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CATSKILL M OUNTAIN NEW S THE OATSKIIX MOITNTAIN’ NKWS HAS THE IABGE8T AUDITED GOtOULATION OF ANT NEW XOBK STATE WEEKLY PRINTED IN A VILLAGE THE SIZE OF MA«nARli!TVli.i « VoL 98. No. 36. Established in 186S. SIABGABETVnXE, NEW YORK, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1955 7e Per fOofa- 9* Per Tew ..J Mayor Moves First BenRaymondHurt •' In A ndes Collision Cannonsville Dirt At Harvard %aft Ceremonies Also Mark BWS 50th Anniversary; City Host to 2G3 One driver was injured slightly and three cars were damaged in two collisions on the TrempersTdll road near the Andes cemetery in the last few days. Bernard Raymond was treated Tuesday afternoon by Dr. Frederic Bruell for a chest injury after the station wagon he was operating skidded into a tractor-trailer op- erated by Floyd McKee and Mayor Wagner of New York owned by Donald Bramley. All broke ground Monday afternoon involved were from Andes. Mr. for the Cannonsville dam and Raymond was alone, aqueduct 14 million dollar proj- | State police of the MargaretviUe . ect which wUl furnish sufficient' sub-station said that Mr. Raymond water for the metropolis until was driving north in the 1953 sta- the year 2,000. The scene was tion wagon owned by Ella Ray- two miles up Baxter brook, about mond. As the car rounded a curve five miles from Harvard. The it skidded out of control, the right Mayor, a Yale man, w ^ a bit front sliding under the tractor- confused, he said, when he found trailer, he and his associates were in At the same location last week Harvard. i Thursday afternoon a 1955 sedan The scene was the site of a s"** ^ 1®39 sedan were damaged shaft east of the Cannonsville when they collided. Neither driver dam. The tvmnel will be 44 miles long and will have several shafts.! ^ ^ n e y reported to sMe It would not be practical to dig Pohc« that he vas d n ^ g his 1^5 from each end. The shafts let south on a sm ^ do^grade workmen go down to the tunnel ^o the right to avoid level and work about two and one-half miles each wav ^ Robert Emery of Downsville. The °TSLTS X"* <""** S both vehlclei were and take part m the ceremony. Nearly all of them were from New i i 'T ' X sss- around the site of the shaft. A Thursday crane with a damshell'was poised | ’ _____________ ready to take’ the-first bite of s.-- ,r. • . i n n dirt After instruction from the Many Visited Belleayre operator, Mayor Wagner took the Mountain on Weekend controls. But five minutes’ in-| ,, „ , struction had not made him an' More than 1,500 people, arriving operator and he dropped the dam- 350 auto^biles and t ^ ^ e s shell on the steel endosure. The '(^ited the BeU^ operator took over. Everybody ^yre M ^ t^ sH center m the laughed, the Mayor’s face was a weekend and. ^ p lte bit^ The dirt was broken for »»ad a time. The ci^- fho PTPat mioiPPt The weather ^as not in operation. The ^U r*^«t ?the S ^ ^ conditioned and be- fbSln^snow than ^ b e d back mto their c ^ te^ development ex- the motore operatmg and tiOT^ crowds over the holi- seems probable the zero weather of mid-week wUl be an After the ground-breal^g cere- jjjflucement. mom«, the crowd went to the ^ ^here is a new tow near the Antnm inn at ^sco e, where a Befleayre development. It is an sumptoi^ roast beef toner was ^^e Shayne’s Belle- As a Winter Midnight Hung Over the Sleeping 7ba;n Mercury Drops To 10 Below December has been Unusually cold. Bottom point was Wedne^ day, morning when local ther- mometers registered anywhere from 10 to 18 degrees below zero. The mercury did not rise far above the zero mark all ^ay Tuesday. The grovmd is covered with about four inches of snow; - High- ways were quickly cleared and offer good wheeling. The weather, early in the week, cut shopping, made oil furnaces run most of the time. People on the streets gave attention to their ears and bxmdled into all. the dothes which could be wrapped around their bodies. served to 263. Irving Huie, pres- ayre property. The trails are ident of the Board of Water Sup- seem' an excellent place ply, was toastmaster. He gave t^ose who are taking up the an interesting talk as did Mayor popular sport. Wagner and other members of the ^ J-bar lift arrived in BWS. One of the speakers was Highmoxmt on mid-week for the Senator Art Wicks of Kingston. Highmount ski center. The con- He made the best hit of the day bases were set for this last when he told Mr. Huie it was OK fnn^ tijg delivery was held to come here p d take the water, tack because of the steel situation, but warned him not to turn our fphe operators of the center hope good Republicans, employed by | to install this new lift, if weather the BWS, into Democrats. He | allows construction. w£is given the heartiest applause of the day. The ground-breaking ceremony also coindded with the 50th an- niversary of the beginning of the Board of W ater Supply. A particular part of the Mayor’s James Mosemans Mark 50th Wedding Anniversary Flelschmanns, Dec. 19.