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- f l 4 □ April a e , 1SSS □ F R e g M A N 'S J O U R N A I. Opinion (» m c ^ t: .•..., In 0 « r Viewpoint G*town receives commemoratioii At the same tiiim that die Nattonal Baseball Hall o f Fame and Museum dedicates an enhibit honoring the playeis who served - bofe home and abroad - in World War II, the village will receive a national honor. Ilie viUage wiB be honored as a World War II Commemorative Community on Memorial Day to coincide with die 50th annivereaiy o f the end of the war. Ilie Hall o f Fame revised that dime is a need to recognize baseball’s role in the American war efCort. To that end, the Hall of Fame has set up a show in the tempoiary e x h ibit room of the F e^r-Yawkey Building on the Bist floor. Many b a seb^ playem went to war abroad, but just as itnpor- mnt were those who stayed at home and played the game. While it is true that many odim- villages ainoss the coiuiny have been named as World War II Commemomtive VlUages, the honor is not (hrainished, pardculary when jouied with the H ^ l’s exhibit, and die normal acdvides in Coopo^town on Memoridi Day... It is a day to lemmnter, and wl^e no one will have mmble doing that, the add»i incaidves may make us look a M e mme deeply at the war and what some specie people did to aid our efforts. Letters to the Editor Winterfest '95 derfut donations: from Milford - Crowley's Comer Store and Main New York needs workfare, not welfare was a success ' Ben Franklin Craft Store; from By GEORGE E. PATAKI Governor Last Febniary. I proixised a com prehensive welfare reform plan never before semi m New York. It requires work from able-bodied welfare recipients, provides incen- uves so recipients will complete tbeir educaaon and it plac^ a tune limit on home relief, a welfare pro gram for able-todied adults with out children. Welfare was conceived ^ a pro gram of temporary assistance for those who uiuld not provide for themselves and iheu families. Today we are faced with an \ask no questions, demand no person^ he welfare system has failed those it was intended to help. to welfare since the modem sys tem was created more than SO years ago. Unfortunately, the Democrats who control the Assembly do not support niy plan for change. They oppose my workfare requirement l%ey oppose placing a time limit res^msibility” welfare system. My prqiosals will reverse the decades-old uend of virtually unchecked espansion of welfare progranm. The state Senate, acting responsibly, has already passed sform plan. If approved by the on benefits for able-bodied adults. They oppose providing our district attorneys with evidence o f welfare Since New Yorkos will spmd hundreds of millions this y ^ on billion without reform. If my refonn plan is implemented, it will save tax payers $575 million per year. The welfare system has faded those it was intended to help. When government takes responsibility for people, petqile stop t s ^ g responsi- bili^ for thmselv^. T o lh e E d ittr On Saturda]lay. A|ml Central School held its annual Cooperstown • Straws and Svreets, Danny's M a rk^ Eliswcxlh & Sill. My plan is a departure from welfare, the Assembly' Democrat position is regreU^Ie. For the he the most fundamraitol changes u(xx}ming fiscal year, welfare will cost state taxpayers more than $2.1 uninoductive, status quo well policies that only perpetuate dependency. Because it empha sizes work and education, my plan will give people hope for a tetter future. I Itope New Yorla|ffwiIl my plan h P a f e s i c b t ^ for W in i e r f ^ a time o f fun and atxivi- Ues Ininging school and community together. T te Wimerfesf Comminee thanks all the staff and C^idty at Milford Central Sdtool and all the community mmnhers, parents and children who contributed to the day's s u c c ^ in any way at all. and would KpKiaily like to thank the