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VoL 94. No. 42. EstaMished in 186S. MARGARETVILLE, NXTIV YORK, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1957 Entered b» Second CUu Matter in th«( Post Office mt IfargmretTill*. N. Y. 7c Per Copy. $3 Per Y e »

Friday Dead Issue As Shipping Night In MargaretvilleCustomers Content With Saturdays So Plan Is DroppedJ^garetville stores will con­

tinue to be (^ n Saturday ni^ts. They close at 5:30 other nights of the week. A survey two weeks ago revealed the merdiants would be willing to change the open night to Friday— if the public desired so to do. Patrons of the stores do not want a change.

A dinner meeting of the Cham­ber of Commerce was held at Murray’s hotel last week Thurs­day evening.

Robert Hovey of the .New York State Department of Labor, told the meeting of the ins and outs provisions of the unemployment insurance law effective Jan. 1. He said that a business with more than one employe on a single day in a calendar year must pay a tax. It is the re­sponsibility of the employer to notify the state of his tax liabil­ity. The law does not apply to farmers or to domestic help where there are less than four employed. Full time students are also excluded. Mr. Hovey iwint- ed out that businesses with four or more employes are also sub­ject to a F^eral unemployment tax.

Three Rotary Clubs Join In Program

Phoenicia and Margaretville Ro­tary clubs joined the Fleisch- manns-Pine Hill Rotary dub in a special dinner and program at Kass inn on Tuesday evenmg. Rotarians were accompanied by their Rotary Anns. It was a large and jolly gathering.

A program entitled “Rockets Red Glare” could not be furj- nished for the reason the op­erator suffered a heart attack a day previous and is in a hospital.

In its place the New Ytwk Tel­ephone company brought an ex.- cellent r^lacement, "New York ha^ 33verytliing.-’- It was "an celleat stOTy of the great metrop­olis In full color on a spedal wide screen. Itoee people from the New York Telephone Co. came here to put the exhibition on the screen. Mrs. Mable Ander­son was narrator, Don Smith was operator. The director was Le- Roy Page.

Horse Slipped On Ice Rider Broke Ankle

Roxbury, Jan. 25,— Miss Wanda LaRue, 13, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elton LaRue, was injured Thursday afternoon while riding her horse near the Roger Harrington market. The horse, a gentle, trustworthy animal, charifced to slip on a piece of ice and fell. Wanda went under the horse and suffered a broken left ankle which was x-rayed at the Margaretville hospital. Dr. C. K. Ives put a ceist on it. Wanda is recovering at her home.

S e l l P a r c e l s f o r

H u n t i n g C a m p sWillisun A. Davis of Hal-

cottville has sold the part of his farm at former Shaver- town, not taken by New York, to Salvator Borrill, Varl Car- botti and Phulip 'Parqual of Elmont L. I. There are 171 acres of land, no buildings. TTie men plan to use the prop­erty for hunting.

George Balcom of Marga­retville has sold a 45-acre par­cel of hunting land about a mile fran this village to Vic­tor Fudgnar of Point' Look­out, L. L There is a 12x18 foot cabin on the property and a good spring of water. It will be used as a hunting camp.

Both of the above sales were consummated by the A. W. Redmond agency of Ark­ville.

Deer Tracks Show Favorite W ^te r Drinking Holes

‘Tester* Erected In Catholic Church

The interior of the new Sacred Heart church in Margaretville has been further beautified with the erection of a large bronze fixture, called a tester, over the altar. The 1,000-pound ornament is based on a piece of church archi­tecture dating back to Constan­tine the .Great in the fourth cen­tury.

It consists of an interlocked three-ring design with inserts of three figures symbolizing the Trinity. The Father is symbol­ized by a hand,’ the Son by a Itunb and the Holy Spirit by a dove.

The’ tester was designed by Barry Doig of Bernardino studios in New York emd manufactured in Italy. It is the feift of Armand Erpf of Arkville.

