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The Massena Observer
MASSENA'S OLDEST INDUSTRY
ESTABLISHED DEC. 2, 1891
Massena, N.Y., Tuesday, Nov. 21,1967
Vol. 76, No. 6632
in Ice
SINGLE COPY 16c
Fund Drive To Date
Many House to House?
Returns Yet to Report;
2,000 Seats Available
rviiiiion Tony Romeo Mohawk
Describes
Budget
Strike
sained
Kaiier Show
The Arena for Massena Fond
Drive bae just begun to pick up
momentum. Are you a financial
supporter yet? Join 'em!
Called Off
In Tony Romeo's
column toPledges ad contributions to Mr. and 'Mrs. Claude,
1
The County Board of Super- day, entitled "Kaleidoscope?, Utica (AP) - Mohawk Airthe Rotary Ice Improveme n nell, Stan Corbin, Mr. and Mrs..
visors, by a unanimous vo t e , Tony describes the thrill of at- lines and Air Line Pilots AssoFund have gone over the $70,- John P. O'Shea, Carlos J. F ^
ciation went'To the bargaining
enacted a budget of $18,436,- tending a "one man show" pre000 mark as reports of the goe, Dr. and Mrs. Jacob GrimL
table Monday as the regional
622.5T to cover the cost of sented* by David Kaner.
house to house canvass contin- baum, Nansi, Douglas and
Mr. Kaner, was a former carrier contends a Tuesday
county operations for 1968.
ue to come in, Dwight L. Mayne zanne Ackley in memory.
strike threat has been "with. It represent ah increase of resident of Massena.
financial chairman, stated.
Christine Marie Anderson,
43.8 millions over this year's Tony's'address is: A. J. Ro- drawn" and the pilots say it
and Mrs. Samuel Bailey.
The
convass,
under
the
direcbudget of $14,652,700.07, wholly meo; 1728 Wilcox Ave.; Holly- only has been "held in abeytion of Richard Farrell; is still Also,.Mr. and Mrs. Juds
ance."
absorbed by the increased costs, wood, Calif. - 90028. .
in progress. The drive is cen- Goolden, Mr. and Mrs.
of Medicaid.
<
An ALPA spokesman in Chitered around contributions of W. Brown, ,Mark R.
cago said Friday the strike,
Welfare cosjs on a county le$100. A contribution of $100 or Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth J.
orginally
scheduled
to
begin
at
vel, in 1968, will amount to $11,more will buy one of ,the 2,700 han, St.' Mary's Beauty
midnight Tuesday, would, be
366,200, as compared to $8,217,seats in the arena.
and Harley Davidson Cy c
rescheduled if there were no
300 this year, with increases
Shop, Ivan G. Paquin, Mr. a
progress,
toward
agreement
on
also in federal and state welCurrent contributions include Mrs. Leo A. Patterson, James
a new contract.
fare aid which, combined; will
one of $250 from Seaway Electri- H. Long, Leonard H, Prince. '*
Russel^ V, Stephenson, Moamount to $7,998,150 next ye a r
cal Supply Co., Route 1, and
hawk executive vice president,
compared with their total of
another of $200 from Mr. and Also* Alfred Gregor, Mr. aril
_
A,
special
ecumenical
Thankssaid meanwhile thaFthe pilots'
$5,888,5007this year. The b a 1 Mrs. Reginald Cross.
Mrs. James Elliott, C a r m a n
ance will be paid wholly from giving service will be held on union and Mohawk would meet
S. Bowen, Dr. S. Jerome FaepWednesday
evening,
Nov.
22,
at
Donors
of
$100
are:
Riverside
g
in Washington at the request
county real estate tax e s,
ber, Mrs. Robert L. Squires,
7
t
S
M
'
Press,
Charles
W.
Serviss,
amounting for 1968 to $3,194,550 7:30 p.m. at St. Mary's of t h e National Mediation
Nite 'N Gale Motel, Sharlow's
ESSAY
WINNERS.
Joseph
Kish,
first
assis11
South
St.,
honorable
mention;
Kelly
Franklin
Prashaw,
James
and
Church,
for
cbmmun
i
t
y
Board.
He
said
the
association
the
compared to $2,244,800 i n Is
Sinclair Service Station, Peets
off Massena.
