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GREENWICH JOURNAL Page 2 , Thursday, June 16,1977 Greenwich Journal The Salem Press NATIONAL NEWSPAPER mmass «SUSTAINING **» g MEMBER-1977 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY . TEFPT PUBLISHERS INC, 1 Hill St., Greenwich, N.Y. 12834 . ■ Phone 518-692-2266 Subscribers are requested to provide immediate notice of .. change of address to The Journal-Press, Box 185, Greenwich, N.Y. 12834. Richard s. Tefft, President ' ■ Jane W . Tefft, Secretary c Clarissa T. Hughes, Vice-President andTreasurer Richard S.- Tefft, Editor smd Publisher -------... MegHqghes;J,ss^.t 9 iULEditor 4 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Otie Yeat $ 8 —,S.ip4le eQpies'20d Entered at the Post Office at Greenwich, New York 12834 as second class naatter — Publication, No, 229380 Village awards three contracts The Greenwich board opened a number o f bids for items to be purchased at their meet ing Monday evening. Carmody Ford Mercury was awarded a contract for a truck and snow plow. The firm’s bid of 329,895, which included a trade-in allowance, was the only one submitted. Concrete will be pur chased from Greenwich Ready Mix, which was also the sole bidder. Solar salt, which is used to condition the village water, will be purchased from the Mortotf Salt company, They quoted a price identical to the only other bidder, Internat ional Salt company. Bids for rock salt will be opened on July 11. That bagged salt was needed, so the salt companies had submitted bids for bulk salt, which the,, village cannot store, A public , hearing on adding the words “can opies and awnings” to the village zoning ordinance did not attract anyone, That measure was passed, meaning that canopies and awnings are not affected by the'law. Charles Kipp resigned from the zoning board of appeals. Alfred Corcoran was appointed to fill out his term. ... . The lough and Ready Engine company secured permission to display their hand pumper-in Mowry • park, next to St. Paul’s Episcopal church* óm July, 4. They will also have, it awarded Monday—eve-— August when the Green- ning, but the village had wich Historical association neglected to note that sponsors a craft show. The Trustees of the Greenwich Free Library cordially invite you to attend an Open House on Wednesday, June 29 from 7 - 9 — JX to be held at the Greenwich Free library to honor our retiring librarian, * ■ Mrs. Evefyn Warner SPECIAL CITERÍ . €LD-rMH 0 NED • ‘ Ä W H H t E r * H A T Dad Will love it, but so w ill the kids. 600 w ith purchase of a , Hallmark Father's Day card, * or £REE w ith ^ $4.00 purchase \of-a Hallmark gift. Offer ^ooci only while supptres iast - - - BIG H PLAZA GREENWICH, N . V. Weekdays 9-9 Sat. 9-Ü” S ¥ r T 9 - 5 V © 1976 Hallmsfk Cards. Inc. ....... ... ........ nan ..... . i . . j j i . . V « m m . r e e n Greenwich p o tter Whidden in Craft Horizons An amendment to the Greenwich central- school -district., budget, if passed, 'would prevent both the Oreeówich’^andHESsfott libraries from receiving fundsfrom the school budget. the board of trustees of the Greenwich Free library has appealed to the district voters to reject the ¡proposition. - Services would be cut Without school support, the library would have to drastically reduce its sérvices, as it did when funding was denied two years ago. Open hours, programs, and new books would be severely limited. • -- With financial: supportrfrom the district, the library could operate on a full-time basis, 26 hours* a week,: circulating books, magazines, records, films and ,art reproductions. “Free” iibrary _ The library cannot pharge ' school district residents for the use of its services. It is chartered by the Reg of the state of New York to serve the. school, district. Free serviees-eannot,_ and never have been, denied^snjfone living in the distinct. . The library is maintained by funds from endowment, the village, the town, and the school district. This year the village contributed $1,000; the town, $1,500, and the school district, $5,000» Some money came from interest from endowment funds. These sums cannot be withdrawn; only the interest is used. Receipts from fines on overdue books, and proceeds from the copier machine were the only other sources of income. More use noted Library use has increased greatly in the recent past. This is because of the high cost of books and magazines. Individuals are turning to their libraries for reading material which would otherwise be very costly. “If one were to buy three or four ... magganes a year,” pointed out a library spokeswoman, “he would in .. leaBty be paying the approximate cost of funding the Ubrary-feSrfta entire