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Mon. Oct. 28, 1974 PRESS, Binghamton, N.Y. 5-A Fire Adds to Chain of Tragedies Tioga Family Sees Home Burn Put Welfare Of ices In School, Wahl Asks By LINDA MOSS CV bile home on Little Hill Road caused a fire that destroyed the home. Mrs.

Lindsey almost lost her life when she collapsed after rushing into the burning structure. sit System from all major Vis I '-HVr tr James E. Wahl. district 1 county legislator, will recommend that Broome County use the former Johnson City High School as a social service building. Wahl.

a Democrat, made the proposal three years ago and said he is re-introducing it because the Johnson City School District is seeking suggestions for the building future. "It was my contention three years ago and it remains my view." said Wahl. "that we could realize added efficiencies within the department and at the same time provide hidden cost savings. Wahl's recommendation is to centralize the total working I kmw it 'Yi 4 iff '-V. 1 1 I to Send Aide To School Talk "WHEN I OPENED the door and saw the flames.

I thought I could put it out." said Mrs. Lindsey. "So I picked up a pan. and that's the last thing I remember." Her son. 10-year-old Timothy, went into the home and dragged his mother 165-pound body through the structure to the door.

Then he and a neighbor. Paul Alexander. 15. of Lillie Hill Road, pulled her outside to safety. Outside.

Vicki Alexander. 17. gave Mrs. Lindsey artificial respiration to revive her. Mrs.

Lindsey said it only took about 10 seconds for the fumes and smoke to overcome her. Last week grief had struck the Lindseys when Edra Mae Benedict. 46. Mrs. Lindsey's aunt died in a mobile home fire in Windsor.

The week before that Hap Benedict. Mrs. Benedict and Mrs. Lindsey's. uncle, died.

"WE BURIED them a week apart." said Mrs. Lindsey. visibly shaken. The Lindsey.s and their three sons had lived in their home, a trailer with two additions, for sevrn years. Two years ago mailer was flooded afte Agnes hit the area.

Because of medical bills for their son Thomas, who has heart troubles, the Lindsey's never got fire insurance on their home. "The fire was so intense, there was nothing left but a few appliances." said Mrs. Lindsey. "Most everything melted." "But I'm alive and well." she said. "And we're voune.

ou can replace pans and shoes and "We built it bit-by-bit. If it was a $50,000 home Mrs. Lindsey never finished the sentence. When asked what she and her husband who works for Ashland Chemical, will do. Mrs.

Lindsey was unsure. "I don't know. We have a couple of days to think about it." she said. "We'll try to buy a trailer, since there's nothing left." Johnson City Mayor Michael R. Savich said today that either he or a representative will attend a special meeting the Johnson City school board is holding tomorrow night to hear proposals for the sale of the district's surplus high school.

Savich said the village does not yet have a proposal to make at the meeting, but "We hope to have one by tomorrow night." The mayor said the proposal isn't ready because the full village board was not present to discuss it Saturday morning when the board scheduled a meeting to tour the old Johnson City High School in Main Street. The board has been eyeing PICKING UP THE PIECES Thomas Lindsey cleans up and salvages what he can at his trailer dwelling on Lillie Hill Road, Apalachin. It was destroyed by a fire Saturday morning. Lindsey had no fire insurance. Defends Circulating PRF PUATnc ftv muM am a is quarts of pickles, and also did things like bake her own bread, make wreaths and candles to save and make money.

That will end this year since "all my supplies went in the fire." she said. "When you haven't got a lot of money you finds way of being content and making the best of it." she said. force of 320 employes under one roof and save on office and building costs which he believes will reduce the 1975 budget figure for operational and office costs which is estimated at $1,189,160. BY USING THE school rooms and gymnasium of the Main Street facility. Wahl said certain training programs could be started for social service recipients with the ultimate goal of making them self-reliant.

"This type of program is vitally needed." he said, "if we expect to improve our social service costs, which now are $21,043,000." He said the facility is centrally located and can be reached bv the Broome Tran- the high school property as a possible center for community activities and recreation, and eventually as the site of a new municipal building. Savich and Trustees Carl E. Scott and Louis P. Augostini toured the school Saturday. The tour was to have been followed by a meeting with the Johnson City School District Board of Education, but the school board canceled the meeting late last week in favor of the public meeting.

School Board President Edward J. Radin explained that propositions from the village and commercial developers would be heard publicly to avoid misinformation and rumor. as this on the ballot." Myers. Republican nominee for Union supervisor, said in a statement today. Kropp is Union supervisor until his term expires Jan.

