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■M árgaretii^ , y ., TTiursday, January 7, 1965 GATSKILL MOUNTAIN NBWS Page F ive
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Local and PersonalDennie Davidson is a patient in
Margaretville hospital.
Charles Boggs is a patient Margaretville hospital.
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Mr. and Mrs. Paul Kopper and family moved to their new home in Saugerties Saturday.
Miss Ellen Judge left Sunday to resume her senior year studies at Skidmore college at Saratogo.
Mrs. Viola Gavette was discharged from the Margaretville liospital Tuesday. She had been .admitted Christmas night.
The Altruist class of the Mar- ^aretville Methodist church will meet at the home of Mrs. Harold Baker at 8 o’clock tonight.
Dr. and Mrs. Austin Flint and son, Alan John, of Springfield, Mass., were weekend guests of her father, Alfred Glendening.
Andrew Elwood Sr. spent the Christmas weekend with his son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Elwood Jr., at Central Islip, L. I.
Mr. and Mrs. William Cronin and son, Billy, of Ringwood, N. J., ■were last week Wednesday to Friday guests ’ of her mother,- Mrs. Susie Delameter. ^
Installation of officers will be held by BeUeayre chapter. Order Uastern Star, at 8 p. m. Tuesday in the Masonic lodge rooms. A covered dish supper will follow.
Naoko Qmpto, Rotary exchange student, who has been a house ^ est of the Walton Heley family since hér arrival in September, moved to the William Sluiter residence Monday.
The Margaretville Junior Ho¡me Demonstration unit wiU meet at the fire hall Wednesday evening at 8 o’clock. The project will be a comparison of various convenience foods.
Jon Veit left Simday to resume his studies at Wesleyan college, Middletown, Conn. He was taken hy his mother and grandmother, Mrs. Robert Veit and Mrs. Ellen Stahl, respectively. ^
The Margaretville hospital auxiliary will have a luncheon at the hospital tomorrow áftemoon at 1:30. Following the limcheon, •workers will sew at the Margaretville Methodist church.
Mr. and Mrs. George Rose, and family of Walton were New Year’s •eve and day guests of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Odell Rose. The hoys, Scott and Steve, stayed an extra day with, their grandparents.
Mr. and Mrs. John, Clark and daughters, Deborah and Theresa,
rrctamed rto-their-honie in-Biiífaio- last Thursday after spending a ■week’s Christmas vacation with his parents, Mr, and Mrs. Paul ■Clark.
Airman First Class and Mrs. Elmo Raymond and son, . Paul David, returned to their home in Plattsbiu-gh after spending several days of Christmas'Week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Clark.
Among the local residents to leave for Florida vacations this •week were CUfton EUiott, Willard Sanford, Miss Eliza Sanfoid, Miss Charlotte Sanford, Mrs. Casper Bellows and Mrs. Angelina Cer- <juozzi.
Mrs. Elizabeth Cowan, who has been a patient in Margaretville hospital for several weeks, was transferred to Bassett hospiteil at Cooperstown Monday. She is scheduled to undergo surgery for a ruptured disc in her back today.
Dr. arid Mrs. Reuben Smith spent three days <at Christmas •with Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Uoyd at Cortland. For New Year’s day they were with their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Ed- ■ward S. Birdsall, and family at South Kortright.>
Bryan VanBenschoten returned to . the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert VanBenschoten, last week Tuesday after spending several days with his brother-in- law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. s Donald Barbeau. On Sunday he left to resume his studies at A lfred university, Alfred.
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Prince of Bamsey,. N. J., were weekend ^ests of Mr. and Mrs. Italo Mar- sico. Joining them for New Year’s day dinner were Mr. and Mrs. Sal Aprea and sons, Robert and John, of Kingston, Carol and Barbara PoUey of Little Falls, N. J., Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bertalino and sons and his father, all of Margaretville.
The WSCS of the Margaretville Methodist church will hold an allday meeting in the chui^ fellowship hall Tuesday starting at 10 a. m. Mentibers are to bring a covered dish for the limcheon. Mrs. Vernon Cook is hostess. The business meeting will follow at 2 p. m. Program leader is Mrs. Kenneth Truran and worship leader, Mrs. Arthur Barringer.
E l i j a h Q u ic k D ie d
A t C h ic h e s t e r H o m eFuneral services for Elijah
Quick, who died suddenly New Years day at, his Chichester home, were held Monday afternoon at the Gormley funeriil home in Phoenicia. Burial is in the Mt. Pleasant cemetery at Mt. Trem- per.
