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HOCKLAND COUNTY THE TIMES Volume 82, Number 31 Haverstraw, N. Y, 10927, July 1, 1971 Telephone HAverstraw 9-2000 Price Ten Cents [Retirement Honors For Miss Reilly WILLIAM E. BAISLEY Pharmacist Earns Degree William Eugene Baisley. son of Mr. and Mrs, Wiliiam F. Baisley of West Ramapo rd.. Garnerville, graduated from the Albany College of Pharmacy, Union University, at Albany, with a Bachelor of Science de gree in phannacy. The new pharmacist is a graduate of the Haverstraw- -Stony Point High School and Rockland Community College. He is a member of the Ameri can Pharmaceutical Associa tion. the Pharmaceuticai Socie ty of the State of New York and Kappa Psi pharmaceutical fra ternity. He will be employed as a pharmaceutical chemist at Lederle Lagoratories. Pearl River. Miss Genevieve Reilly has tendered her resignation to the North Rockland Board of Edu cation as of the close of the school year after 43 years in the school system. After her graduation with a state scholarship from the Hav erstraw High School. Miss Reilly attended Hunter College. She received an A.B. degree with honor and a iicense to teach in New. York City, In her first year after graduation she sub stituted in New York City and Haverstraw schools. Then she accepted a position as a fifth grade teacher in the Haver straw Union Free School Dis trict 1. Later she was transferred to the high school science depart ment where she taught generai science and biology. She was the founder and sponsor of the , Biology Club and served as sponsor for two classes through their high school years. One of the programs to which she devoted great care was the planting of the memorial willow trees along the fence in Mark ham Field. Every Arbor Day a willow tree was planted to the memory of a former Haver straw student who had given his life in World War 11. The soldiers and sailors whose names were honored were sel ected in the chronological order of their deaths. In the early 1940's a group of girls asked Miss Reilly to be their instructor in cheerlead ing. She demurred on the grounds that she was hardly a specialist in teaching cheers. MISS REILLY Page 4 Mrs. Thiell Says ‘ No ’ to Plaque; Miss Reilly Praised The North Rockland Board of lOducation had a mixture of sur prise and pleasure when the an nounced presentation of plaques to two retiring teachers did not turn out as planned. Mrs. Ann Thiell, who retired after 26 years as a teacher, de clined to accept the plaque which had been offered to her. She said many teachers in the past had performed well for the people of the district and their services had not been rec ognized. Therefore she would not accept the plaque, which lay in front of Board President George Hatala throughout the , meeting Tuesday. After making her statement Mrs. Thiell. her husband. Rob ert. and their daughter left the meeting room. There was no comment. In sharp contrast was the pre- I sentalion to Miss Genevieve Reilly, leaving the school after I -1.3 years. Board President Ha tala prescMited a plaque to Miss I Reilly, who acknowledged the I presentation with the word that most of the time teaching has been a pleasure. She noted that I ‘ three of her boys\ were mem- I bars of the board. Short comments in praise of Miss Reilly were made by Supt. I of Schools Konrad K. Koch. I Mrs. Leonard Miller, and Mrs. George Ducharme. former I teachers. Miss Margaret E. A. McCabe, a teacher, said she was \grateful that we are hon- I oring one of our teachers.\ TEACHER'S PARTY: Miss Genevieve Reilly was the guest of honor Monday at a retirement luncheon held at the Snug Harbor. She Is flanked by former Superintendent of Schools A. J. Lynch and George Jochum, principal of North Rockland High School. Times-Torpey Photo. The BANK CORNER.... JOSEPH G. CORRADO Corrado Elected Grand Knight H /erstraw Council 581. I..iights of Columbus, elected Joseph Coirado Grand Knight for the forthcoming Columbian Year 1971-72. The new Grand Knight-elect has held this office in the past, as well as that of Faithful Navigator of the Joyce Kilmer Fourth Degree Assem bly of Rockland County. He is considered one of the Council s most active members. The of fice of Grand Knight is the highest