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• I* TEMPERATURES High Low Rain Wed., Aug. 21 l 90 53 .0 Thurs.,Aug.22 87 57 .0 Fri.,Aug>f8 86 65- .09 Sat., Aug. 24 75 51 .0 Sun., Aug. 25 78 46 - .0 Mon.,Aug.26 80 40 .0 VOL. 83 NO, 9026 HOME OF THE ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY—POWER DEVELOPMENT The Massena Observer MASSENA'S OLDEST INDUSTRY ESTABLISHED DEC. 2,1891 Massena, NY. Observer; Tuesday, Aug. 27,1974 NEW YORK STATE LEADS New York State offers a total of 23 categories of tax incentives and financing for new and expanding in- dustries the Empire State's Commerce Department notes. This is more than -any other single state. SINGLE COPY 15c Firemen Are Hampered Sources at the Massena Volunteer Fire Department note that they are being hampered in the performance of their duty by automobiles which fall to yield to engines on the way to fires.- According to recent village and town directives, an all out call will be given in response to dwelling fires to insure that volunteers arriving to help will have the necessary equipment to begin putting out the blaze, immediately. At least ^WQrtrucks will respond to each fire. c_ - •. People are being asked to watch for these second and possibly third fire engines and to keep out of their way. Also; there are people who> follow the engines to the fire and thus get in the way of emergency vehicles, which are also proceeding to the scene. This also hampers rescue workers and is seen as a-dangerous7pracTicsn5y~fire~depart- ment officials. Drivers are asked to watch for the blue lights of the volunteer firemen on the, way to a blaze and are asked to yield to them. Brasher MaiT SCOTT=DRAKE ofcNicholvillehas had a special fund set up in Ihisname-by^the^tcholviHe-VdunteerFireDepartment tohelp\ his family pay the tremendous costs of his medical bills. Scott has been suffering from an unknown illness for the past three and a half years. (Hart Photo). Scott Drake Fund Begun By Mike Billington Three and a half years ago, Scott _Drake_was-ajiormalfhappy youngster.— Then, half way through the fourth - year-of his life, die was stricken with something that has baffled medical science ever since. The son of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Drake of JNIicholville, eight year old Scott suf- ^re^TBtther^rseverje3hxwkT)rraT^rofe~ doctors think! ..-,•'• But the doctors aren't sure what happened to him. And trying to find the answer has cost a lot of money. So much, in fact, that the Drake family has been crushed by the weight of. the expenses. ..,-._ The Nicholville Volunteer Fire Department is trying to do something about that While they cannot offer- anything in the way of an answer to Scott's problems, they are attempting to help with\ the tremendous cost of his illness. '--. - Recently, they established the Scott Drake Fund, and will be accepting donations from people who want to assist the Drake family in. paying the bills.. ' -.'-' Lee Drake is an employee of the Nekoosa '„=_ Edwards Paper Company— and a volunteer fireman. His insurance... pays next to nothing for Scott's care and just recently he and his wife had to take young Scott to New York City for^ consultation with a doctor. The doctor feels that Scott can be helpjBd_witJLa- wejjaifMmlirTJrogralh - and believes that Scott is an autistic type child, . But the megavitamin prescription costs $30.00 alone and for the trip Lee lost three days of work time without pay. •>' -•- • , - Scott is not v eligible for \state assistance because, he was not born mentally deficient or retarded. He is one of five children, two of which are chronic asthma and allergy victims requiring almost constant medical care. Anyone wishing to donate to the Fund should send donations to THE SCOTT DRAKE FUND, C-0 NICHOLVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT, NICHOLVILLE, NEW YORK. Rescue Squad Gets68 Calls .The Massena Rescue Squad an- swered 68 calls, in the past two weeks. The calls consisted of 55 emergencies, ten car accident victims, and three transports. Oxygen was administered on ten calls? Rescue Squad vehicles travelled a distance of 1237 miles. Committee Brasher Falls — JamejJLJJafjnpdy, Brasher Falls, has been appointed as a member of the New York Stlate Department Civil Defense_Committee, -Americ^TTLegiOn, for tteTl974^75 year by Department Commander H. Gordon BurlerghT \~ ~ The department committee chair- man is Alfred Caccamo of Brooklyn. Mr. Darmody was St. Lawrence County commander in 1971-72. In 1972- 73 he served the Fourth District as sergeant-at-arms. In the past year, he was J^ew York-DepartmentrsBrgeanlr^: at-arms. He has been an active Legionnaire ]for a number of years: ' „. His duties include cooperating with the department chairman to the end that the counties and posts in the Fourth District will be fully informed as to the nature of the legion program. Polling Place Is Changed By Board ANDREWS ST. NARROWED. This picture shows how the bituminous curbing has been placed inside the old concrete curbs, thereby narrowing this busy street by 10 or 12 inches. The curbing is being lakj on top the new bituminous surface, which means that the blade of snow plow this winter will probably dislodge it. The high curbing on each side provides a flume for the water that will race down to the Andrews St;-Church St. intersection and overflow the sewers. Photo by Leonard Prince. The Town Board of Massena has announced the change of a polling place. By order of the Board, the former location of Brunt's Taxi Stand is to be replaced by the Massena Grange No. 704 on Maple Street. This change is effective im- mediately.. Ship Rams Bridge, Traffic Down Traffic along the Montreal section of the\ Seaway is very light today following an early Sunday morning accident in the Welland Canal section of the St. Lawrence. At 4:14 a.m. the 710 foot