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Resigns School Bd. Post To Take Over As Town Supervisor Ernest J. Wood, 22 Lake st., has tendered his resignation from the board of education of Central School District 1, Towns of Alta- mont and Plercofield, effective De- cember 31. This action was taken because of his recent election to the office of supervisor of the Town of Al- tamont,,. which he will take over January 1. His term on the school board would have expired next July. The board is empowered lo appoint to fill the vacancy until the annual school meeting, or may operate, at its discretion, with four members until that time. Mr. Wood's letter of resignation expressed \a feeling of gTeat re- gret ... My ten-year association -with this board has been a period of great satisfaction and personal education. Knowing the type of men you are, I am confident that, with the cooperation of our very capable superintendent, Joseph F. Donovan, and Principal, Fred Ba- ker, our educational system will continue to Improve to the ad- vantage of our children, our teach- ers and our taxpayers. I assure you of my continued interest in our educational system, and please feel free to advise me rf I can, in any manner, be of service to you\. iss Susan Belmore, Eugene Corneau Wed Here December 26th Miss Susan Belmore, daughter of Mrs and the late Mr. Fred V. Belmore of 12 Arden st., and Pvt. •ifugene Corneau, son of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Corneau at 5 Lake- view ave. were married here Tues- day, December 26. Kav. James Lamitie celebrated the nuptial Mas* at 10 a. ni. at St. Alphonsus Church. The bride, who was given in marriage by her uncle, Mark Raymond, wore a waltz-length gown of white lace over taffeta Her fingertip veil of silk illusion fell from a crown of se;'d pearls, and she carried white roses and stophanotis. Her sister, Miss Betsy Belmore, wa.s maul of honor and her only attendant She wore mint-green brocade, with matching halo veil and carried yellow baby mums anJ sUsphanotis. David Corneau, brother of the bridegroom, was best man and Curtis and John Raymond, cousins of the bride, acted as ushers About 60 guests attended a re- ception after the ceremony at Ho- tel Iroquois, following which the couple left on a honeymoon trip to Montreal The bride, a 1957 graduate of Tupper Lake High School, is a member of the village office staff here Pvt Corneau was graduated from Tupper High in the class of 1956, and has just completed ba- sic military training at Fort Dix, N J He will leave January 12th to report for duty at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Family Reunion Makes Christmas Memorable For Former Residents Mr and Mrs. Clifton E. Bliss of (liens Falls, formerly of Tupper I^akc. enjoyed a \special\ Christ- mas gift this year In the form of a family reunion. the first time In ten years that their seven children and IS grandchildren were all home together Present for the reunion were L.t. Howard Brown, USN. and Mrs. Eile.'ii Brown and children, Chris. Carol. Karen and Kevin of North- lake, 111; Mrs. Charles i Shirley > Floss and sons Charles and Mark of Oahu. Hawaii; Mr. and Mrs. Donald i.loyrei Smith and child- n. James. Jacqueline. Catherine nd Jamie of Clens Falls; Mr. and Mrs Ix'o i Dawn i Brochu and children. R.'ne, Ronald and Nancy of Glens Kails. Mr and Mrs Dan- iel i Neva i Santerre and children. Daniel and Mary, of Tupper Lake; Mr and Mrs Otis (Etheli B»kf»r and children, John. Janet and Jul- iana of Watervhet Their son, Clif- ton A Bliss, who lives at horn.' 1 , and Mr and Mr3 Jerry Murphy of Tupper Like and Miss Donni Colson of Corinth were also pres- ent for the reunion. TUPPER LAKE FREE PRESS and TUPPER LAKE HERALD SIXTY^SIXTH YEAR NO. 50 Catered ta the Poatotflce