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•••:-%, ^••••^•& W'*- •»\* ipSnimnlniiiiiiniiH ••••iinii»niiiiiinniminnnnmronnniii|g J||p County Weekly I M The Enterprise is among the oldest I f 1 of *ouptry weeklies, and carries news § IfJ from half-a-hundred communities In- = M to 3,000 homes. $3.00 a year. | pQ.nnnnuuiiiiiiniiininiMn „„„ „„„ .i,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,^ * if V - .: v '•'.'.v.?tfj\ •'.'• B^immniiiiniiiiiiiiiiMiiinriniiuiiiiiiiiiiiMiiniiiitiiiiiiiiiliiiiiiiiii) 5 SEVENTY-SECOND YEAR ALTAWCbNT,^t Street Improvement Tains 7 in Altamont BOMB CRATER? No; -.': just' [some _ \' a view taken from the Fredendall Funeral Home, look- Since this picture was taken, One strip of concrete has been laid from a point at the excavations'necessary in preparation for the laying of the new concrete pavement on Main street. This is a view taken from the ing east on Main street. left east to the railroad tracks. Last week the contractor : was at work laying a strip of pavement from the eastern boundary of the village west to the railroad tracks. • • rise ; Our long list of advertisers speaks I § well of the value of advertising in § \ this paper. Use Enterprise ads to tell 1 | readers about what you have to sen. | pnilltlliiliill«IMIIimlliiiilii,IMIMIIIiiiiiiillllim»im'lllilllo.MMi.Miiitiip , JULY 6,1956 NUMBER 51 • • « \\ ®# ^W^&ssr \'J-Z&- \\\•-*'*'Z-vV'j? •it*. TO A .GIT^SHJ I.NOEiBfr^_ SUNKEN ROAD Another view of Main street, looking east from the railroad crossing. Excavations completed, the roadbed has been prepared for the laying of concrete. After the completion of one strip of paving on Main street, the contractbr planned to lay the second strip of concrete paying on Maple avenue, the first strip having been completed a few weeks ago. EVENTS TO COME (Churches, Schools, Fraternal, •nd Other Organizations) BAKE SALE JULY 7 The Ladies' Aid society of St. John's Lutheran church, East Berne, will conduct a fopd sale at Quay's garage at 2 p. m. HAM, STRAWBERRY SUPPER JULY 7 Ham and strawberry shortcake supper, Saturday, July 7, at Berne Reformed church hali. SUPPER JULY 7 The League for Service of Berne Reformed church will serve a ham and strawberry shortcake supper at the church hall in Berne, Saturday, July 7, from 5:30 p. m. until all are served. Menu: Baked ham, assorted salads, cottage cheese-, pickles, rolls, strawbery shortcake with whipped cream, coffee and iced tea. ICE CREAM SALE JULY 7 The Luther League* will sell home- made ice cream in St. Mark's (Luth- eran parish hall) Guilderland Cen- ter, on Saturday, July 7, starting at 6 p. m. CLAMBAKE JULY 7 The 14th annual clambake for the benefit of LaSalette Seminary will be held at Lil and Bill!s, Thompson's Lake, Saturday, July 7. Chowder will be served at 1:30, and the bake will be a t 5 p. m. ICE CREAM. SALE JULY 14 The Women and Brotherhood of, St. Mark's Lutheran church, Guild- erland Center, will sell homemade ice cream Saturday, July 14, start- ing at 6 p. m. CHICKEN BARBECUE JULY 14 Foxenkill Grange, Berne, will serve its. second annual chicken barbecue Juiy 14 from 5 to 7 p. m. DAREDEVIL SHOW JULY 15 Thrills, spills and chills are offered in a motorcycle daredevil show to toe presented at Victoria Raceway, Rt. 20, Dunnsville, on Sunday, July 15, frdm 3:30 to 5:30 p. m. Buddy Dyer, blind daredevil, will make his MRjide of Death,\ and will feature an several acts his wonder guide dog, \Mike Motorcycle stunts of all binds toy (Motorcycle club of <Tn<;ity. (Continued on Page 2) and Live, Warm weather brings certain re- actions in the American home. The family car gets a wash and polish job. Road maps become interesting •reading. We wonder what ravages winter has done to the cottage at the lake. It's a sobering thought that for many persons busy with happy plans for summer time travel those plans will be the last they'll ever make, be- cause they're going to be part of the statistics that chronicle the awful traffic toll exacted on our highways; The saddest part about highway