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C( M nc wi Fi di sii Ei wi Ti at \i su ui , THE MASSENA OBSERVER ESTABLISHED DEC. 2, 1891 MASSENA'S OLDEST INDUSTRY Published Every TUESDAY and THURSDAY ;; A» 56% Main St., Massena, N. Y., 13662 - By The Massena Observer Publishing Co. Inc. ''• JOHNI T. DOYLE - General Manager 'I LEONARD H. PRINCE - Editor ! NICK J. PODGURSK1 - Assistant Editor \ Subscription rates. Carrier home delivery 3D cents per week. By mail in ' St. Lawrence County, S7.00 per year; 4 months, $4.50; 3 months, $2.50. By , mall-elsewhere in the United States, $8.00 per year; 6 months, $5.00; 3 . months $].75 In Canada, $13.50 per year. Mall rates not applicable , where Observer carrier boy service is available. Entered in the n r post office at Massena, N.Y. 13(62, as second class matter. 4 Massena, N.Y. Observer Tuesday, May 16, 1967 ;• Teacher Recognition ;• Full appreciation for the teacher is reached when a ;; parent becomes exasperated with the antics of his child, !; or at the end of a long, trying vacation. It is then that a : person involved in other ways of earning a living ap- ' preMates the triads and tributions of the men and women .'.'. who have chosen teaching as a profession. •!•\ The childless adult may yearn for a son or daughter |: when he sees the neighbor's child all dressed up and on ; his or her best behavior. But every parent knows that the ••daily routine will include some unpleasant mojnentsjyhen 1; the child misbehaves, gets into trouble of one kind or '• another. \ The teacher has classroom after classroom of students all day long, some are angles, others are not, many are mischievioBs, many want to learn, others are just putting in their time in school until they grow old enough to quit. •;, j, The person needs to be dedicated in order to follow the teaching profession. He needs to know what he can expect, • the good days when all goes well, the bad days when '\ everything seems to go wrong. ',',, Eventually, the greatest reward comes when some :' former student who may have been troublesome, returns , and pays a compliment to the teacher and expresses ap- ;; preciation. - The teachers in our public and parochial schools de- ^ serve all the kind words that can be given them on this .' Teacher Recognition Day. . [Church Expenses, Income Most churches at this particular time have run into a financial squeeze-the expenses of operation have gone beyond the income. a? Pj ;- se '. SU st te,: ev* d 4 - w » cK ni * hi*. R s: If IT Too many pledges' have not been increased in years and years, although the person's income-has increased. Church canvassers grow weary of the answer \put me down the same as last year\ when the amount given~has been the same year after year for the past 20 or 30 years. Of course, the folks who have retired and are living on pensions may not be able to increase their giving, and are not expected to.^ In many churches, these are the people who form the backbone of the church. The church should be every family's responsibility. The family budget should include a generous gift' each week. Pledges should be realistic, not just a token. Church budget items have been increasing. The cost of operations are up. More money must come in if the bills are to be paid. G : w ' B hi b.l A> © • n * S - T ; c> ii •' Price of Inflation Statistics and reality have a way of parting company when it comes to measuring the impact of inflation. Some authorities minimize inflation by pointing to total personal income in the Unted States last year of nearly $600 billion -up some 8 per cent over the year before. This, they point out, compares favorably with the rise in consumer goods prices winch was less than 4 per cent. ** The term personal income, as used by the government, includes a variety of payments to individuals-wages, net rents to landlords, dividends and interest received by individuals^ net income of the self-employed and \trans- fer payments\ mostly social security and veterans bene- fits. The total income figure is meaningless in determining how all these' different groups of individuals fared. Much of the rise in total personal income is accounted for by the fact that more people are at work then ever before. Statistics notwithstanding, there is but one way to keep ahead of inflation and that is for government to live with- in - the -taxpaymg-abilrty of -the? people. As deficits moroit-r the value of the dollar declines. As of January, 1967, it was worth about 87 cents of the 1957-59 dollar. This means, 'in spite of impressive statistics of total personal income, that