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Vol. »4. No. 7. E stablished in 1863. SIARGARETVHXE, NEW Y O E ft FRIDAY, JU N E 1, 1956 7o P w Copy. IS P e r T e a r

Mother Of Three Found Dead In Car Fdled With Fumes

Mrs. Margaret McCann Is Apparent Suicide; Hose Run From Exh&ust

A Roxbury mother of three children was found dead of carbon monoxide pc^oning in a gas-filled

Ski Slope Buys Thousand Acres

Roxbury, May 28.—^Roxbury is going to have a first class ski | slope. The RoJ^bury Ski club has been organized. A thousand acres of land back of the Bruce Ger­man farm has been purchased. There will be three long ski tows of 5,200 feet. A big recreation hall will be built.

The place is easily accessible and predictions have been that it will transform this area and set real estate booming. James Fuss- cas is managing the legal end.

car early Monday morning. A ' So ^ar there are four owners of

P i c t u r e s q u e E s o p u s I s O n e O f C a t s k i l l s F a m e d F i s h i n g S t r e a m s

hose had been run from the ex­haust into the car, in which Mrs. Margaret Louise McCann, 31, was found by her husband, ^ ^ a m Heiny McCann.

T n x ^ r Richard Juna reported that the state police station at Margaretville had been notified at 5:30 a. m. by Mr. McCann, who had already called Dr. cHwles Ives at Roxbury.

I t was not determined how long Mrs. McCann had been in the car before the discovery. "Sgt. Jack Taylor said there were no notes. I t was believed Mrs. McCann had been despondent.

Besides her husband, Mrs. Mc­Cann is survived by two sons,

the project: Bruce German and Romeo Segnini of Vega, Mrs. Louis (Helen) Restchack and Harold Jacobson of New York city. More people expect to soon; come into the project.

A ccept P lan O f < Judge M alloy

Justice of the Peace William P .Malloy of Phoenicia recently proposed a course of study for the Magistrates’ association of Ul­ster county. The 30-hour course has been approved by ttie State Education department.

A committee of justices met re-Wayne, 11, and Michael, 7, and a | cently with Hubert Holderath, daughter, Wilma, 6. Also surviv- adult .education director of theing are her father, Ivan Haynes of Margaretville; her mother, Mrs. Katie Haynes of Fleischmanns;

Above, fishermen from the metropolitan area wet their

Kington high school, to set up lines in the Esopus below Phoe-preliminary arrangements for the course originally proposed by

four brothers, Francis Haynes of i Judge Malloy.Highmount, Frederick, Leonard A 30-hour study vnll start on and Milton Haynes of Fleisch-'the first Thursday in September manns, and a sister, Mrs. John and will continue for nine consecu- Sweet of Allaben. ! tive Thursday evening sessions of

Funeral services were scheduled i three hours each. All justices offor Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock in the Herrick funeral home at Margaretville, with Rev. Robert Gevert officiating. Burial is in the ffimily plot in the Halcott Center cemetery.

A native of Margaretville, Mrs. McCann was bom July 15, 1925.

Roxbury Brownies H ave 25 M ore G irls

Roxbury, May 28.— An investi­ture service for 85 Brownies was held Tuesday evening at Roxbury central school. Miss Janet Didc- son, the leader, and her assistant, Mrs. MaricHi Bookhout, gave the lans. •

H ie new Brownies arej Barbara C h e ^ , M a u r^ ' Jaa^Bookhout, Elizabeth f Walpoie, Linda Gregory, Marian Lutz, Judy Townsend, Merry and Nancy Eig- nor, Daidme Griffin, Betty Fuller, Brenda J(*nson, Frances Haight, Brenda German, Eileen Snegoski, Rose Purchell, linda Hinkley, April ISggins, Anne Moore, Carol Andre, Flojean Slater, Donna Mc- Cune, Joan Wheeler, Kathy Rhy- ner, Jeaime Miller.