deaths and injuries is that they don't have to happen. Common sense can prevent that terrible waste of human life. Summer travel brings the heaviest traffic load to the open highway. With more cars in America than ever befbre we can expect that this sum- mer the load will be the greatest ever. More cars increase the probability of traffic accidents, place even'more importance on common sense driving. An appeal to . common sense is embodied in the words adopted as the slogan for the campaign now under promotion by the State Division of Safety and the National Conference of \State Safety\ Coordinators. \Slow Down and Live,\ good general ad- vice, is especially applicable to the highway safety campaign that started Meriidrial Day and coptihu.es through Labor Day. It makes sense, because' dangerous speed is the primary factor in the. traffic accident toll. Dangerous speed mean's exceeding .posted,limits, driv* ing. too-fast foi? rdSd^ and weather conditions, .passing \Without caution^ pressing too close to the car ahead and failing to yield the right of way —all symptoms of • reckless haste' that has no place on the highway. ; Roads can be erigirie^retl for safety; Traffic engineers; can devise the bVst. possible systems of moving the vehicle' flow swifty, yet safely. But the final deterhiirtation of Whether <Jr not an accident is going to happen rests' in the mental attitude of the driver,; who can well take to heart the ad- monition, \Slow DowTri and Live 1 ' and thereby make the summer travel a source Of pleasure instead of pain for. himself and others. For the big things in your life, be ready with U. S. Savings Bonds. Ready cash unlocks the door when Opportunity knocks. (Photos by Vernon Davis) Vehicle Head Calls Attention to New Laws Motor Vehicle Commissioner Jos- eph P. Kelly has called attention to a series of new amendments to the state vehicle and traffic law which go into effect July 1, including new laws opening the way for driver li- cense action against violators on the Thruway' arid parkways. A digest of 1956 legislation, pre- pared by;;the commissioner's counsel,. Mortimer ,M. Kassell, indicated that 48 newi'tfaffid law amendments were enacted, highlighted by the adoption of the state's new compulsory insur- ance and periodic inspection laws. Of immediate interest to highway users is/ the new package of amend- ments which will affect driving privileges of persons convicted ' of violating'regulations of various pub- lic authorities, such as the State Thruway] Authority. Under old Jaw, such violations were not recorded on driver licenses and were, not reported to the Motor Ve- hicle Bureau. Therefore, the Bureau was unable to court them in the op- eration of its \point system\ for deal- ing with \persistent violators.\ That's all changed, starting Sunday, July 1. Thereafter, new laws require courts to record convictions under regulation^ of the various public authority oil driver licenses and re- port tl^e convictions to the Motor Vehicle Bureau. The violations will be graded in the \point System\ and will be considered in determining whether a driver should be summoned for a hearing as a \pdrsiStent violator\ with license suspension qr revocation a possible resuhV » ,,' •; _ Under ! th'e,, point system, every violated^ results in one or two points being, c%^e#&gainst the driver, if six ajj» accumulated in two years, 6f- eight in,|9M^ears, the driver is citetf for 'a 5 jh^ s ^ftg| to determine whether his iicen|.e5^jjpuld be revoked tiv susp6«*pd;^-f r 4:he Bureau annually lifts nearly 3ip00 driver licenses uri' der this*iyste% While all license ac turns, .exqegd .3,70,000 a year. , \^^^SWiiVSompmsory insurance law #11'become operative next fall. To get jegisttatipa plates for a v&' hide an N#fc|fc6rk for 1957, the own* er mus^rstibmit proof of financial se £U&ty>'fii%the application. That -X^m- a certificate of insup- ~lg*-:.'