Commonly called a baldaquino in church architecture, a tester was at first a dome-shaped struc­ture resting on four columns cind placed over the altar. In early Chrsitian days it was* felt that the action of the sacrifice of the Mass and the altar were too holy to be gazed upon. The practice is still followed in the East, ex­cept at certain times during the holy sacrifice, but has been dis­carded in the West.

Rev. Brown Leaving Andes For Godhen

Rev. Paul W. Brovtm of Andes has been elected minister of the Methodist diurch at Goshen, ef­fective Feb. 15. His last sermons at the Andes and pleasant Valley churches will be Sunday, Feb. 10.

Rev. Brown has been at the Andes parish since May, 1953.

Mrs. Brown is the sister of Mrs. William Sluiter of Margaret­ville.

At mid-week there had been no successor appointed for Rev. Brown.

Driver Gets Summons On Speeding Charge

Richard M. Fairbaim of Mar­garetville was arrested Wednes­day evening by Trooper Fred Baessler, who charged him with with speeding on route 28 east of Margaretville. He was given a summons to appear Feb. 6 ^ - fore Justice of the Peace Donald Fenton.

H a d S l i g h t C o n c u s s io n

Printer’s Two-Day Amnesia Takes Him to South Carolina

George Graham, a master printer employed in "nie News shop, recently suffered two days of amnesia. Waking from the blackout, he found himself awake in a hotel in Spartansburg, S. C.

Mr. Graham fell on Main street and his hit head on a curb in front of the Margaretville post office a week previous and be­lieves this caused a complete blackout for two days. He has no recollection of leaving the hc»ne of relatives in Connecticut, of traveling, eating, seeking a hotel or any part of the two days.

Mr. and Mrs. Graham left Mar­garetville Saturday forenoon, Jan. 19, to spend the weekend with relatives in or near Bridgeport, Conn. He left the home of a sis­ter at Stratford, Conn., about 8:30 the following Monday morning.

The next he knew he awoke in strange surroundings. He was in a hotel room and could not con­ceive what had happened. He dressed, ran to the street, stopped the first man he met and said to him, “Where am I? ”

’The man said, “Spartansburg.” “Spartansburg, where?” asked

Mr. Graliam.“South C ^ lin a ,” replied the

stranger.“Where is a telephone,” then

asked Mr. Graham.*nie man pointed to an office

down the street. Mr. Graham hurried there, borrowed a dime and asked for long distance.

I^s mother answered the collect call at his parents’ home in Bridge­port, Conn.

,A 13-state missing pers(His

alarm had been sent out. Father and mother, wife and children were sleepless in fear Mr. Graham had met foul play. Mrs. Graham Sr. was amazed to have her son tell her he was in South Carolina.

The pju:«nts sent money by wire. Mr. Graham took a train home, got a good sleep and next morning began to look for his automobile. It was found in a parking lot where he was accus­tomed to leave it seven or eight years ago when he lived in Bridge­port.

His fur hat and heavy coat made people stare at him Spartansburg. South Carolina men do not wear fur garments.

After receipt of the money from home, Mr. Graham visited a physi­cian, who gave him an examina­tion. The doctor found a slight concussion on the back of the patient’s head. He. gave him an injection auid cautioned the Yankee to be careful not to lean dr rest the back of his head against a solid object for a few days.

When the doctor heard the story of the two-day blackout, he said it was a new experience. He refused to make a charge.

While on the way back Mr. Graham found the stub of a bus ticket in a pocket ’This is the only clue he has as to what took place during the two days he was “out of this world.”

What route he took, where he ate, where he spent the one night remain a mystery. He had no laaaey when he awoke in the hotel room at Spartansburg.

Road Accidents Bring Dam.age To Vehicles

Three cars were damaged in Arkville Saturday morning in a skid-collision on route 28 in front of the Len-Ray body shop. Two of the cars were vacant and parked off the road. The driver of the third escaped injuiy.