Mr. Quick is survived by his wife, Mrs. Laura Quick, three sons, Elijah Quick Jr. of Mt. Tremper, Herman Quick of Chichester and Harold Quick of Lanesville, six daughters, Mrs. Andrew Krom of Shandaken, Mrs. Clarence Van Lfeuvan of Mt. Tremper, Miss Elaine Quick of EUenvüle, Mre. Richard ‘Merwin of Huntér and Mrs. Burton Berry- ann of Mt. Tremper, and 16 grsmd- cshildren. Also su M ^ g is a brother, Wilson Quick, of KingSr ton.
Tech"^ B u ild in g B u m sDelhL— A two-story frame house
on the former David Anderson f£um on the outskirts of Delhi was destroyed by fire believed to have been started from spontaneous combustion around water pump packing. Mr. Anderson had vacated the p ro p e l two weeks earlier after selling the property to the D e^ Tech faculty-student association.
I n f i r m a r y R e s id e n t s
H a d M e r r y H o l id a yPatients at the new Delaware
county home and infirmary were entertained on several occasions during the Christmas holidays.
Musical groups from school and churches came singing carols several times.
Santa arrived unexpectedly in the dining room, giving each an orange, and later visited the patients who are confined to their rooms.
Mrs. Mary Briggs’ fifth grade at Charlotte Valley central school Davenport, presented a Christmas play in the auditorium for the entertainment. Later in the afternoon, Mrs. AxteU ali.d her Brownie troop presented a friend ship tree to the patients.
Many other groups were most generous in their remembrances of those confined in the new facUity The Salvation Army presented each patient with a package ot fruit, candy and toiletries. The Franklin Baptist church brought gifts for each of lotion, aprons, and bags of goodies. The Walton Grange brought cookies and candy. The Walton Business and Professional Womens club brought fruit to be distributed. Favors were brought by the Missionette circle of the Walton Reformed Presbjrterian church.
Decorations at the infirmary were, for the most part, made and provided by the horticultural society. The Priscilla circle of the P tet Presbyterian church, Delhi, sent a poinsettia specifically for the dining room. In addition to aU these remembrances, many of the patients were remembered by organizations in the localities where they formerly resided, as well as by their many personal friends, relatives and acquaintances.
Two volunteers, Miss Carolyn Vredenburgh and Miss Lynn Matthews of I^lhi distributed mail and read Christmas messages to the patients.
A d d is o n C . A v e r y
D ie d a t H o s p i t a lAddison C. Avery, 67, of Mar
garetville died Tuesday at Margaretville hospital, the day after he had been admitted.
Funeral services 1W11 be held at 2 p. m. Friday at the Herrick funeral home in Margaretville, with Rev. Albert Larcombe officiating. Burial WiU be in the Margaretville cemetery.
Mr. Avery is survived by his wife, Mrs. Alice Peck Avery, a son, Leon Avery of Toano, Va., a brother, William Avery of Township, N. Y., and two sisters, Mrs. Leon Furch of Fleischmaims and Mrs. Harris Ballard of Denver.
Bom March 20, 1897 in Dry Brook, Mr. Avery was the son of DeWitt and Lucy Ackerley Avery. His occupation was gardening and caring for lawns and premises for local residents.
Addition Houses Spacious Andes Hotel Dining RoomTwo views of newly-opened addition to jthe Andes hotel, us^ for the first time'‘during the holidays. Masonry structure adjoins original
hotel building on the south. With capacity for 200 persons, the dining room housed by the addition also features a central dance floor.
Mr.Miller
RoxburyRoxbury, Jan. 4
and Mrs. Raymond P. and children, Lyraje and
Gregg, visited friends in liberty during the holiday week.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl T. Sdireiber entertained at Christmas dinner Mr. and Mrs. Paul 'Hmmerman and Mr. and Mrs. William Friend, all of Roxbury. Mr. and Mr . Friend recently built a house on the hill above Stratton Falls road.
Earl G. Schreiber has returned to his studies at Albany State University college after spending the holidays with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Earl T. Schreiber.
C a r r F u n e r a l H e ldRoxbury, Jan. 5.—The funeral
of John Carr of Grand Gorge, onetime Roxbury resident, who died Tuesday before Christmas in the Veterans hospital in Albany, was held the day after Christmas at the Miller funeral home vdth Rev. John Wimer, Methodist pastor, in charge. Bearers were Everett Becker, Preston Hayiies,. George Hamm and Clifton Kirk. Interment was at the Roxbury Methodist cemetery.