millions of individuals are worse off now than they were a few years ago. This is the price of inflation. Review from Observer Files Lindbergh Was Preparing to Fly New York to Paris 40 Years Ago By LEONARD H. PRINCE Bishop James J. Navagh, 57, auxiliary of North Carolina, was appointed bishop of Og- densburg in 1957, or 10 years ago this issue. He succeeded Bishoy Walter P. Kellenberg wht had been appointed to the new diocese of Fockville Cen- tre, Bishop Navaugh had been serving as an auxiliary to Bishon Vincent A. Waters of Raleigh since 1952. Bishop Navagh became the seventh bishop of Ogdensburg, established in 1872. Its 12,036 square mile area embra|fes six. counties and parts of two oth- er^ At thrt time, the 141,728 Ct.tholics formed about 41 per cent of the total population of 344,053. . __ Tn \1957 there were\ 248 - priests, 58 brothers, and 591 sisters serving the 113 par- ishes. There were 12 Cathco>ic .high schools in the diocese with 1,664 students and 21 elementary schools with 3,423 pupils. At.that time, the di- ocese maintained two orphan- ' ages, four general hospit a 1 s, two sanatoria, three schpo 1 s for nurses (169 students) and a home for the invalid and aged. The figures of 10 years ago are out of date. Bishop Navagh and succeeding bishops ex- panded school constructi o n program a great deal, Holy Family High School has been built in Massena, and numer- ous other schools have been built in the diocese. The Ob- s\-ver will publish today's fig- ures within the next' few is- sues in order to show the growth of the diocese during these past 10 years. Charles Augustus Lindbergh flew the Spirit of St. Louis to Paris 40 years ago, and the 1957 Observer started a three- part series- on this -great-pilot Lindbergh thrilled every per- son jthat day on May'12i 1927, when' he landed his small plane at Curtiss Field and announced that he was going to fly. the first non-stop trip from New York to Paris. Most people didn't think he would make it. With the $25,000- Orteig prize offered for the first non-stop, trans-Atlant i c flig h t, famous fliers in expen- sive planes had lost their lives with grim regularity. At 25, Lindbergh seerned a sure bet to follow them. He had no experience as a war time pilot in World War I. His plane, by the .-standards of his own time, was inexpensive. Few had heard of the build- ers, Ryan, and their cor- rugated tin shop at San Diego. ,Bul<fof reasons on the other- side of the coin, Lindbergh ig- nited the imagination of the country in the week before his take off. Jta the first place, he looked his pftr\A~sandy\haifea \boy tall and lean. Besides, he came from a farm at Little Falls, Minn. When he was 21, he had .. capped his motorcycle and $500 for a surplus World War I plane to make his first solo flight. He had flown at circuses and fairs. He had been a parachute jumper and a wing-walker. He was a sepnd lieutenant, in the U. S. Air Service Reserve. And for the preceding year he had been an airmail pilot between Chicago and St. Louis. When he told his story to re- porters he talked slowly — not shyly — but as a man. who talked facts. On the autumn of 1926, he explained, he figured he could, fly the Atlantic. He kn e w enough about planes and navi- gation. He knew enough about design and nerve. He con-_ vinced a'-group of St. Louis 'businessmen to put up the nec- essary $15,000 to buy the plane he had in mind, ,, It took 63 days and nights to bujld the plane and test it. It jvas_ caavasrcovered with a radial engine. It had no\ for- ward window in the cabin be- cause the space between pilot and engine was taken up 1 with reserve gas tanks. It carried no radio because • that weight was necessary for extra gaso- hher Editors A Malignancy in Our Society X Slayton, Minn. Herald \ There is illness among us. Our society here in America appears afflicted with a malig- nancy that will not respond to treatment. Frankly, we're sick of it. Last week, an estimated 125,- 000 demonstrators turned out in New York to protest the wai^in, Vietnam. In San Fran- cisco \another 30,000 beard e d, bare-footed beatniks joined the show. The daily press carried pictures of them reportedly burning their oraft cards. From all outward appearances they looked like girls, but the fact that they did indeed pos- - sess draft cards would lead us to assume they were male. That was about the only, way one could tell. •_7_ v y v i_ B*M v *aM|J|/vnwu ^ l\J Lilt* spirit of • national patriotTs m\ that led America from humble beginnings less than 200 years ago to its present\ position as the greatest power and most productive nation