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• ' ',;*•?> ^ v. THI wars WIATHII •Orrt • THE GOUVERNEUR TRIBUNE-PRESS 14 51 »«M M .#4 M ru •3 7t •i ai Northern New York's Greatest Weekly OCfTINO NEWS THIS with the TrtbtHM-Presi lag IU coming move to * on CUatoa strict— thrtm fires, a United Fund dim-tor •ppetetod. the TV cal>l© bring erected mm4 the Gouverneur Fair oomtag tack from » tea of mud to full swmg. VOL. 72. NO. 50 PHONES 177 4 178 — P. O. BOX 268 GOUVERNEUR, NEW YORK, THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1959 14 PAGES, 2 SECTIONS *••• Price Ten C«nt« MASON SMITH Mormon Pageant — An Angel and a Prophet from a distance, U is a wooded hill, tallest among many in the gently rolling coun- try just M^.jth and east of Roches- ter. But if is the more prominent- ly identihoti by the shrubs plant- ed and carefully pruned along its crest on t h e uesterly side, to spell out .the word CL'MOR- AH At the p«>ak itself. a tall. gilded statue looks out across the countryside from its high stone pedestal. This Is Moroni, the angel, the \res- urrected being\ reported to have summoned the Mormon prophet, Joseph Smith to this hill nearly 14n >>*ars ago. instructed him to find and translate the golden plates hidden here, the Book of Mormon. It is, accordingly.^to this spot just a few miles south of Pal- myra, thaf the Mormon church tracyfr-'lts beginnings; and appro- iarely it is here that the Mor- mons stage their annual religious paeeant. an jbour-and-one-half- lontr. colorful. deeply moving rirama-m \uivv music p&Mo- . one of the greatest of its kind in North America and per- haps the world . . Held each year early in August. J959 pageant was presented nn Hill Cumorah last Thursday. Friday and Saturday evenings to a total audience of more than lOO.OfiO persons. In fact, when Jane. Ricky and I witnessed it last Thursday, we sat in the midst of 25.000 people (sheriff's estimate, according to the Roches- ter Democrat * Chronicle), about '35,0nn of whom watched the pres- entation from plank teats set up on concrete blocks, the remainder in cars which were parked in the same general area. i Interestingly enough, as repre- sentatives of the press, we were seated on com tort able cushioned folding chairs in the reserved sec- tion, together with Mormon mis- sionaries from all over the world. > Night Falls Although the pageant was not to begin until night had fallen sometime after 9:00 p.m., people began to arrive early—several thousand were already walking about the open ampitheatre below Hill Cumorah when we arrived at about 7.30. They w.^re from all over Amer- ica and from some foreign coun- tries; among the parked cars were licenses from almost every state, from the East, the I>eep South. the North, the West Coast; two rows behind us in the reserved section sat three native Hawai- ian* Most of these people were Mor- mons many of them returning to witness tr»p pageant for a second. third or fourth time Many. too. were visitors, attracted as we had b^en by the comments of others about thp beauty of the presenta- tion itself in staging lighting and costuming in magnificent music over a remarkably realistic ster- eophonic sound system. Ushers in our area, noting we we st rancors, immediately intro- duced themselves—Bonnie Gay Matthews, for example, a pretty little brunette college girl with a charming: smile, from Pittsburgh; and FJd>r Cutler, a youne Mor- mon clergyman only recently or- dained in his church and now .'Continued on page 6» Cable Being Strung For Antenna Inc; Tower Underway Community Antenna Inc, an- nounced this week that cable has already been strung from the an- tenna site on the Little Bow road, down Clinton street and the busi- ness section of Main street, from Clinton to North Gordon, a total distance, of about