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MILLER ’ S The REXALL Drug Store PRESCRIPTION PHARMACISTS 13 Broadway HA 9-2400 THE ROCKLAND COUNTY ^Irj: TIMES MILLER ’ S The REXALL Drug Store PRESCRIPTION PHARMACISTS 13 Broadway HA 9-2400 VOL. XLIV. NO. 37 HAVERSTRAW. N. T., AUGUST 14, 1952 TELEPHONE HAVERSTRAW 2000 PRICE TEN CENTS THE BANK CORNER The locusts are singing. How are your kids fixed for school shoes? That crap game raid must have been better than a minstrel show. A lot of grown men taking off through the brush like scared rab bits. Of course nobody could know who owned the automobiles they left behind them. Times are certainly changing. Kids don ’ t even look up when an airplane flies over. Everybody ’ s talking about the Little League. Interest in baseball certainly has revived among the boys in the community. From all the talk about radio, a person might think the firemen were going to put out the fires with radio instead of water. A good many of the volunteer firemen are taking no chances on putting out fires by remote control. They are going each week to a firemen ’ s school where they can learn the proper procedure. There ’ s nothing like knowing how, even if it ’ s only tying a knot. There ’ s never much poetry in this department, but we like this one: Why reeks the goat On yonder hill. Who seems to dote On Chlorophyll? , It was quoted in the Lederle “ Chevron, ” the magazine for the ^ ^ ^ employes of the big Pearl River | Treasurer S. PRIMARY VOTE NEXT TUESDAY FOR 4 PARTIES CARNOCHAN ’S DEATH A BLOW TO DEMOCRATS, AND NO SUCCESSOR IS NAMED Four political parties will nomi nate candidates for national, state and county offices for the general election November 4 at next Tues day ’ s “ tame ” primary. Voting will take place on paper ballots at the usual polling places in all election districts between noon and 9 p.m. The Democratic Party, which named a full ticket in June to op pose the Republican incumbents for two offices at the County Seat and for Assemblyman, have been unable to find a replacertient for Frederic G. Carnochan of New City, their candidate for County Treasurer, who died suddenly Au gust 3, and no candidate for that office will appear on their ballot. Mr. Carnochan ’ s death has re presented a huge loss in prestige for the ticket and the revivification generally of the party in the coun ty. Although never in the political field before, Mr. Carnochan was one of Rockland County ’ s leading citizens and industrialists, and his decision to take part in the county campaign was seen adding im measurably to the party ’ s chances for victory. Republican Incumbents The Republican incumbents seek ing renomination for their respec tive offices are Assemblyman Ro bert Walmsley, County Clerk John plant. Maybe the chlorophyll the goat eats is not the same chlorophyll that goes in the manufactured pro ducts that are now the subject of so much high-pressure advertising, Just adding two sizes of chloro phyll toothpaste in about eight brands to three standard sizes in eight or nine brands, plus two or three sizes of tooth powders peses a problem for the drugstores. More new products, more worries for re tailers. The light bulb finally got put in at New Main street and Hudson avenue. Wonder if anything ever was done with the Short Clove road, where four of the six street lights were out for many nights. Hoover ’ s prediction about grass growing in the streets has never been forgotten. What about the sidewalk in front of the Court House? So many people drive to New City and enter the building from the parking lots the grass comes up in the front walk. Tuesday is Primary Day. The chief effect will be to cause a lot of bartenders and tavern owners to get in trouble with their wives, The places will all be closed, and their wives will want to know why they can ’ t paint the back porch or something. The papers seem to be full of crimes of violence. Could be the heat or the humidity, making peo ple nuts. Gov. Stevenson and Ike will both be in New York on the 27th. We ’ ll have to take/the day off, for sure. Lots of people know each of us by sight, and we never learn their ' names or anything else about them. Mr. Henry Thomas went up to Kingston last week to attend the obsequies for William Carpenter. Mr. Carpenter for many years was engineer on the train that leaves Haverstraw at 8:10 in the morning, and on No. 13 in the late afternoon. Here ’ s a man who has been riding through our toiTitory for years; time and again he has been respon- »sible