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CHAPPAQUA NEWS PAGES 5,17 News of other North Westchester communities on inside pages. ,^./ t aqua — 10 Center St 5 CENTS Serving Mount Kisco 81 Years—No. 27 MOUNT KISCO, N.Y, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1959 SECOND CLASS POSTAGE PAID AT MOUNT KISCO. N.y;, AND CHAPPAQUA. N.Y. Serving New Castle 32 Years MOUNT KISCO WINTER Miss Williamson, 99 Saturday, Still Enjoys Good Health The editor of the North Westchcs ter Times New Castle Tribune re> ceived a letter this week from an old friend of long standing. But this friend is someone very spe cial for she will be ninety-nine years old on Saturday. She is Miss Elizabeth Williamson, a descend ant of the first settlers of Bedford in 1681, and Bedford's oldest liv ing native. Miss Williamson lives with her niece. Miss Katharine B. Clark, and her nephew, Robert K. Clark Jr. on Guard Hill Rd Miss Wil liamson's letter follows: \Dear Editor: Each year you ask me for a re port on myself when my birthday overtakes me On Dec. 19 I am to be ninety nine vears old or shall I say ninety nine years young? During 1939 I ha\ e not had a day of illness that has necessitated calling a doctor. I have not even had a cold Of course this does not mean that I <;o as much as I have done in vcars gone by but it does mean that I am yet no invalid. I am usually ready to arise by nine thirty and I get about my room using a walker for safety. I no longer try to go down stairs for the coming up is too tiring for me. I find that due to deafness and poor vision I make more mistakes than I used to but I feel that I can be excused. I do not let these infirmities of age make me unhappy. My distant vi sion is remarkably good but near vision is poor. I can look off over the farm that was once my granr>- father's and my father's, see the fences and trees and a man walk ing up the hill. Nothing misses my eyes in the distance. But I have to use a magnifying glass for read ing. I write by guessing but my writing can still be read. However, I do feel that I have had a better year than some younger people I know. It does not seem that there can be much for me to say that has not been said before but I still think for I seem to have so much stored away in the attic of my mind. Minds are just naturally gooci storage places. There has been quite an accumulation over the years. I am asked so many questions about early Bedford that I some times wonder if people think that I was here with the first settlers Looking back over the years it sometimes seems as if I may have been for I have never lived any where else for almost a century. Sometimes my niece and nephew- ask me about things that happen ed before I was born. I have to remind them that after all I do not go back as far as Adam and Eve. Proud of Ancestors There are traditions I try to II* up to I am a church member like my first settler ancestors, of whom I am very proud. Church membership was requir ed of all Bedford inhabitants in 1681. Only Godly people came to a new settlement where the re quirements were so very strict They were of the Puntam faith and took their religion very seriously. Tliat is why descendants of the first settlers take such pride in Bedford Presbyterian Church for it is the oldest church organiza tion in Bedford township. When the first church in Bedford was built territory now Yonkers, White Plains and Peekskill were called the wilds. \The history of the Bed ford Church is notable among the histories of old American church es,\ so says James Wood in his (Turn to Pago 23, Please) Bowlers Give $1,313 to Mothers Fund MOUNT KISCO— The sum of $1,313 has been con tributed to the Four Mothers Fund through the cooperation of the management of the Cross Roads Recreation bowling lanes and the 23 bowling leagues rol ling there. It was learned by this news paper that one of the women bowlers had the idea to raise money for this fund and contact the officers of the leagues sug gesting that they ask each mem* ber to donate one dollar to the cause. \The response was so splendid\ she reports, \that rec- ogmtion should go to the men and women who made this pro ject a success.\ The following area bowling leagues participated in donating to the fund- Bedford Village Women, Bedford Village Men. Cross Roads Ladies, Katonah Women, Bedford Hills Women, Mount Kisco Women, Mount Kis co Legion Three MNA, Cross Roads Five Man, Cross Roads Industrial, Pleasantville Men, Katonah Men, Bedford Hills Men Sunday Mixed League, Cross Roads Four Man, General Pre cision Laboratories CYO Men, Readers Digest, Grand Union, Andy's Classics, Windmill Farms Chappaqua Couples Club, Haw thorne Church Club and Com mercial League. Corporations Formed Here MOUNT KISCO- The f o r m a t i o n of the Moger Corp. and the Kisco Corp., new Ijacal realty management com panies, was announced this week by George A. Halstead, vice-presi dent and treasurer of the Halstead Distributing Corp., Mount- Kisco, N. Y. Mr. Halstead is president of the Moger and Kisco Corp. The Moger Corp. has taken over the building and property foritter'- ly known as Young & Halstead Frozen Food and Locker Plant at 14 North Moger Avenue. The same corporation has leased the Frozen Food and Locker Plant section to Carmen J. Fiacco, former mana ger of the Lock Plant for Young & Halstead Co. Mr. Fiacco will con tinue the business under the name of, ''Mount Kisco Frozen Foods and Locker Plant.