NEW TANKER TRUCK is turned over to the Pine Hill fire departm ent as Chief E verett Goens, right, accepts the keys from F rank M iller of the D arley F ire Equipment company. The truck is equipped w ith a 1,700-gallon storage tank and a

350-gpm pump and will fill an acute need, especially on calls to Highmount, where lack of adequate w ater supply has resulted in severe fire losses in the last few years. Addition of tanker gives Pine Hill departm ent three trucks.

I n F o r m e r S c h o o l

Catskill Center To Establish Perniaiieiit Quarters In Hobart

The Catskill Center for Con­servation and Development, Inc., will have a new home aibout the firs t of the year. An­nouncement of completion of arrangem ents for the use of p resent H obart school building was m ade a t a center meeting there Saturday. Dr. F rank Cyr, chainnan of a committee to es­tablish a headquarters for the organization said le tte rs of in ­ten t had been given to the vil­lage of H obart, which will have title when the building ceases to be used for school purposes.

The C enter will occupy pres­e n t classrooms across the front of the firs t floor, as well as paritJtime use of the gymnasium and a library on the second floor.

The balance of the building will be used as a community center under th e sponsorship

S t u d e n t C h a r g e d

. W i t h H a v i n g D r u g s

A D eM Tech student a rre st­ed in th e tow n otf Andes has been charged w ith tw o felony counts of crim inal possession of dangerous drugs. S ta te police said th e counts are , th ird de­gree and fifth degree posses- ■saon of d n ^ , described as jn a r t^ a n a and bai*riituat«.

JcAin T alx )t 3d of Kdnnelton, N .J., was arrested Monday and arraigned before Town Ju ^ ice Joseph Grieco. He requested counsel and was ordered com­m itted to the D elaware county jail in lieu of $500 bail. L ater A ttorney Joseph Shapiro of Margaretvdlle was assigned as counsel, and Talbot was freed on bail pending fu rther appear­ance.

of the H obart United M ethod­ist church.

Saturday’s m eeting was de­voted to discussions of land use planning. Representatives of planning b o a r^ from several C atskill counties described their work and the problems. Follow­ing the morning meeting, the group continued th e discussion during and a fte r lunch a t the Red C arpet M otor Inn in S tam ­ford.

F red Haas, a developer of Edgewood Lakes, a vacation home community near Livings­ton Manor, described the ef­forts he and his partners have m ade to protect th e environ­ment.

Douglas McKenzie, president of the Delaware County Cham­ber of Commerce, talked about the increased recreational use of New York city reservoirs. He said John Bum s, a New York city w ater commissioner, would speak a t a m eeting next m onth of the Chamber a t Round Up Ranch a t Downsville. The C enter passed a resolution supporting such increased use. The Chamber hopes to have Cannonsville reservoir be the test case if such a plan is ap­proved.

V i d e o C l u b M e e t s

Arkville, Sept. 21.—The an­nual m eeting of the members of the Arkville Video club was held last week W ednesday eve­ning a t the Arkville fire hall. New directors elected for the coming year are Raymond Oliv­er, W illis Trem per, Chloe Max- ini and Guilford Funari. Offi­cers elected are Joseph Mag- liocco, president; Douglas Dun- shee, vice president, and David Williams, secretary and treas­urer.

^ o R e j e c t i o n s

Bloodmobile Collected 63 Pints On Utest Margaretville Visit

The Red Cross bloodmobile collected 63 pints of blood on its visit to M argaretville last week Wednesday. There were no rejections of the volunteer donors.

Andes donors included Mrs. Violet Aitken, Glenn Cole, Mrs. Gladys Fairbairn, Isaac Finkle, W alter Gladstone, Mrs. A asta B. Liddle, F rank G. Oles, Ed­w ard Van P elt and Mrs. Eliza­beth W. W oolheater.

Arkville donors w ere Harold Bouton, R ichard Forsm an, Mrs. Helen George and Stephen George. D an B ettm an of Delhi also gave blood.

