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MILLER ’ S The REXAUi Drug Store PRESCRIPTION PHARMACISTS 13 Broadwsr BA 9-2400 ROCKLAND COUNTY THE TIMES MILLER ’ S The REXALL Drug Store PRESCRIPTION PHARMACISTS 13 Broadway HA 9-2400 VOL. XLV. NO. 2 HAVERSTRAW, N. T., DECEMBER 11, 1952 TELEPHONE HAVERSTRAW 9-2000 PRICE TEN CENTS THE BANK CORNER What ever became of Bob Walm- sley? Haven ’ t seen him in a month. Since around November 4. There ’ s a lot to be said for not being around at certain times. Everybody should have a “ torna do cellar ” to sneak into when things get a little rough. Probably couldn ’ t build one big enough for all the people wishing that they could get out of some of the cur rent investigations. One investigating body found somebody had stolen ten tons of steel off a pier in New York City. The stealing and racketeering in New York are so bad that the world ’ s greatest port is losing lots of business. Philadelphia, Savan nah and Mobile, among other cit ies, are tremendously improving their seaport facilities. And they ’ re stealing business every day from New York because the racketeer ing is so rampant. Every farmer who brings a load of stuff into certain markets has to pay an “ unloader ” who doesn ’ t do anything. These charges have to be passed on to the public. Af ter a while, people figure out ways to distribute stuff without going through those markets. One of the truest stories of all time concerns the goose that lays the golden egg. But some people refuse to believe it. When the public is used for the goose, there conies a day when there is no way of ducking the in evitable retribution. Some people must believe the motor car isn ’ t here to stay. There is an obstruction on Gurnee avenue. Nights it is lighted by one little flare bomb. And the situation around the new supermarket on West Broad street is something. Not only is half Maple avenue blocked off, appar ently to a needless extent, but only two or three flares are around the job at night. Over the weekend those meagre warning lights were out, only one flickering intermit tently on one side of the building. Apparently the powers that be do not wish to harass the con tractors with a lot of regulation, But it looks as if advantage had been taken.. Public safety must come first. Some prosecutor in New York has found a section of the law that prohibits giving presents to those people to whom a person sells goods. How in the world will pur chasing agents live? Or aren ’ t those stories true? And how about some other people whose standard of living seems lofty to others. Es pecially when sources of income are more or less visible. Friends gave an awful ribbing to one of the speakers at the father and son banquet in advance of the event. But he fooled them with a good talk right to the point. Up at Hi^land Monday, 22 cars of a long freight jumped the West Shore tracks, just missing a house and some oil tanks. Who remem bers when the tank car poured as phalt all over Stout ’ s chicken coop in Tomkins Cove? The railroad better be careful, Santa ’ s reindeer get a great big boost from all those trainloads of mail and freight. The companies making roller bearings for freight cars should have a picture of the wreck. It ’ s supposed to have been caused by a hot box, a condition the roller bearing makers say they can elim inate. This week brought a lot of deaths to the community. No obit uary article can tell the story of the good lives led by Mrs. Katch- (continued on page 6) Help Fight TB Buy Christmas Seals THE STORY OF ATREE Mr. and Mrs. Thompson Keesler of Gurnee avenue received a letter this week, asking them to act as Santa ’ s helpers. Upon receipt of the letter, Mr. Keesler called his brother, Charles, of First street, and, with the cooperation of Will iam A. Uhl of New Main street, who loaned them his truck for transportation, weie able to cut down a 15-fobt Christmas tree. In the meantime, Mrs. Keesler busied herself by asking merchants and friends for ornaments. George Stokes, John Ramundo, and Ralph Photo by Frank LoPresti Cordisco helped the Keesler brothers-erect the tree on the main floor of the Haverstraw Public School. Sunday night a group of ten women, members of the Haverstraw Parent-Teacher Asso ciation, saw to it that the tree was fully decorated and ready for Santa and the children. The P. T. A. gives a vote of thanks to all who contributed ornaments, special thanks to the Keesler family, Mr. Uhl, and Mrs. Sidney Weiss, who donated a new stand for the tree and some lights. A Tale of Confidence, or CapL Uncover Rides to Poughkeepsie Bulldozer Operator at Company Pond Badly Hurt in Car Accident A 37-year-old bulldozer oper ator at the pier project at Company