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of Rockland THE JOURNAL-NEWS, SUNDAY, JANUARY 30, 1983 C3 2 avers iraw Masons install new officers ON THE SCENE i. 111. liuuLiiiaiiili. m.i.j ll; i- By LIAN SAE Stony Point Lodge No. 313 Free and Accepted Masons, Haverstraw, elected, appointed and installed their new officers recently.

Thev are Walter I Franks, senior master; Warren Sarvis, senior war- ROAMING ROCKLAND Children's corner BIRTHDAYING: Wishing Shari Sacks of Spring Valley every happiness on her 18th birthday today with love, Mom, Dad, Steven and Taffy. Remember, always smile. A very happy birthday to our lovely daughter Laura Evans of Congers on her special 13th with love, Mom, Dad, brothers Glenn and Rob. This and that Ten years from Raquet of Congers wants to be in the field of Armitage of Congers hopes to be starting a new life with a successful Dolan of Congers wants to be working as a marine biologist or a professional soccer Miskovsky will be in medical schooL.Sue Feldstein of New City will be in Chinsky of Congers wants to be in the computer Stevens of New City hopes to be in the middle of his professional soccer career. Suzy Soffler of New City will hopefully be in medical school.

77)e folklorist in our midst By MICHAEL HITZIG Staff Writer rri he term 'folklorist is pretty obscure to most people," says Kathleen Mundell, herself a folklorist. "The popular conception of a folklorist is someone who sits on a porch with a corncob pipes, chews tobacco and spins tales." Well, there's no applying this to Ms. Mundell. For she is a scholar, with a master's degree in folklore from Indiana University, and has been at work since November making a survey of the traditional arts, crafts and customs of Rockland. Certainly no mean task.

What she is attempting is the definitive, and first, documentation for Rocklanders of their own varied cultures of heritages bedded in the many ethnic and national groups to be found here. For example, when the women of St. Peter and Paul Ukrainian Catholic Church of Spring Valley get together to make pirogi (a traditional aen; rredenck Schafer, junior warden; Cyrus Raymond, secretary; Everett Morrill, treasurer; Kenneth Mott, chaplain; Phillip Rok, senior deacon; Frederick Vaas, junior deacon; Maurice Cohen, I senior master of ceremonies; Donald Caldwell, junior master of ceremonies; Gerorge Schering, marshall; Andrew Bellucci and J. Carl Edlund, stewards; John Carmichael, tiler, i The installation cermemonies were conducted by George Phelps, past master of ceremonies of Stony Point Lodge. Bits and pieces Julie Passidino of Valley Cottage was elected corresponding secretary of the Westchester County Genealogy Society recently at their monthly meeting.

Congratulations. Alice Klein, instructor of Jazzercise, along with students Daria Cosgrove, Sue Cunningham and Tunde Kovacs appeared on television for the Leukemia Telethon January 9 presenting a check for from money raised at their marathon held in December. The benefit was held in memory of Lisa Maietta of North Rockland who died last year of the disease. During February an exhibit and sale of exotic wood telesculptures by New City artist Bob Ameri are at the Artisians Gallery in Tallman along with more than 100 artists and craftsmen. United Jewish Appeal of Rockland County will honor outgoing chairpersons Israel Stern, Richard Blumenthal and Marlene McAlevy at their volum-teer breakfast today at the Monsey Jewish Center.

Many others will be honored including chairpersons of major event, Florence Appleman, Sue Garelick, Steve Steinman, Sandee and Stan Rosen all of New City, Barbara Grau of Spring Valley and Harold Lazar of Monsey. Rabbis being honored are Allan Meyerowitz, Moses Tendler, Henry Sosland, Louis Frishman, David Chanofsky, David Fass, Michael Gold. Guest speaker of the day will be Leah Rabin, wife of former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin who will offer a unique perspective on life in Israel today. Birthdaying To my honey, George Stewart of Valley Cottage. It's a big one, you're not getting older you're getting better.

Love, wife you were born to run Steve Dachs of Mohegan Lake. Wishing you a special birthday today with love from your sister, Leslie. Best wishes to Fannie Filosa of Nanuet who celebrated her 75th birthday Jan. 23, love and happiness always from your children and Thought for today Inspiration will flow through your body when a moment of quiet meditation is sought by you. Take time and find out it doesn't hurt! Remember Mail news tips to Lian Sae, The Journal-News, 200 Route 303 North, West Nyack, N.Y.

10994. Print first and last names clearly, include a phone number, sign your letter and submit at least two weeks in advance. Laurel and Hardy fans unite as Sons of the Desert Ukrainian dumpling) for their sodality sale, they bring with them not only knowledge of Ukrainian foodways, but a tradition. Or when a Haitian dollmaker in Spring Valley makes her colorfully costumed figurines, she is exercising a folkwav's tradition Blackhawk Films, in Davenport, Iowa, did a lot to bring them to people. "You know, most critics never liked Laurel and Hardy.

