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Vol. 94. No, 10. E stablished In 186S. SIABGABETVnXE, NEW ¥OBK^ FRIDAY. JUNE 22, 1956 7o Per Copy. |S Per Tew

Alumni Reunion Supported By 300 At Andes Banquet

Oiganization Chooses f Mrs. Lloyd Johns, ’36,As Charter President

Nearly 300 former students, wives and husbands attended the alumni organization banquet and welcome to the class of 1956 Sat­urday evening at Andes central school.

The group agreed to form an alumni association and elected

Lloyd Johns, class of ’36, as first president. Other officers are Arch Glendening, ’34, vice-piresi- dent; Janis Reynolds, ’48, secre­tary; William Hisman, ’33, treas­urer.

Dr. John Policy, an Andes grad­uate in 1933, was one of the speakers. He is associate profes­sor in the Columbia luiiversity school of education. Dr. Jay D. Frisbee, ?oi 1895 graduate of An­des academy, and the oldest alum­nus president, read a history of Andes schools. Earle Woolheater, ’31, was master of ceremonies.

Members of the c6ss of 1956 were welcomed into membership. This class, with Mrs. Arch Glen­dening, did most of the, work in .'arranging for the alumni organi­zation.

It was agreed to invite former teachers at Andes to future affairs of the association.

The ham diimer was served by the ladies of the Andes fire de­partment' auxiliary.

Class night and eighth grade graduation exercises were held at the Andes central school Thurs­day night, June 21, at 8 o’clock.

Commencement exercises will be held Friday, June 22, at 8 p. m. The sdiool is fortunate to have Dr. Robert L. Jenks as commence­ment speaker. Dr. Jenks is the minister of a large and active church of Millville, N. J. He has had a wide and varied experience in dealing with pec^le of all ages, particularly with youth. He will speak on the subject "The Hall of Heroes.”

Three A re H onored For Service To FHS

Fleischmanns, June 18.—A rec­ognition party in honor of Mrs. John Alton, Claude Darling and Bruce C u rr^ was held at the Fleischmanns high sdiool audi­torium Tiiesday evening, June 12.

About 60 friends, relatives and faculty and school board members were present.

The party started with the sing­ing of several songs by the group, accomi>anied on the piano by Wil­liam . A ll^, music instructor. Principal William Hankins intro­duced the guest speakers, Miss Zena Travis, superintendent of the third supervisory district, and Crawford Lasher, former principal a t FHS.

Miss Travis c<dnmended the guests of honor for their service to the school. She singled out the individual pupil attention devoted by Mrs. Alton in her class work. Mr. Lasher recalled the coopera­tion of these three during his years as principal and gave anecdotes of incidents involving Mr. Darling and Mr. Currey.

Following the speeches, Mrs. Alton was presented with an Elgin wrist watch, and Mr. Darling and Mr. Currey'were each presented with fishing equipment. Mr. Lasher made the presentations.

Mrs. Alton retired from teach­ing this year after 37 years of service at FHS. She also taught one year and four months at Naples, N. Y., before coming to Fleisdunanns.

Claude Darling retired as cus­todian a t FHS in January, 1955,

I after 34 years in that capacity.I Bruce Currey resigned as assist­ant custodian last year following 19 years of service.

Refreshments were served buffet style frcHn a table centered with snapdragon bouquets and tapers. On the refreshment committee were Miss Q ara Goslee, Mrs. Mae Morse and Mrs. Eldon Kittle.

R oyal TiUSprs Buy

Royal Tailors and Cleaners of this village installed the middle of last week a new Hoffman dry cleaning machine and related equipment. The new devices are as modem as can be obtained any­where and will dry-clean clothing in a most satisfactory way and at much greater speed than the equipment which was taken out. This is i>artly du* to the fact that the cleaning device and the drying apparatus are separate imits.

After clothes are cleaned they go into the drying device. This allows double the amount of cleaning as compared with the ordinary arrangement. The clean­ing Inachine can then be f Died with another load. ■ The firm will be able to double its output.

