{ title: 'Rockland County times weekly. (Haverstraw, N.Y.) 1889-current, May 22, 1952, Page 1, Image 1', download_links: [ { link: 'http://www.loc.gov/rss/ndnp/ndnp.xml', label: 'application/rss+xml', meta: 'News about NYS Historic Newspapers - RSS Feed', }, { link: '/lccn/sn83031499/1952-05-22/ed-1/seq-1/png/', label: 'image/png', meta: '', }, { link: '/lccn/sn83031499/1952-05-22/ed-1/seq-1.pdf', label: 'application/pdf', meta: '', }, { link: '/lccn/sn83031499/1952-05-22/ed-1/seq-1/ocr.xml', label: 'application/xml', meta: '', }, { link: '/lccn/sn83031499/1952-05-22/ed-1/seq-1/ocr.txt', label: 'text/plain', meta: '', }, ] }
Image provided by: Southeastern New York Library Resources Council
\ !i. iJ ' I MILLER ’ S The REXALL Drug Store PRESCRIPTION PHARMACISTS 13 Broadway HA 9-2400 RCXIKLAND COUNTY THE TIMES MILLER ’ S The REXALL Drug Store PRESCRIPTION PHARMACISTS 13 Broadway HA 9-2400 VOL. LXIV. NO. 28 HAVER8TRAW, N. Y., MAY 22, 1952 TELEPHONE HAVERSTRAW 2000 PRICE TEN CENTS THE BANK CORNER District Attorney Skahen is get ting his share of crimes of vio lence. Do they have to come from somewhere else and give him mur ders? President Truman came up to West Point Tuesday. It ’ s not true that he said the West Shore rail road should be given back to the individual owners. Our Hudson Valley, which can produce the most beauUful of days, produced a downpour of the worst for the President ’ s visit. It failed to dampen the spirit of West Point ’ s 150th anniversary celebra tion, however. Food rationing is to end in Ire land on July 4. Then they ’ ll have nothing to fight about except the prices. The Firestone Tire Company, in an advertising program for greater highway safety, says that it will take five to seven billion dollars a year for the next 15 years to build essential roads, modernize existing highways, and maintain our present system. We could show them a few stretches of pavement that could be saved by the expen diture of a few hundred dollars for road oil or asphalt. A New York store advertises, “ After you have seen our selection of summer suits, it will not be a question of buying one or not. It will be a question of how many. ” There will also be the question of what to use for money. When Charles A. Lindberg flew the Atlantic 25 years ago this week, he was all alone. Today there are 1,500 people a day flying the Atlan tic. Wonder what most of them do with the time they save. Former Supreme Court Justice Mortimer B. Patterson has made a substantial contribution to the Nyack Hospital Building Fund in memory of his wife. More valuable than his important gift have been the time and energy he has given to keep the hospital going these many years. Once again it seems Haverstraw will not have a hard ball baseball team in county competition this year. What ever became of the en thusiasm that used to support the Maple Leafs and similar clubs, and before them, the Caseys? It sometimes helps to work with your neighbors. The Haverstraw Ambulance Corps, a member of the New Jersey State First Aid Council, works with similar groups in our neighboring state. On Saturday co operation paid off in a big way. Francis Wurreschke of Gamerville had undergone an operation on his heart in Hahneman Hospital, Phil adelphia. He had to come home via ambulance. The Haverstraw am bulance could not travel that far for Mr. Wurreschke. Saturday the Bucks County, Pa., ambulance corps picked him up in Philadel phia, and various New Jersey vol unteer ambulance crews relayed him as far as Dximont. There the Haverstraw' ambulance picked up Mr. Wurreschke as they were bringing George Post home from a hospital in New York City. Thus by membership in a volunteer or ganization, our local .ambulance corps, also all volunteers, was able to provide transportation for one of our citizens who otherwise might have been delayed a long time in reaching home. Clarkstown Clerk August Han sen has his hat in the ring for the GOP County Clerk nomination. It didn ’ t take the high command long to start action against County Clerk Jack Coyle for his forthright support of Senator Taft, Dewey wants Eisenhower, and that ’ s that. The high school kids are now torn between the nice weather that comes occasionally and the de mands of tlie books. Those final exams are coming closer and closer. What a way to have our sins of omission and neglect found out. A good thing many of us out working in the world don ’ t have to take fin al exams very often. With otliers, there is practically a final exam ever day. It ’ s debatable whether the exams are harder on the kids or their anxious