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VOL, 134 - NO. 18 GREENWICH, NEW THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 1976 20 CENTS - Demolition is underway fit' Proudfit hail,* Cold weather had delayed the project for about a week, but work went on in the rain Tuesday. Two public . hearings will be held in Salem regarding a federal grant for construction of a new building at the site off the Proudfit building. On Thursday and Fri day evenings, February 5 and 6 , the .village board will be at the county courthouse in Salem at 7:30 p.m. to meet with any interested residents, The purpose of the hearing is to discover how (the public feels about community development and homing needs. Per sons will get a change to help develop and revise a statement to the depart ment of Housing and BOCES will try to reduce debt At its monthly board meeting held, Thursday night, January 15, the Washington, 'Warren, Hamilton and \Essex counties BOCES board reviewed the current status of payments from individual districts. BOCES has requested early payments in order to reduce the principal of its debt held by the state dormitory authority for the Dix avenue school: Any interest savings re sulting from early pay ments would be distribu ted among the component school districts. Two bills now under consideration in the state legislature would allow school districts \with good credit ratings to borrow money for all districts in a BOCES region. Ahother biU would allow BOCES to borrow directly from local banks. These bills could save money for schools in , their area through pos- . sible lower interest rates. Dr, Edward F. Hunting ton, district superinten dent, reviewed this pend ing legislation and indi cated that he would keep the board informed as the situation develops. In response to a ques tion on shared services. Dr. Huntington explained that arthe present tame a district cannot curtail its services and then go to a BOCES shared service. But'he also noted that the state education depart ment is now considering such requests from dis tricts with- declining en rollments. In other business, the board adopted a resolu tion supporting the can didacy of Norman Allen as a member of the New York ’ state board of Regents from the fourth judicial district.- The term wf ld begin April 1, 1976, as the current-' regent from this district will retire as of March 81, 1976. , The next BOCES board meeting is scheduled for Thursday,, February 12 , in the Washington county building annex at 8 p.m. January 20 January 21 January 22 Janaaiy 23 January 24 January 26 January 26 28 30 34 14 2 10 31 v , F ilm showing to benefit White Creek furnace fund approve t grant Urban Development, re garding the need for funds for building in Salem. HUD offers community development block grants and there is a/possibility that the village can qualify for such a^gjfant to build a new \strucuW on the corner of MdaTstreet and West Broad-Way, where the Proudfit build ing’s .remains stand. As the result of a previous public meeting and\ deliberation,“the t il lage board agreed to have the building tom down to the first floor. They intend to test the first floor and consider the possibility of rebuilding it. January thaw January tjjaw: it sounds like such a nice thing. But when warm weather in terrupts a winter of snow and ice, large amounts of water result. A few degrees make the difference between a solid, iced-over river and a rushing, dangerous tor rent. Though the temper atures recorded at Saiem over the past week don’t show the sudden change, Monday and Tuesday were warm. Before that it was like this: Planning board a $224,500 grant development ©f £ water, facility •Washington uary 21 . , Staff m em ber^^N ^ mended that the’sttidM-. , coordinated ren county i Sew e rage study so may be compjef&l -0 ''$i ■ orderly. fa^hionC e Federal Con^t£o %Wfr velopment act grarits ^fOr -the village ward, the njinton, Jay, Blaqk B&plt, Bolton Landing;, Piaffe burgh, Ticonderoga, the city of Glens Falls, ajjd Clinton county Were alsp approved. Projects! will include a water treatment facility for Fort^Edward.a recreation facility ;for Wilminton, water systems for the towns, community improvement activities in Glens Ealls, a|jd a-county- wide waste management system for Clinton county. The riext meeting of the board