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Mrs. Gerry Died Simday At R. 1. Home

L a t e S e n a t o r ’s W i f e

P r o m i n e n t I n D e l h i

A n d W a s h i n g t o n

Mrs. Edith Stuyvesant Gerry, widow of form er Senator P e te r G. Gerry, died Simday a t th e family home in Providence, R. I. Mrs. G erry spent m any summers a t th e G erry esta te a t Lake Dela­w are. TTie home which she and th e S enator occupied there is the form er residence of Mr. G erry’s father, the la te Commodore Gerry. I t is located a t the lake.

Mrs. G erry was a wealthy woman. She and her daughter in­herited 50 million dollars from her f irs t husband, George W ash­ington Vanderbilt, who died in 1914. She m arried P eter Gerry in 1925. He was United S tates senator from Long Island. While the Senator was in W ashington, Mrs. G erry spent much of her tim e a t Lake Delaware.

She w as a noted W ashington hostess, became president of the Congressional d u b in W ashington in 1927. T he organization is com­prised of wives of members of Congress, and her capture of the presidency w as considered an im- usual fea t fo r the wife of a DAno- cratlc m em ber of a predom inantly Republican Congress of th a t day.

Senator G erry retired frran public life in 1947 and died in 1957,

M rs. G erry is survived by her daughter, Mrs. Vivian Frances Bulkeley-Johnson of Lond<»i; two grandsons, George V. CecUe of BUtmore, N. C., and WiUiam Cecile, vice-president of th e Chase N ational bank in New York, and tw o sisters, th e Vicomtesse Suz-. anna d ’Oismoy and Mrs. George Grenville M errill, both of New­port.

E a r l y C o p y A g c d n

F o r N e x t W e e kBecause Jan . 1 comes on

Thursday The News needs copy two days early again next week. A squint a t the calendar indicates this w ill be th e la s t such request until Thanksgiving. M ost of the 1959 holidays are on week­ends.

Deadline for next issue is Monday noon w ith th e possi­bility of sh(Ht takes as la te as 4 p. m. Monday.

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A g a i n s t D o w n s v i l l e

The Ifa isa re tv ille cen tral school basketball team lost to Downs­ville in a league game Friday eve­ning, 83-62. This was th e secm d stzaifi^t league^loBs fw th e local V datet.

N w nj Ifam d n r and Rcy Geon^'e PM ed tiw MCS a ttad c w ith 17 points apiece, b u t the fired-up Downsville d u b had hot-shot a rtists in Byington w ith 26 points and C raig w ith 24 points. Half- tim e score was 46-34 in favor of Downsville.

The junior varsity also lost to Downsville, 52-32. Steve Trow­bridge was high scorer for Mar- garetville w ith 11, F laherty for Downsville w ith 20,

In league play th is season Mar- garetville has bowed, 42-33, to Stam ford and won from Grand Gorge.

Non-league games were won against Fleischmanns, 49-38, and Treadwell, 57-42. The . JVs lost to G rand Gorge, Staniford and Treadwell, but defeated Fleisch­manns.

S c o t t E . G r e e n e I n

L e a d F o r N e w P o s t

X wide-open race is developing among lawyers to succeed Oneon- ta ’s S terling P. H arrington as O tsego county’s attorney.

A t the moment, Scott E. Greene, Cooperstown, leads in the unoffidal “derby” for the $6,000- a-year job.

Sources dose to the committee said i t had been unofficially agreed to le t the entire super­visors board decide on the ap ­pointm ent a t the board’s next caucus of 1959.

'The board’s firs t m eeting is Jan . 7 in Cboperstown.

M^. Greeae, 45, has been Ot­sego’s assistan t d istric t attorney for four years. T hat post pays a yearly sa lary of $2,400 — $3,600 less than he would get if apix>int- ed county attorney.

Influential supervisors, it was said, w ere leaning tow ard Mr. Greene’s appointm ent, claiming it then would be an easier m atter to choose another assistant DA.

Greene, i t was understood, has the b a c l^ g of outgoing super­visors chairm an Badgley Webb, Roseboom. Mr. Webb refused to confirm o r deny tha t, however.— Oneonta S tar, Dec. 20.

