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Democrat Marchigiani Defeats Salvato in Bedford Voting CHAPPAQUA NEWS PAGES 5,13,16 News of other North Westchester communities on inside pages. Serving Mount Kisco 81 Years—No. 21 01 It sffNORTHScHJirERTk Mount Kisco, N.Y, Thursday, November 5,1959 SECOND CLASS POSTAGE PAID AT MOUNT KISCO. N.Y.. AND CHAPPAQUA, N.Y. 5 CENTS Serving New Castle 32 Years Defeats Green by 500 Votes to Regain Post BURSTING with pride, three of the most ardent supporters of Albert V. Marchigiani eonciatu- late the first Democrat to be elected in the town of Bedford in 55 years. Standing are his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Angelo Marchigiani. and his wife, Jean. The youthful attorney, who also is town Democratic chairman, was elected justice of the peace, detcating Republican candidate Edward T Salvato—Staff Photo BY Dante RaffaeH Engineer Estimates Cost OtHighSU6bat$7,000 & MOUNT KISCO— The Mount Kisco Village Board decided 1 Monday night to inspect conditions on' High St. before taking any action on having the dead-end street made a through street. The board's ?>c*inn came after it received a report by Village En gineer Marcus Prytherch on the approximate co<=t of ha\ ing the street extended. The board had in structed Prytherch to make the study after 13 residents of High St. petitioned to have the road way extended. In his report. Pry-then h stated that the proposed Wood St. which would make High St. a through street, would ha\e a \minimum proposed grade of 14 per cent*' and cost about $7,000. He said 53 500 would be for excavation and $3,500 for new road construe tion. \With a new alignment for the street.\ Prytherch said, \the grade would be approximately 10 per cent and the total cost about $8,000.\ The village is planning to con struct Wood St. sometime in the future However, the residents of the area asked that the street be completed now even though it be maintained as a dirt road at pre sent The residents had asked the board in their petition to \correct conditions that could prove seri ous and quite disastrous.\ They were referring to the fire hazard that they say exists on the High St. 500-foot extension, which is a steep hill that runs north and south off Thorn Ave. The petition ers live on the extension. Since the High St. extension is a dead end street with only the steep hill as an access, the residents consider it a fire hazard. The street that they want built wou'd run from High St. to Wallace St. Freeze on Building Permits In Windmill Farm Thawed ARMONK- The North Castle Town Board will rescind its freeze on building permits and certificates of occu pancy in Windmill Farm, officials said Tuesdav At the request of the County Health Department, the board had adopted a resolution at a special meeting on Thursday banning the permits until the health authorities were satisfied that the water sup ply is adequate The Health De partment has since filed a letter with the board withdrawing its ob jections, based on submission of a statement filed by an engineer for the Windmill Farm Water Works Co. The engineer's statement showed that the water supply is adequate for present needs and for two pro posed new subdivisions. In addition, a map of the water distribution system was filed with the health authorities. The developers plan to erect a storage tank sufficient for one day's needs in the develop ment by June 1. I960. Reuben Chase, attorney for the water company, said last night that the company is considering going ahead on plans to finance the pro ]ect on a term of less than one year which will not require the consent of the Public Service Com mission. Contractor William H. Hall Named Building Inspector How Marchigiani Won In Bedford Election District Salvato Marchigiani 1 318 236 2 206 206 3 233 278 4 186 308 5 154 % 341 6 ' 349 m L ( 206 164'- 8 310 295 9 140 195 10 358 226 2460 2582 Marchigiani Is Victor In Bedford BEDFORD— For the first time in 55 years a Democrat was elected to public office Tuesday in the Town of Bedford. Albert Marchigiani defeated Re publican Edward Salvato for Jus tice of the Peace by 122 votes. Marchigiani, a Bedford Hills at torney and chairman of the Bed ford Democratic Committee, was making his third try for the of fice. Political observers attributed the spectacular victory to Marchigi ani's personal popularity and a split in the Republican ranks that caused party leaders to drop vet eran Judge J. Franklin Ryan and replace him with Salvato. Ryan, who had been police justice since 1922, ran against Salvato m the Republican primary but was de feated. Hart Runs Strong Another Democratic candidate. Patrick J. Hart, made a strong showing, although he did not win Hart polled 2408 ballots in his spirited bid for a seat on the Town Council, only 236 fewer than Town Republican Chairman A. Ross Jones, who was electee) to the Council along with W. Harold Crane. All other Republican candidates won handily, Supervisor Douglas L. Barrett leading the ticket with 3,351, closely followed by Town Clerk William J. Millmore, with 3,348. Jpnes said be was gratified that .the'tf&ykt B^ard^uWcoDjinue Q 1 -tt r - trn. - • 'A^ .3.' —^T.f^ T)«~ i KEY TO DISTRICTS-No. I, Court House, Bedford Village; No. 2, Municipal Building, Mount Kisco; No. 3. Legion Hall, Mount Kisco; No. 4, Methodist Church Parish House, Bedford Hills; No. 5, Bedford Hills Community House; No. 6, Memorial House, Katonah; No. 7. Bedford; No. 8, Methodist Church Parish House, Katonah; No. 9. Town House, Bedford Hills; No. 10, Historical Hall, Bedford Village. In the justice of the peace race because he felt that \the abler candidate was passed over.