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MCS Names Task Force To Plan Career EdiKatkm A task force committee of six faculty members has been es tablished at Margaretville cen tral school with the aim of bringing a workable program for career education into the school system. A citizens ad visory committee has also been formed of local businessmen to aid in promoting community involvement in the program, and this committee will hold its first meeting Thursday, Feb. 1. Faculty members of the task force are Howard Gibbs, guid ance director, Richard Dillon, curriculum coordinator, Richard NCOC Students Earn Food Medals Food service students at the Northern Catskills Occupation al center received awards for their achievements at a pre- Christmas buffet luncheon they held for members of the Deer- slayer chapter of the American Culinary federation. The stu dents had submitted their en tries in a culinary art exhibit and contest at Cooperstown in November. Winning students were Don ald Small of Margaretville cen tral school, Edwin Conran of Andes central school, Helen Clark, Diane Potter and Kyle Snyder of Gilboa-Conesville cen tral school, Loretta Usher of Grand Gorge central school and Ray Clinton of Hunter-Tanners- ville central school. They re ceived medals. . Guests at the luncheon in cluded Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Small of New Kingston, Mrs. Margaret Usher of Grand Gorge, Raymond Schoeberlein, NCOC director, and Robert Preston, NCOC occupational guidance coordinator. D r. Ansari Lectures On Cardiac Care Dr. Masood Ansari of Mar garetville 'began a series of lec tures for nurses on specialized cardiac care Thursday night at Fox Memorial hospital in One- onta. Present from this area were Miss Joann Steele, RN, director of nurses at Margaretville Me morial hospital, Mrs. Helen George, RN, of Arkville and Mrs. Judy Green, RN, of Rox- bury. Tucker, L i n d a Hutchinson, Susan Fiedler and Louise Lang. The group held its first meeting Dec. 20. Overall coordinator is Mrs. Carol Reisinger, who is work ing out of the Board of Co- , operative Educational Services in Stamford. She and members of the MCS task force will attend a workshop on career education Jan. 29, 30 and 31 at State University College at Oneonta. The career education program is aimed at helping all individ uals to appreciate the dignity of work, beginning with early childhood. It seeks to focus on the learner’s career choice from his earliest days of schooling M rs. M attice Ends Law O ffice Years Roxbury, Jan. 4.—Mrs. Mar ian E. Mattice retired from her work in the office of Attorney Herman Gottfried in Margaret ville on Friday and was hon ored by a farewell party at the office that afternoon. She had worked there seven years. Mrs. Mattice, then Miss Mar ian Frisbee, first came to Rox bury from Delhi in 1926 to work in the Golden Seal office in Roxbury. While at the Golden Seal she met and was married to George B. Mattice of Roxbury. After the Golden Seal closed in 1930, she continued as sec-' retary to the late Arthur F. Bouton and upon his retire ment and death, she continued with Ives and Craft as long as they lived. For a short time she served as secr«^tary at Roxbury central school, but the most of her life was spent as a lawyer’s secretary. About 25 years ago she began com muting to Margaretville, where she worked at the office of Attorney Layman Snyder until his death, when she began working for Attorney Gott fried. Altogether, she has worked in law offices for 47 years. She has paused briefly to raise four children, who are now grown and married. Her husband, George B. Mattice, retired from his work as Kirkside care taker a few years ago. Now, she says, she ceu i do all the things she always dreamed of being able to do and enjoy. and on through college. It exposes the student to a wide range of career choices, but does not bind him permanently to one. One of the prospects of the program is for high school stu dents to spend a day at a time in different occupational fields in which he may have an inter est, working with a person directly in a business or pro fession. Where possible and desirable, a work-study program might be set up, whereby a student is in school in the morning and works during the afternoon. A larm Malfunction A malfunction in the fire alarm system, possibly from accidental tripping, caused Mar garetville firemen to res{x>nd to a call to Margaretville Me morial hospital shortly before noon Thursday of last week. There was no fire. The hospi tal and school alarm systems automatically trip the village siren and cause it to keep blowing until manually cut-off. Hence, there were many cycles of the siren for the non-exist ent fire. County Park Plans Begun in Ulster Phoenicia, Jan. 4.