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Hospital Board Encouraged By Economy Measures The Margaretville Memorial hospital board of directors met Monday night on a note of cau tious optimism that the finan cial picture of the hospital may be improving. Although no figures were given, the board was told that the projected. operating loss will be cut down without affecting the quality of patient care. The board also pledged that the hospital will be continued as a general hospital and definitely not become a nursing home facility. It also expressed P r i n c i p a l t o T a l k A t P T A M e e t i n g Phoenicia, March 1. — The PTA meeting scheduled for Wednesday, March 21, at Phoe nicia elementary school will have John Stefano, Onteora high school principal, as guest speaker. Mr. Stefano will dis cuss the topic “Your Oiild and the High School” and he will answer questions during the meeting or over a cup of coffee after the meeting. Mrs. Marian Clarke, school nurse-teacher, has obtained mouth-to-mouth rescue breath ing wallet-size cards and a I»ampWet on poisons for dis tribution to parents of pupils in the Phoenicia school. Those who wish one may contact the Phoenicia elementary school. Mrs. Clarke also announced that the Kingston hospital has a poison control center, where immediate information may be obtained by phone a t any time. The cards and pamphlets were described by Mrs. Clarke at the January PTA meeting. S k i I n s t r u c t i o n I n F o u r t h S e a s o n The ski instruction classes for Margaretville central school pupils in grades 2-12 have been concluded for the fourth season under the sponsorship of the Parent-Teacher group. Classes were begun Jan. 19 and con tinued for six weeks, often on artificial snow at Belleayre Mountain ski center. Parent organizers on thje club for the 1972-73 season included Mr. and Mrs. Charles Geehrer, Mrs. Sheridan Kelly and Willis Marks. Parents assisting with the program included Mrs. Ward Reynolds, Mrs. Louis Hamway, Mrs. Henry Verity, Mrs. Sergio Polanco, Mrs. Wil liam Schimmel, Mrs. Ida Bove and Mrs. Dennis McLean. V o t e r R e g i s t r a t i o n Andes, Mareto 1.— Village ' of Andes will hold registration day Saturday, March 3, at the village clerk’s office. This is to register eligible voters for the upcoming village general elections to be held on March 20, from 12 to 9 p.m. in the village hall. This year offices are open for mayor and one trustee, those of George Preis er and Fred Ruff expiring, re spectively. Last Report on Tour an intention to improve patient care still further. Closing of the obstetrics unit at the hospital becomes official today, March 1. The hospital will continue to handle deliv eries expected during March and April, but has not yet re ceived confirmation by the state department of health that hospital insurance payments can be expected. The closing was listed as one of the reasons for easing of the projected loss. Closer scrutiny of operation of the hospital was also credited to the board’s ad ministrative committee. Reports of two committees were also made at Monday night’s meeting. Douglas Faulk ner, chairman of the personnel committee, reported that he and department heads had gone through procedures in an at- O B U n i t t o C l o s e The state health department has approved plans for the closing of the three-room ob stetrical unit, as well as a new wing and renovation to provide for 17 new beds at Read Me morial hospital in Hancock. I V I e t h o d i s t W o m e n M e e t i n R o x b u r y Roxbury, March 1. — The United Methodist Women held their meeting Feb. 20 at the church. Plans were discussed for a smorgasbord to be held March 31 at 4:30 p.m. at the church. Members agreed to write to Senators James Buckley and Jacob Javits, and Congressman Howard Robison regarding a proposed law to limit deduc tions on income tax returns for charitable contributions. At the close of the meeting fruited jello and fruit cake and tea and coffee were served by Mrs. Alice Gaarn, and Mrs. Julian Wiedeman. C h u r c h G r o u p s H a d S k i i n g a t R o x b u r y Roxbury, March 1.