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^ '^ J A N ^ S 1559 CATSKILL MOfUNTAIN NEWS' VoL95. N *.62. ErtabUahed in 186S. This Issae 8 Pages MABOASETVUXE, NEW YOKK, FRIDAY, AFBH. 11, 1958 Batcnd m S«soad d u a X a ttv ia the
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First National Bank Elects New O ffice
Continuing Service' P ledged By O fficers F or Fleischm annsNew offioers and directors were
elected Monday at the First National Rank of Fleischmanns at the first stockholders’ meeting since the coatroUing interest in the bank was acquired by a Long Idand hanlring house. Mrs. Lu> dlle Sullivan, who was president of the Fleisdimanns bank for about 12 months, lias resigned as president and director, along with other directors.
The new directors include a Fleischmanns attorney, Harold Kleinfeld and four Long Island residents. These are Acjsun Wetzel, Walter A. Drescher, Morris Shapiro and Lucas H. Baumann. Four of the men named are asso- cated with the Security Naticaiid Bank of Huntington.
Mr. Wetzel has been elected president of the bank. Mr. Drescher was elected vice-president and cashier. He will have his offices at the bank building in Fleischmanns and direct the bank’s daily operations.
A statement issued following the meeting d^ared that: “It is the intent oi the board of directors to conduct the affairs of the first National Bank of Fleischmanns in a manner consistent with the highest principles of sound banking in behalf of the pec^e of Fleischmanns.”
The statement added that “the First National Bank of Fleischmanns is ready to provide all banking services for the people of this community.”
C o n s tr u c tio n W o r k B e g in s I n V illtig e
Construction on two projects in MargaretviUe has been resimied after the winter layoff and a third project has been started.
The Jorge company has put in the new storm drains and has begun fSOgh grading and widening of Main street between Fair £Uid Academy streets prior-to repaving.
The Tibbetts Contracting company has reassembled its crews and was ready at midweek to resume work on the laying of lateral lines for the sewer systems in Margaretville and Arkville.
The village started Monday to lay a new six-inch water m ain between Walnut street and the Bull Run bridge. Hie sidewalk on the north side of the street is being tom up to lay the water main. A new sidewalk will be laid when the street widening is completed.
Traffic is being maintained while work is in progress.
Steve E nderlin W on Ski H onors
Roxbury, April 5.—Stephen Enderlin of Roxbury has been awarded a varsity letter^ for his per fomuuioe with the S t Lawrence university ski team this season.
En^Un’s first showing at the year eBmA.at the S t Lawrence Vafiiy SMat Ottawa, where lie _____turn in the dowidiin, ttdrd in 'Slalom and third in the eroa> country. In S t Lawrence university’s winter carnival he finished seventh in the slalom, 11th in the downhill and 14th in the Alpine-combined. He is a senior at the university.
Stephen is the son of Mr. and Mrs. F. Leighton Enderlin of Roxbury.
Del-Sul B aseball League P lans A ction
The Delaware-SuUivan league will open the 1958 baseball season Sunday, May 4. The league will be reduced to six teams this year with the decision of Delhi, j Andes, Liberty, Hancock not to field teams for financial and other reasons.
Roscoe, a framer member, returns to the Delaware-Sullivan league this year to join Margaretville, Roxbury, Downsville, Walton and Livingston Manor. A 20-game schedule will be drawn later this month. It is expected to be ready for distribution by April 25.
Instead of league plaiyoffs this season, the league pennant winner will face the champion of the Tri- County league in a Catskill “world series.”
Manager Orville Edwards said that Blargaretville will field a strong team this year, bulwarked by many former MCS and town team stars. Among these are BiU McGarvey, G<»:don DeSilva, Ed Dietrich and Roy Barkman.
Mr. Edwuds said that diildren’s tidcets will be sold this year for youngstOB over 10.
G irl Scouts P lan Spring A w ard N ight
■nie Girl Scouts spring award night will Tx Saturday, April 12, at 7:30 in the Margaretville central school cafeteria. Mrs. William Sperling is chairman, with Mrs. Dcmald Conine, Mrs. C. R. Huggins and Mrs. Sam Craft assisting.
