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Two Area Residents Die In One-Vehicle Accidents Arkville Man Phoenicia, July 20.—Highway accidents in the Phoenicia- Boiceville area durng the last week claimed the life of a 33- year-old Arkville man, critical ly injured a ^ r l bicyclist and caused minor injuries to a 93- year-old driver. George Magliocco was pro nounced dead on arrival at Kingston hospital after a one- car accident at Boiceville last week Thursday night. Mary Ann iBachor, 17, of Boiceville is in the Benedictine hospital with injuries suffered when her bicycle was hit by a car Sun day afternoon. JosejAi Guttman lost control of his car later Sun day afternoon, and the vehicle struck an office building along the Chichester road. State police of the Kingston station reported that Magliocco was driving his 1961 Dodge pickup along route 28 about 11:40 p.m. Thursday. Near the intersection of the upper Boice- . ville road the vehicle went out of control and struck guard rails, ejectin^j the driver: It then continued down the road and overturned before landing on its roof. Magliocco was found on the fence his truck had struck. He was taken by ambulance to the hospital, but pronounced dead of head and internal injuries. Miss Bachor was riding along route 28 in the company of an other bicyclist, Jo Ann Avery, 18, also of Boiceville, in the direction of Mount Tremper. About a mile east of Phoenicia, a 1972 sedan operated by Kat- suabura Hanawa, 49, of New York city swerved off the pave ment and hit Miss Bachor's bike, which was on the shoul der. She was knocked to the ground. The driver then lost control of the car, which crossed to the left side of the highway, went off the road and down a steep embankment, where it crashed into a tree at the edge of the adjoining woods. The town of Shandaken am bulance took the Bachor girl to the hospital, where she was found to be suffering from head and internal injuries. Constaibles Jack Schlegel and James Short investigated and issued a summons for failure to keep right to Hanawa. The driver is to appear in Shanda ken justice court later. Guttman was driving south on the Chichester road about 5 pjn. As the aged driver lost control of his 1961 sedan, the vehicle failed to make a slight left curve. It struck down six guard posts on the right side of the road, mowed picket fenice «tnd wood, posts and hit a sipruce tree before striking the rK>rth side of the office building owned by Town Sup^- visor Raymond J. Dunn. Portions of the siding on one corner were, broken away. In side the building, however, shelves and other equipment on the wall were knocked down. Mr. Dunn, who was not at home, reported extensive dam age in the interior. Mrs. Ellen K r e m e n e z k y , daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dunn, was sitting on the lawn at the time of the crash. She assisted the aged man from the wrecked car and summoned the town of Shandaken ambulance a n d Constable Schlegel. Mr. Gutt- man declined medical attention. The car was towed away by a wrecker. D r i v e r E s c a p e s a s U p s e t T r u c k B u r n s The driver of a loaded cement truck escaped without serious injury Monday afternoon when the vehicle overturned on the Deer Run road in the town of Roxbury and burst into flames. George Kelder, 31, of Fleisch- manns was shaken up and was to see his own doctor about back pains Wednesday. The truck, owned by Slavin Ready-Mix Concrete of Fleisch- ■manns, was a total loss as flames ripped through the body and cab. A power take-off shaft broke and triggered the acci dent. The truck was proceeding up hill. As the shaft, which drives the mixer body broke, it en snared the right front tire, which blew out, causing the driver to lose steering control. As the machine went off the road to the right, it flipped over on its right side, and as the flames broke out, Kelder scrambled upward to safety through the driver’s door. Charles Zerella and Anthony De Risi, who live on the road, brought out a fire extinguisher. Roxbury firemen were on the scene in 12 minutes and doused the flames. A car-motorcycle accident in Fleischmanns Monday resulted in injuries to a young Long Island girl. Claudia LaPorte, 15, of