at Tupper Lake, N.Y., aa Second Class Matter THURSDAY, DEC. 28, 1961 $2.50 YEARLY — 9&.00 OUTSIDE COUNTY — 8c SINGLE COPY Maid's, Monakey's To Jan. 1st To Serve Aboard Carrier \Hornet' An unii one which \TUPPBR WILL SHINE TONIGHT\ If theae young todies are any indication. They're getting ready for the ^ 1st annual Charity Ball for the benefit of Mercy General Hospital. Left to right: Mary Burns, Betsy Belniore, Sharon Hache and Mary Wilson. i Photo by Kathleen Blgrow) \Jim\ Littlefield to Head Chamber of Commerce; Six Newcomers Among 11 Directors Named to Board Last Night LJl ffc Sister Killed in Ontario Accident Mrs Agnes \Woods, Mr. and Mrs Victor LaMora, Mr. and Mrs Robert ThorntorV. and Mr and Mrs. Robert Woods attended the funer- al of Mrs Joseph Kelford Satur- day at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church in Braeside, Ontario Mrs Kelford. a sister of Mrs. Agnes Woods, was almost instant- ly killed Wednesday evening, Dec 2(i when she got out of a car in front of her home at Braeside. walked around it and was struck by an oncoming automobile. Engagement of Miss Clement to Phillip Benware Announced Mrs Stella Clement of 14 Waw- beek nve announces the engage- j merit of her daughter, Carolyn Clem.\lit to Phillip Benware, SOT,! of Mr and Mrs Romeo Benware [ of !>!•';. Washington st. Tupper! Lake No date has been set for tho \ \ i ildin;; . Six new members wei .• elected to i the board <>f directors of the Chamber uf Comment- of Tupper Lake and the Town of Altamont at a spirited election last night which saw more than 80 members voting. In person or by proxy Newcomers to (he board are Floyd Bashant. Keyn.ilds Bonnett. Zigmund Ftaczok, Jerry Kavan- agh, Donald LaVallev and Mert Somer*. ReelecU'd wore John Mon- akey. Hay Chretien. Charles K Murray. Bert Richer unrl John Stock James Littlefield was elected president to mu-ivcil John Slock, and the incoming slate will In- clude John Monakcy anil Floyd Baahant, vice-presidents, and Mrs Evelyn Sonnleitrier, secretary- treasurer 'Reports on a busy year were submitted by the outgoing ptesi- dent. John Stock, and Mrs Sonn- leitner, executive secretary On-. 1 of the first jobs tackeld by the Chamber in 1961. Mr Stock noted, was to draw up new hv-laws. n task done by (Ii-orge Gednev, George Nelson and Charles Mur- ray and approved by the member- ship at the annual dinnei on June 1. attended by 222 members and guests \This ,s the first annual meeting held under th.se new by- laws, and we think they will make the election of directors of the chamber more rcpicseivtative'. hv said \We have found, however. that there are still some weak points and the new board will have to mak.' some changes Assistance was given by the Chamber, financially, lowmd the first regional art exhibit, sponsor- ed by the Tupper Lake Fine Arts Society anci the Tupper I.ake Ar- tists Association, an-event which, ho said, was ;ui unqualified success and should be an annual aiffai»\ \The exhibit brought up an en- tirely new problem. the matter of insurance (override on events of this natine. especially if they are sponsored by an unincorporated group The insurance policy held by the Ctramhcr was written to rover only the operation of the office, and ilidn't provide any cov- erage of outside events This has been changed so that now your Chamber is protected by a com- prehensive policy which enables it to act as ,t s|Mtnsor or co-sponsor of outside events, such as the art exhibit, and to fjiw that event a certain amount of liability and propel ty damage insurance cov- erage .