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CHAPPAQUA NEWS PAGES 5, 7,13 <1 NORTH WBWESTERh 0 t Serving Mount Kisco 81 Years—No. 8 MOUNT KISCO, N.Y., THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1959 SECOND CLASS POSTAGE PAID AT MOUN1 KISCO, N.Y., AND CHAPPAQUA, N.Y. Serving New Castle 32 Years 19 SCO rotes esidents roject LARGF. ciuitm-i ir Mount Kisco firemen '•HIII^ ili>un Mam S f dm me; annual i> o ,u:<- \ f ilir v I! igo » fit o depai tment !a^' IT ;iM Bo'ow . municipril < If .- i i <K \ icu the maichcis, who m- <• ude<; mote than 1.000 firemen Poller ,nd at the ugh' Fire lioni IS Westchester (nmmiin'- Cluel ,l;niirs Mattoia — Staff t.e*. Ai the left is M;i\nr Bottv Phot..s hv Jnm^ \evins Transfer from Crolon Point Under Sludv B\ MILTON S. HOI Jr MAN wnm; PL\I\S- Wostohe^ter is seiiou-k consid ering mo\'in; fli<-> Ooton Point Camp*: run by 'he Rd -ration Com mission to a iO0 -n>- KOfi-ane ptiv- ately owned sit^ )'i Noith Salem and Lewisboio it was learned to- dav The countv liws \S.'lDn 000 hid aside in this year's budget for buyum a new campsite which County Ex ecutive Edwin G. Michaoban says u I'I cventuallv cost $1.1)60.000 to bii\ and develop Mil Indian in his 10,\i9 budget message l,' 5 t Novcmhri said: rhis will afford bettor camping faoil .ties for which their- is great need and. at the same time, will release existing property used for camp'ng at Croton Point for gen eral paik purposes.\ Since Michaelian's message thcie has been an official silence on the matter while the rounty searched for a locatio r While the location has been considered for some time, it recently lcached the serious stage The property invoked is known a> .Mountain Lakes in Westchestet which has about 800 acres in cluding some lakes m North Salem County Executive to Address Bedford's New Republican Club MOUNT KISCO— County Executive Edwin G Mi- chaehan will be guest speaker on Monday, Aug 10. when the newly organized Bedford Republican Gub holds its fust public meeting. The gathering, to take place at John .Tav High School m Cross River, commences at 8 p m Candidate* who have hren en dorsed hv the Town GOP Com mittee to seek office under the Republican banner at next \o\em ber's town election, will also be in attendance according Jo an an nouncement hv Raoul A Ughetta of Lily Pond Lane. Katonah. prcs- ment of the new club. Republicans Invifd The meeting. Mr Ughetta notes, is \open to the public and all Re publicans aie in\ ited to attend\ The chances are howe\ei. that Bedfoid s ' Mr Republican\\ him self may not accept Mi Ughetta\s invitation Forme- Supervisor E P Bauett long < haiiman ot tlie GOP town committee, says he ' doesnt believe m Republican clubs because they intetfeic with the Republican Party \ Mi Bar rett said he had not received anv notice of the forthcoming meet ing and probably won't attend it if he does get one Nor. the town s once-powerful Republican ledger continued, does he intend to |om the new club Lctteis over the -ignaluie of tiu club president, were leceived bv Bedford Republicans last week, ad vising them ot the organization of the club and inviting them to ioin EDWIN' <;. MKHAELIAN it Anv one who loins hciorc next Oi t 1 will be a enartoi niembei The letters read, in put \Th.s recent !v chaiieied club ha irceived the appro\,il of the Republican chanmen of the Town jof Bedford and of the Countv of l\\ (stchester It was termed bv a jl.ii go group of Town ot Bedford residents, including the members !of the Women s Republican Club oi the Town of Bedford. \The (lub will afford an oppor tunity to its menibei s to actively participate in the affairs ot the Town of Bedford, to meet their Republican representatives and candidates, and to share in th§ responsibilities of maintaining the prominence of the Republican Par ty now and m the future, at lo- |cal. county, state and national Iev- j els The club will also offer an ex- fccllent opportunity to become bct- |ter acquainted with your tellow 'townsmen and to en.iov many fine programs scheduled for the fu ture '* Club Of'icials A. Ross Jones, who succeeded Mr Barrett as chairman of the town committee, and Supervisor Douglas L Barrett, who succeed ed his father in that office, aie among members of the new club's cdvisory board of 14 prominent GOP bigwigs Town Councilman George M Schurman. who has announced his intention of quit ting public office this year, and I Mrs Baibara Kilborne. vice chair- !m,.n of the town committee, are l.il.so on the advisory board. Other club officials are: Officers Pros Raoul A. Ughet- ti Vice pros .Mrs Lewis B. Har der, vice pres. John T Goodhue, corr secy. William