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Hie Finn Is Low Bidder For Cpntract Betweea Arena and DunravenAlbMiy,' Dec. 23.—A low bid of

yi from John Aiborio Inc.of PouAkeepsie was received today fOT|coii8truction with bitn- minous f macadam pavonent of 7.34 miles of substitute higâys «nd connecting roads in the Pe- pfl^nn retservoir to replace roads to be sitanerged by the reservoir betw«een Arena and Dunraven. Seven M b were received, f

The roads are New Y orf City Bofurd of W ater SuK>ly num bed 3, 3D, 10, IQA and lOAT. .Road 3 te to be a 3.00-mile road on the iWath side of the reserviîr from the Andes-Middletown iown line eastward to the Pl/itekill, replacing route 30. flbad 10 is to be a 3.864nile loig road on the soutti side of'<he reservoir from Aroia eastwird re dacing a town highway. ' ^toads 3D, lOA and lOAT ai» to be ^ o r t connections from either roads 3 w 10 to existing tovn roads in the vicinity of Are»a- Also included in the

will be the construction a short utility a c c ^ road

r.)nnecting roads 3 and 10 across the east end of the reservoir near the Shell gas station.

When completed, tiie roads ' will have pavên ts ranging from 16 to 40 feet in widtii. Numerous drainage structures and faciUties, including bcoc culverts to carry i^ d 10 over Myi- brook and Huckleberry B ro^, will, be provided, and aK>nBd- mately 47,000 lineal feet of beam- type'guide railing will be put in

along the various roads.| l t is expected that a fonnal

of the contract will be to the low bidder as soon

as d^>artment engineers have had an opportunity to analyze the bids received and vetify the validity of the low bid. Scheduled for completion by Dec. 31, 1955, ail woric will be under the direc- tkm at Fkaak ,W> Donovan, ilis- tMct engineer in of theDepartment’s office iii Binghamton.. The Arborio company is acquainted in this section. ITie company built present route 30 from Downsville to the Pepacton gate house on the south side of the Delaware.

This is the final road construction by the Board of Water Supply of highways around Pepacton reservoir. These roads total approximately 60 miles in length. ^

Big Program Was Much Enjoyed Dec. 21

Big Indian, Dec. 27.—The community entertainment a t the Big Indian church was a success on Tuesday evening, Dec. 21. It was sponsored by the “Friends of the C3iurdi." Since a local Christinas entertainment has not been observed for three years, it was immensely enjoyed.

Mrs. Margo Balmer, chairman, and her h^>ers, Mrs. Eleairar Eigîor, Mrs. RcA>erta Capone, Mrs. Laura Elgnor and Mrs. Laura Aley, planned a program which induided the nativity scene and a number of recitals and musical compositions. TTie nativity scene pageant was narrated by Mrs. Laura Eignor, with background music by Ira Beadle. People in it were Janice Pearson as Maiy, Joe LaRocca as Joseph, Lucille Benjamin as the angel, Eric Griessei, Tom Aley and Jerry Eignor as kings, Bill Balmer, Russell Pearson, Ral{^ and Chipper Wood as shepherds, and Bruce Balmer, Danny Aley, Nikki Capone, Mary Lou Aley, Florence Wood and Jime Herdman as the cherubs.

Richard Cabel, Ann £hrans and others gave recitations. “Jingle Bells” was sung by Bart Balmer, David Aley and Jack Wickham. Betty Wood and VikW Capone played a duet on their clarinets, and Ira Beadle played ar rendition of “Bless This House," supported by Mrs. Balmer at the piano keyboard.

Santa. Claus arrived in good time, OHnplete with his popular red bag, and distributed candy canes, popcorn balls and apples to the kiddies. The community gift exchange, under the direction of Mrs. Chaiiotte Evaas, was a success. All in all—evoyone had a fine time and tluuiks to all who helped!

Adult CSasses in Ceramics An adult educatitm class in

ceramics will be (êred a t Mai> garetville central school during January and February. The first seôn will be held a t 7:45 p. m. nuirsday, Jan. 6.

Instruction will be given in the use of the potteifs nlieel and methods of slU> casting from molds. Ideas for hand methods and decorative treatment will be suggested for those interested. Students diould come prepared to wwk at the first session.