—^Mr. and Mrs. James W. Moseman of Stitt- speech induded the Pepacton, , T ‘ celebrated J^eir pr^t. He said in part: golden weddmg anmversary Tues- day, Dec. 6, at a family dinner at the home of their son and daugh- ter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence D. Moseman. They were presented with many gifts, induding money and flowers. They received over 100 anniver- Pepaet(»i Be a Forest There are many other tranend- ous tasks and important detfiils connected with developing a new water sui^y source that have to be woriied out before the first | bulldozer can move onto the job; sary greeting cards. details such as planning the res- -------------------- ervoir ^ that its ^ e s wu be Leonard Ford and Fred steep and heavily wooded to pro- ^ _ tect against residential encoadi- Cure Become Partners ment; the dearing out of all un- desirable growth and dead wood in Pine Hill, Dec. 20.—Beginning . ^ ^ , Jan. 1, Leonard A. Ford of Shan- the sever^ hundred foot m ^gii^ | ijg assodated with Fred strips which surround all dty reservoirs; the reforestation of the new msirginal strips with ever- greens planted to prevent erosion of the shore line and to Screen out deciduous trees whose leaves might blow into the reservoir and change the taste, color or odor of the water; the scientific land- scaping of the reservoir and dam to insure that the natural scenic beauty of the rugged area is per- petuated; and the problems of re- locating highways, public utilities and bridges. In some instances railroad rights-of-way have been relocated. Pictures on page four. Carol Singing and Games Mark Christmas Party Flelschmanns, Dec. 19. — The annual Christmas party Women’s Fortnightly of the club was Cure in the insurance business. The new office will "be in Fred Claudy’s building and ■\frill be known as Fred D. Cure’s agency. Children of B^nai Israel Enjoy Hannukah Party Flelschmanns, Dec. 20. — The Haimukah party. Feast of Lights’ for the children of the congrega- tion B’nai Israel was held Thurs- day afternoon, Dec. 15, at the service center. A Hannukah play, in the form ;of “You Are There,” written by IDaniel Chick of Kingston, was en- ! acted by Harry Solomon, Ian Co- hen, Eddie Tick, Joshua Cohen and Harvey Ihsler. j ’The prayer was recited by Ian Cohen and Jeffrey Slavin. The ,! ceremony of the lighting of the I Candles was performed by Betty . and Joanne Slavin, Linda Rottkov, iFloris Hck, Ronnie Gross, Steven Camas, ^chael Bisler and Stuart Silvei:man. EacA diild was presented with a gift and a bag of assorted candies. Refreshments of holiday raokies and punch were served. A rkville Fire H all Blaze Costs $500 Early discovery of a fire in the Arkville fire ludl Wednesday eve> The scene is set again for Christmas in Margaretville as it was in Bethlehem nearly 2,000 years ago. The lighted tree in this and other villages has become a symbol in our time for the light that shone over the world on that Holy Night. From imder this tree in this village, we of ’The News offer our, sincerest, warmest wishes for a merry and peaceful Christmas to the people in these moimtain homes to whom our efforts are dedicated. Rev. Kay Resigns as Pastor Pine Hill, Dec^ 20.—Rev. T. H. Kay has announced his resignatiMi as pastor of the Shandaken, Big Indian, Oliverea Methodist and the Pine Hill Community churches. He has accepted a Reformed church pastorate at Jamaica, L. I. He will preach his farewell sermon New Year’s day. Rev. Kay came to these churches in August, 1954. It is with deep regret his friends in this area bid the pastor, his wife and daughter adieu. We wish them every success in the new field. Fish and Game Associatfbn Elects Annual Officers Phoenicia, Dec. 22.