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WITH GOl \KK\Kl K STORKS OPKN from now uatU Decem- ber t$ from 9:30 a.m. until 9 p.m. ea< h day, there U no excuse fur »ot 'Whopping locally\ for all of your (hrUtmas >fift». Toy*, doll*. m»» 0>< orations nu> he found in all of the many (.<m\ern**ur <eramU**, appliances. pnu-tiraJ and luxurious clothing and C'hrtat- store* where the proprietor* are an\iou» to *erve and please holi- niHtomer*. AJKI you may do it all in h> Vuletkle devorattoB* km the p*rk. an atmosphere enhanced THE WEEKS WEATHER HUsh IA>W Moistitrv Kund«> Tundi) . l.i - 4 1 _ 4% . 4* . 51 . 4V 24 :u •i^ :*» 4H Hi ZH .IHI .U\ ,«HI ,«MI ,tMI .KM .IX THE GOUVERNEUR TRIBUNE-PRESS Northern New York's Greatest Weekly Tk« Vllia9« Park U A Fairyland then* d»>m the *ton»« are open evening* for holiday chopper*, a violent MI<»V% storm in sweeping the area, nearly every organiza* ittoo Is having a party and the tale* tax Is keeping things warm. VOL. 73, NO. 15 MASOX PHONES 177 4 178 — P. O. BOX 268 GOUVERNEUR, NEW YORK, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 195* 22 PAGES. 3 SECTIONS **** Price Ten Cents SMITH Too Many Stores? T ami genera I ly But they ior- •ALKINCi shop the stat<- ot the St. Ixiwrence county economy with other newspapermen a tow eve- nines ago, I heard one from the eastern part ot the counts make! the surprising observation that \what s w rone with business in my town is too many stores.\ He went on to . explain that local t merchants WCK« complaining gen- erally about the lark of business. get.\ he said, \that the Hood of monev in ihe Seawav construc- tion period has ebbrd awav. What s even more important, with ah !)K nt»v. shopping centers, we <»« T '»cili.« hniv^ p\or*» str»res ifhan btMtue and there just isn't enouch business tor all of them the old ones as well as the new ones to prosper no matter how smart they an- in promoting var- • - r;; t s^rr. ssras; Wildcats Victors Over Potsdam 70-43 more of hi> monev \ s ,,™\ u ? ris .r o ? d n rL^i In Initial Basketball Game of Season s. n.'w shopping center something ) The Gouverneur Wildcats tri- won over Malone in an important to think about On the basis ol . umpncd mer tne p o tsdam Sand-, contest 61 to 57 on the Malone fhe experience ot other commun- slonrrs 7 lM3 lasT Friday night on court. Frank Romeo of Massena ities in this county and general!* i tne ioc a i court to open the 1959-60 ' was high scorer dropping in 37 Two Hundred Attend Father-Son Banquet Honoring Football Men Approximately 2(K) persons weiv present A\ the father and son ban- quet honoring the 1959 Champion- ship Football team last Wednes- day evening The event, sponsored by the Gouvtmeur Klks lodge and held at the Klks clubhouse, is ex- pected to become an annual affair. Highlight of the program fol- lowing the dinner was the prevn- tat ion of a plaque from the Kks i I C of C Calls Meeting On Sales Tax Dec. 15th Supervisor lx»naH1 D Peck has arranged with members of the, Board of Supervisors\ Sales Tax 'committee to attend with him a ' special meeting ot the Gouverne-ur t Chamber of Commerce on Tues- I day. IVcemtnr 15 The meeting has been called for 7 p.m. at the j , municipal budding | Chamber President Joseph Ca- ' ! nali has revealed that the meeting \ is being held in order that ramification* of the Town Board Approves $46,467 To Be Raised Expansion Program On At Gouvemeur Talc An expansion program of the 11 (jouverneur Talc company plant afr o ^j : Balmat is now underway, accord- to Jerrv Abates in recognition \ -nty sales tax may be disced i •\* to Robert S McCleuan. uce lof his being selected as All State - . On Friday of this week all su- rollback Abrante> has played in ; f rx I ' sor> Wl ' me * 1 | f m 21 game, in which the Gouverneur f»™liarize themselves team ha> suffered only tw;o losses. , P'*0P°^ d laWs and to d] >ident. When completed the program the re.ul in an increase in the of JKRKV ABKAXTES. ALL STAT£ FTLLBACK. 