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Hamlin Virginia MMer, Correspondent Phone Bfamlin 31-f-tt • ST. JOHN'S ttJTH. CHURCH 3Rev- Martin W. Mueller, Pastor REPUBLIC-DEMOOttAT, BROCKPOItT, N. »AY, JANUARY 6, 1955 • Saturday: Confirmation Class at 10:00 a. m. Male chorus- rehearsal at 7:30 ~p. m. \• Sunday: Morning worship at ._Jua. in.. •• ,', •* '•' Sunday School and Bible class -at 11:15 a. in. Tuesday: Organizational meet 7 fog of the church council at 7:30 •pjn. • > Meeting of Dorcas Society ai •8:00 pan. John Radloff, son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond fiadloff left for Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. 'after spending Christmas vaca- tion. Mr. and Mrs. Aujgust Schafer, Mrs. Mary Bauer, TSftr. and Mrs. - Dqn Schafer of Hamlin, Mr. and Mrs.. William Manitsas of Brock- , port, Mrs. Walter Klafehn and •George Kluth of Hilton, Mr, and Mrs. Dean\ Klafehn and family, Mr. and. Ops. Vincent Batty, Diane and Carl\ also of Hamlin and Mr. and Mrs .Harold Bauer of Spen- cerport -were New Year's Day .guests of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Bauer. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Schepler Jr. and family of Clarkson were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Schepler Sr. m& Mr. and Mrs. Wilber Catervis- ited Mr. and Mrs. Sam Cox of Spencerport Sunday. Henry Cater of Tonawanda spent Friday with Mr. and Mrs. Wilber Cater: . Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ferris of Brockport and Fum Ferris spent Nejv Year's with Ethel 'Cater and Elizabeth Way. Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Knapp and Mr. and Mrs. Donald Flarhety and Tommy spent New Year's Day with Mr. and Mrs. Russell Flar- hety of Riga. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Garrison and family and Richard Mault spent New Year's Day with Mr, and Mrs. Alfred Graupman of Clarkson. Mrs. James Nesbitt and Marion entertained Mr. and Mrs. Lester Neahitt, Mr. and Mrs. Willard Nesbitt, Mr. and Mrs. Perry Nes- bitt, Mrs. Murray and Mrs. Lang- worthy at a New Year's Day din- ner. Mr. and Mrs. £arl Westcott en- tertained at a New Year's eve party. Mr. and Mrs. Willard Jacobs spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Neracker of Greece. Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Klafehn and family visited Offr. and Mrs. Thomas Totter and Joyce of Brockport on New Year's Day. Mr. and Mrs- Norman Dorgan entertained at a New Year's eve party. Mr. and Mrs* Paul Klafehn and family of Churchville, Mark Kla- fehn of Buffalo University and Phyllis Carlson of Buffalo spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Hugo Klafehn. Mr. and Mrs, C. J. Kleinbach of Black Creek called on Mrs. Frank Trost Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Stolz of Hilton, ME, and Mrs. Carl Trogt and Bobby were New Year's din- ner guests of Mr. and Mrs. George Grimm. Sunday callers of Mrs. Frank Trost were Mrs. Frank Klafehn of Hilton and Mr. and Mrs. Dan Higgins of Kendall. iMr. and Mrs. Carl Trost and Bobby visited Mr. and Mrs. Sheld- on. McGregor of Rochester on KENDALL INN Kendall, H. Y. League Night .Thursday 8 ~PM. . to 10:30 PM. Ah Other Times' Open Bowling We Have Pin Setters Call 2171 for Reservations Party Bowline Buffet Lunches — Banquets t- HITCHCOCK < JEWELRY Watch - Repairing - Gifts 37 Main St. Brockport, N. t. Tel. 61-B Removal Of D E ADSIOCK Prompt, Sanitary Service Darling & Cpmpafciy P«I1 Collect To Warsaw 671 Sunday afternoon. Charles Graupman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Graupman cele- brated his third birthday on Fri- day..,. ;',*- •:•.- , •' Phyllis Bancroft of Dansyille spent a week with her aunt and unclej Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Miller, •',-.' Mr; and Mrs,. John Prince vis- ited Mr. and Mrs. Arthur tattder- bach of Rochester, on Sunday- Mrs. Margery Letter and Mrs. Beatriefe Robinson visited Jay Letter • and family of New York during Christmas holidays. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Graupman entertained relatives from Roch- ester, Brockport, Walker and Hamlin at a party on Sunday, fen. 2nd. Cpl. Eugene Rodas writes from Ch-ouwon, Kore% that he is now playing on the DivisiohV Artil- lery basketball team and will be playing in Seoul and Taegu. Cpl. Rodas is. the son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Rodas, his wife, Irene, lives in Hamlin. Hamlin Girls of 1900 held their holiday party at the home of Mrs. Sally Cooper, 99 Newfiefd Dr., Rochester on Tuesday, Decs 28th. Twenty members amj two guests were present. Several .members were unable to attend. After din- ner the meeting was called to order by president Alta Simmons, AHie Heath read the secretary and treasurer's report and called the roll. Gifts were exchanged. The May party will be' at the home of the Seaman sisters, Clarkson, Saturday, May 14th. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Miller and family, \Mercedes Bancroft of Hamlin and Ed Patt of Kendall visited friends in Letchworth State Park, on Saturday. Hamlin VFW P>st 6703 end Auxiliary are having their annual banquet,on Saturday, Jan. 15th at the Lincoln Restaurant in Brock- port. Irving Kressman and Alan vis- ited Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Miller, Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Totter were New Year's eve guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Miller. Hamlin Girl Scout Troop 525 visited the Seymour Library in Brockport last Thursday after-, noon. Mr. and Mrs. William Shadders of BraddOeks Heights were Sun- day guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ger- ald Jurs. Toboggan Slide From Gas House To Main Street! By A. B. Elwell Many people now living in Brockport wul remember the era of the wooden toboggan slide. You would see them in many large dooryards during those winters of the past. In the George Gordon yard on Main St. and in the Mer- ritt Cleveland yard on Adams St. were constructed two very large ones. Many smaller ones were built about town. Over the fence from my grandfather's home, William Millard had a nice one made by his father who was a carpenter. How I used to envy him and his boy Wends while watching them over that high board fence! On the frozen canal just east of the Gas House Bridge the late\ William Winslow\had a public to- boggan slide constructed of enormous size. It must have been at least SO feet high and the slid- ing course took you nearly to the Main St. Bridge. As all of these slides were con- structed of new lumber, you can readily realize that they would not be practical to build at the present time—the price of lumber being what it is today. I remem ber what a glorious sight it was to watch this Winslow slide at night, the many lights and the glistening snow and ice, together with those merry people hanging to the ropes along the side of the curved front toboggan, as it came down the slide at terrific speed. Many we're dressed in complete outfits for the occasion. I do not remember' the charge for using the slide, but' I do know that its construction required a great amount of lumber; and also much labor to keep the down track coated with ice during freezing weather, and the course over the frozen canal free of snow. Over the canal bank to the north of the slide and south of the present home of Patrick Duffy was located an ice skating rink for several seasons. A shelter was built at the southwest corner of the rink with an operator in charge. It was privately conduct- ed, « charge being made for an evening of skating. The late Jerry Wiley was, I believe, the last manager of this rink. Previous to this time the water was always left in the canal dur- ing the winter months. This often afforded fine skating. If there happened to be a strong west wind mowing, some of the best skaters would take' advant- age of it to skate to Rochester. When the trolley was running you could skate in either direc- tion and ride back home. In more recent years the village maintained an ice skating rinlt at the Village Park just north of * b * ^ s $\«*nt General Electrie building. A suitable shelter was provided of a log cabin design. Among fi«> cr ; (ter skaters , yo j. wou|d see toere, cutting figure eights were Ray Savis, Charlie Waldock, and,Dean Butler. .Then there was the Sliding on Gordon Sft. hill which didn't'cost anybody a nickel to prepare, but £Otae near residents who opposed sliding in the street would ctften place ashes there to stop the prac- tice. In the, go's, you would find the Steer children, Dunham boys', Harry Page, fowler girls, Burt Kocher, and Katie Rogers of the neighborhood' enjoying the sport there during the winter evenings. $be writer remembers one win- ter night in the early 90*s a few of the boys and girls who lived on the Fourth Section Rd., using Gary Green's heavy bob sleighs, tried sliding on the Standpipe nili. .It was not good sliding' as there were too many pitch holes in the road, so Gary proposed we go on down to the East Canal hill at the end of (Park Ave. «, < It was quite a task to pull those heavy bobs which were designed' to be horse drawn—and if I re- member correctly, the girls were obliged to be drawn part of the distance also. In sliding on the bill; the tongue would be thrown up and back so the one steering could stand on the back bob to twist the front one. One must ad- mit that this was quite a stren^ uous performance to gain an eve- ning's entertainment. Those who possessed skiis used to go up to Beach Ridge and use the sloping fields to the north. This was never a prevailing sport here in Brockport, at any time, as only a few