C o n g re is ra t io n t o M e e tShavertown, Jan. 4.— Theré 'wilj,
jbe a meeting of the congregation of the Shaverto^ Presbyterian churdi at the church after the regular service Simday. Financial reports, election of officers and other business of interest to the congregation will be presented concerning the year past. Churdi, Bible school; youth group and Ladies Aid will submit year-end data. Future actions will be discussed.
N o ta r y C lu b H e a r d
i i s t o r y o f L ib r a r yRoxbury, Jan. 4.—The Rotary
dub met at Maplehurst üyionday evening. Earl T. Schreiber, who had charge of the program, introduced his wife, \s; ho is presMent of the Roxbury Public Library association. Mrs. Schreiber talked of Roxbury’s first library which was established nearly 150 years ago, 1816. It was first called .“Social Library of the Town pf Roxbury,” later changed to “Roxbury Sodal Libreiry.”
The members were aU men, and the library was discontinued in 1835. There was no library then until 1893, when a “Roxbury Circulating Library association” was formed with Thomas J. Weyl as the first president. The library began with a bookcase at the office of the late Dr. A. R. Ellis and most of the books were fiction. In 1895 Helen M. Gould bought the house on Elm street, now Dr. John C. Sweatman's- home. This was the library imtil after Mrs. Shepard’s death in 1938. In 1939 the lib r ^ was moved to the new Central school where it stiU remains.
In addition to the historical aspects of the library, other matters were discussed including finance comj»sition and circulation and participation in the four- county library system.
Excerpts were read from the bulletin of the Rotary club at Col- lingwo^, Australia, reporting from the travels and observations of Peter John Stevens, the recent Rotary exchange student, who, returned to Australia in December.
S e m i- T r a i le r W e ig h t
D is p la y s E l im in a t e dAlbany, Jan. 4. — New York
State - registered semi - trailers need no longer have their “weight information” painted on their sides.
Two new sets of regulations, adopted by the State Departments of Taxation and Finance and Motor Vehicles, eliminate this requirement because a need no longer exists for it.
Until now, semi-trailers were required to have captions stating theiii unladen weight, maximum load, Tmd maximum gross wei^t. These captions were used in connection 'With levying vehicle registration fees and truck mileage taxes.
Changes in the registration fee structure for semi-trailers añd in methods of enfordng the trudc mileage tax have now eliminated the need. Department spokesmen e:q>lained. ,
The new regulations apply only to semi-trailers and not to other types of vehicles which must continue to display the captions, as before.
M V O f f i c e s O p e nMotor Vehide offices at Delhi,
Sidney, Margaretville. and Deposit win be open on Saturday from 9 a. m. to 12 during the month of January for the issuance o f 1965 registrations. There will te no learner’s permits issued Saturdays.
Correspondent’s Scrapbook Recounts 1964 Wais Yesu* of Change in Roxbury
By Inna Mae Griffin 1 the homecoming of the districtRoxbury, Jan. 4.—The year 1964 «rand lecturer, John Shultis, in
iii Roxbury was a year of changes, September,of landmarks, of broken records. For one thing, it will be remembered as the driest year on Record. Three or- four years of below- average rainfall was climaxed this year by 14 inches below average— an all-time record. Springs gave
Botd ClosedThe most f^-reaching change
during the year was the closing of the Roxbury hotel Oct. 31 ■with a final party. The hotel, Roxbury’s largest d most, prominent structure, has had a large part in Ro?c- burys social and business lifeout on farms where this had never
"ZZl S ^ ¿ "l7 ^ ^ d i^'its ¿'^ent three! story size since 1880. It stood inbusy, and many farmers just gave
up and sold their cows.Considering the dryness, Rox
bury had the best year in the history of the fire department, said the chief Elton LaRue. The losses from fire were lowest of any year in his records. There were 13 calls during the year, but only two fires resulted in fire damage here, .Leonard Buel’s truck and Burton deed’s car together a damage total of $225. Five were for grass fires, three for chimney fires, three for cars or trucks, one was a standby for Margaretville and one was for assistance at Halcottville.
Anniversaries Plentiful The year was rich in anniver
saries of aU kinds. At least five couplés had golden wedding anniversaries, the Raymond Cronks, the Burton Reeds, the Scott San- fords, the Otis Reeds and the Jesse Caswells.
The town’s oldest msuried couple. Rev. and Mrs. William Torrens, celebrated their 60th wedding aimiversary by an open house in June.
Roxbury has a number of post- golden anniversary couples. Mr. and Mrs. Grover DuMond had their 58th anniversary during the year; Mr. and Mrs. George Lawrence their 57th; Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Reed of Spruce street their 54th; Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Willi- man of Vega their 54th; Mr. and Mrs. Leland J. Todd their 53d; Mr. and Mrs. John F. Ballard their 52d and Mr. and Mrs. Perry L White their 51st. Three other couples who celebrated post-golden anniversaries in 1964 were later in the year separated by death.
