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nmirfc 17 ROCHESTER, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1954 County Water Unit To Operate Oct 1 Serious Crowding Forces Retransfer of 41 at School 8 Parents of 41 children attending School 8 at 253 Conkey Ave. on special permit yesterday were notified their youngsters must attend schools in their own districts to relieve a serious overcrowding problem. All the children are In kinder-j garten and Grades 1 through 3. to add a teacher anywhere in They will be transferred next the building to relieve the over-week to Schools 20 in Oakman crowding, he added, street and 22 in Zimbrich street Parents of the pupils are being where they will be absorbed in notified in personal interviews by their proper grades. Mayle, principal, who is Dr.

Howard C. Seymour, school explaining the situation. Others superintendent-elect, said class! will meet with Dr. Seymour this sizes in the lower grades at School morning. 8 range from 39 to 43 pupils.l Special permits for children which are "too many pupils to living outside the district to at-compete for the attention of anytend School 8 were issued in the one teacher." The decision to past because of the physical move the youngsters back to makeup of the area.

A long their own districts was made 'narrow district lying along the "with great reluctance," hji said.jeast bank of the Genesee River, "We felt it was in the ihterest'it created a situation where some of both the children in the dis-j children living within two or trict and those in the school on, three blocks of the school were special permit if the latter were outside the district and required to be returned to their own dis- to attend school six and eight 1 1 Iv i mv- Rochester will put the ity in business Oct. 1, it was City Manager Robert P. Aex said the city now can provide the authority with up to 10 million gallons of water a day from its Hemlock Lake-Canadice Lake supply. The authority will resell the water to water districts in county towns. Partial completion of the city's Lake Ontario water filtration and pumping station makes it possible for the city to supply the authority, Aex said.

The new plant at the foot of Dewey Avenue is in operation after six weeks of tests on the machinery. It now can pump 10 million gallons daily. When completed, the plant will have a capacity of 36 million gallons a day. Henrietta's new water district Is expected to be first to tap the city water conduit that links Rochester with the upland lakes. Engineers of the State Water Power and Control Commission are slated to approve the new water main system before Oct.

1. Other Sales Allowed The state also has granted the authority permission to sell water to the new West Brighton and Rush water districts and to the Village of Honeoye Falls. The city Is allowed to sell the authority up to 10 million gallons of water a day. The agreement to begin sales to the authority supersedes temporary arrangements through blocks away. trict schools where they could get more individual attention," he asserted.

R. Park Parkhill, coordinator nf plnmpntarv education, said 1 every room in the school is being used to meet an enrollment ot 783 children. It it yard of the New York Central and long enough for Photographer Ivan Conklin to snap this picture. Weatherman is less optimistic for today, predicts more showers. BRIEF INTERLUDE The sun was out for a few minutes yesterday afternoon long enough to reflect the Kodak tower in a rain puddle in the Kent Street freight Sneak Preview of Fall Not Pleasing Wayne County Teachers Set Annual Conference Friday ONTARIO CENTER, Sept.

21iof Education, will welcome the The annual County participants to the conference. Teachers Conference will be held A general business meeting Friday at the Wayne- Central will be held from 9:15 until 9:45, School in Ontario Center. (at which time the secretary- r. nnnn with treasurer's report, the report of Gas Electric Corp. repair crews were kept in service during the evening.

Wires also were reported down Buffalo, Manitou and Whittier which the city has sold water toan Kodak Co. intake some 8,000 the Rochester Gas Electric, feet out in Lake Ontario. The Corp. building in Jefferson Road, I water is treated and filtered be-Henrietta, St. Agnes High School, 'fore being pumped into a 48- roads Police received complaints an assembly in the fallen limbs or wires a.

m. Musical numbers sZSolLTS'in be played by the Wayne the Sheriffs Office received ai East River Road, Brighton, and the Village of Honeoye Falls, Aex said. After Oct. 1, they will be supplied through local water districts, supplied in turn by the authority. central iscnooi nana, unucr uic nf fr Pnhprta Undaw.

UUCL11UI1 -J' The invocation will be given by the Rev. Kent Kiser, folowing which Mr. James Beneway, presi dent of the Wayne County Board Riflemen Train Youths ai Falls Avon, Henrietta Firms Named in U.S. Suit S. E.