for the safety of many of us; and yet practically nobody knew the man. How much we owe to comparative strangers. The duPont people have devel oped a new machine to dye fabrics under pressure, said to be the first major change in the textile indus- lrj ’ ’ s batch dyeing methods in 500 Jears. The machine, called the “ Barotor, ” had to be invented to dye du Font ’ s orlon and dacron fibers. It will be a long time before the pressure dyeing machines take the place of the piece dyeing pro cess with which so many of our readers are familiar. The cops opened their eyes when (J man from West haverstraw was picked up for shoplifting in one of the chain groceries. Out of his clothing came five pounds of hot dogs, two and a half pounds of chopped ham, and five cans of or ange juice. In grand opertf, there is a device called “ deus ex machina, ” which brings an actor down out of the flies on piano wires much to the amazement of the viewers. School » (Continued from page 8) J. Ciancimino. The Assembly term is two years, while the clerk and treasurer terms are three years. The Republicans also must nom inate a candidate for Representa tive in Congress from the 29th Dis trict, a State Senator from the 32nd District (Orange and Rock land Counties), and nine delegates and their alternates to the Judicial Convention of the Ninth District. Congresswoman Katharine St. George of Tuxedo Park and Sena tor Thomas Desmond of Newburgh are seeking re-election. The Democrats have no candi date for State Senator, but Mrs. Marion K. Sanders of Nyack is op posing Mrs. St. George, and Wil liam E. Vines of West Nyack is the party ’ s candidate for Assembly- man. Raymond E. Taylor of Stony Point is candidate for County Clerk. The Democrats also will elect five delegates and alternates to the State Convention, and the same number of delegates and al ternates to the Judicial Convention. The Liberals will nominate for Congress, State Senator, Assembly- man, County Clerk and County Treasurer, as well as for a dele gate and an alternate to the Judicial Convention. Mrs, Sanders has been indorsed for Congress, and Alfred Gustin of Spring Valley is their candidate for State Senate. Liberal Candidates Other Liberal candidates are John Horan of Tappan, Assembly, William G. Osborne of Shanks Vil lage, County Clerk, and Marion D. Fitzgerald of South Nyack, County Treasurer. The American Labor Party will nominate condidates for Congress State Senate, Assembly, Clerk and Treasurer, a delegate and alternate to the State Convention, and a del egate and alternate to the Judicial Convention. The Republican ballot will be cherry color; the Democrats ’ , green Liberal, sky blue, and the Ameri can Labor, granite. Alcoholic bev erages cannot be sold in any lic ensed establishment during the voting hours. ; Village Hears More On Mental Home The Village Board Wednesday heard further discussion on the es tablishment of a home for paroled mental patients in the former King house on the south end of Hudson and Clove avenues, sold recently by Kenneth Murray to New York people. The village attorney, M. Ambrose McCabe, reported to Mayor Harry W. Schuler and the board, that the village could not prohibit use of the house for such a purpose under existing ordinances. However, an ordinance for the control of such a place could be passed. A model ordinance w3s presented, and this will be studied by the board. Fire Chief Anthony Delisio re ported on the fire alarm system, and some repairs will probably be authorized. The chief also report ed on fire hazards in the village. A committee of members of Lady Warren Hose Company No. 5 at tended the meeting. No date has yet been set for a referendum on the buil'ding of a new fire house for the company. The village will advertise for bids for construction of a storm sewer in Hillside avenue, where water coming down from the mountain creates a hazardous con dition. Crap Game in West Haverstraw Is Broken Up by Police Friday Past Pocahontas Club Installs New Officers Officers of the Past Pocahontas Club of Nyack were installed Tuesday night at Nyack by Mrs. Mary Shortal of Congers.. Mrs. Frances Clancy of Stony Point is the new president, succeeding Mrs. Margaret Hladik of Stony Point. Other officers installed were Ann Ruggiero of Nyack, first vice-pres ident; Fartchon Guarino of Con gers, second vice-president; Agnes Finn of Stopy Point, recording sec- rettary; Mrs. Shortal, treasurer; Marlon Barrett of Nyack, finan cial secretary; Sophie Allain of Congers, chaplain; Margaret Conk