—A t the meeting of the Fish and GEime assodation held at Woodland Val- ley inn on Dec. 12 toe following officers were elect^ for 1956 President, Wiliam McGrath Jr.; vice-president, Elmer Loveless; secretary, Dan Irvine; treasurer, Herman Folkerts; field supervisor, Floyd Smith; director, Pat Mur- phy. FormerNationalOpenChamp BuysHugeCruickshankTract Craig Wood of New Rochelle, national open golf champion of a few years ago, has purchased a tract of 2,200 acres of land from C ru ic k s h a n k made the Cruickshank estate near Big throughout the Catskills. James H. Cruickshank shortly after the Civil war. A large fam- 'ily was reared and the name of famous it is interesting to leam that Mr. Wood bought the property for less per acre than Mr. Cruick- ^TT J • iu • shank paid nearly a eehtury ago. Mr. Wood « enthusiasbc over ^ ^ ^nsumated iLt Indian and in the Oliverea valley. The tract is south of Big In(Uan and east of the Oliverea highway. his purchase in one of the most attractive valleys of the Catskills. Yu !He plans to make the property held Wetoes(tay evening at the preserve. home of Mrs Sollie Darlmg Nme: he will stodc with pheasant m ^bere and one guest attended ^ ^ the Snprove- were exchanged and refreshments served. TTie next regular meeting will be held Wednesday evening, Jan. 11, at the home of Mrs.' Milton Valk. Mrs. Edward Balmer oi Big Indian will have charge of the program. an 18-hole putting green course. A lake on the property has been enlarged and deaned. A house on the property hfis been renovated. ’The Cruickshank Manor house was not induded in the sale. The tract, with other large holdings, was acquired by the late week Friday. Hie broker was W. Stanley Munro of Roxbury. The present village of Big In- dian was once a piirt of the Cruickshank acres. Each parcel of property in the villtige was taken from the estate. Mr. Wood’s land is bordered on three sides by state land, on the other by the Oliverea highway. IJhere are old time carriage ttails on the property which lead iq> the mountain. They are wpU laid out and CM be traveled today by a jeep. \ Holiday Weekend Is Active Time For Village Folk Homecomings, Parties, Fellowship and Visits Are .Part of Christmas R. E. Crissey of Schenectady will be a guest during Christmas week of Attorney Mabel D. Fen- ton. Albert Thorington- will be a guest on Christmas and the fol- lowing week of his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Tuttle, at DelhL Mr. and Mrs. Edward S. Biard- sall and children, Kathy and Teddy, of Delhi spent Saturday with her parents, Dr. and Mrs. Reuben E. Smith. William L. Burgin, who is em- ployed by the Scintilla plant at Sidney, left Sunday for Hartford, Conn., to attend a four-day in- struction course at the Pratt- Whitney Aviation Corp. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Funari will be'guests on Christmas day of Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Bayer at Kelly Comers. The next day they will enjoy a second Christ- mas dinner with his brother and her sister, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Funari, at Dry Brook. Fred Andrews, son of Prin. and Mrs. Lauren B. Andrews of Afton, will spend Christmas vacation with his grandmother, Mrs. Fred L. Andrews, and his unde and' aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Burgin. Prin. and Mrs. Andrews will be their guests on Christmas and a few days • afterward. Marc Harris, student at the Cardigan Mountain s<£ool, Ca- naan, N. H., and Jeffrey H^uris, student at Vermont acad^y, Sax- tons River, iVt, arrived Friday evening to spend Christmas vaca- tion with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Hairis. They return to their schools on Jan.'4. Margaretville f&enieil were caH^ when Arkville firemen found their big pumper stored in the burning building was frozen and could not be operated. The blaze was quickly brought imder control by efforts of the two de- partments. ’The oil burner had apparently not functioned properly during the day, allowing the truck room to become cold in the below-zero temperature. About 6:30 burner fired and ignited a pool of oil which had collected. A chance phone call to Miss Bertrand Talks About Maude Redmond led to discovery P«,moting Central CaBkat Roxbury, Dec. 20.—^Rotary dub buming at her home near the fire met Monday ewning at the hotel had called Miss Redmond from Margaretville asking her to Tax Burden Grows A long W ith O ther Increasing Costs New Town and County Tax Rates Are Listed; Arkville Owners Paying Nearly 10 Per Cent Of Property Value in Twelve-Month Period Tax tables as printed in the weekly papers at this time each year are largely a jumble of figures. They, indude county tax and highway tax. In addition to these there are health taxes, fire district, water district, lighting# ---------------------- ----------------------- district taxes outside the incor-' porated villages. We have tried to put these in a tabulated form so that local taxpayers can quickly leam just what is their tax rate. There may be slight errors, but the fig- ures in the main are correct. Arkville residents will have paid nearly 10 per^cent of the assessed V 2 due of their properties in taxes within the five-month period end- ing Jan. 31. A resident of Rox- bury whose property lies in the Margaretville