—The Ul ster county legislature voted unanimously at its final 1972 meeting to appropriate S5,000 for prepai'ation of a plan to convert the county farm prop erty at New Paltz into a coun ty park. The legislators also voted to have two full time election commissioners instead of two part time with an administra tive assistant. Edvidn F. Cal lahan, who had been adminis trative assistant, was named the Republican commissioner, and John J. Hogan was named Democratic commissioner. The legislature also turned, down a proposal to add funds for public libraries and the As sociation for Retarded children to the 1973 budget, using fed eral revenue-sharing money, and to become a party of in terest in any future water sup ply takings affecting the Wall- kill river. Conservation Men To Patrol Streams Forest rangers and conserva tion officers in Delaware and eight other counties of Region 4 of the Environmental Con servation Department have been trained to work as field in spectors in the department’s stream protection program. Effective Jan. 1, they have the day-to-day responsibility of preventing possible environ mental damage from construc tion projects. Conservation Officer Earl Washburn of Roxbury will have the responsibility for such pa trols in the toviTis of Roxbury and Middletown in Delaware county and Halcott in Greene county. Forest Ranger Lester Rosa of Arkville will have the responsibility for Andes. Cov ering Hamden, Bovina, Delhi and Stamford will be Conser vation Officer James Ponzio of Delhi, and Forest Ranger Ed ward Hale of Downsville will patrol Colchester and Walton. The work will be in addition to their regular law enforce ment and ranger duties. SS Visits Listed Social security representa tives will continue their visits to Margaretville during the first quarter of 1973,- They vwll be at the town building from 10:30 a.m. until 2 p.m. on the second and fourth Thursdays, Jan. 11 and 25, Feb. 8 and 22 and March 8 and 22. The employe tax rate on earnings up to $10,800 became 5.85 per cent on Jan. 1. Group to Petition To End V iet W a r A group of citizens con cerned about bombing of North Vietnam met at the United Methodist church in Margaret ville last week Wednesday eve ning. Plans were made for a drive to obtain signatures on a petition, copies of which will be sent to President Nixon, Senators and Congressmen, urging them to do all in their power to refuse further ma terials and manpower for the war. There was also discus sion with regard to future peace vigils or parades. Another meeting will be held at 8 p. m. Monday, Jan. 8, at the church. CATSK MOUN DH. E. C, KELLY 269 SOIHH HAIM AVE, ALBANY, 12208 NOV. 1973 NEWS Vol. 110—27 10 Pages—2 Sections MARGARETVILLE, N. Y., THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1973 Published Weekly Second-Class Postage Paid at Margaretville. N. Y. 1245'i 15c Copy $7.50 Year New Year Heat Washes Away Weekend Skiing If New Year’s day had been as cold as many of the moun tain Memorial days, the skiing at Belleayre Mountain ski cen ter might have survived the holiday weekend. However, the center was forced to close down at 10 a. m. Sunday, when the heavy rain and warm wind wiped out the remaining snow. New Year’s day was bright and sunny, however, and warm breezes made it pleasant to be outdoors if one were not an avid skier or snowmobiler. Temperatiu-es, w h i c h had pushed at 60 through the week end, broke the 70 barrier in sheltered, sunny areas. Belleayre remained closed during the week. A light dust ing of snow Tuesday was not enough to restore skiing, and the snowmaknig equipment was not in full operation. Tests of snowmaking equip ment were being conducted Wednesday by the installer. On hand to observe were Ger ald Buyce and Robert Norton of the Environmental Conser vation office at Albany. Good Skiing Gone Roxbury, Jan. 4.