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sftiii: VOL. 95 NO. 46 ITICONPEROGA, NEW YORl$, THURSDAY, SEPTlWBgRS, W6f ^'t; "3

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Enrollment In Public Schools Is 1,^1 :;Oii Opening Day;

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RAtSII^O-OtD GLORY ~ - American «<£ p r e ^ f j s d t o ' r h e n** ticonderoga Elamenfary and Widdlp School by American Legfifi »V»t M 4 ' i s raised during dedication ceremoni&s hold yesterday. M*mb»r» ^ t f ^ i t ^ l p n ' f i b s f W j ^ Sen, ^cmekLstaJfordjre J n # * background. (AH photos on this page by Wjsori S,mitbi ,

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Port Henry¥ir#twu 0jotd Annual Labor Day Celebration

P O R T HENRY— The 79th Annual, Port Hepr> FrremenS celebration w,n »a sifcjr^jicakir \

-success, from $ie- opeliingAirjopi-_ elru o n Sunday -evening wher$ ' the, Bristol Concert Baud, from

Bristol,* vVti*• presented an qld , fashioned band concert in the park, -<nntil the dntajn Was mrtg dojvn several hours later.

/ The parade/ moved ou t ' on /schedule and was-led by the ^olortul preasipnWilsboio Drill ^ a i t t , with. Assistant Chief Jack ^Valdron out in front as mar-

*" |h.aj. Eleven bands were in trje ^ne6p7* including- three from

»the 'Province of Quebec, Back •aggfin/ for their 18th year was die.' Granville concert vpand vmt-def ' ihe dire^ctipn o i win Cory* Jtf6rt< -Hfepry's \Gdldett T Eagle Jfrum"Jand Bugle. Corps added

.'jife^tQ the p a r a d e ^ they strut--ted t along, theiU pre-arranged .route. Mayor Nazzarena De-

. ifrohs-Ttas" in the lerad VIP car •representing^he people of the

FLAG CERjE/li(iON[Y^~ At dedication ceremonies h^Tcfy^r^day* members of Ticonderoga Am-^ c a p , Legion Post'No.. $24 presented an American flfg^JoKbe ffcWp at Wie new Elementary end Middle School/ plsyd B. Russel l president of the. Board ©fifducation, is shown receiving the flag from Legipri Cpmmander l̂ a-V»fokrd StoweH. Legldna i re t ,^ f | tp right ar*» Arthur Watrou*, Letter Os ie r 'F rane^ Lynch, £berry &lark* Sn4 R * « * : * % § w H l n -

More than 1,450 ticonder-oga youngster's ended their surij-mer vacations yesterday, as* an­other school year *gQ( "underway in the public' schools here.

For the students, it was a hajf: day session to acquaint them with iheir new classroom and teachers. Faculty meetings were held in the afternoon- ,

The day also marked the first day of use for the new "fi conderoga Elementary £pd.: Middle School. It was high­lighted by a brief ceremony at 11:15 a. m. for the presentation. u£ American and New York̂ State flags to the school. Trf$ American flag was presented b/y Ticonderoga American Legion Post No. 224, represented b j Aithur Watrous, Hanford Stow-ell, Lester Qsier, Sherry Clark^

Central S c W l Board-President }ohn,F^Sro^?afav4 and 5>p~r-j-feinw, J*i"incipai A}feif •Mcfidir^ 0 t "traveled ^ie parade rt«tfcfJJ via antopaohve transportitioni fI as did old time Eirerr^en^Mark BigelqW, Ptfhey Roberts and Le-Roy Vanderhoof.

^One of the mosj; colorful groups appealing in' the, narade was. the jSfTountain I>oers Sqiiare Dance Club" ab'oard their prize winning float. The St. Isaac, Joqtjes General AssTerobly o£ die Knights o£ s Columbi;s made an impressive appearance as they marched in their color­ful regalia" The old favorites, the Adirondack Bag Pipe Band was. back again, and delighted fhe some 4,500 specl^tols who

(hne4 die parade route * Stepping out at a lively pace,

£Ven. after nqt getting tot their homes in the Troy*'area, unfil nearly 4 a- m„ after havjng ta i -en iepond place h o p e p in the

^ L^tos. Ai? rij »•-.-*•— -^ — All New England D?um and

ke re former mayors "Wilbur I^obsOn and George Clemohs. and Town of Moriah Supervis­or "Vyilliam WheelocW 'MoViah'

^t^eet Contract* Awarded To Meale

. v >The Ticonderoga "Village ,Bbard, meeting last" night, , awarded a contract for the re-

paving oE Algonkm Street to A^ P^Reale and Sons ' ' Reale was the only bidder pn the project. The contract is fpr $l$,50Ov Work is e^pettcd to

