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VOL XXV — No. 4 PUBLISHED AT LAKE PLACID, NEW YORK, IN THE HEART OF THE AD1R0NDACKS, FRIDAY, MAY 24, 1*29 PRICE, FIVE CENTS

BOND ISSUE MEANSBUT SMALL TAXON INDIVIDUAL$20(,G(tt Proposition for Olympics

op t> Voters at Special EjectionJuoe 4 uader Park District Plan

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payt- - will be asked to approvea ho- r. .-- je of ¥200,000 to financethe 3M2 winter Olympic.*! at LakePlaHl. Judire Thomas A. Leahv,pre.«i !<r-it of the local chamber ofcomn.fiw, Dolnted out this weekthat *.h tax assessed against eachindivicita) taxpayer wil! be lessthan the present hospital tax.

Th«? Olympic games here will benearly self-supporting. A consid-erable part of the $200,000 will beutilized for permanent winter im-provtm snt«, which will increase thefacilities whkh Lake Placid wi!lbe atle to offer guests in the win-ter, both before and after the ac-tual holding of the Olympic*.

Dr. Godfrey Dewey In his recentspeech on the Olympic situationsaid, **The outstanding fact is thatit (the playgrounds bill) spreadsthe necessary taxation over thelargest possible area, including the 'maximum contribution from stateland. This is, as I said, at the ;same time both the fairest andthe least burdensome way. It was .the unanimous judgment at themeeting of the chamber of com-merce, held in conjunction with ameeting of the town board, villageboard, and school board that thenecessary proposal for establish-ing the park district and the bondissue of $200,000 should be pre-pared immediately and submittedto the voters at the earliest pos-sible moment."

Polls for the special election onJune 4 will be open at the NorthElba town hall from 12 noon tosix p. m. Only electors qualifiedto vote at a town meeting>«**«-

TT.i-i freak bird will proba-bly have to be classified withwhite defer, white muskrat-,arid white foxes, al! unu.-ual.••pecimeru of their families

Many strange animal* havebeen seen from time to time inthtft section of the Adiron-dack*. The white crow nowjoins that unusual group.

P. J. T1ERNEY TOWELCOME STATE

KNIGHTS HEREProminent Narth Country Lawyer

to Address First Sesmm of K. ofC. CoBvenrioa

Wil'iam E. J. Connor, the young-"•i pa.** Grand Knight of th»*

. Kn;?h^ ;f Columbus in the Unite*1.Stat"«% was the first delegate t,

jurriv* in Lake Placid for the 34thj annual state convention of that

>r#anizaiion, which opens on thever.ins? of Thursday, May 30, andontinues through Saturday, June

LAKE PLACID OLYMPICCOMMITTEE ORGANIZES

\ upon the last preceding as-sessment roll of the town of NorthElba can cast their vote at thisspecial election on the $200,000bond issue for the Lake Placid win-ter Olympic games in 1932.

Country Chb Photo inMagaase

A photograph, taken from the^eighth green of the Lake Placidcountry club, appears in the cur-rent issue of "The Upstater," pub-lished by the New York Develop-ment association of Watertown.

The picture gives an excellentview of the majestic mountainpanorama which spreads out tothe north of the country clubcourse, with Whiteface toweringin grandeur over the lesser peakssurrounding it.

MOTHER OF MRS. fL STEVENSDIES AT AGE OF 69

Mrs, Susan Glines, mother ofMrs. Kenneth Stevens, former res-ident of this village, died in a•Gloversville hospital on Friday,May 17, following a long illness.She was 69 years of age.

Mrs. Glines was born in Eng-land and came to thus country asa girl. Funeral services were heldon Tuesday at her former home inStratford, Conn. She was wellIcnown in Lake Placid where shefrequently visited her daughter.

TROOP B MEMBERSGAIN PROMOTION

Included among promotions re-cently announced for Troop B,state police, are Corporal DavidBenjamin to rank of sergeant andTrooper Post to corporal.

Both officers are well known inLake Placid where they have been.stationed at various times.

Corporal Benjamin succeedsSergeant Gratton, who resignedfrom the troop to accept an ap-pointment on the U. S. borderpatrol.

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Boxing May 30Fast bouts at Happy Horn

theatre. Auspice.'} Lake PlacidA. C Tickets at Sport Shop,—

DANIEL SHEADIES AT HOME IN

AU SABLE FORKSWas Cssip S«periat«dei* hi Lake

PbeM for Many Years—LeavesTwo Brrtfers tad Sister Here

Daniel Shea, former. well-knownresident of this village, died at hishom© in AuSabte Forks on Mon-day night at the age of 76.