Hicksville was a passen ger on a motorcycle operated by C. F. Smalkowski, 18, of Bellmore, N. Y., when the motorcycle was struck by a car operated by Thelma Oster- houdt, 52, of Pine Hill as she attempted to make a right turn off Main street onto the Hal- cott Center road. Both the driver of the motorcycle and Miss LaPorte were thrown to the pavement. She was treated by Dr. Abra ham Rottkov for a bruised left foot and then taken to the Margaretville Memorial hospi tal for x-rays. There were no tickets issued. T i r e C e n t e r H i t state police of the Margaret ville station are continuing an investig-ation into a break-in at the Becker Tire Center in Grand Gorge. Entry was gained to the building Friday night through a broken window. A small amount of cash, a box of chrome lug nuts and a lug wrench were stolen. The items were valued at $50. F i f t h G r a d e r s D i d f i r s t A i d S t u d y Sixteen members of the fifth grade at Roxbury central school have received certificates for a Red Cross course in first aid taken as part of their health education studies during the last school term. Thie course was taught by Mrs. Marion Gibbs, school nurse-teacher. Students who successfully completed the first aid study are Debora Burroughs, George D’Orta, Donna DuMond, Sally Fanning, Sue Ann Faraci, Lisa Flachs, Chris German, Yvonne Hinkley, Fay Moscato, Lei Ann Migdol, Diane Munsell, Dianna Slauson, Robert VanValken- burgh, Shirley Snyder, Todd Blakeslee and Daniel Dor- rance. Bovina Resident Mrs. Emma Dora Barnhart, 79, a lifelong resident of Bovina Center, was fatally injured Sun day in a one-car accident on route 28 between Meridale and North Franklin. She was a passenger in a car operated by her grandson, Richard Dam- gaard, 23, also of Bovina Cen ter. State police of the Oneonta station reported that the car was en route from Oneonta to Bovina when the driver appar ently fell asleep. The late model Buick swerved off the south shoulder of the road and traveled 240 feet across a field before hitting a tree stump. The impact threw Mrs. Barn hart through the front wind shield. The car landed on its top, then rolled over on its wheels. Mrs. Barnhart had been on her way home after visiting her husband, James A. Barnhart, who is a patient in Fox hospi tal. She was pronounced dead at the scene by Dr. Harry Wil bur, Delaware county medical examiner. Mrs. Barnhart’s funeral was held Wednesday afternoon at the Bovina Center United Pres byterian chiu-ch. Rev. William Harter, pastor of the Marga retville United Presbyterian church, officiated. Burial is in Bovina Center cemetery. Surviving Mrs. Barnhart, be sides her husband, are two daughters, Mrs. Eleanor Dam- gaard of Bovina Center and Mrs. Marion Ruff of Margaret- vile, and six grandchidren. She was bom April 2, 1888 to James E. and Ellen Cunning ham Hastings of Bovina Cen ter. Her marriage was Oct. 26, 1916. Two New Jersey residents were injured Tuesday when their car went out of control and flipped over on route 28, four-tenths of a mile south of route 30 in Dunraven. Injured in the crash were Nicholas Latawiec, 67, and his wife, Eugenia, both of Lincoln Park, N. J. State police of the Marga retville station reported that the Latawiec car was north bound on route 28 approaching a left hand curve when the car ran off the pavement. Latawiec overcorrected the steering, causing the car to cross the highway, skid 180 degrees and turn over. The car came to a stop on its top in the ditch on the left side of the road. Taken by ambulance to the Margaretville Memorial hospi tal, Mrs. Latawiec was admitted and treated for abrasions and bruises of the left shoulder and arm. Her husband was ad- i .mitteci, and treated for small/ freictures of the cervical si^ne. Both were released yesterday. Damage to the late model car was extensive. There were no tickets issued. S h a f f e r N o m i n a t e d A decision of Supreme Court Justice John Pennock in Al bany Tuesday gives the Demo cratic nomination for assem blyman in the 105th district to Robert Shaffer of Schoharie. Justice Pennock’s decision on void and invalid ballots gives Shaffer a 1476-1472 edge over Mrs. Martha Dayton of Jeffer son, pending a certification of results from Schenectady and Montgomery counties. Mr. Shaffer will face Charles Cook of Delaware county, who is the Republican nominee. ST. JAMES CHURCH at Lake Delaware will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the cornerstone laying of the stone building with services and holy communion next week. ’This is the scene as the cornerstone was laid July 25, 1922, with Episcopal bishop and visiting clergymen present. Y o u n g B a l l p l a y e r H u r t D u r i n g G a m e Pine Hill, July 20.