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Cii£:'!rf-f 8 Hrawft I-::;;-;; mimn ■#CHESTER PtBtrC tlRHAaT enAR. BSA.KGH' ■\.■feiaS. 3 0 'I-ST. : ' \ ■ \ C H ,;i8 , B . Y. ■■ : \ ■ ^ p i h m G m Booiffi ofl tfaf ifes rnim H m m ililm kts of 1959 ^heeREAtER 6REE€E PRESS The oW year has been an eventful one for the Toy^n Greece- Business~lias been good.. BuiNinsractiyity has con* finued at a steady pace and nwny nev# community pro|e<^s have been launched by ciyjc^^gAn^^^ „ c ^ _ 1 - . What were the local news highlights of • 1959? , There ^ere several; t ---- ----------- ; 1. The opening of the mammoth, Greece Olympia High School. ~ Publbhed Weekly In the Merest of the People of Greece Z. The town^s first electron, un der. the ward sy s t ^ , with the Democrats winning one of four places on the Town Board and cut ting deeply into normal Republican pluralities all along the line. 3. The recent announcement of the selection of Supervisor Gordon A. Howe for the office of county manager—to succeed Clarence A. Smith in January. 4. Townwide speculation as to the choice of Howe’s successor as town supervisor. 5. The record-breaking ice storm, which only thisVeek left hundreds without heat. light and telephone service — and filled town streets with tumbled tre'es, fallen limbs and ice-coated brush. l^ip p Y NEW' NEJIR* ' m : > Zero Hour Neors In Safety Drive Members of the Sheriff’s Road Patrol and town police were gird ing today for the ^ucial hours of .their Holiday Safety Crusade. They will be on the lookout to night and into the wee hours of tomorrow to. keep the New Year observance as free of ’accidents as possible. Respite New Year's Eve festivi ties, many ne.edless .accidents can' be prevented' by plain ■ common sense, according to the safety cam- ay\ psAgners: The tip for tonight is this; % .you are going^o drink, don’t drive, ff you are going to drive, don’t drink.\ ive Greece' residents ^ Fernanda , Di Nardo and Cosmo\ Plantone, -builderSf WiHiUm ET. Easton,*attor; hW, and Mariane aha Elbert An- gevine, IHelohg newspaperman. Sujpervisor Gordon A. How e was a panelist' at the Urban County Con gress in Washington, D. C., and re turned” home to head, the general committee for the 35th' annual conference of - the County Officers Association of New York State, held in Rochester. Ross Gugliel- mino of Fair Lane Drive was elec ted as president emeritus of jthe Rochester Eye Bank and Research Society. March—Ground was broken off Long Pond Road, just north qf Ridge Road, to launch, the 10-yeac building program of Greece Bap tist Church. Hearings on town pro- g to encourage ustrial and commercial develop ■f , i posals for rezoning There were many more happen- , industrial and commercial deveiop- mgs of slightly lesser importance. It was a busy yeai month-by-month breakdown: in the town sponsored a series science fairs. Fred E. Strauss wjs Here is the the town spo, I science fairs. Fr January — James H. BarloW of elected president of Greece Vol- Rodessa Road was appointed town- uriteer .Ambulance Service, Inc, assessor to succeed Diedrich K! succeeding Frederick J Conway. Minis on his retirement Walter L Marvin Goldblatt was named Whelehan was named deputy as- vice-president, with Francis J. ses.sor. John G. Kohn. town build- Cramer a.s secretary and John L. ing and plumbing inspector, was Xoite, treasurer. Jacob N. Neusatz elected a.s a treasurer of the Mon- U-easu; roe County Building Officials As- iQ-year dream when -he was of Sandalwood Drive \realized ;ed to the rank of heut- commai^der of Greece-Ridgecrest i ^ Wars, Post, Veterans of Foreign socialion. Frank Zamlara took over 'united with his mother, from whom the