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Tff&je >*:•&% THE SENTINEL Hat Th« Largest: Circulation In E*sax County WEATHER Today, clear and moder- ately cold. Tomorrow, * mostly fair, VOLUME 68 NUMBER 1 T1CONDEROGA, N. Y>^IURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28,1940 SUBSCRIPTION PRICE, $2.00 PER YEAR 54 Registrants Of Initial 157 Classified 1-A 3 Volunteer^Head List Of Men Immediately Avail- able, Pending Medical Exams, Possible Appeal Ticonderoga Draft Board, 376, -which is in charge of selective ser- vice procedure in nine of the 18 towns of Essex county, announced this week that of the first 157 regis- trant^ whose questionnaires have been received, 54 have been placed in the 1-A Classification, and pending medical examination or possible ap- peal, these men are listed as being without dependents and available for immediate call into military training. Draft Board officials also announc- ed Tuesday that one additional reg- Board Has Reviewed 157 Questionnaires Hie Ticonderoga Draft Board announced Tuesday that up to this week the members have re- viewed 157 questionnaires from registrants, which have been clas- sified as follows: Class 1-A, 54. Class 1-C, 3 Class 1-D, 1 Class 11-A 5 Class 111-A, 83 Class 1V-D, 4 Class 1V-F 1 Delinquent cases being held op- en to complete questionnaires 4. Order Numbers 151-400 Listed By Draft Board An additional list of registrants in the Tieonderoga Draft Board area, Boat House At Port Henry Is Razed B y Fire Total Loss to Pleasure Craft and Building Set 1 At $50,000, Reportedly! Without Insurance PORT HENRY, Nov. 27—Fire of j undetermined origin late last night j and early this morning completely Terminal Dock on the site of the Old Bay State Furnace waterfront, at a total loss estimated at $50,000. Mr. Velez said that the building! was not insured, and that he did not 1 believe the owners of the seven cost- ly speedboats stored in the structure for the winter had insurance on the istrant has volunteered for service, j with their local order number and He is Norman Lewis Blanchard of serial numbers, was announced this Crown Point, Order No. 704. The week as follows. Order Serial No. No. Name Address 151 809 Maurice Bruno, Crown Pt. 152 282 John Charboneau, Ti'roga 153 1613 Truman Martin, Moriah Ctr. 154 1116 Earl Rempher, Schroon Lake 155 859 Charles Miller, Mineviile 156 1074 Leonard Anderson, Ti'roga 157 584 Robert Tucker, Crown Point 158 1163 Martin Rose, Port Henry 159 1411 Edward Brannon, Olm'ville 160 309 James Ryan, No. Ti'roga 161 1765 Clifton Woods, Moriah 162 1152 Edmund Morette, Ti'roga 163 536 Francis McCabe, Pt. Henry 164 1251 William Plumadore.Pt.Henry 165 1574 Arthur Lynn, Minerva 166 1662 Edward Bruno, Crown Point 167 1611 Malcolm Gibbs, Ticonderoga 168 771 Frank Swabcsin, Moriah 169 434Wyman Swinton, Crown Pt. 170 251 Gerald Rafferty.CrownPt.Ctr. 171 1367 Robert Aunchman, Ti'roga 172 1417 Sherry Hall, Ticonderoga 173 1902 Felix Deresky, Witherbee 174 659 Frederick Kenyon, With'bee 175 1879 John Makuites, Witherbee two remaining volunteers are Leslie A. Taylor, Ticonderoga, Order No. 737, and Jackson V. Laroy, Crown Point, Order No. 1506. The names of these three volunteers have been placed at the top of the list of 1-A registrants appearing below. It has been recommended by State Selective Service Headquarters that only 20% of 4he registrants be classi- fied at this time, in order to keep classifications current, and unless in- structions to the contrary are receiv- «d, no additional questionnaires will be sent out at this time. Physical examinations of all men thus far placed in Class 1 began last week by the Examining Physician, Dr. John S. Miller of Crown Point, and examinations are proceeding as rapidly as the men can be handled. The local board has recommended to the Adjutant General that three additional examining physicians be appointed to give physical examina- tions in this area. The board felt that travel conditions, especially during the winter, placed too great an in- convenience upon the registrants, and that facilities for examination should be made more readily available. The request has been approved by the Ad- jutant General and appointment of physicians is now being awaited. The complete list of the ;54 reg- Istranfcrfrft!iass 1-A, with their local order numbers, as announced this week, follows: Order No. 704 Norman Blanchard, Crown Pt.