—Dale Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Smith Jr., suffered a broken collarbone in a Little League baseball game at Phoe nicia early Friday evening. He was taken by ambulance to Margaretville Memorial hospi tal, where x-rays were taken and bruises of the left arm and shoulder treated and the broken bone set and put in traction. Dale was knocked down and stepped on in a collision with another player during the game. He came home from the hos pital Saturday, but had to see- his doctor again Monday and Tuesday. A m b l y o p i a C l i n i | c S e t f o r T u e s d a y A clinic for the purpose of screening for amblyopia, the lazy eye, will be held in the Roxbiuy Methodist c h u r c h basement on Tuesday, July 25. A committee of trained volim- teers under the direction of Mrs. Anthony Canneli, will test the children attending the pre school program at 9:30 a.m. Parents may bring other pre schoolers from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Eye specialists advise that at the age of three the vision of each eye in all children be tested to locate those children who may ibe in need of prcrfes- sional eye care. If amblyopia is discovered before the age of six, the deficient eye may be treated successfully. S u p e r v i s o r H u r t B y F l y i n g O b j e c t Phoenicia, July 20.—Misfor tune stalked Supervisor Ray mond Dunn this week as he was struck on the right leg by an unknown abject thrown by a power lawn mower he was op erating. He suffered puncture holes on each side of the ankle bone in the mishap, which oc curred Monday afternoon. The day before, a small build ing he vises as an office eind workshop, was struck and dam aged by a car which missed a curve on the Chichester road. Mr. Dunn was treated at the office of Dr. Elmer Baker and taken to Beneddotine hospital in Kingston, where x-rays showed no fractures of the in jured ankle. C a l l a n a n B i d L o w F o r R o x b u r y W o r k Callanan Industries, Inc., of South Bethlehem was low bid der of four received for a town of Roxbury state hig^iway project when bids were opened in Albany last week. Callanan bid $217,900 for the recondition ing of 3.9 miles of route 23 be tween Grand Gorge and the Greene county line. The two-lane pavement, which varies in width from 20 to 27 feet, will be resurfaced with asphalt. New guide railing sections will be instaUed, and culverts cleaned. J u n e M i l k P r i c e S e t a t $ 5 . 5 0 c w t New York, July 13.—^A uni form farm price of $5.50 per hundredweight wUl be paid deiiry farmers for June milk de liveries to pool handlers in the New York-New Jersey milk- shed. They got $5.54 in May and $5.38 in June 1971. The butterfat differential was set at 7.8 cents for each tenth of a pound of fat above or below 3.5 per cent. All prices quoted are for milk of 3.5 per cent butterfat received within the 201-210 mile zone from New York city. 269 SOUTH MAIN AYE. ALBANY, 12203 CATSKILL MOUNTAIN NEWS Vol. 110—3 12 Pages—2 Sections MARGARETVILLE, N. Y., THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1973 Published Weekly Second-Class Postage PaM at Margaretville, N. Y. 1245'> 15c Copy $7.50 Year Three Injured In Accidents While At Work Two Margaretville men narr rowly escaped vwth their lives Friday when an elevator on which they were riding at the Herrick funeral home plunged two stories and severely injured both men. John FitzSimmons, ovmer of the funeral home, is in the Benedictine hospital in Kings ton with a smashed right ankle and lacerations of the forehead, and Carroll VanBenschoten is in Margaretville Memorial hos pital with a severely dislocated right shoulder, a broken knee and leg and lacerations of the arm. The accident occurred as the two