{ title: 'Catskill Mountain news. (Margaretville, N.Y.) 1902-current, July 06, 1972, Page 1, Image 1', download_links: [ { link: 'http://www.loc.gov/rss/ndnp/ndnp.xml', label: 'application/rss+xml', meta: 'News about NYS Historic Newspapers - RSS Feed', }, { link: '/lccn/sn83031247/1972-07-06/ed-1/seq-1/png/', label: 'image/png', meta: '', }, { link: '/lccn/sn83031247/1972-07-06/ed-1/seq-1.pdf', label: 'application/pdf', meta: '', }, { link: '/lccn/sn83031247/1972-07-06/ed-1/seq-1/ocr.xml', label: 'application/xml', meta: '', }, { link: '/lccn/sn83031247/1972-07-06/ed-1/seq-1/ocr.txt', label: 'text/plain', meta: '', }, ] }
Image provided by: Historical Society of the Town of Middletown, NY
FUN AWAITING at the firemen’s carnival grounds a short time before the arrival of the Fourth of July crowd as seen through the pro- A s h o k a n S p i l l w a y W a t e r s D r o w n T w o A 15-year-old boy and a 25- year-old man drowned within an hour of one another Sunday afternoon in the same area of the spillway falls below the Ashokan reservoir. Both were caught in the current while swimming. The boy, Brian Sibus of Woodstock, was caught in a strong undertow, which sucked him below the surface of the rushing waters at the foot of the falls. He was carried 500 yards downstream, his head and body beaten against the rocks in the tunbulent water. His body was spotted by Stephen Craft of Mount Mar ion and pulled from the water by Cpl. Walter Baschnagel and l)eputy Joseph Bilotti of the Ulster county sheriff’s office. Artificial respiration by the West Hurley rescue squad was in vain, and the boy was taken to Benedictine hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Less than an hour later, Thomas McConnell of Massa- pequa dove from a ledge below the falls. The rush of Water carried him about half a mile downstream, where he weis pulled from the water by two friends, John Rodriguez and William Harrison. Again the rescue squad efforts jind first aid by state police of the Kings ton station proved fruitless. McConnell was also pronounced dead at Benedictine. ^ F r ^ B S . e s § l e r H i t K a s s H o l e - i n - O n e Fred Baessler of Margaret- vil'le made a hole-in-one at the Kass golf course Tuesday of Hast week. Playing with Gary Atkin, Ronald Hull and Wat son George, Baessler performed the feat on the 16th, par-three, hole. The drive to the pin was 165 yards from the tee. The foursome searched for a time looking (for what they thought was a lost ball. Mr. George found it in the cup. This is the fifth such ac- compl’^hment in the 20-year history of the course. Other successful golfers are -Herman Gottfried, the late William Sperling and the late Layman Snyder, who did it twice. Firemen Match Last Year's Top As Annual Carnival Concludes ■Margaretville firemen had crews at. work W e d n e s d a y morning cleaning up the village park after another successful carnival. There was nothing unusual about the rain that plagued most of the five days, for this has happened almost every year. Although Main street in Mar garetville was “dead” all day on the holiday, the late after noon began to see an increase of traffic flowing toward the park. By the time the fire works began, there was room for no more automobiles on the field parking area or on the surrounding streets and high ways. Saturday night and Tuesday night drew the biggest crowds, although there were substan- T h i e v e s a t W o r k I n T h r e e P l a c e s Phoenicia, July 6. — Three cases of suspected theft were reported to Shandaken consta bles last week Wednesday and are under investigation. Stephen Segerson, 20, of Mid dletown reported that a duffle bag attached to his motor bike had been ransacked and a Nikon Electra 35 mm camera valued at $150 had been taken. Seger- son had left the bike parked ^for about 30 minutes along Main street in Phoenicia while he dined a t a restaurant. Robert Lindsy of the Phoe nicia Coffee Shop reported that seven of his “lucky” dollar bills had been stolen from the wall and counter of the shop. The bills had been signed by local townspeople on the coffee shop’s opening day and mounted by the proprietor. Patricia Keator of Phoenicia reported that she had used the public telephone in a booth on Main street in that community. After completing a <*all, she drove away and had gone a short distance when she re membered she had left her green leather wallet in the booth. A hurried return trip brought no results; the wallet was gone. It contained about $30 in cash and important docu ments. M C S G r a d u a t e s H o n o r T h r e e A d u l t s Mrs. Paul Taber, who is re tiring, John Salvato, who is leaving and M.ss Dorris Gav- ette wsre honored at the !Mar- garetviile central school com mencement with presents from the senior class. They were given tokens of apprsciation by Barry Kolden, class president, and Gregg Mathis, co-salutatorian, for contributions they had made to the graduating class. Mrs. Ta ber had been class advisor for two previous years and Mr. Salvato for the current year. Miss Gavette had assisted with the class finances. S u m m e r R e c r e a t i o n DR. ET, C. KELLY 269 SOUTH MAirJ AVS. ALBANY, U.Y., 12203 N07. 