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MILLER ’ S The REXALL Drug Store PRESCRIPTION PHARMACISTS 13 Broadway HA 9-2400 ROCKLAND COUNTY THE TIMES MILLER ’ S The REXALL Drug Store PRESCRIPTION PHARMACISTS 13 Broadway HA 9-2400 VOL. XLIV. NO. 39 HAVERSTRAW, N. Y.. AUGUST 28, 1952 TELEPHONE HAVERSTRAW 2000 PRICE TEN CENTS THE BANK CORNER Summer seems so long coming. And then it goes like a flash. At flrst the days just roll by, and then they fly. In the background the school bell waits to toll, and end most summer travels. The kids are all' complaining that school is starting too soon. In later years they ’ ll learn they “ never had it so good ” , in the language of the day. If the summer months sped by, it ’ s no wonder. We ’ re in the age of jet propelled speed. Imagine that British jet bomber leaving Ire land in the morning, flying over to Newfoundland, the crew stay ing two hours for lunch and fuel, and then flying back to Ireland before dark. William H, Jenkins DiedToday In Good Samaritan Hospital William H. Jenkins jr, promin ent Rockland County attorney, died at 12:45 today in Good Sam aritan Hospital, Suffern, where he had been a patient for a few hours. A Haverstraw native, he had lived for many years in Suffern, where he was associated with former Dis trict Attorney Morton Lexow in Lexow and Jenkins He succumb ed to a heart attack. He was 61 years of age. Mr. Jenkins, after a short per iod in the National Bank of Hav erstraw, became associated with Mr. Thomas Gagan in his law of fice in 1909. He later was ad mitted to the bar and began his practice in Suffern. The Lexow and Jenkins firm became one of the most prominent in the county, handling cases for many leading citizens and con cerns. Mr. Jenkins has two sisters in Haverstraw, Miss Dorette L. Jen kins of the school faculty, and Mrs. Virginia Ryan, and a niece Mrs. Dorothea Hartwick. His late father was for years flrst aid officer of the Haverstraw Fire De partment, and conducted a store on Main street. When they used to put stuff like that in “ Popular Mechanics ” 30 years ago, the magazine ’ s read ers took it with a grain of salt. We can fly across the ocean and back in a day, but nobody has yet figured a painless way to get small boys to “ wash their hands above the wrists and their faces behind their ears. ” Frank Jersey and Hale DeChel- fin went to New York to the ball game. This is an absolutely true story of what happened. Gospel truth. The visiting pitcher faltered. Hale looked the situation over and sagely remarked, “ He ’ s out. They ’ re going in the bull pen now. ” Frank looked down on the field and in all seriousness said, “ I don ’ t see any animals. ” And every word of that is truth, according to some of their friends. There must have been 400 peo ple Sunday at the picnic barbecue of the Minisceongo Yacht Club. \What a day, and what a time they had. Particularly the kids. Two of the sailors nearly came a cropper the next day. Mrs. Jos eph Gibney and Joan Ziemer went sailing in a snipe sailboat toward evening. The wind died. But they had ventured out of the bay be tween Stony Point and Grassy Point, and the tide was taking them up around Stony Point light house as pitch-black darkness de scended. One of the motor boats from the club found the thorough ly chilled mariners cold, wet, and disgusted. Good thing they had a flashlight, or they ’ d be sailing yet. Friends of a Fourth street lady are giving her the laugh. Her husband brought home a copy of the Peekskill “ Star ” - with an article about a friend. He had to return the paper. Our spic-and-span friend the next morning fired out the paper along with all the other trash. Now you can see our friend over in Peekskill going through a month ’ s back numbers of “ The Star ” to find the story. It happen ed, and she wasn ’ t happy. The kid ding doesn ’ t help much, either. Hey, Bill, next time you park a newly found girl friend at the quarry temporarily, park her out farther. Then one of the taxi boys won ’ t find her and take her to Rockland Lake as a paying fare. Capt. Harold Macumber Dies in New York City Capt. Harold B. Macumber of Fairview Terrace, Garnerville, died Monday