1. He made the "demagoguery" charge last week when he learned that petitions against the proposed change in the financing of Water Districts 1 'A' Appetizer Bar Baked Idaho Tossed Salad BROILED LOBSTER TAIL I CTDin Tossed Salad 1 I FIFTEEN FOR AFTER 9 P.M. areas of the county. He said Broome County Ex ecutive Edwin L. Crawford has recommended that anoth er $10,000 be added to the capital program for 1975 to bring the reserve fund to $80,000 for the eventual start-up costs for a new social services building expected to cost $750,000.

Wahl said he questions the wisdom of such an increase in bonded indebtedness when the old high school meets the necessary requirements. It is his understanding, he said, that the school district has set a price of $188,000 on the building. "I HAVE DISCUSSED this with Thomas McAvoy (chairman of the social services committee) and he supports my views. We both agree that both the Johnson City School Board and the representatives of Broome County government should meet in a joint session to evaluate this proposal as soon as possible." He said he understands the Johnson City Village Board may also be interested in using part of the facility for office and meeting space but finds no reason why both governmental units shouldn't share the building. "I think we should think in terms of utilizing structures we already have." he said, "rahher than building new buildings." Admitting that it might take quite a bit of money to renovate the facility, he said it would cost far less than building a new one.

The Board of Education is meeting tomorrow night at 7:45 to hear proposals for the building's future use. Petitions and 2. in north Endicott and north Endwell. were being prepared in town offices and on town stationery. The town board voted the change, but it is subject to a 30-day permissive referendum.

No petitions have been filed in the town clerk's office yet. SPECIAL Shrimp Basket 3.35 STEAKS" tfrm "I looked up and saw smoke coming out of the eaves," recalled Dorothy Lindsey. 30. of Apalachin. This was the beginning of a second fire in the Lindsey family and the continuation of a chain of tragedies for Mrs.

Lindsey. and her husband. Thomas. Saturday morning an electrical short in a cable in the bathroom of ths Lindsey's mo ALMOST A TRAGEDY Dorothy Lindsey tells how her aunt died in a fire last week in Windsor. Mrs.

Lindsey almost lost her own life Saturday when she was overcome by smoke in her burning trailer dwelling. McManus: Foe Hits Own Party Town of Union Councilman Donald L. McManus. Democratic nominee for Town of Union supervisor, says his opponent is criticizing his own Republican party when he blasts the management of town government. The Republican nominee.

Bruce W. Myers, has promised improved management practices and better communication within the town. Said McManus in a press statement: "I remind my opponent that at no time in the last 10 years or for that matter in recent history have the Democrats had control of the town board. "IT HAS BEEN the work of his (Myers') own party on the board that has tried to strip the supervisor's office of many of its responsibilities. "I appreciate my opponent pointing out his dissatisfaction with a board majority represented by people of his own party." McManus continued.

"His criticism of the Republican-controlled board just further emphasizes the need for change." McManus also said Myers recently told a meeting of town employes that "he felt our refuse department could operate more efficiently. In trying to explain what he meant, he revealed how completely uninformed he was. He finally had to admit to the employes he was speaking before that he had picked a poor example and that he did not know how our refuse department was run. "HE SHOULD HAVE known better, because he was present at a meeting of the Town of Union just two years ago when the discussion of the possibility of a consolidated refuse collection was being considered by the Town of Union and both it's incorporated villages." McManus said. "At that time, our methods of refuse collection were very clearly outlined.

Apparently my opponent was not paying attention, maybe he lacked the proper interest for the people he represented in the village." Myers is a former Johnson City trustee. A town proposal to consolidate refuse collection was dropped for lack of interest by the villages. Robison to Talk About Watergate Rep. Howard W. will discuss "The Lessons of Watergate" at a meeting of the Temple Concord Men Club.

Riverside Drive, at Sunday. Hoisison. as upstate campaign manager for U.S. Sen. Jacob K.

Javits. also will answer questions about the up-cming election. The public is 'vited to the meeting. 1 f' She said some neighbors had suggested they try to buy a Housing and Urban Development trailer left over from the Agnes disaster. She hopes to contact Rep.

Howard Rob1 ison about it "We have to pick up the pieces and get our kids settled." she said. THE LINDSEYS are staying with Mr. and Mrs. Howard timate of the loss. He said he must first determine exactly what was aged.

HE SAID several organs are stored on the fifth floor of the five-story building and they may have received smoke or water damage. Diane Darch. wife of the company owner, said there was a lot of water damage to the second and third floors, but that merchandise in the Canyt Guess Fire Loss Yet, Store Owner Says 1, Krieger on Pennsylbania Ave. Mrs. Lindsey commended the Apalachin Fire Department.