Md "withdrawn its Tuesday tant fire cihef, presents checks to the win- Wright;—daughter—of—Mrr and Mrs. Gary JessieParisianrRichard Wood; Jewelers, William Falla, Helen
year.
Kenneth
Serviss
Jr.,
Kenneth
ners of the Massena Volunteer Fire Depart- Wright, 6 Talcott St., honorable mention. Sec"Pastors of i the area churches
That increase of $949,750 in will be participating in t h i s midnight strike deadline."
Sr., James and Mary and Mark Hayes, Trudy a n d
In a statement teletyped to ment fire prevention week essay contest. Re- ond row: Cindie Sweeney, daughter of Mr. and Serviss,
county real estate taxes n e x t jointly sponsored service.
Carma,
Donald
Blair, I r w i n Tony, Jr., Creazzo.
all Mohawk stations, including ceiving the first prize check is Joan Theresa Mrs. William Sweeney, 52 Beach St., second and Shirley Shanks,
year will be the largest single
Rich a r d Also Bob Ashley, Mr. and
rise in costs in the 1968 budget The sermon will be given by Ogdensburg a n d Massena, Hatch, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Hatch, place winner. Winning essays appear on page Dobbins.
Rev. Michael Lynch, rector of Stephensoasaid:
19 Ober St. Other winners include Peggy Ann
Mrs. Julian LaCourse, H a i g
......
which amounts to $1,764,371 St. John's. Episcopal Church.
Also, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Basmajian,
Mr. and Mrs.
" We are very pleased that Orosz, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Orosz, v
more man 1967.
Bell, Donald and Shirley Grow, llenn •Greene,-Mr. and M r $".
clergymen participat- the pilots union saw fit to
The appropriations for ea c h ingOther
larl Compeau, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Peterson, Char 1 e-s
will be Rev. Milton Bernef,
:ounty department in the 1968 Rev. Allison Wood, Rev. Chart- withdraw the strike deadline
Tom Grow, Mr. and Mrs. Hu- Brothers, Conrad Marion,' Mf:
and
resume
talks,
so
that
our
budget is as follows:
bert Conger, Mr., and M r s . and Mrs. Neal H. Miller; Cleo
ton Opdyke, Rev. William Hart
[legislation
$ 110,800 and clergy, from Sacred Heart thousand of holiday passenFred Lyon, Jack and J o a n and Bernadette Premo, Mr.
gers
will
not
be
inconven441,050 St. Joseph's and St. Mary's.
Judicial
Wilkins, William DeLoria, Har- and Mrs. Robert Huffer, Webienced."
398,705
Staff
ry Canough, John Keeley, Ed- ster LaComb, J. Donald Ward,
259,835 Everyone in the community . The union said negotiations
Public Safety
ward Skowyra, James A. Kel- Robert Hammill, Jr.
is
invited
to
attend
this
Thankshad
been
under
way
for
15
2,818,000
Sighways
ley.
,
giving
Service.
months; Wages, hours and
122,620
dental Health
Also, Mr. and Mrs. L o u i s
scheduling
were
reported
to
t
_ 7?7,640
Health .
Stoiber, Jack Horan, Willi a m
be the main issues. '
*l,366,200
Welfare,
Shutts, Rev. Griffiths BillmeyA
30-day
cooling-off
period,
93,400
Correction
er, Earl J. Bleser, M o d e r n
„
Pfc.
Wayne
Paul
Murray,
20.
which
went,
into
effect
when
; :
Education
Floors,
Robert W. Smith,
Mr.
,
m
,
simple,
and.calls
for
an
econoson
of
Mr,
and
Mrs.
-Paul'Murtalks
were
broken
off,
ends
A
most
challi
fo Resources
40,793
itilcal strTKtttre to meet the ray, Potsdam-Cantftn Rd., was an* Mrs. M r a ^ ' S t o r i g ; "Mr,
Monday]
-. <-.-;—
,-;»--•.-. ^mW^
98*777
As- The Sfig&iSased
needs of this area. kiDed in battle in Vietnam Mon- arid Mrs. Joseph Derby.
