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T h e P h o e n i c i a N e w sBy Mrs. Jane Staiger
Mr. and Mrs. F red Bennett of Binghamton spent several days here during the week a t the home of his sister, Miss Helen Bennett.
A to ta l of 5160.25 was realized a t the food and bake sale held for the benefit of the S t. F rancis de Sales church S a tu rday morning.
Miss M aureen O’Keffee of Brooklyn spent the weekend here visiting Mr. and Mrs. Roger D utcher and family and Mr. and Mrs. E rnest Hain and daughter.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Noil- ner and son. Kenneth, of Wood- stock and Mr, and Mrs. William Wrixon Jr. of Kingston spent Saturday evening a t the home of the ladies’ parents, Mr. and Mrs. Chauncey Schoonmaker.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Kirk Sr. visited Wednesday evening a t the home of Mr. and Mrs. A lbert Kirk.
Mrs. Elizaibeth Purcer and granddaughter, Lisa, spent several days in Suffern a t the hwne of her son and daughter- in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Purcer.
Rick Persons of Dugway, Utah, grandson of Mrs. Mable G rant of Phoenicia, was selected for Utah Boys S tate June 5-12 a t the University of Utah. While there, Rick was elected sta te delegate and mayor of his city. Rick also represented his school in S alt
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The United Methodist church of Phoenicia will hold a garage sale F riday and Saturday, July 9 and 10, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Any items th a t can be donated will be picked up on call to Mrs. F rank Johnston, Mrs. M ervale Jones or Mrs. Lonnie Gale.
Mrs. Eugene B. Gormley Sr. and grandson, Guy Gormley, returned to the ir homes here on Thursday evening from a two-week vacation in Ballwin, Mo., visiting her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Klaben, and three sons. Mrs. Klaben is the form er Beth Gormley of this place.
Lori Ann Murphy, daughter of Mi’, and Mrs. Richard M urphy, celebrated her eighth birthday on Saturday afternoon w ith a party a t the home ■of her great-grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph GugUelmetti. Those attending and helping Lori Ann celebrate were Stacy, Rachel and Michelle Boland of Shandaken, Vikki Cutrone, R ichard Murphy, Christopher and Paul S taiger and K athleen and M aureen D utcher of Phoenicia. Refreshm ents w e r e served, and an aiftemoon of swimming was enjoyed.
Ci^ Leaders Met For July Planning
Phoenicia, June 24.— A comm ittee m eeting for Pack 60 Cub Scouts was 'held June 15 a t the Phoenicia elem entary school. Plans were m ade for the June Pack meeting, which will be held on Friday a t 8 p. m. a t the Phoenicia ski slope, wiith the them e o f the month “O utdoor Fun.” P lans were also m ade for the flag raising ceremony and pancake breakfast which will be held on July 4.
The annual fam ily picnic will be held on Sunday, Ju ly 25, from 1 p. m. until 6 p. m. a t the YMCA day cam p a t Shokan. The them e for this July activity will be “Travel Around USA.”
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Graduation to Mark Closing of School
Phoenicia, June 24. — The Phoenicia elem entary school will close for the sum m er to day, Thursday, a t noon.
Graduation exercises for the sixth grade will s ta r t a t 9 a. m. These pupils will s ta r t a t BoicevilJe in the seventh grade in September.
G raduates from -the Phoenicia school are Doreen Ame- sen, Lisa May Berryann, Debra Billadeau, W alter Brasen, M argaret Brault, Mary Lou Burgess, Russell Cashdollar, Paula Chauncey, Lori Ann Collins, Ralph Combe Jr., K iillip D arm stadt, Elyse Dayton, Dale Ford, Joanne Ford, Jam es Gibbons, Don Gomo, K atherine Grant, K atherine Groom, Robert Jan- so, George Kakos, Mitchell Klutsch, B arbara Koehler, Jack Lane, John Maelia, Linda Muller, Leslie Myers, M argaret Odenwald, Linda Peck, E rnest Persons, Michael Quinn, Lucia Romanelli, Raymond Scarth, Jeffrey Schlosser, B a r b a r a Sheehan, Craig Smith, Joseph Smith, Nancy Sm ith, John Staiger, Kimberly Traver, W alte r 'Trowbridge, Donald Van Valkenburgh, Lisa W adler, Daniel Wallace and Dana W ra- novics.
M ary Lou Burgess, John Maelia and Michael Quinn won perfect attendance prizes.
O utstanding scores in the s ta te pupil evaluation program for six th graders were won by John Maelia, Jam es Gibbons, Elyse Dayton and B aitiara Sheehan for reading. In m ath they were won by John Maelia, B arbara Sheehan, M ary Lou Burgess and Joanne Ford.
