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E VOLUME 1, NUMBER 4 LACKAWANNA, N. Y., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1947 agj‘n;§‘:_‘;\;. Eight Pages HUGHES DENIES REPORTS CITY FACES CRISIS MAGYAR PASTOR ‘ FURGESS RESIGNS MAYOR CHARGES POLICE DEMANDS F HOW 3rd DEGREE MOVE TO COMBINE ERIE COUNTY'S 33 HEALTH DISTRICTS IS HELD UP (I0 locals, All’, Taxpayers Buck Proposed Pay Increase Mayor Michael J. Hughes in a mitten stutenient read before the my Council Monday discredited 1‘:-|)0l‘t.S that the City faces financial Cluls. A move to combine Erie County’s 33 health districts has been held up until a concrete progrmn with details on cost and administra- tion is complctotl. Supervisor Joseph F. Schwed, who has the power to speak for the Steel City, revealed he will not take action, though he strongly favom the plan, but leave final decision to the voters in a public referendum this full. Mayor Michael J. Hughes charg- ed Monday Lnckuwunnn police are using third degree methods in try- ing to obtain immediate pny rnsics. The Mnyor interrupted :1 state- ment by P1 c-sident Leo Germnnovich of Senccn Police Club at n City (‘ouncil meeting, to sa_,': \Yon fel- lows have brought all the pressure possible. The other departments have been content to go along with promises the (‘ity Council made them. Third degree isn't going to be worth nnything here.” Referring to Council promises that Steel City police would be grnnteil a pay increase if Buffalo police demands are met in July, Hughes continued: “This is the first time such persistence has been followed in spite of promises mnde by the Mayor and City Council. You fellows come in every meets ing with organizations and societies behind you. Leave it up to us.\ Following rcnding of three com- munications supporting police de- mands from Acting Secty. John W. Mc(‘nnn of Eighth Assembly District Committee of the Ameri- can Lnbor l\ui-ty Leo Germnnovich of Scnc-c.n\I\olicc Club. nnd Acting Secty. William H. Henderson of C10 Loeuls. G0l'm£|Yl0VlL'll requested n decision. -' “City finances were never in a suongcr position than they are to- ilay. nor were regulations more ngully adhered to by all depart- ments than at the present time. Tue implication that Luckuwnnnn f;\oL‘;: :1 financial crisis is fantastic an-.1 remote,\ Hughes said. President Stanley '1‘. Strobeck of [In Board of Education favors :1 1-K! per cent exclusion of educa- ti--uul costs from the City Budget. ll-v is behind the resolution to be ll‘..ll11lZ0d by the Mayor and Com- nmn Council and presented to As- sunblyman John R. Pillion for its introduction and passed by tho S-ate Legislature. The resolution pmvides a 100 per cent exclusion {mm the 2 per cent limit on City um powers. The Finance Committee of the Board of Supervisors made pro- vision Mon. for poasibiu adoption of the phm by voting 11-3 in fnvor of creating :1 county-wide in-ultlx service. The proposal lwforo the Board of Supervisors would improve health service in this urea without upping Lz\ckuwuxmu's doctor bill, according to Schwcd. “Our health depnrtnient is (1 fine one. It does the best it can under the present systeni. But you cnn’t have fences around communities. Disease has no bonndnrics,\ he said, citing the impossibility of segregating infection. “The plan would take our health budget out of the city and put it into the county. A wider nssessment would result in a lesser tax. Under the proposed progrmn. tahe County would be assured a 75 per cent re- imbursement by the state of the first $100,000 spent. xmd 50 per cent of all costs therenfter_,\ he added. 200 TROOPERS FOR N. Y. STATE Rev. Mr. William B. Furgess Openings for approximately 200 troopers in the New York State Police have been revealed in an un- nounccment by Director Harry I’. Minich of the Lackawanna Voter- ans Agency. An open competitive examination for ’l‘roopor.~;, Executive Depart- ment, Division of State Police, will be held March 19 in Albany and uch other places as may be desig- nated. The examination will consist of a written examination, oral in- terview, physical examination. and investigation of moral character. Applicants must have the follow- ing qualifications: 1, U. S. Citizen- ship; 2, age 21-110; 3, sound consti- tution; 4, minimum height of five feet, 10 inches; 5, no pliy.—ical (le- focts; 6, be physically sttong, aet- ive. a nd well-proportiom-.