107,2 C A T S K I L L M O U N T A I N N E W S Vol. 110—1 12 Pages—2 Sections MARGARETVILLE, N. Y., THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1972 Published Weekly Second-Class Postage Paid at Margaretville, N. Y. 12451 15c Copy $7.50 Year Three Arrested And Two Jailed W i l l B e g i n M o n d a y In Gun Fracas tective screening from atop the “Bullet” ride, one of the popular attractions, as Reporter Dick Sanford risked life and limb. tial numbers on hand for other special events. The Saturday night attraction iwas a four- hour country and western mu sic show; Tuesday night was the climactic fireworks, with the local band. The Jasper, on hand to provide entertainment. The Jasper also played Sunday night. Friday night the Sun downers provided the enter tainment. At other times the carnival rides and concessions, the firemen’s chicken barbecue and refreshment stand occupied visitors. The money raised by the fire men was about equal to last year’s. The income on Sunday and Monday nights was down, but this was made up on the other nights. Prizes awarded by the fire men in connection with the field days were won by Robert Schmitt of Millbrook, a riding mower; Harry Goldberg of Margaretville, a $100 savings bond; Mrs. Virginia Finch, a basket of cheer, and Bill Cowan, a radio. G i r l B i c y c l i s t C o l l i d e s W i t h C a r Phoenicia, July 6.—A 17- year-old Lanesville girl was in jured Saturday aifter^oon when' her bicycle collided 'vt'ith a caP on route 214 afeout a ttrile south of the Ulster-Greene county line. Ann Kirk declined med ical attention and said she would see- her own physician for treatment of contusions of the right leg. Shandaken Constables James Short and Tom Sickler report ed that Harold Short, 60, of Woodstock was driving north on the state road and was rounding a sharp right curve when he suddenly encountered the bicyclist riding toward him in his lane. Short pulled his car to the extreme right side of the road, but the bicyde hit the car on the side. The constables issued a re minder to bicyclists .that they are subject to the same laws that g-ovem a motor vehicle, including travel on the right hand side of the road. A summer recreation pro gram for pupils attending Mar garetville central school will begin Monday at Margaretville. Pupils will be transported from Fleischmanns in a bus leaving there at 8 a.m. Participants will be returned by bus at noon. Swimming will be from 9 to 10 a.m. at the Andes pool. A bus will leave Margaretville at 8:30. Activities, beginning at 10:30 a.m., wiU include arts and crafts and Pee-wee baseball for boys. Minimum beginning age is six years or a first grade student. Top age for the base ball program is 12. Written parental permission slips are necessary for the swimming program. Those attending the recrea tional program may use the summer school buses as long as they operate. The program is under the direction of Mr. and Mrs. An thony Cruickshank of Big In dian. They were in charge last year. S u n d o w n e r s W i n T r i o o f T r o p h i e s The Simdowners Drum and Bugle corps took firsit place in the color guard competition at General Sullivan days at Lib erty Saturday and second place for overall appearance. They also won the exhibition trophy for the JayCees Fourth of July parade at Saugerties Tuesday. The trophies are on display at the Bun’n Cone stand. The color guard captain is Lisa Jen kins, and the corps captain is Laurie Mestyanek. The Sundowners will parade Saturday afternoon in the Sid ney Bi-centennial parade, which begins at 2 p.m. A u c t i o n E a r n e d $ 2 , 0 0 0 f o r C h u r c h The Presbyterian church auc tion Monday a t the former Reu ben Smith property in Mai^a- retville realized more than $2,000. Of this $300 was from the sale of food and the bal ance from the sale of the many items that had been donated. Not everything was sold, and the future disposition may be another auction. Burton Jenkins was general chairman for the auction. Auc tioneers were Charles Holdridge and Larry Darling, assisted by Richard Holdridge and Bill Moore and material handlers. Mrs. Donald KeUy headed the food committee, assisted by Miss Marian Connell and Mrs. Clifford Washburn. PRSSBYTHRIAN AUCTION held Monday at the former Reuben Smith home alongside the Margaretville church drew a constantly changing, but large crowd, as this late morning photo indicates. Auction and accompanying food sale earned more than $2,000 