\ The Kisco Corp*, is the new own er of the property and buildings formerly known as the Young & Halstead Lumber Yard on Kisco Avenue. New MK Librarian Introduced at Tea MOUNT KISCO— Mrs. Arthur Dixon of Wittets Rd., Mount Kisco, member of the Board of Trustees of the Mounr Kisco Village Library, entertained yesterday afternoon at a tea, which introduced Miss Dorothy Hamm'ell of White Plains to members of the staff of the local library. Miss Hammell will come to the MK Methodist Groups Issue Appeal For Member in Financial Distress MOUNT KISCO— An appeal in letters is bring made this week by the Woman's Society for Christian Service and officers of the Methodist Church for help to a member of the con gregation whose husband died re cently after \open heart surgery.\ The mother of three small chil dren, she is already overloaded with medical bills, not to mention the burden of supporting her fam ily. The letter follows: Dear Friends, There are times when we must extend our help to others, as the saying goes, beyond the call of duty. Throughout the whole realm of Christian love and helpfulness, there is no more deserving situa tion than the case where the head of the family has been taken. Ruth Caracciola, a devoted and loyal member of our church, has just lost her husband. Joseph had a heart condition for many years. Until recently, he had been able to lead a fairly normal life. However, for the past year his condition had worsened. For many months he had been unable to work, and even short walk exhausted him. His doctors recently decided something extraordinary must be done to try to save his life. They called upon an outstanding team of heart specialists in Philadelphia who came to New York to perform \open heart surgery.\ His conai- tion was critical throughout the op eration and shortly afterward he passed away. This good family is already over loaded with medical bills. Ruth is carrying the heavy burden of sup porting the family of three small children. The cost of surgery alone was estimated at $3,000. When you add to this the hospital bills and fun eral expenses, the thought is stag gering. At this time of year we know you have so many places for your ex tra dollars, however, we thought if you understood this situation you might like to help lessen Ruth's financial burden. • There is indeed an urgent need here for Christian love and gener osity. Please send your contribu tions to Richard Hall, 82 North Moger Avenue, Mount Kisco, N.Y. Sincerely, The Woman's Society for Chris tian Service and Officers of The ^Methodist Church, Mount Kisco. library on Jan. 1 to take charge when Librarian Mrs. August Robin son, of White Plains, retires. Present at the tea were Mrs. Don ald Braillard, library board mem ber: Mrs. Leonard Sargent. Mrs. John Corell, Mrs. James Yuille., Mrs. Merrill Phillips, and Mrs. Robinson. Mrs. Robinson leaves the libra ry after 13 years of service, hav ing been granted one year over the retirement age. She leaves on Feb. 1. Before coming to Mount Kisco she had served in the New York City Public Library and oth er libraries. While here she en joyed a vacation in Hawaii. Miss Hammell, selected from the Civil Service listing at a sal ary of S5.600. comes from White Plains. She did her undergradtuate work at Adelphi College on Long Island and graduate work at New York University, receiving her Li brarian degree from Columbia. Among the positions which she has held are reference and circulation librarian at New York Public Li brary, assistant at Adelphi College, reference and circulation depart ment at Brooklyn College; head of the Education Library at the Uni versity of Southern California: ref erence library of the United States Dept of State Library in Washing ton, the Smith College Library, Providence Public Library and lately assistant librarian at the Scarsdale Publicc Library. Henley Calls For Stronger GOP in Town CHAPPAQUA— Newly electee) Republican Chairman Earle B. Henley Jr. of New Castle Tuesday declared that \our party must be stengthended throughout the town in order that we will continue to merit the sup port of the voters.\ In his first public statement since taking over the reins of leadership from Daniel K. Chap man, who resigned last week be cause of ill health, Henley empha sized that \the results of the last election point up the fact that the full strength of the Republican Party is necessary in every elec tion, including village elections.' 