Trooper Mike McCauley of the Margaretville state police sub­station said that an eastbound station wagon operated by Roy

Snow along an ice-covered mountain stream is likely to disclose a drinking spot of deer as they wander about seeking good browsing. In color or black and white, the combination is an attrac­tive one for photographers on a sunny winter day. This scene was shot along the Plattekill near Dunraven. It is typical of many winter scenes the East Branch river and its tributaries present.

M C S I n s t r u c t o r C h o s e n

Lawrence Gilmour becomes FHS Prmcipal

—Photo by Fix Law rence A. G ilm our

Lawrence A. Gilmour, for six years member of the faculty of the Margaretville 'central school, has been elected principal of the Fleisdimanns high school. He begins his duti^\at Fleischmatuis tWs nuHTiiner He ^s'as- re le a ^ .by the Margaretville school yes­terday.^ .

Mr. and Mrs. Gilmour'will move to Fletechmanns as soon as living acccHninodations can be secured in that village.

Mr. Gilmoiir was graduated from, South Kortright central school in 1945. Following two years in the Army, he attended Ithaca college where he was grad­uated in 1951. He was secured as instructor in English at the Mar­garetville school the same year and has resided here since.

Mr. Gilmour has taken an active part in both school and community life. He is secretary of the Mar­garetville Rotary club, an active

member - of the Margaretville Masonic lodge, president of the Delaware County Teachei s asso­ciation, a member of the executive committM of this ^ e of the New X ^k Teatchers asso^tion. He has b ^ coach for the (SSitral s c ^ l senior plays. He will complete

j this summer requiremrats for a master’s degree at Syracuse uni­versity.

Mrs. Gilmour is the former Miss Yvonne Herrick' of this village. The couple has a daughter.

Farm Bureau Meets Assemblsmian

The members the policy executive committee and directors of the Delaware coimty Farm Bureau met with Assemblyman Edwyn E. Mason Jan. 18 at Ho­bart to discuss what Farm Bureau is to do in 1957.

Discussed were: Liberal grant­ing of milk dealers licenses; a state law requiring that butter be sold by grade; the armed forces be required to make avail­able larger quantities of fresh milk to service men; road blocks to the extensive use of milk vend­ing machines be removed; pro­ducer and dealer fimds for niiilk promotion be more adequate and that these funds be collectied through amendment of milk orders; hunters be required to ob­tain written permission from landowners before they can hunt on their property r no restrictions be enacted against work activity on the part of young people on the farms of their parents.

Missionary Society Has Quilting Session

Fleischmanns, Jan. 28.—A reg­ular meeting of the Ladies Mis­sionary sodety of the Clovesville Bible Baptist church was held on Friday afternoon at tl4 parson­age. There were seven present

The ladies spent tl e ^temoon preparing two quilts for quilting and also packed four blankets to be sent by the American mission to the Greeks. Bandages were also rolled which will be s «it to a dispensary hospital in the Phil­ippine Islands.

Three Downsville Men Enlist

Three Downsville young men enlisted in the Marine Corps at Oneonta on Tuesday. They are:

Ralph L. Murphy, 17, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sterling M u i}^ , three years; Robert B. Conklin, 17, son' of Freese Conklin, four years; ^Eugene J. Mills, 17, son of Mr.* and Mrs. Reginald Mills, four years.

Veteran Counselor Tells Of Laws>

Donald Dickson of Andes, Vet­erans’ counselor, -gave an inter­esting talk before the American Legion Auxiliary Jan. 21. He told about legislation of the past pres­ent, future, concerning the Vet­eran and his family. He advises any veteran, who lias questions of the benefits to himself and famUy, to consult with him at his office at Kelly’s hotel in \Mar- garetville the first and third Wednesday of each month.