—The Platte- kill Ski center had an exc^ent day Saturday with about 500 skiers, and Friday was also an excellent day, because of a snowstorm a few days previous ly. The temperature went up, and a rain came and washed the snow away, so there was no skiing Sunday. Roxbury W oman’s K in Die in Quake Roxbury, Jan. 4.—Mrs. J. Harold Kelly at last received word New Year’s Eve that her brother, Robert Mayorga, sur vived the Nicaraguan earth quake with his family. He had a broken nose and a few cuts and bruises, but he and his family are alright although their house collapsed and W£ ls burned. Three of Mrs. Kelly’s cous ins were killed in the earth quake. One of th^m visited her here last summer. She ran outside her home, but another building fell on her. Mrs. Kelly received letters from these cousins before they were killed. Town Team Splits Holiday Contests The Margaretville town bas ketball team raised its record to 2-2 with a w'eekend split of games with Delhi and Hobart Inn. Margaretville defeated Hobart, 128-91, but lost to Delhi Tuesday night, 111-91. In the Delhi contest. Bill Mokay and Reynolds paced the winners, (with 30 and 29, re spectively, while Mike George had 22 nad John Van Benscho- ten, 21 for Margaretville. Geoi^e Griffin garnered scor ing honors against Hobart with 41, while George had 30 and Van Benschoten 22. Other scores in the winning cause came from iMick Bohan, 12; John Slade, 13, and Rick Fors- man, 10. Mack Decker had 32 and Tim Kelso 24 for the losers.' Margaretville’s next home game is Tuesday night, Jan. 9, against Franklin at the MCS gym. Hospital Board Decides To Put In Cardiac Unit In Place Of Obstetrics A coronary care unit will be established at Mar garetville Memorial hospital and a training program for nursing personnel will begin “without delay.” The action was voted Tuesday Police Investigate Andes Break-ins state police are investigating burglaries in summer homes in the town of Andes. Foodstiiffs and a white clock radio are re ported missing from the homes of Gordon Baum on the John Czech road and Rebecca Lans ing on the Huggins hollow road. The break-ins were discovered by the owners when they came for the holidays. Neither had been occupied since early December. Rene R. Urutia of Fleisch- manns was arrested for public intoxication Monday and com mitted overnight to the Dela ware county jail. Arraigned the next day before Town Jus tice Sollie Darling, he pleaded guilty and was given a condi tional discharge. Parents to Meet The middle school i)arents giaild will meet at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 11, in the cafe teria at Margaretville central school. The topic will be “Priorities for Middle School Students.” night at a special meeting of the board of directors, which also voted to close the hospital’s obstetrics unit as of March 1. The space now occupied by the obstetrics unit will be put to use for the coronary care unit. Necessary equipment and! facilities will be provided. The cardiac unit is felt to be an urgent need for the community. The vote to close the obste trics unit was taken after months of appraisal of state Department of Health recom mendations and auditor’s find ings. Emergency deliveries will continue to be handled at the hospital, and it is expected that gynecological services will be continued. At the annual meeting of the life members of the hospital in May, 55 births were reported for the previous year. The figure for 1972 is 51, which shows a continual decline from the 68 births in 1970. At the same meeting it was brought out that there are 4^4 times more obstetrical facilities in the county than births. The closing follows a trend set by many of the smaller hospitals throughout the state. July To December Capsule Reflectkms Made News During tost Half Of 1972 JULY July 6—Fleisclimanns firemen halted a water-heater fire that threatened the New Arling ton motel complex. Margaret- viHe firemen concluded five days of a rainy carnival, but matched their financial take of previous years. Shandaken has passed a watered-down ver sion of its town trailer ordin ance. The Margaretville vil lage board has passed an or dinance prohibiUng loitering in the