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Freparathtts For Christmas Many And JoymisThe music department of Mar-

^u:«tville central sdiool will pre­sent its annual Christmas program to the public Dec. 21 at 8:15 p. m.

On the theme “The Christmas Story,” with readings taken from the New Testament, appropriate music will be presented by the band, as well as four choirs. The four choirs, ranging from the fifth through the 12th grades, ccanprise a total , of 180 students, some of whom ytill participate in the band.

Accompanying thé choirs will be Ann Sluiter, Naoko Omoto and Carolyn Washburn. Duets will be sung by Douglas Sluiter and Cathy Marks, Joanne Miller and Milfoy Marcelli, and Charles Holdridge and Sally Huggins.

The three kings will be por­trayed by George Vlning, Clarence McIntosh and Collin Kelly, and the three innkeepers will be Larry Davidson, Larry Shultis and Otto Frey.

Among the many selections to be presented, the band wiU per­form “AUeüluia” by Mozart; the mixed chorus, “Do You Hear What X Hear” ; the girls’ chorus, “Gesu

Bambino” ; the junior high chorus, “Go Tell It on the Mountain,” and the elementary chorus, “African Noel,” accompanied by John Rou- cek on the bongo drums.

Fleischmanns, Dec. 14.— Fleisch- mamns Girl Scouts of Cadette Tro(^ 318 and Junior Girl Scout Troop 157 held the annual mother- daughter Christmas party Monday evening at the Methodist church. About 65 attended. Mrs. Horace Bohea was an invited guest.

Following a covered-dish sup­per, gifts were exchanged. The Juniors presented their mothers mosaic tile cosisters they had made at their meetings. The girls also made tie racks as gifts for their fathers.

The Cadettes presented their mothers gifts of tea aprons, which they also had made at meetings.

The Cadette Troop met at the home of the leader, Mrs. Seymour Lang, on Saturday to work on chef badges.

The girls prepared a complete meal, the theme for the dinner on international cooking. Girls

M o r e t o C o m e '

M e r c h e u i d i s e A w a r d W i n n e r s

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Two of the recipients of the first Margaretville merchants’ appreciation awards Friday night were on hand Wednesday afternoon for the second selection. There------ ---- — ' ♦w ill be further selections Friday

S a n t o C l a u s V i s i t s evening at 8 o’dock and next week

I n M a r g a r e t v i l l e

Santa Claus made his first appearance of th year Wed­nesday afternoon when he was on hand for the second pres­entation of merchants’ gifts.He is touring Main street with lollipops for the yoimgsters and will listen to their re­quests for Christmas gifts be­fore he begins his annual trek around the world on Christ­mas eve.

Santa’s schedule for tiie re­mainder of the Christmas

' shoj^ing season is as fdlows:Today, Friday and Saturday,7 to 8:30 p. m.; Monday and Tuesday, 1 to 3 p. m. and 7 to 8:30 p. m.; Wednesday, 1 to 5:30 p. m, and 7 to 8 jK m.

Most Margaretyille merch­ants will remain open Friday,Saturday, Monday, Tuesday and \^ednesday nights until 9 o’clock. Tliey will doe^ at their nonnal tijxies on Hitirs- day, Christmas -eve.

C a s w e l l S h o w s S l id e s

o r E u r o p e a n T r i pBruce Caswell of Roxbury

showed slides of a recent Euro­pean trip to Margaretville Rotar- ians and their guests at Kass Inn Tuesday night. Included were pic- ttires of Germany and Switzer­land.

Emést Hyatt and Walter Hal- I>em were welcomed as new meni- bers. President Kenneth Truran annoimced a family Christmas I>arty for Dec. 22 and also said the meeting of Dec. 29 has been cancelled.

Mr. and Mrs. Walton F. Heley Jr. aiid family, including Naoko Omoto, will be . guests at. the fam- Dy parly.

M o o r e G o e s t o B C ITrooper Joseph Moore, who has

been stationed at the Margaret­ville state police substation as a uniformed state ix>liceman fof the last several years, has been as­signed to the state police bureau of criminal investigation. He is presently assigned to the Troop C barradcs at Sidney for BCI train ing.