were interested enough to possess skiis and learn to be proficient in their use, The same may be a said' about the use of snowshoes. Only a few-possessed them and a fewer number learned to use them with any amount of skill Of course there has always been winter hunting of rabbits pnd foxes by those who were tough- ened for this sport. It required many miles of walking over frozen snow covered country. This of course did not deter one who was accustomed to it. The writer;\ including many others, consider this the best of all sports—es- pecially the pursuit of foxes with good hounds. Now let us see what was taking place indoors regarding sports during the winter in those early days. In basketball we had a town team that we had reason .to -be- lieve was about tops. Those play-, ing on the team as 1 recall, were Clyde Amidon, Bert Connors, Dunk I«awler, Dip Murray, Sam McConnell, Foster pdell, and Bing Engel. None of these play- ers, unless it was Dip Murray, scaled six feet in height. The playing floor was in the old East Rink located above stores in the'\ James East block. This is now the location of the Strand Theater. At the height of this team's winning performance a visiting team from Hudson, N. Y. came to Brockport as contestants. It was the first time the writer had seen team where all members were over six feet tall. We all know now, that height is nearly always required in professional basket- ball. -Our bays were outmatched, and there were many long faces after the game that night, the writer included. It was about this time that Frank Curvin built his bowling 1 hall on Clinton St. Many good players from Rochester would come here as contestants. As it had only two alleys it later be- came obsolete. It is now the store and shop of Ralph Browne, the electrician. Some years later a much larger bowling hall was built below the canal on Main St. at the location where AHis TV and Appliance is now found. This bowling hall burned during one of the largest fires we have had in a great many years. A gun club, for trap shooting, was formed here during that period in which we had the WPA. The members of the club secured logs from nearby woods and built at fine club house with two fire- places and a kitchen attachment. Some of the labor was furnished fay the WPA; also the different members worked at the construc- tion. I believe the village of Brockport furnished the means for cement and other material that was needed. The club had a wonderful lay- out when completed and club shooting teams from Buffalo, Pennsylvania, and Panada came here to participate in contests. Trap shooting continued through- out the year at the grounds, but the main contests were held in warm weather. The building is now the property of the General Electric Company and is being used chiefly as a club house for its employees, but its use is fre- quently granted to other organi- zations. At present we do not see young people here engaging in outdoor sports to any great extent during the winter months. Would it not be better for their health'if they did? The doing of this would build up one's resistance to the cold, and also help ward off ill- ness that often attacks during the winter season. ; We have a roller skating rink fott Clinton St. and basketball •vision, and if so, how. games at the college and high This, I need hardly say, has SEVEN school, but if one wishes to bowl he must go out pf town for that sport. We certainly should have a bowling estahUs^unent hete •*»* Brpckport, as ji furnishes the best \of exercise In winter, as well as much enjoyment, Now that we have gone back in our memory through many years, do we find our young people of today as active as those who lived here in earlier days? The answer must be. that tjhey are. passing their spare time in more modern ways* watching television, going to the movies, attending dances, and motoring for pleasure, and also enjoying the radio. Yes, winter sports have become less important! other activities have taken \then; place and only the memory regains *to recall what wafe-taking^ place in early Brockport on those crisp days and nights of other years. m The Nation's Capitol Harold C Ostertse ipy Congressman Keeping Faith With The . Toundlngr Fathers One of the urograms moving toward completion as the 84th Congress gets under way is the work of the Commission on In- tergovernmental Relations. This is the Commission created by Congress on the recommenda- tion of President Eisenhower, whose job it is to stand off and take a comprehensive look at our •Jbeenv a monumental\ task. Asi a member of the Commission, 1 can spealt authoritatively and feeling- ly oja the subject. ', First the Commission had to decide how to approach its task; smd this it did by creating sev- teraK committees, including one eohumitfee to delineate the his- torical