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CATSKILL MOUNTAIN NEWS t i n Oemnmnlttee ^ AUahm, Andes, Atcm, ArkriDe^ BeDMyie^ Bis IndiaB, Denrer, D r j Brook, DmirAvea, Fldaoiiiimiiiis, Onnd Garg«, Baleott Oenter, geleottrme^ Hishmoiiiit, KeDy Ooraen, Ifaifaietvflle^ New Klnsstoii, Olivena, Fhoenkte, FtM Hm, Bazbaiy, fffmndafciMi, Shayertown, Unkm Grove sad Veg». VoL 79. No. 22. EstaUished in 186S. MABGABETVILLE, NEW YORK, FiODAY, SEPTEMBEB 12, 1941 fLffO » Year. Five Cento m Cop^, Indoctees WiD Be Ghren rime To Say Goodbye New Rcgulatioiis in October. Six Men Went to Camp Wednesday NoSe^4Call Hardid Gold Enlists. Men of 28 Must Register or Be Dedared Delinquents Harold GSold, 23, son of Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Gold of Fleisdi- manns, enlisted in the U. S. army Tuesd^ and was assigned at once to the 1228th Service unit, Ft. Slocum. Private Gold is a grad- uate of the Fleischmanns high school and was much interested in basketball, baseball and tennis while in school. The six men inducted by the Delhi draft board Sept. 10 depart- ed Wednesday morning for Ft. Jay. "Hiey were in charge of Stewart W. Beames of Elast Meredith, one of the number. The others were: Stanley Vause, Union Grove; Rob- ert L. Wild, Delhi; Leonard Adair, Davenport; Schuyler Pindar, Grand Gorge; Wilbert E. VerNooy, Bo- vina. Call No. 19 for Sept. 24 does not include this county, it having been exempted. The next call will be Oct. 8. A system of earlier physical examinations whicdi will tell New York selectees whether the Army will accept them, before they quit their jobs and cut other home ties, becomes effective early in October. Registrants will be examined long enough before their scheduled induction into the Army to allow them at least 10 days at home to make final arrangement of their business and personal affairs. Final decision on physical fitness (Continued on page 6) Makes Hole in One at Arkville Andrew Archibald of New Kingston summers and West Palm Besich winters scored a hole in <me at No. 4 hole of the Pakatakan golf course at Arkville Wednesday. Hie fourth h<de is 116 yards long and the shot was made with a Na 7 iron. This is the second time in the 18 yesrs of the Paka- takan course that this feat has been performed. Horse Thieves Take Animal From Pasture Amos Avery had the bad fortune to have a horse stolen Sunday night. We supposed that horse- stealing belonged in the peist ages but evidently that is not the case. The thieves were hold enough to take the horse right out of the field where it was pastured.— Halcott Center Cor. New Kingston Farm Sold In the real estate market we note that Lavem W. Archibald has sold his farm to a Mr. MuUer from New York city and bought the John H. Sanford house and lot in the village. Mr. and Mrs. Lyman Faulkner, present tenants, are moving to the Oscar Fabrizio house which they expect to pur- chase.—^New Kingston Cor. Likes the Army Pvt. Darwin VanKeuren, who is in camp in Macon, Ga., writes that he likes army life "just fine" and thinks he will never regret being drafted. His address is Head- quarters and Headquarters Squad- ron, 71 Airbase Group, Codiran Field, Macon, Ga. Death of Former Besidmt James Mabel received a telegram Saturday stating that Mrs. William Anderson had died at her home in St. Petersburg, Fla. Mrs. Anderson and family were residents of An- des many years ago and frequent visitors here.—Andes Cor. Banner Crop Hit Hard By Present Warm Weather Best Season Yet in Cauli- flower Suffers When Thermometers CUmb Qnality and Price Drop Nearly 50,000 Crates Sold at Local Block in 46 Days. Increase Over 1940 Swart Store Closes After 85 Years "Built in 1856 and closed in 1941" is the nutshell his- tory of the store of the Swart Mercantile Co. in this village began a closing-out sale early m July, coRq^eted the- sale, and closed Wednes- day evening. There have been various offers for the lease and the sale of the building but no contracts have yet been signed and the store will re- main closed until a new business takes it over. Township Has Nearly 50 Milesj | 0rCMRoai|5 I Lowers Maintenance Co^t and Eliminates Dust Nuisance The hot nights bring a different story to this banner cauliflower year. Long continued, the crop will be badly injured. The three or four weeks of cold nights and not too hot days had made the cauliflower a wonder crop in this section, the home of the vege- table. Prices have been excellent and while the maturity was not as great as it mi^t have been, many growers say it would be a much better year than 1940 if they stopped today. There were 2,273 crates sold at the Margaretville auction block Wednesday and no grower refused to take the bid offered for his produce. In fact, there has not been a single "no sale" this month for cauliflower. On Wednesday $1.47 weis top for No. 1 and 85 cents was low. But only a small quantity brought the top price. An average was around $1.20, (continued on page 7) Celebrates 94th Birthday Mrs. Eunice Hunt celebrated her 94tii birthday Sunday, Sept. 7, at her home. During the day she received many callers who were served a piece of delicious birth- day cake made, decorated and pre- sented by Mrs. John Slade. She also received flowers, cards and several gifts from friends.