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Tupper Lake, New York, Hub Of The Good Roads And The \ Gateway To The Adirondack Mountains Subscribe that and rten- TUPPER LAKE FREE PRESS To the paper which offer* the most complete ami accurate record of home-town mn while It IS news—the Free Preas BER 38 TUPPER LAKK. N. Y. 91 WU- , the jvery apers ibout how\ mod- mer- f un- Youngest jtoosevelt to Wed Deb many | apoke sd In paper ment; >e In- ly at South It re- lon of They yeait Irogen it re- agap- lthout THURSDAY, SEPTEMBHmJ3, 1937 $1.60 YEARLY FTVB CH1NTS COPY $41,790 SCHOOL PROJECT GETS WPA APPROVAL NEW WPA PBOJEiCT WILL SUPPLEMENT JOB rfo WEARING COMPLETION AMD GIVE TUPPER SCHOOL SPLENDID ATHLETIC FIELD « arc ve re- a take Com- Legton nd for of all United gt but d from it the iraany » right n this saving tmlsUo MB tt • Qw-1 The latest White Houae romance bloaaomed Into the engagement of John Atplnwa.ll Roosevelt, the Present's youngest HD, and blond Anne Llndaay Clark, Boston debutante and daughter of lira. F. Haven Clark, shown above at the Clark home In exclusive Nahint, Mama. The marriage will be after Joan's graduation from Harvard University next June. BUFFALO BALLOON1STS, BLOWN FAR OFF COURSE, GLAD TO FIND \HAPPY LANDING\ AT SABATTIS ONE OF TWO BALLOONS WHICH STARTED BUFFALO-NEW YORK niORT WINDS UP IN ADIRONDACK CLEARING NEAR HEBE—OTHER DOWNED AT WEBSTER ^ W* nunista States t them n way. i of af- d apos- ln this as they Id hap- tgions- - Jewish turned re need of your ted help gdvern- ive have between •ubllcans I follow, troubles Utopia country lvestlga- ons and i Is cer- 1 be ira- [ow long cans or- any\ be randa in ich more Five, men, employes of the Cur- Uaa Airplane and Motors Com- pany of Buffalo, landed safely In a clearing near the railroad right- of-way at SabatUs Ih the Adiron- dack* Saturday. The balloon, which was piloted by Lieut Mil- ford Vanlk, well-known In racing circles, had been In the air 13 hours. .The men considered their •aC* jMesnt little short of mlracu- looa, u the aectlon Iri heavily aft 3. A. WtUaaw. Robert Viator KlhaiOn and Owp Warren. They left Bnffato later- day, at 1 a. m., D.8.T., In their 80,000 eu. f t bag, in company with another, a 35.000 cu. ft. ship, In perfect flying weather. The smaller balloon was bandied by a student pilot, John E. Copeland, who planned to guide the craft from Buffalo to New York City. the Vanlk party going along as a convoy. Copeland's journey came to a sudden end near Webs- ter, about 100 miles from his' starting point. His convoy continued merrily on, however, a moderate west wind carrying them over Roches- ter, and east as far aa Oneida Lake, at which point tr/e wind changed and sent them northeast. They had hoped to land near Watertown but the changing winds sent them into the Adir- ondack sector, and they won realised they most seek a landing tf they were to avoid trwshl*. to get down In a place from which they could get thenaalvas and their bag back home easily, made a quick descent, which was per- fectly maneuvered. They were sighted by Fir* Patrol Ranger Farr who picked them up and took them to the railroad station. AH but Vanik entrained from Tup- per Lake, he remaining t o arrange for the return of their balloon. Warm praise was given to Ranger Farr for his efforts in getting the men to the station. Under supervision of Jau King, foreman, work began Tues- day on a 141,790.72 WPA project Which involves construction of sidewalks, a parking area, road curbing*, landscaping and ..the completion of the athletic field at Tupper Lake's junior-senior high school. The new project supplements one on which WPA crews) have been at work for some month*, clearing and grubbing 1,300 yards of rock excavation, 2,780 yards of unclassified excavation, 17,000 feet Of ditching for drainage system, 840- yards of stone wall construc- tion, 40,000 square feet of fine rading and quarter mile track construction. The first project, a (30,000 job, U not yet completed and a crew of about IS mem will continue on that phase. About 40 men will be employed on the sec- ond project With the final WPA appropria- tion for the school grounds, which will include a footbal) gridiron, seball diamond, tennis courti, quarter-mile track and 100 yard- dash straightaway, Tupper Lake high school will haye one of the finest athletic fields In the state. On Cheney avenue in the vicinity