C hurch S t. D evelopm im t E xpands R apidly

Three new homes rise in the Everett Redmond “Gold Medallion" home of Mr. and Mrs. Edwarddevelopment on upper Chiirch street in Mau'ga- retville. Left is that of Mr, and Mrs. William Hubbell, whose previous home was taken /by construction of route 30. In the center is the

Ldndgren. Mrs. Lindgren is a new second graoe teacher a t Margaretville central school. At right is the almost completed home of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Limn. Both will be finished this summer.

C ham ber W itt M eet to T alk b ico rporation

There will be a meieting of the Margaretville Chamber of Com­merce Tuesday night a t 8:30 in the firemen’s hall to discuss and take action on the incorporation of the group under the member­ship corporation law.

Mrs. A. , Arenson, president, asks tha t all members attend. A minimum of 27 must be present to act on the proposition.

Pete Williams has been hired to present a show and dance a t the Margaretville central school F ri­day night, Aug. 7, for the Ijenefit of the pavilion fund. A stage play, "Come Blow Your Horn,” for the benefit of the same fund, was poorly attended Saturday night.

The cast of the production was from the Long Island Little Thea­tre group. They specialize in pre­senting plays for charity benefits.

Those attending report the play well done., Mrs. A. Arneson was hostess to

the members of the cast for the weekend.

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Jeffrey and John Hubbell play in front of the fireplace in -their new Church street home.

A new housing development th a t promises to enhance the ap ­pearance of Margaretville is un­der construction a t the upper end of Church street.

The new home of Mr. and Mre. WlUiam iEIubbeli has been ccaor Ideted ^ d the “iaised rand i” style hrones of Mr. and .Mrs. Ed-

/^ward Lindgren. and Mr. Mrs. Floyd Luim are expected to fee fin­ished by Sept. i ; Builders Zimmer-

F ire D ep artm en t H as T w o M orning C alls

Fleischmanns, July 21. — The Fleischmaims fire department was called out tvdce Monday morning. The first call a t 8:45 a. m. was to the home of Hilton Kelly, where a tractor caught fire. The second caU was at .11:45 a. m. when vráes on a car on Main street caught fire. No damage was doné in either case.

In ju re d by M ow erDuiuraven, July 20.—Earl Diet-

rich was injured last week by a mowing machine. He was taken tb the Delhi hospital where sev­eral stitches, were t^ e n in his leg. He was able to return home.

C om pletes C ollegeFleischmanns, July 21.—Richard

Blish has completed his studies a t Union college, BarbourviUe, Ky., and arrived home Simday. He will return to the college for graduation in August.

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man and Greene and their crew were working diligently Friday in the hot sun.

Developer Everett Redmond ex­pects that there will be live to seven hduses completed in ,:^e . develq^Bneñt. by winter..'-^ structi<Ki o n . the Walter, Halpem house will b^iin in the .nex t fe^ days. Tbe,lindgren. hoáie will be a “gold metJallion” honie, with all electric facilities.

The Hubbells moved into their new home July 6. This house was built by Kenneth Conine of Andes from the original plans of the Hubbell’s former home near KeUy Comers. Its special facilities en­able Mr. Hubbell, a paraplegic

since the Korean conflict, to move about comfortably. There are . several modifications. Hie interior decoration is the work of Mrs. Hubbell. Pastel colors and

^^aciouiness characterize .|he dé¿.

The' déveldpjíiént,’ as yet AuH named, is served by village w ater and city »e«rafee xlispo^ - trical facilities havé already been set up. '

C autions R esidents O n W ate r U se

The superintendent of the Mar­garetville water department re­quests tha t the residents of the village refrain from any xmneces- sary use of village water, such as lavra watering, car washing, etc.

There is no present danger of depletion of the w ater supply, but wasteful use of water may cause this condition if the drought con­tinues.

H ay C rop T hinRoxbury, July 20.—Most farm­

ers have their hay crops nearly completed, and report that the hay crop is “pretty slim.” The rain­fall was too light during May and June. ' Some farmers have ob­tained other fields to cut.

Fleischm anns Jeunboree Boy H as A ppendicitis O peration

Scout Dennis Balcom of Keisch- manns underwent an emergency appendectomy a t the National Boy Scout jamboree a t Valley Forge Thursday, less them 12 hours after his arrival.

He complained of a stomach ache shortly after reachiijg the area and was admitted to the sec­tion health tent. When he did not improve Wednesday evening he was picked up by Army ambu­lance for removal to the Army hospital on the grounds. His con­dition was diagnosed there and he was transferred to the Valley Forge Army hospital for surgery. He was the first patient.

