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M argaretville central school paved the way for a rem atch of la s t y ear’s Section 4 chEimpion- shlp game in Class C basket­ball Tuesday night, w ith a GO­ST semi-final victory over Mc- G raw a t Sidney. Stam ford w as expected to have no trouble in beating Edmeston W ednes­day night to bring about an­o th er m eeting of th e tw o Upper D elaw are league rivals Friday n ight a t O neonta S ta te Univer­s ity college gym.

A sim ilar situation occurred la s t year, w ith the Blue Devils coming off w ith the sectional cham pionship a fte r losing twice in r e ^ a r season play to S tam ­ford. This year the Indians again beat M argaretville twice in Upper D elaw are league play to repeat the ir loop champion­ship. They have not forgotten la s t year’s sectional upset either.

M argaretville ibuilt up an early lead in the MoGraw game, b u t inaccuracy a t the foul line kep t the Blue Devils from pu tting the game on ice

T i m R o n e y S t r u c k

B y C a r i n C i t y

Andes, M arch 18.—Tim Ro­ney, son of M r. and iMrs. John Roney, m et w ith an accident la s t Tuesday n ight while spend­ing a few days dn New York d ty . H e was struck by a car in fron t of the meiin gate to Columbia university. Surgery was p e rfo rm ^ a t Bellevue hos­pital.

His paren ts were notified early W ednesday morning and they hurried to the city to find Tim in the recovery room. Mr. and Mrs. Roney traveled to New York Saturday and found Tim resting comfortably. His address is Bellevue Hospital, 1st. Ave.-26th. St., Room L 2, New York City, N. Y. 10016. Mr. Roney and Donald Horn- beck visited Tim Monday.

W e y l I s C h a i r m a n

F o r S c o u t A f f a i r

Don Weyl of Roxbury has been appointed the Roxbury chairm an for the “School N ight fo r Scouting” to be held la te in April in five communities on the same night. Aiding Mr. Weyl will be Ciri)master L arry Blakeslee, Scoutm aster Herm an Yeajger and Neighborhood Com­missioner Jam es Shook. The night is to encourage new boys to become interested in Scout­ing. t

Troop and P ack 41 fcvill have exhibits during the day a t Rox­bury central school, and these will be open to prospective members of the units and their parents during the evening.

V C h i m e s I n s t a l l e d

Arkville, M arch 18.—A loud speaker and chimes have been installed in th e tow er of the F ree M ethodist church. Hymns and religious m usic will be heard from them throughout the community on Sunday mornings.

R C S C h o o s e s T w o

A s ^ O u t s t a n d i n g ’

Two Roxbury central school students have been selected as the school’s candidates as out­standing teenagers of America for 1971. They are Jam es Bal- llard, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Ballard of Roxibury and Tonya Hinkley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hinkley of Rox­bury.

Nom inated by the ir princi­pals, the Outstanding Teen­agers of America are chosen from individual schools across the country fo r excellence in community service and aca­demic achievement.

S u c c e e d s D u n h a m

in the firs t half. McGraw be­gan a zone press dn the third period, and soon the tide of battle chanjed. However, the accumulation of first-half fouls began telling on the EagQes afte r they had cut the MCS margin to one point going into the final quarter. E arly in the half MargaretviUe had led by nine.

Rick Forsm an and W arren Reynolds provided the scortng punch for the winners as they scored 22 points apiece. They w ere the only MCS players to h it double figures.

"nie game will follow the Roxbury - Schenevus m atch-up tom orrow night.

M ^gare tv ille defeated Cin- cinnatus, 60-52, -in the quarter final round a t Sidney Friday. In the opening- game McGraw downed South K ortright to set up the semi-final game.

MGS displayed a tigh t de­fense against Cincinnatus in downing the Red Lions. The Devils dominated the rebound­ing activity during the second half, aiid this, coupled wdtili tim ely scoring, paved the way to the victory.

W arren Reynolds led the scoring w ith 29 points, 20 of them coming in the firs t half when OVrCS erased a 17-15 Red Lion firs t period lead to take a 28-27 haliftime advantage. Rick Forsm an contributed 17 points and 23 rebounds, while Lee Shultis and Bob Dickman combined for additional 21 re ­bounds.

