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8 •A The Altamont Entertnise MEW YORK OUR CENTENNIAL YEAR SEP 231983 Serving the Towns of Guilderland, Ne^^^^f^^ethlekem, Berne, Knox, Including Akamont, {Vooifreewifc, Westmere. GuUderkmd Center, Stngeriands, D. i»We SOS Number 8 Thursday, September 15, 1983 Insurgents Win GOP Nod At Tuesday's Primary Vote 5 Cents By BOB HAG YARD With less than half of the town's „ enrolled Republicans showing up at the polls, insurgent candidates John Smircich and Richard Mur- ray displaced Raymond Ross and - Shirley Swanson from this year's Guilderland Republican ticket at Tuesday's primary election. As candidates for Town Council vacancies—one of them Smircich's —Smircich and Murray will face Democratic nominees Virginia Horan and Dennis Purcell in the Nov. 8 general election. Tuesday's race was a close one. Smircich led the four-way field with 1,425 votes. Murray, town Zoning Board of Appelas chairman the past three years, garnered 1,401 while Ross, an Altamont village justice, finished out of the running by 36 votes with a 1,365 total. Mrs. Swanson, who is town Republican vice chairman, won 1,182 votes. Vote totals are unofficial. Smircich was elected to a four-year council seat in 1979. Last May he announced he would decline j?eiwmination , but a week after the GOP committee endorsed Ross and Mrs. Swanson,' recon- sidered \after being approached by a number of individuals\ to run again. Smircich and Murray, who as Zoning Board chairman voted against the Crossgates special use permit, won the immediate back- ing of Republican Supervisor ing of Supervisor Kevin A. Moss, who will run for re-election on the Republican ticket. They also won immediate finan- cial backing for a strenuous primary fight. Although all four contenders began door - to -door canvassing at once, the Smircich- Murray-Moss group was first with several direct mailings. And doz- ens of street posters in the white-on-green colors that tradi- tionally announce the \regular\ GOP candidates. Which Smircich and Murray weren't—not until the votes were counted Tuesday night. \ In retrospect it seems Ross and Mrs. Swanson were hurt by the widely-publicized endorsement by the Guilderland Chamber of Com- merce. Not in Westmere, where the town's independently-owned businesses are concentrated. Nor in Altamont, Guilderland Center or the rural areas. It clearly hurt in McKownville, where' voters'can plainly see the Chamber-endorsed Thomas J, Deianey, Altamont Trustee, Is Dead At 71 Thomas J. Deianey of Main St., Village of Altamont trustee and retired state official, died last Friday, Sept. 9, at St. Peter's Hospital, Albany, after a long illness. He was 71. Mr. Deianey came to Altamont in 1955 from Orange County when he was appointed director of the State Civil Defense Commission's state rescue service. He retired from the position in 1973. In 1972, he was elected to the Village Board of Trustees; he won re-election to four-year terms in 1976 and 1980 (unopposed). An active member of the Altamont Fire Department and Rescue Squad, he served as unofficial liaison between both organizations and village govern- ment for many years. A native of West New York, N. J., he was a graduate of St. Peter's Preparatory*School of Jersey City and attended Villanova University, Philadelphia, Pa. For a time he worked at the former U.S. Navy shipyard in Newburgh. In 1950 he assumed ownership of the Canter- bury Feed and Fuel Co. in nearby Cornwall, which he operated until 1954. During this period he briefly served as chairman of the Town of Cornwell Democratic Committee. Mr. Deianey was a communicant of St Lucy's Roman Catholic Church, Altamont Survivors include three sons, Thomas J. Deianey of Belmont. Mass., Robert F. Deianey of Knox and Richard P. Deianey of Lebanon, N.H.; three daughters, THOMAS J. DELANEY Diane E. Gallagher of Chamblee, Ga., Ruth-Ann Minor of Lake George and Mary Ann Tuttle of EastGreenbush; bis mother, Mary Deianey of Seminole, Fla.; two brothers, John F. Deianey of Pompano Beach, Fla. and