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\• ** - * r~-:* V-IT* * ;• .\'• W \'S^***^ *V^ ISPI^ VOLUME 33 LOWVILLE, N.Y., THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 1942 NUMBER 2» WEST LEYDEN SGHO ITS HEW iiie- asl [etts Harbor Closes Court Season Community First to Benefit Under School Building Equalization Quota. At appropriate ceremonies last night (Thursday), West Leyden Central Rural school dedicated its new addi- tion comprising the farm shop, home making department, library and cafe- teria. The addition was built as a cooper- ative project by local authorities, the state department of education, repre- sented by Dr. Arthur K. Getman, and the National Youth Administration, represented by Dr. Carl Hesley, New York state administrator. Plans for the building were drawn by Architect Harold O. Fullerton of Albany, who was employed by the school board. The NVA contributed a considerable portion of the funds for youth and skilled supervisory labor and fur- nished a supervisor for the entire project. West Leyden is the first commu- nity to benefit under the new 'school building equalization quota provided through legislation recommended by the joint legislative committee on public education headed by the Hon. Herbert A. Rapp, chairman, and the Hon. Robert M. Scott, diretcor. The project was in direct charge of the following NYA officials: Harold B. Richardson, area director; Frank M. R*omano, works project supervis- or; Charles Mann, state NYA engi- neer; Mrs. Lois F. Conners, Lewis county supervisor; Miss Theresa Bu- falini, assistant county supervisor; Russell O'Riley, Jefferson-Lewis coun- ty director; Donald Veitch and Wil- liam Wilbert, construction superin- tendents; and John Mentil, mason •foreman. The dedication program was in charge of Mr. A., Winfield Trainor, district superintendent of schools. Speakers included (Dr. Arthur K. Get- man, chief of the bureau of agricul- tural education; Dr. Carl Hesley Hon. Robert M. Scott and Kenneth G. Trai- nor. Also Mr. Clarence Katsmeyer, president of the PTA; 'Mr. John Hawes, acting principal of the school; Mr. 'Earl W. Helmer, farm shop in- structor; Mr. John P. Beyel, presi- dent of the board of education, and Mr. Neil O. Wolley, the school prin- cipal now on leave of absence while serving in the TJ. S. army. SPEAKS AT ACADEMY Redmen Lose to Carthage H. for the Third Loss in a Row. S. MRS. JULIA SHLEMON PERSIAN LECTURE AT ACADEMY SERVICES HELD FOR A, WOOLSCHLAGER Funeral services for Arnold Wool- schlager, 81, who died at the home of his son, Roy Woolschlager, Waters terrace, Sunday morning, were hetd Tuesday afternoon from the son's home. Rev. A. B. Corbin, pastor of the Methodist church, officiated. The body was placed in the vault at Rural cemetery to await bunal in New Bre- men in the spring. Mr. Woolschlager. a retired mill- One of the foremost authorities on Persia, Julia Shlemon, will lecture at the Lowville academy auditorium at 9 a. m., Thursday, March 19. Mrs. Shlemon, a native of Persia, will give the attitude of her homeland towards the United States. She was born of Christian Persian parents; her father being a doctor in the American Mission hospital in Iran for many years. Mrs. Shlemon is a former social worked in that country. The title of her lecture is \Ancient Persia an6 Modern Iran.\ The speak- er will show the changes effected in the mode of living; the reconstruction and modernization of the cities; the advance in' science, medicine, and ed- ucation; the extended research; the rebuilding of social life in the unveil- ing of women; the change of costume, and the great change in attitude to- ward freedom of choice in marriage. Sie illustrates her lecture with a collection of handicrafts, including world-renowned rugs and craftsman- ship in metals. MARRIED OFFICERS WANTED With the fast growth of the army conies the increasing demand for more officers. The army needs 75,000 additional officers this year. Army leaders are meeting this de- mand in a very practical way. They are attempting to persuade young married men to enter the army as privates with the assurance that they may stand the examination for admit- tance into Officers Training school. Most married men would hesitate because a private's pay check is not large enough to support wright, had been a resident of Lewis i to enlist county since childhood. He was born I in Switzerland on May fi. lsfid. HU j a w jr P iUU \ there would be the chance wife, the former Josephine Struckley. j tnP y won't be sele-ted as an officer, died on April 29, 1920. For many ; However. John J. McCoy, assistant eeretary of war. in a recent speech years he made his home in New Rre- i men and moved to this village in 1!