13 to Dejt. 24. 'Ihe cancellations are nea^y 7,000. greater than last year’s record 56,716.

Part" of the increiase was at- trttMted to the dosing of the Arena ix»t(tffioe. Service to mudi of the former -Arena ter- ritocy .is now out of the Marga- retvffle office. However, tiie increase was. also credited to increased mailing volume of local residents. \

The greatest single day in the history of the 'Margaretville office was on Monday, Dec. 20, according to M uks.

Germans Honor Lt. Tom Smith

The death of Lt. Thomas K of Margaretville in a jet accident in Germany last has toudied the hearts of German dtizens as it did

in his hrane town. Many have been paid to Lt.'

by Germans who would have suffered if the local aviator had not guided his crippled plane to a point where it could not crash into a populated section of the town of Trier.

Mr. and Mrs. Robert S an fc^ brother and sister-in-law of Win- ton Saitford, who are stationed in Germany, noted in The Overseas Weekly of Sunday, Dec. 12, a letter written by three former German soldiers who fo u ^ t against American boys in the last world war. I t ei^presses eloquently the respect gained for Americans through the noble adion of Lt. Smith.

Hie Sanf(»rds sm t the clipping to their brother, wiio gave it to Dr. Reuben Smith, father of the crash victim. I t is as follows

Reservoir Wato Widiin Few FecA Of Umon Grove

Half <rf Valley Covered; City Will Start to Draw « On Reservoir in Few Days

M(»day of this wedE the waters of tiie new Pepacton reservoir wer^ over 60 feet deep a t the gate hous^ \tiiidi is located near the fonna- village of Pepacton. The water had backed upstream to former Union Grove.

Wednesday noon of this week the water was two feet below the FQupeit bam in fomater Union Grove. ITie Schutt C(»istr^ction ORnpany, x iich has used the bam f(»: a shop and storage, is prepared ;to move <hi a half hour’s notice and .set the bam (m fire. The only other building standing in the doomed village is the Van Keuren store which is a bit higher in devation than the bam. The rains of Tuesday and Tuesday night put a considerable quantity of water in the river and the rise of water in the Pepacton reservoir is rapid. The Delaware is more graerous than the BWS engineers estimated.

Water, which has been accumulating behind the great Downsville dam since mid-Sep- tember, will soon be allowed into the tunnel a t Pepact<Hi. I t will travd for 25 miles into the Rond- out reservoir. The first flow will bring to ireality, dreams aad {dans

“For 1st Lt. Smith:“To the Editor:“We are three Germans wiio

sdrved in the Wehrmadit during the war. We were taught to hate Americans. Sinctf then we have nevte been so v a ^ impressed with the Amis . . . .

“But the gallant action of your Lieutenant Thtnnas ^ -Smith in giving his own life to save our city of Trier, hai made us and think a little . . .

“We read in the German magazines that the lieutenant was 22 years old. He took off from jpthn Air Base, and over Trier his jet suddenly wotald not work. He could have parachuted to safety but then his imguided plane would have fallen into the living area of Trier. His last way out, an emergency landing on the airfield Euren, was also made impossible because the runway is surrounded by hranes.' “Even though the lieutenant

knew he would die, he took his engine to an iminhabited mountainside and saved many hundreds of lives . . .

“Our diildren were in. the city at the time . . .

“Names Withheld by Request' Acconpanying the letter was a

idioto of Lt. Smith with the in- scriptiMi, “He died for Trier.”

Monday of this week Dr. and Mrs. Smith received a large, hand- painted card from Stuttgart, Germany. On the card was a two- color painting with the inscription, “Deepest sympathy and sincere appreciation to Lieutenant Th. K. Smith’s sacrifice. To Doctor and Mrs. Reuben Smith. Christmas 1954. German Youth and Citizens.”

The card was signed with 32 names arranged in three columns. Dr. Smith believes it was prepared and sent by a German youth organization in Trier.

Stove Flare>Up Threatens New Home Near Arena

An oQ stove flare-vy> caused a fire' scare in the. new home of: A&ert J. Muridiy overloddng: Arena last week Tuesday night. ; H ie stove was carried out at the house and extinguish^ before it could cause further damage. * .

