RECORDER DIAL VI 8-H00 EVENING RECORDER, AMSTERDAM. N.Y., MONDAY, MARCH 19, 1956

Pros and Cons of Fluoridating Gty Water Being Aired Again As Council Weighs Expenditure

The pros and cons of fluoridation, adopted by Amster­dam nearly three years ago, are being heard again and in­dications point toward'further debate on the highly con­troversial subject at tomorrow night's meeting of the Com­mon Council. A bid to supply 52,000 pounds of sodium silicon fluoride was tabled at the last meeting of the alder­men.

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From the time when the chem­ical was introduced into the A m ­sterdam water system, on April 24, 1953, fluoride was purchased as needed, although the annual cost exceeded S5.000 and the City Charter calls for bidding on pur­chases exceeding $500.

Criticism of the Sta te Depart­ment of Audit and Control over evas ive purchases in amounts of less than $500 when the entire order would run many t imes that amount and demand competit ive bidding brought about decision of the new administration to adver­tise for bids. The 52,000 pound bid

„of the Ritter Chemical Co. was in the amount of $5,460. Alderman Clement Moskal of the Fourth Ward asked that it be tabled for further study.

The Fourth Ward representar tive said that the fluoridation sent iment heard had been pre­ponderantly negative.

After a whirlwind promotional campaign during the latter part of 1951, during which petitions for adoption of fluoride were sub­mit ted by the Montgomery Coun­ty Dental Society, the Chamber of Commerce, Rotary, Kiwanis and other organizations, the Com­mon Council put a $7,500 item in the 1952 budget.

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A fluoridator was purchased for $4,262 from the Wal lace & Tier m a n Co., Newark, N.J., on March 5, 1952. It was later discovered that the Glen Wild watershed was without e lectric i ty and costs of running a power l ine were ap­proved. C o m p l e t e installation costs of equipment were said to have been about $10,000 but actual expenditures were never made public.

Another fluoridation expense was seen for the first t ime in the 1953 city budget when provision was made for purchase of $6^500 worth of fluorine. B y the t ime the valves of the new equipment were opened in April, 1953, opposi­tion t6 the program had dwindled to sporadic protests from the segment of the population which had protested that groups favor­

ing use of fluoride had acted with­out definite knowledge of its health potential and also without realization of its dangers.

In the' W a n t i m e , the contro­versial program has b r o u g h t echoes from many other cities that adopted it with apparent satisfaction, some that refused to admit the chemical to the munic­ipal water system, and still oth­ers that abandoned the water treatment after trial.

Reports in the negative have been seized by the local opposition as offering reasons for re-evalua­tion of .the Amsterdam program and it seerns l ikely that the Com­mon Council, if it decides to carry on for another year, will do so only after l istening to complaints that the money might be appropri­ated to better purpose.

Negat ive arguments do not vary-greatly from those heard in 1952 before the Amsterdam program was put into operation. Opposi­tionists claim that they have no objection to believers using fluor­ides, or any v t h e r drugs that are thought to prevent dental decay. What they protest is that all resi­dents of the community have to take the same treatment, even through resentment borders on actual fear.

Notes Terrific Improvement The three years of operation of

the program has brought , no change of opinion to Dr. Harry A. Berkman, Amsterdam dentist who laid much of the ' groundwork for It, he said today.

"From m y own observations in the age 3-7 group, I would say that dental conditions have ter­rifically improved. I am stronger than ev^r convinced that fluorida tion is an efficient and economical w a y of preventing dental decay,

"There is still opposition, and from persons w h o do not under­stand. Cities that have changed official position have probably

William Vrbanowicz Will iam Urbanowlcz (Urban),

22 E a g l e ' S t . , died a t his home Saturday at 3:05 p.m., following a long illness.

Mr, Urbanowlcz was born in Lithuania and.had been a resident of Amsterdam since 1912. He was a member of St . Casimir's Church.