parents. Especially where graduation is involved. CAMP BUI IOWA BUILDING NAMED FOR DR. DINGMAN Dr. Addlsone E. Boyce of New City (right) is shown presenting a plaque to Dr. John C. Dingman of Spring Vailey, past-president of Roekiand County Council, Boy Scouts of America, as the new ad ministration buiiding at Camp Buliowa, Stony Point, was dedicated Sunday. Miss Grace A. M. Bullowa is at the left. The building will be known as Dingman Lodge. Photo by Harold Becraft. Lederle Union Votes Accepting New Contract To End Strike Tuesday The majority of employees represented by Local 143, Inter national Chemical Workers*tJnion (A. F. L.), voted Tuesday to accept a new working- contract with the Lederle Laboratories Division of American Cyanamid Company, according to a joint announcement issued Tuesday night by officials of the union and the company. The voting was supervised by Commissioners Francis L. Maher and Thomas G. Dougherty of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, As of 6:50 p. m. Tuesday the picket line was removed in front of all plant property. In commenting on the results of the vote, Dr. B. W. Carey, Lederle ’ s director of laboratories, said: “ We are glad that as a result of this balloting the company and the union have agreed upon the terms of a new union contract. We all hope that we will all be back to work as soon as possible, and that the good relations which have existed in the past between management and the union will be continued. ” Dr. Carey said a letter was sent to all employees represented by the union notifying them of arrange ments for their return to work. His letter said, in part: “ In a plant as complex a? ours, all operations cannot be resumed at the same time. Therefore, some of you will be called back to work earlier than others. We are work ing with your representatives to determine the most practicable order of recall. ‘ Every effort will be made to expedite your recall to work. We solicit your cooperation in bringing about the orderly resumption of full operation. ” The letter also asks union em ployees not to report to work until they have received a notice of re call from the company ’ s personnel department. Dr. Carey said it would be about two weeks before the plant could resume normal operation and start meeting production schedules. No estimate of losses as a result of the strike was made available. Memorial Day Plans For Local Observance Memorial Day will be observed next Friday in Haverstraw. A par ade with two divisions will form on Fourth street and step off at 9:20 a. ’ m. for the American Legion plot on Route 9W. District Attorney John F. Skahen will be speaker. Observances will follow at the Civil War montxment on Hudson avenue-and at the World War II honor roll on the lawn of the school. All local veterans* organizations will take part. GEORGE BITLER INJURED George Bitler, son of Mr. and Mrs. William P. Bitler of Hillside avenue, is a patient in Good Sam aritan Hospital, Suffern, as a re sult of an accident last week at Lederle Laboratories, Pearl River. His right fore-arm was crushed by machinery, and surgery was neces sary. Light at 9W-New Main Permits Turns on Red The State Traffic Commission announced today it has ordered the traffic signal at the Route 9W- New Main street intersection to be semi-vehicle actuated and equip ped with a green arrow on its south face to permit motorists on the highway to turn right when the light is red. The Commission also ordered that the light be equipped with pedestrian push buttons on the east and west sides of the highway. William A. Nicholson, Former Brick Maker, Victim of Heart Attack A funeral mass was offered Mon day morning at St. Peter ’ s Church for Mr. William A. Nicholson, who died late last Thursday night in Nyack Hospital. Interment was in St. Peter ’ s cemetery under the di rection of Victor J. Shankey. Mr. Nicholson had been remov ed from his home, 29 Broadway, to the hospital last Thursday after noon in the Haverstraw ambul ance. Death was due to a he6rt attack. Mr. Nicholson ’ s survivors include his wife, the former Margaret Sheridan, . and a son, John, who lives in Harrison. He also leaves five brothers, John, of Beacon, Dr, Frank, of Jersey City, Harry of Pearl River, and James and Joseph of Front street, Haverstraw. Mr. Nicholson, who was born in Haverstraw, spent his early years with his father, John, in the brick- hiaking industry. The family also kept a store at Broadway and Ed gar street. The Nicholson store was always reputed to have the best butter in town. Mr. Nicholson lived for a num ber of