Jersey Man Jaüed In Shooting Spree; One Man Wounded

A wild shcx)ting spree by a New Jersey man shatteredthe peace of Margaretville’s Fair street section Sundaymorning and resulted in gunshot wounds suffered by one -----------------------------------------♦m an , fall injuries by another. The

MCS Budget Of $511,830 To Be Offered

A proposed budget of $511,830 for the 1964-65 school year was completed last week Tuesday night by the M argaretville central sdiool board of education. I t will be presented to the district voters a t the annual meeting July 14.

The proposed budget is about $35,700 more than last year’s budget, but state-ordered changes in the bookkeeping system require th a t such it«ns as varsity ath­letics, musical instrument rentals and cafeteria funds be included in the budget. In Margaretville cen­tra l school these have been self- sustaining and have not been in­cluded in past budgets.

However, separate propositions for workbooks and student insur­ance will be presented to the voters a t the annual meeting. The insurance was paid by the school in the 1963-64 budget, but the workbooks were not included.

There will be an estimated in­crease of $1.70 per thousand in the tax ra te for school taxj>ayers in the town of Middletown. The construction of route 30 at Kelly Comers has resulted in a tempo­rary drop of assessed valuation in the town because of removal of several houses. School tax rates are based on the town’s assessed valuation.

This is one factor in the tax increase. Another is the salary increases required in addition to the $100 raise granted teadiers for the coming year.

T h ird O nteora V ote Is Set fo r A ug. 12

, A third vote on a proposed budget for the Onteora central

I school district has been scheduledfor Wednesday, Aug. 12, by the Board of Education.

A school district spokesman said the board will conduct workshop

I \ sessions; to study items th a t could ̂ be reduced. A n w looposed

budget for 1964-65, with reduc- tiwis will be submitted for dis­cussion a t a public hearing in July.

Voters defeated a proposed $2,- 696,435 budget by a margin of 18 votes, 805-787 on May 6, and the sajne budget was rejected on Jime 16. T h e vote was 1,381 for, and 1,644 against, with 74 votes void.

Loaded Gun in C ar Costs O w ner $27.50

Larry Schramm of Schoharie county paid a $27.50 civil com­promise settlement before Justice of the Peace Andrew Schimian Jr. in Roxbury Friday for having a loaded gim in his car, a coi^erva-

. tion law violation.Conservation Officer Robert

Van Benschoten of Margaretville said that Schramm was apprehend­ed on information obtained from

;• a cooperating landowner.

Stores Close July 4Most stores in JVIPTgaretville

will be closed Saturday in celebra­tion of Independence day. Stores have prepared for heavier shop­ping days on Thursday and Friday in anticipation of the holiday weekend.

trailer home of Bernard Gorsch, 23, was peppered with .22-caliber bullet holes, one of which went through -the trailer and struck a parked truck on the other side.

Mr. Gorsch was released after treatm ent a t Margaretville hos­pital for fragmentary wounds of the chest and head. George Jocelyn, 27, of Pine Hill was treated for a cut on his right shoulder suffered when he dove through a window of the trailer to escape the shots and to summon help.

T he gunman, John Michael Dougherty, 25. of Ridgefield Park, N. J., is in the Delaware county jail awaiting grand jury action on a charge of first degree assault, which is assault with a deadly weapon. He surrendered peace­ably to Troopers Robert McCand- lish and Victor Larsen, who rushed to the scene minutes after receiv­ing a call from Jocelyn.

Also besieged by Dougherty’s bullets were Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Finch, who occupy an adjoining trailer. One of the bullets which went through the Gorsch trailer struck Mr. Finch’s pickup truck on the driver’s side door. How­ever, none of the wüd shots hit the Finch trailer.

Investigator Robert Vasisko, who took over investigation of the case, reconstructed the events which led to Dougherty’s arrest. Mr. Gorsch, who operates a beauty shop in Margaretville, had been at the Meadowbrook tavern in Ark- ville, where he made several chance acquaintances among the men and women there, including Dougherty and Jocelyn.