Godden Dies; Retired Banker, Cancer Unit Aide rti x. v- ne tii 65' 15 i Bennington Greece, a retired bank officer and the secretary-treasurer of the New York State Division of the American Cancer Society, died yesterday (Sept. 21, 1954) in Strong Memorial Hos pital. Mr. Godden suffered a heart at tack Saturday in his home.

When he retired from the Gen esee Valley Trust Co. in 1934 he was its treasurer. From 1935 to 1947 Mr. God- den served as part-time volunteer. treasurer of the state division of the American Cancer Society.

In! ia ne was appointed juii-ume salaried secretary and treasurer. Mr. Godden, a native of England, emigrated to Oswego in 1905 and later went to work there for the National Starch Co. in the cost department. In 1918 he came to Rochester and joined the staff of the Genesee Valley Trust Co.

as an audi tor and accountant. After Mr. Godden retired from the bank, he operated an auditing business under his own name. During World War II and up to the time he was appointed sec retary-treasurer of the New York State Division of the Cancer So- n. mpmhpr of the complaint from Chestnut Hill Road.

Although the Weather Bureau reported winds were moderate at the Rochester Airport with maximum gusts up to 26 mph, officials theorized that freak gusts swept otner parts of the area, causing the damage. About 0.3 of an inch of rainfall was recorded between 11:09 a.m. and early evening. Observers said ithe center yesterday after- noon was located over Lake On tario. The cold front passed over tne city about 6 p.m.

Yesterday's low was 50 and the high 66. Tem peratures were expected to drop last night, with a few diminish- ing showers staging a repeat per- lurmance today. SENECA FALLS, Sept. 21 The first class in Hunter's Train ing will be held tomorrow night at 7 p. m.

at the Seneca Falls Rifle and Pistol Club range, River Road, Waterloo. This weekly meeting, held each Wednesday night until hunting season opens, is open The government yesterday named Avon and Henrietta milling concerns among defendants in a 114 million dollar action seeking payment for government-owned corn illegally sold to the millers. The High Point Mills Co. of Henrietta and the Avon Milling Co. were named among 19 Western New York millers in the action filed in U.S.

District Court, Buffalo. The government claimed they innocently bought government corn from a storage firm which was supposed to hold the corn but went bankrupt, and were liable for double the cost. Total damages sought from the area firms is $16,603.39, $13,551.98 from the Henrietta firm and $3,051.41 from the Avon firm. Alexander C. Cordes, Asst.

U.S. The Big Fall Hit in Monroe County Water Author announced yesterday. The Oct 1 date was set in a meeting attended by Franklin W. Judson, chairman of the authority; Harold B. McElwain, city public works commissioner; Lewis B.

Smith, city water superintendent, and Emmett V. Nor ton, city comptroller. 15 Cents Per 1,000 Gallons Water sold the authority by the city will be priced at 15 cents per 1,000 gallons. Water districts will be charged 20 cents a 1,000 gallons for the first gallons; 18 cents per 1,000 up to 12 million, and 17 cents a 1,000 for more than 12 million. According to the agreement, residents of districts using water from the city's upland supply must be charged at least the same rate paid by consumers in the city.

West Brighton's water system is scheduled to be completed by Jan. 1. The Rush system, begun this month, is expected to be ready in the fall. While no water shortage now exists in the city, officials de cided to wait until the Lake Ontario plant was fully tested before beginning sale to the County Water Authority. The new water plant, engineers said, will in crease pressures in the northern part of the city, furthest from the Cobbs Hill reservoir.

The 5 -million-dollar water plant takes water from the East inch concrete conduit that flows into a new booster pumping sta tion in Mt. Read Boulevard near Ridge Road. From there water is pumped into the network of city water mains. Atty. in Buffalo, said the local firms purchased 9,240 bushels of corn which had been stored for the Commodity Credit Corp.

by the Spellman Feed Si Grain Co. of Roshella, 111. The storage firm illegally sold the corn but the buyer is liable because the storage firm is bankrupt, Cordes said. Altogether more than 100 lawsuits have been filed in federal districts of the U.S. over the illegal sales said to have taken place from September, 1949, to July, 1951.