—^Platte- kill Ski center was open all last week and had good mid week crowds, as well as about 300 for each day of the week end, the second skiing weekend since New Year. During the week two ski groups came up from New Jer sey. Rev. David Bach, former pastor here, now of Wyckoiff, N. J., droi^ht up a group of about 20 which skied and stayed in the moteL Another church group, comprised of members of different New Jer sey churches, brought about 30 skiers, who stayed over. G a v e t t e s B u y H o m e Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Gavette have contracted to purchase the Maple street home of Mrs. Claude Kelly in Margaretville and have put their home on Church street on the market. tempt to eliminate waste and had been successful in several instances. Several merit raises for employes, within the federal 5.5 per cent guidelines, had also been implemented on the recom mendation of department heads. The other committee is head ed by Bruce Parizo and is con cerned with physician recruit ment. A citizens committee is being formed to help the board with this. The goal is to recruit one or two family practice physicians for the hospital staff. Although several contacts had been made, the board was told that there has been no progress on this yet. G e r m a n H o m e S o l d T o A r k v i l l e P a i r Roxbury, March 1. — The house of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew German on Main street was sold to Mr. and Mrs. Edward Schultheis Jr. of Arkville, with the closing last week Wednes day. Mr. and Mrs. German have moved into the smaller house on their property, where they wall live until next spring. Mr. and Mrs. Schultheis will soon move to their new home. Mr. Schultheis is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Schul theis Sr., who bought the Ark ville creamery a few years ago and have a thermometer-mak ing factory there. Edward Jr. assists his father. The sale was made through the Korzendorfer real estate agency with lim a M. Griffin the local agent. Y o u n g F o l k s M e e t Fleischmanns, March 1.—^The Methodist Youth Fellowship of Fleischmanns and Halcott Cen ter iw^ host to 60 members of other Methodist Youth Fellow ship groups Saturday for a dis trict day rally. After a “mix ing period” and a box lunch, the young people spent the af ternoon participating in ^veral workshop sessions. A buffet dinner was donated by the la dies of Circles 1 and 2 and the dinner was climaxed by a birth day cake in honor of Gretchen Kieffer. A record hop fol lowed. G r o u p t o C o l l e c t P a p e r t o R e c y c l e The concerned citizens group will sponsor a paper collection drive in Margaretville this weekend for the purpose of te- cycMi^ waste mat,eria^. P a ^ r wiU t )0 o>Uec!ted a t the Uoi ed Mei^oipst churtai, WtMaB<e be ta]^en Friday afternoon. : The group has requested th^t all paper be tied in bundles aiiid not, placed in plastic bags. Plas tic' should also be kept out of the. bundles. < Scouts will help to load the paper Saturday morning to be trucked to Delhi, where it will be turned over to Eastern Steel and Metal Co. of One- onta. A l t a H o u s e C h o s e n A s N a t i o n a l P r i z e Lorillard Division has select ed a chalet house by Alta In dustries of Halcottville as a grand prize in the third annual sweepstakes promotion for one of its cigarette brands. National advertisements and circulars contain a picture and descrip tion of the house, which w^l be erected by Alta on any site in the continental United States chosen by the winner. The home wall be built at Alta’s Halcottville plant. It is a rustic, log-built chalet, two stories high, with two bed rooms, a sleeping loft and a spiral staircase. The winner wdll also receive $ 10,000 toward purchase of land and up to $ 12,000 toward construction costs. W o r l d P r a y e r D a y F r i d a y A f t e r n o o n Women of the m e m b e r churches of the Fleischmanns- Margaretville Interchurch-coun cil will hold the World Day of Prayer at 3:30 Friday afternoon at the Sacred Heart church in Margaretville. The theme is “Alert in Our Time.” Participating will be women from the Sacred Heart Roman Catholic church, the Fleisch manns and Margaretville United Methodist churches, the New Kingston and Margaretville United Presbyterian churches, the Arkville Free Methodist church and the Margaretville Advent Christian church. M C S G r o u p s P l a n M u s i c a l ‘C a r n i v a P The Margaretville central school drama club and the mu sic department are working on a cooperative production of the musical “Carnival” for public presentation June 8 and 9. The venture was undertaken as a result of last year’s successful production of “Mame.” Tryouts for “Carnival” will be held March 12 and 13 a t the school. Jonathan Bowen will be director and conductor, and Richard Tucker will be in charge of vocal direction and accompaniment. Also assist ing will be Katherine Bowen as assistant conductor, Sally Blod gett as art advisor and Louise Lang as costume advisor. I c e - F i s h i n g G a v e F i s h - F r y M a k i n ’s Tremperskill, March 1.