IpCgin %v«hin the ne \ t ttvo weeks, Reale told the Board

Spungheld, Mass., \(fas the ev­er popular "Spiegelaires" A large number of the anttoue cars, featuring many real"" old ' ies, added a bit o£ n o s t a l g i a ^ the afternoon, and presented ^ ihost impressive sight to jfte'ort lookers Several of die political hopfuls for state offices Werjfr on hand with decorated cats, and pergonal appearances. T6e Moriah Sea Scouts under fffe guidance of that veteran shoW-tnah, Thomas Phelps once again

f )Ut in a n appearance and fre­ighted the crowd, All tii this

along with many firemen with a {Ctmtmued On Tat^e $tx)

SCHOOL "DEBKAt lQX4*SM6 Sen, ? « " * ' « " ^ S | j « « ^ r J ? h t ' i s Sfif*»^ ?W Ticqndftrog^ SeTieoI Board Pres&fortf Kleyd Rusiell during Hag' ceremony held Wednesday *} the opening of the n«w/Elementai^ ^ap^MidSe Scho«C Sen. Stafforc? presented a Sfate fta^r fo^the school. Look­ing on is'SuperinteiictepVof S|noo!« R j o h ^ Tet»r|flceri.', . , u t _ -*£ ^ - k . ^ - '•—-i—•—•— •

SARANAG LAKt-Bx ie f op-eiring eeiemomes a t ] JJor|fa doqntry Community: College will be held 'a t 12^0 p. m. qn Monday, September 1$.

T h e public is ihvlted to at­tend this event to takfc palace ib. the area in front of Main Hall (the'former General Hqsjsital of Saranac Lake)*. * ?

A brief guest addrefej will be* 'delivered Fby State Senator Rop-ald Stafford, and a ftag--rai5ing ceremony will he held iedtaring the Veteraiis of Fprjeign* Wars,, Post 3357 of Sjaranac Lttke, and "dall to the rotors" played "by Joseph W , Boland, director pf the Saianac Lake Central School Band / T h e invocation wdl he

Continued On Pdge 5»xf H .

l#e$$b&- Victim Of Uir, 6Mu^ging'

The Albany>Tima«-Union re­ported; Wednesday t that a T V conderoga rrtart,-Hmes Dona-hue^SS, wa$ffvfcfim in « rash of muggirige whicfi took place in the downtown ^ r e * of that city Monday night and ' early Tuesday" morning:. Six per-sott$"v»er* robbed and man-handled, according to the re-port.

Donahue, i t Is reported, wet 'accosted at 2 a. m., pn Bread-way, north of Clinfon AVenne, by three men who field His hands behind his N e k , punch­ed his face and tore off his pants, containing $106 in cash.

Donahue was taken to Al­bany .MedicaLCenter Hospital for treatment off«c|«l injur­ies.

Searchers Find Lost Girl, i OK

EI.IZABETHTOWN 4 " ^ has a thousand scratches^ and wet feet." donor!, said Monday of a four-year-old girl lost in the northern Adirondack^ fop, 42 hours over the weekend.

Little Rpbin Hutchins, a daughter of Mrs. Arlene Hutch ins. of Queens, was Jourjd Mon

Fraricis Lyurh and Robert Mr-Caj!g4in.

;Sg|$e > n - Ronald B. Stafford pr£gj;pte4 the State flag to the ^cljlpol. Sen. Stafford noted that '"jfhere is a vast oppoitunity in Arlie'rica for the development of opr individual capabilities. This new school in Tkonderoga marks another educational mile­stone and ft is UP t o t n e stu­dents to take full advantage of it." Sen. Stafford is chairman of the Senate Committee for Higher Education.

Members of the Tkonderoga Boaid of Education, Supcrin tenden| of Schools Richard Ten Haken and other school officials were on hand for the flag pre­sentation.

According to yesterday's en­rollment Figures, there

enrollment was 1.364. This nv eludes 443 in the high school, 327 in the Middle Schdpl, grades 6 through'8 and 684 in the Ele-' mentary Sfhool, grades kinder­garten through five. The en­rollment by grades as follow*" Kindergarten, 152: pre-first grade, 16; first grade, 96; se­cond grade, 112; third grade, 96; fqurth grade, 100: fifth grade, 98; sbfth grade, 116; ele­mentary special class, 14; sev-~ enth grade, 91; eighth" ^ i d e , 101; Middle School special class, 16; ninth grade, 135; tenth giade, J12: eleventh grade, lp2 and twelfth grade, 94. '" |

As a result of'the completion of the new elementary and raids' die sph/>ol, four pdjer s c j ^ ^ ^ ' l buildings ip use here for "rpsy "Jg years' have been a b a n d o n e q ^ r f ^ S

if igures, tnere were

1,454 students registered in the I instructional purposes;, school system. Last year's total | (Continued On Pgge, $$

County Board Delays Action On Regional Planning Unit

Parachute Jump Contest Saturday

Mu^eMing Shoot Scheduled

The 24th Annual Fall Shoot of the fort Tkonderoga Mu? zle Loading Assn will Be held at Fort Titonderoga, Thursdav through Stjhday, Sept 1215.

