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THE ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES Volume 82, Number 34 Havcrstraw, N. Y. 10927, July 15, 1971 Telephone HAverstraw 9-2000 Price Ten Cents UNDERGROUND MEANS WAY UNDER: Laying the electric line underground from the new Bowline Point plant westward Involves many construction problems deep In the ground. This view from Route 9W toward the Hudson River shows the end of the pipe line that was literally bored many feet below the The BANK CORNER.... Some week, you are going lo turn to this corner and find nothing here. Except maybe two words, gone fishing. Lately I ’ ve been reading the ads for some of the more so phisticated stores, and going fishing isn't the simple thing it used to be. either. The best thing about fishing is enjoying the enforced inac tivity. when you just have to stop worrying about things. Ex cept watching your float it you're fishing for sunnies around a pond, the way it was done in days bygone. We used to call the float a “ dobber\. and if it took a dive and didn't come back, maybe you had some thing. If it bounced right back to the surface, you knew some fish had taken the worm and left the hook bare. The last of the Jones Point fleet is going down the river. The end of an era. as they say. As the ships went, it was the end of a government pay check for some. There was a firm around the county here who took advantage of branch banking The office was in one community, the bank account was in the branch in another community, and the help were warned to cash their paychecks Friday nnight in the branches in other communities. This way. it was possible to keep the wolf circling instead of just sitting at the door. Every once in a while this corner reports something about police officers. Lately the boys' are all so touchy about this pay thing that the least word sets them off. The blue coats are finding out that last year's friends are not this year's bud dies. Whether they get upset oi not, we must tell you of two cops in two cars, who got so wrapped up in where the police cars had to be that they could n ’ t get out of the way of fire THE BANK CORNER Page 2 Mayor Bosico, Advisory Council Have First Meeting On July 7 Mayor Anthony J. Bosico met with his newly formed Mayor's Advisory Coun cil to discuss with them mat ters which they feel will have profound effect on the Village of Haverstraw. Mr. Bosico thanked the mem bers of the Council for their at tendance at the meeting and said ‘ \You wiil serve in a most important capacity in this Vii- lage Administration — that of a iiason between your neighbor hood and this Viilage Board. We. as your elected represen tatives. want your suggestions to make this Government more efticient and more responsible to the just demands of our Vil lage Taxpayers. \We urge you to bring to our attention any problems in our Village, and hopefully, ideas which will help solve some ol these problems. Without the participation of our local citi zens, our Village cannot hope' to cope with the pioblems we all face, but with your con tinued support, Haverstraw will again return to the greatness it deserves.\ The major topic discussed was the Bowline Point Park. According to the Mayor there is nothing in writing to guaran tee the installation of the park. Furthermore he stated that the park might not be restricted to Haverstraw Town residents but might be open to all resident.s of the State of New York since pavement lo cross the busy highway. The figures of the men at the edge of the excavation will give an idea of the large size of the digging machine. This spot Is just north ol the Mlnisceongo Brook. The line will run to the Orange and Rock land substation on Route 202. Times-Torpey Photo. Dynamite is Found on Palisades Parkway A maintenance man on litter clean-up found 197 sticks of dynamite along the Palisades Parkway about 10:30 a.m. Sun day. The dynamite was found just o.'f the mowing line at the side ol the road, about 100 feet south of the Alpine Lookout, six miles north of the George Wash ington Bridge. Parkway police removed the explosives and they were taken to Foil Monmouth by a demoli tion team sent up from the Army base. According to U.S. Treasury Dept. Officials and the New York City Bomb Squad, the dynamite was attributed to the Jewish Defense League by a caller who informed them of the dynamite deposited at that point. CHARLES THEISS DIED SUNDAY Civic Leader; Active Rotarian Friends were saddened to hear of the death on Sunday at his home in Nyack of Charles Theiss, long time manager of the Haverstraw office of Orange and Rockland Utilities and a civic leader in the years he lived in Garnerville. For the past two years Mr. Theiss had been in poor health but had continued his member ship in the Haverstraw Rotary Club, of which he had served as president, and attended the weekly luncheon meetings. Re cently he had been awarded a plaque by that organization, honoring his leadership and participation in the service club ’ s activities. He had retired in November as superintendent of distribution for the Eastern Division of Orange and Rock land. Mr. Theiss had served as director of the North Rockland Chamber of Commerce. He was deeply interested in sports, par ticularly for young people, and had planned and designed the Haverstraw Little League Field. He maintained his interest in the Little League even after his removal from Haverstraw. Mr. Theiss was born in South Nyack 57 years ago, the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Charles Theiss. He is survived by his wife Alice, one son, Charles H. of Binghampton, three grand daughters, and two brothers, Sterling of Blauvelt and George of Sarasota, Fla. He was in repose at the Han- neman Funeral Home in Nyack and funeral services were con- uiicted this afternoon by the Rev. Maurice Irvin of the Simp son Memorial church. Burial was in Oak Hill. RENTAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING Mrs. Joan Forman, chairman of the Residential Rental Ac commodations Advisory Com mittee has announced that July 21 is the date of the Commit tee ’ s first public hearing. The meeting will be held at 8:00 p.m. in the auditorium of the Rockland County Office Build ing. Orange and Rockland is a pub lic utility and must conform to certain technicalities in State law. Members ol the Council are: Joseph Cuneo, Richard Drew. George Drescher, Marsha Dia mond, John DeLuca, Alice Facciola. Leo Goldband, Elizabeth Green, Ann Holland. Ellen Horan. Pedro Lugo, James Lassiter, Frank Pileg- gi jr, Helen Sebastian. Olga Soto. Jerry Schulman. John Sullivan. Julio Villegas, Thomas Watson. Sandra Wax, and Gary Zeh. \Hove you seen the rug ihompoo I got In the Wont Ads, deor?\ THE CAB of the riderless combination truck-trailer-bulldozer that rolled down a street in the Mountain View Homes develop ment off Rosman rd., Thiells, Friday after noon, is shown after It smashed info a car that in turn smashed another car, pushing it up the steps and Into the railing at the Philip Friedman home. Both cars were own ed by Mr. Friedman. Another photo appears on page six. Photo hv John J Flanagan Democrats Pul Local Youth Drowns 2 up for Office North County Democrats Say No Again \Why oh why. do we always have to act like Democrats?\ This was the bitter comment of one Democratic committee man after Thursday night's quiet nominating session had a party-splitting final chapter. A resolution on the Vietnam war brought on a wide split in opin ion, with the Stony Point dele gation leaving the hall disgust ed. and the Haverstraw group thoroughly upset. Many of the approximately 500 delegates had drifted out of the convention hall at New City when Mrs. Harriet Cornell, a respected and energetic party worker, introduced a resolution asking endorsement of the Mansfield amendment. The amendment seeks to put a def inite time on withdrawal of U.S. armed forces from Southeast Asia, contingent upon freeing of all U. S. prisoners of war. The resolution was finally adopted by voice vote. But not until there were numerous out bursts charging that the con vention no longer had a quorum and that a motion to adjourn had not been considered before Mrs. Cornell ’ s motion. Haverstraw ’ s Chairman O. Fred Miller led the opposition to the motion and Clarkstown Chairman Richard Derella led the support. Run-auay Truck Crashes Parked Cars; No One Injured Five automobiles were seri ously damaged in a freak acci dent on Friday afternoon at the Mountain View Homes off Ros man rd. in Thiells. which the Knutson Company is develop ing. When 'he drivci of a com bination P uck-trailer-bulldozer owned by the Sappah Shovel Service Inc ol Park Ridge. N. J. applied his brakes as he was making a lelt turn, the air brake supply went low and the brakes locked, according to police. The chlver alighted from the truck and placed a block under one ut the wheels. Sud denly the truck took off and craslied into the parked cars. No injuries were reported. Charles Theiss with the plaque he received recently from the Haverstraw Rotary Club in honor of his leader ship in the service club's ac tivities. REGIONAL SEWER PLANT GETS GRANT $924,550 More Federal Aid Reduces Cost Haverstraw Town officials are elated over a new and addi tional grant of $924,550 to aid in the construction cost of the Joint Regional Sewer System serving the village of West Havi erstraw, parts of the town of Haverstraw and two stale hos pitals. The new grant, announced by. Congressman John G. Dow, is Irom the Environmental Protec tion Agency, tile former De partment ol the Interior. This is in addition to a previous grant ol $831,000, winch came Irom HUD. When the Regional plan was cMivisioned, local olficials hoped tor Federal aid in the amount ol 30 percent of the \JirojecT. The actual sum now to be re ceived will be 40.4 percent ol the cost ol the regional system. Federal Help Large The estimated cost of the plant was $5.5 million. Of this amount, Federal authorities cal- $EWER Page 3 Wayne Day Saturday Stony