Mirror ofThe Adirondacks LAKE ±*LACID NEWS E s t a b l i s h e d

1905

VOL. XXIX — No. 28 PUBLISHED AT LAKE PLACID, NEW YORK, IN THE HEART OF THE ADIRONDACKS, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1933 PRICE FIVE CENTS

THE REPUBLICAN TICKET SWEEPS NORTH ELBATO VOTE TUESDAY ON BOND ISSUE FORCONSTRUCTION OF ADDITION TO SCHOOL^ T O H W O l l D THEN HOUSE 1200 PUPILS

Board Presents Question <K Boilding and RemodellingProgram to l a b Advantage of Financial AidFrom Federal Government

Interest Is running high in the village prior to the special schooielection which is to be held Tuesday to determine voters' wishes as tothe construction of an addition to the present school building and re-modelling of the latter.

The first proposition which will be presented will provide for thepurchase of one-sixth acre of land, just north of the property now heldby thy school district, $3,500 to be paid to the North Elba park district,present holders of the land.

If voted, proposition 2 will authorize the board of education toraise $300,000 by taxation, the amount to be collected in annual in-stallments. The building program is contingent upon the proposeddirect grant of $84,000 from the federal emergency public works fundfor which an application has been filed, and action awaited by theFederal Administration B'cL Members state they will not continue plansfor building at this time unless grant is obtained. Twenty-five per centof the remainder would be paid through the regular plan of procedureby the state, to be paid as thebonds, totalling $216,000, mature.Although the federal and state aidtoward the cost of the building isestimated as 47% per cent of the$800,000 figure, the total amountmust be voted by the people in or-der to proceed .with the financingof building- operations prior to re-ceipt of federal and state allot-ments toward the cost. Becauseof the opportunity of receiving

MASS MEETING MON. EVETO DISCUSS NEW SCHOOL

substantial aid through Fed-eral appropriation the board be-lieves the time to be advantage-ous to put the question to thevotef* when the building couldijSj|.

Present £&«iA Built for 650The present building was con-

structed to accommodate 650 pu-pils. The present enrollment is1010 of which the ovesrflow arenow attending classes in tempo-rary quarters in the town hall andbasement of St. Eustace church.According to the preliminary spec-ifications furnished by H. 6. Ful-lerton, architect of Albany, theproposed addition and presentbuilding is designed to house1200 pupils.

The addition would have 17 newclassrooms according to the plansapproved by the building andgrounds division of the state de-partment of education. It wouldalso contain an auditorium for as-sembles of grade and high schoolpupils as well && enteri&t fomentsgiven by the pupiist Heretoforethe gymnasium in the basementhas served both for athletic andassembly purposes, The archi-tect's plans provide for an addi-tion to the gymnasium in remod-elling: the present school, 18 feetbeing added in the rear, also fourwindows to provide outside ven-tilation, lack of which has beennoted by many to be decidedly ob-jectionable during practice andplay. The new playing floor wouldhe 72 feet by 50 feet. As & partof the building equipment, costof which is included in the totalestimate, four tiers of seats wouldbe erected at. either side of thegymnasium for spectators. Gym-nasium equipment and storagefacilities would be provided inwhat is now the Jowe* balcony.

Garage for BussesAccording to the plans provis-

ion would be made in the rear ofthe new auditorium for a garagefosp the three school busses witha covered corridor to be used dur-ing inclement weather by youngerchildren to ente? the building.The main floor would accommo-date a larger cafeteria and kitchenthan is at present provided forchildren remaining at school dur-ing noon houa\ a larger kinder-garten, six grade rooms, nursesand dental hygienist's rooms andoffices at the present location.

The second floor of the oldbuilding would remain as at pres-ent with a junior higb schoolstudy 'hall, rive cew class roomsand auditorium balcony in the newwing1. The third floor would ae-commodate one of the proposednew courses in tLe school curric-ulum, that of home making. Themanual training courses for boyswould be conducted in the base-ment and, according to Supervis-ing Principal Paul Patehin, woaldconsist enieSy of automobile me-

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Plan Torte-ttej Meet—Dance andBanket to FoDow Early SessbasThe Northeastern New York

Older Boys* conference, sponsoredby the Essex ^ounty and- stateYoung Men's Christian Associa-tion, will be h^M at the ajrena

young men u ^ p ^ i ^ - : ^ ; S # IdgBjr sessions Friday, Saturday

EXPECT 200BOYS AT 'VCONFERENCE HERE

and Sunday.Lake Placid

The Hi-Y club of thehigh school

charge of the entertainment pro-gram which is to include a dancethe first evening of the confer-ence and a banquet Saturday even-ing. The convention committeeof the chamber of commerce is incharge of general arrangementsfor the group. Members of thewomen's club have been asked toact as hostesses at the dance.