central school dis- trict is hit about the same. Taxes have reached such a pro- portiom in these and other town of Middletown Qonulninities that further credit is jeopardized. A former bond broker recently told ■The News that any of the muni- dpal govenments or central school districts would have difficulty in disposing of future bond issues. He said that savings banks, trusts and public institutions may not legally buy the bonds of any public agency where the total tax rate exceeds $78.10 per thousand. ’Hie situation has become in- creasing evident with the an- nouncem«it of county and town General and highway-------- $35.66 Highway item 1--------------- 12.32 Fire ___________________ 2.16 Light ------------ -------------3.18 W ater ---------------------------- 3.75 Roxbury school---------------- 20.09 Total ___________________ $77.16 If he lived in Roxbury, but in the Margaretville central school district, his breakdown would be like this: General and highway______ $35.66 Highway item 1__________ 12.32 F ire ------------------------------ 2.16 MCS scjiqol______________.42.37 Total ---------------------------- $32.51 If he lived in the Bedell sec- tion of the town: General and highway__ ___ $35.66 Highway item 1--------------- 12.32 Fire ------------------------------ 4.31 Flelschmanns school______ 27.52 -hlnr wevented Sestructic® of ^ tufldlng and confined lems to to be ccdlected oa^ $500.. A defect in ther oil burner was bl^ed for the with Morton Bertrand of Pine Hill as the speaker. He described the activities of the Central Cats- kill association to promote \ the Central Catskills, of wWch Rox- bury is at the edge. He told of the things the asso- ciation has accomplished, namely, tfie road from Kingston to Boicet ville, the Belleayre ski sl<q>e, the road from Flelschmanns to*Mar- garetville and that their are today trying to promote a road from Boiceville to Flelschmanns. Many Attend Annual Can^elight Services The First Presbyteri^ church was filled to capadty at both the annual Candlelight services on Sunday evening. Mrs. Donald S. Gibbs was in charge of the dec- orations, which were beautifuL Through the courtesy of Harold Church, 20 minutes of recorded music preceded each service. Mrs. Samuel A. Dugan w4s director and Mrs. Albert Cross was or- ganist. TTie Candlelight service has becOTie a village tradition and is a highlight of the Christmas season. check on the lamp. While Mss Redmond was doing this she saw the blaze in the fire hall and gave the alarm. ^nth. Eleven towns in Delaware county will have higher town and county tax rates in 1956, while the other eight will enjoy reductions. Hikes in the general and highway rates range from $.7949 per thousand in Andes to $5.8508 in Meredith. Colchester’s assessment of the Downsville dam has brought the tax rate. in that town down $8,775 per thousand. Hamden also _had a substantial reduction of the $4,8904. Middletown has a rise of $1.74759. School and village tax fates levied in 1955 are added to the new town and county tax rate in the figures below to give a pic- ture of total tax per thousand over a 12-month period in Middletown. General and highway_____ $27.15 Highway item 1-----------------12.95 Health _________ ^ ________ .20 Mid-I&rd. fire dist________1.09 Total -------------------- -------- $79.81 An Andes town resident would have a breakdown like the fol- lowing: General and highway-------- $32.67 IDghway item 1__________ 7.64 Health --------------------------- 25 Fire district______________ 2.70 Andes scfaoal----------- -------- 18i33 If he lived i^ t^ part of Andes in the Mai^afetyille central sdiool district: General Md highway_____ $32.67 Highway item 1-------^____ 7.64 Health ___ ________ : _____ .25 Mid-Hard fire dist_______ 1.09 —J ___ 30.26 MCS ________ Capt. Kelly Is Home For Christmas Roxbury, Dec. 23.—C&pt. John H. Kelly has arrived home from Thule, Greenland, to spend the holidays with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Kelly. His W e, who has been spending the past two months with relatives in Nicara- gua, has also arrived here for the holidays, and her nephew, Adolfo Scaoneke of Managua, Nicaragua, accompanied her here for the holi- days. to Real Estate Transfers Andes: Lynworth Jacques Lynworth Jacques and wife. Middletown: Eugene Senese to William Shepka and John Vara; Robert S. Halt and wife to Harry Bolster and wife. Roxbury: George Haight to John Dugan Jr. and wife; ’Harry Wright Jr. to Joseph Gallo Jr. MCS Trims Davenport, 58-38, But Comes Cropper to Andes MCS continued its win-lose bas- ketball record over the we^end, winning Friday night, 58-38, at Davenport and bowing to Andes, 