Margaretville firemen responded to the alarm about 8:30 The pumpers were in terested ^ Robert Didonan a t Dwnraven whoi word was, received that their services were not needed. Chief Roy Saxouer continued with tte emergîcy truck to the M u ri^ home to investigate.

Plan to Peg State Aid At Present Rate

Republican leaders have put at the head of the legislative ^ t for 1955 a bill to peg state aid for educatitti a t present rates for an additimal year.

I t will be “the first major legislation i ^ d i wills be considered" a t the coming session the legislature, Assembly Speaker Oswald D. Ifeck and Walter J. Mahoney, majority leader of the Senate, said in a Joint statement.

They prcRipsed that a t the same time “the legislature will act to fflctend for another year” the life of the temporary state commission on educati<mal finance. That will allow the commission time to develop a new formula for aid to education, they explained. The commission, established this year, would pas out of existence Feb. 1 under present law.

which first existed more than 25 years ago, when New Yoric d ty encountered the need for new sources of fresh water to for its growing populace.

Although Pepacton will daily add 335 million gallons of water to the d ty ’s suipy. Board of Water Supply offidals expect that it will be suffident only tm- til 1967, by which time they hope to have another project finished on the West Brandi of the Delaware near Cannonsville.

The intake gates, induding the steel and brick g a t e h o u s e , through, which the water f io ^ into the tunnd, rise 209 fee C above the reservoir floor. This is about as high as a 21-story building.

Dam Is 2,450 Feet l4>ngThe dam is 2,450 feet long.

Its span of the valley is broken only by the cut through mountain rock at its north end. This forms the emergency overflow and waste channd. Beneath tills is the diversion tunnd, wliich is now dosed and fitted with gates, so that New York may maintain its obligation to keep the river a t specified levels below the dam. Before the dam was completed, the diversirai tunnd carried the water of the river around the work site.

Roadway On Top of DamAtop the dam is a 40-foot road

way to allow access to the gates which control the below the dam flow. Inside the great dam is a huge concrete core wall, which goes as deep as 100 feet below the old riverbed to thwart seepage. The base of the dam 1,500 feet through. It rises 200 feet from its* base.

20 Square Miles of Water The reservoir beliind the dam

slopes from 180 feet at the dam

Boy Scouts Clear $175 la Sale of Yule Trees

Margaretville Boy Scouts sold 225 Cliristmas trees fat their preholiday sale, netting T175 for the troop treasury. Proceeds from the sale will be used to purchase camping and othec equipment for use of the local Smuts.

Seas(Hi Kill (tf Deer Greatest

Catstilk and Adizondacks Above Other Years, Soathem Tier Same ^

Albany^ Dec 29.—The New York State Conservation Department reports a new record: The largest reported buck deer kill in the history of the state. Successful deer hunters h&ve already reported taking over 28,000 buc)cs. Late reports are still being received.

The actual kill to date tunqunts to 29,999. Apitroximately 1,200 of these are antlerless deer taken by special licenses frran the two Adirondack wilderness tracts.

A check wOl again be inade this year to determine the per- 6entage of successful hunters reporting their kill. But if the report ratio holds a t last year’s levd, the year’s actual deer 1 ^ will -add up to approximately 39,000.

On a regional basis, the Adirondack buck kill was higher than usual, due to heavier hunting pressinre induced m that section by the experimental' antlerless season in two remote tracts.

In the patskiUs, Ulster county appears fo have, the le%d in reported buck kill. But Gre«je and Delaware have a high take. This is particularly significant, since it demonstrates the abUity of the herd to quickly rebuild the deer-of-dther-sex season of 1952.

Reports thus far received from Central and Westem counties indicate the kill was about average —with many hunters cttnmenting upon large numbers of antlerlessdeer observed.

Parties and Visits oi Former Residents Mark Christmas Wedc in Local Homes

Drillers May Not Operate On State Lands

New York Constitution, which stipulates that New York’s forest preserve shall be “forever wild,” rules out any drilling for gas and oil within its cwifines, Attorney General Nathaniel L. Goldstein says.