Fop E ^ tc ^ Planibi'■ ■ ■The children of the Advent
Chitetian church took over the Sunday school hour at the churdi on Easter. They received potted plants to care for and to return on Children’s d^. There will be three prizes, that day for the three best plants.
The diurch was filled for the Easter service. The congregation heard an excellent sermon by their pastor, Rev. C. W. B^ey. At the dose the following children were baptized: Cheryl Borden, Karen Borden, Craig Dunham, Donna Ramp, Bryan Van- Benschoten. Several families remained to enjoy the fellowship of an Easter Sunday dinner in the church basement.
Rod-Gun Club M eets N ight B efore Fishing
Hie April meeting of the Margaretville Rod and Gun dub will be tonight, Friday, at 8 in the firemen’s hall. There will be movies, refreshments and a discussion of fishing conditions and chances for the opening of the trout season the next day.
W ill H old Clm ic In E arly F all
Dr. C. Ray Huggins, health officer for the town of Andes, announces that regular immunization clinics, usually held every spring, will be held in the early fall of 1958. Thesedinics are for immunizations against diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus and polio. They are given to school and pre-sdiool children.
P o lls O p e n S a tu r d a y
Onteora Voters Will Decide On New School Bond Issue
The $1,456,800 bond proposition for the construction of two elementary schools and purchase of a site for a third in the Onteora central school district will be put before the voters in the district tcBnorrow, Saturday. The financing will also cover an addition to the West Hutley schooL
Voting will be done on machines in the Onteora central schocd gymnasium between 2 and 9 pjn. The board of education is on record as favoring the prc xisiticm.
The building proposal would add 24 dassrooms to the district which has outgrown the surplus of space available when the main building was opened in 1952. Present enrollment at Ontemsa is nearly 50 per cent above capacity.
The vote will cover the e:5>an- sion of the West Hurley school 1 10 dassrooms, a gymnasium, library, health office, cafeteria, kitchen and other facilities.
Seven dassroom sdiools, e q>an-sible to 14 dassrbcnns, are planned for sites in Lake Hill and on the site of the fc«:mer furniture factory at Shandaken. The site under consideration for purchase is 17 acres owned by New York dty in the town of Olive.
If the bond issue is ai^roved
Saturday, it is eiqiected tiiat construction will be imderway by Sept. 1 and the new facilities ready for use by the beginning of school next . year.
To meet its space requirements this September, Onteora will establish a kindergarten in the parish hall at Phoenida, transfer about 60 pl >ils to the present West Hurley building, place more children in the Pine Hill school
New Kingston Farm Home Becomes Total Loss
Neighbors of William Tweedi ;istand by futilely, unable to save furniture and" possessions frmn the intense flame consuming the; one-story farm home. Fire was raging through four of the five rooms before it was discovered. A small quantity
of dothing hanging in the cellar and several amali tools were the only items saved. Lost was the trousseau of Mr. Tweedie’s daughter, Marjory, who expects to be wed shortly to Leonard Faulkner. Loss was set at $6,000.
B e lo v e d A n d e s B a n k e t
M. M. W right Taken by DeathDelaware county lost one of its
most-loved dtizens and stalwart businessmen Easter morning in the sudden death of banker Malcolm M. Wright 61, of Andes in the Margaretville hospital. Dedicated to his business, his village, family and friends, Mr. Wright had made a host of acquaintances in his lifetime, leaving a favcaable impression wherever he went. '
2i&. Wxight had been ill of late, but was aboiit h|s busing Saturday. He ehtere! the lMJ( tal th^ ■fct . « eSgEsySffive yeairs, BfiO, - A" banker for ^ years, 1 .
