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Michigan Ave., Chicago 1730 Guardian' Building, Detroit TELEPHONE UNion 1-6641 Entered as second class matter at the t Ppst Office at Altamont, New York, Under the Act of March 3, 1879. ALTAMONT, N.. Y., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1957, Educational Council Agrees 'Schools Not Good Enough' As reported in the Albany papers Jan. 21, James E. Alien, Jr., New York state commissioner of educa- tion, speaking to board of education members and supervising principals, <jualidertl'and's itihdrd wan in a row, and [stated that \schools are good, but sets the Dutchmen's season record not good enough.\ The Council on at .5-7. ' I Educational Needs'-agrees. He also The first half of the ball game [stated \they must be made much bet- Wias a tlhriMer, with (the lead Chang- ter if 'they are to meet the require- ing hands many times. Bess and ments of life in the 20th century\' Sehdnnerer spearheaded the Guilder- and \our times demand a quality of GCHS Wins Over Colonic; Makes It Three In A Row By Ed Canavah \Nice game, boys!\ Those are the words the. sGOHS basketball team hfeand after theiir won* over Colore Central Tuesday night. It was land' attack,, while- Spickler and Ko- wailsM kept Oofonie going. At the end of *he tost period the score f wia*s\ tied at 12-02. . The reason for Ool- ohde not getting tihe lead might (have been ifehe fact tbat they couldn't s'e&m to find the range. Their shooting percentage for the wirdife game was very low. Qn the other hand, Guil- derland just diidn't get the shots. The story was almost the saarie sin •the second quarter, except that Col- onie's percentage oathe up with Koes sinking hiis deadly set shot. Yaun entered the game for GCHS,- and he,-- Bess and Ryan did-most of Ithe scor- fing for the 'Dutchmen in this period. Ryan was •also snagging those re- bounds, as was Sohlinnerer. . At the half Guiiderland had a lead oif 22-20. The second half, told the stoi<y.i. as Guilderland's beads-up play widened the gap. . With* HaflsteJad soi^ppdn'g. on the' outside, arid iScntorierer afld Ryan 'under thehobp, the Dutchmen roared t o a 38-24 third quarter lead, arid, a 58-43 final. Koes and Spi&kler scored most ifor the 'Oolonie Cagers, the latter befog forced to leave the game on fouls. The whole GOHS team played heatls- up ball, 'and a nice game\. Bess, was' hdigh point man for' the,, giajfne Mfith 19. Koes was a^ner-Kp.iwltih-16,•• Next stop -- AverMl Park. That's education ,. far. abe-ye-'anything we have yet achieved'.'\'- 'Again the coun- cil concurs. The council also agrees'that the people are deeply concerned and a serious attempt is being made to criticize constructively, but ComrmV sioner Alfen closes the door to con- structive criticism When he refers to \unfriendly forces' spreading suspic- ion and distrust\ and \misguided groups seeking special interests 1 or unsound reforms.\ Criticism of the State Education department is in- variably assailed as 'being anti-educa- tion and the commissioner is not re- ceptive to any criticism of his own administration. In praising centralization of schools for achieving \better school and bet- ter .communities,\ the commissioner is closing his eyes to the fact that cen- tralization , has destroyed home rule in 1 our schools. Good government can: only exist with the consent of the governed and the office of the commissioner as now empowered by Section 310 of the Education Law abrogates that principle. Commissioner Allen proudly points to the fact that \education is in a .ferment.\ Webster oternines \ferment\ as \chemical 1 decomposition of or- ganic, substance.\ Such a statement is an indictment against the present •:*:U I !$^^'''.'#^^^^ of public education-, hagh't, Feb. 9, <5uiaderlanafe'-»op\<*o\-f rather than a n indication of a^hlallhyr Albany Academy. .!