lin of Stony Point, right aid; Wan da Fehsal of Nyack, left aid, and Bessie Hanley of Nyack, trustee. Mrs. Hladik received a cash gift from the club in appreciation of her services as president. She thanked the officers and members for the cooperation extended to her, and congratulated the new of ficers and praised the members for selecting them. Mrs. Bertha Biederman of Con gers is honorary president. Re freshments were served after the installation, and there was enter tainment. A floating crap game near the disposal plant of the village of West Haverstraw is reported to have been set upon by town police Friday afternoon. No arrests were made, but the players, some of them well known in the village, were given warnings to keep the game out of the township. The gamblers have been circu lating throughout this area with the coming of summer, it Is re ported, and large games have been held weekends at points along the river front from the old deNoyelles brickyard to Roseville. The games are said to have attracted the usual run of “ experts ” from Nyack. Friday ’ s game was broken up by at least' two officers, it is reported. The disposal plant is located near Samsondale avenue just over the Haverstraw-West Haverstraw vil lage line. There were at least a half-dozen cars parked nearby when the police arrived. The players scattered into the woods, and the police are said to have called to them, saying they knew their identities. It was reported that the town police will prosecute the players found at games hereafter, no mat ter what their position or con nections. One of the players, who can little afford to be involved in a gambling “ rap, ” is reported to h;ive hightailed it at a speed approximating a flying saucer. FIELD MADE AVAILABLE The field formerly'occupied by Casey Joe ’ s railroad off Route 9W in Stony Point is available for use without charge to responsible com munity organizations, it was an nounced this week by Syd S. Broadman. There is, an electric service available at the field. Any community group which desires the use of the field should com municate with Mr. Broadman at the Rochelle Homes office in Stony Point. BRENNAN BABY BAPTIZED The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Brennan jr of 41 Hudson avenue who was born July 31 in Good Samaritan Hospital, Suffern, was christened Kathryn on Sun day in St. Peter ’ s church. Sponsors were Mrs. John Brophy and John McLendon. A reception for the family followed. Local Board Names Three Supt. of Schools A. J. Lynch; Richard L. Holland, president, and Trustee Carl R. Carlson were elec ted last Thursday night to repre sent the Haverstraw Board of Ed ucation on the northern Rockland County Centralization Committee. Each of the 13 school districts in the Haverstraw-Stony Point area is to name three representatives to the committee not later than to morrow. Mrs. Frank Gross Given Farewell by Her Club Mrs. Frank Gross of Middle street was given a farewell party by the G. and G. Club of Haver straw last Thursday night. Mrs. Gross, who is the former Anastatia Tomovick of Haverstraw, has been residing in Haver.straw lor the past few years and is moving to Cherry Point, N. C., with her hus- 1 tello. band. Staff Sgt. Frank Gross, U. S. M. C. Present were Mrs. George Gid dies, Mrs. James Helbig, Mrs. Phil Sunseri, Mrs. Edward Tomovick, Mrs. Victor Filgueras, and Mrs. Michael Stasko. A turkey dinner was served, and Mrs. Gi ’ oss re ceived many gifts. Staff Sgt. Gross, who served in the Pacific in World War H, at one time was Rockland County Marine recruiting officer. He and his family came to Haverstraw from Hawaii, were he had been stationed. Bridal Sbower Honors Miss Catherine Gamboli A bridal shower was held for Miss Catherine Gamboli August 2 at the Veterans of Foreign Wars hall. Hostesses were Marie Hurley, Barbara Mulligan, Mary Slapp, and Annette Gamboli. The hall was trimmed with yel low and orchid decorations, and Miss Gamboli received many gifts. Attending were Grace Dellollio, Theresa Benincasa, Ann Barry, Angie Purcell, Margaret Gamboli, Kate Kohut, Frances Welsh, Anne Finnerty, Jean Joachim, Marie Petrichko, Lilian Stokes, Rose Ann Perini, Mary Halgren, Mrs. Henry May, Della Macaulay, Helen Trim ble, Annie Lutz, Geraldine Spring- stead, Marie Bednar; Also, .Bella, Vera, and Jean Macaulay of Peekskill, Josie Le- pore, Mrs. Carmen Martello, Elizabeth Caccioppo, Rita DcCarlo, Kaye Kwiecinski, Marion Vance, Sis Andrews, Mrs. Concetta Gallo, Betty Myers, Mrs. John Zugibe, Helen Finnerty, Mrs. J. Trimble