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P a r t y P e r m i t s A r e A v a i l a b l e A g a b i In C a t s k i ll s After a one-year lapse, parly permits for deer hunters will be available again this fall in the Catskill region. At the same time, (Commis sioner Henry L. Diamond said there will be an increase of nearly 50 per cent in the number of party permits to be issued in Central and Western New York. No party permits will be available for the Adirondack Region. There will be 14,650 permits available in seven deer manage ment units in the Catskill, where moderate winters the last two years have permitted a signifi cant increase in the size of the deer herd. Party sizes vary from three to six members for regular permits and from two to four members L t G o v . W i ll D e d i c a t e P o w e r S i t e T u e s d a y Dedication ceremonies of the Blenheim-Gilboa pumped storage power project and the new Mine Kill state park will be held Tuesday, July 31, at the park, along Route 30 north of Grand Gorge. Lt. Gov. Malcolm Wilson will deliver the principal remarks at the ceremonies, which will begin at 11 a.m. The Blenheim-Gilboa project is the first built by the authority subsequent to the 1968 legis lation directing it to construct pumped storage projects. Mine Kill state park was built by the authority as part of the project and will be operated by the Saratoga-Capital district parks and recreation commission of the state office of parks and recreation. A full day of activities has been planned for the public, including opening of the three-pool swim ming complex. Young Men on Tour for landowner permits. Appli cations will be available in late summer and must be submitted along with party members’ big game license stubs, by Saturday, Sept. 15. No fee must accompany the application. Only those parties whose applications are selected by computer will be notified to remit their party permit fee of $5 to the department. A total of 45,400 permits will be available this season. As has been the case in previous years, up to 50 per cent of the permits in each deer management units are available for qualified landowner parties. A person must own 50 or more acres in one parcel to qualify for a landowner permit in his unit. Party sizes for deer manage ment units are as follows: CATSKILL REGION Unit Quota Reg. L’er 44 50 51 60 62 64 68 700 5 2 450 4 2 2,750 4 2 6,500 3 2 1,800 4 2 906 1,550 CatskiUs 14,650 Unit areas are as follows: Unit 44—Portions of Dutchess and Putnam counties. Unit 50—Por tions of Delaware and Sullivan counties. Unit 51— Portions of A C S O f f i c e s O f f e r i n g H e l p The Andes central school guidance office will be open each Monday throughout the summer to register new students, make schedule changes, and assist students and parents. New students have been asked to register early in the summer in order that the transfer of records may be accomplished before the start of the new school year. The Andes central school main office will be closed from July 28 through Aug. 13. Delaware, Orange and Sullivan counties. Unit 60—Portions of Delaware, Schoharie and Sulli van counties. Unit 62—Portions of Broome, Chenango, Delaware and Otsego counties. Unit 64- Portions ' Albany, Delaware and Schoiiarie counties. Unit 68—Portions of Delaware, Herki mer, Otsego and Schoharie counties. The big game season in New York opens October 25 in the Northern Zone and November 19, the third Monday in Novem ber, in the Southern Zone. Closing day statewide is Decem ber 4, the first Tuesday in December. For details, check the 197? \ ‘ ’'ig Game Hunting Guide wh . ^ill be available at all license-issuing locations in late summer. C h u r c h E l e c t s ’7 3 -7 4 O f f i c e r s The annual congregational meeting of the Clovesville Bible Baptist church at Fleischmanns was held Thursday. A budget for the 1973-74 year of $6,948.80 was adopted. Plans were approved to install the electric stove and sink in the church kitchen and to complete kitchen cabinets and other furnishings. The following officers were elected for the fiscal year: Mr. and Mrs. William Crawford, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Finch, Mr. and Mrs. Elton Mattice and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kelsey, deacons and deaconesses; Richard Finch and Clinton Finch, trustees; Mrs. Helen Merwin, church clerk; Mrs. Patricia Benjamin, treas urer; Harry Kelsey, assistant treasurer; Mrs. Laura Prue, missionary treasurer; Mrs. Maude Finch and William Craw ford, Sunday school superinten dents: Harry Kelsey, Sunday school, secretary-treasurer; Wil liam Crawford, Harry Kelsey, Ward Finch, Elton Mattice and Calvin Wright, ushers. E a s t e r n M o u n t a i n B o y s F in d R o c k i e s D a n c e R o u g h The continuing adventures of Clarke E. Sanford of Margaret- ville and John VanBenschoten of New Kingston as the young men push farther west on their summer safari through the United States. The narrative