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VOL. CXXVl, 1 PUBLISHED AT KEESEVILLE, N. Y. FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 1946 NUMBER 3033 90-Year-0ld Essex Home f^ifg Sherwood Inn Has Associations Sherwood Inn at 'Champlain, built, it Back To 1830's, Brick '] r Mansion Erected By W, D. Ross Essex on Lake 1945, has undergone little change Red Cross Chairmen Report $97179.12 Is Collected Essex Cn Total To March 22 Shows 57.4 Per Cent of Quota; Campaign Will dose On March 31st A report from the Essex County chapter Red Cross membership and campaign officials in- contributions reported up to Friday evening March 22nd, fund raising dicates that Construction of New Boreas Road Topic Discussion At Meet Hearing Held At Elizabethtown March 18, Attended by Persons Much Interested In Short Cut A public hearing was held byMhe Board of Supervisors of Essex county on Monday morning, March 18, at Elizabethtown, the purpose of the hearing being discussion of recon- Elizabethtown Will Be North Country Mecca On July 4th Organization^ At County Seat Plan Celebration To Outrival Those Enjoyed In Past Years are 57.4 percent of the chapter's I struction and resurfacing of the quota of $16,950. This includes reports from fifteen branch fund raising chairmen. Reports up to March 22nd are missing from the J-ake Placid branch and the Jay branch. When these missing reports Boreas road. The road under dis- cussion extends from Schroon river to Tahawus, a distance of about 20 miles, and at present is a dirt road which the Department of Public Works has agreed to rebuild during lure received the percentage will un- the next three years. is believed, be- tween 1830 and 1835, is one of the oldest and most dignified residences tn that community, permanent es- tablishment of which was begun about 1785 by Daniel Ross. The re- fcidence is known to have ante-dated :t £he Harmon Noble house, erected in \ 3S35, and is thought to have been erected by William D. Ross. The property was.later owned by the Harmon Noble Estate, which when divided was acquired by Sarah Elizabeth Noble Waite. Upon her death, or the following year, 1889, it was sold to Edward Richardson, was\ proprietor of a summer -iboarding house there. A family named Walmsley of New since days of early settlement at Essex. Front entrance is made into a broad hallway with fine stairway leading to second floor. On left, or southern side of the house are living room and connecting dining room. To the right of the hall, on the north, is another living room, with kitchen to the rear. The large room across the back of the house, formerly used as dining room, has recently been converted into a pine-paneled Col- onial tap room, attractively furnished. A -frame section of the residence con- taining the original kitchen with fire- place and Dutch oven, extended far- ther to the rear in past years but was demolished before Mr. and Mrs. Sherwood became owners. The upstairs sleeping rooms, all supplied with windows and three of which are equipped the living inviting Orleans, La., then became owners and later Mrs. Caleb J. Coatsworth *ought the house, (about 1907 or 1908) When Mrs. Coatsworth died, tier daughter, Mrs. Howard Hill, fell ™ th fireplaces, •*• *eir to the property. (1912) During TOOms on the ftrst floor ' ownership of the Hill family the £>iace was named Hyde Gate, House. -r^ ' In 198? Essex county assumed ;-4>wnership, but sold to Richard R. >; ^\Williams in 1S£L Mr. Wifiiams in fcurn, sold Hyde Gate House to Sloane E. Miller in 1942, who disposed of property in 1945 to Mr. and Mrs. W. Sherwood, the present owners in modern fittings. All front rooms overlook Lake Champlain, whrose waters wash against tt^^hwe ogg, Htm f h \hih A a few st^ps across the \highway on which Sherwood Inn faces. The Inn has the same pleasant setting it has had for nearly a cen- tury and there is still evidence of the fine gardens, carefully tended by doubtedly be considerably higher. Total to March 22, is $9719.12. During the past week the 100 per- cent plus column has been reached by the Westport branch, under the chairmanship of Dr. W. D. Way, with total collections of $923.85. The Olm- stedville-Minerva branch, under the chairmanship of Guy Enfanto, has also reached the 100 percent plus ob- jective with total contributions of $413.58. There are now four branches well over the top, in their local cam- paign. In addition to the two men- tioned