th'a. world has ever known? American youth fought and dieH for. unpopular causes in the past — but never en- countered the illness with which we suffer today. The Herald, for that matter, sub- scribes to the \getJn or get , out\ theory where. Vietnam is concerned — but there isn't a soul in this plant who would not serve to the best of his ability in that Asian land if requested by their government to do so. We don't know what the cure is for this sickness, but there must be one. Somehow, in our homes and school .systems, we have misplaced something vi- ta'. — something precious. It's too late to apply this cure now to the kodks who parade in New York, scream of black ~ power and'•™cn7fiflr\**sTop~ \ the bombing.'' But at least maybe the rest of -us can take re- medial action now' so that the next generation will not be ex- posed to the same shame. line. . •' • , • Not much else in the way of news was going on in that May •of 1927. Cal Coolidge was iii the White House, everything was under control. .,' And Lindbergh had a ter- rific appeal; clean cut, modest, unmarried, just the type of young man that was taken,to everybody's heart. He had... been dubbed as the Lorn Eagle. On May 20, 1927, there was nr, J time for analysis. The grounds at near-by Roosevelt, Field on Long Island were still • soggy from the rain that had just stooped' With other pilots in the Orteig competition wait- ' g for clear weather, Lind- bergh had his plane towed-to the runway. Too heavy with gas, too slow on the soggy ground, the little plane tottered down the field. Slowly the_ wheels left the, earth. Slowly the plane climb- ed, missing trees and Tpower line by inches. At 7:55 in the morning, the Lone Eagle and the Spirit of St. Louis were in the air. Then the long wait. People expected there would • be no news until enough time had elapsed in order to make sur-: that his plane had fallen into the Atlantic Ocean, that he was lost and another life hdri been sacrificed for, this greet dream,of spanning the ocean in a plane. JP 1927 there were few radio stations. Few people had radios anyway. This, was a l<nfe time before television. Dailyvjnewspapers had given every detail about the pro- posed flight of thir nice young, man. But 33 hours, 29 minute's and • 30 seconds later, Lindbergh landed at LeBourget Field in Paris. I - ^ The cabTeTfougKrtheTiews.—-•tions Newspapers put out extras, people danced in the streets. In 1927 this was as great a fe?t as putting a mai' on the moon today. Today hundreds of airlines span the oceans every day and. night. In six or eight hours l person can fly from New York to Paris and think nothing of I. 1 , \-.'.. But 40 years ago, a young ma'n keeping himself alert 33 hours, -eating only aJiam sand-. which flying possibly a hundred feet above the ocean's waves, the f.at vas unbelievable. Lindbergh was the hero of the day. When he got back to Ihe United-States, he was wel- comed with parades and show- er's of paper ribbons, with state dinners, honorary degre e s, medals, gifts and sums of mon- ey. Scrupulously, he. returned the money to the donors.'Hum- bly he gave his prizes and medals and scrolls to the St. Louis Museum. He turned down a movie contract worth $2 million. Two years later he married Anne Spencer Mo*rrow, thef x daughter of U. S. ambassador and a member of the broker- age firm of J. P.'Morgan. And then Jheir son^ was kidnapped ancTneveF'founcl. XMbeFgTT \ knew the very height of joy in accomplishing the impossible; he knew the very depths of de- spair and tragedy in the loss of his son. Letterbox To the Editor: At the May I meeting of the village board, Steve Ferency did not agree with his fellow trustees and voted against the proposed budget for next year. 1 for one, think Mr. Ferency deserves three cheers from those of us who pay taxes. As I read it, Mr. Ferency stated he agreed with most of the budget items but voted against the entire budget because tt contained items relating to a proposed high-rise apartment for senior citizens. It may well be that there are good and sufficient reasons why the village of Massena should go into the housing busi- ness but evidently Mr. Fer- ency is not aware of them. And If he — a village trus|tee e- cannot fin<J evidence fa support such a move by the village, w/hn does have the answers? I don't recall anv other village official speaking out to inform us and the only item I can recall from the Observer simply toldus such a facility was to be built. In any event, I agree with Mr. Ferency that the taxpay- ers of Massena deserve a full explanation from our other trustees why they