sr. Rose Marie Croyle, Genevieve Mannocchi, Sue DeGiso, Mary Giddies, Nell Ecroyd, Frances Perry, Kay DeCarolis, Natalie Galluzzi, Maria Carvallo, Rose Hewitt, Agnes Grabe, Bessie Picarello, Tina Kroeger of New York City; Also, Dorothy Morino, Gertrude Hurley, Mary Mollokus, Frances McNichol, Dorothy Pallett, Janice Kroll, Mrs. A. Frasco, Pauline Constanza, Anna DePalma, Gwen DeGiso, Connie Maynard, Mrs. A. Santora, Linda Lent, Annie Natale, Alice Nelson, and May Stokes. Those who were unable to at tend but who sent gifts were Mrs. 1 Walter Slapp, Mary Croyle, Betty Perry, Viola Mayforth, Mrs. Fred Smith, Theresa Lewandosky, Mary Lou Morrison, Ronnie Antonelli, Rose Lewis, Agnes Wooton of Nyack, Louise Simko, Jeanette Morina, Mary DeGiso, Pauline Novenstern, Lena Morino, Mary VanPelt, Mrs. Frank Santoro, Kate Pica, Theresa Signorino, Mary Gamboli, Jennie Maiorano, Tliel- ma Briemer and Elizabeth Mar- To Wed Smith \ Mrs. Clarence Edward Lyons of Mount Clemens, Mich., has an nounced the engagement of her daughter, Miss Coralie Jeanne Lyons, to Staff Sgt. Walter Paul Smith, U. S. A. F., son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Walter Slowikowski (Smith) of Garnerville and Mount Ivy. Miss Lyons was graduated from Mount Clemens High School and attended St. Joseph ’ s School of Nursing, and presently is in the employ of Dr. I. H. Wood of Mount Clemens. Staff Sgt. Smith was graduated from Haverstraw High School and is a technical instructor with a mobile training detachment at Selfridge Air Force Base, Mich. The wedding will take place early next spring. BOARD MEETS AUG. 28 The board of directors of the Rockland County Conservation Association will meet Thursday morning, August 28, at 11 o ’ clock at the home of its honorary presi dent, Mrs. John D. Kernan of West Nyack. Luncheon will be served in Mrs. Kernan ’ s garden. NO NEW POUO CASES No further cases of polio have been reported in Rockland County during the past week. Rockland Gounty ’ s 1952 total of reported polio cases remains at two county residents and one non-resident summer visitor. REILLYS HAVE DAUGHTER Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Reilly of 172 Broadway are the parents of a daughter, Catherine Lynn, who weighed seven pounds, three ounces at birth, Saturday in Good Samaritan Hospital, Suffern. Mrs. Reilly is the former Miss Ann Pis ano. SON TO GEORGE GALLUZIS A son, George Howard, was born July 28 in Cornwall Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. George Thomas Gal- luzi of Bear Mountain. Mrs. Gal- luzi the former Miss Muriel Lu cille Urnaz of Montville, and Mr. Galluzi formerly lived in Haver straw and Garnerville. - -------- 0 ------- - U. S. Defense Bonds — a Good Buy Miss Frances Reynolds Given Birtbdav Party Mrs. Harriet Getty was hostess Wednesday at a party in honor of the birthday of her cousin, Miss Frances Reynolds. Mrs. Getty ’ s home on Division street was dec orated for the event. The guest of honor received many lovely gifts, and refreshments were served by the hostess. Among those present were Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sheridan, Mr. and Mrs. Michael H. Prendergast, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Tiner, Mrs. Hugh Sheridan sr. Miss Katherine Sheri dan, Mrs. Wiliam Nicholson, Mrs. Paul Prendergast, and Mrs. Nora Prendergast. STOLTING WITH P. S. C. Arthur Stolting of Major Andre drive. Stony Point, former local manager of the New York Water Service Corporation, is temporarily residing in Ithaca, where he is working on a rate case for the New York Public Service Commission, by which he is now employed. Mrs. Stolting and their infant son are spending the month with Mr. Stolt ing. VISITING THE COMSTOCK Miss Margaret Perry and Miss Betty Freeman of Haverstraw this week were topring points of inter est in Colorado. They have been on an extended motor trip to the West Coast and places of interest en route. CONNORS TOURING WEST Mr. and Mrs. Leo Connor, who have been in Georgia for summer schqol, are now vacationing in the West, including a tour of Yellow stone Park. Mrs. Connor is the for mer Frances Partridge. ------- — 0 -------- Mr. and Mrs. James Finnerty, Griffith McElroy, Patty Kohut and William Tiner spent the weekend at Asbury Park, N. J. Block Dancers Cause Fire Alarm Troubles Just after Fire Chief Delisio re ported to the village board Wed nesday night on recent troubles with the fire alarm, the whistle be- ^an to blow intermittently. The trouble was traced down by fire men to