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MILLER ’ S The REXALL Drug Store PRESCRIPTION PHARMACISTS 13 Broadway HA 9-2400 rcx : kland county THE TIMES MILLER ’ S The REXALL Drug Store PRESCRIPTION PHARMACISTS 13 Broadway HA 9-2400 VOL. XLIV. NO. 28 HAVERSTRAW, N. T.. JUNE 12, 1952 TELEPHONE HAVERSTRAW 2000 PRICE TEN CENTS THE BANK CORNER Uncover. “ What is so rare as a day in June? ” All right, what is? These June days do provide some interesting sights as a person rides around the community. Rev. Quigley and Charles W. Oldfield patching up a couple of washed-out spots on the slope be side the Presbyterian church clock tower. Otto “ Squire ” Hansen operating a lawn mower at Tomkins Cove. And who else could carry that White Owl at such a jaunty angle while operating the grass cutter? A big dredge out in the Hudson sucking up mud from the river bot tom to form a channel for Merritt- Chapman & Scott and the Corbetta Construction Company to float their big dock sections out to mid-river. A good many sidewalk inspec tors are waiting for the flooding of the big basin at Grassy Point to get the dock sections out. Au gust 1 is supposed to be the target day. Mr. W. H. Parkton, now in his nineties, surveys the world from his Hudson avenue porch. On any bright sunny day, his daughter, Miss Jennie A. Parkton, carries her parasol on her 'visits “ down the village. ” What man or woman who was in her classes while she was a teacher will forget Miss Parktbn ’ s firm but fair method of operation? A good teacher like her puts far more than book-learning in the ed ucation of the children entrusted to her for instruction. Farther over the “ Avenue, ” Mr. William Malley is having his res idence painted. Lots of people near the West Shore are using brighter colors on their houses now that the railroad is using diesel loco motives. Some of the “ sick cow ” horns on the diesels are a nuis ance, but they certainly have re duced the dirt from the railroad. Down at the end of Broad street, the sidewalk superintendents had a .treat when Louis Olori ’ s big crane knocked down a big stack head and did other demolition work on the old Excelsior brick plants. This is the first stage of reconstruction of the Excelsior by the Empire State Chair Company. It ’ s going to be quite a job. In the same neighborhood, lx)uis Eve has knocked down the bam and carriage house of the old Der byshire house. The brick are fine and hard, and are being salvaged, and some of the lumber is in pret ty good shape after all these years. Across Liberty street, where the late Lonnie Bedell learned his plumbing trade, Pietro Mannocchi is building an addition to his house. The old extension on the house next to Liberty street was torn down years ago, and the new struc ture occupies that spot. The old building was the Cooper plumbing shop and the Springsteen brothers had their metal working shop there. When the automobile finally doomed the buggy whip, the Glas sing brothers moved their harness shop from Broadway to the shop. How old do you have to be to re member that buggy whip rack by the steps in Glassing ’ s old shop? One of our civil leaders who years ago opposed zoning now has another objectionable commercial enterprise in his residential area. Chickens home to roost. School tests this week. Regents next week, then graduations. First thing you know it will be July Fourth, half the summer gone, and nothing done. Dagmar of TV fame is building a house b^ck of New City, we hear. Her home life is pretty much on the quiet side, according to the press. She won ’ t find Rockland County entirely like her native West Virginia, but we like it bet ter. CAPITOL PLANT STRIKING FOR ITS BACK PAY NEARLY 250 WORKERS OUT IN DISPUTE OVER RAISE APPROVED BY WAGE BOARD Nearly 250 members of Local 464, Textile Workers Union of Amer ica, went on strike at Capitol Piece Dye Works, Inc., in the Haver- straw Industrial Terminal at Gar- nerville Friday morning because of the company ’ s failure to grant re troactive pay specified in a new contract approved by the Wage Stabilization Board three months ago. The union, which covers three operating and one idle piece dye plants at the Terminal, voted May 31 to strike if the retroactive pay provisions were not met by 10 a. m. Friday. R. W. Bates Piece Dye Works, Inc., and Elk Piece Dye Works, Inc., met the provisions in full, un ion spokesmen said. By union con sent, the Bates and Elk employees are