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SI) cfottrnaHJfrUtjs ROCKLAND COUNTY, N.Y., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1974 Hoverstraw facility Vs. Fund troubles may close day center You'll be contacted terms of class time at the year-round Haverstraw facility. He said that his agency has made application to the Dept. of Health. Education and Welfare to have the money transferred, but he's not certain what the department will decide.

If the idea gets community support, it will have "a decent chance." he said. The facility employs two state-certified teachers at $4 an hour; three teacher's assistants at $3 an hour: and a cook at $2.50 an hour. There are also four Neighborhood Youth Corps workers whose salary is paid by the community action council, said Mrs. Garnant. "We have the lowest day care budget in Rockland Countv." she said.

(Please turn In 3B) seven, provides two meals and two snacks, said Mrs. Garnant. Mrs. Garnant said she has applied to everyone she can think of for funding, but she has little hope. "The wolf is at the door this time." she said.

Her one hope is that the county antipoverty agency, the Rockland Community Action Council, will be able to transfer the $29,000 used in the past for two summer day care programs, to the Haverstraw facility. Milton Bondurant. the agency's executive director, said he feels that the money now used for the six-week headstart programs in the Haverstraw-Stony Point and East Ramapo School Districts could be more usefully spent in By BEN CHEEVER Staff Writer A Haverstraw day care center for 35 low-income children will begin to phase out in two weeks and close by the end of March unless new funds are located, according to officials. Trudy Garnant, director of the Haverstraw Ecumenical Project facility, announced the planned closing Monday. The facility, which is located at 34 First Haverstraw, opened Dec.

18. 1972. It has limped along since then on the generous contributions of local churches and municipalities, but now the money has dried up, said Mrs. Garnant. The expenses of the facility are minimal, she said, and the entire budget for 1973 was $36,000.

Mrs. Garnant said she's afraid that some of the low-income families who send children to the center may go on welfare when it closes and some of the welfare mothers whose children are enrolled may have to quit work. The cost per week per child for the program which runs from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. is $40.51 cents, said Mrs.

Garnant. but only the welfare children can afford to pay that because their expenses are borne by the Dept. of Social Services. The nonwelfare families are charge $15 she said. "Haverstraw is such a poverty-stricken area that low-income families can't afford to pay anymore and by subsidizing the low-income families we sort of did ourselves out of business, she said.

The program, which has a paid staff of I wrote to Table Talk Pies, Worcester, Mass. a few weeks ago to explain how a cap on my tooth fell out while I bit into a pecan shell in one of the company's pecan pies. I never received a reply to my letter. I would like some sort of reply to my complaint. Elaine Casey Stony Point ACTION contacted the company on your behalf and the customer relations manager there said your letter is on file.

You will be contacted by a company representative, the manager said. If you do not hear from the company within a week, contact ACTION. Airmont interchange opening this Sunday Furniture tips opening, the new system had come under criticism from local officials. Levy said the new toll system would raise the cost for some commuters from $85 to $125 a year. The system eliminates the use of discount permits for the use of the road south of the Harriman interchange, now called the Woodbury toll area.

Levy had suggested that a toll book system similar to the one beind used at the Tappan Zee Bridge be implemented as well, but no move has been taken on the plan. A spokesman for the Thru-way said it had studied the use of permits in the area and the number of people using them was "not high, in the hundreds daily, not in the thousands." Work Sunday on the final stages of the conversion of the toll booths will begin at dav-break and the interchange which will be the final stage, is earmarked for 2 p.m. Former attorney is accused of faking death If you know what to look for, buying a piece of used furniture can be a far better investment than buying poor quality new furniture. Even though some secondhand pieces may not look so good, a bit of repair work or a good cleaning may be all they need to be useful again. To judge the quality of a piece of used furniture, begin by checking its framework to see how-well it is put together.

For example, if you have found a chest of drawers that you would like to buy, check its quality by taking out one or two of the drawers and looking at the inside corners of the chest frame. Wood corner posts are a sign of good quality. Also, a good frame won't give or creak when you push against it. The drawers of the chest should pull out easily; handles should be smooth and easy to grasp. While you have the chest drawers out, check the condition of their sides and bottoms.

