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a n d S a l e m P r e s s VOL. 135 - NO. 10 GREENWICH, NEW YORK — fHURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1976 20 CENTS I % A t a x u p i n e v e r y t o w n Parker home burns tp ground Real e s t a t e tax rates for the 17 tow n s of W a shington county w e r e announced today by the .county treasu rer's office and, a s exp e c ted , they are higher than they w e r e a y e a r ago. N o t one of the tow n s has a le s s e r ra t e p e r $ 1 , 0 0 0 of a s s e s s e d valu a tio n . The sm a llest in c rease, $2.75 per ,$1,00Q, occurs in Hampton, a n d the largest $32.85, in-H e b ron. In the other tow n s t h e in c r e a s e s range from $3.82 in Kingsbury to $15.95 in D resden. The tax, w h ich is p a y a b le in Janu a r y , in c lu d e s th e c o s t of operating each town's Qgerelk>n. pfijs. t h e tow n 's sh a r e of th e support of th e county. Taxp a y e r s w ill receiv e their bills along w ith b e lated Christ m a s cords lust before N e w Y e a r s . Just w h a t the levy w ill b e for next y e a r is best show n in th e charts printed below. The ta x fig u r e s in the first chart a r e fo r tow n s, outside incorp o rated vil lages. The first colum n g ives th e am o u n t to be raised by tax for the operation of th e tow n . T h e second colum n is the levy m a d e ag a in s t the tow n f o r county p u rp o ses. T h e th ird colum n o f fig u r e s , w h ich is boxed, is th e total am o u n t of the ta x levy. Not included in the total tow n tax ra t e s and so not in the total ta x _ figure a r e sp e c ial district rates for lighting and w a t e r d istricts, w h e r e th e y e x ist, an d fo r fire protection w h e r e there is m o re than one fire d istrict in a town. The figures to the right of the nam e s of th e towns are the rafes fo r 1976, given for com p a rison purposes. The second chart gives the total tax rates for the nine incorporated vil lages in th e county. V illag e property ow n e rs pay a g e n e r a l town-w,ide rate for the o p e ration of town governm e n t. They do not pay taxes on two ite m s in th e to w n highw a y budgets, nor are th e y ta x e d fo r fire protection fo r other dis tricts outside the corpor ation. T h e 1976 total tax is given to the right. If anyone w a n ts to anticipate w h a t his tax bill w ill b e h e can multiply his assessed valuation by the appro priate amount in the boxed section. Firemen from Cam-, bridge and Salem were called by mutual aid radio - shortly after 5 p .m .,’. November 23, to assist the Shushan fire department under Chief Gary-Meyers^ at a spectacular blaze that destroyed the two-story frame dwelling of Ueorge Parker, School street, Shushan. Mr. Parker, who lives alone, was not at home when a neighbor, Charles Alexander, discovered the house afire and turned in an alarm. The Greenwich Fire department stood by ; were some d rifting sparks. Because of the headway of the flames when dis- .covered, there was no , chance to save the Parker • house. Crews continued to ,wet down the embers of /th e totally destroyed .structure. Only a central ‘ brick chimney was left standing. Assisting units were released about 7:30 p.m ., ' but Shushan firemen re- •’ mained on duty for most of the night. 