A ttorney G i^ n e was bom and reared in th is section of th e Cats­kills and has m any friends here

Christmas Is A Busy Season

S a l e O f R u p p G a r a g e

T o B e H e l d M o n d a y

The foredosure sale on the W al­te r Rupp garage and furnishings will be held Monday a t 11 a. m. in front of the M argaretville post office. The foredosure action has been brought by the National Banks of Roxbury and Stam ford against W alter V. Rupp, M arguer­ite M. Rupp, H erbert M. Dawson cmd Roslyn S. Dawson.

The premises on the north side of the upper Main s tree t triangle will be open fo r inspection for two hours before the sale.

P i n e H i l l C h i l d r e n

C a r o l e d I n V i l l a g ePine Hill, Dec. 22.—About 15

children w ere caroling in the vil­lage Sunday evening following the Christm as entertaiim ient held in the Community church.

who have w atched w ith in terest his steady d im b in Otsego county.

G r a n g e H e l d A

C h r i s t m a s P a r t y

Roxbury, Dec. 17.—The annual Grange Christm as party w as held Tuesday evening, Dec. 16, a t the G range hall. The children of the members entertained. Xbe Thir- ington children gave a skit. Ross Cottone p lH }^ a baccarote. T he Seeley and O um children sang ■’Joy to the World.” Miss Evelyn Seeley red ted “The N ight Before Christm as.” Miss Anne Thoring- ton placed “D istant Bells.” Anna G ockd played and she and M ar­lene and P aul Tubiolo sang “Ru­dolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer.

Ross Cottone played “Silent N ight” on his accordion. Miss B arbara Thorington played “Song of the Birds” on the piemo. Vin­cent Cottone recited “The Moo- Cow-Moo.” Miss Joyce Cottone gave a comic reading, “M erry Christm as and Bon Voyage. (Ogden N ash).

Carols were sung. Then Santa appeared and distributed gifts to everyone of the children. The adults exchanged gifts. 'Then a buffet supper was served in the anteroom by a committee of Mr. and Mrs. F red W eber and Mr. and Mrs. Raymond P. Miller.

Mr. and Mrs. Ray Shultis Jr . visited her sister, Mrs. Charles Rost, a t Schenectady on Sunday.

Mrs. Grace B. Peet, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Eignor and Mrs. Ralph Eignor of Halcottville spent Mon­day in Oneonta.

Mr. and Mrs. Carlton H atch and fam ily of Delhi were Sunday af­ternoon guests a t the home of W illard and Eliza Sanford.

K eith and Khim K ite of Rock R ift are spending some tim e a t the home of their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stanbridge.

Miss B etty Hodge, who is a t­tending college a t Quincy, Mass., is spending the Christm as holi­days w ith her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hodge.

Mr. and Mrs. E rnest K ite of Rock R ift £ire the parents of a daughter, Karen, bom Wednes­day, Dec. 17, a t the Delaware Val­ley hospital. Mrs. K ite is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stanbridge.

Mr. and Mrs. Beverly B. P eet of Loudenville spent the weekend w ith his m other, Mrs. Grace B. Peet. They all attended the musi­cal concert a t Roxbuiy high school F riday evening. Mrs. Peet’s grandchildren took p a rt in the program .

P a u l H e l l e r H e a d s

B r e e d i n g C o o p e r a t i v e

A form er M argaretville resi­dent, Paul Heller of Woodbridge, Conn., has been named m anager of the New England Selective Breeding association, which has been form ed by the consolidation of breeding cooperatives in Con­necticut, M assachusetts, Rhode Island and central Vermont.

Mr. H eller has been the m an­ager of the Connecticut coopera­tive. H e form erly was a techni­cian for the M argaretville A rtifi­cial Breeders cooperative. He is the husband of the form er Mildred Bellows, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Casper Bellows of M argaret­ville.

The combined cooperative will breed more than 100,000 cows each year.

D r . W a r r e n H o a g

S t u d i e s L e u k e m i a

Roxbiny, Dec. 22.—Dr. W arren G. Hoag, supervisor of anim al health a t the Jackson Memorial laboratory a t B ar H arbor, Me was featured in two a rtid e s in B ar H arbor papers recently. Dr. Hoag is the son of George W. Hoag of Roxbury.

