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Rev. Bernard Paterniti Dies; Was Associate at St. Bernadette's Arizona Rites Held for James Dunnigan; Was Founder of Buffalo Raceway Here WEEKLY NEWSPAPER OF THE SOUTH TOWNS HAMBURG nd the trie osotg gfiflryrsitrf. e. HAMBURG, NEW YORK 14070 Thursday, April 14, 1983 Page 4 A S'NsJ St Official Newspaper of tfie County of Erie, Town of Hamburg, Village of Hamburg, Village of North Collins, Town of Collins, Town of Boston, Town of Eden, Town of North Collins, Frontier Central School District, Hamburg Central School District No.

1, Hopevale Union Free School District, Eden Central School District, North Collins Central School District and area improvement districts. RICHARD C. ALLEN, Editor Published every Thursday of the year by the HAMBURG SUN (USPS 233-420) at 46 Buffalo P.O. Box 96, Hamburg, N.Y. 14075 Telephone 71649-4040 Founded by Richard C.

Allen, Helen Faux Allen and Anna Faux White Subscription Rate: $8.00 per year Single Copy 25 cents Entered as second class matter October 30, 1945 at the Post Office at Hamburg, New York, under the act of March 3, 1879. Needed Facility The proposed Ravenwood-North Light Industrial Park of Monte Riefler at Big Tree and Bay View Roads will be a welcome addition to the tax base and a new source of employment opportunities in this depresssed economic area with thousands seeking work. Mr. Riefler has proved his concern for the Greater Hamburg Community with his success in two other tasteful developments off Sunset Drive in Hamburg Village. The condominium complex of fine residences in Ravenwood Park and his light industry development Ravenwood Park-East which embraces two manufacturing plants and an office complex in attractive settings enhance the area.

Krepe Kraft would be the ideal lead and anchor industry for his latest development. It is a clean and odorless operation free from noise. Its establishment would be a viable attraction for other small manufacturing concerns and commercial facilities. The sooner Mr. Riefler is giverfihe green light by the proper town authorities, tne better will be the Hamburg area.

Samueison Appointed Deputy Mayor umban's Cathedral, Youngs-town, Ohio in 1947, served parishes in that area and then transferred to the Diocese of Buffalo in 1963. He was pastor of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Brant from 1969-1977. Father Paterniti was also an associate pastor of St. Teresa's Church Buffalo on two occasions and earlier served in similar posts at Our Lady of Loretto and Holy Cross Churches in Buffalo and St. John's Church, Jamestown, his birth place.

He was a member of the Knights of Columbus. Surviving are two sisters, Sarah Paterniti of Jamestown and Mrs. Oscar Smith of Winterhaven, Fla. and three brothers, James of New York City. Joseph P.

of Eggertsville and Charles Paterniti of Jamestown. Father Paterniti was also a brother of the late Samuel and Anthony Paterniti. MRS. ALICE E. HULL Services were held yesterday (Wednesday) in the W.L.

Froehley Funeral Home on Lake Street for Mrs. Alice E. Hull of Sherburn Drive who died Apr. 1 1 in her 83rd year. The Rev.

L. Alden Smith, pastor of Hamburg United Methodist Church, officiated with burial in Hillcrest Cemetery, Armor. Mrs. Hull, the former Alice E. Aldrich, was the wife of the late Relmond G.

Hull. She is survived by a son, R. Douglas Hull and four grandchildren, Tracy, Chris. Gregory and Jennifer HulL Mrs. Hull was also a sister of trie late Harry, William and Robert Aldrich.

ARTHUR H. LEITTEN Prayers will be said this Saturday (Apr. 16) at 9:30 a.m. in the W.L. Froehley Funeral Home on Lake Street followed by a Mass of Christian Burial in Saints Peter and Paul Church at 10 for Arthur H.

Leitten, 70, of Pine Street who died Apr. 1 1 while vacationing in Venice, Fla. Interment will be in Hillcrest Cemetery, Armor. A World War II Army veteran of the European Theater. Mr.