(v) 737 Leslie A. Taylor, Ti'roga <v> 1506 Jackson Laroy, Crown Point (v> 2 Michael Gibbs, Newcomb 3 Edward J. Morette, Ticonderoga 8 George R. McGuiness, Pt. Henry 12 Howard C. Fuller, Ticonderoga 15 Gordon French, Crown Point 18 Paul Reed, Port Henry 19 Erwin Shaughnessy, Newcomb 20Ferd M. Briggs, Schroon Lake 21 Beecher E. Plumley, Minerva 22 Norman A. Persons, Minerva 28 Bernard J. Lamica, Ticonderoga 36Luclan Burlingame, Witherbee 39 Elmer J. Facteau, Newcomb 40 Julius T. Scozzafava, Pt. Henry 41 William M. Stoddard, Mineville 42 William T. Dougherty, Minerva 45 Joseph Nells, Crown Point Ctr. 46 Donald W. Curtis, Ticonderoga 51 Juan Jose Velez, Port Henry 698 John Havron, Newcomb 863 Lilburn Yandon, Newcomb 176 177 178 1089 Arnold Conley, Port Henry 179 1286 Clark Towne, Crown Point 180 617 Harold Titus, Crown Point 180-A1916 Ira Kargon, Crown Point 181 893 William Olivadoti, Ti'roga 182 55 Thomas Hanson, Fort Henry 183 206 Richard Martin, Essex 184 1325 Francis Phillips, Ticonderoga 185 317Omer Bisafllon, Moriah 186 1471 Marshall Crawford, Pt.Henry 187 1849 Ernest Ploof, Ticonderoga 188 683 Joseph Kazlo, Witherbee 189 100 Walter May, Ticonderoga 190 262 George Putnam, Moriah 191 1189 Arthur Hughes, Mineville 192 399Armand Morin, Ticonderoga 193 217 Winston Bates, Schroon L. 194 103 John Hall, Ticonderoga 195 220 Howard Reaffel, Essex 1% 1364 William Burrows, Crown Pt. 197 561 Ira Williams, Schroon Lake 198 1133 Louis Bronson, Eliz'town 199 753 Gordon Cauley, Ticonderoga 200 1071 Stanley DuRose, Ti'roga 201 755 Edgar Ritson, Witherbee 202 724 Maple Putnam, Port Henry 203 694 Henry McCoy, Lewis 204 1863 George Hazen, Crown Point 205 1837 William Cunningham,'\' destroyed the Jose Velez boat works and livery located on Lake Champlain about one-half mile north of the old ! North Hudson Peak Is Given New Name ALBANY, Nov. 20 — Arthur riillMgftfJlJr York State histor- ian, announced today change of the name \Middle Dix,\ an Adi- rondack peak rising in North Hudson Township, Essex County, to \Hough Mountain.\ Pound, who said the new name had been approved by the Federal Department of Interior, explained it was chosen to honor Franklin B. Hough, a native of Martinsburg, i^ewis County, who became the first forestry agent in the Department of Agricul- ture. At the same time Pound said consideration is being given to changing the name of Bald Mountain, Warrensburg, to Jim- mie's Peak in memory of James Cameron, pioneer woodsman of that section. Layden May Be Appointed To Supreme Court Whitehall Democrat May Fill Vacancy On Benc h Caused By Death Of Late Justice Rogers Although appointment of a succes- sor to the late Supreme Court Jus- tice Erskine C. Rogers of Hudson Falls is expected to await the re- turn of Governor Lehman from a vacation in California, it was report- ed on good authority that the $15,- 000 a year position probably will go to Assistant Attorney General Leon M. Layden of Whitehall. Aside from confirming the fact that he is a can- didate for the position, and saying \I wish I were as sure\ of getting the appointment as some others seem to think he is, Mr. Layden had no comment concerning the matter. The Whitehall man, one of the leading Democrats of Washington county, will take a year's leave of absence from his duties in the at- torney general's offlce for the hon- or, prestige and additional salary the position on the bench would afford him, it is understood, knowing full well that it would be little more than temporary. The appointment will be for a term expiring December 31, 1941, the law requiring that a jus- tice be elected for a full 14-year term next November. That the Democrat who succeeds Justice Rogers will not serve beyond December 31, 1941, is a foregone con- clusion, because of the normal over- whelming Republican majority in the Fourth Judicial District. Taking a leave of absence would enable Mr. Layden to return to the attorney general's office, where he has two years more to serve under his pres- ent appointment, after the expira- tion of his term on the bench. His salary as an assistant attorney gen unheated, he is unable to determine in many instances, caught without I eral is reported to be around $9,000. the cause of the^fire. The speedboats destroyed ) and Mr. Velez craft. The estimated valued the building and equipment and several of his own