Funeral services were b"eldThursday morning at the AuSableForks Catholic church. Intermentwas in the Catholic cemetery inthat Tillage.

Mr. Shea was born near Au-Sabfe Porks and passed his earlyyears there. Later he moved itBenson Mines where he was foreman for 25 years in the minesthere.

When work at the mines practi-cally ceased, Mr. Shea and his fam-ily removed to Lake Placid wherehe was in charge of camps on thelake tut W. & and R. D. Benson,owners of Benson's mines andC. F. Emerson*

this **p-ffiM tap* ago, and

1.Mr. Connor is associated with

Judge Harold E. Fritts of the citjof Hudson. He has leased for theentire summer season the HenryBonsignore cottage on Hilierestavenue.

Patrick J. Tierney of Platts-burg, prominent North Countrycriminal lawyer and past districtdeputy. Knights of Columbus, willofficially welcome the thousanddelegates at the first formal ses-sion of the convention.

Judge Thomas A. Leahy, chair-{man of the convention commit-j tee, and his assistants have all| plans perfected for the big meet,I which will be the largest of itsI kind ever held in this resort.| Delegates and their friends willj have a full program ahead ofj them during their stay in Lake| Placid. Included in the schedule| planned sre a smoker, luncheon atf the Stevens House, entertainment| for ladies at Lake Placid Club and| luncheon for the ladies at th©} Marcy on Thursday, May 30.

Friday morning, delegates willmeet at the Marcy and attend aconvention mass in a body at St.Agnes church. The conventionwill formally open at the StevensHouse Friday morning at 11:30,and there will also be an after-noon business session at the samehotel at two o'clock.

Organization of the LakePlacid executive Olympic com-mittee was completed la^tweek.

The following officers werechosen: Dr. Godfrey Dewey,e h a i rman; Supervisor Wil 1 isWells, vice-chairman; WilliamJ. O'Hare, treasurer. Othermembers of the committee areJohn F. White, president of theKiwanis Club of Lake Placid;Martin T. Ryan, mayor of LakePlacid village; Thomas A.Leahy, president of the LakePlacid chamber of commerce;and Howard L. Weaver, presi-dent of the board of education.

This committee will functionas an executive body, with sev-eral additional names being

; listed on the general committeei sometime in the near future.I

PLACID WILL HAVE CLUB LEASES A I R P O R T ONLARGEST BOB RUN CASCADE ROAD TO NEW YORKIN T H E W O R L D AVIATION AND TRANSPORT CO.

___ JPorks.

Surviving are his wife, Mrs.Margaret Shea; two daughters,Mayme and Kathleen, both ofYonkers; four sons, John of Au-Sable Forks, Michael of NewYork city, Thomas and Daniel ofDetroit; two brothers, Hon. James*Shea and John Shea of Lake Pla-cid; and one sister, Mrs. MaryTrudo, also of this village.

FASTTHMW;CARDED BY A. C.

FORJAY 30Memorial Day Attraction at Happy

Hoar Theatre Bri»gs SomeSpeedy Boys Together

Local and visiting fight fans willhave the treat of their lives onthe evening of Thursday, May 30,at the Happy Hour theatre whenthe Lake Placid Athletic club willput on 30 rounds of the fastestboxing ever seen in this sectionof the North Country.

Topping the card are "Red"O'Brien of Albany and "Mickey"Ashline, pride of P^ttsburg.These two boys will weigh in at140 pounds ringside. Each haswon one fight from the other.O'Brien won by a knockout everAshline in Malone a few weeksago, and Ashline turned the tablesin Plattsburg with a decision overthe Albany boy. This battle onMay 30 will be for revenge, andthe fans will be treated to plentyof action from the bell.

Orville Brown, pugilistic idol ofSaranac Lake and "Mixer" Rheim,billed as the pride of Malone, willmix it in the main semi-final Thisbout will be a six-round affair.Each boy has a decision over theother and a draw to his credit.The fight will be at 140 poundsringside.

Cecil Levitt of Lake Placid andArt Baudin of Saranac Lake willput on the other semi-final andare sure to give the fistic fans thetreat of their lives.

In all there will be six four-round bouts and one six-roundaffair.

'Joe Humphreys" Murphy, bill-ed as the announcer with theleather lungs, will do the vocalhonors of the evening.

Seats are now on sale at theLake Placid &port SJiop and atCautin's store on Main street.

