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i Bookmobile Is Returning On Monthly Basis Bookmobile service to Mar- garetville, Halcottville, Grand Gorge and other Delaware county communities will be re sumed next week after a year without it. The Four-County Library system will operate a once-a-month sei’vice through the first quarter Of the year on the first Thursday in this part of the county and the first Friday in other parts. The first visit to Margaret- ville will be from noon until 3 p. m. Thursday, Jan. 4, at the fire hall parking lot. The book mobile will be at the Halcott ville post office from 3:30 to 5:30 p. m. the same day and at the Grand Gorge village parking lot from 4:30 to 5:30 p. m. Subsequent service will be on Thursday, Feb. 1, and Thursday, March 1. Restoration of funds for the Four-County Library system in the 1973 Delaware county budget passed last month pro vided for the bookmobUe serv ice. The service had been dropped during 1972 because the board of supervisors had voted three times not to in clude such funds in this year’s budget for Delaware county. Staffing the bookmobile are Charles Decker, Barbara Mose- man and Stan Moseman, who were here on previous visits. Besides the three nearby com munities, service has also been restored to East Branch, Ho bart, South Kortright, the Boys' Training school at South Kortright, Davenport, East Meredith and Delancey. Redden Is Honored For Soccer Skills Dan Redden, former Andes central school soccer star, was given honorable mention in balloting by the National Soc cer team. He and a sophomore teammate, Joe Purpura, of MacMurray college in Jackson ville, 111., were selected. Redden has been the Mac Murray team’s leading scorer for the last two seasons. He tallied 11 goals and six assists this season as his team went on to a 9-4-2 record, best in its history, and championship of the Indian-Illinois Collegiate Soccer conference. Redden is the son of Mr. and Mrs. George Red<ten of Andes* i Supervisor Dunn Undergoes Surgery Supervisor Raymond J. Dunn of the town of Shandaken un derwent surgery Friday in Benedictine hospital for remov al of a non-malignent intes tinal growth. He entered the hospital Wednesday and will be there approximately two weeks more. Mr. Dunn had recovered Wednesday to such an extent that he is able to sit up in bed and conduct Shandaken town affairs by telephone. His office is being kept open in Phoenicia during his absence, and town papers are being signed by him at the hospital. A rkville M an Is Granted Extension Craig Schultheis, 22, of Ark ville was granted additional time Tuesday by Town Justice Donald Fenton for arraign ment on a charge of first de gree reckless endangerment. He had requested an adjourn ment to secure counsel follow ing his arrest by state police on Dec. 21. Schultheis is now scheduled for appearance before TJ Fen ton on Jan. 10 and is free on his own recognizance. State police report his arrest came about after receipt of a family complaint a day or two before the arrest. Anderson Brothers Gain Recognition W ., David Anderson of New York city has been promoted to assistant vice president at the Manufacturers - Hanover bank, where he has been employed for several years in the foreign service department. His brother, Lawrence of Binghamton, learned he had been a successful candidate in the New York state bar ex aminations. They are the sons of Sen. and Mrs. Warren Anderson and are well known here, where they have spent many summers. 4-H Ski Program The Catskill ski center in Andes has offered a ski jxro- gram for any Delaware county 4-H members and their fam ilies. It will include a five- week series of lessons, equip ment rentals, and extra lift tickets at reduced group rates. The program will begin on Sat urday, Jan. 6. and continue on Jan. 13, 20, 27 and Feb. 3. *nie 4-H office in Delhi has further information. MCS Came Back In Consolation Win After Loss Margaretville central school took the consolation game in the Downsville holiday basket ball tournament Saturday night, defeating Franklin, 53- 41, after dropping Friday night’s opener to Eldred, 55-49. The host Purple Eagles won their own tournament with a 54-36 win over Eldred after sending Franklin to the conso lation, 47-42. In the Eldred contest MCS started poorly and never caught the Sullivan county school, al though a second half surge made it a