*-'\\ • Yet even'tji York city, fQfei^e For fhpusii'ij much smaUer5|nf sters are surM|B on the streets';^}! odors in rotfij^gj YOUcoilHli of meadows'awil YOU coiadlet'SII ' YOU catf&oi der the \Frieffdlf Fund —-9p|S|jtff Thousands' ofi'&ti* -whether thissf .' like. Just.'^Ul Friendly- Toljgp The firsj^lpj more invitatwpifi there js-sinjpti^lf to a Fresh •fiif^gtt; Altamont Enterp !||flS EXPANSE OF OPEN SPACE SEEMS VAST ($$- as tne view from a mountain, or from the edge |SMf a thousand-acre meadow. $!& of one city block is but a fleeting fact in New jfcjffill be fully occupied by a great building. Ipew York city children, the only open spaces are l^littered than the lot pictured above. The youngr ttiffioors by concrete and steel and the endless traffic 'M the clutter of their crowded rooms and the stale Irits. *»&' toffie scene for them. YOU could give .them a glimpse Hand, of secure family life. Even more important; \||f that somebody is interested in them. :||;by inviting a child to visit YOU for two weeks un- \i? plan of the New York Herald-Tribune Fresh Air fpe Altamont area by the Altamont Kiwanis club. |£fall races and creeds, are anxiously awaiting word Qabjy will have a chance to see what \the country\ is J r Cornwell, Altamont 5297, chairman of our local :ee;' for further information. j£j|fesh Air children is due in Altamont July 11. No t;b>:apcepted for the period of July 11-25. BUT — laming up — AUGUST 1-t5. Will YOU play host \4pll out the coupon on this page, and mail it to the >JBUT, DO I T NOW! This week we (the Enterprise and its staff) are on vaca- tion. This is our second vacation of 1956 — and our last until next year. In a way, this second \time-off\ is another \first h for us — it is the FIRST time in 72 years that the Enterprise and its workers have had TWO weeks of vacation, like most other people who work for a living. This is our'' Vacation Issue.'' It was printed last Thurs- day night, and placed in the mails Tuesday night, July 3. Con- sequently, along with our staff, the Linotype machines, the .job fpresses, and even \Old Reliable,\ our 28-year-old Duplex self- feeding newspaper press, are taking another week's rest. - - : We have been forced to limit this \Vacation Issue\ to. six pages. However, we feel that nothing has been omitteel^ that should be included in a \token issue\ of this kind. Pfjcoursp, there is an almost total absence of local and personal nefys. i TO OUR CORRESPONDENTS — Please resuM<| your regular news writing for NEXT WEEK, as we shall bg hsack on the job Monday, July 9. However, please do not sent us a two-week accumulation of personal and society notes:' Of course, you may include important news events that have tran- spired during this vacation. And — we hope you are.Enjoy- ing your \vacation\ too. To pastors of churches and other reporters — You are also requested to resume your regular schedule NEXT week. During this vacation week, the Enterprise office is open each business day from 1 to 5 p. m. We hope our friends and patrons can transact business with us during those hours. We'll be seeing you all again next week! —The Publishers. t* i~\% • M Berne-Knox School District Meeting Set For July 10th The annual meeting of the .voters of the Berne-Knox school district\ will\ be held at the. Central Scjfeool^.buad-j ing Berne -Tuesday, July ~iQ, '\££. -j$ £i -nu ,,. ! ^IMsj4as|rijBj.3S;rfcnjQ(w^a%<3?^ Meeting of School District i_ ~^\* V \J \'*%^^4^^^^'T''rK.«lwf^^ ancfe «hi#ih*^^iiabilitylnsUrance\co«- ?. ra ?$.4£, 4>.least \ten^vventy-and- five'^pt^otheif, evidence of security •,(<%'tihueo^on Page 3) The KiwanisvCauIi oESStamont was One of 4,200 Kimiisljpbs through out the UnitedyfState^ted Canada wtfiich, during 1^5, Igfld in their greatest recoirdViol colffiunity serv- ice. This statemen€Sjas;' made by Frank Williams <Fr., gsladent of the local: clubr on a^unjp|$ielease of final 1955 actlvitKSiiuteffrom the general, office »fofMStwSa|, i Interna- •tionM-in;.ChicSg6.-?; |||pf'; •*\ Last .year, KijvaiufM0|^ho chan- nel the greater pM?d||iKeir energy into eight commuirity^ssfyice fields, participated in art^t&lj? ranging from the purchase :$£!