year from the school budget.” - “Through the library, ’ ’ sheadded, “he would receive far more services as well as to his family.” Money’s worth 1 district Principal E.F. Snyder stated Tuesday that, although he did not have the exact figures, he was sure that taxpayers would be adding much less- than $1 per $1,009- assessed valuation to their tax bills if the library gets the funding. — y\ ■ The library is open 52 weeks a year, four afternoons and three evenings a week, plus four hours on \Saturday. It is the only library that students, as well as other district can use at night and throughout the summer. * • — -In-addition to books- and magazines, rssiirds, 'films andpaintingsmay be borrowed. PatrorrsTnay request books, Urns, or records from the state library. All such requests, including those for the Greenwich central school, must be made through the Free library. In addition, the following programs are offered by the library: —Story hours for pre-schoolers. —Book and sandwich discussion meetings. —Movie programs for aU ages. —Specific programs, including lit erary workshops. —Exhibits in the meeting room. “These free services will continue to-be available to district residents,\ noted the library representative, “if,the voters support the library hy rejecting, amendment number three.” in rapes ertie Whidden, 28, of crdenwi£h, ¡ was arrested. by the state police Tues day for the rape of two young A r r a igned before Greenwich Justice Keith R. Mann, Mr. Whidden was committed to Wash ington county jail in Salem :inlieu'of$10;000 bail. He was charged with two counts of first degree headquarters noted that additional evidence con cerning Mr. Whidden has [» been turned over to the r„ grand jury and may i;esulf in more charges. There are more than TOO different jkiitds xjf monkeys. Public is invited to concept The public Is invited to a special concert to be given at the United church of Greenwich on Saturday evening, June 18, at 8 p.m. The Kirk \Singer tour choir of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., will present a variety. of choral music. There will also be selections by the bell choir. The June issue of Craft. Horizons includes a photo graph of this um created by Judy Schn=eible of Greenwich, .owner of Gargoyle Pottery. Craft Horizons is a monthly magazine put oat by the American Crafts council and is considered the definitive publication in the-crafts field, The urn was part of a show held in February at . the- JByde museum , in Glens Falls by the Adi rondack Artisans, Judy, in describing the . um, says she really thinks of it as a jug. It took her over a month to complete and ison e o fb e r x n o r e ambitious projects, It is 27 inches .. ft^h^'-ami th e design represents many different elenaents of architecture nncluding parquet floors, staircases dMonion dkwe^. be accompanying the choir on their tour. The Greenwich conceit is part of a 19-day tour by the choir. They will be singing in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Massachu-; setts, Quebec and On tario. Over the past several years their tours have taken them to The Kirk Singer choir is Europe and many areas of served for them at the church, under the chair manship of Catherine Crozier. They will spend the night in the homes of members of the congre gation. The committee making arrangements in cludes Jeffry Elgin, chair man; Frances Scholten, Helen M. Ruddock and Nancy Battis. Parts of the c^ign were incised and some were raised. The elaborate work required that the um , be kept damp throughout the period while Judy was creating it. Glazing was also time consuming. The background is clack blue and the rest is in shades of green, gold a»d brown with gold lustre highlight ing the onion domes. one of ten choirs o£ the First Presbyterian church of Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The tour choir is part of a seventy-voice youtlrchoir that sings for one of the services each Sunday. The' Fort Lauderdale church has a membership of 3,000, and provides staff and facilities for a congre gation of 6,000 during the winter. The Rev. Randolph ’ j. Griffith, former pastor of the United States. The music to be in cluded on the tour pro gram ranges from Mass in C Major by Mozart to Rogers and Hammerstein and a rock cantata. The program will be an hour and a quarter in length. The group is organized - for the purposes of «devel oping musical talent and Christian character, \and providing an outlet of expression of their Chris- Sale at library of books and food , --- - —I — CA^I J the SouthArgyleandEast-- - ~tian tfflfft^igaogh' musicl Greenwich United Presby- The group will arrive in tenan churches, Is on the