The new machinery has another advantage which the public will appreciate. Cleaning prices are rising rapidly. But Mr. and Mrs. Eric Stem, the owners, believe they can do enough more work so they will not have to raise prices. The new devices cost over $10,000. The equii»nent produces odorless cleaning.

Sight Fails A t 89Ellsworth Reynolds, 89, lifelong

resident of Fleischmanns, tcfld The News yesterday that he feels, in perfect health, despite two broken hips nearly two years ago. His only infirmary are cataracts which affect both eyes and prohibit his reading. He believes that an eye operation will give him better sight.

R ain Brought FloodHalcottville, June 18. — The

heavy but short thunderstorm last Thursday evening raised havoc in Bragg hollow. It brought a damaging flashflood, washing out a road, disrupting telephwie service. Lightning hit and killed a cow belonging to Marshall Avery. I t was a local storm.

C hildren In Charge O f W orship Service

Halcott Center, June 19.—The Children’s day program was on Sunday with young people “tak­ing over” entirely. _The program follows: I

Call to worship, Emily Van ' Valkenbuigh; responsive reading, Deter H a r ^ m d Emerson KeUy;

nette F in i^^^ofia Johnson, ert Bedier and Warren Reynolds; instrumental duet, Paul Jc^mson and Keith Johnson; exercises by kindergarten class, Bobby Van Valkenburgh Bryan Kelly, Colin Kelly, Nancy Reynolds, Betsy Kelly and Pamela Johnson; song, by Pamela Johnson, Nancy Rey­nolds and Betsy Kelly; scripture reading, Linda Streeter, Linda KeUy and Dagmar Hanns; offer­tory, Virginia Kelly, James Eig- nor, Randy Johnson, Ann Marie Harms and Colin Kelly; prayer, Marilyn Bouton; b e n e d i c t i o n , Kathleen Bouton.

The' superintendent is Mrs. Claretta Reynolds; the teachers, Mrs. Dorothy Bouton, Mrs. Doro­thy VanValkenburgh, Mrs. Ruth Reynolds and Mrs. Mary Kelly. Those who assisted with music: Mrs. Glennie VanValkenburgh and Miss Arlene Griffin.

Phoenicia P lans Firew orks June 30

Phoenicia, June 19.—The Phoe­nicia £irea Chamber of Commerce will have a mammoth' fireworks display June 30 in McGraths field at dusk. It vnll be done by a pro­fessional, bigger and better than ever. There is- space for 1,000 cars. Refreshments will be avail­able. The fire com p^es in the area and the American Legion are cooperating to make this a huge success.

H as 95th B irthdayRoxbury, June 14.—^Mrs. Edgar

J. Ballard celebrated her 95th birthday Tuesday, Jime 12, by an open house, at which a- birthday cake and ice cream were served to callers during the day by her daughter-in-law, Mrs. M. E. Bal­lard, and granddaughter, Mrs. Paul A. Ballard. Mrs. Ballard is active for her age. She is in good health. Her hearing is not as keen as when she was yoimg.

Need Workers and Money

Refurbishing of OSB Church Project of Vega Committee

A committee of Vega folks has been formed to rehabilitate the Old School Baptist church, only house of worship in that com­munity.

Used regularly until about a year ago, the church has become badly in need of repair. The com­mittee hopes to raise sufficient

ffunds to reidace broken window ginieg, repaint and repair the blinds and construct a new chimney. They virtll do the wch* themselves.

01d»' mraabers of the Old SdMX>l Baptist faith in Vega be­

lieve the building dates back to the late 1700’s. It is of sound construction and is a favorite meeting, place for folks in the Vega valley.

Since the Methodist church in Vega was sold to the town the OSB church has served persons of all faiths. It frequently is used for funeral services of persons other than Old S<Aool Baptists. It is a ccH n m u n ity churdi.

Donations may be seAt to Mrs. Harvey Sherwood or Harris Bal­lard in Vega. Labor, materials or money will be welcomed.