continuing in their jobs and are permitted to cross without question a picket line set up by Capitol em ployees at the Terminal entrance. Garnervillc Dye Included Also entitled to the retroactive provisions are some 130 former em ployees of Garnerville Dye Works, Inc., which was shut down “ inde finitely ” three months ago. The union, affiliated with the C. I. O., has a contract with the four companies that is renewed yearly. The present agreement went into effect October 1, subject to W. S. B. approval, calling for a wage in crease of six cents an hour and openings for cost-of-living adjust ments up to two cents. The union was advised April 17 that the board had approved the contract, spokes men said, and Capitol employees were given their first raise under the agreement in their first May paychecks. According to the union, the com panies held out on the retroactive pay — which would have given the employees the full benefit of their raise for the intervening seven months — and instead offered a “ package ” plan to spread the back pay and vacation pay over a 12- month period beginning August 1. Later, the companies reduced this proposal to three payments, Capitol employees explained Tuesday that company officials inserted a “ manpower deal ” into the pre-strike negotiations that would have allowed the plant to lay-off certain employees before the retroactive pay issue could be considered. This, union spokes men said, was out of the ques tion, “ since no relationship exists between the manpower ‘ package ’ and the retroactive pay. ” Meetings were held yesterday between the company and the un ion under the aegis of Samuel Lip- man, chairman of the Garnerville Holding Company, which operates the Terminal. Mr. Lipman saw no hope for a quick end of the strike unless the union agreed to the lay-off. He also foresaw a shutdown of the plant if the strike continues anoth er month. Company officials will not com ment on the strike, but Mr. Lipman said its position is that the lay off is essential for operating ef ficiency during strained times in the textile industry. It is believed the lay-off would affect between 15 and 20 men. Two Proposals Presented At the special meeting May 31 of union employes representing the four companies two proposals were presented for action. One was to accept the three-payment plan and the other to strike if thq back pay provisions were not forthcoming by the deadline. Union spokesmen said that strike action was voted in a secret ballot. , The strike, the first at the Ter minal since October, 1950, may be a lengthy one, according to all in- Continued on page 4 60 Uniforms Orderedfor Little League; Player Try-outs Are Set for Next Week Little League Baseball — actually baseball in a major league at mosphere for youngsters 8 through 12 — will become a reality in Northern Rockland County within the next month. The founding fathers, working feverishly for nearly a month on the project and displaying as much enthusiasm as the prospective Little Leaguers themselves, ordered 60 uniforms, bats, balls, and four catcher ’ s outfits at a meeting Mon day night in the Municipal Build ing and set the dates for next week ’ s tryouts, The North Rockland Little League — that ’ s the organization ’ s official name — will have four teams plus a farm system. Each team will have a sponsor too, and com petent managers and coaches. Most of these have been assigned, and the founders are now busy drum ming up backers. Applications in Schools Players applications have been sent to all public and parochial schools in the area, and the Little Leaguers will report for the try outs next Wednesday, Thursday and Friday nights at Markham Field after they have filled them out. The try-out schedule is as follows: Wednesday: boys 8 to 10; Thurs day, 11-year-olds; Friday, 12-year olds. The try-outs will be supervised by Pat F. Matone and Coach Ralph Cordisco of Haverstraw High' School, the league ’ s players agents. Mr. Matone said the sessions will start at six o ’ clock and each boy applying to play will receive a number next Tuesday when the notices to report are sent out. The number will be his identity until the team rosters are drawn up. Each team can carry 15 players. Bert Picarello, former Golden Glove boxer and war-time star catcher for the Quonset Point, R. I., Navy team, was appointed Mon day to handle the farm system, designed to train youngsters for the big step to regular Little League competition. John Burkert was appointed official scorer. Games will be played Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, and all players will be insured. Ecroyd League President William H. Ecroyd jr is league president and Philip Rotella vice- president. Col. A. C. Spalding is serving as treasurer, and Jack Clark is secretary. 