Parents-T eachers Meet Feb. 5 At FHS

Fleischmanns, Jan. 28.—The regular meeting of the parents and teacher’s group wUl be hdd on, Tuesday evening, Feb. 5, at the' school starting at 8 p. m.

Mrs. William Greene will be in charge of the program, which will be on ‘Family Relations.”

Mrs. Silberstein Is Auxi ary President

Fleischmanns, j£*i. 28—The monthly meeting of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Congregation B’nai Israel was held Wednesday evening at the service' center. Ten members were present. '

Following the business meeting, the following officers were elect­ed for the coming year: President, Mrs. Sydney Silberstein; vice- president and secretary, Mrs. Hartdd Kleinfeld; treasurer,’ Mrs. Abraham Rottkov. Mre. Herman Wadl r was hostess for the eve­ning.

The next regular meeting will be held on Wednesday evening, Feb. 6, at the center. Mrs. Klein­feld will be hostess.

Lyman Guild .Arrest Made |n Kingston

Lyman Guild, 46, formerjly of Fleischmanns, was arrested in Kingston last week on a charge of having an unlicensed pistol in his home.

Guild was arrested while Kings­ton firemen were fighting a blaze '4vhich damaged the dining room, furniture and curtains in his house. The fire was reported to have started in a couch near stove.

M r s . S t . G e o r g e T o S p e a k

GOP Annual Lincoln Dinner WiU Be Held Here Feb. 14• Delhi, Jan. .27.—^Delaware coun­

ty Republicans will hold their fourth annual Lincoln day dinner at 7 .p. m. Thursday, Feb. 14, at Kass inn. ,

Senator E. Ogden Bush, Dela­ware county Republican OHnmittee chairman, announces that Kath­arine S t George, representative, wUl be the speaker. Her subject wUl deal with “Foreign Affairs.” An orchestra has been engaged to furnish music for dancing.

Sidii^ Mang, Sidney, state com­mitteeman, is gMieral chairman of the occasion. Mrs. Donald Fenton, Margaretville, is diairman of the reception ccxmnittee, and wiU be assisted by Mrs. Harold Smith. A young man and young wranan will be sdected fnmi each of the 19 towns in the county by the

town chairman to serve on the recepti<m committee.

Roswell Sanford, Margaretville, is in charge of program arrange­ments, Mrs. Orin Q. Flint, Delhi, state committeewoman, is diair­man of the publidty committee, assisted by Michael Cuneen, Wal­ton; Mrs. Robert Wyer and H. (Sen Harper, both of Delhi.

C. O. Field, county treasurer, and Wemdell A. Young, sheriff, are co-diaiimen of the ti^eit commit­tee, assisted by WUbur S. Oles Jr., county derk^ James Johnson, Republican election commissioner, and Marshall Stoutenbipgh, coun­ty probation officer. Tickets have been issued to each town commit­tee diairman, and those desiring to attoid the dinner should con­tact tbeiiLtown diairman prcnnpt- ly as an early sell-out is antid- PHted.

$ 1 0 0 ,0 0 0 A F S i t e

P l a n n e d f o r A n d e s’The Jan. 21 issue of COn-

structioneer magazine reports that the Cowell-Robinson company of New York icity has be«i awarded the con­tract by the U. S. E}ngineers at New York for the design and specifications for a “low gap fiUer” to be erected in the town 6f Andes in Delaware coimty. The project is to cost leas than $100,000.

Ftom information The News could gather. Thursday morn­ing, the low gap filler is an automatic radar tower for the Air Force, to be erected on Craig Hill, a portion of the Gerry estate in the town of Andes.,

County Road Plans Include Dry Brook And New Kingston

Difficulty lla Obtaining Rights-Of*Way May Hinder Plans To Undertake Projects Rebuilding Short Po rtions During 1957Plans for'highways in Delaware coimty during 1957 are released

by Superintendent MacPherson at Delhi.Money has been apprt^ndated for two and one-half mUes re-

... —» comti'ucti<Mi of the Walto^-Mim-

BSA Council Work Reported In Kingston

H Hoffman. 20, of Mt. Tremper 1,339 adults registered, __I also showed a gam of - three

A t the meeting of the executive board of Rip Van Winkle council, Boy Scouts of America, held last week in Kingston the application to renew the charter of the coim- d l was reviewed and a report made on the activities and accom­plishments by the council during 1956.