presidency of the Har-Lane ' became separated in 1944 when Community Association. i .Russians took over Roumania. February—Sgt. James E Fraser Robert . Gilliland was reelected was promoted enant. a newly-created post in Greece Police Depar Denton of King Fabrics was elect- MiHer as vice-commanders. Gilli- ed .as president of the Northgate laudys wile, Mary, was chosen as Plaza Merchants Association. Own- - president of the post's au.xiliary,' ership of the 25-year-old Greece Si.vty stores and business estab- Press was acquired from Harold P. , lishments in the town closed fo*- Bittner, Inc , by Greater Greece three hour.s on Good Friday du-. nt //' ,. f ,... t WO ) \ V! Publications, Inc., consisting of (Cotttmuerl 0 ALL AROUND the TOWN Laden' with gifts, members of the Greece Women’s Republican Club visited the Monroe County Home during Christmas Week, In the delegation were Mrs. Girlie Goodwin of 2688 Edgeniere Drive, chafrman: Mrs. Wendy Easton of 34 Elmguard Road, co-chairmati, and Mrs. Mable Prince, club presi dent; Mrs. Kay:ay Olin,: Mrs. Nellie o Gow'in, Mrs. Marie Begue. Mrs. Lillian Wagner anti Mrs. Henrietta Spencer. Special\ awards for outstanding outdoorutdoor \ChristmasChristmas decorationscorations in o \ de subdivisions developed by Caldwell & Cook, Inc., were awarded this week by the building firm. The winners were announced by Rich ard W. Holden as follows: Paddy Hill — First, Clearies Ev- 171 Paddy Hill Drive; second, Lauer, 30 Paddy Hill Drive; third, ^ RTchard Mura, 10 -Donegal Drive. ---------- i ----- - Lakeview—First, Ralph ’Weicht, 86 Sierra Drive; §econd, Wilbur Sells, 347 Dellwood Road; third, Robert Brookman, 274 Ripplewood Dewey Manor — First, Willard ans, 171 F Nicholas Steyens, 238 North Park Drive. Members of the Greece Golden Age Club will sponsor a dinner on Tuesday, January 12, at 6;30 p. rfi. at the Barnard Exempts Club to raise funds for futi|re club pro|- sets. Three-hundred tickets are available and non-members who^ wish to support the club program, launched by the^ Greece Rotary jClub and the town recreation de- 'partment, are invited to attend. First Federal pavings &. Ltian Association plans~to* open jral Savings &. Ltian of Rochesterr sn a branch office in Dew'ey Avenue at Leonard Road within a few weeks, has elected Leo W. Waldert *to a directorship in the organization. Waldert is president and treasurer of Waldert • Opticians, Inc. Larry Vroom,. son of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Vroom of 181 Maldeu Street, received a certificate dur ing services at Greece Baptist ch lastast Sundayy in recogni*’\-'\gnition of hisis interestterest inn thehe churchch Uni' Church l Sunda in reco h in i t chur pro- m. He is a student at Denison iversity in Ohio and is a mem- ber of the Denison Christian Asso ciation. A graduate of Greece Central School and John Marshall High School, he was a memlier of tile swimming team and the wind en semble at Marshall. Active _iii Scouting, Lari*y receive^ the l^od- and Country Award in May of 1^5S- ' and attained the rank of Eagle , Scout in September of 1956. _____ _ While engaged.in the .vouth pro gram at Greece Baptist Church, he served as president of th’e Junior High Fellowship> and vice-president of the senior high- group.- During Youth Week of 1958, (Continued on page four) and two tegms as. .. To Our Readiers Your weekly town newspaper comes to you today in abbre viated form — in keeping with the New Year’s observanceif. ' Which is. now only a nr^ter P .a fevv hours away, Full advertising and nw«#f<*a- tureB will be resum^:;Wiih the issue of Thursday^Tbuuary 7. To all extend the Wftrmesfdi^e^tngs of the New Year„^<: -' - T