FAHERTY TELLSKIWANIANSOFCOFCTOBUCITY

Chamber Secretary Stresses Vafaeof Co-operatkm on Part of VI-Ufe k Inachsoa Tdk Taesday

Thomas P. Faherty, secretary ofthe Lake Placid chamber of com-merce, told the members of theLake Placid Kiwanis Club at theirmeeting at Lakeside Inn Tuesdaythat the Lake Placifl chamber ofcommerce was getting exceptionalco-operation from all city news-papers in handling publicity withrespect to this resort and Ha activ-ities. He went on to say thatthe scheme of making the public-ity voluntary instead of involun-tary was producing| exceBfint re-sults and thatstories have app^swRl a* aof the recent visit tS 1 ' , \of the newspaper «|*t ffcci*

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Noted German Engineer Safls TmkWeek to Supervise Coastroctioa

I of Olympic Snde

I Stanislaus Zentaytski, famous1 German engineer of Lutherstras-

sel, Berlin, sailed from Germanyon Wednesday for the UnitedStates where he will supervise thebuilding of the largest bobsled runin the world at *-*ke Placid forthe 1932 winter Olympic games.

Herr Zentsytski has been en-gaged by the Lake Placid Olympiccommittee to direct the buildingof the run. Preliminary work onplans will be started immediatelyupon his arrival at this raeort.

Two sites have been selected,one on state land on the westslope of the Sentinel range on themain highway to Wilmington, theother at the base of Mt. Marcy,10 miles from this village.

State to Determine PolicyNo actual work on the run can

begin until the recreational policyof the state as to building the runon state land is finally determinedby the court of appeals. In eitherevent the coat of the run will beborne by the State of New Yorkunder legislation passed at Albanvlast winter. Early ruling by thecourt of appeals on the matter isexpected.

In order to have two winters inwhich to correct any imperfec-tions which may develop in theLake Placid bob run, it is neces-sary that work be started thissummer at the latest.

Extreme care is necessary inbuilding the run. The whole jobcalls for the highest type of ex-perienced engineering skill, and itwas for this reason that the LakePlacid Olympic committee engagedthe best-known German expert t>direct the work.

33*1 t&m « r the run must be^ 1 5 i * to insure the

safety for the cos-,

Lakex Placid to I k Regular Stop on New York-MontrealAir Route — Flying Lessons WiD Ik Given andAerial Tours of Mountains Arranged — Workon Hangar to Begin Soon

At last the first concrete move toward placing Lake Placid on iHeair map of the country has been taken.

Announcement was made by Lake Placid Club officials on Wednes-day of this week that the Club has leased the airport on the Cascaderoad to Aviation, Training, and Transport, Inc., of New York city. Thi*organization, which is a consolidation of several well-known air com-panies, plans extensive developments for the Lake Placid airport.

This resort will be a principal stop on the New York-Lake Placid-Montreal air route, which will be operated by the company. In addition

instruction in flying will be given

OPERATORS' LICENSESEXPIRE THIS MONTH

Commissioner Charles A.Hartnett of the Bureau of Mo- [tor Vehicles, has again called Ithe attention of motorists to }the expiration date of the cur- jrent drivers' licenses. In other :years these licenses expired on [the last day of June. This !year, however, they expire {May 31st. This change in date Iwas made in order that the 1business of renewing licenses jcan be concluded before the {vacation season has begun. |

LAST RITES FORESTEEMED WOMANHELDWS)fOAY

at the local airport to all whomay desire to train for work inthe air.

Aviation, Training, and Trans-port, Inc., will keep several planerat the Lake Placid airport for theuse of student flyers and to affordguests and residents an opportun-ity to take air trips over this sec-tion of the Adirondacks. This lat-ter feature is expected to proveextremely popular with summerresidents, who wiH welcome theopportunity to have excellentplanes ready whenever they mayrequire them.

Lease 160 Acres*The land in the plot leased bythe New York company comprises160 acres, but, if their needs re-quire it, additional acreage m^ybe leased on the other side of theroad leading east from the Cas-cade highway this side of the Clubchicken farm.

Work is expected to*begm at anearly date on the hangar, wbi<&

iS fee built at the r*fc* Placidby tfe*

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Boxing BoutsDont forget Boxin? Bouts at

Happy Hour theatre, May 30Tickets at Sjon; Shop.—*dvt. •

around Lake Placid on the Doris,which wil) be followed by an auto-mobile tour of the village and teaat Lake Placid Club.

One of the gala events of thethree-day meeting will be th»grand convention ball at the Ste-vens House that evening at nineo'clock.

Additional business sessions willbe held on Saturday morning,while several special meetings willbe announced to the delegates atvarious scheduled sessions of theconvention.