C h r i s t m a s T r a d i t i o n

Wednesday at 2 p. nx Children’s gifts vwU also be awarded Wednes­day following the presentation of the last of the adult gifts. When all of the gifts have been present­ed, there will be a free movie at the Galli-Curci theater.

Friday night winners were cis follows:

Mrs. Richard Lewis, $15 pur­chase certificate from Tuttle’s Paint and Wallpaper Store; James Yerry, $12.50 food basket from L. Bussy & Co.; Inc.; Mrs. Ed Carter, $6 pxirchase certificate from Mar­garetville Bakery; Forrest Bouton, $25 gift certificate from Marsico’s Dept. Store; Fred W. Numann, $25 savings bond from Margaretville office of National Bank and Trust Co. of Norwich; Mrs. Hilda Storey, $4 in cleaning froni ÍRoyal Tailors and Cleaners; Mrs. Dennie David­son, dinner for two at Kass Inn; Harry Funari, 15-day supply of mük from ^^ite’s Dairy; Mrs. Sam Blair, 150 galltms of gasoline frcrni Gulf Service Station; Mrs. Charles $12J5(> food basketfrom li. Busy & Co., inc.;' Mrs. Ralph Forsman, Arkville, ISO gal­lons fuel oil from Axkville Feed and Coal Co., Inc.; Mrs. Stanley &atochvil, Halcott Cénter, $25 gift certificate from Kathleen’s; Mrs. George. Mattice, Roxbury, electric slicing knife frcan Miller’s Drug Store.

Wednesday?» gifts went to Marian Mattice of Rorf>vuTr, $6 gift certificate from Margaretville Bakery, and James Yearry, Nor­wegian sweater from Del-Sports. Both of these also had gifts Friday night Others were Ruth B. Storey of Arkville, $25 in groceries from A&P; Elsa Squires of Margaret­ville, movie camera from Norman’s Photo Shop; Claudia Ruchar of Andes, pole lamp from Margaret­ville Furniture Store; Minnie In­gram erf Margaretville, transistor radio from Margaret\^e Appli­ance and Service Center; Mrs. Joseph E. Todd of Fleischmanns, foiir dinners at Murray’s Hotel; LueUa Hollenbeck of Allaben, $25 in merchandise from Craft Motor Co.; Elizabeth Bayer of Margaret­ville, hair dryer from Margaret­ville Hardware; Marjorie Moore of Margaretville, 15-day supply of milk from White’s Dairy; Beverly Hamway, 100 gall(»is of e l frt>m Del Val Oil Co.; William Balcom of Roxbury, portable radio from Beardsley’s TV.

A n n u a l C a n d l e l i g h t S e r v i c e

P l a n n e d f o r S u n d a y E v e n i n gThe annual Christmas music and

candlelight service will be present­ed Sunday at 5 p. m. at the Mar­garetville United PUíÉbyterian diurdi.

Hie musical portion of thp serv­ice will include the follo^^^:

Selections from the <wtata, ‘Tiiere Were Sh^erds.” %

“Again The Ifoly, Hffiowed Night,” chorus with sopra||halto duet by Mrs. Kenneth M ill^ and Mrs. I^p h Sanford. ^

1‘Catae' Watch Ye With The Shepherds,” dioir.

"O Singing Shepherds,” sopaano solo, Mrs. Ralph Sanford, and

“How Blessed Art Thou Bethle- hon,” soprano solo, Mrs. Kenneth Miller, and choir.

“Over The Hills,” baritone solo, Keith Harvard and choir.

“What Shall I Give 'Thee Sav­ior,” choir, with soprano solo by Mrs. Charles Holdridge.

“Chiistiato, Awake,” choir.Offertory; “W h a t Oiild Is

This?” , organ, Mrs. Richard Rnch.Recitative and Air from “The

Messiah,” Keith Harvard.“O Little Town of Bethlehem,”

“Silent Ñight . and ‘Joy to the World,” choir congregation.