Steelton, owned by the Bethlehem Steel Cor- poration, rammed a vertical lift bridge knocking part of that structure into the water. The ship was damaged, however no injuries were reported and it is currently underway to Port Colborne, - Ontario. Officials note that the Welland Canal section of the Seaway may be closed for up to two weeks while the debris is cleared from the water. - Currently there are 28 ocean vessels in the canal section. The ship, under United States registry, apparently hit the bridge as it was rising. Officials note that an in- vestigation is pending. — Thi& accident marks one more in- cident in what has been a less than banner year fotf the Seaway. Ship traffic has'been down for the season although officials note that it is \still a good year'' despite the drop in tonnage figures from last year's record Senior Students to breaker. . This slower season has meant, ac- cording to opinions of area observers, a resultant slowdown in tourist trade for the Massena area. Tourists are not flocking to the Seaway to watch the ships as they have in recent years due to a variety of reasons, chief among them the fact that there aren't many ships on the water. A strike by Canadian seamen and officers has tied up Canadian shipping and the northern neighbor lakers make up a \sizeable percentage\ of the normal Seaway traffic according to officials at the St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation. With this accident and the two week delay that it will cause in shipping, the net result is liable to be. an even further decrease in the tourist trade. There is some speculation among local observers that this year's season may be one of the area's worst in recent history as far as the tourist trade is concerned although some residents note that the Canadian strike cannot go on forever and that when the two week shutdown is over there will still be enough time to give the area a chance to recoup losses suffered from a decrease in trade. Mrs. Rita Ford to Be Alone Unless She Can Get Help; Twins Leave for College By LEONARD H. PRINCE Mrs. Rita Ford is hoping she will get answers to her help wanted ad- vertisement before Monday. That's when the last child goes off to college and she will be left alone.. She. is looking for some one, Feb. 21, but three days later, her son, Robert Ford, 2, died of pneumonia. A few days after that, Mrs. Ford was stricken with polio. ' In that year, a number of people in Massena area were stricken with polio. Despite the best of care and treat- ment in Montreal and even Cleveland, Get Schedules' Parents of Senior High' students will be receiving letters in the mail this week concerning areas of interest regarding the coming school year. It is very important that each Senior High student make note of the homeroom he will be assigned to. This homeroom is on the upper right hand corner of the address label. The student is tp_fe£ort to this homeroom'on the first day of school where he will be given his schedule. preferably single, middle aged, who^jQ^M^Eo^^^ jmamei t z£( j 33 YEARS OF SERVICE.Ruby Gifchrtest is presented with a tray by James Lee, Utica District Superintendent of Unemployment Insurance, in recognition of her S3 years as a Claims Examiner for the New York State Employment Service. Shown left to right are: Bryce LaBrake, Senior Claims Examiner and Office Supervisor; Mrs. Gilchriest; Lee; and Arlene Roy, Manager of Unemployment Insurance. Mrs. Gilchriest was honored at a surprise party given at the VFW. Photo by Eric Bond. Advertising Deadlines Set Due \to the Labor Day holiday, ad- vertising deadlines for the Tuesday edition will be Friday Noon for display advertising and classified advertising; for the Thursday, Sept. 5 newspaper the deadline ^wlll he Tuesday noon. The Observer will be published Tuesday and Thursday as usual. \would live in, keep house and prepare meals. The person would be paid, receive meals, companionship, a home, and have evenings off or any time requested. Mrs. Ford is paralyzed but she is not helpless. She':\ sews, types, knits, crochets and does her own canning. She is good company and needs help. Somebody reading this may need her as much as she needs them. Mr. and Mrs. Ford reside on the Town Ridge Road in Louisville and her phone number is 769-7368. Her husband, James Ford, has been employed as an electrician at Reynolds 12 years. Mr. and Mrs. Ford have five children—and now the twins are going to college this fall, u which will leave Mrs. Ford alone during the day. The twins graduated from Holy Family High School in June and Miss Jane Ford has already left for Maria Regina College, Syracuse, where she will study to be a medical assistant. Miss Joan Ford will leave Monday for Morrisvillc ATC to study nursing. The twins were born in Massena Memorial Hospital, Feb. 17,19M. Mrs. Ford came home from the hospital from the waist down. —She has accepted her handicap and has often been cited for her courage, cheerfulness and her steadfastness in learning different skills. But the day has come—18 years later—when the last of the children will be away. Miss Mary Elizabeth Ford married Douglas K. Rowand, Star Lake, and they now reside in San Bernardino, Calif. She is a nurse in a hospital there and her husband is a sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. They have a son, Daniel, who will be a year old next month. Thomas Ford is single and is a sixth grade teacher, in Baldwinsville. s James Michael Ford married Debby Barker of Corning-. She win computer science work and he teaches industrial arts in Marlboro, Mass. They were recently married, and Mrs. Ford was able to go to the wedding. Thus, all five children have grown up, and Mrs. Ford is alone during the day. And Mrs. Ford with her constant hope is confident that the right person will be interested in her help wanted advertisement.