\ \Nevertheless I congratulate Marchigiani on his victory and he (Turn to Page II, Please) MOUNT KISCO— William H. Hall, a Mount Kisco contractor, was appointed build ing inspector on Monday by the Village Board by a 4-1 vote. He will assume his duties Monday. Mayor Betty Potter seconded a motion for the first time m her three years on the board. Sue said she did it to \bring the issue to a vote\ and because \I think he is qualified.\ Trustee Joseph Bondi had made the motion for Hall's appointment. Trustees Roland House and Ed win Lancaster also voted for Hall. But Lancaster noted he voted Veterans Day To be Marked MOUNT KISCO- On Wednesday, Nov. II, Vet erans Day, the members of the Moses Taylor Jr. Post, American Legion, will conduct a brief me morial ceremony at the Honor Roll on Mount Kisco's Municipal Build- tog lawn, beginning at 11 a.m. i Cmdr. Dominic Amuso cordially Invites all wh,o can to attend this ceremony in tribute to the War Dead of the United States Armed Forces, He asks also that those who by reason of work or home duties cannot be present, ob serve a minute of silence at 11 for Hall after \urging another man's appointment.\ Lancaster said he had favored the same applicant that Trustee William Mack backed. Lancas ter added the man had the \exper ience and qualifications of a man I would like to see break into the job \ Mack was the lone dissenter on the board as he announced he would \have to subordinate my desire to get a man in the vil lage whose qualifications are unique.,' Mack said the candidate \edu cated and trained\ as a building inspector and was making the field his career. Cites Important Duties \I think it is more important to be qualified than to be locaJ,' Mack declared, \and since the zoning laws in the proposed Master Plan will require con siderable work, I feel we need a man specially trained to handle the job.\ Mack disclosed that the man he wanted named to the post was now working as a building inspec tor in the department of a city of about 80,000 population. Hall will take over a post that has been vacant since last spring when Arthur Hayman retired. The job also requires Hail to be the plumbing inspector, fire inspector and assessor. The job; for which there had been more than 30 ap plicants, pays $6,598. Master Plan Zone Study Nearing End MOUNT KISCO— Trustee William B. Mack report ed Monday night to the Mount Kis co Village Board that his commit tee studying the zoning laws pro posed in the village's Master Plan could be expected to complete its job within 10 days. Mack said that one phase of the study, which is being made in two! parts, has been completed. He ex plained that the committee was ready with its report on the zon ing map of the Master Plan but that it was still working on the new zoning laws. After the committee completes its study and makes its recommen dations to the Village Board, a public hearing will be set on the rezoning proposed in the Master Plan. When the \Blue Print For the Future\ is officially approved by the Village Board, all development in the community will be along the liness called for in the plan. The Master Plan was approved by the Planning Board in August after two years of study The board approved zoning changes called for in the plan a month later. Serving on the zoning committee with Mack are Trustee Edwin La caster, Village Manager David Goodman and Village Attorney Frederick Shulman- 4\ WILLIAM H. BALL E. P. Barrett Silent on Vote Upset KATONAH— It was the morning after an unprecedented election that saw the Democratic Party make its first break-through in a half - century of Town of Bedford polit ical campaigns by electing Al bert V. Marchigiani as one of the town's two justices of the peace. Eighty-eight year old E P. Barrett who for more than three decades led the GOP to victory at the polls, carefully studied elect/on results but had little to say about the outcome. His son and successor as supervisor, Douglas L. Barrett, had been re turned to office by a 600 vote majority and the long ruling Re publican Party had retained control of the town council by reelecting one councilman and electing another for an unchal lenged 3-0 majority on the board. However, the fact that the opposition had been success ful in electing but one of its can didates was seen throughout the town as a major triumph for a hard struggling band of politi cal die-hards who refused to give up despite continued setbacks