The medical care a t the Jam ­boree is excellent. There are three doctors on the section staff.

Dennis was back to the section health ten t Tuesday, where he could participate in the less-ex­erting activities of the final days of the janiboree. I t is not anti­cipated .that he will return home vidth the other boys.

His mother, Mrs. Barbara Bal­com, received the following letter from the head surgeon of the hos­pital:

July 16, 1964 Mrs. Barbara Balcom Box 332Fleischmanns, New York Dear Mrs. Balcom:

This vpill confirm our telephone conversations of July 16, 1964. Your Scout, Dennis A. Bailcom, was operated uiwn at 3 a. m. this morning for acute appendicitis. He is doing quite well, and it is anticipated that his course will be entirely smooth.

i t is anticipated that he wiU be returned to the Jamboree Health Lodge under the care of a Scout physician surgeon who has agreed to care for him in order th a t he may participate in the Jamboree, though to a limited extent.

I t is riot planned to contact you further unless necessary imtil the end of the Jamboree a t the time tha t transportation wül need to be arranged.

Rest assured he is receiving the best of care by conscientious cap­able personnel.

Sincerely,Charles H. Boettner, MX>. Deputy Chief Medical Officer William M. Smith, M.D.Chief Medical Officer

Skip H eley P rep a re s F o r Y ear in Ja p a n

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Walton F. Heley 3d, 16, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walton F. Heley Jr. of Margaretville, is scheduled to leave Kennedy airport July 30 for Tokyp, Japan, along with a Bing­hamton girl, also a Rotary In ter­national exchange student.

After his arrival on the 31st, “Skip” win spend two days and nights in Tokyo before traveling to Matsuyama, where he will spend approximately a year living with several Japanese families.

The Margaretvüle Rotary club will hold a, bon voyage party for the boy and his family a t Kass inn Tuesday. -

4-H Club M em bers R elease P h easan ts

William and L any Johnson and Alan Reynolds of Halcott Center were among 18 members of the Greene County 4-H dub who re­leased 819 pheasants fOT hunters to shoot this fall. The club náem- bers received day-old pheóisant chicks from the Conservation De­partm ent and raised them imtil they were seven weeks old when they were released;.

Members supply the facilities, equipment and feed for the birds, and are paid for each bird released according to its quality. The birds were inspected by the New York State Game Protector for Greene county.

J e t to V irg in IslandsPine Hill, July 20.—Arlene Nie-

sen and Brenda Rosenberg, in company vwth 12 friends/ will leave by jet Saturday to spend 2% weeks a t Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. They plari to re­turn via Florida,

F o rm er L ocal M an D row ning V ictim

Joseph Mattino, 43, of Pough­keepsie, son of Mr. and Mre, Al­fonso Mattino of 'Margaretville, drowned Saturday night while svdnaming in a lake near Salt Point, N. Y.

Mr. Mattino was attending a family picnic a t the lake, owned by William Kay of Salt Point, when the accident occuired. His body was recovered by divers about 11 o’clock, two hours after he was reported to have gone into the water to retrieve a beach ball belonging to one of his children.

Sheriff’s Sergeant Hugh Bren­nan said th a t Mattino disappeared shortly after 8:30 Saturday night while he was swimming in the lake v?ith his wife, Frances, 36, and family, Mattino came to the surface twice and then went down in deep w ater as other swimmers made futile attem pts to rescue him. *

Mrs, M attino suifered shock and hysteria. She was treated at the lake and rushed to St. Francis hospital in Poughkeep­sie.

X Brennan said skin divers imder direction of Chief Crum grappled for some time before ' the body was recovered.

Dr. Golding, who investigated wáth Sheriff Lawrence Quinlan. Chief Investigator Charles Borch- ers and the district attorney’s office, said Mattino died of asp h j^ a due to drowning. I^e ®ive a verdiqt of acci<}Wital death

gaiietviUeV\aftdidéd Margaretville ce n tré B cii(^ :and < worked in the faiiüly stMíe on Bridge s tree t until he moved to Poughkeepsie about 10 years ago.

He is survived by his wife, F re c e s ; three children, Frank, Shirley and Joseph; his parents; ^ brother, Alfonso Jr., and three sisters, Mrs. Lawrence Wool- heater and Mrs. John Peterson of Margaretville and Mrs. John Doban of Carteret, N. J.

