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VC L XXXI — No. 50 PUBLISHED AT LAKE PLACID, NEW YORK, IN THE HEART OF THE UHRONDACKS, FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 1936 PRICE, FIVE CENTS

PRIMARIES FIXSTATE* COUNTY

COMMITTEEMENCompetition in Both Parties is Sar-

ana: Lake District of NorthElba

Most of the activities in theprinia3*ies Thursday were for theposts of county committeemen andwer J concentrated in District 2of the town of North Elba, lyingin Sarsnac Lake. There was com-petition in both Democratic andRepublican ranks.

The Democrats named ThomasBatten and Joe Brown. John"Keougi and John Helmar wereaspirants. The Republicans had abig vote out in the district, allifour candidates making a goodrun, Fred Ward and HarlanBoynton were elected over Dupreyand Wood.

Clifton Wilkins and John More-head "were named Democratic com-mitteemen in District 1 over HomerHove. Wilfred Roy and Orril La-Duke defeated Mark Nugent andOrris Duprey in District 3. Wil-liam McDonald and William Mad-den were named from District 4.

Willis Wells and John Crowleyare committeemen from District 1;Clara Call and S. J. Volpert fromDistrict 3, and Mrs. James Sheaand Raymond C. Prime from Dis-trict 4.

In the North Elba primaryGeorge J. Moore received 271 Re-publican votes as delegate to thenational convention and Fred L.Porter 265. Norman L. Kray andRobert J. Linney are alternatesand Raymond C. Prime and Mrs.Sarah Pell are members of thestate committee.

Dr. George C. Owens and Mrs.Mary O'Donnell were named Dem-ocratic state committee memberswith 186 and 164 votes respective-ly. Roy Loekwood had 21. Therewas no opposition to William F.Dineen and Marion L. Thomas asdelegates to the national conven-tion or for Mark E. Monaghan andThomas F. Croake as alternates.

179 FIND FEBRUARYJOBS THROUGH NRS

VILLAGE BOARD

Haw* Annual Meeting Monday —No Action on Estimate

No action on the proposed bud-get was taken by the village boardat the annual meeting Mondaynight. The board will sit as acommittee to consider the esti-mated expenses of the village forthe next year.

Edward C. Herb was re-appoint-ed as clerk of the village. Thetrustees also voted to return Jud-son Ware to office as village treas-urer and Oril LaDuke as streetcommissioner. No other appoint-ments were made at this time.

Henry W. Taylor of New York,a consulting engineer, has beencalled here by the board to con-sider ways and means of repairingthe dam at the municipal electricplant. Trustees voted Monday topurchase a new police car, turningthe present one in for exchange.

SENTENCE DEPARTING CCCYOUTH TO 3 * DAYS

Bernard Clark, 24, of RousesPoint was sentenced to 30 days inElizabethtown by Justice of thePeace Clarence Eccleston Mondaymorning after pleading guilty to apetty larceny charge.

Clark, due to be mustered out ofof the local CCC camp on Mon-day, signed a statement that hehad stolen a quantity of clothingfrom enrollees at £he camp prepar-ing: to take them h®me with himto Rouses Point. The clothing wasvalued at between $50 and $60,Investigation was made by Cor-poral A. J. Hall of the state police,

MEET TO TALK OFEQUAL FISHING RIGHTS

Members of the inter-state com-mittee appointed by the Cham-plain Valley council to study fish-ing conditions in Lake Champlainmet Tuesday at Essex.

The committee was appointedlast fall with a view to securingreciprocation of fishing rights onboth the New York and Vermontsides of the lake. The meetingTuesday was held at the home ofJohn B. Burnham.

CHIMNEY FIRE ATBEANE RESIDENCE

Activities of the National Re-employment service in Essex coun-ty during the month of Februaryresulted in the placement of 179persons according to Ralph A.Skinner, NRS manager. Twentywere placed in private jobs, 36went to public jobs, and 123 weren work relief.

FARM BUREAUTO HAVE PARTY

ONBKTHDAYWiH Celebrate 20th Anniversary

OB April 17

The Essex County Farm Bureauwill celebrate its 20th birthday onFriday, April 17. A supper anddance will be held at the Grangehall at Ticonderoga.