F. Banks, rcc. secy. Vincent C. Gerasi, treasurer Joseph V. Launa Jr asst. treas. Mrs Ot.s A. Gla/ebrook III Directors Walter I Schroder, Thomas J. Singleton. Richard E Hart, John II Hicks-Beach, Rob ert E Bui bank. William C Gun- /el. Broaddus Johnson Jr., lone P. Barrett, Maurice G. Henry Jr , Mrs. Helen Kennedy, Orlando A. Camarco, Harold R Tayler Jr., Mrs. Joseph Do F. Junkin. y Camps and about 'JO acics in Lewisboro. The county, howevci, doesn't need all the property The property is largely unde veloped It lies off Hawiey Rd , southeast of the Giant Corners sec tion of North Salem and noitncast of Lake Waccabuc in Lewisboro. Supervisor Earle L. Vail aays he spoke to many persons living in the area and asked them to write if they had any objections to the county's buying the property, lie said he got about five letters and three or four went du'ectly to the 'county; administration. Vail said feat the town standi to lose $75,000 to $90,000 on its assessment if the county takes over and the property become^- tax free. The county has no pa$fe#>- cihties in North Salem. The spring-fed lakes are regard ed as good for swimming It could not be learned today, however, whether a pool was contemplated. Most of the county officials close to the camp relocation program were out of the county on vacation or ti ips Mount Kisco Fire Defenses 'Improved' MOUNT KISCO— Releasing for the first time the full text of its findings after an inspection of the municipal fire protection facilities in Mount Kisco in April, 1958. the New York Fire Insurance Rating Or ganization announced yesterday that progress to date has been \generally satisfactory\ in carry ing out some of the 30 recommen dations contained in the report. ' Conferences are continu ing, however, with village au thor itit-s on improvements in the water distribution system. Release of the report coincides ] with an announcement by Frank ,P Broz, Mount Kisco attorney, be- More the \Village Board Monday I night that he would instigate ac tion in,fSupreme Court if a copy of the reporb%ere not made 'avail able to him Broz contended\ the ropoit should have been publicized \so the people of our village know what our fire fighting facilities are \ Mayor Betty Potter had re fused to comply with Broz' repeat ed demands because the rating or ganization has requested 1 the re port \be kept confidential in the interest of national defense.\ Deficiencies Noted During the 1938 inspection, a sur vey team of five experts noted two major deficiencies in the village's overall fire defenses: fl) the \very poor\ physical condition of the fire alarm box system, including poor distribution of boxes, and (2) (Turn to Page 12 Please) Board O.K/s Land Division BEDFORD HILLS— It took the Bedford Town Zon ing Board of Appeals les.s than 10 minutes on the night of July 29 to ICVIOW and unanimously approve the only petition >n its monthly vigo-ida Okayed, without opposition from any source, was the application of Charles Mazurk of Greenwich. Conn, for permission to divide two parcels in a one acre zone on Long Ridge Rd . Bedford, although they would be about one tentn ot an aero less than the required one- acre si/c after the division Two adjacent property owners wrote the board, urginr that the applica tion be approved. The appeal.- Daard won't convene this month and unless it is flooded with petitions before Sept. 23 it won't meet again until that date. Speed Check Under age MOUNT KISCO— Chief \John Cregier of the Mount Kisco Police Department warns motorists passing through Mount Kisco or living in the village, that the men of his department are on the march with the automatic speed clock, in an effort to con trol speeding through the village. On Thursday and Friday of last week and the first two days of this week, the clock was used on Bedford Road near the Elks Club, on North Bedford Road, and on West Main Street, where the ab rupt drop down the Captain Merritt hill, makes speeding into the heart of the village, as well as past the Maple Avenue-Kisco Avenue inter section, a most dangerous hazard. Observation bv the Police De partment as well as reports from [residents who live in the area, ibring to light that it is not the | transient motorist but rather some of the local residents, who are the mo^t flagrant offenders, net only | in the speeding department but in the extremely dangerous \double parking\ category Chief Cregier says that these thing must stop and ask residents at least to observe traffic rules, not only for their own safety but to set a good example to the manv young drivers, both .ocal and transient, who tend to \follow