village park after 10 p. m. An auction at the for mer Reuben Smith house earned $2,000 for the Marga retville United Presbyterian church. Fred Baessler hit a hole-in-one at the Kass golf course. July 13—The National Bank and Trust company of Norwich has acquired the Margaretville Furniture store building and residence of its proprietor, Roy Scott, as the site of a new bank, construction of which is to begin in the fall of 1973. Valerie Coletti, 13, was seri ously injured wheq hit by a car in Arkville. The three re maining covered bridges in Delaware county are in jeop ardy if they are not taken out of service, warns Highway Su perintendent Richard Lanigan. Rev. Arthur Paul DeMotte has been invited to become new pastor of the Andes United Presbyterian church. The New Kingston Valley Grange has formed an orchestra that has won several competitions. The new village s?mmming pool has been opened in Fleischmanns. July 20—Seven MCS buses were damaged to varying de grees and a school car totally destroyed by vandals. The Roxbury centrM school board accepted a bid of $3,256.77 for sale of the former Vega school- house. George Magliocco of Arkville was killed in a truck accident at Boiceville, and Mrs. Emma BamhEirt of Bovina Cen ter was killed dn a one-car accident near Merddale. John FitzSimmons and Carroll Van Benschoten were injured when an elevator fell at the Herrick funeral home, and William Conlon of Margaretville lost parts of a finger in a drilling rig accident. St. James Epis copal church at Lake Delaware is marking its 50th anniver sary of the laying of its cor nerstone. A large rattlesnake was killed at the Phoenicia ski slope. July 27 — Lightning struck the barn of Mrs. Malbel White in Meeker hoUow, and it bxirned to the ground in minutes. Van dalism in a Margaretville home led to the arrest of three teen age boys and cleared up the two recent destructive cases at Margaretvlle central school. Mrs. Katharyn Dickson, last postmaster of Arena, died after a long illness. AUGUST Aug. 3—Railroading in the Catskills wiill become a mem ory by the end of autumn un less enough protests are made before Aug. 12 to the Penn Centred’s application to aban don its last 83.6 miles. Dr. C. Ray Huggins has announced that he will end his quarter- century of medical practice here Sept. 15 to take a post at Oswego State University col lege infirmary. Walter Geier of Arkville will begin a non profit educational institution here and envisions its event ual growth to a university. Two new high voltage transmission lines from the Blenheim-Gilboa power project have been placed in service. Aug. 10—Dr. Gilbert M. Palen is returning to practice and wiU join a group of Walton physicians; Dr. Masood Ansari will take over the practice of Dr. C. R. Huggins. A New Jersey couple and their six children escaped shortly after midnight when fire destroyed their summer home in Allaben. The Delhi area was hit by a damaging “twister” during a storm which also set fire to a barn, which burned undetected in the upper reaches of Bovina. The wet summer has lowered the hay crop in addition to causing economic damage to the resort industry. Robert Hill has been appointed sergeant-at- arms for the New York State Department of the American Legion. A 16-year-old Pennsyl vania girl was killed and her mother and sister injured in an accident on route 30 near Grand Gorge. Ulster county road ma chinery was damaged by van dals at two places in the town of Shandaken. The towns of Shandaken and Rojd>ury have entered protests to the aban donment of the Catskill Moun tain branch of the Penn Cen tral. A vandal threw a soda bottle through one of the plate glass windows of the Marga retville A and P. “Snapper” Johnson retired after 30 yeeirs as a driver for the Pine Hill- Kingston Bus Co. Aug. 17—John K. Best of Buffalo has been named sec ondary principal at Margaret ville central school. A Yon kers man was killed when his car swerved off route 30 along the reservoir and struck a guard rail. The New York State Electric and Gas Corp. has completed its new half- million-doUar electric substa tion at Highmount. The Shan daken town board has unani mously rejected a petition to disband the town planning board and appoint all new mem bers. Aug. 24—A New Jersey father