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VOL. 135 ■** NO. 42 GREENWICH, N I # - THURSDAY, JJJLY 14, 1977 20 CENTS p r e p a r e s Good news f o r area adults Helen Hoag, director of a workshop program of the Greenwich Historical association, received noti fication o f a $1,000 grant last week. Postman Jimmy McReynolds is shown delivering word of the grant, which will help fund \ classes for area adults. America the Beautiful fund o f New York will give the award to the Ideal project to start courses in photography, wood carv ing, dyeing with natural dyes, and drama. . Four local people have agreed to teach the classes: Meredith Hoag, Stony Jackson, Betty Rodman, and Ginny Degner. The e l i t e s will be held at the CoAimunity center on Academy street. They will begin in late Septem ber and ran for Six weeks. Each one will be for two ' hours once a week. A fee will be charged. Anyone interested in at tending the workshops— may contact Mrs. Hoag. Enrollment will b e limited to 15 persons per course. . The New York state— council oh the arts offers funding* through the America the Beautiful project, to organizations all over the state ,to start cultural programs; According to Mrs. Hoag, the Historical asso ciation hopes to extend the initial program so that workshops can be offered through the winter. Hy-Grade Farms, which acquired the former A & P ; store on Main street, Greenwich, about six weeks ago, has been working ever since that -time to get the store in operation, The building has been enlarged, hyjthfe removal of a wall along the west side of the interior thus making what was formerly a storage area part of the store, New refrigeration equipment is being installed, , new shelving is in place and this week the chore of stocking the shelves was undertaken. Edward Riss, general manager of the corpor ation, says the store will have a grand opening, probably early in August. It will be open prior to that time, however, and an advertisement elsewhere in this issue says the grand opening announce ment will'be made next week. Weather good for gardens Gardens are thriving.' They have no reason not to with the moist, tem perate weather w e ’ve been having. Cool nights are balanced by warm humid days: G e n . B u r g o y n e n o t f o r g o t t e n . July 5 July 6 July 7 July 8 July 9 July 10 July 11 84 79 84 70 83 76 89 55 55 64 66 60 51 60 The Washington country office building is com memorating the 200th anniversary of General Burgoyne’s troops enter ing the Washington county war path on their trek to Saratoga. A display case was completed on July 6, the exact day B u r g o y n e in v a d e d Skenesbprottgh in T777. Important events tooli place in Washington coun ty in July and August of 1777 which enabled the Americans'to force Bur goyne’s surrender. The events are: the battle ‘of • t-Jt Historical , > . ' > society meeting The Washington county Historical society will hold a luncheon and meetiftg July -23 in Cambridge. Reservations may be made until July 14 for the luncheon at the Cam bridge Hotel. They_ may be made by calling the. hotel. - The meeting will befat Hubbard hall/ Benjamin Whit*# will speak m ' Hubbard hall, its past and Fort Ann on July 8, which delayed the British troops, the massacre of the Allen family on July 26, and the murder of Jane McCrea on July 27. These events so enraged the Americans that they rallied together to defeat Burgoyne at Saratoga. Items of interest in the case ¿re cannon balls, a 1735 Prussian irDragoon sword, -actually used in the battle of Bennington and military buttons from a revolutionary uniform. Historical sketches are induded on the various events written by- Doris McEachron, Argyle town historian; Paul McCarty, Fort Edward town his torian; Paul Rayno, Kingsbury historian; and Virginia Parrott, Fort Ann town historian. Items are on loan from\ Fort Tic- ondetoga,“^Washington county Historian’s office, Fort Edward Historical association, James Cronk- hite, and Mr, and Mrs. Anthony Sassi. The exhibit was as sembled by the Washing ton county department of information and historic preservation ancf the Washington county ad visory board an historic preservation. The, display ^aiil ha on view in the Parenthood center in new spot The Washington county branch of Southern Adi rondack Planned Parent hood has moved its in formation center to 13 North street, Granville. The center will be open Monday, Wednesday and Fridays froin noon to 4 p.m. Services there in clude: pregnancy testing, counseling, supply pick up, birth control informa tion and a lending library. Medical clinics with a physician wih continue t6 be held monthly at the new Emma Laing. Stevens hospital in West Gran ville. Appointments may be made by calling the G ranville inform a tion center. s a l e - . . s t a f f i Downtown .Greenwich merchants are cooperat ing in a week end sidewalk sale evènt starting today, Thursday, and continuing Friday and Saturday; . Stores handling m e r chandise suitable for out door display wiU~haxe;it ■ nutside their plàces of business for easy scrutiny by shoppers, Most other ■ businesses in thè down.