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KpirtmiNniiiiiiii! j Albany County Weekly | I The Enterprise Is* among the oldest I | of country weeklies, and carries news I I from half-a-hundred communities in- I | to 3,000 homes. $3.00 a year. 3 HHHiiiiiiiiiMinmiiiimiiMimiiiiiiMHHMmiuiiiiimiHMiiiHiiiiittiit[ii] nterprise 2^MiiiitiiiHiiiii^i(nniiHiiiiiiiiiiiiMiniiiiiii.t.it;iiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiQ i Our long list of advertisers speaks i I well of the value of advertising In | § this paper. Use Enterprise ads to tell | | readers about what you have' t o sell, f rniiiiiiiiiiiiiiHlmiiimimmmfitlilil'iiillliiiHililiiifiiimillfiiiiliimitii] SEVENTY-FOURTH YEAR ALTAMONT, N. Y^^glHijOVEMBER 29, 1957 (12 PAGES) NUMBER 20 More 'Progress' Scenes in Construction of Altamonfs New Sewage Plant LOOKING NORTH ACROSS CLEARED AREA —Concrete wad at left encloses the sludge bed. center background, smaller of the two buildings is the present chlorinating shed. 'NOTOUTOlgODS' CO. FARM BUREAU WATERBPARE CITED AMONG TOP <^-i| ™ *& CLdfirliJ^OF-.^yi^ pipe to facili- tate drainage. \.'This..area will be glass enclosed when completed. - (THE TWO PHOTOS SHOWN HERE ARE JN ADDITION TO TWO PRINTED LAST WEEK) WARNEPPtoYOR Last week and thw w«k are noted as the anniversary ox ^itamorit s wa- ter famine of 1956 i Anyone care to remember? _..„, The Enterprise opted Mayor Lloyd G. Briggs Turtdaywght f or a few comments, comP»«ythe present water situation «* ^r* 1 * with the emergency that strU«K£jear ago. The mayor steted*«wiaiicali y that the village is defajpttM 0 ut of the woods\ when rt WWsto an ade- quate water supply's *t are not in good shape,\ he sad/ \While there is not-a dire water <aaagency vil- lagers must conserve^ tnt suites now at hand, pending tBf aaiyal of heavy rains or melting sncw^ We are pun- ning 'close to the ipe„Wh the pres- ent supply.\ -,!_, Mayor Briggs reamraed what many villagers already KPPffc- that Alta- mont would be ^PjWS* of wa- ter now, if it had \Spi possible to tap a good source <Wta at Cold Spring, near the Gun ulfciwi From this spring (or springs^™ village has been pumping water sin* Aug 28 — a total of 94 days up |» today (Nov. 29). At the barest •mmm of 40 gallons per minute, allfl»*g for pump shutdowns due to low^nfer level in the storage basin, the Cold Spring source has furnished atat 5,414,400 gallons of water up to toy That volume is almost enpugfUoiill the up- per (small) reservoir m the Alta- mont-Knox road, watrfcom Cold Spring is chlorinated aijamped &. rectly into the village y$e mains The mayor said that %CoH Spring water must travel nulemsderground, and, as a final warning tnler users, said: 'The spring is slows down, and less water will be obtandfrmn this source in the future,\-' hmng from the spring will have to,,Jy%hen the creek at Cold Spring -fits to carry surface water from ab* or when extremely cold weather fees a shut- down. * * TEN'IN N.Y. STATE At the recent New York Frm Bureau convention in Syracuse (Nov. 18-20) the Albany County Farm Bureau was cited as one of the ten top county farm bureaus in the state and as top farm bureau among the eight eastern New York counties which comprise \Dis- trict 8.\ Delegate Harry Garry of Berne, rep- resenting the board of directors of the Albany county organization at the Sy- racuse meeting, accepted the awards, twop laques with the signatures of Donald J. Wickham, NYFB president, and Edward S. Foster, executive sec- retary. Charles Taylor of New Scotland, ac- companied by Mrs. Taylor, was also a delegate representing the interest of county members in the study of commodity problems. Mrs. Harry Garry represented the ACFB Women's committee and acted on the nominating committee for State Women's committee chairman. L. Huested Myers of Bethlehem, a former director of the NYFB, and Mrs. Myers were guests of the state organization at the convention. Bishop Scully To Dedicate New Westmere Church Speakt likes DimViewofFarliiports \No agricultural progBcan be a sound program, wlncbj mfices the welfare Of \the New