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benter Street CHAPPAQUA NEWS PAGES 5, 9,13 News of other North Westchester communities on inside pages. Serving Mount Kisco 82 Years — No. 13 MOUNT KISCO, N. Y., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1960 MOunt Kisco 6-8021 YOrktown 2-2747 CEntral 8-3020 MuiK ~-LASS POSTAGE PAID AT oCO. N.Y.. AND CHAP?AQUA. N.Y. Serving New Castle 33 Years Four Million Stamp Theft Charged to 2 MOUNT KISCO- Four million trading stamps were stolen and recovered last night in an arrest climaxing a two-month investigation of periodic thefts at the Grand Union ware- house here. The investigation, conducted by District Attorney Joseph F. Gag- liardi's office with Mount Kisco police, led to the capture of Jay W. Fritsch of Bedford Hills and Andrew Joppa of Yonkers. Fritsch,- twenty-four,., of. 85 Bab- bitt Rd .,^etf6TPa ^Hlh^^'a^*4^ prehended as he attempted to ped- dle the $10,000 worth of Triple S Blue Stamps stolen at 3:30 a.m. yesterday»from the food store's v arehouse. Breen Choice Of Democrats For J P Post BEDFORD— Joseph B. Breen ot Mount Kisco, an attorney with the Wall St. law firm of Emmet, Marvin and Mar- tip, was named last night by the Bedford- Town Democratic Com- mittee as its candidate for justice of the peace. The committee met in executive session at the home of Chairman Patrick J. Hart. Breen will be opposing William Y. Banks 'of Bedford Village for the unexpired year of Judge John S. Shedden's term. Shedden died last month. Banks was appointed to the post by the Republican-dominated Town Board after being endorsed by the Republican Town Committee. Breen. who lives at 43 Valley View Terrace received his law de- gree from Fordham Law School in 1958 after attending night class- es there for four years while work- ing for the Wall St. law firm. He is'now studying taxation in classes at New York University.^ The young a 11 o r n e y" started school at Fordham after his sepa- ration from the U. S. Marine Corps as a first lieutenant Commissioned after his graduation from Holy Cross in 1952, he is now a captain in the Marine Reserve. A native of New York City, Breen is married to the former Miss C h r i s t i n e O'Connell of Worcester, Mass. They have three boys and two girls ranging in age from one to sLx. ^ "So Very Pleased" "Hired at once," was the re- port made by a recent "Help Wanted" classified advertiser. "The success of my ad has con- vinced me to use your medium f/om now on." Here's the hap- py ad user's result-producing message, reproduced as it ap- peared in The North Westchest- er Times, New Castle Tribune and other. Westchester Group Newspapers: Maintenance Man 1st class. Liberal hospitalization, insurance benefits, vacation, noli- days. Write Box WCP 000, this news- paper. "The 11 letters I received in reply to my ad came from va- rious locations. In fact just about every part of this area was represented," said the sat- isfied customer. Lookirig-'fbr immediate, inex- pensive results? For a cost as low. ;&s ,f1.9S you can place a jhreB-line ad in this newspaper three' tiniest Phone V MO 6-8091 NEW MEMBER of the Mount Kisco Recreation Commission is* Larry Lattanzi, of 19 Spring St., Mount Kisco, who has been named to the vacancy created by the retirement of Henry Wid- mann of Fairways. Mr. Lattan- zi will serve until December of 1964, the unexpired portion °f Mr. Widman's term.