From Denver were Mrs. F lor­ence C artw right, Mrs. N ancy S. Giacci, Richard P o rte r and Mrs. Millie Van Voorhies. Rob­e rt Morse of Fleischm anns was a donor, as were Charles W est and Laurilyn W est of H igh­m ount and Miss Donna Rutu- lante of Kelly Corners.

M argaretville donors included Miss M arian Connell, Lawrence D. DsBari, Jam es Degnan, Ivan Eignor, Lois Fairbairn, Mrs. Lorene Finch, Mrs. Shirley Finch, Charles Geehrer, Glen George, Mrs. Andrea Hammond, Je rry H. Hersch, Mrs. K athleen Hersch, Carroll Jenkins, Mrs. M arian McMurray, Mrs. June D. Meinstein. Thomas Mills, Mrs. Frances Moore, Mrs. N an­cy L. Munsell, M rs. B etty S an­ford, Joseph Shapiro, P atric ia Shapiro, Leonard U tter, Rob­e rt Wilson and Jack W olcott.

Roxbury donors were L arry Blakeslee, Marion M. Book- hout, Mrs. D ora Bubach, Mrs. R uth Carmeli, Wheldon Fair- leigh, Joseph N. Jchannsen, Mrs. Dorothy KeUy, Vincent Kelly, Edmund M illar, Robert Munro, W ayne Pebler, Edward Perazone, Irving H. .Tyler Jr., Alvin O. Van Aken, Mrs. Claudia W ashburn, H erm an H. Yeager and Mrs. Louise Yea­ger.

Mrs. Donald Ploutz was chairm an for th e M argaretville

Memorial H ospital Auxiliary, which sponsored the bloodmo­bile visit. Mrs. Ronald Van Voorhies was co-chairm an and Mrs. R ichard Finch, president of the missionary group of the Clov>2sviille Bi'liSe' B a pi t i s t church, was luncheon chairman. Mem'bers of the Andes, United Presbyterian church provided sandwiches.

Dr. WiUiam Gallo, president of the medical s ta ff a t the hos­pital, was in charge of doctor recruitm ent. Along w ith Dr. Gallo a t the bloodmobile were Dr. C. R. Huggins and Dr. Sam ­uel Rabinowitz.

Nurses were Mrs. Joseph Haviland, Mrs. W illiam Hub- beU, Mrs. Thomas Smith, Miss Jean Hoeko, Mrs. Je rry Hersch, Mrs. L arry Blakeslee, Mrs. Douglas Hoy and Miss M arjorie Banuat. Mrs. Pauline Long and Mrs. M arian M unro took tem peratures.

Clerks were Mrs. F rancis Sweeney, Mrs. Harold Bouton and Mrs. Dennis McLean. Typ­ing was done by Mrs. Dorothy Brooks, Mrs. Gordon McMur­ray and Mrs. Robert P rout. Mrs. Florence Monahan manned the telephone.

Mrs. John Boulton and Mrs. Leo M estyanek were in charge of the donor unit, and Mrs. Burton Tubbs, Mrs. Charles N aczi and Mrs. Alice Reed op­erated the canteen.

Scouts who helped w ith the loading and unloading were M ark Wilson, Donald Weiss, Paul Finch, Ed Sanford, Scott Reither, H enry V erity and Jeff Hubbell.

Among solicitors were Mrs. Dorothy Brooks for Roxbury, Mrs. Janet Liddle and Mrs. E lizabeth W oolheater for An­des, Mrs. Richard Fager ifor Fleischmanns, Mrs. Francis Sweeney fo r Arkville and Mrs. Anthony Ploutz, Mrs. Donald Ploutz and Mrs. P e te r Carli fo r Margaretvdlle.

C C A I n f o r m a t i o n

. C e n t e r P l a n n e d

The Central Catskills associa­tion has oibtained a $14,500 m ortgage from the Kingston T rust company to buy a parcel along route 28 a t M ount Trem ­per and e rec t a building to serve as an inform ation center for the area.