He told the State Conservation Department that it could not grant exploration rights in the Catskill park to the Dome Gas and Oil Corp. Dome had sought penntesion to drill near Panther mountidn, in Fox Hollow, town of Shandaken, where the company has hem drilling for natural gas on tii« Herdman farm since April

In New York, Sidney lieber^ man, treasurer of the corpora- titm, said the ruling would not aiffect ^ e ctuiâny’s i»«sent operations. He pointed out tiiat the State forest preserve’s h id ings are “mostly mountainous, dieckerboarded” {dots in the area where the company is working. He said the dedsion had been antidpated and had been sought piindpally to establish Dome Gas and Oil as tiie first to seek drilling rights in the preserve if it was perm is^l^.

The company has drilled 4,400 feet down in search of natural gas n4iich the late Dr. George Chadwick, geologist of the New York State Museum, predicted would be found there. I t expects to find the gas a t 5,500 feet aa about Jan. 15, Liebetman ■ said.

to its shallowest point a t Dun- raven, 18% miles away. It covers 20 square miles and averages more than half a mile in width, except where it reaches into the many cloves and hollows between Dunraven and Downsville.

The reservoir capacity is rated at 150 billion gsiUons. If this were all usable, the reservoir could contribute its share of 335 million gallons daily to tlie d ty supply for more than a year without replenishing.

W ill B un E lectric M achineryAt the tuimd entrance, the

water flows through intake gates of the effluent ditoiber, where the flow is controlled. TVenty- five miles away at the Rondout reservoir, the force of the water will operate turbines of the Rockland Light and Power company. A planned ouût of 25,000,000 watts of dectridty is expected from the Pepacton waters, before tliey are freed to mix with those of the Rondout

From Rondout, water'will flow 85 miles through the Delaware, aqueduct to the Kensico reservoir, thence into the Hillvieifr reservoir at Yonkers for distribution to d ty users.

From tlie tiny spring near Grand Gorge, frcMn the hrad- waters of -the Bataviakill, Bragg hollow. Red Kill, Dry Brook,Rider hollow. Bull Run. PlattddO, Huckleberry brook, the Millbrodc, the Baiicabcifnn and the countless Bmnlipr streams, plus the runoff of snows and multitades of brings win be swallowed in the huge basin, to be' ffiyertedf £or the use of d ty foUcs to fill one of their pcimaiy needs.

Mr. and Mrs. John Churdi of Hoosick Falls enjoyed Christmas with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Warren Paine.

'There will be a half dny.fft^ty meeting t>f the central school on Thursday, ?an. 6. School will close a t 1:30 p. m.

Ernest Polley and 'daughter, Lindai of S{»ing Valley are e n d ing the Week with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil PoBey.

Mr. and Mrs. John Hull and children of Ithaca spent the Christmas weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Polley.

A/2c Lynn Bruce is spending the holidays with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Graham Bruce. Lynn has been transferred to Elgin, Fla.

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Matal- avage and daughter, also his mother, are spending several days with- relatives • in Pennsylvania.

Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Bell, Mrs. E. J. Hager spent from Friday until Monday with the ladies' sister, Mrs. J. M. Gillan, in New Yorii city.

Mr. and Mrs. Rowland G. Hill spent Christmas with their son- in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Clement Wolff, at Levit- town, L. I.

Mr. and Mrs. Mdvin Chestney of Sitoey enjoyed Cliristmas dinner with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kdly, returning home on Sunday.

Mrs. Harry G. Odell is spending a few days in Brooklyn with her son, Harry, and family before they leave Jan. 3 for Mtmich, Germany.

Mr. and Mrs. Sherwood Griffin and family of Arkville, F r ^ Gal- lager and Fl<^d Tremper enjoyed Christmas dinner with Mr. >and Mr?. Ivan Delameter.

After the regular meeting of the Rebekah lodge on Monday evening, members enjoyed their Chrtetmas party with games, exchange of gifts and refreshments.

Roy Leonard and son. Page, have purchased a home near Schenectady and are. moving tiiere this week. Page will be, onployed by General Electric in Sdienectad^. t «

Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Marquit of Sheffid^ Mass.,. and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Squires of Eâinville, C(Hm., were Christmas w eênd guests Mr. and Mrs. Rudy Sche- besta and family.