—Staff Pho- to by Doris B. Kirchhoff. Junior School Page Resumes Next Thursday MOUNT KISCO- The North Westchester Times, New Castle Tribune next Thurs- day will resume publication of the Junior School Page. Inaugurated last year, the Page, written by the pupils themselves, attained widespread popularity throughout northern Westchester. The weekly page again will be in charge of School Editor Walter E. (Bill) Rahte. For further details, turn to Page 24. Urban Renewal Director Reports Visitation of 136 M,K. Families MOUNT KISCO- OEditor's note: Joseph R. Paci- tto, executive director of the Ur- ban Renewal project in Mount Kisco, issued this week his second newsletter to the residents in the area involved.) Mr. Pacitto says in his letter, "The field work on the first phase of the Urban Renewal Study has been c o m p l e t e d . One hundred thirty-six families were personally interviewed by the- preliminary survey team. This repre>em^;w!elj over 90 per cent of the folks liv- ing in the Kisco Avenue^Sutton's Lane area. The remaining folks were not at home during the team's visits or indicated they iiad no information to make available. The interviewers were favorably impressed by the courtesy and consideration extended to them by all. We sincerely thank everyone for their - thoughtfulness and coop- eration." - First Eepgr| Qf Survey ;*. ^he;%!^rm»¥ott ^$c^^Mtt be —„,,,,,. ....— /, -yrEAdL•. THE PASTOR of St. Francis of. Assisi Church, the Rt. Rev. Monsignor Jam'es A. Boyle, who received notification Tuesday that on Sept. 10, in St Patrick's Cathedral, New York City, he will be designated as a Knight in the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem. The ceremony will be presided over by Cardinal Francis. Spell- man and the title is conferred for outstanding service to his church, by Monsignor Boyle* The churdh service will be fol- lowed by a luncheon in 'the Waldorf Astoria Hotel. In jurea norse In Weekend's Traffic Toll BEDFORD HILLS— Bedford police listed a horse among Labor Day weekend traffic casualties growing out of two higo- way accidents that occurred on town highways during the long hol- iday. Police in Bedford and Mount Kisco reported extremely heavy traffic, particularly southbound, as summer vacationers headed for home. The accident involving the hois^ occurred on Saturday at 7:35 a.m. (Turn to Page 21, Please) used in the following manner: 1. A distribution of renting fr>^ lhes by family income will be de- veloped. This is to find out how many families earn between $1.- 000-$3,000 a year: $3,000-$6.00U per year: $6,000-510,000 per year; over $10,000. 2. A family characteristic table will be drawn. This table will spot how many project area residents ara> white; how many are Negro; o^-Page. 2& PJease) TriaiMarks Judge Banks 9 Court 'Debut' BEDFORD HILLS— William F Banks, the town t Bedford's newly appointed police justice, will preside over a Bed- ford Town Court session for the first time on Friday and the oc- casion may be an eventful one for the successor to the late Judge John F. Shedden. This newspaper has learned t.iat (Turn to Page 21, Please) 5 Arm Garden CMbs To Aid Harvest Show MOUNT KISCO— Five garden clubs will collabor- ate with the Northern Westches- ter Horticultural Society this year in the sponsorship of the 56th an- nual Harvest Show, to be held in the American Legion Auditorium on Sept. 15 and 16. The effort will benefit the Northern Westchester Hospital Planting Fund, which will beautify the grounds of the local hospital when the new wing is completed. As in former years Joseph Tan- sey will be manager of the two- day event, with assistance from the Rusticus, Middle Patent Bas- ket Town, Chappaqua and Pleas- antville Women's Garden Clubs Gustaf Lindquist will act as sec- retary. There will be 70 classes in competition, with items to be shown ranging from vegetables, potted plants, unusual basket ar- rangements, t a b l e centerpieces, and home arrangements to fruit. Seven trophies to be contended for will include the Arthur King Challenge trophy, the Matthew J. O'B r i e n Memorial Sweepstakes Trophy, The Robert Scott Memor- ial trophy, the Louis Arena Chal- lenge trophy, the Herbert Wood- (Turn to Page 21, Please) NEWEST member of the Bed- ford town police force, Ptl. John G. Dreisch began his new dut- ies this week. A resident of Amawalk, he transferred from the Larchmoijt Police Depart- ment,, where he had served a year. His appointment fills ava- vancy caused by the transfer of Ptl. Andrew Anderson to the North Castle force.