>0fi. | Surviving, besides the son. are four! sisters. Mrs. Jennie Waters, Shelburr. . Falls, M%ss.; Mrs. Lulue Toussaint.i Syracuse. Mrs. Mary Getman, Oldens- ; burg, and Mrs. Elizabeth Yott. Brown- : •ville; a brother, Charles Woolschla- ger. Shelburne Falls. Mass.; 11 ^rand- children and four sreat-grand.-hildivn. pointed out that the army will now accept the enlistment of men with dependents for the sole purpose of getting a commission. If the enlistee is not accepted as an officer by the army, he may\ return to civjl life and not be subject to military call until persons in his classification are sub- ject to call by local draft boards. MSION 'n INCREASED BESPOKE FROM PUBLIC After the Alexandria Bay high school basketball team halted the 10- game v. inning streak et the Lowville free acadmy Red and White clad hoopsters several weeks ago, the lo- cal quintet has established a three- game losing snap, dropping a 35-19 contest to Dick Crowley's Carthage high school five last Friday evening at Carthage. The Redmen will complete their 1941-12 season Friday evening oppos- ing the improved Sackets Harbor high school court men on the local hardwood. Coach Walter F. O'Con- neli's basketeers, with a record o£ 10 wins and five defeats, have provided local sports fans with top-notch bas- ketball this winter and a capacity- crowd is expected to see the O'Con- iiell men in their finaKgame. The Sackets Harbor aggregation, which has been playing independent basketball entirely this year, is re- ported to be much improved since Lowville handed them a smashing de- feat early in the season. The Carthage Black Panthers have lost but one encounted this year; that to the local quintet here several weeks ago. Friday night the Carth- aginians more than made up for the setback, however, handing the locals one of the worst defeats of the year. Coach O'Gonnell's charges played on even terms with the Crawley men in the first half, but failed to find the hoop after intermission as the Pan- thers enjoyed a scoring spree. Car- thage held a 9-7 edge over the Red- men in the first stanza, and led 15-11 at half time. The locals had trouble getting the ball inside the defense of the lanky Crowleymen. The passing attack of the local team was definitely under par, and the opposing players shone in this respect. The backboards throughout the game were controlled by the Carthage players. (Lowville intercepted many passes, however, and their zone de- fense worked effectively in the'first half. The Carthage team, which is po- tentially the greatest basketball team that Coach Crowley has tutored in his 13 years at the Carthage school, be- gan to click in the third period, building a 23-13 lead. Coach O'Con- nell substituted freely in the final period, trying to stop tho Carthage barrage. Howard Chapman, a veteran who has been one of the mainstays during the last three years, was high scorer for Lowville with one field goal and f6ur free shots for six points. Chap- man left the game late in the third quarter via the personal foul route. Burt Siiedd. high scoring member of the local team, who netted 16 .points versus the Panthers in the game played here recently, was held to two points. Siedlecki starred for Carthage with seven field goals and Cliff Wenzel | was runner-up with 11 points. j Friday night while Lowville is clos- j ing its season versus Sackets Harbor. I Carthage will be doing the same, 'meeting Dutch Prochel's Central Square five on the Carthage court. Gerald Wetniore, one of Lowville's bis three in the scoring department. , will be absent from the lineup Friday I evening, as he has left school. Wet- mire was the leading scorer in the recently concluded Black River league I season. He netted 67 points in the six league games on 26 field goals and 15 foul shots. Swierczak of New York Mills was runner-up to Wetmore with 55 points. Third and fourth in the individual scoring race were Howard Chapman and Burt with 4 4 and 43 points respectively TIPAYERS ATTENTION State Income Tax Subject to 25% Reduction, Not Shown on Blank. Governor Lehman, in his budget message in January recommended that the regular state income tax be reduced by 25% this year and next year. Unfortunately, the leg- islature could not take action on his recommendation until recent- ly but it has now approved his suggestion and the - 25% reduction is in force. The blanks, however, were mailed in the interim and contain no reference to this re- duction. It will be necessary for each in- dividual tgjKpayer to compute his regular tax and then deduct 25%. of the final figure, remitting the •balance in whichever w-ay he pre- fers. The state permits income taxpayers to pay the full amount of their tax on April 15th or in three installments, ine : half on April 15, one-quarter on June 15, and one-quarter on Oct. 15. There is a possibility that a quarterly payment plan will be approved ^hirtly which would permit equal installments on April 15, July 15, Oct. 15 and Jan. 15., LEWIS CO. DRAFTEES LEAVE FOR SERVICE The .following men left Lowville early Monday morning to be inducted into the army: Harold R. Wright, Lowville; Erwin J. Dusharm, Harrisville; Norman E. Rocker, Port Leyden; Merlin P. Bush, Croghan; Raymond M. Gilligan, Con- stableville; Ernest iL. Potter, Lyons Falls; Clarence E. Scnwenk, Consta- bleville; Donald R. Lynch, Lowville; Farmer V. Davis, Constableville; Earl S 1 . QLarrabee, Copenhagen; Raymond A. Hoffert, West Leyden; Joseph A. Smykla, Turin; Frank E. Oaster, Tu- rin; Raymond H. Woolschlager, [Low- ville; Fred W. Wrigler, Osceola; Francis Moyer, Natural Bridge; Ben- jamin C. West, New Bremen; Benja- min J. Jarecki, LeydMt;. Clare F. 'Hut- chins, Leyden; Edward 1\ iPatnode, G-lenfield; William E. Sheridan, Port Leyden; Dominic iChirillo, Glenfield; Lansing W. Noftsier, Croghan; Ed- win Bolton, Port Leyden; Anthony S. Markham, Lyons Falls, and Ronald T. Smith, Greig. Mr. Sheridan was the leader of the group. Nicholas Ossont Funeral Rites Held Last Monday Widely Known Eesident of Lewis County Dies After Long Illness—Spent Many Years as Public Servant. Nicholas Ossont, 77, a lifelong res- ident of Lewis county and one of the county's most prominent Democratic leaders, died at his home at Petries Corners Friday afternoon, after a long illness. He had served as a member of the Democratic county committee for 4S grange for of the Petries Corners over 50 years. He was born in the town of New Bremen, April 3, 1865, son of William and Barbara Back Ossont. In 1893 he married Gertrude Sands of Wat- son. She survives with two brothers, John Ossont of Sheds, Madison coun- SOLDER APPREHE ON BUGLARY Confesses Robbing Artz Grill—$3O.0(X Taken from Gas Company Office.. Nicholas Ossont Local Attorneys on State Committees Two local attorneys have recently been appointed on standing commit- tees of the New York State Bar asso- ciation. Attorney George S. Reed, Lowville, was made a member of the committee to cooperate with the American Bar association, local bar associations within the state. Attorney Frank Bowman, Lowville, was placed on the committee on pub- lic relations. years, and was supervisor of the town of Watson from 1897 until Jan. 1, 1902. He was justice of the peace for many years. •Mr. Ossont had served as post- master of Petries lOorners for 36 years, retiring in 1938 when the office was discontinued. He was a member ty, and Frank Ossont, Glenfield. - There was a prayer service at the Virkler\ funeral home at 9:30 a. m., Monday, and a half hour later in St. Peter's church, Lowville. The body was placed in the vault at the Beeches Bridge cemetery until spring when burial will take place. ATTENTION Persons who have applications which have been acted upon fa- vorably at the regular Friday night meetings of the Rationing Board, are requested to call for their certificates within one week. This will eliminate much confusion and facilitate clear- ance of all business pending. Persons may be required to file a new application who have waited ! beyond a reasonable time .lapse, j ELKS NOMINATE BUSH AS EXALTED RULER Election and Initiation Ceremony to Be Held March 18. Members of the local state police- substation and the sheriff's office have solved one of last weekend's two bur- glaries and today are continuing in- vestigation of the other crime. Tuesday afternoon Sergeant Addi- son Hall, Trooper G. A. Kavanaugh. of the BCI and Troopers John Roche and John Joy of the local patrol ar- rested Cornelius Francis Nichols, 25, a Pine Camp soldier, for the burglary at Artz's Grill, State street, early on Sunday morning. Nichols confessed the crime to the state police and is now confined to the guard house at Pine Camp. Nichols rifled the pin ball machine, the cigaret machine and the nickel- odeon. The amount of money taken totaled about $30, plus approximately SO packages of cigarets. The soldier had been tending bar at the grill while on leave from the reservation. He worked Saturday night and according to* his statement to police, made his entrance into the establishment through a cellar win- dow after the place closed for the night. Thursday, March 11, burglars en- tered the office of the Lowville Gas company in the Central New York Power building, broke into an inner compartment in the safe and took a cash box containing about $30. Title door of the safe had been left un- locked, but the cash box was locked- in the compartment. The office is op- erated by Harvey Gallup, manager, and Mrs. Ella McDonald, secretary. MRS. WM. TANNER, 61, DIES AT HOSPITAL Coed Basketball Player Miss Frances J. Ross, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Orrin F. Ross of this village, recently competed in a