of the new Junior-senior high school work Is now progressing in the construction of a road 6O feet wide Along the side of the road the village will Install ornamental street lights. Along Park street on the side of the school grounds concrete walks will be laid, as well s» both sides of Cheney ave- nue. SEEK^S IT E FOR TUPPER'S NEW POSTOFFICE TBKASUBT PARTY SLATES FOR NOVEMBER ELECTION WILL BE DRAWN UP AT TOWN CAUCUSES SEPT. 27TH BOTH CAUCUSES WILL BE HELD MONDAY AT TOWN HALL- SUPERVISOR, TOWN CLERK, HIGHWAY SUPERINTEN- DENT, ASSESSOR, TWO JUSTICES, TWO SCHOOL DIRECT- ORS TO BE ^OTED ON Party battle-lines for what, At least three Republican c&ndid- promises to be a hotly-contested election in the Town of Altamont vein be drawn up next Monday. Sept. 27th, when the town cau- cuses of both the Republican and Democratic factions will be held. Enrolled Republican voters will vote at the Town Hall between 2 p. m. and .8 p. m. The Democratic lid be if i caucus will be in progress at the e Amer-I 3Am6 place from 8 p. m. till 9:30. ie would« Clarence S. PStyln will be GOP. tions of caucus chairman, and William W. nd some McCarthy Democratic. >re peace ! indications are that the present ;ontinent \ incumbents in all oBcea which will wiyi itsj fipure In the town election on do much | November 2nd — Republicans in l an in- every instance—will again be can- certainly | didate.i for renomination, and that he entire. stron^Pemocratic opposition will i bring It I i^ marshaled. Keen interest will center around the contests for town supervisor land town clAUt, adventur- both two-year terms. Paul E. ve racked Martin, who succeeded John H. adventure Black aa Town of Altamont super- le. Some visor when the latter moved up ole, others j to the Assembly, will again be in the field for the RepnblUan no- mination. Octave Frechette, head c<r the Frechette Construction Co and a prominent local Democrat, is being; most frequently mention- ed as his probable opponent. Geo H. DeLair, veteran town-clerk, will probably be opposed on the Democratic alate by Dominick J. .ill others ids of the lained for >wing that rst\ to go lo canyon ; man had •here are that stick ! the can-j Camelo. scted with | Other officers which will come ere proba- , up at the November second clec- turles ago I tion are: town highway superin- 6 than the • temlent for two years; assessor, itlons, na-j four years; two justices of tho ode them.! peace, for four-year terms; town T* wooded , school' director, four years, and one nearby school director, two years. With slands that tho possible exception of Archil i have un- , Baril, highway superintendent for T. Anthony ! tho past 22 years, all the present in. Temple Republican incumhents will be in ys he finds tho fleH for rrnoTjiinr.tlon. The atea arc out for the nomination, David- DeLair, Edmond H. Har- vey and Hardy Paye having toss- ed their hats In the ring for the highway Job. Ozie Lalonde will seek the nomination on the Demo- cratic ticket. No Democratic candidates have yet publicly come forward to op- pose William Forkey, retiring Rep- ublican assessor; Justices Thomas Fortune and Clarence King, whose terms expire, or John A. Chalmers and George H. DeLair, school di- rectors. T. L. C. C. GOLF FINALS SUNDAY SEMI-FINALS WILL BE PLA-1T- ED OFF 8ATURDAY IN COUNTRY CLUB CHAMPION- SHIP TOURNEY lawks\ and ig.\ Small rumored decision of Mr. Baril not to run\ for office this fall has not yet been definitely confirmed. . Two matches remain to be play- ed in the second round of the annual Tupper Lake Country Club championship tournament, with the semi-finals scheduled for Sat- urday, Sept. 25th, and the 36-hole championship rounds Sunday. In the opening round Harry* J Pimstein. last year's runner-up Tor the club title, defeated Roas Utting; Eugene Zevin eliminated Gerald Hull; Larry Cheverette, 19ri6 club champion, eliminated George Shields; Smith O'Brien eliminated James Sullivan; Phi DeLair defaulted to Brahm Pirn stein, and T. K. Somera and Henry- Hull failed to play. By virtue of failure of the latter to play, Harry Pimstein drew a bye in the second round. 1 Dr. H. H. Facteau defeated Smith O'Brien, 5 up and 4 to go. Second round matches remaining to bo played before. Saturday wil pit Eugene 55evln against B. Pirn stein and Larry Cheverette again* John Rafferty. 