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C A T S K IL L M O U N T A IN N EW SY«L 96. N ». 40. E stab llsb ed in 1863. T h is Issu e H as 8 P ages MABOARETVnXE, NEW TORS, FRIDAY, JANUARY 28, 1959

Entered as Second Class Matter in the Post Ofiice at Margaretville, N. Y. 7e F e r Copy- IS P e r . T e a r

Bill Sluiter Has R esign^ license Post

S u c c e s s o r W i l l B e

N a m e d t o T a k e O v e r

M o t o r V e h i c l e W o r k

W illiam Sluiter, who has oper­ated the automobile license bureau in this village for five years, finds it requires m ore tim e than he can spare and has resigned.

The following is his le tte r to County Clerk W ilber Oles:

M argaretville, Jcin. 20, 1959 D ear Mr. Oles:

In order th a t I can devote full tim e to my business of insurance, I hereby tender my resignation as m otor vehicle clerk of the M ar­garetville office effective March 1, 1959.

Very tru ly yours,William S luiter

Mr. S luiter has been an efficient official and has been glad to ex­tend many favors to the automo­bile owners and drivers of this section. The village tru sts Mr. Oles will find someone to continue ^ s needed service in M argaret­ville.

Mr. S luiter has dispensed about 3,000 sets of plates and 600 drivers renewals each year. This last number includes both car owner and chauffeur licenses.

K e p t H o m e B y

S c a l d e d F e e t

Roxbury, Jan. 20.—Otis Reed has been confined to his home for two weeks a fte r scalding his foot severely in an accident a t the D elaware County Dairies cream ­ery w here he is employed.

Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Conro of Grand Gorge spent Sunday a fte r­noon w ith Mr. and Mrs. Otis Reed.

Beading Club MetThe Roxbury Reading club m et

Monday evening. Mrs. T. Howard Sm ith reviewed “Inside Russia Today” by John Gunther. Hyman Moskowitz reviewed “D octor Zhivago" by Boris Pasternak, the Nobel prize novel which was w rit­ten by a Russian but published only outside Russia. Mrs. Sm ith also gav< a short ta lk about the book, “N ot by Bread Alone,” an­o ther o a th e general them e of Russia. A t the next m eeting, Feb. 2, Fannie H urst’s autobiog­raphy, "Anatomy of Me,” wiU be reviewed by Irm a Mae Griffin.

F e b . 1 0 D e a d l i n e

F o r D o g L i c e n s e sDog owners of Middletown paid

$1,153.57 canine taxes in 1948 says Mrs. Sarah Hull, town clerk.

TTiere are 681 dogs on the offi­cial list for 1959. Taxes were paid on 663 dogs in this township in 1958. This brought a to ta l of $1,675.75. Of this sum 5>165 was kept here and $1,510 sent to the county treasurer. He returned $987.82 to this ,'township.

Dog licenses are $2.25 each for m ale and spayed female, $5.25 for female, not spayed. Taxes m ust be paid not la te r than Feb. 10. If not paid by th a t tim e the names of the owners of the dogs are turned over to a justice of the peace.

B e t t y G i l l A c c e p t e d

A t N u r s i n g S c h o o lMiss B etty Gill of M argaretville

has been accepted as a student a t the Ithaca School of Nursing at Ithaca.

Miss Gill has been employed a t the M argaretville h o sp iti for the last 2% years. She attended An­des c e n t ^ school and was grad­uated from Fleischmanns high school in 1956.

R e d C r o s s L a d i e s

M a d e Y u l e H a p p y

The M argaretville Red Cross society, which is a local independ­en t organization, solicited, packed and distributed 16 dinner baskets in its Christm as activities last month.,X

The society also p u rch ^ed and maUed 32 gifts to shut-ins and to patients in s ta te hospitals and w elfare homes, m ailed 16 cards, d ^ v e re d four floral pieces to the hospital, purchased and distributed 90 boxes of candy to boarding and w elfare patients in the area, re ­newed subscriptions to five m aga­zines for M argaretville hospital and four subscriptions to the Cats- k ill Moimtain News.

I n d i c t m e n t s S o u g h t

F o r 1 7 D e f e n d a n t s

Twelve cases involving 17 de­fendants were prepared for pres­entation this week to the Dela­w are county grand jury by D. A. Richard Farley. Two of these in­volve cases of local interest.

