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Page-8-Banner Times Monday, May 19, 1986 Warns About Con Men Springtime is already here which starts us thinking of home im- provements and repairs. \But warns Oswego County Sheriff Charles Nellis, \Watch out for dishonest home repair firms.\ The sheriff offers some tips on how you can avoid home im- provement and repair frauds: Watch out if somebody offers to do an expensive job for an unusually low price. Once you sign the contract, you learn why: they never deliver the service! Always get several estimates for every repair job, and compare the prices and terms. Check to see if there is a charge for estimates before asking for one to be done. Ask your friends for recom- mendations. Or ask the firm for references, and check them out. Check the identifcation of all \inspectors\. Call the local Consumer Affairs Office of Better Business Bureau to check the company's reputation before you authorize any work to be done. Be suspicious of high pressure sales tactics. Pay by check, never with cash. Arrange to make payments in installments- one-third at the beginning of the job, one-third when the work is nearly completed and one-third after the job is done. Shop around- ask friends, neigh- bors or co-workers for references. When you find repair peoople you trust, stick with them. \Sometimes you might not know you've been cheated until it's too late,\ the sheriff stated. \If you don't report fraud, you're only helping the crooks; that's just what they want.\ Sheriff Nellis stresses to report all fraud you've been a victim of and below he tells you how to go about it: Contact the police: if your a victim of fraud, they want to know about it. Contact your local District Attorney or the New York State Attorney General's Con- sumer Fraud Division. \If we all take special precautions,\ Sheriff Nellis concluded, we can all out-smart the dishonest people.\ TOPS No. 719 The group met at the Court House in Pulaski. Seven members weighed in. Patty was our \best loser\ for the week. The secretarys report was read and approved. It was voted to meet for weigh-in from 6:30 to 7 p.m. with the business meeting starting promptly at 7 p.m. Patty read some diet tips to help us lose weight. Bea read a joke menu. Five members will be attending the State Recognition Day for TOPS to be held in Buffalo on June 6 and 7. \Letter to a Backslider\ was read by Patty, also two poems \con- trol\ and \Dieters Delight\. Bea read an origianal peom \What is a Mother\. The group meets every Thursday night at 6:30 p.m. at the Court House. ACROSS 1. Wavy (her.) 5. American humorist 9. A toast 10. Eyed 12. Touchwoods 13. Poverty- stricken 14. Malt beverages 15. Carrier of sleeping sickness 16. Music note 17. Perches - 18. Wax used in skiing\ 21. Goddess of harvests 24. Slow (mus.) 25. Mr. Burr 27. Large worm 28. Oriental people 30. Peel 31. Tellurium (sym.) 32. Holding devices 35. Famous ship canal 37. Vietnam city 38. Category 39. Coral island 40. 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Jellylike material '#, 9 IX 1* Ifo 10 44 *7 % J>% 37 39 % 1 % 33 At X % i9 % 3+ \3 'A 20 % 30 A % '7 la i i % 15 % 29 f l 5 \o ,13 a£ % 38 AO AX. to % 26 b 35 -f % 21 ^ 3«» T\ % 22. 3-I - % II % 23 % Mexico Messages by Mildred Schenck If you are a shut-in, or for other reasons find it impossible to visit the public library, there is a new service contracted by the Oswego City Library and others with the Onondaga County Public Library, you can take advantage of. Called \Books By Mail\ this is a paperback service, with books in both regular and large print, and are sent by mail free of charge. To receive a library card, and other information, write to: \Books by Mail\ Onondaga County Public Library, 327 Montgomery Street, Syracuse, N.Y. 13202. Request large print if you need it. This seems to fill a need for many persons and should be welcomed in our community. Parents who have children eligible to attend kindergarten in Sep- tember, should keep the dates of June li, vi, 13, 16 and 17 marked on their calendar. Those are the dates for registration. This week, the elementary students are taking the California Achievement tests, and the staff suggests that parents see that their children are well rested in order to do their best. It is not too soon to rent space for a booth at the Sandy Creek Fair. For outdoor space contact Lena Presley, 387-6168, address 9126 DeMott Street, Lacona, 13083. The flea market and arts and craft rental can be reserved by calling Ha Henderson, 387-3578, address RR1, Box 106, Sandy Creek, 13145. This year there will be a petting zoo for the children, and a return of the circus. Fair dates are Thursday to Sunday, August 19 through the 24. In order to vote in the MACS school elections on Wednesday, June &, you must be registered at the school. You may register this Thursday, May 22 from 4-8 p.m. at Palermo, New Haven and Mexico High School. The same night will be \Meet the Candidates\ Night, and the public meeting on the budget. Meeting to be held at the High School auditorium at 7:30 p.m. At the May monthly meeting of the Mexico Board of Education held at Palermo, Band Director Sturge reported on the recent band/chorus trip to Williamsburg, Virginia. The groups came home with several first places. The band wore their new uniforms, and Mexico can be proud of the showing both groups made. Our out-of-town guests for Mother's Day, and to welcome Judy home from Australia, in- cluded Mary Anne Merrill, Ocean City, N.J., Margaret Broadley, daughters, Judy and Katie, West Chester, Pa., Dr. John Schenck, daughters Brooke and Kim and Dr. Susan Talodi of Schnectady. The employees of the Mexico Village office are vreparing to move to their new location during the next week or so. The Village has purchased the building for- merly housing the Farm Production Offices. Stone-Davis Post #384, American Legion, Mexico will hold their election ofofficers on Thursday, May 22 at 7:30 p.m. in the post rooms on Scenic Avenue. On The Look-Out Archie, the cat owned by Tim and Paula Sacher, looks out the top floor window of North Country Photographies to see what's going on at the Banner Times Offices. From Yesterday's Album By Marie K. Parsons Among the family keepsakes of the late Burt Crandall of Sandy Creek are two photos which give us a detailed overview of the center of the village of Sandy Creek in the early 1920's. \Aerial views,\ they were taken from the vantage point of the Corse Press Water Tower, built in 1919. A new snowfall sets off the structures from their surroundings, and in this photo, showing the view northeast from the tower, helps to define the old course of the Little Sandy east of the Main Street bridge. Then, the creek ran along the north bank of what had once been a full mill pond. On the corner of N. Main and Salisbury Streets are the old Town Hall block [wood] and the Wart and Sargent block [brick] with one of the buildings which was originally part of the John Davis • later George Smith - Carriage factory still standing behind them, along Salisbury Street. This had become a blacksmith shop, later a garage. At the Osborne and DorlandMill [Sancona Builders Supply, Inc.] the mill dam, reconstructed about 1905, is in place, though the grist mill was operated by gasoline engine from about 1917 on. An old foundation at the north end of the dam probably marks the remains of a 19th century saw mill. In thp block across N. Main from the mill, the Bellinger Bakery was in operation in the south part, which is now Burky's. There was probably a grocery or meat market in the north side. The present Janacek rental house on the right edge of the photo, beside Burky's, was long the home of Harry and Ethel Tifft. This building provides a link to the second photo in this set, for it appears on the left edge of that view, which looks nearly due east, up Railroad Street. [To be continued.] J