St. Peter ’ s School. • The wires for the alarm box at the school are carried in a conduit on the outside of the building. Young people attending the block dance occasionally touched the conduit, causing the wire to “ ground, ” and the alarm to sound. The trouble was corrected. Miss Bertha E. Conklin To Wed Richard Brooks Mrs. Edward Coyne of Wall street, Garnerville, has announced the engagement of her daughter, Miss Bertha Elizabeth Con)din, to Richard M. Brooks, airman, second class, U.S.A.F., son of Mr. and Mrs. William E. Brooks of Church street, Garnerville. Miss Conklin is on the staff of the National Bank of Haverstraw and Trust Company, and Mr. Brooks is stationed at the Stewart Air Force Base, Smyrna, Tenn. JOSEPH R. SHVANDA Mr. Joseph R. Shvanda, a resi dent of Haverstraw for more than 65 years, died Wednesday evening at 6:30 at his home at Broadway and Orchard street. Mr. Shvanda had been in failing health for the past two or three years. He was born in Austria 82 years ago and spent all of his adult life in this community. Mr. Shvanda worked for many years in the old Garnerville Print Works, -and had been retired for about 20 years. He and Mrs. Shvanda maintained a candy store in their building for a long time. Besides his wife, Mary, Mr. Shvanda is survived by one son, Joseph, of Broadway. A high fun eral mass will be offered Saturday morning at 10 o ’ clock at St. Mary ’ s church. Interment will follow in St. Peter ’ s cemetery under the di rection of the T. J. McGowan Funeral Home. Beata, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Welsh of Broadway, celebrated her third birthday on Wednesday. CpI. Mackey ’ s Body Comes Home Tomorrow; Funeral Monday At 10 The body of Cpl. John Richard Mackey, who was killed at Tun-Gi. Korea, June 23, will arrive at his late home on Railroad avenue, West Haverstraw, tomorrow, and a high mass of requiem will be cele brated Monday morning at 10 o ’ clock in St. Peter ’ s church for the 21-year-old soldier. Cpl. Mackey was shot accident ally in the head by a fellow soldier while sitting on a cot in a tent the two shared. He had been overseas since March. Cpl. Mackey ’ s body arrived in this country aboard the U.S.S. Sepulpa Victory and will be es corted to West Haverstraw by the militai^y. He will be given full mil itary honors at the funeral. Friends may pay their respects at the Mac- key home after 3 p.m. tomorrow. The West Haverstraw soldier, who was known as “ Honeydew ” to his friends, was a member of the U. S. Third Infantry Division. He entered the Army in May, 1951, after volunteering for service, and was employed at Capitol Piece Dye Works, Inc., Garnerville, before his enlistment. The Mackeys ’ youngest child, he is survived by four brothers, Hom er of Valley Cottage, William, James and Ernest of West Haver straw; three sisters, Mrs. Louis Barbera and Mrs. John Nemeth of West Haverstraw, and Mrs. Paul Olvera of Congers, and an uncle, James Sheridan, | - -------- 0 -------- County Firemen Diseuss Proposed Radio Set-Up A radio network for the county ’ s fire departments was discussed again Friday night at a meeting of the Rockland County Volunteer Firemen ’ s Association at the head quarters of Wayne Hose Company in Stony Point. Dorman Youmans of Nanuet, who resigned last week as Fire Coordi nator, said the Board of Super visors has in its possessitm 34 af fidavits from county companies re questing the network. LeRoy Gates of Nyack, chairman of the Board of Directors, urged the firemen to work together on the network and resolve their dif ferences in their own groups. Mr. Youmans criticized company officers who fail to attend meet ings on the proposed network and get their information second-hand. He said “ many chiefs ’ ’ fail to at tend meetings to iron out problems of mutual aid and communications. An advocate of the network, Mr. Youmans said many such systems have been installed, or are in the process of being installed, east of the Finger Lakes region in the state and that many of these are operated by the Sheriff ’ s office. Mr. Youmans ’ work on behalf of the firemen was praised by Charles M. Fales, vice-president of the Firemen ’ s Association of the State of New York; William Bru baker, president of the county as sociation; Emmett Sweeney, chair man of the Fire Advisory Board, and Arthur Gifford, secretary of the board. A report on illness included the name of Clarence Odell sr, a mem ber of S. W. Johnson S. F. E. Com pany No. 1 of Garnerville, and for many years active in- the com pany ’ s