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ROCKLAND COtJNTY THE TIMES Volume !I0. Number 1 Haverstraw, N. Y 10927, November 25, 1971 Telephone HAverstraw 9-2000 Price Ten Cents FIRST COPY: Historian Daniel deNoyelles of Thiells pre sents to John R. Zchner, president ot the Rockland County Historical Society, the first copy of his new book, entitled ■'DeNoyelles: Birth of an American Family.\ The picture was taken in from of the painting created by the late Harry Hale Smith to depict in heraldry the origins of Haverstraw. The coat ot arms was created for the 1954 celebration of the vll* lage's centennial of its Incorporation. Pho ’ o by John J. Flanagan The BANK CORNER... New Voik Cily's Sanitation Dept, has a new wage con- uacl with a $1,710 raise to a l)ase pa\' ol $12,000 per .\ ’ ear. Jl almo.Ki smells good. Pelula Clark celebrated her ;t9th birlhda> last week. It seen^N like 39 vears I ’ ve been listening to her singing bank commercial. Being real busy is when you don t have time to read the comics. Pres. Nixon s China policy i.s beginning to look like an out sider silling down with river boat gamblers. The courts have cleared away the legal obstacles I ’ or the new .Jersey Meadows sport center to cost $201) million, with a 77.001) seal football park, -10. 000-seal grand.stand for the race track, and so on. .As long as this is a .sporting proposition, wanna bet ihafs the real price tag. or will it cost twice that much? The telephone strike has been going on since July. Surely it's lime loi somebody to give a little. The price Iteeze sure doesn't ippl> lo h(nu>tlew jnelons. It lii iitidoia WHS rtumnd, she 0 those girl ( heei'leaders are preparing lo have arthritis in their knees in laiei life. One of the giant U. S. corpor ations. ITT. is basing its fu ture growth on expansion in the service industries. Service is a word honored in the breach in the U. S. lo(la.v. Somebody who w'anted to be really accommo dating could make a fantastic success in any business he en Lered today. Maybe people wouldn ’ t pay him enough. Some friends just cruising around dropped in at a tavern up in the boondocks, where there “ just happened ’ ’ to be a couple of strippers as the en tertainment. One of our friends reported that there is still a big difference between showing a lot and having a lot to show. Historian Publishes History Of Family in Early Rockland \Did you know you're read ing the Wont Ads upside down again?\ When you pass a casual and friendly remark, you expect a casual and good-natured reply — not an argument. There comes a time when you wonder whether a $295 snow blower is really insurance against a heart attack. It ’ s coming on to the Christ-' mas shopping season. Long ago I made a resolution that when a price tag is turned face down on purpose I ’ m not going to bother to turn it right side up. One of those recent foggy mornings, I heard a vessel sounding its whistle in a reg ular pattern on the Hudson Riv er. just like the fog horns of old. The barges and ships slide up and down the river so quiet ly that few of us realize the vast tonnage that travels on that artery of commerce. Some people sometimes try by their actions to show how in dependent and contemptuous they are. To others, their ac tions just look mean and cheap. Whenever you do something just for effect, make sure you can measure the effect before you start. This should be posted on a certain bulletin board. How come we had all this temperature inversion that brought smog when nobody could burn the leaves from his trees. One opinion is that the trucks that gather the leaves could burn the leaves from his the smog as the burning leaves would. This is an overstatement, of course, but it is interesting. Uudan Appointed To Park Commission Gov. Rockefeller has appoint ed Peter Dudan of West Nyack, chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Marine Midland of Southern New York, as a member of the Palisades Interstate Park Commission. Mr. Dudan succeeds Fred erick Osborn of Garrison, on the unsalaried Commission and. if confirmed by the Senate as required, would serve a term ending Feb. 12, 1973. The Governor paid tribute to Mr. Osborn ’ s service with the commission declaring “ I know of no one who has given more generously of his time and considerable talent.