Receipt of a g ran t of $4,937 from the Leukemia Sodety, Inc., was given the laboratory in sup­port of research on leukemia. Dr. Edwin D. Murphy, Dr. N athan Kaliss and Dr. Hoag, sta ff sden- tis ts a t th e Jackson laboratory, have already begun th e specific project which th e leukem ia so­d e ty will suppw t in conjimction w ith the Am erican Cancer sodety. The th ree sd en tis ts have had ex­tensive experience w ith tum w re ­search in m ice relating to pr<*- lems iM in cardnogenisis and transpaln tation - immunity.

Among th e visitors a t ' the re ­search laboratory w as Dr. Kbji Ando, chairm an of th e Japan Ex­perim ental Research assodation. H e is shown in a picture chatting w ith Dr. Hoag. H e is a bacteri­ologist, assodated w ith the insti­tu te for infectious diseases of the U niversity of Tokyo.

Miss Linda Hall, granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. A rthur Hill, fell last Monday night and broke a bone in her foot.

M artin Ford, student a t Michi­gan S ta te college, is spending the C hristm as vacation w ith his father, Ivan Ford.

Carol Bloodgood, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Bloodgood, entered M argaretville hospital last Wedpesday w ith pneumonia.

Mr. and Mrs. A rthur Kelly, who have been spending 'the past sev­eral weeks in Middleburgh, came home Friday for the Christm as holidays.

R ichard McLaughlin of Nyack, a form er M argaretville resident,, was here over the weekend. He has employment w ith the New York Thruway.

Edward Dietrich, student a t Ithaca college, arrived home F ri­day to spend his Christm as vaca­tion w ith his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dietrich.

The DUV will hold its regular m eeting Friday night, Dec. 26, a t 8 o’dock a t the Legion honw. There will be a Christm as party. Gifts will be exchanged. A cov­ered dish will be served.

Trooper Charles G eehrer of the M argaretville substation will en­te r the s ta te police school a t T roy Jan. 4 fo r a six-week course. Trooper Thomas Hayes has been assigned to the M argaretville sub­station.

The Arkville card d u b m et a t the home of Mrs. Laym an Snyder last Wednesday afternoon for its annual Christm as party . Gifts were exchanged and refreshm ents served. High scores were W(mi Iqr Mrs. Nellie Vredenburgh and Mrs. Clinton Morse.

Gordon Boyes, who broke his righ t w rist Dec. 6 in a fall a t the new Bull Run bridge on Main street, m ust w ear a cast for an­o ther month. H e is able to be about, but his activities are severely lim ited. The frac tu re was se t in Kingston by Dr. Ritchie a fte r firs t aid by Dr. GDbert Palen.

S a n t a R e m e m b e r e d

K i d * W h o W e r e S i c k

Casper BeUows is a patien t in M argaretville hospital.

Mrs. F . I. L asher of S t. Davids, Pa., and Mrs. Mae W hitley were Saturday dinner guests of Mrs. E. J. Hager.

M r. and Mrs. R obert Mcurtin of Schenevus were Thursday dinner guests of her father, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Cross.

Miss Eunice Rose Stevens was baptized during Sunday service in S t. M argaret’s Episcopal church. Sponsors were Mrs. MUton A. Thomson and Dr. C. Ray Huggins.

Mr. and Mrs. Rowland G. Hill will leave W ednesday to visit their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Clement C. Wolff, a t Levittown, L. I. They plan to retu rn on Saturday.

Mrs. William O. T ait of Levit­town, L. I., is spending some tim e a t the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Clifford C. Tw ee^e. She is here to help during the illness of Mrs. 'Tweedie.

Miss C harlotte Sanford and* Mrs. Jam es H. Stoutenburgh left F ri­day to spend the w inter in Florida. Miss Sanford will be in St. Peters­burg and Mrs. Stoutenburgh w ith h er son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Stoutenburgh, a t W est Palm Beach.

O n t e o r a T o B e g i n

S t u d e n t S k i C l a s s e s

Onteora central school’s w inter ski program w ill opeii Jan . 7 a t Belleayre m ountain feki center. Sue lessons w ill be offered high school students.

