P*« 3 * — T h e Tribune-Pre—, Gouverneur, N.Y. November 5. 1969

THE GOUVERNEUR TRIBUNE-PRESS Published Every Wednesday by M R S printing, inc. 40-42 Clinton Street, Gouverneur. New York 13642.

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Katcnd at the Bast OCncs at New York aa

EDITORIALS: These are our opinions

November Eleventh U ovember 11 is Armistice Day or, as it is w now designated, Veterans' Day. Armistice

Day is the anniversary of the end of World War I in 1918; and while, since 1954, it has been celebrated as Veterans' Day, its purpose mains the same.

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It is a day devoted to honoring the millions of men who have given their lives and their services to their country in the armed forces. Originally it was a day of speechmaking and resurging patriotism. Every family displayed the American flag with pride and humble grati­tude for all that it represented — the freedom and security of our homes, the protection of the

individual against oppression from whatever s o u r c e and a guarantee of respect for the United States by all nations.

There are those who are Inclined to view the flag and patriotic observances as anachro­nisms and somewhat juvenile. These cynics may have had their eyes opened to the fact that the flag is far from a dead symbol when they look­ed about them following the death of former President Eisenhower. Flags flew from millions of homes and public buildings. Mr. Eisenhower symbolized the greatness of a nation, just as does Veterans' Day.

On such occasions displaying the flag is an instinctive act of all good citizens.

THE BEACH AT WAIKIKI — Members of M$gr. McCarthy1

will spend a week in Waikiki and may visit other islands in uled in January, 1970-

Sojourn In South Africa

1 two-week tour to Hawaii the area. The tour is sched-

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Nov. 3, 1969

EDITOR'S NOTE — Letter* to the Editor are always welcome for pobttcatioa in the Tribune Press oe a f oron of opinion* No letter* will be publish*

iraleas they are by the Mine and

of the writer. The Tribune-Preoa wffl nm eo-ealled "Mind

tores" e a c h ae Taxpayer", "Cltta*", " L o c a l Resident", etc, but hi ail saeh esses, the

the request. Opftn-are thoae of the

do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Trt-

To the Town of Fowler Voters: • I am writing this letter to Iclear up a couple of "white !lies" that have been going around

this town. I have been told that these lies were told to hurt Don

iSchang and not me but I feel ;that they could hurt both of us •under the circumstances in this "town, In my opinion, I hope the Ipeople of this town know me well •enough to realize the truth and •I am sure, from the two years !I have been working with Don ;Schang and gotten to know him, -that he is not that type of per­son a few wanted to make him ;look like. In fact, I cannot see • any reason Don or myself would I have for doing ouch a thing, J May I explain eht-first "White tile." It has been toliTthat Don ISchang asked me to alter minutes Jof a meeting and that I did it •for him. I would like to explain that I did not or never did have

; intentions of ever changing or altering minutes of facts of any Board Meeting for Don Schang,

.John J. Absalon Sr.f either Town •Justice or for either Town Coun­cilman* If the people have chosen any new town officers, since I am writing this letter only one day before the election* I do not intend to alter any minutes for them either. I would further like to add that none of the above named people have ever asked me to do such a thing*

J Secondly, the next "white lie1* ! hinges on a telephone call made ;;to me on the afternoon of the opening of the last group of grader

I bids. One of your Town Coun-Jcilmen called me at about 6:00 ;P.M« of the afternoon on which the bids were to be opened and asked me, ftHow many grader bids did you receive" since I had been authorized to receive them by the Town Board. I told this councilman that I had re­ceived four bids. 1 had in my pos­session and presented FOUR (4) envelopes marked "Motor Grad-. er Bid" which had been delivered to me by four (4) different sales­men. Upon opening of these bids by the Town Board, I found out only two (2) envelopes contained bids, the other two (2) contained letters. Since that time this coun­cilman has accused me of lieing to him. If anyone with anv sense knows bids are to be opened publicly and I am certainiy not Superman with a magic eye to look through a sealed envelope and see what is In it. I would like to further add that I never did have or never will have any reasons to lie to any Board member, to die Superintendent rf Highways, or to any Town of Fowler resident.