men were riding down from the third floor of the building, along with a coffin from the storage area, when the elevator dropped to the basement. Investigation of the elevator shows no visible damage and no broken cables. There were taken by ambu lance to Margaretville hospital for treatment, and Mr. Fitz Simmons was later transferred to Benedictine. William Conlon of Margaret ville lost the first two joints of the little finger on his left hand in an accident on a water drilling rig Monday. Working with Lewis Grocholl in New Kingston his hand became caught in an automatic wrench and was battered several times before he could remove it. He was taken to Margaret ville Memorial hospital, where surgery was performed and he was discharged the next day. F r a n k B o o t h I s H o n o r e d a t R o t a x y Itoxibiuy, Jifly JJO. — Fraidc Enderlin (Bootli of floiidbury and Larchmont was with a \Servloe Above Seir’lHAward at the meetiftg of the Ravdmrjr Rotary club July 10 a t,the fire hall. Sixty Rotarians, Rotary Anns and guests were present. Among those at the head table were Mr. Booth, his wife, Edith Booth, his niece, I»auline Lutz Hopkins, and her husiband, James S. Hopkins, of Soi^th Yarmouth, Mass, and Mrs. F. Leighton Enderlin, wife of Mr. Booth’s cousin. M i s c h i e f C h a r g e d Michael John Ondish, 25, of Margaretville was arrested Monday by state police of the Margaretville station on a com plaint filed by Charles Scap- napieco of New Kingston. Ondish was chained with criminal mischief in the fourth degree and is accused of kick ing in the front driver’s wind ow of the Scannapieco car. Appearing before Town Jus tice Sollie Darling of neisch- manns, Ondish pleaded not guilty and was ordered to re appear on Aug. 3 for trial. He was released on a personal recognizance bond. Herd Depletion There Will Be No Party Permits Issued For Catskill Deer Hunt C h u rch M a rking 50th A n n iv e rsary St. James Episcopal church at Lake Delaware will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the cor nerstone laying of the present church next week. The corner stone was laid Tuesday, July 25, 1922, and the 50th anniver sary also falls on a Tuesday. The £mniversary will be marked by a celebration of Holy Communion at 10 a.m. Sunday, July 30, followed by a celebra tion of the anniversary and con firmation at 11 a.m. Rt. Rev. Allen W. Brown, bishop of the Albany diocese, will celebrate the communion, assisted by Rev. Francis Tatem, priest in charge. The cornerstone4aying a half century ago was done by Rev. G. Ashton Oldham, then bishop- coadjudicator-elect of Albany. He was assisted by Rev. Octav ius Edgelow, pastor of St. James, and other clergymen from Delaware and Otsego counties. The church was built as a memorieil to members of her family by Miss Angelica Liv ingston Gerry. The new stone building replaced a small frame structure owned by the congre gation at “The Hocrfc.” 'Ibe church is built of local stone and was designed by Ralph Adams Cram. Party permits will be avail able this fall in seven of the nine deer management areas in central and western New York, but none will be issued for the Adirondacks or Catskills, Com missioner of Environmental Conservation Henry L. Diamond announced Monday. Action by the 1972 Legisla ture extended the department’s authority to issue party permits as a sound deer management tool, but excluded the Adiron dacks from this authority, along with portions of the Catskills. Heavy starvation resulting from short food supplies during three severe winters sharply reduced eastern deer pecula tions, particulariy in the under harvested and over-ibrowsed range of the Northern Zone. Where party permits are available, party sizes are gen erally large to permit as many hunters as possible to partici pate in the hunt. Party sizes are from two to four members for landowner permits and four to six for regular permits. Ap plications will be available in late summer and must be siib- mitted, along with party mem bers’ big game license stubs by Saturday. Sept. 16. As was the case last season, no money need be submitted wtih the initial applications. Only those parties whose ap plications are selected by com puter will be notified to remit