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NEWS, Margaretville, N. Y. Thurs., Oct. 26, 1972—Page Three Catskill Mountain News Owned and Operated by Catskill Mt. PublisIiinK Corp. Margaretville, N. Y. 12455 Telephone 914 586-2601 pi ; bmsiied weekly Margaretville, N. Y. 12455 ROSWELL R. SANFORD President and Publisher ALTON Af. WEISS Editor WILLIAM G. EMERSON Shop I'oieman Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation Please address mail to the news paper, not to individuals. Subscriiitions $7.50 per year, except $5 in Delaware, Greene and Ulster counties and Town of Rockland in Sullivan county and Town of Gilboa in •Schoharie county. All subscriptions payable in advance and stopped at expiration. Single copies of current editions wrajijied and mailed, 25c each; old copies, 35c each. We reserve the right to reject copy, either advertising or news. Adver tising rates on application. N e w s T h a t B e c a m e H i s t o r y This October Has Been Reminder Of Similar Weather Decade Ago T e n Y e a r s A g o Oct. 18, 1963 Highmount—Bellcayre Moun tain .ski center ;s to receive a third T-bar to scrvice a Jiew trail. It is expected to be in operation by -January, and when completed, it will replace the la_st of the rope tcvvn.s at ' the center. Mar>;aretville—The village of Margaretville has been the fir.sl to request a hearing on tiie state’s proposal to rebuild parts of routes 28 and 30 and to build a bridge for route 30 across ’the . Howard Davis flat. Plioenicia—The Phoenicia li brary bookmobile service will be ended Saturday because of a lack of funds. Margaretville — Two over loaded cement trucks were de layed more than four horn’s un til parts of the:r cargo were transferred to other vehicles. Trucks to the company, carry ing cement for route 17 con struction have been stopped sev eral times in recent weeks for overload. Halcott Center — The large barn on the Joyce Basilotta farm burned to the ground early Friday morning. This was the largest of four fires which plagued Fleischmanns firemen over a four-day period. Oct. 25, 1962 Grand Gorge —Fires less than 22 hours apart destroyed three barns here. Two burned in the heart of Grand Gorge on the former. Selleck Cronk farm Thursday afternoon, followed by destruction of the Pisano barn a qliarter-mile away Friday af ternoon. A barn and henhouse on the Gielski farm at Delancey were destroyed Monday night. Delhi— A tie vote an the Del aware county board of sui)er- visors defeated a proposal to retouild part of the Denver- Vega road during 1963, ^oxbury —^New ski runs have doi^aled the a r e ^ a t PlaH ^l3^‘'% Mountain ski center. neischmanns — Fleischmanns firemen were called three times in one day to a chimney fire in the same house and to a brush fire in Townsend hollow. Margaret\'ille — Mountain folks awoke Wednesday morn ing to a white landscape, as a good tracking snow had fallen overnight. Fleischmanns — Four Brook lyn teenagers were caught after a foot chase by state police who had been pursuing the stolen car in which che teenagers were riding. The quartet had aban doned the car and fled up Hog mountain after wrecking the vehicle on a turn off route 28 on to the Red K ill road while being pursued by a state police car. T w e n t y Y e a r s A g o Oct. 17, 1952 Dunraven—^The long, active life of Olney Smith, one of Del aware county’s oldest and most active patriarchs, came to an end six months after his 96th birthday. Union Grove —A cow belong ing to Bruce Weaver was killed by a bear arid her newborn calf apparently carried off. Fleischmanns — F 1 e i s c h- manns was without water for several hours after a power failure cut off the large pump and the reservoir ran dry. Andes—The American Agri culturist carried an article on buckwheat written by John R. Tunison, vocational agriculture teacher at Andes ecntral .schot)]. Union Grove—The old iron bridge ever the Barkabocm has been’ given an overhaul by An des town highway forces. Oct. 24, 1962 Margaretville— Area hunters have been successful in bring ing back big game trophies from far away places. Roswell Sanford shot a big moose in Quebec. Frank Tucek brought back an antelope from Wyo ming and a pelt from a 400- pound bear. A. J. Gervais of Dry Brook shot two antelope and two mule deer in Wyoming, and Curtis Burnham of Oliverea also shot a moose in Quebec. The moose meat had to be canned in Canada because of the quarantine on importing caused by an epidemic of hoof and mouth disease. Arkville—The concrete pav ing of route 28 is nearly com pleted, but freezing weather has held up pouring operations for several days. Sections of the new road have already been opened to traffic where the concrete has cured. Roxbury—Sports car drivers an Delaware and Orange coun ties met at the