A one-acre parcel from the H udler property has been pur­chased as the site of the center. Cost of the parcel was $4,000. A building will be supplied by A lta Industries of H alcottville a t a cost of $6,500 and an addi­tional $4,000 is expected to complete the structure.

Gene Gormley has been named to a com m ittee to con­tac t the U lster county public relations bureau to obtain fi­nancial support fo r the infor­m ation center.

O ther pending activities of the association include a din­n er dance to be held Oct. 14 a t the Kass Inn. The commit­tee consists of Jack Koenig, B ernard Boxer, A rthu r Kurz- man, Edw ard Perazone. Glenn Miller, Clifford Bellows and Seym our Sacks.

Mr. Kurzmem has ^ o been nam ed chairm an of a commit­tee to republish an ui>-to-date “SM -and-Stay” brochure.

V e t e r a n s P r o v i d e

S t r o n g A C S C o r e

-Fourteen returning^ ve te ran s' provide ittie nucleus fo r a po­tentially sitrong Andes soccer team . Those who are back for another season are seniors Tcm B arrett, P au l B erg and Bruce B utler; juniors Tom Ackerley, Ron Butler, Ed Conran, P ete Fusscas, Kevin Roney and Bruce Tubbs; sophomores Fred Dabritz, R itchie Gabriel, Steve Lee, Ray Ramos and Jay Twee- die. Newcomers are freshm en Dan Fenton, Bob Hanley, Jeff Lor and Kevin O’Donnell.

W ito th e D elaw are leagues realigned this s e a s o n , the M oimtaineers will have a league schedule of 12 games, w ith tim e for ju st one nonJleaguer. The rem aining schedule, fol­lowing league games a t Rox­bury and a t Downsville, is as fxjllows: Saturday, Sept. 23, Schenevus; Thursday, Sept. 26, a t Jefferson: Friday, Sept. 29, South K ortright; Monday, Oct. 2, Grand Gorge; Thursday, Oct. 5, Roxbury; Monday, Oct. 9, Margjaretvflle (non - league); Thursday, Oct. 12, Downsville; Monday, Oct. 16, a t Schenevus; Thursday, Oct. 19, Jefferson; Monday, d c t. 23, a t South K ortright; Thursday, Oct. 26, a t Grand Gorge.

W i n d o w s S t o l e n

Phoenicia, Sept. 21. — Ten casem ent windows were report­ed stolen frpm the Bolen house on route 42 above Bushriellville in complaint received by tovra of Shandaken constables. The house is located in Greene county, however, and sta te po­lice a t Leeds were informed.

L a u n d r y M a c h i n e

B u r n s a t H o s p i t a l

A defective b rake on an ex­trac to r m achine in the laundry of M argaretville Memorial hos­pital burned out shortly after noon Monday. M argaretville firem en responded to the gen­eral alarm , bu t hospital per­sonnel had the bla±e im der con- troy w ith extinguishers when they arrived.

Heavy rubber smoke filled the laundry rooms and adjoin­ing corridor, b u t patient areas were not affected. Hospital X>ersonnel m anned emergency posts when the alarm went off in the building.

The ex trac to r had been run ­ning while laundry workers w ere a t lunch. The brake ap­parently seized, and friction caused lining to heat up.

D r . H u g g i n s F e t e d ,

D r . . ^ n s a r i R e t u r n s

A farew ell open house was held Sunday afternoon for Dr. and Mrs. C. Ray Huggins, who are leaving the area. The af­fair, which w as well attended by friends and form er patients, was sponsored by the Board of D irectors of th e M argaretville M emorial hospital. Dr. and Mrs. Huggins received several gifts from th e ir well wishers.

Dr. H u ^ n s leaves soon to assm ne the position of director of student hesdth a t th e S tate University college a t Oswego. H e closed his office here last week, ending m ore th an 25 years of general practice in the area.

Dr. M. A nsari has returned from a vacation to India and has relocated in Dr. Huggins’ form er office. He expects to be joined soon by Dr. M. Rah­man.