following businesses fm their won- Homearapes, Moon Dreams, The C u p b o ^ , Agway, Augur' Bookstore, Tm Bin Alley, P&C s tte Commons, H a ^ e rty Ace Hard ware and Mr. Ken Williams. W interf^t this year truly s u c c e ed tecaase of everycBte's effcms. We send a big thank you to alt. TOM RATHBONE Winterfest '95 Committee Chairman changing the welfare system'os we Bound Volumes byTomHeib The wtmte numb^ of paupers relieved or IX 1844, exclusive iiuppuned during the year 1844, exclusive of the city and county of AJteny. was 97,961. O f the whok numlxa thus relieved or supported, the numbo’ of county paupos was 90,744. and the number of town fou- pers was 7217. The numbor of pasons temporarily relieved was 77,786. aiui included in tte whole mimter id iev ^ The aggregite expense of leteving and suj^m- mg tte oteve numt^ of paupi^, exclusive of tte city and anmty of A l i ^ , vras SS69d)17. The number df pemms reived mto the ^vmd (xxff houres in 1844 was IS.416; t»m m thmi 419; dial 1,286; touwl out 524; dischaiged 10,332; abaand- ed 1290 - leaving ranaxnmg on the 1st of Decente, 1844,7,549 ^ ^ n s , of whom 2.775 w®e foreipas, 767 lunatics, 274 tdios,and^rnim . Thsnmntertd females under 16 years of age in the pow houses on ite ftrslof 1844 was 953. nudes 1J)32; tool of both sexes under 16 years of age, 1^85. Numfesff insBneted diering the year 1844 was 2,581. Of tte ca a ^ o f {curperism 4 J8S ware redusad to the Slate by dirm inasiq^ant^ l,12ScIifl- dren btoame panpso by virus of tbs into* petance of {Kirents; 172 femalaa heamrp».of husharate'imempoEmre. d terG B E ^ c f patg j^tn i n e l u ^ fliegitimsty (chiMmt). 95; Old age - 790; bBtesra - 2&1; foal •7&7;desiefiau3s-7 ^ ; onit»4 - 41; lanKiiBa icKladi&g thamadteo* 1 , ^ . CApr. 2S, m S ; P. 1. Csfl. 4) 1895 Be Your Own Sandow. We take it for granted that y-ou teheve m health. Most people d a And in rational exercise and im o u ion os a moms of aoaining and pre- serving iu frermit us thoi to bring to your Rotiire: The Whiteley Exerciser. Which pro vidss the means, and ite Book of Instr^tions omraipanying it points (he way. An ideal gymnasUtm for home or travding US& Noiseless; wamuUBd to remain s a Weighs less than two pounds. Con be put op pmmanemly in two mini withom tools o f any k i n l No strafB to buckle. No weights to change. Self-adjust ing resisiance o f mm to forty pounds. No The winter o f 1920 will go down in histo ry os teing one of foe most severe winters in Otrego county's histtay, and being on a pn. if not excelling, tbs fianous winter of 18^. H ie pass winter has bom remarkable in many feature, chief among which is the that there was neym* a h i ^ in tte cold, them their son has been killad in acrion. 1945 Ihe public foould be warned that Nazi agents are at work throughout foe United States oideavoiing to destroy temfidence in the War department The plan is this: Tte agents find out nomra of families with sons overeeas. then telephone the parents leHing Planning is nothing new in tte Cooperstown area It goes back to the days of Judge V/illiam Carper, founder of the srillagc. according to Frank C. Carpaiter, editor of the Otsego Forma. Spetdeiog at Tte aisiomary \January Thaw\ was m in ing. and it was not imdl the fttca part o f March thaithere vras any tmre of teing releared from foe w i n d 's grip. B luosi^ Usually tte phoning is done by a woman. Parents wonda why they have not i ^ n notified by the War department. Later, of coim», they leant (hat foe rqrort was foe regular meeting of the R o i ^ Club at the Oteraga Hotel on Tuesday of last w ^ . inut^ came upon bltezaids with we^-end regular- untrue, but it has in foe meantime jerks, no dead weights - you'll think it’s olive. E x c r e ta all foe n ....................... ve. E x eici^ all foe muretss. Makes oil ntovements foot am he ramie on w e i ^ raa^iDis, and many