Members of ^ e choir include Mrs. Charles Hwdridge, Mrs. Lynn

Jenkins, Mrs. Kenneth Miller, Miss Kathleen Scudder, Miss Maureen Mead, Miss Donnie Monington, Miss Jeanne Holdridge, Mrs. Don­ald Fento^, M]^. Ralph Sanford, Miss Ka^^ Gould, Miss Jane <^Connor, Miss Ann Sanford, Miss Andrea Fenton and Mrs. Bruce Armstrong, sopranos.

Mrs. Marion Blish, Mrs. Milton Valk, Miss Constance Washbinn, Miss JoAnn Miller, Mrs. Warner ■IMd, Miss Carolyn Washbiuii, Mrs. William AGller Jr. and Mrs. Robert ECU, altos.

Rev. Horace H. Bohea, Roy Twee^e, Keith Valk, Lynn Jen­kins and Rev. Arthur Kopp, ten­ors. Charles Holdridge Jr., John Constable, Keith Harvard and Harold Todd, basses.

The dioir is directed by Mrs. Samuel Dugan, and Mrs. Rnch is guest organist.

Miss Linda Constable is director of candlebearers, who include Pa­tricia Sanford, Steidien Jenkins, Adrienne Herrick, Ronelle Her­rick, Lasa Jenkins, John Fenton, Paul Jenkins and Ronald Jenkins. Ushers are Ralph DeSilva, Ronald Tweedie, Walter Merritt and David Kopp.

Decorations are being done by Bruce Armstrong, Robert H3U, David K<^p, Walter Merritt, Ken­neth Hill and Relv. Arthur Kopp.

working on it were Laiirilyn West, Melinda Alton, Nancy Ballard, Betty Winkler and Elyce Lang.

The annual Christmas mother- daughter party of Brownie Troop 2 was held Saturday at the fire hall. Nine Brownies and their mothers attended.

A buffet lunch was followed by exchange of gifts.

The Brownies presented their mothers gifts of hot pla<» mats made of bottle caps, which the girls made during their meetings.

Roxbury, Dec. 15.—Mrs. J. Wil­liam Poole entertained the Wo­men’s Guild for Christian service, circle 1, at her home Wednesday evening at a Christmas party. Worship service was conducted by Mrs. Rudolph Gorsch, assisted by Mrs. Robert Spencer. GiJEts were exchanged.

Circle 2 met at .the church house Wednesday afternoon for a Christmas progreun. • ^frs. Bur­dette G. Long had charge, it was her last meeting as circle chair­man. Mrs. Henry Franken has been appointed for 1965. Mrs. Samuel More read the Christmas story and carols were sung. Christ­mas refreshments were served.

Circle 3 meets this week.

The Roxbury fire department and the Roxbury Rotary club eire siK>nsoring a holiday home dec­orating cbntest in the village. Two $10 prizes wdU be awarded for best religious themes. Two addi- ti(Hial $10 prizes for general holi­day decorations.

Participants will be limited to the village of Roxbury, and all decorations must be Visible from the |Street. Judging will be done Tuesday evening. Names of the judges have not been announced.

Fleischmanns, Dec. 14.— The its annual Christmas program on

T h r e e D r iv e r s G iv e n

A c c id e n t S u m m o n s e sThree drivers involved in two

area accidents during the last week were given summonses by investigating state troopers. There were no injuries in either accident.

David Hadden, 17, of ArkviUe was given a summons for failure to keep right Tuesday after his car had nm off the right side of Route 30, boimced back and re­crossed the highway until it struck guard rails on the left. Hadden was traveling west about half a nntile east of the Dingle Hill road. His summons is returnable before Justice of the Peace Donald Fen-, ton.

Donald Meade Jr. of Grand Gorge and Mona Van Wie of Rox- biiry were given summonses after thieu cars,. ccdMded .^ür^ay ió the to ]^ oE Rpxtary:' léteed^ was cha^eá with fafiure to signal a tUx^ Mrs. Van VSle th Improper, passing.

State police said that Meade was attempting a left turn ofl Rotite 23 near Grand Gorge and Mrs. yan Wie was attempting to pass him at the same time, 'ñiey were ordered to appear before Justice of the Peace Henry Muller.