night in St. Luke ’ s Hospital, New York City, after a brief illness. Capt. Macumber, who was 49 years of age, was em ployed by the United Fruit Com pany for 30 years on its ship lines. Although^ his duties as ship ’ s master kept him away for long periods of time, he was well- known in Garnerville, where he and his family had lived for near ly 20 years, and his death came as a profound shock. Capt. Macumber was born in Nova Scotia, a son of Capt. Gilbert and Emma Macumber. His family had been seafaring folk for many generations, and Capt. Macumber was a member of the Merchant Marine and was a lieutenant in the U. S. Naval Reserve. Surviving are his wife, Mrs, Neita Macumber; two sons. Pvt. Laurie Macumber, who is station ed at Fort Huachuca, Ariz., and Bruce G. Macumber; a daughter, Miss Ruth Macumber, a registered nurse; his mother, now of Bristol, N. H., and a brother, Capt. Percy Macumber, of New York City. A funeral service was held this afternoon at his late home, the Rev. Otis Moore, former pastor of the Garnerville Methodist church, and the Rev. Donald E. Williams, present pastor, officiating. Inter ment will be in Mount Repose cemetery under the direction of A. W. Butcher ’ s Sons. NEW SEWER CONNECTION Beckerle and Brown, the Pearl River contractors, and Nelson Phillips, Stony Point plumber, are collaborating on a new connection to the sanitary sewer for the building at 17 Main street to be occupied by the Euclid A. Long agency. The village sewer is down about 15 feet at that point, and it was necessary to shore the sides of the excavation against the shift ing sand which underlies all that part of the village. It would make beautiful moulding sand if there were still brickyards. Caseys Play Nyack A. C. In Second-Round Game Two second-round games in the Rockland County Invitation Base ball Tournament are scheduled for the Rockland State Hospital field Sunday afternoon at 1 o ’ clock. In the opening game of the double-header the Haverstraw Caseys and the Nyack A. C. will clash. Haverstraw and Nyack did not meet in pre-tourney competition so there isn ’ t any direct compar ison of strength. Nyack did defeat Pearl River, 6-5, earlier in the season, and the Cards in turn beat Haverstraw, 4-1. Bob Schassler will be on the mound for the Bricktowners, Burgess is expected to start for Nyack. The Pearl River-Nanuet Cardin als and the Spring Valley Jolly Nine will meet in the second game at about 3:30. Don Woods will start again for Pearl River, and it is expected that Emil Willis will pitch for the Valley team. The final championship contest will be played at Rockland State Hospital Sunday afternoon, Sep tember 7, at 2 o ’ clock. Tommy Tucker to Play At Policeman ’ s Ball A large crowd is expected to morrow night, Friday, at the sev enteenth annual ball of the Rock land County Police Benevolent Association at Letchworth Vil lage. Patrolman Fred Gokey of the Haverstraw village police is chairman of the committee. Re ceipts will go to the uniform fund. Tommy Tucker and his orches tra will play from 9:30 p. m. un til 1 a. m. The band has a vocalist, and Johnny Jarvis will entertain with his accordion in the Kirk- bride Hall basement. Holding up the Tomkins Cove postoffice looks from here like an exercise in insanity. Everything happens there. Last year a skunk got under the porch. And then the visiting monkey disrupted some things. Mrs. James better get a supply of that “ quiet things down ” medicine and spray it all around the office. Last week ’ s “ Life ” magazine had a spread of several pages on Dr. Vincent J. Collins, anaesthesiolo- gist at St. Vincent ’ s Hospital, New York City. The article, with many pictures, gives the story of the work done by Dr. Collins in his chosen field. Some will remember that he spent his boyhood in the stone house at Route tTW and Westside avenue built by his grandfather, Thomas Collins, who was an im portant man in his day and time in the old Garnerville Print Works. His father, Joseph, ran the garage now occupied by Nelson ’ s service station. Dr. Collins, a graduate of An tioch and Yale, had invaluable ex perience in the Army, and now gets national recognition for his