W o r k O n C a t s k i l l s ^ N e w e s t S k i D e v e l o p m e n t I n R a c e W i t h S n o w

Workmen construct the foundation for the 50x80 foot ski lodge at the "new Vega ski slope being developed by a group of Roxbiuy folks, who hope to have four trails in operation by the time of the first snowdfaU of next winter. Base lodge overlooks the sloping

pastures of the Bruce German farm at the head of Buffalo hollow. New road will carry skiers to base lodge from farm. Parking lot will eventually accommodate 2,000 cars and a T-bar lift will carry skiers to the top of llie trails.

Dr. Bruell Ues In Germany Few Days After Arrival

H eart Illness Fatal

Dr. Frederic W. Briidl, prwiJ- nent physidan of this village, died at. a hospital in Pirmasens, Ger­many, last week Thursday. He was buried, in Germany.

Dr. Bruell came to Margaret­ville 15 years ago and has prac­ticed general medicine in this sec­tion since that time, with the ex­ception of an illness of several months. He suffered a heart ail­ment.

He was born in Germ ^y Nov. 4, 1898, learned medicine in the medical school of his native land and practiced medicine there. One reason, few coming to America was his dislike of socialized medi­cine in his home country.

He was married here to the present Mrs. Bruell by Rev. Al­fred Coons on Oct. 10, 1942. She survives him £is do other neeir relatives. A sister, who is a doc­tor, came here a few weeks ago to accompany him and Mrs. Bruell on the trip home where he thought familiar scenes might prolong his life. T^e party sailed from New York on the Queen Mary May 23. Severed friends of this section went to New York to wish them a happy voyage.

P astor W ins O rdersRoxbury, June 19.—^Rev. Walter

Nelson, pastor of the Methodist churches at Roxbury and Halcott­ville, attended the annual confer­ence of the South Dakota con­ference of the Methodist cfiurch June 8-12. Hie conference, in recognizing his personal qu^ifi- cations and educational achieve­ments, voted and elected him to Elder’s orders. This is the high­est order in the ministry of the Methodist church.

He was ordained June 10 by Bishop Voigt of the South Dakota area, and Bishc^ Shott K. Mondol of the Hyderabad area, India.

A reception, in the form of a dinner, will be given Sunday eve­ning at 7 o’clock, June 24, at the Roxbury Methodist church. Each family should ’bring own table service, and if not solicited, bring a covered dish. Services at Hal­cottville WiU be canceled.

County Sportsm en H old Ande^ M eeting

Thirty-five members, represent­ing most of the fish and game clubs in the county, attended the Delaware County Federation of Sportsmen’s Clubs meeting last week Monday evening- a t Andes.

The meeting was devbted main­ly to fishing problems in this area. A representative (rf the ConservatiOTi D^>artment w as present.

The Marpu^tville Rod and Gun dub was represented by George Bloodgood, Bui^on Tubbs and Bryan Burgin.

Six Groups Cooperating

PTA Operational Workshop Is Scheduled Here June 28

Parent-Teacher association representatives frran five neighboring communities will meet with the local unit at Margaretville central school Thursday, June 28, for a workshop bn operation of the organiza--------------------- #tion. Officers and committee

chairmen are ^jcpected from

Delhi is assured of a new hos­pital. The ?250,000, goal lacked

Grand Gorge, Sotitti-^Kortrlght

and Stamford. All interested are Welcome.

State and district officers willnot more than $25,000 to com- be present to lead discussion andplete early this week.

M. S. Allen, general diairman, says the general committee has no doubt but that the remaining $25,000 will be given in a, limited time. Thomas S. Wallis, chair­man of the Special Gifts commit­tee, reports that there are still persoris considering of making memoried gifts.

’The canyass in the village of Delhi, which was conducted in two days, amounted to $41,000. From the outlying villages of Andes, Bovina Center, Bloomville, De- Lancey, Hamden, Meredith, Meri- dale and Treadwell $12,142 has been turned in. The general com­mittee estimates that when the canvass in the outlying commum- ties has been ccxnpleted, an addi­tional $8,000 will have been secured.

The new two-story, 24-bed hos­pital building is to be constructed on a five-acre site at the eastern approacdi to the village, on route 28. People from this area will find a large sign marking the loca­tion I t is on route 28, opposite side of the route from the central school, and not far from the "25- mile” sign.