GET LOAN OF$ 2 3 4 , 0 0 0 FOR

FORKS SCHOOLBorrow Money from Public Works

F « d to Edbife Central SchoolThe board of education of the

Forks Central Ruralschool has been advised that theapplication for a loan of $234,000from tlie federal emergency ad-ministration of public works hasbeen approved by the state advis-ory board. Tb^ money will beused to enlarge the central schoolin the village. The recommenda-tion awaits approval by the cen-tral bureau at Washington whichis expected within a short periodafter which the board will imme-diately advertise for bids so theproject may be started in earlywinter.

Electors of Use school districtauthorized the school board nearlythree years ago to borrow thenecessary funds with which to en-large the school but market con-ditions for school bonds were un-favorable for tho seeurement offunds from usual sources, Th<Jboard was one of the first munici-palities to file application forfunds after the public programwas announced providing for loansto municipalities.

Plans for the enlarged builui,ug;have been approved by the statedepartment of education. AlvinW. inman is the architect andOtiarles M. Harrington attorneyfew the board. ,

As $70,200 or 30 per cent ofthe entire amount will be receivedthrough direct grant by the fed-eral government, cost of the pro-ject to taxpayers will be only$163,000.

O. E. S. Food SaleO. E. S. will hold a food sale ir

Wanda Bldg., Sat., Nov. 11.—adv. *

A large mass meeting ofelectors of central school dis-trict 2 is scheduled at eighto'clock Monday evening in theschool auditorium for discus-sion of the proposed construc-tion of an addition to theschool. Speakers will includea representative of the statedepartment of education, H. O.Fullerton, the school architect,and members of the board andfaculty. The meeting will beopen for discussion, questionsby voters to be answered.

Rules of eligibility for votingat school elections provide thata person must be a citizen of*the United States; be at least21 years of age; must haveresided in school district for30-day period preceding elec-tion; must own, lease or be inpossession of contract of pur-chase of real property or beparent of child of school agewho attends school 8 weeks ofthe school year or one who hasa child of school age residingwith him or a person who wasassessed on the l^st roll forpersonal property valued atmore than $50.

To move shelf-warmers —VERTISE.

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POSTPONE CHAMBEROF COMMERCE MEETING

The November chamber of com-merce meeting scheduled for Mon-day evening has been indefinitelypostponed. Officers deferred meet-ing because of the conflicting datewith the mass meeting at the schoolon the eve of the special electionon construction of an addition.

TO DISTRIBUTE

Relief Chairman Applies for 22,000Lbs. for DisiribuHon in EsiexCounty

Based on the ratio of 18 poundsper family as provided by the staterelief administration, Warner Mc-Laughlin of Port Henry, chairmanof the Esses county work reliefbureau, has applied for 22,000pounds of salt pork as the allot-ment for the county.

Te date only 6200 pounds havebeen received by Essex countywhich was distributed in PortHenry. In completing the allot-ment it is expected that anothershipment will be made to that vil-lage, one to the western end of thecounty and one to Ticonderoga forthe southern section. According toSupervisor Willis Wells, the allot-ment of pork for Lake Placid andthe town of North Elba will bereceived hsre liovefflber. Wordhas been received that shipmentsof butter, eggs, canned fruits,vegetables and meat will be madeat a future date.

A vacant store owned by LeroyButterneid in Port Henry has beenoffered for the distribution of thecommodities in that village. Ef-fective at once the relief adminis-tration is offering to reimburse 100per cent of the wages for personswho will provide vocational asdrecreational classes for those onrelief rolls. The town of Moriahhas submitted a program for ap-proval.

