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Serving: Palmyra Macedon Walworth Marion Farmington Macedon Center West Macedon East Palmyra COURIER-IOURNAL VOL. XLIII NO. 45 Wednesday, Nov. 17, 1971 Single Copy 15c $4.50 Per Year Macedon Walt Man MACEDON* S MAN OF THE YEAR—Police Chief Walter Hill (second from left) was named 'Macedon’s Man-of-the-Year at the American Legion’s annual Veterans’ Day Dinner on Nov. 11. Program planners included Walt Wiedrick, left, Philip Steiger Post Commander Marvin Miner and guest speaker Jam es Hurley, Sheriff of Wayne County. The 150 guests that taxed the capacity of the Macedon Baptist Church were delighted that Police Chief Walt Hill was this y e a r ’s honored citizen for “exceptional community service, cheerfully . given in a most efficient and judicious m anner-regardless of weather or hour.” TEACHERS STARTING MEETINGS A Palmyra-Macedon teacher - Board of Education pay pact was reached last week as was predicted to happen in last Wednesday’s COURIER. Nine months of, negotiations concerning starting salaries ended as Pal-Mac teachers ap proved a two-year salary con tract. According 'to Marie Roney, president of the Palmyra- Macedon Faculty Association (PMFA) a “solid majority” of teachers okayed the contract, which calls for a $7,300 starting salary for the current 1971-1972 school year, and a starting salary of $7,775 for next year. By picketing schools and forming an information headquarters in downtown Palmyra, teachers had publicly protested dissatisfaction with a Board of Education proposal which, “would raise starting salaries by less than two per cent,” according to the PM F A . Teachers also said, “Equality oilier area school salarlejffS ail we ask.” Ironically the contract ap proval by the teachers meant that starting salaries would be boosted by the protested 2 per cent for this year, and that next year’s contract called for star- O.K. SALARIES; CONTINUE ting salaries under those already agreed upon in nearby Newark and Lyons, where teachers will receive $7,849 and $7,800 respectively A key factor in the negotiations yet unsettled is the increments to be given teachers after their initial year. Both the Board of Education and the PMFA agreed that a panel, consisting of a board member, Carroll Hutt, superintendent of schoote, an administrator, and several faculty association members, would meet to decide salary alternatives for teachers who taught in the district prior to this year A joint statement of the Board of Education and faculty association said, “We feel that this agreement is good; fair to both parties, and one the com munity can support.” Teacher approval came as a result of negotiations held Monday night, when board, and teacher representatives both okayed an agreement to put before yesterday’s affirmative vote of the 176 P-M teachers. Both parties emphasized that all salaries decided on are sub ject to the government’s wage- price freeze. TWO AREA FIRES TAKE HEA VY PROPERTY TOLL Fires last Friday totally destroyed residences in Palmyra and Macedon Center. The blazes occurred within four miles and two hours of each other; the first coming at 2:30 p.m. at the William Hartley trailer at the Marquart Trailer Park. The second fire started about 4:30 p.m. at the Frank Packard farmhouse on Route 31F in Macedon Center. The cause of the fire at the Packard home is still un determined. “ W e ’re still in vestigating,” said Ken Ham mond, a Macedon firefighter. A special investigation team from Rochester was scheduled to comb the charred Packard home ruins yesterday to determine the exact cause of the blaze in the 60 year- old structure. Macedon Fire Chief Harold DeWitt said the fire was first thought to have started in a basement oil furnace. LANDFILL ARGUMENTS PLAGUE The Town Hall Oi Macedon was filled to capacity Thursday evening Nov. 11, for the regularly scheduled town board meeting. The meeting was called to order by Supervisor Augustine Marvin, who stated emphatically that it was not a legally publicized public hearing, but that all those who wishe4 to speak would be heard. He stated that it was the “tradition” of the board to hear all those who wanted to speak at any regular town board meeting. Robert Stanton, attorney for a group of citizens opposed to AIpco Inc. operating a landfill in Macedon, spoke first. He pointed out what he' considered to be loopholes in the contract ac cepted by the Town Board and the original proposal; namely, the price per cubic yard from seventy-five cents to one dollar and the operation hours. He also raised the question of the town’s obligation to the Town of Walworth and stated that the Supervisor of the Town of Walworth had not even seen the contract. He said his group felt that the Town of Walworth wps at the mercy of a private con tractor. The citizens group expressed the feeling that they were op posed to any landfill operated by a private contractor ..-At the same time they reminded the board of their responsibilities to do something in the way of long range planning in regard to correcting the existing problems in the present landfill site. Maurice Strobridge, town attorney, gave a brief history of what he termed the “landfill syndrome” in the Town of Macedon. He also stated that as far as he was concerned, the contract with Alpco Inc. was legal and binding with a few minor alterations. He said, “I agree with Mr. Stanton that some areas need to be changed, but I disagree that there are major differences between the original proposal and the one accepted.” He reiterated the fact that he had not had sufficient time to study the contract anc} .discuss it MACEDON with the town board. Dave White, attorney for Alpco Inc. stated that the purpose of the meeting in his opinion, was to review the changes in the con tract and sign it. He stated that the contract had already been accepted by the Town Board and he couldn’t accept the fact that the public was being allowed to speak again. He said that this had already been done at the public hearing in August. He questioned the legality of the procedure being used. Supervisor Marvin again declared that the people would be heard, regardless. Mr. White established that the contract had already been voted on and the Cont on Page 2 Packard was working on the farm whernthe fire began. His son and a playmate were in the house, but managed to escape unharmed. Firemen from Macedon Center, Macedon, Palmyra, Walworth and West Walworth battled the fire which lasted more than three hours. William Hartley and his wife Debbie, both 19, and married for just one year, lost most of their personal belongings as fire totally destroyed their Westerner TVailer at the Brown Road park. The Palmyra Fire Department was called to the scene of the 2:30 p.m. fire, which was evidently caused by the heat tape un derneath the trailer, which is designed to keep the pipes from freezing.