Tech Alum ni ElectsAlumni of State Technical insti­

tute, Delhi, a t the annual reunion elected a new slate of officers as follows: President, Gustave Mug- gUn, Ag ’34, Walton; vice-presi­dent, George Hof&nan, Ag ’41, Ddhi; secretary-treasurer, Lillian Hunt Beardslee, Home Ec. ’50, Walton: faculty representative, Willis B. Waite.

answer questions. The meeting will divide into groups to talk about membership, program and a variety of topics.

Walton F. Heley, president of the Margaretville PTA, is in charge of arrangements.

Newest of the PTA groups are those at Margaretville and Andes, which were formed last week.

New P asto r Comes To Fleischm anns

Fleischmanns, June 18. — ’The new pastor of the ^eischmanns Methodist church. Rev. Forrest Robinson, and Mrs. Robinson of W chita, Kansas, arrived in town the weekend. Rev. Robinson hdd the first services at the three churches: the parish Sunday.

Rev. Robinson will attend Drew S M n in ary this fall, but will con­tinue to prea(di each Sunday. Rev. Raymond Venable of Vinita, Okla., son of Rev. and Mrs. F. P. Vena­ble, former residents, sang a solo at the church service Sunday morning.

O nteora Couple Is Engaged

Phoenida, June 19.— MiC and Mrs. Flavius Dibbell have an­nounced the engagement of their daughter, Alice; to warren Fay, son of Mir. and Mrs. Oscar Fay of New Haven, Conn. Mr. Fay is a teacher in Onteora central schooL Alice is employed in the office there. No plans have been made for the wedding. Warren goes into the Army in July.

How Much Is Fishing Worth?

Commissioners A sk ^To Put Value on Trout W ater

What is the value of a trout stream?

This question came up at De­posit in a hearing last week before three commissioners to determine the value of the damage to the farm of John Watson of Reed’s creek, near Waltwi. I t was the first case to be brought brfore the commission which convened re­cently in the hearisg room of the Board of Water S i^ ly claims office in Deposit. Mr. Watson is losing 36 kcres from his Readbum farm. Shaft I of the tunnel is a short distance away frtmi his farm buildings.

Witnesses b ro u ^ t tip b^ Her­man E.. Gottfried of Margaretville,Bi^>edring for Mr. Watson, indud- ed Professor Edward C. Rahey,

professor of zoology and fishery biology a t Omiell university, and Professor Edmund Worthen of Ithaca, a geologist. ’Through his vtdtnesses Mr. Gottfried attenq>ted to show that the creek which has its c(»ifluence. near the Watson farm with Ri«3i creek, a trout spawning bed, is being ruined as a fishing stream by the d ty’s activi­ties for the tunneL

W. Stanley Munro of Roxbury. testified that taking another stream out of its trout-yielding functimi is a blow to this great fishing section. He said he had seen cars frran Illinois, Ohio, Indi­ana and California along the East Brandi of the Ddaware'on a re­cent day m d that this area was nati(xially famous for its trout fishing. '

Village Nine Back In Victory Column In League Contest

Lane Pitches 5-1 Win ' Over Livingstoii M anor; Delhi to PUy S u n ^y r.

M argaretviiiir^lf^^S^ ' ^ win column Sdnday with a 5-1 victory over visiting Iivingst(» Manor. The win gives the load boys a 4-2 record in Delaware- SuUivan league competiticm this year.

The home team took first Uood in the initial frame when Charley Smith scampered home on Doc France’s double after reaching first on a single and second on a stolen base, ^argaretville piled on three more in the third with two out. Smith repeated his single and steal of second to start the rally. Bob Lane and Ray Ed­wards also completed the circuit after drawing walks, when Dodge singled.

Lane, making' his first motmd start for Margaretville, drew credit for the victory.

Sunday Delhi comes to Mar­garetville for its first encoimter with the local nine. In other games, Roxbury plays a t Andes, Walton at Liberty, Downsville at Roscoe and Stamford at Livingston MancM*.