—^The Tremperskill Hunting and Flisiii- iug club sponsored an ic e - f if ing trip for junior members Saturday. Heading the com mittee were Raymond Finkle and Paul Titch. Fourteen boys went along to Sullivan county, near Monti- cello. They brought back a igood catch and enjoyed a fish fry at the clubhouse for sup per. Senior mejnbers in charge were Warren Weaver Jr., Dick Gabriel, Gordon Rider and A1 Marshall. CATSKIL E. C. KELLY OUIH MAIN AVE. NY, N . I . , 12208 NOV. 197^ MOUNTAIN NEWS Vol. 110—35 12 Pages—2 Sections MARGARETVILLE, N. THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1973 Published Weekly Second-Class Postage Paid at Margaretville. N. Y. 1245 S 15c Copy $7.50 Year Rt. 28 Blocked T o w n R e c e i p t * U p By Overturned Steel Carrier Traffic on route 28 near the Canada hollow road was par tially blocked for 10 hours Tuesday. Raymond Hunt of Somerset, N. J., the driver of a tractor-trailer l o a d e d with scrap iron, lost control at 2:30 p.m. as he came through a series of turns, and the truck upset in the road, leaving room for only one lane of traffic. Delaware county sheriff’s deputies and state police assist ed at the scene and maintained an officer at Andes to route traffic to the Tremperskill road to route 30. Hamilton’s garage of Delhi sent a heavy duty wrecker, but it was necessary to imload the vehicle almost completely be fore it could be righted. This was at 12:45 a.m. Wednesday. David Goodchild Jr., 17, of New Kingston was issued a summons for speed not reason able for conditions following an accident on Hubbell Hill Friday at 10 p.m. The car of which he was the driver skidded into a ditch, then crossed the road and hit a tree. Injured were the driver, with lacerations of the forehead and left leg; John Squires, 15, of Margaretville with lacerations of the right eye, and Annette Alton, 14, of Fleischmanns with a bump on the forehead. All were treated at Margaretville Memorial hospital and released. Two Roxbury women were injured Monday when their car skidded on the newly-fallen snow on route 30 near the cut off road and hit a guard rail. Helga German, 33, the driver, sustained an injured right eye. Her passenger, Jacqueline Sla ter, 22 , had lacerations of the forehead. The skid occurred when the driver applied the brakes. Both were treated at Margaretville Memorial hos-, pitaL ' - - ........... O w e n s W i l l R u n Delaware County Clerk Har old D. Owens Jr. has announced his intention to seek reelection to the office he has held for the last 12 years. The Repub lican office holder is the im mediate past president of the New York State Association of County Clerks and presently is secretary-treasurer of that organization. Far East Is Nice To Visit, But Writer Glad To Leave There February 16, 17, 18 Rangoon, Burma The last stop on our news paper association tour of South east Asia was Burma, famous as the locale for Kipling’s “Road to Mandalay.” It was the most exotic, most fascinat ing of the countries we visited on the Asian mainland. Burma ds a socialist state, a police state in every sense of the word, as strictly controlled as, Russia. It is equally as dif ficult to get in and out of as R i^ia was—^voluminous paf>er records and detailed customs inspections. It is necessary to enter and to leave on a short time visa (5 days for us) and to travel only dn ways specified by the government. They are experimenting with their own fomi of “Burmese SodciMsm.” They have no con stitution and are a t the present time ruled by military decree. The government, as such, is a 15 - member executive body called the Union Revolutionary Council, composed ,of senior officers of the armed forces and four civilians. Gen. Ne Win, Chief of Staff of the Army, is also Chief of State, exercising full legislative, executive, and judicial powers. The Burmese seem content with this socialistic form of goverranent. \niis contentment is based on two facts. The first fact is that they are rela tively well fed, in contrast to the people of India and West PaJcistan on their western