After the tavern closed Mr. Gorsch invited a party of six or seven to his trailer home for coffee. About 4:30 a. m. Dough­erty started to leave, but was im- able to find the keys to his car parked outside. He wjas reported to have raised a disturbance at this time, but la ter went to his car and fell asleep.

After the others, with the ex­ception of Jocelyn, had left, Mr. Gorsch went to the cár to invite Dougherty into the trailer because the temperature was cooling. When Mr. Gorsdi ra p p ^ on the car window on the driver’s side, D ou ^erty picked up the semi­automatic riflet-and- fired th^ugh^ thé window, point-blanfc Mr. Gorsch. The hollow bi^e'ts ap­parently exploded on yjipact with the safety glass ̂ in tee window. Mr. Gorsch was struck by frag­ments.

He went into the frailer and turned on a bathroom ligh t As he was examining his wounds, he was hit in the back of the scalp and knodsed to the floor.

Jocelyn, who had been sleeping in anotiier bedroom in the trailer, heard Mr. Gorsch call, “He shot me.” Jocelyn dove through a screened window. He told the police officers he ran to the river, crossed the shallow water across from the school and ran up Main sfreet to the Oby Atkin house, from where he called the froopers.

When the two troopers arrived at the scene, they found Dough­erty calm and the rifle and arti-

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Band in ConcertsAndes, June 29.—^The first of

four band concerts, given by the Andes senior band under the di­rection of W alter Coddington, will be held Monday, July 6, a t 8 p. m. These are sponsored by the vil­lage of Andes.

P av ilion P ro jec t U n d er V illa g e E ye

Construction of the Marga­retville pavilion was resumed Tuesday, as a village project to enable the village’s liability and compensation insurance policies to cover the work. The carpenters, Ivan Rosa and Burton Hall, were placed on the village payroll for the duration of the project.

The cost of their wages is to be reimbursed to the vil­lage by the Margaretville Chamber of Commerce, which is sponsoring construction of the pavilion. The structure will be turned over to the village following its comple­tion.

Eleven Browuie G irls A ttended D ay Cam p

Eleven Brownie scouts partici­pated in a day camp held last week at the Alfred Mathis farm on Hubbell hill. Leaders for the girls were Mrs. Mathis and Mrs. Robert Barringer.

Threatening weather forced ac­tivities into the American Legion home Monday. 'The following day the girls swam a t the Everett Herrick camp tat Kelly Comers. Mrs. Gordon McMuiray was life­guard. On Wednesday the girls had a cookout. Nosebag limches were used the remaining days.

Activities for the week were centered on a theme of “Island Hopping.” For the parents’ visi­tation program, the girls present­ed a skit on islands of the world, performed a square -dance and sang several songs. Refreshments were served.

Crafts for the week' included hand-sewn potholders, belt holders, colorful leis and decorated jewelry boxes. Girl Scout skills like lay­ing trails, l^hing, hikes and com­pass reading were stressed.

Girls attending were Polly Miller, Geraldine Robinson, Adri­enne Herrick, Kathy AUmer, Carol Sanford, Joan Sanford, Antoinette Piacquadio, l is a Weiss, Valerie Leyden, Susan Valk and P atty Sweeney.

Jimior Girl Scouts helping were Lynne Barringer, Caroljean Math­is, Sandy Gladstone, Nancy Kapit- ko, Ceirol Scott, Ann Sanford, Carolyn Sanford, Edna Robinson, Vicki Marks and Janice Kelly. Senior Scout Andrea Flnkle also assisted.

Phoenicia L ib rary Association M e t

The annual meeting of ,the Phoenicia Library association will be held Monday, July 13, a t 8 p. jn. a t the library. This meeting will be the first in the new build­ing.

A new a rt exhibit win be hung :for the occasic», and reffeshments "wiH be served fóÜbvíinil 'ih& b ^ ness meeting. The library will also have on exhibition the regis­te r of honors to the new building. The building fund thermometer will register each $100 as it is received; individual donations will be recognized publicly and the names of all donors inscribed in the permanent record immedi­ately.