Western New York firms were held to owe the gov ernment $263,307. Although a bill pends in Con- gress relieving the firms of bility, the Justice Department is bound to press its legal action to recover the money, Cordes said. for the use of Eastman Kodak Co. employes. A Kodak railroad siding also will be spanned.

The project is in line with a widening of Ridge Road which the State Department of Public Works completed two years ago, At that time steel shortages de ferred reconstruction of the bridge, built in 1916. State Department of Public Works engineers in Rochester estimate the additional cost of road construction at $30,000. The old foundations with the excep tion of one will remain. Kodak is expected to share in the cost of the project. hay, straw, tools and farm machinery.

Dansville Police Chief James D. Bradley is making an investigation to determine the cause of the fire. Damage was estimated by -Fire Chief Robert Cain at "upwards of $15,000," only part of which is covered by insurance. INDUSTRIAL BUYERS MEET Brass, the meal alloy, dominated the conversation last night at the September meeting of the Industrial Buyers' Assn. in Larry's Lounge at 72 Franklin St.

First the members listened to C. R. Gibbs, technical adviser to Revere Copper Erass of Rome. Then they saw a motion picture entitled "The Making of Brass." over Street, Rans All Lose pleaded guilty before City Judge James F. Sheehan yesterday to the speeding counts, comprised Joseph Morabito, 22, of 605 Maple Cesarino Murano, 22, of 589 Maple Anthony Sil-verole, 24, of 24 Syke and Lawrence DiRoma, 20, 79 Ravine Ave.

In each case, Judge Sheehan levied a fine of $50, with th Rochesterians viewed a sneak preview of autumn yesterday two days before the scheduled opening and turned "thumbs down" on the first showing. Chief performers (and no one itntu tucii olio ncic iuiii aiiu wind, while a cold front moving across the local stage met a chilly reception from critics. A marked improvement was noticeable in the final act, with skies Leaving Scene Costs Driver On his nlea of euiltv to lcav-1 tne scene of a nroncrty dam- age accjdent in Scio Street Sept. Arthur LaDuque, 61, who ave no nome address, yesterday was fined $100 by City Judge James F. Sheehan.

Robert Buck, 19, of 1946 Main St. E. was assessed $50, for driving 45 miles an hour in Hayward Avenue. His operator's license was revoked. Also fined $50 for speeding was Michael Giglio, 18, of 181 Norran seized while going 60 in East Avenue.

Driving at 60, also in East Avenue, cost Sue Doggett, 29, of 92 Landing Palmyra Rotary To Host Official PALMYRA, Sept. 21-The Rotary Club of Palmyra tomorrow will be host to Harry C. Shepard, Governor of the 251st District of Rotary International, who is making his annual official visit. He will address the regular Wednesday noon luncheon meeting and confer with Palmyra Rotarians on plans for observance of Rotary's Golden Anniversary, Feb. 23-June 2.

Shepard is the manager and golf professional at the Mark Twain Golf Course, Elmira Heights. He was elected District Governor of Rotary International for the 1954-55 fiscal year at the annual Rotary Con vention last June. He is one of 220 District Governors supervising the activities of some 8,300 Rotary Clubs which have a membership of 389,000 business and professional executives in 89 countries throughout the world. Shepard will conduct a club assembly with the Palmyra Rotary officers followig the regular meeting to discuss the projects planned for the present year. 4 Williamson Pupils Plan Magazine Sales WILLIAMSON, Sept.

21-The Ordnance District Sport Shirts! Our Bridge Widening Project Awaits State Clearance "BIG TOWN" Some of these children were allowed to attend School 8 on special permits as long as there was room for them, benool officials said parents understood mis laci wnen meir cnuureu were enrolled. report of zone ac. will be read, ho 1pm.h fnr thn vear to replace Lewis S. Markham, president; Miss Eleen Garnctt, vice president, and Mrs. Elsie Thompson, secretary-treasurer.

to youths between 14 and 21 years of age. Training sessions will be supervised by four National Rifle Assn. members, Robert Shepherd, Herb Kissinger, Charles Kumkey, and Walter Swenson. Edward Lynch, game protector, will be on hand to talk briefly on hunting regulations. Men's Mail and Phone Orders Filled of Rochester BAker 2720 I 1, i miii! linn mil Mi brightening in the west just before sunset.