"They tried desperately to save things." she said, adding that the whole town has been "great" Mrs. Lindsey remembered hearing pickle jars exploding as she entered the burning trailer. She had canned 79 first floor store "looks pretty good." Standing near the front entrance to the store, near a large bucket that caught water falling through the ceiling. Mrs. Darch said work on the first two floors of the building "is a matter of drying up." Stereo equipment in the store was covered by large plastic sheets to protect it from the falling water.

Darch said the equipment has yet to be tested to see if it was damaged in the fire. "There may be more damage to the stereo equipment than we first thought." said Mrs. Darch. "THE FIREMEN must have gotten here quick." she said last night. "They did a terrific job." The first alarm was turned in at 2:37 p.m.

yesterday by people working at the Riviera Theater across Chenango Street from the Weeks and Dickinson building. Only five minutes later, a second alarm was turned in by acting fire chief Leo Zabinski. firemen said. Firemen said there were about 20 men at the scene, with the last one leaving at about 5 p.m. Police at the scene said flames were coming from a second floor window when they arrived.

Only two people were reported in the building at the time of the fire. Both were in the studios of radio station WKOP. which is housed on the fourth floor of the building. THE STATION was off the air for more than an hour. Andrew Jarema.

WKOP station manager, said damage was limited to the program director's office on the fourth floor. Damaged in tne fire were records, files, and some equipment Jarema said it is too early to determine the amount of the loss, but added the station is on the air. "I'd like to compliment the firemen for the job they did." Jarema said this morning. "They did a terriffic job." By BUD AYRES Brightly colored sheets of plastic covered expensive stereo equipment and silver-colored buckets filled with dripping water last night as the owners and employes of Weeks and Dickinson music store assessed the damages of yesterday's fire. Norman Darch.

139 E. Hamton Road. Binghamton. the owner of the store, said it is too early to arrive at an es- H) CIHCKEU DELIGHT I TtlYCinl i 2 PIECES OF CHICKEN i i its: i WITH FRENCH AND COLE SLAW CLAtt SIRLOIN Appetizer Bar I FRENCH I Baked Idaho Republican Bruce W. Myers says Democrat Robert M.

Kropp was wrong in discribing the circulating of petitions against a Town of Union water district cost-spreading measure as "pure demagoguery." "People have a right to make their views known and they have the constitutional right to put any question such FRIES REG. $1.39 Less i nan s4'! s4m SA70 I i $389 $230 i mms KRISP WITH FRIES C1 1Q5 Fire Prevention Month Brings Death, Damage 1 f(04 15 CHILLED 79 pmic ssmiEip Li Nobody but nobody undersells LAKE'S DISCOUNT BEER VI CLAMS )W (P) (PH M( HiSSA RIIEIIIGOLD 24 BLACK LABEL 24 12-OZ. CANS SCHLITZ MALT LIQUOR October may be fire prevention month, but the fires certainly are not observing it. Six serious fires and several smaller ones this month resulted in two deaths and damage running into the hundreds of thousands of dollars. 4 October got off to a bad start on the first day of the month when fire destroyed a large barn complex on the Henry Weissmann farm, located on Colesville Road in the Town of Harpursville.

No official cause has been listed. SIX DAYS LATER, an early morning fire swept through the Delaware and Hudson Railroad roundhouse at Broad Avenue and Abbott Street in Binghamton. destroying two diesel engines valued at about $300,000 each. The building was described as a total loss. A fire three days later did extensive damage to a kitchen apartment of Darshan Shah, at 709 Eckleberger Towers on Corliss Avenue in Johnson City.

The fire was caused when books left near a stove ignited. Eight days later. Oct. 18. there began a series of fires.

A fire that morning ruined or severely damaged buildings at 92. 94 and 96 Court St. in Binghamton. Among businesses damaged were the Haggerty and Forbes clothing store. Yerdon Opticians and Consumer Wine and LitKjf Store.

Oct. 20. Florence Webster died in fire at her trailer at 37 Williams in West Corners, when she was overcome by smoke. The cause of the fire is unknown. The next day a fire damaged the two-story wood frame home of Phyllis Elgin.

1108 Vestal Binghamton. The fire began in the cellar of the residence and damaged was confined there. THE NEXT DAY, Oct 22. Erda Mae Benedict. 46.

of Windsor, died in a fire that destroyed her trailer and cut off a telephone call for help. The trailer was located on William Street in Windsor. Just three days later, a fire roared through the furniture warehouse of the Pettis Moving Co. Inc. The structure was located in the block surrounded by Elain.

Ferndale. Elis. and Adams avenues in Sunrise Terrace in the Town of Dickinson. Last night, a fire damaged the Weeks and Dickinson building at 34 Chenango St. in Binghamton.

Also damaged was radio station WKOP. which is housed on the fourth floor of the building. Firemen are still investigating the fires at Weeks and Dickinson. Pettis Moving Co. and the fire that damaged the three businesses on Front Street.

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