While the actual anniversary ofthe founding of the bureau 20years ago was on March 9 thecelebration was postponed to in-sure better weather conditions fortraveling. An attempt is beingmade to have present all livingpast presidents of the bureau as 'well as all former Essex countyagents. Hon. B. A. Pyrke will re-view the history of the farm bu-reau.

Former Assemblyman Fred L.*orter of Crown Point will be

toastmaster. Foster Smith ofWillsboro is chairman of the gen-eral committee in charge. Fol-lowing the supper at 6:30 which isopen to all members and friends>f the bureau there will be squarelancing. Westel Densmore of Ti-;onderoga has arranged with Car-•ol Grossman and Clifford HartleyV>r the music.

C. Walter-Goff of Lake Placid ispresident of the bureau now. Thepast presidents are as follows,listed in the order in which theyserved: Scott E. Phinne& Wad-hams; C. C. Hayward, Essex, de-ceased; Fred L. Porter, CrownPoint; George West, Reber; FredTorranee, Ausable Forks; RobertPhillip, Crown Point; D. M. John-son, tmm, deceased; Harry Mae-Dcmgs&l, Eli«abetfetown; W. W.Fortune, Essex.

The men who have been countyagents during the 20 years sincethe bureau was organized are:J. H. Phillips, H. J. Tillson, JayGelder, Frank Smith, R. J. Clark,F. R. Smith and Ray Bender, thepresent agent.

SAME OFFICERSWILL SERVE ONG.O.P. a w n s

Essei Coanty Committee Has Or-ganization Meeting in Elizabetfc-towa

All officers of the Essex CountyRepublican committee were re-elected at the organization meet-ing at Elizabethtown on Tuesdayafternoon. There was no oppo-sition and all nominations weremade from the floor.

Former Senator Mortimer Y,Ferris of Ticonderoga will con-tinue as chairman; Mrs. MsizieBell of Crown Point, vice-chair-man, Dr. Charles Straight ofKeeseville, secretary, and RobertR. Dudley of Elizabethtown ascorresponding secretary.

Assemblyman Thomas A. Leahyaddressed the group concerningcurrent issues. Robert Dudleyand Shirley F. Wickes of Ticon-deroga were named on the judic-iary committee. Fred L. Porter ofCrown Point and Sidney Barnardof Bloomingdale were appointed onthe Congressional committee. Mr.Ferris and District AttorneyThomas McDonald will serve onthe senatorial committee. Sev-enty-five of the 80 county eom-mitteemen were represented at themeeting.

MENTION SEN. FEINBERGF0RATTY

Senator Benjamin F. Feinbergof Plattsburg is being mentionedas a possible Republican candidatefor attorney general, according toa special article on the political sit-uation in the state which was print-ed Sunday in The Herald Tribune.Senator Feinberg represents the33rd Senatorial district which iscomprised of Essex, Warren, Wash-ington, and Clinton counties.

In addition to Senator Feinbergthe following: are being mentionedas candidates for attorney general:Assemblyman William B. Groat ofQueens, John Lord O'Brian, As-semblyman Harold B. Ehrlich ofErie county, Assemblyman Her-bert Brownell, jr., of New Yorkcity, and Assemblyman Leonard W.Hall of Nassau county, and Hor-tce M. Stone.

MRS. B. F. STETSON LANDSSAILFISH IN FLORIDA

ALUMNI TOHAVE MOVIE TO

GET JUNE FUNDSMet Monday to Make Money

Raising Plans

At the meeting of the LakePlacid High School Alumni Asso-ciation held Monday night in thelibrary of the new school planswere made for the immediate rais-ing of money for alumni activitiesthis spring. It was also decided toconduct the selection of studentsfor the alumni award in themanner as last year.

William Lamb WAShead of a committee for tW im-mediate collection of dues, thecommittee to be named by Mr,Lamb.

