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17 in 1 the Red Feather Sign of Your Yates County Community Chest 17 Appeals in 1 Asking * Just One Call Give Enough To Cover All NOW NEW folume Number 41—Whole Number PENN YAN, N. Y., OCTOBER 13, 1949 3 Sections 20 Pages HI Yan Firemen To] F F A o f G o r h a m S c h o o l D i s p l a y P r o d u c e a t A n n u a l F a i r $e Spectacular ministration Branchport and Dundee Apparatus To Be Combined Friday Night penn Yan observes two \nation- weeks, this week. One is •e Prevention week and the oth- ls Business and Professional pen's week. In connection with Fire Preven- po week, ofr which Mayor Mer lin Rapalee has issued a ,pro- lation setting the dates as 9 through 15, the fire de triments of the county are giv- \J demonstrations of their appar- lus, The Penn Yan volunteers It to Branchport Monday eve- I and the two groups worked -ther showing residents of that iniinunity how apparatus of the jfd fire fighting units could be ped together. Wednesday evening the Penn! Ifjji men Will go to Dundee to it on a similar demonstration Ith the men there. ID Give Demonstration Friday |i Friday evening, beginning at according to Fire Chief John ikley, apparatus from Dundee led Branchport will be in Penn ful. All three departments will jlige demonstrations at the Main greet bridge over Keuka outlet. One of these demonstrations will ye ttlree pumpers “pumping from jraft,\- relaying water from the IliBitnel down Seneca Street way lliil lifting it to the top of Penn fin's aerial ladder which will be yed in lieu of a water tower. \ ; They will also raise by pressure from a hydrant /near the bridge tiin| a deluge gun from the top jf the ladder. They will string jknd lines, too, and have some Jive or more streams at the peak |jf (he demonstration. Ifrolective Squad Will Show jlifethods h conjunction with this demon- sj|fBtion of apparatus, the Penn Mi Protective squad, captained Joe Townsend, will put on a jkmprehensive show of first aid i|te saving, using artificial respir- I ition, the squad's inhalor and re- liscitator, and other equipment. Bils demonstration will also in tide Red Cross techniques and to been arranged in cooperation |iith Mrs. Edna Stever, Re4 Cross ictor, who is also chairman Id the Business and Profesisonal i fomen’s Health and Safety com- ittee. The public is invited to this de monstration which Assistant Chief tewart Nissen promises will not laly,be “colorful” but will be di- Iwmfled and entertaining. | The village “fathers” and May- ' ir Rapalee will be guests of hon- Members of the Future Farmers of America organization at the Gorham Central school ex hibited the best of their produce at an annual \fair” held in the school gymnasium, Arrang ing displays are: from the left, Erwin Dimond, Nathan Derby, secretary; Charles Butcher, treasurer; 1 honias Hathcrn, president, and Wil liam Stickler. Vice-president of the group, not pictured, is Vance Ketchum. Photo by Potts and Rand L u t h e r a n s H o l d Proclaims ¥ p w Week I A n n u a l M e e t i n g Mayor Rapalee I I u WHEREAS the Business and Professional Women’s club of Penn Yan is an active organi zation of women and, WHEREAS this group is in terested in the business and civic activities of this commun ity, and* WHEREAS they have spon sored many projects which in so doing has enhanced cur busi ness and cultivated activity, now THEREFORE, I, MERVIN J. RAPALEE, do hereby pro claim the week of Oct. 9 through 15, as Business and Professional Women's week and ask- all to rescognize the BPW as a service organization which is helping in many worth while projects and in so doing has extended to others advan- t ages, which otherwise, would have been impossible. In recognition of the above, I hereby appoint in honorary capacity for one day, Thursday, Oct. 13, the following BPW members to the following vil lages offices: Mayor— Mrs. Lulu J. Guyle Vice-mayor—Mrs. Dorothy C. Clark Clerk-treasurer and assessor ■Mhs. Norma D. MacKay Trustees— Mrs. Esther J. IL. Nielsen, Mrs. Ethel Owen, Mrs. Olga R. Patteson, Miss Bertha Smith, Mrs. Catherine Smith, Mrs. Blanche Yonge. Signed MERVIN J. RAPALEE, Mayor Village of Penn Yan Annual meeting of St. Paul’s Lutheran church was held Tues day evening. According to the Rev. Viggo Petersen, pastor, re ports from various auxiliary or ganizations of the congregation showed that gains had been made in each, both in membership and finances. An amendment to the constitu tion was adopted setting the terms of office for president, sec retary, and treasurer, at three years each. These terms had previously been for one year. A vote of confidence was given the pastor by increasing his sal ary $400 a year. Major project for the coming year, besides the evangelism program which is be ing specially