W ill Equip S tate Cam p

Greene Valley Grange Monday evening voted to hold Grange dances wi alternate Fridays dur­ing July and Augiut. A substan­tial door prize will be given at each dance.

Myron Morse, Amos Avery and Bruce Scudder are a committee to repair conditions which allow snow water to seep into the basonent. Gecta Hansen recdved first prize from the service and hospitali^ conunittee in the sewing contesC

’The OHnmunity service project underway is a plan to equip the state campsite onv, Halcott moun­tain with play equipnent. A Grange picnic has already been hdd to repair the Mpnter damage on the road to the camp.

Tlie Grange voted to suspend meetings for the summer.

Four M en O rdered To Delhi

Hie Delhi draft board has or­dered the following list of selectees to appear for in ducticm June 25. They will assemble a t the court house, Delhi, a t 8 a. m.Harold J. Wenzel, Peakville Gerald E. Zum, Sidney Donald G. Stevenson Jr., Delhi John P. O’Hara, R<«bury

W ins A t TennisPhoenida, June 19.— A tennis

match sponsored by the Kingstcm Chamber of Ccnnmerce was played at Forsythe "park on Fri­day. Herman Folkerts of Onte­ora defeated Ronnie Schoonmaker fO. Kingston high in straight sets, 6-2 and 8-6.

Fire Calls Family From Baccalaureate At Downsville

Nine Persons Lose Dwelling and Possessions In Destructioii of Big F Ql CloVe Farmhouse While TTiey Attend Simday Night Services

’The large farmhouse occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Grover Tompkins in Fall Qove was burned to the ground Sunday night while Mr. and Mrs. Tompkins were a t Downsville to attend the baccalaureate service.

♦A younger brother of Mr. Tomp-

MCS Nine Loses .435 H itter Smith

With a potentially powerful club of sophomores and juniors baseball fortunes at Margaret­ville central school look bright for the next two years. The school closed its 1956 season be­fore examinations began with a record of two wins and nine de­feats.

High point of the season was a 1-0 shutout of Delhi. Low point came a few days after with a 21-0 defeat by Fleischmanns. How­ever, Margaretville gained revenge in, a return game by beating Fleischmanns, 6-5. Willis Van- Keuren pitched both victories for MCS.

Hard-hitting Irving Smith is the only member of the starting nine lost by graduation. Smith, who covered second base, batted .435 this season.

S tate Board Says Assessment Is Low

Property in Otsego, Delaware and Schoharie counties is worth 347 million dollars and assessed at 142 million dolllars, the New York State Board of ^ualization and Assessment reports.

’The bo£u:d, in a tabulation of values, assessments and rates of assessment for the state, disdosed that property in Delaware county is worth $142,275,676. ’The rate of assessment is 45, and the assessed value totals $64,322,262.

Value of Otsego county is $134,- 050,012 and th^ assessment rate 43. Assessment is $57,594,695. -

Sdidiarie county value is $71,-

Tbebtexd s^d' property <0. the state is valued at $52.7 USion. of which $23.7 UUion is in New York d ty aiid $29 billion in the balance of the state. Real property throughout the state was assessed at 64.9 per cent of full value, substantially higher than the three counties of this area, ac­cording to the board’s figures.

RCS G raduates Given B accalaureate Advice

Roxbuiy, June 18.—^Baccalaur­eate night services were held Sun­day evening at Roxbury central school. William A. Crawford played the piano processional. Rev. Walter Nelson gave the invoca­tion and toe scripture reading. Rev. Cornelius Lepeltak,' Kirk- side director, gave the prayer and benediction.

The girls’ chorus and ensemble presented musical numbers. Rev. Herman E. ,Luben, pastor of the Gould Memorial Reformed church, gave the address, “Victory in Your Hands.”

Graduation night will be held Friday evening at the central school.

The annUal alumni banquet vwU be held June 30 at 7 at the Rox­bury hotel, followed by the dance at Roxbury central school at 9.