S ixth grade teachers Miss Eileen C arver > and Edmund Gibbons will award the diplomas to the graduating class. The commencement address will be given by W alter Van W agenan, retired principal of the Woodstock elem entary school and present town justice in Woodstock.
Lisa W adler will be m istress of ceremonies. Daniel W allace and Ralph Comtoe will be flag ■bearers. W alter Brasen will give the class history. The class phophecy will be given by B arbara Sheehan, M ary Lou Burgess, Doreen A r n e s e n, Nancy Sm ith and Elyse Dayton.
Selections w ritten by Russell Cashdollar, Paula Chauncey, M ary Lou Burgess and B arbara Sheehan will toe read, respectively, by Donald VanValken- tourgh, Jeffrey Schlosser, W alte r Trowbridge and Jam es Gibbons. The class chorus will be directed by R ichard Blish.
ShandakenA llaben
By Rosalie Boland
Shandaken-Allaben, Pune 24Mr. and Mrs. W illard Gul-
nick of Allaben, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd F ichtner of Boiceville and Mr. and Mrs. Mervale Jones of Phoenicia .enjoyed a cookout on F a th e r’s day a t the home of Mr. and. Mrs. S tanley F ich tner of F rost Valley.
■Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jones and children, Tracy, Tammy and Bobby, of S loatsburg spent the weekend ait the home of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Boland and family.
The local softball team, For- e s t’ , lost a double-header on Sunday afternoon to Joleen’s, 4-2 and 24-11.
Mrs. Theresa Jones en tertained the following a t her home on Friday afternoon: Mrs. Ju lia W hitaker of Phoenicia, Mrs. Chloe Maxim and Mrs. P atric ia Maxim and children of Arkville, Mrs. Helen Cordo and son and Mrs. George U ngar of Mt. Trem per, Mrs. Hazel Ford of Denver, Mrs. Caroline Johnson and children of Fleisch- m anns and Mrs. Floyd Boland ,and children of Shandaken.
Mr. and Mrs. Erich Wilkens and son, Erich Jr., of Oneonta spent the weekend a t the home of h er parents, Mr. and Mrs. R ichard W. Merwin.
Boy’s H and CutKevin Ashley was taken to
,the Benedictine hospital em ergency room by his m other, Mrs. Bernice AsMey, on Monday afternoon. He was trea ted and released. Kevin was injured on the playground swing a t the B ennett school in Boiceville. The wound on his hand required 14 stitches.
Dennis Yerry has retu rned to his home in Shandaken, where he is recuperating a fte r spending eight days in the Benedictine hospital an Kingston. Dennis was injured while playing L ittle League baseibail in Phoenicia.
Team Wins SecondShandaken, June 24. — The
town of Shandaken senior league baseball team won its second game of the season against W est Hurley, 18-3. Senior League games are played a t 6:15 p. m. on the Onteora cen tral school field and include boys ages 13-15. This league was sta rted la s t year for boys no longer eligible to play in L ittle League. The tow n of Shandaken team took firs t place las t year. S pectators are welcome.
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ULSTER COUNTY CATSKILL MOUNTAIN NEWSM argaretville, N. Y. Thursday. June 24. 1971 Page Seven
Legislator Speaks At Club Meeting
Phoenicia, June 24.—Phillip Davis, 11th d istrict representative to the U lster county Legislature, was speaker at the monthly meeting of the town of Shandaken Republican club Thursday a t the town hall in Allaben.
Mr. Davis, who is a member of the Legislature’s bridge and highway committee, spoke of the Silver Hollow bridge a t Chichester and the way it had been bandied about by the sta te D epartm ent of T ransportation until it was dumped, along with all plans for reconstruction of route 214 through Chichester. He stated th a t the best way to get action was to keep a fte r the D epartm ent of Transportation w ith le tters to the governor and sta te Legislature representatives. Mr. Davis also .spoke of the bills in the county Legislature th a t affected Shandaken residents and of the part the sales tax has in keeping down real estate taxes.
A resolution was passed inviting Sheriff W illiam M artin to the July m eeting of the club, which will be a t 8 p. m. Thursday, Ju ly 15. Sheriff M artin has been nominated by both m ajor political parties for reelection in November. He has accepted the invitation.
Motor Bikes Bring Sunday Complaint
Phoenicia, June 24. — Town constables and sheriff’s deputies worked around the clock over the weekend th a t produced a large volume of traffic, but no serious auto accidents. M otor bikes were the basis for m any complaints of shattering the quiet of a Sunday afternoon with the ir exhausts.
Tow'n Constables Jim Short and Richard M urphy while on patrol in the Woodland Valley area la te Saturday night stopped a vehicle for routine check and found th a t the operator, Randy Fishbeck, 16, of E ast Orange, N. J., was unlicensed. The owner of the 1970 Plymouth, Joann Tedesco, 18, of Newark, N. J., was issued a summons for perpiitting the unlicensed operatio;ri 'of a m otor /heicle. The pair was ar- ainged before Town Justice :dwin F rance of Pine Hill.