R ay Cronk Presented Conservation F ilm

Roxbury, June 29.—At the Rox­bury Rotary club program Mon­day evening, June 22, Ray Cronk presented a film from the loan library of the Conservation de­partment. I t discussed the fac­tors and considerations involved in conservation courtesy.

Farewell remarks were made to Rev. Richard Guice by the vice- president, Henry Munsell, who will take over as president. Rev. Guice and his family left Tuesday for Kingston to take over the pastorate of Trinity Methodist church. ,

Visiting Rotarians included Frank E. Booth of Larchmont, Burton Van Scoy and Howard Gibbs of Margaretville.

Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. Spoke Here Last Week

Mr. Roosevelt, center, was greeted by Mr. and Mrs. Louis Viola of Bedell, acquaintances of the undersecretary of state, prior to his speech last

week Thursday evening a t Kass inn. At right is Francis Paternoster, Delaware county Demo­cratic chairman.

One of the la rp s t turnouts in county Democratic history heard the son of the late President Roosevelt when he appeared last week a t the party’s annual county dinner. ’There were approximately 230 persons present for the diimer and to hear Mr. Roosevelt.

Mr. Roosevelt leveled criticism a t Mrs. Katharine St. George, a distant cousin, who is Republican Congressional representative for this disfrict. He congratulated Delaware coimty Democrats on their gains on the board of super­visors in recent years and pre­

dicted that they would win confrol soon.

Mr. Roosevelt flew from Wash­ington to Kingston in his private plane Thursday afternoon. He was met in Kingston by Mrs. Everett Redmond, whose husband was chairman for the dinner.

Gypsy Moths Wreak Havoc On Mountains

Gj^sy moth devastation has left a wide area of northern Ulster county east o f Phoenicia denuded of moimtain foliage in gaping holes resembling wide-spread fire damage. Forest Conservation Officer Aaron Van deBogart has called it one of the worst infesta­tions of the gypsy moth in recent years.

The damage is evident along route 28 as one travels toward Phoenicia from Kingston. The moths have stripped the leaves over wide areas of the forest and desfroyed trees, including shade trees on private properties.

The Conservation Department has b l^ e d the heavy infestation on the lack of spraying during the normal hatching period last spring. Many of the property owners now seeking relief were among those who objected to the spraying as a nuisance.

The dei)artment does not spray for gypsy moth where less than 50 acres can be covered by airplane. Owners of private lands must give their approval to have their lands covered by spray planes. The de­partm ent said through a spokes­man th a t i t does not anticipate any opposition to spraying next year.

Summer Program A t F H S Is V aried

The summer recreation program sponsored by the board of educa­tion of the Fleischmanns high school will get under way im­mediately after the July 4 week­end.

Remedial reading classes will begin Monday morning, July 6, under the direction of Mrs. Clar- etta Reynolds. Class sessions wiU be about 30 minutes duration and will continue for four weeks until July 31.

Parents of children from grade one to grade eight should have the student a t the school a t 8:30 a. m. Monday for registration. At reg­istration, class schedules will be announced. All classes will be scheduled in the morning session.

The Fleischmanns - Roxbury summer concents will begin July 8 a t Roxbury. Six concerts will be held imder the direction of Jo-, seph Perry, high school vocal and instrmnental instructor a t Rox­bury cenfral school.

Roxbury concerts will be held July 8 and 22 and Aug. 5. Fleisch­manns concerts will be held July 15 and 29 and Aug. 12. Concerts will ,be held a t 8 p. Fleisch­manns concerts will be held a t the Skene Memorial library.

Fleischmanns students will fravel by bus to R(»bury on the nights of Uieir concerts for re- ■fewffsalsVat 7 IR' m. ‘I&^mrture time for these trips will be 6 p.m.

Cem etery O fficers Elected a t M eeting

Denver-Vega, June 29. — The Vega Cemetery association held a meeting a t the home of Mrs. Clara Craft in Vega. Howard Cartwright was elected secretary and treasurer for one year. Trus­tees elected were Francis Sher­wood for one year; Ivan Ballard for two years and Eber C art­wright for three years.