pow< sail boats which also fell prey flames at about $15,000. The fire was discovered betweenjetween First Of H I t S \u tSe North Country Ticonderoga and nearly all sec- 11 and 12 o'clock, and by the time tions of the Adirondacks are covered the Port Henry department's appa- with a blanket of fine powdery snow ratus reached the scene, hampered today measuring from five to eight by a heavy snowfall and slippery inches in depth as the result of the roads, the large wooden building and first major snow storm of the sea- its contents were a seething mass son, which started shortly after sev- of flames, visible for miles, and the en o'clock Tuesday evening and con- firemen concerted their efforts to pre- , tinued throughout the night. Today vent the blaze from spreading to oth- is clear and cold, with the temper- er nearby buildings. Heavy coats of ature this morning ranging from 20 varnish on the hulls of the boats to 25 degrees above zero, with a added fury to the blazing inferno. strong wind causing the snow to drift The large building formerly served in some areas. i as a private boat house for the late The storm descended so suddenly Congressman Wallace E. Foote of that scores of motorists were tem^ Port Henry, and a few years ago porarily marooned on roads through- the property was purchased by Mr. out this section of the state Tues- Velez, who converted it into a livery day night, unable to make progress and storage place for private pleas- over the slippery highways without ure craft. He said that the building the aid of chains. No serious ac- was completely re-wired about two cidents were reported., years ago, and as the building was And while automobile drivers were, all-essential chains, likewise did sur- Recently Mr. Layden was reported in the prised pedestrians find walking an | to- be in line for an appointment to The speedboats d . blaze were owned by Abbott Porter unpleasant pastime without rub- of Crown Point; George Eastman bers and overshoes, few having an- of Westport; Beverly Pratt of Port ticipated a storm of the proportions Henry; Charles Evo of Port Henry; of the one which occurred. Prof. Louis Deronte of New York ! Snow plows were placed in opera- City; Mr. Van Alstyne of New York tion Tuesday night ancL the work of City, and Dr. Barrymore of Cleve- clearing roads cbntii and^tl infcei throughout colony. land, Ohio. The latter three are yesterday, and nearly all routes were members of the Westport summer reported in fairly good condition last l evening, although motorists were 'cautioned to proceed with care. j Sam Letson, Ticonderoga town su- perintendent of highways, and Rob- ert O'Dell, village superintendent of ' P ubli c works . had the situation wen l i n hand * Gp e las t night > and Stre€tS ' idik d d i *** th ii CoUllty Court Term IS ^hdld for Mondav TOWNA pe S^SSr^rt'w g th e Vincent of Ticonderoga presiding. It is understood that Charles Den- neau, 33, and Robert Beckwith, 36, recently indicted for grand larceny, first degree, for a jewel theft at Lake 'Placid, to which they subsequently pleaded guilty, and who were to have been arraigned at this term for sen , and town were reported in good l tZ wo££ pieaueu gum-y, «uiu wau wc*c iu »<\<; which caused S50t) „ . been arraigned at this term for sen- r\J\ DU blieboatho\ n * oint tence, are being detained by (the of- «enrv and t*^ Ch l/ £~e!flce of District Attorney Thomas E. ?™ZJ£? JfiSJ?, to a Port ieever f late Tues- 306 H^Kennetk Futnam TC Henry \ ^New York in connection ** night, .kidded on a slippery hill 207 1371 Harold Saype, Westport 208 1219 George LaMere, Lewis while en route to the fire, but the 53 Ralph L. McKeown, Ticonderoga j 209 784 Joseph Trottier, Newcomb 57 Angelo M. Boven, Ticonderoga George DeSimone, Crown Point 63 Harry J. Arnold, Olmstedville 67 John L. Langey, Witherbee | 69 Israel Kingdollar, Port Henry ' 70 Harold L. French, Crown Point 71 Carl E. Covell, Chilson 75 Theodore T. LaRose, Ti'roga 80«A William E. Geraghty, Ti'roga 81 Robert H. Gray, Mineville 86 Louis E. Dudley, Crown Point 89 Norman A. King, Willsboro 95Melvin Maguire, Crown Pt. Ctr. 99 Louis Junco, Witherbee 210 1449 Foster Alphonse, Port Henry 211 693 Ralph Curran, Ticonderoga 212 129 Kenneth Fernette, Ti'roga 213 279 Marvin Thatcher, Ti'roga 214 1195 Harold J. Olden, Minerva (Continued on Page Five) zsswS,s.s ap~ -\\* wlth mlnor dam - Droperty