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PHILIPPINE NURSES who are spending a year on the nursing staff of Margaretville Memorial hospital appear for picture with Miss Florence Steele of Andes, new director of nursing at the hospital. Seated, left to right, are Miss Wil- helmina Salak of Capas, Tarlac, Miss Teresita Ilagan of Alitagtag, Batangas, Miss Lillian Pagapong of Surigao del Norte, and standing are Miss Steele and Miss Remy Pacunayen of Moncada, Tarlac. Andes Booters Gain Tie With MargaretviHe The Andes soccer team, s.ty- mied by rain in its efforts to play its first two games, played Saturday on a muddy field and fought Margaretville to a 5-5 tie. A 50-minute rain had left the field soaked, but the teams decided to play the Delaware county soccer league contest. Margaretville had played twice previously, winning from Colchester and losing to Stam ford, but Andes had not had a game. A slippery ball led to the first goal of the game as Margaret ville tallied on a comer kick off the hands of Andes netmind- er Bill Gardner, playing soccer for the first time since the fall of 1960. Andes tied the score on the first of three goals off the foot of Dan Redden, but John Warner tallied on a pen alty kick to put Margaretville ahead, 2-1, the half time score. Redden brought Andes even with a breakaway early in the second half, then Frank Wink ler canned the rebound of a George Redden shot to give the home forces a 3-2 lead. Mar garetville bounced back, how ever, taking a 4-3 lead on an other penalty shot by Warner and a deflection off an Andes fullback. Again the score was tied, 4-4, as Ken Andrews rammed one home before time ran out for Andes. In soccer, if the game is tied at the end of regulation play, two five-minute overtimes are required, regardless of whether or not one team has taken the lead in the first overtime period The first period was scoreless, but early in the second, a scramible in front of the An des goalmouth led to a Don Ruff tally for the visitors. The local pitchmen were not to be daunted, however, as Dan Red den scored a picture goal on a feed from the outside. The game ended that way. The field, particularly in the baseball infield, was so sloppy that players from both teams were caked with mud from the pre-game downpour. T h e r e W e r e O thers The names of Arthur Sulli van, Merwin George and Rob ert McConnell were omitted last week from the list of those who had made a hole in one at the Kass golf course. M e e tin g T o n igh t M C S B o a r d H e ld O r g a n ization M e e t An open meeting on a pro posal to form an agricultural district in this area will be held tonight, Thursday, at 8:15 at the New Kingston United Pres byterian church. F r e e R a b ies C linic S e t for N e x t W e e k A free rabies clinic for dogs and cats owned by residents of this area will be held on three evenings next week at the office of Dr. A. L. All on the Cabin Hill road in Andes. The clinic will be from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Thursday and Fri day, July 19, 20 and 21. Dogs over the age of six months should be inoculated if they have not had a rabies shot within the last three years; cats should be inoculated every two years. Sw im P o o l H o u r s Andes, July 13. — Swimming hours have been established for the Andes pool as follows: 10 a.m. daily, lessons for Andes; 6-7 p.m. Monday, Wednesday, ^iday, lifesaving lessons; 1-5 p ^ . daily, afternoon swimming: 7-8 p.m., free swimming. G r a n g e M e m b e r s P u s y W ith P lan s Committees .for coming events were appointed at the meeting of the New Kingston Valley Grange held last week Thurs day night at the New Kingston United Presbyterian church. There.were 43 members pres ent for the business meeting. Susan Condon, Wanda Lanzi and Mrs. David Taylor were ap pointed to a committee to plan a booth for the Grange nt this year’s W’alton fair. The build ing fund committee will hold a dance Friday night at the Fleischmanns school for the benefit of the state Grange building, and a chicken banbe- ■ cue is being planned for late September. The. lecturer’s program was an entertainment by the Grange orchestra, which recently won state honors. James Hosier spoke about the Grange prince contest, in which he was a runner-up in the .state. The chapter voted to give $25 to Grange flood victims. Junior Grangers will meet Saturday at the church for their regular meeting. Dela ware county Youth Grangers will put on the fifth degree July 26 at New Kingston. Mrs. Roswell Sanford was re elected president of the Marga retville central school board of education at its organization meeting held last week Wednes day night. Thomas Smith is vice president. The board voted, 3-1, to ac cept the professional contract reached in negotiation with the Margaretville Teachers associa tion. Mrs. Sanford, Mr. Smith and Joseph Shapiro voted in favor, Leonard Utter against, and Ml'S. Stephen Meinstein, who is new to the board, ab stained. The board approved Robert Rofrano as a Spanish teacher on Step 1 of the