The public did. I guess it's because you know what's going to happen in most of their stories, even if it's the first time. You wait for it, anticipate it, and when it happens it's still funny. "I've got about 100 things with the boys, including cameo appearances and home movies. My favorite two-reeler is "Laughing Gravy" (1931), when the landlord throws their dog into the snow and the boys try to sneak him back in." "The Sons of the Desert (fan club) got started with Stan Laurel's help.

The name comes from one of their movies, in which the boys go to a convention in Chicago. We had our first convention in Chicago in 1978, and 600 people came. We have about 1,200 members. Our next convention will be in 1984 in Ulverston, England, Stan's birthplace. "We've got 'tents' (chapters) in most cities, named for a different film.

Ours is Bacon Grabbers. We meet every month, show movies, maybe twice a year have a party with guest speakers." If you want to join or get the magazine, Intra-tent Journal, write to the co-editor, Alan Garfield, Apt. 17-105, 8761 W. 85th Justice, 111. By DAVID ELLIOTT Gannett News Service CHICAGO Among Laurel and Hardy's most devoted fans is Tony Di Gaudio, a Chicago motion picture equipment dealer and a founding member of the Chicago branch of the Sons of the Desert fan club.

His devotion began in the 1950s. "I got into collecting, and their films were real hard to come by. There wasn't even a list available. The Roach Studios was virtually out of business. Television brought back Laurel and Hardy.

Also KATHLEEN MUNDELL with roots deep the Caribbean island's rich historical past. Or when thousands of Irish men, women and children come together each year in Stony Point for their annual Feis, they are remembering a time a thousand years ago when the kings and clans of Ireland met on the fields of Tara to compete in athletic games and musical events. It is these customs that Ms. Mundell is attempting to document and preserve in both word and image, with help from the Arts Council of Rockland, which last year received a grant of $2,000 from the New York State Council on the Arts for the purpose. RAMAPO RACQUETBALL Be Beautiful and Pampered Presents mmm 59 'a ion 2 for 1 MEMBERSHIP PLAN 59 Lafayette Ave.

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31, 1983 Ohe explains that the word "folk" doesn't necessarily mean "quaint" or "old-fashioned." What it does point to, is that special relationship between the artist and community in which skills are learned in informal ways by observation or imitation. "Traditional arts take many forms," Ms. Mundell states. "There are practical skills, such as cooking, chair caning, wood carving, fishing and herbal medicine, which people engage in to meet their everyday needs. "And then," she continues, "there are those skills such as dancing, storytelling and holiday celebrations, which develop from the way people live and reaffirm their sense of who they are.

"The individuals who continue to practice traditional skills may do it out of an unspoken respect for a way of life or from the satisfaction that comes from developing specialized skills. "But sometimes," she adds, "it is simply the best way to do the job. These people are our true folk artists." Ms. Mundell grew up in Rockland, received her bachelor's degree from S.U.N.Y. at Purchase before going on to graduate studies at Indiana University.

Her parents still reside in Spring Valley. The fascination with folklore grew out of a writing assignment while a junior at college. She tape-recorded conversations with her Irish grandmother, whose tales of Ireland enchanted the young woman. Later on, in 1977, Ms. Mundell spent several months in Western Ireland searching out storytellers in its villages.

The resulting work became the basis for her master's thesis. Kamapo Kacquetbaii "re 1 a Cherry Lane, Tallman, N. Y. excluded. CLOSED WEDNESDAYS NRTUM AND CMTH UNITED WITH SCKMCC (914)357-6500 i ytl 4 THE TRELLIS FLORAL STUDIO VALENTINE'S DAY FEB.

1 4th Order Early Deliver Love Balloon Arrangements (Write your own Message) iwt ry v. iff Large Selection of Roses Arrangements 358-7598 98 W. INyack est tyack, XI. iftL. I tOince then she's done field work on such varied subjects as "Stone-Carving in Southern Indiana" (1978), "Survey of Folk Arts in Orange County, Indiana" (1981), "The Appalachian Community of Indianapolis, Indiana" (1981), and now, of course, "Folk Arts of Rockland County." Rocklanders will have the chance to see the results of Ms.

Mundell's efforts on Thursday, Feb. 10, when she gives a slide-presentation at the Pomona Health Complex, Building 3rd floor auditorium, at 8:30 p.m. It's free and everyone's invited. Also in February, Ms. Mundell begins a 10-week artists-in-residence program in the Nyack School District.

The program is geared to fourth-graders at the Lake Road School, Upper Nyack Elementary School and Valley Cottage School. The students will also get a chance to meet some of Rockland's traditional artists. The backing for all this comes not only from the Arts Council of Rockland, but the Historical Society of Rockland and the New York Foundation for the Arts, a state agency. A Traditional Arts Week in Rockland, set for April 10 through 17, will top off Ms. Mundell's pioneering effort.

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