The Journal News from White Plains, New York • Page 1

mie mmnn Ay 72. No. 7J NYACIC. N. VMDNISDAY.

AUGUST 2. IUI MnWc iBf. (lart Rama irrUti PI SCI SIYIN CI NTS TICQJDTTD State Guard Alerted French Farm, Once Brewery, is Destroyed In a tpoctacular blare which house and restaurant svere dur. 1 could be seen lor m.lrs. the wg the ownership of A.

Mertaul. Frenh Farm on Brewery Road, a During the ISSOs, an attempt was New City landmark, burned to the made to convert the rambling old ground early this morning despite building into small housekeeping efforts of three fire depart- apartments but the move was pre-iwiHi. The alarm in Nrw City vented by toning regulations, mn aoundisd at 12 2t but the fire! Luted as present owner il had gained such headway in the George Scbendier and others of back of the unoccupied building it Brooklyn, wit a losing battle all the way. Ty I'aittd Prr InirrneiMtaal eral thouvand Se nrk S'l'e Ar National Gusrdmrn. inrludrn member of the S'ate fv'd of Regwiis.

Srtm mrmi! preparation today for the pov.thil-i'v they may he rutted to active d-itv hffiw of the Berlin rnws. The guardrn were among New York Sta'e unit which the Air Force des gnaied lor pos-sib'e recs'l Tuevdav. The unili were the ISSiH Tactical Fighter Squadron, N.agara Falls; the s'h Tactical Fighter Squadron and lth Aircraft Control and tsarmng Flight. Syracuse; Defense Spurs Market Nanuet Bond Issue Vote Stirs Brief Discussion by Trustees In their efforts to save the build-ling, more than a mile of two and ooe hilf inch hose was laid from 1 the arene to the lake FVf oreft Reservoir inlet south of the Brew ery Road. Several hunched feet of inch and one half hose was also laid.

It took just a little over an hour for the building, which was a bluing infurno when New City fire men arrived, to be completely gut- to hold the fire to the back of the building were wasted as flimes i wm. Air National Gutrd Com mander at Hancock Field, advised members of the I Win in wmiwfj training there not to do anuhmj: until they had further instruction from headquarters. The two Syracuse units hive an authorired strength of more thin I. ex men. At Scbeneciady.

It. Col rrd erick J. Zilly boss of the woman 0h, said he received word about possible mohiliration from Military Air Transport Headquarters in Belleville. Tuesday. He said he was told his unit featuring eight C-97 stratorruisers would become part of MATS eastern section in ease of recall.

In Niagara Falls. Col. A. U. Thihaudeau of the IK'h said his, unit's assignment would determine how fast it takes to get ready in case of mobiliration.

A "conventional mission" or combat-readiness would take JO days, he said. The unit of approximately loo men and 21 F-IO0C supersahers presently is on two 'weeks of summer training at the Falls. To most of the men the Air Force announcement meant at least a mental disruption of their personal and professional lives. Many indicated they expected it after hearing Kennedy's tough speech on the Berlin crisis last week. One of those who might be affected is Alexander J.

Allan a member of the New York State Board of Regents, a Troy business- man and Lieutenant Colonel in the lOfith at Schenectady. He said he had "no idea what they are going to do with us." CamDer. 9, Breaks1 Thigh in Mishap nine year old Englrwoodi A nine year old Engl boy was taken to Englewood General Hospital yesterday afternoon after he broke his thigh while trying to retrieve a basketball that had stuck in the net at an Orange- town day camp. Timothy Kaliches, who was play i General board agreement, marr-IW. Miller School, at an estimated ed by one bit of contention.

mark-jcost of IWS.floo, 2) to equip the ad-ed eleventh hour Nanuet School jdmon at the same school. 105.000; Foard discussion last night of the 3 complete equipment at the hich fMVtonO school bond vote to be I school. 4) complete the net before district voten tomor-jHiph School Bite, $105,000. row at the Junior-Senior Highj Completion of the high achool honl itfCaused the flare up at last Included in the vote are stipu-jmRhts meeting Citing a local l.tmns to 1) construct equivalent newspaper article earned this of 14 room for the George Trustee Robert Ambrose sud the story had atated there roared throueh the third floor of Hocks on the New York Fjc-i the ctostd building and dropped change jumped to in all-time Ifrom floor to floor within a mat- TWH.v, ti a k.M;. 'if Flames lick their way from the completely out of control as the (D 0 iaiiiauw im le of minutes.