above are Willsboro, Mrs. Ly- man Blanchard, chairman, with a total of $1,291.35 and Lake Placid dub, C. W. Holt, chairman, with $1366.75. The branch chairmen,their workers and contributors are con- gratulated on their fine achieve- ment. (continued OP page eight> The Boreas road, so called, which* lies at an elevation of about 1,000 The Boquet Valley American Leg- ion Post and the Elizabethtown Fire Comiiany are planning one of the biggest celebrations ever held in Essex county, perhaps even surpass- ing the centennial of 1898. Parades, ball games, and other competitive sports, with -4iberal prizes for organizations and individ- uals taking part, will make up a day and evening fuH of fun and enter- tainment. The program will elimin- ate any chance of an idle moment .during that period. The event is in- tended as a Welcome Home Day for feet at Blue Ridge, four miles west returned servicemen and women, at of Schroon River, follows The Branch which time several noted speakers (the outlet of Elk Lake) for some also be present as guests of 1 miles, then continues westward be-! honor. yond Sand Pond, Wolf Pond and Cheney Pond to Tahawus, Newcomb and so on to Long Lake, one wf the The evening hours will be given over to a b&nd concert, fire works and a street dance, with the best Conservation Dept. Protoges wildest and most beautiful sections , music available provided for a gay of the Adirondacks. The road to be (time in the open air. rebuilt is the shortest route to Na-1 The committee in charge will an- tional Lead company operations on Lake Sanford, for persons living in the eastern part of the county, who are employed by the company, A number of Newcomb, Tahawus, Blue Ridge and North Hudson resi- dents were present at the hearing to offer suggestions as to the point where construction should begin. It is known that funds are available from the state and federal govern- ments to finance the project. The l?o»« l? # i*ot f state nas also a & reed t° build a new F drill JT li ST | bridge on the site of the Lewis~bridge carried away by the ice jam in the town of Wilmington the past winter, together with one mile of hardtop roacf south of the bridge. At the meeting on Monday (at- tended by Supervisor Clifford Kloos, Present Owner May Repair The Crown Point, successor to the late nounce as soon as possible, further details of the celebration, which will be a \must\ of the summer season of 1946. Owned J. Macumber About 1795 Is Sold Dinner Dance Held Lake Placid Basketball League *^ Trophies Awarded Saturday at L. Placid, Ausable Forks, Eliza- bethtown, Keene Valley Winners House Erected Nearly 100 Years Ago * On IfigeWSF \Mountain Although not quite in the \Century Farm'* category, the 200-acre farm east of Keeseville, known for many years as the \Merrill farm/' has f ;.and occupants. Interior of the various of its owners. Essex is fav- j been owned by but three families, in imposing brick ored by fortune in having another of mansion, renamed Sherwood Inn in j its oldest homes cared for so well. JTiconderoga Draft Board Ups and Downs of Essex Four Men Induction Cover 1,172,190 Acres For Physical Exams ; The thre * largest towns in Essex The Ticonderoga draft board has (county are Newcomb, 162,054 acres; listed the following registrants who!North Hudson, 118,163 acres; and Keene, 104,486 acres. North Elba comes next with 101,626 acres. The smallest town in the county at the present time is Essex, with 21,062 acres, and Willsboro is next smallest with 26,035 acres. Acreage of the remaining of the 18 towns is as follows: Schroon, 88,- report in April for pre-induction examination and for induction: * Physical examination: Theodore O. Bigalow, Lewis R. Launderville, Don- jdd R. Walker, Richard V. Brewer, $>onald L. Dezendorf, Donald N. For- John T. O'Connor, Port JHenry; Jay A. Hanchett, Moriah Cen- Mer; Ralph V. Pepper, Witherbee; l™;^ 61 ™- ***_ ™k._M*> f>aul DeLoria. Tahawus; Wilfred C. -fHitchell, Minerva; Lawrence F. Bau- Donald L. Mclntyre, Joseph L. Crown Point; Donald J. San- Whallonsburg, Maynard J. Pel- Jffy f Chazy; Patrick F. Viglotti, Jr., iJPiekton A. Greer, Richard D. Abare. Theodore J. Charbonneau, DonaJcTR. jj*ennian, Ticonderoga. *--: Inductees: Claude O. Swinton, So. ^hroon; Walter L. Osier, Chilson; jfcenny O. Muzzy, Elizabethtown; John E. Sweatt, Jr., Willsboro. Sports Will Be Continued ^ All-Year Playhouse f h When basketball bows out of the at Lake Placid on March 