Tentative means of raisingmoney were: a show at the Pal-ace Theater, a tea dance in thehigh school gym, a food sale, aflap-jack supper, and a series ofround and square dances. Actionwas taken on the benefit show atthe theater and a ticket sale com-mittee was named, headed byFrances Douglas. Also on thecommittee are: Johanna Berg, JoeDavis, Helen LaRocque, Ray La-Goy, Charles Wolfe and SylviaPhilburt.

Chester Boyd presided at themeeting which was largely at-tended.

Mrs. Ben Stetson of Elizabeth-town who is spending the winterat Palm Beach, was given a cer-tificate of the West Palm BeachFishing Club for a 7-foot, 8-inch

l fish which she caught March18th.

The fish was caught five milesoff Palm Beach and weighed 63pounds. Mr. and Mr?. Stetsonwere with a party aboard theKadilla" owned by* Capt. H. B.

Arnold.A smaller sail was caught on the

trip. An unusual experience ofthe trip was having four sail-fishon the lines at one time, two ofwhich got away.

Two Meo Hurt as JacksSlip, Letting Cars Down

Two local residents are recov-ering from the same type of acci-dent, being crushed while work-ing beneath cars when the jacksslipped.

Alfred Barney was working onhis car on Wednesday of last weekwhen the machine slipped off thejack pinning him to the groudNeighbors near his home on Bal-sam street raised the machinewhile Mrs. Barney pulled him tosafety. Attended by Dr. J. Geishe was found to have severalbroken ribs and multiple bruises.

An operation was performed onJoseph LaPorte on the some dayby Dr. George C. Owens for aruptured appendix caused when hiscar fell on him Monday. LaPortewas repairing his car when he sawit gradually slipping away fromthe jack just in time to get hishead out of the way as the ma-chine fell with the weight con-centrated on his abdomen.

NO BLESSED EVENT INPLACID IN A MONTH

The stork has gone on strikein this village. Whether thehigh winds have made it diffi-cult for him to fly over thelocal housetops or whether heawaits better times with thesummer season, he still hasn'tvisited Lake Placid in a month.

No births have been reportedfrom the office of Town ClerkMrs. Ethel Wells since March10 when a daughter was bornto Mr, and Mrs. Guy Johnson.Ordinarily there is an averageof three births a week.

PERMANENTR E P A I R S TO

DAM POSTPONEDNot Possible Until Water is Lower

—Strive to Conserve Power byStopping Hole Temporarily

Permanent repairs to the dam atthe municipal power house will notbe possible until the water in theriver is much lower according tovillage officials. A section of thedam caved in on Tuesday of lastweek.

By sinking piles and tempora-rily plugging the hole with stonesand sandbags it is hoped to makepossible at least partial operationof the municipal electric lightplant. Since the break in the damall current is being taken from thePaul Smiths lines. Permanent re-pairs probably cannot be effectedbefore June.

Although the upper part of thedam, recently remodeled, holdsfirm, water from the pond drainsthrough a hole apparently 20 feetin diameter under the concrete andstone structure built in 1903. Thebreak occurred in the old bed ofone of the twin streams thatflowed over the site before the damwas baSi. So great was the suc-tion wfeeo tke water tfeat wasbacked up in the pond was released# t %$§&& &&&& ©I *— —^

ATHLETIC CLUBTO FORM SOFT

BALL LEAGUEWm PUy Eveaia* Garnet on tie

Cmpas—dub Vote for GoodHockey—Tafc of Speed SkafegMeet forA soft ball league is to be organ-

ized by the Lake Placid Athleticclub, according to a decisionreached at a meeting Tuesdaynight. Romeo Proulx heads thecommittee on arrangements withKenneth Wood and Hugh Varno.

Practice will start as soon asthe campus at the high school isin condition. The evening gameswill be the first out of door softball here in five years. A swim-ming meet will definitely be heldthis summer. It has been on theprogram for the last two years butwas given up due to lack of funds.James Sheffield was named byPresident Glenn T. Manning to co-operate with David Tobin, chair-man of the swimming committee,in making arrangements.

Members of the club want a bet-ter hockey outfit here next winter.The vote was almost unanimousthat Lake Placid be represented bythe best playing team available ornot at all. Gate recipts were com-pared between the days when afirst rate team played under thelocal colors and the last two yc arswhen the team could be termedonly as nondescript.

