ABOUT THE WEEK OF DEC. 14, 1962, with the holidays coming this is the time of the year when the average person tries to do a little too much. The body is overtaxed with strenuous physical activity.

Sudden spurts of heavy activity can do irreparable harm to the body. Here are a few simple rules from the Chiropractic Association of New York to help you get those holiday chores done and keep healthy.

• Make a schedule and don’t try to get everything done at once. Set a deadline and apportion your time accordingly.

• Get adequate rest and take a few minutes out when you’re feeling over-tired. Lie down if possible or sit still for five or seven minutes with your eyes closed.

• Don’t rush; the extra few minutes you save are not worth the risk of a painful accident.

• Be cheerful and keep a clear mind. Don’t let household chores depress you. Your mental attitude is important to your health.

• Eat properly and don’t skip meals. Make time because it is important to your health.

Follow these simple suggestions and you will get your work done more efficiently and in good health.

The Joint Legislative Committee on Motor Vehicles and Traffic Safety pre-filed a bill Dec. 14 mandating year-round Daylight Saving for the state, the first time such a bill had been introduced in Albany.

Year-round Daylight Saving and three other bills, also pre-filed by the committee Dec. 14, would be included in the agenda of a committee public hearing to be held in Manhattan, state Senator Edward J. Speno of East Meadow, Long island, the committee chairman, said.

The other three would require reflective coating for all license plates to reduce night-time accidents; black on yellow plates to be used six years without change for better visibility and economy; and seat belts for all small school buses containing no more than 12 students.

The committee had considered the Daylight Saving proposal from two main points of view, Speno said: traffic safety and public opinion. As to traffic safety, he said that throughout the state and in New York City, where 70 percent of highway fatalities were pedestrians, more accidents occurred in the late afternoon and early evening commuting hours than any other time of the day, particularly during the short-day months.

Drivers can better handle darkness when they are more alert at the beginning of the day. The state Traffic Engineering Advisory Committee approved the Daylight Saving proposal, and many traffic experts throughout the nation had greeted the New York proposal enthusiastically.

At HAMILTON COUNTY, County Attorney Charles Tracy entertained county officials and personnel at a luncheon at Melody Lodge in Speculator.

State Comptroller Arthur Levitt had announced the distribution of monies of motor vehicle tax receipts to the counties of the state. This total was the share of state-collected motor vehicle fees for the three months ending Sept. 30 that was being returned to the counties in accordance with Highway Law.

The law provided 25 percent of the fees collected to be returned. The money was earmarked for county roads. Hamilton County received $896.43. In the like period in 1961 it received $1,171.77.

At INLET, the town and hamlet would have a community center and Town Hall. The way was paved Saturday, Dec. 8, when Town of Inlet taxpayers voted 109 to 19 to authorize the Town Board to purchase the Arrowhead Hotel property at a cost of $128,500.

Supervisor Norton Bird said the property was comprised of a three-story hotel, six cottages and other buildings on about five acres of land with a 108-foot frontage on Fourth Lake. The Board planned to establish a public beach, parking lot and recreation center.

The first floor would be converted into a community center and town offices. The top floors would be removed. Other buildings, except the cottages, would be razed.

One of the cottages would be used by the village doctor. The others would be rented.

The hotel, once one of the famous resort centers in the Central Adirondacks, is located within the village. The property extends southerly from Fourth Lake to Route 28.

The voting took place in the American Legion Home. Mrs. Carrie E. O’Hara, Alton C. O’Hara and Bernard O’Hara were the owners.

Grand prize winners in the Louis A. Wehle Fishing Contest, which ended Oct. 31, were announced. Among them was the third prizewinner in the Lake Trout division. Frank Casanova, Chadwicks, won it with a 22-pound, 6-ounce trout caught in Raquette Lake May 19.

The cost of trespassing on posted land in the Town of Webb cost two Utica men a total of $105. This was the amount paid, $52.50 each, by Andrew Graziano, 28, and Leo B. Lia, Jr., 22, both of Utica.

The amount represented a civil compromise settlement and was paid to Peace Justice John B. Perry, Old Forge. The defendants were apprehended Nov. 20 in Utica by Game Protector James Axtell, Old Forge. The complainant was Hubert Lee. He accused the men of being on land he had posted against hunting.

Police Chief Robert Crofut assisted in the investigation. Attorney Joseph T. Manganelli, Utica, represented the defendants. Trespassing on posted lands by hunters was a violation of the Conservation Law and cases could be resolved through civil settlements instead of fines.

William S. Hults, chairman of the New York State Traffic Commission, announced the recent issuance of the following orders by the commission, which were on file with the Secretary of State’s Office: Herkimer County: Eagle Bay to establish a 30 mph speed restriction on Big Moose Road.

Ernest C. Gifford, 78, a retired caretaker, died Dec. 8, 1962, at his Highland Ave. home. He was born at Ira, Cayuga County. He married Anne Kurfess, in Utica, in 1915.

Mr. Gifford was employed by Otto M. Eidlitz, at Cols Spring Camp, 4th Lake, from 1916 to 1948, when he retired. Since then the couple had resided in this village. He was a member of the Niccoll’s Memorial Church.

Besides his wife he left a daughter, Miss Dorothy E. Gifford, Old Forge; and a son, Francis Gifford, Dallas, Texas. The funeral was held from the Eldridge-Autenrith Funeral Home with the Rev. James Getaz officiating. Burial was in Riverview Cemetery.