proficiency in his field. The testing crews for the en gineers are taking soil samples all across Rockland County for the Thruway. As we see the drills working in people ’ s front yards, alongside business places, in odd corners, we wonder what effect this will have on the election. Will Assemblyman Robert Wamsiey get \ (Continued on page 12) MR. JAMES RETURNS HOME Mr. Ambrose James is back at his home in West Point after a vacation in California. Mr. James made the trip both ways by air plane, flying via American Air lines. In Colfax, Calif., he visited his son, Donald, whom he had not seen in 17 years. Mr. James visited for the first time his daughter-in-law and his two grandsons. He thoroughly enjoyed the visit and says that air travel gives you lots of time at the other end of the trip. SCHUMACHERS COME HOME Mr. and Mrs. George Schumach er, their son, George jr, and daughter, Gretchen, returned Fri day to their Stony Point home from a two-month motor trip to the West Coast. Covering over 10,000 miles in their car, they visited several of the big national parks, sights of interest along the Pacific Coast, and Lake Louise and Banff in the Canadian Rockies during their travels. FRIMPTERS HAVE SON Dr. and Mrs. George M. Frimp- ter of New York City are the par ents of a son, George Anthony, who weighed seven pounds, 13 ounces, at his birth Wednesday in New York Hospital, New York City. Mrs. Frimpter is the former Lee Chester of Tomkins Cove. His paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. George A. Frimpter of West- side avenue, are celebrating their wedding anniversary today, the day after the new arrival. -------- 0 -------- ‘ WIDOWS ’ NIGHT TO SHINE Forty-six persons enjoyed a fish dinner Friday night at Kruc- ker ’ s restaurant in Call Hollow given in honor of the 23 Little League “ widows ” who have been content to remain at home and fireside this summer while their spouses absented themselves with league duties. The proverbial good time was had by all, and Jack Clark, league secretary, entertain ed with some hilarious impressions of Little League life. LT. SLOMKA AT CAMP DRUM First Lt. Allen Slomka, a rad iologist with the Army Medical Corps, who has been at Camp Ed wards, Mass., after returning to active duty from the reserve corps, is now at Camp Drum. Mrs. Slomka and their son, Stephen, are at the home of Lt. Slomka ’ s par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Sol Slomka of Hillside avenue. GARNERVILLE OPENING Garnerville School will open next Wednesday, September 3. Bus tickets for Garnerville children who will attend Haverstraw High School, Parochial school and Stony Point High School may be pro cured at Garnerville school Tues day from 9 a. m. to noon. FORREST D. ROSE HOME Foirest D. Rose of Bay Acres, Stony Point, returned home from Good Samaritan Hospital, Suf fern, after undergoing an opera tion. He is recovering nicely. COUNTY PLAYHOUSE BILL Angel Street opened last night at the Rockland County Playhouse, Blauvelt, and will run through Labor Day, Monday. The cast in cludes Margarec Manning, Ray mond Peck and John Riley. ROSENBERGS GOING SOUTH Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Rosenberg of Primrose Farm, New City, ex pect to leave over the weekend for a vacation in Florida. » MATONE NAMED BY DEMOCRATS FOR DIRECTOR UNANIMOUS CHOICE FOR TOWN SCHOOL POSITION IN NOVEMBER ELECTION Pat F. Matone of 12 Westside avenue was nominated Tuesday night by the Haverstraw Town Democratic Committee for the of fice of School Director in the gen eral election next November. The committee, meeting at the Mun icipal Building, made the nomin ation unanimously. Mr. Matone, who is 35 years of age and is now actively identified v/ith some 12 organizations in the village and county, will oppose I William Ecroyd sr of West Hav-i erstraw, who was nominated byj the Republicans last week. Thei late Capt. Louis F. Bonnaud of) Thiells, who held the office for many years, died this year, and Mr, Matone replaces him on the tick et. The Democratic candidate, a na tive of Haverstraw, has had wide practical experience in business and public affairs and his nomin ation was hailed at the meeting