will be at l& 3 ka.m. at the Holiday Inn in Lake ,George on January 30. Flood in Center Falls An untimely thaw Mon day and-Tuesday brought the Battenkill up to flood level in Center Falls, near the Hollingsworth and Vose mill. Five families were evacuated from their homes there Tuesday High water ■17 -2 11 --20 -16 11 16 Skybel Tissue mill of Greenwich • was flooded Tuesday. Robert Belsky, the mill’s president, ex pressed a fear that the mill would be tost yester day morning as the water continuedtd rise. The mill was shut down a^d the cellar flooded out Tuesday and Wednesday as the Greenwich fire depart ment pumped water from the mill through the night. Mr. Belsky expressed his deep gratitude for the Greenwich firemen, and for companies from Middle Falls, Easton, Shushan and Schuylerville who assisted. — Also in Greenwich, high water forced the Glendon White family of Academy street- extension from their home. Their property, the fprmer Skiff farm, flooded Tuesday morning. —As of press time • Wednesday morning, the Hegeman bridge, also known as the Easton bridge, was in danger. The road approaching the bridge was ' dosed, as ‘ wate'r came right up over it, and the water flowed inches below the bridge. -A covered bridge in Buskirk was also in grave danger. The Hoosic river was rising” steadily yes terday and the bridge was closed. The surrounding area was evacuated. -Water had receded slightly at East Green wich, where a dam had been jammed with ice Tuesday. Representatives of the Washington county office of emergency serv ices were standing by at the headquarters of the Easton-Greenwich Rescue squad in case the East Greenwich dam let go. —At Bio-Tech mill in Battenville, eight to ten hours of work were lost due to flooding. Burdette Sallans, the manager, says the mill was flooded at 6:30 a.m. Tuesday, but that the ice went out soon afterwards, and the water level went down. Accord ing to Mr. Sallans, the ice jammed oxi one side of an island downriver then, and was channelled to the other side of the island, causing the Center Falls flood at about 7 a.m. morning, and two persons were hospitalized. With the temperature in the thirties Monday and Tuesday, the ice on the ■ Battenkill began to break up. Early Tuesday, a large ice jam formed in, the sharp bend of the Batten kill near the mill. That forced the river to rush on past it, flooding the homes on the north side of the river.\' William Bounds, one of those made homeless by the flood, says he heard a roaring noise-atmbontr ? a.m., and the water rushed up into his trailer almost immediately there after. Mr. Bounds, his wife, and three children waded to a nearby trailer, occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bain and Bonnie Bain, and borrowed dry Clothing. They had to leave their cat behind. The Bain's trailer soon flooded also, so the group had to move along. Also forced from their homes • were Mr. and Mrs. George Broadhead and their three small children, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Dixson and four children, and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Johns and son, Walter. Mr. Johns, who is 85 years old, fractured his hip when he fell in the. water upon leaving his house. His wife, Augusta, 79 years of age, was suffering chest pains. The couple were taken to the Mary McClellan hospital by the Easton-Greenwich Rescue squad, and ad mitted. The Broadhead family left behind their car, a 1974 Gremlin, and the Dixsons. left their dog, which was -chained to a dog house. The Bounds family also left a car in the flood; it was in a garage. All five families left personal belongings. Undersheriff Thomas J. Durkin of the Washington county Sheriff’s depart ment arrived on the scene, with Sergeants John Greenwood and- Donald Nassivera, and Deputy Walter Kruger. They took a boat to help in evacua ting the families. Police Chief George Phinney of Greenwich and members of the Green wich volunteer fire de partment were also summoned. When the men arrived, water was flowing over route 29 and was up to a foot deep. The water around the homes was between 18 inches and four feet in depth. In this picture, Green wich firemen employ the sheriff’s department’s boat to retrieve the cat and dog which had been left behind. • Fireman’(Joseph Jordan is shown to the right of the boat, wading