ofoeis. l^aally c^in* fa hdBegj £ranitetnan qt ehildran. Machhm complos. Riveted ternng pal- fagis, $2; Gme bearing - noteiless. $3; Coim bouing, foil nictel, $4; Fancy, wiih silk awoed e ^ le, code or pollshad rabbor handles $5, S an prepaid for ndditinniii 25 I d cidatng s u m your weight aid . u i « l ity. crippling tzafite and causing g r ^ dam- eddismist of the War department and foe age and loss of time. Tbepfinei{^sufifora govemment The foct is that foe War throu^ioot the past wanter was foe Sotnhem department notifies the p a ^ t s as soon os New Yak R o i^ y Company, who qiem the facts con te cleared, and does by upwards of S30,(HM} in tte forte mauhs to means of a tele^on of notiftcotioa, not by disr foeir tiaCte of tte mammoth snow- a phone call (Aj». 25. IS4S; P. I, Qjl. S) drifts wbisfoblocl^ Ite passigeof their DoubttessGenoal Eisenhower, like bOsopststowii Ite many others, well Rsnembers bow accounts reason was 62 inctes. The greatest dtpfo of ofGeimanaoelty woe disbelieve] by snowonalev^atonetiinewasSdiiKfoes. manypeopleinthiscouiuiy whocame to O ^ g o Lake e fos^ Deamter 18, two d ^ s foe consliision that foe \aiioc% sioii^\ afier the first fringe of ice had foitned, and Vvcre trumped up by those who wished to ................................ ‘ in^ire haoed smd a roirii of revente. Mr. CoifKnter (railed Judge Cooper \foe first really peat planner of foe post- Revolutionary pifood,\ He come here in 1785. Judge came hoe and retdoi a land that he had bought as a spireulaiioii. “tte hod a plan that worked out f a sealing this new country, and that {nit hint in the ftrait rank o f colontzm o f sril til time,\ Mr. Canrenta s^rid. “Catj^r divicted his bold ing into hundrcd-acrc foims and sold fosse forms to foe new senleis. HiihQrto,imieti- I all woteble land was in foe hands o: remained c lo ^ uniii April 1 7 .1^. a fotid in^ire hatred and a spirit of reven^. ----- - -- . . Iffi^ofamc* ■ (Apr.; . . 0 n Wediis;day t o Dr. W.T. Bassm, assisted by B-t toiogcne Bassu and Dr. t S . E!c^sa,p3ifoan^ a s im s s M cur- l^sal Gpszarion in rsmotfotg & tumor flncnit Ite of BvBs A I i ^ Sfilto this vO- of 1 ^ Ttie Sisi snow to remain on foe pound Ml on Novemiber 14,1919. The lowest tempmfoire M foe wini» • 29 d e p ^ below zero * ^ t s reccxd^ on lamitay 14, i ^ . *nie S u ^ ^ p c s i ^ v e r was fioz^ o v a at foe Main S m bridge for foe first lime bi fobty-tteee CApiil 2 l . l 9 2 O { R t , G a . 0 ‘ H of tefidusive pnref, ^vemedanceto this auitude. But now GfoenO E tesnhom pemonaBy has seen how men and women have stsorved aM toilured by scores of fooQsands in foe tntm de^tsaMe nta;^ muntens fois world ever ^ w . As a result of bis invtetion caUy all wokable land was in foe hands of w c ^ y biJdlfflds who feared foe subdivi sions to foeir tenants and exacted freun them a grmu part of what foey (xmld piodime.\ C^psiua addeii Evcnotally Coopi^ is reid to have sealed 7 5 .0^ c^es in this area. “It is reliably stated fool he realed more acres than any roan in Amcrite and tareounted for foe toirarioD of at feast d O ^ fteople.\ ' according to (^rpenter. O ^ g o and Cooperstown turned out to be one of the most important developments west o f tte Hudson. (Apr. 29.1970; P. 1. C ol 6) lage. ( A p t . 1895; P. 3, Oil. 1) Ameriiran Om^ae^men are waMng among foe hemoEs of Bixihenwald Pristm. gelring (grewitness pretri of a Nard wt»ld in which human life was aia wfflft that of an animal. ■ e . 5 l A p ,2 S , I 9 4 S i R S ,0 > l « R’e®nan’s JjdariiB! I^bBsJied Snmigy aod Wednesday € o o p f M D i S i 0 l i g e P . a B o * S » 1 . 1 ^ ^ 0 n m , Fas! {607)547-5587 / .aasf\” . m w SeadsMe&ctmgcs to F ^ c m t 'a J t s s i a l W1 Volonu allthos foeir dr tte.h/fei Since d woiridl to than] rneBas Oari Jane A b S year-ol prenn of One Fiy< FirstR EMTE ladon, foesta Sis! fe ^ y On S (to Hmk! e Atari Mr celel Sotn Jodi