and his 13-year-old son, flying out of Livingston Manor airport, wihich they owned, were killed in the crash of their light plane on Mary Smith hill in the twn of Andes. Tax rates for Roxbury central school district have shown a drop in both towns served by the district. Increases in ski rates at New York state cen ters, delayed because of the price freeze, will take effect next season. Dr. Frank W. Marlow has ibe^n given a new five-year contract as superin tendent of Onteora’ central schools. New Kingston VaUey w411 have its fourth Whoop-De- Doo this weekend. Aug. 13—^The New York State Lumberjack association will hold its annual roundup at Catskill sfci center. The Shav- ertown Old Home day will be held Sept. 3. Nearly 3,000 peo ple were at the Ne\v Kingston Whoop-De-Doo on a rare fine weekend. A fire of unknown origin destroyed a new hoase being built by Marcel Beaudu on the old plsink road between Phoenicia and Mount Tremper. Marc Miller of Pine Hill has purchased the Phoenicia Auc tion barn. Deputy Sheriff John Stone recovered a stolen car and arrested its driver in a Shandaken roadblock. SEPTEMBEai Sept. 7—Enrollment at MCS climbed to a record 846 pupils on opening day. Voters of the Phoenicia fire district approved, 26-1, a $20,000 bond to purchase a new fire truck for the Shandaken-Allaben Hose com pany. The Sundowners drew large crowds at their first an nual drum and bugle corps rally and field day in Margaretville. Sept. 14—^Too-rapid draining of Lake Switzerland was blamed for the deaths of. more than 500 fish in Fleischmanns last week. Rev. William Har ter of the Margaretville United Presbyterian church was hon ored in New York by the Ameri can Jewish committee for his work in ^ promoting Christian- Jewish ’understanding. Rev. John Bandt was installed as new pastor of the Jay Gould Memorial Reformed church in Roxbury. The Margaretville Hospital Auxiliary has com pleted payment of its $35,000 pledge to the new hospital building fund. An open house farewell party will be held , Sunday for Dr. and Mrs. C. Ray Huggins. Sept. 21—A man wanted for armed robbery in Florida was nabbed in Pine Hill by a posse of FBI men, state police, sher iff’s deputies and Shandaken, constables. A defective brake in the extractor in the Marga retville Memorial hospital laun dry room brought out all Mar garetville fire apparatus, but there was no damage outside the machine. The Pane Hill fire department has accepted deliv ery of its new tanker truck. The Catskill Center for Con servation and Development will have its permanent head quar ters in the Hobart school build ing. The Red Cross bloodmo- bile collected 63 pints on its visit to Margaretville Tuesday. Two bucks fought for half an hour Monday night under the lights of Lou Pedulla’s driving range near Arkville. The weather of the last few days has been a strong indicator of the arrival of fall today. A helicopter landed at the village park in the rain Tuesday morn ing, bringing an insurance ad justor tp inspect a vvreck stored at Ladehheim and Sons garage. The Central Catskills associa tion has obtained a $14,500 mortgage to buy a parcel of land at Mount Tremper and erect a traveler information center. Loren Cummins scored a hole-in-one at the Kass golf course. Sept. 28—Fire destroyed the former Grand Hotel casino at Highmount early Friday morn ing, with most of the building gone before it was discovered; the casino had been lavishly refurbished to serve as a center for the new Belleayre Village housing development. Rev. William Harter of Margaretville leaves today on an extended trip to the Middle East as part of a group of clergymen seeking a basis for reconciliation be tween Arabs and Jews. A 4-1 margin in Delaware county en abled Martha Dayton to defeat Robert Shaffer in the special Democratic run-off to decide the disputed primary result for assemblyman candidate. Hiram Persons, 23, was killed in an accident at his father’s Roxbury farm when a sledgehammer be- caine entangled with a fan and was hurled against him. A Moimt Tremper trailer home was ravaged by vandals during the absence of the owners. The Margaretville Memorial hospi tal board has decided that the obstetrics unit wall be kept in operation indefinitely. The Izaak Walton League will hold its state