close game. Co- Captains Jeff Ormiston and Mel Fuller led the scoring with 17 and 12 points. Bob Balcom, Nagui Halim and Gary Smith completed the scoring. Ormds- ton also had 14 rebounds. Jim Nieke scored 23 for Eldred. The Blue Devils played their best game of the season against Franklin. The Devils started fast and led throughout, oi>en- ing a le^point lead in the third quarter. Ormiston scored 15 points and Balcom 14. Halim added 13. These three teamed with Smith to gain rebounding superiority. Fuller had several key assists to complete the team effort. The MCS overall record is now 2-2 and 1-0 in upper Dela ware league play. Activity be gins ageiin with league games on Jan. 5 at home with Hunter- Tannersville and at Gilboa Jan. 9. This OS a makeup of the Dec. 15 game postponed by poor road conditions. Downsville placed three men on the all-tourney team includ ing Steve Hutchinson, who was voted outstanding player. Other Eagles were Lorin Campbell and Terry Townsend. Rounding out the squad were Harry Hutzler of Eldred and Bob Balcom of MCS. November Price Is $6.87 for M ilk New York, Dec. 28.—A uni form farm price of $6.87 per hundredweight for November milk deliveries will be paid to pool handlers under the New York-New Jersey marketing orders. The uniform price was $6.97 in October and $6.43 in November 1971. The butterfat differential was 8 cents for each tenth of a pound of fat aboye or below 3.5 per cent. .^11 i>rices quoted are for Jury Lists Drawn For January Court A list of jurors drawn for the January term of Supreme Court in Delaware county to begin Jan. 2 includes the fol lowing names from this area. Grand jurors will report at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 3, and trial jurors will report at 10 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 4. Grand jurors include Mrs. Leonard Cairns of Bovina Cen ter, Julia Cantwell of Marga retville, Helen Davis of Grand Gorge, Pangbum Gray and Flossie A. Stevens of Downs ville, Virginia Lutz of Roxbury and Constance Woodin of Andes. Trial jurors include Helen Avery of Fleischmanns, Eliza beth Cole, Freda Dowie, Bar bara Firment, Charles Hinz, Lillian McLean, Elsie Skov- sende and Wallace Turnquist of Andes, Diana Halpem of Mar garetville, William Inman of Bovina Center and Richard Nelson of Downsville. Methodist Women Packed Yule Gifts Roxbury, Dec. 28. — The United Methodist women met Tuesday evening at the Meth odist church basement. A Christmas skit was given. Sev eral people read paragraphs concerning the gifts of Christ mas, such as peace, joy, music, excellence and spirit of help fulness, while placing small symbols of these things on the altar. The largest part of the eve ning was spent packing Christ mas boxes to cheer five elderly couples or single people of the community who are no longer able to be out to meetings. The 12 members present decorated boxes in Christmas paper which were then filled to bursting with gifts, cookies, pie, jelly, fruit and miscellaneous things. Mrs. Marjorie Lutz had charge of the programs. An other game was played after the boxes were filled, with the lights off, everyone drew a pic ture of Santa. The result was not exactly Picaso-dike. Mrs. Elma Brower was judged to have given the best. There were Christmas re freshments of ice cream in the shape of Santa or Christmas tree, and Christmas cookies. Mrs. Richard Lutz and Mrs, Leland Fanning were the com mittee. milk at 3.5 per cent butterfat received within the 281-210 zone from New York city. DR. E. C. KELLY 269 SOUTH HAIN AVE. ALBANY, M.Y., 12208 CATSKILL MOUNTAIN NEWS N07. 197: Vol. 110—26 10 Pages—2 Sections MARGARETVILLE, N. Y., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1972 Published Weekly Second-Class Postage PaM at Margaretville. N. Y. 12455 15c Copy $7.50 Year Power ‘Switched^ By State Authority The New York State Power Authoritl has increased the al locations of power for the Del aware County Electric Cooper ative, Inc., and 14 other co operatives and municipal pow er systems in the state. The 25,000 kilowatts necessary to increase these allocations are being withdrawn from the New York State Electric and Gas Corp., Niagara-Mohawk and Rochester Gas and Electric Corp. The Delaware County Coop allocation is being increased from 5,000 to 5,400 kilowats to help cover needs through the winter of 1973-1974. One Driver Cited In Head-on Crash One driver was given a sum mons, but no one was injured as a result of a head-on collision on route 28 at Mount Pleasant shortly before noon Saturday. Benjamin D. Wojiechowski, 59, was cited for failure to yield the right of way and is to ap pear before Shandaken Town Justice George Kirk. State police of the Kingston station investigated and report ed that Wojiechowski, traveling easterly on route 28, was at tempting a left turn off that highway on the Miller road west of the Esopus creek bridge. In doing so he entered the path of a van being driven westerly by Eli Nivin, 25, of Boiceville. Two Places Sold Roxbury, Dec. 21.