Mrs .Clara Hudler is mowing the' cemetery and has f i t nearly completed. Donations are being taken to pa.y for the mowing. They may be sent to any of the above officers.

Recreation Planned For Shandaken K ids

Phoenicia, June 29.—^The town of Shandaken will again sponsor its annual summer recréation pro­gram. iBeginning July 6, boys and girls over five years of age are welcome. Children imder five should be accompainied by parent or an older sister or brother. All wül meet at the parish field in Phoenicia on Mondays, Wednes­days and Fridays, and on Tues­days and Thursdays a t the fire house, Shandaken, from 9-12 noon. In case of bad weather, the meet­ing will be cancelled for th a t day.

H ay B aler Ran A w ayShayertown, June 29.— Tne

Lloydrick £ind Milton Butlers were busy with haying activities the past week. Milton’s baler hitch broke Saturday and the baler ran backward down the hill and into an apple free.

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F i r e E l n d a n g e r s H a l c o t t v i l l e

Margaretville fireman, frustrated by lack of w ater pressure in hose, stands by whüe flames complete destruction of Howard Slauson bam

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in Halcottville. Available water was used mainly to wet down nearby buUdings until lines laid to Halcottville lake and East Branch brought aid.

Severe Drought Conditions Cause Widespread Concern

Drought conditions in the area are causing anxiety on the part of farmers and village dwellers alike. This year’s hay crop has run short because of dry conditionsand forest and brush fires are a^~~ ----------------------------------------constant threat.

W alter OdeU, water superintend­ent for thé village of M argaret­ville, reports “there is no shortEige anticipated. Although our spring flow is down, only mech£uücal failure in oiu: equipment would cause a problem.” The village

two wells operating, and a tú rd , which will p iq u e e 150 g ^ - Idins per* minute, is" b e ^ déyél- oped on Fidr street, áhd is to be finished by the end of the smn- mer.

Leyden Smith, mayor of Fleisch­manns, reports that the w ater supply in tha t village will hold up

Summer Playground W ill Begin M onday

Summer playground activities for youngsters in the M argaret­ville central school disfrict begin Monday. Arts, crafts and games will be conducted a t the school from 9:30 imtil noon each morn­ing. Swimming for youngsters 7 and older will be held each after­noon a t Lake Switzerland., 'The swimming bus wUl leave the school a t 1:30, returning at 3:30.

Frank Duggan, who is recrea­tion director, said tha t permission slips for playground activities will be issued a t Monday’s sessions. These are to be signed by the parents and returned to the direc­tor next week!

Roxbury Busloads V isited W o rld ’s F a ir

Roxbury, June 29.—^Eighty-seven people from the town of Roxbm^ journeyed Jime 23 on two cheirt- ered buses to the New York World’s fair. The excursion was sponsored by the Roxbury Meth­odist church. Linden Gregory wiis in charge of arrangements.

'The buses went by way of Gran^ Gorge, PrattsvUle, Ashland, Wind­ham, Cairo and joined the Thru- day a t Saugerties. The weather was foggy when the buses left Roxbmy between 6:30 and 7 a. m. but the sun shone brightly at Windham, to become cloudy when New York was neared.

Summer Class Enrollments Are Extended Until Monday

Registrátion , will remain open until Monday, the first day of classes, in the Margaretville- Andes summer school a t Marga­retville central school. Principal Erie Smith said that registration had been slow so far, but he ex­pected it would climb as camp youngsters who arrived this week leam of the classes.

Classes will be conducted five days weekly, with world history, English 3, earth science and m ath­ematics 11 (intermediate algebra and trigonometry) offered from 8:30 a. m. to 10. CSiemistry, mathematics 10 (plane geometry) and American history are offered from 10:10 to 11:40 a, m.

The courses offered are geared to Regents make-ups. The six weeks of study are not expected to

aid students who wish to study these subjects for the first time. Lack of interest has caused can­cellation of plans for courses in biology, typing 1, personal typing and physics.'