was said to have been pur- *y h e storm broke a wave of ^ the Court of Claims, but this posi tion went to Martin R. Dye of Ro- chester. Failure to receive that ap- pointment is cited in authoritative circles as one of the factors favoring the Washington county, man's selec- tion to succeed Justice Rogers. Mr. Layden is a graduate of Gran ville High school, class of 1910, and of Georgetown University, cli 1913. He served as village attorney at Whitehall for several years and later was a police justice of the vil- lage. In 1923 he was appointed a United States commissioner, in which position he served several years. Up- on the death of Washington County Surrogate Frederick Fraser in 1928 Mr. Layden was appointed to fill the vacancy and the following year he was appointed county judge to fill a vacancy caused by the elevation of Justice Rogers to the Supreme Court bench. He has been an as- sistant attorney general for a num ber of years. While present discussion centers about the identity of the Democrat to be appointed to succeed Justice Rogers, there are indications already of a spirited contest among Republi- can attorneys of the district for the nomination next year. In Warren f D y county, the names of Daniel F. Imrie Final'40 Meeting of Solons Monday EUZABETHTOWN—The final 1940 meeting of tthe Essex Coun- ty Board of Supervisors will con- vene here next Monday, Decem- ber 2, with Chairman William Walker of North Hudson presid- ing. Mrs. Zelma Cook of this village is clerk of the board. The meeting, which will prob- ably continue for two or three days, will be largely devoted to the auditing of bills and the completion of routine business matters for the current year. Elizabeth t o w n New York Power And Light May Buy Local Firm Announcement was made this week that the New York Power and Light Corporation has petitioned for con- sent to acquire the capital stock of the Ticonderoga Electric Light and Power Company, and an official notice of a hearing in the matter, scheduled before the Public Service Commission at Albany on December 10, is published in this issue of The Sentinel. The Ticonderoga Electric Light and Power Company, which is owned and operated by the Investors Trust Com- pany of Providence, R. I., has the exclusive franchise in this communi- ty, and it represents one of the few independent concerns now function- ing in this part of the state, nearly all other public utilities having been purchased by and merged with the New York Power and Light Corpora- tion. Mr. H. G. Burleigh, local manager of the Ticonderoga utility company, said this week that he had not been informed of any details of the pend- ing sale, nor what bearing it may have, if approved, on the plan of fut- ure operations here'. Mr. Burleigh stated that the lo- cal company's properties and books had been examined recently by aud- itors and other officials, apparently connected with New York Light and Power, sent here with the consent and cooperation of the Investors Trust. Hunter Killed; Friend Is Held George Smart^M, Detained On Manslaughter Charge Pending Inqnest In Death of JLeo Cole, 29 EUZABETHTOWN—Leo Cole, 29, of this village, was almost tSlant- ly killed Saturday afternoon while hunting on the Ben Stetson Pre- serve in the nearby town of Lewis, and George Smart, 55» Eliabethtown contractor and builder, who was a member of Cole's party, Is beinf held in the Essex county Jail here on a mandatory % \ \ manslaught charge of second degree iter in connection \* ' Wounded Hunter Dead From Loss Of Blood ' WATERTOWN—John Rotundo, 28, of Clyde, died Saturday night from gunshot wounds while being taken in an ambulance to a local hospital. He is said to have died from exces- sive loss of blood after he had been left along a trail while Albert Pike, 37, of Gouverneur, sought help, then was unable to lead state police and volunteers back to the scene of the tragedy. Rotundo was wounded in the leg, an artery being severed. Pike car- ried him to the trail, applied a tourn- iquet, then left for aid and became lost in the woodland near Balmat. The searching party organized after Pike finally reached Antwerp found Rotundo at about 10 o'clock Satur- day night. BOBSLEDDERS READY SARANAC LAKE—Saranac Lake bobsledders, led by Tuffy Latour, both former 1939-40 North American champions, position of this case. neys, have' been County of Fort many of