'The board of directors includes Frank Kearsey, Nick Gamboli, Ralph Cordisco, and Frank V. McDermott. Dominic Gamboli, Joseph Carpenter, Joseph Bernardo and Frank LoPresti will manage the teams. The players — and each team is required to carry at least 12 — must have their names registered with the president not later than five days before the opening game, Little League Baseball, a national organization quartered in Will iamsport, Pa., requires each team to have no more than five players aged 12 or less than five players aged H), or younger. Any boy who will not be 13 before August 1 is eligible. Distances between bases are re duced to 60 feet, and the pitching distance is 44 feet. Batters must wear protective headgear and steel spikes are not permitted. Six innings constitute a game. No team is permitted more than five pitchers, and their names must be registered with the president at least 24 hours before the start of the season There are only two changes in the playing* rules. A batter automatically out when he strikes out, even though the catcher drops the ball, and taking a lead or stealing are not permitted. Must Be Non-Profit The Little League ’ s chief pur pose, however, is to sharpen a boy ’ s appreciation of the national past time under conditions that are not found on the comer sandlots. A1 though organized on a national basis, it is designed for community participation and management, cannot be commercialized, and must be amateur and non-profit. Little League Baseball was organized' in Williamsport in 1939 and last season had 776 leagues comprising 60,000 boys. Shankey Appoints Plan Board For Town; Zoning Seen Near From the looks of things around the Bank Corner lately, about one of the nicest things a person could have is a half-interest in a profit able baby-carriage factory. Taft and Ike better not get too bitter at each other. Whoever wins the GOP nod still has to go out and win. And Dewey could tell them it ’ s not in the bag until the votes are all counted. Cover. Supervisor Victor J. Shankey ap pointed a Planning^Board for the town of Haverstraw at the Town Council meeting Monday night and foresaw the action as definitely committing the township to zoning and planning regulations. Haver straw and Stony Point are the only towns in Rockland County not zoned. The appointment of the 5-man board, three members of which are realtors, came after Carl C. Mar cum of Camp Hill presented a pe tition, bearing nearly 100 names, asking the council to give plan ning and zoning “ sincere consid eration. ” Mr. Marcus was appointed to a 5-year term on the board. Other appointees were Euclid A. Long, four years; Quentin E. Lyle, pres ident of the Provident Savings and Loan Association, three years; John Ducey, two years, and Jerry Mas- tromarino, Haverstraw, builder, one year. Many of the petitioners were from the Camp Hill-Mount Ivy area, where it is said residents fear commercial encroachments near their properties. Mr. Mar cum said the Mount Ivy area could be developed residentially to bene fit the township by adding property assessments. Democratic Committees Hold Reorganizations The Democratic committees for the town and village of Haver straw were reorganized Monday night at the Municipal Building. Edward Sorace was re-elected chairman of the town committee; Thomas Schuler, secretary, and Michael A. Komonchok, treasurer. Lawrence Woska was re-elected chairman of the village committee, and other officers are Eugene Stecz, secretary, and Mr. Komonchok, treasurer. CARNIVAL NEXT WEEK The Hoss Manning Shows will stage a carnival from Monday through Saturday next week at the Erie lot under the sponsorship of Harold B. Holt Post, American Legion; High Tor Post, Veterans of Foreign Wars; Daniel Ferracane Post, Italian-American War Veter ans, and David J. Hirsch Post, Jewish War Veterans. PLANNING MEETING TONIGHT “ What Can Planning Do For Rockland County ” will be discus sed this evening at 8 o ’ clock in the Nanuet Grammar school at a meet ing of the Rockland County Con servation Association. Dr. George Robertson of the New York State Planning