Roxbury c e n t r a l school, which had 'been one of the Class D basketball powerhouses this year, had a close squeak Tuesday night in pulling out a 47-46 victory over W orcester in the sectional semi-finals. Roxbury will m eet Schenevus a t 7:30 F riday n ight a t One­onta for the Section 4 cham­pionship.

Roxbury blew a 10-point lead late in the firs t half a fte r threatening to run away with the game in >the opening quar­ter. The Rockets held on to a three-point m argin as the half closed, then fell behind, 38-36. a t the end of the th ird quarter.

The fourth q uarter was nip- and-tuck. A tie w as broken wiith 18 seconds to go, as Dan B allard sank a field goal for Roxbury. The tension gi’ew a few seconds la te r as W orces­te r ’s Jim Tauzel was fouled.. I t was broken as he missed the f irs t shot, leaving W orcester one point short as he m ade the

D i n n e r X h i t e R e s e t

The date of the M argaret- ville R otary club roast beef dinner has been changed to Thursday, April 1. The meal will be served by R otarians a t the M argaretville central school cafeteria from 5 to 7 p. m. T ickets a re available from club memibers o r a t the door.

3 p r i n g C a m p o r e e

P l a n n e d b y S c o u t s

The ' Otschodela Council spring camjHiree will be held a t C rum hom M ountain camp the weekend of May 14. The event will center around con­servation activities as p a rt of the national good tu rn re- quesited of th e movement by P resident Nixon. I t is an ti­cipated th a t 700 boys will a t ­tend the camporee from Otsego, Schoharie and Delaware coun­ties.

F ourteen activity areas will be se t up for the 'boys, devoted to stream improvement, fish­ing, trapping, hun ter safety, habitats, air, w a te r and soil profiles and forestry. There will be special dem onstration areas, w here boys will learn from professionals in archery and fly casting.

second, and Roxbury ran out the clock.

B allard ,. w ith 14 points, was high m an for the winners. The W orcester offensive was ca r­ried by Tauzel and Clark, who had 22 and 16 points, respect­ively.

Roxbury had gained the semd- finals w ith a F riday night vic­tory over F ranklin, 67-65, a t Deilhi Tech. The Rockets had no easy itm e here either, as the contest w ent in to over­tim e as the game ended, 61-61. Roxbury tra iled through the first half, bu t took advantage of F ranklin foul trouble to pu t on a last-quarter surge.

In the o ther Class D q uarter­final a t Delhi the sam e night, Andes had been ehm inated, 62- 44, by Schenevus, despite a tenacious showing by the Moun­taineers against the Schenevus height superiority.

Downsville was also elim inat­ed by Gilbertsville FYiiday, 41- 38, in a game a t H artw ick college. . ',

G i r l S c o u t s H a d

B i r t h d a y P r o g r a m

Phoenicia, M arch 18. — Girl Scouts of Troop 190, Brownies of Troop 91 and Cadet Troop 85 of Phoenicia participated in a “Thinking Day” program F ri­day evening a t the high school building in Boiceville, in honor of the Girl Scouting’s birthday.

The Girl Scout troop present­ed a sk it w ritten by M ary Lou Burgess, and B arbara Sheehan, both students in the sixth grade a t the Phoenicia elem entary school. The Brownie troop sang a song as a group, and the Cadet troop also presented a skit.

Mrs. Eugene B. Gormley Jr. was presented w ith a five-year pin for her w ork w ith the Brownie troop.

A c c i d e n t D e l a y s

H o t e l ’s O p e n i n g

(Mr. and Mrs. C h a r l e s Schoonmaker have had to de­lay the reopening of their Kelly’s , hotel in M argaretville until tomorrow, Friday, because of an accident to the ir au to ­mobile while vacationing in Florida. The hotel was to have reopened Monday.

Mr. and Mrs. Schoonm aker were stopped for a tra ffic light in R iviera Beach, when their car was struck from behind by the ca r of th e R iviera Beach mayor. They escaped with nanor Whiplash injuries, but the ir tr ip north was delayed while the heavy damage to the ir car was repaired.

F a r m s P a i d $ 6 . 0 4

New York, M arch 12.—^Dairy Farm ers wiU be paid a uniform farm price of $6.04 per hun­dredw eight for F ebruary milk deliveries to pool handlers in the N ew York-New Jersey milkshed. They received $6.07 in January and $5.82 in Febru­ary, 1970.