A ppoin t M rs. C onineC afe te ria M anager

Mrs. Donald Conine of Marga­retville will be cafeteria manager of the M arg^etville central school. She was apjwinted by the board of education a t a meeting on July 14 which began before the annual school meeting.

Glenn Davis Jr. was appointed as a social studies teacher in the place of William Cronin. He was placed on a first year probation­ary position a t a salary of $4,700.

Resignations of William Cronin as social studies teacher and Bev­erly Decker as school aide were accepted.

The request for use of the building for private lessons was tabled until the next meeting.

The annual school district meet­ing took place a t 8:30, after which the bo^d of education meeting resumed. As President Paul S. Taber did not return to the meet­ing, Vice-President Orvil Itosa presided.

The request of Frank Duggan for buses for the Pee-Wee base­ball league games was approved, and Jeunes Trowbridge was ap­proved as driver for July 20, July 21, July 28, Aug, 3 and one open date.

The Board authorized William Hubbell to secure information concerning costs for repair of boil­ers which M. Rotolo, the T ravel­ers Insurancé Co..safety engineer, discussed with him a t the time of the in a c tio n .

The installation of outside lights for the gairage area a t a price of $411.26 was authorized.

The following bids were accept­ed for the 1964-65 school year: Milk—White’s Dairy, .0525 % pint white, ,060 % pint chocolate; 1.1J> quart heavy cream. Ice cream—^Borden’s 3%-ounce Dixie, 60 cents per dozen; novelties, 66 cents per dozen. Fuel oil—Sears Oü Co., .0668 cents per gallon, subject to increkses and decreases.

Buy Lukow B ungalowMr. and Mrs. Bernard Fishman

of E ast Meadow, L. L, have pur­chased of H. T. Lukow a bunga­low a t Highmount in the Belleayre estates. Two additional lots were included in t^ie sale.. The Fish­man family, who have been com­ing to the Catskills for several years, will use the bungalow for a summer home.

E v ere tt A . R edm ond H ead s School B oard

Everett A. Redmond of Arkville was elected president of the Mar­garetville central school board of education at an organizational meeting Tuesday night. Walton F. Heley Jr. was named vice- president. Mr. Redmond had been president during a previous term.

Other positions filled are: Clerk, Dorris Gavette; treasurer, W alter J. Odell; collector, Mrs. Leah Jen­kins; purchasing agent, William Hubbell; attendance officer, Edith Davidson; census enumerator, A. Dan Morse; schodl physician, Dr. Gilbert M. Palen; school attorney, Layman Snyder.

ÍTié official depository bank for the school is the Margaretville office of the National Bank and Trust Company of Norwich.

School board meetings for the coming year will take place on the second Monday and the fourth Tuesday of each month.

H osp ita l Seeks R evue & B all D onors

An advertising journal is being published in connection with the hospital ball a t Margaretville cen­tral school on Tuesday, Aug 18, I t will contain inerchahts ad­vertisements and a list of patrons, who have contributed $5, Each patron will receive a complimentary ticket/to the ball. Those who have not been contact­ed hy a member of the committee are asked to call Joseph Brill a t the hospital in Margaretville. An application blank for listing as a patron may be found on page 10.

The hospital is also seeking life members. Anyone donating $50 over three years achieves this dis­tinction and is entitled to vote at aimual meetings.

D raw s P rison T erm F o r L ocal B urg laries

A Franklin youth was sentenced to A ttica state prison Monday for burglary, third degree, arising out of break-ins a t the Leon Sobol- ewski boarding house on the New Kingston road, and ^ e h(»ne of

orie-io-two-year term from County Judje& W alter .L, Tw iy. : D a r l^ Tiad previously pleaded guilty to two counts of petit larceny and two burglary counts.

Local B anks Feel E ffect of Coin S hortage

The current nationwide coin shortage has affected several local banks severely, while another bank has been able to come to their aid.

The Margaretville office of the National Bank 'and Trust Comjiany of Norwich has experienced sev­eral instances of shortage in the past few weeks, but was able to lumish the Grand Gorge branch with coin two weeks ago. The National Bank of Sidney 'called upon the MargaretviUe bank for aid shortly thereafter, but the local institution was xmable to help them.

One thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars in coin has been or­dered by the Margaretville bank from the Federal Reservé Bank of New York, but the order may not be completely filled, bank officials reported. A shipment re­ceived several weeks ago yielded no quarters, dimes or nickels. Re­cent shipments have contained all freshly-minted nickels and pen­nies. I t is jeported tha t all of the U. S. mints are working furi­ously.