M C S B o i l e r T u b in g

A p p r o v e d f o r S a leSale of boiler tubing to Fleisch­

manns high school was approved Monday evening by the Margaret­ville central school board at its December meeting. The tubing, which MCS has on hand at the school,, will be sold for $1.25 per lineal foot.

No action was taken on the purchase of school bus stop signs and speed limit signs discussed at a previous meeting. Prices of these were brou^t to the board’s attention by Business Manager William Hubbell. ^

*rhe board approved the trip and use of a school bus for a group of students being taken to the Shakespeare festival at Stratford, Conn., by Mrs. Lee Friedman, English teacher. The trip is planned for next April 3 or May 1. Miss Gertrude Klapper was auth-, orized to attend a meeting of the Catskill Planning Committee in Oneonta Friday.

November payrolls approved amounted to $28,916.06 for the school and $821.75 for school lunch. November bills approved were $3,364.71 for school, and $1,- 795.16 for school limch.

R o x b u r y C a g e r s B e a t O n t e o r a T e a m , 7 3 -7 0

still behind with 45 seconds to play Sattirday night, Roxbury’s basketball teám donned the role of giant killer to whip Onteora central school, 73 70, in a thrill­ing finish to an inter-league game.

Bob Stewart sank a 20-foot jump shot to put Roxbury ahead, 71-70, in these final seconds to climax an 18-point effort Rich Meade, who had a fine scoring night with 29 points, sank two free throws to provide tiie clincher. John Mower I>aced the losers with 22 points.

Roxbiiry. has 50 boys in high school; Onteora has \ more than 1,100-- '

R a in s R e s t o r e W a t e rHalcottville, Dec. 14.—The rains

of last week restored the water to the springs on the farm of Charles Rowe, who has been without water for many weeks and had to draw water for his cattle. The level of tiie spring on the Joseph Wranovics farm has been raised to about half capacity, but the spring of Virgil Smith above the village is still without water. ITie village supply is now neaurly full.

Methodist diurch school will bold Wednesday, Dec. 23, at 8 p. m.

A candlelight service will be held at the church on Christmas eve, Dec. 24, at 10 p. m.

Rev. Russell Roe of Phoenicia will be guest speaker.

The school of the Advent Chris­tian chiurch will present its Christmas program Simday eve­ning at 8 o’clock. Instrumental ^ d vocsd numbers \yill be pre­sented. There also will be recita­tions by the smaller children. The play entitled “ This Shall Be a Sign” is vmder the direction of Mr. and Mrs. Keller. The public is invited.

Halcottville, Dec. 14.— A candle­light service, sponsored by the children of the Methodist Sunday school, will be held at the Meth­odist church here Tuesday eve­ning, Dec. 22, at 8 o’clock.

V Roxbury, Dec. 14.— The Enter­tainers are presenting a commu­nity Christmas program Dec. 23 at 8 p. m. at the Methodist church.

E a r l y C o p y N e e d e d

F o r N e x t I s s u e s

Although The News will be printed and distributed at the regular time next week Thurs­day, it would be appreciated if correspondents and adver­tisers brou^t in or sent in copy earlier than usual, 'niere are a large number of Christmas greeting ads to be prepared, along with regular advertising and reading mat­ter. Because of the rush of Christmas mailing there are also apt to be delays in ma­terial reaching here.

There is a large selection of Cliristmas and New Years greeting mats available for those wishing to use this service.

A similar earlier mailing would also be appreciated for the New Year’s edition, to be published Dec. 31. ,

J o h n S h u lt is N a m e d W a t e r G r o u p D ir e c t o r

John Shultis of Kelly Comers, chairman of the Delaware Soil and Water Conservation district, has been elected a director of the New York State Association of Soil and Water Conservation Dis­tricts, a state^de organization. Mr. Shultis was elected at the state meeting last week at Sdie- nectady where he was attending as a representative of the Dela-r WJKre diltócti . will serve as a ditfedtbr. m |totrict. VI, In-cUides Etelawarfe, Qreene, Colum-' bisi, ■ Butdiess and; SitffWk (L ..Í.) itotiiities.