1 The winners wil compete for a crack at the title round in Saturday's semi-finals. Proposals for the sale of a Site for* a new posAsAss. tafMflssf for Tupper Lake are being advertised for In local newspapers this weak by the procurement division, pub- ic buildings branch of the U. 8. Treasury Department. The proposed new postofflce was authorised Sept. 1 under a federal public building program. It will be erected here at a coat ot $75,- 000. Several suitable sifts in the uptown business section are under consideration. Bids will be publicly opened at the office of the postmaster, Pat- rick McCarthy Jr., at 9 a. m. on October 4th. Treasury Department specifica- tions for the postofflce site are: For a corner lot—120 foot front- age and 170 foot depth, approxi- mately; for Interior lots, 146 foot frontage and 170 foot depth. Sites having' different street frontage dimensions will be considered provided the area ii approximately the same. In alk cases where possible bids should be submitted by actual owners of properties, and not by agents. Documentary evidence of authority must be at- tached to proposals submitted by agents. Upon application Postmaster McCarthy will supply prospective bidders with proposal blanks and a circular giving particulars as to requirements and instructions for preparation of bids and data to accompany same. May Be National Legion Chaplain 16 ROTARY TEAMS WILL OPEN DRIVE TO MEET TUPPER'S^ $500 BOY SCOUT QUOTA ON WEDNESDAY K. E. MINNICH, V. E. NOKLK CAPTAIN COMPETING GROUPS— DRIVE WILL BE ON FROM SEPT. 28 TO OCTOBER 6 Rev. John M. Bellamy of Mas sena, above, one -of the - North Country's best known clerical fig ures, la a candidate for the post of ' national chaplain at the na- tional convention of the American Legion in New York City. He served with distinction in France luring the World war and has been a prominent figure in church and school activities at Massena since. Their goal fixed at $500, sixteen teams of two Rotarians each will go into action following the Rotary luncheon next Wednesday, Sept. 29th, determined to raise Tupper Lake's share of the 1937-38 ex- penses of the Adirondack Council, Boy Scouts. Divided Into two groups of eight teams each, under general direc- tion of George S. Shields, chair- man, they will conduct an inten- sive canvass throughout the business section, which will ..con- clude at the Rotary luncheon on Wednesday, October 6th. Sup't. Robert E. Minnlch will captain one group and Victor E. Noelk the other. As in the past, the groups will be in competition\ and the usual keen rivalry la expected to develop this year. Tupper Lake's (500 quota is a part of the Adirondack Council's •14,600 budget for the coming year. Principal items of that budget are the salaries of Chief Executive MANY PASTORS AT PRESBYTERY MEETING HERE OCT. 4TH DATE SET FOR IN- STALLATION OF REV. T. 4. CARLISLE OF FAUST, AT CHAMrLAIN PRESBYTERY BfKKT The Moody Memorial Church and Che Tupper Lake Presbyterian Church were hosts to the Presby- tery of Champlaln on Tuesday and Wednesday, business insslons be- ing held at Moody and the even- Ing aervlce at Faust. All but two of tli* churches of the Presbytery war* represented. Atea prwsnt S d MMXl4 V & Two Tupper Girls in France at Novices In Convent Order Two Tupper Lake girls, both graduates in the class of 1935 from Holy Ghort Academy, ar- rived at 8t. Brieux, In Brittany, France, recently as novices In the order of the Sisters of the Holy Ghost. They are Miss Beulah Demars, 20, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Demars of 22 .Pine street, Faust, and Miss Jane Robfllard, 21, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Robillard of Prospect street, Faust. It was as students at the local parochial school, which is conducted by the Sisters of the Holy Ghost, that they determined to enter the order. In August, 1935, following their graduation they left for the pro- vincial house of the order at Put- nam, Conn., where they spent two years as postulants in study and preparation. In late August this summer they spent four days at their homes here before sailing from Quebec, with a group of 16 girls and two nuns, for France. They will spend a year as novices at the mother house of the order at St. Brieux before returning to America. w/ Hadtey of Oorttand and Dr. How- ard V. Tergin who is execuuv* of the synod of New York. Rev, Alvin B. Gurley of Saranae Lake was) 'elected moderator. Ralph Hastings