*' NEW NYSTA PRESIDENT Thomas Y. Hobarl, jr, a sen ior high school guidance coun selor from Buffalo, was elected President of the 105.000-mem ber New York State Teachers, Association. Daniel. deNoyelle.s of Thiells has published a soft - covered book on his family ’ s genealogy along with research on several old Rockland County families. The book contains a study on the important role that de Noyelles ’ ancestors played in the formation of the county. The book includes some early history of the village of Haver straw with aspects on the De Harte family, which held the first land patent granted in the year 1666 in what is now Rock land County. The book has IH pages with .19 photographs, two maps and is entitled “ De Noyelles: Birth of An American Family ” . It may be purchased from 1 Pine dr.. Thiells, N. Y. 10984 at $5..50 per copy or by mail $6.00. Both prices include the sales tax. Mr. deNoyelles is engaged in editing a reprint of a book call ed “ The Story of Brick ” which should be ready about Dec. 15. This volume tells the course of brickmaking in the Hudson River valley around 1905 and 1910 and is replete with photo graphs of brickyard operation.s and occupations. Mr. deNoyelles plans other books, one of which is in pro cess of completion entitled “ Within Our Gates. ' which is a reminiscent history of North Rockland County with some 250 pages and 81 photographs. He is a graduate of Colgate University, a brickmaker at Haverstraw in the 1920 ‘ s and 1930's and is a senior historian and a member of the Advisory Council of the Historical Society of Rockland County. “ THE STORY OF BRICK\ — $3.75 at Thiells. N. Y.: $4.00 by mail Valley Commission OK ’ s KayFries Plan The Hudson River Valley Commission has approved a 5750,000 waste treatment plant to be built by Kay-f ries Chem icals, Inc., in Stony Point, The Commission recommended that although the project is well lo cated within the area, the spon sor should develop an overall site plan to include necessary landscaping. The Kay-Fries job was one of nine projects with an estimated construction cost in excess of 55 million given the green light by the Commission, according to Chairman Fergus Reid III. Actually two more books are contemplated, Mr, deNoyelles feels that ''Within Our Gates ” Is so voluminous that it will have to be published in two vol umes. Besides, a pictorial his tory of Haverstraw and vicinity is planned wlieieby some .'iOO glass negatives will be repro duced to make a pictorial his tory of the community. Several years ago. John Kor- bach. a photographer of Stony Point and for Palisades Inter state Park Commission at Bear Mountain, told Mr. deNoyelles and Dr. J. R, Dunham Laird of Stony Point about a treasure of some 7000 glass negatives in the possession of Mrs. George Wohl of Congers. She gave the negatives to Mr. deNoyelles and Dr. Laird, and after much grad ing and grouping, there result ed in about 300 negatives to be used to relate the history of North Rockland in pictures. These two men, both trustees of the Historical Society of Rockland County, also saved about 3,000 of these negatives which hold the likenesses of .some 1,000 families of North Rockland taken from about 1885 to 1926. These will be deposited with the Historical Society's museum for future generations of these ancestors who would care to see what their progeni tors looked like. OFFICE DEVICE STOLEN FROM H.E.P. OFFICE A telephone answering ma chine to take calls when the of fice is not manned was stolen from the office of the Haver straw Ecumenical Project. The machine has the trade name of Ansafone and was manufac tured by Dictaphone. It has a value of 5300. and was a valu able tool in the office. Any in formation as to its whereabouts would be appreciated. COUNTY TRUST HAS RECORD CLUB The County Trust Company has just distributed a record amount of Christmas Club funds to residents of the area. Checks totaling 58.387.465 have been sent to 45.014 County Trust Club members. This compares with 55,887,707 last year, an in crease of some 42 per cent. URIS DIED IN FLORIDA Percy Uris. 72. died Saturday in Palm Beach, Fla. He was a partner in Uris Brothers, build ers of the 5100 millon office complex in Pearl River. NEW LIGHTS PROPOSED FOR VILLAGE 0. & R. Reveals Plans to Update Wire System Three men from Orange and Rockland Utilities made out line at a meeting Thursday night called by Mayor Anthony Bosico to consider possible methods of brightening the streets of Haverstraw. The even tenor of the meet ing came to an end with a dis cussion of the poles to be re placed in the main business section. Costs and possibilities were disregarded as two of the several retailers who attended called the Haverstraw business section the electric company's orphan. ^ Cost of Improving H James McQueen of the power company reviewed the status of the present street lighting sys tem. which was described as \doing a good job.