—Staff Photo by Doris B. Kirchhoff. Expansion Program Meeting Katonah District's Growth KATONAH- Four r/"w additions fo two Ka- tonah-Lewistjoro schools will re- lieve the pressure of increasing enrollments this fall. The improvements include a-new classroom wing at the Lewisboro Elementary School on Bouton Rd. and a music room, a science classroom addition and a general classroom addition to John Jay High School at Cross River, ac- cording to D i s t r i c t Principal Charles T. Helmes. The $625,000 expansion program was planned by the architectural firm of Ketchum and Sharp, which is widely known for its education- North Salem Board Confirms Double Shifts For 3 Grades By PHILIP MORAN PURDYS— Taxpayers attending a speci. i. mass meeting Friday night spon- sored by North Salem Board of Education were less concerned as to where their children will study this fall than where the district is "going' in the future. The residents generally accepted the announcement by Board pres- ident Edgar B. Jewett that first, second and third graders would be on double session when schools reopen. More than 200 persons turned out af the auditorium of Purdys Cen- tral High School for the three-hour session which was called as a re- sult of the problem which deve.. .)- ed after the North Salem Elemen- tary School was destroyed by fire Aug. 13. Much of the discussion centered around merger and tuition - talks between North.Salem district md Katonah-Lewisboro district imme- diately to the south. Current talks with the other dis- tricts have concerned only the con- (furn to Page 21, Please) Reward Offered for Information In Murder of School Teacher WHITE PLAINS— The White Plains Reporter Dispatch today offered a re- ward of $1,000 to anyone fur- nishing information leading to the arrest and conviction of the killer of Miss Carol Segretta. Miss 1 'Segretta was found shot to death July 29 Just"off .the Ta- cdnic Parkwayin Ybrktpwn. Police have run up against a stone wall in their six weeks' investigation of the brutal slav- ing of the 26-year-old Long Is- land school teacher. The murder gun has been found, but the trail has ended fhere. Anyone with mfbrrnation should call Yorktown Chief of Police Earl Hawk at YOrktown 2-2710; the State Police Barracks at Hawthorne; ROgers 9-2600, or The .Reporter Dispatch city desk •at any of the following numbers: YOrktown' &2?47,- MOunt Kisco 6-8021, CEntral 8-3020, WHite Plains 9-8200.. al building work. J. Stanley Sharp was partner in-cha[rge of the de- sign of the John Jay High School, which, in 1958, received a spe->| cial citation from the American <\ssn. of School Administrators, top Kisco Lions Schedule Family Picnic MOUNT KISCO- Arthur Meyer, Edward Marwell and Raymond Wall are members of a committee of the Mount Kisco Lions Club planning a family pic- nic to be held at Leonard Park on Sunday. Activities including a swim in Memorial Pool, softball, horse- shoes and volleyball will be held from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Ginger ale, root beer, sasparill and draft beer (one-quarter keg) will be furnished during a cocktail hour from 4:30 to 5:30. The dinner hour will be from 5:30 to 6:30. Included in the menu will be barbecued chicken, coleslaw, frankfurters, hamburg- ers and corn on the cob. Singing and "knock the management" ./ul follow. The Sik Sika Indians will pre- sent a dance program at 7 o'clock. The tickets are selling for $5 per family and will be available to Lions and their guests. Kisco Firemen Douse Blaze In High St. Home MOUNT KISCO- . •< All village fire companies re- sponded* to an alarm 'at 7:42 v a.m. Saturday when bedding caught fire in a bedroom in. the home of .William ^Fit^gerald, of 42 High St.'There was-more smoke 'than fire and damage was confined to the bedroom, Cause of'the fire-was not deter- mined. educator group in the nation. New Lewisboro Wing At Lewisboro Elementary School the new one-story wing