for the church, and there were enough donated items left at the end of the day to begin planning for another auction. Two New Jersey men, Ste phen Lacika, 24, of Franklin, N. J., and Armando Ramirez, 31, of Ogdensburg, N. J., are in the Delaware county jail at Delhi after giving a false report to state police and then being unable to pay fines imposed on them for the crime. An One- onta man was fined on a fire arms charge in the same case. The two men had reported to state i>olice of the Margaret ville station that they had caught Thomas Ruchar, 28, of Oneonta in the act of breaking into their summer home and that Ruchar had pulled a pistol on them and fired a shot. This story was not true. What took place, said the troopers, was that the three men had become involved in an argument and Ruchar had pulled the pistol, a Walther 7.65 cal. automatic, and fired at least one shot. Lacika and Ramirez, charged with giving a- false report to police, pleaded guilty, were fined $50 each and then com mitted to the Delaware county jail in lieu of paying the fines. Ruchar vvas charged wdth illegal possession of a firearm. The charge was reduced to a misdemeanor, to which he pleaded guilty and was fined $25. He was also charged with second degree reckless endan- germent. He also pleaded guilty to this and was fined an additional $50. Upon payment of his fines he was i;eleased. J a i l f o r T w o M e n E n d s A l t e r c a t i o n s Altercations with village po lice officers in Margaretville and Fleischmanns on Sunday and Tuesday of this week have resulted in two men spending 15 <iays each in the Delaware county jail in Delhi. ' ■ Fleischmanns village police officer Randy LeBeau was is suing a parking ticket to Ar thur M. Tanturri, 18, Sunday when Tanturri became abusive to Officer LeBeau. The young man was taken before Town Justice Sollie D a r l i n g of Fleischmanns, where he was also abusive. He was warned that if he continued to be abusive that he would be held in contempt of court. Not heeding the advice of the town justice, Tanturri continued his actions, was held in contempt and sentenced to 15 days in jail. Tuesday night, prior to the fireworks disiplay at the Mar- garevtille fairgrounds, John L. Fields, 37, of Margaretville was arrested by Village Police Offi cer Walter Odell and charged with harassment and resisting arrest. Officer Odell had seen Fields lighting fireworks of his own and had told him to stop. Fields had other ideas, and a fight between Fields and Offi cer Odell followed. Several Margaretville firemen helped Odell subdue Fields and state police responded to a call for asfistance. Fields was taken before Town Justice Donald Fenton, where he pleaded guil ty to charges of resisting ar rest and harassment. He was fined a total of $75 and in Heu of payment sentenced to 15 days in jail. State >ix>lice of the Marga retville station arrested Tim othy M. Twohig, 18, of Elms- ford Monday and issued him a summons for unlaw^fully deal ing with fireworks. The summons is returnable at a later date before T. J. Fenton. H e l i c o p t e r S e a r c h A New York state police heli copter made several passes over this area Tuesday. State po lice from the MargEU'etville sta tion reported that it was in this area to aid in the search for a woman, Inez Sanderson, 57, of Delancey, reported miss ing since Saturday. State po lice also reported that divers may be used in the river around Delancey in the search effort. V i l l a g e H o m e S o l d Roxbury, J u l y 6.—Miss Gene vieve Quasdorf heis sold her heme on Main street to Martin Hartmann of Farmingdale, L.I., who will soon move p>ermanent- ly to Roxbury and live there winters. He spends his sum mers in his place on the Vega road. Miss Quasdorf will move to Maine. M o t e l F i r e H a l t e d A t N e w A r l i n g t o n Fleischmanns firemen stopped a motel fire that threatened the larga New Arlington hotel ccmple.x last week Thursday morning. Damage was con fined to an oil-burning hot water heater, the attached shed which housed it and one room of a four-unit motel building. The fire was discovered shortly before 9:30 a.m. by Emory Sugar, proprietor of the hotel. It burned out of the shed door and up to the gable of the one-story building. Wooden flooring under the heater was also burned away. F l e i s c h m a n n s firemen fought the blaze with booster lines, but laid a 2 -inch line from one pumper to the hotel swimming pool, about 200 feet away. Margaretville and Ark- ville firemen were also called, but the blaze had been brought under control before they ar rived. The other three rooms were smoked, but undamaged. The building was in close primixity to another building, a short dis tance away from the main building. G r a n g e O r c h e s t r a W i n s S t a t e H o n o r s The New Kingston Valley