A lifelong resident of Delaware coimty, Mr. Shultis was elected chairman of Delaware County Sdl Conservation district at the first meeting of the district directors Feb. 26, 1947. The district had been created by resolution of the board of supervisors of Delaware county Nov. 18, 1946.

Mr. Shultis is a retired farmer but continues activity in business affairs through the operation of “Windy Acres” at Kelly Comers, a haven for vacationers. He is a former supervisor from the town of Roxbury and has been active in the county’s civic affairs for many years.

During the last year, he was district grand lecturer of Eastern Star for Delaware and SuUivan counties. Mr. Shidtis served as a county committeeman of Pro­duction Marketing adminisfration, predecessor of the present ASC county committee, during the 1940s.

B o y ’ s W r is t B r o k e n A l i g h t in g F r o m B u s

Roxbury; Dec. 14. — John T. Ballard, 10--year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Ballard, fell Monday afternoon while alighting from the Roxbury cenfral school bus in front of his home and broke both bones in his lower left arm between the elbow and wnrist He was taken by Dr, Charles K. Ives for first aid and to Margaretville hospital, where Dr. C. R. Huggins reduced the fracture. He returned home .Tuesday.

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MARGARETVILLE, N. Y., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1964

A r k v i l l e V o t e

O K s M o t i o n s

O n F i r e H a l l

Arkville fire district voters met Satvffday night and passed three resolutions involved in change of fire halls in that community. Al­though there weis spirited discus­sion, the voting ranged from 3 to 1 to 5 to 1 in favor of the proposi­tions.

The resolution to seU the old fire hall was passed, 40-8, 'With one blank ballot. The resolution to convert the former Arkville school into a fire haU was passed, 37-12, and the proposition to bond the district for $19,500 to cover the costs of reconstruction of the school passed 38-11.

A contract for the school con­version work has been let to the liellio Construction Corp. of Cro­ton Falls. However, work is not e^^cted to begin immediately. Firemen will meet with contrac- 'tor’s representatives to discuss al­ternatives in the conteact by whidi the firemen win do part of the work themselves.

As soon as these arreingements can be made, it is expected that firemen wül begin' tearing out parts o f' the school building that mvist be removed to build a truck storage room. Fire apparatus will be housed so that access will be to Main street.

The present fire hall on Chvirch street is a dilapidated wood struc- txu?e built in the late 1800s. The doors/ are narrow and low. The street is slightly higher than the floor of the apparatus rooms, mak­ing an upgrade on which' the heavy frucks often stall when started with cold engines. Neither can a right turn be made directly from the fire hall into Church street without backing and jock­eying after the truck is out of the building.

The hall was built to house only the hand hqse carts which were used when the district was or­ganized. The boundaries of the district were limited to one mile because the'hose cart coulto’t be nioved-further fast enough to be o£.:tise. .. T ■

N o v e m b e r M i lk E a r n s

D a i r y F a r m e r s $ 4 .6 4New York, Dec. 14.—A xmiform

farm price of $4.64 per hundred­weight (46.5 quarts) will be paid to dairy farmers for milk deliv­ered to pool handlers in the New York-New Jersey milkshed in No­vember. The October price was $4.60; $4.66 was paid in Novem­ber 1963.

The producer butterfat differ­ential wiU be computed at the rate of 5.6 cents for each tenth of a pound of fat above or below the 3.5 per cent standard.

The price was annoimced early this month so that dairy farmers may be paid before Christmas. The early announcement was made possible through the cooperation of handlers who filed their reports ahead of the deadline.

V i l l a g e B o a r d T a k e s L o w B id f o r F ü e l

A low bid of .125 per gallon was accepted by the Mjirgaretville vil­lage board for oil for heating the village heiU. The low bid came from the Arkville Feed and Coal company. Other bids were sub­mitted by Del Val Oil coinpany and E. F. Traver and Son.

