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A r e a S t u d e n t s T o B e In M u s i c F e t e S a t u r d a y Fifteen schools in Delaware county will participate in the county music festival to be held at Hancock central school Sat urday at 8 p.m. Approximate ly 300 students will be per forming in the band, orchestra, elementary chorus and high school chorus. The following people will con duct the, four performing groups: Fritz Wallenberg of the Binghamton s y m p h o n y and choral society, orchestra; Elliot Dubods of Worcester, elemen tary chorus; Fred Thayer, high school chorus; • Gary Good of Hartt college of music, band. Chadrmen of the organiza- tdons are Robert Knight, Dela ware academy, orchestra; Mrs. Wilma Champlin, Downsville, elementary chorus; Mrs. Bar bara Walling, Stamford, high school chorus; Jonathan Bowen, MargaretviUe, band. Tickets can be purchased at the door or from area music teadiers. Roxbury, April 5.—^Mrs. San ford Hinkley and 19 members of the Roxbury band and chorus went to Hancock Saturday for practice and Saturday widl have practice and take part in the county concert that night. Members of the band are Annette Heyler, flute and pic- olo; Kristin Finch and Dawn Gregory, clarinets; Arxie Shul- tis, trumpet: James Savold, baritone, and Gary Giacci, trombone. In the senior chorus Betsy Finch, Neva George and Joanne Gray are sopranos. Altos are Fran Lutz and Diane . Warner. Vincent Snyder is tenor. David Hewitt, Jeffrey Hinkley and Ernest Shultis sing bass. The elementary chorus in cludes Lisa Flachs, Shirley Sny- def. Suanne Faraoi and Yvonne Hfnkdey. „ The spring concert at Rox bury centred school will be April 13. All MCS Classes Canceled Monday All classes at MargaretvOle central school will be canceled Monday when members of the faculty hold professional work shops and curriculum study sessions. The cancellation af fects elementary, middle and high school in the Fleischmanns and MargaretviUe buildings, as well as students attending oc- cupatiga«l^^ classes at Qrand Gorge and special education pupils. Faculty members in grades K-4 will ^old a special reading workshop with Jack Clark of State University college at Oneonta as the consultant. This program is an outgrowth of the curriculum work being done throughout the year by the primary faculty. Teachers in grades 5-12 will participate in a variety of pro grams. Several faculty mem bers are scheduled to visit area schools to observe specific pro- gT£jms: others wUl travel to Stamford and review materials at the BOCES center for imple mentation in local programs, and other teachers wUl work on curriculum areas here at the local school. Deak Bank Jumps In Bank Ratings The Deak National bank at Fleischmanns has been noti fied by the American Bankers association that it has jumped in size from 9,600th to 7,812th largest among the 14,000 com mercial banks in the United States. R. F. Heyler, vice president of the bank, noted that the jump of nearly 1,800 places is far in excess of the average move of 50 to 100 places among growif^ banks. Betsy Finch Will Be at Girls’ State Betsy Rose Finch, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James A. Finch of Roxbury. has been selected as a delegate to attend the American Legion Girls’ State to 'be held June 24-30 at Caz- enovia college. She will rep resent Roxbury central school and the Ralph S. Ives Jr. unit of the American Legion Aux iliary. Betsy, a junior at RCS, has been a member of the high school band and chorus for three years, and has partici pated in county chOTus and all- state chorus. S+ie is also a member of the Girls Athletic association and has participat ed in soccer, softball, basket ball and volleyball. She was class treasurer for two years and has been a varsity cJieer- leader for two years. Her selection was announced by Mrs. Herman Yeager, pres ident of the Legion Auxiliary unit. Three Accepted For College Study Three more members of the cla-ss of 1973 at Andes central school have received final noti fications of their acceptances by colleges of their choice. They are Ellen Finkle, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. James Finkle of Andes, JoAnn Sidoro- wicz, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Sidcrowicz of Andes, and Carol Stevens, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Stevens of Delancey. Miss Finkle has been accept ed at Herkimer County Com munity college, Fulton-Mont- gomery Community college and Mohawk Valley Community college. She plans to attend Mohawk and major in the so cial sciences. During her high