1 Lost Two Contests In the November balloting, New Castle Republicans lost two of the five town offices at stake to Democratic candidates. Henley said the Town Committee expects to work in close liaison with Republican members of the Town Board \in order to coordi nate and further the Republican EARLE B. HENLEY JR. program throughout the entire town. Opening his statement, the new GOP chieftain said: \I wish to take this opportunity to thank the members of the Re publican Town Committee of New Castle for electing me their chair man. I feel sure that I speak for all of the members in saying that it was with reluctance that Mr Daniel K. Chapman's resignation was accepted. We are all sorry that his illness required this de cision. Tribute To Chapman \Also I want publicly to express my appreciation to Dan Chapman for his outstanding leadership of the Town Committee. I realize that it will be difficult to step into his shoes. \I shall endeavor to do what ever is best for the Republican Party in the Town of New Castle.\ DISCUSSING arrangements! for the First Annual Mount Kisco Winter Carnival being held at Leonard Park Lake on Jan. 23 and 24 are Willis Anderson, new chairman of the Mount Kisco Recreation and Leonard Park Commission, Carl Lubkeman, Race Director of the Winter Car nival and staff member of The North Westchester Times New Castie:;C[jr4b\i\\e, and Qifford-Bak %te,^reerpa€bn djrecior. of the SJounf <]&'sco~Reereatt6iE' - - Early Copy Is a Must For Holiday The North Westchester Times New Castle Tribune will be on the street Tuesday instead of the cus tomary Thursday, in deference to the Christmas holiday and there fore there will be a change in deadlines. The two editorial offices in Mount Kisco and Chappaqua, will be open Saturday to receive news releas es, and all photographs to be used in the Dec. 22 issue, must be in by 9 a.m. Saturday morning. C.assified advertising will be ac cepted until 5 p.m. Monday. Practically every shop will be closed Christmas Day as will the schools, banks, municipal offices and the Post Office. Boxholders may pick up mail between 10 a.m. and noon on Christmas, when the lobby will be opened. Only spe cial delivery mail will be deliv ered that day. Garbage collection on the west side of the Village will not be made, all accumulations being being picked up on the following Tuesday. Employes of the Mount Kisco village office will also have Satur day off. CHANUKAH WORKSHOP CHAPPAQUA- A workshop on the significance of Chanukah and the celebration of this colorful \festival of light\ in the. home will be presented to morrow (Friday) at Temple Beth El of Northern Westchester. The seminar is set for 8:45 p.m. Mrs. Theodor Meyerhof is in charge. Leonard Park Lake Site Show Set For 1st MOUNT KISCO— The Mount Kisco Recreation and Leonard Park Commission, and The North Westchester Times New Castle Tribune will co-spon sor the first annual Ice Show on the Leonard Park lake site on Jan. 23 and 24. Get out your skates, kiddies, and get set to go into the qualifying round of winter's gayest carnival in Northern Westchester! Perhaps you will be one of the 11 cham pion speed skate finalists to win a handsome trophy in Mount Kis- co's first annual Winter Carnival! There will be nineteen excite ment packed races on the pro gram, a giant parade of contest ants with the King and Queen of the 1960 Winter Carnival in the lead. There will be an array of gay, extraordinary and funny cos tumes, and prizes for this too! Topping off the two day program will be a Race Of Champions, ex hibitions in figure and speed skat ing by champions and excham- pions to be announced at a later date, a midget hockey game, mus ic, thrills and excitement galore for one and all. All of this has been officially confirmed by Willis Anderson, in coming Recreation Commissioner, Clifford Balcom, Mount Kisco Rec reation Director, John F. Herbert of the Recreation Commission and Carl Lubkeman, race director of the Winter Carnival and staff mem ber of the North Westchester Times New Castle Tribune. Leonard Park Lake will' be the site of the competitions and Jan. 23 will be the date for the prelimin ary trial heats. The finals and dazzling Winter Carnival Speed Skating Championships will be held on Sunday, Jan 24 at 1 p.m. weath er permitting. If a cancellation is in order, the following Saturday and Sunday has been set to ac commodate the long and exciting program, - Application for o f f i c i a 1 entry blanks.-.apjieair oxtstlie sports .-page of today's \paper. Official- en try blanks can also be obtained by filling out entry coupons available at most of the retail stores in Mount Kisco, Katonah, Chappaqua, Bedford Hills, Bedford, Pleasant ville, Thornwood, Hawthorne, Ma- hopac and Somers. Don't delay, . . . Get in on the fun! Speed your entry coupon in now. All you need is a pair of ice skates and the desire to have a weekend of excitement at Mount Kisco's gayest Winter Carnival ever. Mail your entry in today! Remember the date . . .Jan. 23. See you on the starting line at the preliminaries! MK Area Offers Presents from Camel to Lion MOUNT KISCO — With just seven more shopping days left to Christmas the pace in the village shows a consider able speed-up since last week. All of the local shops are open after 6 p.m., with additional clerks added to the staffs -for the convenience of shoppers. Parking areas still have room and are filling and emptying with a rapidity which should predict good sales for the merchants. However, if one leaves the major portion of the Christmas list to the last minute, remem ber the clerks are tired and riled a bit too, and do be con siderate. _ A stuffed camel, a live lion and almost anything a shopper could wish for, are procurable right in your own home town, which should save precious time and wild goose chases to other areas. So give the local mer chants' wares a look-see and don't go anywhere else. \WE JUST CAN'T WAIT!