7 The Shitahan Fire de partment auxiliary pro- at the Salem station while } vided coffee and dough- that unit was in Shushan * nuts for the fire fighters, with most of its equip- f An ambulance of the ment. ; Salem Rescue squad re-' Tankers from Shushan,' : sponded and stood by Cambridge, * and Salem . during the fire, but no shuttled “ w a ter fro a r _a 7 injuries werereported. refill standpipe at the high. H ie cause of the fire is bndge over the BattenW l, m c e r t a i l l b u l i { i a b l 3 l i eVed Snow adorns our world 1977 Toma Tax 1977 Co. Tax 1977 T o tal Tax T0WHS 1976 Town Tax 1976 Co. Tax 1976 Total Tar *54.94 $41.23 *96.17 ARGYLE $52.47 825.83 $78.30 46.61 33.00 79.61 CAMBRIDGE 46.85 20.91 67.76 33.43 23.76 57.19 DRESDEN 26.14 15.10 41.24 53.81 56.49 90.30 EASTON 51.19 23.35 74.54 21.07 38.43 59.50 FORI ANN 21.42 23.41 44.83 20.99 15.61 36.60' FT. EDW. 20.98 9.97 \ 30.95 30.96 26*86 57.82, GRANVILLE 33.61 17.36 50.97 39.8$ 30.16 70.04 GREENWICH 39.50 20.37 59.87 30.49 21*36 51.85 HAMPTON 33.39 15.71 49.10 39»Q3..r;;cy. 61»74 v .HARTFORD- , 40*38 14.61 54i99 95.03 56.42 t51.45 HEBHON 84.58 34.02 118.60 43.72 44.12 87.84 JACKSON 46.76 27.04 73.80 17.74 19.85 37.59. KINGSBURY 20.73 13.04 33.77 30.10 19*15 49.25 PUTNAM 29.85 13.23 43.08 39.23 44.47 83.70 SALEH 42.47 27.68 70.15 35.43 48.93 84.36 VH. CREEK 39.33 30.83 70.16 50.94 23.66 74.60 WHITEHALL 45.01 16.04 61.05 to have been a faulty furnace. The home was formerly owned by W illiam Flint who served with the Union forces in the Civil war. a distance of half a mile. Salem’s brush pumper was used under the bridge to draft water from the river and to charge the standpipe, taking about two minutes to fill each tanker, averaging about 1,500 gallons per load, as the trucks arrived succes sively on the bridge deck above. The shuttle was a smooth operation that continued for about an hour and a half, hauling a large total quantity of water. Firemen used VA inch lines from pumpers replenished by the tank- t i>iit> tiiw _ ____ _ *.ers, -ta. keep~the~flames S tric t, h a v e a n n o t in c e c i from endangering other ,^ i r ■ In tention not fo Snow sneaked onto the scen e Sunday night. It w a s sticky enough to d o a balancing act on trees, bushes and even barbed w ire fences, m a k ing b a r e b r a n c h e s a p p e a r as beautifully w rought fili gree. The hills got a liberal dusting o f co n fectioner's sugar sn o w . Both in term s of snow an d te m p e r a t u r e s , it w o u ld seem that winter has arrived. Saturday, how e v e r, w a s balmy, w ith a high af 63 degrees. The Salem w e a ther bu reau recorded that figure along w ith th e s e other extrem e s , ranging as low a s four d e g r e e s : N o v e m b e r 22 N o v e m b e r 23 N o v e m b e r 24 33 37 36 26 28 20 Teachers’ job action leads to later buses The Cam b ridge teach e r s , w h o h a v e had difficulty settling a con- tcgct w ith th e schoql homes in the vicinity. Because of lack of wind, the fire burned straight up, and nearby homes were not in immediate danger, although there ossum e responsibility for students e a r l ie r than 8:0 5 a.m .. the start of the official teaching day, as of yesterday. D e c e m b e r 1. 197.7 1976 Total VILLAGES Total Tax Tax $79.38 ARGTLE §56.85 CAMBRIDGE 64.74 in Cambridge 51.53 65.48 in W. Creek 47.28 53.73 FORT AM 40.19 29.60 FT. EDW. 23*64 46.40 GRANVILLE 35.27 GREENWICH 34.95 53.29 in Easton 46.40 ia Gre@mri.eh 42,47 29.23 HUDSON FALLS 22.61 67.21 SALEM 48.56 45.45 WHITEHALL 37.45 Mrs . McNeil determined to g et w h at is hers Junior fairbook to be improved Anyon^who has an Idea for improving the Wash ington county fairbook is urgedto contact Lyndon J. Howlett, Cooperative Ex tension agentt with his ideas. Some, plans for chang ing the junior fair pro gram have already been considered. Changes in classes, elim ination of some' classes, iaiid new classes are among the improvements which have been suggested. It is hoped that the book w ill be available to all 4-H students by the end of school in Ju n e . M r. Howlett says that any ideas submitted by stu dents Will he considered before the book is sent to the printers, December 31 is the deadline set by the 4-H official for sending in changes. Voter registration resumes in county The W ashington county board ofelections will resume central and m ail registration of Voters today. .Qualified voters may register In; person at the dffice of the board of