Tlie Brownies’ mothers and the troop committee, Mrs. W. D. White, Mrs. Elton LaRue, Mrs. Howard Gibbs,' Mrs. Warren Wheeler, Mrs. Roderick Dorrance and Mrs. Henry Munsell, were guests. The mothers served re­freshments, the committee being Mrs. Melvin German, Mrs. Sanford Hinkley and Mrs. Linden Gregory.

the peace in Ulster county may come in and are welcome to sign through the Magistrates’ associa­tion of Ulster county.

W ill Be D ischargedRoxbury, May 28.—Specialist

third class Donala Bouton ar­rived h(Hne Saturday evening from Germany, Vhere he has spent 20 months. He was sta­tioned neau- Heilbronn and Stutt­gart. He will go to Fort Dix, N. J., where he will receive his discharge after being in the Army two years. He is in Co. F, 60th Infantry Regiment.

G eorge Sanford Cuts L eft H and W ith Axe

New Kingston, May 28.—George Sanford cut the ba(* of his left hand severely with an axe Sat­urday morning. He was taken to Dr. Palen, who had him rushed to Kingston for a specialist’s care. His hand was placed in a cast. He returned home the same day.

N ear-C apacity Crowd Is D raw n To A uction

A near-capacity crowd attended the first in the series of weekly auctions in Margaretville. The Public Auction company has adapted the former Nazarene church building into an auction center.

Bidders found a big selection of artiides, including antiques, house­hold goods and tools.

New Kingston, May 28.—^Mr. and Mrs. Ketmeth Robertson nar­rowly escaped serious damage or loss of their • home, when a blanket caught fire from an elec­tric room heater. The blanket was on a chair which weis des­troyed with the blanket. Hie linoleum on the floor had started burning, when it was noticed from the bam by their son, Donald, who rushed to the house and put the fire out with fire bombs.

A ndes Seniors S ta rt Alum ni G roup Move

Formation of an alumni asso­ciation for Andes central school is being sponsored by members of the class of 1956, soon to become’ alumni, themselves.

A dinner meeting has been called for 7:30 p. m. Saturday. Ji^ne 16, in the school cafeteria, to which aU high school graduates of the Andes school have been in­vited. Marifm Jardine is in charge of reservations, or they may be made by calling Catherine Dickson, school secretary.

nicia. This Ulster county stream, long famed as one of the best trout streams in the eastern USA has given up many beauties this year in the Phoeinicia area. Late spring slowed run upstream of rainbows from the Ashokan reservoir long enough for the fishing season to open.

Lower, fishermen’s nemesis on a fine day last week was this bulldozer being used to erect a flood barrier at the Shandaken Manor hotel, where October deluge last year caused heavy damage and destroyed an out­building. In left foreground cor­ner is part of foundation of a building washed out by the November 1950 flood. Bulldozer muddied water of Esc^us for several miles downstream.

Firem en to P arade M onday Evening

Mar|;aretville firemen will hold their annual parade and inspection Monday evening. The firemen wilj, assemble at the fire hall and start parading at 7:30 down Orchard street to Academy and up Main, returning to the fire hall, where they will be inspected by the vil­lage board.

For School Achievements

Forty-six Awards Are Made At MCS Activities Bsuiquet

Forty-six awards were made last week Wednesday to Margaretville central school students at the. school’s annual activities dinner! held in the school cafeteria.

Glen George, president of the Student association, introduced the speaker, Clyde W. Shotzbarger of Richfield Springs, area YMCA executive secretaiy, whose topic was “Operation Tomorrow." R. D. Spraker, associate editor of the Cooperstown Times, entertained with amateur magic acts.

Awards were presented as fol­lows:

Dramatics: Frank Duggan and Marian Peterson, acting; Harold

tedinicaLPublirations; Barbara Sanka-

vltch and Faye Vermilyea, Key­hole; Janet Close, Jacqueline Eighjney and Nancy Pratt, Mega­phone; N ^cy Long and Nancy Merritt,

Ann GriMn,

Nancy Long and Marcia Ford.Library: Henrietta Jensen, Nan­

cy 'P ratt and Janet Robbins.Music: Harriet Hillriegel, Npncy

Long, s Nancy Merritt and Lois Ramp.