as a particularly appropriate one in view of this. Mr. Matone was clerk of School District 1, Haverstraw, in 1941 and 1942 before entering the Army. Two School Directors The town has two school direc tors and with directors of Rock land County ’ s four other town ships are in effect administrators of the public education system within the sole supervisory district. One function is to name the Sup erintendent of Schools in the sole supervisory district. G. Wilson Bartine of Hillside avenue is the other Haverstraw school director. Mr. Matone is service officer for Harold B. Holt Post, American Legion, and for Anthony Ferra- cane Post, Italian-American War Veterans. He is also a member of High Tor Post, Veterans of For eign Wars, and the Catholic War Veterans of Rockland County. Entering service in 1942 as a private, Mr. Matone was dischar ged in 1946 with the rank of cap tain in the Armored Force. He ser ved overseas in the Philippines. After entering the Army, he was attached to the Signal Corps at Fort Monmouth, N. J., and from there was assigned to the 30th Infantry Division at Camp Bland- ing, Fla. In 1943 he was transfer red to the Armored Force and went to Fort Knox, Ky., where he was assigned to the Armored Force School. Still Use His Techniques Mr. Matone tackled his Armor ed Force School assignment with the energy that has characterized his interest in community affairs here. He developed firing and sighting techniques for tank war fare that are still being used. The Army readily recognized his abil ity and in February, 1943, he was promoted from the ranks to second lieutenant. He went to the Phil ippines early in 1945 and the same year was promoted to captain. Mr. Matone is a member of Re lief Hose Company No. 3, the Hav erstraw Rotary Club, Haverstraw Council of the Knights of Colum bus, the adult committee of the Catholic Youth Organization of St. Peter ’ s church, the committee of the Explorer Scouts * sponsor ed by the church, and has been a director of the Chamber of Com merce for three years. This year he helped orgamze the North Rockland Little League and is one of the two players agents responsible for assigning the 60 boys in that league to their teams. His interest in the league was an offshoot of his work for the Cham ber of Commerce and in great measure he has been responsible for making the league an out standing success. (continued on page 7) SCHOOL STREET CLOSED FOR 24 ■ HOUR PERIOD The short street connecting West Broad street with Lincoln street at the south end of the Hav erstraw school was closed for a 24-hour period Monday. The street is owned by the school district, and was closed to protect the school ’ s ownership of the street as a private thoroughfare. Photo by Harvey McGeorge 2-Week Adjournment In Accident Case Police Justice Louis W. Millen of West Haverstraw granted a two-week adjournment Monday night to Anibal Rodriquez of Al lison avenue and Louis Arocho of 63 Main street, principals m an au tomobile accident August 29 in (jarnerville which injured four men. The adjournment was requested by their attorney, Eugene Cavallo jr of Haverstraw, when the men appeared to answer charges pres sed by Michael Delloro of West Haverstraw and Patrolman Frank Albert of the town police. Although versions of the accident vary, neither of the Haverstraw men has made counter-charges. Delloro contends that Rodri quez, the driver, struck the right side of his car at the intersection of Railroad avenue and the en trance to the Haverstraw Indus trial Terminal and sent it out of control into the porch of an apart ment house nearby. Delloro ’ s car struck down four men on the porch and clipped the porch off the front of the three-story brick building. Delloro has a charge of reckless driving against Rodriquez, and Patrolman Albert charged him with operating a car with improp er plates, failing to have a min or ’ s owner ’ s certificate of liability insurance, and operating a vehicle after his license was suspended July SO. The patrolman charged Arocho, owner of the 1937 Ply mouth sedan, with having improp er plates on his car and allow ing Rodiquez to operate the car under these circumstances. Each