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\ I ■îl 'vi ¿ 4 •3 ■Si », 1 2 . ; , . . ¿ v . 1 >*•. i i'1 \ .. tiilP'ii THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18,1975 y . r** ------ — ’— ---------- - 20 CENTS , Twenty-eight settlors *•’ from local high schools have beep notified that they are winners' of Regents scholarships. The scholarships, jnrhich will be giyei away be- <% ginning with the 1976-77 School,^ year, entitte each winner to aft award of $250 a year for up to five years of study at an approved program in liew York state. Basis for the awards is v the score achieved on the Regents Scholarship and college qualification „test, a six-hour exam given to I high school seniors an nually. \Si ¿4 '4 ’i'fr-V I I v\ J, In addition to the winners, thirteen students have been designated alternates. This means they quite possibly will receive an award, depend ing on how. many .winners make use of their scholar ships, / One Greenwich student also won a Regents scholarship applicable to nursing study at a state college or hospital school of professional nursing training. Schuylerville and Salem each had two nursing alternates. The highest possible score on the test was 300. William J. Gorsky, a student at Greenwich central school, had ythe highest acore: . ih the 263,,. jfc Johnson* • 0 * wich student,, -was bne point behind, to place secbnd in the potìtììy tvitft 262. Tajnsen Giver, who lives atR.D. I, Salotti, àpd is a Greenwich student, tied for fourth place in the county With a score Qf 254. Pictures 'of Argyle, Cambridge, Greenwich, Salem\ and Schuylerville winnefs and alternates are on varfous inside pages of this newspaper. • t o e x p e c t t a x Real estate taxes are going up agaih'in,1976, just s$ anticipated. The .‘Washington county, tax' rates have been announced, and in 14 of the 17 towns the totàl ¿mount“ of taxes for the support of çoüfttjÉ^aWlJa^ cgQiiera* - ^ > ‘OÉIy W iÜti^hury, Putnam and Whitehall are the rates down a bit. Thé raies jtunped to over the $10 mark for each thousand of assessed valuation in Argyle, Easton, Jackson, Salem and'White Creek. In the other towns the incréase varies from $2 to over $6 a thousand. Just what the levy will be for next year is best shown in the charts printed below. The tax figures in the first chart are for town®, outside incorporated villages. The first column gives the amount to be raised by tax for. the operation of the town. The second column is the levy made against the town for county purposes. The third columii of figures, which is boxed, is the total amount of the tax levy. Not included in the total town tax rates and so not in the total tax figure are special district rates for lighting and water districts, where they exist, and for fire protection where there is mac» tharv one fire district in «tiiwn, The figures to the right ol the names of the towns are die rates for 1975, given for comparison purposes. The second chart gives the total tax rates for the nine incorporated villages in the county. Village property owners pay a general town-wide rate for thè operation of town government. They do not pay taxes on two items in the town highway budgets, nor are they taxed for fire protection for other districts outside the corporation. The 1975 total tax is given to the right. Taxes will be collected by the town collectors during the month of January. If anyone wants to anticipate what Ms tax bill will be he can multiply his assessed valuation by the appropriate amount in the boxed section. 1976 1976 1976 1975 1975 1975 Town Co. Total TOWNS • Town Co. Total Tax Tax Tax Tax Tax Tax $52.47 $25.83 20.91 $78.30 -ARGYLE $49.41 $19.75 $69.16 46.85 67.76 CAMBRIDGE 41.68 17.90 59.58 26,14 15.10 41.24 DRESDEN 23.38 13.83 37.21 51.19 23.35 74,54 EASTON .43.60 20.74 64.34 21.42 23.41 44.83 •FORT ANN 21.02 18.86 39.88 20.98 9.97\ • 30.95 FT. EDW. 19,90 8.83 28.73 33,61 17.36 £0.97 GRANVlt,LE 32.40 15.36 47.76 39,50 20.37 »' 59.87 GREENWICH 33.38 20.74 54.12 33.39 15.71 ' 49.10 HAMPTON 38.65 15.36 54.01 40,38 14.61 5f,99 HARTFORD 39.43 13.38 52.81 84.58 34,02 118,60 HEBRON' 87.02 25.92 112.95 46,76 27.04 73:80 JACKSON 40.45 20.74 61.19 20,73 13,04 33/77 KINGSBURY 24.22 14.81 39.03 29,85 13.13 43.08 PUTNAM 33.45 12.47 46.01 42,47 27.68 ,70.15 SALEM- 34.25 23.04 57.29 39.33 30.83 • 70.16 W. CREEK à2.48 25.74 60.22 45.01 16,04 61.05 WHITEHALL 49.08 15.95 65.03 1976 1975 Total , L VILLAGES ' - Total r kx ' Tax ' 356Î65 $49.34 51 ¿53 44.18 . - 47^20 ; 41.96 . 