P r c William Kavanaugh has been returned to the United S ^ tes from tiie Panama Canal zone for cBsdiarge next monthrHe expects to reehter^ St. Lawrence university a t Canton in February.

Mr. and Idrs. Josei^ Habanec of Albany, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Banks and V^lliam Banks of Kingston and Mrs. Wesley Yerry spent Christmas with tbeir sister and daughter, Mrs. Arthur Barringer, and family.

Mrs. Mary Brundage has gone to West Paftn Beadi, FTa., where she win spend the winter.

Mr. and Mif. Eugene Hart of Albany ,JQient tJuvJliqJidays „^ftth tier aunt. Miss C^:ê Osborn.

Most Mahiaretvffle stores will be dosed all day Saturday and will remain open until 9 p. m. Friday.

Mr. and Mrs. Earl E. Jenkins plan<to leave early next week for Reverta Beach, Fla., where they will spend the winter.

Mr. and Mrs. Harry Funari and Mrs. Emma Hubbell spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. James Bayer at Kelly Comers.

Attorney and Mrs. Hemian Gottfried spent Christmas weekend at Fishkill, the former home of Mrs. Gottfried. (

-Mr. and Mrs. Allan L. Kom and daughters of Hicksville, L. I., were'holiday weekend guests • of his n]other, Mrs. Sadye Kora.

Dr. and Mrs. Reuben E. Smith returned hcane Monday after spending the Christmas weekend with Mr. and Mre. Edwin C. Lloyd and family a t Cortland.

Mr. and Mrs. Ed' Funari, Mr. and Mrs. Leo George, Mr. and Mr&. Oiester Mead and Frank Huggins spent Oiristmas day with l^r. and Mrs. Harry Funari.

Drew Reynolds of Union college, Sdienectady, spent the Christmas vacation with his parents a t the hcHne of .Mr. and Mrs. James Welch, his godparents.

Mr. and Mrs. William Murphy and family spent from Friday nig^t to Sunday night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Orrin Haines in Oneonta. They visite^ other relatives while there.

Mr. and Mrs. Sam Blair, residents for 20 years, left Wednesday for Lebanon. N. J,, where Mr. Blair will be nployed as an inspector in mudi the same ca^ta- d ty as the position he occupied here. i:

Mr. and Mrs. Ivan. Miller and family were Tuesday dinner guests his mother^ Mrs. IVank. Miller, in Andes. They were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. David T. 'Williams, Arkville, one day' last week.

jRoland Ketdium, retired sdiooi- man of'.this commimity, talked to' the Margaretville Rotary dub at the weekly meeting a t Kass Inn Tuesday ev en ^ . His speech was fun of wit and stories of actual sdiool haiênings. I t was much enjoyed."

and Hbs. Gordon Maboi’ and her: father, Allen Miishir, ot HtcfabuTg., Mass., arrived a t the hcane of 1^. and Mrs. Ivan Ger- mond in New K in g s^ FMday. Mr. end Mrs. Maben Friday nic^t to Qiristmas in Shan- dakoi with his m oth^. itr. Mi^ nir remained to s p ^ Christmas with his dauc^ter,, Mrs. Geimond, and family, reti^rning to Fitdi- ,burg Sunday. ,

Fall Oove H<nne Lost In Early Mommg B lj^

The home of Grover C. Tompkins in FaU Qove was destroyed by fire whidi was, discovered last week Wednesday morning.about 1 o’dock. Mr. Toinpkins and his wife and famUy escaped unhurt, but a nei^bor, William I ^ ^ r , suffered a cut on his left hand while helping to remove household artides from the blazing building.

A neighbor drove six miles to DownsviUe to catt firemen. The structure was nearly lost before they arrived. Loss was estimated a t $6,000.

The Tompkins family has moved into the Ikuto of Bert E. Tompkins, father of Grover Tompkins.

Dome Oil Signs Pipeline Contract

Lynn Krddeler, a well-known state geologist, visited the scene of 4he gas weU drilling a t the Amasa Herdman farm in Shanda.- ken last week and examided the samples which the drin had brought up from the 4,400 feet down into the earth. He was accompanied by Robert Atwater, who is in charge of the drilling operatioQS and who has drilled oil and gas wells in many parts of the USA.