fire police ranks. George Gerace of Volunteer Hose Com pany No. 2, West Haverstraw. said Mr. Odell ’ s health is improving. Gerald Martin, Edward J. Lewis and Donald A. Phillips, all mem bers of Wayne Hose, were an nounced as new members of the association. ----------- o. ----------- 13 North Rocklanders Entered Service Friday Thirteen young men from north ern Rockland County, one a vol unteer, left for induction in the armed forces from Local Selective Service Board 13, Nyack, Friday morning. The volunteer was Ben edict Aventurato of Benson street. West Haverstraw, musical director of the West Haverstraw Combina tion Corps. Others in the group of 33 includ ed Paul W. Brooks, Howard A. Cavanaugh, Louis A. Toscano, Vin cent D. Martello, Thomas E. Lent, Haverstraw; Glen P. Gardner jr., Lloyd E. Wood, Pati'ick J, Bauer, Stony Point; Harry P. Jones jr., ’ and Abram J. Scank, Garnerville; Richard D. Gooler, Grassy Point, and Giacomo A. Mangiacasale, Tomkins Cove. With the Superforts % h A/2c Kenneth Rose, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Scales of 89 Allison avenue, Stony Point, who has been assigned as a radio operator on a B-29 Superfort crew completing training at Randolph Air Force Base, Tex. Chatterton ’ s Leg Is Broken in Accident Three local young men were in jured, one seriously, in an auto mobile accident last Thursday night on Seven Lakes Drive, in Bear Mountain Park. Daniel Chatterton, 24, of Wash- bums lane, Stony Point, driver of the car in which the men were hurt, sustained a broken left leg,i cuts and bruises. Sylvester Jones, 20, of Fourth street, was treated for cuts of the left side of the body, right arm and right eye, and Frank McGowan, 19, of Broadway, sustained contusions of the right shoulder. The men were riding in a 1946 Chevrolet sedan, owned by Chat terton, which suddenly went out of control, struck the retaining wall on the west side of the drive, overturned, and stopped on the other side of the drive. They were treated by Dr. A. H. Margolis of Highland Falls and taken to Good Samaritan Hospital, Suffern. A wrecker from Larkin ’ s Garage, Tomkins Cove, towed away the vehicle. TO HONOR RUSSO, GIRLING Haverstraw Council, Knights of Columbus, will hold a testimonial dinner for Mario Russo and George H. Girling, past Grand Knights of the council, Sunday, October 12, at Julie ’ s restaurant, 58 West Broad street. Mrs. George Roessel returned Monday to her Congers home from Nyack Hospital where she under went an appendectomy. Willow Grove To Vote On Kindergarten Bus A special meeting will be held in the Willow Grove School Tues day night to decide whether the district, located in the towns of Haverstraw and Stony Point, will resume bus transportation for the kindergarten class that attends Garnerville School. At the annual meeting in May the district voted against trans porting the kindergarten class to their homes at noon, when the half-day kindergarten session ends. The kindergarten class is taken to school in the morning by the bus which picks up the elementary stu dents at the end of the day. All of the district ’ s elementary students are educated at Garnerville. Opposition to the noon pick-up stemmed from the extra $900 for transportation, which involves about 10 children. Parents with children ready for kindergarten would have had to provide the noon transportation. Kindergarten classes are held in two sessions at Garnerville, -------- 0 -------- Abe Scank President- Of Combination Corps At the monthly meeting of the West Haverstraw Combination Corps Monday evening, the resig nation of Goerge Coyne as presi dent was accepted and Abe Scank sr. was elevated to that office from the vice-presidency George Hall was elected vice-president. Thomas Sullivan will assume the duties of music director, filling the vacancy left by Ben Aventurato, who has entered service. He was replaced as secretary by Clarence Horan jr. It was announced that the Corps will operate a concession at the Festa to be held here in Septem ber. CRANK CALLER SOUGHT At least two mothers residing on Third street have been annoyed since Thursday afternoon by an anonymous telephone caller who told them that a man posing as a salesman was about to call at their homes and “ murder their chil dren- ” Police who have been inves tigating said that the caller was a woman and that while making the second call she sounded inebriated. Police said that rumors have ex panded the calls into “ many, ” but actually there have been only two. Bee- BEEKEEPERS TO MEET The Rockland