Grange orchestra placed first in the instrumental group divi sion in the state Grange talent show held last weekend at the Vernon-Verona-Sherrill central school in connection with state youth day. The orchestra also placed third in the best of show contest held in the evening. James Hosier of New Kings ton was runner-up in the State. Grange prince contest, and the Delaware county youth drill term, with several members from New Kigston, was third. Attending from New Kings ton were Mr. and Mrs. Charles Holdridge, Mr. and Mrs. Jef frey Stamp, Dr. and Mrs. Larry Darling, Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius ? :osier, Mr. and Mrs. David aylor, Rick Holdridge, Susan Condon, Marjorie Elliott, Bill and Bob Taylor, Karen and James Hosier and Jeffrey Dar ling., The next Grange meeting will be tonight, Thursday, at 8 o’ clock in the New Kingston United Presbyterian church. L i l l e p I s C i t e d Koit Lillep, administrator of the Margaretville Memorial hospital, wall be inducted into membership s t a t u s in the American College of Hospital Administrators at convocation ceremonies to be held Sunday, Aug. 6, at the Conrad Hilton hotel in Chicago. L o i t e r i n g I l l e g a l The Margaretville village board passed an ordinance at a special meeting last week Thursday evening prohibiting loitering in the village park between the hours of 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. Permits may be secured from the village clerk for activities within those hours. M o s t l y D a m a g e Shandaken Passes Watered-Down Versbn Of Trailer Ordinance Phoenicia, July 6.—The Shandaken town board unanimously approved a revised trailer and mobile home ordinance following another public hearing last week Wednesday night at D e a k I s M e m b e r O f T r a d e M i s s i o n Nicholas L. Deak, president of Deak National Bank of Fleischmanns, is one of 12 bankers from the United States named to the world trade mis sion sponsored by The American Bankers association. The group left New York June 24 for sev eral weeks of travel, study, and meetings with government and trade representatives in The Netherlands, Denmark and Nor. way. Deak and Company, Inc., specialists in foreign exchange for Scandinavia, provided mone tary information and produced trip packs of money from each country for members of the trade mission before their de parture. The ABA group will be met by U. S. Embassy personnel at each stop and the bankers will be briefed for the area to be visited. They will receive further briefings from local officials and visit manufactur ing, retail, and financial facili ties of the principal cities in each country. Upon completion of the mis sion, Mr. Deak will return from Oslo, Norway, with stops in Germany, Austria and Switzer land ibefore arriving in New York. W a l t o n M a n F a c e s C a r T h e f t C h a r g e Gerard F. Foley, 29, of Wal ton was arrested last week Wednesday by state police of the Margaretville station apd charged with grand larceny in the second degree. The charges stem frolfi to accident in which Foley was involved in early June when he was charged with being an unsupervised learner and driv ing while intoxicated. The car which Foley was driving when the accident oc curred was allegedly stolen from Mrs. James Beers of Mar garetville. The larceny charge, which was handed down as a sealed indictment from the grand jury, was withheld until Foley was discharged from the Margaretville hospital. P i g e o n S t r a n d e d Roxlbury, July 6.—A banded pigeon had been spending the last two weeks around Mrs. Irvin J. Meade’s grocery store. They thought the bird had been delayed from its homeward journey by so much rain, but it still did not seem to fly when the rain stopped. It had the letters and figures AU70 GLM and a number 724 on one leg band and on the other legband the number 460. Accidents Over Holiday Weekend Numerous In Area; None Serious Rain-slicked highways on Friday were blamed for caus ing two property damage auto mobile accidents, both involv ing Andes residents. Dorothy Davis, 39, of Andes was southbound on route 28 in the village of Arkville when her car hydroplcmed on the water, skidded in a 180-degree turn and struck Carlson’s fruit stand on the east side of the highway at the route 28 and Dry Brook intessection. She was given a summons by state police of the Margaret ville station for failure to keep right, returnable at a later date. There were no injuries. Kay Winter, 19, also of An des, was eastboimd on the Mur phy hill road in the town of Colchester when she lost con trol of her car on the wet road, flipped over a full turn with the car landing on its wheels. She complained of neck pains and was taken to the Marga retville Memorial hospital, where she was treated and re leased. State police of the Marga