his 105 Thomas J. Cross, Lewis 106 Ralph K. Potter, Mineville 108 Gordon Strong, Crown Point 109 Cecil Richardson, So. Schroon 110 Thomas M. Kennedy, Mineville 114 Ervin L. Cornwright, Lewis 116 Edward S. Michalak, Mineville 120 Richard H. Cross, Lewis 123 Edward Jordan, Mineville 128 Harry J. Hall, Ticonderoga 131 Edward J. Langey, Witherbee 134 Howard M. Lamb, Elizabethtown 138 David J. Baxter. Port Henry 140 Henry E. Golden, Ticonderoga Kallet Chain Negotiating For Port Henry Theatre Properties ^nd issue okayed frigid weather paid a return visit to friends that he is a candidate. the North Country last night and today. are planning the 1940-41 season in an- ticipation that the village team will take full part in the winter's long schedule of races on the Mt. van Hoevenberg run at Lake Placid. Kallet Theatres, Inc., operators of \he State in Ticonderoga and nearly thirty other motion picture theatres located in various cities and town of New York, are negotiating for the lease of the Empire Theatre in Port Henry and the purchase of the for- mer Dery Theatre in that village, it was announced this week. The transactions hinge to a con- siderable extent upon the decision of the Port Henry Village Board of Trustees in regard to transferring the lease on the Empire to the Kallet chain. The building housing the 150 Revere A. Grant, Port Henry Note: (v) indicates volunteer. ^&2 (which has operated the theatre for a number of years, and of which War- 16-Point Doe Bagged By Hunter In Catskills ALBANY, Nov. 22 — During the ner McLaughlin president. of Port Henry is Officials of the Kallet company say that Mr. McLaughlin is agreeable to the lease transfer providing the vil- Christmas Seal Sale HasOpened In County For 1940 Campaign and completely rnovate and decorate Fo r Telephone Company j ELIZABETHTOWN—Mrs. John E. the old Dery at a cost of approxi- NEW YO&C, Nov. 27-1*he Public j Deming o f Elizabethtown, appointed mately $25,000, which will include Service Commission has authorized general chairman of the Christmas thorough modernization or both the the Upstate Telephone Corporation, seal Sale for 1940 at the annual interior and exterior. A $2,000 mar- o f New Yo rk to issue $1,000,000 prin- ! meeting of the Essex County Tuber quee is planned, in addition to a cipa i amo unt of 3 1 /* per cent first t li d Pbli Hlth Aiti y and Public Health Association flush with the sidewalk; mortgage bounds due 1970, the pro-j by Charles E. Ward, of Ticonderoga, :^ b **»^*^i\ 5f**«; ceeds *° .H used l ? /efund a like fpresident, has announced her town box office new, comiOL .,, * j. e . 4 v.*.%.*«.» W. •«. %»~>-~ ~~ »~~»....»» «~ ...»~ [presiueui, nas aiiiiuuu^cu JI^I vv»v»»» tonum, which will accommodate 563 amount of first mortgage 4 per cent | committee members to assist in the persons, new carpets,hghting effects bonds due 1963 . j annual drive for funds to carry on and the latest type of projection and This company operates a telephone ' the year-round program of the Asso- sound equipment. system in the north central part of ] ciation. If the Empire lease transfer is ap- the state and serves some 19,500 tele- I They are: Ausabte Forks, Mrs. An- proved by the board, work on the phone subscribers from 36 central of- drew Huntington- Bloomingdale, Mrs. Dery will be started as soon as the f ices i n tne counties of Fulton, Ham- Dorothy White* ' Crown Point, Mrs. Welfare Bureau moves to new quar- nton, Montgomery, Saratoga, Lewis, ters, and tentative plans, all depen- Herkimer, Oswego, Oneida, Jefferson, dent upon the action of the board E d W te, p, p Herkimer, Oswego, dent upon the action of the board, Essex and Warren. call for the reopening of the Dery on The W 4 T fi^ or about January first. Lewis Tabor; Elizabethtown, Mrs. Deming and a committee of three; Essex, Mrs. William Flagg Sherman; wi n be secured by the ij ay Mrs. Harold Morrison; Keene, corporation's first mortgage dated I Mrs. Clifford Ashley; Keene Valley, Officials of the Kallet organization j anua ry 1, 1938 to the Chase Nation-I Miss Prudence Taylor; Keeseville, announced this week that if the a l Bank, as trustee, and supplemented I Charles Moran; Lake Placid/Willis transactions are successfully com- by an indenture to be dated October j well- Lake Placid Club, Miss Marga nl*»t.*»rt. thflt Allan Sirrine. manager i io/in __.* T*I i_\-_*.t-__*. T ..J» -\/t~*. A IK«I.