The program is restricted to 45 students; grades 9-12 will be given preference. Students in grades 7-8 will be perm itted to enroll if the high school quota is not filled.

To be eligible students m ust have m aintained passing academic grades. S tudents also m ust have w ritten paren tal permission.

Additional d asses aresd iedu led Jan . 14, 19, 20, 21, 22, 28 and Feb. 3.

S tudents will be transported to Belleayre by school bus. H ie bus will lave the ski center a t 4:15 p. m., returning to school S tu ­den ts will be responsible fo r p ro ­viding th eir own meaAs of tran s­portation home.

^ . Andy Shekitka, a faculty mem-Fleischmanns, Dec. 22.-^A bout. her, will be in charge of the

160 d iild ren and adults w ere classes.present a t th e Christm as party a fee will be charged each stu-

F l e i s c h m a i m s T r o o p

H a d C h r i s t m a s P a r t y

Pleischmanns, Dec. annual Christm as p arty of Brown­ie Troop 2 was held W ednesday evening a t the fire hall. F ifty were present, induding Brownies, their m others and guests.

The room was appropriately decorated w ith decorations made by the members of the troop.

The evening was spent playing games, for which prizes were gSven, and singing carols.

Following the exchange of gifts, refreshm ents were served. Mrs, Charles Maxim, leader of the troop, and Mrs. F rancis Haynes assistant leader, received m any gifts.

sponsored by th e Fleischmanns fire departm ent a t the fire th a ll Saturday ^ ternoon .

Five reels of cartoons were shown, a fte r which Santa made his appearance to d istribute stock­ings filled w ith toys and candies to the children. Each child was

given balloons, donuts, ice22.__The i soda. Firem en also

distributed stockings and the o ther goodies to the children w}io w ere ill a t home and unable to attend.

M embers of the fire departm ent will also distribute Christm as food baskets to ne^dy families the fore p a rt of the week.

T w o G r o u p s C a u g h t

Two Burglary Investigations Net Seven Stamford Youths

Stam ford, Dec. 19.—Four men I before Justice of the Peace Don-

G e o r g e H o a g M a s t e r

O f R o x b u r y M a s o n sRoxbury, Dec. 22. — Coeur de

Lion lodge, F&AM, elected the following officers a t their m eeting la?t week Tuesday evening: M aster, George W. Hoag; senior wtu-den, D urward Lifgren; junior warden, W illiam F revert; secre­tary, Julian W iedemann; treas­urer, H arrison C. Morse. These and other officers to be appointed will be 'installed the second Tues­day in January.

Following the meeting, refresh­m ents w ere served by a commit­tee of Mr. Lifgren and Mr. F re ­vert.

were arrested tonight by sta te police and County Sheriff Young on charges of burglary th ird de­gree.

BCI Trooper W aldo Roy of the M argaretville substation said the men w ere arrested in connection w ith th e burglary of E3more’s feed mill, Staniford, Dec. 5. $116 w as taken. '

Charged w ith burglary th ird de­gree are B urrill Scott, 19, Howard Burdick, 21, and K eam Buel, 26, all of Stam ford and Andrew Hav- rish, 22, of South Jefferson.

According to Trooper Roy the group allegedly gained entrance to th e building through a rea r trap door, and took the money frran a hiding place in a m en’s washroom.

The I four w ere arragned on charges of burglary, th ird degree.

aid Fenton, M argaretville, waived examination, and were committed to Delaware county jail, Delhi, to aw ait grand ju ry action.

Trooper Roy and Sheriff Young also cleared up other burglaries in Stam ford w ith the a rre st S at­urday of th ree m ore Stam ford youths. They w ere accused of entering an unoccupied camp and a house last month.

The two older boys, Jam es Ca­hill, 17, and Wayne Lafler, 16, were charged w ith tlu rd degree burglary. 'They were taken tp the Delaware county j jail a fter they waived ex am in ^ o n beforeJustice of the Peace /so DeSilvain Stam ford. Their c ises will be presented to th e next grand jury.

The th ird youth is to be peti­tioned to Delaware fpunty Chil­dren’s court.

C h u r c h F U l e d F o r

C a n d l e S e r v i c eThe F irs t Presbyterian church

was filled for both i>erformances of the 21st annual Candlelight service on Sunday evening. The church was decorated w ith ever­greens and Christm as lighting by Mrs. W alton Heley Jr. and Rob­e rt Hill.

