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fWi irst elephant was sent >y a Frew* Mend' cilia and bald cyprin 2?e common ia Eini( ; 'ago, but were killed M ce ages. j Water Board Abolishment is Abolishment of the Massena Board of Water Commissioners | was unanimously Voted by the village board at a regular meet- ing Monday night. The action brings to .a close J£hs of discussions, argu- I jnents and' battles over; the w a ter Board and its operation. The village board's resolution ss ed Monday night calls on the rater Board to \surrender and deliver forthwith\ to the'village jerk all records, documents and noney of the Water Board. The village board last ,Feb. 2 eld a public hearing on the pro- t„ abolish the Water Board Ibuf-fco action was taken at that lime- ., .- Trustee Steve Ferency said the labolishment of the Water Board \ part of a general revamping D f the village offices aimed at nore efficient operations: [Coventry [f Manager If Chamber Members of the Water Board are Henry Taylor; chairman; } Jacob Robinson, Matthew D'Ari- enzo and 0. T. McGuiggan. The term of Arthur Dishaw has ex- pired and no new appointment was made. During the meeting the village board appointed two new mem- bers to the Planning Commis- sion. They are Wfflianv Von Goeben of Chevrolet for three years and C. E. Calvert of Rey- nolds Metals Company for one year. Mr. Von Goeben replaces Philip Hellinckx and Mr. Calvert replaces William Shutts. Mayor Thomas S. Bushnell re- ported to the board during the meeting that it is expected the new sewage disposal plant will be ready for operation by July 1. Edward Lewis, town assessor, was also appointed the village assessor by the board. A special meeting of the board was set for 1 p.m. Wednesday, May 20, for completion of the tax warrant. At the next regular meeting of the board June 8, it was de- cided Monday, bids will be opened on concrete sewer pipe, corrugated sewer pipe and a The Masfeena Cold, showers toftite. tinned ..cool Friday. Cotb ^FAA Reports Mon., May U EsfaMisM DM. 2,1891 - - - ItasMa's Oldest lidnstnr H t Pr. 82 to tc Tues., May 12 72 50 tr. Wed, May 13 69 61 M Today, 11:30 a.m. 55 45 .13 VOLUME 69 r- ISSUE 4316 Paid at MMMII. V. T. MASSENA, NEW YORK, THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1959 PmUiriwd Monday* and Th»r»di»y» Itiwtui Ofcatrnsr PntVehinK Co. 10 Cents a €<$> 240 - Unit Holiday Inn notion.' Mr Coventry, a native of Eng- ie served a number of years as I a commissioned officer in both thPBritish and Indian armies. In 1929 he entered the United States and for several years was news editor and foreign news commentator for Radio Station 10 in Seattle, Wash., During Vorld War 2 he served in Wash- ington, D. C. with the British overnment as a member of the British Supply Council. Mr. Coventry'returned to Lon- „England in 1947 and was ap- [loader and backhoe. That same W. G ' Bill' Coventry has been night two public hearings on appointed manager of the Mas-; traffic will be held, one to estab era Chamber of Commerce, ac jlish a no parking zone on Beach ording to Albert J. Slavin, i St. between Chase and Pleasant preside nt. j and the other to establish one- \It is anticipated that with the way traffic on Center St. between appointment of a manager to re- j Paddock Pk. and Park Ave. lace Roger Hansen,\ Mr. Slavin | A group of residents of Cook aid. that the activities of the j St. appeared at the meeting to amber will make great ad« protest the establishmemt of a ances. particularly in the field' second junk yard by the Jacobs if tourism and industrial pro- ( firm there. Mayor Bushnell pointed out that the area is zoned as Commercial C and that and. was educated at the, Royal ; junk yards are allowable in such tilitary College of Sandhurst, j zones. An ordinance providing two hour parking on both sides of center St. from N. Main to Park Ave. was adopted by the board after no one appeared at a public hearing. Five local firms submitted bids on a new village dump truck and the bids will be studied before a contract to furnish the truck is given. Both St. Lawrence Transit Mix and Massena Redimix submitted bids on Portland cement and the! :ed as United Ly?,dom j St. SMwrence Transit t^fix bid of de Commissioner in Winni- $1G a tabic yard was accepted, eg, Canada. He remained there'Bids of Barrett Division on Memorial Day Plans Are Mapped A large number of units have been invited to participate in the Memorial Day parade to be held Saturday morning, May 30, Fred E. Genaway and Roland Bertrand, co-chairman of the day's observance for the Amer- ican Legion, said today. Invitations have been sent to the American. Legion Post and Auxiliary, VFW Post and Aux- iliary, VFW Drill Squad, Marine Corps League, Disabled Ameri- can Veterans, Massena