There are no immediate prob­lems a t the Margaretville bank, but the situation is expected to worsen, the assistant cashier said.

The F irst National Bank of Fleischmanns, on the_pther hand, has been able to supply the Mar­garetville, Grand Gorge and Sid­ney banks with coin a t various times recently. A cashier report­ed that the shortage has not af­fected the bank, but that the sup­ply of John F. Kennedy half-dol­lars is completely depleted.

The coin shortage is attributed throughout the country to hoard­ing of coins by the public and coin collectors. Local banks re­quest th a t piggy banks and other large accumulations be returned to banks so that circulation may increase and alleviate the problem.

B oyd G iven E ag le

council campfire Saturday night. His parents, . títiá 1Mrs¿ , - R ^ Boyd, were présént tb witeeiss granting of the highest rank in Scouting to their son.

F a ir a n d F estival C om pete fo r T im e

The Margaretville summer fes­tival and the Delaware county fair a t Walton will both take place during the week of Aug. 17-22.

Margaretville will be without the traditional visit of the “Miss Rheingold” candidates this year, The firm sponsoring their appear­ances has been sold and the new owners have other plans. Several other activities have been sched­uled. Expected to a ttract the most attention is the Gala Revue and Hospital ball on Aug. 18. There will also be a carnival, an auction, a parade, a Hooteniumy dance and many other activities. Many of the events will be held in the new pavilion on the village park.

F air Program I s FullThere are severed new features

in the Delaware county fair pro­gram.

A Flea Market has been sir- ranged for one day; a showing of antique cars for another, with pos­sibilities for a, flower show and a rt show on separate days.

The horse show will last for three days with the 4-H show opening the event on Wednesday and the open show Thursday and Friday.

The cattle shows are scheduled for Tuesday through Thiffsday with FFA events on Friday.

The church bazaar and food sale will again be found a t the fair with many attractive ' and tasty things to sell.

Horse pulling returns to the program this year, opening the fair on Monday afternoon. Trac­tor pulls in various classes will be featured a t several times dur­ing the week.

A mid-way will furnish rides and entertainment for the young a t heart.

D elaw are W elfare In creased in 1963

Delaware county welfare ex- penditin^es increased by 11.4 per cent in 1963, over the 1962 fig­ures, according t a the xenilta of

PübUc Sa^tedÜ ore

ót iKzeaae for ^as a whole Js 15J. per-cen t

arid the sta te exclusive of New York d ty . ia pef-íK at, a » réiKttt Tejíais. Tbe Gñfene eounr ty fígure decreajsed, however, by 1.2 per cent.

R oxburyT h ro a ir f iitt^ By Sm all D og

Roxbury, July 20.— John Bur­roughs, two-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. John C. Burroughs, was badly bitten by the little black dog which has been the pet of the Kasmer and Reed families for some years. Tuesday afternoon, Mrs. Burroughs and her two Chil­to n , Debrá and little John, and Mrs. Gary DuMond and her boys, David and Daniel, were walkhig up the street together. They paused to talk near the Methodist church before- Mrs. Biuroughs- anti her children crossed the street to their home. L ittle John was sit­ting on the lawn' when the dog, who had followed them up th e ' street, unexpectedly attacked the little boy and had him by the throat by the time his mother and Mrs. DuMond, attracted by the boy’s screams, turned to rescue him. Little Johnny had a deep bite on the back of his neck and several other bites on his neck and throat. They took the little boy to the medical center a t Stamford, where the wound was sutured. The doctor did not sew up the wound because of the youth of the child. The dog must be confined for five days to de­termine-whether he is rabid.

The dog, well-known in the neighborhood, has been in trouble once before when he attacked a n - . other small child, one of the twin sons of Mr. and Mrs. Larry I^elly, and a relative of the owner. That time, they reported 'that the child had teased the dog. This tim e little Johnny had not noticed the dog before Tie attacked. The in­jured child is a great-great neidiew of the famous naturalist and is the fourth to bear the name John Bur­roughs, The naturalist's brother, Curtis, was his great-great grand* father.

G uidance C ounselor O ^iice H o u n

BoWaRl QStít», ;guidníce mSop nt Miriíiníififmn schobl, wm^tier'af l£e 9 4 daUy. notil th^-mic@te A nttpÉ B é: wBl. xmf itar dents im s<£edoBng subjects fox the faÜ term and will also give guidance counseling.