years at Beacon, where he operated a large brickmaknig plant. He closed the yard about the time the brick industry went into a gen eral decline along the Hudson. In recent years he had been employ ed at Letchworth Village. Mr. Nicholson ’ s death caused sorrow in the community. He was known for his quiet life and devot ion to his family, and his passing is a loss to the community. MILLER GETS SCHOOL HONOR Joshua Miller, son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Miller of 137 Hudson avenue, is one of 20 students elec ted to Arista, honor society at the Talmudical Academy High School, preparatory division of Yeshiva University, New York. The 20 new members were chosen on the basis of outstanding scholarship and character. PUBLIC UTIUTY RATES TIMES EARLY NEXT WEEK Because of the holiday next Fri day, The Times will be published Wednesday next week. The adver tising and editorial deadline will be Monday at 5:30 p. m. CPL. FINNERTY IN JAPAN Cpl. James Finnerty is now in^ the Army printing and publications! section in Tokyo. He recently re-| turned to the Far East after having ^ served in the combat areas in i Korea, where he was wounded. Uncollected Taxes Returned to County County Treasurer S. J. Cian- cimino announced this week that $322,537.07 in uncollected 1951- ’ 52 taxes were received during May from the five towns of the county. Taxes may now be paid at he County Treasurer ’ s office in -New City. After August 15, unpaid taxes will be published in the newspap ers and extra publication charges added. The returned uncollected taxes follows: Clarkstown, Mrs. C. Elsie Haerle Monneret, receiver, $165,889.60; Haverstraw, Charles D. Engle, receiver, $45,502.95; Orangetown, Clarence A. Noyes, receiver, $33,240.08; Stony Point, Miss Rose M. Kees- ler, collector, $12,781.03. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Bryant of New York City were visitors in town Thursday. The time has come for a serious look into further rate increases for public utilities. The telephone com pany has received a major raise in rates; railroad fares, especially for commutation, have climbed, and climbed again, and now there are two more rate hikes in progress. The Public Service Commission is nov* hearing a protest from the 75 industrial customers of the Rockland Light and Power Com pany who are faced with increases of from 13 to 32 per cent. AH the big industries will be hit if the increase is allowed. Locally, the New York Water Service Corporation is seeking a new rate boost of from 10 to 20 per cent in rates. This is the second rate hike in less than two years. All local governments should protest immediately the local rate increase, and instead seek a reduc tion in rates by the water com pany. The water company, in the 1950 rate boost, got a tremendous increase in the rates for fire hyd rants where water is supplied to lo cal municipalities. The water company, faced with post-war expansion, has not pour ed the money into plant improve ment at the rate of other local util ities, as far as can be observed by the average person. After two disastrous fires on Guimee avenue, a larger pipe line was extended from West Side avenue up under the West Shore railroad culvert. But there remains a serious doubt if there is sufiicient water in the event of a fire in the Springsteen avenue section or Jerry Mastromarino ’ s lumberyard. Similar instances can be found elsewhere in the territory seiwed by the water company. The situation is serious in the Franklin drive section of Stony Point, where numerous complaints have been made about the service. Perhaps the water company never should have undertaken to provide service at that elevation. But now the customers are there, and many of them claim the service is not adequate. Our local governments should be gin immediately to fight and fight hard against the rate increase. The Public Service Commission should be asked to look into the entire rate base of the New York Water Service Corporation. The corporation says domestic water is scarce in this vicinity. What then of the Ambrey reservoir site? The water company has owned some of this land for several years. If water is scarce, why has the res ervoir not been developed? Pre sumably, there are some thousands of dollars invested in the reservoir. Is this investment, not now being used, a part of the invested capital on which the water company is seeking to earn a return? Are there other pieces of prop erty of the water company which form part of the rate base and which are not needed to supply water? Is the dam at Stony Point, wrecked by