25, Softball and badminton enters Ticonderoga, 53,466; Chesterfield, 52,147; Elizabethtown, 51487; Crown Point, 47,430; Moriah, 44,947; Jay t 44,551; Westport, 38,662; St. Ar- mand, 37,715; Wilmington, 37,690. Total estimated acreage of Essex county is 1,172,190/ _ . v Schools to Observe Annual Bird Day On April 12th Dr. George D. Stoddard, Commis- sioner of Education, has designated April 12th as Bird Day for the schools of the state, and April 26th, Charles White) the Board of Super- visors voted to recommend enact- meni of legislations Albany which would put Elssex county on a cash budget system. Bill to that effect passed the Assembly on March 21. After a lapse of three years, due to the war and gas restrictions, the annual M&V High School Basket- ball league banquet and dance were held Saturday evening, March 23rd at Lake Placid, at the Majestic restaurant. A total of 258 attended. Included in the group were the Orphan Triplets Deserted By Mama Bear And Papa Bear Become Wards Of Bureau Of Conservation Education At Albany This is a story of three bears but With Kortright's help, game protec- not about Goldilocks—it's Silver- tors immediately attempted to locate locks. Also, Mama Bear and Papa the mother. However, there was no Bear are conspicuous by their ab-1 sign in the weak-old snow. The old sence. That, according to the New bear apparently had given up her York State Conservation Depart- ment, is the main difficulty. Other- wise, Clayton B. Seagears. superin- tendent of the department's Burieau of Conservation Education, wouldn't! search and, activitated by the warm thaw of early March, had moved her range. Meantime, the finder's mother, Mrs. Mable Kortright, had taken be playing wet nurse to one of the! charge of the rearing job. Her hand most unusual trios of wild black | was deft so that by the time con- servation department men took over, bear cubs on record. That's where Silverlocks comes in—for one of the three-pound triplets is light gray, a color phase of the black bear which doesn't appear in the books. The cubs were . discovered Wash- ington*sr Birthday—unifer ledge in the Catskills near Kerhonk- son, Ulster county. According to the over one hundred years, which makes its recent sale of some inter- est. It is now the property of John Overholt, of Palmerton, Pa., who acquired the mountain farm from Miss Emma Merrill of Keeseville in the fall of 1945. Mrs. Overholt is the daughter of Everett Harkness, formerly of Harkness. John Macumber, (great grand- father of George A. Brewer, Keese- ville) settled, with his brother Ben- jamin Macumber, in what later be- came the Mussen neighborhood, late in the 1790's. John Macumber's log house was situated adjacent to the Post road built in 1799 north from Essex. His son, John Nelson Macum- ber, came into possession of the farm recently sold, although it is not known whether or not he actually lived there or if he was the builder of the spacious residence which overlooks the valley of Auger Pond \crick.\ It is thought the house was built between 1840 and 1850. (continued on page eight) coaches, principals, basketball squads, stor y told g ame protectors by Frank cheer leaders and girl students fromJ Kort rig ht > he was fox hunting Canadian Taken Off Bus Near Eliza'town I T1 - -. ^ 11/^11 Had Smuggled bold CO 1 Arrest Made By Border Patrol Bail Set On Tuesday By U. S. Commissioner B. Fuller Allen in the mountains back of his home when he heard the youngsters bawling in their leafy bed. Kortright assumed (much to the Conservation Depart- ment's regret) that Mama Bear had were also guests. W. Hustace I abandoned her family. So he took the Essex I them home. When District Game county YMCA committee, and Mrs.' Proteetor Guy Milroy was informed I Hubbard, also Frank K Gibson, | ten days later, he directed that every effort be made to replace the cubs. the six member schools of Ausable Forks, Elizabetmtown, Keene Val- ley, Keeseville, Lake Placid and illsboro. The Lake Placid High school Board of Education and their Joseph Syrrais, 40, a Canadian, was arrested by Sgt James €ratton of the U. S. Border Patrol, late the cubs had their eyes open and had gained a half-pound. Howe\|pr, an- other tragedy of the wild had been i enacted since bears, like deer, rarely can be liberated successfully <*>ce been^reared i thus have lost the fear which nor- mally is their protection. Further- more, it is unlawful to take or pos- sess even the young of protected game animals. If all the bear cubs live, they will serve a useful purpose. The depart- ment plans to make a complete sound motion picture story of the unusual trio as they develop so that it will be available, particularly to school children. Game research men say the development of the gray youngster will be of particular interest. county secretary, and Mi's. Gibson were present. During the serving of the banquet Principal Ralph Lilly, of Willsboro, . __ _ r _ .