Mrs. Dorothy Rowe, 32, of Hal- cottville has been charged w ith abandonment. She was accused of leaving her 13-year-old son in M argaretv^e to shift for himself while she and her husband drove elsewhere on Dec. 28.

M arshall T. Ackley, 29, of One- onta is charged w ith second de­gree forgery. Ackley was ac­cused of passing a forged check a t a Grand Gorge m otel Dec. 28. He was arrested in a car on the H ardscrabble road near Roxbury a fter a chase by sta te police. His companion, Joseph McAdam, who is supposed to have' signed the fraudulent check w ith another m an’s name, escaped into the woods and has not been caught.

Two groups of Stam ford youths face th ird degree burglary charges. In one group are B url Ray Scutt, 19, Howard E. Burdick, 21, K eam L. Buel, 26, and Andrew J. Havish, 22. They are accused of a feed store break-in. Jam es CahiU Jr., 17,, and W ayne F. Lafler, 16, are accused of breaking into summer cottages.

A Brooklyn man, H arold J. Thompson, 46, is charged w ith crim inal negligence in the fatal shooting of a hunting companion, Zegmont Grzesiak of Brooklyn, near Hancock during the last deer season.

Two Delhi A and T students are accurod of perjury. A rthur C. Kehoe, 5s5, of Adams, N. Y., was acquitted of a m otor vehicle vio­lation in Delhi police court last October partly on the strength of testim ony given by John T. Mc­Laughlin of New York city. The perjury action stem s from th a t tria l a fte r s ta te police learned th a t , McLaughlin was not a pas­senger in Kehoe’s car as he had testified.

O thers against whom D istrict A ttorney Richard Farley is seek­ing indictm ent are Charles IL W hite, 35, of W interdale, Pa., ^ th ird degree burglary; W illiam Haines, 19, of Hancock for abduc­tion; Maurice A. Fortney. 45, for second degree forgery, and Ralph O. Clarke of Hamden for selling intoxicants to minors. An indict­m ent is also asked against Emory Henness, 41, of Delhi for m ain­taining a public nuisance. Hen­ness was arrested while burning debris a t the site of the demoli­tion of the old Delhi Inn.

T rial jurors have been selected for the February term of Su­preme Court. Among local tales­men are George Barkm an, Della Rosa and E leanor W orden of Bo­vina Center, N ora Cole and Rob­e rt M isner of Andes, George Decker and A rthur Soderlind of Arkville, Gladys Christian, Ber­nard Hull and Anna Lawrence of M argaretville, Howard D ecker and Jack Lutz of Roxbury, Myron G. Sanford of New Kingston, S tanley Shaver and H arold Townsend of Fleischmanns and Cecil M. Wool- heater of Kelly Comers.

S e a s o n O p e n s J a n , 2 3

Beaver Are Pests in State;No Limit on Nwnber Trapped

Albany, Jan. 19.—Because New York sta te ’s population of beavers has become a nuisance in many places, th e ' Conservation D epart­m ent said today th a t it has been forced this season to perm it lib­eral trapping.

The liberalization policy includes extension of the beaver trapping season in several counties and an additional season M arch 1 through April 20 in the northern (Adiron­dack) zone. Restrictions lim iting the num ber of beaver perm itted each trapper also were removed excQ)t in seven central and w est­ern counties w here the lim it was the usual six pelts per license. *

New York’s beaver populations have bfeen increasing for many years. ’Hie ra te has been accel­erated by inadequate harvest of surplus stocks, due m ainly to de­pressed fu r prices.

N orthern zone (beaver and o tte r)—^Additional season M arch 1-April 20. The original season (now open) ends Jan. 31.

Southern zone (beaver)—Jan. 23-March 16 except no open sea­

son in counties of Chemung, C ort­land, Schuyler, Tioga, Tompkins and the counties comprising G reat­e r New York city and Long Is ­land (Bronx through Suffolk).