convention in Marga retville this weekend. OCTOBER Oct. 5 — Professional cham pion skier Billy Kidd visited the Scandinavian ski shop at Mount Pleasant. The town of Shan daken has obtained two sdx- wheel drive Army surplus trucks. Nagui Halim, Gail Wolcott and Amy Hyatt re ceived letters of commendation from the National Merit Schol arship corporation. The Deak National bank has foimd sev eral takers for its offer of low- interest loans for the improve ment of Main street businesses in Fleischmanns. O c t o b e r brought wdth it the first severe freeze of the season. Gerard S. Grant has been appointed postmaster at Kelly Comers. A memorial service will mark the last religious rite at the Pine HUl Methodist church Sunday, ending 112 years of the church’s history 'before the building is turned over to the vUlage. Oct. 12—Autumn’s beauty is being diminished by the niis- eries of snow and other miser able weather. Two young boys were found safe and returned to their grandmother’s hcmne after they had become lost near Chichester. A wanderinjg min strel paid for his breakfast at a Roxbury home with a copy of his latest song. Orley Slauson, 85, was found dead of exposure in a field near his home after wandering away from the house the night before. Moimt Trem per firemen made three runs to the Hoffman apartments Sat urday for minor fires in three different apartments. Oct. 19—Board of Water Sup ply Commissioner John Burns told his County Chamber of Commerce audience that he would take information to Mayor Lindsay, but could offer no assurance that city reser voirs could' be opened for recre ation. The Deak National bank reports that its deposits have doubled over the last three years. A bald eagle was seen flying around the Caswell bird sanctuary in Roxbury. Post master Richard Gavette was elected regional coordinator for the New York Metropolitan region of the National League of Postmasters. Oct. 26—Lyle Ballard, 14, of Fleischmanns was hit in the head by shotgun pellets when a gun he was being shown acci dentally went off. October set new records in the Catskills by bringing snow and late Decem ber temperatures as low as 10. The town of Middletown antici pates a $264,927 budget for the coming year. Willis Marks, Margaretville village clerk, and Mrs. Millicent Buerge, Harden- burgh town clerk, are sparking a movement to save the covered bridge in the upper Millbrook valley. A New York area couple was pulled from their car sec onds before it exploded in flame after being struck by another vehicle in Shandaken. Five young men paid a total of $1,100 for taking a button buck illegal ly in the town of Andes. Ed ward Millar, 19, of Roxbury escaped without serious injury when pinned in soft mud under an upset bulldozer at High mount. A large show window broken in the Folkerts store in Phoenicia and a quantity of hunting knives taken. The Department of Environmental Conservation has offered to finance and build a boat launch ing ramp in the Cannonsville reservoir if New York city opens the reservoir for recre ational purposes. NOVEMBiai Nov. 2—There is one local contest in Middletown on the election day ballot, Mrs. Mal vina Stahl vs. Mrs. June Mein- stein, to fiU a town assessor post. A fire wiped out a small cabin built and furnished by several Roxbury boys. Equip ment for the new snowmaking equipment has been placed in position on the trails by use of a helicopter. Traffic was de layed at the Bridge street inter section with route 28 in Mar garetville when a low slung trailer with equipment for Rox bury Run village became hung up on a high crown in the road. Del Val Oil, Inc., has sold its fuel oil business in Margaret ville to Agway Petroleum Corp. Margaretville Memorial hospi tal employes were cited for their achievements at the sec ond annual hospital recognition dinner. A series of bus driver training courses is being spon sored in area schools by BOC- ES. Mrs. Donald Fenton of Margaretville has been named to the council for Delhi Tech. More than 200 senior citizens visited Onteora high school for a day set aside for them. Nov. 9—^Tuesday was a grand old day for the Grand Old Party as Republicans swept every thing in the Catskills. The second annual awards dinner was held by the Sundowners Drum and Bugle