—The for mer Preston house in Hubbell Comers was sold to Mr. and Mrs. Harold Peters, who had also previously purchased the Log Cabin. The Gilligan house on upper Main was sold to Mr. and Mrs. John Zrake and fam ily of Orange, N. J. Both sales were by the Safeiwiy < Real Es tate ot Roxbui-y. ' Delaware Dogs Must Be Tied Til April 15 A quarantine on dogs has been imposed for the fourth consecutive winter in Delaware county. The order, issued Fri day by the New York State commissioner of agriculture and markets with the concur rence of the commissioner of environmental conserv a t i o n, states that dogs must be “se curely confined” until April 15 to prevent deer depredation. The order becomes effective 24 hours after publication of the notice, which is in Dela ware county papers being cir culated today, Thursday. It provides that any dog at large and pursuing or harass ing deer in violation of the order may be killed on sight by any peace officer or any game protector. Dogs accoip- panied by and under control of their owners are not deemed to be at large. A d u lt Courses at NCOC A re O ffered The Northern Catskills Oc cupational center in Grand Gorge will oiffer a variety of aludt education courses begin ning Jan. 9. Arrangements for these courses can be made by calling the center dn Grand Gorge [between 8:30 a. m. and 4 p. m. Courses scheduled for win ter months are: auto mechan ics for women, auto mechanics for men, (bookkeeping, calcu lators and office use, electric ity, oil burner repair and serv ice, small gas engine repair and welding. Persons inter ested in a course not listed may make a request. The minimum number to operate a class is 10 people. Additional information is available at local schools. Trum an Mourning Delays This News The national day of mourn ing for former President Harry S. Truman was declared for today, Thursday, by President Nixon. Since post^ service is closing, along with other gov ernmental offices, mail sub scribers may not receive this issue at their accustomed times. Efforts were made to achieve as much distribution as pos sible Wednesday night and Thursday morning to normal newsstand outlets, but with post offices closed, some mail deliveries cannot be made un til Friday. Christmas Busy Tim e at School Phoenicia, Dec. 28.—The an nual Phoenicia elementary school Christmas program was held on Dec. 21. This year’s operetta, entitled “M e r r y Christmas, Mr. Snowman,” supported by the chorus, band and orchestra numbers coordi nated by Richard Blish, was part of many of the Christmas activities at the school. Mrs. Gladys Plate and her cadet teacher. Miss Rose Mary Kelly, supervised the school’s window decorations. Class parties, gift exchanges, etc. took place on Thursday after noon .with help from the room mothers. The morning kinder garten had its party on Wed nesday. Parents of the after noon kindergartners were in vited to bring their children to the Christmas program Thurs day morning. The evening of Dec. 19 the PTA sponsored caroling by the chorus and Girl Scouts. The group was taken by bus to lo cations in the area where there are elderly i)eople or \shut- ins.” Following the caroling, the PTA served refresliments at the school. Nurse-teacher Mrs. Marian Clark, arranged the Christmas baskets for several needy fam- Belleayre Had Weekend Size Midweek Crowd One to two inches of snow, which fell on most areas as light rain Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, turned the tide for Christmas week skiers at Belleayre Mountain ski cen ter. Superintendent Nelson Sears reported that skiets crowded to the center Wednes day in numbers comparable to a normal weekend. The center was in full opera tion, with all equipment in use. Although Belleayre had been in