William E. Deianey of New Port Ricbey, Fla.; a sister, Mary Clare Hughes of Seminole, Fla.; and eight grandchildren. Funeral services were held Tuesday, Sept. 13 from St. Lucy's. Burial was in New Windsor, Pa. Contributions in Mr. Dslsns v *s memory may be made to the Altamont Fire Department, Main St., Altamont, N.Y. 12009: Crossgates Mall rising next door and traffic conditions worsen- ing by the year on Route 20. It clearly hurt in the Fort Hunter- Lynnwood area where a major neighborhood concern is: Will Carman Road become another Route 20? About 2,700 showed up at the polls—roughly 43 percent of the town's registered Republican en- rollment. Unofficial returns, broken down by neighborhood, tell the story of how the election was won and lost McKownville: Districts 1-5 con- tributed 20 percent of votes cast townwide. How they voted: Smir- cich (a McKownville resident) 388, Murray 353, Ross 165, Swanson 156. Westmere: Districts 6-10 and 12 contributed- 26 percent of votes cast. Vote totals: Ross 376, Smircich 350, Swanson 328, Murray 292. Lynnwood-Fort Hunter: Dis- tricts 13-17 cast 30 percent of votes. > Totals: Murray (Fort Hunter resi- dent) 503, Smircich 479, Ross 342, Swanson (a Lynnwood resident) 290. Altamont: District 20 which includes most though not all of the village, contributed 5 percent of votes cast Totals Ross (a villager) 123, Swanson (for many years an teacher at Altamont Elementary School) 91, Smircich 33, Murray 30. Guilderland Center And Rural Areas: Districts 11, 18, 19 and 21 JOHN SMIRCICH together cast 20 percent. Totals: Ross 414, Swanson 383, Smircich 183, Murray 181. Mock Vote At Middle School Again this year students at Farnsworth Middle School partici- pated in a primary vote of then- own through the social studies de- partment's election education pro- gram. Ground rules were identical to those for the townwide primary. Upon enrollment as students at Farnsworth, youngsters fill out voter registration forms identical to the ones their elders must complete, courtesy of the county Board «f Elections. To vote in a mock primary, a student must be- enrolled in that party at least one year before' Primary Day—identi- cal to the real-life state primary law. last year's mock general elec- tion results came amazingly close to percentages cast at the \real\ election. Cuomo edged Lehrman, 53 to 46 percent, for governor; RICHARD MURRAY Moynihan defeated Sullivan, 53 to 42 percent, for U.S. senator; Nolan coasted past Sheehan, 66 to 27 percent, for state senator; and so on. Teachers hoped for a repeat. But it was not to be, this time. Student Republicans picked the candidates in reverse order from their elders . with Mrs. Swanson the top vote- getter, followed by Ross, Murray and Smircich. Voting took place last Friday and Monday in a corner of the school learning center (library). The week before, students were encouraged to check a floor- to-ceiling bulletin\board plastered with publicly-available informa- tion on the town GOP' e^htenders-^ every leaflet, brochure, and poster plus clippings from The Altamont Enterprise, Sehenectady Gazette and the Albany papers. Scanning the board, political claims and counterclaims could be compared instantly. Stewart's Will Double Donations To Rescue Squad During September, every contri- bution you place in the \Altamont Rescue Squad\ bowl at the village Stewart's Ice Cream Shop will be matched by an equal donation to the squad from Stewart's. Vicki Furnia, store manager, and Fred Field, rescue squad president, express hope that people will take advantage of this oppor- tunity to assist the all-volunteer ambulance service. The Altamont squad covers a wide geographical area outside the village, including Guilderland Cen- ter, much of western Guilderland township, and the eastern third of the Town of Knox. Local artist Ed Cowley has painted scenes of the Altamont Fair in the past. Shown here is his latest, a pastel, \VFW Restaurant at the Altamont Fair.\ Previous Cowley paintings have depicted a number of local landmarks.