—^Arena Cor. Sager Sentenced To Attica Prison ITu^e and a half to seven years in Attica prison were meted out to Frank Sager, escape artist, by Judge A. Lindsay O'Connor at Delhi Monday morning. Arrested Aug. 14 in White Plains after a man-hunt since last October, Sager fled the custody of Sheriff Alford L. Austin after his arrest on a charge of second degree rape in connection with an attack on a 15-year-old girl. Hamilton J. Hewitt, counsel for Sager, made a plea for clemency on the grounds that he had been "flustered" when confronted with the serious charge, and had fled without realizing the seriousness of escaping frran an officer. Dist Atty. Gleason B. Speen- burgh of Fleischmanns, who ap- peared for the people, held that clemency was not justified in view of Sager's record. He had served two sentences in fodustry as a youth, did 18 months at Randalls island in 1922 for running away from home, and a stretch in Elmira reformatory in 1925 for burglary, third degree, and grand larceny. He had also been arrested in 1926 and 1938. Bought Purebred Bull Ralph O. Faulkner has recently purchased and had delivered a ten- month-old purebred registered Jersey bull from Alleghany county. —^New Kingston Cor. Like Macadam Hard Surfaced Roads v Village Result of Oiling The township of Middletown b unique in Delaware county in th^ it has oiled nearly 50 of its 13^4 miles of so-called dirt roads, mai- ing them practicaUy the same ^ macadam and eliminating them from costly maintenance in the future. In addition to this ad- vantage, those who travel these roads emd residents alongside are saved from dust all summer and mud in spring and fall. The township raises by tax $12,- 000 yearly for the maintenance of the dirt roads. This year $8,000 of this has been spent for oiling and only $4,000 of this for other work. This low maintenance is the result of several years of oiling. If the present program is continued it will be but a few years before all the highways of the township are like macadam and there will be no dust or mud and a smaU sum needed for yearly medntenance. Twenty miles of road have been oiled this year. In former years the limit has generally been about 16 miles. One of the notable oil- ings this season is the moimtain road over the hill from Ma^aret- ville to New Kingston. This road undergoes a great amount of traffic. In other years each pass- ing vehicle raised great clouds of dust all summer and the road had to be "worked" often as the sub- (Continued on page 6) Five More Derby Entrants Who Will Welcome Your Subscription Votes Arnold Dsvis, Boxbury Another of our fast-rising en- trants is Arnold, the year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Abram Davis of Roxbury. Big, brown eyes, lig^t hair and weight 25 pounds fur^ ther describes Amcdd. Ifis grand- mother ia Mrs. Catherine Davis also of Roxbury. Arnold rose from 14th place on the £mst hoiKH> roll to ninth on the second. Beverly Babcock, M&igmetvllle It seems to be up to Beveriy to uphcdd the prestige of Margaret- ville in the Derby, being the hig^- Kt ranking baby from this village. Beverly has blue eyes, li^t brown hair and weighs 30 pounds. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edson Babcodc, and granddaughter of Mr. and Ifrs. Harriet Babcock and Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Boom- hower, all ci Greenville. Patricia Morse, Boxbury Here is a youngster that could rise high in the Derby if all the people willing to vote for her were asked to do so. She is the three- year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Morse and granddaughter of C. F. Morse, also of Roxbury, and Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Case, Seaforth, Ontario. She has brown hair and eyes and weighs 34 pounds. Nancy B^tfie Knight, AHaben "Aw, cwne on and vote for me," said Nancy when she made her official entry into the Derby by having her (Hcture taken. Many pec^le have—and more wiU! She is six months (dd. has dai^ blue eyes, blonde hair and weighs 17 pounds. She is the dau^ter of Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Knight and the granddaughter (tf Mrs. Minnie Knight. Wuttenhurg. Joan Marie Johiuon, Fleischmanns After a few tears came laughter as this likeness of Joan was made. This two and a half year (dd is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Le- land Jcdmson, Fleiadnnanns, grand- daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Handd PersOTS, Pine Hi]], and great- granddaughter of Mrs. Sarah Jdin- son, Halcott Center. Joan has daris blue eyes, blonde hair and weighs 36 pounds.