YflfjHe farm- EVENTS TO COME (Churches, Schools, Fraternal, and Other Organizations) ANNUAL DANCE NOV. 29 The annual dance sponsored by New Scotland Kiwanis Club will be held at Voorheesville Central school Friday evening, Nov. 29*. PANCAKE SUPPER DEC. 5 A pancake supper will be served Thursday, Dec. 5, starting at 6 p. m. in Clarksville Grange hall. Home make link sausage will be served. SKATING PARTY DEC. 5 A roller skating party, sponsored by the Mother's Club of the Wester- lo Reformed church will be held at Knox Cave Thursday evening, Dec. 5. Public invited. Baseball Dinner For Dec. 7th ro vement Fund er on the altar of pean cotton:.-v?. ••\ Congri Keating ^olbfliielegat^s eau cc^wefinon in must avoid, \the uroeeessary restric- tions stifling free eiapnse ^ ad- vised. wheat, Kenneth lUng the «3£sur,f, u* \We The Most Rev. William A. Scully, bishop of the Albany Roman Catholic Diocese, will dedicate the new Church of Christ the King in Westmere at 9 a. m. Dec. 8, the Rev. Leo B. 'Dono- van, pastor, has announced. Bishop Scully first will lay the cornerstone, and then bless and dedicate the new church. The bishop will offer the first Mass in the church at 9:30 a. m. He will be assisted by the Rev. James G. Hart, secretary to the bishop. Father Hart also will be master of ceremonies. ' The Rev. Leo R. Clark, pastor of St Margaret Mary's church of Al- bany, and Rev. Thomas H. Kay, pastor of St. John the Baptist church of Albany, will act as deacons to the bishop. . Father Donovan will'offer his first Mass in the new church at 11 a. m. A committee of men from the new parish and the Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus will act as guard of honor. Father Donovan has also an- nounced the schedule of, Masses* for celebrated r Sundays;-'^s^Bm*i8^P^ I 15, at 8 a. m, 9 a m.', 10 a. mr and-) noon. The Mill Hill Fathers will assist Father Donovan Work on the new church is virtual- ly complete^ Pews seating 450 are *We Enjoy The Enterprise' A recent letter from Mrs. A. Cap- petti, of 17 Gay Love Drive South, Amityyille, N. Y., to the Enterprise contained the following paragraphs, among others: \I would like to repeat how much we enjoy the Enterprise. We feel as if we know the folks in your town through' the pages of your newspaper. We attended the Re- gional Fair (in August), and then read about the prize\ winners. We were concerned about the burg- laries in town. We're glad it's been cleared up. \Your articles of every-day life have given us many pleasant hours. Thank you.\ And — thank you, Mrs. Cappetti! —The Editor. Farming Depends on the Family, SaysFB Leader FARM PROSPERITY, DEAN MYERS SAYS (Knickerbocker News) One of the great political hoaxes in our time is the idea that Congress can legislate farm prosperity, the dean of the State College of Agriculture at Cornell University declared last night (Nov. 20) at a dinner which opened National Farm-City Week in Albany county. \The importance of price support programs has been overemphasized by everyone — farmers, Congress and the public,\ Dr. William Myers told a gathering composed of 200 urban and rural \cousins.\ ' The dinner itself, in Voorheesville Methodist church, was described as a \new venture in the field of farmer- city relations\ by Walter Miller, chair- man of the county agricultural exten- sion service. He explained that in the past, var- ious service clubs have invited farm groups to their functions. \We farm folks decided to reverse the proced- ure,\ he said. In the featured address, Dean'My- ers, who is chairman of the Agricul- ture department's economic advisory GRANGE DANCE DEC. 7, The Bethlehem Grange will hold a round and square dance in their hall at Becker's Corners just off Route 9-W at Selkirk on Saturday, Deq. 7, from 8 p. m. to midnight. Music will be furnished by Gordon Hilton's or- chestra. There will be door prizes and refreshments will be on sale during the evening. HAM LOAF DINNER DEC. 7 1 The American Legion Auxiliary will serve a ham loaf dinner at the Legion hall, Altamont Blvd., Altamont, on Saturday, Dec. Serving