in the Council. Other officers elected include Francis X. Kelly, deputy grand knight; Richard Rossi, chan cellor; Domingo Marrero, war den; Peter V. Ramundo, record er; Lesmond Kane, advocate; William Scunda, inside guard and Desmond H. Neary, outside guard. They will assume office in July. The Council was represented at the Hucl.son Valley Chapter and Conference 11th annual Grand Knight and Past Grand Knight dinner dance at the MeadowbiuoU Lodge, New burgh, on .Saturday by past Grand Knights N. George Ger ace and Jobr ’ . Courtney; and Inside Guar William Scunda. District Deputy Joseph J. Zar riello represented this area and made the introductions. \A cop wos tolling mo how to park this cof wo got In tho Wont Adf - ond did ho hovo a vocobu- lorvP* Independence Day. Independ ence from what? The Reds? The finance company? Diets? Whatever it is, relax and be independent. Somehow or another. I have been singled out to receive a letter from Sen, George Mc Govern of South Dakota as one of his \potential supporters ” across the country. I don ’ t think the potential is very great, but Sen. McGovern is entitled to try. At least it ’ s a new ap proach. The state Education Depart ment estimates that the median salary for teachers this year is $11,016. Those of us accustomed to seeing the word on highways as \Keep off the Median.\ may be surprised to know it has an other meaning. The dictionary defines median first as the plane which divides any body' into two equal and symmetrical parts. And situated in the mid dle. So that when the state says the median .salary is a certain figure, they don't mean the av erage salary. Although there are some in volved highway signs, most di rections are clear. Like \Keep Right.\ This is all right until you go way up state and sudde ‘ ‘ y meet road signs in French for the benefit of our Quebec neighbors. A Bavarian Summer Festival in Pennsylvania is being pro moted by a press agent with the unlikely name of Don Con- .over. How he got mixed up in the \little bit of old Germany\ with an Irish name like that is a question. The real promoter of the Festival from July 2 to U is Kermit A. Dietrich. There will be 20 German Oompah bands, an Alpine bellringer and a Schuhplattler group from Ger many at the festival in Barnes- ville. Pa. The fest is at Lake- wood Park in Pa. Route 54, midway between Tamaqua and Mahanoy City. And if you ’ ve never been in Schuylkill County, it might be a good time to go. Just get to the town of Jim Thorpe, which used to be Mauch Chunk and it ’ s over the hill to Lehighlon. Along with the re mains of the old hard coal min ing industry, you ’ ll see May- poles, blue and white Bavarian flags, blooming flowers and of course, horse-drawn beer wag ons traveling through the festi val grounds. According to the new wel fare laws, able bodied recipi ents are expected to work. We expect our streets to shine. Of course, there ’ s one balloon- bellied local who will have a relapse the first time he ’ s ordered to go to work. Then P.C. (the old-fashioned hos pital code word for patients on public charity) will have to pay for his hospitalization while he gets over the fear of having to go to work. THE BANK CORNER Page 2 Graduation Held in Stadium At High School The first outdoor graduation exercises at North Rockland High School ’ s Thiells complex took place Sunday in the foot ball stadium. The late afternoon sun shone directly in the face.s of the grad uates and the Board of Educa tion members, who faced the audience in the stands. One girl in the class and two adults fainted in the heat. Joel Fain delivered the tra ditional valedictory address. The second highest in the class. Anthony Candela, in the course of his salutatory address, praised his school for providing many services so that he might overcome his handicap of poor vision. Class President James Grea ney presented the class gift. Other officers are Joseph Mar ino, vice president: Denise Dip pre, secretary, and John Gulak, treasurer. Miss Roberta Kie- pura and Thomas Verbeke were the class advisors. Board of Education President George Hatala spoke at length before presenting the diplomas to the graduates, a task in which he Was assisted by Vice President Carmine Delisio. Supt. of