1B IIMWB reeel\iiMf t** plaque prmemtmi to kin by the <iouvrrtieur IJU% dub in rfM-ojrnltlon of hH outntandinif playing: at the father and fioa foot- ball banquet at the Elka club taut W tdnefeday. E^att«i Ruler Robert Dler is maklaf the presen- tation. 4 Con way photo» . SNOW REMOVAL Village Engineer Glenn W. Miller nas announced that Mam street, between Gordon strof^ and Park street, will be plowfMi trom the curbs to- ward the center of the street with th«* snow being piled in the center of the street await- ing removal Property owners in this sec- tion are requested not to put snow removed trom the sidewalks outside of the curb If this method of handling the snow proves successful, the same procedure may be carried out in the remaining part of the business section of Main street. In the last two years, the local | Varsity has lost hut one game and is the first championship team to win seven games in a row. accord- ing to Coach Frank LaFalce who introduced the players, the mana- gers and the assistant managers Robert C. Dier. grand exaulted [ ruler of the local Klks. welcomed the guests and turned** the pro- gram over to toast master John Oliver, coach of the Canton High school team. Frank \V. Mason, su- perintendent of rhe Gouverneur Central School system, expressed the school's appreciation of the in- terest shown bv the Klks club and Congratulated fhe players. Principal William Limbacher in adding his congratulations to the squad and its coaches stated that at least one-half the credit should at length. Following this meeting Mr. Peck will have available a more than li In addition to installing addi- complete and detailed ropy of the i tiona J_ BTindm ^. and proposed laws and a summary of the laws All persons interested in the proposed sales tax are urged to at- tend the meeting On Monday. December 21 n county-wide public hearing on the sales tax will be held in Canton. C of C Directors Approve Industrial Survey Report throuRhout the North a new shop-^ basketba| , ^p. ping center here could do creat *~ • harm to «-xist»,,p retail esiabhsh- P™ Bureess tossed in 2.i poults ments by increa«mt the number f \ r thp winner* on 8 baskets and ol outle's competing for the pub- ^ loul , lie s business. . I department Bill l^uper ied j ... . , 'dam nettine o baskets and 6 free ^« the irenrt t.«a,-d Rn-Bt-r, forlg s _ shopping convenience is sure to, « 1 prow -it is not to be checked | The Wildcat* built up a big lead While Gouvorneur has very wisely \ in the earlv minutes of the game [ provided suable free parking and were never headed as they. areas at both en.1s ot the Main rolled to a 16 to 4 margin at the ( Street busmen section, we should <*nd °' tne first quarter, and a 36 Premium award checks totaling right now• b*- cons;denng The needs > to ~ (> Jrad aT The haIt The Cat- '$23,027 75 have been mailed to of Jhe future In doing so, it wotfJd blazed 2~ points in the third quar- some 1.100 pnze winning exhibi- to g:\e some thought to ter. and at the start of the last • tors at the 1959 Gouverneur and ho done to make our >tanza held a HI to 26 lead ! St Lawrence County Fairs There section more attractive O>ach 1-aFaice substituted free- was a total of 4.500 separate en- convenient -to elimi- ' •> m tn ^ last quarter and used all tries in competition at the 1959 Fair according to a statement made today by president Bhgh A Dodds. These embrace the 4-H points and the first 18 for the Red Raiders Collins led Malone with 19. Tupper Lake beat O.F.A. 57-54. See—WILDCATS Page 4 Fair Premiums Total 523,027; Over 1,100 Exhibitors GerChecks T? m ™\\- <-™ Rlsnn * w« Explorer Scouts Bowl, Go Mountain Climbing go to 'Side Line Coach Wilbur ^ JL . ... Xf n ... , , . , trial Deve opment Committee Pnttv because Mr Pnttv had had i . ,.,. . , . . \ . . •* • J