school years, she has been ac tive in senior band, senior band treasurer, high school chorus, president of Students to Out law Pollution, editor of STOP newsletter, foreign exchange student to Mexico, vice presi dent of Foreign Exchange club, student council. Who’s Who in American High Schools, Satur day Seminars for the Able and Ambitious and New York state solo and ensemble festival. Miss Sidorowicz has been ac cepted at Johnson State college in Vermont and at Herkimer County Community college. She v/ill attend Herkimer to major in physical education. Her high school activities have in cluded senior band, high school chorus, senior play, state solo and ensemble festival, girls’ athletics and ACS .tennds team. Miss Stevens has been ac cepted at Alfred university, Harpur college and the State University at Buffalo. She will attend Alfred and nmjor in chemistry. She has b ^ n a member of National Honor so ciety, student council, senior band, high school chorus, class officer, girls’ athletics, stage band, state solo and ensepible festival, Delaware County mu sic festival and the ACS tennis team. Fashion Show Had 48 Outfits Shown Roxbury, April 5.—^The sec ond annual fashion show spon sored toy the Roxbury Rotary club and given by Country Flair of Oneonta, was held at Roxbury central school auditor ium Monday evening. Robert Gordon, president of the Rotary, greeted the guests with a few remarks. The com mittee of “Rotary Anns” who planned the program were Mrs. Thomas Hynes, chairman; Mrs. Robert Prout, Mrs. Robert Gor don and Mrs. Douglas Wittta- ger. Mrs. Josephine Roman, head of Country Flair, expMned each model as she appeared. The models were mostly slender and young, but one model showed how a stout iperson can be beau tiful., There were 48 outfits modeled. P e r c h L a k e , S h a n d a k e n H o u s e s Y i e l d H e a v y L o o t T o B u r g l a r s Perch Lake A second series of break-ins at Perch lake summer homes was reported to state police last week. Mrs. Elizabeth Glendening complained that $1,- 100 worth of household goods, including three handguns and several rifles, were missing. Entry had been made since March 10. Other owners reporting their premises entered include Rob ert Oles. where the lock hasp was tom from the door frame, but nothing was missing, and Arthur Williams who said a fishing pole was gone. The in vestigation is continuing. Karate Chops Deck Two Constables Phoenicia, April 5.—A Karate expert who decked two police officers trying to arrest him Thursday night was sentenced to five days in the Ulster coun ty jail Tuesday after he pleaded guilty to a charge of public intoxication. The five days im- iposed by Town Justice George Kirk were in addition to the time he had been held in jail since the incident a]t Mount Tremper. Shandaken Constable Bill Jansen had received a com plaint that a man was walking along route 212 at Mount Tremper behaving in a dis orderly and suspicious manner. When he asked the man for identification, Jansen said the man knocked Mm down with a karate chop. Tovm of Wood- stock C o n s t a b l e Ostrander, who was in the area, came to Jansen’s aid and was also knocked down as the suspect ran' off in the direction of route 28. Chief Constable Jack Schle- gel arrived on the scene from Phoenicia and stopped the man on route 28 without further re sistance. He was identified as John D. King, 26, of Rock Tavern, N. Y., dn Orange coun ty. King was taken before TJ Kirk and ordered to jail for later appearance Continuing the investigation. Constable Schlegel l e a r n e d from the Washington county sheriff’s office that King had been released Thursday morn ing after serving a sentence on an assault charge there. He was a discharged veteran. Neither constable reported serious injuries from that in cident. ' - / MCS Musicianr .Made 2-Day Tour Nearly 80 members of the MargaretviUe central school band and chorus spent Tuesday and Wednesday on a concert tour of Jive schools in the Cats- kill and Hudson Valley regions. On the tour were 30 students in the band and 45 in the chorus, male and fem‘al6 quar tets and the octet. Concerts were given Tuesday morning at Grand Gorge and Roxbury central schools and in the aftemon at Delaware acad emy at Delhi. The students stayed overnight at a motel in Catskill, but were taken to Al bany in the evening for a movie at Colonie. Wednesday concerts were given at Pine Plains central school and at the Waissaic state school. An assembly of the tour program was held Monday aiftemoon at MCS, but the pro gram varied at each of the schools on the tour. Battery Is Stolen Michael James Myers, 18, of New Kingston was given a sum mons Wednesday to appear be fore Town Justice Donald Fen ton Tuesday on a petit larceny charge. He is accused of tak ing a $30 automotive battery from the MargaretviUe Agway store Wednesday morning. Shandaken Phoenicia, April 5.