written cooperatively continues on the leg from South Dakota toward Denver, Col. As our journey brought us close to Denver we could see signs of the gas shortage. Many stations were closed and the stations that were open often had lines of cars 100 yards long waiting to fill up. We learned from some residents that 85 per cent of the gas stations in Denver were closed due to the gas shortage. This is the first place that the fuel shortage had affected us, and we had trouble finding gas before we left the city. After staying with Clarke’s brother, Richard, for a few days and resting up we decided to head into the Rocky Mountains and then north. John and I had both heard that the Hshing in the Rockies was excellent, and we were both eager to dine on some fresh trout. We spent the better part of an afternoon on a promising looking stream, but neither of us was able to catch anything. Later that evening a friendly bartender in a small town informed us that the run-off from an unusually large snowfall last winter was keeping the streams too high for good fishing. This seemed to make sense to us, for there was lots of snow in the mountains yet, and it also made us feel better knowing that it wasn’t our fault we weren’t eating fresh trout. Late one afternoon we were forced to stay in a small town due to a flat tire, which could not be fixed until the following day. The outskirts of the town consisted of large slag piles and dingy shacks so we were not very enthusiastic about having to spend the evening there. The town was Leadville, Col. and Leadville proved to be one of the most pleasant towns yet encountered^ Once a boom town which sprang up around 1878 and was home for some 300,000 people, Leadville soon met its demise when the gold, silver, and lead deposits ran dry. At its zenith Leadville saw the likes of Doc Holiday, Wyatt Earp, Jesse James and other lesser known western folk heroes and at one time tried to become the capitol of Denver. This was attempted by building a huge ice palace which covered five acres and boasted towers of 90 feet, all made out of blocks of ice. TTiis was supposed to draw people and prestige from all parts of the state. Unfortunately the weather did not comply with Leadville’s illusions of grandeur and after 14 weeks the palace had melted. During the 1930s the popu lation hit a low of 1,300, and most of the town was boarded up. Sometime during the 1950s a new ore was discovered there, molybdenum, I believe, and Leadville started to grow once again. Today most, of the buildings on Main street are in use once again. Leadville is truly a town out of the past. The most amazing and enjoyable aspect of all this is that Leadville is not trying to exploit its tremendous tourist potential to any degree. Almost everyone we met was from the immediate area, and as one approches the town its existence is not made known by the large billboard signs that are ubiquitous near almost anything of tourist value. We once again decided to try our luck at fishing, and this time chose one of Colorado’s high altitude lakes. The closest we could drive to our destination, Rim Lake in the White River National Forest Preserve, was eight miles, and because it was well into the afternoon, we thought it best to wait until morning to start hiking. We had driv ^. \■ le Valley and we learned that this same evening was the annual Eagle Valley dance down at the old one-room school house. Being that this was only an annual affair Clarke and I decided to attend. When we arrived the dance had already started, and cars were parked all around the small building. Because this was a dance that the entire family attended, no drinking was allowed inside the building. This didn’t seem to deter anyone as every car had one and sometimes two coolers filled with every alcoholic bever age one might desire. Every so often it seemed the only ones in the building were the kids, the band, and Clarke and myself. There we stood eyes agog, disbelieving this entire affair. When everyone returned it was a sight to behold. People were dancing, yelling, falling down, and after the same song was played about five times they were screaming for more. Some unfortunate woman fell down the cellar stairs and had to be carried away, knocked cold, but the band never missed a beat. I should mention that every one was dressed up western style and being that Clarke and I lacked the proper attire we easily stood out in the midst of the raucous gathering. We were definitely strangers in town, and it was not difficult to sense the animosity that arose due to our intrusion. At midnight coffee and sand wiches were served downstairs which was, I guess, supposedly in keeping with the prohibition of alcohol inside the building. It was about this time that we learned someone had smashed into the back of the van, and the rest of the evening was spent prying the two vehicles apart. We have attended some wild gatherings around Margaret- ville, but nothing that even