Point will celebrate Wayne Day Saturday with its annual volunteer firemen ’ s parade. Prior to the parade, firemen of Wayne Hose Co. will stand inspection, reports Fire Chief Anthony Manglass. The parade, set for 5 p.m.. Will include some 17 guest com panies. bands and ladies aux iliaries. marching south along Route 9W from the Stony Point Post Office to Lowland Hill where the marchers will turn left and go down to the Town Park to disband and have re freshments. The parading guest units will be competing for eight trophies. Ex-Chief George Johnson has been in charge of .securing the judges to rate the participants.. The winners will be announced at 10 p.m. in the Lowland Park. Trophies include one for the Best Over-All Unit, first and second place in dress uniform, first and second place in regu lation style uniform, first and second lor the ladies auxiliaries, and one for the best and clean est apparatus Annual Inspection While the out-of town units ROBERT R. MEEHAN Weiner Named For Judge Race; Meehan Endorsed Members of the Rockland County Democratic Committee Thursday nominated Alfred Weiner, a Ramapo town justice. 10 run for the newly created position of Judge of the Fam ily Court. District Attorney Robert Meehan was unanimous ly renominated. In the contest for the judge ship nomination. Judge Weinei had Ramapo. Haverstraw and Stony Point solidly behind him. Orangclown was almost solidly behind Werner Loeb. the Nyack attorney, and Clarkstown was split down the middle. Mr. Loeb earlier defeated Mrs. Lorna Bernard in an Orangetown cau cus. The pad result is that Pam .spo has the only two candidate.* tor county r.i'fice on the ballot this tall. Town offices will also oe at stake; resulting in local level activity that is bound to create more exposure for the county candidates. County Chairman Leon Pes- nor presided over the session at the Ripples in New City Former County Attorney J. Martin Cornell nominated Judge Weiner, while Mr. Loeb was placed in nomination by Paul Rivet of Orangeburg, a former candidate for state senator. What started out to be an evening of relaxation and lun for some young men ended in tragedy NTonday when Noel Rodriquc', 20. of 83 Mam st was drowned at the ‘ ‘ Compan> Pond\ neai Grassy Point. T'ne M'uili was accompanied by Martin Rosa of 1 Second st.. Carlos R'tdriguez and Jose Rosa, also of 63 Main st.. and Cannelo Do Jesus of 9 Fair- mount ave. Just what happen ed is not certain. They were swimming and apparently frol icking in the water when Mr. Rodriguez did not surface. His ftiends dived and grasped him but .somehow he slid out of their hands and they could not tind him. In response to their cries for help the David B. Roche Fire Company was called Immedi ately afterward Wayne Hose Co. of Stony Point. General Warien Emergency Co. of Hav- erstJ aw. scuba divers of the Piermont Fire Department and the Haverstraw Ambulance ar- riN'ed to help. State Troopers. Stons Point Town Police and repi o.sentatives of the Sheriff Lindeman ’ s office also partici pated m the el forts to find and resuscilate the victim. In his attempts to find his Iriend Carmelo De Jesus was almoA drowned and had to be rescued. He was taken to the Nyack Hospital in the Haver straw Ambulance where he was treated and released. The body svas located and brought to the surface by the men m the General Warren Emergency Co. rescue boat at 10:3 ’ 2. The Rev. Robert E. Lee of the Immaculate Concep tion Parish administered the last riles of the church. Mr. Rodriguez's brother was noti fied and the body was removed for an autopsy at Summit Park. Mr. Rodriguez was pronounced dead by Dr Leo Weishaar. as sistant county medical examin- are lining up. the local Stony Point firemen will be inspected at tlieir firehouse by the Board of Fire Commissioners at 4 p.m. sharp. Firemen missing the in spection will be fined, reminds company president Bert Garra- brant. The fire commissioners include Stanley G. Brooker, chairman, Millard Springstead. Paul \Pop\ Schaad, Andrew Pondi, and Thomas \Duffy\ Dwyer. Leading the paiade on Sat urday will be the Wayne Hose color guard, the fire commis sioners, town olficials and As semblyman Larry Herbst. Also. WAYNE DAY Page 8 Mr. Rodriguez had come from Puerto Rico to Haverstraw four years ago and had worked as a porter. He is survived by his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Claudio Rodriquez, three brothers and four sisters in Puerto Rico: a sister. Mrs. Raquel Leon, and two brothers, Jose and Claudio Rodriguez of Haverstraw. He was in repose at his home on Wednesday and later the body was shipped to Juan Diaz. Puerto Rico, where funeral ’ ser- vices and burial are to take place Saturday. The local ar rangements were conducted by the Higgins Funeral Home. UNDERWATER RESCUE TEAM divers from Empire Hose Co. L Piermont, are shown with one of the boat crews that participated In the search for the body of Noel Rodriquez, 20, who was drowned while swimming at Grassy Point Monday evening. Photo by John J. Flanagan.