I am s little bit hurt to think that lies had to be made up femtfrtng me to cry to hurt any­one ronBtng for a public office which is this case happens to be your present Supervisor, Don

To the Editor: Our chjb was so surprised

and happy to hear that we had been chosen to receive the Pro­gress Award banner for t h i s year. We had worked very hard trying to improve our ekib but had no Idea we were being considered.

These banners help to give us incentive to work even harder this year to see if it is possible to get the banner this year for a Championship club. It is so good to know that there are people like yourselves who are interested in the Youth pro­jects. This is what our young people need so much.

We wousd like to take t h i s opportunity to thank you for be> tag .interested rtnajh vto >spoo* sor this Award banner. It was such a thrill to receive the award and we will display it with great pride.

Yours truly, Mrs. Leonard Kerr Louisville Wildcats 441 Out).

To the Editor, In reply to the many inquiries

I have had In regard to the meet­ing held Oct, 20, 1969, at the Gouverneur Central School, in which 1 had filed charges of discrimination against the trans­portation manager of the school, I herewith tender this statement.

In the course of the meeting Superintendent Van Sant conceded that there were apparently dis­crepancies existing within the transportation depar tment . He said he felt procedures should be initiated to correct these, I agreed to wait a reasonable length of time for the transportation manager to initiate procedures to correct these grievances be­fore pursuing the matter further.

As of tyonday, Nov. 3 no action has been taken to my knowledge.

** + David L. Johnson

(Editor** Sole — Miss Lynette Thompson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence W. Thompson, Batanat, Is spending a year in

s c h o o l in the Union of 800th Africa u n d e r t h e American F i e l d Service A m e r l e a a s

^Abroad pro­gram. She Is at­tending in Point M o s s e 1 Bay,

Cape, South Africa, and Is re­siding at the home of Mr. and

Richard W. Harris, Mossel

County Group Elects Officers

More than 100 people attend­ed the annual meeting of the St Lawrence County Extension Association according to Fred LaVack, president Held in the Canton Masonic Temple on Oct. 29, the meeting began with a chicken barbecue served by the S t Lawrence County 4-H Coun­cil.

Director* Elected At this time directors and di­

vision committeemen w e r e elected for 1970.

Elected to the hoard of di­rectors was Vemer Ingram, Potsdam, and Mrs. Eugene Lu-pia, Ogdensburg, for a term of three years.

On the Agricultural Division Committee, Waiter Lawrence, Canton; and Stanley Given, Ed­wards were elected for three year terms.

Mrs. B e r n a r d McMahon, Chase Mills and Mrs. Gordon Carvill, Massena, were elected for three year terms to the Home Economics Committee. Mrs. Mitchell Richael, Hopkin-ton wHl serve a two year term.

Elected to the 4-H Drv*Hon Committee was William Martin, Gouverneur, and Conrad Cook, Potsdam, for a term of three

and Mi*. Edward Chase, , and Richard Harm,

Norwood, tor a term of t w o

Hermon Resident Completes Course

James A. Patton, Hermon, has completed a course in Ser­vicing Electrical Appliances and has been awarded a diploma by the National Radio Institute of Washington, D C , according to an announcement by Dale R Fox, director of information.

Mr. Patton finished the pre­scribed course of technical studies with creditable grades and "is to be congratulated upon his achievement", Mr. Fox said.

ila closing 1 would Uke tt> add that whnm ever TSnVJts? 3Q****_ 'of the Tow* of Fowler, have chosen for your Town Officers,

they reaaaic the I will

Guest speaker was Fred C Enoa, Public Relations director tar the New York Telephone Company He rjutsnUd a lec­ture detaonstration on the de-

and rejflne rnent of

to the present stereophonic per> faction. An oscilloscope w a s

to CQnstrate how sound look During the p r o -• a s s * had an opportun­

ity to aston to nostsOgfc sound* of bygone days tochxfi&a; the love oaH cf t 400 year old

Vsry trary

Richville yt. and Mrs, Larry All*?-

Syracuse, spent t ^ees: witr. ber jpsrsots. Mr. and Strs, Ec Sni:± and las parents, K*r. end Mrs, Gartu Aiiet. Bate**. Larry is ecjoMaf * ^eek erf

BIS btrchdsv at the

Retired Teachers Meet la Gouvereeur

The Retired Teachers* Club of Gouverneur met Oct 29 with a covered dish dinner followed by a business meeting and pro­gram. The tables in the com­munity room of the Gouveroeur Bank were decorated for Hal­loween by the committee, Hel­en Lynde. Vaughn Corse, and Iva Temple.

