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Area Bishops Deplore Attica's Violent Deaths Rochester’s Catholi^ and Episco pal Bishops in a joint statement on the Attica prison tragedy have called on New York State to im plement immediately the 28 points agreed to by inmates and correc tional officials before last Mon day’s carnage in the prison. In a pastoral letter read Sunday, Sept. 19, and addressed to their com'- municants in 13 counties of west ern New York State, Catholic Bis hop, Most Rev. Joseph L. Hogan, and Episcopal Bishop Most Rev. Robert R. Spears, Jr., also urged that the negotiations commission established for the inmates during the prison crisis be reconvened and allowed full participation in the investigation of the Attica troubles. The statement said that the State should establish at once impartial channels in all prisons to permit public expression of the prisoners’ grievances. The joint statement carries the supportive approval of the Board of the Genesee Ecumencial Minis try, successor to the Rochester Area Council of Churches, and many in dividual clergymen of the Roches ter area who signed it last even- ing. The two Bishops expressed “pro found grief’ for the “tragic destruc tion of life at Attica” but made no judgment on the way the prison revolt was quelled by State Police. They offered their sympathies to the families of both inmates and hostages” who have lost a man they love”. The letter cited the need for re form of the state’s penal system. The Bishops acknowledge that the Church has been “blind to the full dimensions of the problems in our system of justice.” The letter said: “It took this tragedy to force us to speak. How stiffnecked and hard of heart we have become. When a tragedy like Attica is required to alert us to the inhuman conditions in our society, the Church is indeed asleep. Must it always be shock and horror which awaken us to the respect for human dignity that God in Christ calls us to affirm?” The News In B r ie f. . St. Anne’s parochial school in Palmyra is getting along well ac cording to Sister Anne Raymond who has been named principal fol lowing the recent auto accident that injured the three nuns who represented the religious faculty. Sister Anne teaches third and fourth grades. Sister Mary A. May er has also been assigned to St. Anne’s where she teaches the 7 th and 8th grades. Mrs. John Reedy, who had been acting principal until appointments were made, is continuing at the school as 5th and 6th grade teacher. Sister Tereas Gerard Specksgoor, Sister Marie Claire Keel and Sister Albertine Deverauo and their housekeeper Katherine Flynn of Cuyler St., Palmyra, were injured in a two-car accident the eve of school opening. They are all re ported doing “satisfactory.” • • • • Palmyra is receiving notoriety as a “Radar Trap.” Big headlines in the big city newspapers describe the new radar as the means of more and more tickets . . for speeders. So all one has to do is travel at the speed the signs call for on the village streets. • • • • Headlines also refer to the new plans for eight additional parks in Wayne County . . one of which would be in the Town of Macedon but shared with Palmyra. The en tire area along the Canal ^Janks between the two villages would make the idea park. GILLETTE Platinum Plus Blades 5's Reg. $1.00 66c Lysette Spray 3 oz. Reg. $1.50 special 99c V I T A L I S 4 oz. Reg. 93c sale 66c Assorted Windproof LIGHTERS Reg. 98c special 66c Mallory Duratape Cassettes 30-60-90 min. 25% off JOHNSON’S PALM Y R A PHARMACY 202 St.Phone 597-5151 Palmyra, N.Y. Letter To The Editor Dear Editor: The members of the “Canal Town Days” committee would like to take this opportunity to recog nize the much appreciated efforts that made our weekend celebration a success. We were gratified to see so many of our town’s people as well as out- of-towners partake in the varied ex hibits and events. Sincerely, The “Canal Town Days” Committee Secretary (Mrs.) Gail Mooney Warning Issued For Phoney Repairmen Customers of New York State Electric & Gas Corp. were caution ed today by Robert F. Fanning manager for the utility to be wary of confidence men and others who falsely claim to be representatives of the company making surveys or repairs. Mr. Fanning said that there have been instances recently within the NYSE&G service area where one or more persons have gained access to the homes of customers by posing as utility employees. These individ uals have then tried to convince customers that they need expensive repairs or replacement of theit equipment, such as furnaces or wir ing. The confidence men have ask ed for down-payments or prepay ments for these repairs. They leave with the money and are never seen again. These men tend to select elderly persons, often women living alone, aS targets for their schemes, Mr. Fanning said. They often prefer rural and isloated locations. Mr. Fanning said customers should always ask for proper iden tification before admitting anyone to their home. 11 NYSE&G em ployees carry identification cards, which include photographs, he add