&>Eh_ of ..'these .condition. If our public schools are taems. have beaten GCHS once; and both games should (burn out to be flhrffilere. Defeat Columbia Saturday might Guilder-land Cen- tral won its second colriskcutive vic- tory, by a score of (B'T-59, ,as ..itfie Dutchmen compiled. th# most, -.pjodniii scored in a game for t|ie whole..3<§a*. son. Victims were, the cagprs.feofti Columbia High school; and the game was played at 'Guilderland. The scoring was unusually high, with three men hitting 15 or better for the home team. • • Bess was tops with 19; Yaun was right behind with 17, while Ryan had 15. Jordan was high point man for -tihe visitors with 17, and Becker followed with 15. GCHS started off with an early lead. Ryan, Bess and Schinnerex did most of Guilderland's scoring in the first quarter, while Oardella and Jordan managed to keep Columbia going. The first quafcter score was 18-7. On' to 'the second quarter, and higher scores aheadi The passing for Guilderland was good, and the shooting p%n»htegeih3gh. J6fess;,jirid Ryan again clicked- foir the., home team; Yaun (made his-debut.arid add- ed a few points to itbje' cause; o Jor-. . dan, Bec^kerand.jCaidetla.Btrug'gled on for the East Greenbush fjye, but at .the half the Dutchmen, had a d;ee- ordvlead of 43-24. ; •. .. J^i Ryan and Bess — jdb. these ihjpijrigs sound familiar? Well,, \(they 'wjerit right on scoring through ijhe ithiKd quarter, ' Yaun, was,, also, pocketing the points, as the gap. .between, scores widened. Columbia s^ggetea on with Becker and Jordan. spe'airhead- ing the attack. Th0 ihird quairter score was 60-32. The last quarter w£s a.breeze fojr GCHS, with such eelebraifcies,. £s .Gor- don La Bant and- Bill' 'fifetoburg tak- ing the floor. When the-gaine end- ed, the -Dutchmen left ithe Count .with a 4-7 record. The GCHS jayvees lost their 'game 39-28. The halftiine score was 16- 11, the visitors leading. Triumph Ovpr Voprheesville Guilderland Central has finally won a ibasketball game! The Dutch- men squeaked out a victory over Voorheesvilile 'Cehtral. 58-54, last Friday might, t o break their seven- game losing streak, j • The game, played on the VoofheesvUle court, was a re'ai thriller right up t o the final buzzer. The last ^quarter .tvgas^the .debidang one, and began (with ViooarheesVi'lle, { leading, 44-37. ,iQ^lderland f \i;jied desperaiteliy t> . to cM<pa/WP' .Wt tjMcr, ••' Qbade foUght.' riff \m& SaibEack- -M&\1 , foul shots. ' FinaBK'^.cln^fierei'^difi- ':•• .'tte'it \up. .. Tifie.lead^iwe'hti'baoksiprid\ -; 'fot^r'^feneifthe^'feaiSf'g(ftlnh^ : .';ith'ei ; .-better ./ibf^ifche o|he4' ?$• wi^re •fflwii, '•-, ifchiree'- 1 poinp.;,-•.,pien';„#aunv?fea^e.^ '.l.^-.-'iohe.;. > ^^^nh^rfeilolj^ed'^uit, ; theh diceriy' .a. '•••^iiilMfmDil^iiWfaoh could* •'•:'' ihave- \meari't. : ithe;>:daf^enoe tietimkh i\ 'miglhi- • i6e v 'ibtt3Kffl*i'.j;'\.' ffl$h r i'a ,• 'inmute- concerned primarily with teaching the all important fundamentals! —• reading, writing, spelling, mathema- tics and' American history, a s well as respect for American self-govern- ment, from what source comes the 'ferment\ in our schools? The Council calls upon the commissioner for clarification of the condition of ferment now present in our schools. Council officers are: President, William' Taylor, New Scotland; vice- president, Louis Dushek, R. D., Ra- vena; secretary, Frank McDonald, Suburban Way, CatskiU; treasurer, Christian Curschmann, Oatskiil. Medical Series At Fort Hunter School •igaatje, .www—« *: »ii«l;.. J ^.w, Ji -l.JI. / ^ ; J 1 , . The •1 l^ ; tiM'^GflS'' Jp^Me;%irli The third 1 lecture of the medical series sponsored jointly by the. adult education program of Guilderland Central school and the Albany Medi- cal College will be held at ithe Fort Hunter Elementary school on Car- man Rd 1 . at 8 p. ins Wednesday, Feb. 13. Dr. John LaTendteress will speak on \Use of Psychiatry in the .Com- munity,.,Setting.\ Dr. LaTendresse 'graduaitetl from Tufts College in 1943 and' received!\ his M. D. from' Tufts in 1946. He graduated from McGffli Univeraifcy.in 1947 in psychiatry and went onjwifch ''a-teaching fellowship at McGili during 1952-53. He -has been associated with Albany Medical College since 1953 where he is an assistant professor., Mother Goose 1957 Jack and Jill went up (the hill But root to look for water; Jack fell down and cracked his cranium,' Jill went on, and found uranium. There was an old woman Who lived in a shoe, » With so many children She flipped. What Ito do? And then a bright idea hit 'er, She simply hired a baby sitter. —Canl Helm The game was lively in the early quarters too. Guilderland to.6k an early lead, only to hai\?e it 'stolen by .the sharp shooting of Ackerman and Me'iMhger, The home team was able to keep,the lead through the end of ithe first quarter, when (the score was 15-12. . 