By 1:30 only two sides nn the building remained standing and several inside walls of brick were almost red hot. Help Summoned Minutes after the New Cily vamp arrived, a mutual aid call was put in for the West Nyack Fire Department and soon after call was made for truck from the Valley Cottage Department. Three other companies Blauvelt, Congers and one from Nyack rear af French Farm in New City te the front with lightning speed dry limber in the noeenpied building provided ample fuel. Staff phole. Baker were called out to stand by at thelTr." Tr lAhco, ith a I2S million radar mitj in in rw s.

The cause of (he fire, which started in the rear of the building. was undetermined. Crowd onto Fast People from near and far were attracted by the lighted sky and headed in the direction of the fire lirs iiiiw i ictr on Bids tracts. Attorney Thomas J. ley den, representing D'Onofrio and Jatknff, stated then that Temperature Design is not plumbing nut-fit and that it subcontracts its work which does not meet the require-(Continued on Page Two) Jefport Ban Is Illegal, Meyner Says TRENTON, N.J.

(JP-Gov. Robert B. Meyner and his attorneys 'said a bill which would hsn a jct- port in Northern New Jersey may be unconstitutional because its backers did not comply with state 'Legislature Meyner told a news conference he was surprised to learn the attorneys for the Jersey Jetpnrt Site Association, chief backers of the bill, contend it is special legislation. Special legislation must be passed according to a specific set of rules requiring newspaper adver- umanl mnA filinff nt rw Mmtwr I Study of What to do Many lined along Brewery 6 watch the building outdo the! Another big gainer was Fey-vamps, only because it had gam-jnolds Tobacco, which rose i ed such a start before the alarm points. was sounded.

Fire police from New The Dow-Jones 30 industrial Gty and West Nyack maintained. average closed at a historic high order during the night and had only 0f 713.94, a jump of 8.57. Ramapo School District No. 2's board of education is faced today kith the difficult decision of wheth- The decision is baswl on a sue- igestion by Supreme Court Justice ing at the Birchhrook Day Camp er or not to declare five mechani-on Route 340, Palisades began to cal contracts awarded on its three-climh the backboard to retrieve building program void and pro-the ball when the starhinn snapped, jceed with readvertisinc. Ir Cn to i wi vcu John P.

Donohoe, who heard conflicting arguments on alleged illegality of three heating and ventilating and two plumbing contracts yesterday in White Plains. The charges were brought against the board by two heating and verv tilating firms. D'Onofno and Jat koff of Spring Valley and Bernard H. Meinke of tngiewood. who were bidders for the contracts.

The board, after rejecting low bids on five mechanical contracts early last month as being in excess of budgeted allowances, re-bid the items during a subsequent special meeting. Temperature Design Corporation of New York City, lit. Kiftftinn nalk. I It WM H- I uiuuiii.i rtwm mechanical iContracts at the later session, with hpaimu and ventilatine base bids of $137,800 each for the Fleetwood, The hov and backboard fell to the ground. Ar Trsnvpnrt Squadron.

Vhmectadv; Tactical Control Group Headquarters and 06ih Taniral 1 1 mi ml Squadron, Rnsbn Notice went out to stale ttre-or and military officers immediately after President Kennedy signed bill giving him authority to fill 900 reservists to active duty in th lac of threatened Sov Ki aggression in Berlin. I The guardsmen who would be affected received the new from rad.o. television. newspaper and reporters. But nobody was park ing his hags yet.

I At Syracuse, Tot. J. Curtii lr- wax incorrect inlormation ahout the location of tennn courts in the brochure mailed to prospective voters. Ambrose said relocation of courts to areas designated football field would "cost the taxpayers money." He told the board they had af- fixed their signatures to the bro- chure. and now the site for the oourU was to be changed.