The end of the season Teportswere given by the bobsled, skiing,and skating committees. Therewas a prolonged discussion of theneed for a better novice downhillrun and the installation of meansof taking skiers back to the top.

Possibility of a mid-summerspeed skating meet at the arenasimilar to the Silver Skates derbyat Madison Square Garden wasdiscussed. This would be held asanother attraction of the ice sea-son here which this year will ex-tend through July and August andwhich heretofore has been devotedto figure skating and hockey.

A number of public televisionbooths and tents will be erectedfor the Xlth Olympic Games bythe German postal authorities sothat visitors may also follow theOlympic events from the outside.

This is the first time that anopen air event such as the Olym-pics will be shown on a televisionscreen. Experiments have provenvery successful, and the organizershope, by this means, to give all ofthe 300,000 to 400,000 guests ex-pected for the Olympic Games atleast an idea of how big athleticevents are "broadcast" by tele-vision.

Ice Cream Cake for Easter, withFrench vanilla and attractively dec-orated with frozen whipped cream,at Lake Placid Pharmacy. Serves4 for 35 cents. Phone 88.—advt.*

Firemen answered a chimneyfire alarm from the borne of PoliceOfficer Lester Beane on Saranacavenue at. 4 o'clock Monday after-noon. There was no damage.

Sale at Guild'sof Men's Suits. Sweaters, Gloves,Shoes (also Ladies' Shoesi is stillgoing on- Many good bargainsstill available,—advt. *

Famed One Cent SaleComing April 22, 23, 24 and 25

at Peek's Pharmacy.—advt.

SUPERVISORS TO BE GUESTSOF KEESEVILLE C. OF C

Allan Regan, publicity directorof New York state, will be theguest speaker at the animal meet-ing and banquet of the Keesevillechamber of eomtaerce on April 23.

Members of the Essex and Clin-ton county boards of supervisorswill be guests of the organization.As a part of the program a comicskit will be presented by CountyClerk Harry MacDougal and Al-bert J. Keating, county superin-tendent of highways. An invita-tion has been extended to IvanBrown and Allan Washbond,Olympic bobsledders. Scenes ofwinter sports held in the variousAdirondack communities will beshown as well as pictures of thedevelopment of the Port of Albany.

ORIOLES WIN JUNIORHIGH SCHOOL COURT SERIES

Bryant Succeeds Wabk as Foreman—Squad to Meet Tuesday

Officers of the Lake Placid firedepartment were elected at the an-nual meeting at the fire houseTuesday evening. C. J. Ortloffwas named again as chief of thedepartment. Frank Fay was re-flected first assistant chief, andGeorge Alison as second assistant.

Sheldon T. Otis was re-electedas foreman. Fred Walsh wasnominated for re-election but de-clined and Ray Bryant was namedto succeed him. A meeting of thePanthers, the tournament squad ofthe department, will be held onTuesday of next week to discussactivities of the approaching sea-son. The squad is captained byRay Bryant.

The meeting was followed by anoyster supper and cards.

GOOD FRIDAY SERVICEAT ST. EUSTACE TODAY

WORK BUREAU DIRECTORGOES TO BURLINGTON

George H. Spring of Port Henry,for three years executive directorof the Essex County EmergencyWork bureau, has become a mem-ber of the firm of the ChamplainMarine and Realty company in Bur-lington, Vt. His work there willinclude the handling of LakeChamplain real estate transactionsand supervising the extensiveboat business conducted by thecompany. Previous to his asso-ciation with the work bureau, Mr.Spring was with the WitherbeeSherman corporation in Port Henryfor many years.

By winning the last game of theseries 10-8 in an overtime periodTuesday night, the Orioles havewon the junior high school intro-mural title. The game with theRobins was close. They haveplayed five games and lost none.The team is captained by BartPatnode and has the followingplayers: Ray St. John, CleonPratt, Robert Beaney, MiKordCheney, Philip LaLonde, GeorgeLeavitt.

Indoor football practice has beencompleted after 10 days of prelim-inaries. Some gymnasium workin relation to baseball will be donefollowing vacation.

