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4 A CityRegionalContinued Stories The Ithaca Journal Wednesday, October 18. 1989 Postal Student AREA BRIEF never experienced before. He was very intense in that way," Vega said. "He came East because he wanted a different atmosphere than L.A. could give him He really liked it here." Vega said Sanchez had been on his own since he was 18.

"He was an independent person, one who knew how to provide for himself," she said. "He was even thinking of getting a second job here." Sanchez's family his parents and sister still live in California and could not be reached. A funeral and burial for Sanchez will be Friday in Glendale, Calif. $3.39 for fully automated distribution using optical character readers and bar code sorters, he said. Elmira has both of these machines.

Ithaca has neither machine and the Postal Service has no plans to locate any here. Postal officials explained the operations relocation is part of a national automation plan. Shifting Ithaca's outgoing mail sorting operations to Elmira is probably only the first of many such transfers in the area. About 500,000 pieces of mail are handled in Elmira a day including the 150,000 generated in Ithaca. El-mira's volume is higher than Ithaca's because it's a mail processing center and sorts all incoming mail destined for the 148 zip code area.

The city of Elmira actually generates less mail per day than Ithaca, postal workers said. The first phase, which began this month, is sending local typewritten and business mail to Elmira to be read by machine and sorted. The second phase, scheduled to begin in May 1990, would send all letters to Elmira for machine handling. In July 1990, oversized letters also would be sent to Elmira, and in May 1991 magazines and other flat pieces of mail would be added to the program. Next day delivery service in Ithaca will not be affected by the trans fer of operations, postal officials said.

The Postal Service will evaluate each relocation phase to see if it is cost effective and hasn't diminished service, Elvidge said. Failure to meet either of those criteria could lead to the overall plan's reassessment. Still hoping to find some way to convince the Postal Service not to go ahead with the plan or to locate future sorting machines in Ithaca, aldermen requested Elvidge provide the phase evaluation information. Postal worker Sullivan found a positive note in the service's promise to reassess each phase of the plan and discuss the findings with the city. Postal service management should "balance truly maintaining next day service in Ithaca with the cost of processing mail (in Ithaca vs.

Elmira) and the cost to human lives," Sullivan said. A window clerk at the Ithaca Post Office for four years, Sullivan and his wife, who also works in the city, have lived in the area for 12 years. They have two school-age children. Because many people have more job seniority than he does, Sullivan said he's a candidate for relocation to Elmira or some other location within 100 miles, if the Postal Service goes ahead with its plan. (Continued from Page 3A) When he died, Sanchez was taking courses at Tompkins Cortland Community College, college spokesman Jim Mazza said.

He was living by himself in an apartment at 115 Stewart Ave. In addition to his sound work ethic, Sanchez had an adventurous streak. Raised in the small residential city of Alhambra, near Los Angeles, he developed a love of skiing, and, when he wasn't working or studying, he spent time on the slopes at Greek Peak. "He liked to do things he had MONITOR Romulus man injured in accident VARICK A 26-year-old Romulus man who was injured after his car hit a tree at 12:25 p.m. Tuesday has been accused of operating his car under the influence of drugs, Seneca County sheriff's deputies said.

George J. Clark of 4910 Secor Road suffered a broken shoulder, a concussion, and several bruises after his car skidded more than 100 feet along the right side of Yale Farm Road and hit a tree broadside, deputies said. Firefighters used a "jaws of life" tool to get to Clark, who was trapped in the vehicle after the driver's side of the car had hit the tree, deputies said. Deputies said they did not know why Clark's car skidded in the first place. An ambulance took Clark to Geneva General Hospital where he re DEATH NOTICES PAUL F.

SCOn SR. FT. MYERS, FLA. Paul F. Scott 72, of Ft.

Myers, Fla. died Friday, Oct. 6, 1 989 at his home after a long illness. Funeral services and burial were held Oct. 10 at Lee Memorial Park in Ft.

