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Temperatures HOME OF THE ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY — POWER DEVELOPMENT Wed. May 10 Thurs. May 11 Fri. Sat. Sun. Mon. Vol. May 12 May 13 ' May 14 May 15 76, No. 50 47 53 ';• 58 59 49 6578 35 30 31 26 31 43 .01 .22 .03 .0 .0 .06 LETTERBOX Ezpo Food Costa, 5 Village Budget - See Letterbox On Editorial Page •:.••! « ' • :: .1 MASSENA'S OLDEST INDUSTRY ESTABLISHED DEC. 2, 1891 Massena, N. Y., Tuesday, May 16,1967 SINGLE COPY 15# Donaldson Seeks Post Coroner David E. Donaldson, ~sena, a ^well known Marjena and area funeral directory to- day announced bis candidacy for St. Lawrence County Cor- oner, ,on the Republican ticket to succeed Dr. J. B. Pike, the present St. Lawrence 'Jounty Coroner, who will not seek re- > election in this fall's election. Mr. Do-.a%on, as born in Massena, Sept. 12, 1940, a son, of Vernon and Evelyn H. Don- aldson. .He is a gradua J of Massena High School in 1958 and Simmons School- c'\ Em- balming and Mortuary Sc' nee in 1960, with a Mortuary Sci- ence Degree, Syracuse. He is associated with his fa- ther, Vernon J. Donaldson, 14-year veteran as town coun- cilman on the Massena Town Board, in the operation of the Donaldson Funeral Home and ' •\' ulance Service, in Mas- sena. Mr. Donaldson, is a member •' of the First Methodist Chi. ch, also a member of the official board of- the church; Jlassena Jaycees, which lie- has served as first and second vicepresi- dent, director, and state direc- tor;* this year, he served as a statejudge of the records and \recognition pisrtlfoliir-uf—the New York State Jaycees; Mas- senaLodge 513 F.&AM;. St. Lawrence County Office of Civil Defense; St. Lawrence County and New York State Funeral Directors' Associa- tions; and a member of Mas- sena young Republican Club. Mr. Donaldson, is presently secretary - treasurer of the St. Lawrence County Funeral Di- rectors' Association.. He is married to the former Joan Barkley, and they have 1 .one\ son, Bradley David, 2._ Encampment ToNote65th Anniversary Empire Encampment 97 will observe its 65th anniversary on Wednesday night, May 17, at 8 o'clock at the Odd Fellows Tem- : pie. Robert A. Pitts, grand patri- arch of the Grand Encamp- ment of the State of New York, will be the guest of honor and ; will make his official visit at that time. A short program will be held to observe the anniversary of The enfiampmEntrATMiffenunclP eon will be served after the meeting. All members, families and friends of all branches of the Odd Fellows are invited to at- tend. , ' , 85x200 Ice Rotarians Seek Site • V \ Boom to Stop Oil Flow, Used for Torrey Canyon age, Demonstrated in the event of an on the waterways, thdd SENIOR GIRL WINNERS. The annual Good Citizens Awards were made to senior girls from St. Lawrence Valley by the Nihanawate Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revo- lution The six girls were guests at a tea held at the home of Mr, and Mrs. C. I. Allen, Ransom Ave., Wednesday. Seated are Mrs. William T. LeRoy, regent; Mrs. Lloyd Washburn, Potsdam; Mrs. Thomas Wade, Mrs. Robert Squires, co-chair- manof the-Good Citizens Committee. Good Citizens Award winners include Misses Gail McCiain, Canton Central School; Nancy McLaughlin, St. Lawrence Central School;' Marguer- ite Balukjian, Potsdam Central; Paul Henderson, Norwood- Norfolk Central; Trudy Hanmer, Massena Central; Fay Rud- dy, Madrid-Waddington. C7 -/ Concerned over the possibili- ty of oil polluting St. Lawrence •Suiway waters to a great de- i acci- y, Sea- officials watche a dem- onstration of a commercially nude T-T Oil boom\on the Grasse River yesterdaj after- noon. The boom is the same type used to corral oil at Cornwall, England saving the oyster beds there- from contamination as a result of oil spillage by the T Canyon oiLJanker inci Asked to Come Here To Tell of Elm Disease An expert from the New Yor State Department of Conserva tion will be asked to come to discuss elm free Massena to spraying. Mayor G. Laurence White at a board meeting Monday night said he had been visited by a group of women from the gar den club, protesting the spray ing due to the possible harm it might do to the birds. An article by a-professor at the Iowa State University said that spraying at this time of year, when the leaves are coming out, is detrimental to the birds. Reginald Cross, superinten- dent of the Department of Pub- lic Works, told the board that there is much controversy as to when to spray elm trees in order to save them. spraying could be done in the winter Jjme, but that this is for the bark beetle^This; takes 20 to 30 gallons to the tree. Spraying for the leaf beetle is done when the trees leaf out, 4th District Federated GardenClubs SeMet Massenansior Ottimrz Spring meeting-of the Fourth District of