'RiioK' Ryan's shooting and (rebound- ; Sg ibegahc to.pick up for GCHS in&the,, iseeond quarter, while Ackerman lalid. ,Mc<3uade rt p&clceite;ff\'the' poMts Jor [VCS. i&pith* leanfe seprM, fairly eV-' •^nlfy;, iwdifiisi-ihe? Dliitohmieri' getting; fine ibe!t|ef cfihe.dealli Haiftime .score was;(iied at 2S-25: Ryalti AvaSjh'igH point man.' for Guil- IdfrlanGv and:ithe game,, iwifih.22i Acfe erman 1 was topii for the Honie iteam wi'JJh r 2'0. ., 0 . .. . , ' The GCHS jUttib¥ varsW won •their game, largely through the ef- ; f6»s,.Jof' the 41ger twiirts.-'' Ron M'Udge iridM^ave' Setiast also played nd<5e' .gagies^,^ J^^jit^ais 41-35. Ctfrnelf UnTversily's 3t§§7 I^arm arid HoM Week' i s Mar. 18-22. On Jan. 25 you published a letter signed by four members of the Town Board, in which my acts as Superin- tendent of 'Highways for the town of Guilderland were severely criticized. I would ask everyone who read that letter to read it again, and then compare 'the statements made there- in, point by point, with the follow- ing paragraphs of this letter. In the spring of 1956 the town- did purchase a primary gravel crusher foi* $15,385 — not $16,000 — and there is a vast difference between that and a secondary rock crushing plant, price of which starts around $50,000. With this gravel plant I have been able to crush better than 25,000 yards of base material which is all on the town roads, plus about 800 tons in a stock pile. Also this year we were a'ble to make our screened sanding material, which we have never made before. It is my opinion that this piece of 'material has been a very valuable investment, might also say that not one man who signed the letter, with 'the pos- sible exception of Judge Righter and Councilman King, has seen the gra- vel crushing plant' in operation. My highway budget estimate was made out on a regular form, which is supplied to the different depart- ments, and fin ink, but George Bigs- bee's 'budget estimate was on a sim- ilar form in ink except has salary which was put in very lightly at \4 in pencil. As to the \resolution\ of March, 1956, on the acceptance of streets and roads, it is in fact an \ordin- ance.\ The majority of the board has 'accepted roads in direct violation thereof without -the written consent of your Road Superintendent; as called (for in the ordinance. Copies of the ordinance of March 1956 are available in the town office for those Who read this letter, if there is any doubt of the truth of my statement. In addition, may I add tihat it was my intention to surface the existing roads accepted since I toawe been in office, /but because of lack of funds not voted to my department, I have been unable to do so in spite of the fact that I had requested monies for this purpose. As to the budget, I presented a plan of what I intended to -do dn 're- surfacing the streets and roads, and it was at this time that George Bigs- bee got upset as to my estimates. I have ibeen Highway Superintendent for three years, and Bigsbee has been drawing $2,300 as Justice of the Peace above the amount Judge Righter draws as such, for supposed extra duties as Town Board road representative. Why hasn't Bigs- bee kept up with the facts as they exist, especially in light of this add- ed salary? As to 'assessments, let jme point out that the rate in this town varies from approximately 0 percent of real value (icheck , Assessor iReicbard's personal assessment) to 'almost 50 .percent *of sread ••value* (check Dr.. Church's property), and there aire two cases pending, one of Attorney William F. Conway's and one of Dr. and Mrs. Sheldon Church. You may call DeGraff, Foy, Conway and Halt-Harris, Esqs., attorneys in said cases, to verify these facts. You may also check with. Morris, Dillon & MacHarg, Esqs M 'attorneys for Tom 'Sawyer Motor Inn; also ithe re- cords of the Albany County Clerk's office as to the case they i^ad pend- ing 'and the facts pertinent (thereto. You might also check with J. Ains- worth Scott, real estate broker, as to the actual values of town proper- ties and the relative assessment. You may 'also cheek with John Schilling, Jr., town attorney, as to how many cases are pending as to assessments. As to court costs-, it was 1 , to ray own knowledge, agreed between Mr. Mor- ris and Mr. Schilling (that the Tom Sawyer Motor Inn would pay the costs in return for a reduced assess- ment, which i s to go up $4,000 next year. ;' j ^ As to ithe increase for the town' Hghway employees, this was long overdue, in light of 'high taxes and inflation, and was available by the way the highway department was run, not