A n d e s F r i e n d s P a y

T r i b u t e t o D o c t o r

Andes, Sept. 21.—A surprise farew ell diim er was given Dr. and 'Mrs. C. Ray Huggins last week Thursday evening a t the Andes hotel by 150 of his An­des friends. Lloyd Johns was m aster of ceremonies.

Dr.' Huggins has re tired as a doctor in the M argaretville and Andes areas. He was given a child’s snow shovel so he can get to work in Oswego, where he has a position a t the S tate U niversity college, and Mrs. Huggins also received an orig­inal oil painting.

Besides th e guests of honor, his i)arents, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil R. Huggins, and her mother, Mrs. W ard Reynolds of Fleisch­manns, attended th e dinner,

B r a k e l o c k , S l e e p

A c c i d e n t C a u s e s

Phoenicia, Sept. 21. — Shan­daken constables investigated two accidents in four days last week, neither of which resulted in m ajor personal injury.

B rakes on a 1964 Pontiac operated by Tim othy Graham of Roxbury locked as he was traveling south Satu rday night on route 28 between the two eastern entrances to Phoenicia. The car bounced into the right guard rails, then spun around, h itting a 1970 Chevrolet driven by Neil C. Goodrich of Mary­land.

Constables Tom Jansen and Jam es Sm ith investigated.

An auto operated by Carl Lumbaca, 20, of Phoenicia crashed head-on into a fire hydrant in front of the St. F rancis de Sales rectory in th a t community about 3 a.m. Wed­nesday. The hydrant was ripped from its concrete p lat­form and heavily damaged. The car, a 1972 Volkswagen sport vehicle, was heavily damaged in front, but continued another 2/10 mUe before stopping in front of M cGrath’s store.

Lumbaca told Chief Con­stable Jack Schlegel th a t he had fallen asleep. The driver also suffered m inor injuries.

Charles Woilen, 31, of Lanes- ville was arrested by Constable W illiam Jansen for being an unlicensed operator of a m otor­cycle. He is to appear in Shan­daken justice court.

CATSKILL DH. E . C. KELLY

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MOUNTAIN NEWSVol. 110—12 12 Pages—2 Sections

MARGARETVILLE, N. Y., THURSDAY, SEPTEM BER 21, 1972Published Weekly 15c CODV

Second-Class Postage Paid at MargaretviUe. N. Y. 1245 S $7.50 Year

Weather Hints That Fall Is Due Tomorrow

The la s t weekend was a glorious one to remember, but the autum nal equinox reminds th a t other kinds ■ of w eather th e in the offing. Summer comes to its official end to ­morrow evening when the sun crosses the equator a t 6:33.

The brillian t w eather of S a t­urday and Sunday w as more summerlike than had been ex­perienced the previous weekend. Then, although the sun was bright and the sky blue, the feeling of fall was unm istak­ably In the air. Evidence of the change of season was abundantly a t hand.

The clear d ry cold . a ir was more typical of an October m orning th an early Septem ber. The sun’s w arm th did not pene­tra te the shade of the forest.

Soft m aples have sta rted to a tta in those b rtllian t reds and yeUows which dom inate the autum n foliage. A few b u tte r­nuts have dropped, as have beechnuts and early apples. Blackberries have been a bump­er crop and are still on the stalks in shady locations. Those in the sun have largely been picked or fallen to the ground.

Blue jays, silent all sum m er as they raised the ir young, have sta rted the ir raucus and pierc­ing calls as they fly from one hemlock to another.

The young grouse appear full grown and the m other no long­er puts on the “broken wing ac t” when a covey is flushed. M allard and black ducks are seen in goodly num bers on farm ponds and flocks of blackbirds wheel in the sky as they pre­pare to head south. H ornets and flies gather thickly on the sunny side of a house seeking a minute hole to en ter and set up w inter housekeeping.

The poor spring gardening clim ate from rain and lack of sunshine has been partly made up by the absence of ^ early Septem ber frost and the 'warm w eather of the last few weeks. M any who despaired of a crop a re reaping a la te harvest.