bas- ketball tournament with coeds from Wells, Keuka, Alfred, and .William Smith college in connection with the Central New York sports day at Syr- acuse university. ^ Miss Ross is a senior in the College of Liberal Arts majoring in zoology. She was graduated from the Lowville academy in 193S and is a member of Delta Gamma, social sorority. TO FORM NUTRITION CLASSES Almeda J. Carpenter of the Lewis county nutrition committee announces that a meeting will be held at the court house in Lowville at 8 p. m., Monday, March 16, to organize classes on nutrition. Anyone interested in taking these classes should come at that time and register. The Red Cross and the nutrition committee of Lewis county are co- operating in holding these classes tnroughout the county. Mrs. Doyle and Mrs. Millard will be the instruc- tors in this vicinity. Lowville Elks Lodge .No 1605 has nominated the following ^late of offi- cers for the coming year: Nelson Bush, exalted ruler; R. J. Roche, leading knight; T. R. Smith, loyal knight; Harold Jacques, lectur- ing knight; T. C. Dorsey, secretary; Gerald Allen, treasurer; Charles A. O'Hara, tiler; Perry G. Williams, trus- tee for three years; Henry N. Nortz, trustee for five years. Mr. Bush was named a delegate to the national convention to be held in July in Omaha, Neb. Dr. Thomas A. Lyncn is the alternate. fcrectin-7 will take place on Wed.nes^- day evei.iug, March 18. At that time the following candidates will be ad- mitted to the lodge: Walter J. Ma- tuszczak, J. Robert Lynch, Joseph H. Smith and Nyles Woolschlager. Mrs. Anna Hammond Tanner, 61, wife of William N. Tanner, died sud- denly of a heart attack at the L«wia County General hospital Wednesday morning. Funeral services will be held Sat- urday at 2 p. m. from the home. The body will be placed in. the vault ia Rural cemetery to await burial in the Evergreen cemetery, 'Barneveld, in the spring. Mrs. Tanner was born in .South Trenton, Oct.' 11, 1880, daughter of Charles and Caroline Hammond. She married Mr. Tanner Oct. 30, 1901, at South Trenton. They resided in Bar- neveld and Turin before moving to this village. Surviving besides her husband are three sons, Theodore, William and Clinton of Lowville, and four daugh- ters, Mrs. Francis E. Sliter of Turin and the Misses Gladys, Adeline and Grace Tanner, Lowville; one grandson Stanley Tannest Lowville; one sister, Mrs, Carrie Anderson, Trenton Falls,- four 'brothers, Charles Hammond of\ Amsterdam, 'Louis and Frank Ham- mond, Trenton Falls, and John Ham- mond, Holland Patent. \ .*• 117 ATTEN1 EFENSE LECTURE; mi m |LL ^ SS A. H. IDE DIES LNES! AUTO RATIONING BOARD EXPLAINS REGULATIONS Restrictions on Transfer of New Cars Is Clarified. Peop a leal • o;' this section are showing 'preciation of The Democrat's Extension Oiler of a line Fountain Pe'i and Pencil Set tree with each yeai'.y .-subscription paid. Immediately after announcement that offer had! been extended, additional citizens be-1 gan to take advantage of it and right j now the calls are sufficiently numer- j ous te indicate that almost as many j i sets will be placed during the exten-1 have taken advantage o!' the offer in great fashion by securing two or more sets, some as many as a half dozen. Meet Students' Favor One reason for the big success of the campaign is that the sets have proven so useful for school work. Many students heretofore denied the convenience of a first class writing set now have that decided advantage, thanks to The Democrat's- offer. More Without Headlines Here's war without headlines: cw * , B ., , ,,_„,,_' A navy bomber crashed in the Slredd ot the local ball club, : „ ., T . ... . T „ \ ! oouth Pacific in January. Three en- listed fliers sailed hundreds of miles ' In the preliminary encounter last I I Friday evening the local junior var-! \ sity lost a thriller to the Carthage j : Javees by a 26-21 score. Lowville i I was on the tall end of an 18-15 ad- sion campaign as durin time set for the offer. The Democrat is pleased that addi- tional time could be granted on the offer. Frankly, we would like to see every family throughout thje wide trade territory obtain one or more of these writing sets, for most cer- tainly all'And daily use for them. It takes time, of course, to make wide distribution of a premium, but our objective is now in sight. At the present rate there will be at close of the extension period very few homes in this section that will not have sent in a renewal aor new subscription to The Democrat and there obtained a «st. A surprisingly large number the original i and more of these sets are going in- ing into daily use in all the schools nearby. Still Time to Get Sets To those (and they appear to be in the minority now) who haven't obtained a set or two, there is still time. The big offer, the most popu- lar subscription effort ever attempted by The Democrat, is scheduled to close on Saturday, March 28. That date is only a Short distance off and if you have a desire to \cash in\ on this exceptional opportunity, right now is the time to do so. Come in, see the beautiful display at The Democrat office and make your selec- tion. ' j ••-•..:.