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Serving: Palmyra Macedon Walworth Marlon Farmington Macedon Center West Macedon East Palmyra ' j-’# * - ** j- i * -w. % L 1 - / ^ V VOL. XLIII NO. 51 •v Wednei4ll%y^ jl#C. 29, 1971 Single Copy lie T o w p a t h Ta I k i n ’ TOWPATHER isn’t talkin’ this week -* just .musing and hoping -- The events of every year a re a mixture of sadness, and hap piness. It has to Jbe that way — that’s life! Blit with the end of the year, no matter how’happy or prosperous or troublesome that particular^year m a y have been, a hew y e a r is'one of hope. Let's hope for PEACE — ' TLet’shope for UNITY at home 'and abroad — L e t’s hope for m a n ’s HUMANITY to m an - Let’s hope for RELEASE OF THE P.O.W.’S - - Let’s hope for CURES FOR DISEASES afflicting man — Let’s hope for IN ROADS in the fight against POLLUTION of a ir and water. L e t’s .Jip p e for UN- - DE'RiS:^ W ^ ;G A N D : TOUpRA£JGE — hope for FREEDOM FROM h u n g e r m p j naan’s w a K t , RING —' TO SHHWNjS! 'L # ^ f u i HOPE' - ' 1 let’s WORK at i t ' - ‘all oA is. Perhaps in another year we will see the results of our-efforts. Thinking along these lines, TOWPATHER suggests New Year’s resolutions for all of us. How about these for a beginning. TO stop at all the new S^TOP SIGNS ON THE STOP STREETS TO. proclaim “No Gripe Week” for 52 weeks - lithils, everyone - ,,, TO give the other fellow the benefit of the doubt - TO respect the law and other peopled property - TO try to understand the young, the old, and all the ones in between - TO enjoy life, and TO have a Happy and Healthy 1972! E S f c S . ■ • ’ ' ‘ \ ]^kfcedtift>j:J>tfrfc Committee during Christm as vacation. Chairman, Joe Grayino, is elated There will not be skating a t the s m t w & :w m over the great jgrdip of men who pitched in to get the skating rink set up Sunday morning, Dec. 19. They worked in the bitter cold and wind for three hours. Despite the most gallant efforts of the Skating Rink Crew, the weatherman did not cooperate and there has been no skating Macedon Rink until it has been cold enough for several layers of ice to freeze solid. Many thanks to the crew of men who Worked on that skating rirtk. Among them were Phil Bradley, Dave Read, Don Dantz, Ronnie Sapp, Gerry Creel, Keith Parks, Joe Gravino, E lm e r Clark, Tom Frey, Bob BkSndell, Glenn Bastian, Roger Butler and Jim Sheremeta. Linda Kelley provided the coffee for the crew. Macedon can be proud of the Park with its festive Christmas tree set up by Elmer Clark and decorated by the Chamber of Commerce. Clifford Everdyke and his crew completed a fine road to the site. SMITH HOME EXEMPLIFIES GREEK ARCHITECTURE Miss Helen T. Smith, a gracious hostess, enters her Greek Revival home at 202 Canandaigua Street. Photos were taken by Erick Volk. by N a n c y Hallowell It seems appropriate that the carpenter who gave Palm yra such an outstanding Greek Revival house was named Philo Robinson. “Philo,” of course, is derived from the Greek word for love, and the house he built was very much influenced by ancient Greek civilization. Built shortly before 1850 at the corner of J a c k s o n and Canandaigua Streets, the home is now owned b y Mi$s Helen T. Smith. It has been recently restored arid painted. Lattice work surrounding the foundation had rotted over the years. It has been faithfully reproduced. Because of water dam a ge the four round bold columns at the front of the house are now set on low, square, footed wooden bases, open for ventilation. M iss Sm ith’s house is a fine example of the famous Greek Revival architecture that swept the country roughly between 1820 and 1850. (M a n y earlier and later examples exist). Starting in New England the style moved W e st and Southward. Upstaters should be proud. M a n y critics claim the style reached its peak of beauty in Upstate New York. Its success here was due to the talent and skill of local carpenters and masons. M a n y architectural pattern books were in print - and area craftsmen used them, but instead of slavishly copying designs, interpreted them freely and creatively, adapting to local tastes, needs, climate and materials. Even tools made a difference. Each carpenter had his own set of wood planes. Today when no records exist on a building, we can often tell who built it by differences in (Cont. on page 9)
