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Serving: Palmyra Macedoh Walworth Marlon Farmington Macedon Center West Macedon East Palm y ra JOURNAL VOL. XLIII NO. 42 Wednesday, Oct. 27, 1971 Single Copy 15c $4.50 Per Year1 15 STORES WILL OPEN WA YNE PLAZA JUNE 1 $891,000 Grant & Loan OK’d For Urban Renewal Fifteen stores will open in the West Wayne Plaza by June 1, 1972, according to Brian Clancy, director of leasing for Todd-Mart De'velopers, Inc. of Rochester. Todd-Mart, which bought the . Route 31 p laza site 10 months ago, is the m ajor developer of the proposed Macedon shopping center. Clancy revealed information about the West Wayrie Plaza before a meeting of the Macedon Chamber of Commerce Tuesday night (Oct. 19), at Romeo’s Turkey Town R e staurant in Macedon. ' Clancy, said that four m e r chants from Palm y ra and Macedon will move into the plaza by June 1. He would not, however, disclose names of the local business owners who will occupy the plaza stores. The three m ajor concerns to be housed in the plaza are a W. T. G r a n t?s sto r e , a tioblaw ’s superm arket, and a Clinton drug store. W. \vill be the largest store ih‘ the plaza Con suming 65,000 of the plaza’s 125,000 total square feet. The twelve other stores, of which no specific owners were named by Clancy, include a bank, a movie theatre, a restaurant- cocktail lounge, a barber shop, a beauty salon, clothing and variety stores. “This is to be. an everyday plaza where a shdpper Can pick up any convenience tf&fi,” said Clancy. Clancy said that because the plaza stores would carry “everyday” household iteift& it would not be in direct Com petition with the 82-store^, East- view Mall nine miles awar^y. West Wayne Plaza will h^ve parking for 600 cars. Within the next five years Todd-Mart plans to have a total of 35 stores in the plaza. The plaza is being built so that it may be enclosed in the future. Clancy said that no major problems have been encountered on the building site. He added that structural steel would be rising witliin two months. Approval of a grant and loan for the Palmyra Urban Renewal Project was announced Tuesday (Oct. 26) in the amount of $891,000. The grant and loan is from the Dept, of Housing and Urban Development. “ The approval of this project means that nearly six years of planning and preparing for this grant and loan are over and Palmyra can finally move ahead with its plans for improving the downtown area including revitalizing housing and businesses and improving traffic circulation and street layout,” stated Congressman Frank Horton whose office called the Courier-Journal to report the news. “ I look forward to seeing the project recom m endations im plemented for the benefit of all Palmyra residents,” Horton said. Bill Roche, Urban Renewal Director, said, “This is great news and it has been a long time coming. We a re indeed grateful that HUD has approved the Palmyra program Palmyra Mayor Nussbaumer added, “ The news from Congressman Horton is indeed encouraging. Frank Horton has worked w.ith us most cooperatively for many, many months.” “ Now,” the mayor added, “we can get down to action instead of words.” Urban Renewal Director Roche also received notice via a telegram from Senators Javits and Buckley. This $891,000 fund will be used in the first neighborhood development project which en compasses a six acre plot within the boundaries of Main, Canal, Market and William Streets. Director Roche forecasts that the acquisition and demolition of 13 structures in the selected area will cost about $760,000 and the balance of the monies could be used for additional survey planning for another urban renewal project. Once the structures have been removed, private developers are expected to construct a 50-unit moderate income housing unit and parking lot in the project area. Provisions will also be made for housing for the elderly as well as commercial buildings. “ Acquisition by agreement could begin immediately upon signing. However, the village will give 90 days notice of the property it wishes to acquire,” says the local urban renewal director. HUD has authorized federal assistance to cover three- quarters of the net project cost. One-eighth of the cost would be contributed by the state with Palmyra contributing the remaining eighth in the form of services such as curbs, sidewalks, water lines, etc. It is expected to take two years to complete the first of Palmyra’s p l a n n e d n e i g h b o r h o o d development projects. Get that hour fedckl-. f < ^*<,?