border. The second fact is that in religion they are predomin antly Buddhist, with only a minority of Christians and Is- lams. This Buddhist faith surely must account for the philosophic contentment they seem to have with a Mfetime of poverty — a lifetime destitute of everything but the few clothes on their backs and the necessary amount of food to sustain life—rice, fruit, occa sional protein. As in R u s ^ , they are not allowed to «jiwn their own land. All property belongs to the state. They are given a small section of land to farm—a rice paddy, for example, and any thing more that is farmed must go to the state. There is no incentive, therefore, to produce more than one can eat or wear. We spent most of our time in Rangoon, the capital city. This city, like Djakarta, Indo nesia, left most of us struggling to find words to describe what we saw here. The people are a mixture of Indians, Thais, Laotians, and Chinese and reflect this melt ing-pot hereditary dn their looks. Traveling albout the city, whether by car or on foot, one in conscious of the “waves” of people that may be seen in all of the lange Asian cities, the visible poverty, the lack of any sanitary facilities for these citizens, and the overpowering heat of a climate which pro duces an obvious lethargy. Rangoon is 15 miles upstream from the ocean on a huge delta built by the Irrawaddy River. Three major branches of this river are visible from an air plane as one flies over Rangoon. These rivers are the lifeline of Burma, for along them are all of the rice paddies which feed the burgeoning population of this country. The rice paddies were all dry and brownish looking, and we were told that they produce only one crop a year, during the monsoon sea son. One of the members of our group who lives in Louisi ana wondered why the Bur mese do not practice irrigation, as many other Asian countries do, whereby they would be alble to produce enough rice to feed most of China. The major tourist attraction of the city is the Shwe Dagon Pagoda, the largest and oldest Buddhisit temple of its kind. This 2,500-year-old shrine has a golden tower which is 326 feet high (visible for mijes' around) and is a {>lace of pil grimage for Buddhists from many lands. Our ^ i d e told us that eadi one of us must remove his shoes before entering the shrine, but that we would be allowed to photograph anything we wished around the pagoda. Inside were people kneeling on mats, chant ing prayers, washing the small Buddha-like statues, and leav ing floral offerings in random six>ts. As we wandered about the pagoda just looking and photographing, they were as curious about us as we were about them! There were all kinds of small merchandise shops along the avenue of ap proach to the shrine. What looked like family groups seemed to be eating, and one small group of old ladies were smoking opium (so our guide informed us by shaking his head and saying “very bad.”) On the second day of our visit to Rangoon we drove for two hours north of the city to Pegu to see another pagoda. None of us cared about seeing another Buddhist shrine, but we were all delighted to get out of the d'ty and see the coun tryside around Rangoon. The houses that we could see from tlie road were all built on stilts, three or four feet above the ground, and it looked as thoug'h there were three or four houses all together in a modu lar type of structure. Most of these, houses were built of teak wood and had a metal corru gated roof. All were open to catch any availaible breeze. Water Iwiif- falo, chickens, cows, pigs, ail livestock seemed to be kept on the ground underneath each house. Children were playing in and around whatever else was running around underneath each house. Everything was dusty now during the dry sea son. but I ooiOd inMLgine easily what mud and sHme the mon* soon rains would bring. On the way back from Pegu to Rangoon we stopped at the International Oemeteiy, half way between both cities. It was all fenced in, with locked gates and beautifully kept with flower beds, etc. We were told that there were no Americans ^buried here—they were all re patriated—only British soldiers from World War 2. Mr. John Lacey, Deputy Min ister of Information of the U.S. Embassy, gave our newspaper group a briefing while we were h ^ in Rangoon. He asked us to look (to Burma's long range I>otential and not to judge too quickly nor lose our perspective over toe shortcomings