ABOUT THE WEEK OF MAY 2, 1963, there’s a saying that “April showers bring May flowers.” That might well be true, but in the Central Adirondacks April showers turned into snow and ushered in the first day of May with a new white blanket of snow.

Temperatures hovering near the freezing mark kept the snow flurries coming throughout the week. Heavy flurries continued and the ground was white most of the day Wednesday, May 1. Roads were wet and slippery.

Prior to the spring snow, temperatures were mild and for a long weekend were almost perfect, with lots of sunshine, temperatures in the 60s and some wind. Tuesday the rains came and temperatures dipped to near freezing late in the day. The rain turned to snow during the night, resulting in the new snow.

Natives weren’t too surprised. It isn’t uncommon for it to snow as late as Memorial Day in these parts.

In HUNTING, New York hunters would just as soon forget one of the “records” they set in 1962. According to state Conservation Department Fish and Game Law violation reports there were a record number of arrests and fines for October and November, the height of the small and big game gunning seasons.

William J. Goodman, chief of the department’s Bureau of Law Enforcement, announced fines and penalties for those two months totaled $53,417.50 with 1,388 persons apprehended. This compared with $34,917.50 in fines and 1,143 arrests for the similar period in 1961.

Although the violators represented a small percentage of the state’s one million license holders, Mr. Goodman said Conservation officers and State Police in many instances worked “around the clock” to control the outbreak of poaching.

High on the list of infractions were cases involving illegal taking of doe deer, jacklighting and shooting deer during a closed season. These violations accounted for the arrest of 139 persons who paid $19,855 in fines during the 60-day report period.

New applicants for driver licenses or learner permits would have to undergo a longer written test on rules of safe driving, Motor Vehicle Commissioner W.S. Hults announced. The new test would contain 20 multiple choice questions rather than 10.

The present test had been adopted in the fall of 1962, replacing an antiquated and ineffective true or false examination that had been used for many years.

At HAMILTON COUNTY, state Comptroller Arthur Levitt had announced the distribution of monies for April to the 65 public welfare districts of the state. These monies represented the state’s share of anticipated welfare expenditures by the localities. Hamilton County received $1,000.

At INLET, Pitt Smith, director of the Adirondack Park Association, attended the association’s monthly meeting at the Chalet in Lake Placid. The most important issue discussed was the state’s forming of an Adirondack Park Commission in the near future to control all zoning within the “blue line.”

President Arthur Benson appointed a committee to study the proposal, which would be introduced at the next session of the state Legislature.

The Leonard-Mick-Roberts Post No. 1402 of Inlet won first place at the American Legion Fourth District Bowling Tournament held at Lake George. The Fourth District consisted of 11 Northern NYS counties and 144 teams were represented at the meet.

The men of the Inlet team, Commander Robert Egenhofer, Treasurer James Evans, Keith Baerman, Alfred Thibado and Hollis Ross, who was commander of the Fourth District, had a three-game combined total of 3,090 pins. The high 10 and 30 frames for the team was captured by Robert Egenhofer, with 213 and 568 with handicap.

A trophy and prize money of $65 was presented to the team by Commander Ross. The prize money was donated to the Post’s Sunshine Fund.

Allan P. Kane, son of Dr. and Mrs. Harry Kane, Rochester, had been appointed to the position of Forester 1 by the Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters. He had been assigned to the Susquehannock Forest District Headquarters at Coudersport, Pa.

He had been a summer resident of Inlet for the past 13 summers, where he was employed at Camp Eagle Cove. It was here that he decided to pursue a career in professional forestry.

Army Pvt. John G. McNeil, son of Mrs. Lillian A. Burth, Inlet, participated in the 35th Quartermaster Battalion’s Annual Training Test in Germany. The ATT was the toughest and most complete assessment of a unit’s combat readiness and provided the most grueling, exacting and realistic conditions possible in peacetime.

McNeil, a clerk in the battalion in Germany, entered the Army in August 1962. He completed basic training at Fort Gordon, Ga., and arrived overseas in March 1963. The 24-year-old soldier was a graduate of Town of Webb High School, Old Forge, and received a B.A. degree in 1962 from Utica College of Syracuse University.

He was employed by the Merchants Mutual Insurance Company, Utica, before entering the Army.

At LAKE PLEASANT, Hamilton County Cancer Day was held in the school in Speculator. Sponsored by the PTO, the meeting had representatives from Long Lake, Indian Lake, Lake Pleasant and Piseco.

Miss Ouida Girard greeted the guests and introduced Mrs. Mary Jane Maloney, state director of Public Education and Services, who gave a brief history of the Cancer Society and outlined attacks on four leading killers: cancer of the lungs, cervix, colon and breast. She stressed the effects of smoking cigarettes.

Field Representative Maud Olmstead spoke on the research and immense sums being spent to fight leukemia. Dr. Daniel Cooley, Piseco, talked on “The Hopeful Side of Cancer,” citing progress made in treating leukemia.

Deputy Director Mrs. Margaret Danis, Long Lake, told of the wound dressings made in Long Lake since 1952. Wells American Legion Auxiliary had also started making dressings.

County Health Nurse Beatrice Simons read a paper on cancer facts and figures. She had prepared a chart comparing Hamilton County with NYS. The county had the fifth highest percent of early cases detected in 1961.

One young man present said the next day, “I never knew the Society did so much.”