Volun- teer Fire Department and Aux- iliary, Massena Police Depart- ment, Boy Scouts of America, Girl Scouts, Cub Scouts, Brown- ies, Odd Fellows Lodge, Civil Air Patrol, Company C, 314tb MP Battalion, Moose Lodge, Masonic Veterans, Armenian Veterans, Canadian Legion, Ca- nadian Legion Pipe Band, Sons of Italy Club, Woman's Relief Corps, Elks Lodge, Knights of Columbus, the high school band and the Winthrop American Le- gion. The parade will form on Alcoa Field and start moving at 9:45 a.m., ending at Massena Me- morial Park on Andrews St. where ceremonies will be held. Main speaker at the ceremon- ies will be Mayor Thomas S. Bushnell, past commander of the, local and county American Le- gion. Mr. Genaway and Mr. Ber- trand, co-chairmen, are being assisted by Sterling Brownell, ceremonies chairman; Elwood Gardner, master of ceremonies; John Gibson, parade marshal; Toni Savoca, who will read Gen- eral Logan's Orders; Reginald Cross, arrangement* chairman; Ilenrj Nadeau, graves i /*<*co T ?- PLAN HOSPITAL AUXILIARY DANCE. The Massena Memorial Hospital Auxiliary will hold its annual May Ball Saturday ni*ht, May 16, in the town hall auditorium from 9:30 to 1:30. Seated in front are Mrs. Fred Pletzker and Mrs. William von Goeben, co-ehairmen of the dance. Standing are Mrs. John McCann, viicepresident of the Auxiliary and hostess chairman; Mrs. Arthur Keenan, Auxiliary president; Mrs. Bernard Sanborn, decorations chairman, and Mrs. John Debbink, ticket chair- man. ( * Auxiliary May Ball On Saturday The annual May Ball of the Massena Memorial Boapi t a 1 Auxiliary will be held from 9:30 | to 1:30 Saturday night, Hay 16, in the town hall auditorium. Funds from the dance will ,.j» until 1955 when his temporary appointment was completed. He then took over as the first • in- dustrial commissioner in Corn- wall. He resigned that post in 1959 for personal reasons. & C. Day To Be Held [On Sunday The 65;h and 66th New York Districts of the Knights, of Co\ lumbus will hold K. of C. Day in MSsena Sunday, May 17, when *he third degree will be confer* red on a large class of candi- dates. Councils from Massena, Pots- dam, Canton, Norwood, Ogdens-. burg, Brasher Falls and Wad- dington will be represented at the day's activities. All candidates and members I will assemble at 7 a.m. in the SfAawrence Council hall at 53 E. Or/is St. and together they will attend the 7:45 a.m. Mass in Sacred Heart Church. Breakfast will be .served at 10:30 a.m. in the Massena Town ( Hall and during ceremonies there a presentation will be nade for Wadhams Hall. A parade of K. of C. members land candidates will move at 1:30 |P $ from the Council club on Orvis St. to St. Mary's Church where benediction will be given at 2 p.m. followed by the conferring of the' third de- gree at 3 p.m. in St. Mary's so- cial hall. In the line of march of the I Parade will be a band, parade marshal, past grand knights and charter members. I ijkbuffet luncheon will be serv- edTmniediately after the degree in the Council club house. The K. of C. Club is a bee- hive of activity this week in preparation for the event' and nearly every member is active en one of the numerous com- mittees. In preparation for the major tegree here Sunday, the first degree was given here last night \the second degree will be [given in Ogdensburg tonight. Handling the third degree *ork here Sunday will be the famed degree team from West* Chester County. The state depu- ty will also be present. The entire event is being ded- icated by St. Lawrence Council \41 of Massena to the memory Hie late Lawrence F. Hodge. crushed stone and asphalt road oil were accepted with the prices being the same as last year. Trustees Ferency and William Shutts were named by Mayor Bushnell to study two accounting C ^™?°___ a y\- machines after bids on them were opened during the meeting. tions;' Mary Gardner,-American j Legion Auxiliary president, din- ner chairman, and Formosa De- gre, decorations. The VFW Firing Squad will handle the flag raising cere- monies under the direction of This year for the first time the Gold Star Mothers will be in- National Cash Register Co. bid vit ed by the Legion Auxiliary $6,435 and Burroughs Corp. bid only and will be picked up at $8,222. their homes and brought to the Legion Club where they will be Protests from Walter Aslanian that his property had been as- sessed at full value and from Ray Bond that he had been over- charged on front footage were taken under advisement. Application by John Oakes to establish a taxi service in Mas- sena drew a protest during the meeting from William Brunt, owner of Carl's Taxi. Mr. Brunt said the number of taxis in Mas- sena has decreased and there is no need for another taxi com- pany. The board agreed with Trustee Carman