Pond, Grassy Point, was critically injured shortly before 11 p. m. Tuesday when his 1951 Oldsmobile sedan smashed into a large willow tree on Grassy Point road near the southern end of the pond. The man, Russell Mudge, a na tive of Tannersville, N. Y., sus tained a possible fracture of the skull, possible rib fractures, a possible injury to his spine, and severe lacerations of the neck, chest, left arm and left shoulder. He was treated at the scene by Dr. Kurt B. Blatt of Haverstraw and taken to Nyack Hospital in the Stony Point Ambulance. Mudge received the full brunt of the crash, which caved in the left side of the front roof to the level of the steering wheel, but his two companions, riding in the front seat with him, were treated at the hospital and released for further examination. Trooper Clifford P. Schwarz of the Stony Point sub-station of the State Police said Mudge apparently failed to negotiate a sharp right turn in the road about 200 yards north of the Stony Point town line, the vehicle swerving to the left side of the road and striking the tree, which is about seven feet in circumference, headon. A passerby, who notified Trooper Schwarz by telephone from Ray's Chateau in Grassy Point, came upon the wreck soon after it occurred and found Fred Gustaf son, 23, of Jeffersonville, N. Y., lying stunned beside the vehicle. Gustafson, riding next to the right door, was treated for bruises of the head. Arne Anderassen, 39, of Swan Lake, N. Y., riding be tween Gustafson and the driver, sustained bruises of the left shoulder and aUrJisions of the left side of his head. Mudge is employed by Cooney Brothers, whiph is closing the breach at the pond opened this summer for the pier substructure floated to New York City. Gustaf son and Anderassen are employed by the Cucolo Co\ poration at Tomkins Cove. The car was towed to the Tom kins Cove Garage. BROTHER MARK VISITS Brother Mark of the Marist Brothers was a Haverstraw visitor with the Mt. St. Michael school basketball team. Many of his friends were pleased to greet the former St. Peter ’ s School teacher. Buy Here — It ’ s Your Town All true firemen must be able to keep the confidence of their fellow firemen, especially in a volunteer fire department. Last Summer, as the result of a little incident, some of Haverstraw ’ s buffs promptly christened Joseph Gordon, captain of General Warren Emergency Company No. 2, as “Captain Un cover. ” But this week there was no “ un cover ” from Joe. Nobody could find out the secret of his mysterious midnight ride to Poughkeepsie. Nor what he was doing around the street at six o ’ clock Sunday morn ing. Capt. Gordon was not “ un covering” ; nobody could get any information from him. A certain two men, prominent in firemanic activities in many parts of the state, recently have taken an aversion to publicity. “ Gee, it ’ s even in the paper when we go to a funeral, ” one of them said. No Advance Notice So there was no advance notice that there was a firemanic dinner at Northport, on the other side of the river above Red Hook, on Sat urday night. Or that Haverstraw ’ s two leading traveling firemen would be at the dinner. And Joe wouldn ’ t tell why he had to leave here at two or three in the morning to make a trip to Poughkeepsie. “ Had to meet a couple of fel lows, ” said Joe. From the principals, it was eas ier to learn the truth. Charles M. Continued page 7 COUNTY STOPS 15 MINUTES FOR DEFENSE TEST ‘ BOMBING ’ IN BRONX SATURDAY WILL, BRING ALARMS IN MORNING Rockland County will get a 15- minute taste of the state-ordered Civilian Defense training exer- des in New York City Saturday morning. William J. Brophy of Garner- ville, Rockland County Director of Civilian Defense, said that traffic will be stopped from 8:30 to 8:45 and that all pedestrians must take shelter. Rockland County, he said, will be one of seven counties send ing ^ ’ token ” equipment and person nel to the Bronx, hub of the exer cise maneuvers. John J. Feeney, Haverstraw de fense director, announced that the “ red ” alarm will be sounded at 8:30 on the fire signal atop the Municipal Building and that 'all traffic will be stopped here. Entire Area Affected Similar procedures will be fol lowed in the village of West Hav erstraw, the town of Stony Point, and at Letchworth Village, which have their own defense directors. In Haverstraw, Mr. Feeney said, village police and auxiliary volun teers will be on duty to see that the plans for street clea^nce are carried out. It will be H^verstraw ’ s first Civilian Defense test since World War 11. The “ yellow ” alarm, alerting all personnel connected with the exercise, is expected to come through at 8 o ’ clock. This is a silent alert. Mr. Brophy said that the exer cise, planned by