Southern zone (o tte r)—In coim- ties of Delaware, Dutchess, Ful­ton (southern zone p art), Greene, Otsego, Rensselaer, Schoharie, Sullivan and U lster, Jan . 23- M arch 16. In the counties of Co­lumbia, Orange, Rockland, S ara­toga (southern p art) the season also ends M arch 16 bu t is now open, having begun Nov. 1. In Putnam and W estchester, the sea­son, which opened Nov. 1, closes Jan. 31. In all other southern zone coimties, there is no open season for otter.

Limit—^No lim it in any zone on the num ber of beaver and o tter perm itted each trapper except not more than sfac beaver perm itted in the counties of Allegany, C a tta ­raugus, Broome, C3iautauqua, Che­nango, Steuben and Yates. All beaver and o tte r pelts m ust be tagged by a game protector. This m ust be done not la te r than <ive days a fte r the season closes.

School Merger Plan IssuedThe sta te ’s revised m aster plan

for reorganization of school dis­tric ts was delivered to schools in the area Monday morning. I t calls for consolidation of M arga­retville, Andes and Roxbury cen­tra l schools and Fleischmanns high school into one large central school district.

M aster P lan RevisedThe m aster plan was revised

last year after nearly two years of hearings. I t is the firs t re ­vision since 1947. Roxbury asked to become united w ith the th ree local schools after being original­ly destined to be in a combination w ith Grand Gorge and Gilboa. A rea hearings were held a t Sid­ney in September, 1957.

Onteora central school has completed its consolidation under the new plan, w ith the exception of the d istrict 6 Boulevard school in the town of Hurley. Woodstock schools became a p art of Onteora last June 30.

P lan Not CompulsoryThe sta te says ifi an explana­

tory note th a t the plan is a "blue­p rin t” and is not compulsory. Ac­tion to in itia te such a consolida­tion m ust come from w ithin the •districts affected. Dr. James. Allen, ^education commissioner, said th a t the aid is to create larger adm inistrative units w ith larger tax bases and larger pupil

T o w n G a m e W i l l A i d

M a r c h o f D i m e s F u n d

The M argaretville town basket­ball team will m eet Andes in a- re tu rn game Thursday, Jan. 29, a t the M argaretville central school gynuiasiiun for the benefit of the M arch of Dimes. T h e ' game promises to be one of the top attractions of the season, because Andes ,is the only team in the Tri-County league to have beaten the M argaretville quintet.

Contributions taken during the game will be turned over to the local organization for the drvie against infantile paralysis. Game tim e is 8 p. m.

M argaretville holds second place in the league, w ith a record of three wins and the Andes loss. Undefeated Stam ford is in first place.

Led by Jo e DeSilva, who whisked in 26 points, th e local five w ent on a scoring spree last week Thursday evening and w al­loped Grand Gorge, 102-68. The local record also includes decisive victories over Jefferson and Rox­bury. .

The team was scheduled to m eet Gilboa on the MCS coiu-t T hurs­day night th is week, sta rting a t 8 o’clock.

Besides DeSilva, members of the team are Coach Glen Reither, captain, John Hill, K enneth De­Silva, Raymond Barkm an, Ivan Misner, Louis Hamway, John Hosier, L arry Hull and Gene Snyder.

population so th a t increased edu­cational aids m ay be added eco­nomically.

Andes C reated in 1933Andes central school was cre­

ated Nov. 13, 1933, and began op­erating in the 1934-35 school year. Andes was created from one union free school d istrict and 12 com­mon school d istricts in the town of Andes, plus a d istrict which served Andes and Bovina jointly.

Common D istrict 16 serving parts of Andes and Middletown was added in August, 1940, as was Andes Common D istrict 22. ,The last unit, Andes Common D istrict 1, was added Nov. 24, 1943.

Roxbury was organized July 11, 1930, the oldest of the central schools affected in this area. Op­eration was begun in the 1930-31 school year.

There were nine common school d istricts and one union free dis­tric t in the o rig in^ centralization. Two common school, d istricts in the Halcottville area of the town of Middletown were added to Rox­bury central school on June 30,1939.

M argaretville Opened 1989-40M argaretville central school,

which began operating in the igsg-lO school year, was designat­ed on Aug. 15, 1938. In the orig­inal centralization were one union free district, six common school districts in the town of Middler town, three cofnmon districts serving parts of Andes and Mid­dletown, one serving p arts of Bo­vina and Middletown, one serving parts of Roxbury and Middletowa, two serving parts of H ardenburgh and Middletown, one in the town of H ardenburgh and one serving parts of Andes, H ardenburgh and Middletown.