Myers with Rev. Richard Bro-deur officiating. EMILY G. WILLIAMSON HARFORD Emily G. Williamson, 79, of 735 Rt.

221, Harford, died Tuesday, Oct. 17, 1989 at Lakeside Nursing Home. Furneral service will be held Friday at 1 1 a.m. at the Calvary Baptist Church in Harford. Friends may call at the Wright-Beard Furneral Home, 9 Lincoln Cortland on Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m.

Burial will be in Harford Cemetery. LEAH LAJZA Leah Lajza, 67, of 387 Snyder Hill Road, died Tuesday, Oct. 17, She was born Oct. 21, 1895 the daughter of Homer Delia (Terry) Dickens. Mrs.

Morris was predeceased in 1984 by her husband of 65 years Robert C. Morris and is survived by a daughter son-in-law Glaydis James Lyon of Lake Whales, Florida. Grandchildren Melinda Scott Sechrist, Montoursville, Robert Lyon, Santa Barbara, CA, 2 great-grandchildren Pamela Eric Sechrist, sisters-in-law, Mrs. Mary mained in satisfactory condition this morning, a hospital spokeswoman said. Clark was charged with driving under the influence of drugs and failure to wear a seat belt, deputies said.

Clark will be scheduled to appear in town of Varick court his release from the hospital, deputies said. Woman, 86, breaks pelvis in 3-car accident DRYDEN An 86-year-old woman suffered a broken pelvis Saturday after a 4:17 p.m. three-car accident at the intersection of Route 13 and Hanshaw Road, Tompkins County sheriff's deputies said. Christina A. Mathewson of 108 Iroquois Road was westbound on Hanshaw Road when she apparently failed to yield to a stop sign, deputies said.

Thirty-one-year-old Joseph Sal- 1 989 at Tompkins Community Hospital. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Bangs Funeral Home. HAROLD HALL CANDOR Harold Hall, 83, 92 Main Candor died Monday, Oct. 16, 1989 at Lakeside Nursing Home. Memorial and graveside services at East Lawn Cemetery will be held on Thursday, Oct.

19, at 2 p.m. with the Rev. Gui L. Burt officiating. Arrangements are by Allen-Manzer Funeral Home of Spencer.

EVELYN D. MORRIS MONTOUR FALLS Evelyn D. Morris, 93, of the Falls Residence for Adults in Montour Falls and formerly of Alpine, died Tuesday, Oct. 17, 1989 at Schuyler Hospital Skilled Nursing Facility. Friends are invited to call at the Frost, Johnson City, NY, Mrs.

Carrie Morris of Ithaca, NY. Several nieces, nephews cousins. Mrs. Morris graduated from Cook Academy in 1914 was a graduate of Cortland Normal School. She taught for many years in the Schyler County Country Schools.

Mrs. Morris was a member of the Mecklenburg United Methodist Church, a member of Searsburg Grange of the NYS National Granges. (Continued from Page 3A) explained (the proposal) so we could frame pertinent questions," Booth said. Elvidge and Phillip B. Vincel-lette, the director of postal operations services in Rochester, answered the group's questions, and tried to explain why they are consolidating 148 zip code operations in Elmira.

Because of its central location, Elmira was designated the 148 zip code area's hub in the 1960s, Vin-cellette said. The area's incoming mail is already sorted in Elmira using two machines, he said. One called an "Optical Character Reader" reads letter's addresses, prints a bar code version of the zip code on letters and sorts the mail. A second machine called a Code Sorter" reads the bar code and further sorts the mail. Together the two machines are capable of handling 20,000 to pieces of mail an hour, Elvidge said.