two and a half miles. Upon completion of the tower, erection of which was be^un this week, and installation of the \head end', electronic equipment which determines the quality of the pic- ture which appears on all subcrib- ers' screens, the switch can be thrown that will enable anyone on those particular streets to receive the new cable services. Opening ceremonies demon- strating the quality and qantity of TV pictures achieved under the antenna service are tentatively scheduled for Sept 1st The site of these ceremonies will be an- nounced in this paper at a later date. No service contracts will be written until after this date and then only for the above listed streets As the cable progresses to other streets, this paper will carry a wekly timetable of the progress. Hookups will be made as promptly as possible in the order in which they are received. Hospital Drive NORTON W. TAYLOR, man- ager of the Kmney Drug store at 29 Main street, will head the an- nual Edward John Noble hospital deficit drive this fall, according to President of the Hospital Board j Edward H Case The drive will : be held this year in September • rather than at the usual time in I October, and preliminary plans | for the campaign are now under- way. Have You Heard? The Tribune-Press Will Move to Clinton Street The Tribune-Press plans to move -in a*K>ut a year. Mason Rossiter Smith, Inc ^ printers and publishers of the Tribune-Press, have purchased the Freeman property. southeast corner of Clinton street and Trinity avenue, for use as a new plant, Mason Rossiter Smith, president and editor, announced today. The sale was consummated through (\ llaile Sprague. The Freeman property, together . with the Freeman Company store, consists of approximately ho It trontage on Clinton street and about 1K5 ft on Trinity avenue, including the garage and trame buildings at the rear o! the site Mr. Freeman said today that he plans to discontinue his furniture business, and to move,,his undertaking establish- ment entirely to the present J'rOeman Funeral Home at 188 East Main street ^ The new owners oi the Freeman\ iHT>jxTt> will take pos- sion October 1st .^ ' t Plans for *ernodellinK^*nd enlarging the present Freeman Company store are now being developed by Ilobert E. Witt. Mr. Smith said, noting that construction mav require from six months to a year, depending on weather, conditions. • WM^JrwW^^B Starting Youths Admit Fire at Center Two boys, one ten and one eleven have admitted setting a fire which destroyed the Scotch Settlement recreation center, on the Scotch Settlement road at 12:45 Saturday morning. J. Douglas Dodds. owner of the building, said that the loss could be conservatively estimated at 510.000, in addition to the loss of income which will result until he is able to rebuild. The loss was partially covered by insurance, he said The fire was discovered by state troopers and Gouverneur firemen who had been searching for two boys who had been reported miss- ing at 10:45 p.m. They saw the boys run from the building as the fire roared through it. The boys are reported to have said they were lost and took shel- ter under aji addition to the rear of the raain building which is sup- ported by piers, where they built a fire to keep warm The fire appeared to have been started on the outside at the back of the building, according to Ker- mit Johnson, Gouverneur fire chief. Lost in the blaze were sound equipment, two refrigerators, chairs. 