r.the C hamljer to discuss the to yell his instructions instead of I st?ndin«r them in by a player. •Ronald Hopkias. head coach of j St. Lawrence university and guest j speaker*, discussed points of con- ; ditioning and emphasized the im-! £ portance and advantages of play- ing eight years of footba|l j \These are the golden years of your life the « eight years you play football at a team level\ he said. He stressed both health prac- ; noes and education ana discussed . J thr social value> of group partK-i-. ! pat ion \Football increases the de sire to wm' , he insisted \ Carl ton Toompv. chairman of i equipment, new dust collection fa- cilities of an improved type will be added. The necessary construction work and installation of new facil- ities is being done by Northeast Constructors. Inc. under the di- rection of Richard Rouse. Karlier this fall the Gouverneur Talc company completed another expansion program involving an increa.se in mine hoisting capacity and a substantial increase in bulk storage and blending facilities for its ground talc. According to the company's an- nouncement, their forecast of 1960 The directors of Gouverneur \ business makes this expansion nec- Chamber of Commerce met Mon- j t»ssary. day. December 7th with the Indus- of pro- ! gram for Industrial Development for the Gouverneur area The Industrial Development i Rouse Co. Begins Work At Massena Intake Gites The John W. Rouse Construc- A total of $46.46709 mu*t be raised bv tax to support the 1960 budget of the town of Gouverneur. This amount was approved at a recent meeting of the town board following a preliminary public hearing on November 5. The general taA decimal will be 02340512; the Highway Item 1 decimal. .008642224, the Kural Kire Protection decimal, .001 and the Health .0001628 Largest single Fund decimal. item in the amount to be raised u» $18,200 lor snow and brush removal. The in- crease in this department over $8,500 last >ear is caused by pro- vision in the budget for the pur- chase ol a truck with a snow plow and a truck and sander. Donald D. Peck, supervisor, explained this week. Mr. Peck also indicated that surplus funds in this department were used up during the severe winter last vear. Need for additional equipment is also responsible largely tor the in- crease of Highway Item No. 3 from $5,000 last year to $10,000 this year. The bridge fund has been increased from $500 to $1,000 and the Highway Item No. 1. for repairs of highwa>s, from $11,118 last vear to $15,045 lor 1960. Increased labor and material costs also affect the budget, Mr. Peck said. The contract with the Gouver- neur Fire Department for the year has been increased from $1,756 16 to $1,921.41 and $300 has been put !tion Corporation. Gouverneur has [ in the Health fund. * Chairman. William C , ^^^^ work on plugging the) Mr. Peck also stated that more John W Rouse, ^v- draft tube s and rpmoving the gates of the town employees are now ;xnted the completion of an indus- and gate ^ machinery at the under social security and retire- trial development survey made for Massena i nta k e rhe eight gates ment programs, both of which add the Gouverneur area by Donald | amj ^^^^ weighing over 46 , to town expenses S Foster, executive^vrce present . ons ap]ece wilJ ^ rPmove d and I No provision is made in the of the St. Lawrence Valley associ- ! gtore<i for ^j^ for future use b> i money to be raised by tax lor the ithe New York State Power Au- j operation of the 4own general ' thority. j government suxe state per capita The Mawena Intake is situated' \»<*• mortgage taxes. hcense> and at ion of the Chamber of Com- merce with the assistance of i J Lacks, director of the : Gouverneur chamber The 'Jrt page study will be pie and the [>o&Kfbility that public demand rnxrht produce a shopping cent' r out>ide the corporation 15 players during the The Gouvemeur Junior