Leitten was awarded the Purple Heart and other decorations. He was a retired bridge foreman for the New York State Department of Transportation and a member of Hamburg Post 527 American Legion. The husband of the late Carol Landmake, Mr. Leitten was the father of the late Arthur H. Leitten Jr.

He is survived by seven brothers, Carl. F. Howard Kenneth Robert Edward Joseph W. and Eugene F. Leitten.

Mr. Leitten was also a brother of the late Franklin and Harry Leitten. A Mass of Resurrection is being offered this morning (Thursday) at 10:30 in St. Bernadette's Church, by the Most Rev. Bernard J.

McLaughlin, auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Buffalo, for the Rev. Bernard Paterniti, associate pastor at the church since 1981, who died unexpectedly Monday in his 69th. Interment will be in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Jamestown. A parish Mass was offered last evening by the Rev. Msgr.

Richard Nugent, pastor of St. Bernadette's. A Paulist priest, Father Paterniti was ordained in St. Col- Mrs. Phyllis A.

Opiela; Ex-Tavern Owner Prayers were said last Tuesday in the Floyd Hess Chapel of Loomis, Offers and Loomis Funeral Home on Main followed by a Mass of Christian Burial in Saints Peter and Paul Church for a former South Towns tavern owner, Mrs. Phyllis Opiela of Pleasant Ave. who died Apr. 9 in her 84th year. Interment was in Lakeside Memorial Park.

Mrs. Opiela, the former Phyllis Karlinski, with her late husbandy Joseph S. Opiela, formerly owned Opiela's Restaurant in Langford and later the Water Valley Inn. here, selling it several years ago. Surviving are a son, Kenneth R.

Opiela of Hamburg; two brothers, Stanley and Edmund Karlinski; five sisters, Leona Dworzanowski, Sophia Hans, Pearl Bednarek, Gertrude McKenna and Adeline Wrzesinski and three grand-chidren, Ellen, Kenneth and Joseph Opiela. Mrs. Opiela was also a sister of the late Edmund Karlinski, Casmira Omert and Walter Karlinski. PHILIP H. FELDMAN Prayers were said last Saturday in the Donald M.

Demmerley Funeral Home on Pierce Avenue followed by a Mass of Christian Burial in Saints Peter and Paul Church for Philip H. Feldman of Beau-bein Drive who died Apr. 7 in his 72nd year. Interment was in the church cemetery. A retired district manager for the old Buffalo based Hall's Baking Company Mr.

Feldman was a member "of Hamburg Council 2220. Knights of Columbus and Saints Peter and Paul Church. Surviving are his wife, the former Beatrice Geiger; a son," Philip H. Feldman a daughter, Patricia Feldman and two grandchildren, Melissa and Brian Feldman. Mr.

Feldman was also a brother of the late Barbara Hoelscher, Gertrude Hummel, Cecelia Eichler and Herman Feldman. FRANK DOLE Prayers were said in the David C. Laing Funeral Home, Eden, last Friday followed by a Mass of Christian Burial in St. Mary's Church, East Eden, for Frank L. Dole of East Eden who died Apr.

5 in his 86th year. Interment was in the church cemetery. A retired truck driver for the F. N. Burt Mr.

Dole was also in general farming. He was a charter member of the East Eden Volunteer Fire Company and the Holy Name Society of St. Mary's Church. The husband of the late Amelia Schwanz, Mr. Dole is survived by four daughters, Elvira Hoelscher, Noreen Hoelscher, Eunice Dynarski and Anita Schmitt, all of Eden; a brother, Juhus Dole; four sisters, Mrs.

Richard Davis, Mrs. Stanley Skuc-zy las, Mrs. Joseph Schmitz and Mrs. Joseph Schmitt; 16 grandchildren and nine greatgrandchildren. Mr.

Dole was also a brother of the late Robert and Aloysius Dole. Services were held in Scottsdale, last week at the convenience of the family for James J. Dunnigan, the founder and former owner of Buffalo Raceway who died there April 6 following a long illness. He was 70. "Jimmy" as he was known to thousands in Western New York and the harness racing world, opened Buffalo Raceway here at the County Fairgrounds in ,1942 following passage by the State Legislature of the pari-mutuel act sponsored by his father, the late State Senator John Dunnigan.