retville station arrested Paul M. Klaverweiden, 49, of Hunt ington Monday on a diarge of leaving the scene of a property damage accident. Taken before Town Justice Donald Fenton of Margaretville, he pleaded guilty and paid a $40 fine. Klaverweiden had been trav- ing south on route 30 when his car struck another car, owned by Maybell Russell of New Kingston and did not stop to report the accident. Warren Moore of Margaretville saw the accident and was able to note the license plate number. Shortly thereafter Klaverwei den was arrested by the state police. The accident occurred opposite the TexGas property in Margaretville. John Gerstl, 80, of Arkville and Daniel DiBenedetto, 21, of Fleischmanns were involved in a rear-end collision on route 28 at Arkville Saturday. An unidentified third car turned in front of the Gerstl car, forcing him to brak^ sud denly and causing the truck op erated by DiBenedetto to strike the rear of the Gerstl car. There were no injuries and no tickets issued by the state police. Cars operated by Mrs. Isaac Sjjector and Mrs. Audrey Wick ham of Margaretville collided on Main sfteeet in this vHltige Monday afternoon. The Spec- tor car was being pulled away from 13ie south cuit) when- it. raked the side of the eastboundi.. Wicicham vehicle. the. town hall in Allaben. The hall was filled with several hundred persons, many of whom spoke against the proposed or dinance. In the opening remarks. Su pervisor Raymond J. Dunn cited many of the changes which were made from the original proposal of the ordinance which was presented at a special hearing May 25. Many conces sions were made in the changes, which were taken up with sev eral trailer park operators in the town and met with their approval. The changes were in the charges for licensing and inspections. Changes were also made in requirements for a cen tral sewage system for trailers staying for a short time in the parks and which are equipped with a holding tank in the trailer. The speakers against the or dinance objected mainly to the singling-out of trailers and mo bile homes for inspection and licensing, strict regulations in the installation and upkeep of the facilities, while newly built homes had no restrictions as severe as the trailer ordinance. It was iKjinted out thait the town buifeng code was being enforced by the town building superintendent, and all new building plans are submitted for approval. Several residents of the Shandaken and Woodland Val ley areas read statements signed by residents of the area in favor of some type of trailer and mobile home regulations. After the hearing in the auditorium came to an end, the inemibers of the town board i(venit into executive session in the downstairs office, going over the entire ordinance, checking the possibility of further changes. The board re turned to the public hearing, where a vote was taken by the town clerk of all board mem bers. Many of the persons present voiced their disapproval of the outcome and were advised that the board would call for any other changes which would be for the betterment of the town, and another public meeting would be held at a later date. S u s a n F r a n c e H o m e F r o m A u s t r a l i a Pine Hill, July 6.—Susan France arrived home Friday after a year as a Rotary ex change student in Australia. She visited most of that con tinent while there. On June 3 she flew to Germany and spent four weeks with her brother-in- law and sister, Capt. and Mrs. Gordon Crupper, and daughter. Holly, at Bayreiuth and toured parts of Europe before coming home. T. J. and Mrs. Edwin Frsuice entertained Sunday at a family get-together and dinner, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Johnson and family of Newburgh, Mr. and Mrs. Larry Joyce and sons, Mr. and Mrs. Edward France, Mrs. Stephanie Gramlich and three daughters and Susan France. N e w O w n e r s B u y L e d e r e r P r o p e r t y Fleischmanns, July 6. — The Lederer’s Park House properties changed ownership last week. The two parcels are the origi nal Henrietta and Johanna Fleischmanns properties. Fol lowing their use as summer cottages by the Fleischmanns families, the one became what was known as the Rosedale Manor camp and later as the Savoy Country club. The build ings then were demolished. The other property became a hotel facility knovra as Led erer’s Park House. The purchasers are Joseph J. Rakowski and Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Raines of Brooklyn. They plan to keep the prop erties for private use. Vincent and Rosaline Con stable of Clovesville have sold their home and land to Doris Aronson of Port Washington. Mr. and Mrs. Constable have Piur(±msed and- moved into the former Bessie Combs home in Clovesville, recently purchased <by ^^aiiam Greene, pj C fcistian F. Martens was the broker in both sales.