approached the Eagle Valley annual dance. Despite all of this we stUl managed to reach our original destination. The altitude affected us to the extent that on the steeper parts of the climb we could only manage about about 100 yards at a time before having to stop, completely out of breath. It seemed that after all this we deserved some good fishing, but Eagle Valley wasn’t quite through with us. The lake supported one of the largest mosquito populations I have ever seen, and we had to settle on Rice-a-Roni rather than fresh trout. That was enough for us, and as soon as we hiked down we left Eagle Valley for good. We had heard about Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks from people along the way. Comments had ranged from too crowded to beautiful beyond imagination. As we traveled through the parks the first thing I noticed was the large number of campers in the road. John and I both wished that we had bought stock in Winnebago a few years ago. The parks lack any local flavor, as the people who work and visit are from all over the country. You can spot a license plate from about any state with no trouble at all. The parks were also every bit as beautiful as we had heard. There are snow capped moun tains towering above deep sky-blue lakes, and lush green valleys abundant with wildlife. No license is required to fish in Yellowstone park. A park ranger explained to us that the park was formed before the state of Wyoming, and the park never gave up its control of the land. However, it does cost to stay in the National parks; the price is $2 a day for traveling through and $3 a night for camping. There is a special rate for people over 62 years of age and for people spending a large amount of time in the National parks. We had both hoped to see a bear and were not disappointed. Although the bear we saw was small and mangy looking, it was still a bear and we took pictures of it. Our next destination was Glacier National park which was supposed to be a gathering place for young people from aU over the country. Although this proved not to be true Glacier ended up less crowded and even more beautiful than Teton and Yellowstone parks. Fishing was free in Glacier and the streams were incredibly cold, probably due to the fact that they are fed by the more than 30 active glaciers in the park. Here we finally ended up having fresh trout for a few meals, and our next destination is to be Canada, which is the northern boundary of Glacier National park. I might add that this far north it does not get dark until 10 o’clock. CATSKILL M O U N T A IN M i r AVB, ffOV, 3 Vol. 111—1 14 Pages MABOABETVILLE, N. THUBSDAT, 26, 1»1S PttbUihed Weekly Second-Class Pastage Paid at M a r»am * a i«, n T V . 134SJ 15eCop7 9 7 ^ Tear Stevens S h e ’s A Q u e e n Shavertown, July 26—Miss Flossie Stevens, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Stevens of Beech Hill, was selected as fire queen for 1973 for the Andes fire department. She was crowned at the annual firemen’s dance held Saturday night at the Shaver town hall. Crowning was by Miss JoAnn Jacques, last year’s Andes fire queen. O n e A c c i d e n t F o l l o w s A n o t h e r An Andes man had two auto accidents within five hours among the five investigated by state police of the Margaretville station over the weekend. Two of the five accidents caused minor personal injuries, and sum monses were issued in four. Ernest Smith, 21, collected two summonses as the result of his two accidents Friday night and Saturday morning. The first occurred at 10:50 p.m. at the intersection of Main and Maple streets in Margaretville when the Smith car collided with one driven by Lenora Coss, 60, also of Andes. State police said the Coss car was moving south when the Smith car crossed the double yellow line on Main street. On this the Andes man was given a summons for failure to yield half the road. It is returnable before Town Justice Donald Fenton in Margaretville on July 31. At 3:30 a.m. Smith collected another summons in Andes on the same charge. On this he is to appear Aug. 3 before Tovwi Justice Joseph Grieco in Andes. State police said that Smith's car had struck a parked vehicle on Main street. The parked car is owned by Jay Wright of Andes. As a result of this crash Smith suffered a laceration of the scalp, for which he received treatment at O’Connor hospital in Delhi. Cars driven by Walter Raeder, 35, of Prattsville and Frank Cottone, 68, of Grand Gorge collided on the Cottone road near the Ferris hill road in the town of Roxbury at 6:45 a.m. Thursday. Raeder’s eastbound car collided with the left front of Cottone’s westbound car. Cottone received a bump on the head and complained of a headache, and Raeder was given a summons for failure to yield half the road. He is to appear before Town Justice Andrew Schuman Jr. in Roxbury. William A. Nicholson Jr., 17, of Manhassett, N. Y. was arrested for driving while intoxicated early Sunday after a one-car accident on