Left in the wake of the production were limbs and wires. An elm branch which crashed across an electrical wire in North Street caused a power interruption to some 200 homes in the area of North and Carter Streets and Clifford Avenue and Avenue D. The hour-long break was repaired by 6 p.m., and two Rochester of Accident $100 in Court $35. Speeders fined $25 each were: in" LnV Menu. Rlvd John SmaH, 27, of Perm Yan.

SO mph in Lexinmon Avenue; Erancci Ooldwaler, 46. of 354 San Gabriel 52 mph in University Avenue: Vincent ConteilaWe, 19, of 28 Lorimer 46 mph in East Avenue; Bernard Hoyl, 31, of Brockport, 44 mph in East Avenue; Seymour Morris, 35, of 14-C Manor 50 mph in East Avenue; Clarence Mass, 46, of 108 Avondale 44 mph in Culver Road; Mary Aiken, 22, of 1314 English 43 mph in Dewey Avenue; la Paninlnto. 23, of 48 Strathmore 44 mph In University Avenue; James Hubert, 19, of 231 Fairfax 50 mph in Main Street East; Ceoote Keffer, 28, of 79 Slandish 50 mph in Mt. Read Roulevard; Carl Mcodemus, 23, of 143 Fulton 48 mph in East Avenue, and Paul Mpprell, 32 of 149 Fitzhugh St. 44 mph in Mt.

Hope Avenue. Polio Fund Neis Total of $929 At Canandaigua CANANDAIGUA, Sept. 21 A grand total of $929.79 was realized in the City of Canan-daigua and a portion of the Town of Canandaigua in the recent emergency polio drive, according to figures released today by Edward T. Hanley, Ontario County Treasurer who was chairman of the local emergency drive. The coin boxes which were distributed to local merchants were the largest source of funds with a total of $444.93 realized from them.

The two day sale of Orchids at Roseland Park under the direction of Mrs. A. E. Wilkin brought $222.46 into the, fund, while the balloon sale netted $70.20. The special gifts division showed a total of $85 received from the Canandaigua Veterans Administration Hospital and In the Town of Canandaigua a total of $107.20 was collected.

Hanley today expressed his appreciation to all those who took part in the drive. Waterloo Justice Fines Geneva Man WATERLOO, Sept. 21-Louis Reeves, 42, of 130 High Geneva, paid a $50 fine yesterday mnpnintf wlinn orraicrnnrl hatnra n.Y. After State Police were notified, the Reeves vehicle was i i Dish for Chef, After 28 Years 'chef at Strong in February, 1926, five months after the hospital i upcneu. mere, ne uiscuverea new meaning for the word "cook- ang.

When the dietician said, "Make soup," Lindenthaler reached for the 50-gallon kettle. Then he 'threw in 100 pounds of meat and Ibones, a half bushel of carrots and a peck of onions. Such mass production had been unknown to him. in of BY DONEGAL A $100,000 bridge widening project at Ridge Road West and Hanford Landing Road is awaiting action of the State Department of, Public Works in Albany, it was learned yesterday. Awaiting clearance by state engineers before a contract can be awarded, the project will stretch Ridge Road from 40 to 72 feet and multiply traffic lanes.

In addition, two 12-foot-wide pedestrian walks will be incorporated into the new bridge design. Under the structure will be a 6-foot-wide pedestrian crossing nv staff. Mr. Godden was a member of Lake Avenue Baptist Church, the Rochester Lions Club and a life member of the Rochester Lodge of the Loyal Order of Moose. He is survived by his wife, Cathryn Neis Godden; two daughters, Mrs.

Milford Johnson of Rochester and Miss Jean Web ster, with the U.S. State Depart ment in Bad Tolz, Germany; and a brother, Ernest Godden of Oswego. The funeral service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday in Corbett's Funeral Home, 109 West by the Rev. George Hill.