\ Of the 350 present \blue lights\ about 250 are of the minimum size, and the rest are larger, it was said. For an increase from $46.80 to $54.60 per unit, the light output could be increased tremendous ly. and would do a much bet ter job. Discussion of the lights fol lowed the showing of a motion picture which showed all the horrors from rape to robbery that might occur on poorly lighted, dark streets. Mr. McQueen said Orange & Rockland serves 105 municipal ities. and many of them face the twin problems of wanting better lights and keeping with in budget limits. Describes System Walter Anderson, represent ing another phase of Orange & Rockland activities, described what the company proposes to bring up the capacity of the electric wires in the downtown section to meet current needs, including air conditioners. At present, large transform ers on West St.. West Broad st. and similar locations take in the higher power and reduce the voltage for distribution along the pole lines to the vari ous business places on the main streets. Most of these poles are 35 feet high. . Want Taller Poles The electiic company pro poses to erect new poles 45 to 50 feet high through the Broad way. Main si.. New Main st. RECORD SETTER: North Rockland's nonpareil, Jim Brechbiel, set new records Saturday as the Raiders defeated Newburgh Free Academy, 21*5. Newburgh players are Philip Moresco 87, Gary Kulisek 67 , and Robert Dominick 73. Story, pictures, page 5 Time^-Torpey Photo Tenement Fire Stuns Village Fatal Fire NEW LIGHTS Page 4 NEVER FORGET SIGHT, SAYS CHIEF SANTORA Fire Chief Anthony Santora said he will never forget the sight of a child hanging from the third floor window at 63 Main st. After answering the false alarm a half hour earlier, he was in the police station when the second alarm sound ed. Through the smoke he saw policemen running into the build ing to warn people, and then he looked up and saw the boy. \The ladder truck was sure a welcome .sight. ” said the chief. FATHER SUFFERS ATTACK IN POLICE STATION Francisco Borgos sr. 55, fath er of the principals in the tragic fire, collapsed with a heart at tack in the Haverstraw police station Saturday. Police and Haverstraw Ambulance Corps members applied heart mas sage, oxygen, and artificial res piration to bring him around. He refused hospitalization and went to his home in the Fair- mount Apartments. MSGR. SMITH FETED: Many friends crowded the Bear Motmlaln Inn banquet halt Saturday to pay honor to the Rt. Rov. Msgr. Joseph S. Smith on the occasion ol his 75th birthday and his rallramani as pastor ol the Stony Point parish. Former Posimaater General Jamas A, Farley, standing jusi behind lha monsignor, was the principal speaker. In the picture are Mrs. George Ducharme, cochairman. Judge Vincent -A. Clark, Mr. Farley, Msgr. Smith, Supervisor Harold K. Grune, and Victor J. Mariani, thalrman ol the committee. Story on page t Photo by John J. Flanagan Takes 2 Lives At 63 Main st. A fear that has haunted Hav c-rstraw's firemen for years be came a dread reality about 1:211 a.m. Saturday when a 24-year old woman, Mrs. Candida Bor gos and her 18-monlh old son. Adam, were killed by smoke from a fire at 63 Main st. First firemen arriving at the scene found her husband. Fran cesco, and a son. Francesco jr. hanging from the front windows of the third floor. They were brought to safety down an aerial ladder. Also brought down were two other children, Melvin, 3. and Doel. 2Vi, along with other resi dents of the house. Other resi dents of the tenement made their way out of the house safe- ly- Because of the tinder box na ture of the old houses in the neighborhood, Haverstraw Fire Chief