Mrs. Samuel A. Dugan was choir director. Guest organist W£is Mrs. Rudolph Gorsch of Rox­bury. Guest soloists were H enry Munsell and Marion Bookhout, both of Roxbury.

C u b P a c k M e tFleischmanns, ,Dec. 22. — The

Cubs of Pack 31 m et a t the home of Mrs. W illiam Cohen Monday fo r their Christm as party.

A sm all tree was trim m ed w ith ornam ents, m ade by th e Cubs, which they presented to one of th e ir favorite people.

Songs w ere sung, and gifts were exchanged, a fte r which refresh­m ents w ere enjoyed by the Cubs.

dent fo r the six lessons, which indudes use of th e chair lif t and rope tows. S tudents m ust provide their own ski equipment—skis, pole and boots.

Z e r o W e a t h e r D i d

N o t B r i n g S n o wThis has been a Demember

of m any zeros!A thaw, which lasted a few

hotu^ las t FricUiy, was the firs t tim e th e m ercury regis­tered above 30 during the month. Zero, 10 below a t night,' 20 above during the day, have been constant. Monday m orning thernK»ne- te rs registered 4 to 10 below. B ut th e w eather report the same m o r n i n g indicated warm er.

There is little snow in the valleys. 'The zero w eather is sending frost deep into the uncovered earth . There is skiing snow on mountainsides.

R o x b u r y E n j o y e d

C h r i s t m a s P a r t i e s

Roxbury, Dec. 20. — Pleasant View Rebekah lodge held their an­nual Christm as party Friday eve­ning, Dec. 19. Following the m eet­ing, pinochle, dominoes and Chin­ese checkers were played. Mrs. H. G» M allasch and Mrs. Leo Morse won prizes in pinochle. Mrs. Jane Gregory and Miss Grace Turck won dominoe prizes, aiid Mrs. M arshall Slauson and George Raeder won the prizes in Chinese checkers. Gifts w ere exchanged by means of Christm as cards and a supper of sandwiches, jello and cake were served by the comniit- tee of Mrs. Josephine Caswell, Mrs. Jane Gregory and Mrs. Beu­lah Morse. The table was decorat­ed for Christm as w ith a gold angel fo r centerpiece th a t Mrs. Mallasch, the noble grand, had brought from Germany.

Eight Ski Centers Ready For Biggest Winter In Catskills

E n t h u s i a s t i c L o c a l P r o m o t i o n I s V i t a l

I f T h e s e M o u n t a m s A r e T o B e D e v e l o p e d

I n t o E a s t ’s F o r e m o s t W i n t e r P l a y g r o u n d

The Central Catskills, w ith eight ski developments, could beccnne a world-famous w inter resort w ith proper enthusiasm and activity on the p art of the inhabitants.

Already one development, Belleayre M ountain chairlift, has ac­commodated 14,000 folks on a ^ ------------:________________________three-day weekend on severaloccasions. This was done with access by a dangerous, winding route 28 which is to be rebuilt. O iarm s of the new highway will include two steel viaducts far above the valley.

The Brookdale Friendly Neigh­bors’ du b m et Dec. 11 a t the home of Mrs. T. Howard Sm ith and en­joyed a Christm as party w ith ex­change ^of gifts. .There were 12 members and three guests.

The Vega-Denver pinochle d u b held the Christm as p arty Wed­nesday evening a t the home of held a Christm as party Wednes­day eveiteg k t the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Shultis. Four tables were played and gifts exdianged. Prizes were won by Mrs. George Tischmacher and Mrs. R ich a ^ Finch, who tied for high score, Mrs. I|ow ard Greene, low score, and Mrs. Ju lian Sherwood, .travels ing prize. Mrs. H erbert Raeder and Mrs. Richard Finch assisted the hostess, Mrs. Shultis.

C h i l d r e n R e c i t e d

Andes, Dec. 20.—^The Christmas program of the Methodist church w£is held Saturday evening with the children of the Sunday school red ting . Music was offered by the juniof choir.