will start at 5 p. m. BAKE SALE DEC. 7 The Mother's Club of the WesterlO Reformed\ church, willnold\ a oake sale at the Westerlo post office on Saturday, Dec. 7, from 10 a. rn._ to 12:30 p. m. CHRISTMAS BAZAAR DEC. 7 The Unionville Reformed church will have the annual Christmas bazaar on Saturday, Dec. 7,. beginning at 3 p. m. There will be booths of all kinds. A hot roasj; baef plate will be served at 5. p. m., and until all have been served. CARD PARTY DEC. 12 Clarksville Grange will sponsor a card party at the, Grange hall, Clarks> ville, on Thursday, Dec. 12, at 8 p. m. Public invited. PANCAKE SUPPER DEC. 14 Hiawatha' Grange will serve a pan- cake supper at its hall' in Dormans- ville on Saturday, Dec. 14. First Serving at 6 p. m. and continuing until all are served. Public welcome. NEW YEAR'S EVE PARTY DEC. 31 The Guilderland Center Fire de- {Continued on Page 6). The annual dinner honoring the Altamont baseball club will be held at the Maplewood Inn Saturday eve- ning, Dec. 7, at 7 o'clock. Baseball players, guests and fans attending the dinner will have a choice of steak, roast beef, or ham steak, ranging up to $3.25, according to choice of dinner. Other items on the menu will be juice or soup, po- tatoes, vegetables, salad, dessert, cof- fee, tea or milk. Reservations for the dinner must be made and paid for in advance. All those planning to attend, should make reservations at once with either Mrs. Ella Van Eck, Altamont (UNion 1-8176), or Allan Sholtes, Guilderland Center (UNion 1-3876). W. Stout, Albany Newsman, Gets $10,000 Assembly Post Warren W. Stout, of 27 Alvina Blvd., Westmere, will assume the $10,000 yearly post of research as- sociate with the Assembly on Dec. 5, it was confirmed recently. A former .Albany newspaperman, he will be assigned to the office of the Research Consultant to the Speaker. His appointment officials said, fol- lows an expansion of the existing re- search operation which began, in 1955. Stout's duties will be the compila- tion of research reports for the ma- jority side of the Assembly,' both for drawing up of bills and for use of GOP— Assemblymen seeking re- election. An official said his. duties there- fore, would include some public rela- tions work \in the -\broad sense:\' Should Speaker Oswald <D. Heck become the Republican nominee for governor next- year, the official said the operation of- which Stout is a member \would undoubtedly be help- ful.\ Stout is married and the father of two children. . . Devotions At La Salette Perpetual Novena devotions are being conducted at La Salette \Sem- inary in Altamont every Sunday at 4:30 p. m. Services last one half hour and consist of the rosary, ser- mon and 'benediction of the' Blessed Sacrament. The public is invited' to attend. The seminary is located on Route 156, on the hill above the village. In the last 4,000 years, less than 300 were free of war. The Altamont Park Improvement committee met' Tuesday evening. A report of the recent canvass for funds was given, and an amount of approxi- mately $550 was reported. The com- mittee discussed the first steps of put- ting the park project into operation. Local firms will be contacted by mem- bers of the committee for bids on fill, grading and walks. The following members were pres- ent: Mrs. Lioyd G. Briggs, chairman; Mrs. Harry F. Van Loon, Business association; Mrs. Victor J. Tymchyn, Girl Scouts; Mrs. D. Wright Westfall, V. F. W.; Carl Walters and Frank J. Wililams Jr., Kiwanis. American Legion members were unable to at- tend, i Thanks of the committee are ex- tended to all the residents who con- tributed so generously and enthusias- tically, and to Leo B. Westfall for pre- paring the blueprint. Anyone who has not been contacted may send a contribution to any of the committee members. 