the Huckleberry Brook road near the South Reservoir road. Nicholson told state police that he was traveling south and swerved to avoid an animal. The car struck a tree. Nicholson was released on $50 bond put up by his father, pending appearance later with an attorney ^fore TJ Fenton. Cars driven by Edward Mc- Goughran, 29, of Andes and Norma Stillwell, 54, of Center- port, L. I., collided at 7:30 p.m. Monday on the Dry Brook road about three miles from Arkville. Mrs. Stillwell told state police she was blinded by the sun, as the cars collided. R o x b u r y G r a n g e E l e c t s O f f i c e r s Roxbury, July 26—Delaware Valley Grange held election of officers at the meeting July 19. The following were elected for another year: Herbert VanAken, master; Mrs. Mary Cottone, overseer; Mrs. Henrietta Weber, lecturer; Frank Cottone, steward; John Thorington, assistant stew ard; Mrs. Ada VanAken, chaplain; Mrs. Marian VanAken, lady assistant steward; Fred Weber, treasurer; Catherine Thorington, secretary; John Kunzler, gate keeper; Irma M. Griffin, Ceres; Mrs. Elma M. Brower, Pomona; Mrs. Nellie Ferris, Flora. Herbert VanAken, Mrs. Mar ian Mattice and G^rge Mattice are on the executive committee. Mrs. Weber, the lecturer, had a short program. V iU a g e O K s S t e p T o w a r d O v e r a l l P l a n The Margaretville village board has approved a proposal to make a study of the village, looking toward better planning. The architechural and engineer ing firm of Myrick and Chevalier of Troy will be retained on a per diem basis to assist in developing a plan for future growth. Also to be studied are current ordi nances and zoning regulations to bring them up to date. A building code may also be proposed. The proposal was made to the board Monday night by a committee, which had been appointed earlier this spring. It is anticipated that an inventory of the village will be taken. This will include the listing of each building and its present use. In order to hold down costs, service organizations, such as the Rotary club, the American Legion and the fire department will be asked to assist in the inventory. It is anticipated the study can be completed in three months. The cost is estimated at $2,500. As there is no item in the budget for this, the money can come from federal revenue-sharing funds of which the village has $11,219 in the bank. Of this $7,260 was received in 1972 and $3,959 to date this year. R o x b u r y R o t a r y T a p s C o m m i t t e e s Roxbury, July 26—Four com mittees were appointed by the Roxbury Rotary club at its meeting Monday night in the Roxbury fire house. Appointed as committee chairmen by Henry Munsell were the following: Bob Gordon, service; Willis Lutz, vocational; David Munsell, inter national, and Wesley Hignett, community. These and other committees discussed plans for the coming year, and an open meeting followed to collect suggestions. Bruce Everett received the “Society For the Prevention of Cruelty to Rotarians” award. District Governor John Seeley of Ithaca will visit the club July 30. He will meet with the executive committee before the regular meeting, at which he will address the club’s membership. Work night will be Monday, Aug. 6, at the school baseball diamond. M a r i j u a n a L e f t B y “ G a r d e n e r s ” Phoenicia, July 26—Shandaken town constables and Deputy Sheriff John Stone found a box of marijuana plants after receiving a tip from a town of Shandaken resident over the weekend. The grocery carton full of plants, most of them about a foot high, was turned over to the Ulster county sheriff’s office for destruction. The officers are looking for two young men, reported seen in the vicinity where the plants were found. One was seen carrying a shovel, the other ,a rifle. More Scheduled D o g s A t t a c k e d D e e r R e s c u e r Phoenicia, July 26—One dog was shot and another clubbed off when they attacked a Shandaken man who was trying to drive them off from a deer they had brought down early Tuesday afternoon. Thomas Tintle was bitten on the arm in the melee. Mr. Tintle called Chief Con stable Jack Schlegel about 1 p.m. to notify him of the dogs chasing the deer. By the time the constable arrived, Mr. Tintle had gone after the dogs with a shotgun, trying to chase them off the deer. As one dog bit the man, the other attacked and was killed by a blast from the gun. Wielding the weapon as a club, Mr. Tintle drove off the other dog, which ran away. Tom Aley and Lefty Hall, town of Shandaken highway employes, saw the attack and went to Mr. Tintle’s assistance. Ownership of the dogs was traced to A1 Silke of Shandaken, and he was issued a summons for harboring an unlicensed dog. D r y B r o o k H o s t T o S e n i o r C lu b The senior citizens of the Margaretville area met last week Tuesday afternoon for a potluck supper, entertainment and busi ness meeting at the Dry Brook community hall. Mrs. Nina Haynes and Mrs. Esther Todd were hostesses to the 50 guests. John