It will feathre New York State Open Championship Matches for qfle and pistol, ag giegate jnatches, off-harid matches^ rest matches, pistol matches and novelty matches, 53 matches* in a]l Included in these '* matclie^ are cannon matches, mortar machines, lad­ies matches. Tumor match and re pntrys jmatches. Age hmfy fof Juniors is 14 yeais

Twenty-twc* ttoph'es and 137 go|d, §iher apd T>rqnze medals w}|| be ^warded the wmnprs.

The shoot1 starts at 9 00 a m dnd clones at 5 p m each day

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*, _ . ***** FIRST DAY at school. Children entering kindergarten at the new sehctol appear pleeied « t the

prospect as they are greeted on opening day by teachers, t (

.SCHROON ' I A K I ^ T Awards were presented Sunday to rnorc than 50 contestants who partici­pated in the anniial fishirig i;on-te«t sponsored % the §ch roop Lake Chamber of Gompierce.

Q. P. Leavitf and JoeL 1 yrcll awarded the prizes «n })e"hal'f. of the ChaiphPi*. Th;es winning en­tries were as follows: v

Northern Pikes Sapiupl Mc

ier, Cbhoes, 1? % 8 ,q/., < a ugh t in Paradox Lake; John CiacOp pe, Schenectady, 13 lb.; t ;hl lord jrjinpch fei Round I ;;ikc, 11 lb, 4 Q7.4 Richard Rollins. Cnuhtige. H 1&; Hobart fvlui dock, So. SpHroon, g lb. H| <•/ ; Dayid ^'bbolt, SrJhjropp' l- 'ke. ti lb. 4 pz,3 James: Shapiro, New-burg, 6 lh.'nntl 5 lb. 12 pi-* *l} c^ight in SchrotMl Lake; Ltoh-rdd MatshiiU, Gongew, & lb\ 4 oz.,.<ja|fgh.t.in Paradox '*

Herbert ^niirnt.vm,ui Deer Park. L , t . 4.1b. i o i ! (.night in Schroon jLjik/c and,CUude Mar ivn. Lirtctenhufst. .4 lb ' P ' caiiaht in Pairadox fL-»ke rSnja l l Mouth B?ss Joseph Stcffel, ^chrOpn Lake "i lb 12% oi., (aught ffl Schroon Lake; Dr. Victor Pqdesta, Vmeland. N j..;-'3Tb. IS oz,;caught in Para-do3f Lake; Dopald Castlovv Mer-ri<k, L, t , 3 lh. M ox, R a l p > Lc.il, Srhrobri Like,' 2 lb., 13 <>/.; Betty yari Riper, •SVhrojm Lake, 2 fb, 1Q o,?., Barry Srhad-iln-: Fort Lee, N. J-^% » Q?*-jack Smith, No. t r o y , 2 lb. 12 ci/.i James Fujler Jr.','" SchC'n^c-ta<!>. 2 lb . Q% op, l )an Migr iuci, Scbenedady, 2 }|j. § <|z< ^11 taught in Schfoo;n Lake> W Claude ^iaittn,^ Lindenhl?*§K* % lb. 4 dz.,> paradox Lake. " • '

LAKE PLACID— The Lake Placid Chamber, of Commetce

-^ t .. has received entries frojia^JUje-day morning near Beavei Flojj-j,stales' in..ss^rly registrations"'"for-

thejiSepteaiher 7th 2nd Annual Lake Placid^ Parachuting Qiam-pionships. according to Execu­tive Secretary Alan Eccleston.

A $25 entry lee will defray die cost of the planes to be used, as well as to meet organization expenses in which |l,50Q --Jpi prizes is being offered. AH en­trants must be qualified nieip.-bers of the United Spues o r ' ^ e Canadian Aviation Bureau as well as USPA rules will goygrn, the meet. . ... \

The sky diving erifliysl^ts will leave the plane at an atti­tude of 3,500 feet and try to hit a four inch disc on the g#WJP? Chutes are opened after a zero to ten second delay and each diver will make three jumg§. §o far, only two girls have entered, but more of them are expectjed to send in their entries afte* tpe-Labor Day weekend. Massachu­setts has nine entries with Con? necticut, New York, New-lej:-sey and Pennsylvania trailinj|)|lg that order. T h e competition Will begn at 9:3J a. 8 , t e ' :day, but in the evenj; cf| ^ o p j