20 tables, three stoves, sev- I era! cases of soft drinks, storm j windows, benches and a cupboard i The firemen saved a piano, five ' chairs and a small desk j The buikling was erected in about 1870 and served as a school j house for distnct No 8 until 1955 when Mr Dodds purchased it and opened the recreation center. i Four Teen-Age Youths Admit To Burglary Four teen-age youth>. one from Gouverneur and thiee from Watertown. have admit- ted breaking into McCul- lough's Rrocery, 14 Main St , where they took beer, pepper- oni. cigarettes and seven dol- lars in silver from the cash renter at about 10 Sunday night. The Gouverneur boy, 16. and the Watertown boys, two 16 and the other 15. were ar- . rested Monday night by vil- lage police The youths had gained en- trance to the store operated by Ernest McCul lough through a back window. One of the 16-year-old youths from Watertown wa> sentenced to 90 days in the county jail when arraigned before Police Justice Ora M. Wright on a charge of unlaw- ful entry with intent to com- mit petit larceny. Tho charges against the Gouverneur boy and the other j 6. year-old Watertown boy were reduced from unlawful entry to youthful offender. They received suspended sen- tences of 90 days and six months. The fourth youn-ter. a Wa- t erf own boy. 15, will be brought before children's court. Two of the WatertowtLlK>y$ had prior records. Story of the Week Fine Intfftt, One and One-Half, Flown To California by Lions for Eye Surgery By A y*ar-and-a-half F:ne boy ac- companied by his mother ieft by ;ptor»e Saturday morn;n£ for San Fr a ncis.ro. Calif where he will emergency eye surgery transportation is being spon- by 'he Clifton-Fine Lions cub 87v* the L»on$ of Northern Lightning Causes Fire On Yernon Mullen Farm A barn on the farm of Ver- non H Mullen on the Gravel road was destroyed by fire at 6:45 pm Sunday The cause of the fire was lightning. Lost in the 80 by 40 foot barn used mostly as a stor- age building, were 500 balrs of hay, 2.000 bales of straw, a threshing machine, harrows, cultivators and a corn plant- er Mr. Mullen said the barn was partially insured. Mr and Mrs Mullen saw lichtning hit the barn, but didn't call the fire depart- ment, since the barn was de- stroyed in a very short time. The Gouverneur firemen were called at 11 p.m. by Harold Rose, village police- man, who saw the reflection of the fire in the sky The barn was destroyed * when the firemen got there. No estimate of the damage was immediately available. MEAT DISPENSATION SET Vatican City, Aug 10 — Pope John XXIII has granted dispensa- tion to Roman Catholics from the obligation not to eat meat on Fri- day. Ajg 14. the Vatican announc- ed today Tne dispensation was given be- cau*p Friday wiil br 'he eve of the Feast of the Assumption. Busmesscope Heavy Rain Drowns Out Thrill Show; Fair Fights Mud on Opening Day tair. canw a \SonK Hut hy an that i' untir men uell da v iim\n of tne <i.i> when the rains 'Thrrr ought to be is tin 1 t an grounds, jK'ltrd in* m.it tent J\ hour rain I\~J\\ ; i <>m <i .spi inkle 1»» a 1 Ixruiiii' w»-t and tiir t'vhihjtors and **f to the fMva.Mon and v u;» J>.. ill* 1 niuidlt* of big disiipi ointment of day was the cancvlla- th+* Jack Kochman Hell- j>erlormances, forced out track. the The onl> the tion of drivers' by the First the afternoon was railed <>lt because of rain, and then the ownirm performance was ^aruelle i, following an unsuccess- ful attempt to \iron out\ the race track b> dminK cars \>ack and iMMi< I.^I DM uuu in huin~ct- Capacity Crowd Cheers Evening Show at Fair and ha\e tak. n and luu e s\ and a sen*. the <i,i\ ' N.I in .-tr.de. spirits t* grandstand B\ rarl\- exerung, the s had toided th.