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if if 1 a jl vy v( Jl ni i r. IB ROCKLAND COUNTY, N.Y., MONDAY, JULY 31, 1978 Haverstrow name gome 4 11, Street talk' gets confusing Pis mew I ill If I ((. i 4 i Staff photo Art Sarno By JAMES WALSH Staff Writer If you're driving through Haver-straw, be careful who you ask for directions. It's not that you won't get an honest answer, mind you. It's just that if you ask an old-timer, it could take all day to reach your destination.

For example, if you're driving on Westside Avenue, and ask that friendly-looking elderly man trimming his hedge how to get to Riverside Avenue, you could get an answer like this: "Why that's easy, young fella. All you've got to do is just keep going striaght, past Henry Hahn's Corner, and then go right through The Bronx. Then you just go down to the Bank Corner and past Pop Wilson's Hill and then through The Mudhole. In no time at all, you'll find yourself on Riverside, but don't go too far, or you'll end up in Dutchtown." The problem with those directions is that you won't find any signs telling you where those places are. Nowadays they're just an interesting facet of village history, and are probably known to few people outside the community.

Occasionally, when the older village residents talk with each other, you'll hear them thrown around terms like "Mudhole." and "Dutch-town." and "Pop Wilson's Hill," as naturally as you'd tell someone your home address. But unless you're one of their neighbors, or perhaps a local history buff, you'll have a tough time following the conversation. Daniel DeNoyelles, a local historian whose family came to Haver-straw in the mid-1700s, is perhaps the perfect guide to take the newcomer through the maze. Henry Hahn's Corner, DeNoyelles explained this week, is located at the corner of Westside Avenue and I'pper Broadway near the Samsondale Avenue intersection. It seems a man, Henry Hahn, of course, had a store there until the early 1900s.

He was well-known around those parts, DeNoyelles noted, having been big in real estate, and the store was there for so long it was just natural it would become a landmark. As for The Bronx, no one seems to know how it got its name. It's a portion of Upper Broadway, just past Henry Hahn's corner, and DeNoyelles speculated it became The Bronx because it is the upper portion of Haverstraw, just as the real Bronx is the top section of New York Citv. (Please turn to 211) Adoptee Susan Brody teaches dance in Nyack's First Baptist Church. Adoptees' group eases lonely search By KATHRYN KAHLER Staff Writer Susan Brody was late to her first meeting with the Adoptees Liberty Movement Association nearly four years ago.

She tip-toed into the large room and took a seat in the last row, trying hard not draw attention to herself while crying softly throughout the meeting. Ms. Brody felt isolated, alone and unsure of whether she would ever begin her search for her natural mother. But she left the meeting determined to begin the long, tedious, and often emotional search largely because of the understanding encouragement she gleaned from other adoptees, natural mothers, and adoptive parents at the New York City meeting. And now Ms.

Brody, 31. has organized a chapter of Adoptees Liberty Movement Association in Rockland to give county residents the support she feels fortunate to have had. The group, which has been meeting regularly on the fourth Sunday night of each month, has about six members, but each meeting attracts an equal number of persons who consider joining. "It's pretty typical for adoptees to have a lot of emotions tied to searching, and to be unsure or to search for a while and then drop it completely for several months. That's what I Ms.

Brody said. "Hut we want people to know we're here for support," she said. Ms. Brody explained that adoptees as well as natural mothers need an understanding friend to talk to and discuss the guilt, the rejection, the anxiety and the fears they share. And with a chapter as small as Rockland's, she said members can form an even tighter support system.

"In the city, the meetings are so large and attended by so many people that it's hard to get out all your feelings There are just too many people," she said. Rockland's chapter is associated with the national Adoptees Liberty Movement Association (ALMA) and meets at the First Baptist Church in Nyack where Ms. Broy also teaches dance classes and is co-founder of the Movements Arts Foundation. Staff photo Ted Neuhoff Then and now: Two views of The Bank Corner. Above, all decked out in 1 909.

Inspector to retire, feud rekindled RAMAPO court case that finally ended in Sengstacken's favor. Instead of taking back his job as building and zoning inspector as authorized by the Court of Appeals. Sengstacken agreed with the town to accept another position that was established for him in the Department of Public Works. Sengstacken has held the job as deputy director of the department since 1974. He says the agreement was a concession on his part to allow the continuance of Bowns' employment.

"Bowns wasn't doing a bad job. There- was no reason to kick him out But that agreement meant that any time I didn't agree any longer I could go to Bowns and say 'find another job'," Sengstacken said. "As soon as he moves away from the job I'm going to sit down and take it back." Sengstacken said. But Baron said the decision of how to fill the position will be made after considering the quali-facations of a number of individuals who may be interested in the job. (Please turn to 3B) By LINDA SANDERSON Staff Writer Ramapo's building and zoning inspector will retire next month after 12 years, leaving behind him a job that another town employee says has belonged to him throughout the current inspector's tenure.