The report showed a gain of 233 boys and six units over the end of 1955, with a total of 2,886 boys

It‘ three per

ArkviUe on the right hand curve. The station wagon went out of control and caught the right front fender of a parked Oldsmor bUe sedan owned by the Main street garage of Fleischmanns. The OldsmobUe was dragged into

CadiUac owned by the body shop. The two first vehides were hea^y damaged.

£ beer truck owned by Angel- loti brothers and, operated by Thomas G. RUey of Oneonta and

car operated by Arthur Lee Jenkins, 21, of MjargaretviUe were in a sideswipe collision on route 28 five mUes west of Margaret- viUe last week Wednesday after­noon.

The accident, investigated by state police, occurred as Jenkins attempted to pass the truck.

Both drivers were iminjured as were the passengers in the car, Mrs. Velma Jenkins of Vega and Miss Dorothy McLean of Marga­retville.,

ItRUey In this area in six days. His trade «nd cme operated by Otto Meyer were in collision on route 28 a week previously.

Clmics Will Give Polio Shots

Clinics fOT the second shots of polio vaccine wiU be held in the foUowing areas and on these dates: Grand Gorge central school, Mon­

day, Feb. 4, 10-11 a. m. Roxbury centical school, Tuesday,

Ffeb. 5, 10:30-11 a. m.All chUdren, six months through

19 years who received the first shots in the December clinics, may obtain the second injection. Those who were unable to get to the clinic because of illness may have the first injection, but they must have a signed permission from parent or guardian.

J. A. Gaul, MD, Health Officer S. Naso, MD

Fleischknanns WSCS Prepares Gift Boxes

Fleischmanns, Jan. 28.— The WSCS, cirde two, of the Fleisch­manns Methodist church held its monthly meeting on Tuesday eve­ning at the parsonage. Twelve members were present.

The next meeting, to be held on Wednesday evening, Feb. 6, at the church will be/ a work meeting. At 'this time a gift box win be packed to be sent to the Bethel Home for the Aged in Ossining. Clothing will also be packed to be sent to the Grace church in New York dty. Any­one who has dothing they wish td donate may leave it with Mrs. Robert Todd or at the parsonage.

Explorers of the council partici­pating in the long term camping program at Camp Tri-Mount dur­ing the summer. The advance­ment report showed a total of 1,031 Cub Scout achievements made during the year and a total of 658 Scout advancements. A total of 1,225 merit badges were earned by the Scouts and Explor­ers of the councU during 1956.

The finance campaign scheduled for Feb. 6 through 16 wUI be con­ducted throughout the two-county area, Ulster and Greene, outside the area covered by the Kingston community chest. The goal is for $26,000 and will supplement the $13,000 to be received from the Kingston area community chest.

Harry Allen of Pine HUl is cam­paign diitctor for the western district.

Mr. Allen will also conduct the drive in Pine HUl and Highmount. OtJier cunmunity chairmen on his OHnmittee are Rev. Eriiest Elstes fpr Phoenida, Chidiester, Wood-

Ml. Trlmper, Heinz Hemf for Shandaken and Ailabai, Ed Balmer for Big Indian and OlivCTejL

Tlie committee wUl start its campaign for funds on Feb. 7, co­inciding with Boy Scout week, Feb. 6 through 12.

Also in connection with' Boy Scout week is the Western dis­trict’s court of honor to be held Wednesday evening, Feb. 6, at 8 o’dock at Oriteora central school. All boys in the district who have advahced during the last year wiU be recognized. A program and refreshments will follow.