-ir S Helldns- worth <,i hum or throughout > o i equipment and were on the wa> COM FAN V NAMES Rol>ert J Coates of Gouverneur has b»*on appointed a representa- tive of the Farmers and Traders Life Insurance Company. Syra- cuse, according to Alvin E. Han- son, oxecutive \ ice president. Mr Coates will represent the company in all lines of life, accident and health insurance in Gouverneur ^ ax ^ ^ and vicinitv He is a»ociat»'d with < . * - ' III * '^ ' I '*. a I the John N. Trninham agency of i ouov> ^ T . Watertcmn The Farmers and • b^^ir T Traders Life Insurance Companv' ' b arn is sponsored h\ the Gian^e and I r rh r operates in twenty Mates and the District of Columbia. Th. ;,,s on thr 4 .u Mr 1 ><i<iii- was d» !u^ in the 1*0 ly rained said All ove pie made 4-H vi hoots or 1 sh<>t»N t-» f li\ est' »ek leak, hut An--1 U\ » r« •'*i ;<i * I tin Hlf! ;»•: • % ; \. ifTlr s • it* 1M ;x »• % on a • Mu- lt on * ^ i * t a> Ke ^sT»-r» !(•!' \ i :< -I,'e| J \ V ( ,I1J - t, ;ii:i!?iH o much rain fell the early 193<>'s. MI. when the tair Thursday Late lair was partial- a Saturday, he a i it: rounds, peo- st Thev could * j>ut on knee •t t(K)k off their i cattle into the Your UH>ts ma\ • t w on't \ i ,!*• managed to RILES NO DKDKTION FOR MILK PROMOTION I)r. (\ J Blanford. announced lx>dds, lair ; to th«r next stand at Palmyra. N Y On\ Sunda\ e\enm^. the Iivter- taith vesjHT ser\ uv at which Camp Drum Protestant Post Chap- lain Arthur Hopkinton, jr.. was scheduled to speak and at which a 200 voice choir was scheduled to appear, had been similarly rain- ed out Racing fans, however,'were en- couraged h> the cessation of the downpour late Monday nitfht, and Race Svvretary Roy Allen an- nounced that barring further bad weather, the tour day harness rac- , v . * *u i >\£ carrl would be run as schedul- atui pn-sriitabU* tor the . _, . . ' , ... . ] ed. starting Tuesday afternoon. . t as Ui.ir exhibitors :r. up uith chaff and I Along th«- midway, or as the \e:ai leet above tne wet pitchmen insisted, \thr mudwa\. the ground was dry by comparison j with the livestock and truck art^a*. ; St/eablr groups of students, far- ) mers and merchants who had i George T. Cotter Campaign Manager ForJUnited_Fund George T Colter, manager of the J J N«\wherry store in Gou- veineur. will serve as area vice- president and campaign manager far the St renee and Upper Franklin County United F\ind, President Mason Rossiter Smith announced today. i? just U't:un hi W(»man. clad in rt to the tair to cov- A new >;* overshot 1 *- \\ er the mud l?.>iead tiie mud cov- ' brought in their exhibits the first eretf hrr -hnrrvrny-Trp rn the kners. jday patronized the midway at- A Jeep with a huge wooden 1 tractions giving special attention burner pustv-ri cars that got stuck j to two exhibits of collectors items ; | todn> he would not permit deduc- 'out ol the parkin-: area in the cen- that have not api>eared in Gou- tions from dairy farmers rnilk ter of the race bf checks for a* pro'jwsed* fluid milk outer penmrVr promotion and research program, i surer footing. track toward the v\ here thev found verneur before. A Rolls Rover sports car built RAIN Page 6 Came . Mr. Cotter thus joins a county- wide campaign committee includ- ing Harold Putnam, Potsdam; Kinsman Wright. Norwood; Rich- ard Walters. Massena; Edgar Newell. Ogdensburg and Albert E. French, Canton. By Thr Firet The big night show at the Gou- verneur and St Lawrence county fair, headlined by the Four Coin* vocal quartet, played to a capacity crowd on the grandstand on Tues- day opening night The Four Coins, received as warmly as during their first ap- f>earance in Gouverneur two years ago, did an outstanding job on five Mings and three encores, in- cluding the best selling record hit with which they have become wo strongly identified, \Shangri-La ' Stealing a page from the book of the oldtime barber shop quar- tets, tho Coins applied their close harmony technique to a versatile choice of numbers, including \Dayo. M \He's Got the Whole World in His Hands,' and \My One Sin ' They were booked to perform once more^ Wednesday night, and on Thursday. Friday and Saturday nights Carmel Quinn will be the big name presentation at the grandstand show An exciting 100 foot high dive