T raffic on village Main stree ts lessened and the long lines for the traffic light a re gone. One m erchant rem arked th a t “someone had turned off the spigot.”

Most had a good sum m er a fte r a poor s ta r t in July. The wet, cold w eather fortunately did not continue in to August, which in m ost cases m ore than made up the earHer losses.

I n s t r u m e n t s H e a r d

A musical instrum ent in tro ­ductory program for fifth grad­ers and the ir parents was held Tuesday night in the new music room a t M argaretville central school. F ifty people heard dem­onstrations of each instrum ent by the following middle school students: L inda Erickson, flute; Carol Erickson, oboe; Stacey Valk, clarinet; Jane Hubbell, alto sax; K athy Carroll, tenor sax; Gene Rosa, trum pet; Scott Reither, F rench horn; Chris Carroll, trombone; M argaret Ann Menzies, percussion.

C o u n s e l R e q u e s t e d

George Sands Scudder of Arkville was arrested Sunday m orning on charges of driving while intoxicated and being an unlicensed operator. A rraigned before Town Justice Joseph Giieco in Andes, Scudder re ­quested counsel and was com­m itted to the D elaware county jail in lieu of $150 bail.

T r a i n i n g O f f e r e d

F o r N e w H u n t e r s

T raining for prospective new hunters will be given next week a t M argaretville central school. There will be classes Monday, Sept. 25, and Wednesday, Sept. 27, both beginning a t 7 p.m., and attendance a t both sessions is required to complete the course.

Senior Conservation Officer Bryan Burgin said th a t a simi­la r course would be given by Conservation Officer Ted W ash­burn a t 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 26, and Saturday, Sept. 30, a t the old fire hall in Roxbury. R ichard Gabriel will hold class­es a t Andes central school Tues­day and Thursday, Sept. 26 and 28, a t 7:30 p.m.

H e l i c o p t e r B r i n g s

W r e c k E x a m i n e r

A private helicopter which landed Tuesday morning on the baseball field behind the La- denheim and Sons garage in M argaretville brought an ad­justo r to examine the w reck of a car dam aged in a recent col­lision. The ca r was owned by Tempco, a national holding company.

- The copter came through a heavy overcast and circled the village once before landing on the baseball diamond. I t was on the ground about IV2 hours before departing.

G i r l S c o u t s W i l l

H o l d R a l l y M o n d a y

A rally to reorganize the M argaretville Girl Scout troops will be held a t 3:30 p.m. Mon­day a t the fellowship hall of the M argaretville U nited M ethodist church. The rally is for all persons in terested in prom oting Girl Scouting fo r the 1972-73 year.

Scout and leaders uniform s not being used are being sought ^ d m ay be le ft a t the, church lilW day for distribution to leaders and m em bers actively participating this year.

R o t a r i a n s A r e H o s t

T o S e n i o r C i t i z e n s

The Roxbury R otary club hosted several of the tow n’s senior citizens a t Monday nigh t’s meeting. Rev. John Bandt of the Jay Gould Me­m orial Reformed church spoke on his observations of the life and living conditions of citizens of the Philippines.

Senior citizens attending as guests included Harold Everett, B urdette Long, Sam Lutz, W il­liam M attice, John Ballard, Or- ley Slauson, W illiam Vermil- yea, F red Weyl, Charles De- monie, Mrs. Lilliam White, Mrs. Gladys Lepeltak, Rev. Cornelius Lepeltak, A rthur Higby, Ralph B arnhart and Bill Fitsimmons.

Florida Robbery Suspect Nabb^ By FBI And Police In Pine Hill

Phoenicia, Sept. 21.—Federal Bureau of Investi­gation agents, state police, sheriffs deputies and town constables converged on Pine Hill last week Thursday

afternoon and apprehend-T w o B u c k s F o u g h t

U n d e r G o l f L i g h t s

Three M argaretville men witnessed an unusual buck fight Monday night a t Lou’s Driving range on route 28. Louis Pe- duila. Postm aster Richard Gav- e tte and Carl Barkm an watched as an eight and a four-point buck tested each other less than 100 yards from the range’s tees. N either anim al appeared to be disturbed by the lights nor traffic.