—Burglars have been operating throughout most of the town of Shandaken, according to reports received by town constaWes and state poUce during the waning days of March. Four homes in a cluster at Bushnellville were hit between March 26 arid 29, and 10 guns, hi-fi equipment and many antiques were reported among the loot. The homes were those of Claude Nemec. Dr. Fred Hann, Paul Cav and J. Coudrai. Aiding sitate police in the in vestigation were Chief Con stable Jack Schlegel and Con stables Tom Jansen and Jon Boland. Another burglary was report ed by David Parker, who lost fishing gear and power tools valued at several hundred dol lars from his home in Fox hollow. David Mancuso of Mount Tremper notified Constables Schlegel and Jansen that more than $1,000 in property had been stolen from his home be tween March 24 and 26. Loot included several hi-fi speakere, radio equipment and a color television. State police are also working on this iftvestigation. Saving of Bridge Race With Vandals Belleayre, AprU 5.—B. N. Miller of Elizabth, N. J., presi dent of the Tuscarora club, met Sunday with several members of the Hardenburgh town board and RolUe Kirby, contractor, of Delhi to select a site for the covered bridge. The town has been studying ways to preserve the historic structure and has accepted Mr. Kirby’s bid for the job of moving it to a safer place. The club hopefully wiU allow the town to place the bridge on club property, but the ap proval must wait for a regular meeting of the club in May. Vandals are stripping the bridge of the handmade wooden pegs and some of the board siding. Hit-Run Accident Reported Sunday George Liddle Of Andes re ported a hit-and-run accident in front of the Andes United Presbyterian church Simday at 12:15 p.m. His car was parked unattended w^iea it was struck in ttie left rear by a vehicle headed in the same direction. The driver of the second car continued on without stopping. Gary Kapitko of Kenilworth, N. J., and Anthony PascareUa reported an accident to their vehicles Saturday afternoon. Kapitko attempted to ipass on the right as PascareUa was making a right turn off of route 28 to enter the Fireside restaurant at ArkviUe. Leg Broken By Falling Tree Charles Strantos, owner of a s-ummer camp in Winter hol low in New Kingston, suffered a broken right femur Saturday afternoon vi^ien struck by a faUing tree he had cut. Unable to get into his trailer, he pulled himself under a pic nic table to get out of the rain until the arrival of the ambu lance from MargaretviUe hos pital. Transferred to Kingston aft er first aid here, he was taken by Doctor’s ambulance to a hospital near his home in Jer sey City, N. J., where he is expected to be laid up for three months. Prepare Concerts The annual spring concert at Andes central school will be presented Wednesday, April 11, at 8 p.m. The performing groups are the intermediate and senior bands, the high school chorus, the fifth and sixth grade chorus and the junior high school chorus. The pub lic is invited. A t Catskill Center C A T S K II^ M O U N T A IN C* KELLT SOUTH MAIM AVE. IT. H . I . , 12208 NOV. 1973 NEWS Vol. 110—40 12 Pages—2 Sections MABGARETVILLE, N. Y., THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1973 Published Weekly Second-Class Postage Paid at MargaretviUe. N. Y. 124SS 15c Copy $7.50 Yea* R o t a r y B e g i n s P l a n n i n g F o r E s o p u s R a c e s Phoenicia. — Prelim i n a r y plans for the 10th annual white water slalom June 2-3 on the Railroad Rapids of the Esopus creek were initiated at the weekly dinner meeting of the Phoenicia Roteuy club at Al’s restaurant. The Rotarians co-sponsor the yearly event with the Kayak and Canoe Club of New York. The 1973 races will serve as a prelude to the world champion ships in Muoto Valley, Swit zerland, on June 20-24, and many of America’s leading competitors will be here for final warmups. John McGilUvray is Rotary chairman of the event, assisted by Glenn Miller and Anthony Valentino. All members will be assigned duties. Committees wiU be named shortly. Auxiliary Seeks Reorganization A reorganization meeting of the Margaretviille Hospital Aux iliary is scheduled Monday night at 8 in the cafeteria of the hospital. The group has been active in many aspects of the hospital operation and has largely com pleted its pledge of $35,000 to the building fund. Kirkside Meeting Is Held by Club Roxbury, AprU 5.