FFA: Glen George and Edward Slicer.

Athletics: Darrell Atkin, Arthur Ballard, Donald Brewer, Robert Burgin, Donald Bush, Kenneth De- Silva, Frank Duggan, Fred R. Fairbaim, Fred M. Fairbaim, Lee Fix, Glen George, Roy George, Louis Hamway, John Hosier, Otto Maender, Edward Slicer, Trying Smith, Gene Snyder, Leighton Squires, Regis Sullivan, James Trowbridge, Willis Van Keuren, Charles Woolheater and Frank ZeoUa.

Mor6 than 130 guests, including ^ d e n ts and parents, partook of the turkey dinner prepared by the cafeteria department and served by the higb sduxd girls.

Route 30 Crash Injures 3 Women; HoGday Is Quiet

Five Persons Escape Unhurt When Car Hits BoiceviDe Stone Walli

Three women were injured Fri­day morning in a two-car colli­sion on route 30 in front of the VanWormer farm near the Rox­bury creamery. Two of the vic­tims were confiped to Stamford hospital, and the third was sent home after x-rays at Margaret­ville hospital.

State police at the Margaret­ville substation said that a north- boun(} car operated by Mrs. Stan­ley Etts of Roxbury collided with wiother operated by Mrs. Rich­ard Clark of Blenheim as the E tts car came over a blind rise in the road. Mrs. Clark was pullyg across the road after stopping to pick up Mrs. Bruce Voorhees, who lives in a trailer across from the VanWormer farm.

Mrs. E tts suffered a deep lacer­ation of the forehead and. a gash on her nose, as well ac <*est in­juries, a possible fractured rib and cuts on the knees. Mrs. Voorhees suffered a scalp lacer­ation, arm and. rib fractures and multiple contusions. Mrs. Clark was given first aid and went home after x-rays were taken.

Five persons escaped luihurt in a holiday crackup on route 28 at the intersection of the Piney Point road in Boiceville. Trooper Joe EUsworth of Phoenicia said that the driver, Alice McCormick, of Cooperstown lost control of her C£u: on a left ciuve as she drove toward Kingston. ’Die car crossed the road and croshed into a stone wall.

The accident was investigated by Trooper Ellsworth , and Sgt Ray Dunn. It was reported at 5:30 p. m. Wednesday.

An auto owned by Rali^ Myers of Fleischmanns was d a m a ^ Sunday night or Monday morning as it stood parked alongside the Halcott Center road. to . Myers reported to state police of the Margaretville sub-station that he

Halcott Receives $5,549 In Checks For Flood Damage

Federal Government Pays Portion <rf LossTo Town Property Fr om Two 1955 Deluges;Additional Aid May Be Obtained From State

A check for $332, representing the last of $5,549.16 in flood dam- age assistance, was received last week by the town of Halcott from the Federal government.

The last check covered damages incurred on town property in the Aug. 18-19 flood last year.

did not know when the car was hit by another unidentified vehicle.

No' Cause O f A ctionDonald

broughtthe Walton central sdiool district for $76,000, claiming a faulty floor d a m a ^ his right foot

A, jury brought in a unanimous vardict “no cause of action.”

Heisert Strikes Out 17

Margaretville Edgei Walton In Holiday Encounter, 3-2

Reiined out against Roscoe Sunday, the Margaretville town ball club was fresh for a holiday battle against invading Walton Wednes­day. The ball game, best of the yoimg season, was won by the--------------------------- ♦lo cal boys, 3-2, behind the 17-

strikeout pitching of Jerry Heisert.Heisert held Walton hitless un­

til the fourth inning, but walkedP r . R eed’s Goods W ill Go By Auction

The household goods and an­tiques of Dr. S. W. Reed will be sold at auction on Saturday of next week, June 9. Hie residence and the handsome lot on which it stands have been put for sale into the hands of H T. Lukow, realtor of this village.