the Feder- ated Garden Clubs of New York State, Inc., was held May 11, 1967, at the Gideon Putnam Hotel, Saratoga Springs, with the State President, \Mrs. Ger- son T. Hirsch, presiding. The following slate of of- ficers wa? elected for 1967 and Director, Miss Helen L. Stiles, ' Gouverneur Garden {Club; Assistant Director, Mrs. Hugh Germanetti, Plant Grow and Arrange Garden Club of Massena; Recording Secretary Mrs. Steve Sedlock, Seaway Valley Garden Club of Mas- Juhior High Music Concert Wednesday The Junior High Music de- partment is presenting a tribute to Spring Season with their , Choral and Orchestra Concert tomorrow, Wednesday evening, , Y at 7:30, in the Junior High Audi- torium. The choruses will be singing many favorites and the public iSjCordially invited to join us in tha evening of song. sena; Treasurer, Mrs. I. W, Taylor, Massena Garden Club; and Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. Wallace J. Cropper, Gouverneur Garden Club. Precluding the election of of- ficers, a lecture and demon- stration on \Flower Arranging through the Centuries\ was presented by Mrs. George . J. Hirsch. the time usuallxrfla!ig-*fhria'l ter part of. May. —- The village board has al- ready signed the contract for . leaf spraying, a practice in existence for the past several years;- :. —-•--- Mayor White said he thought that the conservation depart- ment expert would be able -t< give the latest information on the saving\ of elm trees. He said that the women of the gar- den clubs would also be invited to hear him. Trustee Robert Dougherty said that the department of pub- lic works should'be recognized for the safety award earned. He also mentioned the letter received from Sf. Mary's eighth graders who were given a tour of the water treatment plan and the sewage treatmen! plant-He said-that he-thought it was a good thing for Mas sena's future citizens to know something about the village facilities. June 5 was-set ar the-date for public hearings on parking meters back of the fire station, for opening bids for a new 1967 dump truck and % ton pickup, also for currugated metal pipe. The board opened bids Mon- day night for material for the department of public works, in- cluding-concrete which wetrirto the St. Lawrence Transit Mix at 516.50 per cable yard; re-iH- fofced concrete pipe To the j lone Concrete Products Com- pany; road gravel to Michaud and Sons; liquid chlorine to \ames Chemical; distamaceous earth to S. H. Ireland, Johns- town. $404,785 May Welfare This County Albany — State Comptroller Arthur Levitt has the distribution of announced 168,405,500, -for the month of May 1967, to the 64 Public Welfare Districts in the State. These monies represent ap- proximately 80 percent of the Federal and State share of the anticipated welfare expendi- The Top of State Book Available At Observer Top o' the State, the new his- toric and scenic St. Lawrence County Guide, is available at The Observer office and other places in Massena. Written by Edith L. Costa in collaboration with Mary H. Biondi, St. Lawrence County historian, the book consists' of a series of 16 scenic and historic tours of St. Lawrence County. The price of the book is $1.95 plus sales tax. tares by the localities. Federal share of these ad- vances, amounts to $32,942,000. The share listed for St. L§w- rence County, to $404,785. 8,078 Visit Two thousand, three hundred and eight vehicles visited the south side of Eisenhower Lock from 8:00 a.m., May 1, to 8:00 a.m., May 8, 1967. Estimating the visitors at 3.5 per vehicle, the total number of visitors during this period was 8,078. As of May 8, visitors to Eisenhower Lock this year, to- & 27,806. Lower Five petitions to review VU* efty*n s lage of Massena . tax assess- ments will be aired in St. Law- rence County court according to the motion calendar posted by the County Clerk. In each case a reduction hi the assessment on the tax roll is sought! Edward McHugh, Potsdam, and Lawrence X.: Dalton, Mas- sena, seek a reduction of their property at the corner of Main and Phillips Ste., the former Clark Hardware proper t y, which is now assessed for $24,- 250. The land is assessed for $11,790 and the building $12,- 460. The reduction* sought is not to exceed $15,000. Maztor Realty Corp., bound- ed by the Mason and Sykos Properties and: the Grasse. Biy- er at 20 Main St., is currently assessed foi $16,000 including $7,680 for the land and $8,320 for the building. A reduction to $8,000 is being^asked. Ann S. : Chase, Clarkson ive., has .petitioned to have her property at Clarkson Ave., known as lot 20 and 21, a total of 77 feet-wide, and 140 feet ieep, to be reduced from $6,- '50 to $4,750. The land is as- sessed for $924 and the build- ing $5,826, Harry and Rose Clopman r St., bounded by the Mason property and the Grasse River reduced to $2,000 from ^770 for the building and $5,580 for 1he land, or a total of $6,350. United Cinema owners of, the Inc., Corp., Community Theatre, formerly Schine The- atre, on Main St., are asking to have the $39,700 assessment reduced to $17,500. The current assessment includes $12,850 land and $26,650 for the build- ing. Attorney , 'Bennett Abrams is representing the United Ci- nema Inc., Corp., while At torney Lawrence X. Dalton representing all of the othei Massen I cases. Defendants named are th< Mayor^ Village board of trus- tees, village assessors of the Village of Massena. William Saumier is the assessor. Petitions filed were the re- sult of hearings held on Grievance Day, Feb. 21. 