„ ~. , „ , ^ IT presided. For the (Present Vaudeville Show Budget Reveals Increase Crown Point Club Will Study of 1946-1947 State gp, p I after-dinner program Mr. LiUy P re- M av 3 Benefit Food Drive 130.6 Pet. Over 1944-45 sented Frank Gibson, who served as The people of Crown Point and j Certain facts stand out when a toastrnaster. A message of welcome J vicinity will have an opportunity on I study is made of the 1946-47 budget Monday when search of a suitcase! to the visiting schools and guests j tne evening of May 3rd, to attend a proposed by Governor Dewey, one of he was carrying disclosed he had was given by William Hurley, presi- J vaudeville show, consisting of bril- which is that the amount to be ex- 652 ounces of gold. Thi$ consisted , dent of Lake Placid Board of Educa-' _._!..-.. of six \buttons'* each about six in-ltion. The response was given by ches in diameter and weighing more i Principal George Barnett, Of Eliza- than 100 ounces each. Estimated value of the gold is $22,800 at the present rate of $35 per ounce. Syrrais, a diamond cutter, who has liant acts, at the Crown Point Cen- tral schooL This affair is being sponsored by the Progressive Culture pended for state purposes, current operations, shows an increase from $167,841,678 to $212,673,279, or 30 bethtown, vice-president of the | C } UD> which will use the entire pro- per cent over actual expenditures in league. (continued on page eight) joeeds for the Victory Food campaign. I The price of a ticket will be but 1944-45. This increase is not due to de- two Canadian addresses, Toronto, I Circle — 1 twenty-five cents, m&king it possible ferred replacement of equipment be- r arm Kancn . for all to nelp ^ this worthy cause yond normal requirement. Provision May 3rd or May 10th as Arbor and church JJJ Wild Life Day, in accordance with j May 30th Home-Coming Day for Town Crown Pt-j*™ 1 ^ J , , . ! P/tfnmtttCi The committee in charge of contri- butions for construction of White in smuggling the metal the town of for Crown well ai __ _ the convenience of the several local- f^ COTneTStone J the third \chich ities - Ion that «te. feel that Memorial Day (1946 would be a desirable time for Ont, and Montreal, Que., was travel- ing south on a Greyhound bus, and following arrest on a charee of seek- j gs^ ing to defraud the U. S. Government into this _ „ ... U * S . i season. Official opening at this sugar j Legislators At Albany End ; Fund.\ These expenditures are in ad- JTUJJe'r Alien at ,Kt*eK />*» C***%sl«»«» Ua^h 17 «*r*»e «»•- (__*-*_ __ . ^ , ( rJ»ti/\n in tKAco chram ahrw*. AlSO, can be area. . *\\ ~— w \ —°—~\. - \. ~ ( expiainea Dy tne runner cost of Operating Sugar Bush \ and also to enjoy an evening of fun. maple sugar producers in [ Watch for further details concerning s Gordon H. Wilson of [this and keep the date in mind. Keene, whose Circle W farm ranch is now in operation for the current for \major items of replacement of equipment and acquisition of new equipment are recommended in the Capital Outlay Budget to be financed from the Post-War Reconstruction ^mmissioner m. rixuer /uien ax bush on Sunday March 17, was at-! , ,<jL , c . x * J 'ditton to those shown above. Pittsburgh, it was indicated that'^^ ^ over ^ venooM to this ; 169th Session Tuesday only a part of ^ increMe c conspiracy charges, if any are made, will come later. It was revealed only The 169th Legislative session is a i explained by the that the gold had been confiscated, (continued on page eight) Various steps in maple syrup mak-! 1 * 111 * <* the P* 8 *' bu « ness ^ ^ j modities, for the cost of these was were observed by guests: gath- ;Senate and Assembly bemg brought already at ^^time levels in 1944-45, iering of the sap, carried in a tank| to a ck)se tote Tuesdaywhen a biO^ ^ ^^^ ea^^t ^ fully ex . ^__ m m T __ ^ ifrom the trees to storage tank above j establishing state residential rentj pLained ^ ;- additionaI emeigency JhT^rtu^. conTihuinj the policy of^TOUt Season Will Open^n exercises. R«alr^tl«ll TnnifianiAtit At ^ su « ar hoU9e; (Unk tr8tvels ^^^^ **?