stressed throughout the denomination, will be the rais ing of funds for redecorating the interior of the church. At the election of officers, George \Christensen was reelected as president; Greger Borglum re elected secretary, and Tenus Bor glum reelected treasurer. Othe.’ officers named were Paul Christ • liansen for trustee, and Chris Es- kildsen for deacon. Walter Sam uel was chosen as Sunday school superintendent for one year. 4 Florida W O m a n Held in Y a t e s J a i l On A s s a u l t C h a r g e While Edgar Wriggens, 34, of hirt Pierce, Fla., clings precari ously to life in the Wayland hos pital, his sweetheart, Theresa lloore, 22, also of Florida, is held h the Yates county jail on a tharge of second degree assault. Wriggens was stabbed five times |h the abdomen early Sunday j northern area from American As- Horning by the young Negro toman, with whom he had been l|Mng at the Marshall Chapman tom migrant camp on Italy Hill. kalousy is given by the investi- Wing officers as cause of the Wei, which, other inmates of too building, used to house the Migrant workers, told State Police District Attorney Lyman Nth, had lasted all night. ,i| Under questioning by police, fea Moore admitted stabbing Wriggens, revealing that she used to own pocket knife to nearly the large muscle in his Mulder and then to slash his Women as he “grabbed her.” |N also said, in a written state ment, that she had been arrested W convicted on a assault charge m Florida after slashing Wrig- fow with a razor. Police in ves ication also revealed that she a police record in N ew Y ork !% .me migrant camp where the %oes live on Italy Hill, cus- Narily houses 10 workers who J* currently engaged in picking t1 Potatoes. Sets Dates for County Court Terms Rev. John F. McCloy, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, has been appointed delegate to UNESCO at Lake Success next spring. He will represent the sotiations for Study of United Nations, Christianities ’ division. About 4,000 are expected to at tend this national meeting of United Natiom Social, Education a l and Cultural organization, under Dr. Jaime Bodet of Mexico. Yates County Judge Maurice McCann has designated three terms of county court to be held during the rest of this year and for 1950. The first of these three trial terms is to be held in the courthouse at Penn Yan beginning Dec. 5, 1949. The next is set for June 12, 1950, and the third for Dec. 4, 1950. A trial jury is to be in attendance at each of these terms. He also designated regular spe cial terms of Yates County court for matters not requiring the at tendance of a trial jury to be held at the Surrogate’s office in Penn Yan the first Wednesday of every month for the balance of this year and for 1950 except August. These special terms are to convene at 10 a. m. Yates Grand Jury Indicts Seven Annette Nichols, Robert Hoyles Held on Forgery The Yates County Grand jury recessed at 2:30 Tuesday after- I noon until Tuesday of next week after returning five sealed indict ments and two open indictments. Open indictments were for forg ery second degree against An nette Horton Nichols and Robert Hoyles of the Starkey township area, who are being held in the Yates county jail. No indictments were found against Gordon Borst of Penn Yan, previously charged with reckless driving, nor against Roy Metcalf, also of Penn Yan, who had been arrested on a “driving while intoxicated” charge. The grand jury, which had named David Symonds as fore man and Fannie W. Bishop as clerk, “commended the Yates county board of supervisors for ,the purchase and placement of new seats in the courtroom” and the improvement of the county buildings in which several rooms have been reconditioned. The jury recommended that more lights be added to the por tico, front and back doors of the courthouse, and in the rear stair ways, and that all vehicles used by the county be equipped with adequate fire extinguishers. I it C o m m u n i s m L o s i n g G r o u n d i n D e n m a r k G o r h a m C o u p l e R e p o r t s B P W P l a n s P r o g r a m o n I n t e r n a t i o n a l i s m The regular October meeting of the Penn Yan Business and Pro fessional Women’s club will be held in the Knapp hotel Tuesday evening, Oct. 18, with dinner at 6:45. The International Relations committee, of which Mrs. Dorothy Marsh Geisinger is chairman, is in charge of the program. Recent work and accomplishments of the United Nations will be the theme and ty o new documentary films will be shown, “Tomorrow Begins Today,” and “Men of ‘Good Will.” by Cecyl White “The Marshall plan has proven one of the big factors in suppress ing the Communist party in Den mark,” according to Frederick Fredericksen of the Fergusons Corners-Gorham road. Mr. and Mrs. Fredericksen, prosperous farmers living