D r i v e r I s A c c u s e d

I n T h r e e C h a r g e s

Allan Henderson of Alaska, who had been visiting in Andes, was fined $20 on three charges F riday a fte r a hit-run accident reported in the village of Andes early th a t morning. Henderson pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of an accident, being an unlicensed operator and with resisting a rre st when troopers attem pted to take him into custody. He w as arraigned be­fore Town Justice Jack Dam- gaard in Bovina.

S tate police said th a t a parked car owned by Herm an Menke Jr. had been hit on Mkln stree t in Andes by the car operated by Henderson as Henderson was leaving the parking lot of the Andes hotel.

Griesser Named To Fill Yatanty S a n f o r d W i n s

On Shandaken Assessors' Board C a r i b b e a n C r u i s e

• Phoenicia, Meirch 18.—Erich T. Griesser of Oliverea was nom inated by Town Justice Ed- wiin F rance Saturday to fill the vacancy on the Shandaken board of assessors. Members of the town board approved Mr. Griesser’s appointm ent, 4-0, with one albstention.

Mr. Griesser, 29, is president oif the Big Indian - Oliverea board of trade and proprietor of the Alpine House a t OTverea. H e is a graduate of Cornell university. H e fills the vacanty created by the resignation of Nash Dunham, which became effective Feb. 28.

The board approved a public hearing for 7:30 p. m. Tuesday, March 23, a t the town hall prior to th e settang of a date for a vote on w hether to keep Uie p resent three-m an board of assessors o r to go to a one- m an assessor system.

In o th er action a t its S a tu r­day afternoon meeting, tiie town board accepted the dedica­tion fo r a tow n road on the a re a known as the E d W est

development. M aps of the road have been filed and approved by the town planning board and the superintendent of high­ways. The homes to be , built on the property will be served by underground telephone aind e l^ tr ic cables.

The town clerk was in struct­ed to ^ ^ ite Commdssioner H enry Diamond of the sta te Environm ental Conservat i o n D epartm ent protesting the re ­duction of services a t Belleayre Mounteain Ski cen ter and the proposed closing of th e Belle­ayre and M ount T rem per fire towers.

Mrs. H arry Carle of Mount Trem per spoke to ithe board about the possibdlity of estab ­lishing centers in the town for the recycling of w aste into usable m aterial.

A resolution of congratula­tion was passed for Sgt. Ed- wand Ocker, last surviving vet­eran of th e Spai^h-A m eriican w ar lin th is area, on his 93d birthday, which was M arch 1.

Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Sanford wiM leave S aturday for a week’s cruise through th e W est Indies. The 'trip is sponsored by Arctic C at snowmobiles and was won by Mr. Sanford because of Ms firm ’s excellent sales record. He is one of nine winners in New York and New Jersey.

The couple will fly from Broome county airpo rt to New­ark and thence to Miami, w here they will board the cruise ship, returning M arch 27.

T w o A r e A c c e p t e d

The S ta te University Agri­cu ltu ral and Technical college a t Delhi has announced the acceptance of two local s tu ­dents fo r fall admission. Jam es W. M iller J r . o f ' Fleischmanns, son of M rs. Helen 'Miller, will study electricity dn the voca­tional education division. He is a 1965 graduate of Fleisch­m anns high school. M arjorie Elliott, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. WiHiam E llio tt of New Kingston, will study liberal arts.

N a r c o t i c s T i p e ’

L e d t o A r r e s t s

Three young men and three teen-age girls w ere apprehend­ed last .week Wednesday night. Tlie men were charged with possession of a narcotics imple­ment, and the girls w ere pe­titioned to Delaware county Fam ily Court.

S ta te police said th a t the im­plem ent was a pdpe adapted for the smoking of hashish. Taken before Town Justice Sollie D ar­ling, each of the men pleaded guilty. All were fined $25 and sentenced to 15 days in the Delaware county jail.

They were identified as Don­ald L. Dauley, 20, of M arga­retville, and Allen, 17, and Douglas Dougherty, 21, of New Kingston.

M c L e a n W i l l S p e a k

Principal Dennis McLean will be the speaker on the program a t Monday night’s m eeting of the M argaretville P a r e n t Teacher Group in the Marga^ retville school. He will ta lk on the program of the Board of Cooperative Educational Services. There will be re ­ports on the 1970-71 ski pro­gram , and preparation of the sum m er recreation program. P lans will also :be m ade for scholarship aw ards th is year. The m eeting is a t 8 o’clock.