the leader\ in matters of traffic prac tice. Kisco Fireman Top Man in State Exam MOUNT KISCO— Joseph Shcchan ot the Mount Kisco Fne Depaitment's Independ ent Company i amc out lop man in last year s examination given by the New Yoik State Training School for Volunteer Firemen, among la men of the local depart ment who successfully passed the lo session course, with an aggre gate aveiago of S9 2 per cent. This was one of the best aveiages de veloped in the State, according to Chief James M.ittoni Mr. Sheehan ran well ahead of this mark however, receiving 94.6 per cent of his examination. The class was taught by Edward Car ney of Chappaqua. employed* by the State of New York to instruct firemen in all the new techniques of fire-fighting The course was comprised of 4\) hours of study and instruction, givpn in IT) nights of three hours each. The new class for the Mount Kisco Fire Dept. men will hold its sixth class tomorrow night in the Green Street Firehouse and has 24 men enrolled. Fire Chief M a 11 o n i is very pleased with the response to the class, all on a voluntary basis, by the men of the four companies, and emphasizes the fact that this training is a benefit to each and every person in the Mount Kisco Fire District, as new ways of sav ing life and property are continu ally being incorporated in the train jjjg session. An Announcement The North Westchester Times and the New Castle Tribune today join forces as one newspaper. This will place at the disposal of the people in grow ing northern Westchester a weekly newspaper with enhanced newsgathering and newspicture facilities, which will more progressively cover the expanding act ivities, interests and needs of the area. The newspaper will carry in its masthead the names of the North Westchester Times and the New Castle Tribune, and all the distinctive local-news columns and special local features of both those publications will be continued. Moreover, news of northern Westchester w ill be identified for the convenience of readers in each community. This newspaper will carry on the tradition of loyal community service, of warm friendliness to readers, and of usefulness to advertisers which so long has characterized the individual papers. \OH BOY, IT'S OURS!\ chor tles Chief Lloyd Becker of the Katonah Fire Department, as he displays the coveted \best ap- peacance.\ trophy, -won by his department. at the.Bedfprd Vil lage Fire Department's parade last week. This particular prize, won up to this point by Mount Kisco seven times straight, plus a tie with Bedford, is the one which all firemen hope to earn for their trophy case. Reflecting the prid'e of his chief, is Fireman Jack Dalev lower right — Photo V,y D B. Kirchhoff. Petitioners Want to Be Left Alone MOUNT KISCO— Nineteen property owners of an area being considered for an ur ban renewal project Monday pre sented the Village Board a petition \vehemently protesting\ any at tempt by \any governmental au thority whatsoever\ to take over their properties for other than the \present residential use.\ The petition was referred to the village planning consultants, Ray mond & May Associates. A copy will be kept on file until a public hearing on the matter. The petition read in part- \We further wish it to be known that these properties are our homes. Many of us were born here and 1 our children were born here, and we hope that their children will be born here. 'Any attempt to classify these properties as slum areas, or what ever fine name will be used, is in direct contravention of our rights, and wp again vehemently protest any attempt to take over our properties.\ Residents Uneasy One resident of Suttons La said last night that \if the govern ment is going to do anything. I wish it would do it fast.\ The woman complained that she want ed to sell her house but that no one was interested because they knew it would be \torn down.\ A man who lives in the area said that he had been refused a mort gage on his house by a bank be cause of the urban renewal pro ject. He said there was another reason the bank had turned him down but he declined to give the reason. Another resident wanted to know what people in the area should do (Turn to Page 12 Please) ALFRED ZOTTOLA Supervisor Green Addresses Rotary MOUNT KISCO— Supervisor Arthur Green of the Town of New Castle tor the past twj years, discussed \The Admin istration of Local Government\ at yesterday's luncheon meeting of the Mount Kisco Rotary Club in Kittle House, Lawrence Farms. Mr Green is a candidate for re election this year. G Harry Pearsall. who arrang ed for Mr Green's presence as guest speaker, introduced