The men w atched for half an hour as the antagonists tried to drive each other from the field. They finally left to ­gether w ith neither apparently the winner. Both sets of an t­lers appeared to still be in the velvet.

H u n t - F i s h D a y

P r o g r a m P l a n n e d

The Catskill M oimtain chap­te r of th e Izaak W alton League will participate in the National H unting and Fishing day to be held on Sept. 23. There will be dem onstrations and ex­hibits on fly tying, canoeing, hand loading, fly and bait casting, also a display of fire­arms.

The public is invited to a t­tend the dem onstrations to be held a t the chapter clubhouse on Cemetery road, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. All dem onstratoins and exhibits will be free of charge.

B o v i n a Y o u t h H u r t

J h i A t r t o R o l l o v e r

Roger L. Hadley, 18, of Bo­vina C enter was transferred to Albany Medical cen ter from O’­Connor hospital in Delhi Sun­day w ith injuries suffered in a one-car accident on the Bovina county road th a t morning.

S ta te police of the M argaret­ville sta tion said th a t Hadley lost control of his car, and the vehicle skidded broadside into guard rails and rolMng over, ejecting th e driver. The car came to re s t on its wheels.

He suffered a subdural hem a­tom a, described as bleeding in the brain.

C h i m n e y T o o k F i r e

M argaretville firem en were called b u t a t 9:30 p.m. Tuesday for a chimney fire a t the home of W arren Todd in the upper end of R ider hollow. Firem en w ere out nearly an hour, but kept the fire contained in the chimney.

ed a man wanted as a fu­gitive from an armed rob­bery charge in Florida. They also discovered a package of cocaine and a q u a n t i t y of marijuana when they entered the man’s room at Friendship Manor.

The m an was identified as Guerlano H arris B attista, 43, • of the Bronx. He was sched­uled. for arraignm ent before U. S. Commissioner John B. G arrity of Poughkeepsie on the federal charge of unlawful flight to avoid prosceution and faces grand jury action in Ul­s te r county on the felony charges of drug possession.

Shandaken Chief Constable Jack Schlegel had been alerted by th e FB I the day before th a t a much-wanted subject had been seen in the Shandaken area. W hile patroling early Thursday afternoon a t Pine Hill, Schlegel drove in the park ­ing area of Friendship M anor and spotted a 1970 Pontiac, wihich answered the description of th e one sought by the FBI. Closer inspection a l ^ disclosed th a t the license p la te data checked out.

Schlegel radioed th e U lster county sheriff’s office and took up a vantage point to keep the car under surveillance. He was soon joined by Deputy Sheriff John Stone and th e tw o officers kept w atch until the arrival of several carloads of FB I agents, s ta te police and more deputies.

As th e raiders entered the hotel room, they rei>orted th a t they saw B a ttis ta attem pting to secrete a package. They seized

and found th a t k contsuned riore than 13 ounces of m a­

te ria l identifled as cocaine, which would have a value of m ore th an $10,000 on the s tree t m arket. Also reported found was a qu tn tity of m arijuana.

The original inform ation from the FB I to Constable S c h l^ e l indicated th a t Baittista w as w anted in D ade county in connection w ith a robbery in which he and th ree other subjects had dressed as police officers.

F i r e D a m a g e s C a r

A 1959 Buick owned by Mrs. R uth Buckalew w as heavily damaged Friday a f t e r n o o n when it broke into flam es under the hood a few m inutes a fte r Mrs. Buckalew had parked it in fron t of her home on the Southside road. She had re ­turned from shopping w ith her m other, Mrs. flVIary Shultis, a moment before the flames were discovered. The fire was put out by M argaretville firemen.