DRIVENETS 5 2 FOR C. OF C.

During the past week a drive foradditional members of the LakePlacid chamber of commerce hasbeen in-progress with a committeein charge consisting of Judge W.R. Wikoff, C. A. Thornton, andClarence Eccleston. 52 new paid-up members have already affiliatedwith the chamber as a result.

The office in the town hall,states Secretary Thomas P. Fa-herty, is being flooded with re-quests for information on summeractivities at Lake Placid, indicat-ing that a banner season is on thebooks for this report.

Information is being sent outdaily to inquirers, and names ofthose who ask for accommodationsare being turned over to the dif-ferent hotels and boarding houses.

thecommerce office and that this copyis appearing in their guide-booksand in the resort news week-dayspnd Sundays. Several photographshave also been sent to papers andmagazines. These, according toletters received by Mr. Faherty,will appear within the next fewweeks.

Interesting information wasgiven the Kiwanians by Mr.Faherty on his experiences at Al-bany as legislative correspondentfor New York newspapers. Hetold them of the schedule for meet-ing the, governor each morning ateleven o'clock and again at fourin the afternoon.

Governor Roosevelt, stated Mr.Faherty, is easy of approach andalways cordial to correspondents.The entire routine of gatheringand disseminating Albany newswas outlined by Mr. Faherty inclear and pleasing manner.

Co-operation on the part of allresidents of this resort communityis essential, said Mr. Faterty, inmakng the work of the chamberof commerce a continued success.

President John F. White, presi-dent of the Lake Placid KiwanisClub, and Dr. James J. Perkins,chairman of the program commit-tee, spoke of their first-hand ac-quaintance with the conduct of thechamber of commerce work.

spectacular of aQ the Olympicwinter sports, both tram the view-point of spectators and contest-ants. Speed, in excess of 60 milesan hour will be made on the LakePlacid Olympic slide when it i?finished.

Li vennore's Ex-chauffeurGets Prison Terra

After pleading guilty in super-ior court in Bridgeport, Conn., tocarrying a concealed weapon Ed-gar Kane, 32, former chauffeurfor Jesse Livermore of New Yorkand Lake Placid, was sentencedTuesday to three and a half to fiveyears in state prison.

Kane, it is said, unknowingly,gave "Boston Billy" Monahanand Arthur Barry information

ich helped th~m to rob the Liv-ore home on Long Island of

thousands of dollars worth of jew-hy a year ago. Both men are do-

ing prison bits now for the rob-bery.

BREWSTER IS GUEST OFSCHENECTADY BAR ASSOC.

Supreme Court Justice O. ByrorBrewster of Elizabethtowh was aguest of the Schenectady Bar as-sociation at a recent dinner heldin that city in honor of JusticeE. C. Whitmyer of the AppellateDivision,

Justice Brewster delivered oneof the addresses of the evening.

Old Fashioned DanceThe W. R. C. will hold an old

fashioned dance in the town hall,Thursday evening, May 30. LakePlacid's favorite orchestra. Some-thing to eat all during dance. Ad-mission, $1.00 couple, extra ladies.25c.—advt. •

Boxing May 30Fast bouts at Happy Hour

theatre. Auspices Lake PlacidA. C. Tickets at Sport Shop.—advt. •

Dinner Marks OpeningofConntryClnb

Official opening of the Lake Pla-cid country club last Saturday at-tracted a fair-sized crowd of golfenthusiasts, eager to try out thecourse for the first time this sea-son.

In the evening a special dinnerwas served by Mrs. L. J. Tyrell.Several of the officers of the clubwere present. •

L. J. Tyrell, professional incharge at the club, reports the en-tire course in excellent condition,with summer greens all in use.

The Big NightBoxing at Happy Hour theatre

May 30. All fast boys. Ticketsat Sport Shop.—advt *

Stetson Shoes for WomenMulflur's Shoe Store, Saranac

Lake.—advt. *

GEEHAN COMMENTSCHI OLYMPIC AWARD

Walter H. Fiek of Forest streetis in receipt of a clipping from mGerman newspaper commentingon the award of the Third OlympicWinter Games of 1932 to LakePlacid.

The correspondent writes Mr.Fiek in part as follows: "We hopethat the Olympics will bring youall luck and especially dollars. Ido not doubt but that, through thepreparatons for it, a very livelytraffic will develop to Lake Placideven in the years preceding thegames."

BISHOP NELSON CONFIRMSCLASS

Bishop Richard Nelson of Albanyconfirmed a class at St. EustaceEpiscopal church Wednesday nigbtat 7:30. The class was presentedby the rector, the Rev. SidneyThomas Ruck.