Then put the drawers back into the chest and step back to see if they fit squarely in the openings. If they sag in front because of wear, try raising one of the drawers slightly. If this helps, you can correct the problem with a thumbtack, or two in the frame. Bv BOB SELTZER Staff Writer The long-awaited Airmont interchange to the New York State Thruway will open this Sunday following ribbon-cutting ceremonies at 3 p.m. featuring Gov.

Malcolm Wilson. The interchange had been proposed for many years, and its creation will call for the removal of the toll-ticket collecting system at the Spring Valley Thruway barrier. The Spring Valley toll booths have been converted to coin booths which will cost 25 cents for all passenger cars. The new interchange also calls for the removal of the toll booths in Suffern and the placement of the first toll-ticket booths in Harriman. The new interchange will allow drivers to travel from Suffern to Airmont free of charge but travel east beyond that point will cost a quarter.

The Spring Valley barrier divides the Thruway near the midpoint of its path through Rockland County. The interchange is hoped to cut travel on the often crowded main east-west artery in the county. Route 59. Persons from the eastern end of the county need no longer drive to the Suffern exit, actually located in Hillburn, to go to the TalLman and Monsey areas. The interchange was built at a cost of $1,650,000 granted by the state Department of Transportation in 1972 and authorized by a bill sponsored by Assemblyman Eugene Levy (R-Suffern).

The project includes the construction of 1.8 miles of concrete ramps and speed change lanes and the widening of .2 miles of Airmont Road and improving its bridge over the Thruway. However, even prior to its if 1 Sunlamp tips v-' 1 Staff photo Warren Inglese floor unit at Imperial Gardens Has destroyed by fire Sunday afternoon. Four people Here injured in the blaze, including Mrs. Hogardus. Fire aftermath Furnishings from the Spring Valley apartment of Mrs.

Patricia Hogardus lie on lawn Monday after ihe second By JOHN DALMAS Staff Writer A former Spring Valley attorney, thought to have gone off to a redemptory life of service in Israel after being disbarred here in 1969. has turned up in of all places Passaic. N.J. What's more, the former attorney, remembered here as Louis Wolfish, has been living and working since September as one Rabbi Hyam Whale, spiritual leader of Passaic's Ahavas Israel Synagogue. Wolfish was arraigned in U.S.

District. Court in New York City Monday on charges of faking his own death (as Louis Wolfish), obtaining a fake death certificate, and defrauding an insurance company $201,247 in death benefits. As Rabbi Whale, Wolfish collected on his life insurance through his wife, Marcia, spending the money as her "second husband." The couple has six children, four girls and two boys. Wolfish's indictment was made public in New York City last week after an 18-month investigation that had federal law enforcement officers combining New York State the last two years for his whereabouts. The search for Wolfish reportedly also involved Interpol agents halfway around the 1, world.

Finally, on a tip, the search led this month to Passaic where Wolfish hadansweredan ad the synagogue had placed in last August newspapers. At that time Wolfish had informed Ahavas Israel's directors he had just come from Israel where he said he had worked for the Israeli Ministry of Education. A member of Ahavas Israel, still stunned by the revelation, remarked that Wolfish was "a beautiful speaker, a charming Here are a few suggestions for consumers from the bureau for safe use of ultraviolet ray bulbs and sun lamps: Guard against mirrors that can reflect ultraviolet rays not only to the person using a sunlamp-but also persons nearby. Wear close-fitting eye protection. Never stare directly at the lighted bulb.

Hospital's clothing policy changing patients outlook NERGY TIPJ Louis Wolfish as rabbi personality with youthful good looks that were completely disarming." A former Veterans Administration chaplain who gave opening prayers for the House of Representatives in Washington in 1965 and for the New York State Senate in 1968. Wolfish has had a colorful history of being one thing or another charming, to be sure, but only occasionally, if ever, on the up and up. The story is frequently told in Rockland about Wolfish as how. when pressed by process servers staked outside his Monsey home, he eluded them by coming and going wearing his wife's clothing. His troubles began in Rockland after reports received by Rockland County Bar Association indicated his conduct and character were questionable.