Supports Stand Jesse Kaplan, former board pres- innt at M4 KAU'llI Fl. 'Ambrose fM ri. loca(ion km bren assigned them, anyway, it was mentioned. Kaplan noted fjinuet in his reply (Continued on Page Two) Stratton Raps District Delay WASHINGTON (v-A New York tcoiclntiv rnmmif nn lnntrr any excuse to delay public on reapportionment, a rm0Cralic congressman main- tains. Rep.

Samuel S. Stratton. who may lose his congressional seat in the reapportionment, said yesterday block-by-block census figures for New York City and (Long Island now were available. This, he said, refutes a conten- Kpw Vnrk legislative leaders that reappor- tionment plans would have to wait until 12 because the figures gures (Continued on Page Two) Navy Tac Commander William N. Cassel-i la of the United States Naval Re-J serve presented a film and slide talk to the Blauvelt-Orangeburg Republican Gub last night during a regular meeting in the Blauvelt fire house.

Western Highway, Blauvelt. Commander Cassella, who lives near White Plains and has been active in local government for many years in Westchester County, told the crowd of more than 50 persons that, in the event of an attack, the United States is prepared on the sea and in the air. To document this statement, he showed a film on Polaris guided missiles, with a great deal of emphasis placed on the fact that these can be fired from submarines. Although the subs cannot be seen from the ir or land, the missiles they launch can pinpoint a target many miles away. Need Sea Power In the slide presentation, which was prepared by the Navy, Cassella stressed the essential heed of sea power as a deterrent to war, rather than a protection or means of aggression.

The Commander noted the great contribution and future potential of naval sea power, as evidenced Today's Chuckle Wife: A woman who keeps breaking things. Like fives, tens, and twenties. I Orangetown Schools To Get Added Values fi NEW YORK (UPI) Spurred congressionil Wmmt for -tfeilt epending. in value. Chemical and blue chip atnrkf ted the way in trading that found the market running late at the close for the first time in weeks.

Trading reached 3.990.0M shares. Sixty stocks recorded new highs for the year, and in all (57 issues posted price gains. Only 401 storks declined in value, with mere 17 dropping to new Iowa. Defense, and missile stocks contract to its credit, was the most actively traded. It rose 1H on M.300 shares.

Boeing and Douglas Aircraft both recorded better than tl a share gains. The chemical industry posted good increases, with DuPont (is 2 Ramapo Men ft COUDfy JOl Walter Giddcns. 39, of Ohio Spring Valley, was committed ra the county jail, New City, for sil months this morning. He was arraigned before Polict Justice Arnold Becker, upon tht complaint of Harry Greenberg. owner of the Colonial Hotel, South Main Spring Valley, on charge of public intoxication.

Another to be arrested yester day was George S. Wanamaker, 35, laborer living at Tallman. He was charged with disorderly conduct and arraigned before Judge George Tomkins, who gave him a choice of $25 or ten day Ha took the ten days. The arrest wai made by Suffern police. Reshevsfcy Win Ties Chess Series LOS ANGELES chess champion Bobby Fischer was defeated by Samuel Reshevsky of Spring Valley, N.

Y. yesterday to cause a tie in their 16-game, $fi, 000 series. Fischer of Brooklyn, facing cer tain defeat alter moving into a Reshevsky trap, resigned. Three of their seven games have ended in draws, and each has won two. The Weather Btcaming cloudy this afternoon.

high tempsrature in the 80s. Chanea of showers developing tnia afternoon er evening and continu ing into tomorrow, low tonight in the 60s. high tomorrow in the 80s. Extended outlook: Partly cloudy with seasonable tempera tures Friday. Mostly fair Satur day.

Weather statistics foe the last 24 hours as recorded at the La-mont Geological Observatory in Palisades. Temperature Hlg'h: 80 S. Low: 3.2. Precipitation: None. Tides Today: high at 3:66 p.m.; lose at 10:20 p.m.

Tomorrow: high at 4:13 a.m. low at 10:42 a.m. Second Clase Postage Paid At Nyack. N.T. a couple ol minor incidents where! people had to be told to get out of I the way.

I. r. a iL morning that the last piece of fire e-quipmcni nil inc K-cnr. uncri this morning there were still signs of smoke but only from the middle of the ruins. There were nn injuries during the course of the night as the vamps from the three departments worked under orders of New City Chief James "Torch" Cottle.