flood waters last year, still in the rate base? Are there other properties which might well be written off or disposed of, which still form part of the investment of the company on which the rates are expected to bring a fair return? Local governments would do well to bring these questions to the attention of the Public Service Commission. The commission also should be asked to look into the corporate structure of the utility. Does the reported eight-for-one split of the common stock have anything to do with its present financial situation? The commission is in better pos ition to investigate these questions than any local group. Everybody would like to see the water company continue as a bus iness-managed, taxpaying utility. But local people, who foot the bill, want to make sure the money they pay in goes to keep the local oper ation on a sound basis. It would be interesting to find out what pro portion of the revenue goes for costs imposed on the local plant by the parent corporation. Nobody wants to see any utility lose money. But before we ac- quiece blindly in another increase, let us be fully informed, and be sure that raised rates will be the answer. Perhaps a change in man agement policy might provide the answer instead of having the pub lic dig down in its pocket once again. Central Presbyterian Congregation Hears of Growth in Church Funds The annual meeting of the Cen tral Presbyterian church was held Wednesday, May 14, after a cover ed dish supper. William Bitler was elected trustee at the corporate meeting presided over by the newly elected officers, Denton DeBaun, chairman; James Bogert jr, secre tary, and Robert Allison, treasurer, Mr. Allison reported an increas ed income of some 73 per cent. Re ports from all organizations of the church indicated increases in both income and activities. Joan Bonnett, president of the Youth Fellowship, and George Al lison jr, president of the Deacons, reported a joint subscription of their organizations for a new floor in the social hall. Mrs. Wilfred Demerest, presi dent of the Woman ’ s Club, told of extensive improvements in the kitchen, and plans to complete the job of renovation. Mrs. Minnie Anderson, for 12 years financial secretary, was giv en a gift as an expression of ap preciation for her services. Mrs. Anthony Stalter was appointed the new financial secretary. Rev. Harold J. Quigley compli mented the congregation on its co operation and success during the past year, and told of projected ex pansion during 1952. The church year was changed to coincide with the calendar year, and the meeting was adjourned. DELLATORE WINS IN DERBY Frank Dellatore took first place Monday night in the soap box derby held on West Broad street in conjunction with the carnival being held this week by the Cham ber of Commerce, the Italian- American Social Club, Inc., and B ’ nai B ’ rith. Several hundred spectators saw the 20 starters race in heats. The final heat provided thrills when a wagon driven by Jack McCoy hit a stick and swerved in the path of Marc Karlan ’ s car. James Conway ’ s speedster hit the wreck, and splin ters flew in all directions, with young Karlan getting the most skin burns and bruises. ---------- o ---------- KEAHON DRIVER HURT Edward Stewart, a driver for Kebhdh Brothers, received possible fractures of the shoulder and oth er injuries Wednesday afternoon when his truck overturned on Route 202, Mount Ivy. The Haver straw ambulance, returning from Good Samaritan Hospital, Suffern, brought him from the scene to the office of Dr. Kurt B. Blatt, who sent him to the liospital for x-rays. -------- o'i -------- DUNITZ IN HOSPITAL Nicholas Dunitz of Route 202, Gamerville, was taken to Kings- bridge Hospital, New York City, Tuesday in the Haverstraw am bulance. Mr. Dunitz, who was wounded in World War II during the Marine invasion of Tarawa, has been ill for many months. WILLIAM WRIGHT DIES William H. Wright jr, 52. of Con gers died May 13 in Prescott, Ariz., while on a visit there. Em ployed by the New York Tele phone Company, he was 52 years of age. His wife and son, Robert, survive. A funeral service was held Tuesday at the George M. Holt Funeral Home. Louis E, Bonnaud Dies at 86'. His Career Was Distinguished Many years ago a young man who had served in the army and as a schoolteacher in his native France, Louis E. Bonnaud, came to this country. After working in Buf falo, Elmira, and other points around the United States, he set tled in Thiells, and for about 40 years was one of Rockland Coun ty ’ s distinguished and truly able citizens. Almost a year ago he suffered