Greenwich Saturday after- staff of the church and will noon. A dinner will be School meeting, voting planned The Friends of the Greenwich Free library will sponsor its annual book and food sale at the library on Friday and Saturday, June 24 and 25. .will he o n s a leo n - Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and from 7 to 9 p.m. On Saturday both books and food wUl be on sale from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Mrs. Doris McLeod is In general charge of the food sale, while Mrs. Doretta Wever will head up the book sale committee. Serving ok the various 'committees are Mrs. Barbara Simonesau, Mrs. Ruth'Crazier,' and Mrs* Maigaret Roberson, with many assistants. It is .hoped that-all-Friends of - the Library, as wail as those others ve?ho enjoy and appreciate the library will contribute to and patronize this event. Books may be left a t the library at any time be tween now and Jun.* 24, Food should be at the library between 8:30/and 10 a.m. June 2S. J ) The annual meeting of the Greenwich ‘central school will be held at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday evening, Jtine 21, in the high school auditorium. Voting for a board member and on the annual budget and amendments wul be held oh Wednesday in thè front cortador of thè “Middle grade 'building from 1 to 9 p.m. • MrsV Doris McLeod will act as chairman of the annual meeting. ‘ Thomas Hayes of Eas ton is a candidate to succeed himself as a member of the board of education. No other pe titions were received,-Mr, Hayes is the senior member of the board, having served for the post five years. The board’s original budget, as drafted, rep resented an increase of 2.3 per cent. Tax rates-are impossible to project ac-. curately, especially with ' the town of- Greenwich being re-assessed. Green wich represented 61 per cent of the school district last year and if the state _ assigns an equalization fate proportionate to The increased assessment, then it should continue to do so. The -board’s original-r budget, though up onlya - Simple of percentage points required an ad- ditonal 20 per cent from, local taxation as the state continues to transfer the burden to the local level to school districts in this area. program to be explained A county housing as sistance program wSl be explained at the ÑÉWCO iunch-Thursday, June 23, at St. Paul's Episcopal parish hall, Main street, Greenwich. • gram manager, and Pa* trim Carpenter, adminis-“ trative assistant* will ex plain the program* It is entitled Section, light Existing Housing Assist- ancéi.PaymeñTprogram. The housing program provides rental assistance BAIN’S VILLAGE C o n g r a t u l a t i o n s 1 9 7 7 G r a d u a t e s ! Order your graduation cakes today! We have many* sizes to suit your «r?3 - - - 1 ' special needs! Layer Cakes to feed 14 - 30 $4.50 • $6.50 plus ornament Sheet-cakes\-~doubl&-orsinglelayers- — _ ........ . ... . ..... to f e e i_ 4 L J i8 _____________ >. $7.00 - $12,50 plus ornpfflent Big N Plaza, Greenwich 692-7853 : r : M o n .-Fri., 6:30 A .M . -'9 P .M . t Sat., 8 A .M . - 9 P J . ^ u i w J - U L ^ 5 J P J . to elderly, the disabled, the handicapped, and largg^affiilies,Tt provides- monthly ;payiacrenta to property owners^» behalf o f qualified fainilles, to cover part of tbeif rent. Families may remain in their present housing, and take advantage, of the program, so Iong as their housing meets certain quality requirements, The housing assistanqe program has its' head quarters at 138 Broadway, Fort Edward HOOD'S FARM STORE Serving the Public* DAIRY PRODUCTS Ice dream - Butter • Cheese FOR HOME & FARM Tools - Hardware * Boots Work Shirts & Pants ■ Work Shoes Sport Shirts * Caps - Socks * Etc. Hood Cleaners & Sanitizers laundry Soap for Washers AN I ¿ A LHEALTH PRODUCTS & FEED 10% OFF ALL ORTHO PRODUCTS Ortho Lawn Spreader Was $29.95 NOW $21.95 Still Have BULK SEEDS & PACKAGED SEEDS Metal Roofing • Plywood - Drain Pipes| & * • LEGAKilS - NOTICEOFCC OFTENT ASSESSME (Pursuant toSei 1526 of the Re Taxi HEARING OF.C NOTICE is \that the Assesst of Greenwich ¡Washington, h the TENT ATI MENT ROLL, f year, and that a left with Towi Academy Street be seen, exan interested pen THIRD TUESD The Assessc attendance wit! assessment roll >977 and Ju between the hoi and 11:30 a.m.! ~'a’nd\4T00 p oriTa 1977 between i , p^tr-and 8:00 The‘ Board i Review will me 1977 between tl a.m. and 11:30 hours of 1:00 p.m., and the 1 and 8 p.m. at t in said town, examine .all relation to asse< written applic 'person believin, aggrieved. Dated this 6 1977. >S> 6-9, 16 PER F R E E D FAMILY í COO 18 oz. Armou FRA 1 lb. PI TURKEY 61b.Av. 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