quite near the edge of Gorham village, have just returned from a six- weeks visit to the land of their birth. Especially interested in the effect of Communism on the lives of his Danish friends, Mr. . Fredericksen reports that two actual battle occurred about | years ago the Communist party was strong, with 31 members in the House. Last election that number was cut to 14 and the country confidently expects to have only one or two following elections this year. Nation 1$ Afraid of Russia The whole nation is extremely \afraid of Russia,” Mr. Freder icksen declares and they continu ally asked him if the United States “ is ready to help” in case there is military trouble with Russia. Waiting until after the wedding of their youngest daughter and long enough for Mr. Fredericksen to help his son finish the wheat harvest, the Fredericksens found there was too little time left be fore the rush of fall work on the farm to allow the leisurely boat trip which they had planned. Urg ed by his wife, Mr. Fredericksen consented to make the crossing * m. Sunday. Other workers I® the house notified the sheriff’s ppartment and Deputy Orson responded to the call, tak- ^ Miss Moore into custody. She M arraigned that evening be- Peace Justice Ralph Goundry jPenn Yan and waived examin ation. The wounded man was treated J the scene by Dr. William Lyon I? Naples and removed at once i? the Wayland hospital where |? condition has been so critical J?t officers have not yet been rJWed to interview him. JJjstrict Attorney Lyman Smith -6°*t charge of the investigation i -vdiaiely. Working with him \ r * unarge Immediately. J?tdes Mr. Leach were Deputy *W T Walter Clark, Trooper A. n. Ryder, and Cpl. Frank Dono rs11’ BCI, all of Penn Yan. --------- 4 ---------- m^h^ter Culver of Penn Yan, . _lfl ’ . l i 5’ recently purchased the farm I f f * Visit Birthplace in Jutland JJteii by Miss Ruby Spencer of 5- The sale was made through chard Costes, broker. Leaving from the Idlewild air port on Long Island via Ameri can Airlines, they were in Copen hagen 17 hours later. From there they went to the little fishing vil lage of Lonstrup in Jutland in the extreme northern part of Den mark, where they were both born. It is 55 years since she left the country, and 40 since he left. In the last half century, they agree, things have changed for the better in Denmark, in spite of two wars. There are no long er any people who can be classed as actually “poor.” Every one has enough to eat, although such things as sugar, butter, and coffee are rationed and some things, such as dried fruits, raisins, prunes, apricots, are not to be had at all.” “They just do without and get along all right,” Mrs. Frederick sen comments. Explains War Losses Explaining a little of what the war meant to the nation’s econ omy, Mr, Fredericksen explains that 500^000 German soldiers, oc cupation forces, were in the coun try for five years. When they left, some 350,000 refugees came in. Besides this there are more than four million Danes, all liv ing in an area no larger than New York state. Funds and monies commandeer ed by the Germans totaled 175 millions in American dollars. For two years, during bad growing seasons, there was almost famine in the land and the livestock — breeding and milking herds—was greatly depleted. “Taxes,” comments Mr. Fred ericksen. “We don’t know what taxes are. They have no exemp- (Continued on Page Three) m They tell the story of the \in ternational civil servants,” work ing in the UN headquarters at Lake Success. As special music for the occa sion, * Miss Evelyn Carroll will sing. Mrs. Leon F. Wood of Burns terrace, Penn Yan, chair man of the Penn Yan Christian Council committee responsible for so much aid sent to Europe, for bringing DP persons to this area, and for work with the Migrant camps of the county, will be special guest. Valois Man Hospitalized After Fall of 32 Feet at Dresden Greenidge Plant A 34-year old construction worker was hospitalized Tuesday afternoon following a fall of 32 feet to the ground where he was working on the new addition of the Greenidge electric power sta tion at Dresden. Edward Sheerer, 34, of RD 1, Valois, suffered multiple contu sions and possible internal injur ies when he landed in a water- filled hole, narrowly missing a concrete platform in his fall. He was brought immediately from the scene of the accident at about 3:30 p. m. to the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial hospital in Penn Yan by the Thayer Funeral home ambulance. Dr. Robert F. Lewis attended him at the hospi tal. Mr. Sheerer is an employee of the Henry W. Streeter Construc tion company. The Greenidge station is a power-generating unit of the N. Y. S. Electric and Gas corporation. Workers Start Yates Chest Drive Raise $17,124 Lyman Smith