FitzSimmons, club presi dent, spoke briefly on the aims of the club. Town of Middletown Supervisor Eldred Shaver ex plained the contributions the town and state would make when the club was properly organized. Mrs. John Boulton led and accompanied community singing. Peter Beatty of the state office for the aging at Binghamton met with the directors of the club Friday morning at the Margaret ville United Methodist church hall. Formation of the club was discussed, and Mr. Beatty told how to avoid pitfalls. Mr. Beatty will be the speaker at the club’s picnic Tuesday. T r e e M a n S p o k e A t G a r d e n C lu b Roxbury, July 26—The ^x- bury Garden club met at Wake Robin Gardens, the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Caswell, Monday afternoon, with Mrs. R. F. Heyler, the acting president. The speaker was Floyd Guern sey of Schoharie. He has a large nursery for trees, plants and shrubs, of 100 acres, and he talked about ornamental trees. About 20 were present. At the close of the meeting, coffee, tea and cookies were served. The August meeting will be at the home of Mrs. William Friend. B a il C o n t i n u e d Alfredo Santos of Fleisch manns requested a preliminary hearing on the morals charge against him Tuesday when he appeared before Village Justice Arthur Teig in Fleischmanns. The hearing was set for Aug. 14, and Santos remains free on $5,000 baU. B o y C a m p e r , 1 2 , H it B y B u l l e t O n P e r c h L a k e P r a c t i c e R a n g e An accident at the Camp Pakatakan rifle range at Perch Lake Monday morning seriously wounded a 12-year-old Bronx boy, who had been at the camp for the summer. Michael D r a f t O f f ic e s B e i n g M e r g e d Operation of the Selective Service system under standby conditions has led to the consolidation of the offices of Delaware, Otsego and Chenango boards. Rev. Ray Donahue, selective service chairman for Delaware county, said the combined office would be at 195 Main street in Oneonta. Young men must continue to register within 30 days before or 30 days after their 18th birthday, but the availability for order of draft service will be chosen by lot each year. Local registration in Delaware county will also be continued at most schools, including, Downs- ville, Andes, Margaretville, Wal ton and Grand Gorge central schools. Advisors to registrants in this area are Principal Robert F. Prout of Roxbury central school and Miss Dorris Gavette at Margaretville central school. R o a d M a r k e r s A r e T o r n O u t Phoenicia, July 26—Answer ing complaints from many motor ists, town of Shandaken con stables Monday night found more than two dozen traffic deline ators had been torn up from construction areas along the Chichester road surfacing pro ject. The delineators, which warn of dropoffs, had been laid in the road, creating a traffic hazard for motorists.. Investigation revealed that five young girls had been seen pulling up the stakes, and their parents were notified. Con stables said that the investi gation is still being continued in the Chichester area. Constables, aided by local residents, picked up the deline ators from the road surface and laid them alongside a ditch. Work on the road project is being pushed with long overtime hours to make up for time lost on rainy days. The heavy rains of late June had also caused washouts along the project, holding up the resurfacing. A u c t i o n D r e w A ll-D a y C r o w d Arkville, July 26—The Glen Vermilyea auction drew a large crowd all day Saturday despite the rainy morning and continued w ell into the evening. Refresh ments were sold by the Cu’cle 2 of the United Methodist Women of the Fleischmanns church at the nearby home of Mr. and Mrs. Lynn George. Mr. and Mrs. Vermilyea, lifelong residents of Dry Brook and Arkville, have sold the property to L. D. Clausen and expect to move in the fall to their home in Naples, Fla. R r s t C a t s k i l l s M e e t i n g Is H e l d B y C o m n iissio n The first public meeting of the Catskill Study Commission was held at the Hunter Mountain ski lodge last week Tuesday night. Town and county officials and representatives of other inter ested groups had been asked to give their ideas of the direction in which the commission should proceed. Curt Schrum, a Catskill real estate developer and a member of the New York State Land Developers association, referred to the plan developed for the Adirondacks in urging caution in consideration similiar controls for the Catskills. He said, \Some attorneys have told me that Adirondack plan is unconstitutional. It has deflated the value of land up there without due process.