< pleted, that Allan Sirrine, manager i 1940. course of a year many unusual spec- j is expected the decision will be an- imens of wildlife are brought to the nounced at a meeting of the board attention of the Conservation Depart- Monday evening. Terms of the pres- ment but a doe deer having a 16- 1 ent lease, it is understood, stipulate point set of antlers recently shot in that the theatre will be in a \con- Greene county is believed by Bu-1 tinuous\ state of operation, and the reau of Game officials to be one of interpretation of this clause will the rarest freaks ever reported. probably have an important bearing Shot by David Murray, Jr., of on the final outcome. lage board gives its consent, and it of tft e Empire, will be retained as of the organization Oneida. Glenmont last Monday near Wind- ham in the Catskills, the doe deer If the village board authorizes the transaction, Kallet Theatres will re- was reported to the department on j tain the Empire lease, and immedi- Wednesday. An investigation con- j ately purchase the former Dery ducted by Glen Morton of the Bureau of Game substantiated the fact that Theatre property in Broad street, which is owned by the Dery Theatre Corporation, and now occupied by officers of the Essex County Wel- fare Bureau. I It is the pli hunting\ trip by two companions, j close the Empire as a movie theatre, the animal was a doe and the 16- point spread of antlers a natural growth. Murray was accompanied on his j It is the_plan of the Kallet chain, to manager of the new theatre. The Kallet chain now operates theatres located in Ticonderoga, Syra- cuse, Rome, Utica, Canajoharie, Onei- da and many other cities and towns in New York state. The main office is located at Brant Lake Resident i Succumbs In Hospital ! Scott Rising, 55, of Brant Lake, passed away Sunday morning, No- vember 24, at the Moses Ludington hospital where he had been confined since November 8. The remains were taken to his home at Brant Lake for funeral ser- vices and interment. Youngchild Patents Paper-Making Device Casper E. Youngchild of Glens Falls, general manager of the In- ternational Paper Company mills in this area, which includes the Ticonderoga plants, has been a- warded a patent on a paper- manufacturing machine of the Fourdrinier type, the U. S. Pa- tent Office at Washington has announced., The invention has one claim to originality. Youngchild filed his patent ap- plication October 17, 1936, and has assigned rights to the In- ternational Paper Company of New York. ret Higginbotham; Lewis, Mrs. Albert Hudson; Minerva, Mrs. Clarence Jones; Mineville and Witherbee, Beecher B. Vetter; Moriah and Mor- iah Center, Mrs. Lorna Yell; New- comb, Dr. E. C. Johnson; North Hud- son, Mrs, Jack Ward; Port Henry, Mrs. Dewey Weatherwax, assisted by Leo Graham; Olmstedville, Phillip J. Fitzsimmons; Schroon Lake, and Blue Ridge, Paradox, Severance, and i South Schroon, Melvin C. Livingston; Ticonderoga, Charles E. Ward; Upper Jay, Mrs. Charles H. Cutler; Wad- hams, Rev. C. Bertrand Downey; Westport, Mrs. Frank Gibson; Whal- lonsburg, Mrs. Dan Walker; Wills- boro, Mrs. Bert Patterson; Wilming- ton, Harold Layhee. These Seal Sale Committee chair- men are being assisted in each com- ity and girls who will see that the let- ters are ready for the mails and that the happy faces of the caroling children of this year's Seal will greet everyone in every town of Essex county. \The willingness of boys and girls to help in the fight against tubercu- losis. Through active participation in our work, boys and girls get first- hand valuable information regarding one of their deadliest enemies. The fact can't be repeated too often—that tuberculosis is still the arch-killer of youth in this country, especially young people in the prime of life.