Miss Helen Lynde, chairman, called the meeting to order and Mr*. Rose Tripp was unani­mously elected secretary a n d treasurer. Miss Lefts Watson, Canton was a guest speaker.

The next meeting will be s covered dish dinner and Chrtet-mas Party to be held in De­cember in Fellowship Hail of The Richville United Church. The committee will t>e Rose Tripp. Ruth Coasts, Gertrude Overacker and Ruth Park*. The date will be snnounoed later.

Mrs Mens Tiffany gave two readings. Halloween g a m e s were played and prises w e r e won by Roth Easton sod Leah Noble. Edwards.

Those in atVTMlanf* w e r e ; Lillian C a r n e y . Sally Ann-strong. Lelia Watson. MBdred Perria. OUa Qaxrehm, R u t h Coats. Juha Campbell R u t h Parks. Margaret Nulty, Mary -GrtCSri. rieJeii Lynoe, Eugenie Poppse. Beatrice Jsntiaga, Myr> tie L y s d e Helena Freeman. Inez Browr. Leah Noble, Ger­trude Beach. Iva Temple. Rose Trtpp. Iva Dodds Ina Decker. Ruts Easton. Gertrude Over* acker Vaughr. Corse E d i t h Vai> and Mans Tiffany

of rusgranqr^rerts,Mr. aniMrs. Ec Srr..r^ Oc-, * .

TMr. and V*rs. Garrjet Werwer are j are-.t5 d. • sac Garnet Terry, w** grjjx ? tbs. I I 4 cxa.. ^crr Or- 2 ; *: Ae Goc*-

Mossel Bay, South Africa Dear Mom and Dad,

The earthquake did its dam­age in the Tulbagh-Ceres area northeast of Cape Town, Here there was nothing except the shake. But today I was told that on Friday we are to have a tidal wave. I dont know if it's true or not but so I was told. Tve never been in one of those. We're so high up on the mountain that nothing c o u l d possibly happen to us, but the school is down at the point. FU wait and see.

I'm very worried about the SATa. I've asked several times about how to prepare and Tve gotten no answer. The French seems almost hopeless. l e a n remember so little and all I have are two little books. It's not studied much here.

I was most amazed to hear about the Mets being in the World Series. I guess they must have improved,

Tradedy h a s stricken our house. Copper, the GO lb, boxer whom I detest, got hit by a train and rather badly wound­ed She is supposed to survive however.

I've done all the applications except those stupid little auto-laiographies which will be done tomorrow I hope. There are a few little things I couldn't fill in which I marked for you. You know typewriters in this coun­try don't have 'T ' so I had to write it out

In SA now there is a com­pulsory 9-months military train­ing tor all matric boy gradu­ates. Therefore all the boys. have gotten their placements. All my friends asked for the navy. It is the best but t h e smallest branch. But they all got the army exoept Wessel who got the air force. He had asked for either army or navy.

Now that it's warm again I walk to school. It is about two miles I think but all down hiii. Breath-taking scenery. I think the o c e a n is most beautiful early in the morning.

We've had ten days holiday. It has really been nice. The first Saturday I went to a boy's 21st birthday. In South Africa the 21st is a big affair with big par-tie* and all. Sunday we had a family and friends brai. Tues­day we went on a family outir.g to Knysna. I t s a beautifui area with one of SA few indiginoos forests. They have elephants in these forests but y o u hardly ever see them

I iiniortunately acquired a fairly severe cold last week but it didn't alow me do»r. much 'and Fm getting over i t Tr e -weather has been beautiful and I have qs:te a burr, now rm getting quite dark I reaH>* love the beach and Dceer. and shall miss it very* rr.-jch. We've start­ed 1 • j i using TKJ**

We had ex earthquake Sere We )mt shook but a hundred m£es ew*y they had minors ^ rand of damage. I was tr. f^ck at the time of the most *->-er? Ueiaur here ar*i I rr?-j* adrr-t I was q^te frighterwd.