Survivors are his wife, Frances; one son, Stanley, Amsterdam; two daughters, Mrs. William Mikolal-tls and Mrs. William Fijalkowskl, Amsterdam; two stepdaughters, Mrs. Harold Gahr, Detroit . Mich., and Mrs. Anthony Alexander, this c i ty: '10 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

PAGE SEVEN

Kiwanis Urges Speedy Action On Appointment by Chamber

The public affairs committee of land the Junior Chamber of Com-Kiwanis after appraisal of Amster-jmerce to be held tonight at Hotel dam economic conditions a t , a Ancon. meet in;; held last week has ex pressed its "deep concern" in a let­ter to President Donald G. Roy of the Chamber of Commerce.

Purpose of the session was said to be discovery of ways and means by which the average citizen of the community, as to be found In

"The committee has a deep con- a cross-section of the service cern about the large amount of j groups, may participate more ac-

Orln Stajrs Orin Stairs, 75, died suddenly

this morning at 9 o'clock at his home, 14 Wall St.

Mr. Stairs who was a truck j 0 0 1 " a * ScJtuate,* Mass., (March 17) after vessel went aground night before In a blinding snowstorm, j someone

unemployment in the city and its consequent decrease of purchas­ing power." the Rev. Dr. Frank T. Rhond, chairman of the group, writes.

Asks Speedy Action "The chamber plays a vital func­

tion in the economic life of our city and it is quite important that in the present crisis we have ag­gressive and well-trained leader ship.

tively in the- work of attracting new industry;

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Isecretary is now vacant, the com-URUUiSDED FREIGHTER—The Italian freighter Etrusco Is hard aground near entrance to ruir- | nut tec is quite concerned that

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COLUMRU3, Ohio — L o u i s Bromfield, 59, novelist, newspaper

"f columnist, historian and s o i l Inasmuch as the office of . . . . ^ ,. , •

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gardener, was born in Amsterdam Sept. 21, 1880, and was a son of Edward and Mesilla Waide Stairs. He was a member of the Methodist Church.

Nieces , nephews and cousins sur­vive.

Breakwater at upper right Is harbor entrance. The U.S. Coast Guard rescued the 80-man crew breeches buoy. (U.8 . Coast Guard Photo via A P Wlrephoto.)

Sydney K. Newburger Sydney Kraus Newburger, 25

Pearl St., died suddenly Saturday evening at his home.

A lifelong resident of Amster­dam, Mr. Newburger was born in this city May 15, 1877, and was a son of. the late Moses and Bar­bara Kraus Newburger. He was graduated from the Amsterdam Free Academy and attended Al­bany Law School after which he became associated with his sisters, Miss Matt ie Newburger and Mrs. Addie N. Barnett, in the New­burger Grocery Co., a business which was existence in Amster­dam for more than 65 years. Mr. Newburger retired in 1936. He was a rrfember of the Temple of Israel.

VA brother, Jacob H. Newburger, and one nephew, Attorney Joseph N. Barnett , Amsterdam, survive, also two great-nephews and sev­eral cousins.

Letters to Editor 1 |PodrCS Given

Navy Service Requests of contributors to this column that their names be not published will be heeded, but where names are not signed to communi­cations as evidence of good faith, publication cannot be guaranteed The ri£ht to edit all letters and to shorten them to space available Is reserved—The Editor.

Red Cross Needs Help To the Editor of The Recorder:

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N E W YORK <vP>—Johnny Pod-res, 23-year-old Brooklyn Dodger pitching star of the last World Series, braved a snow blizzard to show up promptly today for in­duction into military service.

"I've got to spend my time in the service the same as anybody

tribute to the Red Cross residen-; e l s e » s a i d p^jres in response to rial drive over the weekend might questions concerning Ted Wil-well consider the following points: l i a m s - r e c e n t sharp criticism of

If you or a member of your fam- draft boards for bearing down on

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done so from an economic view­point. The total expenditure may loom large t o some but i t averages only nine cents a person in the city and offers the only w a y to reach the greatest number of peo­ple."

Dr. Berkman said that the fact that fluoride in concentrated form

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i s a dangerous poison need cause 'ho more fear jhan is felt In knowledge that chloride is also being added t o the municipal w a ­ter supply. Many other drugs that are dangerous in concentrated form are being used without op­position.