\ \Because authorities assure ui that tuberculosis can be wiped out in this country within the next few decades, undoubtedly from the boys and girls helping us in the Seal Sale will come the future leaders of the fight a- gainst the disease. They may then participate in the final victory over tuberculosis,\ Mrs. Deming conclud- ed. tragedy pending an inquest by Dr. J. A. Gels of Lake W«ctd» Ssaex Coun- ty Coroner. The inquest, originally scheduled for yesterday afternoon, has been postponed until the tetter part of the week. Cole, accompanied by Smart and Lewis Brownson of Lewis, were kuat- ing together Saturday on the Stet- son preserve, and according to au- thorities, Brownson was \drive\ through a ravine, with Cole and Smart stationed on watches a- bout 50 rods apart where the ravine ended. Smart, when first questioned by police and Essex County Sheriff Per- cy T. Egglefield, said that he had heard a shot and a cry from Cole's direction, and that when he readied the scene, Cole was lying on the ground, mortally wounded, and that he died in his (Smart's) arms a few minutes later, according to author- ities. The contractor adhered to his o- riginal version of the shooting throughout a grilling Saturday night, denying that he had fired his 33 cal- ibre rifle at anytime while in the woods Saturday. Finally, however, when further questioned by Sheriff Egglefield and State Police, he admit- ted, according to the sheriff, that he fired one shot at a deer. The bullet which killed Cole had struck him in the back and through the walls of his Dr. Herschberger, a Schenectady ball- istic* expert, was summoned to E- lizabethtown early Sunday morning, and when Hie recovered 4mU*t had been examined and compared with the rifting of Smart's gun, Dr. Hers- chenberger declared that in his opin- ion the death bullet had been fired from Smart's Winchester, a model which is seldom used because of its rare calibre. Following a visit to the scene of the shooting, where Smart re-en- acted his version of the tragedy, and the discovery of a twig apparently broken by a speeding bullet, directly on a line from the point where Smart was standing and where Cole's body was found, and when confronted with Dr. Herschberger's evidence, Sher- iff Egglefield said that Smart admit- ted firing a shot at a deer, and that it was possible that the bullet from his gun had struck and fatally wounded Cole. Dr. Gels performed an autopsy at Marvin's undertaking rooms Sunday, and after hearing Smart's testimony, he ordered him held on a mandatory charge of second degree manslaught- er pending the inquest. The shooting occurred in the woods about two miles from the nearest highway. Smart and Brownson im- mediately notified authorities of the tragedy, and after Dr. Gels had ar- rived from Lake Placid, the body was removed late Saturday afternoon a- long a wooded trail to a waiting am- bulance by Sheriff Egglefield, Ser- geant Snell of the State Police, An- drew LaPine and Walter Marvin. Funeral services were conducted Tuesday afternoon from the Congre- gational church at Lewis, and inter- ment was in the Lewis cemetery. Cole is survived by his wife and two small children; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Cole; two broth- ers, Carl and Clyde, all of Elisabeth- town; and a sister, Beatrice, who re- sides in New Jersey. The parents were visiting the latter when they learned of the accident and hasten- ed home. Smart is a well known contractor and builder in this area. Jay Man Held On Charge In Warren County Jail GLENS FALLS— Philip Donovan, 30, of Jay, is being held in the War- ren county jail at Lake George a- waiting grand jury action on a charge of second degree rape following his arrest last Friday by State Police of the South Glens Falls zone headquar- ters following an investigation into an attack on a 16-year-old Hudson Falls girl. Donovan waived examination when arraigned before Justice of the Peace Charles J. Nobles of the Town of Queensbury. State Police said the Jay Man Dies, Victim Of Hunting Accident PLATTSBURG— Daniel Maynard, 46, of Jay, Essex county, died in a local hospital, the victim of a hunt- ing accident. Maynard suffered m wound in~the abdomen when he was mistaken for a deer while \driving and was shot by Dexter Thwaits of Schenectady, who was hunting with the Jay man. The accident occurred in the Black Mountain section of the Adirondacks. men are oemg assisted in eacn cum- Queensbury. state foiice sam tne \ p nr «- ii A nrv munit by others, particularly boys cr i me was committed in Queensbury I neary. Conduct Last Rites For Pastor Known In Area PORT HENRY—Funeral services for the Rev. J. W. Baker were con- ducted Saturday at Pittstown. Mr. Baker died Wednesday at the home of his son, the Rev. Wesley £. Bak- er, North Bay. He was well-known throughout this area, having held several pastorates in Adirondack communities. Besides the above-mentioned, he is survived by another son, George Baker, of