Süver anniversaries were for Mr. and Mrs. John Dugan Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Cartwright, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Triolo, Mr. and Mrs. John Kunzler, Mr. amd Mrs. Keith Matheson, Mr. and Mrs. Forrest D. Couch, Mr. aná Mrs. Andrew F. Lutz, Mr. and Mrs. Kermeth Williman, Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Sanford, Mr. and Mris. Carl Eignor, Mr. and Mrs. Uoyd Lawrence.
The most notable birthday celebrations during the year were for Mrs. Charles Gorsch’s 97th and Mrs. H. S. Van Woert’s 90th. .
Coeur de Lion chapter,' Order of the Eastern Star, celebrated its 65th anniversary with appropriate festivities in November. This was the first time any Roxbury social organization has reached 65 years. In May, Delaware Valley Grange celebrated its silver anniversary with a program led by the lecturer, Mrs. Harry Gockel. Cbeur de Lion chapter also celebrated
the way of the proposed new route 30 south of Roxbury, so it had to go. It is stUl standing, but by the end of 1965, there will be a new road under construction through the site. The new road from Halcottville to Margaretville was completed in September.
Historic property in and around town changed hands during the year. The Burroughs homestead was sold back to the Burroughs family by the Kims, who had owned it 11 years. The Kelly farm in Halcottville, the-Roxbury theater, Minnerly’s store, the old Dr. White house at Strattons Falls, the old Dudley house on Main, the MacLaury homestead on Bridge, and several others are in the process of being sold.
“Roxbury Run,” a new development in Denver, was started.
The year 1964 was a wonderful year for skiing, which lasted from Christmas 1963 ,to April 1964. Christinas 1963 was slippery, snowy and icy. By contrast, Christmas 1964/was the warmest on recori^ and we had a three- day rain which did much to alleviate the drouth. It was not a white Christmas, but travelers appre- dated the bare ground.
The Roxbury Methodist church changed ministers in the spring when Rev. Richard Guice was transferred to Trinity church in Kingston and Rev. John Wimer came. Early in 1964, Rev. Cornelius Lepeltak, director of Kirk- side for 11 years, left for Cobles- kill, and Rev. Henry Franken came from Canada. Also at the Gould Memorial church, Mrs. Lillian Aikmaii, who had been organist for 40 years, resigned, was given a party ,and Mrs. Frances Gorsch took her place.
The correspondent’s scrapbook shows that Roxbury suffered severely in deaths of old-time residents. John KeUy, lifelong resident, retired businessman and welfare'chaimtóta, died in September, a&s. James Minnerly, Mrs. George Ennist, a gold star mother, and Mrsi FYed Weyl ffied within a few weeks of one another.
As for tragic events, a seven- year-old Roxbury girl, Deborah Van Steenburgh, was killed in Mardi in a motor accident. In July came the news of the tragic death of our former pastor, Rev. Gerald Bostock, in a motor acd- dent in California.
Hunting' season was good with a record kill, and a 320-pound bear hanging in front of the new motel.
The newest organization, the ' Entertainers, gave an outstanding
R u r a l P o p u la t io n
L o s e s R e p r e s e n t a t io nIhe power and influence of
rural legislators is on the wane. This is being brought about by the Supreme court incision on reapportionment and Will be true for both state and national .lawmakers. i .
Efforts of the New York state Assembly and Senate to stave off the effects of the court order indicate the fár-reaching effects of the situation. Four alternate plans were passed in the hope that one would meet court tests. Until there has been a ruling, Delaware and other rural counties will not know where they stand or which counties will be joined to form districts.
Many citizens, whether they live in metropolitan areas or on farms, do not realize yet the importance of what is happening. j
State legislative reapportionment is a dull-sounding mouthful. But concealed in the yawn-inducing phrase is a i>olitical revolution, with effects still to be calculated.
Under court prodding, ’ or the threat of litigation, at least 30 states •win take up this year the task of revamping their legislative districts. Cities and suburbs, especially the latter, seerh certain to emerge with much stronger representation.
It is true that rural legislators have started a race against time to amend the Constitution to restrict the courts’ power over apportionment. But students of government doubt this move will succeed.
The background is this:.Over the decades cities and
suburbs grew enormously while the rural population dwindled. But many state legislatures, most of them dominated by countrymen, declined to reapportion accordingly. 'This led to instances where a rural resident’s vote was worth 10 or 100 times the vote of a city citizen’s and in one extreme case— Vermont—nearly 1,000 times.