feel the erection of an apartment build- ing is justified, together the current estimate as to how much the village is expected to contribute to the overall in- itial cost, the yearly \subsidy and how many pieces \)f pri- vate property may leave the tax rolls. After all, it's our money that is going to be used and it doesn't seem un- reasonable that we receive an explanation as to the whys and wherefores. This seems to be a perfect opportunity for our_cfficials to give the voters a chance to express their thoughts via a {referendum. We held a village election a short time ago where opinions regarding the subject of the high-rise apart- ment or a Community Center could have been determined. Our state elections. nearly al- ways include several prqposj- involving major—expendk tures and the voters either ap- prove or disapprove — why can't the same procedures be employed in village elections? As regards to Mr. AgrestaY letter of May 9, it should be pointed out that Potsdam, half the size of Massena, hasTiad a village manager for about four years and in those four years* the _tax rate has been reduced three times. It only makes good sense to have a full time manager when you are running a 1.5 million dol- lar business. . . Sincerely, Robert D. Conner STEEL STORY 1953 '54 '55 '56 '57 '58 '59 '60 '61 '62 '63 '64 '65 '66 Long the world's largest steel producer, the United States is now also the largest importer. Imports of the key metal, rising rapidly over the past decade, reached a record high of 11 million tons in 1966. During the same period, exports dropped from more than five million tons to less than two million. The U.S. steel industry is now urging Congress to curb imports with a temporary levy on foreign steel and pig iron. Journey Through the Mine Fields £* 12 ? ay 1967 Massena .Observer Letter to the Editor Massena, New York Our deepest \sympathy is ex- tended to people in general who found \EXPO 67\ too expen- sive. (Have you checked prices of coffee and foods in our town lately??. , ' ' . Traveling in a threesome we averaged $il and thorough, 1 y enjoyed ourselves. Transporta- tion ;rom the parking area was provided \free\ via con- tinuous buses to the main gate and by \Expo-Express\ to and throughout the^rounds. Indivi^ \duaT country \pavilions ^h~af ged nothing for admission and in most,, offered a free docu- mentary type movie. The movie area was adorned with most comfortable seating ar- rangements. Souvenirs were expensi v e, but no' more than at any ex- position, carnival, fair or even large city. Mifiimal expenses for foods were attainable by investigating menus posted outside each Testaura it. Sev- eral places jwere_available_for cafeteria style gating, entailing around $27for~a\Tireal. \Natural- ly this \was not an elite pla^e but the food vv-s palatable and Service commendable. . The g: ieral \leanlinesn the grounds as nvell as the friendliness of hosts and hos- tesses was amazing. It really irked us, upon re- turning from our twelve hour visit, to read--\Letltr4r-to the Editor\ and \find the place o criticized. The general atmos- phere ana magnanimity of the EXPO was wort far more than the amount we spent. Richard T. Be.gaH PKip D. Chanson Russ V. Patnode 43 Nightengale Massena, New York May 11, 1967 Dear Mr. Prince, I would like to thank you again for inviting me to the Journalism Conference, Satur day, April 29, 1967. I enjoyed the stay at Star Lake very much but most o all I enjoyed your talk on the \Editors Role\. I learned very much from your speech and from the Conference itself. I am looking forward for more conferences like the one experienced at Star Lake. Sincerely yours, Richard Podgurski Hollywood By ANTHONY J. RpMEO I TIME When one considers the impact of time in its fullest sense he could find himself in a sea of wonderment and awe It is time that waits for no man, and it is tune that heal's the aching heart. Time leaves its. mark on the ag- ing human and goes on its way unhampered by any con- ^ ceivable human force. The value of time is hardly ever taken into account when in our formative years, we strive to build ourselves into formidable men, capable of facing the future and eking out a living worthy of the dignity impossed upon, us by our Creator. r Time is wasted, all too often, as we squander much oT it in friviolities and meaningless activity. By the time we are able to comprehend the importance of this great com- -modltyrwe-bave little-ofJt left fe us;Jo; av^PUrselyes of a good life. * If we could look ahead with the same ease as we can look backward, we would be living in a world of sages, steeped in knowledge fully capable of abiding with our neighbor. - , .._.... ( • I recall an incident when my father took me to task becaiis6 I had missed an opportunity to earn ten cents. I stated that J intended to make.it up by earning an extra ten cents within the next few days. He shook his head and said \ You will never make up what you have lost. If you are capable of earning an additional ten cents, then, fine and 1 dandy, but this would be ah extra dime you would have, but what you lost is still lost.