daily operation since Dec. 16, skiing had been limited mostly to the upper slopes as rain and thawing temperatures ate away what snow cover had been accumulated since early No^ vember. Mr. Sears said that there had been a \moderate” Christmas day crowd, and that Wednesday had produced the first \good” crowd of the young season. With the new snow, he was able to upgrade skiing reports from \fair” on Tuesday to \fair-to> good” Wednesday. There will be an engineer from the installing company at Belleayre next week Wednes day to run tests on the new snovwnaking equipment. When this is put into operation, the center will be less dependent on precipitation as long as there are freezing temperatures and adequate water in the reservoir. Nagui Life Scout The data on Regents scholar ship winner Nagui Halim in last week’s New's referred to him as an Eagle Scout. This should have been Life Scout. ilies. The PTA provided for a visit from Santa to the school on Thursday. He distrbiuted candy canes to all the children. January To June Capsule Reflections On What Made News During First Half Of 1972 JANUARY Jan. 6—Burglars made off with $2,000 in drugs and goods at the Gordon pharmacy in the third burglary at Phoenicia in less than a month. Jan Gillespie is on her way back to Aus tralia after a year as exchange student at Margaretville central school. Thieves made off with much of the furniture and other things saved from the disas trous Belleayre Mountain Lodge fire last week. Death claimed Reginald O. Todd, retired cat tleman and one of the tovm of Hardenburgh’s foremost busi nessmen and civil servants. Snow, sleet and slop caused many accidents. Saturday win dow service has been halted at the Margaretville post office. Jan. 13 —^The annual Christ mas project brightened the holiday for nearly 300 persons in the community. Dr. Gilbert M. Palen imderwent open heart surgery Monday, \nie Dela ware coimty board of supervis ors turned down for the third time a request for $10,000 to help support the Four-County library bookmobile. Growth of the Margaretville Telejrfione company has been at triple tlie national average in the last two years. The Wynkoop phar macy in DownsviHe has been sold to Mr. and Mrs. Francis Zuill. Herman Gottfried was elected a director of the Deak National Bank of Fleischmanns. The town of Shandaken has be gun a move to have two more councibnen replace the town justices as members of the town board. Jan. 20— ^Two-year-old Carl Brewster died in an explosion and flames that enveloped the trailer home of his grandpar ents in Mount Tremper. 'Riree snowmaking machines stolen last week from Belleayre Moun tain ski center were recovered at a private ski center near Highland. Comptroller Arthur Levitt, speaddng before the Delaiware County Chamber of Commerce, warned of further fiscal problems for all local governments. Tlw Margaret ville central school quiz team lost its contest on Channel 6 TV against Chatham central school. Jan. 27— The economy of the area has been dealt a harsh blow by the closing ot tije bat factory at Arlnrflle and ahowless wint«r tliat has pre vented notmal use tiie ski centers. Veteran employes of the Margaretville Memorial hospital were honored at the first recognition dinner. The Margaretville Telephone com pany has offered debentures to the public for the first time in its history dn order to finance an expansion program. Ulster county voters soundly defeated a proposal for $7.5 million in bonds to build a new BOCES center. FEBRUARY Feb. 3 — The Middletown board of assessors wHl receive and review applications from aged persons for partial real estate tax relief. Assemblyman Edwyn E. Mason has announced that he will seek election as state senator in the new dis trict to be created to cover Delaware and several adjacent counties. Feb. 10—The large vacation home o(f Howard Schaedes on a remote stretch of the Mill- brook- Dry Brook road was destroyed by fire Monday af ternoon. A garage on the Ken neth Johnson property was destroyed, but Roxbury firemen saved the house. The Depart ment of Environmental Conser vation reported that 60 bears were shot in the Catskills last hunting season. A chain -of stolen and abandoned autos, ranging from Massachusetts to Fleischmanns, was snapped when officers captured two teenagers as they attempted to flee on foot from the fourth vehicle near Delhi. Mrs. Mal vina Stahl