ABOUT THE WEEK OF MAY 15, 1964, a local branch of the United States Postal Service wrote: "It is a pleasure to report to you on the progress your post office is making in our daily efforts to cope with the mounting volume of mail. We may not be the biggest link in the chain of post offices that stretches across the country, and we lack some of the more modern mechanization in the post offices of cities like Detroit and Chicago.
"However, we are the main avenue and still the most economical avenu ...
ABOUT THE WEEK OF MAY 7, 1964, the Louis A. Wehle Fishing Contest would be conducted for the 19th consecutive year, starting April 1, coincidental with the opening of trout season. As in previous years the former conservation commissioner of New York state and chairman of the Genesee Brewing Co. Inc. of Rochester would offer $5,135 in cash prizes for the largest freshwater fish entered in each of 12 classifications.
Prizes would be awarded monthly for the seven months ending Oct. 31, at which ti ...
ABOUT THE WEEK OF MAY 1, 1964, William L. Wessel's latest book was "Moses Cohen, Peddler to Capitalist." The subtitle, "An Adirondack Pioneer Merchant," is exactly what Moses Cohen was. Drawing on his vast knowledge of the history of the Adirondacks and his long personal friendship with Mr. Cohen, the author draws his picture with a sure stroke.
He tells the life of Mr. Cohen, and in so doing also tells us Moses Cohen was a human being and a gentleman. Since other greats and near-greats were hel ...
ABOUT THE WEEK OF APRIL 24, 1964, boating deaths in New York state during 1963 dropped 11 percent below the previous year, with 66 fatalities reported compared with 74 in 1962, the Conservation Department said recently. James J. O'Brien, director of the department's Division of Motor Boats, said 423 boating mishaps, accounting for 282 personal injuries, were reported in 1963. This compares with 469 accidents and 291 injuries in 1962.
More than half of the accidents could have been avoided, O'Bri ...
ABOUT THE WEEK OF APRIL 17, 1964, at a gathering of "Reile for Senator" supporters at Hamilton County, Donald J. Reile, Herkimer, candidate for the 41st Senatorial District, gave the following address: "God made heaven, the earth, man and animals. In each He breathed a certain kind of life and vitality. To needlessly kill an animal is sinful. Yet within recent months we have learned of the needless and cruel slaughter of deer in our North Country.
"It does no good to belabor a point. But the ini ...
ABOUT THE WEEK OF APRIL 10, 1964, during a recent meeting with Donald L. Collins, state entomologist, Albany, regarding the Black Fly Control Program in the Town of Webb, Herkimer County, it was announced that in 1964 it would be the Conservation Department’s policy not to use the DDT insecticide in the treatment of the streams that flow into lake trout breeding water. For some time it had been the state’s contention that such treatment retarded the propagation of this species of fis ...
ABOUT THE WEEK OF APRIL 3, 1964, results of a recent research sampling of deer in the Moose River Plains area of Hamilton County had been announced by the state Conservation Department. Dr. W. Mason Lawrence, assistant commissioner for Fish and Game, said analysis of the 50 deer killed in the five-day wilderness study indicated a local population increase would occur in the Plains deer herds which, unless checked, could lead to severe starvation losses in the immediate future.
Reproductive rates ...
ABOUT THE WEEK OF MARCH 20, 1964, Inlet Supervisor Norton Bird wrote a lengthy open letter regarding the slaughter of 50 or more deer in the Moose River Plains by the NYS Conservation Department. Bird was also chairman of the Hamilton County Conservation Committee.
"It is very amusing to read in the papers and hear on radio and television, the almost childish reasons and answers by members of the Conservation Department for the slaughter of some 50 deer by their biologists on the Moose River pla ...
ABOUT FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1964, In the Adirondack Park, the Adirondack Park Association Inc. went on record as opposing Sen. Eustine Paine's Adirondack Park Commission bill. Paine, of Willsboro, had stated he planned to introduce the bill "for study purposes only." The Adirondack Park Association felt an Adirondack Park Commission was unnecessary, saying its work would be a duplication of various state agencies and a needless expense to the taxpayers.