\ The loss of money can, to some extent, be recouped • perhaps, but time lost is never regained. Often we utter words in anger and then wish we could recall them, but time has marched on and those words are written in in- delible ink and can never be erased. If we could turn back the hands of the clock for one moment, and re- live these most iopportune moments, what a blessing that would be; but such a blessing can not be bestowed \ on erring persons. v * •• _- _, * If if were possible, many of us would reverse Timejmd make the sands run from the bottom to the top * part of the hour glass. We would relive many of the good days we had, and revel in the happiness of these wonderful , periods. v • .Recently, I read an article in the Observer which sud- \iasn^rsIfucRTiiirwith: cTthoughrwhich~Ihavebeen^trying to avoid. I read that CHET FREEGO' had retired from active life, .after so many years witbu the phone com- pany. It seems only yesterday that Chet and Clark, Nor- man^Harry^Rojr and-so-many others, werejfrudging along to school, planning for after school activities and for the Saturday to come. We were a carefree lot and happy. We fished, went on picnics, played games with other sections of Town, and fought among ourselves, with no interference from parents or police. The'.\scars of these fights,we Wore proudly and never was a grudge kept for very long, because we val- ued each other's company too much for siren foolishness, I stopped to ponder that Chet must now be over sixty years of age and that made, me a member of the same age group. What a short time it seems, between the bright morning of life and the evening, with its shadows growing longer and. with less sand-left in the upper half of the hour glass. .. —— There were many in the group of youngsters who lived at the SPRINGS. How each ensueing year finds their num- ber decreased and hearts are saddened. One feels more and more alone as each companion is laid to rest and each of us wonders who will be the last survivor of that wonderful SPRINGS GANG of days gone by. Of all the 'fellers' and 'gals' \of that select group, only , one can I recall f that went astray somewhat. The others, each in his of'her own way; made his or herself a person of account. What a wonderful percentage, to which we can point with pride!. - I How thought-provoking is the wording on a plaque I have on my desk which remindSiUS that \WE'GETJ'OOf > OLD FAST,' AND TOO LATE SHMART\. If youth could encompass the full meaning of this thought, what wbn- -J?e£&LcjyzensJhey_3Ould-beeomer^ — have most of our lives behind us, we can but resolve to make the most of what is left. As I type these words, it. is Sunday morning, April 30th. We have just set our clocks ahead one hour. One hour lost, which will be regained, come the last of October, by those who are still on this earth. For those who have been called to the great \beyond before that time, that hour will be lost forever. This last thought, brings to mind a ^quotation which I have never forgotten over the past half century. LOST. -.,.'- Somewhere between sunrise and sunset, two golden hours each set~with sixty \diamond minutes. No reward \ - is offeredfor they are-lost forev»r J • To which I would like to append.... - - • ' TIME IS SUCH A PRECIOUS THING, IT OFFERS MUCH AT YOTH'S SWEET SPRING; BOTH.GLEE AND SADNESS IT CAN BRING,' ' THEN IT IS GONE ON FLEETING WING POETRY CORNER THEY BURNT OUR FLAG ON U.S. SOIL By H. M. Bun* San Bernadino, Calif. America, Can this be true? That the Flag which so bravely flew the Stars and Stripes and glorious blue from Iwo Jimo's wartorn height now lies in ashes, trampled deep by hate and spite on U.S. soil. Americans! Can this be you? Who stood and watched without recoil the hateful mob disgrace and soil the Banner we pledged our all the Flag our dying heroes lastly glimpsed with fading eye* on foreign soil. Americans! We call to you! From all the land to take the stand that ne'er this deed can be repeat that he who does, can ne'er be called a citizen, nor live to die beneath the Stars and Stripes on U. S. soil.