40-19 34.67 ■ 23.64 s:; • - ¿ p i m B Î I Ê f è : ' ; 20.7^ ■ 35.27 j S V s * :?'* ■ 33.75 ■ * . V- ' ' ' ; ' 34»95 , 'i >■ 42.4?* ' , 22.61 ; / ■ H Ü D SÖ lFAlM :• 26.32 ■ 48*56 V 44.31 1. ■v*;1' v^Uv,,/% ’ ■ ¿>v ’ \ . , Vi •- •- ,“\1 ' Ti man -on crash Neale Laverty of Memorial hospital with .$ate4' cuts m d broken 34 - ye$rs '$&' $¡$1. result | ^ ^ . J ^ K ( i4 G r e g o ^ Piekarz, 17^ jmssengeir in the biles pn fout^; In ? had a number of facial J3#ag]irticoke ' fitf : injuries. Mr.,Piekarz, Who .p.nji Ssi^jid^ry i/.’-; Jives at Baker camp -'.ground, Cambridge, was M il t M V W it .«¿'’ I f 0 AIbmy * * * m m * sj ^ s : i i w , ™ Cambridge. Mr. Wendell < * . r - h H takefc, to- Albany.\ , T.’ 0ree”W1«1- w . sustained minor ' - facial cuts and did not ■ require treatment. He was r given a ticket by state • police. • ‘ Troopers of the Bruns- wick substation, who in vestigated, say that Mr. , Walsl} was driving noyth - on route 40, when he ? applied his brakes* The ‘Car skidded on thp icy ; road, and Mr. Walsh . attempted to steer out of the skid but wound up ’ crossing into the opposite ' Sane, striking guard rails. He theai re-crossed the ’ southbound lane, colliding with the other car. Mr. Laverty was bom June 25,1942. He was the son of Hugh and Mildred Bates Laverty of West , Cambridge. He is survived by his parents, his wife, Mrs. .Jean Wheeldon Laverty, Cambridge; a son, Wayne €.. a daughter, Diana, both of Cambridge; a brother, Dr. Wayne lav* erty of Surfslde, Calif.; a • sister, Mrs. Susan Skiff of _ ‘ dge; a'lftlf- ....... “ . Roy . Amone, 21, of West lake road in Argyle, was Jailed at 1:30 a,m, Friday ' when Jtis car collided with a tractor- trailer on route 4 in the town of Kingsbury. He was pronotinc&d dead on arrival at Glens Falls hospital. , According to state troopers, Mr. Amone was driving north, friten he crossed into the south bound lane and w a «trade by a tractor-trailer being driven by Adrien \Wallace Faray Jr., BO, of South Royriton, Vt. ■ c m m “death was ' » \firSCl r ® Ä “\ 3 FÄ ' Coroner Kenneth Fre»ch n¡ece§i nephews, uncles and aunts. of Whitehall was on the scene. Sergeant H. P. Bentley investigated, along with Investigator Joseph Lewis and Troopers W. W. Pearson and M. J. Kell- eher. Mr. Arnone was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Amone Of the Bronx. He was living in a home Sn Argyle, owned by his parents, recuperating from injuries he received in a motorcycle accident about nine months ago. He was a construction worker. He is survived' by his parents, a brother* Peter, and sisters Susan and Dorothy, Funeral services were held Sunday evening in the Bronx. Details on interment are psding. W a r m t o n i p p y With a week to go anti? Christmas, there siiiliS no snow. Seems as if Mother Nature it teasing us: sending us half a dozen pitiful flakes, holding off on the real thing until Christmas eve. She’s been reading too inafiy story books. . Perhaps the full moon this evening .will firing snow with it*. Qh Monday ¿orpin^ i0i| ^ toliiiiter iesi* 4atx& ^ ^ g ^ l^ e b iith e way. .iV T^Wpetlttlifes have hovered betwfeenr nippy ali' warm 4hispfi§i$f*#r'; - DecefnbierlO 48 40 -M&m ip M i # *30 - 18' December !# 3^ ■, 23 44-* 25 '-B& 36 December 16 58 23 Neale worked as a night watchman at the Asgrow Seed company. He was a member of the North Cambridge Methodist church. Private services were held at the Charles A. Ackley funeral home in Cambridge, with the Rev. Carter Adrianee, pastor of the North Cambridge Me thodist church, and the Rev. Clinton Carter, former pastor, officiating. Interment will be in the North* Cambridge ceme tery. The family has sug gested that memorials be made in the form of contributions to the Cam bridge Valley Rescue squad. Holidays push up deadline . Because next Thursday is Christmas, The Green- wich Joumal and* Salem Press ' will come out op Wednesday. To meet the ekrly deadiine, the staff of the’ jiaper will need the cooperation of anyone who hews or adver- pubEcation nefct Live N a tivity This familiar scene, that of Christ’s birth, is being reenacted and replicated at many schools, homes and churches as Christ mas approaches. At the East Greenwich United Presbyterian church, how ever, the scene is alive with real people and animals. The live nativity scene can be seen on the church lawn on Tuesday evening, and Christmas eve, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. each night. F l y S u m m i t f a m i l y l o s e s h o m e i n f i r e If at all possible, copy should