—^The Rox bury Reading club met Monday afternoon at Kirkside, and Mrs. Cornelius Lepeltak reviewed “The Catskills, From Wilder ness to Woodstock” by Alf Evers Of Shady. Mr. Evers has spoken here, and wiU speak Editor Describes ^Catskills’ Start Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Gardiner, editors and publishers of the new “Catskills” maga zine, described the beginnings of the project to members of the MargaretviUe Rotary club Tuesday night. Mr. Gardiner also described the start of a whaling industry in the Hudson river in 1783 by Thomas and Seth Jenkins, who had been burned out of their Nantucket estabU^ment by the British forces. The venture lasted until 1845. There were rope walks at Athens, Catskill and Hudson. The spring edition of the magazine will be a month late, but the pubUshers hope to be on schedule with the summer edition. Six Are Named To Study Council Six appointments to occupa tional school advisory councils were made last week by the Board of Cooperative Educa tional Services of the Second Supervisory district. Plans and a budget for the next school year were adopted at the same meeting. Named to the occupational advisory councUs were Fred Temming of Andes, Mrs. June Meinstein of MargaretvUle, Howard Nichols of Bloomville, Henry Wyckoff of Gilboa and James West Jr. of Hunter- TannersvUle for the Northern Catskills Occupational center and Leon Pedersen of Milford for the Otsego area center. The board approved the recommended common calendar for all schools in the supervis ory district. The first day of classes wUl be Wednesday, Sept. 5, with occupational classes starting Sept. 6. The final day will be Friday, June 21. Vacation days will include Oct. 8, Oct. 22, April 12 and May 27. Thanksgiving vacation wall begin at noon Nov. 21 and at the Burrou#is ojben house i include Nov. 22 and 23. Christ- mw vacation will start Dec. 24 At the close of the meeting,'V and conclude New Year’s day. cookies and pundh were served by Kirkside ladies. The May meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. Earl T. Schreiber. Canvassers Named Fleischmanns, April 5.—^Mrs. Eva Fuller, chairman of the Cancer Crusade for the Fleisch manns area, will be assisted by the following canvassers: Nina Johnson, Georgianna Fadrlie, Ada Harke, Della Barkman. Mary Searie, Nancy Ballard, Joanne Mariotti and MelcUiie Fairibairn. Andes Volunteers Collect for Cancer Andes, April 5.—The Cancer drive is on during the month of AprU. Local chairman is Mrs. Iva Terry. The canvassers for the town of Andes are JoAnn Sidorowicz, Palmer Hill; Gloria Ross, Glad stone Hollow; Polly Gladstone, upi>er part of village; Otto Winkler, Dingle hiU; Ann Lid dle, Andes-Delhi road; Ethel Norris and Barbara Firment, lower TremperskUl; Charlotte Winkler, TremperskiU; Janet Chappell, upper TremperskiU; Adele Jobman, Wolf hollow and Shaver holow; Warren Weaver Sr., Barkaboom and Mud lake; Cheryl Terry, Perch lake; Edna Joslin, Cabin hill; Maude Fin kle, Beech hill; Marion Knapp, ■back street. The village of Andes will be canvassed on Thursday, April 12, at 7 pjn. B l u e p r i n t F o r S a v i n g R a i l r o a d T o B e P r e s e n t e d H e r e S a t u r d a y HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT SHED erected by Town of Shandaken forces has been put into service to store trucks and machinery, which Superintendent Archie Aley was unable to fit into regular town garage. The acquisition of two U. S. surplus military trucks and a snow control tractor made extra space necessary. Pole shed also houses depot for deposit of articles for recycling and reclamation before they are transported to Kingston. A possible alternative to abandonment of the Catskill Mountain branch of the Penn- Central railroad will be pro posed by Dcnald L^ Pevsner, Miami attorney and raU en thusiast, when he speaks to members of the Catskill Center for Conservation and Develop ment on April 14 at Kass Inn. The CatskUl Center has gone on record as opposing abandon ment. Calling it the “most beauti ful branch line east of the Rockies,” Mr. Pevsner observed that it is only an hour and a quarter from Times Square at its Kingston terminus. He compared the possibUities of the CatskiU Mountain Branch with the successful Durango- to-Silvertcn narrow gauge line in Colorado. He forsaiw its use for a week end excursion line during the summer, with the possibility of fall foliage tours later in the year. During the ski season he said the