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VOL. 136 - NO. 3 \ GREENWICH, NEW YORK k /THtJBSDAY, OQTOBER 13, 1977 - --------------— t — ^ 20 CENTS o n i s s u e s a year one by Sandra McClellan C o n g r e s s m a n N e d Pattison came to .Salem’s Proudfit building last Sat urday afternoon for a town meeting and found him self speaking mainly to a roomful of empty chairs. The poor attendance at the meeting, which began with six people and ended two hours later with 12, prompted one resident to comment t that it should have “been held in the local diner since ‘‘that’s where all the grumbling takes place.” But if those „present- were slightly embarassed by the low turnout, the ^congressman wasn’t, say- ‘ ing, ‘‘A small group doesn’t bother me. I guess it means,' you don't have many problems here/’ This is what is kttown^as t an off year in politics because ofpces tobe filled in the November 8 elec tion, are, in the eyes o f big politicians, insignificant. The voters will not select à president;» nor a goverpor, so the election is of utfcle interest, except in the; local field, where the campaign is bëiiig watchedwith considerable interest. Each of the 17 towns in Washington county will name a supervisor, and other officers such as councilmen, justices, town He began by telling the audience that meetings such as these were im portant to give him a chance to get to where people live and find out how they felt about certain issues. \It’s impossible to find out how all 508,000 residents in my district feel about things, and Photo bv Tom McMorri« highways .Mid assessors* In six of * the 17 towns, incumbent supervisors ¿re standing for re-election unopposed. They aré: Curtís LeRoy, Dresdenr Ti^iirencpj, E.. Andréreá,-. while 1 don't take a poll at these meetings and then go and vote the way the majority feels, it's all part of my decision-making process/' he said. \Numbers don't mean that much,\ headded, \if ten d<lmn fools say, one thing* and one 'smart, person, says something else, I'll go with the minority.\ Although there weren’t yet ten present in the group, this last remark still caused some good- humored objections, and one resident, Edward LaTulippe reminded the congressman that his predecessor used to send out lots of questionnaires to find out how his constituents felt on the issues, ---------------------- — - “There is a bias in every question and the more emotional an issue is, the less likely you are to get a representative response. Quite honestly, more about an issue than my constituents because I have information they don’t have. I ’m respon sive, but I also have to have a certain amount of independence,” ,he an swered. One 'of the main ques tions of those present was how to attract more business to Salem and whether the congressman couH-help in any way. 1 ‘The d r e a m t having a nice, clean little industry move in is one all towns share. It’s a buyer’s market and you have to compete with all the Salem’s of the country,” he said. No more garden Killing frosts last Thursday, Friday and Saturday ended the grow ing season in southern Washington county. ' The perpetual precipi tation peppered us Sun-. - ''’\''day Monday and yes terday. Soon, it will be snow. \What brings industry is a combination of many things; physical assets such as water, land and railroads all help* but what is often just as important is a place where employes can be bappy. People like a • community that likes itself,11 he Mit, f «irWIrI» « M » October 4 „October 5 ^October 6 October? Octobers October 9 October 10 62 67 68 54 55“ ,67 61. 