<l; 7, weight in proportion to general build; 8, satisfactory hearing; 9, 20/20 eyesight without glasses; 10, high school diploma or equivalent; 11, operator's license for motor ve- hicles on New York State high- ways; 12-, no eriminal conviction. Unqualified persons should not file applications. Applications must be submitted on blanks provided by the Super- intendent and may be obtained only from the Division of State Police, Capitol, Albany. New York. They must be filed with the same office before midnight March 3. The Rev. Mr. William B. Furgess, 10% years Pastor of Lackawannzi Magyar Presbyterian Church, has announced his resignation to take a post with Farrell, P3,, Magyar Presbyterian Church. Mr. I-‘urgess accepted the unanimous call, made Jan. 19, on Feb. 6 while guest min- ister at the Farrell‘ church. When this resolution is passed. ulw Mayor said, no possibility of fi- mxiciul crisis can exist. For this ms-on Corp. Counsel Rudolph lll-instein and City Auditor Dwight (‘h:uube1'lain requested Pillion to in- induce the resolution for necessary on-.lusion of School Departxnent funds, Hughes said. \\l‘he recently published letter €- Ill Mr. Pillion to Corp. Counsel l\~instein has been misinterpreted aul misunderstood and was the M -'-rmath of this request to Mr. P'!Iion,\ Hughes said. A congregational meeting of the Lackuwannu church will be held at 10:30 p. m. Sunday. Feb. 23, follow- ing Lent and Holy Communion scr~ vices. \If mloptcd, the resolution would retain ull civil service personnel. The local Health Commissioner would become County deputy. and a county Board of Health would be sot up. Of cou1'<o_. clmngcs may still be made beforc the final draft- ing of the plan,\ the Supervisor snid. During his decade of service in Laclmwanna, Mr. Furgesé pastor- ate saw many improvements and reconditions. Organized in 1907, Lucknwnnnn Magyar Presbytorimi Church. until 1944 D. mission church, is today a debt-free parish church. The pastor was called to Luckn- wannn Sept. 1936,» and installed November of that year. He had previously held charges with his wife in Evenglades and Clewiston, Fla. Saying police had been given “the stunv story over unzl ovt.-.r_,” Gormmuwich pointed out the use- lossuess of modelling Lncknwmanu police pay rates uftér Buffalo's. Mayor Dowd of Buffalo has gone on record as saying he .fuvors I (Continued on Page 3) Executive Director James Kirk~ W-\-xl of Lackawxmnn Research Bu- mu stated if there is 100 per cent (-xdusion of educational costs, there W be no control of the total City in rate. “This, in a way, defeats tin intention of the constitutibnzil pI'»wision,” Kirkwood said. A sounding of the Board of Sup- ervisors indicates an overwhelming majority favors the unifying plan over Mayor Michael J. Hughes’ counter-proposal. The Mayor wants to ask the State to include Luckn- wunna in its pi-esont reimburse- ment. policy, which ropnys 50 per cent of health costs to cities with over 50,000 population. Following a proposal by Super- visor Otlo Mueller, majority lend- er, and C. Chose Zzilenigki, Rep\ Cheektowagn, at a recent Board meeting to the effect that several City servic-es be given County serv- ice slutus, Sclmcd moved that each service be taken separately, and that health service he slated for im- mediate consideration. “Health is of first importance,\ he said. Five New York Suite counties ni- ((‘om.inue«l on Page 8) HELD FOR GRAND JURY At a prcliminxuy homing be- fore Judge Joseph R. MeCnnn in City Court, Maxwell 0'Ncu1c, 42, 116 Pratt St., Buffalo. was ordered hold to answer before 11 grand jury. Born in Bridgeport, Conn., he had his college-theological training in Bloomfield, N. J., plus two years theccigical study at Snrospatnk in Hungary, and took his Master of Theology degree at I'rinceton Theo; logical Seminary.— Princeton, N.— J. He and Mrs. Furgess have traveled widely abroad. The pastor has received a con- gratulatory letter from the Shar- on, Pa., Press and 11 letter of ac- ceptance into fellowship from the Farrell and Sharon Ministerial As- sociation. An alternative plan might be n N mg on school expenditures simi- IM to the two per cent City limit, K vkwood added. He advocated a C\:nL‘l' city regulation of school bud- £:'*!. or taking over by the State Education Department all admin- imntion and expenditures. O'Nenlo has two clmrgzos 0! second degree nssult against him, plnccd by Sara Jones, 39 Gates Avo., who was stabbecl in the right brcust and Henry Gist. snubbed in the buck. Both parties nllcgully were stabbed with an ice pick. Jun. 25. 