Advertised mercfiandise Is con-tinually making sew friends andcustomers.

Congregations of the Commun-ity church and St. Eustace churchwill join today in a three-hoarGood Friday service at St. Eus-tace church. Noon day servicesduring the week have been heldat the Community church.

Rev. Sidney T. Ruck and Rev.T. F. Ogden will speak on the"Seven Last Words of Christ." Themusic will include a solo by Mrs.Ogden and a duet by Mrs. God-frey Dewey and William Lamb.The service will start at noon andcontinue to three o'clock.

COUNTY DEMOCRATS TOORGANIZE SATURDAY

The organization meeting of theEssex County Democratic commit-tee will be held at 2:30 Saturdayafternoon at Elizabethtown. Del-egates from North Elba are: Wil-liam McDonald, Thomas Batten,Edward Jordan, Wilfred Roy, JoeBrown, Clifton Wilkins, JohnMorehead and Otril LaDuke.

MAY SPEARPICKEREL IN

LAKE PLACIDGranted e$ Measure te

Preserve Trent — Te ScreesMouth of Owens Pond

Special permission has beengranted by J. T. Mahoney, super-intendent of inland fisheries of thestate, to spear pickerel in LakePlacid. Application had formerlybeen made by the Lake Placid Fishand Game club so that the troutinhabiting the Lake might be pro-tected.

It has heretofore been illegal totake pickerel in this manner here.At a meeting of the Fish andGame club at the town hall Fri-day night a communication wasread from W. C. Adams of thedivision of fish and game of theconservation department promis-ing cooperation by the departmentin the effort to rid Owens pond ofpickerel. The pond, to the rightof the Wilmington Notch road, inyears past was a haven for troutfishermen but now is overrun withpickerel which have come up fromthe river. The mouth of the pondwill be screened to prevent anyincrease from this source and anopen season on the fish will beasked to thin their numbers. Dan-iel Frayne was named to investi-gate the methods of screening.

The building committee report-ed that plans had been preparedfor submission to Louis* Hammerwho has offered a section of hisproperty on the Bear Cab road asa site for a clubhouse. The pro-posed clubhouse would be made ofquartered logs and would be sim-ilar to tike clubhouse at the bob-run. Approval of the type ofbuilding is required by Mr. Ham-mer before the transfer of theproperty.

It was decided to start trap andskeet shooting activities at theairport within 10 days. There willbe a special rate for members.New buttons for members havebeen ordered with white letteringon a blue background, the reverseof the emblems of this year.

President Matthew Monahannamed the following nominatingcommittee: Charles Post, HenryKerr, Loren Wrisley, Francis Tay-lor and Edward Ryan. The annualmeeting and supper will be heldearly in May, the date to be an-nounced.

A shipment of trout Ifrom 6 to 8inches in length is expected fromthe conservation department nextweek for distribution in neighbor-ing waters.

SUSPEND FREE PICK UPAND DELIVERY SERVICE

The Interstate Commerce Com-mission has suspended until No-vember 1 a proposal by easternrailroads to establish free pick upand delivery service.

The service, which was to havebecome effective April 1, was vig-orously protested by trucking in-terests at a hearing before the ICCin Washington.

Truck spokesmen centered theirfire on the railroads* plan to allowfive cents per hundred pounds toshippers and consignees perform-ing pick up and delivery servicefor themselves.

Under the ICC order, the com-mission will conduct an investiga-tion into the proposed new serviceand will rul*1 finally whether it maybe established by November 1.

Medical AssociationApproves Lead HospitalThe Lake Placid General hospi-

tal is on the honor roll of theAmerican Medical Association andis endorsed by the United StatesHealth service as observing eth-ical practices and being guilty ofno "irregular or unsafe practices."

The survsy :"•» which -,f*>2 hos-pitals and sanitarium- in theUnited States were parsed reveal-ed that there were 5*54 hospitalsin the country which neither themedical association or health ser-vice approved. Other hospitals innorthern New York on theproved list are: Trudeau sanitor-ium; Mercy General hospital,Tupper Lake; Alice Hyde hospital,Malone and Moses Ludington hos-pital, Ticonderoga.