ed. “If there is any question about a person’s identification, or the pur pose of his visit, a customer should not hestitate to call the local NYSE&G office,” Mr. Fanning said. “If the customer believes one or more persons have falsely represent ed themselves as utility empolyees, or if he has actually been victim of an illegal scheme, he should immediately notify local law en forcement officials,” he continued. WAYNE SCHOOLS SHARE $1.6 MILLION State Comptroller Arthur Levitt reported today that he has distrib uted $182368,160.07 to school dis tricts as part of the State’s support of public schools. The payment represents approx imately 8 % % of the assistance due during the 1971-72 State fiscal year. The distribution is the first to be made during the current school year under a law enacted in the 1968 Legislature which changed the distribution and payment dates for most school districts. The ap portionment is based on statistics for the 1970-71 school year. Schools in Wayne County shared $1,564,963.16. Stop The Bomb Scares If it weren't such a serious matter, it would be ludicrous that any silly kid who wants to can, by merely making a phone call, disrupt the education of thousands of youngsters for a whole day. Yet this is happening with alarming frequency by those who make anonymous telephone calls to announce that there is k bomb in one of the school buildings. The /re is one way that this vicious practice could be stop ped effectively and immediately. Simply disregard the phone calls. It is inconceivable that there is a n y o n e living amongst us who has so sick a mind that he would plant a live bomb in a school full of innocent children. Furthermore, if anyone could do this, why would he call in a warning? It is suggested that he might have had a change of heart, if so, why would he not tell the authorities where to find the bomb? The school authorities go on the assumption that the chan ces of there being a live bomb in a school building when they are warned by an anonymous phone call might be only one in a million, but they dare not take even that chance with the lives of the boys and girls in their charge. They are right. They should not have to make such a decision. The parents of the children in school should make the de cision and should authorize the Board of Education to disre gard bomb threats. This could be done by referendum or by signed statements. If parents are shocked by this suggestion, they might consider that they take infinitely greater chances with their children's lives every time they let them ride in an automobile, and this they do every day without giving it a second thought. The announcement of such a decision itself would prob ably put an end to the phone calls. Incidently, with all our technical know-how, we certainly should be able to devise a system for automatically record ing the time and source of every telephone call. The record would show only this much information: Time From TO 9:15 597-0000 597-1111 This would in no way be an invasion of privacy. Even this much information would be divulged only to authorized per sons. It would be of invaluable help in tracing not only bomb scares but kidnapping calls and obscene calls as well. {faltngnt fflmmfr-llmmral The Palmyra Courier, Established 1838 Wayne County Journal, Established 1870 Consolidated June 1, 1929 Published weekly by the Palmyra Courier Co., Inc., No. 122 William Street, Palmyra, N. Y. 14522 208 E. Main St., Palmyra, N. Y. 597-4111 597-6340 OFFICERS OF THE COMPANY President - Agnes M. Griffith Treasurer - Agnes M. Griffith Vice-President - Carolyn G. Hall Secretary - Carolyn G. Hall Owner — Palmyra Courier Co., Inc. Editor ................................................ J- Donald Roe Associate Editor ....................... Billie Smith Entered as Second Class Matter at the Post Office Palmyra, N. Y. 14522 Wednesday, September 22, 1971 VOL. XLIII No- 37 ADVERTISEMENT B THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK B j DON SINCLAIR Anger is seen everywhere these days. Children angry at parents. Par ents angry at children. StudeiUs angry at school authorities. Politicians angry at each other. People yelling, roaring at each other. Anger* over riding reason nearly everywhere. Anger is’of course justified at times. But even when anger is war ranted, extreme expressions or actions seldom serve any good purpose. More often than not, anger causes retaliatory anger. Friendships cease. Homes are broken. Apologies (if given) seldom repair the mutilation in human relationships. Common sense should tell us how important it is to conquer anger, What good does it do to blow off steam, if it disrupts blood circulation and either aggravates or brings on ailments in body and spirit? And an ger does just thatl Ask your doctor! Or, ask a clergyman. He would probably say, \A soft answer turns away wrath . . .” or — “He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty ...” A better life is in store when those Biblical expressions are understood. . . . CADY & MATE FUN ERAL HOME, 122 Cuyler Street, Palmyra, 597-4631.
