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Serving: Palmyra Macedon Walworth Marion Farmington Macedon Center West Macedon East Palmyra COURIER-JOURNAL VOL. XLIII NO. 44 Wednesday, Nov. 10, 1971 Single Copy 15c $4.50 Per Year PAL-MAC FACULTY, BOARD APPEAR TO HA VE REACHED ACCORD $744,000 BOND ISSUE APPROVED; PROPOSITIONS 2 & 3 DEFEATED “A very gratifying” turnout of 1,258 voters of the Palmyra- Macedon Central School District approved a $744,000 bond issue to renovate the Palmyra> Elementary School but rejectedl Proposition No. 2 to provide new' windows and , rejectedl Proposition 3 which proposed a utility elevator. Elementary School Principal Frank Palm er said, “The School Board and administrative staff are extremely happy over the passage of the $744,000 bond issue. This renovation should make the building an excellent facility for the next 30 years plus.” Voters cast these ballots: Proposition 1 ($744,000 renovation proposal)--711 Yes, 541 No, 5 Void, 1 Blank. Proposition 2 (Proposed $55,000 for replacement of windows)-524 Yes, 717 No, 2 Void, 15 Blank. Proposition 3 (Proposed $ 39,0001 for a utility elevator)-434 Yes, 798 No, 7 Void and 19 Blank. By so. doing voters approved the basic renovation at a cost of $744,000 which is estimated to cost taxpayers another 40 cents per 1,000 of assessm ent in Palmyra, 65 cents in Macedon, 75 cents in W alworth, $1.21 in Manchester and 53 cents in Farmington. SNOWMOBILE LAWS TO BE AIRED An authority on snowmobile laws will speak before interested snowmobile and property owners at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 17 ar the Palmyra VFW Hall. Clark Young, New York State Conservation Departm ent of ficial, will speak at the meetftig which is being sponsored by the Palmyra Snowmobile Club, also known as the Sno-Drifters. Rhett Butler, president of the Palmyra group said, “We want everybody to treat snowmobiling as recreational sport which the whole family can enjoy.” Restoring Old Homesite Is „ sJvCV. :-.VS , „7.._ .. Louise and John Walker by Nancy Hallowell Notice anything different about Main Street? One of Palm y ra’s fine old landmarks has been given a new lease on life. Dating back possibly as far as 1810, the frame house a t 109 Main Street West was on sale for some time and very much intrigued many Palmyrans who saw it. But John and Louise Walker, a young couple who were living in an apartment in Gates, were the ones who bought it. “At f i r s t / ’ said Mr. Walker, “we bought it jointly with my brother as an investment property. We planned to convert it into a double and rent the two apartm ents.” Theri something happened. * Maybe it was the old trunks in the attic - some stenciled Wardlaw for the family who had lived there for so many years. Perhaps it was the wavey little green panes of glass, twelve-over-twelve, in the windows that had seen so much of Palmyra’s history go by. Or the old hearth with its swinging kettle crane and bread oven. Whatever it was, John and Louise fell in love with the house. “So much of the original interior is exactly as it was when the house was built we just couldn’t bear to compromise it by splitting it up,” said Mr. Walker. “Louise and I bought out my brother’s half in terest and in January we moved in.” Mrs. Walker teaches English at Fairport High School, and Mr. Walker, a PhD. in music theory, (Cont. on page 10) A “yes” vote is all that is needed to end the week-long,.. faculty-Board of Education dispute over 1971-1972 salaries and wages in the Palmyra- Macedon School District, before .teachers at a meeting scheduled for later this af ternoon, (Wed., Nov. 10) is a result of negotiations between the Board and teacher represen tatives which were completed at 8:30 p.m. last night at the Palmyra Elementary School. In a joint statement made by Carroll Hutt, superintendent of schools, John Blyth, school board president; and faculty association president Marie Roney, the following points were made: -The Board of Education accepted a settlement as outlined by Hutt who represented the Board in the negotiations. -The Palm y ra faculty’s executive committee urges teachers to accept Hutt’s proposed settlement which was okayed by both the Board and faculty representatives. -Each party said that they felt it was a good agreement-fair to both, and one which the community can support. Both the teacher represen tatives and the Board said that no other statements, including the contents of last night’s agreed settlement, would be made until teachers had voted on the proposal. A majority of teachers must YOUTH FOOTBALL PLANNED The towns of Palmyra and Macedon will organize two youth football teams next year ac cording to Joe Fratangelo, Macedon sportsman. The Palmyra-Macedon entries will be among 12 teams from Monroe and Wayne County participating in what is now known as the “Vince Lombardi Youth Football League, Inc.” Five teams representing Chili, Fairport, Rochester’s “ west- side,” and Honeoye Falls presently comprise the league. Palmyra-Macedon and Sodus will be among next year’s newcomers. The league is for youngsters in the 9-13 age bracket. Boys ages 9- 11 and weighing less than 105 pounds wUl play on the one “B” team. Boys 11-13 will play on the “A\ team. They must weigh less than 128 pounds. Thirty-five boys will be on each team. Each game is 32 minutes long and any team leading by more than 21 points must play its second string. “The idea is for everybody to play. Those who don’t get in the game play a special game at half- (Cont. on Page 20) ratify last night’s contract set tlement in order to end the dispute. The chronology of events over the past weelt went as follows: Tuesday, Nov. 1: Ap proximately 140 of 176 Pal-Mac teachers staged a rally at the Palm yra VFW Hall. Signs reading, “Equality for Teachers,” “We Teach F a ir Play, We Expect Fair Pay,” could be seen throughout the hall. As a result of rally teachers voted to picket all four district schools, and seek immediate settlement of nine months of negotiations with the Board of Education concerning 1971-1972 teacher salaries and benefits. When a reporter informed John Blyth, Board of Education president, of the teachers’ decisions, he said, ‘This is the first I’ve heard about it. I have no comment other than I thought everyone agreed to keep this issue out of the papers.” Wednesday, Nov. 2: Teachers began school picketing and said that their starting salary of *150 is “lowest in the a rea.” Thursday, Nov. 3: Teachers rented a building on Main Street to tell their position to school district residents. Picketing continued around all four schools and late into the night at the Macedon Elementary building. Silence of the Board continued. Friday, Nov. 4: At 11:55 p.m. school district Superintendent Carroll Hutt said, “The i§sue has snowballed and I’m afraid a crisis situation has developed,” as no agreement was reached in a late night talk between Board and teacher representatives. At about the same time the COURIER discovered that a group of citizens calling them selves, “Palmyra Taxpayers” had formed earlier in the evening. John Blazey, a long time local merchant, acted as spokesman for the group. Blazey said that he felt his organization represented the “feeling of the community” as it sided with the Board of Education’s position. Saturday, Nov. 5: Silence by Board was broken as teachers were cited for creating the issue prim arily with past salary demands of $10,000 and later $8,300 a year to start. Teachers responded that the Board offered an increase of less than two per cent in the $7,500 a year starting salary base. Sunday, Nov. 6: Teachers proposed Monday night negotiations with the Board. Blyth appointed Carroll Hutt to negotiate Board’s position. Monday, Nov. 7: Teachers end picketing “in hopes to get issue back to bargaining table.” Hutt and Palmyra-Macedon Faculty Association (PMFA) President Marie Roney headed the negotiating groups a t a 7:30 p jn. meeting which lasted until 12:45 a.m. Tuesday.