Common d istrict 7, serving parts of Middletown, Shandaken and H ardenburgh was added July 7, 1939, and Middletown Common D istrict 18 was added Aug. 20,1940.

The sta te has designated for

B o y s V i s i t S h o pFleischmanns, Jan. 19 .,— C^b

Scout Pack 31 of Fleischm anns. enjoyed a visit to the CatskiU M ountain News office in M arga­retville W ednesday afternoon.

This visit made clear to the boys many term s to be used in connection w ith this m onth’s theme, "Cub. Scout Newsmen.”

The C u b s attending were Charles Miller, John Miller, T erry | Pultz, Charles Greene, David j Valk, BiUy Myers, F red Myers, | David Moore, Ralph Myers, Jeff­rey Slavin, W arren Slavin, An­thony DiBenedetto, Joshua Cohen, Danny Cantwell, M ark Lipton, Ronnie Gross and Dennis Balcom.

Den M others Mrs. Ralph Myers and Mrs. W illiam Cohen and their assistants, Mrs. Junior Pultz and Mrs. Sam Slavin, accompanied the group.

A n d e s G r a n g e

M e t L a s t W e e k

Andes, June 19. — There were several things of community in­te rest brought before the Andes Grange a t the m eeting Jan- 13( when 28 members and two Juveniles were in attendance.

The Grange w ill pu t qh a busi­nessman’s supper Jan. 28. There was a vote to m ake another book­case for the A ndes.library. The committee for th is project is Jay Conine, John Babel and Allen Joslin.

John Babel talked about the court reform bill. One candidate’s name was up for vote, there was a reading by Georgia F airbaim , a quiz on sta te name abbreviations and a cracker-eating contest. A cookie contest will feature the February meeting. Refreshm ents were served a t th e close of the members ^ y the service and hos­pitality committee.

F o l a n d s a r e H o n o r e d

B y A n d e s T e a c h e r sForm er Principal Robert E. Fo-

land and Mrs. Foland were hon­ored a t a dinner given by the Andes C entral School Teachers association Saturday night a t the Andes hotel. Mr. and Mrs. Fo­land and their sons will leave An­des Feb. 1 to live in Delmar.

Mr. Foland resigned leist week as principal a t Andes to begin w ork for the sta te Jan. 15 as a supervisor of secondary education. A g ift on behalf of the association and 70 persons present was made to Mr. and Mrs. Foland by Mrs. E lizabeth Mabon, president of the asscoiation.

A r t T e a c h e r

T o l d o f F i n l a n dMiss Ldisa Lipdes, a r t teac^ier

a t the M argaretville central school, talked to the M argaretville Ro­tary club a t the weekly dinner a t Kass inn ’Tuesday evening. She told of the lives of individuals in Finland, her native country. The ta lk was interesting and inform ­ing, much enjoyed.

Miss Liedes w as accompanied by four other first year members of the M argaretville faculty. ITiey were Mr. and Mrs. Reither, Miss Ann Holden and Mrs. Emmeline Scudder.

N o r t h S l o p e s B e s t

T o H o l d S n o w

Roxbury, Jan. 20.—Sanford and Gary Hinkley, proprietors of the new P lattek ill ski slopes which opened the past weekend, ex­plained the construction of their slopes a t Roxbury R otary club a t the Roxbury hotel Monday night. Their ski slope then had snow. I t has one big advantage over other area slopes, as it faces northeast and thus has snow while others have ice. Th? three other area slopes face east, east and northwest.

addition to the M argaretville cen­tra l school district Fleischmanns high school district, which takes in a com er of the town of Shan­daken in U lster county, and the following common school districts, whose pupils now a ttend Fleisch­m anns high school:

Clovesville, Lower Bedell, Por- tertow n, and Bedell, all in Dela­w are county, Townsend Hollow, which includes com ers of the town of Middletown in Delaware county and the town of H alcott and Lexington in Greene county. W est Settlem ent, Church, Hedcott C enter and Johnson Hollow, all in the town of Halcott.