He operated the Ham- burg oval for 25 years until 1967 when he sold it to devote his fulltime to the operation of the ill fated Phoenix Trotting Park which he had opened in 1965. Five years later, in 1972, he was basking in the glory of a smashing opening year of night time harness racing at Los Alamitos in Southern California and received the "Comeback of the Decade Award" from the U.S. Harness Horse Writers Association which had made him an honorary member in 1967. In 1974 he was elected to the USHWA Living Hall of Fame and a year later to the prestigious Hall of Fame of the Trotter at Goshen. N.Y.

Mr. Dunnigan retired as board chairman at Los Alamitos in ALBERT W. HUENNIGER Services were held last Monday in the Floyd Hess Chapel of Loomis. Offers and Loomis Funeral. Home on Main Street for Albert W.

Huenniger of Sowles Road who died Apr. 8 in his 89th year. The Rev. vDavid P. Siegfried, pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ, Gold Buffalo, officiated with burial in St.

John's Cemetery, Cheek-" towaga. i Mr. Huenniger was a retired' meat cutter for Lleins Meats. Buffalo. Surviving are his wife, the former Lillian Cott: two sons.

Albert Jr. and David- Huenniger: a daughter, Mrs. Roy Schettler: 10 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. Mr. Huenniger was also the father of the late Jane Salisbury and a brother ot the late Dora, Burt, Fred and Charles Huenniger.

Frontier Seeks Bus Bond Okay page 1 now available at the district offices in Frontier High School and must be returned by May 2 at 4 p.m. New voter registration will be May 25 from 12 noon to 9 p.m. in six school buildings in the district. The board learned that balloting among school district members in the Erie County Interscholastic Conference had favored remaining in Section VI of the New York State Public High School Athletic Association. The vote' was 14 in favor, 9 against with 2 abstentions.

Frontier had voted to remain in Section VI. The flap had arisen when some ECIC members objected to the NYSPHSAA mandated inclusion of Jamestown on interscholastic sports schedules because of cost and time involved. Lone Bandit Robs Drive-In Here page 1 Police nearly nabbed him but he got away on the moped when he heard them coming and abandoned it in a Maple Avenue yard about five houses from the facility. The serial number on the moped had been filed off. Police Lt.

Edward Ashcroft said the robber appeared to be in his mid-30 's, of medium height and thin build with a "very bushy moustache." JAMES J. DUNNIGAN Circa 1965 1980 because of poor health. He served as director of the United States Trotting Association, the Harness Tracks of America and Harness Racing Institute, the national governing bodies of the sport. In Arizona he was a member of the Paradise Valley Country Club and the Notre Dame Club of Phoenix. A native of the Bronx, Mr.

Dunnigan was a gradaute of St. John's Law School, Brooklyn, and practiced law in New York City between 1938 and 1944. Survivors include his wife. Mary Elizabeth: four sons, John Edward M. and Richard all of Phoenix.

and James J. Dunnigan Jr. of a sister, Margaret D. Hanley: a brother, Joseph A. Dunnigan, both of Coral Gables, and six grandchildren.

MRS. AMELIA S. HOFFMAN Services' were held Mar. 26 in St. Theresa's Catholic Church, Brooksville, for a former Hamburg resident, Mrs.

Amelia S. Hoffman of Brookridge, Brooksville, who died on Mar. 23 in her 88th year. Interment, at the convenience of the family, will be held in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Cheektowaga. Mrs.

Hoffman was a member of St. Francis Cabrini Church and the Brookridge Garden Club. Mrs. Hoffman is survived by a daughter, Mrs. F.

Eugene Foster, formerly of Hamburg, with whom she made her home; two brothers, Leo and George Scheffold; two sisters, Florence Lichtenthal and Francis Young, all of Buffalo; six grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. PAUL D. CASH Services were held Apr. 4 in Trenton, for a former Hamburg resident, Paul D. Cash who died there Mar.