\ \F.ver since N-w York Sta'e has had an official reporting sy«-' tern for the presence of ragweed 1 pollen. Tupper Lake has ranked among the lowest, indicating that this area would be a hav?n lo hay • fever sufferers In the past spor- adic efforts have been made by various groups, principally the Boy Scouts, to remove the rein- 1 tlvely small amounts of rogwoeti that grow in this area This was done by pulling and burning th* ragweed In the long run thV wasn't too effective because it was usually done when the soil was dry and it was impossible to get all the roots Noxt year the rag- weed would grow in the same lo-! cation. In 1960 we tried unsuc- cessfully to organize an eradicu-' tion program along these lines i In 15»61 we gathered quite a !>,t of information on the rngw.vil problem, from various sources,! principally state and county agen-1 eies The consensus was thnt eheni-j ical control was much more ef- • fei'tive than pulling the weeds, In-' cause it kilk-d the entire plant instead of just removing them Continued on Page 8 Dance for Benefit Of Hospital Tonite Tonight's the night! The place 1 .' The Kivetsuli- and Holiday Mou.se The occasion '.' The first annual Charity It.ill, sponsor- ed by Mercy Ci-noal llospit.il Auxiliary< fur th e benefit of tho Ti»l>per hospit.U Tickets in.- available .it the doo . anil one ticket admits to both halls The committee h.is gone .ill out to lnaki- tin* dam e ;i memo; - atfrU-. affair Tin- decoration^ ,u c runlly beautiful The music i.lo - Calipans band. fioni I'ntsd.un. ami Clu e Taro's. fioni Malone i should be rMiilcnt. and the spon- sors* an- counting; on tin 1 \com- |i:inv ' of a host of men icsidwi', -; who like a gc»>i| tune, .ipptcciat' thv jwnrtct- Merry liormrnl Ho.-jjn- lal renders to a.11 of us. .mil won \ D4is.s up the i>p[Mirtunit \' to kill tvvo buxls with olio -ttoni 1 . enjoy an outstanding dance .rid at th •* swtme tim • help tin hospital You'i-- ail invited:: i Introduce \Roller Soccer\ Here Tonite Something now m th e sports line in this IIII'II wil l be unwiled tonight iThur-»'l.i\ ' \\ lien \rollei MGlQC JQII* 1)1 Don Savard, son of Mrs. Loon Savard of 54 Pine st.. has arrived j home on leave after completing mu.sual business stop and , hls recnm traimng at the Great its sponsors feel sine I takes. 111. Naval Training Sta- will benefit both th nisulvea and j tj on JJ C w m i eaV e January 2nd the public r; m prospect with th'. 1 announci'inent today that two long-established Tupper Luke phar- macies. Maids Reiall Drugs and M-uukey's Pharmacy, will merge effectiw January 1, forming a new business to be known us Maid and Murukn lnc An advertisement on Page 3 ol tins I.'.MIC tells the story Briefly, the merger w;is decided on for \.•veral icasotis among them to el'.ni.u.ilc duplication of stock and sei> ues. v> Inch should help nialn- t.i:n top standaids of quality ani bcticr customer service, wiln UK' lowest pieces consistent with those! end v It w ill also make possible 1 ,i lit'.!. 1 mvdetl lti.siiic for th e four; ph'in iac:.its who will, after Janu-'. arv 1. 'II prescriptions at the ; Maid & Monakey Kexall Pharmacy | a: V.' pai k st only: John L Maid, j • John A Monakey. Arthur K Mon- j aki y and Reginald Hawkins. • Th\V II alternate on duty to pro-' vide pharmacist m'rvnv dully, n- ( cliidiMg Sundays. Mid every even- .111^ IIOIII !' .i in to i> p in If.* lntji' >tm^ t<i note that their com- bined tnl!\ represents well over I) Continued on page 8 Highlights of a Year in Tupper Culled From Free Press Files as '61 Bows Out This week Father Time flips I It's hastily done, ao we'll prob- the last sheet on the calendar for| a bi y O mit a good many items 1961... It was an average year for Tupper. . . Some progress, no- tably the completion of the long- planned new stowage disposal sys- tem, paving the way for future development of our recreation pos- sibilities, the opening of the new Holy Ghost Academy and the li- brary renovation... 