Lawyers for city and suburbs argued hotly that this led to neglect of such metropolitan problems as education, urban sprawl, urban flight, housing, mass transportation.
In 1962, the U. S. Supreme court ruled that courts could hear and decide such coniplaints of “invidious discrimination.” And in June 1964 it handed down its “one- man, one-vote” dedsion, holding that represjentation in both houses must be based primarily on population, not geography or other factors.
Lower courts, following the high tribunal’s lead, got tough. In two states, Oklahoma and Wisconsin, judges themselves did the redis- tricting. In others they set deadlines for the legislatures to do it— or else.'
T o l d R e a d in g C lu b
O f A la s k a n L i f eRoxbury, Jan. 5.— The Roxbury
Reading club met Monday night at the library with an evening on Alaska, led by Mrs. T. Howard Smith, who gave a vivid view of our biggest and next to the newest state. Her youngest son, William H Smith, and his wife have lived in Fairbanks, Alaska, since September, where he has a position as librarian at the Alaska State university.
Fairbanks is a city of 12,000. The dimate is colder than Anchorage, in Southern Alaska, which has 22,000' population and is more urbanized. William wrote that the Alaskan background of Edna Ferber’s novel “Ice Palace” is accurate. He sent some moving picture fihns to his mother of himself and friends chopping wood. Some of his friends have come from New York state, the wife of one is em Ashland native. There are few native born, as almost everybody has come there from somewhere else. The growth of Alaskan cities is rapid.
A n d e s T o o k T o u r n e yHost team Andes won the An
des holiday basketball tournament Saturday night with an 80-73 victory over previously unbeaten Worcester. Jim Hisman i>aced the winners, with 29 points, followed by Jim Degnan with 23. Gilboa-Conesville took the consolation game with a 54-49 win over South New Berlin.
R o x b u r y T e a m W in sLarry Carr of Roxbury and A1
DeJoy of Davenport scored 37 'points apiece as Roxbury trounced the •visitors, 122-92, in a Delaware county league basketball game Monday night. It was Roxbury's fifth win in six games.
I>erformance, ‘The Glass Menagerie,” in summer and a community program at Christmas.
Roxbury central school graduated a dass of 17 in June, but the alumni assodation had a record 210 at its banquet. It was a fine year for the Boy Scouts, who had another Eagle Scout and several Life members.
At the beginning of 1964 there were 36 Roxbury men in service, the n ^bér rose to 37, then during the year lune were discharged. Longest in service was Andr^ German, who had mofé than .10 years. Now he and his family are home and at the Comer store of his mother. There were Peter Fusscas, Gary Slauson, Ronald Taylor, Recford Wheeler, Emory Morse, John MacAlonen, Cre^tt Erway Jr. and Gsuy Taylor discharged. Two of the nine, Rex- ford Wheeler and John MacAlonen, were married after their disdiarge^
NOTIGE.TAX NOTICE, r . r
"TOWN OF RO ^U RY All taxes paid on or \^fore
January 31 may be paid without fee. On all such taxes remaining unpaid after January 31, 1% shall be added for the first month and an additional % % for each month and fraction thereof thereafter until roll is returned to County Treasurer.
Date and places for receiving taxes:Roxbury Bank— Tuesday, January
5, 12, 19, 26—9-3 p. m.Grand Gorge Bank — Thursday,
January 7, 14, 21, 28—9-3 p. m. Vega, Craft Store — Wednesday,
January 13, 27—9-3 p. m.All other times at my home in
Roxbury.JEAN M. PORTER
2jl4c Tax Collector
COLLECTOR’S NOTICE OF RECEIPT OF TAX ROLL
AND WARRANT TAKE NO*nCE, that I, the
undersigned. Collector of Taxes of the Town of Halcott, Greene County, New York, have duly received the tax roU and warrant for the collection of taxes for the present fiscal year, and that I will attend at the Post Office, in said Town of Halcott on January 2, 9, 16, 23, 1965, from nine o’dock in the forenoon until four o’clock in the afternoon.
All other times taxes will be received at my residence each business day.
TAKE FURTHER NOTICE: Taxes may be paid on or before Jan. 31, 1965, without charge or interest. On aU such taxes remaining unpaid after said January 31, 1965, one per centum wül be added for the first month and an additional one-half of one per centum for each month and fraction thereof thereafter until the return of unpaid taxes is made by the collector to the County Treasurer pursuant to law, whidi return is to be made on August 2, IS^. Dated: January 2, 1965.
AMOS KELDER Collector of the Taxes of
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