\ exclaimed Karen O'Brien, five, Thomas Tooley, five and Mary Lou Tooley, two. All three chil dren are Pee Wee Girl and. Cub Boy aspirants for championship awards that await every partici pant at the First Mount Kisco Annual Winter Carnival, to be held Jan. 23 and 24. PlafyBoi On New Down Zoning Issues KATONAH— The Town of Bedford's five-man planning board, sharply criticised at a public hearing last week for its selection of research - office zones in Katonah, Bedford Hills and Bedford Village, has been asked to render an opinion on an other highly explosive matter growing out of a request for down zoning of more than 70 acres of Croton Lake Rd. property here. Rural Estates Inc. and Maria Bernardo, owners of adjoining 59 J ,2 and 16.2 acre tracts on the southerly side of Croton Lake Rd. have petitioned town councilmen to rezone them from four to one acre classification/ Coun cilmen heard the requests at thpir regular monthly meeting that fol lowed a public hearing on R-0 zoning. It was probably the most hotly debated zoning issue the council has heard this year. After hearing two hours of almost solid opposition to planning board choices of R-0 zones and criticism of planners themselves, the coun cil didn't fix hearing dates on down-zoning petitions received that day but promptly referred them to the planning board. That is a cus tomary procedure in Bedford but on previous occasions the council has set a hearing date the same day it referred an application to planners. In view of packed \houses\ at previous zone hearings on Croton Lake Rd. property, the council may decide to hold the hearing at some place larger than its cramp ed meeting room in Town House. There is also a possibility the hear ing may be held in the evening DANCE POSTPONFD The Italian American Club has announced that a New Year's Eve dance scheduled for the benefit of the Mothers Fund has been post poned to a later date in January. The action was taken not to con flict with other events being held in the area on Dec. 31 for the same cause. NEW LIBRARIAN of the Mount Kisco Village Library, Miss Dorothy Hammell of White Plains (fourth from right), was introduced yesterday at a tea at the home of Mrs. Arthur Dixon of Willets Rd„ a member of the Bdard of Trustees. Left to right fa- are Mrs. Donald Braillard, Mrs. Plains, the retiring librarian; Dixon, Mrs. James Yuille, Mrs. Mrs. John Corell and Mrs.. Leon- Merrill Phillips, Miss Hammell, ard Sargent. Miss Hammell suc- Mrs. August Robinson of White ceeds Mrs. Robinson on Jan. 1— Staff Photo by Dante Raffaeli rather than afternoon as has been the custom. Taxpayers who attend ed the public hearing on Dec. 8 to protest R-0 zone sites, suggested that hearings be held at night in the future so more could attend. One of them pointedly reminded the council that \taxpayers are voters too.\ United Fund Solicits Volunteers MOUNT KISCO— Volunteers are needed at the central office of the United Fund of Northern Westchester at 510 Lexington Avenue, Mount Kisco. College students home for the holidays, a housewife needing a change of pace, anyone who would like to make a contribution of a few hours to the work of the Unit ed Fund is needed and welcome. The Fund is conducting a com bined drive to support 24 charit able agencies in Northern West chester. 13,600 contributions have been made to the fund to date, with more coming in every day. Each contribution must be posted and pledges noted. No bookkeep ing is involved, the work's easy. If you can give a few hours, at any time of day, to the work of the United Fund, call MO 6-4189, or drop in at the United Fund of fice in the building of the Italian- American Men's Club at 510 Lex ington Avenue, Mount Kisco, near Calico Corners. Both Are Sold The First Day! Coverage, readership and re sults, and most important to you when time is short, out standing pulling power effective immediately—that's the kind of service a want ad delivers. You'll sell, for example, when you do a complete and thorough job of covering the area with a want ad similar to the fol lowing, which appeared in the North Westchester Times, New Castle Tribune and the other Westchester Group Newspapers: ACCORDION—120 bass \Excelsior good condition, 5150. Lionel trains, complete. NB 0-0000. \Tremendous! Both the ac cordion and the train set were sold the very first x day our ad appeared. Altogether eight readers responded,\ the pleased advertiser said. And remember, the new economical want ad rate is in effect now! You can place a three-line want ad in this news paper three times for a cost as low as $1.98! .Phone MO 6-4133 CE 8-3020