A clerk can handle up to 1,200 pieces an hour. The Postal Service is trying to automate all its mail processing operations by 1995, Elvidge said, adding that complete automation reduces letter distribution costs. Manual distribution per 1,000 letters costs about $45 an hour, compared to $15 per hour for mechanically assisted distribution and Parks (Continued from Page 3A) miles closer to home. Barbara Barol read a statement talking about the blue herons, gold finches, muskrats and snapping turtles that need to be protected. A representative of the city's Conservation Advisory Council, a review board that advises Common Council on environmental matters, recommended that state park officials forego plans for development near the wildlife refuge, describing Hog's Hole as a unique area for this region.

Doria Higgins read a statement speaking for her group, Citizens to Save Our Parks, and mentioned such concerns as the lake's water quality. Another audience member, Ashley Miller, said Treman marina's 413 slips already make it the largest inland public marina east of the Mississippi River. With 458 privately owned slips elsewhere at this end of Cayuga Lake and several private marinas expanding, she predicted there would be about 1,000 slips on the southern end of the lake by next summer. That concerns Miller, who asked the state to consider the effect a growing number of boaters would have on air and water pollution. The lone speaker advocating Obituaries A MEMORIAL SERVICE A memorial service for Professor Robert E.

Kaske will be conducted this Saturday, October 21 at 2:00 in Sage Chapel on the Cornell University campus. A professor of English and Medieval Studies as well as the Avalon Foundation Professor of the Humanities at Cornell, Kaske died of cancer on August 8, 1989. He is survived by his wife, Carol Vonckx Kaske of Ithaca; two sons, David Kaske of Cincinnati and Richard Kaske of Ithaca; and three grandchildren. Memorial contributions to benefit the Dante-Petrarch or Icelandic Collections of the Cornell University Library may be sent to 214 Olin Library. HAROLD HALL CANDOR Harold Hall, 83, 92 Main Candor passed away Oct.

16, 1989 at Lakeside Nursing Home. He was a member of McK-envree United Methodist Church. He was a self employed public accountant in the Ithaca area for over 53 years. He had lived in the Candor area in the Canfield House since 1950. He Is survived by his wife (Peg) Margaret M.

Hall of Candor, 1 daughter Barbara Tarn of Hartford. Conn. 1 granddaughter Alicia Tarn of Hartford. Conn. One brother Frank Hall, Long Island, several nieces nephews.

1 stepdaughter Joyce Webb, 4 grandchildren 3 great grandsons. Memorial graveside services at East Lawn Cemetery will be held on Thursday, Oct. 19 at 2pm officiated by OBITUARY POLICY The obituaries printed here are paid notices, phrased in accordance with the wishes of families and funeral directors. The Ithaca Journal lists deaths in its local section. Academician to discuss Borromini architecture Joseph Connors, the director of the American Academy in Rome, which provides fellowships for scholars and artists to work in Rome, will give the Preston H.

Thomas Memorial Lecture Series at Cornell University from Monday, Oct. 16 through Friday, Oct. 20. His lecture series is titled "Francesco Borromini and Virtuoso Architecture." All five lectures will be held in Room 200 of Baker Hall, beginning at 5:30 p.m. zano, traveling south on Route 13, struck the passenger side of Math-ewson's car, which in turn pushed in to the driver's side of a third, southbound car on Route 13 which was attempting to take a left turn on Hanshaw, deputies said.

Salzano and the driver of the third car, Cora W. Eckenroth, 41, of 249 Lake Road, Dryden, complained of back pain after the accident. Eckenroth's two sons, aged 10 and 14, who were passengers, also complained of back pain, deputies said. All were taken to Tompkins Community Hospital, deputies said. Mathewson was in the intensive care unit this morning, a hospital spokeswoman said.

The other injured people were treated and released, the spokeswoman said. Mathewson was charged with failure to yield to yield to a right-of-way, deputies said. Vedder and Scott Funeral Home, 534 Church Odessa, on Saturday from 1 to 2 p.m. Her funeral and commital service will be held there at 2 p.m. Burial will be in Laurel Hill Cemetery.