Varsity eked out a 14 t > 13 victory over the Pot^am 3-umor* Butter- ?hr banquet committee announc- ed tnat there would be trophies for each football player, and Dom- Five teams of Explorer Scouts ' >™c Colloca. chairman of .the kept house committee, said that the See FOOTBALL Page 4 pared m booklet form, printed and from St. Lawrence countv the alleys at the Gouverneur Rec- reation Center busy ail afternoon Sdturdav when thev met in com- )OCH\ business mieht studv fhe possibility that all the final buzzer. Tim HJH> led residences on the south side of Little Cats with 6 points i Continued on page 4' dub and F.FA. exhibitors of the petition Bowling were two teams ATC3 uKUnCCTS NdlD^U To Pi. Chapter Posts to locdte in our area. The s includes a general description of Gouverneur. transportation, utili- ties, watei supply, labor forces. at the head of the former Lawrence Power Canal, and rs source of water supply for Mas- sena operations of Alcoa and the of Massena The draft tube St. (fees provide sufficient income to the j run the town government. $41.- 517.30 is the estimated cost of this item. Salaries paid from the general plugging work will consist of tern- jg'*eminent fund include S2.5OO poranly sealing the upstream and | t0 the supervisory$2.15ft to the downstream ends of the draft 'tubes de-watenng the tube areas taxation, raw materials available | and h||i xhew uiTh concre{e t l dustrial building and dropped in a 2 punter at the i Junior Fair and all open class ex b h the hibitors who share in l^e prize I money allocated bv the managp- from Gouverneur. two from Nor- ' wood and one from Potsdam. \ Roger Lamar ol Gouverneur for industrial building and development construction Jac ties. p»<*nts already available, gpnt-ral dexTiptjon ol the Du>*ne» j tive justice; $350 to the justice; S3 15^ to the counciFr»en; to the tuun clerk and tax The famous inUke whirlpool that ! collector and $4,200 to the town appeared on th#» upstream sides ot |superintendent of highwavs I the intake dam W4il no longer ^ ' Thp chairman of tne Chrishnascope , ^ oouverneur • : and commamty climate a section In othtr league action Massena men? to the 3f» cieparTments of the with a scratch score of 168 bowled -Four Gouverneur area profes- ^ ^^ industrial development po- ] ' . combined fairs • j the highest sinele pamo. and Rob- sional engineers have been named In the 4-H division of the Junior e r* Mashaw. also of Gou*ern*>ur to important posts in the St LavA - Fair S5.091.20 has been paid in L had the highest scratch score in a rence-Frankiin -chapter of the ciassifrcation> covering every '*:ee came senes with 44T T>»e New York Sta'p Societv of Pro- hen the operation is com- iwi11 receive $1,500 an deach other \\\• T>/e town historian f )C Cr.: Ls' ma > mom - And it vou w«nt *o So we jj>* t had fjr on o.ir firs* make a 4 T: ri*v of shr.pp. -.z :he Go'Jvc-rT.eur me surprise is 4 ores U> pia.ved a carol or twn e-^ in ior < or, the Mfttzr.-iS\ Grand f.er*n<\ :i^r.< in* re ar*» ^.nmn lip $ G and C Hhru* arwi ^rf j^^e cor.tamers d be- tr-« firs: «oi '^A* PPW ani dil'erc*nt toocii tha* u^ naw absnlu'f-'.v ani st.;i \r»ok z r >oi no talent up Though* pnase of work in which 4-H mem- b^-rs partjdj^ited In. the F F A di- visr>n $b«*\'j '*.' uai paid, making a total of S5 691 2 r - to Junior Ya.r approximate;> 3(^ of amount -o' Fair pre- rs oi This arrKior: tne bo>-s and girts wnose II\P«'C»CV Oou\err>eur exhibits v* *>n *r.e cn\et^*d prizes awards urre also £~\er, f'»r i;vif;.r>r:x acrordinir !