The plan has m any ram ifica­tions locally, should a super cen­tralization become a reality. Forem ost of these are the trans­portation problems, plus the use of existing buildings.

The M argaretville, Roxbury and Andes central school buildings are modem, having been erected in 1938 and 1939. However, none are large enough to house the entire pupil population of the combined districts. MCS fourth grade classes are being held in the three-room Arkville school, which was constructed n the mid-1920’s. A brick wing of the Fleischmanns school was constructed in the early 1930’s. The rem ainder of the building is of fram e construc­tion.

B e l l e a j n r e C h a p t e r

I n s t a l l e d O f f i c e r s

Officers of the Belleayre chap­ter, OES, were installed Tuesday evening, Jan. 13, by Mrs. Seager Fairbaim , assisted by Mrs. E rnest Vredenburgh and Mrs. Judson Todd. They are:

M atron, Thelm a Brannen; pa­tron, Horace Brannen; associate m atron, Thelma ^co tt; associate patron, Graham Bruce; secretary, Evadine Garrison; treasurer, Ruth Hill; conductress, Susan Arm­strong; associate conductress, Em­meline Scudder; trustee, Ola Scudder: m arshall, W anda Todd; asssitant m arshall, R uth Vreden­burgh; chaplain, Florence E ckert; historian, B etty B aker; musician, (Gertrude Ketchum; w arder, Nellie V redenburgh: sentinel, A rthur Soderlind: color bearer, ft Q ral Rose; Ruth, N ina H aynes; Esther, M arjorie S ^ e rlin d ; M artha, Ver­na M erritt. To be installed la te r are: E lecta, Eva M cFarland find Adaii, M ary Holdridge.

L a d i e s A | d E l e c t s

P i n e H i l l O f f i c e r s

Pine Hill, Jan. 19.—^The Ladies Aid society of the Commimity church had an aU-day quilting Thursday and the annual meeting w ith election of officers. The officers all reelected are: P resi­dent, Mrs. Charles Griffin; vice- president, Mrs. M errill Hitchcock; secretary, Mrs. F red Cure; assist­an t secretary, Mrs. H arold P er­sons; treasurer, Mrs. Jam es Smith Sr.; assistant treasurer, Mrs. W alter M urray.

B a d W e a t h e r C a u s e s

B a s k e t b a l l D e l a y s

The league game which was to have been played last week F ri­day evening between M argaretville and South K ortright central schools will be played a t the MCS gym Saturday evening. The game was postponed because of the weather.

The Roxbury-Andes game to have been played Friday was postponed indefinitely.

A u d i o - S e a r s W e l c o m e s

Electronics Firm in Roxbury Will Hold Open House

Roxbury, Jan. 19.—Audiosears, Delaware county’s electronic cor­poration, announces it will hold open house from 7 to 9 p. m. next Monday, Jan. 26, in its Roxbury plant. The plant will be in op­eration.

Public’s F irs t V isit

’This wiU be the firs t tim e f te public has seen the plant since its incorporation in July of 1957.

F ifty EmployesThe firm has nearly 50 em­

ployes, m ostly women. I t special­izes in electronic communication equipment, such as head sets, microphones, telephone compon­ents and a ll types of audio equip­ment.

I ts prim ary jcontracts come from the federal government, RCA and Emerson. I t also pro­duces transducers, which change electrical energy into soimd, and vice versa.

I t has contracts for all bremches of the service and also furnishes missile centers w ith communica­tion gear.

On H ardscrabble RoadThe firm is located on the H ard­

scrabble road, 1 % miles north of

Roxbury off Route 30. I t is near the hom estead of famous natu ral­ist John Burroughs.

AudioSears is one of a half- dozen component specieilty plants in the U nited States. I t started originally as the M. J. Sears Co. in 1950, developed gradually into the present corporation.

Mrs. Jessica P. Sears is presi­dent, her husband, S terling G. Sears, is presidential assistant. Durwood K. Lifgren is chief of engineering and tooling, and Jam es Denson production m ana­ger.

Students A re InvitedM r. Lifgren, publicity chairm an

for ope;i house, said tha t, besides the 7 to 9 p. m. open house fo r the public, student groups were in­vited to tour the p lant during the day.