*** ?A™^2SI<*»P«**tion\ for state employe as C North EltatptfkWrlcttoJbike: Qn Sunday: April 21 ^46 May 30th has for some years been ™™ tb J\ * ^\J\? 11 *\! (^! wagon drawn by tractor) drawing ^ toth &*»* \J« £!SSoafS !state empk>yes Were \***** C0Bt the popular sports center an all-year. Members of the fish and^ eaxne* the home-coming day for the towniPlacid Ended rri. INlght of sap frOTi second storage tank, im- tneir aw> ^ V !r. ^ v tv °* living *** increases - althouigji at *iayhoi»e. '\..'.. rIubg in this area are reminded that ! <* C™\™ ^^^ s*** the G. A. R. { The Lake Placid invitation basket- proved type, to evaporator as it is PWam <tf isew TOTK cny. a slightly lower rate. A substantial ^^ - - • - • C r\Jl ^S^foJ^iSTtSit wffl \fi«t began observance of Memorial ball tournament reached its climax (reeded: manufacture of synip from T^ legislature approved a $7,0C». ;amount * ^ i^ase can be traced in 1884 on the grounds of the|Friday night when the survivors of |sap. (32 gallons of sap required to °°° supplemental budget bill, indud- t0 the creation of a net increase of Church. I the fastest court teams of the North make one gallon of syrup) and bot-' in 8 f 1 ** 11 $2,000,000 for an expanded . j^^ tjj^ 500 new jobs and to the Full-sized courts for tennis and and a soft-ball diamond be laid out on the wood floor the whole surface enclosed by letting. t^ brook tmut ^-11 2 i the third Sunday f^ the^S% f. R. Linney Speaks About Strike Sitiiation VCAX Joseph R. Linrey. consulting en- gineer for Republic Steel corpora- tion, who retired as manager of ti>e kdirondack chstnet Republic Steel ^poratkm in March. 1945, spoke to people (A Lyon Mountain and vic- inity regarding the preaent strike situation, at 2:45 Thur»da>- after- lUxch 2a over radio station Vt. will to the first Sunday after Labor Day, GIVE! In parts of Europe today there are net even swaddling clothes for babies. A contribution of $5.40 to the American Red Gross will pro- vide enough material for Red Cross production workers to make up two 18-piece layettes for dis- tribution overseas by Red Croos civilian rebef workers. j .. ! Details of the program to be car- j Comtry clashed in the finals for the > tHng of syrup in glass containers. * out this year will be announced ' Oscar as \Adirondack's Best for ! With good run of sap approximately j near future. j 1S46.\ Qumtdts from 12 Adirondack IG gallons of syrup can be made at I towns tossed shots at Dr. Naismith's Circle W sugar bush. « ~« n^#^l X^. »_'peach baskets on the new wood floor on Hotel To Be ^ ^ Olj7npic AimA ta ^ fet Opened by Jos. Williams basketball tournament to be staged Joseph Williams, former owner of * in that popular sports center. the Faun *Club at Lake Placid, who; The Championship game and a con- Grvernor Dewey met with . became owner of Whitefwe Moon- i sc^alxm game lifted for Friday night York state's county agricultural jtain Howe at Wilmington last year. ! March 22 were won by the Bombay agents and their assistants during has returned from Florida. Mr. Wil- Hindus and Mineville, respectively. A*their sessions at Albany March 21 Uams has been in New York arrang- jg&me between the championship win- and 22. to study post-war functions > ^ 1th Agents at Albany ing for the purchase of furniture tor ner and an All-Star team scheduled, and programs of the Department of »the hotel at WHmington. which he for Monday. Ma*cto 25, was von by ! Agriculture and Markeu and the plans to open early this seMon. j Elirabeth tcrw-n Hifh school j Department of Conservation, health program proposed by provisions for hundreds more in the greatly increased lump sum, appro- priations for ''maintenance undistri- buted,\ according to the Qtirens Public Expenditure Survey of Al- bany. CHE! If S4 of your money would help bedridden American servicemen blow their homesickness away in a harmonica quintet, wouldn't yxxi part with the money? Your con- tribution erf that amount to the Red Cross fund will enable the Red Cross to supply that set of harmonicas. . . . ' M -The Antigo, Wis., Journal reports editorially, in a recent issue, that potato plants grown m soil treated with lignin—which is what remains of wood after removal of the fibre for paper—grow grener. larger and faster, achieving * sfae at least 50 ; percent hunger than ordinary pota- - toe*. '\M r* «*~' '. • m •M