Bradshaw that the building at Massena Springs Park be either moved or burned since it is a detriment to the appearance of the park. given corsages and then taken to the parade and escorted to the ceremonies. Afterward they will go either to the Legion Club or VFW Hall for dinner, which- ever post they wish to attend. Gold Star Mothers should call Mrs. Mary Gardner to confirm their attendance. Mr. Nadeau and Mr. Bertrand graves decoration committee* men, also announced that this year flags and markers may be obtained by the next of kin at the American Legion Home on E. Orvis St. for anyone wishing them for a deceased veteran. This move is made since it is getting more difficult each year to see that the graves of all veterans are decorated. Information Center Given By Reynolds to Massena, To Be Placed This Spring Reynolds Metals Company has | standing informed Albert Slavin, president of the Chamber of Commerce, that the firm will donate without charge the modern, all-aluminum tourist information' center to Massena. Originally the information cen- ter was tq have been built for Post Office Curator Here To Confer on First Day Of Issue of Seaway Stamp equipment <u , T ~ J_. • *. i ibeen issued jointly with another Stanley J. Hodziewich, curator country for the U. S. Post Office Depart- ment, was in Massena Monday No ceremonies are planned to provide nursing tr^ar*iufj to confer with Postmaster Thorn- here in conjunction with the first srt up 'r the Auxiliary ~'~*&''4F\**- Pay about the_first day of day of issue, Mr. Hodziev.tli issue of the U. S. Seaway Stamp: said. But at Montreal' that \day here Friday, June 26. | President Eisenhower and Queen On that day the stamp will be Elizabeth, who will officially issued only in Massena and the open the seaway, will be given following day will go on sale in 1 special presentation albums with more than 37,000 post offices all, the stamps, over the United States, Mr. Hod- , , , ziewich explained. Supervising the first day cover One hundred and twenty mil- operations here 'will be George lion of the U. S. stamps will be Kuv g of Washington who is ex- issued and 1.5 million will be on ^^prior to amve about a week Harte Haven Will Have Modern 2 • Story Motel Fronting Urban Highway Construction will start within ,30 days on a new Holiday Inn which will be located at Harte Haven, north of the Urban High- way and east of Grove St. Stanley Harte- has just an- nounced that negotiations have been completed with the Holi- day Inns of America Corporation for the construction of a 240-unit motel in Masena. Test borings have already been made. The Gilbane Build- ing Company of Providence, R.I., has already been selected to build the structure. John Hans Graham and Associates, Washington, D.C. are the archi- tects, planners and engineers for the Holiday Inn company. The Holiday Inns of America Corp. will build 96 units imme- diately and these should be ready- for occupancy by the end ci the year. The detailed plans call for a 240-unit development. While no cost estimates have been announced, the entire proj- ect will probably amount to two and one-half million dollars. The Massena Holiday Inn will have executive suites, a res- taurant, night club, swimming pool, coffee shop, gift shop, meeting and banquet rooms and will be air conditioned tbrough : out. The architecture calls for two- story buildings, built in 48-room sections, in a - rectangle. The buildings will be interconnected, and the swimming pool will be in the center. The entrance will be on Grove St. but the motel will front on the Urban Highway. It will also have an entrance from the ex- tended Parker Ave.-Urban High- way intersection when that high- way improvement project is completed. Harte Haven has six acres of land in that area, which will provide ample space for the motel and parking. The Holiday Inns of America Corporation was started just seven years ago, the first motel being built in Memphis, Tenn. It is one of the largest motel chains in America, and now has 1,755 rooms in 71 motels located in Alabama, Texas, Florida, Georgia and Tennessee. Eleven of these motels are company op- erated and the other 60 3*e franchised operations. The Holiday Inns of AHtenea I Corporation is extending its op- 'erations into the fiddle Atlantic and New England States. Mas< sena has been selected as a most favorable location due' to the impending increase in tour- ist business. purchase auuitional for the hospital. Mrs. Fred C. Pletzker and Mrs. William Van Goeben are co-chairmen of the cabaret-style dance. The Autumnaires will play for dancing. Mrs. John Debbink is ticket chairman and tickets may be obtained at the door. Mrs. Ber- nard Sanborn, decorations chair- man, is planning a Spring motif for the hall. Mrs. John R. McCann is chair- man of the hostess committee. 