Commission; Rene Risch, regional director of New York State Department of Commerce, and B. J. Bergton, Bergen County real estate developer, will be speakers. W. Ackroyd-Kelly of Nanuet will preside. WINS UNICO SCHOLARSHIP Miss Margaret Townsend, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Winfield Town send of Stony Point, has been awarded a scholarship by Rockland Unico. A senior at Haverstraw High School, she will attend Geneso State Teachers College. Red Raider Nine Wins SchooVs Third Major Title This Year FILMS AT SOCIAL CLUB “ Big Game Hunting in Africa ” and other educational films will be shown at the Italian-American Social Club tomorrow night, Fri day, at 8:30, under the sponsorship of the Standard Oil Company. Members, friends and their famil ies are invited to attend. Ben San- sone is chairman. WILLETTS ’ ANNIVERSARY Mr. and Mrs. William Willett of Broadway will celebrate* their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary Saturday. John E. Pearson Dies; Was a Mason 63 Years John E. Pearson, a life-long res ident of northern Rockland Coun ty, died Tuesday morning at the Rockland County Nursing Home in Garnerville, where he had been a patient for the past few years. He was 87 years of age. Mr. Pearson, a son of the late John and Catherine Pearson, lived for many years on Sharp street and was well known and highly re spected in the community. He was a machinist by trade and for many years was associated with the Rockland Finishing Company at Garnerville. Mr. Pearson was ac tive in community affairs and was a member of Stony Point Lodge 313, F. & A. M., for 63 years. A Masonic service will be held tonight at 8 o ’ clock at the home of his son, Harry E. Pearson of Sam- sondale avenue. West Haverstraw, where his body is in repose. A fun eral service will be held tomorrow, Friday, at 2 o ’ clock at his son ’ s home, the Rev# Harold J. Quigley, pastor of the Central Presbyterian church, officiating. Interment will be in Mount Repose cemetery un der the direction of George M. Holt. In addition to his son, a former chief of the West Haverstraw Fire Department and president of the West Haverstraw School Board, Mr. Pearson is survived by three grandchildren and three great grandchildren. SON BORN TO NOVAKS Mr. and Mrs. John M. Novak of Westside avenue are the parents of a son, John Stephen, who weigh ed six pounds, ten ounces at birth Sunday morning in Good Samari tan Hospital, Suffern. Mrs. Novak is the former Miss Marie Franzese of Closter. Mr. Novak is a member of The Times staff. George W, Frimpter Receives Degree as Doctor of Medicine N.Y. WATER CO. YIELD ON RATE IS NOT ENOUGH COMPANY SAYS BOOST IN 1950 CAME AFTER DELAY; ANSWERS TIMES EDITORIAL The New York Water Service Corporation, which has petitioned the Public Service Commission for a rate increase, said today that the actual amount df the increase is about 14 per cent, “spread quite uniformly over all classes of cus tomers. ” The minimum bill, the company said, would be increased 63 cents per quarter, or about 13 per cent. Present rates went into effect in September, 1950, the company pointed out, alter the P. S. C. had delayed action on the company ’ s application lor more than three years. During the delay, the com pany charged, the plant earnings “ deteriorated so badly that they finally had to grant a 30 pef cent increase. ” The company added: “ The revenues which the P. S. C estimated the new rates would yield were not realized, so we are even short of the amount we were supposed to receive. ” The company also made the fol lowing reply to criticism contain ed in The Times editorial of May 29; 1. Rates charged for fire hy drants were determined by engi neers of the Water Bureau of the P. S. C. They were not suggested or recommended by the company. If hydrant rentals had not been raised, residential customers would have had to make up the differ ence. 2. Since 1946 the company has spent $232,000 in spite of invest ments made without assurance of adequate return. This is equal to about 80 per cent of the rate base at that time. 3. A new main was installed on Gurnee avenue at the cost of $7,600. This brought in no new revenue. Additional fire hydrants, the com pany says, are up to village of ficials and the Fire Department. The officials must decide if the need lor new mains justifies the rate increase. 