Wright was a Vic^preajdent of the N^tiraial Bank of Ddoware County Walton, wijich resulted
MCS T eachers ,W ork O n School’s P ro jec t
Miss Edna Hawkins, Milton M. McGorrill, 'niohias J. Matalavage and Dan Morse of Jhe Margaretville central school faculty par- tidpated Thursday in discussion of the preparation of specific guides for students and teachers for multiple classes in various subject areas during a meeting of the Catskill Area project in Small School Design at the State University Teachers college in Oneonta.
The group plans to develop guides in the fields of sdence, mathematics, English, social studies, business, art and foreign languages.
The study group also considered the use of taped lessons prepared by the teachers in various subject areas and correspondence course material to facilitate the develoiHnent of multiple dasses which involve teaching more thanone subject by the same teadier in the same classroom at the same time.
The board also would like to secure the gymnasium of the West Hurley fire department for dass- nxnn use.
In another aspect of Onteora e}Q)ansi(m, an appellate division ruling last week confirmed the ruling of a supreme court justice w^o refused to stay the election in which Woodstock voters dedded to beomie a part of the Onte<n:a district
The electicHi was held last Apg. 20. The o i^ r for annexaticoi was approved by a 56-vote maj«:ity. However, *56 voters were challenged, and until the VEdidity of at least one of those voters is established, the question remains unsettled.
Should the vote challenges be deared up socm, it is indicated that Woodstock will become p vt of Onteora effective June 30.
V illage B oard H olds O rganization Session
The Margaretville village board held its annual organization meeting at the village hall Tuesday night. 'Hie following appointments by Mayor Etevis were approved: President of Board of Hpqlth, Dr. G. M. Palen; seci^ tary, Willard Sanford; "board of aK)«Qs from zoning ordinance, Dewey Bell, William Sperling, Reid Webster: acting mayor, Trustee Paul Blish. The trustees were appointed to act as assessors and board of health.
A plan for increasing the illumination of lighting on Main and Bridge streets was given tentative aK>roval.
P robation C om plaint Ja ils V ega R esident
Raynumd C. George, 22, of Vega was arrested Tuesday by Undersheriff Roy Owen and Trooper Fred Bae^er <m a charge of violation of probation. T^e warrant for George’s arrest was issued by County Judge Walter L. Terry on the complaint of Probation Officer Marshall Stouten- burgh.
George was committed to the Ddaware county jail. He had be^ placed on two consecutive three-year probation tenps after plea£ng guilty last month to diarges of imdangering the life and health of a diild and third degree assault
from the merger in January of the Etet National Bank and Trust Company of Walton and the National Bank of Andes. Mr. Wright had been cashier of ^ e Andes bank for 12 years prior to the merger.
His dvic service ipduded terms as mayor of Andes, chief ^e fire d^^artment commander o ithe James C. Calhoun Laglon postl 'ife was also a charter menflier 'Truman C.W tf ton and
W in te r H a n g s O n D e s p ite C a le n d a r
A tantalizing simny day Saturday brought hopes that wmter’s afterguard was losing the battle against the coming of spring. By nightfall, however, douds had come out of the west and were starting their ominous weejping.
The rain Sunday rolled, down fro^ the hills rapidly, melting the reluctant snow and swel^g area streams. E^ter finery was forgotten, or cloaked under umbrella and raincoat Many a wary eye was cast,Monday at the rising Delaware and tributary streams as showers continued to loosen the snow and swell the run-off.
Winter won another round. Dropping streams matched dropping temperatures by Tuesday morning. Oil burners resumed their long winter tasks. Overcoats were comfortable.
Second Fire Levels NewKingstonHome A fter Rebuilding
W illiam Tw eedie H ouse and Furnishings . N early Gone B efore B laze D iscovered;
, H ouse R eplaced O ne D e s tro y ^ In 1955Fire struck the farmhouse of William Tweedie Simday nxnming,
destroying the Tweedie home and OHitents for the sectmd time in little more th£tn three years. 1116 five-room dwelling which l»mied
Sunday stood on the same founda-
W ater C ontent H igh O n Esopus Slopes
was taken to liis last resting place at the Andes cemetery.
A Masonic service was held Monday evening.