Mrs. W alter Coddington, super­intendent of the Sunday school, had charge. Santa Claus put in his appearance and distributed many gifts. He ’ presented Rev. and Mrs. H ilbert w ith a beautiful silver serving tray.

Rev. and Mrs. H ilbert are spending the Christm as holiday w ith Mrs. H ilbert’s brother in Baltimore, Md. They will re tum the la tte r p art of the week.

A n d e s C u b s H a d

C h r i s t m a s P a r t y

Andes, Dec. 22.—The Cub Scout Christmas party was held Wednes­day evening a t Andes central school. The three dens and the Webelos den presented a skit, “Five Days U ntil Christm as.”

Three-year service sta rs were presented to Jolm Heuvard, James Hisman and Gordon Rowe. Michael W eaver received his Bob­cat pin.

A donation was given for .World Friendship to help Scouts abroad.

Saftta Q aus arrived to pass out gifts to Cut»s and their parents.

M a s o n i c L o d g e

E l e c t e d O f f i c e r s

Officers for 1959 of the M arga­retville Masonic lodge w ere choseQ last week Thursday evening in a ballot which resulted as follows: M aster, Gerald Clark; senior w ar­den, Goi^don Rosa; junior warden, Donald Kelly; secretary, Albert Cross; treasurer, Herm an Veit; trustee for three years, E. F. Traver.

L ibrary Closed Two DaysThe Roxbuiy library will be

dosed Dec. 25 and 26 and Jan. 1 and 2. I t w ill be open from 3 to 5 Dec. 29, 30 and 31, and on the 30th also from 7 to 9 p. m." "The L ibrary association will hold its annual m eeting Jan. 22 a t 7:30.

Mr. and Mrs. John B. H ew itt entertained a t a Christm as dinner Sunday: Mr. and Mrs. Paul Sut­te r and children, Paul, Eileen and P atric ia; Mr. and A te. William R icd and children, David, P eter and Christine; Mr. and Mrs. George Del Vecchio and son, Mark, Gregory Benedetto, Mrs. Mildred Alexander and daughter, Kathy, all of Cairo.

Mrs. Edward Magenheimer and son, Eugene, are going to New York d ty to spend Christm as va cation w ith her m other, Mrs. Eliz­abeth Pollock.

SkUng B rough t M iUlonsThe experience of A rja Shayne,

who has a ski development near Belleayre, points out w hat could come to the Catskills. Mr. Shayne w ent to a small village, Man­chester, Vt., in 1932. The gross receipts of the village a t th a t tim e were $60,000 per year. Big Bromley was constructed and operated. Today the income of the saine community is $8,000,000 annually. A new highway lined w ith luxurious motels.

B ut Big Bromley is six hours from New York- The Catskills, w ith the new route 28, can be reached in 2% to 3 h w rs from New York, home of many thou­sands of ski folks.

development. And always, we m ust recall, near the g reat center where skiers live.

sw in g B egan in O ctoberThis season is likely to surpass

others in the number of skiers brought to the high slopes of the existing centers. Early-bird skiers have been trying the slopes Belleayre m ountain since the first 20-inch snowfall in October. Many of them zig-zagged th d r way up the trails afoot and on skis before the lifts were put into -operation early this month.

3,600 on W eekendOver last weekend Superintend­

ent Clifford Bellows r ^ r t e d the is skiing good down firom the in ter­

m ediate slope, poor on the higher slopes. Nevertheless, a crowd of nearly 3,500 was on hand to brave the chill December air.

D reun of 50,000 SkiersToday the Catskills, w ith BeUe-

ayre sta te chairlift and seven other developments, can dream of crowds of 50,000 on a three-day weekend.

We Are N ear New YorkCrowds \WU bring nKnre accom-

modatitms. Skiing will be im>fita- ble. No ski community will so near a g reat center populaticm as th e C entral Catskills. Skiing in the Catskills, 2 ^ -3 h<mrs fr<nn New York, will come into world fame.

SxoeDent Snow H istoryThis regicn has an excellent

snow histcwy. Mr. Shayne says sta te reports indicate 20 more days of skiing than Big Br(»nley. Beaipen M ountain has top snow recM d in the sta te . TTie slopes of the Catskills are ideal for ski

Clippings CatskillsROSCOE—Rev. Ida Van Dyke

of Garden City, L. I., has accepted a caU to the pastorate of the Roscoe Presbyterian church. She wiU preach her opening sermon in February.