4. Customers in the Franklin Drive section of Stony Point knew they would not receive 100 per cent service. Another pumping station and an elevated tank could be built to serve the area, and the company asks: “ But who is going to pay lor it? Should the water rates be increased for these cus tomers who desire to live on top of a hill, or should rates lor all cus tomers be raised to provide instal lations for them? ” 5. If the Ambrey reservoir in Stony Point is developed, it will cost as much as $200,000. Addi tional revenue will be needed lor the investment, and unless there is a large growth in new custom ers, the revenue can only come from increased rates. 6. All company property is us ed lor water supply, the value of which is included in the rate base 7. The diversion dam washed out at Stony Point and the hy draulic turbine have been retired and are not in the rate base. 8. The company stock split, ap proved by the P. S. C., has nothing to do with tfie company ’ s rates. The company says it has been operating in a state of poverty lor 20 years, with its “ starvation rates ” being unable to keep the company on a sound basis and at tract new capital. The company pays about $52,000 here in local and Federal income taxes. This amounts to a “ take ” of about 35 cents lor each dollar of revenue received. Bloodmobile Stops at Kirkbride Hall Friday The Red Cross bloodmobile, which was scheduled to be at the Municipal Building Friday, will stop instead at Kirkbride Hall, Letchworth Village, where blood will be collected from 9:45 a. m. to 3:30 p. m. Those who have filled cards sig nifying their intention to give blood will be notified of the time they are expected to appear, and transpor tation to Letchworth Village will be provided. MRS. SARAH ROGERS DIES Mrs. Sarah Rogers died this af ternoon at her home on Route 9W, West Haverstraw. She was 91 years of age, and is survived by a son,* Walter, of Stony F*oint, and a Graham ’ s charges collected eight daughter, Miss Elsie Rogers, of 1 hits but had to wait until the sixth West Haverstraw. | inning before breaking through I The cycle is now complete! Haverstraw fans have been in sisting since September that the Haverstraw High School athletic teams might take three major P. S. A. L. titles this school year, and they were proven correct Tuesday as the Red Raider nine won the championship with a 2-0 victory over Spring Valley at Memorial Park. In addition to the baseball championship, achieved with a record of 10 victories and 2 de feats, the Red Raiders were first in football and co-champions in basketball. The Red Raider nine won the title last year and was co-champion in 1950. Behind the pitching of their brilliant (Butch) George W. Frimpter, son of Mr. and Mrs. George A. Frimpter of Westside avenue, received the de gree of Doctor of Medicine at the fifty-fifth commencement of the Cornell University Medical College Wednesday at the Academy of Medicine, New York City. Cornell President Deane Wal do Malott conferred the degrees on 77 men and three women, and call ed upon the graduates to assume intellectual leadership in non-med ical fields. Emil Willis, who matched goose 1 Dr. Stanhope Bayne-Jones, pres- eggs with Schassler for qj ^he Joint Administrative innings. Board of Cornell and the New York In recording his sixth victory (he Hospital, in his address to the has lost two), Schassler fanned 11 graduates, warned against the and had perfect control. It was his third shut-out of the season, and he finished the campaign with an earned run average of .070. Schassler allowed two hits. The Tigers got only two men on base and neither got past second. Ed Walsh opened the third with a liner to short left field and 13 batters were retired in order be fore Ron Warnock got the next hit, a clean single over second, with one out in the seventh. George Behn, who finished as Haverstraw ’ s leading hitter with a right-hander, Robert mark of .333, opened the second Schassler, Coach Zeviwith a single over second. Bob Strack lined a bingle into left, and when Jack Drescher walked it Continued on page 4 “ danger of repression of liberty under the guise of efficiency. ” Dr. Frimpter, a graduate of Haverstraw High School and Wil liams College, received one of the 13 senior prizes, the second Gustav Seeligman Prize for efficiency in obstetrics. He also received Wed nesday his commission as a first lieutenant in the medical section of the Air Force. After a brief vacation, he will begin his internship in the Sec ond (Cornell) Medical Division at