'Didn't Learn Thing About Lottery' ~ Mayor Mayor G. Laurence White said that he did not learn a thing on the proposed sale of lottery^tickets which State Tax Commissioner Joseph H. Mur- phy said he was going to ex- plain at the Association ol Towns, the County Officers As- sociation, awl the Conference of Mayors held at 'Syracuse, last Thursday. Attending the eonferen c e :r_om_ Massena were May o r White, Trustee are seeking to have then- prop- Dougherty, and ~ \\,'. ~\ • • - • • - « - - - - Robert J< Frank Pelle- Observer Coverage Aids Lions Club Fund Drive Mr; Leonard Prince, Editor Massena Observer . Maifl Street _ . . . : Massena, New York 13662 ^ Dear Mr. Prince: * .. As you know the Massena Lions Hospital Fund more than doubled its original goal of $10,000. That the Lions exceeded their goal in such a spectacular fashion was due only in part to the very generous response of the people of bur community. The members of the Massena Lions Club realize that a fund drive of this kind would not be possible without the cooperation and help of local news media. We also realize that the newspaper cover- age that the Massena Observer gave us during this fund drive was greatly responsible for the overwhelming response^ to our appeal. ' On behalf of the Lions Club of Massena, I would like to take this opportunity to personally thank you and the members of your staff for your help and publicity during the fund's progress. The Board of Directors would also like to thank you for the publicity you have given our other annual projects throughout the year. Without your help in bringing the message to the pub- lic, it would be impossible for our club and the other service organizations to perform any useful contribution to our com- munity. Thank you very much. Sincerely yours; Hugh Germanetti, President - Massena Lions Club grino, Charles Mitchell and Thomas Fitzpatrick. Purpose of the meeting vas called for an all day seminar on the aid programs for out- door recreation facilities. Prior to the conference, State T-x Commissioner Jo- seph H. Murphy said the con- ference of mayors would be contacted and their coopera- tion be enlisted -to bring .infor- mation about lottery to the at- tention of local 'officials. The lottery Is to go in effect June i, with funds directed to- ward education. Since Commissioner Mur- phy's announcement was made th«t banks woulo, handle the sale of lottery tickets there has been considerable discus- sion on the amount, varying from rtight to 12 per cent, would receive for selling the lottery tickets. Last weekend the chairman of the House Banking Committee in Wash- ington condemned the use of federally insured »anks for the sale qfjottery tickets as \a great boost to the gambling industry.\ County Fire Chief s Set Election Meet The St. Lawrence County Fire Chiefs' Association, Inc. will hold their bi-monthly regu- lar dinner meeting and election qf officers for the coming year 1967-68, at the Norwood Inn Thursday evening, May 18, at 7:30 p.m. A roast beef dinner will be served. All members of the associa- tion and all newly elected fire chiefs and assistant chiefs, are urged to attend. Reservations should be in to- Rodney Mur- ray, 3 Spring St., Norwood, by May 16th. dent off the coast of England. Oil contamination to a grea degree could come to the Sea- way at any point from any tanker in the system. the Seaway Corp., has de- tergent in drums at the Eisen- hower and Snell locks to elimi- nate the spread of oil at either lock. The same detergent could hose down areas in Lake St. Lawrence, the Wiley-Dondero canal or the St. Lawrence Riv- er if need 4>e. But -. the system- ^demon- strated yesterday is a method used only for the past eigh years. It was developed by the Hurum Shipping & Trading Co., Ltdrr Oslo, Norway, with offices hi Montreal. It's a simple enough ap- paratus to use and always poses the question, \why didn I think of that before?