salary schedule and approved $1,450 in summer sabbatical pay for Mrs. James Martin, who is studying mod ern math at State University college at Plattsiburgh. In other personnel matters, em ployment of Mrs. Garland Glad stone was continued while Mrs. Floyd Lunn is still out. A request from the Margaret ville area Council of Churches was honored to exclude Wed nesday nights from school ac tivities. The iboard also ap proved the use of two schoo^' buses in the swimming pro gram. Appointments made include William Hubbell as clerk of the board and purchasing agent, Dorris Gavette as treasurer, Anne Boerem as tax collector, Edith Davidson as attendance officers, Dan Morse and June Valk as census enumerators. Dr. Abraham Rottkov as school physician, Herman Gottfried as school attorney, the Margaret ville office of the National Bank and Trust Company of Norwich for official depository, the Deak National Bank of Fleischmanns as depository for interest ac counts, the Catskill Mountain News as official newspaper. Mr. Smith was designated as the board member to sign in the ab sence of the president. Meeting times were set for the second and fourth Tues days at 7:45 p.m., except that the second meeting for this month Wll 'be held July 18 in stead of July 25. T w o A r e E lected Phoenicia, July 13. — Two members of the Shandaken Senior Citizens club have been elected to office in the Ulster county senior citizens alliance. Mildred Withers has been elect ed vice president of the alli ance, and George Bergen, presi dent of the Shandaken club, was elected a member of the board of directors. BEST GRANGE ORCHESTRA in New York state represented New Kingston Valley in recent state competition. Front, left to right, Doris Hosier, clarinet; Susan Condon, clarinet; Charles Holdridge, saxophone; Ricky Holdridge, drums; Dr. Larry Darling, french horn; Jill Stamp, flute; Dave Taylor, violin. Back, Jeanne Darling, trombone; George Taylor, annoimcer; Mary Holdridge, piano, and James Hosier, trumpet. Story was printed last week. Girl Is Stnid( By Car; Wrecks Injure Others A younj Arkvi’le girl was struck by a car and seriously injured in the worst of five personal injury accidents in vestigated by .state police dur ing the last week. She was one of seven persons injured, in cluding three in a runaway car. These were in addition to nu merous property damage acci dents. Valeri Coletti, 13, is in the Kingston hospital after being strjjck by a car operated by Gerald Sellitti, 29, of Staten Island while crossing at the Bridge street intersection of routes 28 and 30 in Margaret ville Saturday. Her left leg and pelvis were fractured in the accident. Police report that the Coletti girl, who recently moved here with her family, was crossing the road from the north side to the .south side when she was struck by the right front of the vehicle. She was transferred from the Margaretville hospi tal to the Kingston hospital the same day. No charges were placed against the driver. Linda Kochersfberger, 19, of Andes was injured last week Wednesday when her car went off route 30 and struck guard rails. She had lost control of the vehicle while making a right turn. She was treated at the Mar garetville Memorial hospital for facial lacerations, bruises and a possible jaw injury. State police of the Margaret ville station reported that no summonses were issued. Dam age to the car was extensive. One driver was injured last week Thursday morning when two cars were involved in a rear end collision as they slowed to avoid a third car, op erated by Pamela Ferraro of Margaretville that had strayed into their lane. State police reported that the accident took place a half mile west of Margaretville on route 28 and that the cars involved were toeing driven by Gerald Herskpvits, 66, of New York city and Stanley Satera, 73, of Kingston. Both cars had pulled to the right shoulder, and the Herskovits car had stopped when it was rammed in the rear by the Satera vehicle. Mrs. Ferraro .was issued a summons for failure to keep right. Satera was treated for stom ach pains and a bruised right arm. State police of the Mar garetville station are continu ing their investigation. Brake failure gave four New York city area residents a wild ride down the east Hubbell Hill road Saturday. They escaped serious injury when their car came to rest 550 feet from the point where it left the highway. Injured were Lucy Barchitta, 52, of Staten Island with a bruised right knee, Marie Tosto with a bruised chin and Yoland Barchitta with a back injury. State police reported that the car operated by Ann Barchitta, 56, of Staten Island lost its brakes as it headed into a left turn coming down the hUl. The car left the road on the south side, crashed through a barbed- wire fence, nearly missed a house, went over an eight-foot embankment, flying 40 feet in the air and finally came to rest in a field. The car was heavily damaged. George Warren, 36, of Stam ford was injured and admitted to the Margaretville hospital when his car struck guardrails early Monday morning