Stresses Better Coverage, Larger Gifts to Meet Quota More than 100 workers and dis trict chairmen met at the tea and kickoff rally inaugurating the 1949 Yates County Community Chest campaign at the Oliver house Sunday, Oct. 9. Following the tea sponsored by the Penn Yan Business and Pro fessional Women’s club, Lyman H. Smith addressed the volunteer canvassers, reasserting the aims of the two-weeks campaign and urging that every effort be given to attain the quota of $17,124. \Educate the Donor” Stressing the need for better coverage in each district and the need for increased gifts, Mr. Smith asked the workers to \education the prospective donor— explain to him that a dollar won’t go far when it is apportioned among 17 participating agencies.” As chair man of the drive and president of the county chest organizaiton, he declared again the Red Feather slogan this year, \Give Enough!” Work material and instructions were given out to the workers assembled in the Oliver house rooms attractively decorated in an autumn theme of pumpkins and leaves by the BPW committee headed Dy Mrs. Cecyl White. Doughnuts and cider, and assort ed cakes and cookies were served to the workers. ■ Pouring at the tea were Mrs. Fanny Hall, Mrs. Beulah Christ ensen, Mrs. Clara Clark, Mrs. Mary Santulli, and Mrs. Mildred Hutchings. Set Division Quotas Division. quotas set up to meet the 1949 goal, require $4,200 to be solicited in Penn Yan itself, with the village being divided into four canvass districts—northeast, $1,300; northwest, $1,750; south west, $750; and southeast, $400. Commercial contributions to be raised in Penn Yan amount to $2,750; industrial to $1,600, and special contributions, $1,500. In the rural districts, the fol lowing quota schedule has been established: Barrington township $225, Benton $950, Italy $150, Jer usalem $1,325, Middlesex $500, Milo $925, Potter $650, Torrey $325, Dundee $1,375, and Starkey $650. A partial list of district chair men and workers follows. Furth er names of Yates County Com munity Chest volunteer canvas sers will be published next week. Industrial Chairman, George Mc- Gough Mack Newton, John Andrews, ■ ' (Continued on Page Three) This Week Brings Last Chance to Register Registration in the regular Yates -county polling places closes this week. In Penn Yan village citizens must appear in person at their regular polling place: PERSONAL IN PENN YAN Oct. 14— 10 a. m. to 10 p. m. Oct. 15— 7 a. m. to 10 p. m. NON-PERSONAL, OUTSIDE PENN YAN Oct. 15—1 p. m. to 10 p. m. For the Nov. 8 general elec tion polls will be open from 6 a. m. to 7 p. m. T h i r t e e n F o r e i g n S t u d e n t s A r e E n r o l l e d a t K e u k a C o l l e g e T h i s Y e a r *« v . v . w w . Supreme Court Opens Two Weeks Session Penn Yan New foreign students enrolled at Keuka college are (left, standing) Claude Prevost, Anita Kant, Ludmilla Malevich, Tessa Lekka and Carman Eglitis; (left seated) Grace Hsu, Ingrid Korjus, Mrs. Ayako Hino, Pronica Staargaard, Vivian Kang and Elsie Gan. P e n n Y a n P e r s o n a R e g i s t r a t i o n L e s s T h a n L a s t Y e a r Personal registration in the Vil lage of Penn Yan has fallen off almost 50 prospective voters from the comparable period of a year ago. With only two days left for per sonal registration — Friday, Oct. 14, and Saturday, Oct. 15—oniy 1,935 residents have registered. Because seven of the 21 districts in Yates county are contained en tirely within the boundaries of Penn Yan or are partly included within the village all or many of the citizens must register and en roll by personal appearance at, their respective polling place. At the time a resident regis ters, he also enrolls in the politi cal party of his choice, and there by qualifies for the 1950 primar ies. *“ No Cause” Verdict Returned for First Action Tuesday The October term of Yates County Supreme court opened Monday with the Honorable H. Dougla-ss VanDuser of Rochester presiding. Seven of the Grand jurors were excused from duty. They were Olin Bixsler and Doris Hughes, both of Benton; Ole Palleson and John Smith, both of Milo; Harry Seager of Italy, and George Shan non of Barrington. Nine of the Trial jurors were excused: James Davis, Clifford Decker, James Kirkpatrick, and Burton Tones, all of Milo; Lester Eyrich of Starkey, Thomas Flynn and N. K. Olney of Torrey, War ren Horton of Italy, and Stan- Thirteen foreign students from Europe and Asia are now enrolled] TVenchard'VTerusalem at Keuka college for the academic ey lrencnard ot Jerusalem. year 1949-50. Eleven are new this year. Of these, three are displaced persons and another, Mrs. Ayako Hino from Japan, is acting as intercultural advisor. Elsie Pow Moy Gan and Vivian Saw Gaik Kang, both of Kuala Lumpur, Malaya. Grace Hsu of Kunming, China, and Mrs. Hini of