so obvi ous here. No country in Asia, he says, is richer in natural re sources and no other country is friendlier, with a really great quaMty of people. The U.S. Eimbassy has two major interests here in Burma. They are intensely involved in supressing and eliminating the drug traffic which centers along the border areas of Burma, Thailand, Laos £U>d Cambodia. This area is the heart of Asian opium production, and most of it is grown in Buima by native peasants. The Burmese government is aware of the problem and is actively working with the U.S. government to discourage the growth of opium within its borders as weU as to discourage and control this trafficking of drugs. The U.S. Emibassy here in Reingoon is, frank to admit that 20-40 per cent of their time is spent working on the opium problem in Burma. Their next main interest is to keep alive an appreciation of America among people who are so severely limited in contact with Americans or anything American. The American Am- 'bassador has to make a resd effort to do this. They were deeply appreciative of our news- papOT group for making the effort to come to Burma. There is no foreign aid pro gram here and no large mili tary program. The U.S. In formation Service work here centers mainly albout getting more public information about the United States to the Bur mese citizens. This task is doubly difficult here because the present re gime exercises a strict censor ship of all Information given to the citizenry. They are given more information about China than any other country, next Russia, and then the U.S.A. I would like to comment briefly about the dogs and cats that I saw in Burma. The dogs were all so “Heinzed” that they all looked alike. Mostly brown ish colored, stocky legs, pointed ears, all scrawny looking. They reminded me of my vertebrate paleontology picture of the an cestral dog. Cats that I could see, though, seemed to retain their individuality. I would like to sum up my reaction to Burma for you, too. Fremkly I worried , so for fear that something would happ^ to me (broken leg, appendicit is?) and that I would be left here that I panicked every time I thought of this! Everyone in our group was pleased to have seen Burma, but very happy to get out. Reflections on some of the Asian Cities — second time around: Bangkok, Hong Kong, Singa pore have all changed notice ably since Ros and I were on the South Pacific circuit 10 years ago. They are improving in cleanliness and in the num- 'ber of new high rise offices and apartments available to the citizens of these cities. Many of the slums that were so evident then have been replaced by new housing. Guam—We spent two de lightful days here on our way home. This island is now a major tourist stop for the citi zens of Japan with enough money to holiday here. It is a status symbol to go to Amer ica—remember, Guam is our island—and the Japanese with money are anxious to vacation here in the sun, much as we in this country go to Bermuda or Puerto Rico. Consequently the island is mushrocMning with new luxury hotels to accommodate the number of people who W6int to come here. House In Chelsea Park Is Destroyed In Third Fire In Four-Day Period One house was destroyed and two others damaged in three fires within four days in the area served by S t e e r i n g G e a r F a i l s town of Shandaken fire companies. State police BCI investigators and Shan- The annual report of Eldred Shaver, supervisor of the Town of Middletown on page 5 indi cates that the town receipts exceeded half a million dollars for the first time last year. The total of $528,231.71 is an inp crease of $69,477.80 over the previous year. The highway department accounts for $52,- 872.86 of this. The above fig ures do not include $23,756 of federal revenue sharing. Kris Davies, 17, of Denver was hospitalized Wednesday night of last week following an automobile accident on the Denver road. Her car going south suffered a malfunction of the steering mechanism and crossed the pavement hitting a car coming in the opposite direction and driven by William Bergman, also of Denver. The Davies vehicle continued on and over the bank. The driver suffered several broken teeth and lacerations of the leg. B a n d C o n c e r t S e t Phoenicia, March 1.