was appointed to fill the vacancy on the Middle town board of assessors left by her husband. Feb. 17—^The New Panhans hotel in Fleischmamis became the latest viclHm of the series of destructive fires in the area when it was destroyed early Tuesday afternoon. A 12-year- old Bearsvllle boy is back in school after recovering from injuries suffered in all attack by a tiger which had broken its chain in the yard of a Bo vina farm he had been visiting. Regents scholarships were won by 25 area }ugh scho^i). stu dents. JoAnn Sidorowi(K, an Andes central school student, lost her English ckss papers w h ^ they were eaten ty th« fafflffy pet goat. Mr. and Mrs. Walter M « ritt have s61d *tsute 28 motel to Mr. and M n. Fm iik Nicbob of Long Wind and heavy rains S u a ^ caused flatlands in Halcott to flood from melting snow. Feb. 24—Political jockeying has begun with the announced realignment of state senate and assembly districts, which split Delaware county for the first time. The town of Colchester has received its first $12,559 from New York city toward the plowing of city highways around the reservoir for the last 10 years. An unoccupied house trailer in the Pantherkill area of Woodland Valley was destroyed by fire Monday af ternoon. Jean-Claude Killy, former Olympic gold medal champion skier, spent the week end in Roxbury. New life was given to the Central Catskills association as officers were elected to guide the revived organization. Belleayre Moim- tain ski center had the best skiing of the winter over the weekend. The Margaretville school board will seek voter approval of a $96,016 bond is sue to complete equipment for the new additions to the school buildings. MARCH March 2 — Delaware county Republicans have steirted their plans for a Lincoln day dinner to be held in April or later. Belleayre Mountain ski center had the biggest weekend crowds in its history despite the snowstoim that tied up travel Saturday; the best ski ing of the season was Sunday. An electric drill being used to install a telephone line hit a wire and caused a fire that damaged tiie Morton Scudder house. March 9—The New York State Power authority reports it has found feasible plans for a second pumped-storage power project in the Schcrfiarie valley. Margaretville firemen have voted to purchase new uniforms for the department. March came in like a lamb with tem perature of 65 degrees Wed nesday afternoon. March 16—^The mayor and all village board posts wiU be on the ballot in Fleischmanns voting Tuesday. Margaretville central school was eliminated from the basketball sectionals with a 70-55 loss to Davenport, while Andes and Roxibury went on to ttie semi-finals wltji vic tories oyer Lfiurens and Mount Upton, respectively. School tax reiitf, rip to 50 per cent re duction in assessment, will be availaible to a score of town of Middletown residents next year. A car found burning atop SMde mountain had been identified as stolen dn New York city. March 23—^Fleischmanns vot ers rejected write-ins and elected Murray Mayes mayor and four nominated trustee can didates in the largest turnout in several years. A March lightning bolt damaged two structiu-es at ArkviMe, but neither caught fire. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Kelly, former Margaretville residents, died the same day in Florida. Rox bury defeated Andes for the Class D sectional crown. Fleischmanns and Margaretville Boy Scouts walked off with top honors as a district first aid meet at Delhi. The Blen- helm-Gilboa power project is reported near 85 per cent com pletion. Belleayre received 132 inches of snow this season and set a record in financial re ceipts, but had a poor skiing season as most of the snow was washed away soon after fall ing. Roxibury and Hobart Ro tary clubs had a joint meeting to celebrate their 25th anniver saries. U. S. Senator Robert A Taft of OMo has been named as speaker for the GOP Lin coln day dinner. A bungalow in the Dutcher colcaiy at Fox hollow was damaged in an early morning fire. Mr. and Mrs. Willis Tremper have sold their store in the town of An des to Mr. and Mrs. LinsoJn Abrams; the Trempers have purchased the LeRoy Tweedie home near Margaretville. March 30—T^e fonner Mtm- ro house at Highmount, being remodeled for use as a luxury motel, was lost to fire Wednes day morning. Rojdjury Run Corp. expects to undertake a project in the Denver vaUey to build 500 tovm house units. Donors gave 76 pints of blood at a Red Cross bloodmobile visit to Margaretville. APRIL April 6—^There were no ob jections at the hearing at the Roxbury fire hall to the pro posed Rox!bury Riin housing de velopment. A Mount Marion man was arrested after a high speed chase that began when he rammed* a car with his truck in Mount Tremper, tiien fired several shots, ,wh4ch hit a house and car near Beechford farms. 