Watchmaker and JewelerWatches, clocks and jewekry re-

pairing. Optical repairing of allkind. Special low prices forwinter months. B, H. McKenzie.—-advt. •

News Classified Ads bring quickresults.

TO MEET HERE TO

HOCKEY LEAGUEJunior and Istermediate Tcaau to

Be Formed tbronft Nortfeern andCentral New

The A. A. U. junior hockey com-mittee, organized and appointedthis fall, will meet at the arenahere Sunday afternoon to completeplans for league play this winter.

According to Edwin M, Ford ofthis village, chairman of the com*mittee, three divisions will com-prise the league. The mountaindivision, in which Lake Placid willplay, will embrace the circle ofeight villages from Tupper Laketo Plattsburg and will include Jay,Keene, Keene Valley, Au SableForks.

Teams in this vicinity may re-ceive instruction by the coach tobe employed for the Lake PlacidAthletic club six.

The St. Lawrence division willbe ms.de up of teams in the vicin-ity of Massena and Malone, Mr.Ford has appointed J. P. Donnellycoach of the Massena high school,as chairman c2 the division. Thethird division will include citiesand villages in the capital districtand Central New York* Plans areunder way for organization ofteams in Saratoga Springs, Schen-eetady, Albany, TJtiea, Amster-dam, Hamilton and Glens Falls.

Junior and intermediate leaguesare to be formed. The jani^teams will be comprised of play-ers under 20 years of age. Play-ers in the intermediate league willbe chosen for ability rather thanage. The first Junior :"'l}iii^6i.games will be played at the local$mm l > e c e ^ ^ M ^ ^ ' i ^ i | ^ p p

ing players in thisplant Canadian players.

Those comprising the juniorhockey committee tinder Mr. Fordas chairman are as follows: £. A.Juckett, Keene Valley, vice-chair-man; Frank Comlossey, UpperJay; L. P. Quinn, Tupper Lake;Stewart Belknap, Keene; PrankCallahan, Schenectady; Lyle Del-amater, Saranac Lake; J. P. Don-nelly, Massena; G. A. Walker,Potsdam; Vernon Chase, GlensFalls; Fred Futterer, Albany;Frank Rogers, Northwood School,Lake Placid; H. L. Garren, LakePlacid, and W. J. Edmunds, Am-sterdam.

The Srst senior hockey game tobe played by the Lake Placid Ath-letic club is scheduled for Decem-ber 23.

PRESENT GARDEN CLUBWITH TREES AND SHRUBS

The Lake Placid Garden dubhas been presented with a gift of

jwmtity of flowering plants,shrubs and trees which are to beplanted in the village- park on Mir-ror Lake at the foot of Saranacavenue. The first to be receivedby the club which was organizedin September, the gift was madeby H. H. Epstein of this village.In making his selection which willtotal $129 in cost, Mr. Epstein se-lected plants which will rotate inbloom from early spring untillate fall. Shrubs and trees, al-though foreign to Lake Placid aretypes whieh will survive the ruggedwinters of this climate.

Newspaper ibarometer of trade,there is so trade !

ELECTION CACTUS GREETSTUESDAYW1TH 125 BLOOMS

j An election cactus known to ![ fee aver 30 years old, own& by j

Mrs. Frank Wells, mother ot !J Supervisor Willis Wells, was jj in fall bloom Tuesday, boast- Ij ing 125 red blossoms. Some- j| times known as the Republican jj cactus, the plant owned by the j1 Lake Placid woman was termed [| such because of the general jI results satisfactory to the G. !! O. P. which have always ob- 1I taiaed in Essex county where II the plant was raised. A slip {I of the plant was given to th?j late Albert Wells, by the late j! Mrs. William Pratt, grand- jj mother of Gordon Pratt, town fI superintendent of highways, [; re-elected on Tuesday. Mrs. jj Wells also has another election j; cactus which is bearing 85

blossoms. The larger plant has j; furnished many slips to friends j! desiring one of the odd plants iI which always wears its gay j: blossoms in November during j• the election period. {