Mne could be used to bring skiers from the metro politan area and elsewhere, with a club car and entertain ment as a possible “side attrac tion” to travelers. Mr. Pevsner would also con tinue freight iservice on the line. Saying that the, Penn- Central has “done its best to discourage” potential users in the past, he added that tiie freight service could be ex panded, with the proper ef forts. Mid-winter vacation wall cover the week of Feb. 1^22. Spring vacation will run from Good Friday on April 12 through the following Friday, April 19. The tentative budget present ed at an earlier meeting was revised to reflect cuts totaling $72,276. This makes the hew budget $1,632,831. Alarm Was False Roxbury, April 5.—A short in the automatic fire alarm sys tem at Kirkside was blamed for an alarm which roused Rox bury firemen and other villagers at 5 a.m. Thursday. A thor ough search of ithe resident home was conducted by fire men, who foimd LTo trace of a blaze. Pinner Mfide $600; Concert Followed Roxbury, April 5.—The smor- gaslbord held Saturday at the United Methodist church cleared more than $600, and 197 people were served. Mrs. Richard F. Lutz was chairman, assisted by most of the United Methodist women. Following the supper, most of those who attended adjourned to the Gould Memorial Re formed church, where a pro gram was given by seven mem bers of the “Sonlight” singing group from the Roberts Wes leyan coUege. The three boy s'ingers include James Ballard of Roxbury, David Fields and Ron Kelly. The three girl singers are Pamela Wiedemann, Sharon Zoller and Kim Bait- well, and the pianist is Ccirolyn .Arndt. Ron Kelly also played a guitar. Dave Fields read the scrip ture. Pam Wiedemann sang a solo, and James BaUard gave a talk “Parable of the Oremge Tree.” Then the assembly adjourned downstairs, where pimch and cupcakes were served, and the group sang more songs. On Sunday morning the group participated in the church service. Miss Zoller gave her testimony. A song by request was sung by Miss Zoll- er and Ron Kelly and another solo by Miss Wiedermann. The seven were guests at Roxbury homes. James spent the weekend with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Ballard, and the others were as foUows: Two stayed with Mr. and Mrs. George Raeder and two with Mr. and Mrs. Romayn F. Hey ler, and one each with Mr. and Mrs. Hfffold E. Qfle and Mr. and Mrs. Howard P. Gdbibs. B e l l e a y r e Is A l l o c a t e d $ 3 7 5 , 0 0 0 In S t a t e B u d g e t F o r S n o w m a k i n g Projects totaling $3,143,000 in Ulster county are included in the state budget passed last week by the Legislature. Included among these is an appropriation of $375,000 to improve Dairy Committee Seeks a Princess Delaware County Dairy Prin cess and June Dairy month committee has invited all girls, unmarried, between the ages of 17 and 24 an opportunity to try out on the county level for the possibility of being selected New York State Dairy Prin cess. One stipulation is that their parents or guardians must be engaged in farming. The poster contest has been announced to the schools and posters are due on or about May 1. The dinner date is set for June 2 at Delhi Tech. Committee appointments are: Mrs. George Pebler of Rox bury as chairman: John Bar- low, tickets; Mrs. Paul Moody and Carol Triolo, banquet chair men; Mrs. Betty Guntert, treas urer; Mre. Vanley Blackman, publicity; Mrs. Mary Ann Sa vold, contestants; Mrs. Pebler, judging; Mrs. Pearl Johnson, booking, and Van Travis, sec retary. C of C to Welcome State Archivist Dr. John S. Still, chief cur ator of museums for the De partment of Education, will be the speaker at the dinner meeting of the Delaware Coun ty Chamber of Commerce April 17 at Roundup Ranch in Downs- ville. The 7:30 p.m. dinner will be preceded by a reception at 6:30. Dr. Still wi'U explain what aid the New York State coun cil of the arts can provide in{ analyzing and setting up the' Old Mill can^>lex at East^ Meredith and wiU exptedn benefits derived from inclusion in the National register. The Old MUl and its sur rounding buildings will be on display to the residents of Del aware county without charge on Easter Sunday, April 22. The April 17 dinner will be followed by a spring and sum mer fashion show. Feed Store Sold Thomas L. Smith has ac quired the feed store building of Dugan & Taber, Inc., which ad joins jhis Gulf service station on Bridge street. The deed was from the bankruptcy court last week with immediate posses sion. Attorney Herman Gott fried represented Mr. Smith. Plans for use of the site foUow- ing demolition