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•S-P _/ *y At EYAN ,^ v C*W f femes Ptht Korea*' ROUSES POIOT-T!>rK^ Jng Carney brothers bmMt fast becoming the most sought-after vocal grow in Clinton County. ~ ku Particularly with the Christ- mas holidays and fill «f (be beautiful cards that come with tbem just around the corner, Edward, John and Brian Car- ney are finding themselves more and more in demand. He past few days, for ex- ample, have brought for the singing sons of Mr. and Mrs. John Carney a television ap- pearance at Plattsburgh, a special trip to serenade 125 patients at a St. Albans, Vt.. nursing home, appearances at school Chmtmas Cantatas and singing, over and above that they normally provide at area churches. But for Edward, John and Brian, 12, 11 and 9 respective- ly, it's all for fun and they'd be lost without it. Despite the fact they are all still sub-teen-agers.* they were deeply touched when a number of the elderly nursing \ home paUents actually cried as their golden tones rang out in perfect harmony at St. Al- bans Sunday afternoon. For the Carney brothers, ail students in the Champlain Central School system, singing just sort of came naturally. • • » Their mother got them start- ed several years ago. \They are extremely active young- sters,\ she said with a\ twin- kle in her eye, -and it helped keep them out of trouble.\ Although Mrs. Carney never partook in the personal ap- pearance, show business-type singing, she is an accomplish- ed singer herself and she also plays fine piano. \Most of the singing I've done has been in the bathtub/' she said. Apparently any inherited $^ $v ^ '^^ .-^\^ : - '•-\> ft* flrtt^ i*g et' wei together is probably (fce only Carney teoCbirv '**iis other Hbay ee|oy apetta and aJ» tfce natal mabhtaa that m «n wtmg feratet. T*n'% dUBetOgr to pa*** tfccflt & practtee tafifMt w$ tbar pretty such d* ft aft their own — on no copter '4* If FORMIDABLE ALIGNMENT - and Edward Carney (Kr) give m man folk song daring practice home. The youngsters, Bktta, Jtfta * with Gar* at of singing ability the youngsters have acquired is from their mother because their dad t without hesitation, freely ad- mits he can't carry a tune in a basket and said he doesn't even sing in the tub. \I couldn't stand it if I did/ 1 he said. At ages six and five respec- tively, Edward and John be- gan singing in a church choir in California. Brian, a real live-wire, join- ed the \act\ a year later and then the boys began seriously working together. Though Edward has come up with the beautiful harm- ony the trio now enjoys, Mrs. Carney admits he did it all on his own. He got no in- struction from her. • • • Bat then Edward was a real natural from the beginning. At age three be was singing Brahms \Lullaby;' much to the amazement of all who heard him. . . except his mother. \It never dawned on me there was anything excep- tional about it, at the time,\ she professed. Where mom reaHy came in with full force was when she began teaching the young- sters German folk songs, many of which they now handle beautifully with an ac- cent unmistakingly ringing with the native land of the songs. But that's another story be- ginning with the fact both Ed- ward and John are German- born. And here it really gets com- plicated. It all came about when Mrs. BEST WISHES — State Senator Ranald B. Stafford, left, joins Mayor Frauds D. Stettzer, back to camera, in wishing success to Bill Lepley, manager of new Firestone store. Occasion is Firestone's .grand opening Mon- day at 158 Margaret St. Abo present at ribbon-cutting ceremony, bat not pictured was State Assemblyman Louis E. Wolfe. Carney and her mother and brother, in June of 1945, fled the family's native Poland in the wake of the Communist take-over. \We were actually shot at by a Russian tank,\ she said. • • • All we had planned to do was go to a smaller town in Poland,\ she reminisced, \but in the wake of all that hap- pened, we wound up fleeing all the way to Germany- central Germany/' At the time, the United States had occupied and was in command of the area to which the family fled. But then, Germany was parti- tioned and that portion went to the Russians. Again the family fled, this time to West • Germany. Mrs. Carney's father joined them there soon after. In Germany at the time, with the Armed Forces, was John Carney, bom in County Rosecommon, Southern Ire- land. • • * TTiey met and were married in Switzerland. So Mrs. Carney, born in ! Poland, then a refugee in Ger- j many and John Carney, born ! in Ireland and then with the! Armed Forces in Germany,! went to still another country. Switzerland, for their wedding. • They returned and resided! in Germany until 1955, when I they came to this country, j Carney now is an Ayerstj Lab employe at Rouses Point 1 and it therefore comes as no ! surprise that his singing sons j are now regular entertainers j at the annual and gala A vers t \ Christmas party. j Getting back to the boys, \ Edward's voice ranges from! alto to soprano. John and Bri- * an are both sopranos. ; Edward also plays the piano. John has started on it and Brian is handling a flutafonei —at school. i -We have a lot of diBcy* skns 9 about singing and Ofr cribtagi.