CHIMNEY FIRE ATAIKEN RESIDENCE

An alarm from the residence ofFayette Aiken on River streetbrought the local fire departmentout again at 3 o'clock Tuesday af-ternoon for another chimney fi^

Watch for Bargainsat the 1-cent Sale at Feek's Phar-macy. Four big days — April 22to 25.—advt.

Rent That RoomRent that vacant room or apart-

ment. Usa NEWS classified ads.They do the job.-—advt.

SUIT AGAINSTNORTH ELBA

B H J F O V E RJustice Brewster to Hear It in June

—Grand J o y Hands Down Six

The ease of John B. Burnhamagainst the town of North Elbaand another to recover money hasbeen put over to a special courthearing by Supreme Court JusticeO. Byron Brewster. He will hearthe case on June 19. The casehad been listed for trial during theSupreme court session this week.

The town is defendant in an ac-tion brought by Burnham to re-cover £23,144.39 claimed to be dueEssex county for TERA expen-ditures made by the county in1933. The action was instituted byBurnham as president of the Es-sex County Taxpayers' association.The original action included WillisWells as North Elba supervisorand charged that Mr. Wells, asone of the taxpayers of the town,benefited by causing the sum to beomitted from the tax levy.

When the suit was being' dis-cussed several months ago attor-neys for the town, Isham andIsham, stated that an accountinghad not been made by the board ofsupervisors and the county treas-urer at that time to determine theamounts due for each town and nosettlements had been made there-for. The statement claimed thatthe money had been at hand at alltimes to reimburse the countv assoon as the proper amount wasdetermined.

The case of Hortense Spaauldingvs. the village of Lake Placid wasput over to the next term of court.

The grand jury returned six in-dictments. Robert Wilkins of LakePlacid was foreman. Gilbert Ed-win Hickok was indicted on a sec-ond degree assault charge arisingfrom brandishing and threateningpersons with a gun at Wilmingtonlast summer.

Harold Benjamin Thatcher, Clar-ence Woodard and Ralph EdgarThatcher were Indicted for pettylarceny and third degree burglary.They are alleged to have takenproperty from the camp of EmiiSehenek at Schroon Lake on Oc-tober 21, 1931.

An indictment was returnedagainst Donald Lee Clark for bur-glary, third degree and petty lar-ceny for an alleged theft fromFrank Laro at T,iconderoga on De-cember 26, 1935. GeorgeLessardand Kenneth R. Halen were in-dicted on a charge of grand lar-ceny committed at Willsboro onFebruary 29, 1936.

Tanquedre A. Bousquet and Mil-dred LaFountain were jointly in-dicted on an adultery charge com-mitted February 28, 1985. EvaBousquet and Almon Tracey wereindicted on a similar charge ona complaint dated August, 1935.

All criminal cases were put overto county court which convenesMay 11. The case of John StinelkaJr., vs. the town of Ticonderogawas settled. Stinelka was suingthe town for $750 for damageswhich ensued after his motorcyclestruck a hole in the road in July.Settlement was made for $500.

Augustine Martin was indictedon a second degree assault chargethe aftermath of a fight followinga basketball game at Willsboro,during which Gregory was assault-ed as referee.

It looked doubtful on Wednes-day whether the court sessioncould be completed by Saturday.Justice John Alexander is presid-ing.

Torranee and MaynardMy Slightly Injured

Walter Torranee and ArhurMaynard of this village escapedserious injury early Monday after-noon when the car of the formerwas badly damaged in a slew afew miles north of Albany.

The two were returning fromBoston where they had taken Mr.Torrcnce's nephew, Kenneth, backto Northeastern University whereMr. Maynard's son, Arthur, is alsoa student. Corfused as to directionin a traffic circle on the highwayMr. Torranee attempted a quickturn when he slewed and landedagainst the siding. So great wasthe force of the impact that thesteering wheel was broken off whenthe driver was thrown against it.Both men received cuts and bruises.A brother, Rollie Torranee, wassummoned to bring the men home.

Prompt delivery service, all dayEaster Sunday for Ice Cream,Candies, etc. Phone 88, LakePlacid Pharmacy.—advt. *