Bellevue Hospital. He is married to the former Lillian Chester of Tomkins Cove, and they live in New York. GEORGE W. FRIMPTER and Mrs. Leo G. Weishaar sr of Grand View, also received the de gree of Doctor of Medicine at the commencement. Dr. Weishaar will intern at Norwegian Hospital, Brooklyn, which has a fine reputa tion in the field of obstetrics, in which Dr. Weishaar is interested. On Sunday, Alan Eugene, another son of Dr. and Mrs. Weishaar, was graduated from St. . Bonaventure Richard Jay Weishaar, son of Dr. J College, Clean, N. Y. Francis A. Wurreschke, Letchworth ’ s Uncle Sam, Dies After Long Illness Francis A. Wurreschke of Gar nerville, who portrayed Uncle Sam for many years in the annual In dependence Day parades at Letch worth Village, died Saturday after noon in the L.etchworth Village Hospital after a long illness. He was 46 years of age and had been employed at the institution for more than 20 years. Mr. Wurreschke, who was well known throughout northern Rock land County, had been ill with { heart condition for more than five years and during most of that time was hospitalized or confined to his home. Several weeks ago he had un dergone a delicate operation on a heart valve at Hahneman Hospital Philadelphia, and returned home May 17. Death was attributed to pneumonia, which set in as a com plication of the surgery. Friends had difficulty pronoun cing Mr. Wurreschke ’ s last name and he was known to most people, even slight acquaintances, only by his first name. As Uncle Sam, and dressed in spangles and the rich red, white and blue colors syn onymous with America, he led many of the Letchworth Indepen dence Day parades, which were discontinued during the second World War. His selection was an apt one, for Mr. Wurreschke was more than six feet tall and resem bled closely the stern and stately figure associated with the U. S. Government on recruiting posters and other symbolic represenations. Mr. Wurreschke was a native of Winston-Salem, N. C., and was a son of tlie late Bernard and Eliz abeth Wurreschke. He came to Letchworth as a young man and, was employed there until his ill ness. He was an avid sports fan and was related to Johnny Hudson, former Brooklyn infielder, who of ten visited the Wurreschke family during the summer. Surviving are his wife, Grace; a sister, Mrs. Louise Samuel of Ivy Land, Pa., and two brothers, Carl of Bethlehem, Pa. and David of At lanta, Ga. A funeral service was held at 2 o ’ clock Tuesday afternoon at the George M. Holt Funeral Home, the Rev. Harold J. Quigley, pastor of the Central Presbyterian church, officiating. Interment was in Mount Repose cemetery. WARD GETS BID ON STREETJOB IN HAVERSTRAW SEWER LINE EXTENSION INTO SPRINGSTEEN AVE. INCLUDED IN PROGRAM Ward Pavements, Inc., was awarded the bid last night by the Village Board for a major street improvement program in Haver straw that will be completed by the middle of August. The Haver straw company bid $29,472.50. Beckerle-Brown, Inc., of Pearl Riv er submitted the other bid, $31,- 974.50. The street repairs, authorized by the board May 28', call for the bi tuminous resurfacing of 14 streets, and grading and resurfacing with, light bituminous pavement por tions of three others. Also included in the program is reconstruction of a portion of Hill side avenue, extension of the vil lage sewer line into Springsteen avenue, improvement of drainage facilities on Coolidge avenue, and repairs to the concrete curb, side walk and ramp on the Fairmount* avenue side of the Municipal Building. Streets to receive bituminous re surfacing are Maple avenue. Canal street. Van Houten street. Broad street, West Broad street (west of Maple avenue from the former Erie property westward), Lincoln street, Gurnee avenue, Harding and Coolidge avenues, Westside avenue, upper Fairmount avenue, Hudson avenue, Wayne street, and Middle street. Grading and resurfacing will be done on Clove avenue, the new section of Hillside avenue, and up per Tor avenue nearby. The sewer extension will be from Route 9W to the west end of Springsteen avenue. All work will be under the sup ervision of Supt. of Public Works, Robert A. Feeney. KINDERGARTEN EXERCISES The graduation exercises of the kindergarten classes of the Hav erstraw Elementary School will be held tomorrow, Friday, afternoon in the high school auditorium. The public is welcome. Special Auction Sat. Includes Peck Phaeton The personal effects of the late Harriet