The two men -found that the samples confirm the geology that was expected t«fore drilling began. Indications are that a depth of 5,230 feet wiU bWng the drill to the top of the Oneida limestone. • This is directly over the Oriskany sand where gas is expected. The limestone is probably between 50 and 75 feet deep. Mr. Atwater is of the opinion the drill wiU be in the Oriskany sand by the middle of January.

If there is no gas or oU in the Oriskany sand, it has been dedded to drop l,2d0 feet further to the Clinton suid. The reason the company has dedded on this, if needed, is that the Transcontinental Gas Pipe LiiM corporation, one of the la rg m .in the USA, WiU pay half the cost of the drilling below the Oriskany sand. Hiis contract was signed Dec. 16. >

11 is believed that this contract for as yet uiqiroven wildcat acreage is unique in the d l and gas business, says Stewart A Currie, president of Dome Oil and Gas.

B egan D rilling In M archIn March, 1954, Dome com

menced drilling its first test well on a 12,000 acre block of leases. The go^ is natural gas production in the Oriskany • sand at about 5,500 feet.

Transcontinental operates a 2,000-mile natural gas pipeline from Texas to New York dty* AU natural gas used in New York d ty comes from this pipeline.

Dome Gas and Oil Corporation and its parent company were formed. North Star Oil and Uranium corporation. New York dty, were formed in September, 1953. North Star financ'd its operations through a public stock issue in November, 1953, and has approximatdy 900 stocksdders.

Until it exercises its option to buy the gas. Transcontinental must reimburse Dome each month for 50 p ^ cent of Dome’s cost of drilling ^ subsequent wells until suffident gas reserves are de- vdcêd to justify Transcontinental constructing a pipeline.

Upon exercise of the option. Transcontinental must build a 125-mile pipdine between New York d ty and Phoenicia, suffident to transport a minimimi of 25,000,000 cubic feet of gas daily, and Transcontinental must then pay Dome for that daily minimum quantity of gas.

Gas pursuant to this agreement WiU be a t * price of $.275 per 1,000 cubic feet. This price is believed to be one of the highest prices ever paid by a pipeline for large volume gas purchases. In T^xas the current rate for sales is about $.08 per 1,000 cubic feet. The hi]êr price stipulated for Ulster county gas is justified by its d o se n ^ to the New York MetropoQtah area.

Dom e- and 'nanscontinental jreed to int»rdiange an geo

logic^ and engineering data con- ceming this dialing iVQgram. Lo- cations, drilUng ccmtracts and testing of aU wdls drived under this proghmi vtdU be under the 4iitecticn of Transcontinmtal’s geologists. .1.

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Weekly News Columns Lirt Pn^pKss, Sorrow, Omflicts . l ^ d Adjustments Eaq[>erieneied by Mountain [Residents / / I

The year .1954 win go down as a year of change in this East Branch valley where work on the great dam and reservoir neared conqdetkm and four communities were wiped ou t They are to be rqdaced by the swirling waters of New York’s greatest water s u i^ . G<me are the folks' made the valley green and living— scattered to new homes nearby and in far places.

Everyone in mountains had to beccMne adjusted to new things; new ways of transportaticm replaced the old-T^)assenger trains were discvitinued, OHnmuting by air became Tommcm for at.least one resident. Ttagedy st^qied in, removing young and promising Uves, but new Uves wero bom, giving new hope for the future.

FoUowing are bits of news gleaned frcRn the columns of this paper as ITie News covered the comings and goings of CatskiU mountain folks for 52 weeks.

Jan. 1—Chester P. Hasbrouck, 16, of Arena was acddentaUy shot in the left foot as he attempted to unload his .22 rifle near Margaretville. Frank Hoolihan was awakened in time to escape from his blazing trailer and garage in Shavertown by Marvin Scudder of AricviUe. Area ski centers need only snow to begin an active season.