by Terry Merrill into a tank of flaming gasoline climaxes the heavy bill of acts presented on the open air stage. In tb* Hater The much praised and touted Manhatten Rockets turned m a good performance, despite a num- ber of opening night imperfec- tions in their precision dancing routines. They were at their best as a straight chorus line in a French Riviera number, and shown brightly once again later in the evening during parts of their \Cocktails off Broadway\ se- quence. The performance of the Aqua- mermaids, an ensemble of ten water ballerinas in a steel pool at j the side of the stage, also appear- J Mr Cotter is a native of New *d to have opening night diffkrul- Rochelle. N. Y the son of the late Mr and Mrs Daniel J. Cotter He is a graduate of Sheffield High school Sheffield. Mass.. and the University of Alabama, where he received a bachelor of science de- gree Irom the college of business administration. He has been associated with the New berry firm for the past 13 j years and has been a store mana- ger for 10 years, coming to Gou- verneur to take over management of the store here in 1962. His wife is the former Miss Mary L Chapman of Portland, Maine and the couple has three children. George. 10, John 6 and Robin 3. Mr Cotter is vice-president of the Lions club, of which he has been a member for ten years He is a director of the Chamber of Commerce and a member of the Holy Name Society of St. Jame? Catholic Church. Family of Seven Left Homeless The Elywn Bell family, a father. mother and five small children, lost all of their possessions in a fire Tuesday afternoon that com- j pletely destroyed the^five room frame house in which they lived The building, a tenant house on the Scorch Settlement road, was d.srovered in flames about 4.45 At that time none of the Bell fam- ily were at home. - Anyone wishing to donate furni- ^nr**, b^tkltrt^ dishes, clothing or \ household equipment of any kind , | may leave their donation* at the i tie>. but showed promise of gain- ing momentum as the week goe* on. especially in their finale rou- tine in which the girls wear gfcow- in-the-dark bathing suits. On the Dtvtng Board - Fancy diving at its best was presented by the Sam Howtfrd di- vers, a group of four champions including Terry Menill. who be- tween them have won tbt dlvtnf championship- of New Zealand, Florida and the GI Olympic divi- sion. A two-and-a-half somersault with an added one-and-a-half twtet are among the difficult dives ex- ecuted Truly sensational is Terry Merrill's four-in-one plunge, which combines a back somersault, a front somersault, a half twist, and an additional back somersault. Uproarious comedy relief was provided by the Aquamaniacs, who combine skill and humor In one of the sharpest acts of the eve- ning The twmter of Art Craig Math- eus, master of ceremonies and vo- calist, welded the variety acts in- to a well-paced program, ~and Charles Basile's six-piece band provided the music. On Uto Stage A troup with spunk to spare to the Stareks. an Hungarian fcroup i of teeter board acrobats. In their remarkable \four-high\ stunt, one rOlTj ilTt VCPol IIMUIS It took more than an hour for forty fire departments, their * Municipal building or call Donald i auxiliaries and their accompany- Church janitor at the police sta- j ing hands to march in review Tion at 256 The couple has five children two girls ages four and six and « ninp thr*»*> boys as^s one. two and four His -ize is 36. and ber> is 16 fore ?he grandstand and judges at the Gouverneur Fair Tuesday eve- co The cn:iri. Doug 1 , a « T-'^wne. ton ®' Mr and Mr* Har^d C Trm-m> * ;ff*r« from plajcoma the medi- cal term for hardening of tfce eye- halit r*>jci** arrive rrTSan Francis- aferr>oor rboard a A:rlir**s jet!ii>eT and t.