"Pasteurized milk brought the same protests when it was being Introduced," the dentist com­mented.

Funeral of 3Irs. Steadwell T h e . funeral of. Mrs. Ellas B.

Steadwel l was held at the funeral house of Johnson-Lindsay Satur­day at 2 p.m., the Rev. M. C. r. Andreae officiating.

The bearers were Gardner T. Liddle, James M. McCausland, Al­bert D. Steadwell and Clarence Deuell . Interment was in Chucta-nunda Cemetery, Minaville.

Attending the service from out of town were Mrs. John *T. Stead­

ily had need of a blood transfu­sion would you insist on paying $35 a pint?

If you or a member of your fam­ily was overcome by smoke poi­soning, suffered a heart attack or was a drowning victim, would you hesitate to call the fire depart­ment? The R e d Cross supplied the inhalator, you know!

If a member of your family was in the armed services and needed to get home in a hurry would he go to the Red Cross or a finance company for a loan or grant?

If you or one of your youngsters want to take a course in first aid or water safety, can you consci­entiously allow him otufeer to do so?

If you or your neighbor has a disastrous fire who would you call upon? Who p a i d for rent, food, light, etc., for the victims of the Schuyler St. fire?

If Amsterdam suffered a major disaster vou would stand in line

sports celebrities. Podres said he had no prefer­

ence between the Army and the Navy but added he hoped to play baseball while in service because "I want to keep in shape. My back bothers me from .time to time."

He was assigned to the Navy. Podres was ordered to appear

for induction shortly after Wil­liams, the Boston Red Sox slugger who served in the second World War and was called back for jet-pilot duty in Korea, cited Podres as an example of star athletes singled out by draft boards. Selec­tive service officials said there was no connection between the criticism and the calling of Pod­res, although previously it had been expected Podres would not be summoned for a month or two.

I Hospital Record Following is a daily recor

patients at the Amsterdam Hos­pital:

Admissions March 17 Mrs. Sylvia Del Santo, 93 Wall

St. Charles Rowley, 157 West Main

St. Miss Esther Broeffler, 18 Acad­

emy St. Vito Conti. 116 Division St. Hairy. Cole, 18 Caroline St.

Dismissals March 17 Mrs. Joanna Lauriello and son.

60 Church St.. Miss Anna Rodriquez, 41 Forbes

St. Admissions March 18

Miss Cora Dostie, 10 Putnam St. Mrs. Mary Palombi, 83 Fairview

PI. Mrs. Dorothy Smith, Amster­

dam R.D. 3. Wallace Parker. Fultonville. Mrs. Elizabeth Clark, Canajo-

harie. Harry Polochacz, 4 Jay St. Charles Hovemeyer, 234 Locust

Ave. George Peters. 9 Liberty St. Mrs. Caroline Furman, 49 Kreis-

el Ter. Ravmond Frederick. Amsterdam

R.D. 4. Lawrence DeAngelo, 5 Bayard

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by as possible, to fill this important j office with a competent leader. Presumably your directors are giv­ing it earnest consideration.

"At a joint meeting of our com­mittee on public affairs with the board of directors of the club it was our unanimous opinion that

d o f ' w e a r e l°°king to you for leader­ship and that our club will do all in its power to support the cham­ber in any aggressive position ac­tion that will bring new industries

I to our city and restore it to its

the 1926- Pultizer Prize for his novel. "Early- Autumn." Porn at Mansfield. Ohio. Died Sunday.

HOLLYWOOD - Benjamin F. Barney Glazer. 68, retired film writer, movie producer and Broad­way plpywri^ht. Glazer w o n Academy Awards for his screen plays on "Seventh Heav<>n" in 1928 and "Arise My Love/' in" 1910. Born in Belfast. Ireland. Died Sunday.

well, Miss Frances Steadwell . Mrs. Elrey Steadwell and Miss Louise to give blood and financial ass is t Veeder, Scotia. ance. Of course, you can afford it,

and it is not too late. Put your contribution in an envelope and mail it in to Red Cross head­quarters.