Roxbury hotel to form an organization. Prior to the meeting, 22 cars had taken part In a 113-mile “race'’ in which 30 mph hour was top permitted speed. Margaretville— Dr. Gilbert M. Palen has purchased of Wil liam Frevert the former Brun- dage building on Church street and will occupy it when sev eral changes have been made. F i f t y Y e a r s A g o Oct. 20, 1922 Halcottville — Elder John Clark, one of the county’s lead ing citizens, died at the age of 84. Halcottville — Hundreds of bags of cider apples are being shipped from Halcott\ille. Margaretvifle -- John Gersll left for Detroit Friday to drive home a new Buick coupe pur chased by J. H. Hitt. Arkville—Harrison Todd had a piece of brass gun cap lo- moved from his chin, where it had lodged after a premature explo.sion. Margaretville — First quality winter apples are selling for §1.50 a barrel, and potatoes are at from 7.5 cents to $1 a bushel. Shavertown — Wor’K is pio- gressing rapidiy on the re.sei-- voir for the Shavertown water supply. Oct. 27, 1922 Margaretville — Spurious S5, ■?10 and .?20 bills are being cir culated throughout Delaware and Scuthern Tier counties. Arkville—The Beakes Dairy company has had a large force of v/orkmen employed at the Austin’s Bridge plant, remodel ing and repairing the building. New concrete floors have been laid, a new boiler and all new machinery installed. Margaretville — Town road work was completed for the season Tuesday, the last piece of construction being on the Pink street highway at Kelly Corners. Margaretville — The Marga retville hand will hold its sec ond annual masquerade ball at the old opera house Halloween night. O p e n H o u s e N o v . 1 2 Mr. and Mrs. W illiam Dough erty will have open house from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 12, at their home in New King.ston in honor of their 50th wedding anniversary. B a ■ C A R P E T Acrylic Broadloom 12 and 15 Ft. Wide Plush Pile in Red, Green or Rust REGULARLY PRICED AT $9.95 YD. On Sale at $ 6 . y d . WHILE PRESENT STOCK LASTS D e B a r V s C A R P E T B A R N Bridge St. Margaretville Tel. 586-4519 Keep the Judiciary Out of Politics ELECT PAUL F. EATON County Judge, Surrogate and Family Court Judge DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE Practicing lawyer in Delaware County for more than 35 years. An independent judiciary is our greatest bulwark for freedom. ‘The judiciary belongs to the people ” . . . \No single individual can impose his personal choice of County Judge upon the citizenry of Delaware County.” R i t e s H e l d M o n d a y F o r F . A . E l w o o d F. A. Elwocd, 79, cf Andes died Friday al the J/Iargaret- ville Memorial ho:.pi;.a], where he had bee.n a patient for six v/e::k.^. ilij funeral was held Mon day afternoon at tlie Jester funeral !io;ie in Andes. Rev. R. V. E. V/r'ght. retired pastor G'f the AnJes United Fresby- terian ch’jr.jh, war. the, clergy man. Burial fo’.io’.yed in the Andes cemetery. -Cr. 5.h-oo;l was boi'n June 4, 193, at D„',vnsvilie to .■■athp.n and iVIary I'uHev l^Iwcod. He married Carrie Celle Ti'lch June 4, 1914 at AnJ.es. and she su: vi/,'s !'iim. /iio sui’v‘vin'^ are a sen, Fanal:! IJ'.vc;;.! c:' Ande.s, two grand(.;h:idren, six gi'cel grand- c'liidren and t'.vo '-rnlhers, An derson Flivood cf Oneeo, Fla., and Itaymon.i F’vvoo.l i,;' Ilansas C:!y, i'o . . He Vvas a I'esident cW Ande.s for mcst h's Vie and had .spent many cf his late winters in Florida and -his summers here. Jle vvas a retired con- .struction worker. Lanesville By Mrs. .^lerman Quick Lanesville, Get. L’G Dennis Fenley hns .xcld the I.anesville slcre to Mr. and Ml’S. Charles Benjamin and family. Dennis is spending time with his brother-in-law and sis ter, Mr. and Mrs. William Ghee, at Oceanside, L.I. Later he will visit his brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Lester Fenley, in Florida. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Becker returned home Tuesday after spending five weeks in Ger many. They visited Mr. Beck er’s family and friends in Dus- seldorf. Mr. and ’Mrs. Fred Becker wore Sunday dinner guests of his brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. W alter Becker, at Co.Ysackie. By 5Srs. Wamla Lanzi New Kingston, Oct. 26 Mr. and Mrs. Byron Stoddard ci' Hudson Falls spent Thurs day and Friday of last week with Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Hoy. Mrs. Albert Frank spent the week:'nd v\th i .her father, John Schmitt, and ‘brother, VV’erner S-:h.