Airjine oters ..of eight central
jrecognition a | •serves cities in 30 states- arid distoefs-in St. Lawrence i
Also, Harold and Helen Carhe 48,000 square feet of space day, Nov. 13,1967.
Notfolk C e n t r a ^ in Canada.
roll, William A. Power, Jr.,
ty Tuesday, November 21. Gon- will be used for direct instrucSchool.
istruction of a new building for tional purposes. There will be The parents were informed Joyd R. Guyett, J. Will i a m Assemblyman Edward J.
that their son was killed while Hennessy, Joseph Beaulieu, Keenan cited needs for his disBoth the Board of Education
;lhe Seaway Area Technology no aoditirium, no gym, no fighting
in the northern part of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Ly 11 e , trict to Governor Nelson Rockeof- the Norwood - Norfolk CenCenter, Norwood,-can "become athlete field.
Vietnam. He was a paratrooper, George Skomsky, Glen A r m - feller at the open meeting held
tral School^System and the
'a reality if .the voters approve
The Seaway Area Technolo- stationed with Company B. Sec- strong, Maurice and L i l l i a n at Pittsburgh State College on
Massena Central School S y s I the bond issue.gy Center began with 230 stu- ond Battalion, 503rd Infantry Marion, Samuel Lawrence, Mr. Friday.
tern officially recognized the1
The Seaway Area Technol- dents from the eight area and 173rd Airborne Brigade.
and Mrs. Daniel Bronchetti.
Civil Service Employees Asso'•)gy
.Center was one of eight schools enrolled in eight coursAlso, the Misses Ellen a n d Here they are:
eiation, St. Lawrence County
Private
Murray's
command1. Financial requirements for
es
in
1965.
Enrollment
h
a
s
new
vocational
centers
started
Chapter as the exclusive negoing officer said that he died Mary Canton, Mr. and M r s . medicaid must be lowered as
in New York State in 1965. Af- grown to 290 at the present of
larlton
Shaver,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
tiating agent for non-teaching
"shrapnel wounds in fire,
ter—two -years—of- successful time. Because_o£ -space Jieeds, fight with hostile forces."'Major George Finnegan, Mr. and ,the situation
personnel in these school
,, , ,,has. become unof
operation, the presently rented students > have bejen turned Barrows of the Clarkson Col- Mrs,
M
Rb
tems at a School Board meetRobert
Boscoe, Harry" bearable-fOT
the taxpayers
I facilities are not adequate to away from some classes this lege R.O.T.C. notified t h e Witkop, Jr., Frank Zappia's it. Lawrence County.
ig Monday night, Novs 13.
Dehnar Tavern, Garth Avery, 2. Desperate need for an acmeet the demands of the. pro- year. The building trades clas- parents.
Attending the Norwood : NorMr. • and Mrs. David Griffith. celerated highway program to
gram. The center is^operated ses at the center have. confolk School Board meeting were
by the Board of Cooperative structed additional buildings, Funeral arrangements will Also, Gus Fiacco, Mr. a n d include the NuWay.
Mrs. Mildred Talcott, president
Educational Services No. 2. but the demand is still greater be with the Buck funeral home, Mrs. Lenny Taillon, Richard J.
of St. Lawrence County Chapjedy, Mrs. John Viskovich 3. Bypasses of Canton a n d
Mr. Wesley D. Ehle is the ex- than the facilities available. Norwood.
ter C, S. E, A., Miss M a r y
indTMiss Theresa Viskovich, 'otsdam. •
ecutive officer of--this poard Three rented areas are operaLenney and Francis Hayes
ting. One is in Potsdam, one Private Murray is survived dr. and Mrs. Chester Dywan, 4. Improvements to Route 11
and the center program^
members of C. S. E. A. who
and
in
Norwood, and one midway by his parents, four brothers, 'nai B'rith Massena Lodge to Brasher, Winthrop
stated that 96 per cent of. the
An'
attractive,
brochure
exLieut. Warren Murray, Fort No. 2351, W. D. Warren, Heinz North Lawrence. between these two villages.
non - teaching employees in
olaining full details of the fiBragg, N. C., and David, Ray Hahn, Mr. and Mrs. Ronald 5. Improvements of -Route 56
the school showed their preferConstruction
costs
of
a
new
nancing,
site
locations,
and
the
and Paul, all at home; his pa- Layo.
