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Serving: Palmyra Macedon Walworth Marion Farmington Macedon Center West Macedon East Palmyra COURIER VOL. XLIV NO. 2 Wednesday, Jan. 26, 1972 Single Copy 15c $4.50 Per Year Clifton Springs In Macedon: Health Hospital Opened Plans Discussed Scouts Honor Joseph VanScott The culmination of a decade of self-study, planning, organization and construction will be realized Sunday, January 30, when the lew Clifton Springs Hospital and Clinic is dedicated in formal eremonies beginning at 3 P.M. n the new medical facility. Delivering the dedication ddress during the program, to a presided over by Board of Trustees President F o rrest Smith, is Dr. ChKHes L. Hudson, past president of the American Medical Association. Following a formal welcome by Dr. Gerald J. Duffner, general director of the hospital, and the invocation by the Rev. John E. Roach, pastor of St. Felix Church in Clifton Springs, greetings from the community will be offered by Clifton Springs Mayor Wheat. Driver Safety Course The State mandated Driver Safety Education Course for all those who are obtaining their first driver’s license will be given in a series of two courses on February 1st and 8th at the Palmyra-Macedon Junior-Senior High School on Hyde Parkway, Palmyra. Seth Myers, Driver Education teacher at Pal-Mac, will present the two one and one-half hour sessions from 7:00 to 8:30 P.M. A $5.00 fee will be assessed. All those seeking a driver’s license must take this course. Eastern Star Honors 50-Year Members “You and the people of the community must reeducate yourselves to the fact that the days of the general practioner are gone--I doubt very seriously if you will find one man to come to Macedon and be resppnsible for the health of the entire com munity.” That was the main point m ade by Donald Frank when he ad dressed the Macedon Chanfber of Commerce on Jan. 18. Dr. Frank is a native of Macedon and a pediatrician of the staff of Strong Memorial Hospital. He schedules office hours in Macedon on Tuesday evening. Dr. F rank pointed out the g reat mobility of our society today as compared to twenty years ago. People in this area have become accustomed to traveling great distances to receive medical assistance. He also suggested that we should think in terms of several small towns in the area .. . .. ...................... phy&idiatis. He jgj&l&f thfat he did not fed that the physical facility was nearly so important as developing the concept and selling it to the community and the physicians themselves. It was suggested by a member of the ambulance, that what we need in ..this -area-ia-a first aid station, perhaps a satelite unit wjth a hot line to a major medical facility. He declared that we need something in operation tomorrow, not five years from now. “I’m very happy to hear you say that,” said Dr. Frank. “That diows that you are on the right track.” Dr. Frank also advised that a whole new concept has come into light with the advent of para- professional persons and highly • trained physician’s nurses. “These are all avenues to be At the Fingerlakes Council Annual Recognition Dinner held at Midlakes High School, Saturday, Jan. 22,1972, Joseph J. VanScott of Palmyra, N.Y. was presented the Silver Beaver Award for outstanding service to the youth of the Finger Lakes Council. The Silver Beaver is the highest award that a Council may bestow upon a volunteer Scouter. VanScott, who lives at 136 Burnham Heights, Palmyra, is currently registered as the Iroquois District Camp Chair man and is heading up the Council’s Camp Development eommittee. He hfld served as a volunteer in his district in the following capacities: Assistant Cubm aster; Webelos L e a d e r; Scoutmaster of Troop 96, spon sored by the Palmyra V.F.W.; Troop Com mitteeman; and District Member-at-Large of the Iroquois District. Last year, under VanScott’s direction as General Chairman, more than 1700 Scouts and .Leaders participated in the FIFTY YEAR MEMBER-Mrs. George (Emily) Cadwallader, left, pinned a 50-year pin on Mrs. Homer (Josephine) Bassage at Monday explored and things to consider, night’s meeting of the Eastern Star. Other 50-jfear members attending he said, the special services were Mabel Fox, Mildred Smith and Helen VanMarter. Henion, Flora LaRue, Clara Mertz, Florence Palmer, Mildred Smith, Helen VanMarter. f e r \LaicSs T O f c l l ’s * Jamboree held at Camp Bftb- cock-Hovey. Mr. VanScott is the third Palmy fan to receive the Silver Beaver Award in the past three years. Kenneth Wilson received the award in 1970 and Joseph Whitcomb in 1971. An excerpt from “Along the Scouting Trail” best describes Joe VanScott and the con tribution he has m a d e ter scouting. “ ‘No man ever stood so tall as when he stooped to help a Boy’ and Joe VanScott of Palm yra is the tallest man in Iroquois Country. His enthusiastic dedication for the Scouting Movement is unsurpassed. His selfless service to the youth of his home community, his district, and his Council is awe inspiring. Joe has been a Cub Leader, Scoutmaster, District Committee member, member of the Finger Joe Van Scott s . 3 Lakes Council’s Camp Development Committee, and Iroquois District Camp Chair man. He has worked on, cooperated with, headed-up, and spearheaded. District Cam- ^ p o r ^ s , s p ^ iax ^ tr iS t'activ ities, Scout Show^, and camping evehts'. He »as pronfoted Scout Camping and contributed his time, talent, materials, and yes - blood, sweat, and tears in the renovation and construction of camp facilities at Camp Horn and at Camp Babcock-Hovey. F or the past two years, Joe.has. attended every Beaver Day weekend to work on Council Camp facilities and to head up the few volunteers that came out to give limited service for a day. The four Patrol Cabins at Camp Babcock-Hovey were engineered, constructed, put-up, roofed, and made possible by his efforts on your behalf. Joe is an Extra Miler; A Sustaining Member of the Finger Lakes Council; A Brotherhood Member of'the Order of the Arrow; holder of the Scouters Key; An Iroquois Scouter of the Year (1970); and recipient of the District Award of Merit. In a special tribute during the meeting held Monday night, January 24, 1972, Palm y ra Chapter 533, O.E.S., honored Mrs. Josephine Bassage for her fifty y ears of devoted service. Mrs. Ethel Townsend, also a fifty year member, was unable to be present due to illness. * P a r ticipating in the fifty year pin presentation was Mrs. Emily Cadwallader who was Worthy Matron when Mrs: Bassage af filiated in April, 1922 and when Mrs. Townsend joined in June, 1922. Among the offices held by Mrs. Bassage and Mrs. Town send ^was that of Worthy Matron of Palmyra Chapter. Other present fifty year members of Palmyra Chapter are: E s ther Bristol, Emily Cadwallader, Ann Cathers, Mabel Fox, Mary Geer, Floss Chamber President Ed Bastian said, “The next question in my mind is where do we go from here? I guess we have to do our homework.” Realtor Cunningham Cited PAL MAC WINS 7TH The Palmyra Macedon Red quarter the score was 40 to 38 in Raiders won their seventh league basketball game Friday, Jan. 21, when they defeated North Rose- Wolcott by a score of 59 to 46. The victory at the halfway point of the season gives the local cagers a record of seven wins and one loss. They trail Lyons which boasts a 7 won, no loss record. Lyons squeeked by Marion last Friday to keep their record un blemished. At North Rose the Pal-Mac squad got off to a slow start. ^ Scores by quarters were - first quarter, Pal-Mac trailed 11. to 8; at halftime Palmyra Macedon took the lead 23 to 22; at the third favor of Pal-Mac and at the final whistle a 59 to 46 victory. Phil Iati hit 7 of 11 field goals and led the team scoring j^Tim Doyle led the defensive play with 13 recoveries. The scoring for Pal-Mac went as follows: Doyle 2-4-8, Iati 7-2-16, Lagana 1-1-3, LeMoyne 4-2-10, Nolan 6-3-15, Krebbeks 2-1-5, Herman 1-0-2. The Jay Vees came from behind to win a thriller against the North Rose-Wolcott Jay Vees. The score was 51 to 50 with Pal- Mac winning in the closing seconds. Mike Morgan led the Jay Vees with 22 points. Palmyran T.J. Cunningham was honored by his fellow members of the Wayne County Board of Realtors Inc. when they recently conferred upon him the title of “ Realtor of the Year.” The award was based upon Jim ’s activities within the realtors’ group such a,s the promotion of ethics and knowledge of the profession. He has been a member of the Wayne Realtors for the past 14 years. “It was a particularly sur prising and flattering honor,” states Jim Cunningham. ‘T o be honored by your own group is indeed gratifying,” he said. Mr. and Mrs. (Anne) Cun ningham reside at 88 Maple Ave., Palmyra, with daughter Penny 16, and son Thomas, 14. Jim Cunningham