Bishop Nelson retires from ac-tive church service on July 1 afterserving for 25 years as bishop.

FALSE ALARM

Funeral services were held Wed-nesday morning. Hay 22, at 9o'clock from St. Agnes church forMrs. John J. Ryan, who died Monday morning at seven o'clock following a prolonged illness.

Rev. D. E. Cahill, pastor of St.Agnes church, officiated. A re-quiem high mass was celebrated.Interment was in St. Agnes cemetery.

The funeral was one of the largest ever held in this village, hermany friends showing by theirpresence their affection for th#»departed. Mrs. Ryan had been inill health for four years, but al-ways maintained her cheerfulnessand her interest in the affairs ofthe world. Her last illness wasof about six weeks' duration.

She was a devoted member ofSt. Agnes church, and when herhealth permitted was always ac-tive in church affairs. Her natureendeared her to all who knew her,and her passing leaves many tolourn.

Mrs. Ryan was born in Chicagoon Dec. 3, 1877, the daughter ofMr. and Mrs. Henry Denning.While she was a girl her paimoved to Saranac Lake, where simade her home until her marriageto Mr. Ryan on April 29, 1906.

Surviving are her husband, JohnJ. Ryan; her mother, Mrs. HenryDenning of Saranac Lake; abrother, Edward Denning of Phil-adelphia,- and three sisters, Mi*3sMay Denning, Saranac Lake, MrsMilton Dougherty, Potsdam, andMrs. Lloyd Duquette, Reno, Nev.

Annie's Babv ShopWe have a charming assortment

of suits and dresses for the littlefolks. Hotel Saranac. SarunacLake.—advt. *

The Big NightBoxing at Happy Hour theatre

The fire whistle blew Wednesdayafternoon at 3:45, but investiga- jtion by Chief George Hare dis jclosed that the alarm was false, jsome one seeing smoke having

May 30. All fa'sV boys. Tickets | turned in the alarm,at Sport Shop.—advt.

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VILLAGE BOARD PLANTSSIBERIAN ELM TREES i

Furthering its plan of add-ing to the beauty of this re- !sort by means of additionaltrees planted along the main :streets of the village, the vil- {lage board recently set out, !under the supervision of High- jway Commissioner Enos Estes, jseveral Siberian elms along {Station street and near the !municipal tennis courts on Mir- jror Lake avenue. (

The village board has also jhad the receptacles for waste jplaced all along Main street, jIt is hoped that, as in past Jyears, every one will use these Igreen cans for such waste pa- !per an:! the like as hs mav !wish to dispose of as he walks |alon? the street. j

will be made atan early date of the official open-ing of the new airport. This willbe well in advance of the open-ing of Lake Pladd's summer sea-son.

How many planes the companywill keep at Lake Placid and theexact schedule of the New York-Lake Placid-Montreal air serviceare not yet definitely known.

Many summer residents of LakePlacid plan to fly to this resortfrom their New York homes regularly this season.

FLY HERE, LEASECOHAGE, FLY BACK

Using a Fairchild four-passen-ger plane, a party of five NewYorkers flew to Lake Placid last*Friday morning in three and one-half hours.

In the party were M. K. Smith,444 Park avenue, Mr. and Mrs.J. M. Kelly, 440 Park avenue, M.F. Mills, 444 Park avenue, and thepilot, Warren B. Smith of Teter-boro airport, New Jersey.

Mr. and Mrs. Kelly leasedthrough the Jennie M. Ishamagency the large Cautin cottageon Signal Hill, known as WindyKnowe. They expect to come upfrom New York today to remainfor the entire summer season.Both Mr. and Mrs. Kelly havebeen summer residents of Lai:*?Placid in past seasons.

Following breakfast at LakesideInn the party inspected variouscamps and cottages in the village,leased the Cautin cottage, and leftfor New York by airplane at two)'clock.

SAID KEESEVILLE MAN ISBIGAMIST

John Roy Facto of Keeseville Ubeing tried in* superior court inSpringfield, Mass., on a charge of'igamy, it being alleged tljat he

married Alice Langevine, a form-er housekeeper, while he had awife and children living in Keese-

ille.The Langevine woman is de-

scribed in press dispatches as be-ing much older than Facto andis having engineered the marriage.

Boxing BoutsDon't fdrget Boxing Bouts at

Happy Hour theatre, May 30.Tickets at Sport Shop.—,ad.vt. •

Notice ChauffeursLicenses expire this year, May 31.Get your phote at Rabineau Studio.Op«a -evening* \mtil 8:30.—alvt, *