9om-e set- backs, among them the dwindling of rail passenger service. Some busrfiess changes along the main stem. . . Some problems with little prospect of immediate improve- ment, including the civic eyesore where the old Holland block burn- ed nearly five years ago. . . Some new friends mado, and the annual sadness of calling the roll of old friends who died during the paat year ! Thin year-end review of home- town events do?sn't pretend to in- clude everything of moment... for Long Beach, Calif., to report for duty aboard the U8S Hornei, aircraft carrier. Don is at top right in the photo above With him are two clasnmates. Dave Tim ley of Niagara Falls ami Bob Dayton, below, of Buffalo, who are slated for shore duty at Long Beach. Don Duane, 56, Dies At Tupper Hospital After a Long Illness 80 Enjoy Christmas Party for Children At the Roller Rink at M' Ill undi i Mi-iiv hefon- ago lion luiHiie \>*v of I t Church st. a T'ippi'i Lake u-siiU-nt since boy- hood died .it 1 U<» p m TiK-sday ' i V I'IIMHIHI Hospital here. s.nr, last March, he was tieitment for five weeks at H isp.tal in Watertown I.is .idnussion to Mercy Moupilul here eight weeks The horty will be at th e Richer Kline:.'il Home null 1 Kriday wn.u MTVIICS will IK' held at 9 a m. ill St Alplionsu.s Church Inter- ment w.ll br in St Alphonsus Cemi-lei y in the spnng Hi W.IS hot ii .it Newcom b Aug- ust 1,'i. 1!M»5. the son of Henry an1 Murv Idling I mane The family re- sidrd :it I/ong Lake bs'fore moving to this village about forty years agn (in Sept I, l!CS he married Mis.- Ion.' K,inner. Tupper Lak.', Mr Duane wa s eni- m,inv years as a mail ' 111 \ mg t he mail t<> Some 80 Tiipp«r youngsters en- joyed something different in the way of a Christmas frolic, thanks ! to a helping hand from several ' local residents and firms I>on Butler gave the use of th..' roller rink facilities in Adams Garage to the kids Monday after- noon The Tupper Lak.' Coca-Cola Bottling Co chipped in free Cokes for all children, and Al Ftirnia and members of the Kellowcraft Cli#i> of the local Masonic lodge bought candy for everyone, and the young- i gmeering. stern enjoyed \open house\ at the ' rink from 1:30 to 4:30 p m Donna Daniels, William Dominie. Janice Tronibley, Starr Gukffre and Mich- eline Counter helped look after the young Christmas guests ' IN MIDWEST POST— Robert F Plumley. Tupper Lake, has ac- cepted a position with the A. C. Sparkplug Corp. in Milwaukee, Wis, after graduating Doc. 21 from the Milwaukee School at En- Whu MIIMW pluVi'd to l con', ,u-:, >i l' IS lilt 1 > M lilt t -d at the Tupper fin t Like S.n I -:iki John E. Delehanty to Transfer to Regional VA Office at Albany Because of a wholesale closing (if 101 Veterans Administration contact offices around the country. John E Delehanty. contact rcpn'- sentative at Sunmount VA Hospi-' tun • Rink The g.iini'. \vhi> h t h v M.isscn i 1 lollrr Skating Kmk is cr«'ditc d with ere.'itin^ is nun n th e s.itin- a * ue lu x key, \s. it M f<»ui-inan te.im, conipt-ting A Tupper' tcatn will \><> Most t o a Massena fouiNom, ' m tonight's (ipein r 1'l.iyers npie- H4Mit nig Tupper will include Herd \Skip\ Mcyuinn, Steve Mi<juinn. t>ick an d Kniinu ' Hervleison, I*u>v I^il'1-inte. I.c n Wilh.ims .in d H,!l Doniin:' I'lavmu for M,i»sen a v. A\ be Kail Ij'.ith'ilind, I'on Wes'. <lHr y Dernsliii. .limmv Marks. Kl Hnrvi'V (',aiy i li • -enw nod and Alt Clark Th e ro!l> r s<u. i i tilt will stait :it 'i p i n ,tn d \^ill t»<- f\l - lowrd hv d.u n ;II K t • the' niiiMic o f the Lvtle K.inuly o f Statio n VYITZ. Pliittsijuigh - .i n W.iS I Council bus S i, i \ i \ Iniirn- i,A s and the Ani- >:ion Mountain Camp He M.