H ay Crop Is Good.Halcottville, June 18. — June

finally became June when last week recOTded high temperatures. Hay crop, which was feared ruined during the last frosts in May, has become excellent vwth the fr^uen t rains and hot days. Farmers say the crop will be as good and prob­ably better than last year.

kins is a member of the graduating dass.

The house was about 100 feet down in the valley below the road. The fire was discovered by Burt Tompkins, a brother of Grover, 30, who lives with his wife alongside the Fall Clove highway. Th6 house was a mass of,flames.

Andes Fire department, under the direction of Chief .Richard Gabriel, and the Downsville de­partment, under Chief T. J. Klindt responded to the call for help.

They said the fire had made such headway before either com­pany arrived that it was impos­sible to save anything from the burning home.

All that remained of the home when members of the Tompkins family returned was a lone chim­ney and a nrass of smoking em­bers. Cause of the fire is not known.

Lost in the fire were all the- personal belongings of the fol­lowing: Mr. and Mrs. Grover Tompkins and their three young children, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Burt Tompkins, and his brothers, Daniel, who was graduating, and George. The elder Tompkinses, George, and their 16-year-old daughter, Jane, had returned last week Wednesday after spending the winter in Florida. Jane has been staying in Wfilton.

Destroyed were Mrs. Burt Tompkins piggy bank, vnth 700 pennies, six guns belonging to the men, and Burt Tompkins’’ high-crowned Homburg hat, with­out which he sddom v e n tu ri out­side.

The Grover Tompkinses had b^f^ on the farm since their own facade nearby was destroyed by fire

Mrs. Burt Tranpkins said th a t the Downsville siren blew as Rev. Raymond Ward was leading the^ Lord’s Prayer at the baccalaur­eate. Ndther she nor her hus­band was aware of the fire’s lo­cation until they were summoned; from the service by Paul Penrose, English teacher at the schooL where the service was being held. Mr. Penrose had been notified by- Forrest Knapp, former state po­liceman who operates gift shops in Downsville and Margaretville.

The Tompkins family expects to rebuild the house as soon as pos­sible. The 225-acre farm is stocked with 32 head of cattle. The family said, that insurance- men had told them the bam and cattle could not be insured with­out a house on the place.

Mr. and Mrs. Burt Tompkins are living with Burt Jr. while the Grover Tompkins family is stay­ing with neighbors temporarily.

In jured in A ccidentWalter ’Tubbs, 27, suffered a

scalp wound, in ju r^ arm and bruises of the chest eariy Satur­day morning when his car wenf out of control on route 9W south of Kingston. He was taken to Kingston hospital for treatment, but was released the following day.

He was given a summons by state police under the "endanger­ing" provisions of the motor vehide act.

H old F irst DrillsThe first practice of the Legion

junior baseball team was sched­uled for 6 p. m. ’Thursday evening at the Margaretville village dia­mond.

Four Trails Being Built

Roxbu^ Sid Center Backers Plan Operations by Winter

Skiing, which has become a booming winter activity in the Catskills, wiU receive another spurt this year with the construc­tion of the new Roxbury'Ski club slope high in the Vega valley. Owners of the new prcanotion hope to have four trails in opera­tion by the time the first ski snow falls in November or De­cember.

Under construction is a 50x80 foot base lodge. Of one-story dnder block constructicHi, the lodge will have its picture win­dows facing on the spadous fields of the Vega valley.

Access to the lodge is provided on a new all-weather road being hewn out of the pasture at the ] ^ c § German farm at the head

of Buffalo hollow. Hie road has been rough-gradel and its steepest pitches eliminated. Further work is to be d(Hie with Roxbury town machinery. Skier’s cars will have little difficulty reaching the spa­cious paridng lot near the base lodge. A plateau adjacent to the lodge is expected to provide a parking lot large enough for 2,000 cars.

Skiers will be carried to the tap of the trails over 5,200 feet of tows and a T-bar lift. On th e 1,000-acre devel(^Hnent are sites for four trails to be built this summer. Skiers will have choice of intermediate trail, intermediate run, beginners’ trail or nursery dope. Pranoters hope that other trails will be added in future winters.