their party fee of $5 to the De partment. A total of 21,200 permits will be availafble this season. As has been the case in the past, up to 50 per cent of the permits in each deer management unit £ure available for qualified Ismdowner parties. A person must own 50 or more acres in one parcel in a deer management imit to qualify for a landowner permit in that management luiit. Unit 74, covering portions of Broome, Chenango, Cortland, Madison, Oneida and Onondaga counties, and Unit 80, covering portions of Broome, Chemung, Schuyler, Tioga and Tranpkins counties, are the nearest party permit areas to the Catskills. The big game season opens Oct. 25 in the Northern zone and Nov. 20, the third Monday in November, in the Southern zone. Closing day is Dec. 5, the first Tuesday in December in all areas. The 1972-73 Hunt ing and Fishing Guide wiU be available with details ait all license-issuing ilocatiOTis in late summer. V e g a S c h o o l S o l d O n $ 3 , 2 5 6 . 7 7 B i d The Roxbury central school board of education accepted a bid of $3,256.77 for the sale of the former Vega school at its meeting last week Thursday night. The successful high bid der was Leonard Guiliante of Elmont, N.Y. The board reorganized for the 1972-73 school year a t the meet ing, and reelected Linden Greg ory president. William Mor gan was reelected vice presi dent. Appointments were as fol lows; Robert Prout, clerk of the board and chief purchasing agent; Mrs. Esther Snyder, dis trict treasurer; Mrs. Betty Un derwood, central treasurer and comptroller of the student ac tivity fund; Mrs. Pauline Long, census taker; Mrs. Malvina Stahl,, tax collector; Dr. Ev erett Forman, school physician; Malcolm Hughes, school attor ney, and Jerome Roach, school district au^tor. The National Bank of Rox bury was designated the offi cial depository for school funds, . and the Catskill Mountain News as official paper for legal pub lications. All bids for roof repairs were rejected, and all low bids for supplies and services for the 1972-73 school year were ac cepted. S c h o o l T r a n s f e r r e d Roxbury, July 20.—Mr. cmd Mrs. James Perkins and Mr. and Mrs. Kai Klemm have sev ered their connections with the Manhattan Country school in Meeker hollow. A new teacher, Mrs. Georgia Gardner of New York city, will teach the coun try classes. Mr. and Mrs. Per kins will remain in their coun try home, and plan to raise pigs on their farm. Mr. and Mrs. Klemm, iwho live a t Shar on Springs, will raise food for the pigs on their Sharon Springs farm. | ^ o a i r d F ^ e d R u l f \Francis Ruff, retiiing mem ber of the Margaretville central school board of education, was given a farewell dinner July 7 at Roxbury Run restaurant. TTie affair was attended by fellow board memibers and their spouses as well as several for mer board memtoers with whom he had served dn previous years. Mem'bers of the school admin istrative staff were also pres ent. Mr. Ruff had served two terms on the board. F i l m s a n d D a n c e s F r e e a t R o x b u r y A comedy film will be shown on the lawn of the Roxbury central school Wednesday eve ning, July 26, beginning at 8 o’clock. Those attending must bring their own chairs or blan kets if they wish to sit. In case of rain the film will be shown dn the gym. The feature film, “Born Free,” was shown last night, Wednesday, at the school as part of the summer program’s free attractions. There will be an out-of-doors square dance on the school ten nis court Wednesday, Aug. 2, from 8 to 11 p.m. Music will be furnished by The Star- dusters. Seven MCS Buses, Car Damaged In Vandalism; Loss Will Run $1,061 More than $1,000 in damage to Margaretville school vehicles was calculated following an attack of vandalism Friday morning. Residents in the vicinity of the school thought that B u s D r i v e r C h a n g e A c c e p t e d b y B o a r d The Margaretville central school board of education ap pointed George Adamo of the Millbrook as a bus driver at a meeting Tuesday night. The resignation of Robert Fairbairn was accepted with regrets. Mrs. Richard Fager was appointed to a teacher’s aide vacancy in the Fleischmanns school. A request for transportatioii from Louis Kole was denied because he is moving out of the school district. A proposal by several fac ulty members represented by Gilbert Palen for increased after hours use of the school by faculty supervised groups was tabled. A report on the vandalism to seven buses and a school car was presented by William Hub- bell, business manager. R a t t l e r K i l l e d Phoenicia, July 20.