-mtici of Tupper Uike J 177, Knights of Colum- iiii;. In nicies his wife, are Thom'is Duane. who is in the Poiighkeepsi.' u,d one brother. Clark I rtica Dinner-Meeting for Retail Merchants and Their Wives Jan. 3rd ol '.VI r H. ti i TV IV' li h< M l >1< 1 All •ir ' r • ; In, ;il 'Id w. lr<>< lo< :il .VI VI a'.l merchants committ.-e Chamber of Coninierve ,i dinner meeting at &.?J\ •dncday. January 3, at I.1IOIH let'ail merchants and •s are invited t o attend. Tupper \Powerless\ as Skidding Car Snaps Pole Saturday A one-car, accident north of Wawheek coiners loft the Tupper ami without el.'ctric power fsr more than an hour Saturday af- ternoon • . State Police report that a car operated by Wesley Hyatt, 62, of Kingston. N Y . went out of con- trol on a curve in front of Camp Navarac entrance, skidded off the road and struck and snapiped a by Miss Helen I>ayhaw. chairman » l»>wyr line pole The accident oc- Cash awards were given to tlu- ' \ m ' (1 a t 2;O S P ni The vehicle winners i WiUI extensively damaged, but th.-re Decorating Contest Winners Announced Winners in the outside Christ- mas decorating contest sponsored by the retail nuTchants conimrttee of the local Chamber of Commerce were announced Saturday morning 'inner Mr. Crane Phoenix Club, Woodwind Quintet Booked for Tupper Fine Arts Concert North Creek Man in Hospital Here After Accident Yesterday 'Lowvll A Nevins, 24. of North Creek was admitted to Mercy llon- eral Hospital here for treatment of scalp lacerations after' a two- car accident which occurred nt noon yeste-rday near the in'.'ise'- tion of Route ;i() and the North Point road in the Town of I-xing Luke ' ; J State Police leport th.'it Nevins was driviiiR ;i light 1!»ti(l panel truck north m P.oiite ,'.0 when a car owned and operated by Wil- liam A , Trott. 77 of Koch.'stei, roimdinj; .1 curve, skidded % .mto the opposite lnue and collided with the left side of Xr\ins' vehicle Hotli were towi'd to the Deerland (!aiau.'. Then- 'Arii no .iitesls. tal. has been reassign 'd to the Albany VA regional office, effif- tive January 2 He will be replaced at Sunmmi'it by another contact representative ftom Poiighkivpsie A jjrnduate of WiiKhington and Lei> I'niversity at Lexington. Va . Mr Delehanty served four years with the armed forces as a liaison jpil'it with the lH2nd Liaison Squad- ron before cut.'ring Veterans Ad- ; ministration service in 19 46. He [was stationed in the (ileus Kalli. Poughkeepsie and Kingston offi- ces before coming to Sunniouiit In I April. 1J>:\)7 Recent ly Mr l)el,- hanty receiveii a Sustained Siipi'i- ior Performance Award for ser- vices render I'd to knnmount veter- ians and others in tlK* area His family will continue to re- side in their home at 1!> Stetson Koad here for the present Purina then- nearly five yvnrs here th • Ilelehanty's ha\'e niiide a host i-t friends who regret that the \VA shuffle\ which moves so mat v likeable folk on fioni Siinmoiin' to new assignments is taking Hi.'in i Win. The fust CII-U ei! o f Ihi - winter series spoils'it < ') I'V tile Tlipp-' l Lake l-'ine A r 1 s Socn-t v w ill •'• firesented Wfi|n.'sda\. Ja n 1 0 .it t,he Tuppei Lak\ Higli School an- ditoiiiini at H :!fl p in It will feature the PIHH-UIN Club. ;L chora l pinup i'»f ^'I'Mt'd vinos from th e \v*irneti students of t h ' Crane hepart nn'ii l of Music . State I'nivei'sit y Coll' 1 ;:' at Pi/l«d:iin The gmup has performed for the National MUSK Kducatois confer- ence at Atlant u ('it y N J . .i n I sit Hamilton (\nlleg 1 , a s w 11 -is at annual nitucits in Potsdam, and a iccouluin b y th e Phoeruv Club ha s I'eci'iill v been released The concer t uill mclinle compo- sitions I, v Veidi. I'lalmis , l^a'i- diill Tlioinpsn n Klgai. ItviiH' l-'in,', and a gi oii| i of I'.si .qn • chor il works Susan Johnson A< tto, i scniot. is the accompanist and Mary K Kii':li*.h. ihauiiian o f the vocal niiisii < ducat i,ni ile|),n t men . is i 'induct ot of th e ^i .ni p Tile ('lam- Woodwind (Jui'iti I feallllcs tlli' live sol o Wlml II lists o f the I' ' a Me Svuiphiiiu ' >i ' h e • 11 .i T h t n i ' •<• '<eii \i i nii' i n i let - iM'Il l h Si ' I i l ;M . * t lilt' , S.I IT 11 I Newton, iitu,. ami loseph ilo-i i: t la 1 lint, .',!