elections ..in the county building:, Upper Broad way,. Fort Edw ard^or By Writing or calling for an application form for regis tration and enrollment by mail. A qualified voter is a United States citizen who w ill b e 18 years of age on November 8, 1977, which is election day, or on November 9, 1977, the day after election day. Questions concerning voter qualifications may be .directed to the elec- tions board any week day, Monday through Friday, 9 a.m . to 4 p.m ., the noon hour included. M aty McNeil of Eddy street, Greenwich, was fired from the Greenwich A p p arel company four years ago. For four years Mrs. McNeil has tried to collect unemployment benefits in vain. The unemployment of fice says Mrs. McNeil left her job without good cause. Mrs. McNeil in sists that she was fired. Furtherm ore, says the 67-year-old • widow, she was fired without good cause. Four lawyers have sup ported Mrs. McNeil in her case,. as have her former co-workers and employer. However, the state unem ployment appeals board has twice sided against hey. M rs. M cN e il is appealing the board’ s decision again, but the case w ill probably not be reviewed until spring. For 20 years M rs. M cNeil worked as a sewing machine operator at the Greenwich Apparel. In June of 1973, the plant manager, Mrs. Annette Parillo, got into a conflict with Mrs. McNeil. Ac cording to Mrs. McNeil, the manager wanted to move a fan which had been near her fot several years. Mrs. McNeil recalls her own words ht that time as being: “ For God’s sake, don’t move the fan.” Mrs. Parillo suspended M rs. McNeil for a week. Both women admit that they had never gotten along very well. Mrs. Parillo says that at the tiftie of the fan' incident, Mfs. McNeil ‘‘came at\ her with ft newspaper. Mrs. McNeil disagrees. After her week of suspension from the job, Mrs. McNeil returned and found that her time card had been removed from its slot. She went to Mrs. Parillo to ask why. Mrs. Parillo replied, \A s far as I ’m concerned, you’re fired.” Mrs. McNeil said that being fired was a terrible shock to her. She says she has always wanted to work and would be working today if she had a job. “ My job looked easy,” says M a ry,1but ‘ it wasn’t. W hen 1 left they had to put four girls on my job to take my place.” A month later, the Greenwich Apparel closed down. The 50 employes put out o f work by the shut down, including M rs. Parillo, all got unemploy ment. Mrs, -Parillo has been quoted as saying, “ If I had'known the plant was going to close, I never w ould have followed through w ith the charges.” M fs. McNeil gets by on social security. She knows she is entitled to unem- ploymentbenefits and she is.determined to get them, even after four years. Letters to President Gerald Ford and Con gressman Ned Pattison have gotten her nowhere. T heijtate has refused to listen to her side of the stOry. B u t Mary will not give tip. If the appeals board rules against her again in the spring, she’ll stgrt a ll over again, because she knows she’s in the right. Since the safety of students is of param o u n t im p o rtance. G e o r g e W. Brown, district principal, h a s a n n o u n c e d , ’’th e follow ing plan has been developed and w ill be im p lem ented.\ 1. M e s s a g e s explaining the plan and urging parents not to send their children to school early w ill be distributed to all parents, students and the press. 2. A ll entran c e s to the building, w ith the excep tion of the gym entrance, located adjacent to the parking lot, w ill rem ain locked until 8 :0 0 a .m .; all early arriving m e m b e rs of the faculty and staff w ill use this entran c e and only this entrance. 3. The gym entran c e w ill be unlocked at 7:0 0 o.m. and a custodian will be stationed there fo insure that only m e m b e rs of the faculty and staff a r e perm itted to enter: all others w ill be refused entrance to the building until 8 :00 a.m . 