§§* artificial eye for an undeijri^ill^v child to attracting a new .MgsjfSrSo: a hard- up community. The MjfhifeBelds are': Agriculture and (Snse^ation; public and business aff|ir§J;Sfflupport of churches in their ^ntjujSilaims; boys and girls work; Key ^sb|* Circle K clubs; underprivilegeai'clHld; and vo- cational guidance, '''T .-#-\: Though fund rtising^is a minor part of their operation^ itiiey collect- ed $5,844,371.81 in lp6^|whicb .they contributed to youth ;isei$iees of var- ious kinds. They rai|eal'$4,296,300.^ 60 for hospitals and?V,fij^pital facili- ties; they contribut^f;$l,508,'121.26 to needy churches; and ..they di'striibu- through scholarship loans. Always interested in children, they ted $243,046.97 to deserving students provided treatment for 143,854 of them in dental clinics; they assisted 14,229 delinquents; and they gave clothing to 79,214 youngsters whose parents could not provide it for them. Kiwanis also sponsored 13,- 406 safety patrols; provided recrea- tional facilities for 790,762 boys and; girls; and sponsored 9-162 baseball teams last year. Under their voca- tional guidance program, they aided 485,136 youngsters in their search for proper occupations; they aided 35,614 more through \work experi- ence programs\; and they counseled 38,954 veterans. Since Kiwanis has been active in agricultural affairs from the start, its members emphasize work with farmers. 'Last year, they enter- tained 310,053 farmers at joint city- country affairs. They helped farm- ers near their communities by se- curing 69,516 harvest hands for them; they conducted 4-H and FFA •projects for 205,594 rural young- sters; and they planted 2,847,228 trees. Also last year, Kiwanis In- ternational acted as coordinating agency for Farm-City Week, an af- fair aimed at \bring about better (Continued on Page 3) Voters of the yoprheegyille^ritrs^ School District will meet on iEue^day, eyeMBg.,i-<-July- 10, at 'WoorfdeWiile Middleburgh atid '• vfrij county. I One member of the Board of Edu- cation must be elected at -this meet- ing, for a full term of five years to succeed the present incumbent,' How- ard Schoonmaker, whose teem will expire. | In addition to the- regular business, ' the voters will be called upon to vote, on a proposition to sen 11 hundredths of an acre of land to the trustees of.tabrary to fill the term o? Mrs, Jme St. Paul's Evangelical church of j Blessing whose term expires this v<?ar Berne. Wl tog IJureliased to alleviate thV-oVer- :Crowded conditions on the present buses. 1 • -.j One candidate to the Bp'ard. of Education must be elected to fill the vacancy created by the exphsatibri- of. the term of Jerry G. Badgley.' : One member must be elecied to the Board of Trustees of the Voorhees- yilie Central School Diso-ici Public <• JI The budget for operating expenses office* These are both five-year telrhs Of of the Central School district will be discussed and voted on. Copies of .the budget may be obtained by any j district taxpayer during the seven . days immediately preceding the an- Inual meeting, except Saturday, Sun- I day or holiday, at the following ' school houses: Central school, Berne, 9 a. m. t o 12 noon and 1 to 4 p. m.; Westerlo school, 10 a. m. to 12 noon. Bergllas FRESH AIR FUND WILL YOU HELPWfN THIS WORTHWHILE PROJECT? FILL OUT THE coy&jBisi?PRINTED BELOW AND MAIL IT TO THE ALTAMONT ENfE££&iSE. A representative of the Altamont Kiwanis Club, w|jic|ii«-is sponsoring the Herald-Tribune Fresh Air Fund in this #^a|^y|j| contact you. This is the fifth year the Fresh Air Fund has been spbhsored in this community. Make your town a \FRIENDLV ; Tp,WI!i|?j!tJ\. Lefs put it over! For the Altamont area, there are TW&'RIsllJiJObS tfiis year — the two weeks beginning July 11, and the two week s t, eg j nn ing August 1. (INVIT&llfrS ACCEPTED FOR TWO-WEEK PERIOD^ July 11 to 25, or August 1 to 15) Check One: Julyllto^ Boy *v» Girl . 