'Kie $96,016 bend prop osition for MCS was defeated by four votes. The first grass fire of the year was near the Margaretville Agway store, where speurks blew into the grass from a bonfire. Six area young persons were arrested in two incidents for having mari juana in their pt^session. April 13—^The first annual maple festival in Fleischmanns drew an estimated 1,500 per sons. Trooper Glen George es caped without major injury when his patrol car rolled off route 30 as he sought to avoid three deer. Linden Gregory of Roxbury was elected to the Board of Cooperative Educa tional Services. The A n d ^ central school board has grant ed tax relief, up to 50 per cent on assessment, to qualified elderly persons. April con tinues to act more like January than January as additional snowfalls, each 3-5 inches, blanketed the area FWday and Tuesday. Ten-year-old Nicho las Loiacono of Phoenicia was bitten on the finger by a wild raccoon. The Salem central school band will give a concert with the Margaretville school band at MCS Friday dn return for a concert MCS students gave in Salem a week ago. The Paradise hotel in Pine Hill has gone down to wreckers’ ham mers and its rubble has been burned. An overheated furnace forced evacuation of tenants of the Margaretville M a s o n i c building at 2 a. m. Tuesday, but there was no fire. The town of Shandaken will mark its 168th anniversary with an exhibit at the Phoenicia library dxiring the last week in ApriL April 20—Graduation exer cises were held for nine new nurses aides at Margaretville Memorial hoS'pital. A bam housing 65 pigs and a horse was destroyed at Mount Tremper, al<Mig with most of the animals. Richard J. Farley was sworn in as acting Delaware county judge. The Andes central school tennis team includes girls for the first time. Mar garetville central school is fielding four varsity spring sports teams. New York Sec retary of State John P. Lomen- zo urged that Delaware county try to retain its rural character when he spoke at a Chamber of Commerce dinner at Kass Inn. Onteora central schools has a budget of ^,232,561 for the comntog sdiooi year. April 27—-A record number of Republicans heard Sen. Rob ert A. Taft at the Delaware county Lincoln day dinner at Kass Inn. Andes central school district voters will be asked to decide on a $140,000 bond for school and heating equipment repairs and improvements. Two Brooklyn women were given a choice of cleaning up a stream bank, which they cMd to avoid arrest for throwing litter along the Esopus. Nine members have been appointed by the Legislature and Gov. Rocke feller to a Catskill Study Com mission, and local members in clude Roswell R. Sanford, At torney Scott Greene and Attor ney Robert Bishop. MAY May 4—Senior Conservation Officer Bryan Burgin of Mar garetville was elected first, president of the North Ameri can Hunter Training Coordin ators association at its con vention in Seattle. Three MCS juniors, Denise McLean, JoAnn Mariotti and Lisa Weiss, Robin Prout of Roxbury central school and Principal and Mrs. Richard Dillon of MCS have returned from a two^week study tour in Italy. A load of trash on Nor man DuMond’s truck had to be dumped when it caught fire. Dr. Samuel Rabinowitz, a long time simuner r e s i d e n t of Fleischmanns, will begin prac tice here for part of each year. Friendship Manor in Pine Hall has been seized by agents of the Internal Revenue Service. May 11—^The largest turnout in six votes finally approved a $96,000 school bond, 438-297, to finish MCS repairs and al terations. Safecrackers made off with $7,300 in an overnight foray at Wadler Bros, in Fleischmanns. The large old bam on the Jay Gould birth place farm in West Settlement at Roxbury was destroyed by fire, but all the cattle were saved. Life members of the Margaretville Memoricil hospi tal were told at their annucd meeting that the sharp dropoff in maternity cases is affecting hospital finances. Neal Fors- man of Arkville, an