4. Rural bus routes will be rescheduled to insure their arrival at school no e a r lie r than 8 a.m . 5. V illag e bus runs, w ill a r r iv e at school close to the start of the instructional day or p e r haps even later: such students w ill not be penalized for tardiness. 6. A ll teach e rs will be expected to be in their classroom or teaching stations, door unlocked, and ready to w e lcom e students prom p tly at 8:05 a.m . each d a y : tardy teach e rs may b e logged at the discretion of their building principals. T h e a d m i n i s t r a t i o n says it sincerely regrets the inconvenience this plan may cause m e m b e rs ef th e faculty, staff and student body. They con sid e r its implem entation necessary to insure the safety of students of all ag e s , how e v e r. Com m e n ts of faculty and staff and recom m en dations for the improve m ent of the plan will be w e lcom e d and may be e x p r e s s e d to any m e m ber of the adm inistrative staff. Vermont man must serve term, says court Robert Peltak of Hyde- ville, Vt., convicted of selling the tranquilizing drug PCP at the Hampton Manor in May, 1973, must return to New York state to serve a sentence that will range from two and one-third years to seven years in state prison. • W ash in g to n county Judge Julian V.D. Orton sentenced the man last December 16. Mr. Peltak remained free, however, <?n $5,000 bail, and ap pealed the county judge’s decision. On November 17 the state supreme court's appellate division, third division, denied Mr. Peltak’s appeal. They set December 1 as the date he was to return to this state to serve his sentence. The man Jias yet to stand trial on charges lodged against him in June of 1973. He allegedly stabbed State Trooper Theodore Rehm in the back during a scuffle outside the Ham pton Manor. A friend of:M r. Peltak’s was killed h i that fight. trooper Rehm was the individual who originally caught Mr. Peltak in the drug incident. N o v e m b e r 25 36 N o v e m b e r 26 54 N o v e m b e r 27 63 N o v e m b e r 28 47 N o v e m b e r 29 33 20 38 40 30 4 Former coach is dead Robert K a n a , principal of th e W h itehall elem e n tary school and form e rly coach and director of physical education at W ashington acad e m y in Salem , died suddenly at his hom e in W h itehall Tuesday. H e w a s 60 years old. Wr. K a n a received his bachelor of scie n c e d e gree af Ithaca colleg e . For 21 y e a r s h e served a s coach at t h e Salern school and during that tim e h e produced 33 cham p ion ship team s. H e h a s been principal of the elem e n tary school in W h itehall for 16 years. M r . K a n a w a s a m em b er of the N e w York state Teach e r s asso c ia tion, the N a tional Educa tion association. N e w York State A s s o c iation of E le m e n t a r y P r in c ip a ls! and the W h itehall Teach ers association. H e w a s also chairm a n of the W a shington County C h il d r e n 's c o m m itte e , vice president o f the W h itehall Rotary club, Cj m em b er of the W h itehall Cham b e r of C o m m e r c e , Youth com m ission an d Historical society. H e .was a past grand knight of W h itehall council 276', Knights of Colum b u s an d a m e m b e r of th e Holy Nam e society of O u r l a d y of A n g e ls church. H e is survived by his w ife, Rose; o n e son, Robert K a n a of G le n s Falls; a daughter, Karen' Kana of the C o lleg e of St. Rose, A lb a n y ; tw o broth; ers, Raym o n d K a n a of G r e a t N e c k , L.I., and Ch a r les K a n a of Scotia. Fu n e r a l s e r v ice s will be held Frid a y a t 10 a.m . af O u r Lady o f . Angefsk church in W h itehall an d interm e n t w ilL b e in-O u r tad y of A n g e ls cem e tery. Friends m a y call today at ♦he F r a n d i n o F u n e r a l home, B roadw a y . W h ite hall, from 2 to 4 an d from 7 to 9 p .m . ' ii h