man is at liberty in $25 bail. Three of the injured are report ed to have left Good Samaritan Hospital, Suffern, where they were taken immediately after the acci dent. Albert Gonzales, the most seriously injured, is still there. All of the injured lived at the apart ment house, located at 14 Railroad avenue. A large crowd filled Judge Mil ieu ’ s chambers in the meeting room of Volunteer Hose Company No. 2, West Haverstraw, to hear the proceedings. Most of them were friends of the injured and the two Haverstraw men. Miss Mary Chapman and Vincent Joseph Livsey Married in St. Mary ’ s In a quiet but pretty ceremony Tuesday evening at five-thirty o ’ clock in St. Mary ’ s church, Miss Mary Chapman of Letchworth Village, daughter of Mrs. John A. Chapman of Sandsprings, Okla., was married to Mr. Vincent Joseph Livsey, son of Mr. Harry Livsey of 70 Main street and the late Mrs. Livsey. The Rev. William J. Remey, pastor of the church, officiated. Miss Chapman wore a dress of blue organdy and had a bouquet of white roses for the ceremony. Her only attendant was a close friend, Miss Betty Kelly of Rens selaer, N. Y., a member of the faculty of the Boys School at Letchworth. Miss Kelly wore yel low organdy, and her flowers were red roses. Mr. Arthur Collishaw of Haver straw was best man for Mr. Livsey. The bride was graduated from Oklahoma A. & M. University, Norman, Okla., and is a psychi atric social worker at Letchworth Village. Mr. Livsey attended Haverstraw schools and is em ployed by the Orangeburg Manu facturing Company. GAGANS VACATIONING Counselor and Mrs. Joseph Gagan and son, Joseph jr, of Nyack, are vacationing at Fire Island for a few days. NEW SIDEWALK FOR STORE Contractor Richard J. BuHer this week installed several new squares in the concrete walk at Thaler's Delicatessen, 23 Main street. BARBERS CLOSED 4 DAYS The North Rockland Barbers will be closed next Monday, Tues day, and Wednesday, reopening Thursday morning, September 4. T. L. CURRAN ’ S BIRTHDAY Thomas L. Gurran, head of the Gurran Oil Company, Grassy Point, celebrated his birthday Monday. During the weekend Miss Anne E. McCabe of New Main street visited Wellsboro and Harrison State Park in Pennsylvania. 14th AnnualFesta Next Week; Mass Sept, 6 Highlights Affair The annual Festa of the Societa. delicacies and spicy foods, and the aria S. S. Hi Mnntvnrrrino r\f ___ i ________ • ___ Maria S. S. di Montvergine of Haverstraw will be celebrated Sat urday and Sunday, September 6 and 7, on the old Erie grounds in the heart of Haverstraw. This marks the fourteenth year for this colorful Italian gala since its inception by the first president of the society, the lute Anthony De Giso. The present officers of the soc iety are Paul Mastromarino, pres ident; Jerry Mastromarino, sec retary, and Anthony Margiotta, treasurer. Jerry Mastromarino personally supervises the affairs pertaining to the celebration of the festa. In addition to the religious as pect, the festa takes on a carnival atmosphere with the brilliantly il luminated field, the vendors with their wide assortment of Italian numerous stands and concessions. Several local organizations partic ipate in the festa by operating many of the stands. Each evening there will be en tertainment and band concerts, climaxed by artistic arrays of fireworks. It is expected that there will be the unusually large pilgrimages from nearby communities by peo ple who make this festa an annual affair. Last year there were more than 150 buses bringing visitors from places as far as New Haven, Schenectady, and points along the southern Jersey shore and from Pennsylvania. The field mass in honor of the S. S. di Montevergine, for which many of the visitors especially make the trip, will be celebvated Sunday at noon. Noel Chervenak, 4 ’ ^, Is Injured by Fan Blade Noel, 4i;^-year old son of Village Clerk and Mrs. Stephen J. Cher venak of West Haverstraw, re ceived a bad scalp wound Sunday afternoon in a most unusual acci dent. He received emergency treatment from Dr. Emanuel Freund. At Good Samaritan Hos pital, Suffern, 16 stitches were taken in the wound, and on Mon day x-ray pictures were taken of his head. It was almost