The reading courses offered ele­mentary school pupils also begin Monday and have drawn 62 en­rollments thus far. Mr. Smith said, however, tha t most of the enrollments had been among pu­pils who wanted to study beyond their grades in the reading enrich­ment program. Enrolments in remedial reading courses have lagged.

There are two class sessions weekly for each pupil in the reád- ing program. I t is open to pupils who were enrolled in grades 2 through 6 last school year.

also. At present only one of the village's three pumps is in use. The others will be called upon as the need arises.

Daniel Underwood, superintend­ent of the Roxbury water district, has prohibited lawn sprinkling in the village, and garden watering is limited to one hour daily.^Measurements -taken ■ tjy Mrs.

Edwin,^Finkle of A nd^ 'show the paucity of this year’s spring pre­cipitation. The comi>arative fig­ures for the past five years are as follows: May; 1959, 2.37 inchés; 1960, 2.80 inches; 1961, 4.66 inches; 1962, 1.95 inches; 1963, 2.86 inches; 1964, 1.15 inches. June: 1959, 3.58 inches; 1960, 6.35 in­ches; 1961, 3.39 inches; 1962, 4.03 inches; 1963, figuré not available; 1964, 1.37 inches .

*1116 last real rainfeill in the area occurred on June 16, when .63 inch fell. Since then only .07 inch of rain has fallen to tanta­lize the soil’s th irs t

In the Binghamton area a rec­ord for low maximiun precipita­tion for May and Jime has been set. The old record was 2.07 in­ches, set in 1900; this year’s measurement was 2.03 inches.

An article in the July 6 issue of “U. S. News and World Re­port” discusses causes of the strange weather patterns th a t are occurring throughout the United States. “For one thing, say the weathermen, the “upper wester­lies” that flow west to east across the continent have been taking an erratic pattern. These upper air currents have been curving sharply northward in the middle of the country and th^n sweep­ing sharply to the southeast At the same time, the “Beraiuda high,” an area of high pressure in the Atlantic ocean off the U. s! coast, has been weaker than usual.” V

The outlook is for more of the same.. Dry conditions are. expect­ed to plague the northeastern U.S. imtil mid-July. ,

School Board OKs Increase in S alary

Á state-mandated increase of $600 in the salary of Principal Erie A. Smith was approved last week by the Margaretville central school board of education, "nie board also approved other finan­cial items in a meeting devoted mainly to budget preparation.

Petty cash advancements were made to school clerks of $50 for Dorris E. Gavette and $15 for Dorothy E. Lunn. The board also approved the purchase of a cal­culator for $262.50 and work on the oil bumers by the Stants Combustion company for $660.

Bills approved for payment were $5,499.37 for school, $852.86 for cafeteria and $2,590.85 for re­funds, rentals, f i i ^ and . feesi

A fire of undetermined origin destroyed the barn of Howard Slauson of Halcottville Simday night. The blaze, discovered by Mrs. Scott Clark, a neighbor, broke out suddenly at 9:45, spread rapidly throughout the bam, and engulfed a chicken coop used by the Slauson grandchileken as a play house. The two buildings burned to the ground, despite the efforts of the Margaretville, Hal­cottville and Roxbury fire com­panies. The next-door garage of Eva Haight was scorched and the roofing partly melted.

Lost in the flames were tools, antiques, several vending ma­chines, limiber, a snow blower and other equipment. A truck, car and lawn mower were rescued from the burning structure. Everett Snyder braved the flames to bade a panel truck away from the fire while firemen played hoses on the vehicle.

Halcottville firemen pumped from the village w ater mains, where the supply lasted untü the burning structure had collapsed. Had the supply run out a few minutes sooner, several other nearby structm-es, including the Slauson home, the Old School Baptist church and the Haight home would have been in serious danger.