>nitt. Mrs. W illiam Elliott returned home last Tuesday after spend- ing .several days visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Day, and family in Canan daigua. Mrs. Marion Elliott, who has -cen a'aylng at the home of her son, V/illiam Elliott, >s •‘vC’idi.a^ time with Mrs. Wat- s-n Cline at ilobart. Janice I-’aulkner spent the v.'cckend with Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Nelson and daughter, Suslo, In Llargai'etvilie. Mrs. Leonard Faulkner visit ed. .her sister, Mrs. Richard J.iostert, iuesday at the Delhi J-.csylLaL . Tvlr. and Mrs. Andrew Hinds, • i'a.^nus WiS'tion, 'ihierry Leon ard (;nd Henry Reisner spent the weekend with l\lrs. Hind’s r.3rents, Mr. and l'!rs. Stuart IvIzCartliy, .in Eln.ghamton. The rIcCarthys took the boys to a ro jtball game and toured .Har- pur college. Mr. and Mrs. Hinds attended a musical con cert that her sister took part .in. Randy O’Connor left Oct. 12 from Oneonta by bus to Al bany and then flew to Lake land Air Force base in Texas. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd O’Connor, took him to Oneonta. Mr. and Mrs .Leonard Faulk ner and Mr. land Mrs. David Taylor attended the extension tour dinner at the Lutheran church in Delhi Saturday night. Miss Becky Gray of Albany .spent the weekend with her N e w K i n g s t o n mother, Mrs. Nelson Gray, and family and visited her father Saturday at Walton hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Brickett of Watertown, Conn., were Sat urday guests of the Grays and visited Nelson at the hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd O’Connor and sons, Danny and Eddie, re turned home last Tuesday from Dcston, where they had spent several days with their son-in- law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Michael Sousa, and baby daughter, Jennifer Ann. Mr. and 'Mrs. Robert Dough erty and family of Tully, Mr. and Mrs. W illim a Ransom, and Jeanne Monington of Vail’s Gate and Mr. and Mrs. Bud Eckert and family of Walden spent the weekend with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. W illiam Dougherty. Mr. and Mrs. W il liam Sanford and family of Fleischmanns were Sunday din ner guests of his grandparents. Alfred Wolkenberg of New York city spent the weekend at his heme here. He has had a well drilled by Titan. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Con nell of Bayside were Saturday overnight guests of Mrs. Adri ano Lanzi. Mr. and Mrs. Bur ton Lanzi and daughter, Shara, of Valatie were Saturday B e l l T o l l e d E n d O f C h u r c h H i s t o r y Pine H ill, Oct. 26.—The me morial service held in the Pine H ill Methodist church Sunday evening was well attended. Rev. Ralph Darmstadt brought the farewell message. Mrs. Marion Blish of Red K ill played the organ. Mrs. Richard Fager of Fleischmanns w a s soloist. James Smith Sr. tolled the bell. Among the former members from far away who were pres ent were Mr. and Mrs. Fred D. Cure of Guilderland, Mr. and Mrs. Fred D. Cure Jr. of Al bany and Mr. and Mrs. Clarke Leiching of Port Ewen. guests. Mrs. Frank Wisniewski and son, Kevin, returned home to Walden with her husband Saturday night after spending a week with her mother, Mrs. Lanzi. He came Friday night. Saturday evening guests were Mr. and Mi’s. Alex Kapitko. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Peter Paul and family of Lee Center were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Condon and family. Sunday evening guests were his brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Condon of Bovina. BUC Robert Rosa,, son of Mrs. Mildred Rosa of Shanda- ken, has been cited by his commanding officer and recom mended for reenlistment for his v/ork on projecte being bui^t by the Navy SeaBees on the island of Diego Garcia in the Indian ocean. R o x b u r y W S C S D i s c u s s e s F i n a n c e Roxbury, Oct. 26. — The WSCS cf the United Methodist church met Tuesday evening at the thurch. There was a long discussion on ways and means. Mrs. Bruce Parizo had the program v/hich concerned modern times and what to do with young pecple who;e morals and manners differ from those in which older pecple were reared. Home-made doughnuts and cider and coffee were served by Mrs. Richard Purchell and Mrs. Daniel Underwcod. Mrs. Purchell made the doughnuts. ( j h i e f R o s a C i t e d ♦ * * * * * * * * ENJOY LEISURE UVING AT A LEISURE PRICE FIRESTONE TIRES Batteries, Tubes and Repairs Newest Type Mounting Equipment Open 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Daily 7 to 9 p.m. Monday 7 a.m. to Noon Saturday FEED r -i ■r ' Roxbury, N. Y. 607 326-2911 GREAT BUYS ON ALL J 72’s I IN STOCK J I Buy What’s on the Lot and Save J J HOMES BY ^ AMERICAN PRINCESS CLARION We Have Space Available to Locate Your Trailer We Also Have Trailers on Our Lots for Rent MOORE'S TRAILER SALES & SERVICE PRATTSVILLE, N. Y. 518 - 299 - 3403 • ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ • J C o m e of’i o v e r ! D E A L W I T H 5 T H E E N G I N E C H I E F S ! 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