Japan are representing lAsia on the Keuka College campus. j Both Miss Gan and Miss Kang hope to improve their English during the year of study and Miss Kang hopes to continue her stud ies to become a doctor. Chinese Girl Studies Nursing Miss Hsu, who is studying with a scvholarship fund provided by District 7 of the Business and Professional Women’s clubs is pre- J paring herself for nursing. Mrs. Hino, on leave from a Bap tist mission school in Yokohama, is taing courses in Christian lead ership and sociology. In addition she is acting as intercultural ad- The following tabulation shows ; ™ o r on the heritage and. tradi- . the number who have registered ! Jons of Japan for the students in the seven districts within the e ^ ^ Village of Penn Yan. Also listed Carman Eglitis, Ingrid Korjus are the registration figures fon and ^udmilla Malevich are dis- the first two days of 1948. D is-! P^ced persons who are currently tricts with an asterick are those \ living in this country. Miss Eg- in which some of the registration 1 Utls, who was born in Latvia, i is rural and therefore non-person al: District 1948 Benton 3* ............... 305 Milo 1 ................ 272 Milo 2 .............. 285 Milo 3 ....................... 243 Milo 4* . ..................... 184 Milo 5 ....... 204 Milo 6* ........ 492 1949 491 212 284 142 159 l came to this country in 1947 after two years in Germany in a con centration camp. Following the completion of her college educa tion, Miss Eglitis hopes to study the problems of displaced persons in Europe. Miss Korjus, born in Esthonia, fled with her family to Sweden in 1943. She came to this coun in September and is 205 442 | try early Totals ................... 1983 1935 For this term there are 32 cases listed on the calendar. Of these four are put over the term, six have been settled out of court, one is held, four are declared ready, 10 are listed as ready on the second Monday of the cur rent session of court. Six of the others have been set down for following days of this week. When court convened at 2 o’clock Monday afternoon, the first case called was that of How ard Rolfe vs Sebastian Scaletta, both of Penn Yan. This is a neg ligence action growing out of an accident that occurred in January, 1948, in which Mr. Rolfe was struck by a car driven by Mr. Scaletta. Mr. Rolfe sought dam ages for personal injuries alleged to have ben received in the acci dent. About 2:30 p. an. Tuesday, the jury returned q verdict of \No cause for action” in this action. Just after 2 o'clock Tuesday, the case of Albert J. Hitchman of Geneva' vs Henry Veroska of Rushvile was started but had to be held up because of lack of jurors. Due to the number of jurors that were excused by the attorneys, Justice H. Douglass VanDuser, presiding, recessed the court until the jurors on the pre vious action had been dismissed and could be called for the second case. In the Hitchman vs Veroska action, which grew out of an ac cident on the Rushville-Middlesex road in October of 1947, only property damage is being sought. Reports of non-personal regis tration in other Yates voting dis tricts (list partially complete) are: Barrington, 464; Benton 1, 415; Italy 278; Jerusalem 1, 664; Jerusalem 2, 502; Middlesex, 542; Milo 7, 402; Potter 2, 308; Starkey 1, 682; Starkey 2, 846; Torrey, 575. Polling places in Penn Yan will be open from- 10 a. m. to 10 p. m. Friday of this week and from 7 a. m. to 10 p. m. on Saturday, affording voters one more chance to personally register. \It will be a big help to the clerks in the Penn Yan polling places espe cially,” say the county election commisiosners, \if all who can will register early Friday rather than waiting until the last day and hour.” Non-personal registration, out side of Penn Yan, is scheduled for only one more day, Saturday, Oct. 14, from 1 p. m. to 10 p. m. P e o p l e s P a r t y W i l l B r e a k G r o u n d f o r K e u k a C o l l e g e L i b r a r y S a t u r d a y ( currently taking a nursing course (continued on page Three> l N a m e s C a n d i d a t e s I n T o r r e y E l e c t i o n Competition is the theme of the political scene in Torrey township as a slate of candidates is an nounced by \The People’s Party.” An independent group, the Peo ple’s party lists Clarence Fisher as candidate for supervisor, Hom er H. Hood for justice of the peace, Paul I. Loomis for council man, Frank L. Wadsworth for town clerk, Clifford (Pete) Dean for highway superintendent. Three candidates are named for asses sor, (Leo W. Du Vail, Thomas Jen sen, and Robert Olney. There is now a three-way con test for these offices in the Town ship of Torrey in the general elec tion Nov. 8. On the Republican ticket are P. Henry Flynn for supervisor, Madeline Gelder for town clerk, Charles O. Nutt for superintend