County keepers Association will Sunday at 2:30 p. m. at the apiary of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Perroto on Montebello road, Tallman. STONY POINT 2 VOTES AGAINST PROPOSITIONS HIGH SCHOOL TRANSFER BEATEN BY 60 VOTES IN SPECIAL ELEC'TION TOES. Stony Point School District 2 voted at a special election Tues day to keep its junior and senior high school grades in the town ship. A total of 342 persons turned out to cast ballots, and the decision was accepted generally with high- spirited relief. Two propositions were put be fore the qualified voters by the Board of Education, the first group of trustees in the district ’ s history to go on record favoring centrali zation. The first proposition covered » sending the four high school grades to the Haverstraw Public School, This was defeated by a vote of 197-to-137, with eight blanfo. ballots being cast. The second covered sending grades 7 and ft here, and this was defeated by a resounding vote of 219-tO “ 98. In. this vote there were 24 blanks and a void ballot- District Holds Firm As a result, the district held firm to its deeply-rooted belief that the educational system is as good as that anywhere else and that its high school must be maintained in spite of the criticism leveled at it by Engelhardt, Engelhardt and Leggett, the educational consul tants hired by the 13 northern Rockland County districts to make an impartial survey. The vote was the fourth on sending the high school to Haver straw since 1946 and the seventh special election on school problems since the same year. The change actually was approved at the annual school meeting in July, 1946, but after a storm of protest the Board of Education, then headed by the late Carl Blume, backed down and continued the high school classes in the 56-y^r- old building on west Main streeL There was some opinion in Stoxiy Point Tuesday night that had the present board asked only for the closing of the high school the proposition might have beea approved by the slimmest of mar gins. This sentiment was ex pressed somewhat in the final tallies, which showed the district more agreeable on releasing the high school than the junior high school grades. Special Meeting Monday The propositions affected approx imately 73 high school students and 52 more in grades 7 and 8. At the close of the last school year, Havestraw was educating 19 stq^ dents from the district, 18 in the high school. The vote followed a special meeting Monday night at the Am bulance Center, at which Dr. Nicholas Engelhardt jr, one of the consultants, discu.ssed his findings ^ in the survey. It was apparent at the meeting that the ■ district would not approve the changes. • Voting took place at the high, school building from 4 to, 9 p. m., and the results were announced at about 9:45. They were met with a noisy chorus of automobile horns and bells, and the decision seemed eminently pleasing. The propositions were ordered presented to the district soon after the contents of the consultants ’ report were made public. The report said that the high school building, on east Main street, pur chased at a cost of $30,000 in 1950 to relieve overcrowding, was “ completely unsatisfactory, ” and urged that it be abandoned. The elementary school, housed in the west Main street building, was declared 100 per cent overcrowded. Board Favors Centralization The board, by a 6-to-O vote July 18, went on record favoring cen tralization and also made plans to present the propositions. As a result of the vote, tlie board seems to have taken an unpopular- ’ step that may condition its progress with future centralization plans. All boards of education in the area, however, have committed themselves to centralization. A wide gulf now seems to exist between the annual meeting in May and Tuesday's action. At the annual meeting the district elected three trustees, Col. Alba C. Spald ing, George Schumacher sr, and Clarence Odell jr, who favored centralization. The district evi dently knew the new trustees would propose some immediate action to solve the district ’ s prob lems, and their election seemed to Indicate at the time the district ’ s sentiment had changed within the past year. This does'not seem to be the case now. The Board of Education hacl ’ ^ assurances from the Slate Depart ment of Education that the dis trict ’ s high school charter would not be revoked immediately. meet ^ Moreover, when the board's repre- sentatives approached the Haver straw district on the possibility (continued oa page 5i>