Jan. 8— The new T-bar win be put into operation this weekend a t Belleayre ski center. Four new town officials, induding Supervisor Harold Findi, took part in the first town board meeting of the year. Rcmte 28 through Pine HOI and ^handaken was caned an auto death trap by a Fleisch- manns hotd owner.

Jan. U —^ ^ ^ t^ held the mountains in an icy grip with —20 temperatures in Margaretvine. A new weekend record was set at Belleayre ski devdo^Hnent, where 20 indies of snow have made good skiing. Water is expected to be badred into the Pepacttm reservoir1^ the end of summer vlien the dam a t DownsviUe is to be com- fdeted.

Jan. 22— A new house at Dunraven was gutted and the Roxbury paint store d^tiolished in bdow- zero fires Sunday. Seven MCS ptQdls were unhurt in a collision between a sdiool bus and a dump truck near Dunraven. The mercury climbed 70 degrees in little more than 50 hours fnHn Monday morning until Wednesday afternoon. The Fleischmanns Chamber of Commerce has asked legislative representatives for a report on improving route 28 east to Boic^viUe.

Jan. 29— The 23-month-old son Airman and Mrs. Jack Beards

ley of Arena died in a Kansas traUer fire, i^ c h took the Uves of two other tots. County Republicans are idanning a Lincoln day dinner to be hdd in MargaretviUe. The New York State Conservation department, has dedared Perdi lake out of bounds for tip-up

with the state’s multiple dwelling law. Maple syrup' yidds are expected to be a t their hi^vest peak in several years.. Trai . lodes high school students toured the state buUdings in Albany. The Middletown town board autb- jjrized the purchase of a jiew bulldozer and a pickup truck. The village of Marcaretville has beea offered six possible sites for the rdocation of its dump.

Mweh 1»—The Halcott valley was shaken by a blast ot unknown origin, but pc^ce blame jet shodc waves. Trucks have been scheduled to replace trains carryine mail, ex{H%ss and freight betweot Kingston and Oneonta. Munidpal eletôns b ro u ^ t out few voters in any ounmunity, accept Fleisch- manns, where the wily contest was waged.

Maroli 26—An audience of 800 persons . heard Mrs. Eleanor Roosevdt urge patience in the U. S. as a worid ^ d e r a t the Andes forum. Earl Card, 69, was burned to death in a fii« which destroyed his Arena shack. The towns of Andes and Middletown have brou)^t suit against New York d ty to compd the d ty to build anotlier reservoir bridge and to have it plow snow around the P^>acton reservoir. Dtm- raven Quarries, Inc., has been fined $500 by-the state for water poUution. C(xnmissioners liave been appointed for Section 20 of the Pepacton reservoir takings.

2^M rs. MarshaU Stout- enburgh was dragged along the groimd in Albany- before her mother, Mrs. Arthur Close, of MargaretviUe could get her foot on the brake of the car which had begim rolling <»i a sUght incline as Mrs. Stoutenburgh tried to loosen the bumper from a pipe. C^l. Carson Balcom of Ariwille was acddentaUy shot in the face with a flare gun whUe training a t FL Monmouth, N. J. TTie new heavy duty bridge a t the entrance to the Big Indian vaUey is nearing completion. Two phases of maU carrying history

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Decfmbor BLain Diswlves Snow on Pakat^kan

Rain and warm days early this «reek have m dted most o t the snow. Wednesday noon, Mt. P a k a ta l^ Which has stood guard over Margaretville since the recollectiMis of man, runneth not to the contrary, aiêared bare vidien viewed from Main street. ’This is unusuaL Hie snow is oftoi A dted in tibe ml- ley duing a winter thaw. But the moimtain top 2,500 feet aboVe the village, retains its snow an winter, except un>. usual warm _"spdls.”

fishing.Feb. 8— Five Shavertown propr

erty awards whidi had been cut in Supreme Court about ^ ,0 0 0 were restored to, th d r oris^nal figures by the , ApbeUate divisirai. MugaretviUe wiU have to reidace the villagie duny>, viiiph is to be taken ^ the d ty for the Pepacton reservoir. Secticm 20 maps, covering the Arena - Fair street area of the reservoir, were filed. This is the last sectim to be taken. The A&P was forced to close by a strike of food handlers a t its Scranton wardiouses. Maiâret- ville library marked its first year of (operation.