unbelievable that the accident could happen in the way it did. The child had gone to Gabel ’ s Restaurant in Garnerville with his father, who had some business to transact with Sam Gabel, the proprietor. A friend, Edward Ryder of Stony Point, was playing with the boy while his father talked to Mr. Gabel. Mr. Ryder took Noel to the soda case for a bottle of soda. Overhead there is a rotating fan, of the old type, with two blades. Mr. Ryder had turned off the fan as young Noel had run and climbed up on his back, as children will. Mr. Ryder was walking back across the room, carrying the youngster, when the boy surged up. Just as he pushed himself up, someone else turned the fan on again. The swinging blade crea.sed the side of the boy ’ s head from the side of his forehead, all along his head, laying the flesh open to the bone. After the treatment and the hospitalization, the boy recovered rapidly. On Wednesday, Mrs. Chervenak asked Noel how his head felt. Noel, who will be five next December 19, replied politely, “ Mother, if you don ’ t mind, I ’ d rather not discuss it. ” Kids! Haverstraw School To Open Wednesday Supt. of Schools A. J. Lynch of Haverstraw extended an invita tion today to the public to inspect the public school Saturday morn ing from 9 o ’ clock until noon. The school, which will open Wednes day at 8:30, has been refurbished during the summer and the gen eral public is welcome to look over the work, Supt. Lynch said. The school ’ s first session next week will be a brief one, and buses for the out-of-town students will leave at noon. There are two new teachers this year in the system. Miss Rita Hur ley of Balston Spa, N. Y., has been added to the first grade staff. She was graduated from St.' Joseph ’ s High School, Brasher Falls, N. Y., and State Teachers College, Pots dam. She taught the fourth grade last year at Niskayuna, N. Y. George Arthur Hornberger is the new instrumental music teach er. He was graduated from Leban on Senior High School, Lebanon, Pa., and Westchester, Pa., State Teachers College. He is a doctoral candidate at New York Univer sity. Mr. Hornberger, who is mar ried and the father of two child ren, has taught for five years in the Bristol, Pa., schools. W. J. FLYNN STRICKEN William J. Flynn of Thiells suf fered a slight stroke Sunday at his home and was taken to Good Sam aritan Hospital, Suffern. lie is em ployed at the Grand Union store, Haverstraw. U. S. Defense Bonds — a Good Buy Mrs. McGovern ’ s Song Heard on Television Three local people appeared ear ly Saturday morning on Fred Rob bins ’ all-night television program, “ Robbin ’ s Nest, ” over WOR-TV, Channel '9. Kay McGovern, talented young composer of West Broad street, presented a recording of her latest ballad, “ If We Could Borrow To morrow. ” William Long jr of Hudson avenue, well known young organist, played the accompani ment, and Louise King, attractive Garnerville vocalist, sang the lyr ics. At the close of the recording, Mrs. McGovern, by request, recit ed the moving words of the bal lad. While interviewing her, Mr. Robbins told her at the close of the program that she certainly could “borrow tomorrow ” and invited any listening music publishers to get in touch with him. Eddie Arnold, famous televis ion singer, on hearing a recording of Mrs. McGovern ’ s ballad, com mented: “ A mighty pretty song, ma ’ am. ” The three participants reported that Mr. Robbins proved to be one of the most congenial hosts they ever met and that Hank Leeejs, producer of the show, was “ kind ness personified. ” A word of thanks due Dorothea Hartwick for writing the melody down on pap er, and to Mr. Long for making the arrangement. The program was not previously announced as the composer felt it would be an im position to expect any one to lis ten at such an early hour. All of Mrs. McGovern ’ s friends ore wishing her success in her chosen career. A KANSAN HELD IN $60 HOLD-UP OF POSTOFFICE DAYLIGHT ROBBERY AT TOMKINS COVE TUESDAY; BLANKS, STAMP TAKEN Eugene Ronald Meyer, 32, of Liberal, Kans., was arrested in New York City Wednesday for the daylight robbery Tuesday of the Tomkins Cove Postofiicc. The man, who is said to have a police