the New York State Civil Defense Commission, will be carried out as if it were an actual attack and for this reason urged all Rockland County resi dents to cooperate. “We would like the people of Rockland County to cooperate with the regular and auxiliary police and their Civil Defense personnel in their various communities, ” Mr. Brophy said. Attack in Bronx Cars on state highways, local roads and streets will be expected to pull off the thoroughfares when the alarms sound, and pedestrians are asked to seek the nearest available shelter. The exercise will develop from a simulated atomic bomb attack in the Bronx, where, theoretically, 203,000 deaths and 227,000 injuries will result Lt Gen. C. R. Hueb- ner, director of the defense com mission, describes the exercise as an anti-personnel attack. Warn ings will sound in New York City between 8:30 and 9:30, with the entire metropolis coming to a standstill until the all clear sounds. The same procedure will be fol lowed in Westchester County where fire departments from Shanks Village, Orangeburg, Pier- mont, Nanuet, and Spring Valley will be sent to help extinguish a fired oil dump. The*, departments ’ apparatus will cross the Hudson by the Yonkers ferry. MECHANIC, 40 FEET UP, HELPS ADVERTISE NEW SUPERMARKET Lawrence Griffin jr Put On School Board Lawrence J. Griffin jr of 15 Third street was appointed last night by the Board of Education as trustee to fill the unexpired term of George J. Caffrey, now district treasurer. Mr. Griffin, an alumnus of'the school, was graduated from Syra cuse University and the University of Virginia Law School. He be came a member of the Virginia bar last year, and is applying for admission in New York State. Trinity Church at Stony Point Plans Candle-Lighting Service Trinity Methodist church of Stony Point will hold its ninth annual Christmas candle-lighting service on Sunday at 7:30 p. m. Always an inspiring occasion, .the service thi.s year promises to be more beautiful and impressive than ever. Trinity church is pleased to pre sent as its guest vocalist Miss Alice Dakin of Berkeley, Cal., presently residing at Shanks Village. Miss Dakin, a mezzo-soprano, studied under Aituro Cassiglia, director of the Pacific Opera Company, and Lawrence Strauss of Sun Francisco. She has sung with the San Jose Opera Company and the Berkeley Opera Company, and has done much church work also. Miss Dakin will sing the follow ing selections: “ I Wonder as 1 Wander ” (Jthn Jacob Niles), “ The Birthday of a King ” (Niedlinger), and “ Cantique de Noel ” (Adam). Her accompanist will be Mrs. Jane Scandell of Shanks Village. Instrumental soloist will be George A. Hornberger, instru mental director at Haverstraw High School. He will play, on the clarinet, “ Ave Maria ” from “ Caval- leria Rusticana ” (Mascagni), and “ Barca^'olle ” (Offenbach). The Trinity choir, under the di rection of Mr. Plornberger, will sing “ A Star Was His Cradle ” (Del Riego), “Let Our Gladness Have No End ” (Reske), and “ Joy ful and Triumphant ” (Wilson). Organ music, played by Mrs. John Kennedy, Tz ’ inity organist, will include “ Ave Maria ” (Gounod), “ Pastoial Symphony ” and “ He Shall Feed His Flock ” (both from Handel ’ s “ Messiah ” ), and a group of carols. There will be a short Christmas meditation by the pastor, the Rev. Otto Jaeckel, and the congregation will join in the singing of carols. Tlie climax of the service will be the liaditional candle-lighting ritual, and, while each person in the congregation holds aloft a lighted candle, the singing of the best loved carol, “ Silent Nig)<t. ” Everyone is cordially invited to this service. A mechanic shown at work on the big steel structure now being built on the New Main street site of the old Swift and Company plant for the new supermarket at Maple avenue and West Broad street. The steel structure is to hold a sign advertising the new market. Louis Olori ’ s mobile crane was used to erect the steel. The two “ legs ” are steel H-beams 40 feet in height. The sign is just west of Uhl ’ s Service Station. Photo by Harvey MdGeorge. March of Dimes Drive Being Planned Now in W. Haverstraw Area A meeting was held last Thurs day at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Heminover of Garnerville to plan the local campaign for the March of Dimes, the annual fund raising drive staged by the Nation al Foundation for Infantile Paral ysis, which will take place during the month of January. Lloyd Levitt, Rockland County chairman of the March of Dimes, spoke of the pressing need for funds to carry on the fight against the disease. He stressed the fact that the local chapter of the Nat ional Foundation for Infantile Par alysis is prepared to assist, in whole or in part, for as