Rauschner of Spring Valley will be auctioned at the Red Barn, Route 9W and Lake Road, Congers, Saturday by Jim Jackson. The es tate recently was settled, and Mrs. Dorothy Winter of Buffalo, a niece of Mrs. Rauschner, was the only heir. Also to be sold is a Ford Phaeton and two-wheel utility trailer, which belonged to the late Har old Peck of West Haverstraw, to gether with all the tools and equip ment from the Smith Garage on Route 9W, Haverstraw. Mrs. Rubin Died Friday After Brief lUness Mrs. Abfaham J. Rubin of 46 Clove avenue died Friday morning in Good Samaritan Hospital, Suf fern, after a brief iUness. She had been taken to the hospital June 3 in the Haverstraw Ambul ance, and her sudden illness and death came as a shocking surprise to her friends and neighbors. Mrs. Rubin was a r^ident of Haverstraw for many years and had a wide acquaintance. For many years she and her husband operat ed a flourishing clothing store for women in the village, and from this business enterprise and her ac tive participation in community af fairs she was well known and re spected. Mrs. Rubin had been in poor health recently, but few persons close to her knew of the serious ness of her condition. In addition to her husband, she is survived by a son, Sidney, Spring Valley realtor; a daughter, Mrs. Adele Paley, of Brooklyn, and two grandchildren, Edward B. and Jef- rey J. Rubin. A funeral service was held Sun-' day afternoon at the Victor J. Shankey Funeral Home, and inter ment was in Sons of Jacob ceme tery. Mr. T. J. Malone of 38 Middle street will celebrate his birthday Sunday. Public School Plans Enlarged Program for Adult Education Supt. of Schools A. J. Lynch this week announced plans for an en larged adult education program for 1952-53 in the Haverstraw Public School system. During the past season, greater interest was shown in the art and evening classes than in previous years, Supt. Lynch said> Greatest interest was in the art and ceramics classes where adults were given the opportunity to create useful and ornamental objects. A new course entitled “ Law Everyone Should Know ” also was introduced, the Supt. pointed out. Consisting of discussions led by prominent townspeople, this ex periment will continue to be offered and expanded, he said. Plans are being made to offer new courses which have been con ducted successfully here and in nearby communities. So far, in terest has been expressed in many subjects, including art, ceramics, woodworking, typewriting, short hand, practical law, literature, dramatics public speaking, photo graphy, jewelry making, cooking, physical education activities, sew ing, and English for the foreign- born. Any person who is interested in these or other courses should con tact the school — Haverstraw 9-5741 — as soon as possible so that in- structoi's may bo secured and definite arrangements made to in clude popular subjects in the pro gram. Mr. Lynch is also interested, he said, in hearing from persons who have skills or hobbies in which they are competent to serve as in structors. Teachers in the adult education field do not require licenses, and are employed on the basis of ability. Raymond Baby Dies Soon After His Birth Kevin David, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Raymond jr of Church street, Garnerville, who was born Monday morning at Good Samaritan Hospital, Suffern, died early Tuesday in the Medical Cen ter, New York City, after he was rushed there in the Haverstraw Ambulance. The baby, born with a tumor, was transferred to New York City for an operation and left Suffern at 11:30 p. m. Monday in the am bulance, manned by Bertis L, Fol ey and Joseph Gordon. Oxygen was administered during the trip in a portable tent. The child died soon after his arrival in the city. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond have two other young children. The father is in the Merchant Marine. Murray SeUs His House; Girling Buys Another Kenneth Murray has sold his large house, the former King res idence, at the south end of Hudson avenue, to Dominic Matero of 737 Crawford avenue, the Bronx, who will occupy the house. Mr, and Mrs. Murray plan to move to New City, where they have purchased a home^ , In another real estate transa^c- tion involving a well known piece of property. Dr. George W. Girliijg is reported to have purchased frojn Canio Morgese the former Georgei Atx ’ her house at the southeast cor ner of Hud&oa and Fairmount avenues.