—A band concert will be given by the Onteora junior high school band at 9:15 a.m. Wednesday, March 14, at the Phoenicia elementary school to commemorate state wide “Music - in - our - Schools” day. The band will be under the direction of Larry Stowe, and the arrangements were made by the OCS music di rector, Harry Simon. The pro gram is open to the public, and afternoon kindergarten pupils may be brought by their par ents to the morning concert. O l d P h o n o g r a p h S h o w n a t M e e t i n g Supervisor Eldred Shaver of Margaretville spoke about the invention and development of the phonograph a t the February meeting of the Andes Grange. He had on display; an oM pho nograph with cylinder records and literature, and played sev eral records on the antique ma chine. Deputy Howard Tait was present and spoke about the new Grange building under construction in Cortland. Junior Deputy Mrs. Tait spoke about articles which can be made by junior Grangers to teach young people creativity, use of imag ination, neatness in work and how to follow directions. She had a display of such articles. Mrs. Florence Conine was the wdnner of the chocolate cake contest at the meeting. Mrs. Olive Butler was second, and Mrs. Edna Joslin was third. Mrs. Anne Fleury and Mrs. Leta Cowan were judges. For the lecturer’s program, Carol Brannen spoke on ski ing and showed a movie on ski ing and winter sports. Mrs. Dora Dibble was named delegate to Pomona Grange, which meets Saturday at An des. Mrs. Ethel Edwards is alternate. C i t y S e e k s U p s t a t e P o w e r F a c i l i t i e s . The New York State Power Authority will study meteoro logical and air quality condi tions in the vicinity of three possible upstate sites for gen erating facilities the Authority will build to serve the Metro politan Transportation Author ity. The environmental monitor ing wall be conducted about two miles west of Athens in Greene county; about three miles northwest of Wappingers Falls in Dutchess county, and about a mile north of Cementon in Greene county. A Power Authority spokes- mem said the environmental studies at the specified loca tions did not rule out the possi bility of situating the plant elsewhere. Studies of water quaMty, aquatic and earth ecol ogy also will be conducted at the sites. E a r l y H i k e r H a d A P o u n d o f P o t Mark GilHgan, 19, of CJroton- on-Hudson was arrested by state police Thursday a t 3 a.m. and charged with third degree possession of a dangerous drug, specifically one pound of mari juana. He was picked up while hiking along route 28 outside of Delhi. Taken before Town Justice Jackson Allen of Delhi, the de fendant requested counsel be assigned. He was lodged in the Delhi jail in Meu of $350 bail. B l u e D e v i l s E n d H o m e Y e a r o n W i n The Margaretville central school Blue Devils defeated Roxbury, 54-37, in a non-league game here Tuesday night, the last home game of the season. The regular season winds up with a league game at Daven port tomorrow night, and the Blue Devils begin the Section 4 Class C playoffs Wednesday by meeting Afton. Rebounding superiority was the big factor in Tuesday night’s win over the Rockets. MCS gathered in 65, with Bob Balcom, Jeff Ormiston and Gary Smith aggregating 56 of these. Nine Blue Devils contributed to the scoring, led by Balcom with 16, Ormiston with 11, Smith with 8 and Dave Elliott with 7. The Rocket scoring was led by Mitch LeFave with 10 and Robbie Cole with 8 . The junior varsity game was also won by Margaretville, 57- 39. Bill Boatwright led the scoring with 17 for MCS, fol lowed by Jim Scannapieco. They had 18 and 12 rebounds, respectively. The sectional opener against Afton will be played at the Walton high school gym Wed nesday. Game time is 7:30 p.m. The winner of this-game will go to Sidney March 10 to play an 8:30 p.m. game against McGraw or Newfieldi A C S t o H a v e 1 9 I n M u s i c F e s t i v a l Nineteen Andes school musi cians have been accepted for the Delaware county music fes tival on Saturday, April 7. The students will rehearse the af ternoon of that day and the morning and afternoon of the preceding Saturday in prepara tion for the performance to be given at 8 p.m. Those accepted for band are Mary Anne Conine, first flute; Vicky Garone, first clarinet; Judith Sidorowicz, second alto saxophone; Carol Stevens, third cornet; Martha Drew, first horn, and Douglas Andrews, fourth horn. Orchestra partici pants are Paul Berg, first horn, and Robert Davis, second trom bone. High school chorus represent atives are Mary Kay Harvard and Kim Jacques, sopranos; Debbie Frisbee, alto; Mark Finkle, tenor, and Ronald But ler, bass. For elementary chorus are David Ballantine and Billy Tubbs, sopranos; Scott Markel and Laurie Sam uels, altos; Nancy Tubbs and Pam Weaver, alternates. S e r v i c e T o m o r r o w Andes, March 1.