•, • l i t i , . I liv a tain! t\ < • iii:,!•:11 •••• to appear as soloists with the svniplionv orx'hestra in the an:i,;al cuiiCv'rtn program Miss Si luinji' is a student of Do.i- .ild Mad ixriald at Potsdaln and has -.! i nlii'il with John Wumnii r' of IN New York Philharmonic Mis-; Newto n has studie d CIIHV will. Hubert (stitenkle, Harry Shul- in.)n and I>i Hail y Phillips Mr Kosen i.^ .i tormer student of Da- vid Webei, Arthur Chris!man and In Km o-I,- D.immick Alan (ioud- ma:i, bassoon, is a I'mior and nas studied witli Situo'i Kovar. Harold 'ioli/ei ami I'rofcssoi\ C R<iher' II'inert ot the Crane department faiultv Alle'i Mvers, French hoi n is i :\11• s 11I11a11 and i.~. eiirientiv w itli Dr Per r V Yaw at studs Pol il Tin has Stilt.' been ' a I P.. SI 1- \S I\ ' ' ' mi 1 Woodwind Quint i t -nnt'il t hroti^*liout the -:111Ii• -11• •• l-! tours and h.is n i d in t he coin ert series :11 Their\ i eprrtoil.' con- and Mrs William Mcflinn. Stetson Road, won first prize for decoratis'e entrances svith honor- able mention going to Roland Le- lolix. IMiderwood P.oad The prize for the best vv.ndosv decorations went to Frank Bellows, Chancy A venu.'. svith F.I/.ear Madorc. hon- orable mention Mrs Joan Peppui'), McLaughlm Avenue won first prize for the best religious theme with Orald (;arrelts. Moody, accorded honorable mention Edward I.izotte. Park Stieet, was first in the best overall de- sign svith Philip Dattola. Borkely Avenue, receiving honorable men- tion Judges for 1 the contest were Mrs. Vine'tit Kavanagli. Mrs Kay Ben- nett. Mrs F.dvthc Donovan, thr' Rev Kenneth McQumn, Ray Jack- man, and Nelson Redfidd. Truck Is Damaged in Accident Yesterday ! Minor property damage was re-1 ported to a 1958 truck owned by Chalmers Radio and TV shop in a one-car' acodent which occui'i'ed Nibout 3:30 p ni yesterday m i Route :»,(), Town of Altamont The driver, Roy Brown. 16 High! st . reported that he was proceed-j in;; north beyond the American | Legion road intersection svhen in | appi-oachmg car began to skid rntoj his lane, forcing him to ditch th truck. He was uninjured were no personal injuries. Posvcr was not restored until 3:27 p m . and operation of tho Big Tupper ski facilities was tied up, the Moody line also being knocked out by the mishap Fractures Elbow in Skating Accident Winter sports werv charged with a couple of accidents in the Tup- per area over the holiday week- end William McCiinn. Tupper High science teacher, sustained a severe fracture of the right elbow in i tumble while skating on a small link off Moody road below Morcy Cicneral Hospital. The arm will be in a cast five to six uveks. More fortunate was Lynne Bail- ey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lionel Baijev of 24 Demars Iblvd., who was admitted to Mercy Gener- al Hospital after a fall Saturday or the Rig Tupper ski slope. X-ray examination disclosed no bone fractures and. she was able to return home Miss Judith Simpson Engaged to Airman Philip Bourdage 11 Is , i -11! e. n 11 upon! ii of ijiiintet inal svoik s iristriinien- Engagement of Local Couple Is Announced M r and Mrs Oti s Hiiniham . 