Report From Valley Forge

Sw apping Is F avorite P astim e A t Boy Scout Jam boree

Resting between Jamboree activities a t Valley Forge vafe, stand­ing, left, Junior, Assistant Scoutmaster Craig Dunham, Arkville; Senior Patrol Leader Kenneth Hill, Margaretville, Sitting on the ground are William Kapitko, Hubbell Hill; Patrol Leader Jon Asher, Arkville; Scribe Steve Lang, Fleischmanns; Clarke San­ford, Margaretville, and Mark Poole, R oxb i^,

Assistant Scoutmaster Robert Hill, Margaretville, directs Tommy Mors^ left, and Richard Gibbs, both of Roxbury, in erection of part of th é -archway for their Jamboree section.

By A1 Weiss

Spread as far as the eye can see are thousands of tents, brightly colored in yellows, blues, grays and a liberal springling of Army olive drab. Here in historic Valley Forge, Pa„ our boys from Marga-

_ retville, Arkville, Roxbxuy and Fleischmanns are meeting the 50,000 Scouts from the rest of the United States, along with a lib­eral sprinkling of Boy Scouts from 42 foreign nations in the

, free world.The weather is terrifically hot,

and humidity is high, '^here was a heavy shower the night before we arrived, but it has not rained since. Milk and fluid consump­tion is high; water is plentiful, but not cool; cold showers are popular.

We arrived a t 3:15 Wednesday afternoon, July 15, after a pic­turesque, but uneventful trip from Oneonta. We &om Otscho- déla councU were in two air-con- ditioned buses. The 5%-hour trip was by way of Route 7 to Bing­hamton, the Penn-Can highway to Clark’s Summit, Pa., and the Pennsylvania Turnpike extension to VaUey Forge.

Met Bryan BorginHere we joined the lines of

hundreds of similar buses, and it took about 20 minutes to receive clearance and enter the grovmds a t Valley Forge state park; Bryan Burgin was on hand to greet us when we climbed off the buses.

The boys and leaders in the two groups imloaded equipment from the rented truck driven here by Assistant Scoutmaster William Stone of Morris, Their first task was to erect the tents in a double village, set up dining flies, stoves and tables. Supper was peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, sar­dines in special jamboree cans, milk and fruit. Cooking began Thursday morning.

My assignment was to the com- misseuy corps, which is a little different work for me, but vital to the jamboree. Our con^missary

^issues food every meal for approx­imately 1,600 boys and leaders, twice the population of Margaret- ville,

'This food is usually i^ g c d ^ during the small hours oF^ihe morning, carefully counted on re­ceipt and distribution. The com­missary staff eats welL We are pai^t of a section staff of 40 riien for Section 8 (We often feel the Section ,8 designation is appro­

priate), covering most of upstate New York, fanning out from Rockland, Sullivan and Delaware counties through the entire South­ern Tier and westwju:ti along Lake Ontario from the Syracuse area.

The work is not easy, but the longest trick I have is eight hours, two times. Other periods range from 1% to 5 hours, so I have plenty of time to cover the Jám - boree grounds.

The Peanut Butter Test Peanut butter is a barometer of

the way the boys take to the menu. If the supply dwindles rapidly official know they zire not feeding the boys the way they like. But if it lags they know the boys are getting real good - grub.

In the week-long encampment the boys will eat 10,400 nine-indi pies and 47,000 dozen eggs. They will drink 630,000 quarts of mntc £md do away with the rib eye steaks from 2,200 steers,

I am writing this Saturday morning in the commissary tent, the coolest idace I can find. .M- though i t is over 80 a t 10:30 a. m., there is en o u ^ breeze in this spot to make it comfortable.

The nucleus of this ten t city was set up by the Army before Scouts b ^ a n arriving Tuesday. The service has furnished all the headquarters, latrine, dining and o th e r . “working” tents. The othera have been brought by the counials and represent as matiy types and colors ia s one can ' imagine.

Commissary duties kept me on the grounds Thursday while the boys made their tour of Philadel­phia. From all reports, t h ^ had a marvelous time. However, I t was a footsore and hungry herd of , youngsters who reported in for a late supper Thursday n i ^ t

They had little rest though, be- c a t^ there was a rehearsal a t the' arena for Friday night's big opening show. Section 8 is the chorus section, and has down front seajs for the events. I t’s ideal for seemg. The drawback is th a t we have to be there about an hour ahead of the opening, and it takes about an hoiu* after dosirig be­fore the Scouts from other sec­tions around us have moved out enough to clear the way for our section to. leave.

Show Was Spectacle The show Friday night was as

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