31 in his 71st year. Mr. Cash was manager of the cold mill at Bethlehem Steel for several years until the e8rly 1940's when he took a similar managerial post with McClough Steel in Trenton. Surviving are his wife, Dorothy; a daughter, Susan Morency; two sons, William and John Cash; a sister, Virginia Pompa of Hamburg and eight grandchildren. Mr.

Cash was also the father of the late P. Douglas Cash and a brother of the late Clyde Cash of Hamburg. MRS. ELLA G. COLMERAUER Services were held last Monday afternoon in Trinity Episcopal Church with the Rev.

Andrew Horton, rector, officiating for Mrs. Ella G. Colmerauer of Lincoln Square Apartments who died Apr. 9 in her 83rd year. Burial was in" Hillcrest Cemetery, Armor.

Mrs. Colmerauer was a member of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Armor Volunteer Fire Company. Mrs. Colmerauer, the former Ella Griffin and the wife of the late Joseph Colmerauer leaves a daughter, Janis Gahr; a son, James Colmerauer; six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. term.

Housing Code Board of Appeals for the period of 3 years: Joseph Brogan, Chairman: members Paul J. Vallas and Dolores Rieman. Carolyn Montgomery as Chairman of the Environmental Board for the period of 3 years. Gretchen S. Toles Board of Ethics, for 3 years.

Traffic Safety Committee, for one year: Frederick Coville and Doris Sillence, Co-Chairmen; members Marshall Bourne, John Jablonski, Ben Winger, Sandy Hudden with S. Jerome Hawkins, ex-offjeio. Narcotic Guidance Council, two years: Ruth Henry and Nancy Rice, Co-Chairmen: members Robert Brogan, Dr. Virginia Calkins, Sandy Hudden, Thomas Moses, Annette Kuebler and Cindy Kuehnel. Budget Advisory Commit-tee, one year: Arthur Robinson, James Flatley, John Bailie, Richard A.

Peoples and James Moscato. In other actions the board: Named the Hamburg offices of Bank of New York, Liberty National Bank and Trust Bank' and Marine Midland Bank-Western as official depositories. Authorized elected and appointed village offiicials and department heads to attend the appropriate meetings of professional or governmental association. Red Cross is counting on you -to help. pagel Trustee Raymond Emerling: Department of Public Works.

Community Development and liaison to Hamburg Chamber of Commerce. Trustee Hansen: Clerk-Treasurer office. Insurance Committee and liaison to the Hamburg Central School Board. Other mayoral appointments for one year terms approved by the board included: Coleta A. Glass, village clerk-treasurer and budget director and George R.

Hebard, attorney. Regular meetings of the board were set for the first and third Mondays of each month at 8 p.m. with the following exceptions: Meetings of June 6. July 4 and Aug, 1 cancelled; Sept. 5 changed to Sept; 6, Jan.

2. 1984 changed to Jan. 3 and Feb. 20, 1984 changed to Feb. 21.

Other one-year mayoral appointments approved by the board include: Dorothy Graffius and Mary M. Robison as deputy village clerks. Thomas F. Rosinski as Acting Justice. James W.

Cox as Bingo Inspector. Daniel J. Gorman as Village Prosecutor. Leon L. Lancaster, a former mayor, as Legislative Advisor.

Ruth Garrison as Community Center Rental Supervisor. Planning Commission for the period of three years, terms ending April 7, 1986: Dolores Rieman, Chairman Commissioners William Villi-pigue, Patrick Lalley, Arthur Robinson and Gregory Sax-um. Recreation Commission for the period of three years: Deanna Duffy and S. Walter Andersen. Herbert L.

Berry as Zoning Board of Appeals, a five year Letters To The Editor LETTERS TO THE EDITOR is a forum of free and open discussion. The Sun reserves the right to edit or reject all material. Letters must be signed and the writer must give his address although the writer's name will not be used if he so letters are never used. As a suggestion, brevity makes for clarity and reader interest. Trustee Samueison Thankful for Support Editor: Hamburg Sun Thank you for the complete coverage given to all the candidates for Hamburg Village election in The Sun.

I appreciate the voters support given to me in the race for trustee and will sincerely try to represent the best interests of the community during this term of office. Margery Samueison Hamburg Village Trustee.