a stroke, and for eight months was a patient in the hospital at Letch worth Village, in the building of which he played a great part. For some time he was a patient in the Rockland County Nursing Home, Gamerville. There, ten days af ter his eighty-sixth birthday on May 9, death came Tuesday morn ing to Capt. Louis E. Bonnaud. His funeral will take place Fri day morning from the McGowan Funeral Home to the Immaculate Conception church, Tomkins Cove, at 10 o ’ clock. Interment will be in Buffalo. Daughter Survives His* survivors include a daugh ter, Mrs. James Butler, of Thiells; a granddaughter, Mrs. Ruth Van- Zetta, and a great-granddaughter. Born in the southwest of France, Mr. Bonnaud came to the United States as a young man. His early training had fitted him for an en gineering career, and he went into construction work. Traveling around the country, he saw much of the United States before settling in Buffalo, where he first worked for New York State. He spent many years on state projects around Buf- LOUIS E. BONNAUD falo and at the Reformatory in El mira, where he was in charge of much of the construction. He came from upstate to Letch worth Village about 40 years ago. During the period of great expan sion of Letchworth Village while the late Dr. Charles S. Little was superintendent, Mr. Bonnaud was resident engineer for the state. He set exacting standards for the performance of contract work, and the many jobs were carried out to the letter of the contract. An elaborate model of Letchworth Vil- Continued on page 4 Mrs. Call Presides at Central Hudson Meeting One hundred forty-five Parent- Teacher members from the four counties of Orange, Rockland, Sul livan and Ulster attended the Spring conference of the Central Hudson District of the New York State Congress of Parents and Teachers at the Highland Central School. They represented 51 units. Fifteen of these were from Rock land County. Mrs. Asa Call of Tomkins Cove, director of the district, presided. Mrs. Call introduced Miss Myra Woodruff of the Bureau of Child Development and Parent Educa tion, Albany. Miss Woodruff con ducted a panel discussion on “ What is the Contribution of the P. T'. A. to the Community? ” Participating in the panel were Dr. Hubert Mott, head of the Chris tian Herald Home, Valley Cottage; Mrs. William R. Conklin of Ches ter, director, Orange County, East; John H. Martin, principal of King ston High School, Arthur Hartmul- ler, principal of the Stony Point School, and Mrs. William Yates of Highland. Mrs. Call presented her report of the year ’ s accomplishments and said there are now 99 units in the district, six of them organized during the year. The list of new district officers and chairmen also was presented by Mrs. Call. D ’ AMBROSIOS HAVE SON A son, Anthony John, was born Sunday in Good Samaritan Hospit al, Suffern, to Mr. and Mrs. An thony D ’ Ambrosio sr of Railroad avenue. West Haverstraw. Schedules Announced For Sale for the Blind The church committees to serve at the Haverstraw Sale for the Blind, to be held at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 5 Main street, from June 3 through 5, have been announced as follows: Tuesday, June 3, 10 a. m. to 1:30 p. m , Gamerville; 1:30 to 5 p. m.. Teachers Committee; Wednesday, June 4, 10 a. m. to l. ’ JO' p. m., Presbyterian; 1:30 to 5 p. m., Daughters of Jacob. Thursday, June 5, 10 a. m. to 1:30 p^ m., Methodist; 1:30 to 5 p. m., St. Mary ’ s and St. Peter ’ s. Mrs. Wilfred M. Demerest is general chairman of the sale. Haverstraw residents are urged to buy what they need from the blind POWER FAILURE HERE A temporary failure was report ed Sunday in the eastern section of the village as the result of an ac cident there early Saturday morn ing when an electric light pole was struck by a car owned by Joseph Lukenda sr of Gamerville. The police report, which did not iden tify the driver of the car, a 1939 Chevrolet sedan, said the pole, in front of the McElroy house, was struck at 3:40 a. m. The car was towed to Talamini ’ s garage. The pole carries a main line from the beach section. GIRLINGS NAME TRIPLETS Dr. and Mrs. George W. Girling of Thiells have named their trip lets, who were born May 14 at Good Samaritan Hospital, Suffern, George Wesley jr, Mary Catherine and Patricia Agnes. BONNIE ’ S SMILE TELLS AIL BROOKLYN MAN FOUND SLAIN IN STONY POINT DUMPED IN BAY ACRES APPARENTLY AFTER “ RIDE ” ? MISSING SINCE FEB. 27 The nude body of Sidney Selwyn, whom police describe as a well-to^ do Brooklyn interior decorator and industrialist, was found badly de* composed Sunday afternoon in