Anthony Santora sum moned the Garnerville, West Haverstraw and Stony Point fire companies, who responded with men and apparatus and aided in lighting the fire. The Stony Point Ambulance Corps assisted the Haverstraw Ambulance Corps in caring lor the fire victims and firemen who got a bellyful of smoke. The other two small children were taken lor treatment to Nyack Hospital, where Melvin was in critical condition early in the week. There were false reports that he had died. Chief Santora and his assist ants directed the battle against the blaze from Main st. and the side of the building. Hose was laid in from Liberty st. over the site of the old Ossman Liv ery Stable. A pumper was dispatched to the river's edge al the village park to be sure of enough water if needed. The lire caused dense clouds of acrid smoke, hamper ing the firemen until they could get the building ventilated. Over the years partitions and closets had been erected inside the building, creating a maze for firemen in making their way through the building. The blaze started on the sec ond floor and the Borgos family was on the third floor. The front half of the building is of brick construction, but a jerry- built frame portion extends back to another brick part ot the building. Related stories, page I D ’ AMICO HIT BY BULLET IN ROBBERY Trooper Shoots Suspect in $13,000 Bank Hold-up John D'Amico, 34, of Haver straw is in Nyack Hospital with gunshot wounds inflicted by State Trooper Raymond Thomas at the end of a cops and rob hers chase Monday afternoon following the robbery of the West Nyack branch ol the Tap pan Zee National Bank on Route 59. A hold-up man wearing a ski mask and armed with a gun en tered the bank just alter 3 p.m. and escaped with about 513.000. Bank employes were able to give Clarkstown Police a de scription of the car used and even the license plate number, it is reported. The suspect ’ s car was seen heading northward on old Route 304. Police departments spread out over a wide area setting up road blocks. The trail of the robber s car was lost near the Haverstraw quarry. Police began combing the area, and Trooper Thomas met the car on South Mountain rd. Near the lar end, the troop er cornered the car in a drive way. When the driver allegedly attempted to run him down with the car. Trooper Thomas fired twice, grazing the head of the suspect and wounding him in the side. The wounded man, who turn ed out to be D ’ Amico, had the 513,000 loot on the front seal beside him. D'Amico was taken to Nyack Hospital, where he is in serious condition and under guard around the clock. The accused man lives on Mountain Court, adjacent to the Riverview Nursing Home under the High Tor. with his wife and children. D'Amico is widely known in Rockland County. He formerly operated the Elbow Room in Haverstraw, the Hide-away in Jones Point, and a night club on Route 59 in Nanuet, destroy ed in a fire a few years ago. He once was a waiter at Spring Rock Country Club. It is reported that law en forcement authorities are again studying intensively the hold-up of the County Trust Co. on Route 9W earlier this year, still unsolved. They believe there may be a connection. Two other recent bank rob beries, at the Valley Cottage branch of Tappan Zee National Pank and the Dutch Village branch of Empire National Bank, have been solved and the robbers arrested. 3 Robberies Sunday, Arrest Solves 2 The Old Viking Restaurant on Route 202, Garnerville. was held up by a lone armed robber Sunday. He forced Mr. and Mrs. David Johansen, the owners, and their daughter, Carol, to hand over the weekend rcceipLs amounting to some 55,000 and handcuffed the family mem bers while he made his escape. The crime was reported to Hav erstraw Town Police. Another pair of holdups is be lieved solved with the arrest of James Richard O'Leary, 19, of Kalonah. He was arrested by Bear Mountain Park police at a ^roadblock Sunday evening. He is charged wiih holding up Brophy's Bar & Grill in Grassy Point and also tiie Esso service station on Route OW, West Hav erstraw. He is said to have been in possession of a sum over 5300, the proceeds of the two robberies. POLICE AID RESCUE Haverstraw's village police were at the scene of the fire ahead of the firemen and help ed residents of the building to escape.