and Frank Eld red of this village, on behalf pf the Tupper Lake church, present ed the call of Rev. Thomas J. Carlisle. The installation of Mr. Carlisle was set for Monday Octo- ber 4 at Faust. Rev. Howard D. Pender, the new pastor at Paul Smiths and the Adirondack parish, is to be Installed there on Friday October U. At tjsf evening service in Faust Dr. Hadley.gave a most Inspiring address on the Presbyterian entennial of Foreign Missions, bringing out many interesting points from the stirring history of these first one hundred years. He urged that the glorious past should arouse the ministry to re- newed enthusiasm for the tre- mendously important task of bringing the Christian message to all the world. In the afternoon Dr. Hadley ed a conference on missions for the pastors, answering questions and making helpful suggestions. On the following morning he led the devotions at the Moody Church. Mrs. Hadley spoke briefly on her experience in China where she andJJr. Hadley were mission- aries for a number of years. Reports pf the various perman- ent committees of the Presbytery were made and accepted and much other necessary business was transacted. The spring meeting was set | for Plattsburgh in April. Tho Presbytery passed resolu- tions of appreciation for the hos- pitality of the Moody and Tupper Lake churches and people. Forrest Bradley and his secretary, $2,400 and 9780 respectively, and travel expenses of $680. the re- mainder including Items of office ( expense, publicity, and charter and quota fees of $150, the only part of the $4,500 budget whtrh will go outside of the council, to na- tional scout headquarters. A review of .scouting activities in the Tupper Lake district for the past year, made by Charles T. Arnold of Piercefleld, district chairman, discloses the fact that scouting in this area took a new lease on life. The district has about 220 eligible boys, and pres- ent membership Is only 82, divided into five troop* and a Cub Pack. Local scout leaders hope to boost the total to ISO this season. Troop 11 at Faust had neither scoutmaster nor meeting place at the start of the'year, Mr. Arnold points out Ralph Russell, an ex- perienced scouter, took over the (Continued on page 0) RAZING OF ELLIOTT MILL WILL . REMOVE LAST TRACE OF LUMBER LANDMARKS FROM THE PARK SITE MACHTNERY, WALLS STRIPPED FROM ABANDONKp DEHAR8 BLVD. PLANT—WORKERS START ON BOOF TODAY—SHIP SALVAGE TO POTSDAM MILL Another mute reminder of Tup- per Lake's one-time status as the Adirondack lumber capital is ra- pidly being effaced. Employes of the C. H. Emott Hardwood Lumber Company Nire engaged In tearing down the El- liott mill on Demars Blvd. Already the walls have been stripped away, except for a spidery tracery of Joists and cross-pieces. This morning they started to rip off the roof. The Job will take at least two weeks longer, they esti- mate, after • which nothing will remain to mark the spot on the shore of RaquetU Pond which was the scene ot four dscads* of lum- berlnc acttrtty WSM* again soon at the Potsdam Elliott plant. Mr. Elliott bought the old mill and machinery from J. Ferris MeJggs. Back in 1»23 C. H. Elliott erect- ed a rambling, red mill on the site of the plant now being torn down. It burned down about three years later. In 1927 he put up the present plant and engaged In Ule manufacture of mangle rol- lers and lumber. 1831 and the depression era saw the mill shut down, never to reopen. In Octo- ber, 1032. the Village of Tupper Lake purchased for IB.OOO a strip of land flanking RaquetU Pond from Cliff avenue to the O.WX>. 26 Sunmount Vets At Legion National Convention, N.YjQ, Sunmount Post 1148 or the American Lregion, with head- quarters in the United States Veterans' facility, is well repre- sented at thev^atlonal convention in New Yor«r*^Kty this week. John H. Oelfke, commander of the local poBt, and 25 members from the facility, including pa- tients and personnel, left Sunday morning. The Sunmouht delega- tion has headquarters in the New Yorker hotel, along with the Franklin county delegation. Oelfke attended the convention as a delegate of Franklin county being the senior vice cdmmander of that body. AUTUMN BEttlNS TODAY Autumn officially bowed in to- day, according to the calendar, which records Sept. 2,'ircl as the <lato of the 1937 autumnal equi nox, when the sun croancs the equator in its southward passage. been