A similar bill, also opposed by the associatio ...
ABOUT FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 1964, Pope Paul VI had appointed Monsignor Thomas A. Donnellan, 50, rector of St. Joseph’s Seminary in Yonkers, as Bishop of Ogdensburg. The appointment was announced March 4. Donnellan was a former chancellor of the Archdiocese of New York and secretary to Cardinal Francis Spellman. He succeeded Bishop Leo R. Smith, who had died Oct. 9, 1963 in Rome.
The state Conservation Department reported hunting deaths in New York state had dropped to a near record low in 1963 ...
ABOUT FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 1964, At HAMILTON COUNTY, the annual Red Cross Campaign was in progress. These local chairmen were carrying on the campaign in their respective communities: Arietta - Mrs. Wilson McGee; Benson - Mrs. Norman Storer; Hope - Mrs. Woodrow Call; Indian Lake - Miss Lenore Turner; Blue Mt. Lake - Mrs. Harvey Carr; Inlet - Mrs. Norton Bird; Lake Pleasant - Mrs. Ashley Perkins; Long Lake - Mrs. Arthur Parker; Raquette Lake - Mrs. Dennis Dillon Jr.; Morehouse - Walter Smith; and Wel ...
ABOUT THE WEEK OF FEB. 28, 1964, the Honorable Sherman Adams, former governor of New Hampshire and presidential assistant to President Dwight D. Eisenhower, would be the speaker at the 10th Annual Loggers’ Banquet at Hotel Utica in Utica April 7. Adams had several years experience in the lumber and paper business with Parker and Young of Lincoln, N.H. The Loggers’ Banquet was part of the 10th Northeastern Loggers’ Congress to be held at Hotel Utica April 6-8. Topics would inclu ...
ABOUT FRIDAY, FEB. 21, 1964, the third World’s Fair to be held in New York City would open April 22 in Flushing Meadows in Queens.
The Region 6 Fish & Wildlife Management Board met at the Conservation Department’s headquarters in Warrensburg Feb. 19 and elected the following slate of officers: Chairman Frank A. Moore, Vice Chairman Wade Van Vranken, Secretary Karl Leebrick, Representative to the State Board Lincoln Stone, Alternate Norton Bird, Landowner Representative to the Sta ...
ABOUT THE WEEK OF FEB. 13, 1964, New York’s once extinct wild turkey population was now estimated at nearly 3,500 birds.
At HAMILTON COUNTY, all members were present at the monthly meeting of the Hamilton County Board of Supervisors in the Court House. An offer of $200 for two lots in Morehouse, acquired through the tax sale, was accepted.
The Board appointed John S. Kathan as county superintendent of highways for a term of four years. The Board of Elections was authorized to attend a meet ...
ABOUT THE WEEK OF FEB. 6, 1964, establishing Daylight Saving for nine months of the year, and reducing the prima facie evidence of violation of the alcohol impairment law to .05 percent for all drivers, a two drink bill, headed a list of 11 proposals discussed at a legislative public hearing in November at Hofstra University, Hampstead, L.I.
State Senator Edward J. Speno, chairman of the Joint Legislative Committee on Motor Vehicles and Traffic Safety, said the Daylight Saving and alcohol bills, ...
About the week of January 30th, 1964, At HAMILTON COUNTY, County Clerk Earl C. Farber has announced the sale of Conservation licenses in Hamilton County for the month of December as follows: Resident: 10 Hunt and Fish; 15 Hunt; 2 Fish; 3 Trap; 25 Big Game; Non-Resident: 4 Big Game.
All nurses in Hamilton County are invited to a Heart Teaching Program for Nurses, being sponsored by the Hamilton County Health Association, Inc. in cooperation with the Franklin County Health Association, Inc. The pr ...
ABOUT THE WEEK OF JAN. 23, 1964, the 1964 March of Dimes solicitation would be carried on mainly by the Mother’s March on Birth Defects. The need for special study for a means of preventing and correcting these defects in babies and arthritic conditions in adults was the main effort of the National Foundation research work at the time.