The big house has been the home of three generations of Reeds. It has known the history of Margaretville for a century. When ownership changes to other hands it will be the first time it has passed out of the present fam­ily since its early days. Dr. Reed is living with his son, Robert, and family at Chateaugay, N. Y.

Dr. Reed has conducted many auctions at the home in 25 years. The cycle of the years sends an­other auctioneer to the house to sell the former auctioneer’s effects.

Playhouse W ill OpenThe Woodstock playhouse will

open on July 3 with “Tea and Sympathy.”

three in the first and allowed a three in the first, one of which resulted in a score on a passed ball. He made in the last of the^first, however; ,ty doubling in Ray Edwards, who had reached first base on McDcoiald’s error.

Two walte and an infield out brought in another Margaretville run in the second inning. The game went along nip and tuck un­til the sixth, when Watlcm tied it up on a Margaretville error, a long fly and another error, but the tie lasted only long enough for the Walton infielders to contribute a couple of bobbles in return. ’Riese cost the visitors the run which gave Margaretville the game.

Dem ocratic Club fElects O fficers

The Middletown Democratic club met at the town building on Monday and elected the following officers: President, Ivan H. Mil­ler; vice-president, James Cant­well; treasurer, Albert Morse; secretary, Corinne Trowbridge; publicity chaimian, E tta Elliott; finance committee, Ralph Faulk­ner, Paul Taber, Crawford Lash­er, William Greene, John San­ford; boeu7d of directors, Mrs. Hannah Delameter and Charles Boggs.

Speaker for the evening was the State Commissioner of Civil Defense.

New Police Station P lanned For Ju ly 1

Construction is slated to begin today, June 1, on the new state police substation near Phoenicia. It is hoped to have the station completed for occupancy in about

month.Located on the Dunham flat, a

half-mile above Phoenicia, the new station wiU be constructed by C. C. Dunham and leased to the state police. It will have ac­commodations for four troopers.

Sgt. Ray Dunn, who has been on duty at Femdale during May, will take over temporary com­mand of the Margaretville sub­station during June, while Sgt. Jack Taylor is on vacation.

Trooper H, S. Rhodes has been transferred from Kingston to Join Trooper Joseph EUsworth on the Phoenicia patrol.

A rkville WSCS Elects O fficers

Arkville, May 29.—The Arkville WSCS will hold an all-day meet­ing Tuesday, June 5, at the home of tlie president, Mre. David Wil­liams. Come early prepared to sew for the bazaar. ' Bring own table service and a dish to pass. The business meeting will be held at 2 o’clock. Jime is membership month, bring a friend. Every­one is welcome.

The following officers for the society were elected at the May meeting: President, Mr?. David Williams; \$^pfesident, Mrs. Lin-

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O ^ ' secretafy of m ^sionary efdueation, Mrs. S. H. .Hal- pem; secretary of sui^ly woiit, Mrs. Tracy Redmond; secretary of literature and publication, Mrs. Ralph Griffin.

New M anagers P lan To Re-Open Camp

Fleischmanns, May 28.—Camp Paradise will reopen this season as a children’s camp imder the new manageinent of Isadore Coop- erman, Albert Addelston and Harry Goldmacker, all of Queens. The camp did not operate last year.

The managers are making ex­tensive alterations and improve­ments to the camp, whidi will in­clude the tarring and oiling of the road leading to the camp.

An advance payment of $1,500 had previously been made on the earlier disaster.

The federal funds also included a check for $3,717:16 to cover damage from the Oct. 15-16 flood.

The federal monies are being used to repay money borrowed for repair work already undertaken. An additional loan of $2,400 to complete flood repair work has been authorized by the Halcott town board in anticipation of promised state aid. This wiU bring the total spent on flood re­pair to $7,617.17.

Supervisor Bernard Walder'said that these figures do not include money spent for general road work, which will amount to about $2,600 this year.