from the Interior of the bond- ing—and shipped to Potsdam, where the lumber from the struc- ture Is also going. The crew, pausing to reznlnesce a moment before tackling their Job of des- truction this morning, recalled that this same machinery once figured in a world's record cut of lumber. It was hooked\ up In Kurd's \Big Mill\ at the time, the mill which was owned successively by the Norwood Manufacturing Company and the Santa Clara Lumber Co. Carriage, band-saw, edgers and other machinery used in that record cut are still in good condition, and may see service t» « . . reiopment Sand and top-soU have been trucked. In to the tract for the past two years, and the filled- in and graded section'of the park now reaches close to the Elliott plant. The greenery of an at- tractive park will cover the old Santa Clara and Elliott mlllsitea in the near future, leaving no- thing but a concrete bandsaw foundation on. the site of the \Big Mill\ to mark those once-busy spots. William Collett, foreman, and Vincent Kavanaugb and Fred Brunette are pushing the razing of the Elliott mill. LISIEWSKI HELD FOR ACTION OF GRAND JURY SITNMOITNT VETERAN fflELD IN LEBRO SLAYTNO AFTER HEARING HERE SATURDAY John Llsiewski, 46, World War veteran and patient at the Sun- mount federal facility, was order- ed held for grand Jury on a charge of murder, second degree, at the conclusion of arraignment pro- ceedings at the Tupper Lake Po- lice ofBce Saturday morning. *• Llsiewski is involved in—the knlfe-Blaying on August 9th of John Lerro, 25, of Brooklyn, near Rein's Rendezvous, dance resort on the outskirts of this village. Bail bond was fixed at J5.000. Usiewskl will be held at the Sun- mount. veterans' facility'until (he Franklin county grand jury con- venes. At the October 11th, term of supreme court, his case will come up before County Judge Cornelius J. Carey. Friday's all-day questioning of witnesses was not repeated at the Saturday hearing, which opened at 10 a. m. and was ended within the hour. No witnesses were ex- amined, only Corporal Rockburn of Troop B, State Police, being called to the stand. \ Justice of the Peace John A. Chalmers presided at Friday's hearing. Main and Starikov, Ma- lone attorneys, were counsel for the defense, i with the burden of the cross-examination handled by Harold W. Main, ex-district at- torney. John W. Genaway of Ma- lone conducted the examination for pis'trlct Attorney John Bad- ger: Eleven prosecution witnesses, Including' members of the local police force and ajate troopers of Malone Barracks who took part in the Investigation following trie murder, were sworn in and ex- amined between' 10 a. m. and 5 p. m., Friday. Lislewski, pallid after his nearly nix weeks confinement to a hos- pital hed sinfe the murder of (Continued on Page 4) T. SOMERS BUYS FOUNTAIN'S GARAGE CONSUMMATED SAT- URDAY — EXTENSIVE IM- PROVEMENTS PLANNED — FIRST CPANOE IN OWNER- SHIP IN U TEARS •*•'*• ***r Fountain's Garage, one of Tup- per Lake's oldest established auto concerns, changed hands this - week, the extensive property at 141 Park street being purchased by Thomas K. Somers, local Ford dealer. The deal, consummated Satur- day, brought the first change in ownership In 33 yeaife of opera- tion. The place was originally opened in 1904 by the late Ben- jamin J. Fountain as a livery stable. Mr. Fountain, one of the — pioneer garagemen of this sec- tor, continued to operate until his death in June, 1935. - since which time the garage was under the management of his wife. For this winter the property will be used chiefly for storage purposes and as a used car sales room, Mr. Somers said today. In the spring he plans to move the Fountain home, a large frame structure at 143 Park street, back, to make room for an elaborate modern service station. In order to do so It will be necessary to tear down a rambling frame barn at the rear of the »property. All auto service work hereafter will be handled at Somers Garage.^at 151 Park street. Employes are engaged in transferring used cars to the former Fountain Garage today. A. R. Adams, who handled the local Plymouth and Chrysler deal- ' ership at fountain's Garage, will continue to hold the dealership, It was reported today. He has not yet definitely, settled on a new place of business. Other employes at Fountain's Garage were Clifton Bliss, Milton Wrlpht, Leonard 'Moody and May- nartl Goff. \