S h a n d a k e n M e e t i n g

Trailer Law Changes Continue To Be Of Concern

SPECTACULAR SHOW was provided the C ats­k ills Sunday night as lightning played over the peaks. Despite scores of bolts, such ajs this one taken over New K ingston m ountain, there were

no dam aging strikes locally, bu t a b am was hit and burned near W alton. Photograph was m ade by opening shu tter on cam era and leaving until ligh tn ins flashed, ,

Phoenicia, Sept. 21.—A wide range of situations and topics occupied the atten tion of the Shandaken town 'board art; its Septem ber m eeting last week Thursday night.

More than 50, residents of the town w ere a t the meeting, interested in proposed changes to the tow n’s new tra ile r or­dinance. A public discussion was held on these before the business session. The changes perm it the use of piers instead of a full foundation for indi­vidual tra ilers, submission of plans to the “town planning board” instead of the “chair­m an” of the board and govern the proper fastening of tra ilers to piers or foundations.

Also of concern was a situ ­ation a t a Woodland Valley de- velpment, where cribbing along the stream has ro tted and washed away. A resadent of the area complained th a t this causes high w ater to flood her weU and cesspool. A repre­sentative of the developer has advised th e town p l a n n i n g board th a t no m<we tots will be sold in th a t area until the condition is corrected.

The town board received a suggestion from the planning board th a t a resolution be con­sidered to require th a t newly installed septic tanks not be covered until they have been inspected by the town b u s in g superintendent to m ake sure they conform w ith regulatians. The suggestion was referred to committee fo r a repo rt a t the next meeting.

H( ;̂>es thait th e tow n would

have a doctor w ere dashed when Superintendent Raymond J . Dunn reported th a t he had been to ld by Dr. Iw anota Kinichi of Glen Cove th a t the doctor had decided against coming out of retirem ent to establish a practice here.

However, Mr. Dunn said th a t he had conferred w ith Dr. George W ootan of Kingston, who is in terested in p ladng a trained para-medic or physic­ian’s aide in Phoenicia. This aide would be available a t all times to a ttend to certain emergencies and conditions con­stan tly under a registered phy­sician’s orders. More inform a­tion will be available a t the next meeting, Mr. Dunn said.

Town A ttorney Charles W at­son stated th a t he was of the opinion a franchise could be granted to a TV cable installer to service up to 250 subscrib­ers under the curren t federal “freeze.” A public hearing will be se t for applications for such franchises a t a la te r date.

The board received a deed for property in the Ed and R uth W est development, which dedicated the P an ther Moun­ta in road to th e town. Mr. W est and Highway Superintendent Archie Aley w ere given au th ­o rity to m eet regarding the surveying and se tting of road locations in realigning Jiiid re ­pairing the T raver hollow road in cooperation w ith the: tow n of Olive highway departnieilt. I t is expected th a t this , open up m ore possibillttes for land development in th e towns.

Mr. Aley asked th e board to

exam ine th e possbiilities of leasing equipm ent for th e high- v/ay departm ent instead of out­right purchase. This was re ­ferred to the highway commit­tee.

A resolution was passed a t the request of the superintend­ent of the Phoenicia 'w ater dis­tr ic t to extend a pipeline on U rsula place, to include one hydrant and th ree taps, a t an estim ated cost of $6,000. The superintendent is lo advertise for bids on the project.

A nother resolution passed will perm it th e highway super­intendent to spend up to $1,500, instead of $1,000, w ithout prior town board approval, under a new s ta te law.

The possibility of the tow n of Shandaken joining the New York s ta te retirem ent system for its employes was discussed. The board will request a mem­ber of th e system to come from Albany to the next m eeting and explain the m ethods of re tire ­m ent contributions and de­term ine which employes would be eligible to join.

Richard M erwin was reap­pointed dog enum erator for 1973.

The board received the Au­gust ambulance service r^ w rt. T h irty calls w ere answered, 1,546 miles traiveled and $597 in fees turned over to the su­pervisor.

B eginning .with the October meeting, tow n board will re- t»«B 'to its <Wnter schedule of m eetings. The regu lar m eet- i i ^ Wiill be a t 2 p jn . Saturday, Oct. 14.