be taken to the Sieehvyidh or Salem office, toniorrbw,' Fri day. NeiArs or advertising ttiay also be slipped throtigli the mail sfef in thf*do 0 rthe Greenwich oiflfet Q^er tlje week end. ^tt|iy:..iioon: is ^the majr be •^^]p^||f6jf'jptibli#Mbh. ■ -to dEoUowing week, ''\‘\Vciif iiew Veari Fire from an exploding propane tank, presumably ignited by an electric motor’s spark, drove Mr. and Mrs. David Adams and their eight-year-old daughter, Vidki, out into the rain at nine p.m. Monday. The fire completely leveled their one story frame home on Fly Sum mit road, town of Cam bridge, despite the com bined efforts of firemen of three companies. The explosion quickly involved the ^house in flames. Several residents of the small hatniet of Fly Summit, hearing the noise and seeing the flames through surrounding trees, simultaneously called the Easton Fire company and the Green wich and Cambridge vil lage fire departments. . The Adams fled with only what clothes they could wear and without shoes, to take refuge at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Nadeau, near neighbors, with whom they are how staying. Vicki’s dog escaped with them, but a cat was less fortunate. Everything else was lost. Apparatus from Easton Two station was 'first at the scene in a 'four-mile run, with Easton fire chief Lawrence Riley ^automati cally in overall charge. It was not technically a mutual aid alarm, but the spontaneous response gave the same result. Greenwich, Cambridge, and Easton No. One arrived in quick succes sion, each department dispatching two pumpers and all emefgehcy van, with each Eastori Station also sending a tanker. The men used about half a dozen one-and-one- half-inch lines, from the nearly four thousand gal lons of water that arrived in the combined tanks of all apparatus. The two tankers shuttled water from a refill point below Fly Summit on route 74, being filled by a Cam bridge pumper. The bursting flames lit up the low hanging clouds for about a half-hour until the firemen knocked down the flames and continued to wet down under the glare of portable flood lights. The driveway be came a sea of mud, and apparatus stayed out on the blacktop. A number of spectators were drawn to the area, but created no problems. Fire police handled the small amount of through traffic, and a state trooper and deputy sheriff also responded. The Easton- Greenwich and Cam bridge Valley Rescue squads each sent an ambulance, but there were no injuries reported. The three fire units, through a number of past fires in the area as well as mutual aid drills, are accustomed to cooperat ing effectively in the zone, which is split by the Easton-Cambridge town line. The destroyed home is a short distance inside the town of Cambridge, which has no resident fire unit, but does have fire protection contracts with both the Easton and Cambridge village units. The Cambridge branch American Red Cross dis aster representative is arranging for emergency supply of food and cloth ing to the Adams family, and other relief organiza tions of the area are taking steps to help. Mrs. Howard Schmidt of Fly Summit says she has started a collection of money, clothes, and any other articles people care to contribute for the Adams family She is at home nearly all day every day and will accept articles there. Any who may wish to contribute items of cloth ing will be interested in sizes: Vicki wears size seven clothing, and Mrs. Adams needs blouse size ¿6 and slacks size 12. Other sizes may be obtained from Red Cross, as known. Mrs. Adams also suffered the loss of needed eyeglasses. Easton Chief Riley re leased Chief LeRoy Port- wine’s Cambridge con tingent first, and it ^ re ported back in service at 11:21 p.m. Some of the Greenwich men and equipmeht remained under Chief Wayne Perk ins with Chief Riley and the Easton crews until well after eleven. Where is it? Cards of Thanks ........ 17 Churches ................ $ Classifieds ............. 18 Editorial Features ..... 9 4 - H N e w a . . . ...15 Granges . .........T .\.. 1$ Letters'...: __ _ 9 & 11 Sports .......... 12 & 14 Vicinitfes- Belcher __ Cambridge ......... 8 ........14 . 10 & 11 Clarks M ills ......... 10 Cössayuna .......... 16 Easton . . .......... .. 11 ISffst Greenwich — 16 -FortEdward ........ 1ft Greenwich .. 2, 3 & 4 North Hebron ...... 16 Rapert . .............. 17 ,Salem . .......... v6 & 7 SchuylerviD'e ......... 5 Shushan ..... 14 & 15 South Cambridge ... 16 VŸestHebron — .•« 14 W^st Rupert , . . . ^ # 7 • 1 ✓ f • ‘ i