D o n o r s o f B l o o d

S o u g h t i n R o x b u r y

Roxbury, M arch 18.—The Red Cross bloodmobile is in g reat need of blood donors a t M a r g a r e t v i l l e M ethodist church on M arch 30 from 1 to 6 p. m.

Mrs. F rank Bertino is chair­m an of the Roxbury solicitors, who are Mrs. H erbert Lutz, Mrs. Andrew Lutz, Mrs. Duane Ely, Mrs. Donald Hadden, Mrs. H arry Gockel, M rs. Glenford Brownell, Mrs. Anthony Car- meli, Mrs. W alter Brooks, Mrs. Jack Miller, M rs. F ran k D ’- O rta, Mrs. W illiam Morgan, Mrs. Doris H ew itt, Mrs. Doug­las Cowan, Mrs. Jam es Bren­nan, Mrs. Joseph H. Johann- sen, ‘Mrs. Charles Faraci, Mrs. Jam es Hinkley and Mrs. Wil­liam Luhrs.

P e a c e T a l k I s S e t

Phoenicia, M arch 18. — Rev. Bonnie Jones, pasto r of the Phoenicia M ethodist parish, wSl}*\5peak a t an inform ation session a t 7 p. m. W ednesday, M arch 24, a t the Phoenicia Church. She was one of 170 persons who w ere in Paris earlier this m onth to ta lk w ith participants in the Indo-China peace ta lk s and will tell of her experiences there . The ta lk will be preceded by a covered dish supper, open to everyone, a t 5:30 a t the church fellow­ship hall.

‘H o s t ’ P r o g r a m

I n v i t e s T e a c h e r s

Phoenicia, M arch 18.—Thom­as M urphy 6f the “H ost” pro­gram addressed a group a t the home of Mr. and Mrs. N estor B ryan t in Mt. T rem per T hurs­day. Mr. M urphy said th a t area families are needed to en terta in English - speaking European teachers in the ir homes for one or two weeks this summer.

According to Mr. Murphy, one of the originators of the “H ost” plan, the purpose of the program is to show the Ameri­can way of life to foreign teachers, by pairing them with Am erican families.

Since all visiting teachers are required to speak English, language is no barrier. The only requirem ents are a private room for the guest and free tim e for one 6r two weeks to introduce th e visitor to friends and neighbors and fellow teachers.

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Villages Had

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In BallotingElections came off quietly

in Andes, Fleischmanns and Roxbury Tuesday as no oppo­sition, o ther than a single write-in ballot dn Andes, de­veloped. The total combined tu rnout dn the th ree communi­ties was scarcely more than 100 voters.

The 'biggest tu rnout was in Fleischmanns, w here there were 56 a t the polls. M ayor Harold Finch drew 52 votes to win re- election. T rustee M urray Mayes Vrfas reelected with 49 votes, and Donald Osterhoudt was elected tru stee w ith 50 votes. The rest of the votes were void o r blank.

Andes, which has w rite-in balloting, had a tu rnout of 35. M ayor George P re iser won election for a second full term w ith 34 votes. F red Ruff drew 33 votes for tru stee to succeed W ayne Decker, who did not run. There was one vote for H ariand Je s te r for the post.

M argaretville had the quiet­e s t election. There w ere no voters afte r 6:45 p. m. when No. 16 was recorded. Mayor Orvil Rosa drew all bu t one of these, a blank. T rustees George Bloodgood and K enneth Miller had 16 apiece.

C h u r c h G r o u p T o l d

O f P r i v a t e S c h o o l

Roxbury, M arch 18.—Jam es L. Perkins, director of the M anhattan school in M eeker Hollow, led a discussion on the value of such a private school.

A t th e m eeting was the SEARCH, a group of young people who m eet a lternately a t the M ethodist and Retprm ed churches. Sunday nigli^ the Reformed church was the locaile.

Mr. Perkins bought the Julius Koutz farm in 1961. At firs t he used i t as a country home, while he taught history in city schools. A few years ago he added the Floyd Slauson farm next door, and has his school in the big farmhouse there.