Feb. 12—A firebug was sought in a $15,000 blaze which damaged the Levine general store in OU- verea. A&P store reopened after a week’s shutdown. Senattn: Arthur H. Wicks has introduced in the state senate a biU which would require New York to.pay for snow removal on Pepacton reservoir highways.

Feb. 1»—-A record $52,500 award was made to Charles Allen for his Pepactcm vaUey farm. A cut of d ^ cents a pound in the butter siQiport isice is expected to i^ ec t l o ^ milk inoducers. Frank

came to an end March 31 when the Shavertown postoffice was dosed and the last ./nai]i-«;tt8S«ii?or train run <» the CatskiU mountain branch of the New York Centra l •

.^ r il 9—Drilling for gas or d l was begun by the Dome Gas and OU company & turday on the Amasa Herdman farm in Shandaken. John Fairbaim of Dry Brook was elected county president of the Future Farmers of America. April temperatures dipped dose to zero.

April 16—Two suggestions offered by PostnMster W i l l i s Marks of MargaretviUe have improved ser^ce of maU now being transported by truck. Conditions were ideal, but trout were scarce for (qtening day. The former Delaware and Northern dicqps have become dilaptdiCted a ^ dangerous to youngsters who find them a favorite playground. Sidrited bidding mariced a final phaptftr in the history of Shavertown as the Atk&s store went out of hushiess with an auctk».

April S^-êarly a mile of dangerous curves on the Trran-

OUver of Arkville suffered minorbums in an Albany hospital fire.

Feb. Mrs. Eleanor Roosev d t win speak Mardi 22 a t the Andes Forimi. WeU drillihg for gas is about to get underway at the Amasa Hodman farm. Howard Davis was nraninated for a one- year term as mayor at MargaretviUe a t the village caucus and Wesley Raym f<w a two-year term as trustee. Warm weather has induced an early run of m a ^ sap.

5 - ^ flood of petitions has asked the post office department for higîway post offices to replace train m ^ scheduled for discontinuance this month. A former Ddaware county resid^t, IhDss Katherine ^ c k , was me of dg^t fataUtles in a fire a t Gros- singor’s rescnrt Fetinuuys springlike weather was Idown away by a strong west wind, wfaidi brm ii^t snow and low tm peratnres bade to liie CatskOls.

M arA 12—Many area rescHts wm have to make costly and extensive altaratiMM to

perskiU road are to be eliminated under a contract to be let tU s week. A nd^ Ctmimunity diib is seeking ways to replace business lost in the doomed East Branch vaUey. The MargaretvilM Board of Trustees has notified reputed owners of the old D and N shops that the property is to be put in safe condition dr be t(m down.

i^ r il 80—Two honor students, Orilee Todd and Gerald Kelly, died in a monoxide-fiUed pickup truck. The state Court of A ^ peals has upheld five commission awards totaling $137,000 for PefKiCton vaUey lo t^^ ty . E3gh-

Margaretville Boy Scouts ipated in a Sheiiawken dis

trict camporee a t Bear Spring mountain. MCS district voters tunied down fo the second tim e a pnôsal to purchase a new 31- passenger sdiool bus.

May 7—Fire destroyed the bam on the Maurice Voorhees farm, the third major fire on the property since 19^. A stray, apparently rabid, dog was A dt iy Orvil Rosa on his baci pc»di a s the dog tried to enter the Rosa home. Clarice A. Sanford completed 50 years as publisher otThe News.

Miay 14—G. Frank Slawsoow dudrman of the Board of Siqier- vison, was critically injured in the colkypae of a dvil ^ e n se r is in whidi he was being lowered from an upper'window in a dem- onstration rescue operation. F ire damaged the mountain home ofidaywright Elsa SheUey end her husband, Irving Kaye Davis. Hay snow fen on the green slopes of t te Catskills. The. Board of Supervisors voted to permit public hispedioil welfare roUs. Rev. Lawrmce A. Zdlers, former pris<mer of the Commvinists in Korea, has become pastor at the Fleisdimanns, Halcott Center and Dry Brook M e t h o d i s t churdies.

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