Money was still being used to help those with after-effects of polio and continual research was being carried on to perfect a better polio vaccine.
At HAMIL ...
ABOUT THE WEEK OF JAN. 16, 1964, owners of trucks, trailers and other commercial vehicles had until midnight Jan. 15 to install their 1964 registration plates. Owners of passenger cars and motorcycles had to display their new plates after midnight Jan. 31.
Sale of 1964 plates had increased sharply the last few days as the deadlines neared. Approximately one-third of the state’s motorists had obtained plates already with a big rush expected during the next three weeks.
Motor Vehicles Commis ...
ABOUT THE WEEK OF JAN. 6, 1963, At HAMILTON COUNTY, state Comptroller Arthur Levitt had announced the distribution of monies for January to the 65 public welfare districts in the state. These monies represented the federal and state share of anticipated welfare expenditures by the localities. Hamilton County received $2,960.
At INDIAN LAKE, Army PFC Stanton W. Bell, whose father lived in Indian Lake, had completed a German language course conducted by the Seventh U.S. Army in Germany. Bell was t ...
ABOUT THE WEEK OF JAN. 2, 1964, drivers were asking what to do with the blank space on the front of their vehicles where ordinarily the second plate would go when they attached their new 1964 New York state number plate to the rear of their cars. The NYS Department of Motor Vehicles recommended it be left blank.
DMV Commissioner William S. Hults said any device that resembled a registration plate could be declared illegal by a court, and the driver would then be charged with a violation. Because ...
ABOUT THE WEEK OF DEC. 19, 1963, a new element of safety was being added to the Christmas season. Christmas tree decorations, which had long been fingered as important factors in the upsurge of residential fires during the holidays, were getting safer.
One example of a danger that was fast being eliminated was the fire hazard presented by the Christmas tree icicle. Old-fashioned lead icicles were rapidly being replaced by metallized saran icicles that did not support combustion.
There was a grow ...
ABOUT THE WEEK OF DEC. 12, 1963, once again it was time to think about shopping for the family Christmas tree. Everyone wants a freshly cut, well-shaped tree that looks attractive and will last well indoors without shedding.
The College of Forestry at Syracuse University offered some tips for Christmas tree shoppers. First of all, select the right kind of tree. In New York state there are about 10 species of trees used as Christmas trees.
A fresh-cut tree retains its needles best. Trees grown in ...
ABOUT THE WEEK OF DEC. 5, 1963, a directory of ski centers in New York state had been issued by the New York State Department of Commerce. “Ski New York” listed 81 centers, five more than in 1962.
With the increased popularity of the sport, ski centers had spread to all parts of the state and there was one or more within an hour’s drive of any community in the state. The centers listed were those of interest to the general public.
Information presented included the slopes and t ...
ABOUT THE WEEK OF NOV. 28, 1963, the branch office of the New York State Employment Service was closed on a regular business day, Monday, due to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Persons having claims would file for two checks Tuesday when the service resumed.
State Comptroller Arthur Levitt had announced the distribution of monies representing supplemental advances for July, August and September to the 65 public welfare districts in the state. These monies represented the federal ...
ABOUT THE WEEK OF NOV. 21, 1963, state Comptroller Arthur Levitt had announced the distribution of money as per capita assistance to the cities, towns and villages of the state. This payment was for the third quarter in the state’s 1963-64 fiscal year.
Unlike other types of state aid, which were granted for a specific purpose, the per capita aid could be used for any general municipal purpose. Hamilton County received $4,065.93.
County Clerk Earl C. Farber had announced the sale of Conserv ...
ABOUT THE WEEK OF NOV. 7, 1963, more automobiles were on New York state highways than ever before, the NYS Department of Motor Vehicles said. Motor vehicle registrations issued during the first five months of 1963 exceeded by 149,617 of all types, a rise of 2.9 percent.
In all of 1962 there were 5,583,656 vehicles registered. Passenger cars showed the largest increase, from 4,356,864 to 4,488,554 or 131,690; commercial rose 8,202 and trailers jumped by 6,364. Taxicabs went up by 2,980 and motorc ...
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