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South New Berlin Library South New Berlin Bee VOIiUME SIXTY t EIGHT GltBERTSVII/LE, N. Y. 13776 NUMBER THIRTY-OVJUSrE THURSDAY, SEPT.. 30, 1965 SINGLE COPY PRICE — 10^ LeHer te the fDHlR As Written By I Roy cGstUintrer I Station WCHN i and Presejiteoi I Norwich, N. Y. I Moms Walloiis Cville 52 to 6 Dear Editor: Lovers of the theater of the old days, the days of Lew Doictostader, A1 Jolson, .George Phimrose, Honey Boy Evans and many others of the mdnstrel dfcage and musical shows, wiE reoall the greatest baritone of theffn lEl —■ Franklin A. Bat'ie. Those days ooanpo'sed a page in theatrical history that oan never repeat itself. Frank Ba- tie, as he was known to the world of~his d‘ay as the man who imimoilfcalized “ ’Tiiii the Sinds of The Desertt Grow Cold,” was a Ohenango County boy, a boy who blended his voice with others of his age in ■ the dhoir of St. Pa'ui’fe CarthoiLic Chunch in Norwich. Frank Batie was the singer without whom the famed A1 Jollson would not step onto the stage and who, aiflter a quartber of a century as an artist, min strel show stylist of songs, and the mian wtho, when bis star had reached the zenith, calmly retired and w'as found by this writer working behind the ooiiniter of a little store in Ox ford. The life of Frank Batie was fantastic. Handsome, and hail ed by the Chiciago Tribune as the “best dressed man on the American Stage,” he “had at that time lived in retirement for 14 years — since that night in 10!34 when, at the crest of his sulocess, and with one of the finest night’s performances of his dareer behind h!im, he shook hands with Jolson and walked out of the world of the theater forever. There are many today who can rem'ember the exquisite voice of FranM'in Batie in his home town of Norwich, as he sang at local functions. Ihe young lad w’as generous with his talent and felt that he was bringing good to his friends by the use of his golden Voice — the voice whiich later carried Mm to fame. As the railroad m-an’s son grew into his 20’s his voice be came sweeter, and it was na tural th*at he ^ o u ld gravitate toward the theatiical stage. He was suidcessful from the first, and soon came to the notice of ^CQonidnu^.anHage .8) Doug George of Morris, No. 32, moves from just inside the 10 yard.line to score the visiting team’s foinlih touchdown againiSt Gilbertsville in the game on the.latter’s home grounds last Sat- urday afternoon. Gilhertsville scored one touchdown in the sec ond quarter and the half ended 14-?6. The second half, with back Gary Newton sidelined by knee injuries, found GRbertsville un able to cope with its powierful opponents. •Even with their favored team taking a beating the cheering squad never lost their enthusiasm and kept urging the Gilberts- ville boys to keep hitting . . . whiehJthey did* Above (1-r) Anne Tohey, Christme Lent, Betty Keene, Jane Lawson, Cheryl jRowe, Linda Freer, Linda Osborne and Irene Ulm. Heads County GOP Boy Scout Finance Campaigns Start In October Ootcber :-s “finance cam- paign morl'.h” f:r the Obscho- dela Council, Inc. Bioy Scouts of America and Distnict Clam- paign Chairmen have been re- cruitinfg communiity chairmen for the pasit month in an effiort to get leaders selected and C p- . tains and Workers ready for^ the big “kick-eff” which comes in a few weeks. The B'oy Scouts -:f America diepend upon volunbeer co-nitri- bultions from every citizen in the Community to- support its work and all of its operations. In the area covered by the lo-oal Scout Council, Scouting is on “the march” in Otseigo, Schoharie and Delaware coun ties. Boy membensShip is in creasing and ten new Scouting units have been registered this far in 196i5. ^ ’ Even with the record >of eve- •ry third boy betweea the ages of 