17(1 II indfiti, t h, P.ceth- | Denials blvd . announc e th e en - -> vvi'll :i s In Roll- gagi-nu'iit' o f thei r daughter . Au- • irnl I >i •' Arthur di I'V Burnhani to Wavnc LaVas- Ihe ^i nt' ('ran, ' Depart- •d in their pro- J ' Hsiur, son of l>aVassanr of A Mav w ed Mr and Mt-s. Alex Pirrccfield mH is planned. The engagement of Miss Judith i Simpson of this village to A 2C Philip Bourdage. son of Mr and J Mis R >al J Bourdnge of 6 Pleas- ant ave . is announced by her par- ents, Mr and Mrs William Simp- son of Washington, DC. Miss Simpson is a senior at Tupper I,ake High School Airman Itoiirdsige. a litfiO graduate of Tupper High, is presently serving with the Air Force at Elmendorf An Kiit'ci 1 Base, Anchorage, Alas- ka No date has been .set for the svi ddiii\ which should have been included. . With apologies in advance for such bloopers, we present the following highlights ot 1961 in Tupper Lake from the Kree Press files: JANUARY A consolidated bond issue total- ing 1703.000, to finance the new sewage disposal system plus wa- ter line work in Stetson Koad and upper Park St. was approved by the village board at its first 1961 meet- ing, at which Mayor Adam R. Palmer and Trustee Edward Woulf announced that they would not seek reelection in March... The new Big Tupper ski center drew a bumper holiday crowd, and (Jail Gensel had the dubious honor ot being the charter member of the \Fracture CliJb\ after a tumble on the big slope. . . The United Christmas Fund organization re- ported success for its first holi- day operations here, distributing 83 food baskets and $1,200 worth of candy to the kids at Christ- mas. . . Supervisor Jack Vaillan- court urged the importance of re- assessment of all property in th« Town of Altamont. pointing out that the town was assessing at only 17'; of true value... Four young men were arrested for he theft of about $150 worth of ski equipment from Paul Brown ot the Big Tupper ski school, plus a lot of additional ski gear from Lake Placid and Saranac Lake shops. . . The village board okeyed an investment of $16,9f>0 in nerw equipment for the electric sub- station here, climaxing a thre-- year drive to put Tuppers muni- cipal electric system back in op- Continued on Page 2 Tupp«r Man Named \Noncom\ of Month At Hancock Field Staff Sgt Donald K Thomas, son of Mrs. Mary Thomas of Sun- set ave., Tupper Lake, has been named Noncomminxioncd Officer of the Month at Hancok Field, N Y. Sgt. Thomas, a U. S, Air Force weapons director technician, was selected for this honor in recog- nition of his outstanding conduct and performance of duty With the honor goes a $25 cash award and a three-day pass Sgt Thomas ani his wife, the former Beverly This- tlewood of Callaiway. Minn . have thre« children, Steven, Susan and Mary. Announce Winners In Tupper High Press Club Poetry Contest The December issu- of the \School Buzz\. TuppciH high school puper, reports the award of top honors and cash prizes of $!> each to Lynne Bailey, daughter of Mr and Mrs Lionel Bailey of 24 Demars blvd , and Stephen Klein, son of Mr and Mrs Ceorg'- J. Klein of 4^ Prospect st . as winners in the s< hool poetry con* test. The competition was sponsored by the Press Club to choose tho outstanding original poetry of jun- ior and senior hi^h school stu- dents. Stephen Kl.'in. an Hth grad- er, won for the junior division with \The Winter's White Calm\. Lynne. a freshman, took senior high honors with her entry entitled, \Lost\. Both poems wciv published in the school paper Tupper Lake Winter Sports Association Will Meet January 4 The Tupper Lake Winter Sports Association will meet at the down- town fire hall at 8' p. in Thurs- day. January 4 Plans will be completed for the- local ski meet to he held on Janu- ary 28th at th.- Big Tupper *->ki center The movie \A Skiicr's Dream Come True \ will be .shown after tly business meeting and refreshments will bo s.'ivctl. Watchnight Service New Year's Eve at The Methodist Church \ A special Watchnight service will be conducted by Hev Kenneth C McQuinn. pastor, Sunday night at Grace Methodist Church It wyj begin at 11'55 p. m. New Year's F-ve, and all are welcome to nttend.