the Bay Acres section of Stony Point Selwyn, 47, who lived at 142 Rugby road, Brooklyn, had been listed as missing since February 27 and apparently was ihe victim of a “ ride. ” He had been shot in the head over the right eye and undoubtedly placed in an auto mobile trunk or similar cramped quarters before being tossed down an embankment about 25 feet from the west side of Jackson road in the housing development. The body was so decomposed that its putrescence brought about the discovery by Walter Romer, who lives on Jackson road. Three Clues Aid Identity State Police, under the direction of Cpl. C. J. Sullivan of the Bureau of Criminal Investigation, estab lished Identity with three clues, the man ’ s dentures, fabric from the suit coat he was wearing, and his dark-lensed eyeglasses. A 13- state teletype describing them brought responses from the Missing Persons Bureau in New York City and the dead man ’ s brother, Morris, of 445 East 22nd street, Brooklyn. There was no immediate hint as to the motive for the man ’ s murder. His life seemed to have been snuffed out in gangland tra dition, but weighed against this was the amateurish disposal of the body. The spot where it was found is about a half-mile east of Route 9W and about a mile from the Hudson. Although in a somewhat secluded section, Jackson road is used continually by Bay Acres residents. Selwyn was married and the father of three children, police said. He was an active business associate in the Selwyn-Pomeroy Company, interior decorators, of 824 Flatbush avenue; the Thorough! Products Company of Carlstadt, N. J., and in Standard Mills, 18th East 30th street. New York City. Another business associate was Bob J. Muccio, East 64th street, New York City. After the teletype description was sent out, Morris Selwyn went to New City with his brother ’ s dentist, Dr. Louis H. Greenberg of 160 West 44th street, New York City. Dr. Greenberg, who had treated the Brooklyn man for 22 years, positively indentified the teeth as Sidney Selwyn ’ s. The dead man ’ s partner, Alfred Pomeroy, identified the suit fabric and the glasses as Selwyn ’ s. Not Shot Here There was no doubt, police said, that the man had been shot else where than in Rockland County and had lain in Stony Point since about the time of his disappear ance. The autopsy by Dr. William R. Strutton, pathologist at' Rock land State Hospital, showed the slug which killed him penetrated the skull and exploded into a mas^ sive fracture at the back of the head. The legs were doubled up in a cramped position, Cpl. Sullivan said, indicating the probability of a “ ride ” in a car trunk. Mr. Romer, who had been taking a walk, notified Trooper C. P. Schwarz of the Stony Point sub station of his discovery. Trooper Schwarz, leaving on a four-day pass, summoned Cpl. Sullivan, who was joined at the scene by District Attorney John F. Skahen, Coroner M. J. Moses, Trooper Arthur Leon of the New City barracks and Sgt. William Hamblin of the Middle- town Bureau of Criminal Investi gation. Authorities continued their investigation into establishing the man ’ s identity well into the pre dawn hours of Tuesday. Also taking part in the investi gation were William Stern of Mr. Skahen ’ s staff, and State Police Corporals Thomas Brann and Jerry Dersheimer. A coroner ’ s inquest was held yesterday. Among the first responses to the teletype was from Capt. John . Meehan of the Brooklyn Homicide Squad, who thought possibly the body might have been that of John Mazziotta, an ex-convict wanted in connection with the Arnold Schuster murder. Detectives from the squad .were assigned here for an investigation. Bonnie Albrecht, 7, of New City, shown with Miss Mildred Friedman, physical therapist, is learning to walk by swinging on her crutches at the Cerebral Palsy Treatment Center at Suffern. Bonnie is not cerebral palsied — she was paralyzed by a spine tumor — but treat ment at the center is enabling her to get about. The braces on her legs help her to stand. Bonnie's rehabilitation will be furthered by the fund drive being conducted this montli. Her smile is a big one, and other children her age are also smiling these days because of the work of the eenter. PROTESTS WATER HIKE The Stony Point Town Board Wednesday moved to protest the increase in water rates proposed by tlie New York Water Service Corp. The board also protested the merger of the Rockland Gas and Rockland Light and Power Com panies. The town will seek bids on the preparation of a new tax map to aid the work of the recently or ganized town pizmning board, which has begun operations.