At the same meeting the board approved the issuance of a $3,400 capital note to pay for the new fractor for the village • street de­partment. The tractor, which has been delivered, is equipped with a snow bucket and power take-off. It was purchased for $3,327.32 from Douglas Kelly and Son under a state contract

H o w M a r g a r e t v i l l e S t a n d s

D e l a w a r e C o u n t y H a s M o r e

H o s p i t a l B e d s T h a n N e e d e dThe future of the Margaretville

hospital was discussed at a meet­ing at Kass Inn Monday night Irvmg A. Mennon. of The New York State Bureau of Hospital constm6ti<Hi, met with members of the hospital medical staff, board of directors and friends of the institution.

He said that increasmg costs are pricing sniall hospitals out of the market because of their low per­centage of occupancy. Most imits of less than á ) be^ are not able to stay in the black. One of his suggestions to r^ ed y the sit­uation would be to construct a 25-bed nursing home-type unit in connection with a hospitaL

Mr. Mennon did not recommend additions to the present Marga- retville building because of its wcÑaden construction, narrow halls and ramp. He suggest that a completely new óre resistant fa­cility be i anned. '

There are 276 hospital beds in Delaware coimty. Present statis­tics indicate 15,000 people are necessary to support a 50-bed unit There are 65 beds vacant on an average day. , One vacant bed represents a loss of $7,500-$9,500 a year. Delaware coimty has a population of 43,237 people. Of 268 hospitals constructed in New York since 19tó Under the Hill- Burton act, three have been for less than 50 beds; considered the minimum size imit for efficient operation.

He suggested that the coimnu- nity decide what are their hospi­tal needs. Various state agencies are anxious and willing to assist but the basic requirements must be assessed by the unit concerned. He siiid the cost of a modem 50- bed hospital is $1,000,0001

'Thomas McCaffrey, president, and Robert Telford, superintend­ent of the Delaware Vafiey hospi­tal at Walton, were present.

Bush Gains Otse Ulster, Sulliv2in Out

W a t e r R e s t r i c t i o n s

L i f t e d i n V i l l a g e

Walter Odell, superintend­ent of the Margaretville water department, said Wed­nesday that voluntary restric­tions on use of water are no longer necessary. Citizens may now water lawns freely, wash cars and the-like.

With its new well and the nearly one inch of rain that fell over the week and stimu­lated flow in the Bull Rim springs, the water supply has become adequate.

The weekend rain also trig­gered temporarily many sur­face springs >vhich have not flowed since' early summer. However, the flow did not last long, and there has yet been no permanent relief for most of those who have been with­out normal water supplies for nearly six months.

Streams also rose slightly on Friday’s rain, probably be­cause frozen ground caused more run-off than soaking-in.

H o w S h o u l d

C o u n t y V o t e s

B e D i v i d e d ?

Reapportionment at the county level brought arguments pro and con in Monday’s meeting of the Delaware county board of super­visors. No action was taken, how­ever, on reapportionment of town representation on the board.

Supervisor Wallace Wynkoop of the town of Colchester said it would be unadvisable to reapiwr- tion the county on a population basis, and that it would be un­just to create a weighted voting system in the county. He thought that small towns, such as Bovina, should not have fewer votes than large tAwns, such as Sidney.

Reapportionment on a basis of assessed valuation would also be undesirable in the opinion of Su­pervisor Allen Joslin of the town of Andes.

District Attorney Robert J. Mc- Keegan, whose term of office ends Dec. 31, spoke to the board of su­pervisors and urged that the office of district attorney be made a full-time post He said that the growing duties of the district át- tomey may make it necessary if a conflict of interest is to be avoid­ed between an incumbent's public duties and his private practice.

Supervisor , Herbert Van Val- kenburgh of the town of Roxbury reported that towns are not elig­ible for participation in disability ixssurance>uader tíie Néw Toric

_ ^ .State IMsab^^ jfpógfBxsx,Hubbard- of- .Ffeisttoimnns, wHM - Ijy - ^Lutz, Margzu*etville, and lücfiaítf tEoai 'ihchlded $í^,600. for road

R o x b u r y R o t a r y H a s

S l id e s o f T h is A r e aRoxbury, Dec. 14.— At the Rox-

buiy Rotary club meeting at Maplehurst last week Monday eve­ning, V. Bruce Parizo showed col­ored slides of this area and its activities. These slides have been assembled in three duplicate sets. Immediate plans are to send a set each to exchange students. Miss Christie Frevert in Australia and Miss Carol» Andre in Switzerland. The third is available for Rotar- ians on a loan basis for showing to other groups.