—A large rattlesnake was killed last week Tuesday at Phoenicia Ski slope near the Woodland Val ley bridge by Ray Johnson. B u s i n e s s P r o p e r t y S o l d i n P i n e H i l l M r.' and Mrs. Seymour of Sheep^ead Bay have moved ta Pine Hill and pur chased the Tony RomaneUi ! property along route 28. They have taken over operation of the Pine Hill liquor store, but leased the continued operation of the service station, gift shop and 'luncheonette to Mr. Ro- manelli. Mr. and Mrs. Sacks have ac quired a two-month-old St. Bernard puppy and are running a contest to name it. The con test is open to anyone, and en try blanks will ibe available at their store. The prizes are a Timex watch and blue jeans, and the winning name will be judged Aug. 6. R o x b u r y B r i g h t e r Roxbury, July 20.—Roxbury village is being given a new look as several buildings in the business section of the town are toeing painted. The Comer Store has ^been painted dark red, trimmed with white. The adjoining post office is in a dark green coat, trimmed with white. The former law office, now Kenneth Ferris’s apart ment house, is being given a new wood-shingle lexterior. Earlier Snegoski’s store was painted dark red, and Bud Gile’s and the former theatre, now David Mimsell’s office, re ceived new exteriors. the vandalism occurred about 4 a.m. as several were awakened by noises then. The 1965 Ford sedan, which was due for replacement but still in operating condition, was made a total wreck. Seven buses standing outside the new bus garage were damaged in varying degrees, including two that had seat cushions slashed. Total damage was calculated at $1,061.70. Other acts of vandalism were reported in the community Sunday night. Garden tools were taken from the Victory store and abandoned near the school, newspapers from the Christian drug store were thrown in the binnekill, and one resident reported harass ment by teenagers. The school bus damage was discovered when school em ployes reported to work Friday morning. Buses inside the garage, including a newly- delivered 48-passenger vehicle, were not harmed. Damage to the sedan includ ed the slashing of four tires with fire axes taken from the buses, windshield wipers broken off, inside and outside mirrors broken off, sun visors broken, shift selector bent, tail pipe and license plate broken off and paint on the trunk deck scratched with an obscenity. In addition the front seat was cut to pieces and torn out of the ^ r , the gas tank was filled ^ith sand, and nine chemfeal fire extinguishers were emptied in the interior and thrown in the back seat. Sixteen seats or seat backs in one 60-passenger bus were slashed and 32 in another. This was the major item of damage, and cost of repair is estimated at $672. A smaller bus contained a deposit of human feces, which had been spread over seats, walls and the windshield. This along with all the other buses hit had its interior sprayed with the fire extinguisher powder, which is corrosive to fittings and controls. First aid kits were taken from two of the buses and emptied and smashed. Several emergency fire axes were also removed. The sedan had a low book value of $200. Other costs are involved in the refilling of the fire extinguishers, replacement of the first aid kits and labor to clean up the mess left by the vandals. G o l f T o u r n a m e n t The seventh annual Delaware county Amateur golfing cham pionship tournament will be held Friday, Saturday and Sun day, July 21, 22 and 23, at the College Club course at Delhi. BUSINESS BUILDINGS sold last week to the National Bank and Trust Company of NorwkU. as a site for its proposed new Margaretvme office. The two buildings presently house the Margaretville Furniture Store. Mr. and Mrs. hsRoy ^ o t t have a l ^ sold their adjacent home on Wabiat\ strefet'to 1be part of bank property. Project is planned for fall of 1973.