Pains £bp%••> t\?0 mile^ Irom ihejjF, cottage in the densely-Wspded IJncqln Pond area of jy iex County. '^Apparently she wandered off ajfter asking her grandfather if she could go to a fistroom, po­lice Said. That was, about 3:45 p,<m. Saturday/|t wgs 0:40 a, m. H|onday befcjre fiyp of the up. to 300 searchers, fplld^ng a wind­ing seven-mile trMi pf ppy foot­prints, found hpr.r"

Sl̂ e had ms|;|t^take4jed,..the searchers told, reporters,

Doctors ' st'"2 B|izs|etht6wn Community- Hp^)\taj,. ^ e f g ' ^ e child was taler^.t.sjud | & e ^ a s apparently in gppd p h w M l ^ n r dition. being only {$e%\sold and hungry. She was kepj jfeefe overnight.

Five bojs fpupd ber> TbgP?^ and Henry Kudlazik o | §cfenpe-tady. Anthony Harvish of Mor­iah, Henry Balhut and ftill Ze-lirtski of Witherbee.

Also participating in theJ search were Stfttg foljce. Con­servation Department person­nel, area tirerpen, details, frqrn Plattsburgh Air Force ^$fase$' bloodhounds, divers, ^ heijcop/ ter and volunteers frpip ,a j^ng others camped in the area be!-^Ween Ehzabet^tpwn ap^ Port •Henry.

." • * \ :LA%£:LzvU... .'••'"'•••,,.;'' .-. The L ^ e JCre^rg^ Pa r^ ^ m x mission reports the Lake GeorgS ^ater level readjng qp tp.e Rogf ejrs ^ock.gaMge at $,§? f e e t M Friday, Aiigiist 30.,

ELIZABETHTQWN — Ajqt-- ;* turn on Essex County's p^ropoV^ '> ed: participation / i n p!ie ^p3^|< , *1 Champlaih-Lake ^George w f e il giona} planning B o a | d , ^ xvss tabledv"by/ 'the?' Ga -Boa%' o^%pe;ryis6|^^'^iefc|^|.

• • T i r e W t B f ^was-' taken ^drl; W , _ _ rertmimCTdatiojO at :0it&nm* 1

t o w n Sppt^ispr Ch8rl|i; - ' I pga - , , . . -Sdiiverdtfcger,' chairman :MM& Board's Planning;. COt t i^^p . ' He said he wanjjsf i . - . ,^- .^0k additional ihfolihatibrr, dae^fo; the fact that Cl|ntor|

duplrpafrdnr~of existing' t> ning effpm in that coanfyfifr

Th,e total cost ofdie^fl* gram, according t o ^ ' M f t ' - I 5al Board's budget I s ^ 0 ^ m A l With-five counties pardCrM^"^ t? ing, the/-cost to Essex C6jffi& -\M

wouid̂ .aooe. ; » f h e jotirpoe of w& hvemsfc:

RegiQrtH . P l t e g ^ P f p * ^ » H opmint*Wprk,Pj:p^«}n is W f e - i velop- ghide|jMs; injj-|cippni|hmf ing a regional fflthpreheflsfev,^ plan add'plWnjp^-'^befi9||pj;:i,;

The . ,wxk BEGgram wiU: | l |»: ; proi id^l inWmartoi r to es®^:vr j tisji &.'-w#$%.aeladonshiriVf^-;;! j ; |%nii t | tn | . InnpaJ a j ?p l i ca^^ ; " ' t ^ ^ l j p ' l o ^ f i r i a n d a l assista^fe|i,.^

"corhprihensive ree 'weather will take p % : ^ ^ ^ ^ | ^ i d ; - ; d e V e j o p ^ r : •;

, September 8. The Lake Placid AirpSft^-%

on Route 73, with more *|Mtt adequate airplajgg .tie \-'.,jmm space, as weH 'as parMrM^r,: several huncpred au^niOJppe|s Complete information ' a^Jiit die Second Annual Xakfe;Bm|fdi Parachuting ChapimpnisWps can he qbtained frOrn! the Gttabi> ber of Commerce office in the Qly^ipic Arena

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^a|Eam to b e ' u r i d e r t ^ K * ' to':tHiMLG/RPB.iwfll_ 'm^M .levels = W .comprehensive! •^Ss: '; < 1 nine in ihe Lake C h a t n i & ^

^ , w p r | , p^igram will be d^igttj 1 Jell to;be' compatible with M p t * 1 ^•/dtjr^a^td'- local compr||fepH .sive plantiing programs wia | | i , the ReMottx and wfU incljWfe^ M

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KINDERGARTEN SC|N£ *~ YoungiUr* were quick to f*̂ * advantage yesferdey of the meny opportunities feeiijs offered them in their «rit step in the JflP̂ | edutsattenal precis*, Scene If In the Mhtfirfl ir te^^ ,