CHESTINA LAFLAIR Chestina LaFlair, 68, of 1229 Trumansburg Road, died Monday, Oct. 16, 1989 at Tompkins Community Hospital. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Bangs Funeral home. ANTHONY J. SANCHEZ ROSEMEAD, Calif.

Anthony J. Sanchez, 22, of Rosemead, died Saturday, Oct. 14, 1989 at Tompkins Community Hospital after falling into Cascadilla Gorge. Funeral services and burial will be Friday, Oct. 20 in Glendale, Calif.

Bangs Funeral Home is in charge of funeral arrangements. Friends are invited to call at the Vedder Scott Funeral Home, 534 Church Odessa, NY, Sat. l-2pm. Her funeral commital service will be held there at the conclusion of calling hours, 2pm. Interment Laurel Hill Cemetery.

Those wishing to remember Mrs. Morris may do so through memorials to the Mecklenburg United Methodist Church or the Schuyler County Ambulance Association. GROUP more docking space was Peter De-Graff, owner of Ithaca Boating Center Inc. "I get hundreds of calls a year asking for a place to put a boat," said DeGraff, a native of Ithaca and an active boater. Marinas are filled to capacity, he added.

"This is driving the prices up." Some people pay more than Fane (Continued from Page 3A) ance, Hoard probably would not have filed suit, feeling that Fane was making a good-faith effort to resolve the problem, he said. Fane wanted the houe "grandfathered," because it had been used as a fraternity house in the late 1800s. But it was a single-family residence when the zoning ordinance was approved, so it didn't qualify, Hoard ruled. Under questioning from Fane's lawyer, Vitanza, Hoard testified that one reason he resigned as building commissioner was the interference in running his department by Killeen "and others," whom he did not identify. H.

Matthys Van Cort, city planning and development director.tes-tified under questioning from Bot- Rev. Gui L. Burt. The family suggest donations to the McKenvree United Methodist Church in Harold's memory. Arrangements are by Al-len-Manzer Funeral Home of Spencer.

HELEN VAN HORN GROTON Helen Van Horn. 91, of 318 East Cortland Street, Groton died Tuesday morning October 17 in the Cortland Memorial Hospital after a short illness. Miss Van Horn was born March 4, 1898 in Groton the daughter of the late Arthur and Lena Bower Van Horn. A lifelong resident of the Groton area, she had spent most of her life at her home on East Cortland Street until 1987 when she became a resident of the Groton Residential Care Facility. She was employed for many years as a it $3,000 a year to house moderately sized boats, DeGraff said.

Much of the public comment centered on the proposed two-lane road, parking and picnic area at the lakeside marina and park. Karl Sta-ven, a neighbor of the Hogs Hole area, said he timed the walk from the existing parking lot to the water's edge at four minutes. anza that he had never heard Killeen or any other city official make any statement about "special treatment" for Fane or his property, if that phrase means treatment "different from" other people. He also said, under questioning, that no Fane request for a variance is treated as a political matter and that Killeen does not have a supervisory role in the building department. Specifically Fane is charged with failure to comply with state fire and building codes, failing to comply with an order of the city's building commissioner, two counts of failing to hold a valid certificate of occupancy, the Ithaca zoning ordinance and failing to hold an alteration permit.

The trial was scheduled to continue today. secretary for the Smith Corona Corporation in Groton until her retirement in 1963. Miss Van Horn is survived by cousins and a close friend Irene Tyrrell of Lansing. Graveside services will be held Thursday. October 19.

1989 a the Groton Rural Cemetery with a close friend Mr. Gary Tyrrell officiating. There are no calling hours. Memorial contributions may be made to the Activities Fund, co Groton Residential Care Facility. 120 Sykes Street, Groton, NY 13073.

Arrangements are being handled by the Zirbel Funeral Home of Groton. MRS. EVELYN D. MORRIS MONTOUR FALLS-Evelyn D. Morris, 93, of the Falls Residence for Adults, Montour Falls, NY, formerly of Alpine, NY died Tuesday, October 17.

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