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The lowest bidder on sup. Plying i new truck for the Munkiphl lighting Depart-ment has protested Plattsburgh Common Council's decision to order the vehicle from a nearby adto dealer.
Howard Williams, vice president of F. D. Marshall k Son Inc. of Willsboro, wrote Council Friday that he does not consider acceptable any of the reasons given for ordering the half-ton truck from E. S. Mason Dodge Inc. of Plattsburgh
Mason's bid was $1,692. Marshall offered to sell one to the city for $1,603 — f » less,
Williams said he had heard
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three "excuses" tor accepting the second lowest bid and to doesn't think any of them is valid explanations for "squandering the lax money of the residents erf the dty" in a year when Council is trying to hold down taxes.
Four bids on the truck were opened at the Nov. 23 Council meeting. Santa Chevrolet bid 11,78? and Cumberland Motors —like Marshall, a Ford deal-er-~bid $1,M».
The 'excuses" given Williams are that Marshall is too far out of the city for service; that the Council should confine its bids to in-city firms which pay local taxes; and that his truck did not meet the specifi
cations on the bid "Did you ask if it were nec
essary to bring your vehicle to Willsboro for service?" Wil-ttams asked the Council in Ms letter.
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The Press-Repubhean Friday, gives a warranty with all its vehicles, and in the case of government • owned equipment, the warranty is good anywhere—not just with the firm that sells the truck.
4 'We have done a great deal of business with the state," Williams said. 'The warranty is always included with the bid.
44Just recently we lost a
state hid to a Florida dealer on a special piece of heavy
turned to their badness Jatf. tald, cane frptn Mutridpri the dty
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It is hanfly likely, be •uci&jLGt tntt toe state expects to dispatch the truck to Florida tf repairs are needed. The machine will be sent to the nearest shop francfaised by the manufacturer.
"U hnihwt ihoaM be kept in the city," Williams asked the Council, "are you suggesting that the people of Willsboro and Essex County are fools for spending their money in Plattsburgh and paying your 2-per-cent additional sales tax with no hope of ever seeing any of this money re-
tUttXtt? /That it is all right for our
business to collect your sales tax and keep books for you hut cannot receive in tun the right to compete for business in your city?"
The sales tax Williams referred to is the city's J-per-cent charge tacked on the state's 2~per-cent tax. Ail city residents must pay the tax on cars and major appliances, even though they do not buy them in the city. Any over-the-counter sale in the city is also taxed*at four per cent.
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ing Marshall's bid, Williams
Ufhttag Department Stanley W. Nile*. William* says Nttes told Mm Friday the Vlifl AiA m**± • n i n e * * " - • l a n l f t i m
mcr QUI not neat aoespecujca-Uons advertised.
Nfles reviewed the bids before Council awarded the sale to Mason on Dec. I. He did not tell Council in Us report that any of the bids failed to match specifications and left the decision to award the bid entirely to the city fathers.
"Not only did we meet the specifications of your bid proposals/' Williams wrote Council, 'but we exceeded them!
"Under these circumstances, our firm feels an obligation not only to the taxpayers of
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area for their Hvetohoofbut also the brtareet of feed iov> ernmeat la a Ume wiw we are surrounded by ever4acr*aatog taxes/1
He reminded the body thai Council Is considering a tea increase for 1907.
"Please be advised that we have tostructed our attorney to take whatever legal steps may be necessary to correct this matter.
'Though this procedure may be costly to us personally, we feel it- shall be in tbe~hest public interest/' Williams wrote-
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CLAMPING — Raymend Cross of Lewis ad- cause it is stronger," said manager Compton justs a " C clamp holding parts of desk to- Light gether. "We glue most of our furniture be-
Jews to mark Chanukah, Festival of Dedication
Chanukah services will be he)d a: Terr.pie Beth Israel Wednesday right at 5:30. accord! rig to Rabbi Alfred B. Landsberg. spiritual leader.
Children of the Temple religious school will hold a Qian-ukah party Sunday morning and will present a Chanukah musical and program for the congregation following Sabbath services Friday night, and will have a Chanukah party Sunday morning.
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For a period of eight days, begirding ot the 25th day of the Jewish month Kislev »Dec. 7 . Jews around the world will begin the celebration of Chan-
Tfce suory of Chanukah, the Ofclv Jewish houdav not record
ed in the Bible, takes place in the year 168 C.E., when the Syrian Emperor. Artiochus Epiphanes. sought to undermine the Jewish way of life and to substitute for it the Greek culture known as Hellenism.
Though a small minority, the Jews resisted this attempt successful^.
en. and in 165 C E . amidst pomp and splendor, it was re-dedicated and reconsecrated as the center of Jewish worhsip of the One God of Israel.
In perpetual remembrance of this event. Jews today celebrate annually the holiday of Chanukah. Festival of Dedication.
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Led by Mattathias. a high pnest. and later by his son Judah Maccabee. Jewish bands engaged *be Syrians in a battle which lasted for nearly three years.
Upon returning to the Temple Ln Jerusalem, they found the altars desecrated.
"n>e task of cleansing the Temple of idols was undertak-
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Further detauis of tne contest may be had by contacting any member of the club r sending an inquin- to Plattsburgh Lwrs Cub." Bex 541.