Margaretville firemen encoun­tered difficulty after booster tanks were exhausted on the pumper when it was found that the truck was out of Was. A portable pump taken to the river was found to have water in its gas tanks. Until the portable could be drained and refueled and emergency supplies of gasoline poured into the truck’s tanks, efforts of the Margaretville firemen were frustrated.

When Roxbury arrived with truck and men, a line was laid nearly a quarter mile to Halcott­ville pond. With the M argaret­ville equipment once more in operation firemen from the three ccmmiunities soon had the blaze under control.

Householders in Halcottville were without w ater for a tinw as the p ^ p e r exhausted the niqing. Women’atfem ^ti^g to mijce aO&e

to $29,285.17 for school, $477 for cafeteria and $71.50 for franspor- tation.

The Margaretville hospital was permitted ta hold a benefit show at the schoolV Tn on Aug. 18 upon payment of cu^vodial service fees. Use of school buses for swimming was also approved.

a^roved^ a m ^ te d for the firefighters had to ̂hurry onnnoE-m ̂ j.- fpQjjj home to home to find w a t^ .

The assisting companies stayed a t the scene until after midnight

Mr. Slauson, who used the bam as a warehouse for his tool busi­ness, has been in Stamford Com­munity hospital for the past week. He stated that the bam was not entirely covered by insurance..

The Halcottville fire department had been called last Thursday to extinguish a grass fire a t the Frank Smith home. 'The Smith barn was threatened, but quick action by the firemen saved it from any damage.

Sunday night's fire was the biggest in Halcottville smce 1957 when a leapfrogging blaze de­sfroyed a garage and jumped hun­dreds of feet to damage two others.

Tavern Proprietor Faces T ria l Tuesday

Andrew Sorahan, owner of Monahan’s bar and grill in Fleischmanns, W£is arrested Tues­day on a charge of third-degree assault, following the complaint of Mrs. Beverly Powell, Fleisch- maims.

SQrahan and Mrs. Powell report­edly had an argument about 2 a. m. Saturday in the tavern. Mrs. Powell claims tha t Sorahan “pushed her around,” ripped her dress, and pushed her through the front window.

Sorahan pleaded not guilty when arraigned before Police Jus­tice Charles Muller of Fleisch- maims 'Tuesday. Trial is set for Tuesday a t 8 p. m.

Summer Camps OpenSummer began officiidly for

hundreds of city yoimgstei:s early this week when camps in the area opened for the season. Many bus­loads, supplemented by parents’ automobiles, delivered the young­sters to the camps in the town of Andes, near Fleischmanns and to several in Shandaken.

Concerts to BeginRoxbury, June 29. — Summer

band' concerts wiU begin July 8 a t Roxbury. Practice will be a t 6:45 p. m. Students and adults who play an instrument are in­vited to participate.

The concert schedule is as fol­lows: Roxbury, July 8, 22 and Aug.' 5; Fleischmanns, July *15, 29 and Aug.' 12. Joseph Perry, RCS music teacher, is conducting. i

H arvard in Colom biaAndes, June 29.—John Harvard

has arrived a t his destination in Colombia. His address> is: John Harvard, Carrera 70-C-345-3-Piso, Medellin, Colombia, Sura Amer­ica.

Pine H ill Receives Key to Community Center

Mayor Edwin France, center left, receives a token key from Dr. George Sullivan, disfrict superintendent of Onteora cenfrál schools, to open the former Pine Hill school as a commimity

center in tha t village. Watching, left to right, are Bernard Wadler, Charles Smith, H arry Allen and Jack Wallace, members of the community center committee.

‘ A buffet supper a tten d ^ by 130 guests marked the formal opening last week Thursday night of the Pine Hill community center. The old school building has been re ­furbished by volunteer labor.

Following the supper the enter­

tainment included music by Tiny Singer of Chichester and ^füms shown by Fred Claudy.

The buffet, was prepared by women of the community. Flowers were coUectéd and arranged by two girls, Joyce Smith and Joy

Graham.The committee of the new Com­

munity Center received money do­nations and has bought dishes and folding chairs for the center. 'The playground is also ready for the simimer. This includes the pond.

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