'Hostesses will be Mrs. Fred Pletzker, Mrs. John McCann, Mrs. Richard Donnelly, Mrs. Ed- ward Hale, Mrs. Arthur Keenan, Mrs. Oral Helmer, Mrs. Emmett Folgert and Mrs. Walter Bas- majian. Big Ocean Ships Passing By Our Door Ships using the seaway are getting bigger ail the time. Monday night the largest ship to date was put through the U, S. locks here. It was the Nipigon Bay, 692 feet long. Pre- viously the longest ship handled was the 620-foot Georgian Bay. The seaway locks have a us- able length of 768 feet. Traffic on the U. S. locks is also heavy. As of Wednesday morning 537 vessels had been locked through since the opening of the seaway Apr. 25. 12-Year-Old Hogansburj Boy Saves Man From Drowning After Accident hand in the Massena Post.office. A staff of 40 to 50 persons is being retained to handle the to June 26. The U. S. Seaway Stamp will . be in the 4 cent denomination first day of issue operations in while ^ Canadian stamp will be ^ town to^ auditorium, ^'Jof 5 cent denomination. Both Hod j? ewk * sa ff L will be printed in red and blue Through this stamp, many on white ^^ Both have tne more people wifl know aboutl Great L^^ and connec ti ttg Massena, know how to spell iti^s of the design on blue back . and know what it stands for, \ ground with captiQQS in red, the curator predicted. It is an-j utili2ing ihe national co i ots oi ticipated that upwards of 300,000 lboth coantries . first day covers will be cancelled here during the first day of issue. Mr. Hodziewich pointed out that in the past in first day Collectors , desiring first-day cancellations of the 4-cent U. S. stamp may send addressed en- velopes, together with remit- covers many firms have pur- ] tance, to cover the cost of the chased the special envelopes to, stamps to be affixed, to the send through the mails the first day. Monday afternoon Mr. Hodzie- wich met with Seaway Corp. Administrator Lewis G. Castle to discuss the first day of issue and the stamp. Mr. Castle pointed out that both the U. S. and Can- ada did an excellent job on the stamp. Postmaster Fay stressed that Massena is very fortunate to have the first day of issue here. The curator stated that this is the irst time that a stamp has civic contribution,\ Mr. Slavin said. \It indicates the firm's willingness and de-| sire to become an integral part of our community.\ Mr. Slavin pointed out that the aluminum booth will be one of the first things that tourists will see as they arrive in Mas- Postmaster, Massena, N. Y. A cancelling machine will also be set up in the post office where the first day of issue cancella- tion can be made even without adresses. No personal checks can be accepted for the stamps. the, Chamber of Commerce for sena and will give them a good the cost of materials only, esti- j impression of the community mated at about $850. However the final cost of the project will be closer to $5,000. A Reynolds spokesman wrote Mr. Slavin that \we have de? cided, therefore, to underwrite the entire cost of the building and tq donate it to the Village of Massena. There will be no need for the Chamber to reim- Imrsje Reynolds for any part of this project.\ The Reynolds spokesman said it is planned to install the cen- ter m time for the coming tour- ist season. The attractive cen- ter will be set up in the park- ing lot on W. Orvis St. It is anticipated that when the center is completed, an un- veiling ceremony will be held.\ \We are indebted to Reypolds Metals Company for tbM out* as well as showing them that Massena is the aluminum capi- tal of the nation. The Chamber president, point- ing to the Chamber's wish to further improve tourist facili- ties, is working to get toilet fa- cilities in or near the informa- tion center. New Colnmn Gives Advice on Home Finances Down - to - earth advice on how to handle your personal fi- nances is given by Faye Henley in a new column being featured in each issue of The Observer. Look for it today and in every Issue on the editorial page. FIRE DEPARTMENT HONORED. Lewis Hiler, past chief of the Massena Volunteer Fire Department, re- ceives the first place award from the New York State Association of Insurance Agents in the Association's annual fire safety contest. Shown with Mr. Hiter are Donald A. Fazioli of Troy, chairman of the Agents* Association Fire Prevention Committee; Herbert Hatch, Massena agent who has an almost perfect record of convention attendance for 36 years, and Herbert S. Brewer of Lockport, president of the Asso- ciation, who presented the award. School Fund Drive Hits $453,758 Sacred Heart's new school building fund campaign, which was formally launched at a kick- off dinner Wednesday, May 6, was headed for highly successful conclusion' at