SIDNEY—Richard Stafford, 10, of Bainbridge was killed Sunday afternoon when his sled tangled w ith a pick-up truck driven by a 16-year-old boy.

KOBTBIGHT — Mr. and Mrs. George R. Phillips and three young children were on their way home from a Christmas program a t church in 10-below zero w eather Sunday night, when they learned th a t their nine-room house was burning to the ground. B lo<^- ville firemen could save nothj^g as the blaze had too much of a s ta rt before i t was discovered!

K IN G STO N — Two Kingston residents, George C. S tork /and Joseph T. Bongartz, and a Cqjtte- kill man, David Dalton, died F ri­day night in a collision on route 9-W. The station wagon anq car burst into flames a fte r th e ) im­p a c t

KINGSTON — P a rt of Esopus creek will be relocated west of the d ty when the route 209 Kingston by-pass is constructed. The by-pass will cross the creek and route 28 a few bundled feet above the Thruway - route 28 in t*change. The change will also m ake Kingston 34 acres smaller since the city line is in the center of the creek.

DEXiHI — An eight-inch w ater m ain burst and flooded the cellar of a store on Main street. The village was w ithout w ater and fire protection for hours before repairs were made in the near­zero weather.

KINGSTON—^The U lster county board of supervisors passM a budget totaling $6,825,866 for 1959. Of this $2,815,288 is to be raised by local taxes.

STAMFORD—The frozen body of Miss NeUie Haines, 75, was found a t the home w here she lived alone in th e tow n o£ J ^ e r - son. A neighbor, who had seen no signs of activity around the house for several days, m ade the discovery.

V o l u n t e e r i n g L a g s

F o r B l o o d D o n a t i o n s

Donors for the Tuesday visit of the American Red Cross bloodmo- bile have been slow in volunteer­ing, according to Mrs. William Miller Jr . Anyone desiring to do­nate m ay contact Mrs. M iller a t M argaretville 1709.

The split visit of the bloodmo- bile will be from 1:45-6:30 p. m. a t the Gould Reformed church, Roxbury, and from 1-7 p. m. a t the M argaretville .central schooL

Donors are to eat a regular diet, but avoid fats prior to contribut­ing. No eating should be done for three to four hours before do­nating, however.

Failure to collect the 125 pints of blood W y result in the loss, of the free blood program a t the M argaretville hospital.

H o m e U n i t L a d i e s

E n t e r t a i n H u s b a n d sFleischmanns, Dec. 22. — The

Home Demonstration unit held its annual Christmeis party on S at­urday evening a t the home of Mr. and Mrs. Pdwin France in Pine Hill. Sixteen members and their husbands attended.

The evening was spent playing games, which was follQwed by the exchange of gifts.

An array of refreshm ents was served buffet style.

D e l a w a r e R i v e r P o r k

O n M e n u T h i s W ^ kFleischmanns, Dec. 22.—^Robert

Pultz and son, ' Butch, Charles Maxjm, Robert E lliott, Harold Townsend and Leon Furch of Fleischmanns, Ronald Herrick* and Richard Baker of M argaretville spent Sunday fishing through the ice a l o n g the M argaretville stream s. They brought home sev­eral bags of sudkers

F l e i s c h m a n n s W S C S

S e e s M i d - E a s t M o v i e

Fleischmanns, Dec. 22.— A reg­ular m eeting of the WSCS of the Fleischnuuins Methodist church was held Tuesday evening a t the parsonage. Nine members attend­ed;

Following the business meetirig, Mrs. Robinson led the worship service with the reading of “The Christm as Story.” The program, the second study on the Middle East, was in charge of Mrs. Junior Pultz. A movie on the Middle E ast was also shown.

Refreshments were served by hostesses Mrs. Forrest Robinson, Mrs. Robert Todd and Mrs. Bessie Combs.

The iiext regular m eeting will be held on Tuesday evening, Jan. 20.

C o n g r e g a t i o n L a d i e s

H e a r T a l k O n S p a i nFleischmanns, Dec. 22. — A

regular m eeting of the Ladies Auxihary of the CcHigregation B’nai Israel was held Wednesday e T e n in g a t the home of Mrs. Irv ­ing Shelton w ith 14 members and two guests present.