Vidting Rotar^vs

Deyo, Grand Gorge. President Henry Munsen announced that a community Óiristmas tree has been donated, and that a commit­tee consisting of Rev. John Wimer, Richard Lutz, Raymond F. Cronk and J. M. Tobin would assist Elton LaRue in placmg and trinoming it.

The board of directors approved presenting $15 to the volunteer firemen toward prizes in the Christmas decoration contest and $25 to the central school for Christmas baskets.

Remembrances were sent by the secretary, F. L. Enderlin to the two exchange students.

The Rotary club held its an­nual Christmas party at Kass Inn Monday evening. F. - Leighton Enderlin reviewed the principal events of the year. J. William Poole introduced Mr. and Mrs. Walter Meade, who presented the series of colored slides of the Roxbury area.

The ladies of the Rotary club, “Rotary Anns,” were present and each was presented with a carna­tion corsage.

The next meeting, Monday eve­ning, Dec. 21, will be held at Maplehurst

G r a d u a t e s t o S p e a k

A t A C S S e s s io nAndes, Dec. 14.—^Fifteen former

students at Andes central school who are now engaged in further studies have been invited to parti­cipate in a discussion on the de­mands of college for the benefit of present juniors and seniors.

The meeting vwU be held in the school library on the afternoon, of Dec. 23 and will be under the supervision of Donald 'Tubbs, guidance counselor. Refreshments will be provided by the Andes chapter of the National Honor society.

Those invited to take part and their schools are as follows: Class of 1963— Donald Drew, RPI, and Lánda Dale Morse, Syracuse; class of 1964— Karen Butier, Cbbleskill; Betty Conklin, Cobles- kill; Bonnie Degnan, State Uni­versity college at Brockport; Lloyd Johns Jr., Hobart; Leonard Kovba, Syracuse; Mary Ellen Mc­Lean, University of Rochester; Sharon Marshall, Cobleskill; Jean Reed, State University college at Oneonta; Lánda Reynolds, Vassar Brothers hospital, Poughkeepsie; James Smith, Sienna college; Brenda Stocksieker, Wagner col­lege, and Frank Temming, Hudson Valley Community, college.

A p a r t m e n t D a m a g e dAndes, Ejjec., 14.—TTie Andes

fire department was called out early Monday to Peter All’s, where a fire of undetermined origin broke out in the apeutment over their garage. Considerable dam­age was done.

Delaware county will be grouped with Otsego county, and at least three other comities in a new senatorial district when the legislature completes reapportionment at its--------------------------------- ' ♦ present special session. Dr. E,

Ogden Bush will remain as the senator of the new district but will lose his present Ulster and Sullivan county constituents, and possible Greene county.

Under either of two plans the special session will consider. Dr. Bush will have Delaware, Otsego, Chenango and Schoharie counties, . If reapportionment is made on the 1960 citizen population, his district will also include Mont­gomery and Fulton counties. I f it is made on the 1962 voter regis­tration, it will include Greene county and the town of Guilder- lands in Albany county.

Sullivan and Ulster counties,' now i>art of Dr. Bush’s distri^ win be grouped into a new dis-. trict with more southern coimties. ‘ Otsego county presently is served ; by Senator Leighton A. Hope o f ; Cortland.

If the 1962 figures are used, Dr.j Bush’s district wiU extend almost ■ from Albany to Lordville in Del- ' aware county and southeast o f , Greene in Chenango county. I f em boundaries would stretch to ' the 1960 figure is used, the north- the tip of the Sacandaga reser-; voir in Fulton county. Either way ■ wiU make it one of the largest geographical districts in the state Senate.

and bridge maiiiitenance during19^; $65,000 as county shai« c»f highway iminovement $557,000 for preliminary survesrs of roads and bridges; ^ '^ ,000 for ice and snow removaL Equalization rates and grand jury lists were accept­ed. A low bid of an Albany finn was acc^ted for recording coun­ty records and motor vehicle registrations.