5 to '? jr^irs 10 to;||j5tears .... August lto 15 8 to 10 years Race: White v.. Negro Oriental Host's Name /^ P. O. Address^ir 'i Phone Number v*..., Named Director of Adult Education, 1956-57 Werner Berglas, senior high school mathematics and science instructor, has been appointed Director of Adult Education of Voorheesville Central School for the coming year. Mr. Berglas, who joined the faculty in 1952, will be in charge of organ- izing all adult education classes for the 1956-1957 school year. To begin his duties, Mr. Berglas and the members of the Citizens Ad- visory Committee of the Voorheesville School District attended a meeting at Bethlehem Central Senior High School on May 15 at which time current problems in the adult education field were«v discussed. Among the= topics An. important proposition—to be voted on a t this meeting iS,!pne that provides for an increase in tiui. num- ber of members of the BMrd .of Education. A citizens' coininittee is advocating this proposaL; ''-,'/' Budgets for. operating expenses for both Voorheesville Central School and the school district Public Library will be discussed and voted dn.--X\|Copies of these budgets may be Obtijified by any taxpayer in the district ^during the seven days immediately prScetiing the annual meeting, except iSateday, Sunday or holiday, at Vooi?fi^esville Central School, during the hours of 8:30 a. m. to 4 p. m. Adjust Better To Retirement New York state farmers make a better adjustment to retirement than do non-farmers, according to a re- cent survey of rural areas by Cornell sociologists. Some 250 men 60 years of age or older in six counties were queried. \One important facteHV, in this ad- justment is the nature of farming ac- tivities,\ the professors reported. \Farming provides for a \gradual \ i Clc ^UMCU. .u^s L.. ^f-^ tapering off. The farmer fern re- examined were the curriculum, pub- duce his responsibilities gradually and licity possibilities for adult education, and the effect of an adult education program on the community in gen- eral. To The Rescue If your children, in their delight \i^thdrawaL this facilitates his transition to re- tirement\ Non-farm workers are more hkely to be subject to compulsory retire- ment and complete physical separa- tion from their occupation. Farm operators, on the other hand,,who re- tire on their farms are not likely to suffer the same \shock of occupation- over eating ice cream cones, some- times get more on their clothes than in their mouths, you'll want to treat the telltale stains as soon as possible. Washable material can be treated easily by sponging with cold or luke- warm water, and then washing in warm soapsuds. Non-washable ma- terial will need to be sponged with a commercial cleaning fluid. The fluid should be used, carefully as directed. When the fabric is dry, sponge the spot with cold water. If the stain still remains, try the pepsin treatment You can buy pep- sin at the drugstore. First, sponge the stain with cold water. Then, sprinkle it with pepsin and let it stand for half an hour. Brush off the pepsin and rinse the garment well. The result should be — Presto! Clean clothes again. TODAY'S THOUGHT •s^sssSs \Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.\ — St. Matthew 5: 7, 8. In both groups, the researchers found that those retiring must face the problems of adjusting to a re- duced income. Twenty-eight per cent of the retired men interviewed had reduced clothing purchases to curtail expenses in keepmg with the;r lower incomes. Twenty-six per cent made Cutbacks in food and recreation and 18 per cent turned to more modest housing. Farmers were found to b e more te> luctant to accept retirement: they believe that retirement conflicts With, their basic values regarding wbrh; and its importance. Also, the Strong attachment to the land ma^s the prospect of leaving the farm a dif- ficult one. The United States governtaent mdved more than, 70,000 private automobiles .overseas in the year 1954, at an estimated real cost to taxpayers, of almost $27 million, the Hoover iCpn^migsion teports, in re- cohimendiiig that this practice be discontinued. '' ; . <*4 •<•-*..•» .ukiL, ,i f .