Eventually, the association brought 13 charges against I'U a-p turn to 311) but it is a far cry from the shapeless garments of the past. "We try to keep our colors bright, so these people can be coordinated like anybody else," said Mrs. Schmidt. When patients went on field trips in the past, they were embarrassed by their dull clothing and by the stencils that marked them as mentally ill. but now they can take pride in their looks, she said.

Mrs. Schmidt takes the job of keeping up with the fashions very seriously, and although she had no platform shoes on display, she said that a white patent leather, loafer around in drab green or Drown shapeless pants with elastic waistbands and overcoats with Rockland State Hospital stenciled on the back, can now be seen in bellbottom trousers and flashy sportshirts. The store's supervisor. Doris Schmidt, is convinced that the new clothing helps the patients feel better about themselves and about life. Patients who have money can buy from the retail section, and those who do not can get their clothing in the state section of the store.

The clothing provided by the state or donated, is often not quite as fashionable as the retail items. with a gold buckle was a very popular item. The retail items are sold at a tremendous discount, because the manufacturers provide them at greatly reduced prices. A patient can buy a doubleknit suit for $35. All the clothing is fitted and alterations are made when necessary by a tailor and a seamstress both of whom are at the shop two davs a week.

Mrs. Schmidt said she tries to advise the patients in their selection of clothing, but "if they pick out purple pants and (Please turn to 3B) Use candles for lighting when you are not reading or doing fine work. They are cheap, fun to make and decorative. Commuter autos worry village Bv BEN CHEEVER Staff Writer "She's so small." said the salesgirl stepping back to get a better look at the middle-aged mental patient who stood stiff and expressionless in a new blue fitted overcoat. The scene was the clothing store for patients at Rockland State Hospital in Orangeburg.

In the background, another saleswomen was trying gently to convince another patient that if she insisted on wearing sneakers in the winter she should get a pair of galoshes. The New Look, which opened in April 1973. has greatly changed the appearance of the 2,500 patients who live at the vast institution. "You wouldn't believe the difference in this place," said Deputy Director for Administration Stephen Forstenzer. "In the spring there were reds and greens and yellows where before it was all gray and brown and black." he said.

"There were a couple of old women who worked in the administration building who looked as gray as the clothes they wore." he said. Shortly after the store opened one of them appeared in a purple pant suit wearing eye makeup and two months later she was well enough to go back into the community, he said. The store, which is located in a remodeled employe cafeteria is open weekdays from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. gives the appearance of a clothing store on the outside.

The walls are brightly painted, the clothing and jewelry are attractively displayed, and there is piped-in music. Patients who used to go Now you can help save on gasoline by sharing rides between your home and place of employment, bus or railroad station. ACTION will list on Friday your need or offer of a ride. To be included fill out this coupon and mail it today. SPOTLIGHT ON SUFFERN Please print clearly j'CLIP MAIL TODAY ACTION Rockland Journal-News 53 Hudson Ave Nyack, Y.

10960 Bv TIM McGOYERN Staff Writer The Village ot butfern, launching pad for hundreds of daily commuters who take Erie Lackawanna trains into Hoboken. N.J.. and who grab PATH trains into Manhattan, is becoming increasingly cluttered with the gas-guzzling automobiles they leave behind. With gasoline shortage exacerbating an already critical parking space problem, city fathers, businessmen, and the commuters themselves the growing daily influx of automobiles into the village mav prove bevond coping. Nome Address.

"It's a verv horrendous s.tu-aton." said village Trustee Philip Furgang. "It's reached the point where if vou can avoid the village, you do." According to George Eastland, manager of public affairs for the railroad, more than 600 people dailv climb aboard the 12 morning commuter trains which leave Suffern. Plt-iiM- turn to 311) Tnwn jTelephone Time departing home. Destination Staff photo Ted Neuhoff ITime departing job. COMMERCIAL CARRIERS EXCLUDED Motorist unlocks his car in crowded Suffern parking lot Monday.