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2 9 PLACIDYOUTHS LEAVE

FOR C X I . WORKEnter Preliminary Training at

P!att*bnrg Sunday Before En-tering Winter Camp — 10 Rc-

This township sent its thirdquota of young men Sunday forservice in the conservation civiliancorps. 29 youths left to enterpreliminary training at Platts-burg barracks, their future des-tination being still undetermined.10 of the quota were re-enlist-ments, that number having served

the summer encampment in

entirecounty feas now accord-ing to Warner McLaughlin. countyrelief bureau chairman. 150 will

iter the winter c&mps for con-servation work. As it is expectedthat an additional quota may beassigned for the county, applica-tions are still being received bythe town work bureaus. In manytownships there is still a largewaiting list but North Elba lackedone of filling its quota of 30.Moriah has entered 60 in wintercamps; Ticonderoga, 22; Jay, 10;Crown Point, 7; Westport, 7; St.Armand, 6; North Hudson, 5 andEssex 3.

The local youths who left forPlattsburg are: Hubert St. John,Kenneth Pratt, Donald Seney,.Ford Manning, Raymond Shelley, jArthur Frenyea, John Judson, JayWoods, Leon Palumbo, BodneyRoy Snow, Raymond Lawrence,David Savage, Theron Ross, Har-old Washburn, Raymond Barney,Alfred Jackson, Francis Pelkey,Guy Sears, Stanley Prunier, AllenBelmore, Ralph Demar, LawrencePrunier, F. Paul Jones, LouisPeck, Kenneth Seymour, RoyCharles Morrow, Sidney Rose andJames Bola.

W E I 3 RE-ELECTED TO NINTHTERM AS SUPERVISOR BY MARQN

OF 6 2 7 J Y E R SHARLETTEVoters Up Handsome G. 0. P. Totals for Essex

County M e t — Bitteriy-fonghi Town ContestsMarked by Few Upsets

A sweeping vote ..of confidence was given the Republican admin-istration in North Elba township in the Genera] Election on Tuesday,as candidates of that party were either returned or elected to officeby large margins over their Democratic opponents.

Interest :n North Elba centered primarily on the fight for choiceas supervisor between Willis Wells, Republican and present incumbent,and Jesse*Sharlette, Democrat. When the smoke of the election battlehad cleared away Wells had polled 1500 votes to 873 for Sharlette, aplurality of 62?* for Wells. The rest of the town Republican ticket wasswept into office by substantial majorities.

One of the largest votes in years was cast throughout the county,2446 votes were polled for officialsin the four districts of North Elbaalone.

Essex county maintained its sta-tus as one of the counties in thestate that the G. O. P. can alwayscount on for huge Eepublican ma-jorities and rolled up impressivetotals for every Republican candi-date on the county ticket.

Wells's margin of 627 overSharlette. contrasts with his plu-rality of 272 over P. J. Hennessyin the town election two years ago.In the election this year Wellscarried every district, while twoyears ago, District No. 2, SaranacLake, went for Hennessy 295 to...

WOMEN BOWLERS

START SERIES

DR. THOMSEN TO ADDRESSA. A. U. W. SATURDAY

The November meeting of theEssex county branch of the Amer-ican Association of UniversityWomen will be held Saturday af-ternoon at the home of Miss MarieBeede in Keene Valley. Dr. EricThomsen, pastor of the KeeneValley Presbyterian church, willbe the guest speaker.

Special!Fresh killed yearling turkeys at

29c pound, and chicken fryers at26c pound. Joe W. Davis. 'Phone255,—advt. *

Fluey and Saranac Lake W«Form Six leans lor WeeklyMatchcfr-BUliard ChampionshipLater in Month

First of a series of games be-tween Saranac Lake and LakePlacid women bowlers were playedat C«ne*s alleys in this villageFriday n|ghtr the Sure Shots ofLake Placid taking the highestnumber of points in their matchwith the Bear Cats of the neigh-boring village, 4-0.