1947. Good Timers Will Stage Play Plnns are underway for the Good Tuners, dramatic and social club, In stage a play in mid-May. Anyone interested in the project should C--ntact Club President Aldo Cauca- lmri, 231 Ingham Ave. X-RAY PLANS PROGRESS Organization plans for the Spring X-ray program in Luckn- wanna are making good progress, according to the Buffalo and Erie County Tuberculosis Association. The city has been divided into X-ray service sections to insure equal opportunity for all adults to take advantage of the health pro- gram. Each section will be under the leadership of a local captain who will be in charge of volunteer czmvassers. Promotion of the proj- ect by contacting residents in each section will be the canvassers' re- sponsibility. Cooperating with the Lacke- wanna Ilealth Departawnt, Miss Laurine E. Raiber. ’l‘ubv.-rculosis Association Field Worker, met on Thursday. February lflth, with Miss ‘Isabelle Rousello and Miss Gladys Yoviene. Public Health Nurses, and Mr. William Karsn, Jr., Assist- an tsanitary Inspector. to deter- mine sectional divisions. Among those invited to serve as sectional captains are: Mrs. Lester Wertz, Mrs. Hovey Dodge. Mrs. Grace W»hir.e, Mr. Frank Maeliina. Police Chief Curtin. Walter l3'redrn<sen. Edward Rosunski, Theodore Rosin- ski, Rev. William Byrd, William Karsa, Jr.. Nicholas Miljovic, John Panzielgowski, _ and Rev. Arthur :i:,.f:: .1 - Mr. Furgcss has hnd since Dc- cember 8, 1946, three calls to pus- toratcs. CITY TAXES Wll.'. HIT MILLION DOLLAR MARK City taxes for 1947 will pass the Imllion dollzu‘ murli. according to an estimate made by City Treasurer Joseph E. Kruuse. The new Lax rnto, $221.44 per $1.000 valuation, when .~p1'uud against the total us- susavxl mlunlvion for L $-15,617,850, Wlll produce 11 $1.041.- 998.715 all-aver total tax, says Mr. Kruusc. Domlline for the first lmlt of city taxes has been set for l\I1\rcl1 20. A one per cent penalty will apply at- tor blunt (lute. TURUL LODGE WILL HOLD ELECTIONS TWO IOCAI. TEACHERS RE CEIVE STATE RECOGNITION Nominations of cmldidulos for office in Tux-ul Lodge will be made at the next I.n(lp:c meeting, 8 p. m. 'l‘ues.. Fol‘. 25. ul. II1nu,rm'inn Hall on St('v|n\V!u1un Ave. Prnsirlont Jnim A. Nyitrni has aumouncc-(l :\p~ poiniment of the following mom- liors as election coxninittoclnm): William A. Sari (clmirnmn). Wil- linm Bu:-is. Willinm Fxn'kns. Micimel I~‘ndm-. Paul Fitzory. mid Frnnk Syposs. Two Luckmvannn educators have ‘ M. selected for important com- l\'il(‘.L'S of the western zone of the IV‘ .-4 York State Teachers Associa- hw‘. They are Clarence Conway, 1* ncipal ut the Franklin School, -’l'-l Edward Smith, head of the Si vnce Department of Lnckawonnn 11-uh School. Selection to these posts shows lmt the Lnclmwanna group is high» ‘ It-gnrded by state leaders us it is N-~v committees which are active l-mnghout the your working for « lL'llC‘l‘ and pupil welfare. Mr. Conway has been selected for in Public Relations Coinniittoe for hich he is well qualified. He has '1: been active in teacher organi- :u-mns, both locally and throughout he state. His contacts with other achcrn, teacher groups, n n d 0%\I'd's of education have been many ' » = '21 0\°;S.t-J9 AM°.ci.-tim In- and varied. Mr. Conway was also cause of his participation in patent- teachox-s o1'g:|nizui.ions and because of his endeavors for many years to get parents interested in schools and the school neuvities of their children. In addition to his school work, Mr. Conway has nlwnys been in touch with current topics and trends through I‘ 1-ntornnl and social organi- zations. He is one of the best known and well liked members of Post 63. American Legion and for many years has held offices of trust and responsibility. Some of these in- cluded post udjutant. which he oe- cupied for many yours. nnd post comninndcr. Into both of those of- fices he put much time and energy and his work had much to do with making Post 63 the outstanding 0l'- ganization it is today. City lax bills are available at the City '1‘rez\surc1\s office. Room 2, City Hall. Wt-.cl<-day office hours m-c 9 n. m. - 4 p. m., and 9 n. m., to 11 a. 111. Sat. Elvcllon of 19-l7-48 officers, in- cluding pre.-:i(l:‘nl:. vice-preside-nt, ti-vusiin-ex-, socrvlury, mid si.\' Board of Di1'uctnr.-. niclnbors. will be Sat. night. llrlnrch 15, at Mxu*ty’s Grill A pzu'l_v for mvmlwrs will ‘follow. M'r. Nyilrni requests qm\lil‘1od ])l‘l‘S0ll9i i\LP]'l.iQll[‘~(‘ in joining Turnl Lmlgzo nmko uppliczilion for nu-m~ box-ship by April 30, deadline‘ date. He urges all members to attend both meeting-5-—t.he election cam- paign promise; to be; spirited one. TAX AIDES AT CITY HALL Two mprosontzitivos of the Fed- eral Income Tax Bureau are on hum! ut tho Auditor's Office, Room 19. City Hall, to aid people in filing their income tax reports. They will be here until March 15, 1941. 1 1; fig . . . 2(Cbnthiukd{oi 2P-nké ‘ms ; ; .