rec ord, had made off with $60 in small bills, 16 money order blanks, and the rubber stamp used to val idate them for payment. State Police and the Postoffice Department had broadcast an im mediate alarm saying the robber probably would attempt to cash the money orders, and he was ar rested soon after going to a check cashing service in the Times Square area by Federal authorities and police. Meyer was arraigned before- United States Commissioner Isaac- Platt and held without bail. At ' the arraignment the Commissioner and United States District Attor ney Myles Lane complimented the Rockland County District Attor ney ’ s office and State Police for their work leading to Meyer ’ s quick apprehension. The police work locally was headed by Special Investigator William Stern of District Attorney John F. Skahen ’ s staff and Cpl. C. J. Sullivan of the State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation. ‘ Cased ’ Postoffice Monday Meyer was not the man which two local newspapers said yester day was implicated in the case. Mr. Skahen said this morning that Meyer had come to Nyack Satur day and had been at Bear Moun tain the next day. Monday after noon he “ cased ” the postoffice and decided on the hold-up when he learned that it was attended by two women. Meyer, Mr. Skahen said, had not put up at a local tourist cabin and his car did not have Ohio license plates. Two Tomkins Cove boys had told police that his car had plates with the legend, \The Wheat State. ” Meyer staged the hold-up with out a gun, using a smoking pipe^ concealed in the pocket of his suit coat. He is said to be wanted for- parole violation in California and! for forgery in Great Bend, Kans.,, and Dodge City, Kans. It is unlikely he will be refum- ed to the county for trial because the offense involves Federal Law. The money orders, when validat ed, had a value up to $100 each. The postoffice is located off Route 9W up a steep hill and is sheltered on one side by the Tom kins Cove school. It is situated on the ground floor of the building housing it and has its only access from the hill. Robbery at 9:15 i Meyer entered the postoffice at 8:30 Tuesday but walked out without a word to Mrs. Jennie M. James, the 64-year-old Postmas ter, or her daughter-in-law, Mrs, Virginia James, 22, the clerk. He came back at 9:15, approached the customers ’ window, and calmly told the Postmaster that he was holding her up. Neither Mrs. James nor her daughter-in-law saw a gun, but the man kept one hand concealed in the pocket of the jacket of his light gray-blue suit and warned them he would shoot if things went amiss. There were no other persons in the office. The Postmaster slipped out the money from a cash drawer through the window and then provided him with the money order blanks and the rubber stamp he demanded. He lingered for about five minutes, went out the door, and disappear ed down the hill. Either in haste or ignorance, he made no attempt to find if there was more cash about. The office has a safe but this also was over looked. DEL BELLO NOMINATED Sylvester del Bello, president of the Yonkers Board of Education, was nominated for Justice of the Supreme Court Tuesday by Demo crats of the Ninth Judicial Dis trict, comprising Rockland, Orange, Dutchess, Putnam, and West chester counties. The Democratic delegates met in Yonkers for tiie judicial convention. Mr. del Bello has been a practicing attorney in Westchester for 30 years. Crackpot on the Phone Again on Middle Street The anonymous telephone voice that told two mothers on Middle street two weeks ago a salesman would call at their houses and “ murder their children ’ ’ appar ently was back at work again Fri day. George Stokes, who lives at 16 Middle street, said his wife was called in the morning and told by Ihe voice that she and her child ren would be killed at 6:36 p. m. Mrs. Stokes was unable to ident ify the caller as a man or wom an, but the conversation ended, she said, with a “very crazy ’ ’ laugh. garbage a day LATE Garbage collections will be a day iate next week in Haverstraw and West Haverstraw because of tlie Labor Day holiday Monday. Reg ular pick-ups will be resumedj Tuesday.