In your iast ietter y*: sa>d you "ese fCTvrjW?c *»- . .e*u **** <-Varster w-*s cocaxSer^d toe Ub-

Yx see xr. SA there are

the two main parties, the Unit­ed and the Nationalists. T h e United and the Liberal form the minority opposition party. The Nats are of course the party in control. This however is very split. The two main divisions are the verkrampte and the ver-ligte. The verkramptes are the conservative and the verligtes are the liberals of the National­ist party who are all conserva­tive. There are also the less ra­dical verkramptes and the less radical verligtes, in other words the verligte verkramptes and the verkrampte verligtes. It's all very confusing. V o r s t e r started out a verkrampte but has become much more verligte in policy since he's been in of­fice.

Now to make things m o r e confusing there has been an of­ficial split in the Nat P a r t y with those who follow Vorster and those who follow Hertzog. Vorster has called for a nation­al election next year because of i t

This coloured election is ac­tually ajaite a big farce. T h e e l e c t i o n itself wasn't The coloured elected the L a b o u r p a r t y which was completely against apartheid and which was expected, but now the gov­ernment has appointed a coun­cil who back government policy to lead it. Thus the whole thing w i l l probably be uneffective. The Harrises, like most English people here, are United Party and are quite liberal in their views. The whole SA political situation is extremely interest­ing but too confusing to discuss by letter.

Believe it or not, I should get the English-higher E n g l i s h arward this year in the matric class. Quite amazing! You know how bad the rest must be if I get the English award. I must admit I've improved greatly in that subject

Love, Lyn

H-D School Invites Visitation During

Education Week TXiring American Education

Week. Nov. 9-15, the Hermon-DeKalto Central School faculty and admintetration cordially in­vite parents and interested resi­dents to visit the school during the day.

No specia] program or plans have been prepared. Classes and activities will be oonducted on a regular basis. Visitors are welcome to visit classrooms for observation purposes and may purchase hmch for the adult price of 50 cents.

School will not be open on Veterans Day, Tuesday. N o v . 11. so that the opportunity to visit school will -be available lour days during the week.

Parents are requested not to taing pre-school youngsters dur­ing their visitation.

The evening of Tuesday. Nov. IS has been established as Parent Conference mght for the elementary school. Ail elemen­tary teachers will be available at 7:30 p-in to talk with par­ents

Or. Thursday. Nov X Parer.t Conference rlgr.t w £ de he.d for the leconcjary* school Sec­ondary teachers wul be avail­able at T 30 p.m.

Two rjgttta have be*c se* aside (yr parent-teacher confer-er>ces this year to alio* those parents with student ir. botr. i&reej the time to talk with all tihe^r youngsters teachers T h * wee* of Nov ;* hsj beer, cros­ier, far conf ererice sagi^ because report cards w ^ have beec ±s-tr2x*sd on New 11 Parents wC then have fry: cfcLdrer t

10 YEARS AGO The Tribune Frees

Nov. 5, 1959 — Donald Peck was reelected

supervisor for Gouverneur by 101 votes. He defeated his Dem­ocrats opponent Ivan Bennett.

— Carmen Basdlio f o r m e r welterweight and former mid­dle w e i g h t boxing champion will speak at the Communion Breakfast at St. James Church Holy Name Society Sunday.

—- Gouverneur Wildcats tri­umphed over the Massena Red Raiders on a muddy field at the Gouverneur fairgrounds Sat­urday afternoon. Tne fir.al score 13 to 6.

— Debbie and D 1 a n e Can-won the grand prize in the Hal­loween parade last Thursday They w e r e dressed as pump­kins.

26 YKABS AGO The Tribune Press

Nov. 1, 1S44 — Charles Crumb, for nine

e COOPERATIVE EXTENSION • NEW YORK STATE COtNELL UNfVWSITY'SUTI UNIVHSITY Of NfW YOSK-U S. DCPAtTWENT Of AGRICULTURE

By Jean Theobald The Voice of Clothing

We have often been told "not to judge a book by its cover." Yet how often we judge anoth­er person's inner qualities by outer apparel.

Conformity, status, and be­longing, practicality and beau­ty, and setf-ooncept are compel­ling reasons why people dress as they do.

What stories are behind the clothes your family members chose to wear today?

Teenagers a r e particularly fond of fads which conform, as they offer a means of expres­sion against boredom they feel in everyday life, and they af­ford an opportunity for quick recognition.