\ The T-T Oil Boom comes hi 146 feet lengths. One section costs close to $1,200. It has a nylon cloth, foam plastic floats on each side, lead weights at- tached to the lower edge o portion which is underwater. Aluminum rods sewiL into th cloth keep the boom in a verti- cal position hi the water. The boom cloth is three feet wide, two feet submerged and one foot in the water. The \boom is stretched oui its full distance or semi-cir- cled to trap any oil on the water am 1 then encircled so the oil can be skimmed by vari- ous means. In the demonstration yester- day the oil was covered with detergent which is used by the Seaway locally. Using the boom is simple enough. It's like using a stur- geon line. Only the oil boom hasJloats-Or itlcould-be-Gom- pared to netting fish. Oil slick was. found several years ago seriously contami- nating the Massena Town Beach on Lake St. Lawrence. Had the oil Twen detected be- fore it reached the beach, the oil boom could have been put to effective use. Residents of the Village of Massena and some parts of ;he township obtain their wa- er through the Massena -In- take on Lake St. Lawrence; so does Alcoa, Massena Opera- tions. Both Reynolds Metals Co. T and Chevrolet Foundry ob- tain their water supply from the St. Lawrence River, but downstream from the intake. Among those watching the demonstration on board the Robinson Bay tug yesterday were Brendon -T. Jose, assist- ant administrator; William Grothaus, superintendent of maintenance and operations; William Spriggs, chief of lock operations; John Adams, safe- ty engineer, all of the Ameri- an St- Lawrence Seaway De- •elopmenf Corp.; R. J. Burn- side; Donald McKehsie, John Butts, Tom Lachappelle, all of he Canadian Seaway Authori- y; Reginald Cross, superin- ;endent of the department of lublic works for the Village of Jassena; Robert Connor and foseph Newtown, New York Itate Power. Authority; Wil- anf Massey, Metropolitan Oil o.; and Sven Hurum, man- iging director of the firm. BooksNeeded Paperback books, or other andy-size books, are needed or American Legion Mountain dump be open to residents Camp at Tupper Lake. If anyone has some to give iway, they may be left at the Legion Home on East Orvis St., Tuesday or Wednesday mis week. This project by the American iary. The Massena Rotary Club _ for a wvered ice arena in Massena are moving forwarl at a good pace. At a meeting of the commit, tee held-Tuesday night in t\M> - Town Hall it was revealed that the kind and type of building has been generally agreed upon. It is to be a building of solid construction, containing an ice surface measuring 85' by 200', and housing the necessary, ice plant, together with dressing rooms, and the omer necessary facilities. It will be quite simi- lar to one which was recently constructed in Prescott, Ont. The Rotary Ice Improvement Committee is now actively seeking a site which will be suitable for this new arena. It is. hoped\ that a good site can be found in the near future, one -which will be easily accessible ing space. Dr. Bruce Smith and Dr. Jo- of the Rotary Committee which will direct ail of the activities in connection with this project. Massena Rates g^ Music Contest All' vocal soloists and sembles that participated the State Music Contest en- in last weekend received high ratings for exceptional performances... Both choral groups^anu aH ; soloists sang in one of the three' top grades of music; ranging' from Grade 4, which is moder- ately difficult to Grade 5 aad-; 6 which are reserved for the,' 4 musically mature groups of' exceptional competence, a ad- for the most advanced soloists. Massena High vocal students received the following ratings: Choralaires, A5; Harmonettes; A5; Nancy Daily, A6; Judith Rossoff, \i; Brenda Guyett,\ A6; Jack Yonally, B5; Charles Forbes A4; Joseph Baugh BJ5; ^ W/dspn^Ji^^,..,_.„„_:_ The Choral groups and solo- ists are all under the direction of Mrs. Charles Swarts. Lee Thomas Returns to Infantry Base Di An, Vietnam (AHTNC) — Army Specialist Tour Lee E.' Thomas, 22 r .son of Mr. and- Mrs. Lee E. Thomas, 45 Roose-; velt St., Massena, N.Y., re- cently returned to the 1st In- fantry ^Division base camp M near Di An from \Operation. Junction City,\ the large st date in military operation to Vietnam. ;: During the operation, larger enemy encampments along the. !ambodian border^ were found and controlled. These were considered to be national Viet- Cong political and military- headquarters. Spec. Thomas, an. tration specialist, is to the division's 1st tration Company. adminis- assigned Adminis-,^ I Hours Set For Dump At Louisville Louisville people—plan your | trip to the dump on Wednesday i and Saturdays only. . • ** f The Louisville town board ha£'« issued,the following notice: >i In order to comply with Hit*, equirements of the Statt\ Health Department in regard w 1 ^ overing and burning refuse*- it the Louisville Dump, &i& town board' has ordered that the Town of Louisville on nesday and Saturday On WednM&y the te used between \