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CATSKILL MOUNTAIN NEWS t in Oemnmnlttee ^ AUahm, Andes, Atcm, ArkriDe^ BeDMyie^ Bis IndiaB, Denrer, D r j Brook, DmirAvea, Fldaoiiiimiiiis, Onnd Garg«, Baleott Oenter,
geleottrme^ Hishmoiiiit, KeDy Ooraen, Ifaifaietvflle^ New Klnsstoii, Olivena, Fhoenkte, F t M Hm, Bazbaiy, fffmndafciMi, Shayertown, Unkm Grove sad Veg».
VoL 79. No. 22. EstaUished in 186S. MABGABETVILLE, N E W YORK, FiODAY, SEPTEMBEB 12, 1941 fLffO » Year. Five Cento m Cop^,
Indoctees WiD Be Ghren rime To Say Goodbye
New Rcgulatioiis in October. Six Men Went to Camp
Wednesday
NoSe^4Call Hardid Gold Enlists. Men of
28 Must Register or Be Dedared Delinquents
Harold GSold, 23, son of Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Gold of Fleisdi-manns, enlisted in the U. S. army Tuesd^ and was assigned at once to the 1228th Service unit, Ft. Slocum. Private Gold is a grad-uate of the Fleischmanns high school and was much interested in basketball, baseball and tennis while in school.
The six men inducted by the Delhi draft board Sept. 10 depart-ed Wednesday morning for Ft. Jay. "Hiey were in charge of Stewart W. Beames of Elast Meredith, one of the number. The others were: Stanley Vause, Union Grove; Rob-ert L. Wild, Delhi; Leonard Adair, Davenport; Schuyler Pindar, Grand Gorge; Wilbert E. VerNooy, Bo-vina.
Call No. 19 for Sept. 24 does not include this county, it having been exempted. The next call will be Oct. 8.
A system of earlier physical examinations whicdi will tell New York selectees whether the Army will accept them, before they quit their jobs and cut other home ties, becomes effective early in October.
Registrants will be examined long enough before their scheduled induction into the Army to allow them at least 10 days at home to make final arrangement of their business and personal affairs.
Final decision on physical fitness (Continued on page 6)
Makes Hole in One at Arkville
Andrew Archibald of New Kingston summers and West Palm Besich winters scored a hole in <me at No. 4 hole of the Pakatakan golf course at Arkville Wednesday. Hie fourth h<de is 116 yards long and the shot was made with a Na 7 iron.
This is the second time in the 18 yesrs of the Paka-takan course that this feat has been performed.
Horse Thieves Take Animal From Pasture
Amos Avery had the bad fortune to have a horse stolen Sunday night. We supposed that horse-stealing belonged in the peist ages but evidently that is not the case. The thieves were hold enough to take the horse right out of the field where it was pastured.— Halcott Center Cor.
New Kingston Farm Sold In the real estate market we
note that Lavem W. Archibald has sold his farm to a Mr. MuUer from New York city and bought the John H. Sanford house and lot in the village. Mr. and Mrs. Lyman Faulkner, present tenants, are moving to the Oscar Fabrizio house which they expect to pur-chase.—^New Kingston Cor.
Likes the Army Pvt. Darwin VanKeuren, who is
in camp in Macon, Ga., writes that he likes army life "just fine" and thinks he will never regret being drafted. His address is Head-quarters and Headquarters Squad-ron, 71 Airbase Group, Codiran Field, Macon, Ga.
Death of Former Besidmt James Mabel received a telegram
Saturday stating that Mrs. William Anderson had died at her home in St. Petersburg, Fla. Mrs. Anderson and family were residents of An-des many years ago and frequent visitors here.—Andes Cor.
Banner Crop Hit Hard By Present
Warm Weather Best Season Yet in Cauli-
flower Suffers When Thermometers CUmb
Qnality and Price Drop Nearly 50,000 Crates Sold at
Local Block in 46 Days. Increase Over 1940
Swart Store Closes After 85 Years
"Built in 1856 and closed in 1941" is the nutshell his-tory of the store of the Swart Mercantile Co. in this village
began a closing-out sale early m July, coRq^eted the- sale, and closed Wednes-day evening.
There have been various offers for the lease and the sale of the building but no contracts have yet been signed and the store will re-main closed until a new business takes it over.
Township Has Nearly 50 Milesj | 0rCMRoai|5
I Lowers Maintenance Co t
and Eliminates Dust Nuisance
The hot nights bring a different story to this banner cauliflower year. Long continued, the crop will be badly injured. The three or four weeks of cold nights and not too hot days had made the cauliflower a wonder crop in this section, the home of the vege-table. Prices have been excellent and while the maturity was not as great as it mi^t have been, many growers say it would be a much better year than 1940 if they stopped today.