William Bowns, 60, told Supervisor Morton Baron that he wants to retire Nov. 1, although Bowns intends to leave in late August because of time he has accumulated hile on the job. John Sengstacken, the former building and zoning inspector who was fired in 1967 but ordered reinstated in 1974 by the state Court of Appeals, said he will reclaim his job as soon as Bowns leaves. However, Baron said that the replacement of Bowns won't necessarily happen as Sengstacken reports. Resolution of the disagreement promises the revival of a long-time battle between Sengstacken and the town that included a seven-month (Please turn to3B) Residency law stirs resentment here A GufOf! By KATHRYN KAHLER Staff Writer job, there should be no other restrictions." he said.

"What will happen is that people will bring in the fudge factor. They will give an address in the city, or maybe even rent an apartment there, but they won't live there," Rich said. He also expressed concern over the quality of workers that could be drawn only from the city limits. "The result will be that it will cut the number of people who are qualified and could get the position because they simply will not seek jobs. The bill was supported by 30 of the 4.1 New York City Council members.

State legislators serving Rockland have vowed to fight the new law. Barry Rich, a Spring Valley resident and school administrator in New York City said the new law "stinks. "It's totally unfair to restrict individuals as to where they will live. If they are capable of doing a good live wherever he or she should choose. Further, they contend the basis-for employment should not be a person's place of residence but rather his or her qualifications for doing the job for which he or she is hired.

The law, which takes effect Nov. 1. requires that new city employees live in the city and prohibits current employees from moving out of the city if they wish to keep their New York City employees who live in Rockland County say they are outraged by the new residency law requiring city employees to reside within city limits. Even though they will not be directly affected by the law because they have already moved to the suburbs, a dozen city employees interviewed this weekend by The said the law is an infringement on a person's right to Patient missing from institution the position. The effect will be to discourage people who seek employment in the city." Rich said He termed the measure "totally undemocratic" and said that if Mavor Koch wants the middle class to live in the city, he should work to provide reasonable housing for them.

Stan Kowalski. a New York City firefighter for 31 years and resident of Stony Point said he couldn't understand "why all of the sudden they' re attempting to discriminate against city workers who choose to live outside the city. "It's not fair to tell people where they have to live. Residency should have nothing to do with the qualifications for a job," he said. He expressed concern that residency might also be made a qualification for promotion.

"What if they decide that a person who works for the city but lives outside of the city isn't eligible for promotion unless he moves back to the city? That's unfair," he said. John Pennell of Pomona agreed with Rich and Kowalski. Pennell, who is a New York City policeman, said that people should be able to live wherever they choose. (Please turn lo 211) Security not refunded I lived in an housing project in New York City for ten years. When I decided to move lo Rockland, I gave the management thirty notice.

I have been expecting lo get my security deposit returned, but thus far I have gotten nothing. Can you please help me get this money MR. H. I. Nyack The director of management for the New York City Housing Authority explained to ACTION that their leases contain a clause that a tenant must give a calendar month's notice before vacating the apartment.

This refers to an entire month and not thirty days. Since you did not give full notice, you were therefore subject to a charge for a period of vacancy loss. This coupled with other surcharges for debris removal and replacement of floor tiles has depleted your security deposit. also said she may have taken a bus to New York City because he thought she was a former city resident. He also said her disappearance surprised hospital personnel because the woman normally goes to the hospital's store two or three times a week to buy cigarettes and candy and has always returned to her ward.

Patients who accompanied Mrs. Silverthan to the hospital store told hospital officials that they saw her shopping but were unable to explain her disappearance, he said. The search is continuing, but Kohenak said hospital officials feared for her life because of her age. inches tall, 167 pounds, was last seen wearing a multi-colored print dress of red, brown and orange, tan shoes and brown shoulder bag. The woman is black and has white hair and brown eyes.

Kohenak described the woman as strong and vigorous. She was not taking psychotropic drugs, he said. Mrs. Silverthan was first admitted to the Orangeburg hospital in 1934. She left and entered several psychiatric hospitals before returning to Rockland Psychiatric in 1963.

She has lived there since that time. Kohenak said she may have strayed from the group and lost her way, but he was unsure. He Attempts to locate a 75-year-old Rockland Psychiatric Center patient who wandered away from the Orangeburg facility Friday have failed thus far. According to Dr. Isak Kohenak, the doctor on duty Sunday, Mrs.

Florence Silverthan left her ward at 9:30 a.m. Friday in the company of other patients to go to the hospital's Community Store. When she did not return with the other patients at 11:30 a.m., hospital officials searched the buildings on the compound and notified Friday and again on Saturday, helicopters and bloodhounds were used to search for the missing woman, Kohenak said. Mrs. Silverthan, who is described as 5 feet 2 1 iff ii (li ii if ri it rJ 1i it i.