P rim ary Election Next Tuesday

Primary election for the nami- nation of many county and state officials on both tickets w il l be held at the various polling places in this county next ’Tuesday, June 5. The polls WiU be open from noon untU 9 p. m.

There is but one contest* for nominati(m in the Republican ticket. That is between Warren KeUy of CannonsviUe and Kermit CfintweU of Hobart for the ndnii- nation of Commissioner of PubUc' Welfare. ’ITiere is no Democratic contest

A legal nc»tce on page 4 ot this issue lists the various offices to be fiUed.- .

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Fl^sdlimanns, May 28.—The Fleisdmianns Chamber ai 0 » n r . merce wiU hold a meeting od Monday evening, Jime 4i a t 8:30 at the fire hfU.

Officers will be elected for the coming year. A program will be- outlined for the summer advertis­ing campaign and ragweed elimi­nation wiU be discussed.

All are welcome.

Ivan M iller Name<£Ivan H. MiUer, teacher in Mar­

garetville central^ sciiopl, has been appointed by Governor Harriman to a nine-year temi on the un­salaried Advisory council of the Delhi Tech institute at Delhi. Mr. MiUer wiU succeed William A. Humphries of Delhi whose term expired.

Margaretville Elxplorers Get in the Swim at Oneonta Pool

Fleischm anns Class To H old Junior Prom

Fleischmanns, May 28.— The class of 1957 of Fleischmanns high sdiool wiU present the junior prom on Friday evening, Jime 1, at FHS. Music for dancing wiU be furnished by Jimmy Wright and his orchestra of Stamford.

Despite Passwrt Delay

Dr. and Mrs. Bruell Embark 'Mid WeU-Wishes of Friends

Andes, May 27.—Dr. and Mrs. Frederic BrueU of MargaretviUe sailed for Europe last Wednesday on the Queen Mary. -vThey expect to be away for several months while Dr. BrueU is convalescing from a long and serious illness.

UntU the last day, their pass- ports had not arrived. Hie pass­port department had prep£U«d dupUcates to be picked up in New York in the event that the originals did not arrive in.M ar- garetviUe. For that reason, Mrs. BrueU left early in the morning with Dr. and Mrs. Donald Gibbs, to be at the government offices in Nfvv Yorit at 11 o’clock. The passports came on the morning mafl. Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Ray-Bolton of W a l t q n _____________________

damage suit against fmond, who remained >w»hinrt for that purpose, to<rit them to the irier.

Dr. BnieU was driven to New Yoric in his car by Everett fe r - rick and his son and was accom­

panied by Mrs. E tta EUiott, who nursed Dr. BrueU through his iU- ness and saw him install^ in his cabin. Dr. Gibbs had op)[^rtunity to talk to the ship’s surge<»i and was assured that Dr. BrueU woidd receive every possible attention on the voyage. Dr. BrueU took the trip weU and greeted friends and talked with them in his cabin.

■nie Bruells had two cabins. The doctor was left in quiet WhUe friends who came to see his off, congregated in the cabin occupied by his sister. Dr. Clara Fries, who had come frran Germany to be with him. Among those who went to bid him bon voyage were fre­quent visitors at the Bruell home. T h ^ included Mr. and Mrs. Lor­enzo Arranz, Mr. and Mrs. Max Huttor, Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Rajonond, Mrs. and Miss TuUy, Dr. and Mrs. Donald Gibbs, Alex­andre Yaremenko^ Mr. and Mrs.

^ ^ t v i U e E ^ ^ r Scouts w opd up a^wedc of coUecting waste paper by having a swim nig ^ t i n ^ y a t the YMCA pool in One<mta. IT i^ took alpng with them several members of the B.,

' frrait. Gene fix , Paul T&ber, Gary Finch, Ken-Oiilman, Mr. and Mrs. Fields. M th A d t» ^ ^ 5 ja n k T ^ , Tim WooUieater; Ted Woolhktwl Lee'Fix7r.*M id

Kenneth HilL In the po<d is Exidorer Advisor Robert win