1957 Road Deaths InState At 1,760 Motor vehicle, fatalities on the state's highways dipped slightly in October, but the death toll for the first 10,mpntHs of the year increased, Motor Vehicle Commissioner Joseph P. Kelly reported. October highway deaths numbered 211, compared_-to--217 -a. year ago. But at. the' end of October, - the 1957 10-month toll stood at 1,760, one per cent higher than the figure of 1,736 a year ago. Pedestrian deaths, included in the totals, declined in October, 81 to 59, and over the 10-mon.th: period were down to 600 as against 616 last year. Lengthening hours of darkness as well as the'seasonal hazards of wet roads and -fog, are reflected in the October fattt accidents, Kelly said— 67 per cent,of the months faSes occurring in Markness, compared^ 60 per cent in September. ' Seyenty-six per/cent of the month's fatalities were charged • to driver violations; 6, per ceht to intoxication; FB#eifi(^^ The Albany County Farm Bureau membership drive ^iU beghT on Sat- urday, No V . 30, with a kicioff dinger for county committeemen, township captains, work&rs. and the r wives at a^37pf n? tod Pti ^^ ciirch The annual meeting\:jbf stockholders of the Altamont R^ 1 J?%1 Fair as- sociation will be held Saturday, Dec. 14, at the Fairgrounds^in_Altamont The polls will be open from 2 to 4 o'clock. .: , Thirteen directors will be elected at the annual segSS^.Resent di- rectors are: Dan Frederick,, Howard Getman, Walter S. £Mpn, Raymond Meddaugh, Howard ^Qgsbury, Fos- ter Potter, Stuart Rompough, George R. Sawin, Rhodell M^Stanton, Van Rensselaer Taylor, Artw S. Tomp- kins and Andrei Ulrich; Following the election,, officers for 1558 will be elected by. the directors. More than 20 associate directors al- so serve with the board-in: conducting the affairs of the tnre^county fair. Namedlo^S*s List Willard J. VrtmaMrJSon of Mrs. Zelma K. Westfall, K.-D: 2; Delanson, a junior majoring in,animal hus- bandry at CobleStallvDistitUte, has •been named to the directpr'S list for scholastic excellence foy__.tfefe- fall term just ended. Mr. Vroman plans to be graduated in June, ij*&8, and qualify for the degree Pf.JfPoate in ap- plied science in agncultuie, Crossing Being Considered The Fuller R-d. railroad crossing in the Town of Guilderland, scene of six train-auto accidents in the last Congressman Ketmg congratulated Farm Bureau on ib Kitchen Kanfer- .. ence system-of porny development, now being installed and .work will \These discussion graups seem to belbe completed before the dedication, the best way of satang ianswers to\_, a. r n n J problems . of h*mg people back \jnderpass At t tiller Koad home understand problems, formulate r answers, and press iegislators for im-l plementing them,\ he said.. Agriculture's greatest problem is how to adjust to the fortunate abun- dance produced by i& great efficiency ,of the American fanfc according to the Hon. Mr. Keating. •-= \Right now, milfcisla. big point in question,\ Donald JfcVylckham, presi- dent of the New Yirk?,Farm Bureau, declared. He urged.dairymen to get together and agree uPJ?n. a workable milk promotion pro£ap» to increase the sale, particularly-fluid milk. He warned New York-'\'farmers against the danger of \eventually pricing ourselves out of the '.market if we depend only on raising the Class 1 price to make possible-, a satisfactory blend price.\ \Promoting Farm i-.Commodities was discussed by Herrell DeGraff, Babcock professor of lopd economics, Cornell University. (Taking part in further discussions of ^important mar- keting problems were Robert Marshall, president NYS Poultry-Council; Don- ald Shoemaker, president NYS Vege- table Growers assqaahon; Rolland Reitz, president NYS Horticultural so- ciety; Roy Forsyth, president NY Can- ning Crop Growers Coop,; and Phil Luke, president Empire State Potato Commissioner Daniel X Carey of the NYS Department of Agriculture and Markets spoke oiiidlkproblems. Altamont Faff |s|i Election \No business depends so much on the family as farming,\ New York SfTl Bur . e ^ i > !i esl< i ent « Dol ^ d ,x7 J ' committee, warned that the impor\- Wickham told delegates from the Wo- tance of ice rt programs _ as mens Committees of County Farm well ^ effects of tbBm on ^ cost Bureaus at the recent Farm Bureau of food to consumers _ is greatly ex- aggerated. \Supports can cushion declining prices for a few