H e said Audiosears already had scheduled t o u r s fo r seniors, physics or industrial a r t classes from schools a t Stam ford, Grand CJorge, Roxbury and M argaretville.

During open house, there will be guided tours by the staff, w ith explanations on each phase of the plant’s operation. And there will be refreshm ents.

Audiosears officials expect a t least 500 to visit the pleint.

N e w J e r s e y W i n s

S l a l o m A t B e l l e a y r e

The eighth annual giant slalom a t Belleayre ski center was won Saturday by the team represent­ing New Jersey clubs. The win­ners had a 33.5 second m argin over the New York team to win the slalom for the fifth time.

F orty m en and 20 women com­peted "in the senior event. The C athedral Brook trail, which had not been used previously this sea­son, was in excellent condition for the race.

Best tim e for men was recorded by O tto W eber of the Swiss Ski club of New York, who covered the three-quarter mile inm in 1 m inute, 28.6 seconds. Jackie Luscian of the Plainfield, N. J., club had the best women’s time, 1 minute, 38.7 seconds.

H e a r t F u n d l ^ e e k s

M o n e y I n F e b r u a r y

The H eart Fund drive is nation wide and is conducted by the American H eart association and its affiliates of which Delaware county is one. Approximately 10,000 communities in th e nation will conduct sim ilar drives. The drive begins February 1 and con­tinues through February 28.

Twenty - three areas in the county have been organized under the direction of a chairm an and co-chairman. Each chairm an will have a steering conunittee of cap­tains to take chaise of the various avenues. These captains in tum will recru it hundreds of volunteers who wiU visit residents in their neighborhood.

The task of solving complex health problems is in the hands of a relatively sm all band of de­voted research scientists. They need help—our help in the form of money—^vitally needed for new projects and to tra in young scientists for research careers.

In addition, the efforts of these dedicated Delaware county people m ake possible the m onthly h eart clinics in the county and the distribution of penicillin tab ­lets to prevent recurren t a ttacks of rheum atic fever.

The penicillin program alone, ex­clusive’ of the other services of the association, deserves the sup­port of every citizen. Over 100 bottles of penidllin are m ailed to doctors in th e county each month. The doctors >ih tu m give i t to patients w ithout chsurge. In m any cases, th is can mean the dif­ference between life as an invalid o r one of health.

George Bloodgood of th is vil­lage has been appointed H eart ciiairman. He has not yet an- noimced workers.

O ther chairm en in this section are: Mrs. F ranklin Oles and Mrs. S tew art Ford, Andes; Mrs. Clark Lay, Bovina; Miss B etty Humph­rey, Fleischmanns;^ Mrs. A rthur Clark, Roxbury.

M a n y M o n e y E f f o r t s

I n W i n t e r M o n t h s

A county-wide magazine sub­scription campaign is under way sponsored by a committee of the American Legion. Proceeds wiU be used to buy hospital equip­m ent for the free use of anyone who needs it. The equpiment is in each un it in the county. Mrs. H arold B aker has charge of the campaign in M argaretville.

This is one of several campaigns for money which come in the early months of the year. O thers are:

M arch of Dimes H eart Red Cross Cancer.

The collection ^ r Boy and Girl Scouts took place in October. O iristm as . seals came in Decem­ber. This makes a to ta l of seven money campaigns, often called drives, for the w inter months.

R e ^ estate taxes and Income taxes m ight be added to m ake the grand to tal of nine.

I n s t a l l a t i o n f o r

R e v . K o p p P o s t p o n e d

The instaUation of Re\^ A rthur Kopp as pastor of the M argaret­ville and New Kingston United P resbyterian churches has been postponed. I t was to have been held Sunday aftem oon a t the New Kingston church.

C h i m n e y B u r n s O u t

I n R o b e r t s R e s i d e n c e

A chimney fire in the home of Nelson Roberts on Church stree t was pu t out Monday morning about 10:30 by M argaretville fire­men. A new-type flare, which quickly pierees the stopped-up chimney, was used by the depart- m entafor the firs t time.

S h o w t o A i d ^ D i m e s ’P ine Hill, Jan . 20. — Contribu­

tions for the M arch of 'D im es campaign should be sent to H arry Allen. Monday evening, Jan . 26, a t 8 o’clock a t O nteora central school a benefit show for the M arch of Dimes will be put on by a troupe from S tew art Air Force base.