in an attempt to avoid hitting a deer. Warren was northbound on route 30 when the accident happened. After striking the guardrails the car spun 180 de grees and came to rest in the ditch on the east side of the highway. He suffered lacera tions of the face and a broken nose. No tickets were issued. Lawrence Davis, 26, of Dun- raven struck and killed a deer while westbound on old route 28 Thursday. Davis swerved to miss the deer, but the animal struck the left front of the car. Two parked cars were dam aged Friday in the town of Andes by a hit and run driver described as driving a white Pontiac Catalina. The cars, owned by Glenford Davis and Dorothy Davis, were parked on the east side of route 28 when the accident occurred. O fficers In s t a lled Fleischmanns, July 13.—New officers for the Fleischmanns- Pine Hill Rotai-y for 1972-1973 were installed at the Monday night meeting, wdth John Mc Donough Jr. as president; David Solomon, vice president; Dr. William Cohen, secretary, and Robert Morse, treasurer. Di rectors include Richard Fager, Milton Valk, Herman Wadler, William Greene and Edwin France. B a ll in N o v e m b e r Roxbury, July 13.—^The an nual candlelight bail for the Margaretville Memorial hospi tal will toe held this year on Nov. 4. CATSKILL DR. E. C. KELLr 269 SOUTH M I N AVE. ALBANY, M.I.r 12203 NOV. 1972 M O U N T A I N N E W S Vol. 110—2 12 Pages—2 Sections MARGARETVILLE, N. ¥., THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1972 Published Weekly J5c CopV Second-Class Postage Paid at Margaretville, N. Y. 1245'i $7.50 Year Wind Smashes h «. P^dell Home In Red Hodc A former Arkville woman and her two young children escaped serious injury last week Monday afternoon wlien a violent minia-. ture windstorm picked up their trailer home in Red Hook and dropped it upside down with them inside. The trailer of Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey PendeU was demolished. Mrs. Edde Jean Pendeli and the children. Amber, 5, and David, 3, were taken to North ern Dutchess hospital in Pough keepsie and released after be ing treated for shock, cuts and bruises. Amber had to be res cued when she was pinned un der a couch in the wrecked trailer. Mr. Pendeli was not a t home at the time the wind struck. Heavy thunderstorms had been rocking the Hudson Valley that afternoon, but the severe wind was so concentrated that only one other trailer in the park was damaged. That trailer was 'lifted off its foundation, but set down intact with the owner inside. The family lost all its pos sessions in the disaster. Ef forts are being made in New Kingston, where Mr. Pendell’s mother, Mrs. Robert Russell, lives, and in Arkville. A col lection depot has been set up a t the Country Store in New Kingston. A fund-raising party for the Pendeils will toe held at the fire hall in Arkville at 8 p.m. Saturday, July 22. The com mittee in charge includes Mrs. Harold Bouton, Mrs. Bud Barnes, Mrs. L. D. Clausen and Mrs. Mike Wranovics. Photo of wrecked trailer is on page 2. W e t G r o u n d W o r r y Hakjottville, July 13,r-Many farmers and hrane gspleners are ibeing worried at the i)ack- ward w e a t h e r which has plagued them. The surplus of rain following Hurricane Agnes left the gardens a morass of mud wihich curtailed the growth of the vegetation in gardens, and some were washed out. Hay harvest is also being greatly hampered by the wet meadows. C o m m a n d C h a n g e s Maj. Daniel A. Dakin, who has teen commander of state police Troop C for the last year, has been promoted to deputy chief ins:pector in charge of planning and research at state police division headquarters in Albany. He will be succeeded today, Thursday, as Troop C commander by Inspector Law rence G. Mermell. Jew s to R e m e m b e r T ischo B ’A v F a tes Congregation B’Nai Israel in Fleischmanns will observe Tischo B’Av, the ninth day of the month of Av, at a service at the synagague at 8:30 next week Wednesday evening. TTie congregation will join with Jews over the world in a 24- hour fast and mourning period for the three tragedies asso ciated with the day—the de struction of the Temple by the Babylonians in 1200 BC, the Temple’s destruction by the Ro mans in 70 AD and the fleeing from the tortures of the Span ish Inquisition in the 16th cen tury. The observance and fast be gins a t sundown Wednesday and continues until sundown Thurs day. Sw im P o o l O p e n e d The Fleischmanns village swimming pool on Wagner ave nue opened Wednesday and by noon it was filled to cai>acity as youngsters sought to cool off on one of summer’s rare hot days. The pool is the former Park Terrace hotel pool and is located opposite the driveway to the village ball park. Although no definite hours have yet been established, the jKJol was open from 10 a.m. un til 6 pjn. on its first day. Tem porary fencing will be replaced around the entire pool property by the village with a permanent fence. Lifeguards are Mark Kugler and Gary Marks. There is a fee of 50 cents to use the pool. N e w A m b u lan c e Is .Sought for A n d e s The Andes fire department is nearing the conclusion of its drive to raise approximately $12,000 for the purchase of a new ambulance. The depart ment hopes to obtain federal matching funds to double this amount and purchase a fully- equipped machine. The fire depsirtment has fur nished ambulance service for many years. However, it has not had a fully-equipped ve hicle and presently uses an ordinary 1967 station wagon as an ambulance. Letters have been sent to taxi>ayers in the town of Andes seeking donations. They may be sent to Fred Temming a t the Andes hotel. H e y . D e m o tte Is N e w A n d e s P a s tor Andes, July 13.