Children come from the city to leam about country life, which includes farm ing, stock, raising and syrup-making. In his ta lk , which included a round-table discussion, he told of the educational goals of the school, which is b e tte r re la ­tionship among the diverse races and cultures of the world through b e tte r understanding. The students come from all walks of life, and represent all races and colors of skin. They come in sm all groups to the country for a few weeks to absorb lessons from nature.

B e n e f i t B a s k e t b a l l

A pair of benefit basketball games will be staged Thursday, April 1, a t the M argaretville cen tral school gym for the benefit of the Sundowners drum and bugle corps. One game will p it the M argaretville town team against “The Girls” basketball team . In another contest the U lster county all­s ta rs will play the Delaware county all-stars. The firs t game wUl be a t 7:30.

N i x o n P r o p o s a l

Revenue Sharing Would Provide

$7,963 In Town Of MiddletownW ashington: Rep. Ham ilton

Fish Jr. reported S aturday th a t local government units in the 28th Congressional D istrict would receive a to ta l of $2,- 432,835 in no-strings-attached federal add, if P resident Nixon’s plan of revenue sharing is en­acted into law.

County shares are $73,038 for 'Delaware, $375,568 for Ul­ster, $175,317 for Greene, $107,- 762 for Sullivan, $44,710 for Schoharie, $85,570 for Otsego, $434,638 for Dutchess and $165,- 331 for Montgomery.

In Delaware county the town of 'Middletown has been allo­cated $7,963. O ther towns re ­ceiving funds if the proposal' goes through are Delhi, $4,112; Hancock, $9,960; Sidney, $52,- 217, and W alton, $10,247. In addition, Sidney village will re ­ceive $12,532 and W alton vil­lage $16,318.

O m itted from the list of

community funds proposed for U lster and Greene counties are the towns of r H ardenburgh, Shandaken and H alcott. There are also no funds for Andes, Roxibury and Colchester in Del­aw are coimty.

In a related release. S ta te Com ptroller A rthu r Levitt said last week th a t village govern­m ent costs in New York S ta te have climbed 85 per cent dur­ing the las t decade. Inflation and m andated s ta te program s have caused the biggest push.

W hile village population in ­creased throughout th e s ta te an average of 11 per cent since 1960, real property taxes have increased an average of nearly 71 per cent, said Mr. Levitt. S ta te add has tripled, yet ac­counts for but nine per cent of to ta l village revenues. Fed­era l aid accounts for three per cent.

S p r i n g C a m e A h e a d

O f t h e E q u i n o x

Spring came Sunday on warm sun and warm breezes, which

. stl'ffened to warm winds over­night and Monday. Snowbanks melted rapidly w ithout strain on stream s and rivers.

However, the official en­trance of spring is not due un­til 1:30 a. m. eastern standard tim e on the coming Sunday. At th a t tim e the sun is above the equator, and the ea rth begins to lean so th a t the northern hemisphere receives the most direct rays of th e sun.

Sap is running, stream s are running, buds are swelling, crocuses are blooming. Who knows, maybe spring will be here to stay? Trout season is but 14 days away.

O ^ S C o a c h , T w o

E a r n U C A L H o n o r s

Phoenicia, M arch 18.—Onte- ora central school basketball coach Ron Pape and two of the players from his UCAL champ­ions w'ere picked for all-county honors in a F reem an poll an ­nounced last week. One of the players, Joe Bush of Phoenicia, was cited as the player of the year.

Pape was nam ed coach of the year as he guided the In ­dians to a 14-3 season and w o n . the U lster County A thletic league title with 11 league wins against one loss.

His senior guard and co- captain was Bush, son of Mr. and Mrs. K arl Bush of Phoe­nicia. In 15 games Bush col­lected 250 points, an average of 16.6, took 100 rebounds for an average of 6.7. He made 97 of 220 field goal a ttem pts and 56 of 89 free throw s. Bush’s brother, Mickey, was also an outstanding OCS player t)wo years ago.

Joining Bush on th e all-star squad w as has teanraiate Dan Sm ith, a 6-4 200-pounder, who was pivot m an in every game for th e Indians. In 17 games he scored 224 points, an aver­age of 13.1. He pulled down 243 rebounds, m ade 85 of 179 field goal a ttem pts and 54 of his 95 free throws.