Mr. W ri^t is survived by his wif^, Mrs. Luella Bellows Wright whom he married in Delhi Nov. 26, 1924. Also surviving are a son, Malcolm L. Wright a senior at Columbia, S. C., Sble college; a daughter, A&s. Donald Ryan of nqprton; a' grtmd son, Donald
o£ iQngston, and two WrigW
ibel Bedell of
during the first worid war. was a captain in Company the 27th Infantry Divisicm.
Hundreds of m ^ and women from' all walks of life in Delaware county stood before the flag- draped cai^et of Italcolm Wright in the flower-filled United Presbyterian church at Andes Tuesday afternoon. Bankers, county officials, members of the board of supervisors, hundreds of others, came to show their respect to a man whose life had been spent in an effort to help his fellow man. Mr. Wright’s pastor, R. V. E. Wright, preached an important sermon.
The auditorium and the Sunday school rooms o f' the church were filled to capadty. Some people stood tiu-ough the service, others were not able to gain admittance. Following the ceremony at the church, Mr. Wright
Five G ranges M et W ith G reen V alley
Halcott Center, Aprli 9.— Neighbor night at Green Valley Grange was Monday. Visitors from five other Grtoges of Greene county brou^t ^ e attendance to over 90. Ecfo Grange had the largest number.
An interesting program was presented by Lecturer Miuie Kis- sock. Her theme was “The Church in the Atomic Age.” Mrs. Kissodc was assisted by AUeena Griffin, who directed games.
the
afr. Wright Jan. 31, 1897. He was of James and EsteDe
O ne A rrest Leads To A nother C harge
A Bronx youth found hiding in a Shandaken telephone booth early Tuesday morning was arrested by Trooper Charles Bimds- chuh, who was investigating thefts from two automobiles parked in the vicinity. Jerome Stephan Menin, 19, was accused of petit larceny when Trooper Bundschuc found him carrying several of the stolen artides, as well as a knife with a six-inch blade.
Menin was found at 2:30, soon after the thefts had been reported. The cars were parked at the Stage Coach Inn east of Allaben.
Menin was ar^gned at 3 a. m before Justice of the Peace William Malloy in Phoenicia. After pleading guilty, he was sent to the Ulster county jail at Kingston to await sentencing April 8.
Meanwhile BCI investigation linked Menin to a burglary at the home of Richard Boerker in Willow when items foimd in his possession were identified as having been taken from the Boerker home.
When Menin faced the justice of the peace again Tuesday he was sentenced, to 60 days in ja il on the petit lardeny count. He was also arraigEied for th ird degree burglary <m'the other diarge. waived exaimination was deaitid h ^ ftir njoct gnui^: jury.
tion as the 14-room house destroyed Feb. 25, 1955.
So fierce was the fire by the time it was discovered that the
Johann A. Aalto, district en- owner and neighbors could save gineer of the New York City De- nothing more than an armful of partment of Water Supply, esti- dothing and a few small tools, mates there is enough snow on‘The blaze had apparently started slopes feeding into the Esopus long before its discovery, valley to cause serious flooding! jjr. Tweedie had left the house if warm heavy rains were to melt early Sunday morning to do his it rapidly., I chores in the nearby bam. His
At the weekend there was an daughter, Marjorie, was visiting estimated .13% inches of water, at the New Kingston home of Mr. in snow form in the vaUey above; and Mrs. Ralph Faulkner.
Leonard Wright.
O nteora G roup W ill H onor School C agers
The championship Onteora central school basketball team will be honored at a banquet April 19 in recognition of their efforts this season. The banquet will be hdd at 6:30 p. m at the school dining haU.
The banquet is being sponsored by the Onteora dinner committee, which previously sponsored a similar affair for the OCS football and cross-country teams. Reservations, which are open until April 14, are in charge of Edward Wiederspid Jr. and Peter S. Tosi at Boiceville.. After winning the Ulster County Athletic assodation title, the Onteora team went as far as the semi-finals in Section 9 of the New York State public high school athletic assodation banquet.