Schools Konrad K. Koch pre sented the class. Many prizes and awards were announced by Principal George F. Jochum. He noted that this was \his class,\ as the class he had started with at the James A. Farley Middle School before both moved to the high school. The Rev. F. Peter Malet and the Rev. Richard Diaz offered the prayers. Bruce Robinson directed the school band in a musical program. m -'V\ •if;- FIRE'S DESOLATION: This view shows the mined inferior of an apartment in the building at 34 Broadway following Saturday's fire. Several Injured In the Babysitter Saved Tots, Ryan Home For her prompt action in sav ing life and preventing spread of fire in a home where she was baby silting. Miss Debby Bernhardt of Thiells was con gratulated and praised by the officers and men of S. W. John son S. F. E. Co. 1 of Garner ville. Miss Bernhardt was minding two tots at the home of John F. Ryan. Hirsch dr., when she delected an odor of smoke. Finding no smoke upstairs, she opened the basement door and was greeted by a cloud of smoke. Quickly closing doors in the house, she gathered up the children, rushed to a neigh bor ’ s house and sounded the alarm. Fire officers commented that Debby's removal of the children to safety was all that could real ly be expected of her. But the presence of mind in closing the doors in the house made the difference between a small fire and a large fire. Debby ’ s good thinking, her cool-headedness in the emergency and assump tion of responsibility for the children are deserving of the highest praise. ft- \ I EXPLOSIVE FORCE: The round object at left in the pic ture is an aerosol can. The can exploded in Saturday's fire and roared across a room, driving itself Into the wall. At right is a chest that was badly damaged in the destructive fire at 34 Broadway. Photo by Dennis Briell. Stony Point Youth Program to Start Supervisor Harold Grune an nounces the day camp program will start in Stony Point next Tuesday and will continue for seven weeks. The program will operate five days a week from Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The program will be under the supervision of Charles Ec- Cher, recreation leader, and 17 counselors. The program is geared to boys and girls aged 7 through 14. Activities will include arts and crafts, swimming, at the Town Park and at Rockland Lake, games, athletic events, and field trips. Registration forms are avail able at the town offices. i. PAYING HONOR: Officers of S. W. John son S. F. E. Co. 1 of Garnerville awarded a certificate of merit and a plaque to Debbie Bernhardt for heroic action In evacuating chil dren from a home where she was babysitting. Pictured are Jack Green, treasurer, Richard Anable, president, Miss Bernhardt, Howard Mackey, captain, and Richard Brooks, first assistant chief. Times-Torpey Photo. members of one family were fire. Photo by Dennis Briell. Woman Burned As ‘ Gas ’ Blows up In .Apartment An explosion and fire wreck ed an apartment in the building at 34 Broadway Saturday, in- .juring four persons. Simkin ’ s store, on the street level, sul lered some water damage, bui is back in full operation. Mrs. Rose Padin. 22. was burned in the fire and taken to Nyack Ho.spital for treatment in the Haverstraw ambulance. Also burned, but released from the hospital, was her three-year old son. Alan, along with her husband. Ralph, 23. Another woman. Mrs. Vincenta Diaz, 30, was treated by a local doctor. Fire broke out on the second floor of the Division st. side of the building, former home of Blank ’ s Department store, when gasoline blew up. The gasoline was being used for cleaning in a painting operation. Haverstraw firemen confined the blaze to the one apartment and a corridor in the building. The blaze was fierce when the firemen arrived at the scene, but was quickly brought under control. The apartment building was the scene of a previous fire when tenants made their es cape to the roof of a trailer truck, backed up to the window by a fast thinking driver as a means of escape. This week ’ s blaze occurred about 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, and was an exciting climax to the three days of Old-Fashioned Days by local stores, including Simkin ’ s. I William Demerest Died in Market