—The World Day of Prayer will be held at the Andes United Presbyterian church on Friday at 3:15 pjn. A social hour and refreshments will be at 2:30 p.m. All ladies of the community are invited. A t Two Locations daken constables are look ing into the cause of the blaze which destroyed an unoccupied summer house in Chelsea Park estates Monday morning. Another fire Monday morn ing damaged an A-frame house at Lanesville, and a Woodland Valley home was saved Friday by Phoenicia firemen. Fire Chief Everett Goens of Pine Hill reported that the . Chelsea Park house was totally involved and the structure was caving in when the first truck arrived about 9:30 a.m. Cause of the fire is unknown and is under investigation by the po lice agencies. The house was framed and enclosed, but had not been equipped yet with wiring anU plumbing. No work had been been done on it since cold weather began last fall. The owner, Robert Schnur, is in Florida, and Mr. and Mrs. Dale Brown, who live in the Chelsea park, were away when the fire broke out. The house was listed as num ber 7 oif a series of chalet-type structures being built and of fered for vacation homes. Al though closest to the center of Pine Hill, it was the most re mote from the park entrance off old route 28 up the hill toward Highmount. Phoenicia district firemen , were on stand-by alert for the r blaze, but their serwoes were \ not needed a t Pine Hill. Less than an hour before they had been called to Lanesville, where the side of the A-iframe house near the Lanesville store had caught fire. Members of a New Jersey family occupying the house had taken out ashes in bags the night before, and apparently embers had been fanned into flames that reached the side of the house. Damage was relatively minor. A roof fire gave members of the three Phoenicia district companies a hattle at the R. Vaspol home in Woodland Val ley Friday. They saved the home, and damage was confined mainly to the roof. An automobile owned by Gary Carr of Shandaken caught fire last week Tuesday night as it was parked outside the For rest restaurant at Allaben. Members of the Shandaken-Al- laben hose company kept the damage confined to the engine compartment of the vehicle. R e s e r v o i r V i s i t e d Representatives of the Dela ware County Chamber of Com merce and the state Department of Environmental Conservation met with Commissioner John J. Bums of the New York city Board of Water Supply Satur day for a tour of the Cannons- ville reservoir. The tour was to point out sites suitable for a launching ramp and picnic areas and to persuade the city to reopen 13,000 acres of land surrounding the reservoir for hunting. Hi^ School Stwieiits Gaining College Credits By Night Study Several s e n i o r s in area schools have begun college- credit evening classes in Fresh man English sponsored by the State University Agricultural and Technical college at Delhi. The classes are also open to adults, and are being held at Andes and Grand (jorge. The high school students are paying half the normal tuition fees for the course, which cov ers literature. They wall receive three hours of college credit, which are transferrable to al most any college they will at tend after high school. There is one night of study each week at the Northern Catskills occupational center at Grand Gorge. Participating are eight students from Roxbury central school, three from Grand Gorge, five from Gilboa- Conesville and seven from Stamford, in addition to three regular extension students. The first class at Andes was held Monday night, and the classes will continue on Monday and Wednesday nights. Students attending from Roxbury central school are Robin Prout, George Raeder, Donald Martin, Michael Thom as, Frances Lutz, Steve Lutz, Neva George and Kristin Finch. From Grand C5orge are James Huggans, Dennis Tait and Peggy Guthrie. Andes students attending ses sions at their school are Paul Berg, Mary Ann Conine, Gordon Smith, Mary Kay Hcirvard, Pa tricia Dailey, Bruce Butler, John Andrews, Deborah Lee and Joann Sidorowicz. Marga retville students attending the Andes s e s s i o n are Linda Baessler, Lisa Weiss and Gail Wolcott.