\ Jerry Scheffres, a member of the Greene county planning board, disputed Schrum’s as sertions about the impact of the Adirondack plan and said land- use planning “is basically the greatest thing that ever hap pened.” The three members of the commission present for the hear ing were clearly cognizant of what one of them, Israel Slutzky, called the need “to do everything we can in the way of consulting with local officials and citizens as we go along in this process.” He indicated that may not have been the case in the preparation of the Adirondack plan, which sparked bitter controversy in the North Country. Slutzky, owner of the Hunter Mountain ski resort, said, “In a nutshell, what it amounts to is, there is going to be progress. Let’s make sure it’s orderly progress.” Albert Hall, executive director of the commission, said it has “really only just begun” to decide how it wiU organize its studies. At the moment, he said, his 10 staff members are moving into their offices in the former Rexmere hotel in Stamford. Once under way, the commis sion will develop recommenda tions not only for preserving and developing the region’s natural beauty, but also for improving such things as its transportation network. Hall said. The Catskill Commission’s mandate covers not only the mountainous Catskill Park, but also surrounding agricultural lands. It includes 3.9 million acres—parts of Ulster, Sullivan, Delaware, Schoharie, Otsego,and Greene counties. Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller has identified the commission’s work as the next step in a gradually increasing state role in the planning of land-use and develop- ment across New York—a process that began this year with legislative approval of sharp restrictions on future develop ment in the Adirondacks. Other meetings are planned. The first will be for Otsego county in Oneonta on Aug. 8 and another for Delaware county in Delhi on Aug. 9. Goldblatt was hit in the hip and groin area by a slug from the accidental discharge of a .22 cal. rifle another young camper had been using. Goldblatt underwent nearly five hours of surgery by Dr. Magdi Halim at the Margaret ville Memorial hospital. His condition had stabilized suffic iently by Tuesday to allow his removal to a New York city hospital. The bullet had punc tured the right hip and groin, perforating the femoral artery. Numerous pints of blood were collected from local donors during the emergency surgery to help the boy. Investigator Robert Vasisko of the state police station at Margaretville reported that Goldblatt was on the firing line in a prone position. To the right, Donald Rivkin, another camper was attempting to unload his weapon, described as a .22 cal. Winchester model 60, singleshot, bolt-action rifle. Unloading of this type of weapon was described as difficult once the bolt had been closed. A 15-year-old boy, who had been working at the camp as a dishwasher, attempted to assist Rivkin. As the 15-year-old stood near the campers, he had the gun butt under his left elbow with his left hand on the stock in front of the trigger guard. As be attempted to open the bolt with his right hand, the gun went off. Investigator Vasisko said that the young dishwasher had a long-standing interest in fire arms and had assisted the firearms instructor on occasion. The instructor was about 100 yards away from the point of the accident. S t o r e R o b b e d Big Indian, July 26— Mr. and Mrs. Pat LaMarca, proprietors of Aley’s general store, discovered Thursday morning that the store had been entered during the night and a large amount of merchandise, mostly cigarettes, had been taken. Glass in the front door had been broken to gain entrance. The case is under investigation by town of Shan daken constables. M o u n t T r e m p e r M a n S e n t e n c e d T o 2-6 Y e a r s Phoenicia, July 26—A former Mount Tremper man, who had disappeared last October under the cloud of an accusation that he had ' swindled his insurance clients of more than $36,000, was sentenced Monday in Ulster County court to an indeterminate term of 2-6 years at Clinton prison in Dannemora. F. William Sheehan had pleaded guilty last month before trial to on^ count of second degree grand larceny. Sheehan was sentenced by Acting County Judge Hugh R. Elwyn. Judge Elwyn had been assigned to the case after'County Judge Raymond R. Mino and Surrogate Arthur W. Davis had disqualified themselves because of friendships with the accused man. Sheehan had disappeared last Oct. 17 and after extensively touring the United States and Canada, with police agencies in pursuit, had surrendered himself to state police at Kingston on March 27. He had subsequently been indicted for four counts of grand larceny, but the plea of guilty to one was accepted in settlement for all. The former insurance agent had been accused of issuing fraudulent policies to clients and then pocketing the premiums, leaving the clients without coverage. He had avoided detec tion for a time by paying small claims put of his own pocket. A former employe of the Veterans Administration, Shee han had opened the insurance agejicy about four years ago. He had b^n Democratic candidate for supervisor in the town of Woodstock in 1969, and had been a<?tive in community affairs, often volunteering his services to help with worthy causes.