months by loans or purchases, but getting rid of govern- ment owned stocks is slow, painful and costly to farmers as well as to the government,\ he said. \So-called 'basic' crops constitute only one-fourth of total farm income and all price-suported products come to only about 40 percent,\ he pointed out He added that farm price sup- port programs were developed as at- tempted solutions to the problem of protecting farmers against severe losses through declining prices. \The only real preventative for re- (Continued on Page 6) convention in Syraduse. Mrsl Harry Garry of Berne repre- sented Albany county women, and acted on the nominating committee for State Women's chairman. Mrs. Charles Taylor of New Scotland also attended the women's meetings. Elected as State Women's chairman was Mrs. Leslie Lann of Genesee coun- ty where the Women's committee has conducted vigorous programs for safe- ty, promotion of farm products, and farm-city public relations. Accord- ing to Mrs. Garry, another project of the Genesee County Farm Bureau wo- men was to make a county farm di- rectory, assigning a number to each farm in the county. This number is to be painted conspicuously on a build- ing at each farm, and is marked on a map which is included in the direc- tory and hung in fire halls. Mrs. Robert Crane, Northeast Re- ion representative of the American Farm Bureau Federation Women's, ... . , , ,. . . . committee, urged women to work .^any county school district re- through Farm Bureau for a better fu- c «ved $6,398,732 m state aid in the ture. She stressed the importance of M 0 * ^* n ^ ^ J™ 30 - Com P^ '•tftii^ hart wrimpn pan nlav inimiirbvina- -1 trailer-\Arthur Levitt has announced \ ~ ~ year broke _d_qwn hke_ this: City of State Aid For Schools In County $6,398,732 -*.-•- /Albany;, $l/?37,656; City\ or *Cohoes, Newton Ronan, general chairman of the McKownville Methodist church, has announced a building fund crusade among members of the parish next week. The campaign, designed to secure pledges of $50,000 to start the* pro- ject, will be conducted Dee.. 2. to 8. Goal of the committee is $140,000 for completion of construction. The Rev. Charles Warner announced , attendance at worship service and 10 years, may be replaced by an Sunday school has increased 400 per underpass, it was revealed recently j cent in the past 10 years. Present plans call for added class at a hearing of the Public Service Commission. E. J. Ramer, principal civil ' en- gineer for the State Public Works department, was asked about meth- ods of eliminating the crossing by Commission Examiner Gerald W. Knapp. \It appears at present that the most practical solution would be for the highway to pass under the rail- road,\ he replied. \There are certain problems in- volved which will affect th^Hnal de- cision, one being the presence of water. As you know, near there is the Six Mile Water Works, and the low point of the present highway is practically at the high water level. The question of pumping will have to enter into the picture.\ Three deaths have occurred in the last seven years on the crossing, which goes over three tracks of the New York Central Railroad. In the last serious accident Aug. 19, a vaca- tioner from New York city was killed when his car was stranded between the electrically operated crossing gates. State Police records show there have been six accidents on the cross- ing in the last seven years, three of them fatal. Teen-Age Panel \Choosing Your Career,\ will be discussed Saturday evening, Nov. 30, from 6:30 to 7 o'clock on the teen- age television program, Youth Speaks Its Mind, with Mrs. Ralph Wester- velt of Altamont as moderator. The program, seen over station WCDA. channels 29 and 41, will fea- ture students from Guilderland Cen- tral High school this week, and Mrs: Lois Stevenson, employment inter- viewer for the General Electric Co. Mrs. Westervelt. author of \Get- ting Along in the Teen-Age World,\ is currently at work on a book deal- ing with the problems teen-agers face in deciding upon a career. The panel discussion series