accom- modating 180 students, includes six classrooms, two general-pur- pose rooms and two conference rooms. The design* of the wing is tied to the present structure 'by tne use of a matching brick and white exterior trim. Outstanding design feature which resulted m economical con- struction is the reduction of circu- lation space to a minimum, ac- cording to Sharp. The two gener al-purpose rooms actually double as circulation areas to other classrooms. Major addition to John Jay is a new general classroom building containing e 1 e v e n classrooms, a study hall, two faculty workrooms and *a guidance office. The archi- tects took advantage of the sloping site to locate the study hall and the faculty workrooms below the main floor classrooms. This ar- rangement results in both com- (Turn to Tage 21, Please) NINETY-THREE years ybung^. Clemen,^.E«'Burbank 0 i Bedford?' ' Hills_.c.eiebi*a v ted. his, birthday., on? Labor Day by ; rp6sing with twbj£ great graridciiUdren--th6 newest} - .additions to^l^e-jSurbahk^fam^yl, 11 JHe is holdmg^^wd ^TFraLcey Bur# are Mr* andrMrs, 'Allen Burbank, -all. of Bedford; Hills. A native, '.of v^pndville ]jhv*Wuid^'m County,., bank, 7 weeks bkV at. leftr -the^ son of Mr.' jand^Mrs, Rbbert Bar- Donna! •'tarikv ^and u *2hvs&&M; Lynn Burbank, whose'oarents after p^ir^hasijig ^ .4Q-acre farm-, j He ' is^st]iU^aciiw/^aiiy mr'tfie'ma'in- 't^n^h^M^sihbme arid grburids WT&tfrfetK^Kifclihoff; * ' * 27 Agencies Set Budgets For Campaign MOUNT KISCO- A goal of $553,557 for the cam- paign of the United Fund of North- ern Westchester was announced yesterday by Harold J. Marshall of Chappaqua, president of the fund. This is the amount needed to support the 27 member agencies of the United Fund for 1961, Mar- shall emphasized. The Fund-.goal is, the sum ot Jhe .budgets^ oMh^ : ]t}iember agen- agency %tia -the; hdard* of. 'directors '"thr-'FualDfe;" «ifefc •meetings- with a special budget committeje. New* Agencies Included Three new agenci' have been added this year to the 24 agencies that were included in the first fund drive. They are the Tappan Zee Mental Health- Clinic, located in quarters contributed by Phelps Memorial Hospital in North Tarrytown, the Youth Program of the Yorktown Athletic Club, and the Katonah Vil- lage Improvement'Society for the Katonah Library. The Tappan Zee clinic serves a wide area, including Briarcuifi Scarborough, Ossining and Croton, all communities included in the Fund area. At least one third of (Turn to Page 31, FIcase) Village Shops Early for Tax Relief MOUNT KISCO- • If Village Manager David Good- man has his way. Mount Kisco will go shopping early this year for a tax reduction in the Town of Bedford for highway mainten- ance and libraries. Mr. Goodman told a Village Board meeting Mon- day night that the town will be filing budgets in November, and now is the time to start agitating for relief on charges for which the village receives no benefits. Last year the same plea was made with the Towns of Bedford and New Castle. Under Supervisor Arthur Green in New Castle the village was relieved of approxi- mately $6,500 for highway main- (Turn to Page 21, Please) 441 Pupils To Attend St. Francis MOUNT KISCO- St. Francis of Assisi Elementary School will open on Monday with an enrollment of 383 pupils to which 58 kindergarten children will be added on Monday, Sept. 19, making a total of 441, close to capacity for the school. Sister Mary Ramona, principal of the school, has announced that two lay teachers have been en- gaged, in addition to the eight sis- ters of Charity who comprise the present faculty. They are Mrs. W. J. Babon of Brewster, who v will teach kindergarten and Mrs. John F. O'Connor of Katonah, who has a third grace. „ School sessions will begin for the gr,ades at 8:30 a. m.-.eacb day, with "grades one to fouf dismissing' at 2:20. fo.»get .the bus. Fdfth through eighth grade students 1 v will ineet;.their, bus at 3 p.. m. r (Turn to Pagj 21, Please)