have not been announced. Call Unnecessary Phoenicia district firemen were called out Tuesday night to the Sid Ford house in Fox hollow, where an electrical malfunction called a fire scare. Firemen’s services were not needed, however. Second on Schoharie water supply facilities at Belleayre Mountain ski center and to purchase additional snowmaking equipment for the center. Assemblyman H. Clark Bell of Woodstock also noted that the budget contains an appro priation for continued develop ment of the Kenneth L. Wilson state park at Wittenberg and $10,000 to improve the water supply facilities at the Wood land Valley campsite. Other appropriations affect ing the county are $1,261,000 to complete capital construction projects at the Napanoch cor rectional facility, $755,000 for new and partly completed capi tal construction at the Alkill correctional facUity and $200,- OOO for land acquisition and completion of capital construc tion projects at the Senate House in Kingston. Festival Plans on Move at Pine Hill The Pine Hill association re ported at its meeting last week that many ibooths have been al ready rented for its Pine Cone festival to 'be held the weekend of July 14 and 15 in Pine Hill. Tom Baker and Nancy Smith have been placed in charge of allocating booth space for the handicrafts, concessions, flea market, hdbby disiplays and other exhibits twhich will be^a part of the festival. Other activities added to the plans include an auction, music and chUdren’s games and con tests. The next general meeting will be at 8 pjm. at the Pine Hill fire hall. It is open to all intei«9ted reUdents. NCOC Previews Will Be Wednesday There will be an occupational course preview night Wednes day, AprU 11, at the Northern Catskills Occupational center at Grand Gorge. The evening is for students who wiill be tak ing coxirses at the center during- the next school year and their parents or guardians, but other interested persons may attend. Each course will be explained twice. One presentation will be at 8 p.m., the other at 8:35. The number of persons at each session will be limited on a first-come, first-served basis. Benefit Concert There will be a country and folk music concert Sunday afternoon at the Izaak Walton League clubhouse on Cemetery road at MargaretviUe. The concert is from 2 to 5 p.m. and area artists are donating their time and talents to aid in raising funds to send to Nicaragua for the reUef of New Year’s Eve earthquake victims. P o w e r A u t h o r i t y S e e k s F e d e r a l P e r m i t F o r B r e a k a b e e n P r o j e c t Washington.—The New York State Power Authority Friday filed an application with the Federal Power Commission to build the one-million-kilowatt Breakabeen pumped storage power project in Schoharie county north of the nearly com pleted Blenheim-GUboa project. The proposed project would include two reservoir^ and an underground powerhouse. Water would be impounded in the 1,- 020-acre lower reservoir. At times of low oemand for elec tricity, the water would be pumped to a 216-acre upper reservoir on Rossman hiU, us ing power from another source. When needs for electricity are greater and in emergencies, the water would flow back down- hiU to produce up to one million kilowatts when the upper res ervoir is at its lowest level and up to 1,200,000 kilowatts when it is at its highest operating level. The application detaUs plans for: —Maintaining a minimum flow of 3 million gallons a day downstream from the project lower reservoir, where there is no visible flow in dry sum mer months. —A coordii^ted recreation development in cooperation with appropriate state, federal and local agencies. Included would be boating, fishing, picnicking, skating, hiking trails and other faciUties that ■(Vould be coor dinated with those being provid ed by the Authority at Blen- heim-Gilboa. —Acquisition of 4% miles of additional transmission line right-of-way to connect the Breakabeen and Blenheim-Gil- boa Projects. —Acquisition of about 3,300 acres of land for project pur poses, among them power, transmission, recreation, wild life management and other en vironmental aspects and high way relocation. The project would remove from production ajboijt 428 acres of land used for agricul tural production in 1971. An exhibit notes that harvested cropland in Schoharie county decreased 22,361 acres between 1964 and 1969, an average of about 4,472 acres a year. The 428 acres are included in a 5,000-acre agricultural dis trict formed after initial an nouncement in 1971 that the area was being studied as a po tential project Bite.