;o Massena.
Sgt. Thomas A. Ric k a r d, ence of C. S. E . A. as their
building is being distributed to building, based on the cost per ternal grandmother, Mrs. Hilda Also, Mr. and Mrs. Robert 6 Arterials to downtown
bargaining-agent.
rho has been stationed at Hanth^ voters of these eight par- square foo, ihdivate it is less Murray of Norwood, and his J Q n g , Charles J.Toomey, Ogdensburg.
-.-'-—
ocL Air Force Base, Syracuse Attending the Massena School
ticipating ischools: Canton Cen- costlyJo-build-than-t^continue maternal grandfather,^Wayne
Board
meeting
was
Frank
Maror the last two years has left
tral, Colton-Pierrepont Central, renting. The present annual Howard.
or a one year tour of active tello, Field Representation for
Lisbon Central, Madrid-Wad- rental of $33,000 per year is
C. S. E. A. in Albany w h o
uty in Thailand;dington Central, Nprwood-Noi1- very expensive. The bond is- He was born in Potsdam,
The son- of MrT" ahd Mrs. stated that over 70 per cent of
folk Central, Parishville-Hotj- sue^»%pproved by the voters, June 25, 1947, son. of Paul and
tobert Rickard, MSssena Cen- the non - teaching personnel in
kington Central, Potsdam Cen- will provide opportunity to con- Rachel Howard Murray. He aty, he is. a. 1962 graduate of Massena School
tral, r d r * the St. L a w r e n c e struct and own a facility ade- tended Norwood schools and
fassena Central School. He their preference of C
quate for the full needs of the was employed at Gale Brothers
Central School Districts.
rined the Air Force on Nov. as their bargainini
g
project garage until he joined the army
The proposed ^site, selected program. The total
and
9, 1964 and took, his basic Massena Central
cost
is
$1,165,000.
Of
T h i s in August, 1966. He had been in
from ten possible locations,
Vietnam since March, 1967, and
•aininb at Lackland Air Force Norwood - Norfolk C e n t r a l
Attorney J._Neil Devine, 34, has met the approval of the amount $1,149,000 is for the was due to return home in
iase in TexaSr-v — <
School are the first c e n t r a l began practice in Potsdam.
building and $16,000 for the
State
Department
of
Education
Last Nov. 26th, he married school boards in this county to
site. The Federal grant al- March.1960.
Ted LaVeriture, district depule former Miss Nancy Smith give this- recognition tiO He is leasing fte office for- the Educational Boards of the ready approved amounts to
grand exalted ruler of the
I Massena.
C. S. E.;ATB is the preliminary merly used by Allen Gurley, participating schools, and the $358,597 and the State aid
Board, of Education of BOCES
North Central District,, w i 11
His. address is: Sgt. Thomas step hi the implementation of 38 Market St., Potsdam,( who No, 2. It is located on route 56, amount, also approved, will
make his official visit to Masickard, A. F . 12713714; Det. the requirement as found in retired, recently.
The
midway between Norwood and imoulit to $617,163.
Attorney
Devine,
a
graduate
sena Lodge-1702, Elks, WesnesSection
207,
Article
14
of
t
h
e
T. A. C. Control Squadron
The 54 acre parcel, amount to be shared by the
day night, Nov. 22, Fred CoP. A. C. A. F.); A. P. O. Civil Service Law made possi- of LeMoyne College in 1951, Potsdam.
participating schools and area
mar, exalted ruler, has a n an Francisco, Calif* — 96367; ble by the' enactment of the received Ms/tT. B, from Al- known as the Briggs farm^jro- taxpayers is only $189,240 disnounced.
bany Law School in 1958. He vides 20 acres of excellent
Taylor Act.
'•.,
ox 56
Worked/With the ffcm of Van- land for construction as well tributed over a ten-year perTed, as he is known mrough
he
district, received^his a p KennaH and Leonard in Og- as access t othe river and land iod.
Joseph N. Lamendola recentdensburg until; 1959 and had a space for needed vocational The new building will pro- ly joined the faculty at Canton wintment from Robert'Bon e y
school activities-.