at Bedford polls at elections on town, state and national levels. The former GOP political chief declined to comment when ask ed to what he attributed his par ty's surprising defeat in the race for justice of the peace. His only observation was that he hadn't followed the campaign closely enough to comment on the outcome. He did say, how ever, that he did not believe the GOP Primary fight for the J. P. nomination had brought about defeat of Edward Salvato, town committee designee to succeed incumbent J. Franklin Ryan who had entered town politics about the same time E. P. Barrett launched his long career as a public official. Nierenberg Wins as J.P. Over Adams CHAPPAQUA- Democratic supervisor candidate . Edward Fox on Tuesday won back by more than 500 votes the post he lost to Republican Arthur Green by 50 votes in 1957 in the New Castle Town election. The vote was: Fox, 3,091; Green, 565. One other Democratic candidate won in New Castle. He was David Nierenberg, an attorney, who de feated Henry A. Adams for justice of the peace by 24 votes. Adams had held the post for 20 years. Fox, former mayor of Mount Kisco, polled 507 more votes than Green in the three Mount Kisco districts lying wihtin New Castle his own in the other seven dis tricts to gain the victory. Green THE WINNER . . .and new champion!—Successful in his bid to recapture the highest admin istrative post in New Castle, J. Edward Fox flashes victory smile at New Castle Democrat ic Headquarters Election Night after his decisive defeat of the Republican incumbent, Supervis or Arthur L. Green. Two years ago it was just the other way around, with Green the victor by 52 votes — Staff Photo by Dante Raffaeli Progress in Yorktown Test Borings Are Completed For Area's New High School YORKTOWN— The new $1.5 million senior high school for Yorktown Central Dis trict No. 2 moved a step nearer reality on Monday with receipt of a letter from the architects that test borings have been completed on the site—the former Kunz prop erty on Crompond Rd. At its monthly meeting, the Board of Education was given a written progress report by the architects, Ferrenz and Taylor of New York City. Preliminary plans already have been approved by the State Edu cation Dept. at Albany and the board plans to call for bids by mid-January, with actual construe Wednesday Is Holiday Nov. 11, Veterans Day will be a holiday for schools, banks, the post office and the Village Clerk's office in the village of Mount Kis co. The collection of non-combusti bles will not be made next Wed nesday, all accumulations being picked up on Nov. 18, the next reg ular collection day. The Post office lobby will be open until noon for the convent ence of box holders and all spe cial delivery mail will be deliv ered. The North Westchester Times will not be closed and deadlines will remain the same as usual. Kisco Youth Survives Gun Shot Wounds MOUNT KISCO— Harry R. Marshall Jr., nineteen- year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Mar shall of 100 East Way, this vil lage, has resumed studies at the University of Virginia after recov ering from an accidentally inflict ed gunshot wound. Marshall, a Fox Lane H.S. grad uate and now a junior at the Charlottesville, Va. university, was critically injured on Oct. 5 when he and classmates were returning by auto from a day of target prac tice at Lynchburg, Va., about 70 miles from the university. The Mount Kisco youth was at the wheel of the car when wound ed in the back by a slug from a 22 calibre pistol, that went off ac cidentally while in the hands of one of Marshall's classmates. The wounded youth was taken to Lynchburg Hospital where he hov ered near death. Contrary to re ports, however, he was not para lyzed as a result of the shooting but his condition was so grave at the tim/\ that Virginia State Po lice contacted Mount Kisco Police on the day of the shooting and asked that the youth's parents be promptly notified of the mishap and their son's critical condition. Mr. and Mrs. Marshall, whose other son, \Butch\ is a Fox Lane H.S. senior, left immediately for Lynchburg. When young Marshall had recovered sufficiently to be moved, he was transferred from Lynchburg Hospital to the Uni versity Hospital to complete his convalescence. He has since been discharged from there and has re sumed classes. His parents sa*fi this week they expect their son will be able to return home for t the Thanksgiving holiday. lj O tion scheduled to start early next spring. Plans also are moving forward for the new elementary school to be constructed on the Lee proper ty, which is opposite the Kunz tract. With tax collections brisk, the Board voted to invest $300,000 in U. S. Treasury bills which return 4 per cent interest and which ma ture in three months. The District Vote For Green and Fox Green 145 273 polled a large plurality in only two districts — District 2 at the Millwood Firehouse and District 5 at the Robert E. Bell School in Chappaqua. Gretn Thanks Backers Green, who had defeated Fox when he was seeking a second term, was