Snow H as GoneHalcottville, April 7.—We saw
a croquet game in progress last week. Can there ever be a better sign of spring than that? The weather has been excellent during the past week and in the village at least, the snow is nearly gone except where it was piled in drifts.
W o r k B e g in s S h o r tly
Oneonta Firm Bids $112,075 For New Kingston Road Job
John Robertson of Oneonta is low bidder for the construction of 2.19 miles of new highway from the route 28 tum at Dun- raven to a point near the Weaver hollow bri^e over the Plattekill.
The road begins at the bridge over the Plattekill where the present New Ki igston road leaves route 28. It goes' through the flat land near the bridge belonging to the Sobolewski farm, then across the Rudcert property, not far from the residence, then across the Sobolewski farm, across the Olney Smith farm, then south at the substaticm of the New York State Gas and Electric company, crosses near a pond on that farm and comes bade into the present New Kingston highway between the Weaver hollow bridge and the farm of Paul Oravetz.
rme low hid was $112,075J0. Jesse Howes of Sii&ey Center was' the next lowest with $115,- ^.25. The project is No. 91 on
the'county highway system Mr. Howes was low bidder for the construction of 1.03 mOes of highway at East Sidney in this county.
Work <m the Dunraven properly is expected to start as soon as madiinery can be moved in and the bid approved.
Settlement for land damages has been made with part of the property owners. The Rudcert and Smith property claims will be heard before a commission, the commission will not begin the hearings until the grading is completed far enough so that damages may be> ascertained.
The new road will dindnate the dangerous tum in the present road neeur the Smith farm and the dug- way near the home of Frank Trowbridge.
Woric on the project will be under the direction of County Su perintendCTt of H ig l^ys Malcolm MacPherson of pelhi. The bids for the project were opened hi his office.
R ain Sent R otary Picnic Indoors
Roxbury, April 8.— The Roxbury Rotary club celebrated Ladies night Monday evening. It had been planned to have a picnic at the Roxbury ski center, but the rain made a change of plans. The picnic, sUpper was held at the Roxbury central school cafeteria. It was planned by Raymond P.. Miller and Robert Gordon. Lin- don B. Morse cooked the ham- biu'gers. Following the picnic supper the group enjoyed card games, roller skating and basketball at the school.
C hichester M other M akes Innocent P lea
Mrs. Helen Mae Brinkman, 24, of Chichester pleaded innocent to a charge of first degree manslaughter in Ulster County Court Monday in the death of her 20- nionth-old daughter last Jm . 6.
Judge Louis G. Bruhn said he would assign counsel to her Wednesday.
Mrs. Brinkman, who is separated from her husband, Peter, is accused of swinging the child’s head against a wall in a fit of anger. She has three other children.
Skiing Continues Good A t Belleasnre
Spring skiing continued to be good at Belleayre ski center through the week, despite the heavy rain Sunday. An inch of new powder snow fell Wednesday morning, on top of 12-47 inches of granular base:
Superintendent Clifford Bellows said that skiing will continue at Belleayre as long as there enough snow. All lifts are in operation.
Enough skiers braved Sunday’s rain to boost the weekend total over the 5,000 mark. A new record for spring wedcend crowds is expected this weekend.
D e e r D id N o t^ P a y T a x i R id e
Taxi driver James LaFrano of Delhi took on passenger one day last week who would not pay his fare. I t was a deer which did not wi^t a ride and a taxi driver who did
. not want a passenger.While LaFrano was driving
along route 10 the deer leaped into the car. It was a bit careless lan ^g for the animal damaged thegrilL The driver got rid of the no pay fare, told a game protector who shot the deer.
Phoenida. Teji inches of water in the form of snow was estimated at Highmount.
Traffic on route 28 in the vicinity of Phoenicia was delayed to a minor extent Sunday by earth slides and water over the road. Normal traffic was reported by Monday.
The Shandaken tunnel, which feeds water into the Esopus from the Schoharie reservoir,, was closed Sunday. Mr. Aalto reported the west basin of the Ash- okan reservoir was filled to overflowing, but there was a “lot of space” in the east basin of the reservoir to receive watehshed flow.