long as care and treatment are needed by the patient. Contributions will be solicited by volunteers calling at homes in the West Haverstraw and Garnerville area. Mr. Hemiover is chairman of the Garnerville and West Hav erstraw area, with Howard Brooks of Garnerville assisting as co- chairman. Others present at the meeting who will be active in the campaign were Fred Wright of Garnerville, Mrs. Edward Adler of Haver straw, Mrs. Mary Marone of Gar- nerville, and Mrs. Helen Trimble and Mrs. Betty Cioffi of West Hav erstraw. William A, Pfister Dead at 67; A Beloved Citizen Is Mourned 100-Bottle Whisky Cache Is Taken at Mount Ivy Nearly 100 bottles of whisky — all of them sealed — valued at more than $400 were stolen from the Real Folks Restaurant on Route 202, Mount Ivy, Saturday. The burglar or burglars entered the place by breaking the lock on the door on the south side, and apparently made off with the cache in a waiting car or truck. Lt. William H. Ecroyd jr of the town police said the cache con sisted of 74 loose bottles stacked on shelves and two full cases. He said the proprietor, Thomas Po- nessa jr of West Haverstraw, had left the place at 4 a. m. Saturday and did not return until 2 p. m. the same day, when he discovered his loss. The restaurant has only one floor and the liquor was kept in a room near the dining room. The outside door through which the entry was made was'locked only with a hook and eye. A window was jimmied open to pass through the cache to the waiting ivehicle, which was parked behind the place. Edward Anges Heads Liquor Dealers Again Edward Anges, proprietor of Bol- ley ’ s on Maple avenue, was re elected president of the Rockland County Retail Liquor Dealers As sociation, Inc., at the association ’ s meeting Tuesday at Krucker ’ s res taurant on Call Hollow road. Also re-elected were Isadore Dorfman of Spring Valley, first vice-president; Michael Jacaruso of Nanuet, second vice-president; Dominic Perruna of Spring Valley, financial secretary; Walter Gesner of Spring Valley, treasurer; Leon ard Sullivan of Tappan, sergeant- at-arms, and Herman Krucker of Krucker ’ s restaurant, secretary. James Roche, proprietor of the Cozy Corner, (Garnerville, was elected assistant secretary. Mr. Anges appointed Sal Mayo, prop rietor of the Congers Arms Hotel, as chairman of the Board of Direc tors, succeeding William J. Lar kin of Orangeburg. All of the of ficers ’ terms are for one year. Nearly 50 members attended the dinner-meeting. William A. Pfister of 10 Hudson avenue, former Jqstice of the Peace of the town of Haverstraw and a wartime clerk of Local Selective Service Board 763, died at 9:40 a. m. Monday in Good Samaritan Hospital, Suffern, after a brief illness. He was 67 years of age. News of his death was received in the village with sincere sorrow and mourning, for not only was he prominent throughout his adult life in the affairs of his community i but he had a compassionate under- ’ «ii *1 ___ ________________ J 1 SANTA COMING TO THE VILLAGE BY HELICOPTER PARADE AND MOVIES SATURDAY MORNING FOLLOW HIS ARRIVAL Santa Claus will make a pre- Christmas visit to Haverstraw Sat urday morning. The old gentleman from the North Pole will arrive at Markham Field at 10 o ’ clock by helicopter to begin a two-hour round of activities' that will be climaxed at the Broadway theatre with a special movie program. The North Rockland Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring the promotion, which is expected to attract several hundred young sters, for this, Santa ’ s second an nual pre-Christmas visit. Chamber officials announced to day that arrangements have been completed for the helicopter ar rival and parade, and that there is no fear of a second postponement, Santa was due to make his trip last week, but the Chamber was unable to make suitable arrangements with the helicopter pilot. School Band To Play In addition to the children, San ta will be greeted at the field by Chamber officials, two trucks of the Haverstraw Fire Department and about two score of uniformed firemen. The Haverstraw High School band will play at the field and during the parade. Chief Anthony Delisio of the Fire Department said today that Rescue Hook and Ladder Company No. 1 and Relief Hose Company No. 3 have been assigned to the visit, and one of the trucks will transport Santa around the streets. The parade will form at Mark ham Field and will go over Maple avenue to New Main street, where it will swing east and continue down New Main street and Main street to First street. There the marchers will swing from First street to South, come onto West steet, and follow this street to the Bank Corner where the par ade will head up Broadway to the theatre. Jack Clark, manager of the theatre, said a two-hour show is- planned for the children, who will be greeted personally by Santa Claus and given bags of candy and comic books. Adults will not be permitted to accompany the child- en in the theatre, but they will be policed by the firemen present. Bad weather will cancel Santa ’ s arrival by Jielicopter, but he defin itely will be in the village for the parade and the movie show. Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. New man and family of Front street on Sunday attended the Bar Mitzvah of Martin Joel Cohen, son of Mr. and Mrs. David B. Cohen, at the Deluxe Palace, Brooklyn. standing of all the trials and tribu lations of his neighbors, friends I and even chance acquaintances, I and expressed it in many ways thi'oughout his lifetime. There were few people in Haver straw, Garnerville or West Haver straw who did not know him, and I to all his death came as a profound ' shock. He had not enjoyed good j health for many months but he maintained his usual round of I activities and kept at his work at the Broadway theatre. On Wednes day of last week he was .taken to the hospital in the Haverstraw Ambulance and during the week end his condition became critical. Mr. Pfister, born in Haverstraw, a son of the late Gabriel and Margaret Pfister, had a varied career. As a youth and later in the more mature years of his life ho was associated with the Rock land Finishing Company at Garn- Continued on page 6 Town Attorney Says Shankey Aided Deferral William Israelson, town attor ney, told the Haverstraw Town^ Council Monday night that a con-\ ference including himself. Super visor Victor J. Shankey and rep resentatives of the Public Service I Commission had helped prevent an 'increase in water rates for the area served by the New York Wat er Service Corporation. The P. S. C. announced last week its decision to defer action on the company petition for increased rates because^ of “ serious ques tions as to the adequacy of service . . . involved. ” Mr. Israelson said Supervisor Shankey had arranged the confer ence and commended him for his action. Lt. William H. Ecroyd jr report ed to the council that the town pol ice department would begin a 40- hour week with the new year, guaranteeing each member two days off. each week. A rborio ’ sLow Bidof$l,ll 7,575 Accepted for Parkway Section A low bid of $1,117,575.45 from John Arborio, Inc., of Poughkeep sie, was received at Albany la&t Thursday by B. D. Tallamy, New York State Superintendent of Pub lic Works, for paving with twin 25-fout concrete arteries a prev iously graded 2.1U-mile section of the Palisades Interstate Parkway extending from Queensboro Lake northeasterly to the traffic circle at Bear Mountain Bridge. Also included m the work will be construction with asphalt con crete pavement on a total of 1.08 miles of access roads and drives and connecting highways in the vicinity of tlie Parkway, and seed ing and planting along 1.83 miles. State Engineers had estimated the cost of the entire project at $1,- 205,000. ' I Two bids were received, and it is expected that a formal award of the contract will be made to the Poughkeepsie firm following an analysis of the bids and the pro cessing of contract forms. Sched uled for completion by December 31, 1953, work will be under the diiection of James S. Bixby, Dis trict Engineer in charge of the de partment ’ s office in Poughkeepsie. Traffic will be maintained dur ing construction and the work scheduled to prevent excessive de lay for motorists. Motorists are urged to cooperate fully with flag men directing traffic and to observe any signs and signals that may be erected for their safety and pro tection. Tiiformal ’ Complaint on New Sign, Schuler Says Mayor Harry W. Schuler report ed at Wednesday ’ s meeting of the village board that he had received an informal complaint on the ap pearance and size of the sign now being erected on the New Main street side of the supermarket now being built at Maple avenue and West Broad street. A conference will be held with an official of the Grand Union company, operators of the new market. The board discussed the recently completed storm sewer on Hillside avenue, the special election to be., held January 6 on a new firehouse for Lady Warren Hose Company No. 5, and the boiler in the Mun icipal Building. A new boiler has been installed in the building heat ing system, but the system is not yet working properly. BLOOD DONOTS N'^EDED CliaiTes Wurm of the Haver straw Ambulance Corps issued an urgent call this afternoon for blood donors of any type to give their I bIo( d in replacement for a local woman, who is seriously ill and can ’ t afford to pay for donors. Vol unteers should call Mr. Wurm at Haverstraw 9-9840.