The business m eeting was fol­lowed by a ta lk on Spain by Mrs. F rank Sanchis. She illustrated tiie story of her tr ip with color slides of the d tie s she visited last summer.

Shayne M akes C hangesFull operations will resum e this

w inter a t Shayne’s, a short dis­tance frcHn Belleayre. The form er, coach house has been converted into comfortable q u a r t s to re­place the main lodge burned more than a year ago. The form er Belleayre playhouse has been con­verted into a recreation room, w ith adjoining restaurant.

Afr. Shayne has opened a branch of the W hite Mountain ski shop of New York d ty near th e in ter­section of the BeUeayre road.

O vercom e P a rk in g P ro b h mNearby a t the js iv a te High-

m ount ski center, w hkh reported fa ir skiing on m tU tt baw fo r tlw wedcend, tite D aw npotts hum overcome • creating uew tamtt of the road. SlKvfB inO m n ot H alcott have boUdoeed t t e qpaoat to offer about four times as much parking as was fiHinerly avail­able a t the Highmount slope.

D eiPltts H ave S ix SlopesNewest of the private slopes

wiU open Christm as day a t De- P itt’s M ountain Lodge in F leisdi- manns. ITiere are six slopes and trjdls served by th ree rope tows. The hotel facilities have beoi winterized to acccHnmodate skiers, and a skating rink provides sup­plem entary outdoor fun.

N ew Slope fat M eek er H<dlowThe o ther new slope, Hinkley'a

in M eeker hollow near Roxbury, is practically cranpleted, w ith an opening expected as soon as in­surance ari:ang0 nents can be made. There is plenty of snow. .

In addition, the privately-owned Roxbury ski center a t Vega and' the Bearpen slope astride th e Halcott-W estkill ridge a re going into their th ird and fifth seasons, respectively. These have been hampered in their growth by poor approach roads, bu t gradually im­provements are being made in both instances.

B ackyard Sl«^>es P opu larMany “backyard” slopes pro­

vide skiing for local folks and visitors who do no t w ant to brave the large centers. These offer oportunities for lim ited expansion. ■

The sta te ’s pioneer ski facility, the Simps<H) Memorial slope out­side Phoenida, also looks forw ard to a busy season. A t a consider­ably lower level than th e o ther slopes, Simpson m ust depend on the heaviest snowfalls to insure top skiing.

R o a d s W e r e I c y

Second Car Goes Off Rt. 30 Trying to Avoid Upset Wreck

A H obart m an was injured early Sunday morning when his car flipped over an icy patch of route 30 about one-half mile north of Halcottville. M inutes afte r the acddent another car w ent out of control on the same patch in try ­ing to avoid the overturned ve­hicle.

H ie in ju red m an Is Russell A rdiibald, 37, of Hobart. He was adm itted to M argaretville hospi­ta l w ith a laceration of the cheek and a fractured jaw. Treatm ent was given by Dr. Anthony Jurasz.

S tate police of the M argaretville substation said th a t Archibald, in the first car, was drving north about 2:55 a. m. The icy patch was on a s lii^ t curve.

O perator of the second car was Donald W. Moyster, 23, of Rich- mondville, who w as also traveling north. M oyster’s ca r h it the same ice as he sought to dodge Arch­ibald’s car, which was lying iqi-

side down in the highway. Moy­ste r skidded and went over a b a i^ ^ t e r knocking down six guard rails.

Regis SuUivfui .of M argaretville skidded on another icy patch on route 30 while driving his father*! car early Saturday evening. The car h it several guard rails. N either Sullivan nor his sister, Justine, was injured.

Two drivers escaped injury in a collision on the icy Denver-Vega road Monday morning about 10:45. They wre Leland C raft of Vega and Robert Shultis of Kelly Comers.

Trooper Howard Ten Eyck of the M argraetville substation re ­ported th a t Shultis was driving tow ard Kelly Comers, when hift car h it an icy p a td j and skidded into the oncoming 1959 Edsel op> erated by Craft. *1116 C raft car was then knocked in t^ the gw utl r&lls and a ditdL