Friends may send memorial contributions to the American Cancer Society, 310 Terminal Building, Broad Street. Williamson Opens School with 1,100 WILLIAMSON, Sept. 21 Williamson Central School opened with an approximate enrollment of 1,100 pupils, an increase of about 40 over last year's initial enrollment according to Principal Frank Van Vleet. The Junior-Senior High School has an enrollment of about 400, the largest classes being the 7th grade with 91 and the 9th grade with 90. The elementary school enrollment is heaviest in kindergarten, grades 1, 2 and 6, Present grade enrollments are as follows: Kindergarten 107, first 108, second 115, third 93, fourth 85, M.XUI1U XXO, Will OO, AUU1U1 UU, fifth 70, sixth 109 and special 1 helping class 13.

At present 80 migrant pupils are enrolled, however, there is a strong possibility that this num ber will increase as the fall harvesting reaches its peak in this area. Engineer Eyes Dansville Blaze Desiroys Barn Pink Grey Jcl Black Fire Red While Gold Green Tan Blue Caramel iy "iuc.it, uie miuamsun justice of the Peace Arthur God-tral School senior class Fred frey, Town of Waterloo. Reeves Petty, has announced that the an-admitted caving the scfne of nual magazine campaign wiiran accident Sunday night, start tomorrow and will continue; His car was involved in a for about two weeks. lminor accident with a car opcr- Members of the senior class by William Murray of Cuba, wiii laiivdss we enure luwnsnip I i 6 Pr- pnonc will ha ncitri fi. IViaii.

Man, vv. uotu iui wii iicwjiocaieu in a local garage Dy me York City trip next spring. I Waterloo police. DANSVILLE, Sept. 21 Fire of undetermined origin destroyed a barn on the property of William J.

Evans, Highland late yesterday afternoon with a loss of more than $15,000. The fire was discovered by children who had been playing in the area. All four companies of the Dansville Fire Dept. answered the alarm which was telephoned by Mrs. Evans.

Although firemen were at the scene within moments of its discovery the entire building was enveloped in flames when they arrived. While three riding horses stabled in the barn were led to safety by Mrs. Evans, other contents of the building were lost. Included was a quantity of oats, Car Race Takes Winners, Also Within the memory of city policemen and court attaches, it was the first time a race ordinarily reserved for stock car tracks was staged on a city street. But staged it was, shortly after midnight yesterday in Chili Avenue.

As a result, four youthful drivers were arrested, on charges of driving 50 miles an hour, by Patrolmen Anthony Cuiule and These "Big Town" sport shirts styled by Donegal come in a special cord fabric of rayon and acetate. It has the luxury look of finest pin wale corduroy it is light and soft on the skin it is completely washable. The collar of "Big Town" is convertible. Smart hand-picked needling is featured on the two pockets and collar. Offered in your collar size and sleeve length for accurate, neat and comfortable fit.

Own several for variety in these distinctive Fall colorings. i Triftir-' Lindenthaler, who has1 government threatened to make DaiaVia I dCkept as many as 1,700 Stomachs Ihim a navv r-nnk Sn T.inrlonthaW BATAVIA, Sept. 21 State Dis- filled in a day, retired ft hi hj cu trict Engineer Elmer G. H. after 28 years as head chef at le" n'p in yorlt uty Youngmann said today the State Strong Memorial Hospital.

and started working restau-Department of Public Works may It won't be just a formal re- rants there, rprnnstriirt Dale strppt npxt veantirement. either. For in his home He came to Rochester as head Retirement the Leaves Strong at 168 Elmerston his wife is boss of the kitchen. Lindenthaler never oeiievea in mixing nis pro- fessional life with domestic af-' fairs. He learned to cook in his na- tive Germany, where he served 'a three-year apprenticeship in! Nuernberg.

After that as a ship's cook, he visited Italy, France, Russia, Australia, Japan, India, England and the United States. It was 1904 when the German "if the funds are available." Oak Street, connecting Route 5, Batavia mam street, ana tne Thruway, was the scene of a traffic jam early last month at the opening of Batavia Downs. The street is narrow country- type road. Youngmann, speaking (Uocmun in the Board of Supervisors room of the Genesee County Courthouse, held a public information meeting as required for each county under state law. Charles Bonsignore after a spir- alternative of the youths spend-ited chase.

ing 10 days in the Monroe County The quartette, all cf whom Penitentiary. All four paid. 193 EAST MAIN STREET PHONE.

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