the s.u- perv isor. A period of questions fol lowed the address. WHO IS PROUD of whom? Well, we hazard* the guess that Fire Chief James Mattoni of the Village of Mount Kisco, feels a nice sense of pride in Engineer Joseph Sheehan, member of the Mount Kisco Independent Fire Company, who came off with an attractive 94.6 per cent in last year's examination by the New York State Volunteer Firemen's Training School. The two happy firefighters were caught by the camera at the Bedford Fire Com pany paYade and carnival last week. Photo by D. B. Kirchhoff. Board Scans Parking Lot, Sewer Bids MOUNT KISCO— Low bidders on the construction of three storm sewers and im provements to the South Moger Ave. parking lot were disclosed* Monday by the Village Board. Joseph Locascio was low bidder on construction of a storm sewer or. Croton Ave. with a bid of S4,- 735. Locascio also bid low on the Ward Ave. sewer with an estimate of S5.430 The low bidder on construction of a storm sewer on Knowlton Ave. was Bellino Brothers Construction Co. of Yonkers with a bid of $2,- 875. Eleven companies submitted bids on the work. A low bid of $25,854 on improve ments to the parking lot was re ceived from MacNamce & Co. of New Rochelle. There were four bidders on the project. Trustee Edwin Lancaster told tho board that he wanted a par ing ordinance adopted that would prohibit parking on the west side of Main St. from Boltis St. to St. Mark's PI. He said he wanted to bring the matter up so that the ordinance could be adopted at the board's September meeting. Attorney Frank P. Broz, who at tends board meetings regularly, ad vised Mayor Betty Potter that a resolution could be adopted that would allow the village manager and police chief to set up restrict ed parking areas without action of the board. Mayor Potter said she would get the village attorney's advice on the matter. THANKS BOARD MOUNT KISCO— Sisqua Council, Knights of Col umbus, in a letter to the Mount Kisco Village Board, read Mon day night, thanked the board for its cooperation in making the re cent K of C. carnival a success Bedford Hills Postmaster Confirmed BEDFORD HILLS— Tho Senate this week confirmed the nomination by President Eisen hower of Alfred A. Zottola to be postmaster at Bedford Hills. Mr Zottola tills the vacancy caused by the retirement of James Biiien The new post office will be in operation on Sept. 1, according to Postmaster Zottola. Plans for the dedication are not yet completed but Sept. 12 has been tentatively set for the date The new building, on the south side of Adams St , will have 2,470 square feet of working space. In addition, the new post office will have 288 square feet of platform space and 3,702 square feet of parking and maneuvering space The present post office has an area of 1.400 square tcet The brick-front one-story build ing is being leased by the Post Office Department from Henry C. and Eloise W. Gipson of South Salem. It will be equipped with lighting and new style mail boxes Station Area Paving Begins CHAPPAQUA— New Castle Supervisor Arthur L. Green said this week that paving of the parking area at the Chap paqua railroad station would be gin this Saturday. He said that il would probably take two weekends to complete the paving and that it would not interfere with weekday or weekend station park ing Mr. Green said that after the Town Highway Dept. finishes pav ing the area, meters would be in stalled for occasional parkers. Window stickers for commuters who use the station every day are now on sale at the Town Clerk's office. Town Hall. A fee of S10 per year for resi dent parkers and $40 per year for non-resident parkers has been es tablished. Stickers will be sold quarterly at $2.50 and $10 respec tively. Meter charges will be 25 cents for 12 hours. The parking charge should bring in about $4,000 a year. The income will be used for paving the park ing area at the station and for paying for the station. The Town purchased 1 tho station from the New York Central Railroad for $25,000. WATER REPORT WANTED WHITE PLAINS— Residents who have rain water cisterns that are used as a source of water supply are asked to con tact: Richard McLaughlin Sanita tion Division, County Health De partment. White Plains, N.Y. SOMEONE NEW has been add ed! Or is he so new? At right is ex-Mayor Harry Blackeby. for many years, the Mayor of the Village of Mount Kisco, who since moving to his new home on Croton Avenue, has been appoint ed to the Mount Kisco Planning Board of Appeals. He is here caught in a moment of consulta- tion with Edward Olim, chair man of the Board on which he will serve—Photo by D. B. Kirch hoff.