Many Seek Summer Camps

A huntsman’s lodge, advertised in The News for sale column, has brought a large number of an­swers. M ^ y of the replies came from New York city. ^

Many seek property in this sec­tion of the CatskiUs for camps, summer retreats and the like. Nearly aU seek low priced prop­erties which can be repaired by the new owner and made livable for warm weather. H&nes for year round living would find a slower market.

Mrs. Donnelly Speaks At Dedication

Mrs. Betty Hawley DonneUy, a member of the State University of New York l^ rd of trustees, was a speaker at the dedication of a new seven-miUion-doUar school of printing in New York dty on Jan. 17. Mrs. DonneUy owned a summer home in Arena for many years.

last year because of difficulty in securing rights of way. *

Another plan is for .65 mUes of road along the Arkville part of the Dry Brook road. In the same township there is proposed 2.19 mUes of- Dunraven-New Kingston road. Both the Ark­viUe and Dunraven projects are held back because of- difficulty in securing rights of way.

Other road improvements a^e a bridge on the Hancock-Can- nonsvUle road and one mile on the Deposit-CannonsviUe road to tie in with construction for pro­posed New York liighways.

There are plans for construc­tion of a bridge on the Bovina Center-Bovjna road. Not aU the above projects will be construct­ed in 1957.

Mr. MacPherson is quoted as saying:

“In addition to the work we do on the county road system, we have for the past .seven years been taking over the reconstruc­tion on and maintenance of bridges on town highways, as provided by the highway law. Eventually we expect to - take over for maintenance, aU bridges having spans of more than 25 feet, on town highways.

"We have beert taking over bridges from the towns first who maintained the greatest percentage of their own bridges. We are now maintaining 70* bridges on town highways, aU over 25 foot spans. We .expect to take over and rectmstruct four or five more bridges this .y e a r .—-'. “We have one bridge in Fleisch­

manns, two at Davenp(»:t Center, two <Ki ^ e Horton Brook, town of Colchester, one' on BuUock Hill,, town of Tompkins, and one on the Cole’s Clove road, town of Ham? den. We have plans for aU of these bridges, but we probably wiU not get aU buUt this year, but we hope to get at least five £md possibly six. We have ma­terial on hand for part of them and niaterial is on order for the balance.

“There is a shortage of struc­tural steel and it is necessary for us to plan months ahe^d in order to >have our materials on hand. In some cases we acquire the steel and then place the erec­tion of bridges with contractors.”

Jury Trial Brings Verdict Of Guilty

A jury of six found Maurice Scott Of Huckleberry Brook guUty of driving whUe intoxi­cated after a trial of nearly six hours Wednesday. He was fined $50 by Justice of the Peace Fen­ton, who presided.

Scott was arrested Dec. 15. He had been in a minor coUision at the Bridge street bridge a few hours prior to his arrest, but the charge did not arise directly from the acddent.

The district attorney’s office was represented by Attorney Richard Farley of Delhi. Srott was defended by Attorney Manuel Voit of Margaretville.

On the jury were Mrs. Bernard Boxer, foreman; Mrs. Hugh Ramp Jr., Leon Jones, Anthony Bayer, Mrs. Hai^ld Faulkner and Glen* ford Ingram.

G>nimittee Discusses Plans for Annual GOP Lincoln Dinner

Left to right, seated, Mrs. H ^ ld Smith, Mrs. Harriet Austin and A1 Farber of Kass iim, where the annual Lincoln dinner will be hdd by Delaware c (^ ty Republicans lliinrsday, Feb. 14, and Mrs. Donald Fenton. Sending, Michael Cuneen, M. M. Wright, Sidney Mang, Mrs. Orrin Q. Flint, Roswell R. Sanfford, Bernard Boxer, State Senator E. Ogden Bush, County Sheriff WendeU A. Young.