is pro- duced by the Mohawk-Hudson Coun- cil on Educational Television, and is locally sponsored by the Schenectady branch of the American Association of University Women. Student panelists this week will be Gail Strom, Ethel Hale, Ted Reta- jczyk and Dirck Westervelt. • Next Saturday, Dec. 7, four more students from Guilderland will appear on the program, and the following week, I ' Dec. 14, students from Nott Terrace I High school in Schenectady. rooms, office space and a new sanc- tuary, which will be built adjacent to the present edifice. Charles Shade, Albany architect, has been retained to design the new build- ing. Members of the building com- mittee are Dr. Milford Becker, Mrs. Stuart Crouse, Fred C. Dennison, Harold Johnson, George Sherman, Raymond Temple, Leslie Uphoff and Mrs. Floyd Johnston. December Designated As Christmas*Seal Month Governor Harriman, reminding New Yorkers the battle against tuberculosis is not yet won, has designated Decem- ber as \Christmas Seal Month\ in the state. Mr. Harriman noted that modern medicine had cut the death rate from tuberculosis more than 80 per cent in the last 20 years. But he said more than 10,000 cases were reported in New York state alone last y£ar, and the medical rehabilitation required still posed a \major need.\ Proceeds from the sale of Christmas Seals help support the work of the 65 tuberculosis and public health associa- tions in New York. Green Island^$59,310; Berne, <$314,t)3ft; Bethlehem, $541,867, Coeyirians,' $358,694; Colonie District 1, $1,252,- 450; Colonie District 5, $313,297; Guilderland, $818,458; New Scotland, $230,462, and other districts $18,403. The total of $6,398,732 was $2,227,- 921 more than Albany county districts received in 1954, Mr. Levitt said. Total state aid in' 1957 amounted to $451 million, an increase of more than 53 percent Over payments- in 1954. Increases in state aid were mainly the result of new formulas for appor- tionment, Mr. Levitt commented. He said raising enrollments in the last four years also boosted state aid. Dedicate Schalmont School The new Schalmont Junior-Senior High school on Duanesburgh Rd. was dedicated on Sunday. Chester Lang, regent of the University of the State of New York, gave the main ad- dress. Others participating in the program were Charles Hofman, presi- dent of the Schalmont board of edu- cation; John Fink, district superin- tendent of the Schenectady county schools; Bernard O'Neil, supervising principal of Schalmont schools, and Ernest Brown, principal of the new school. James Lothrop, architect with the firm of Perkins and'Will, presented the keys of the building to William- Wadsworth, president of the Student Council. The Schalmont band and chorus furnished music for the cere- mony. The dedication exercises were opened by the Rev. Arvin Roos of the Princetown Reformed church, and closed by the Rev, Anthony De- Franco of the Our Lady of Assump- tion church. Following the program the building was open for inspection. Members of the Student Council served as guides. The Parent-Teacher associa- tions of the district served refresh- ments. Explorer Post No. 17 had Charge of traffic on the grounds. Pack Christmas Boxes The Albany County Chapter, Am- erican Red Cross, has again partici- pated in the annual \Christmas on the High Seas\ project of American National Red Cross, Mrs. Arthur H. Lamborn, chairman, production and supply ..service, announced recently. The chapter quota of 48 gift -boxes has been packed and gift-wrapped in order that servicemen on the high seas on Christmas Day may not be ^without holiday cheer. These gifts have been sent t\ the field director, American Red Cross, Brooklyn army terminal, for proper distribution on shipboard. Some of the gifts will go to Operation Deep Freeze,., (Ant- arctica) and to such isolated installa- tions as Destroyer Escort^ Radar-'and Floating Warning Units, as-well as regular transport ships. GREATEST EXPORT This is sadder' Than : it's funny: • Our greatest, export Is folding money. 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