60-38, Saturday evening. Daven- port was a league game; Andes was not. Friday night the loc^ dub was hot; a 17-2 lead had been run up by the end of the first quarter, after which the home team never came within hailing distance. Davenport played a one-man game. Butch Callahan ran away with scoring honors as he netted 20 of his team’s 38 points. John Hosier with 16 was hi£^ for MCS, followed dosely by teanmmte dene Snyder with 14. It-seamed the local boys could do no wrong until. . . Saturday night opposition to Andes was practically nil. The Margaretville boysi were seemingly entranced by the powerful scor- ing attack of the smaller school. Andes pushed ahead to a 15-4 lead in yie first quarter. At half time it was hopeless; Andes en- joyed a 43-12 lead. Irv Smith bagged 10' points to lead the scoring for Margaretville.' Gardner paced the game with 15 for Andes. In junior vam ty competition, Margaretville slai^i^ dowA Dav- enport, , 47.^, FHday evening. Saturday night, Andes took the victory, 39-23. Margaretville school---------- 36.17 Total outside villages-------- $77.56 In Arkville, Not Incorporated General and highway.^___ $27.15 Highway item 1--------------- 12.95 H e a lth ---------------------------■ .20 Fire and light___ W ater --------------- Total : ---------------------------- $71.91 The above computations were put together as typical of several districts. They vary from community to community because of overlapping of school, light, fire and other districts. ' ITie county and general taxes as listed indude $89,843 of un- paid school taxes, which were re- turned last month to the county treasurer. The unpaid school taxes amount to nearly $6,000 more than last year. Margaret- ville central school district has the largest amount of unpcdd taxes, $12,154.53, in Delaware county nearly 14 per cent of the total. If the Middletown districts are added to Margaretville, the total of delinquent school taxes in this town are well over $20, 000. Returned taxes, hy district, are: _ Andes central, $3,682.89; Uv- — ingston Manor central, $1,215.95; School--------------------- ----- « 17 1 Bovina district 1, $42.50; district -— *.X7 3 529.51; district 5, $91.50; distiici Total ^-20: Downsville central. Total ---------------------------- 591191$1,209.34; Roscoe central, $4,511.. 14; Davenport central, $2,3^.78. In Hajcottville General and highway_____ $27.15 Highway item 1 Davenport district 2, $6.40; dis- 3, " _ _ ____________ 12.95 trict 3, $73.13; district 16, $7.20; Health _________________ .20 DelW central, $2^75.79; Deposit Fire and light____________ 7. 31 ; central, $2,750.29;' Franklin cen- Margaretville school______ 36.17 j tral, $1,869.68; Treadwell central, $1,266.30; Hamden district 2, Total ___________________ $83.78 $194.94; Hancock district 4, $82.68. Callicoon central, $1,271.72; In New Kingston Hancock centnd, $4,552.93; Han- General and highway-------- $27.15 cock district 9, $728.20; Hancock Highway item 1 ----------------12.95; district 16, $88155; Jefferson cen- H e a l t h --------------------------- .20 tral, $667.21{ South Worcester Mid-Hard. fire___i------------ 1.09 central, $10; Bainbridge central. Light --------- ---------------1 _ 4.15 $208.75; Meredith district 11, School -------------------------- 36.171 $184.50; district 17, $120; Marga- ------ ' retville central $12,154.53. . Total ---------------------------_$81.711 Middletown district 5, $30.26; In Arena Eire District district 8, $1,426.40; districfc 14, ----------------- Roxbury central, $1,850.86; Grand weaiui --------------------------- Gorge central, $3,777.72; Sidney ------------------- "---------« 17 -central, $7,496; Sidney district 2, b c n o o i--------------------------- - ! $317.40; Stamford central, $4,566.- -_q - q I74; South Kortright central, ---------- ----- $142.86. In Margaretville Tompkins district 3, $126; dis- General and highway_____ $27.15' trict 4, $108.28; district 5, $72.49; ViUage, paid in 1955______ 18.00 i district 11, $198.96; district 12, Health _________________ .20 i $149.76; distrct 20, $88.50; Waltcai Total School 36.17 Total ______________ ___ -$81.52 In Roxbury, the tax rate is broken down to $16.87438 for town highway and general and $18.78667 for county highway and general. An owner living in the unin- corporated vil^ge of 'Roxbury WDi^d have a ttiSEal the (following: central, $10,56455; total, $89,8 39. tax tate like Farms Grow Bigger, Fewer Despite the fact a'preliminary census report for the year^ 1954 shows that the number of farms in Delaware county has drcqpped from 3,234 in 1949 to 2,865, the average size^ of the .farm has in- creased from. 194.8 acres to 2103 acres each...