—^Rev. and Mrs. Arthur Paul Demotte and son, Benjamin, spent the week end in Andes. Rev. Demotte, a candidate for niinister erf the United Presbyterian churdi, de livered the sermon at the Sun- -day service. tomediateiy after the serv ice, the congregation was in vited to the church annex for a reception to meet Rev. and Mrs. Demotte. A meeting was held later in the church and it was unanimously voted ito in vite Mr. Demotte to become the new minister of the church. Rev. and Mrs. Demotte later went to Binghamton, where he was confirmed by the Susque hanna Presbytery. He will be gin his new pastorate in Sep tember. B u r r o u g h s C lub H a s E x h ibit F u n d Roxbury, July 13.—^The Rox-' bury Burroughs dub has re ceived a grant from the “Amer ica the Beautiful” fund for a community photographic exhibit of the Roxbury area contrast ing past with present environ ment. At a meeting of the executive committee, the fol lowing committee was appoint ed to be in charge of the proj ect: Joseph Farleigh, chair man, Walter Meade and Milton Shatraw. In spite of rain and a leaking register box, 333 visited Me morial field during June. ^ o u s e B e in g B u ilt Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Lo- vallo of New Rochelle have purchased acreage from Ralph Small in New Kingston. TTie Lcvallos are having a log home erected on the property by Fairbairn Lumtoer Co. Both sales were arranged by the Safe-Buy Real Estate agency in Margaretville. Norwich Bank Acquires Furniture Store, House For New Building Site Plans to construct a Margaretville have been Gilmour, chairman of the D e a k B a n k O ffers B e a u tification A id The Deak National Bank of Fleischmanns has undertaken a project to restore the appear ance of buildings along Main street in that community. The bank is offering loans to prop erty owners at the rate of 2 per cent. The move is intended to make money available to buUd- ing owners who wish to make alterations or restore properties which have become run-down. The offer applies only to build ing on Main street and will be available until Sept. 1. Normal interest rates for such loans are several times 2 per cent. M c L e a n P r e s id e n t P f R o tary C lub Dennis M. McLean assumed the presidency of the Margaret ville Rotary club Tuesday night at a meeting at Kass Inn. He succeeds Harold Ladenheim, whose term expired at the end of June and who was presented with a past president’s pin. President McLean appointed chairmen of committees for the four areas of Rotary service. They are Dr. Gilbert M. Palen, oommuni'ty service; Willis Marks, international service; Ernest Hyatt, club service, and Howard Gibtos, vocational serv ice. Visitors were Ted Grffflh at'' Johnson City and Virgil Taylor of Rorfjury. S to len B ike F o u n d . Phoenicia, July 13.—A ^urg- lary in the town of Chichester is under investigation by offi cers of that town. Jack Moggre reported to officers that his garage had been broken into early in July and that a mini- bike, bicycle, chain saw and other tools had been stolen. Several days later a mini-bike answering the description of the one stolen was found in the possession of a Big Indian boy. The investigation is continuing. R e v . B r o w n Speaks Roxbury, July 13. — Rev. Clemen E. Brown, pastor of the United Methodist Church of Roxbury, .will be the preacher at the vesper service in the old Baptist church on the Vega- Denver road Sunday. The serv ice begins at 7 p.m. \nie serv ice is open to pec^le of all faiths in the community. Dress is informal. It will continue each Sunday evening until Aug. 27. Shot S trik e s H o m e Phoenicia, July 13.—A stray bullet smashed a window and lodged in the hallway of the home owned by Mr. and Mrs. Rick Fernandez on old route 28 last week Wednesday. No one was hurt in the incident and an investigation learned that two men had been shooting across the river from the home. There were no arrests. new banking facility in announced by Everett A. board and chief executive officer of the National Bank and Trust Co. of Norwich. In making the announcement, Mr. Gilmour said that the pres ent quarters of -the bank are being outgrown rapidly. Space for expansion to serve the needs of the growing Margaretville area adequately is limited in and near the present building. The new banking office will be constructed on two parcels now occupied by the Margaret ville Furniture store on Main