>' tne of ,r~.f> exr.ib.tor A separate or. covered the ju6ar.r.c oi ro*p> natter making (OT whjcr rash pr.res nbbon* W. ioo^ei o\ er a fr^ze t^r hokis trrizer, ioc+i i^#. - *ri£ V ' T *f^ r -. ~s h:ghe*v team score of 720 was txmied by tn^ Gouverneur team of l^rr.ar C Camf-ron M Chapman >*p-. en> and LaPierre T^^e Gou\ - Prneur !earr of Hilyard Smith, Y*-ra«»r : Ma«haw and Cameron, wa< hie** in the tr.ree fesM->naJ Engineers Robert t Witt was elected vice pres.cient of the chapt PT at a mepTing held in N »n* ood on No- vember 24 Mr W.tt ha> be*»n ir. private practice as a oonsuJtinp sene> pnp;-)eer for The pa*! five vears in Gouvernear a r <d Tentja] a iist.ng of the extsitinp induct i'j€'*> and I^^-IT prc»duct>. notes on tr>e p(>iitiCHi climate, and a v^mmarv of the report TV»e director w^ro in agree- neur rru>* ancier^ak^ iru> pro^rim «-;tr,in tr»e \)\IH£O «nd ^^rrounding pqujprnent ^ lsmine wa n K V a5 used thf , eonsTruction of the power dam to j-e^jate the control of water lr Tn<: j nv ^ r |n what ^ j^^ Lakf will receive ?l..Vjft and each uttv r tLn ^ %\ 25^ and ve f erans aream/ations, Y »uth Comn-ii&sr»r, will is ^ ?\ <Pn *- 1|nfl of whlch reimburse b> the *ta'e prosrr«*mg > TAX pa:>d *o \Vas-t>urri and B,ackburr. ir>r- -pen: seven >ear> m ins'itutional led or. Nc>rwo»d industrial mamTenanop and Tear-. N-> 2 and a 'ive mar team eie. en vears m ot nor-srou^ers rnao> up the sixth *nj<rnf*erir.i; 6>^ team ir rhe cornpf it ion T^.i* mecr.,ca! f*elds •earn included Bu**erv*or*r. !>>n- Howard nei.v KJock. \^ ash burn ax>d iic- ! ^ Gouverneur Garden Club Christmas Sale Dec. 11th concurrently uit_h | be the removal of . lncludire generators tnii* ,formeH> produced Aicoa s pr>u er and pijezinfc the belou ua- , ter portion of ihe existing Aicoa ! Plant i Man On $500 Bail Following Shooting of Local Han con s t rucT >on and pr. in civil and t Thf> annuai C\-.ns'rr.a> ^ale of pr j>r*-siden? of ; r , e Gfnjv erm-ur G&nf: club w,!l j f lor » 1 for mar tne tr»i- tne re- rf-suJt unaay Iron WOTK> «&> of tr** cnapter t ^ frc«T P A tot*: ctf SI 5 * as eir J>i>-< pr./e* ir *r> rr*ai.-. dispiav of rne da> ,c~arjd- near foikm-rx J 4-H exfcifcfct* a ^»d ITS T he HcfnerrAk.rtf: exhib;U of cioth^ng ct-T.pfsre r»ome irrspr-;\-wner. # cir- ra:* and ;r*.~3pr. ve|rp*4ib*e* r»ur~Jic *J* coa*er\**w&L proper? rrc- pm~t »i> up ords acMrv-ernrnt books mnd ban- turrumr at ;Ulk J? Ail 4-H cJut» repr^- <\ir the tnp \*^at»on Ar.'onjo Pprfetto ua* named to f heir the pro^ranr. coTrjr.r?*-e and Mr g Lecr.ieT to rr** pn^.neenr.t pr>p- •* *fyer cour^;%\ Wa>-n* »ra f ion oonvn:fee Mis* E'.u*b**t )eU Gou\pmfur Yn- L Cane formerly o^ Antu^-rp. »aj bound for M- Coidefi appo.med to the puo.icvrv corr, La«^ Placid and for r»o mittee comfort* ol lUfrFsfciT i«mr++ a T^rf* ct\mp*CT *:ii eoodw»cT k rr heid a* *he Ward L I *e . V nda\ I *F--rni tte r 9 a rr ur.t*. 9 p rr. Blig^ A Dodd> ner corps of « w corking se\» era! this one of th* tube, m no ».^ dr»/t t irt.kf fur t 44 on .n mttke bis Jorr r* tlar her - to out- r5 Ra> F cnairmar *.th oiner heading up s-pec^al commit Karw. Oie ir the wood* m both 'r**t*r course !or the mountain, re- to dry out and ;: mouki -OCinUJKTM or is a irm- Gar. SmEt^. 4 McCaffre> ant! Mr me to prepare for !*# profew^>-na a Kifftcwrit mi/nber of roil »-*U meet or, 14 a- f > p H:.yard Sr»l2 Hail aT Oarttaor. Lamar. An>-or» ^i*T:inf fuj^jwtt wJL it fronr. Prof Oarkjr* Mrs £ Har- HATTY Corb.r. T«rtev. Brian tfcoo may E Mark and Mrs r^: Mrs T . arrangement* Mm G c TT^r*4^ «rvj M-^ Ja-rk ar^ tr char^ of a biteed rr>er: M-x PauJ J Mr* S L Bcord *rxi Mrx ' i*n-e* supervTs*c» of UnX HaD and Rich for tne Pcr+vr Ayti»ont> ooo FCLLOWS tNrrunoM Mf\>* of Kevxso. jr ct**p*a.r, o^ the State o' New York. Or**r of Odd The mxtiation of the locaJ ^ e\enlrif Dec :J A rot! c&H oi w II be next Una A*befcA> a harr iljtfier' a* ^ a «li>puTe that occurred ir Thf C^*ric prop^^> on the Har~t5\ille-Fu)k>-vu)e rr»ad Mr Oar* s**i accord.ng *u re- pom frorr. \Y* K^er:ff * office. that Se and ha farru,.. »^r^ on ha iand. about to ^o nomr m^>e*\. he the Rocunoc' car pa^l^^ on ^t> He too* *u> fa— ^y ar^ caJed ithe jJ^er.ff* j In Cantor ^nd reported thai \ there • aj a cmr parkeo cm his 30 car »a* Oart prope-t;. (Ul of 4