H i t c h c o c k G i v e n

F a r e w e l l D i n n e r

R etiring 'D istrict Superin­tendent Elwood Hitchcock was tendered a farew ell dinner Tuesday night a t Stam ford. Representatives of 21 schools in the second supervisory dis­tr ic t gathered a t Scotch Val­l e / lodge to pay tribu te to the educator who began his career teaching in one-room schools in G reene county. H e la te r was guidance counselor a t M ar­garetville central school during the w ar years.

R. Jack Siring, Stam ford principal, was toastm aster and introduced guests. Dr. John W. Polley brought greetings from the New York sta te edu­cation departm ent. The speak­er w as William M cFarland, re ­tired principal of the W ind­ham - Ashland - Jew ett central school.

Thomas L. Sm ith Jr. of M ar­garetville, president of the Board of Cooperative Educa­tional Services, presented Mr. and Mrs. Hitchcock w ith 'a set of m atched luggage on behalf of the schools in the district.

A n d r e w F r e y G o i n g

T o H u d s o n V a l l e y

Andrew Frey, son of Mr. and Mrs. N orm an F rey 'of Andes, has received notification of his acceptance for the fall 1971 term a t Alfred Tech and a t Hudson Valley Community col­lege. H e will a tten d Hudson Valley, w here he plans to study electrical construction and m aintenance.

His (first two years of high school, w ere a t MargaretviQle, bu t since coming to Andes in the sum m er of 1969, he has participated in senior play, audio-visual cliJb, track , high school chorus and yearbook.

C o i n s W a s T o p i c

Fleischmanns, M arch 18.—^At Monday’s m e e t i n g of th e Fleischmanns-'Pine Hill R otary cliib A rthur K urzm an spoke on his hobby, coin-collecting. He gave a background on collect­ing coins, th e ir care, adivice c«i collecting coins and ^ o w ed coins he had in his collection. Richard Lynch of M argaretville was guest for the evening.

Council Of Churches Will Help

To Save Delaware OpporbmitiesThe Delaware County Council of Churches voted

Monday night to undertake to help support thq work of Delaware Opportunities, Inc., and its community

action program. T h e

Are Catskills

Pawn In State

Budget Crisis?I t appears th a t H enry Dia­

mond, commiissioner of the New York S ta te D epartm ent of En­vironmental iConservation, is using the Catskills as a “whip­ping boy.” Recent announce­m ents s ta te th a t because of proposed cu ts dn the depart­m ent budget, Belleayre 'Mt. Ski center operations will be curtai'led tw o days a week in w inter and elim inated in sum­mer. I t is also proposed to elim inate the positions of 60 foresters dn the state , close, five fish hatcheries, reduce law en­forcement personnel, close sev­eral cam psites and generally drastically reduce services.

Inquiries in Albany indicate th a t the reductions proposed by the Ways and Means committee of the New York S ta te assem ­bly are in increases in the de­partm en t’s budget. The am ount to be allocated has not been reduced below the level of last year. W hile inflation would reduce services in this situa­tion, i t would not necessitate the drastic cuts proposed above.

F i v e A r e I n d u c t e d

B y H o n o r S o c i e t y

The D r. J . D. Frisbee chap­te r of the N ational Honor so­ciety has five new memibers a fte r an induction ceremony las t week a t the Andes central school. The inductees are Jam es Andrews, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Andrews; K enneth Andrews, son of Mr. and Mrs. Davdd C. Andrews; Margo Fadr- bairn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Fairbadrn, and Ricky Gabriel, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R ichard Gabriel, all of th^ class of 1971, and Kenneth Engel, son o f Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Engel, from the class of 1972.

Rev. R. V. E. W right, pastor of the Andes United P resbyter­ian church, w as the speaker. His ta lk was entitled “The Meaning of Honor Today.”

C urren t members of the so­ciety, 'Richard Jones, M argaret Mullaly and Paul Rabeler, all of 'the senior class, conducted the ceremony. Grades 6 through 12 were dn attendance, as well as a large num ber of parents and friends. David C. Andrews is advisor to the group.

M C S H o n o r S o c i e t y

W i l l I n d u c t S i x

Six students will be induct­ed tom orrow afternoon into the M argaretville central school chapter of the National Honor society, and eight will become full probationary members of the chapter.