•• i : : vantage at half time. Johnny Schlie- der and Bobby Boucher scored six points each for the local court men. Woods was high for Carthage with 11 counters. Saturday evening many local bas- ketball fans are expected to attend the second night of the annual Whitesboro high school basketball tournament. -Lowvile was invited to participate in this . post-season event but Coach O'Connell declined. The local mentor has also refused an in- vitation to compete in a class B-C tourney in Watertown. The Whitesboro tournament will open Friday night, but loca* fans are anxious to see the last appearance of the O'Connell -men against the Har- borites. The *• opening games Friday night eatt for Nottingham of Syracuse to oppose theAoat tejtm, WJiiteabero, at l;ii, and Dolgeyille to meet New (Continued in a tiny rubber lifeboat, drifting for more than a month. Exposed to the equatorial sun, they saved their lives by catching rain- water and eating birds and fish they caught. Eventually, they reached an atoll and then returned safely to an operating base. After a short rest. they will return to duty. One hundred seventeen men at-j Mrs. Lena Berrv Ide, 71, wife of Dr tended the first in a series of lectures , Almond H. Ide, local veterinarian on police worl? and blackout methods j died at the fami]y home in E , m stree ; at Lowville academy Sunday after-] on Friday night ghe had feeen jn noon for police reserve officers, j faiIing hea]th , fo r somg time Worthington Gregory, member of the j Mrs . Ide wag born ln Eagt ghelbv> faculty, was the school in < Orleans county N Y academy structor. The second in the^ series will be given on next Sunday afternoon at the academy from 2 to 5, and all po- lice reserve officers are requested to attend. Forty were absent on Sun-' day, according to officials in charge of the school. FIRE SIREN AND CHURCH BELLS FOR LOWVILLE BLACKOUT SIGNAL i .*&» Gerald Finn, Lowville Section Police Reserve Oflfcer, has advised that the signal for a blackout in Lowville will be made by the blowing of th^ File Siren and ring- ing of Church Bells. V ^ ; The signal will be made by a steady blast with no change in tone for 2 minutes, accompanied by the ring- Wze£?$,: jEtSs'l^il'wi- ^iipBilii April 21, 1870, ; the daughter of Robert and Mattie Berry. She was married to Dr. Ide in the Baptist parsonage at Wheat- ville on April 27, 1889, by Rev. S. R. Evans. The first year after their marriage they resided in East Shelby, later in Phelps and Utica. They came to Lowville to make their home in 1901. Mrs. He was a member of the Bap- tist -church, Philathea class and the, •Ladies Aid society, also of Zenith chapter, Eastern Star. Her husband is the dean-'of veter- inarians in this section, having prac- ticed over 50 years. - In 1939 they celebrated their gold- en wedding anniversary at a luncheon given in their honor.by their daugh- ter, Mrs. Karl BetuisbiHiser, Rome. Surviving ibelides her husband and daughter are two' adns, Olin and BfesyU five, grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. l> Fimerai services. were , held Ttaefc SB 3 There seems to be some misunder- standing about the use of dealers* automobiles. Dealers' plates are not to be used on new 1942 cars in his possession. Xew cars in his posses- sion may not be registered by him for his own or any other use. \Xew passenger automobile\ means any 1912 model passenger automobile having a seating capacity of not more than 10 persons, irrespective of the number of miles it has been driven, or any other passenger automobile which has been driven less than 1000 miles, including other body types such as ambulances, hearses, station wag- ons, and taxis, built upon a standard or lengthened passenger car chassis.\ Section 301, Subsection 1 of (Ration- ing Order No. 2A of the New IPassen- ger Automobile Regulations reads as follows: \The word \transfer\ is broadly defined by these regulations. For example, the term includes not only transfers by sale, lease, or trade j of the automobile, but also by gift j from one, person to another.\ \Uides& specifically, exempted, ,all ' physical' transfers involving a change/ .'. In the aetnai; TTSB of the cW i» ; jta- \ : eluded. TAni, -if a partnewbJjp^ what has been-jfrclosivelltlSii ship, car to on© of the par|i«pi||felf v', Mi.'oyfafie a'transfer\haV oeowrekC,, pa J&>«jfar bind putting a ear In a ; ;! \\ior waaakouaa or letting a r*>^& iforlm It to hit ataop la att^r within tt*M BanUttMW^ ' 1 i**£jtaM
