion work which is now under way will improve the reliability of the electric system in the area and provide additional capacity for future customer needs. “We have experienced a 45 per cent increase in our electric load in the Arkville area during the last three years,” Mr. Lynch said. “Much of this demand has come from the vacation home construction in the area. Large new projects, smch as the Margaretville Memorial hospi tal, have also contributed to the increased requirements for electric service.” Work on the new unit substa tion and the upgraded distribu tion lines is scheduled for com pletion during 1972. L e s s e r P l e a M a d e Kenneth S. Stryker, 19, of Stamford, arrested and charged June 12 with unlawfully deal ing with fireworks, reappeared before Village Justice Michael Jacobs of Stamford last week Tuesday. Stryker was allowed to plead guilty to a reduced charge of disorderly conduct, fined $25 and released. A s sem b ly fro m th e 105th d istrict. H is D e law a r e co u n ty to ta l w a s 2,119, to 485 fo r R i c h a r d S p inney, his opponent. In the race for nomination for Delaware county judge, sur rogate and family court judge on the Republican ticket, Rich ard H. Farley, the inoumbent, easily defeated his challenger, Assistant District Attorney Malcolm C. Hughes of Rox bury, 2,750 to 1,503. Mr. Hughes carried only the town of Mid dletown, 264 to 194, and the town of Roxbury, 283 to 57. Judge Farley carried Andes, 115 to 21. He will face Walton Attorney Paul Eaton, who has been nominated for judge by the Democrats without opposition. Mr. Cook’s local support was even stronger, as he carried Middletown, 306 to 65. He car ried Andes, 160 to 11, and Rox bury, 176 to 96. The winner in the only Dem ocratic contest has not yet been determined. Mrs. Mar tha Dayton of Schoharie, the first woman chairman of the Schoharie county board of su pervisors, is locked in a dose battle for nomination for mem ber of assembly with Robert E. Shaffer of North Blenheim, former county Democratic chairman, who resigned to make the race. Mrs. Dayton took the Delaware county bal loting, 359 to 237, and Scho harie county, 402 to 355. Re ports have not been received from Schenectady and Mont gomery couhti^. Results from presidential pri mary Democratic voting were also incomplete. M C S J u n i o r s A r e P i c k e d f o r S t u d y Nagui Halim, son of Dr. and Mrs. Magdi Halim of Marga retville, has been selected for a National Science Foundation summer program at Cornell university. His studies will be in the field of relativity and quantum waves, which will also include independent lab work using the university’s full lab facilities. The Margaretville central school junior’s application for the National Science Founda tion program was one of 38 accepted from high school stu dents from throughout the nation. More than ,600 candi dates applied. Stuart Gross, son of Mr. and Mrs. Julius Gross of Fleisch manns, has been accepted at Alfred University’s summer study program for high school students. The program he will be involved in vnil include Eng lish study skills and photogra phy, an area he intends to major in in college. Stuart will be a t Alfred for six weeks. His interests and skills in photogi aphy have led him tow trd seeking a career in the & i.imercial photography field. M o n e y U n d e r S e a t Two Escape When Pinned By Car Upset Into Creek; $ 2,060 Saved Phoenicia, June 22. — Two Bloomfield, N.Y., residents es caped with their lives Saturday afternoon when their auto crashed through wooden guard rails, plunged over a bridge and ended up pinning its occupants upside dowm in the Peck Hollow stream near Phoenicia. The car in which the two men were riding was demolished, but by a strange series of events, $2,000 in cash, which was vmder the front seat, was recovered. The car, driven by Wood ruff McGrath, 28, wertt out of control w;hile making a left turn to approach the bridge, struck the left side of the bridge, rebounded to the right side of thfe bridge and crashed through the guard rails. The driver and a passenger, Ernie Kovalachek, 26, also of Blocan- field, iwere pinned under the car. Several young men walk ing on the road beard the crash and ran to the scene, where they lifted (the car releasing the trapped occupants. A passing motorist took the injured pair to Boiceville, where an ainbu- lance was summoned from the Kingston hospital. McGrath was admitted to the hospital with iwssible internal injuries and Kovalachek was treated for facial lacerations and released. When Kovalachek returned to Phoenicia, he asked if there had been any money fovmd in the car. When told that a walet containing $60 had been recovered, he asked if $2,000 in cash had ibeen found under the front seat. The vehicle had been removed to the Alamo service station, and when the party went there to look for the money it was there intact under the front seat. The investigatoin was con ducted by Town Constable Tommy Sickler and Deputy Sheriff John Stone of the Ul ster county sheriff’s <^ce.