street and by the home of Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy D. Scott on Walnut street. The property .will become available for bank use in the fall of 1973. Approximaltely 3,600 feet of floor space is planned for the new building. Contained in the new facility will be such features as an in creased numiber of teller win dows, expanded lobby ahd lounge areas, conference rooms, 24-hour depository and a drive- up window. Space for cus tomer parking will also be pro vided. Completion date for the new banking office is scheduled for the fall of 1974. The main street property was originally two buildings. The older one on the west was built in the late 19th century by Charles Gorsch, who oper ated an undertaking and furni ture business. This was taken over by his son, Hugh, and 'later by Keveda Holmes of Walton. Later owners included Roy and Ray Place, N. L. Lat- -“tin and EL W . Herrick. The other half of the present furniture store was constructed in 1892 by the late Sherman S. Myers. This was later sold to Sam Bluestone, who operated a clothing store there for many years. Following his retire ment the building housed the Victory store, the Kalisky clothing store and an Oneida market. Mr. Scott purchased the furniture business from Mr. Herrick in 1949 and rented the buildings. He purchased one in 1956 and the other in 1958, and joined them to make one large store. The Walnut street residence is one of the older houses in the village. It was built fol lowing the Civil war by William Swart and was later occupied by Tom Winter and more re cently by Albert Beebe. The Scotts purchased it in 1947. G r e g o r y Is S e a ted A s B O C E S M e m b e r Linden Gregory of Roxbury was sworn in as a new member of the Board of Cooperative Ed ucational Services of the Sec ond Supervisory district at its reorganization meeting held this week. He replaces Mrs. Roswell Sanford of Margaret ville on the board. Ani Colone of Oneonta was reelected president for a second year, and Thomas McMullen of Davenport was reelected vice president. The BOCES board will con tinue meetings at 8 p.m. on the fourth Monday of each month at the Rexmere center in Stam- fwd. AU meetings are open to the public. Remaining Three In Jeopardy Covered Bridges Can't Remain In Service And Still Be Preserved The three remaining covered bridges in use in Delaware coun ty may have to be taken out of active service soon and pre served as museum pieces if they are to survive. County High way Superintendent Richeuxi Lanigan said that the county must think about closing these and one steel truss bridge, in addition to the steel truss bridge across the East Branch off route 30 at Harvard, which had to be closed to traffic this year. The county is facing financial problems, and Mr. Lanigan said that there are six other bridges in the county that miist be replaced in the near future, and priority must be given to these, as no alternative cross ings are available. The three wooden covered bridges are former town spans that have been taken over by tlw county, although the decks are still the responsibility of the towns. They are the cov ered bridge across the East Branch at Downsville, Fitch’s bridge above Delhi and the Hamden bridge- The Downsville bridge was constructed in 1854 and has a span of 170 feet. Fitch’s bridge, built in 1870, was moved to its present location in 18K and crosses the West Brandi ^ t h a span ot 106 feet, \nie Ham den bridge, also buiit in 1870, crosses the West Branch with a 146-(foot span. The Hamden bridge was token over by the county in 1950, ttie other two In 1967. Mr. Lanigan says ft is the intention of the county to iHre- serve the three covered bridges for posterity and it is felt that they shoidd be closed to traffic while there is stiU something to preserve. In a recent report to the board of supervisors, Mr. Larif- gan noted that ttie cost of re placing the spans would run aibout $1,000 per foot. The covered brkiges, the Harvard span and the Peakville bridge over the Beaverkill, also in poor condition and in imminent danger of dosing, total 944 feet, so nearly $1 miUran woidd foe needed to replace them. However, the higher pri<wity is being given to Hawley’s bridge, Delancey bridge, W em bridge, HsQe Eddy, Horton and Cooks FaUs spans, «U oi which have no alternate! crossing sudi as the iirst five'haVe. These total 1,261 feet and total cos't of their replacement is well over $114 million. Mr. Lanigan said that there are meiny shorter singie-span bridges in the county being re placed on a priority basis with county forces that also must be taken into consideration. The Harvard bridge is two steel truss spans of 115 feet each, or light construction and erected in 1906. Although a steel grating was installed in 1964, the bridge has deteriorat ed to the point that it is no longer econc»nically feasible to repair it. A two-toh limit was set two years ago, but disre garded by .the public. ‘Riere are altemate crossings a t Shin- hoppie and East Brandi, atoout four'miles in each (Erection.