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The eight-day celebration is derived from an account m the Talmud that when the Jews returned to the Temple, t h e y searched for oil w:th which to
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enough to bum for one day *as found, according to legend
When the oil was kiridied. instead of burning for one day as anticipated, it continued f o r eight, long enough to permit the priests tc prepare new oil for the Temple use
This is the reason there are eight lights on tne Chanukah menorah
The epic «f €baroka*r Irat profound meaning for every liberty-loving person for it was the first historical battle fought fyr reiiccHis freedom and the right to worship according to the dictates of ooe's cocsoeoct
Tra<fitjOBa!:y. Chanukah is primarily a home celebration. celebrated by the kundLng of th-e Cbamakah candies : r. e cande 15 »dded ea<± nigh,* a fe.st:ve meal wt^m in-cljdes ^
la ikes" -potato pat rakes and c^^ese ±shes
7hndr°r: are treated tc gifls. and a game of scrirrung t h e drar£ 3 ec^yed by all Oc •fche ±^y£ a spinning toe are
: found the ieuer« Son (kmxati Hay tad Shus—the Src Hebrew letter of a phrase wtx± ^ar»->ted means "A gre*; zurade happeoed tbere7T
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Lewis craftsmen keeping a nearly lost art alive
By LARRY PAYTON Chief, Elkabethtowfl Bureau
LEWIS—Time is the biggest problem facing one of Essex County's most unusual business firms.
It takes time to build quality furniture and other wooden merchandise by hand, said Compton Light, manager of Lewis Woodshop Inc.
Light and a force of three full-tune employes make up the labor which turns out wooden objects of near perfection by craft methods almost lost to mechanization.
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pine and the rarer butternut, to fashion such things as tables, chairs, desks, hutches and upright gun cases for saJe in a growing consumer market
'There win always be a market for a quality product." said Light, "though it may take us a lot loncer to do the job and at a higher cost."
Time has been a constant foe of the woodworkers for the past two years and they are presently 14 weeks behind in filling orders.
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of woodcraft they turn out but also do special order work. "We'll do anything once," the manager said, 'if it's made of wood."
On special order, the workers have built lamps, home entertainment centers, special cabinetry "and just about anything else you can think of." said Light.
He said that the firm does not advertise nor use regular consumer outlets, explaining that this helps keep o\-ertiead down. "Sometimes prices on special orders get out of hand anyway, due to using only the choicest of native wood for the jobs," he said.
'This and the many hours it takes to do quality work has to take the form of higher
costs . . . but the consumer is getting a better buy right here in quality, workmanship and the strength inherent in handwork "
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in their work is usually finished in natural colors by customer demand, although Light pointed out they do stain at request.
The corporation has been in existence only since July 1963 but Light dedared he has seen a great increase in interest in hand-made items.
He said customers themselves are the best advertisement and pointed out that items he has sold in the past to personnel from Plattsburgh Air Force Base has brought him inquiries from all over the country and overseas.
' i t is re-waixiing work," Light said, 'and I think we make as good a merchandise as a person can find at any price."
CONTRASTING — Big and liitie, coirtrast between die of jobs: a $7 footstool and a 1151 gun cabinet. Compton Light, manager of Lewis Workshop holds the footstool with cabinet in background.
SANDING — Tom Santor of Keeseville uses a big sander on top 0* a lazy Susan tray which
tells for $10.
Community Orchestra's Yule concert Sunday
CROWN POINT Area news
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P'burg Youth Commission meets tonight
A Town of Plattsburgh Youth Commission meeting has been called for tonight by Go-Ccna:r-
! men Bob Garrow and Bob : Brown. The meeting will be ; held at the Oak Street School ; at 7 30 p.m.
Among the items to be dis-I cussed are the 1966 Soccer and i Winter programs, the 1967 j budget, and the report of a • committee on acquiring per-| manent land for youth aetivi-I ties.
' 1967 Area chairmen will also 1 be elected.
Firemen stop drver blaze at paper plant
City firemen extinguished a blaze in a dryer at the Diamond National Corp paper plant Friday night.
The heater, iocaied i- the pie plate division, had become overheated, causing the equipment to burst into flame, firemen said.
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The annual Christmas cofleert 'A the Plattsburgh CoiJege-Com-m unity Orchestra, scheduled for 2 >0 p m Sunday at Haw-kms Hal] auditorium, will feature a f.ute solo, an auction and orchestra* selections ranging from the popular to the symphonic.
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Tickets at « per sdstt and* 50 cents for children * i i be j available at the door C .l-ege' students wJl be admitted or presentation of identification cards
Member? and patrons of the orchestra have tne:r season -memberships.
Lader tke direction t* Dr Angeio La Mariana, the 11th holiday performance will in-
. elude Mozart's 'German Dances." the familiar folk-strain. "Greensleeves." by Vaaehan J^y f i r e W/Jiams. the second movement :-f the "Romanic ^ymrh^ry'* by the rerxjwned Eastman School of Music composer. K-fward Kansor fT his TWt
sprint to New York
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anniversary Toreil;"§ Christmas Concerto and the perennial •Chr tm,a? Festival :> jery?
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*rxxe youth, beiies -*r m.jr.ra: experience, will offer Y.^zar s r.Jte Coocertc
4ntermisr,or. w_ be dgmrt to the auct}oc:n2 at tz -or^mal
wnae and Joe" cartooe 60 iated by Bill Mauntr. Paul CaJ mx anctaooeer *-Z pre-sect tbe large, cokred cartas 12 ±e hope at a4fcsg at teasr » ! • to dm Eaxpac&rd texL
SAR.ANA" — Saranac Sre-met from tbe Redford staDor. were cafjed to the borne of Charies Goodrich ir Redford S u nda y morning
A spr ke mar. :^sjoned that a vyyd ru>-e be*:ame overheated. causing a '**a and celmg to cater fire
The Sre »as extinr^hed r. « ¥:• a m
Fremer. were unable t es-rmate Ae tmooot of tfie dm->8«
3 times a day 6^5aaili)0pmf&30j«
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Dr Alice jt the Cfetcr. Cocrr> Ffistart-' m Amit win addrt0 t h e ; Platatfaxr?*! Rocary CWb at a; 11 15 pm hjocheoc meets* to
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