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•vE '■ 1 ;v I': “'EE,' .:?E \H!& w e iem m B letters; Oo you have an opiiuon or thought you woidd like to e^^iess? Peel hee lo send your letters tp the editor and guest editorMs to- theOoopeistomi Independent, Box ^ 9 , Gooperstown, NY, 13326. Voice F r iday, S e p t e i ^ e i ? % 1 9 6 \'■'“\llli' On traek mumim a J^M mtpnJbr is located at the offices of the Delaware Dtsego D&rp. on MaMroad Amme im Dm^erstomn, Hffee Stooges? What a strange time we live in. Of course, as proved by past fluctuatloRS, history shows that times change and soci ety widi diem. I’ve seen such change in my lifetime, from the pre-WorM War H era to the present, but it’s nnlikely that m see the pendulum swing back away from the quirky mode o f today. In quirky I refer to the capricious pecuhmities o f human behavior in die last severM decades. Perhaps the best description of our socie^ to(My is “Ih e Three Stooges.” Eemeraber them? There was no real rhyme o r reason, no underlying theme for “The ^ Three Stooges,” just the B a r b a r a L. L o i t e c h whim of the moment, what- evm* that might be; gouge an eye, punch a stomach, toy with lecherous innuendos, or shove, push mid slap ~ all in die name of humor. Oddly, ‘The Three Stooges” Past & present Phpitt^Sy Wearing cotwpletlOn Work om the Mary Irmyene Bassett Mosyitai Federal Credit Union offise at M Clen 4ne., Oooperstown is marly complete. The grand open- ing isscMnledforAursdayf Sept. B$. One H u n d i^d f lf ly Tears Ago The Constitutional Convention has unexpectedly done one good thing - that Is, a g feei to a proposMen for a & a ! adjournment on die 6 ii o f October, whicli wItt i e session to over four months, when their business itacf ought to have been done up in sixty days. September 5^ 1B46 One H undred ¥ e a i^ Ago The first section of the double excursion frain, which included 3S cms, of the rail- •' road excursion to this village Sr Boxma Volumm Pennsylvania Division, Order show itself fell into disfavor, while the very society that rejected it took on its behavior, simultoneously decrying vacuous and violent slapstick, yet at the same time, having difriculty with meaningfol, serious thought. Today, if it isn’t sensational, if there isn’t some lascivious humor inferred, people are bored, they can’t identify, and will even try to twist a serious concept into some sort of flip humor. This really hit home to me when, over the course of sev e r ^ months, I happened to see the smne well known play, in which there is a death scene, four times, produced by sepmate theater companies in different locdities. In each production the audience inappropriately laughed at the death scene. In none o f these productions was it a case of poor performance. It’s today’s “The Three Stooges,” soci etal poverty o f emotional maturity. Of the basic emotions, love, hale, humor, fear and sadness, die only ones today’s society seems comfo^able with are hale and humor. Distsficily juvenile emofrons. Could it be that, in this post-war. Baby-boomer, hi-tech era, people never grow up? Or is it, as some critics claim, that we’ve become numbed, incapable of appropriate response, by constant exposure to violence and vulgarity? Is it our fast-track lifestyles that leaves no time for reflec tion or serious thought? “The Three Stooges” were die epitome of rudeness - and so is much of our society, hi the case o f the play, the audi ence displayed discourtesy to the actors Involved In a seri ous effort, to anyone who imght be dlstmciM by such boor ish behavior, and to the author’s effort to pord'ay a message. Someday historians will analyze and c ate^rize our soci ety. Wouldn’t it be sad if our place in history was that of “The Three Stooges?” EIHBSSEB! Stri '6 vs. snbsUmee of Railway Conductors, arrived here at 2 p.m. on Saturday last, three hours late. About 2,300 people. It Is said, were on board. They were as ordm:ly, well-dressed and good-looking set of peo* With the presidential nominating conventions out o f die way, we can look forward to two months o f political adver tising designed to win our votes. Given die evidence o f die conventions, we'd better not anticipate a flood o f facts and figures to aid us in our decision making. The Repubicans started things olf widi a pamde of past pres idents capped o f by an efecdve tribute to EonMd Reagan. Controvert was to a mhiimuHi or at least kept o f prime dine. E ^ ^ i i Dole worked die a u f e c e a la Opiab. Finally, her husband emphasized family values plus a IS pement lax cut. The Democrats, with their sole surviving president con spicuously absent, countered with a four-tky sensitivity session. Miliary, the celebrated activist, was recast as wife mid mother. The previously unapproachable Chelsea was fOsldon|il ,front and center in the OInion fanuly tableau. Finall^i^e president trimself materiall^4 afrer innumerable information on life widiin the Ointon clan mixed in. widi a Sun dry list o f accompMshmen^ achieved during Ms adnihasfradon. Four years ago, when ihird-parfy upsmi^ Eoss Perot .per sisted In appearing In his long mid clumsily staged TV infomercials, holding up charts and diagrams, he quickly became m a t^al for comedians from coast to coast. What isn't funny