'Mre. Roswell R. Sanford, president of the MCS board of education, will be speaker- a t the ceremony. Which will be a t 1:45 in the school auditorium. The ceremony is open to the public.

council also endorsed the formation of a committee on government, to which members are to be ap­pointed during the com­ing week.

The council m et Monday night in Delhi in the wake of the recent action by the board of supervisors in passing over action on providing a county share of $15,000 tow ard the federally funded DO program. W ithout the county share, fed­eral aid am ounting to $165,000 will be lost to the county through the Delaware Oppor­tunities program.

The council voted to circu­late a questionnaire among the churches of 'the county solicit­ing opinion on w hether the DO and its community action pro­gram should be continued. Meanwhile, gifts of $1 or more will be received in support of the DO program . The council asked th a t these be sent to Howard Gibbs a t Roxbury, Council of Churches treasurer.

An appropriation of $240 was voted from present council funds to go tow ard support of the council. Appropriations of $20 w ere voted for the planned parenthood com m ittee and $60 fo r th e Otschodela Boy Scout council chaplaincy for Crum horn M ountain camp.

Rev. K enneth T ruran of M argaretville, president of the council of churches, s ta ted th a t the purpose of the com m ittee on government would be “to gather and organize inform a­tion , concerning the adequacy, comiTOtence and cost of all gov- enapen ta l . agencies and theii- personnel, as weH as the ir con­tinued usefulness: suggest the need for expanded services and report, concerning any agency, the deleterious effect of any of its activities on citizens or on environm ent.”

I n t e r s e c t i o n s ' A r e

A c c i d e n t S c e n e s

Phoendcia, M arch 18.—'Deputy Sheriff R ichard Ositrander re ­ported tw o accidents, which m arred an otherwise quiet weekend in the area.

On Thursday afternoon, a two^car property damage acci­dent was investigated on route 28 a t Mt. T rem per a t the route 212 intersection. A 1968 Ford operated by Alfred W. Relyea, 64, of K ingston was headed east on route 28 when a 1970 Chevrolet operated by Louise A. 'Doyle, 45, of Lanesville, pulled out into th e intersection in front of the Relyea car. Both vehicles w ere severely damaged.

Monday morning Sheriff Os- tranded investigated a tw o-car personal injury accident on route 28 a t the intersection of the Black Alder road. John J. Boust, 50, of Massapequa, L. I., operating a 1968 Mercedes, was headed east, when a 1966 GMC pickup truck operatde by Ron­ald S. Cibulski, entered route 28 in its path. A passenger in the Boust car, Frances Boust, suffered lacerations and con­tusions, declining hospitaliza­tion and will seek her own doctor.

L o w A s s e s s m e n t s

Equalization Slashes Hit Most

Towns In Catskill MountainsThe sta te board of equaliza­

tion and assessm ent struck a blew a t m ost Catskill Moun­ta in towns th is week with the report of ten ta tive equalization rates based on th e 1970 assess­m ent rolls. W ith the excep­tion of Roxbury and Sidney, each of the 15 D elaw are coun­ty towns m entioiwd in the re ­port suffered a cu t dn equaliza­tion, which lowers the value of the assessm ent roll in relation to the m arket vailue.

Roxbury stayed the Scune at 28 per cent. A re-assessment raised Sidney from ^ to 8t.

Andes w as cu t (from 29 to 26; Middletown from 29 to 27j Bovina from 36 to 31; ‘'D aven- pbrt from 32 to 29; Delhi frcan 25 to 23; Deposit from ^ to 29; Franiclin ' irc®a ^ 4i6' 24;

Hancock from 116 to 107; K ortright from 36 to 30; Ma- sonville from 26 to 25; Mere­dith from 32 to 29; Stam ford from ^ to 37 and Tompkin's frcwn 51 to 50. The o ther four towns w ere not included in th is report.

The towns w ith the un­changed equalization ra tes or v those w ith th e least cu t will fare the best w hen county tax ra tes are apportioned.

H alcott C enter in Greene coimty dropped from 51 to 49; PraittsvUle dropped frtan 51 to 50, and Lexington took a sharp drop from 53 to 47.

The U lster county last showed a drop fo r ttie tow n o f Shan- dakeri from 28 to 25. 'R ie towTi of Denning dropped closer to the extinction m ark, from 9 to 8.

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