Albany po liceman, was accidentally wounded by the discharge of the revolver of a fellow officer,, An Ulster county Manpower crew has been cutting and burning brush along streams in the town of Shandaken. Mrs. Peggy £^an, the mother 6f As- semiblyman Claink Bell, was killed in a three-car accident outside Kingston, and Bemard Ladenheim of Margaretville was injured in the same crash. May 18—^The National Honor society chapter at MCS induct ed 13 new, members. New Kingston Valley Granger James Hosier and members of the Grange orchestra won honors at the regional talent contest Saturday at Schenevus. The MCS drama club presented the musical \Mame” for two nights. The McGonegal Comer store at Dunraven has been sold to Mr. and Mrs. A1 Volk of Smith- town, L. I. The town of Shan daken is caught between a state-county hassle over respon sibility for a former section of route 28. Walt Odell, former village clerk, wiU be Margaret ville policeman during the sum mer. The U. S. Olympic white water race team is expected to be at the Phoenicia Rotary club races on the Esopus next month. May 25 — Patricia KeWer, Greg Mathis and Carol Smith have been named the top seniors in the MCS graduating class. The Margaretville Teach ers association and the MCS boeird of education have ratified a two-year contract. Paul Ludewig of Fleischmanns has contracted to purchase the On teora theater from Mr. and Mrs. Sam Davis. Two truck loads of recycling material were collected over the weekend in a town of Shandaken drive. JUNE June 1—Andes central school voters gave big OKs to two bond proposals for school heat ing and lighting system im provements. The Public Serv ice Commission has aw>roved the sale of debentures by the Margaretville Telephone Co. Nude bathers are back in town of Shandaken streams, renew ing a pereraiial problem for police officials. The Shandaken town board has rejected a pro posed law for the regulaticai of trailers and trailer parks. A two-year-old Flushing boy was seriously injured when he fell from a moving car and was run over by a followdng vehicle in front of spectators for .the Memorial day parade. Tom Barrett is Andes rti««senta- tive to Boys State. Craig Smith of Pine Hill wai bitten on his left hand, arm anfi toot 'frying to break up a fight Jtme 8 -^Mary Jo Savold of Roxbury weis crowned Delaware county dairy princess. A cut back in services and personnel will fail to halt an increase in school taxes. Rev. David J. Bach preached his farewell ser mon Sunday at the Jay Gould Memorial Reformed church in Roxbury. White water races at Phoenicia drew a near record crowd Saturday and Sunday. June 15—^All school proposals passed at Andes, Roxbury and Margaretville, but the stormy MCS meeting did not end until nearly 1 a.m. A consulting firm has found that neither an expressway nor a primary two- lane highway woxild be economi cally feasible through a north- south corridor, which would include Delaware county. A drug raid at the Margaretville village pavilion netted four young persons, and a fifth was arrested a day later. The top Andes seniors are Kenneth Engel and Miken Chappell. The board of directors of Margaret ville Memorial hospital hopes to keep the obstetrics unit open until Jan. 1. Edward Raeder is Roxbury central school choice for Boys State. June 22—Attorney Malcolm Hughes carried Roxbury and Middletown, but lost the GOP primary for Delaware county judge to Richard Farley, who is serving by appointment. Dr. Frank Cyr was honored as Delaware county “Citizen of the Year” by the county Chamber of Commerce. Chris Williams is the MCS representative for Boys State. The new kinder garten room at Margaretville central school was vandalized over the weekend with more than $600 damage. Summer came Wednesday, but it did not end the rain. 'The New York State Electric and Gas Corp. has started work on a new sub station and a rebuilt distribu tion system to serve the Mar- garetville-Arkville area. June 29—^The Catskills were spared much of the devastation of Hurricane Agnes, with the only flooding being reported in small streams dn Shandaken. Vandals caused $6,000-$8,000 damage to a house in the Oli- verea valley while the owners were away. Margaretville fire men-have opened their annual carnival for five days. An in- c r e ^ o £ ^ i;^ ly 5 ^ ,0 0 0 has been reoordeo in t)ie aasessable tax base in the tdwn of Middte- town.