-> 5* Marys hosfwtal apentwr. wili be per- r> R/**e- N Shaffer. op-.thalnoiofciSt Ar- f^r the op^ratfeor) »*«-e r*iuefc*I>r Waiter S Atkin- ; Douglas left th* Wa^j-tn^Ti air- port at 7 30 am Saturday and arrived in New York in time to '• board a west cost-bound jetliner . i which arrived in San Francosco at 3 45 pm . j The. your ester's fa* her is err.- • ployed at B**ns.on Mine< r*> the | Jones & Laiurhhn Steel company j A sister recently marned and ; totally blinded by glaucoma, was at the ak-por* \Ho see her mother i and brother off - j j A large deteganor. of ihe child » ' family frvervts* and rrspTr.ber* of the Cilfton-Fir* and Watertown Ljons cluhs aJsr> wen* or hand to »ee the boy and h» motner off | i In addriofi /to Mr Esbach. j ! Philip Haddock secretary of xhe . • Cliftoo-TW Lions ciuh. Stever. t Benchik and Joieph Siedieck; ' A £*hh*ch presKV-n? of the O;f?<-m-Fr* Uom dub had pre- f'i M T h h* San Francesco Uors boy ai>d hi« mother a* the Fr»r>r»co airport to m& opentioc w^s considered to o/ MT. emerper>c> inature be- Ne flijcnmojf condrtxjrt o b* »*wancinc *© a rtairr eventually resu>t m They're Off— At The Gouverneur fair ;S^!k> «*he*»*s spur, t-nils dar.gf-r 'for an un^^Jly T^i^s4a\ cro^;/ ->f harrv-*> n .. Tv-ir *'*h}<--s a man and H j U*<1y \ dr.v^r >na**<\-d the bon^r?- for T ht VT.^lm* B^rk irr. oa-jvr ar>d dr.v- i rr of P^viam iU-r M. *s Pa«*rjL»o- ; tank nvk-t^'i >oir.T]> by her anj *v-r \ hr%* of *r>e r?»r>e m a tr.nlhrm fm- j. is*\ arvi in trie fa**esf time to b#>- i conv the rm-n^r of the fca.«*em ' P*^ *\O e\nT\ CV\ *i p tr^'Ohy Jt VVAS a P^yi'.s (iri^An irrvfe»r the e\p»ert £-^*fc~^ of Pau! CMhefe came r>orri^ • v y*-~r*>r 1n tiv f;rs»: !vf rr... .'! hrA f-Hir-frfih Mr* Eurk- urr.«. C?.*ZJ:* r^xsi^^i *h»- track the but a ulre-to-uire racp between brown rr. a re and $-co'cr t flax a faM clotse hy Mr HJ!1 s * £'t rum *he w:n and *rv In th*» jtAcof>d h^at. Scotch F:ax sk>t - *econd - took &1\ art-agre of FV»nr> Croxs* »:'>ini: or 'he break\ and ^^>^ h^m» '\^ dinner Snce it f.ni^ K ^«i wTorvi and f:r$* in the rwo hf»au ad Bonny Cro^s finish- **d f:rs* ««nd f<>jr*h Gl^ncior. l>n- Ju-t as tne Rensselaer Falls de- partment had passed the judges >?cir>d an announoemect was made by Fair President Biigh A Dodds •hat tn* 3 volunteers from that vQ- lap* 1 had br-en calied to respond to a 'ire a*arm Later the depart* mer f s from Cantor, and Heuvel- ton joir*>d tr»em under the mutual Winnin^: first prize of S125 for 'he b^st appearing ctHnpAny «nth band or drumb corps was the Ed» Department with the Ed- Cen'ral High Schoo! band. C^ltnr wr^, tri e $75 pri» for th« tbf-^t appearing departme-^ wrth- ouT a h«nd arid the vni5-r>r, mas the rpripipnf of tne Firemen s Auxiliary* J L Sfc,nn\r T\^p^y T>.f pre^en- $5*'' as the best appearing awi}- t^'.or, *^i> m<io> by fair president, lary A pjrrmium of $?' *>ent to Bhp^ I>**is Aprf*pr»> of Mr trv* Boon%il»e <lepArtinent for ctam- rvidd< tr»e c*;*ibk» Tair chief who ing the kxiffrst dtttanc^ to the p*. has bf«>r, *ct-.\-e V * - — F.r* Depar •c^i^ng $10, m the b«t with band cia.«s Madrid. Beaver Fall* fourth. ft*th Hruvehon. axtk qui*e .and ra»n affair A Im- rot * ^* c+7 :nrc- 3>tr-j. Or r^J* for dr^-.w Jirr. Kx*. 1: »u ine fair for 35 ?aise<l *fcixh the TI fhougti »d- wea t hjpr t P^ n and more waAbed vut opr-mne day he fe^i* 'his »iU b^ i <\*jccpsnfuJ year Thi< y^ar* rmce official*, comirti frrwtJ varKHJ* points of the east, are. pr**wlin£ judge the geut>- rrvar ;r coiTipVr^ ct**rz* of racing Ralph \S-iTr.' H*-rxier»lK>tt o/ El- rn;m S'^rt.ng jodg* and announ- for rfte *ixth y^ar Rob- ert Ty Perk n> of IVru Oief timer. IJP of MA««~UI ^CC KM 30th See ~ r»dp Adams third mor Antwerp Secxmd pi*of u out a band went third place fourth to W«t Starkhota* V> Licban and ra*h to WMJ t \i *+ccmd amor.; mm * Fw tod '^- V '1 '0. i • ul i