34 86 -J29 • 28 '25' 44 32 stressed. “Salem should put its lines out wherever i t can, and the first thing t o do is register with the New York state Chamber of Commerce. This is -where industry goes to find a place toj^ate/’ h© s^id. He also, said that since - Salem is jn an economic development area, i t could ' qualify for outside fund ing. This is how Glens Falls got 50 per cent of the funding needed for Tits proposed civic center. He warned about taking • the short view on solving the problem, saying, ; \This loss of industry has -been going on for 2 0 years and you're never going to get what you had here when the industrial rev- olution began TXyou start turning oui fancy brochures and run ning ads in business publications and expect a quick solution, you’re going to be disappointed. People who think the \problem con be solved quickly deserve what they . get,” he added. The subject then turned to federal funding, with one resident, George White, complaining that it didn’t seem that small towns got their fair share, and Mayor Jack Phillips adding that if the Proudfit fire had happened in Utica or Albany, their chances of getting money would have been greater than Salem's, which received no funding. Congressman Pattison t agreed that “ probably the bigger cities do g e t more Proudfit halls fixed, but in •general I don’t feel big cities get more per capita than small towns. Small towns get far more public works funds than big city districts,” he said. Mr. White also brought up the fact that when flooding occurred in the town .last spring, very little outside help was ■ given the'area, ‘ ‘I f you want the federal — gevemment-toiome in for every flood,, then the cost ' of government is going to 'get enormous, Disaster aid is not very useful,, especially when you have ‘ a real disaster like in Johnstown, and things,. virtually come to a halt., ■ The benefits aren’t great \when compared to the disaster thosepeopldwent through,” he said. “Frankly, tke federal government is not very good at handing dis asters* and you’re better off handling- it yourself if you’re able,” he said. He then noted-that ‘It seems everyoite is gen erally a conservative and specifically a liberal. It’s -Granville; Walter Perry Jr., Hamptonj Kenneth Burch, Hartford; Emerson McLenithan, Jackson aiid James Nolan, White Creek.. Mr. LeRoy is sunning on both the Republican and Democratic tickets; in Dresden* ,Na other, party nominated a candidate to with the exception of Greenwich, is the in cumbent supervisor. Argyle: Carl Lufkin, Republican and Demo- , crat, faces Glenn R. Jones, Independent. Cambridge: Charles R. Clark, Republican, is op posed jby Philip Brown, rDemocrdt jand Jhdepen- ? dent. ‘Easton: Frank Moy, Republican and Indepen- ’ dent, is challenged by Jon F. Stevens, Square Deal. Fort Ann: Harold .Gould, Republican, faces, Hugh Alan Copen, Ih- endent. - • : • Fort Edward: Louis Fisher, Democrat and _ Independent,. is chal lenged by Hpward J. Greaser, Republican. G r e e n w ich : J a m e s Dewey,- Republican, nom Old Hebron school This old Hebron school- houset preserved and improved by James -Gamhee, was one, of the only human nature to want less government ’■•ntervention umtil some thing like a major fee or flood hits, and then suddenly everyone wants the government to help out.” Discussion tfien-got off local' issues and onto wider subjects jsiich as the Panama canal, raising the 'retirement age, and the arms race. Op the Panama- eanal issue, Congressman Patti son said he would like to see ratification o f the treaty ' relinquishing United States ownership and operation o f the canal. “ Frankly, -we aren't giving away that much since only eig&t per cent of our coast traffic uses the canal. To the Third World, the canal is a last vestige of colonialism, and by getting ri<3 of it, we would help farther our relationship with those countries,” he said. Speaking o s the possi bility of raising the retire ment age frona 65 to 70, Congressman Pattison said he was one of four dissenting votes .against the legislation. “This was a hasty piece of legislation that will have a_ devastating effect on some busimesses, such as the teaching pro fession,” he said. * When askesd what he thought of the ‘ M-X missile and the general question of wit« is number one, Russia or* the United States, the dengressman said, “I’m itot that fa- jniliar with . the M-X missile, but I bave a notion that I'm not going to be .particularly crazy about i t / ’ “ T his niranfefr one game is crazy. We’re not playing som« . kind of football game,” he said, “both countries have to lower their sights, and in the end, it’s not going to be either of us who pushes that button, i t ’ll probably be some country Tike Iran-/1’-------------------- r Summing uqp the meet ing, Congressman Patti son said that often one gets a rather dim picture ’ of the state o f the country because usueally every body only brings up problems, \but that those attending shouldn’t’ walk away discouraged because “Things are -a lot better than they are; worse.” oppose “Mr. Andrews Republican, in Granville.. Similar circumstances exist in Hampton, Hart ford andJadkson where- Republicaas WsiterPerrjr Jr„ Kénnefh Burch and • Emerson McLenithan are •nót opposed fo# re-elec- tien l''Itó''.Whiie-- Creek/ Jiunes L. N o t ó Demo crat, is unopposed. 