Corps. A broken rail was blamed for an eight-car train wreck at Mount Pleasant. Mr. and Mrs. John Takach have sold their Alpine hotel in Fleischmanns after 24 years of ownership. Nov. 16—Mrs. Eva Day was struck and killed by a car as she crossed Walnut street in front of her Margaretville home Saturday afternoon. Dr. W il liam Gallo, radiologist at Mar garetville Memorial hospital, will begin a general medical practice in Roxbury. Shan daken employes will receive raises in most cases in the new town budget. High water cut off several homes in the Oliv- erea veilley. The Arkville bat factory has opened on a limited basis, with two men working. The MCS board of education approved a set of rules govern ing public behavior on school property. An eight-inch natural snowfall at Belleayre mountain was not expected to hcimper installation of man-made snow making equipment. A new Shandaken ordinance forbids all-night parking on town high ways. Nov. 23—Kenneth C. Krae- mer, 7, drowned accidentally when he broke through ice on the family swimming pool in Weaver hoUow. Miles Hard ing, 9, and Frank Stromberg, 10, of Phoenicia were killed in a highway collision on route 28 near Ashokan. Area schools were represented by 21 student musicians at the all-state re gional music festival at Sher burne. Ministers of the area met to consider high costs at Margaretville Memorial hos pital. Roxbury Boy Scout troop held its first court of honor. Nov. 30—A 240-pound hunter was carried from the top of Mount Pleasant by rescuers after he had fallen and broken a leg. Margaretville firemen made a timely stop of a blaze which broke out above a kitchen area at Kass Inn Sunday morn ing. The operation of Camp Gul liver in Pine HiU in 1971 has come under the scrutiny of a federal grand jury in New York city. Watson I. Goodrich Jr. has resigned as assistant aiperin- tendent for general administra tion at Onteora central s<±ool after 19 years of service. Mr. and Mrs. Larry Bauer oif OUv- erea, who started a small mail order gift bvaSness two years ago, have been With orders as a result of a in the December American Home magazine. DECEMBER Dec. 7—Winter is using an endless bag of tricks to plague mountain diwellers. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lindemann of Paramus, N. J., have contract ed to purchase the Beland mo tel in Fleisctaianns. MCS drama students will present “The Mouse That Roared” Saturday night. The Arides fire depart ment reported that it was able to save about $2,000 by buying a 1972 ambulance rather than a 1973 model. Dec. 14—'The first revenue- sharing checks from the U. S. government have arrived in the hands of locM town, village emd county officials. MCS is plan ning a series of “mini-mester” courses between regular semes ters in January. As the aban donment of the Catskill Moun tain branch is fought in hear ings at Stamford, the railroad has been plagued several times in recent weeks with deraH- m.ents. A broken insulator at Delhi caused, a loss of electric power over the area Sunday, ranging from a half-hour to two hours. The Central Cats kills association’s new informa tion booth is being erected along route 28 below Moimt Tremper. State police netted seven persons in a Saturday morning drug raid in Eleisch- manns. Dec. 21—Area students gath ered 20 New York state Re gents scholarships, including a record nine at Margaretville central school. MCS construc tion bonds were sold at a favor able rate of interest, calculated to save taxpayers $100,000 over the 30-year life of the bonds. Two windows were shot out in the Gordon pharmacy at Phoe nicia. Heavy snow started Fri day night and c o n t i n u e d through Saturday over most of the area. Dec. 28—^The annual quaran tine on dogs in Delaware coun ty has been imposed imtil April 15. Wednesday’s crowd at Belleayre Mountain ski center was equal to a normal winter weekend. The bo<^cmobile will return to Delaware county com- mimities in January after an absence of a year. The MCS basketball team came back to win the consolation match of the Downsville tournament by defeating Franklin after d ix ^ I>ing the opener to Eldred. The closing of post offices for the official day of mourning for the late President Ifarry Truman delayed de&very of weekly n^im ip^rs.