Interest in fads and the de­sire to conform is not a fault or weakness. Conformity is de-sireable for one's self confi­dence to belong and for some form of organization in life. On the other hand, students should be encouraged to be individual, as individuality aqd self re* spect are achieved through a certain amount of non-conform­ity.

When we see strangers we tend to classify them, using their appearance as a guide. . . their clothes tell a story. Some impressions are formed instant­ly, such as age or the amount' of money they might have. Their clothes may also be a guide in determining the kind of work they do.

Less obvious first impressions are also created by clotiMng. It may signal something to us about one's personality, values and attitudes. When we become acquainted with a person, his clothing may even tell us about his mood.

Our own background and in­terests influence our first im­pressions or perceptions about people. Studies show that we are very Mkely to make errors

in judging people by first im­pressions. Accuracy of these judgements is not much better than chance. However, regard­less of the accuracy, first im­pressions have important influ­ences on our lives.

The degree of importance of clothes to an individual may vary, yet they are of continuing importance to s o c i e t y as a whole. We can arrive at a bet­ter understanding of ourselves and others, and of the world, through the silent but forceful "voice of clothing."

Prospecting For The Future If you were to name some of

the more popular careers that girls choose to follow, your list might include a fashion design­er, teacher, interior decorator, radio TV, or magazine editor or perhaps a dietician for spec­ial groups such as the disad­vantaged.

Do you know that just one college major can prepare a girl for all of these careers? That's right! Home Economics! Home Economics is often just­ly called the "profession w i t h 1000 job titles."

Girls majoring in Home Ec­onomics generally specialize in one of 5 subject-matter areas: Human Development and Fam­ily Studies, Design and Environ­mental Analysis, Human Nutri­tion and Food, Community Ser­vice Education and Consumer Economics and Public Policy. In addition to this, approximate­ly 50 per cent of the college courses required for a home economics degree are in Mberal arts and the sciences.

Home Economics encourages independent thinking and crea­tivity. It offers a girl the satis­faction which results from per­forming a worthwhile and need­ed community service.

For further information on any topic mentioned write: Ex­tension Home Economist, Box 426, Canton, New York 13617.

years a dealer here in ladie*, misses, and children's furnish­ings and boots and shoes h a s leased the fonner Law's d r u g store and will reopen his bus> T\PSS in a short while with a full line of all goods available for the customers he previously had.

— Announcement was made this morning by George W. Ev­ans, local chairman for thn six­th War Loan drive, that the Gouverneur area qutvta for in­dividuals has been set at $300 -000.

— Airplane stamp 3 becomes valid today for one pair of shoes.

60 YEARS AGO Gouverneur Free Press

Nov. 6, 1919 — Dr. Youns of Rossie was

elected supervisor of that town yesterday. ~~

— Hallowe'en p a s s e d off quietly here due to the rainy weather. The Maccabees and the Ladies' Grange Club held masquerade parties and a ghost and goblin entertainment w a s hel(* in the Methodist church.

— Rufus Turner a local mid­dleweight, will meet Al Marlot, Vnqwn as the French cyclone of Ogdensburg in a wrestling match in Freeman s hall this evening. The match will be held on the rule of the best two out of three to a finish. The winner will receive the entire receipts.

75 YEARS AGO Gouveraear Free Press

Nov. 7, 18S4 — Whole fields of dandelions

in full blossom in this vicinity were reported by several par­ties last week.

— The hens are earning more for their owners just now than the cows. Eggs are bringing twenty cents per dozen while butter brings seventeen to eigh­teen cents per pound.

— A fair looking work horse changed owners in this place Monday for the consideration of $3.65. The horse was sold at p u b l i c auction. Horses have been offered by fanners having a surplus of stock for as low as eight dollars.

— Last night was the f i r s t time in history of Gouverneur that we were enabled to receive the election returns almost as soon as the votes were counted. Harry Rogers operator of t h e Western Union showed consid­erable enterprise in securing a direct New York wire and en­gaging U n i o n Hall for the crowd to assemble in and re­ceive the returns.

• • . » 100 YEARS AGO

Gouverneur Times Nov. t, 1SO0

— Vegetable switches are of­fered for sale at Mrs. G. C. Firth's Millinery Rooms.

— Duck shooting is lively on Black Lakev

— John Mott has bought out the farmer proprietor and is now installed as keeper of the hotel at Russell

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