\ said E4W§T4!MS|. ingly, \and I'm always the one that's right\ lie difficulty ta coodag a* with regularly-scheduled prac- tice sessions may be going out the window now however, because just recently, the boys have acquired thdr first voice teacher. He is Merlin Da vies, of Montreal wbo teaches at Plattsburgh. So the boys are just begin- ning their first formal train- tog Their piano accompanist, as in the past, continues to be Mrs. Mabel Woods, who is a retired music teacher and wbo really enjoys working with the singing Carney broth- ers, a group you'll be hearing more and more of as time goes on. Point Band to serenade ROUSES PQINT-The Rouses Point Community Band will again this Christmas season serenade Cedar Hedge nursing home patients and also play for a community sing in the business district. Robert Marra, band official, said the double-barreled pro- gram will be Wednesday eve- ning. The band, in company with carol-singing Girl Scouts, will gather at the nursing home at 7 on Wednesday. After a caroling session there, the group will adjourn to the business district of Lake St. in front of the Eldridge Pharma- cy, and there will be more Christmas music and caroling with the general public invited to join in. Marra said that in the past, this latter portion of the pro- gram has never been too well attended and he added that if the same holds true this Wed- nesday, the downtown commu- nity singing probably will be dropped in the future. .*i w;vw M •.•-fcV'-i?- %f £fo Hi \^™ ''^nJw; w m ^Jm: tt *.*r« INSPECTION — Tbt Rev. and Mrs. Carl Chapman of EOeabttrf Wesleyaa Methodist Church aad their 15-mooUhoW daughter, Vicky Lynn, inspect ntw addition to Wet- leyan Methodist Church at Mooers, dedkat- *^V ed Sunday. Mows M. Lamot, shows tloa which hoaset Fellowship HaM. cated Sunday. tevel floor of 5CBOOI 4UMKX At area hospitals Champlain ADMISSIONS Mrs. Helen Rock, 5 St. Johns St.; Mrs. Alberta Bodah, 5 Draper Ave.; Mrs. Richard Cal- kins, 12 Hartwell St.; Donald Barcomb, Mooers; Mrs. Thom- as Weir, Saranac; Lawrence Ryan, Dannemora; Mrs. George Dion, Rouses Point; Mrs. Kathrvn Curran. Peru. Also Mrs. James Creedon, Port Kent; Bktweli Drew, 4< So. Piatt St; Miss Theresa Cassavaugh, Westport; Miss Jane Ellen St. Clair, Box 550. Plattsburgh; Mrs. Lawrence Babbie, Mooers; Master Wayne Gonyea, MorrisonviUe: Miss Theresa Gonyea, MorrisonviUe; Mrs. Henry DeMary, 17 Mont- calm Ave.; Jerry Robideau, El- lenburg. DISCHARGES 2 receive injuries ROUSES POINT - Two per- sons suffered minor injuries in accidents at Clinton County's Northern Tier over the weekend. The two were hurt in unre- lated accidents. Still a third ac- cident resulted in no injuries. Floyd V. Recore, 37, of Syra- cuse, operator of a car belonging to Burdick Rambler, Inc., suf- fered a cut leg when the vehicle left the Looby Rd , in the Town of Clinton and slammed into a road sign, fence and then a num- ber of trees. A 33-year-old Montreal woman suffered a bump on the nose when the car she was riding in ran into a ditch while turning into the freeport at Champlain on Interstate 87. Injured was Diane Hanley; the driver, who was not injured, was identified by state police as Andre Guesoe, also of Montreal. Gerald Dupuis, 21, of Ellen- burg Center was charged with a stop sign violation after his car went off onto Route 190 from the Star Rd. into the path of another and collided with it. The driver of the other car, which was going north on Route 190, was Joseph Tolosky, 44, of Lyon Mountain. Neither driver was hurt but there was damage to both cars, j Raymond Hathaway Jr., Wills- boro; Master Kent Williams, RD 3, Plattsburgh; Miss Kath- leen Roach, Peru; Mrs. Lester Hamel, Champlain, Mrs. Floyd Rabideau, 60 Peru St., Miss Gloria TromWey, Churubusco. Physicians ADMISSIONS Garfield Austin, Peru; Orvflle Porter, Ellenburg Depot; Mrs. lone L. Spencer, Champlain; Mrs. Maude Barnes, West Plattsburgh; Emery C. Ormsby, Lyon Mt.; Sarah M. Frey, Lot 11B Base Trailer Court; Mrs. Roselyn Freeman, 19 Crecent Dr.; Wesley L. Pelkey, 8 Sanborn Ave.; Ricky Hyde, Champlain; Susan H. Mc- Cready, 10 Elizabeth St., Mrs. Catherine ReyeH, MorrisonviUe. DISCHARGES Charles H. Learned, 81 Pros- pect Ave.; Miss Barbara E. Gross, 15 Rose Ave., Rouses Point; Mrs. Isabelle Garrow t 59 Washington Ave., Tupper Lake; Mrs. Helen Durgan, Peaslee- ville; Mark TUnfcr, 8 Robin- son Terrace. A A Thank You For 18,615 Yesterdays! May We Serve You Today? Port Henry Oil Corporation is extending very best wishes tor HRISTMAS and a Happy, Healthy New Year ... 2? y y y 191.) 1966 On the occasion of the 51st Anniversary^ of our firm we wish tb acknowledge, with, thanks, Me warm friendship and confi- dence o+ +he many customers and associ- ates who *ave contributed so much to the success a^d orogress of our company _ throughout *he years. g Jcrn F, Scozzafava, Pres \ We are pleased to announce The Merger of The Insurance Agency of MERRILL L. THOMAS, Inc. of Lake Placid, N.Y. 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