}rand Exalted Ruler, at t h e
private practice h
'ide space for 680 high school
he building planned will be students., in fifteen courses. It A.T.C. as assistant professor of National Convention held in
from 1959 until 1965.
English.
uly of this year.
From May 1965 to June 1966 a one - story, modular - block will also give opportunity for
structure.
T
h
e
L
shape
is
dehe served the general coun300 adults in evening s t u dy He earned his B.S. and M.S. As district deputy, it is h i s
tojineet specific needs programs. The courses plan- degrees from State Universi t y uty to bring the message and
sel's office, insurance departthe vocational courses to be led for the new facilities in- College at Potsdam in 1957 and program of the Grand Lodge to
ment, State of New York as a
staff attorney
rney and acting deo- taugHt. The design is neat, clude: auto mechanics, auto 1967 respectively, and has done the seven lodges of the North
••'• ' • '
of i n « £
collision, machine trades, agri- additional work at St. Lawrence Central District.
uty superintended
cultural mechanics, practical University and at Clarkson Col- Ted was born in Ogdensburg
a n c e . '•• •
. ' •
i1 1928, and is a 1945 graduate
nursing,
cosmetology,
f o od lege.
Attorney
Devine
from July
The Massena Observer re- Mr. McPherson paid tribute
Ogdensburg Free Academy,
servic^
heating
and
refrigerat Ai
Aug. 1987 was assistant
sived a special Boy S c o u t to all the county newspap e r s m to
Mr. Lamendola has joined le joined the Elks in October
tion,
data
processing,
and
secthe
general
counsel
of
the
juncil plaque in recogniti o n and radio stations, for (their
retarial education. Drafting, the. College faculty after 10 956 and was exalted ruler in
its training and help given loyal cooperation in hand} i n g Golub Corp., operators of Cenwelding,
key punch operation, years of teaching English, 1950-61, and served a sec o n d
Ted LaVenture
tral Markets in' Schenectady.
Scouting, at.the Annual rec- grouting news.
and
similar
courses /will be Reading and Science in t h e term in 1961-62. He was a
He
;h«j
been
apthfo
in
civic
[nition BatoquWheld this year The plaque to The Observer
member
of
the
New
Y
o
r
k
1
The Women's Democratic >pen for the adult population. Massena Central School Systhe M ^ E t a Club, <fc Was awarded prhicipauV b e - and fraternal organisations hi Club will nold its
State membership committ e e the district deputy but to i m temregular
Massena
and
Albany
and
press the Grand Lodge fliaf"
monttily
mk. 18. cause-of its assistance in prepmeeting,
Tuesday
Voting will take place from During the Summer of 1966 uring 1962-63-64.
Sdteneotady.
Massena is a vital link in the
a
newi
(k>rd<m JiiPhefsori of Kin- aration and printing
Ted
attended
Canton
A.T.I.,
evening Nov. H, at 7:30 p.m., :00 to 8:00 p.m. on November
r
He is tfte son
he served as reading clinician after which he served 22 months fraternal chain of over
v
ty Drugs, Inc., Gouverneur, per pa«e entlUfd~ ScQUt's
in
flteiT^hftU
21st at the central high school at Parishville High School He
lodges, carrying out th*
owner of each': participating district is a member of the Inter n a - in the IT. S. Nayyt He is pres- itable programs
ently commercial sales repreThe' qualifications for voting tional Reading Association and sentative of. Niagara Mohawk United States.
include; a citizen of the United the New York State Teachers in Massena. He is married to Tliere wfclT
States,' twenty-one years of Association. A 1949 Massena
QlHXi0F
Central graduate, he is majTietl the former Miss Jeanette Biu>
t
dh
htldW
to a Massena
Thanksgiving
Service Set
Wednesday
Vocational Center
Up to Eight School
District Voters Tuesday
mm
Agent Set
W.P.Murray
Gives Life
In Vietnam
Keenan Tells
Needs ^>t His District
rhomas Rickard
n Thailand
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T. Laventure, District
Deputy Grand of Elks,
Visit Here Wednesday
Returns to
Valley Area
J. Lamendola
Joins Faculty
Canton ATC
Special Plaque Awarded
Hie Massena Observer,
For 'Scout's
Women's
Democratic Club
Tuesday Meeting
^refreshments will be 30 days