A fter pleas of guilty, Fishbeck was fined $20 and Tedesco $15. They were com m itted to the U lster county jail in lieu of fine payment.
STREAM CLEANUP is undertaken by volunteer a r t students from O nteora high school. Debris of many years is taken from the Chichester
stream at Phoenicia by thi.s group and trucked away for dumping a t the proper disposal ground. P roject will continue in July.
O n te o r a A r t S tu d e n t s C le a n U p S h a n d a k e n S t r e a m
In the ServiceUSS Nespelen, June 16.—
N avy Seam an Paul D. Shultis, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray E. Shultis Jr., andi husband of the form er Miss Penny P erry of P ine Hill, visited the port of Augusta Bay, Sicily, aboard the gasoline tanker USS Nespelen.
The Nespelen is currently supporting amphibious forces in the M editerranean.
Mrs. Cruickshank Rites in New York
Mrs. Florence B. Cruickshank, a sum m er resident of Big Indian since 1905, passed away June 18.
She w as the wife of the late Jam es Harm on Cruickshank and is survived 'by her daugh- tei^i Mrs. W arren J. M artin, and three' sons, Jam es H., John E. and Robert W. Cruickshank. Also surviving a re 13 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held in New York city on Monday.
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Bennett Exercises Are This Morning
Graduation exercises a t the Reginald R. Bennett school a t Boiceville will be held today, Thursday, a t 9:15 a. m. A class of 59 students will receive diplomas.
Dr. F rank M. Marlow, Onte- o ra’s superintendent of schools, will deliver the graduation address entitled “W hat’s R ight W ith America.”
PTA President Mrs. Irene M otrie will present the Clifford Secor Memorial award to the student who best exemplifies the qualities of consideration, generosity and helpfulness. Dr. Marlow will present diplomas to the graduates. The class will ibe presented by Principal Ronald P. Vanni.
W illiam McCarthy, a member of the class 6f 1^71, will serve as m aster of ceremonies. O ther members of the class on the program include Meg Proper, who will give the class history; M ark Humphrey, who will give the welcome, and Kenneth Berryann, who will lead the pledge to the flag. The B ennett orchestra and chorus will perform. The members of the graduating class include:
W alter Aleksandrowicz, Michael Bachor, Connie B arrin ger, Susan Barringer, Richarl Beal, K enneth Berryann, Je ffrey Bost, Stephen B urkhardt, Jack Cibulski, M ark Cook, Busey, Cottier, Delphine Craig, John DeBellis, Michael De- Gondea, Tedd Denman, Shelly Dickey, Laurie Dodge, Cath- leen Donovan, Andrew Eber- hardt, Melissa E lliott, John Every, Donna Fagerstrom , Jon Gabriel, David Faulkner, Victoria Gardner.
L aura Hudman, Eric Jacobsen, M ark Humphrey, Mark Jacobson, Paul Johnson, Denise Krum, Nancy Lattof, John Leacock, Anna Leonor, Donald Leyes, Ronald Leyes, William McCarthy, LeRoy McKendall, Michael Mensche, Lance Mimi- er, Kevin Molloy, Richard Mul-
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Phoenicia, June 24. — Members of the a rt classes of the Onteora high school have begun a volunteer project to clean the stream s in the Shandaken area. The debris of many years, consisting mostly of discarded beer cans and bottles, old beds, car fenders, paint cans and larger items is being taken from the stream s and trucked away for dumping.
The project was organized under the direction of Paul De- Lora, a r t teacher, with the cooperation of T rout Unlimited. W ork was begun last week Thursday a t the Phoenicia fire house, and the boys and girls worked upstream , pulling out the discarded beverage cans and o ther small items. Heavier items were dragged to the banks to be picked up by the w aiting truck crews.
W ork was completed to the village line near the home of Supervisor Raymond J. Dunn. A sign has been s tre tc K ^ between trees alongside the highway, noting th a t the work was done by high school volunteers.
The next clean-up campaign by the group will be c o n d u c t^ during the sum m er vacation in July.
LanesvilleBy Mrs. Herm an Quick
Lanesville, June 24Mr. and Mrs. Russell G er
man and children, Doreen, Cindy and David, of C laremont, N. H., visited Mr. and Mrs. Harold Quick Sunday afternoon.
William Benjaimin is a patient a t St. P e te r’s hospital in Albany.
Postm aster and Mrs. F red Becker attended a postm aster’s dinner last week a t H unter Mt. Ski Bowl.
Kenneth Neal is home from Oneonta S ta te University college for the summer.
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