L ad’s F inger B itten by M ink
One of four minks crated in the Arkville railroad station is an unfriendly fellow, to wWch D<mald Sprague, 9, can testify. Donald is nurlsing a sore right index fhiger as proof of the mink’s unsoda- bility.
Donal4 was Utten ml the fhiger 1 ^ week Thursday when he
After completing his chores, Mr. Tweedie had undertaken the job of removing porcupine quills from a pup. While he was occupied at this, the fire was spotted by Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Hoy at their farm about a quarter-mile up the hollow. Mr. Tweedie was imaware of the fire until Mr. Hoy came into the bam calling for him.
By that time flames were roaring through four of the five rooms. 'They had not reached the cellar, where the men were able to remove the clothing and tools. A scorched television set was takm out by reaching in a living room window before that romn became alive with flame.
The hou% was nearly gone by the time firemen cOuld make the nine-mile run over the muddy mountain road. The house sat on a iiill several hundred feet above the Sanford Hollow road. En route uidiill one of the district trudcs became mired in deep snow and mud. Its suction hose was drc^ped through a hdle dug in the snOw Into a spring run a few feet away, and the ti«dc was able to pump thttwgh a 1%-inchho^i. jthough it reiMined' m ix^teushed wsainst the* tnfciic cnrta- . . . _ ^
. whOr tradtpr.HSlr Was T>r. later. - 'btarers. Was tinted >y Dr.
C. R. Huggins hi Margaretville.
V illage W ill H ave H earing O n Bingo
A hearing on a prc posal to legalize the playing of bingo in Margaretville under the provisions of the state constitutional amendment will be held April 22 at 7:30 p. m at the fire halL The hearing will determine whether or not the proposition is to be put before the voters.
P len ty O f Snow A t Roxbury
Roxbury, April 7.—The skiing was rather poor Sunday at the Roxbury ski center because of the rain. There is plenty of snow.
Saturday’s skiing was excdlent and many were reported enjoying it
Firemen were aided, in their battle by the heavy/showers whidi sMted the area Sunday. Whid- home embers blew straight toward the big bam, where more than 50 cows are housed. The fire was confined to the house, however. At one point a drum of kerosene in the flaming cellar blew up sending showers of flaming debris h i^ into the air. No injuries were suffered by fire fighters dose by, although an ember dropped on a fireman’s coat
Cause of the fire is undetermined. Mr. Tweedie said that the heater was in the cellar, last place to catdi fire. The blaze ai tarently started in the west end of the house toward the barn.
Loss was estimated at $6,000, most of which was (m the house. 'There was $2,000 insurance coverage on the house and $1,500 on contents. Miss Tweedie, who ex-
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FHS Cork Earn Scholastic Honors
Ellen Marie Ballard, le ft who has been named salutatorian of the dass of 1958 at Fldsdimanns high school, with Mary C. Myers, the valedictorian. Both girls have major^ in homemaking and have been active in FHS ertra-cunicular activities. Miss Myers is also a business major. Both are class officers.Miss Myers, daughter of the
late Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Myers, is president of the student council and has been a member of the council for four years. She was also president of her sophomore and junior dasses and treasurer of her freshman class.
She has been on the staff of Fleisdimanns Flare, the FHS column in the News, of Orange and White, the school publicatiCBi, and is president of the yearbook staff. She has also taken part in the senior play and In four years of intramural sports.
Miss Myers recently won the good dtiienship award of the
Daughters of the American Revolution.
Miss Ballard is the daughter at Mrs. Bessie Ballard and the late Wardell Ballard. She is president of the senior class and was .secretary ot. her sophomore dass, the same year in which she was a member of the student coun^. She has been on the staffs of Fleischmanns Fla^ and Orange and White.
Her other activities indude four years of intramural sports, fouir years of band and partidpetion in the senior play. She recently wop the American homemaker of tomorrow award for Kteischmanns high schooL