• CLOCKS MOVE BACK SUNDAY W t Towne-Apartment Complex The last Sunday in October (and that’s the one coming up) has the dubious distinction of heralding the end of daylight saving tim e and the six-month return to e a stern standard time. SO, at 2 a .m . Sunday morning (or when you are going to bed Saturday night-or when you get up Sunday morning) push the clock BACK one hour. This is the night yov* m ake up for the hour of sleep you lost way back on the last Sunday of April when daylight saving time began. If you don’t, you’ll end up in church an hour early for ser vices. And whose pastor can stand that shock! n A 100-unit towne, house and apartment complex in the Village of Palmyra will be completed by the late spring of next year, according to Norman Gerber, co owner of Marber Homes. Marber Homes, which is based in Webster, has begun site work on the 100-unit complex. Land has been purchased at the south end of Laurentian Drive for P a lm y r a ’s newest building project. Laurentian Drive runs r’ rW* south off of Foster St. - south of the Palmyra Fairgrounds. In order for a building permit to be approved by the Palmyra Village Board, Marber must install the necessary water, sewer, and sanitary lines and resurface the roa'd leading to the building site. Marber Homes has served as developers for the Stafford Heights homes and the Swiss Chalet apartments, recent \100 Years On The Southwest Corner1' Palmyra housing projects. Gerber said that a survey will be conducted this winter to determine the housing needs for people in the Palmyra area. “ This project will be a flexible one-people are welcomed to contact us by phone or stop by the building site to '.ill us their housing needs,” said Gerber. Gerber added that both the towne houses and apartments will be rental ul^its. by Rev. Sinclair In Feb. 1800 a small group of Christians m et at the home of Lemuel S pears Sr. in Palmyra to consider the organization of a Christian church for the worship of Almighty God. The Spears were the third family to settle in the town of Palmyra, coming here from Cummington, Mass. They decided to organize themselves a s a band of believers in “ Baptist principles” - and out of their deliberations came The First Baptist Church and Society of Palm y ra, N.Y. * Although the group remained an entity with not a few ups and downs, it w a s not until 1835 that the Baptist church was formally gathered and began to be a Christian force, and a recognized church in the community. The first membership gathered was composed of 40 Christian believers. Various m eeting places were used, the town hall and the school .auditorium , prominent among them, until a stone church was built and Rev. A. G. Sinclair dedicated in 1841. . The years that followed brought many crises, financial and within the membership., besides the problems created by the Civil War years. Rev. C. N. Pettingill came to the pastorate in 1867. With his coming many good things hap pened. A parsonage was pur chased for $4000.00 and Mr. Pettingill’s personal qualities and m arked abilities as an executive as well as pastor and preacher, brought about an in terest in a much needed new meeting house. On April 1st 1870 a new building was erected a t a cost of $20,000.00 at the comer of Main and Canandaigua. The solid and attractive brick and stone edifice which has served the congregation for 100 years has been kept in splendid repair and although much is yet to be done, the church facility has been up dated through the years to serve the needs of a changing church’ program. In marked contrast with the original cost, the replacement cost of the present structure is conservatively estimated at $220,000. The Observance on Sunday is not the Anniversary of the (Cont. on Page 8) REV. EM B LIDGE NAM ED UNITED FUND LEADER Rev. William Emblidge elected President of the United Fund. At the October 21 meeting of the Palm y ra United Fund, the Reverend W illiam Emblidge, pastor of the Methodist Church, was the unanimous choice to succeed Rod Jeffery as president of the board. Although this is only his second year on the board of directors, Rev. Emblidge brings to this job the experience and knowledge gained on similar boards in other communities in which he has served. Another newcomer to elected office on the fund’s board is Miss Nancy DeSchepper who will replace Mrs. Joyce Jeffery as secretary for the upcoming year. Other officers reelected to succeed themselves were Mr. Richard True as executive vice president, Mr. Donald Sinclair as first vice president and Mr. william Courtney as treasurer. In addition to the Jefferys, Mrs. Alice Williamson, Mr. William Rev. William Emblidge Hassler and Mr. Donald Godin announced their retirement from the Palmyra United Fund.