VOLUNTEER. Amsterdam, N.Y., March 19, 1956.

Fourth Fencing Title Taken by Buffalo U.

SYRACUSE WP) — The Uni­versity of Buffalo today was in possession of i ts fourth straight North Atlantic fencing champion­ship.

It edged Toronto 2 5 - 2 4 in competition here yesterday. Syra­cuse was third, followed in order by Drew, Rochester Tech, St . Lawrence and Utica College.

Funeral of Edwin G. Ceperley The funeral of Edwin G. Ceper­

ley was held Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Boice funeral home, the Rev. Dr. Frank T. Rhoad officiating. Interment was in Green Hill Cemetery.

Mrs. Harry Bennett and Mr. and Mrs. Louis Howe, Schenecta­dy, 'attended the funeral from out of town.

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Funeral of Mrs. Mahoney The funeral of Mrs. John Ma­

honey was held Saturday morning at*9 o'clock at the Riley mortuary and 9:30 a t St. Mary's Church where the Rev. Thomas J. Mee-han was celebrant of a high mass of requiem.

The bearers were Clement Marke, Ted Pawlik, Albert C h a m bers and Edward Pawlik. Inter ment was in St. Mary's Cemetery, the committal service being con­ducted by the Rev. Edward H. Gilmour.

Those In attendance from out of town were Mr. and Mrs. Francis Mahoney, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Mahoney, Canton, Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. Albert Coons, Schenectady.

Funeral of Mrs. Papiernlak The funeral of Mrs. Katherine

Papierniak was held Saturday morning at 8:30 at the Iwanski Bros, funeral home and 9 o'clock at St. Stanislaus' Church where the Rev. Raymond S. Piechocki celebrated a high mass of requiem.

The bearers were A n t h o n y Wohn, Joseph Dylong, Mitchell Wegrowski and William Petryszyn. Interment was in St. Stanislaus' Cemetery. Father Piechocki offi­ciating at the committal service.

Father Piechocki recited prayers at the funeral home Friday eve­ning.

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Unexplained Crashes HOPKTNSVTLLE, Ky. IP — Can

you imagine several heavy con­crete-mixing trucks charging Into each other, then backing off and ramming again? It happened at a concrete supply company garage. Night prowlers drove the trucks out of the building, banged them into each other several times, then parked them back inside, police said. D a m a g e : $200; explanation: none.

former and even greater prosperi­ty."

Interviewing Applicants A spokesman for chamber offi­

cers said that they are interview­ing applicants for the position of secretary and that several appli­cations have been received. Assist­ance of the U.S. Chamber of Com­merce has been asked in solution of the problem.

Executive Secretary Charles H. Schenck who offered his resigna­tion effective April 1, due to ill health, was reported today to have been a patient in St. Mary's Hos­pital since last Friday.

Directors of the chamber are scheduled to hold their monthly meeting tonight but It was held unlikely that a secretary would be named until all applicants have been evaluated.

Tri-Club Meeting The public affairs committee of

Kiwanis in the meantime has ar­ranged a meeting with officers and directors of Rotary, the Lions

A four-pound Australian kiwi bird lays a one-pound egg.

Dismissals March 18 Mrs. Sadie Hockel, 153 West

Main St. Mrs. Bertha Dopp, Randall R.D.

1. Miss .Linda Aldi, 45 Arch St. Ephraim Velez, 236 West Main

St. Mrs. Isabel Rivera, 24 Corey St. Andrew Manz, Ballston R.D. 1.

CLINTON. Iowa — G w e e L. Curtis. 77. chairman of the board of the Curtis Companies Inc.. and nationally known in the wood­working field. Died Saturday.

N E W YORK—Nat Can'or. 59. radio, television and staju? actor who appeared in Broadway shows including "Wintersot," "Three Men on a Horse," "The Front Page," "Top Banana" and "Lunatics and Lovers." Died Friday.,

TANGIER — Hairy Soderman, 53, Swedish criminologist who tbok a leading part in founding Interpol, the international police organization. Died Friday.

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