Saramc lake's Night Hawks, t ^ ; * | i s . . j ^ ^same score holding for the FourAces of Saranac against the Wise-

Mrs, L Mood& 6apt4 Mrs,. B.Turner, Mrs. Mt Davis. TheNigathawks: Mrs. *« . Jordan,capt^ Mrs. L. Carter, Mrs. EKGould, Mrs. F. Bevan. The FourAces: Mrs. G. Preschie, capt.Mrs. M. Mace, Mrs. D. Sheldon,Mrs. G. Lair. Their spares: MrsA. White, Mrs. E. Hort<m, ThePlacid teams comprise: The WiseAcres: Miss Jane Warner, capt.;Mrs. L. Campbell, Miss A. Perry,Miss E. Powers. The Hill Billies:Mrs. N. Hurley, capt.; Miss D.Rose, Mrs. R. Manning, Miss M.Ware. The Sure Shots* Miss H,Devlin, capt.; Mrs. R. Prouix,Mis. P. Wilson, Miss F. McCor-mick. Their spares: Mis* F.Brewster, Mrs. D. Madden, Miss J.Howard, Mrs. Y. Gelles, Mrs. I,Campbell, and Miss M. Ryan.

The league will continue for sixweeks. The winning team will re-ceive a trophy given by Case'sBowling Alleys. Other prizes for

Jack

246.Ethel M.

town clerkWells, candidate foron both Republican

the league were given bySchwartz, Geo. LaMoy, the FairStore mid F. B. Gaild,

For J.t->; second league whichwiH start after the New Year thewinning trophy will be donated byCraig Wood, who finished secondin the British Open Golf chainpionship, 193$. He is also givingan autographed driver lor themen's league to the bowler havingthe highest average for bothleagues.

George LaMoy will act as offi-cial referee for all the leaguegames this winter.

The high game for big pins thisyear is 268, rolled by Victor Joi-dan, Saranac Lake. This ties thehigh game of last year bowled byLeslie Lewis. The ladies' highgame for this year is 189, bv Mrs.B, Wilson.

ARCHITECTS DRAWING

and Democratic tickets polled 1530votes, against 713 for Marie Rus-sell LaHart, Citizens' ticket..

Clarefice Eccleston and GeorgeA. Putnam, Republicans, wereelected justices of the peace, de-feating the Democratic candidate,William J. Dwyer, by a large

Harold White, Republican, wasnamed collector with 1602 votesagainst 630 for Hugh Kennedy,Democratic opponent.

George Thew, Democrat and Re-publican, and E. W. Harrison, Re-publican, of Saranac Lake, werenamed assessors over George Pet-tinger, Democrat, of Lake Placid.

Gordon Pratt, Republican sup-erintendent of highways, was re-elected by a plurality of 445 overPaul N. Roy, Democrat. H. R.Weaver was named school director.

Robert Wilkins, running on bothtickets, was named assessor forfour years with total vote of 1914,

The vote in North.Elba forLeonard C. Crouch, candidate forassociate judge, court of appeals,was 1789. Forty-one Socialist andten Communist votes were cast.

Handsome Totals for G. O. P.North Elba Republicans polled

substantial pluralities for Repub-lican candidates ©a the Essexcounty ticket, although Edward T.Jordan, Lake Placid Democrat,candidate for sheriff, was given alarge vote by his fellow towns-men, with 1077 against 1115 forHugh J. Moore of Ticonderoga,Republican.

The proposition submitted totaxpayers authorizing use of$4,000 for upkeep of North Elbacemeteries was carried 806 to 284.

The state proposition and fouramendments were voted favorably.

Republicans Take CountyResults on the county ticket

were: Member of assembly, FredL. Porter, Rep., 8995; Marion L.Thomas, Dem., 4569. Countyjudge and surrogate, Harry E.Owen, Rep., 9235; Roy Lockwood,Dem., 4265. District attorney,Thomas W. McDonald, Rep., 9741;Francis J. Stephen, Sr.. Dem.,3565. Sheriff, Hugh J. MooreRep., 9303: 'Edward T. Jordan,Dem., 4044. Commissioner of pub-

welfare, Horace H. Nye, Hep..[>544; Louis M. Peyo, Dem., 3093.

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SUPERVISORS MEET ATEUZABETHTOWN MONDAY

EXTERIOR VIEW OF PROPOSED NEW ADDITION TO SCHOOLAs it Would Appear When Added to Present Building, Construction Depending m» YoU Tuesday

The November raeeting of thoboard of supervisors will be heldn EJizab#thtown this week, ses-ions starting Monday and prob-

ably contiTmmg through Friday.This will be the'fhml meeting- ofhe entire board "with supervisors

who* have held office for the pasttwo years. New supervisors elect-ed last week will take office Jan-uary first.