8 and 16 years a registered Scout, there are many more boys who would like tO' become Scouts if leaders could be re cruited and institutions avail- ablie to help in this .work. $43,319 .'OOi is' needed to ex pand and furither this program for the Gadendar year of 19i66. In the Yale Lyon District, Frank Reeves and Ray Keller, Otelgo,'are Chairman and Go- Ohairman for that area. They have planned a “kiick-'oifif” meeting at the home of Frank Reeves on Wednesday, S^ept. 29. ----------------- 0 ------------ — Cheering just came naturally to the Morris leadeiis who had plenty to cheer about. Seen kneeling (1-x) -are Fran Dodge, U n - da Zodh and Amy Wagner. Standing, Linda Sorenson, Deibbie Lull, Lorraine Decker and Candy Crumb. The second week of play in New Berlin by a 25 tO' 21 sco-re th e Tri-iOounty Association pl'aced- this team in second po- Football League found three siition. teams massaicring their oppon- Mt. Upton’s win over Frank- ents *>and pl'acing Morris and lin by a 38 to 7 score and Gil- Laurens in a tie for first place benfcsville’s loss to (Morris by a _ with two wins each.- Laurens 5l2 to 6 score left these three defexited Milford 25 to 0. Due teams tied for third piiace with, to the fact sthat EdmestOn has one win and one loss eaeh. played only one game thus far Cherry VaEey heOd fourth place in the season, its won oyer So. (Continued on Page 8) SCOTT E. GREENE Lightning struck at the meet ing of the Ob-iego County Re- putoliidan Commlittee dn the Courithouse at Oooperstown on Saturday lafternoon Sept. 25‘ and Scott E. Greene, Coaperstown attorney, emerged as Chairtmx.n of ithe County Comanittee to take over the post of James R. Macduff who has held that po- 'sition for 'the past 28 years and who anno'unced last June that he Would retire after the FaE primaries. Mr. Miacduff at the time of his announcement appointed a special coirnmittee to make re- icomm'enda'ti'ons as to who would •succeed him. D'uring the inter vening month's many names have figured in the speculation •about Who' would head up the idoonmi'fctee, but Mr. Greene’s name was not ^rn'org them. Th'at is perhaps understandable since he was a candidate in the RepubEcan primaries against Edwyn E. Mason, Hobart, to succeed himiself in the Assem bly. He lost oult to Assembly- man MaSon. • Other actions of the County committee included -the re- eleotijo-n of Mrs. Katherine Wood, iSpringfielld, as vice- dhairmlan,* Robert M. AtweE, 'Oooperstown, secretary; and Arthur Holley, Oneonifca, treas urer. Tribute was paid to the I'ong- itime leadership of Mr. Macduff, ■S;tate Tax Commissioner, by Mrs. Wood and <o;thers at the meetd'ng. Democrats Name Committee At a Saturday evening ses- :sion in the oo-urthouse atCoop- erstown, perennial Chairman, Dr. Alexander'^F. SarSon, was re-elected Chairimian of 'the Ot sego County Democratic ocm- mittee. Mrs. Margaret Jensen, OaksviUe, was elected vice- chairman; iMrs. Lulu Sbaddock, Town 'of Oneonta', treasurer, and Mrs. Mary Lou Spence, GILBERTSVILLE HYDRANTS WILL BE FLUSHED OCT. 2 Notice is given that the hy drants wiU be flushed in Gil- bertsviEe, Saturday, Oct. 2, at 9 a. m. --- --- 0 --- — BRIDAL SHOWER GIVEN FOR MlSiS LINDA PEGG Miss Linda Pegig, Morris, was guest of honor at -a bridal shiower. Sept. 3, given by her aunt, Mrs. Gfaidys Pegg, New Lisbon. The shower took place at the home of Miss Pegg’s grandparents, Mr. and OVDrs. M. A. Yates, MJorris, with 20 guests present. Refreshments were served. IMiss Pegg is to be m^arried to Roybe Webster of Garraitts'- ville on Oct. 23. Oneonta, secretary, to succeed Mrs. Glenn Blumens'tock, Cher ry Valley who had declined to run. Dr. CarSon nlamed Oneon ta Attorney POiillip J. DeVine as legal counsel for 'the com- mlittee .to sulcceed Albert E. Farone, Oneonta, who (resigned.