Streams SpUl Over As Wind And Rain Replace Sub-Zero

F l o a t i n g I c e J a m s C u l v e r t s , B r i d g e s ;

M a i n S t r e e t I n M a r g a r e t v i l l e F l o o d e d

W h e n N e w B u l l R u n B r i d g e W a s B l o c k e d

’The coldest tem peratures of the w inter which gripped th e area Monday morning m oderated w ithm two days to the w arm est w eather the Catskills have had since November. ’H ie w arm th was not

a pleasant warm th, however, com-

C o m m i s s i o n e r t o B e

L i n c o l n D a y S p e a k e r

Don Wickham of Hector, N. Y., recently-appointed' S tate Commis­sioner of Agriculture, will be the speaker a t the annual dinner of Delaware county Republicans at Kass inn W ednesday evening, Feb. 11. This is Ash Wednesday.

Mr. WickhEun is known about the s ta te as an excellent speaker. Mrs. K atharine St. CJeorge, who has delivered inspiring addresses a t the five previous Lincoln day dinners, is among the Republican members of Congress who have been asked by National Chairman Meade Alcorn to expand their speaking activities on behalf of the party this year. Because of the increased demands upon her time, the speaker policy was altered to perm it her to fulfill additional engagements.

W ilber S. Oles Jr., Dealware county clerk, was named a gen­eral chairm an of the sixth annual Delaware Qounty Republican Lincoln day dinner a t a Saturday m eeting a t the inn.

A ttending the m eeting to make arrangem ent^ for the dinner, a t which approximately 425 persons are expected were S ta te Senator E. Ogden Bush, DeLancey, Dela­ware county Republican commit­tee chairm an; Mrs. H arrie tt Aus-

ing on the wings of pelting sleet, snow, rain and wind, which raised havoc w ith travel and com fort

The long-awaited January thaw loosened ice in the stream s and on side hiU roads. The rain m elted the recent snows and filled the stream s, which carried ice as fa r as the nearest obstacle.

The new Main stree t bridge, longer and wider than the old span, could not cope w ith th e jamming, ice and w ater spilled over into the stree t soon a fte r noon Wednesday. W ater rose high enough to surge into the firs t floors of the Insler building, post office and Tuttles, Douglas Kelly’S sales building also had w ater in the cellar. The curbs were filled as fa r east as th e A and P store and alm ost to F a ir street. Ice jammed the stom i sewere.

Pike poles were used in a vain attem pt to clear thebridge. As fast as the ice could be shoved free, morechunks could come float­ing the Bull Run. An attem pt was a ^ o made in the la te aftem oon to break up the jam a t the upper end of the bridge by dynamiting.

Trooper F red Baessler directed the placing of sandbags on both sides of the bridge to form a chan­nel across the roadway. Main stree t traffic was detoured via Sw art and Academy streets, but yet had to ford several hundred

ton, Delhi, Vice-chairman; M r s .

O rrin Q. Filnt, Delhi,' sta te 'com - mitteewoman; Sidney Mang, Sid­ney, sta te committeeman; Dela­w are C^oimty Sheriff Wendell A. Young; County W elfare Commis­sioner W arren Kelly of Delhi; Mr. Oles.

W allace W^oikoop, Downsville, town of CW diester supervisor; Michael Cuneen, W alton, general m anager WDLA radio statical; Mrs. Cuneen; Donald M. Dickson, Andes; Mrs. Donald M. Fenton, M argaretville, Middletown com- m itteewoman; Mrs. Robert W yer; H. Glen H arper, Delhi.

Committees appointed include: Tickets, w ith Sheriff Young and Delaware County T reasurer C. O. Field, W alton, co-chairmen; re­ception, w ith Mrs. Fenton afe chairman, Mrs. Austin and Mrs. Mang; program, w ith Mrs. F lin t and Mr. Dickson as co-chairmen, Senator Bush; publicity, Mrs. Wyer, chairman, Mr. Cuneen, Mr. H arper.

L ast February, 386 persons a t­tended the dinner. Enlarged facilities a t Kass inn will provide accmmodations th is year for 425.