11 Contests In the other 11 towns, tihere are contests for the supervisor’s position. A rundown of these contests Mows: The candidate named first in each town, inated in the caucus, i i ’ opposed by Michael Karp, Democrat. Hebron: John F. Wever, Republican, is challenged by M. Sling- erland White, Democrat. * Kingsbury: Roger W. Hogan, Democrat, faces William R. Haessly, In dependent ______ Putnam: Frank Moore, People’s party is opposed by*-Norman J. Nadeau, Democrat, and' Citizens’ Uighfs party; Kevin Hart, Republican and Inde pendent; and Margaret L. Slater, Sunshine party. Salem: ’ Robert B. Thompson, Republican, is challenged by Raymond Fink, Democrat,' and An drew J, W. McKeon, Independent. Whitehall: Horace H. Scott, Republican, faces Leo D.D. Mulholland, Democrats topics covered last Thurs day at a meeting in West Hebron Grange hall. In addition to Mr. Gambee, area residents who contributed at the gathering were Jennie BardweU Smith, Carrie Campbell, Ed McClellan and Dorothy Safford, who provided first-hand recol lections and artifacts of old Hebroh schools. ■ Mr. Gambee purchased the Dave Atkinson farm in 1963. On the property was this little building. It was in sad shape, Mr. Gambee reports. He arranged to have it moved nearer h is hous4 and rebuilt the structure, adding win dows, a bathroom, kitch enette, and a full base ment. It now serves as a guest house ifor the Gambees. “ We have been unable to learn anything about its origin,’’ Mr. Gambee relates, “but we do know that it had an unusual history.’’ . ___ ! __ the thoroughfares did not have those names bade. then. Apparently, in' 1840’s, it was moved “For some strange and unknown reason it was moved to a new location some time before t£ie Civil War,” he explains. Old maps show that it was located at the inter section of James road and Halls Pond road, although northward about 150 yards to a site off Halls Pond road, the present owner elaborated. He says that, during the move, school was held in a room of the house that Lew and Laura Conety occupied until Mr. Conety’s death a few months ago, Solomon seeks tax repeal Republican women to hold luncheon The annual fall lunch eon of the Washington co u n t y R e p u b lica n Women’s club will b e held at the Town House in Cambridge On Saturday. October 29. The social hour will begin at noon and lunch will be served at 1 p.m. \ Special guest speaker will be New York Repub lican state chairman, Dr. Bernard Kilboum. He will be joined by Mrs. Eleanor Wafrous, president o f the federation of Womeii’s Republican dubs of New York state; Mrs, Joanne Menning, fourth judicial district director; Judge Carrol S. Walsh, candi date for supreme court judge, and Republican candidates ieom - through out the county. They will, he introduced by Marie Fountaine, vice chairman --of'county committee and mistress of ceremonies for the luncheon. Following a short busi ness meeting which will be conducted by Mrs. Donald Jepson, president of the club, prizes will be awarded. Mrs. Myron Center and Mrs. Valeria Moeller are luncheon co-Ordinators. Mrs. Robert Harrington Sr. is reservation chair man. Reservations must . be made % October 22 with the following town chairmen: .Argyle, Mrs. Carl Luf kin; Cambridge, Mrs. Valeria Moeller; Dresden, - Mrs. Curtis jLeRoy; Easton,- Mrs. John Slocum; Fort Ann, Mrs. Clyde Cook; Fort Edward, 'Mr». Herbert Durkee; Granville, Mrs. Philip Berke and Mrs. Robert Daley; Greenwich, Mrs. Ralph DeWitt; Hampton, Mrs. Lawrence Mashek; Hartford, Mrs. Kenneth Burch; Hebron, Mrs. John Wever