presstime today, with a pleri-ged total of $453,758, according to the report from the Rt. Rev. Msgri Lous D. Berube, pastor and honorary chairman and treasurer. There were nearly 400 men on hand May 6 when the workers turned in their own gifts to the campaign for a total of $20^\000. General solicitation began-Sun- day, May 10, and at the first re- port meeting Monday, May 11, the pledges turned in swelled the total to over $417,000. At.a second report, meeting' Wednesday, May 13, additional cards turned in brought the pres- ent total to $453,758. There is one more report meet- • ing to be held Friday night at| 7:30 ©\clock and approximately 150 cards are still to be turned in. Thus the total wili eventually exceed $460,000. t '•.J- H^mttslrr-• man coi'*d very [well owe his v life to a~12%-ear-olii ,'lad who plunged into the St. (Regis River near Hogansburg about 3 p.m. Sunday after the man was flipped from ins boat. | The story was brought to light this Week when a teacher at the I St. Regis-Mohawk School at i Hogansburg called The Ob- ! server to give details of the life I saving. I Jake Thompson was in a boat ; in the river below the dam at i Hogansburg trying to start the motor and when the motor start- ed he was thrown out and the boat took off by itself. Children on shore saw Mr. No Decision Regarding Dairy League No definite decision has been reached regarding the closing of the Dairymen's League Plant, Harold J. Smythe, manager, said today. The matter is under discus- sion. In fact, it has been discus- sed for the past year. Only a percentage of the milk is coming into the Massena plant that did before the seaway and power projects were started and large dairy farms in those areas were acquired. Right now most of the milk is coming in from Moira and Winthrop areas. In case, the lo- cal plant closed down, the Moira milk would probably go to Bom- bay and the Winthrop milk to Potsdam plant. The milk coming into Massena is being separated into cream, which goes to New York City, or manufactured into powder for use in bakeries. Dairymen's League bought out the Beakes Dairy in 1927. The building was formerly an army warehouse in War 2. About 60 people are employed at the Dairymen's League at the present time. ' ThCinp?tu struggling in tht watei- and tfaey galled, to Irvi»'i~ j Papineau, 12, a sixth grader s ' the school and son of Mr. anc j Mrs. Alex Papineau.^ \I took my boat* and wen! after the man,\ Irving related ' \and threw him a life cushion when 1 got near him.\ j But Mr. Thompson missed 'the j life cushion and Irving took off j his shoes and dove into the water, retrieved the life preserv- I er and gave it to Mr. Thompson. i In the boat with Irving at the time were his brother, Willy Papineau, 8, and Donald White, ll. While the two were in th« water, Thomas White launched another small boat and went hit a the river and picked up Mr. Thompson and brought him tc shore while Irving returned i.e his boat and went back to shora Fire Chief Reid Thanks People For Cooperation Due to the cooperation of the general public, the number of grass fires was cut down by 31 percent this year over last year, Fire Chief William Reid report- ecT. - There were 47 grass fires. In some years there have been over 100 such fires. Chief Reid expressed his ap- preciation to the public in help- ing cut down the number of needless fires. P. Numberger Transferred To Pittsburgh Paul H. Nurnberger, buyer i. the purchasing department cl Massena Operations, Alcoa, wiU be transferred to the purchasing department in Pittsburgh about the middle of June. Erwin G. Schoeffel, manages of Massena Operations, made the announcement. Mr. Nurnberger was born in Avalon, Pa., a son of Mrs. Clara Njurnberger and the late J. C. Nurnberger. He attended pub- lic schools there and graduated as a chemical engineer from the Case School of Applied Science ,in 1941. He came to Massena after se- curing his degree and worked as a chemical engineer until 1944 when he entered (lie U. S. Navy. He served.-as lieutenant <jg) and was honorably discharged, in Au- gust, 1946. He then returned to Massena as a staff engineer and worked in several departments imtirTSSji when, he transferred to the purchasing department as a buyer. \ '•„ \r-He and Miss Katherine SHI were married in December, 1947, at the home of her parents, As? semblyman and Mrs. Allan P. Sill. They live at 12 Highland Ave. . and have three cfiildrenj Elizabeth 9^ John 6 and Mar garet 3. Both Mr. and Mrs. Numbergei are active in community affairs. He is a member, of Massena Lodge 513, F. & A, M., a past high priest of Massena Chapter 300; R. A. M., and a member of Massena Commandery 71,-K. T* He is a member of Emmanuel Congregational Churca and bowls in the Alcoa Bowling League. . « •m