philosophical about the defeat as he noted that \one man has to lose and one win\ in politics. Green \yas among the first 'to'congratulate'fhe three Republi cans and two Democrats -w}io won and expressed his \heart - felt tijanks\ io those who worked for him in the election. Fox, who conducts a catering business, has been extremely suc- fessful in politics in Mount Kisco and New Castle. He served sev en years on the Mount Kisco Board* of Trustees ind was serving his second term as mayor of the vil- (Turn to Page 11, Please) District \ et Leaves Cause Skid, 2 Injured KATONAH— Slippery, wet leaves that blanket many highways in the upcounty area were said to have been re sponsible for an auto accident that resulted in injury to two Katonah men eariy Saturday afternoon. Forty - seven - year old Thomas Curtis and twenty - five - year old John DeLaney of Four Winds re quired treatment for injuries suf fered when a car driven south on Route 22 by Curtis crashed into a wall at the intersection of Route 35. Curtis told Bedford Town Po lice he was making a turn to Route 35 when his car skidded on wet leaves, went out of control and left tne highway, striking the wall be fore he could halt it. Curtis suffered lacerations of the chin. His companion was treated for lacerations of the head and face. Miss Hedger Asked For State Advice BEDFORD— Miss Edn? L. Hedger, director of elementary education of Bed ford Central Dist. 2, has been in vited by Dr. James Allen, Com missioner of Education for the State of New York, to participate in forming a New York State Council on Economic Education. The first meeting of the group is scheduled in Albany on ISTov. 10. In his letter to Miss Hedger, Dr. Allen pointed out the neces sity of children understanding the workings of economics in a demo cracy and the fact that the life and support of democratic insti tutions, including schools, depend upon the \strength and vigor of a free economy.\ The initial meeting will be organizational in nature. 1 5 6 7 8 9 10 268 248 m 315 367 228 153 233 Fox 354 219 333 379 273 296 377 30 32 238 2565 3091 KEY TO DISTRICTS-No. 1, Moore Ave , Mount Kisco; No. 2, Millwood Firehouse; No. 3, Senter St. Firehouse. Chappa qua; No. 4, Green St Firehouse, Mount Kisco; No. 5, Bell School, Chappaqua; No. 6, Bristol Fire house, Chappaqua; No. 7. Scout House, Roaring Brook Rd., Chappaqua; No. 8, Greeley H.S., Chappaqua; No. 9, Italian-Amer ican Club, Mount Kisco; No. 10, Roaring Brook School, Chappa qua. Indian Party Man Ordered from Poll MOUNT KISCO— Henry Widmann. a member o the incumbent Indian Party here, didn't miss a chance to \plug\ for his party at the Nov. 3 town election, village police report ed the next day. At 5:55 p.m. on election day, a Spring It. resident phoned police headquarters and complained that the over-enthusiastic politico man was \soliciting votes for j the In dian Party\ at the Mount Kisco Italian American Club 1 polling place in New Castle Dist. 9. Ptl. Donald Dressig was sent to the scene and ordered Widmann to do his vote soliciting at the required 100 foot distance from the polling place. PETER J. Bt|pK (Stories on the outcome of elections in the towns of Somers, North Salem, Yorktown, Lewis- boro, Pound Ridge and North Castle will be found on Page 9) Civic Group Acts to Buy Kisco Depot MOUNT KISCO— Civic and business leaders meet ing Saturday voted to form a per manent committee to raise funds with which to purchase the Mount Kisco railroad depot from the New •y.ork Central. The move is also aimed at pre serving the beauty of Kirby Plaza on which more than $35,000 was expended when the depot was re located during the multi - million dollar grade crossing elimination project. 19 Attend Meeting The meeting was held in the Guest House of The Reader's Di- (Turn to Page 11, Please) Peter Buck Named Kisco Police Judge MOUNT KISCO- Peter J. Buck, a lifelong resi dent, was named Monday by the Village Board to fill the unexpir ed term of Judge John F. Reed Jr. as police justice. The term will expire in March, 1961. Reed, whose resignation was ac cepted \with regret\ on Monday by tne board, resigned as Kisco police justice to run for that posi tion in New Castle, where he has been serving since June. He had been named to fill the unexpired\ term of the late Hamilton H'cks. Fordham Graduate Buck, a 1956 graduate of Ford- ham la\v school, has been serv ing as acting police justice in the village since April 1958. He. grad uated from Manhattan College in 1951. After his graduation from law school, Buck became associated with Garvey and Conway, a New York City law firm. He left the firm a year later to become an attorney for the Allstate Insurance Co. at White Plains. Army Veteran Buck attended St. Francis Ele mentary School in Mount Kisco and graduated from St. Mary's High 1 School at Katonah in 1945. He entered the army after his graduation. Reed had been serving as Mount Kisco police justice since 1945 when he.was appointed to the post after his discharge from the Army* He was first elected to police justice in 1947. p» x