and Mrs. Mark Glasier; Jackson, Mrs. Emerson McLenithan; Kingsbury, Mrs. Thomas Mercure and Mrs. Elea nor Putnam; Putnam, Mrs. Lloyd Slater; Salem, Mrs. Thomas Durkin; White Creek, Mrs. \Clin ton Bennett; Whitehall, Mrs. Horace Scott. State A ssem b lym a n Gerald B. Solomon has notified Governor Carey and the leaders of both houses of the legislature that he will lead a fight to block postponement of the scheduled October 2*5 session in an attempt to force action on tax repeal measures which he said are needed immediately to help stimulate jobs and the economy. When’ the legislature left Albany last July they recessed, rather than ad journed, until October xb thus leaving the door open for further legislative action this year. Rumors around the capital • now indicate that the governor and the legislative leaders may try to postpone the session until the begin ning of January, says Assemblyman Solomon. Assembly Solomon, a member of the assembly ways and means commit tee says * ‘A postponement of the October session will seriously jeopardize any meaningful tax cuts this year even though state finances indicate a cash Firemen decide G r o u p r a i s e s m o n e y t o o u t f i t s c h o o l b a n d The Salgm Band-Aides are continuing their fund diive in an effort to raise enough money for uni forms for members of the Salem school baud. The group, feels that the way the school band looks reflects the attitude and spirit of the, whole com munity, and fire asking residents to sen^i dona- Tions to Mrs. Quebell CranK-of Salem/treasurer Of the organization. ' Fund raising* events have included a contest for'a chaise lounge, and a food; salé, and the ©roup estimates that a total of $2,000 is needed “for uniforms for the 66- membei band. on new The Middle Falls volun teer fire department and ladies’ auxiliary voted unanimously to erect a new firehouse at a recent special meeting. . The proposed building will be located behind the existing firehouse. The fate of the old structure is not known at this time. Plans call for a 98 by 50 foot steel building, to house three fire trucks and have ample office and storage space. A kitchen area and meeting place will also b e provided. The .... department expects that m eetings and social events will be held in the new hall. An estimate for the pr-eject has been set at about $60,000. A community meeting has been set for- 7- Monday, October 24, to give interested citizens an opportunity to ask ques tions about the new facility? surplus position to excess of $400.million for the first six months of the fiscal year.” In a letter to Governor Carey and the legislative leaders, Solomon said “Business decisions are made several years in advance as to whether to expand or locate indus tries in New York state or to disband and leave the state. Every day we wait to enact tax relief (which you are all promising) and more jobs . . . and by waiting until next year we also jeopardize the avail able cash surpluses 'lwMch~mHy~-Tesch~30)9-- million by year's end) since in an election year, pressure will be brought to bear to use it up in pork barrel legislation.” He concluded by calling on the governor and legislative leaders to “show their sincerity in working to deal with the number one issue o f jobs and the economy this year.” Mr. Solomon said “it takes an affirmative vote of those present in the chamber to adjourn or postpone the session and I have talked to enough legislators around the state (who will come to Albany to fight postpone ment) to -feel confident that we can force the legislature to stay in Albany until the matter of tax cuts is settled.” W h e r e is i t ? ........ 10 8 Churches.,....,.;... ..........9 , 11 Classifieds« ....... . ........ 16 Fort Edward ...... .. ......5 ■Editorial Features. ..........9 Fort Miller ......... . ..... 7 4-H New s............ ........ ..5 Greenwich ........ 2 ,3 & 4 Granges.\ r.rrr.VV.V.'. 14 Hebron,.. «.. » * 4 Sports.’. ........... 12,13 & 14 6& 7 Vicinities— Schuylerville...... . ..,.14 „South Cambridge. ... IS Belcher...., ....... .........4 West Hebron ....... ....... 7 ....... 10 , , ,,8 M , i ■¿J -j- • ^ V *** . , i .