ent of highways, Peter Jensen for justice of the peace, Barna L. Spaid for councilman, Howard B. Jensen for assessor four years, Russell LaBar for assessor two years, and Carl Eskildsen for school director. The Torrey Democrats list as candidates Donald Campbell for supervisor; Alonzo Predmore for town clerk; Howard Wood for superintendent of highways; Ray Fenton for Justice, Nels Hansen for councilman, no nomination for assessors, and Sara Lampman for school director. ’Tis Autumn The autumn leaves are turn ing-—turning the lake hillsides and the streets of Penn Yan into a warm fall pattern of rus set and brown and gold. And also turning into a po tential fire hazard, points out Fire Chief John Buckley. The dry spell during recent days along with the unseasonably hot weather are causing the leaves to fall rapidly. As Mr. Penn Yan household er once again breaks out the rakes to gather and burn the leaves from lawns, the Fire Chief urges Penn Yan residents to use special caution, and alert ness in tending leaf-fires. He particularly stresses the danger of burning leaves too close to buildings. This is an architect's sketch of the new $125,000 Keuka College library. Ground breaking cere monies for the new building will be held on the campus at 4:30 Saturday afternoon, Oct. 15, in connection with the annual Founder’s Day pro gram, sessions of which are open to the public. I Area residents and friends of Keuka college are invited to at tend the ground-breaking for the new $125,000 Keuka College li brary, Saturday, Oct. 15, at 4:30 p. m. The ceremony is to be held in conjunction with Founders’ day, with these sessions also open to the public. Alumnae home coming is slated for the same day. The new structure, 133 by 61 feet, modern in design, will be a brick-faced building of one story and basement. Kaelber and Wassdorp of Rochester are the architects. Plans call for a main reading room 52 by 35 feet, a browsing room, 18 study carrels and two book areas 74 x 26 and 22 x 29 feet. Additional book area is provided in the basement. Also included in the plans are a librar ian’s office and workroom, two seminar classrooms and a visual- aid room suitable for movies and still production. The library will be located on North avenue facing the campus, between the “Lucina,” home of the president, and Allen hall, a dormitory. The former home of Mrs. Anna Bacon, purchased by thfe college last summer, now ac- cupying part of the site, will be moved to a lot north of its present location. At the preesnt time the Keuka College library, largest in Yates county and containing 37,527 vol umes, serves the college, the com munity and rural schools of the area. It occupies 2,136 square feet on the lower floor of Ball hall, with no facilities for addi tional books and a reading room large enough for only 15 per cent of the student body. It has oc cupied the present quarters since 1939. At that time it contained 25,- 926 volumes, and was designed to accommodate a student body of 200. The present enrollment of the college is 444. During 1948 the circulation of the library was 46,780 volumes to both students and area residents. The new building will contain approximately 10,000 square feet floor space and reading room ac commodations for 50 per cent of the student body. Construction of the library is made possible from a general fund raised by the trustees and friends of the college and a gen erous gift of $55,000 from Mrs. Henry Alvah Strong of Washing ton, D. C. A number of memor ials included in the funds will be suitably marked with bronze. tab lets. Mrs. Strong presented Keuka college with Strong hall in 1939 and built an addition to the dorm itory in 1948. She also presented the collage with the Marguerite cottage, used as the Dean’s resi dence, and this year made funds available for the addition of a third floor to Allen hall, to accom modate 22 students. It was com pleted during the past summer. Present plans call for comple tion of the library foundation this fall. “Funds are in hand for the construction of the library build ing,” President Blyley said. “An additional $25,000 will be needed for furniture and equipment to provide students with adequate provisions for study.” At the annual meeting of the Finger Lakes association last week it was decided to have two rathe* than four vice-presidents in the future and the association’s by laws were changed accordingly. Frank Monnin of Penn Yan was named as one of the two vice- presidents. Philip Thomas of Can andaigua continues as association head. $ I SEE BY THE CLASSIFIEDS Printed on Pages 2-A, S-A, 4-A You will find interesting news and often many bargains in the Chronicle-Express classified sec tion. Read it every week. -Lose your watch ? 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