O ld S c h o o l B u s B o d y

D a m a g e d b y O i l F i r eAn old school bus body, used as

a workmen’s lunch room at the Fairbaim Lumber Coip.,/ was ex- te^vely burned on the inside Tuesday morning when an oil- buming space heater apparently overflowed. The blaze was quick­ly chedced by Margaretville fire­men before it could spread beyond the old bus.

■Three cycles of the siren, coupled with first reports of a school bus burning, made a note of-apprehension in the village un­til a call to Margaretville central school determined that none of the present school buses was out. The damaged bus was one of the first buses owned by the school district and has been retired a decade or more..

The additional cycles of the siren were apparently set off in Delhi. The Fleischmanns siren was blown at the same time with­out cause.

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H a d W o r k s h o p M e e tNew Kingston, Dec. 14.—Tl>p

4-H Juniorettes held their Christ­mas workshop meeting Saturday» Dec. 12, at tiie home of their lead­er, Mrs. William ]^ o t t Twenty- two candles were made under the- supervision of Jacque Elliott andl rtMrirtman oooisies with Miis. -Msxv

jnftBear members were present with guests.

One of the guests was Sfiss Naoko Otaoto, exchange student from Japan, who is making her home with Mr. and Mrs. Walton Heley Jr. She demonstrated origami, which is a way of making birds and animals from paper for decorating purposes.

A tree was decorated with fancy cookies, origami aid pop com strung by the children. Refresh- ments were served, iiududing the Christmas cookies.

C o n te s t S t i l l O p e nThe contest for the largest deer

shot in this area in the 1964 himt- ing season remains open until the close of the archery season Sun­day night However, there have been no new entries since the end of the firearms season Ded 6. Stanley Harmon of Margaretville still remains the leading contender for the five-acre campsite being offered by Everett Herrick as the prize.

‘ T h e T a v e r n ’ S o ldOliverea, Dec. 14.—Me. and Mrs.

Sidney Levine have sold “The Tav­ern” in Oliverea to Mr. and Mrs. Francis Ciralli and children, Fnm- cis and Kenne^. Mr. and Mrs. Ciralli are formerly of Yonkers. They take possession of the prop* erty Dec. 12. 'The Tavern is 'un­dergoing a face-lifting and will be called “The Double-L Ranch.

A c c e s s t o P e p a c t o n F o r e s t s

W i l l B e S t u d i e d b y S t a t eAcquisition of rights-of-way

over private and New York city lands around the Pepacton reser­voir is being studied by the New York-State Conservation Depart­ment The study was promised to the Delaware county Chamber of Commerce in a letter from Ccm- servation Commissioner Harold Wilm to the C of C president Rob­ert F. Thomson.

The Chamber of Conmieroe has urged wider access to 30,000 acres of land owned by the state near the reservoir. Commissioner Ar- mand lyAngelo of the New York City Department of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity, indicated last month that the city would look with a favorable light on a request by the state for rights-of-way.

Acqiasition of private land ad­joining state land and rights-of- way over adjacent properties would make the state lemds more directly available to hunters fr<Mn roads around the reservoir. Funds could come from the land acquisi­tion program financed by the $75,- 000,000 bond issue authorized voters several years ago/

Part of Mr. Wilm’s letter to Mr. 'Thomson foUows:

“I know you realize that there are few, if any, places where ttie lands of the C3ty of New Yoi^ are actually contiguous with state land. It will be necessary to either acquire the intervening; land or a ri^^t of way to cross it as well as negotiating an easement from the dty. I have requested District Director R. M. Hick ,ta explore the situation. TTie mat­ter of access to existing state land is one of great concern ta nie and one whic^ is being giveni high priority in our land acquisi­tion program. You may be as­sured that the Pepacton Reservoir area will receive appropriate ac­tion, and I ai^redate having it brought to my attention.”

Mr. Thránson said:“We feel confident that the city

wül give the state a right-of-way if the state asks for i t We h<^ this mátter is now pushed vigor­ously. We welcome the support of all dvic associations and other yoltmtaiy orcanizaticMis that may be