H o m e U n i t M e m b e r s

L e a r n H o w t o K n i t

Fleischmanns, Jan. 19.—A regu­la r m eeting of the Home Demon­stration unit was held Thursday evening, Jan. 15, a t the home of Mrs. Jam es Pavlos. Seventeen members attended. Mrs. M urray Mayes was leader on learning to knit.

The next m eeting wiU be an open m eeting to be held Thurs­day evening, Feb. 5, a t the school. Edward DeGroff of the local Flisser-DeGroff agency, will be guest speaker. His topic will be "Insurcuice for the Fam ily.”

The public is invited.

N early two feet of gravel in the Bull Run which was not re ­moved by the s ta te last autum n contributed to the blockage, "nie new bridge is also several inches lower than the old. ’ITiis b r o u ^ t on th e ice jam . _ ..........

Reports of ice and w ater- t^ocked roeds were freqoent W ednesday afternoon; Hillside homes in Fleischm anns had w ater in basements.' The firs t rain fell Tuesday night following an a f t^ o c m and evening of in tem iitten t heavy snow squalls, which deposited up to five inches of snow on the area. Before dawn Wednesday rising te m p e ra tin ^ had tusned the snow into heavy rain. This continued m ost of W ednesday, polishing the ice and m aking driv­ing hazardous. Though not steady, heavy downpours con­tinued through th e day.

A M argaretville central school bus was delayed an hour in the Millbrook valley W ednes^y mpm- jpg because of ice on the slopes of the road. A town sand tm ck was dispatched to enable the bus to continue the trip to school.

Skiing w as stopped a t the Belleayre m ountain center Wed­nesday after the rain had turned hard-packed snow to glare ice on the trails. U ntil the rain came prospects for the best skiing weekend w ere becraning brighter. New snow Tuesday had fallen on slopes wom thin and icy by the skis of thousands of devotees. More than 7,000 were a t the slope last w eekend

Reports from Middleburgh in­dicated th a t the Schoharie vaQey was having sim ilar trouble w ith back road flooding. W eather forecasters w arned of possible flooding in poor drainage areas before a sharp drop in tem pera­tu re Thursday aftemoOn and a re tu rn to b itte r cold by m id n i^ t.

M e e k e r H o l l o w V e n t u r e

Roxbury’s Newest Sid Slope Had First W eekend Skiers

Roxbury, Jan. 19.—^The new P lattek ill ski slope near Itoxbury was open for the firs t tim e last weekend. ’This ski slope, con­structed by Sanford Hinkley, well k n o ^ Roxbury contractor, a t P lattek ill m ountain in Meeker hol­low, had excellent snow conditions for its opening day. A crowd of between 60 and 75 Delaware coim- ty people mostly, from Delhi, Ho­b a rt and environs, enjoyed top skiing.

There are th ree rope-tow lifts and two trails, a beginner’s tra il and a m ore advanced trail. H iere is a new ski lodge, w ith refresh­m ents sold, and also a few skis to ren t out.

The other Roxbury ski center in Vega was also well patronized Sunday. Among those present was the Herald-Tribune feature w riter, Denise M cduggage.

Miss McCluggage w rote Tues­day of h er experiences on the Rpxbury slope. She described the Avalanche tra il, sta rting w ith a gentle corridor “it drops shaiply.

very sharply, and looking down is like looking off a shelf. F a r a t the bott(»n are the horseshoe of parked cars, (finky toys in a shop window, and the bright yellow lodge w ith its big windows glint­ing in the sun. I t is a lovely sight.”

Miss McCluggage brojie a ski tip on th e upper reaches of the tra il and received “cat-scratches th a t the snow le ft across the side of m y face." She said she’d like to try it again when the snow is deep and she has two whole skis again.

The w riter called the 20 miles from Belleayre to Rcodiury, "a crow4-thinner. There is m sel­dom a line a t the le ff a t Roxbury, i t is alm ost safe to say never.”

Boris Deniic, who has beaded the ^ school a t Roxbury since its opening two years ago, is m anager of th e area th is season. W em er Kuhn is head of t t e sk i patro l and Jam es Fusscas is pres­ident of th e Roxbury Ski C m te r corporation.