About the only casualty was a large swarm of honey bees on the south side of the building which were cooked to a crisp before they could break loose. Built in 1853 French Farm, originally the brewery from which the present Brewery Rd. got its name, was built in 1855 and was so operated until before the turn of the cen tury. Brewmaster during the lWls was the grandfather of Fred Schmersahl of Nanuet. Following its service as a brewery, the building was converted into a boarding house and was 1930s.

One of the owners was the father of Gus Gaetjen of New City, Miss Helen Gaetjen of Nanuet, and Mrs. Ernest Muller of Nanuet. Its last days as a summer board- Orangetown officials, under Supervisor Clarence A. Noyes, have moved to allow school districts in Orangetown to take advantage this year of increases in assessments on certain state-owned properties in their districts, which the State Board of Equalisation and Assessment has indicated it Summit Park and Grandviewjlaw in getting it passed by the Reaffirm U.S., China A 1 1 AMljnrP IIIUl IVW WASHINGTON flTI) Presi- dent Kennedy today re.ffirnjed fht U.S. alliance with Nationalist China and American determine-u lion to oppose admission of Com-i munist China to the Lmted Na- tions.

Kennedy's formal was contained in a joint commu-que he issued with Nationalist Vice President Chen Cheng on" Chen'i three days of talks here. The communique offered clues to what decisions, il any, 5 si nonth'sl were reached on tactics th ed States and the Republ China will use in next month'i United Nations showdown on Red China's membership bid. However, officials of both vn ernments privately acknowledged failure to agree on the related is sue 01 admission 01 wmmunisi Outer Mongolia to the world body. ValleytAan Held On Wife's Charge i.i Upon the complaint of his w.fe" Mrs. Grace Allison of Scotland ad.

South Spring Valley, A ison was arrested late HiU Road Curtis last night by Ramapo town police and charged with third degree assault. The charges stated that he had struck his wife about the face with the stock of a shot-gun. Arraigned before Judge Junius J. Howe, Allison was remanded to the county jail. New City, in lieu of $100 bail for a hearing tonight at Ramapo Police court.

RABID BATS BITE ALBANY UP Two children were bitten by rabid bats in upstate New York last week, and the Sate Health Commissioner renewed his warning that people should avoid handling bats. GOOD MIXERS ARE ALWAYS POPULAR Finesss an savoir-faire those who possess such attributes can usually transform a perplexing situation into an agreeable incident. the difference between misfortune and good fortune is the knack of doing the right thing at the right time. When confronted by a selling problem, for instance the way to proceed properly is to place a low-cost "For Sale" classified ad in The Journal-News: Fortahl Onwnt Mixer. 4-tl tiTT, S75.

TE 0-onoo. "Fast answers came from four readers and the mixer was sold to one of them," the pleased want ad used said. To sell right, right now Phone ELmwood 6-7800 ELmwood 8-6500 HAverstraw 9-4000 I Avenue Schools nd $72,650 each Ion plumbing for the Fleetwood and Grandview Schools. Complicated Bid A series of complicated deductions based nn the awarding of joint contracts accompanied the base bids and these, apparently led to the legal proceedings. Charges as to the illegality were first raised last week when the'" next year the loss in taxes indi cated in the proposed cut on as- sessmcnts on other state lands.

Preliminary figures sent to Su pervisor Noves by the State Board! of Equalization and Assessments show that except for the Pearl (Continued on Page Two) (Continued on Page Two) will permit while postponing i for Orangetown GOP Republican White House aide in busineM by the renewed interest and ac-jfied, and that any Naval reserv-tivity in the Navy, both by the ists who have not been notified, in public and the government, fol- all probability, will not be called lowing a brief leaning towards air up. power. I In the business portion of the Turning to a more immediate! meeting last night, Harold Mul-situatinn, the speaker talked brief-, lane was appointed chairman of board officially awarded the con- Weather? Clouds, ing ytt but tbay aran't vp counsel for the Jetport Site Association, claimed it had complied with the advertising and fee ly on the current reserve call-up. and how it affected men in the Naval Reserve, like himself. He noted that those who are to be called in already have been noti- Where to Find It Today Allra.

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