at all is that both inq|or parries conrihue to insult the intelligence o f voters by putring on conlrived presenta- rions that lack both substance and speciries. When the politicians risk sharing the wha^, hows mid will be w o ^ iy o f our altenrion. In the meanwhde, we’d bet ter prepare for an emphasis on style over substance. T O T H E E D I T O R Thanks* to PmnM To rile Editor; With t ie passage o f the state budget. New York faroera won much needed properly tax relief. That’s Imponaiit to frraiers across riie state because our property taxes are four times the natloiial average and the highest o f riie county’s 40 agaciiila^ states. The v iabi% of the slate’s number one in d a s ^ - a^culture - is imporraist to fho eCoHoiiiy and to working men :ahd'women all aroimd riie s^te. This measure will, also, beseSt rural meas ih d bities ail across UpsiWe New Ycwk'aif l o n g Istend. That’s because the tax relief that farmers see will be spent locally, at places like computer stores, macMnery shops, hmrdware stores, farm equipment dealers, car and uruck deaterslilps, lumberyards and feed mills. The 26,0 p member New York Farm Bureau waged p a i out, grassroots campaign to w lfif assage o f lej^slarion that would heavy property tax load paid b^lfte SMie’s imm fami lies, The new pfogram, wMch vdll bring school fmtes down for famiers through a refundable m credit on iie state level, thereby ^ suring no sMil o f riie tax burden to iiQB^famiers. This new law w p l d never have seen effoits o f Gov. George P a tt^. He initi ated the proposal and,kept it aHve because he knows the tough, times New Yorkfarotersare having. s% ing com- peritive and proiiable, and riie lough rimes riiai rural economies are feeling. The state’s fanners owe a huge thank you to Gov. Pataki. We also thank the Agricultoie C h ^ s who i r s i brought the issue to stote lawmakers several years ago, Assemblymmi Bill Parment and State Senator Randy Kubl, and State Majority Leader loe Bruno, who himself Introduced a f a m p r o p ^ tax relief proposal, eafrim* this year. The farm property tax relief measure is liistoric - riie most liaportmit piece of state legislation for f^iiiers iris century. It’s long overdue and aa eco nomic stimulus that will fuel the recovery of agrieuitoro m i the state economy. lohn Lincoln Resident New York Fama Bureau Cooptri^fotmt 3 ?nbepenbettt PublfSher: Louis B. Sumner P i* B s lied IW d a y RO. Box 790,39 Hl&i St, 9nd Hoor, Coopetstown, N.Y. 13336 Ve’reto0im!iaimeM»0ipl)mra\ ■ Phone: CSOT) B47-264Bi Pto; (607) S47«87 '-Sidsctipltenn in-teego Copniy; 818/ s ^ m ? Oal 07 Coiin^, SWseai Editor: Pat Boldsteln Production Birector: Darla M. Youngs Sports Editor: Bill Francis Production: Bonnie Coons Send addregg to: Gooperstovra Independent POBox,?90, Coopeistoisn, Si’ i8S26 Published weekly 62 issues/year USPS ID#: 209620 iSSK 8?50^S657 : SecondfGIaas Postage Paid at Gadpe»stowii,JY lage. A ier enjoying a ttip on riie lake, and visiting some o f the points of Interest, they returned home between six and seven ©’clock In the evening. A number o f the party, howev er, stayedover Sunday for the reason riiey wmited to see more of the place, and orii^s had to stay over night, for the re^on riiey “got left.” Septembers, 1896 Seventy Five Years Ago August Busch of Three Mile Point notified >^Iage President, A.S. Potts that he would be pleased to present the village with a. motor driven fire engine. The board of trustees was immediately called togeriier last Tuesday evening and voted to accept the saving to the village o f a large sum o f moneyasTf .. would cost at least six thousand dollars Id have ihe engine repaired; By far riie Imgest party of the season was that given Friday evening by Edward S. Clark at Iris home m Fenliriore Farms. Pracrically all the summer colony was present at the masquerade pariy wMeh started at 9 o’clock arid lasiled oifril the morning hours. The feature of riie evening for the vil lagers was the generous invitation to h u n d red ©f children to attend the circus pariy from 7;30 until B:3D. H ie festivi ties took place In a Mg circus tent erected on riie lawn near the lake ^ o re. August SI, 1922 F1% Years Ago Climaxing the dose of a successful camp season, the Farm Cadets o f Cooperstown held a final get-together at riie ^^lage Hall on Wednesday evening, Aupist 28rii,^ After a buffet supp^, ninety two cadets and riielr ^ e $ ts assembled for the d o sing exerolses. H e cadets, most o f whom have been quartered in riie Enox school annex during &e season, have been engaged in tr o p harvesring in this area. T/5 Mario E Beals, Ir. hm raedved his honorabte dls- chmge from riie Army and has a rrived'^ A e f e ^ e oirPine boulevard of his parents. He was In the; service two years and s eivei at Ft. Meade, Md. September 4 ,1946 Twenty FSvaYeais Ago , l e f f ^ Cutris and l©hfi EMilips o f Coop^stown recenily returned ,iom -a;12 bicycle sap to They avbiafei'about p i e s .per day, l^cluiiSg'a-ride down Sa Mew York O ty, cmssing'lie:il«dson;fa riie Stateri Island Ferry, On.-.Sunday in WasMu^ba, while they were in liie Smiriisoiiian histitute, someone cut the k ai tr C w cl ly ai ai lo d£ iti pi w: fSi Wl .M c o cn pu or ilS wi be bo to] CO av loi hij dl! ] je\ sui roi 0r> ef m. ']