-' town section are partici pating in the sale even though their merchandise is not on the sidewalk,. - The 1925 linn Haven highway Pullman, part of the antique automobile: collection owned by John; Rich of Shushan, will be parked on Washington square and will be open for inspection. Mr. Rich is proprietor of the ToWn & Country' stores of Green wich and Cambridge. The Linn Haven vehicle . was built in 1925 at a cost of $40,000 for Harry Linn -of the Linn Tractor com pany of Morris. Mr. Linn wanted a- private car for highways similar to the Pullman cars used on railroads. The car was designed and built by American craftsmen and it has never been dupli cated. Mr. Linn died in an airplane crash in the 1930’s. Since that time the vehicle has been owned by Purcey Kingsley of Cohoes, Hollis Briggs of Troy and by Mr. Rich, who acquired it in 1958, Harvest hints ners For home gardeners, July’s long, warm days herald the approach of one of summer’s special, long- awaited pleasures: the harvesting of fresh, suc culent vegetables. But the satisfaction of reaping and dining on what one has sown re quires special attention and care, or long hours of labor- could go to waste. Harvested at the peak of their quality, home grown vegetables, which need only travel from backyard to table, have no commercial counterpart for freshness or taste. But plucked too soon, or allowed to overripen, the garden’s produce could be laced with disappoint ment. With many vegetables, frequent,timely picking of all newly ripened fruit will not only result in the best tasting harvest but will also lengthen the period that plants can go on producing new fruit. Sim ilarity, removing all over-1 mature fruit will increase total yields. Because different kinds of vegetables reach ma turity under varying con ditions and at different times, the tip-offs for When a variety reaches its peak quality are not always obvious. Cucumbers are ready for eating whejn the fruit is still in its immature stage. They should h e harvested e t o a c q u i r e c e m e t e r y •while the fruit are young, green, and relatively slender, and the seeds are soft. Pick every other day. With summer squash, some gardeners wait until fruits become too large. Best time for picking is while they’re relatively small: six to eight inches long and one and one-half to two inches in diameter. Fruit should be young and tender; if the rind cannot be penetrated with slight pressure of the thumbnail, it is too old for the table. Tomatoes can be picked any time after the red color starts to show and should be harvested twice a week, when ripening begins. Partly ripened fruit should be kept at room temperature. Frequent harvesting of snap beans can begin as soon as the pods reach faU length, but are still young and tender. As the name implies, a snap bean ready to harvest should break easily with a snap; as the seeds became larger* quality decreases. Beans can be replanted until late July. Sweet corn should be harvested when the ker nels are in the milk stage and the silks are dry and. Brown. The gardener should not explore for maturity by pulling the husks completely away from pne side of the ear. Sweet corn passes the prime eating Stage quick ly, and when harvested laterr it will be lower in At the request of the local -BAR chapter, the Greenwich village board agreed Monday to accept responsibility for the .vil lage’s oldest cemetery, behind the Baptist church, if the church will turn it over to the village. It is expected that the church will gladly give the deed and responsi bility to the village. Begun in 1794, the old burial grounds is the Mr . Bail recalls resting place of Green wich’s founding fathers. Two Revolutionary sol diers are buried, there. W illards M ountain chapter DAR has been maintaining the cemetery since 1931. In thak year, Mrs.C.H. Giles of Troy, a descendant of Job Whip ple, this village’s founder, - gave a sum of money, the interest of which i s to be used for upkeep of the cemetery. She designated the DÂR as caretakers \of the fund and the grounds. The fund may have been a generous contribu tion in 1931, but today, it yields very little in in- terest. Mrs. O.E.S. Hedbring, a member of the DAR who appeared before the board Monday, said it amounts to $1.18 a month. She and Mrs. George Daisy appealed to the board to assume re sponsibility for the his- -torieal sit?. ----------- After some discussion, the board assented. They noted that it could be maintained - as a village park,' and would be open to the public. They will accept it only if the Baptist church turns it over to the village, along with a right-of-way. m u s t e r S k i n o f O u r T e e t h Where is it? Both thè luncheon and . t . __ county office building intrar Q à m d. n m H n n t . i l ' “ Car ds o f Thanks ........ .. .. 5 Churches............. .......... 9 Classifieds' ........ .14 Editorial Features ........ 9 4-H News ........ , . . , . , . ' , . 8 Granges .............7 Letters . ........ . ............ .. . &—- Sports . ...... 11, 12 & 13 Vicinities— Archdale Cambridge — Cossayuna.. .\ Easton. ........ East Greenwich, Fort Edward Greenwich. Hebron\:... 2, Salem — SchuylerviUe Shtjishan . WéstHebron There are, of course, many other kinds of ... 10 vegetables, each with its ___ 10 own dSfmctive way of ........ 5 announcing its' ripeness, ... 10 that the home gardener .... 14 Wiil^attitto know about. 3 & 4 For more detailed infor- ___ 5 mation on harvesting and ,,. '~'4 -all'the phases of garden- .6 -iiij|ufeaditig up to it, the .... 14 cpiijity 4*H office at . . . ..7 -^SHaperative Extension ii ‘ . . . 7 M i i f t ^ t r e e t , Hudson The old Rough and Ready hand pumper, fea tured on the front page o f The Joumal-Press three weeks ago, attracted many spectators when it was displayed in Mowry park on the Fourth o f July. Contributions amount ing to approximately S80 were also attracted by the Rough and Ready. One donation, in the amount o f five dollars, came accom panied with a letter written by a 90-year-old fan of the Rough and Ready Engine company. Harold D. Hall of Fort Ann sent the note and the check. He wrote of some remembrances of a fire men’s muster which oc curred around 1900. “I was taking some passengers to the old. Greenwich and Johnson- ville station one Fourth of July and there was a number o f engines com peting for first place,\ his letter states. \I think over a thou sand people were watch ing. I don’t think I could have made it if the U.S. mail had not been behind me calling out make way for the U.S. mail.” “We ran the Oaks on Cossayuna lake-from 1892 to March 3,1903 when my - parents moved to Hart ford/’ explains Mr. Hall. “I have fond memories pf those days,” he wrote, concluding, '“I hope you can continue in your work.” ■V ,WorkPermits , Most state chîlcT'lïilîjor obtain work permits for opens tonight Fort Salem Summer theatre’s second offering of the season. Skin of Our Teethr will bow into the Salem showhouse this evening, July 14. Thorn ton Wilder’s Pulitzer prize winner, which first starred Frederic March and Tal lulah Bankhead, will have seven performances. The play’s theme, man's ability to survive, is saw the play, the critics regarded it as somewhat avant garde. Today it is viewed as standard foot- light fare. A cast of players from downstate and the area is under the direction of Sandra Boynton. The per formers include Donald Altman of New York, who is making his first appear ance at Salem, and Laura Nichols of Argyle, who used to s e t the scene_ior__Jjas been seen on the Fort laughter. At the time S&Iem stage in several Broadway audiences first roles. L o c a l f a r m e r s w i n a t p u l l Local farmers captured most of the prizes at the tractor pull held Saturday at the Washington county fairgrounds, as more than 1,234 persons, .watched. A few “outsiders’* picked up prizes, especially in the superstock divisions. There were three con? tests for “out of field” tractors. Which are regular farm vehicles that are not equipped with turbo chargers for boosting extra air into the engine. Five classes were for superstock tractors. The superstock vehicles are. also farm tractors. The only requirement on them is that the engine b e jh e .v. original, stock engine. Fou'r prizes were awarded iii each of the eight categories. The winners were as follows: For 5,000 pouncl, out of Dave and John Nolan, White Creek. 7.000 pound, out of field — Mr. Reid; Don Skellie. Jackson; Tom' Steele, Hudson Falls, and Bill Skiff, Greenwich. 9.000 pound, out of field — Dick Saulinski, Argyle; Mr. Steele; Jim McCuin, East Greenwich, and Mr. Skellie. 5.000 pound, super stock — Charles Snyder, P e n n s y lv a n i a ; S'tu Kinney, Kinderhook; Mr. Reid, and Mr. Galley. 7.000 pound, super stock — Mr. Snyder, first and second; Jim Hayes, Fonda, and Mr. Kinney. 9.000 pound, stiper- stock — Harold Dahlgren, Valatia; Mr. Snyder; Bill Rockefeller, Phelps, and Earl Horton, Cambridge. 12.000 pound, super- Mr. Snyder, Mr, Horton,