jperspective apd guidlineg £or its studies, and another to se- lect-and recommend programs for fetiidy, and evaluation within the,ury- *ramlework of those guidlines and the statute. Halving selected approximately a dozen fields for study the Corh- ifiissdon then initiated fact-finding sjjrveys in these fields. In each <;ase, a committee of experts in- cluding at least one member of the Commission was appointed to structible states\ are still sound' and valid. The Constitutional di- vision of powers between the legislative, executive and judicial branches''of our Government is still) m TV VI Smith observed, a timeitestejj means-of keeping^^ un- der control \'both the w^l to power and the temptation to com- placency.\ Arid the division of powers between the Federal gov- ernment and the states and their subdivisions--- though', g r e a 11 y blurred in the last quarter cent- r is still the ^est means that) mankind has devised for govern- ing himself. The Commission's \ researches have established that Federal aid to the states is as old as the states themselves-—in fact, a little older than most of them. The first in- stance of it occurred when the National* Government took upon inclusions, and recornmendations. Meanwhile, .comprehensive stud- ies of the impact of Federal aid on state governments were launched in many states. The Commission itself sponsored -many of, these studies. In other cases, the states volunteered to make available the findings of studies which they had launched' independently of the Commission, Supplementing this vast array of \state-impact studies\ were ex- tensive researches carried on by the staffs of the Commission and its committees; and studies made for the Commission by the Treas- ury Department, the Library of Congress and other Federal agen- cies. Altogether a mountainous array of material. Periodically, and with increas- ing frequency the Commission has met to hear, discuss and evaluate government—Federal, State and fo^ 6 reports; and the remainder local—to see whether we are °* l** 8 month will be very largely make inquiries-in-depth into the I itself the liability for the existing problems, and report back, with State's debt. The debts amounted keeping faith with the Founding Fathers. And if^not, why npt, More specifically and legalistical- ly, the .Commission's assigned task was to mafae a comprehen- sive study - of Federal aid pro- grams, to determine whether there are too nuany or too few, whether they are in need of re- taken up with such meetings. Wo_ final .conclusions have yet been'reached, and I would not and could not anticipate them here. But it is safe to say, Lthink\ that the Commission has accepted the fact that the guidelines laid' down in the 18th Century for this | \indestructible union of inde- to some $16 millions, and repfe* sented four times the, annual in- come of the National Government which at that time was $4^4s mil- lions. , Most Federal aid granted to\ the* states in the 19th century was for education, and took the form both of grants of land and, under Lin- coln's presidency, grants of money for instructional purposes. If waa also hedged about with restrictive conditions, which administrators,, then, as now, found Irksome.Efd- ucatlon and agriculture were»the* beneficiaries ot federal, aid bright down fe>World \Wat^I. Thenltjegan our big highway .building'pro- grams* and highway\ aid became ' dominant.. With the onset of the , depression,' welfare ai l d~a^nwst non-existeht up toWorld War I—. has pre-empted the. fiel«f, and has dominated it ever since.. # I Contrary to general opinion, most grant-in-aid programs weta* not depression p)ienphieri%. but have developediri the period fol- lowing Warld War II; Of 51 grant- in-aid programs listed by the I*i-* brary of Congress in 195?, 29had. been set in motion in the period since 1944. Since the. turn of the century the dollar volume of Fed~ era! grants-in-aid to States- and localities has increased 360 times, while overall Federal expendi- tures have increased only about 116 times in that period. Li that good? 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Then thereV Super-Smooth Powerglide, new Over- drive (extra-cost options) and a new and finer Syn- chro-Mesh transmission. exciting new ways to go I .Come in and see how much fun it is to drive the Motoramic Chevrolet of --your choice. - NBAT \TURBO-FIRE Vft\ WITH STANDARD TRANSMISSION NEW \TURBO-FIRE V8\ WITH OVERDRIVE NEW \TURBO-FIRE V8\ WITH POWERGLIDE NEW \BLUE-FLAME 123\ WITH STANDARD TRANSMISSION NEW \BLUE-FLAME 123\ WITH OVERDRIVE NEW \BLUE-FLAME 136\ WITH POWERGLIDE '-•i,i Everytfiing's new in Motoramic Chevrolet Jkfore than a new car. .. a new concept of low-cost motoring/ BAUCH CHEVROLET, INC. BROCKPORT, N. Y. Phone 40 BAUCH MOTORS, INC HAMLIN, N.Y. Phone 36 jjt- HI-- * /i Y>:'