William N. Demerest, 59. of 71 Burda rd.. New City, col lapsed and died suddenly on Monday at the A. & P. Market in New City. Mr. Demerest was a salesman for the past eight years for Mutual Biscuit Co. He was previously employed for 35 years with the Dugan Bak ing Co. Mr. Demerest was reared in the North Rockland area and attended local schools, where he was known as \Billy\. He was a son of the late Perry Demerest, for many years stew ard at the Haverstraw Lodge of Elks. Survivors include his daugh ters, Mrs. Joan Friedman of Spring Valley. Mrs. Arlene Triston of Newton, N. J., and Mrs. Patricia Wells of New City; nine grandchildren, and a sister, Mrs. Gladys Smith of Saugertics, N. Y. The Rev. Emanuel A. Peters of Trinity Presbyterian church. Nanuet, will conduct services Friday at 2 p.m. at the Mc Gowan Funeral Home. 133 Broadway. Interment will be in Mount Repose. f..eadership Vacuum Hits Cop Hassle The police department Wage negotiations in Haverstraw vil lage seem to have stalemated at about the same time a kind of leadership vacuum has de veloped in the department. Chief Lawrence Manion, now on vacation, is retiring today. Lieut. Edward Fox is in charge of the department, although the Village Board has not indicated what its decision will be on de- partmental leadership. The village PBA, which had been conducting a campaign of propaganda about working con ditions and the state of the police cruisers, has dropped this line of attack, although there are murmurs of discontent. At the June 23 Village Board meeting, former Mayor Dom inic Gambol! presented to the Board a petition in support of the police , effort for more wages. The petitions were said to contain 1,500 .signatures. Objections have been made to the delegation by the Board to Village Attorney Robert Grant the duties of sole nego tiator for the village with the ■police. Mr. Grant is to receive Jl.OOO for this extra duty. Al though this is accepted practice in many municipalities, it has received much publicity in this case. Mountain Park Plan Examined Officials of the Martin-Mari etta Corp., owners of the Ap palachian Stone Division quarry in Haverstraw, and Nash Cas tro, general manager of the Palisades Interstate Park met Monday in the office of Super visor Philip Rotella with Hav erstraw town and village offi cials in an attempt to explain away the fears of the local peo ple about the sale by the quarry of 90 acres of river-facing cliff by the quarry to the park. Many numbers were bandied about, and some seemed a lit tle exaggerated, Concerned as they are for the permanent preservation of the mountain ’ s beauty, the local officials con fessed an overwhelming inter est in the taxes, about $30,000 it year, that Appalachian now pays to villa.ye, town and .school. The Interstate Park now pays taxes on lands it owns in Hav erstraw. How much the park will pay to the local govern ments in lieu ol taxes is the big question. And for how long. The town of Haverstraw is also \blessed\ with state lands in the park. Letchworth Village, and the Rehabilitation Hospital, as well as the lax exempt Don Bosco property. The park proposes to buy 90 acres ol cliff from stretching 1.3 miles from the end of its present High Tor holdings to the vicinity of the West Shore railroad tunnel, northern bound ary of its Haverstraw Beach Park property. In the meantime, a stormy future faces the proposal to quarry some 58 acres in Clarks town facing the Ridge rd. Now zoned against quarrying, the plot is essential for Appalach ian to stay in business here. Whatever money Appalachian Stone would pay to the Pali sades Interstate Park Commis sion would go to Clarkstown to pay for recreation facilities. This angle annoys Haver straw' olficials. Haverstraw land goes into the park, but Clarks- town gets the money. But Hav erstraw is assured of the beau ty of its mountain background in perpetuity. Parkway Link Will be Tested The now Lake Welch Park, way Is expected to receive its first severe test of ability to handle traffic on the July 4 weekend. The new S.7S mile Parkway from Exit t4A of tho Palisades Interstate Parkway to the Sebago traffic circle will relieve congestion on Route 210. Lake Welch and Ms Parkway opened Saturday for the season.