only iby,ine, ibut by my men. As to the 'budget, be mindful of the fact that in 1955 we had floods, and on top of that, I was ordered by the Town Board to expend, besides what the flood damage cost, over $18,000 plus doing work which is not tech- nically, according to law, highway business. If I did anything illegal, as by innuendo, it would appear (from the letter ^published recently regarding me) to be charged, it is the Town Board's sworn duty to bring proceedings against me. As to Sunset Lane, I could not start (the job until the necessary monies were available. However, I started as soon as I was assured monies would toe available 'by our Su- pervisor, Mr. Welsh, and .the Town Attorney, \fibis fact may be verified by calling the Bond Department of the National Commercial Bank and Trust Company of Albany. ., . As t o attending Town Board meet- ings, I have missed very few. How- ever, not toeing a member of the board, it is not my duty to attend. My 'attendance- has been necessary, however, to learn just what com- plaints the Town Board has received, inasmuch ais tihe only members who ever informed me of work to be done have been Supervisor Welsh, a Juflge (Righter and Cbunoi'tonari King, i^s to 'the overJexpendituire, ^wbuld add to *he above, that the ifehen Road Supiefintehdewt, Victor Bassler, over- expended his .budget in 1953, and this without (floods or other non- highway- work. • 'As to politicking, may I say that, baiiiring (our having less politics and mote saine business 1 management (as in tihe •Hdighway Department), (there may well be new forces in town gov- ernment. . : '-(As'.'to• oj&igy may I say that with the addittonail (burden and expkise, I did the 'best I could. It imifehlf foe of interest at *Ms point to qtrote a letter darted Decehilber 1, 1956, sent : fo die' fyy Gierin: 1. Hawks, 'President of the N. Y. S. (Association of Town Superintendents of Highways, which reads as follows: \i wiSh to send to yfiu my own '||f|S in h e thTfioMm Rprsooaj did for Safety coi •'\As yqflw, I was one of the j««»ges fMM.finai five best towns '\ the am®*, you were one of these. fSrbads showed careful Planning.&*iow-how. Your peo- ple oan 9 #|lr.kful that they have ''n office : W:0 who is looking ou| for their Ifff and also lookm 3 out for the U4 ^oUar.\ •J believ^lti speaks for itself and also my. ide^p» ent ' As to dojit a 'go° d J 0D in J957 > way I say Bi I will do my utmost with the mfe.equipment.andf^- sonnel for'tnybosses — YOU, iHJi. PEOPLE. ;' . , . . . . As to tihe increase m (the (budget, as cut, be 'intended that the an- creaise an ga3ti$M> my personnel am- ounts to w®$2flW< AND a ' s Y0U all know .cbs&of oil, stone, equip- ment, pawl's! #., «s in every busi- ness, .have gone up. Also, I have aitfanpted to put in permanent roads so that eventually over-all costs will be less, whether I am road superin- tendent or not. I am a native of the town and have children here, and all' I can leave them is my reputa- tion. 'As to disrupting the peace of the town, may I say *hat anytime I think I 'am right, I will so state, exactly as our forefathers did, they making •the United' States the land we have and love -r- and I defy any man to stop me jfropi so stating. I would haw answered sooner the letter which appeared in a previous issue, but 1 have been confined to ray home with pneumonia and under strict doctor's orders. •J do. Want to ttank 'the people who have put their trust in me and have •Mieved a& me, and I now declare anything 1 have said or will say was and will be the truth. • Russell C. Case, Sr. Superintendent of Highways, Town of Guilderland. Research Makes New Jobs Industry's never-ending research and development leads to more and better products for all of us — and new jabs'for many of us. . . . For example, a large company which makes aviation instruments, airplane parts, radios, washing machines, 'am- ong otheifithings, reports that 80 pel - cent 'Of f|l : ititie jobs in its 39 plantii are new-Snes which did not exist 30 years ag&.;.. Gollege % Offer Course In History 6i Canada The proximity of the. Canadian' border and the .increased Amerlcto interest in Canada's\ .growing econ- omy has led the. Albany Evening, I>i- vfsioh of Russell Sage^College to of- fer a course,, in Canadian h'jstory in thje spring t$>ttn starting Feb. 7, for v what, may be ithe first time in line Capital District. Kihph'aisiijiing the influence of th£ United./Sitates' and' .American history o'n Canadian econoijicic «ih'd political development, the clffl|J§ will be'.tiUght by Dr. .George J. Speers, director of the Albany Diyisiori of Sage, .who earned, his doctorate* .at a Canadian university. Iiir making the .an- nouncement, Dr.. SjSjjars stated that the offeriihg was in line with 'the educati^al.iteend in .Ahieriean U1 jj. versities which are attempting to offset (the widespread lack, of infor- mation in thisl country about ..our northern. neighbor, the' Dominion. Departments speciaMzing in Canad- ian history have been' set up at sev- eral large universities in,the United States. Dr. Spears also pointed out that Canadians are much more familiar with our history and cul- ture 'than Americans are with Dom- inion affairs. Greenville P. T. A. Meets The January 24 meeting of the Greenville Parent-Teacher 'association was held in the cafeteria of Green- ville Central school. The topic for the evening was \Moral 'and 1 Spiritual Values in Youth,\ with Rev. Roland Thompson and Rev. John Buyer as speakers. Having worked with' youth for the greater part of their profes- sional' lives, they were both 'well qualified to discuss such a topic. They pointed 1 out that it is primarily the lack of moral and religious 1 in- struction in the home that is the major cause of juvenile delinquency. It was stressed 1 that.it is necessary for children to have a \rule outside themselves\ by which they must be guided. They stated that the best and only sound way to guide children is by example. What a child wit- nesses from infancy, he will do 'auto- matically and will not have to learn as an adult. The Month of February Feb. 2, 1848 — Treaty of Guada- lup? Hidalgo signed, ending war with ifyiejejeo, giving U. S. New Mexico and California upon payment of $15 mil- lion. Feb. 8, 1910 — Boy Scouts of Am : erica incorporated, for boys 9 years' uipwaird; motto, \Be Prepared.\ , Feb. 7, 1936 — Executive order established official flag for Vice- President of U. S., consisting, of Great Seal, blue star in each cor- ner oh white field. •Feb. 19,. 194'5 —. Island of Iwo Jiihm invaded by U. S. joint action — parings, Navy, Army. Finally con- quered on March 16.. Feb. 24, 1949' — First multi-stage rocket fired, t reaching 250 miles height, at White Sands, N. M. \We don't view automation as something labor should ijear. If it^ helps get products' to the consumjer more, cheaply, it's going- to broaden activity in the industry and provide more jobs for everybody.\ •— Edward Swayduek, President N. Y. Litho- graphers' Union. . Christian Science . The fact that all things are pos- sible to-Qod will be emphasized at Christian Science services Sunday in the lesson-sermon entitled 1 \Spirit.\ Luke's account of Christ Jesus' healing of the \woman having an issue of blood twelve years\ (Luke 8) will be included in readings from the King James Version of the Bible. Selections from \Science and Heaith with Key to the' Scriptures\ by Mary Baker Eddy will include the following (182:32-4): \The law of Christ, or Truth 1 , makes all 'things possible to Spirit; but the so-called laws of matter would render Spirit of no avail, and demand obedience to materialistic codes, thus departing from the basis of one God, one law- maker.\ The golden text is from II Corin- thians' (3:17): \Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.\ A survey by the U. S. Department of ^Agriculture shows that in the spring of .1955 families of 3 to 4 per- sons sp'fint an average of $26.34 a week for food. Subscribe to the Altamont Enter- prise — $3.00 per year. Sfcrliiif/ HUDSON GOAL Ward G. Ackerman Inc. 'LUMBER-COAL 3 BUILDING SUPPLIES ,:-\, POULTRYi DAIRYFEED - •'Xs'--. 96>trU otf~ e-J\ UNibn 1-854$ Al.T6.M0NT , N.Y. ..- lSV3s-J«'-Jfetifc ;,.'. UNibnf 1-&43 Charles & Ben aren't the I A lot of famous men get their faces on our money. But Charles and Ben aren't jealous* All they want to do is get their hands on it. Maybe by offering humdinger specials like these, their wishes will be granted! IS'SIOM ar Peas 2 £ 27cj CAMPBELL'S FREEZER SPECIAL BONELESS RUMP (Choice) l A ! P m Eye HSiiiflENS, Birdslye. .-. 2Pkgs. 29c: P11L Pkg. 25c: TOMATOEi Floiki ... mm($smmm, 2 Lb. Pkg. $1.19: APPLES, Rome, Cooking or Eating >~,u~ZV:tiXfL 2 Cello fkgs. 25c ..;.. JOJbs. 19c 3 Lbs. 35c : M:%M AMfrHm Optf Friday Nights ¥ntil 9 P. M. j^^S^S -. 10 A. M. to 4 P. M. • iM.ktfUacM.M t\: .f.y~ VM !: *&>%