in water nearly three feet deep, with the dog in his arms. The New York state department of transpor tation blocked off route 29 in Greenwich art(£-Batten- ville, and all other ap proaching roads. They detoured automobiles onto ofKer ’ roads, but allowed trucks to use the flooded route. The water continued to rise in Center Falls all that day, as a steady rain fell and the ice jam stuck. In the evening, the ice in the river below Center Palls broke up, and the Hood receded. The Red Cross assisted with the evaucation, and temporary lodgings for all five families were found with friends and relatives. Farm wives meet for discussion Stonewall Joe,, the film- story of Joe Robertson of Whitf!; Creek, \ Will be shown . at 8>30 P*n* the ,1/Vihit^ iCreek Com • mWitJt.h^f v •• ; - ch^ged/but'donatiohs to thfr.C ^i^u^t^'hall wiJl - be * ,ja]g|teta|ted., • 'thy Arin:Croug#y=will play th®. movie* i Z'\-. ,■ Stonewall Joe depicts Mr. Robertson’s life* as a country fitJcQer andHitohe^ w£tll builder. It was show^i on television channel 17 last November, and re-run itsdce, due to .popjilar deinand. . _ y, - •' • Michael Marton, pro-' - ducer and director of the filin, .sdllbe 5 Resent at the showing $&today. Wil fred Roberfson, Joe’s father aii^the nephew of the-late Grandma Moses, will display stone of his ■amtings, f m will Dorothy. , Refreshments will be -Where is it? Burglar assaults : Greenwich woman Cards of Thanks ...'.14 Churches.......' ............ 9 Classifieds................. 14 Editorial Features --- 9 4-H News . ...................4 . Granges — . , ......... 13 Letter ........ ------ ,.4~ Sports.............10 & 11 Vicinities—-' Archdale ............... 10 :^Argyl$ ...................&- Belcher .............. . 51 Buskirk ............... 12 . Cansbridge — 7 & 12 Cossayttna- .............. 4! Easton.; . .. ................5 EastGreenwich ...... 8 • Fort~Edward. * ...... 13 Greenwich.. 2, 3 & 4 NortE Hebron.........10 ; . ..................... 6 ' B f c t is f c a n ........ 12 . SouthCambridge — 5 West Hebron. West Rupert. 10 1 5 ! A Fort Edward man has _been arrested in connec tion with the sexual -assault of a town of Greenwich woman. Gary Paul King, 22 , of Ridge road. Was arj-efeted Thurs day following an investi gation by troopers from the Salem substation and the_.Bureau of Griminal Investigation in Moreau. ^ According to state po lite.- the subject walked into the unlocked home of the woman at about 9 p.m. Wednesday. She was home alone with her children. There he as saulted her. Mr. King was arraigned before Kingsbury Justice Amos Carpenter, initially on a charge of second- degree burglary. Other - charges are pending an investigation.- The man's case wfl^ be held for the county grand jury. Washington and Sara toga county Farm Bureau women met for the annual farm wives’ forum Tues day, January 20 in the Argyle American Legion hall. The morning session was devoted to- discussing - contemporary woman's role in agricuJtufeHParti- cijbahts agreed that to day’s farm wife is less involved in actual physical labor, but more actively engaged in the total operation of the business. Women felt that today’s -farm-wife should-be very .actively engaged in pro moting agricultural causes through' public relations and legislation. The afternoon session featured Thomas Foster, trust officer and assistant vice president of the First National bank, Glens Falls, ispeaking on the advantages of farm trusts and estate planning. Ex plaining that the role of a bank trustee was, the management of a client’s property, Mr. Foster noted that First National currently handles some 500 trusts. He outlined priorities farm families should establish in estate planning: drawing a will, re-evaluating joint prop erty, investigating part nerships and corpora tions, securing realistic property appraisals and consolidation of .assets in one of a variety- of trusts. In response to questions, Fbster underlined that federal,estate tdx claims must be pmd-WthinLnint-. months and that insurance policies owned by the decedent are included among his assets. Asked about prospects for in- creasing'the $60,000 gen eral estate tax deductions, now pending in Congress, Foster replied, “You' might see it doubled.” JThe committee , in charge of arrangements Jiuded^Eleanor Lourie, bara Rist, and Norniia Skellie.