There were 2,273 crates sold at the Margaretville auction block Wednesday and no grower refused to take the bid offered for his produce. In fact, there has not been a single "no sale" this month for cauliflower. On Wednesday $1.47 weis top for No. 1 and 85 cents was low. But only a small quantity brought the top price. An average was around $1.20,
(continued on page 7)
Celebrates 94th Birthday Mrs. Eunice Hunt celebrated her
94tii birthday Sunday, Sept. 7, at her home. During the day she received many callers who were served a piece of delicious birth-day cake made, decorated and pre-sented by Mrs. John Slade. She also received flowers, cards and several gifts from friends.—^Arena Cor.
Sager Sentenced To Attica Prison
ITu^e and a half to seven years in Attica prison were meted out to Frank Sager, escape artist, by Judge A. Lindsay O'Connor at Delhi Monday morning. Arrested Aug. 14 in White Plains after a man-hunt since last October, Sager fled the custody of Sheriff Alford L. Austin after his arrest on a charge of second degree rape in connection with an attack on a 15-year-old girl.
Hamilton J. Hewitt, counsel for Sager, made a plea for clemency on the grounds that he had been "flustered" when confronted with the serious charge, and had fled without realizing the seriousness of escaping frran an officer.
Dist Atty. Gleason B. Speen-burgh of Fleischmanns, who ap-peared for the people, held that clemency was not justified in view of Sager's record. He had served two sentences in fodustry as a youth, did 18 months at Randalls island in 1922 for running away from home, and a stretch in Elmira reformatory in 1925 for burglary, third degree, and grand larceny. He had also been arrested in 1926 and 1938.
Bought Purebred Bull Ralph O. Faulkner has recently
purchased and had delivered a ten-month-old purebred registered Jersey bull from Alleghany county. —^New Kingston Cor.
Like Macadam Hard Surfaced Roads v
Village Result of Oiling
The township of Middletown b unique in Delaware county in th^ it has oiled nearly 50 of its 13^4 miles of so-called dirt roads, mai-ing them practicaUy the same ^ macadam and eliminating them from costly maintenance in the future. In addition to this ad-vantage, those who travel these roads emd residents alongside are saved from dust all summer and mud in spring and fall.
The township raises by tax $12,-000 yearly for the maintenance of the dirt roads. This year $8,000 of this has been spent for oiling and only $4,000 of this for other work. This low maintenance is the result of several years of oiling. If the present program is continued it will be but a few years before all the highways of the township are like macadam and there will be no dust or mud and a smaU sum needed for yearly medntenance.
Twenty miles of road have been oiled this year. In former years the limit has generally been about 16 miles. One of the notable oil-ings this season is the moimtain road over the hill from Ma^aret-ville to New Kingston. This road undergoes a great amount of traffic. In other years each pass-ing vehicle raised great clouds of dust all summer and the road had to be "worked" often as the sub-
(Continued on page 6)
Five More Derby Entrants Who Will Welcome Your Subscription Votes
Arnold Dsvis, Boxbury Another of our fast-rising en-
trants is Arnold, the year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Abram Davis of Roxbury. Big, brown eyes, lig^t hair and weight 25 pounds fur^ ther describes Amcdd. Ifis grand-mother ia Mrs. Catherine Davis also of Roxbury. Arnold rose from 14th place on the £mst hoiKH> roll to ninth on the second.
Beverly Babcock, M&igmetvllle It seems to be up to Beveriy to
uphcdd the prestige of Margaret-ville in the Derby, being the hig^-K t ranking baby from this village. Beverly has blue eyes, l i ^ t brown hair and weighs 30 pounds. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edson Babcodc, and granddaughter of Mr. and Ifrs. Harriet Babcock and Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Boom-hower, all ci Greenville.
Patricia Morse, Boxbury Here is a youngster that could
rise high in the Derby if all the people willing to vote for her were asked to do so. She is the three-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Morse and granddaughter of C. F. Morse, also of Roxbury, and Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Case, Seaforth, Ontario. She has brown hair and eyes and weighs 34 pounds.
Nancy B^tfie Knight, AHaben "Aw, cwne on and vote for me,"
said Nancy when she made her official entry into the Derby by having her (Hcture taken. Many pec^le have—and more wiU! She is six months (dd. has dai^ blue eyes, blonde hair and weighs 17 pounds. She is the dau^ter of Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Knight and the granddaughter (tf Mrs. Minnie Knight. Wuttenhurg.
Joan Marie Johiuon, Fleischmanns After a few tears came laughter
as this likeness of Joan was made. This two and a half year (dd is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Le-land Jcdmson, Fleiadnnanns, grand-daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Handd PersOTS, Pine Hi]], and great-granddaughter of Mrs. Sarah Jdin-son, Halcott Center. Joan has daris blue eyes, blonde hair and weighs 36 pounds.
