Star-Gazette from Elmira, New York • 17

Eimiira Stair-Gazette SgeDs New Thrutvay at Corning to Handle 2,000 Cars Each Way Every Hour ELMIRA, N. THURSDAY EVENING, Car' Plunges Into Creek; omanKilled Miss Marcella SSally) Shedden, 24, of 101 Canton Opera Wins High Praise Of Elniirans By MAUV K. KINSMA.Y Seldom does the opera-goer have the opportunity to attend on in Music Students Meet 'Madame Butterfly Kx-, I rv i i -x ''1 a a 4 a 4- COMrAIUNO musical notes with Mary Henderson, "Madame Butterfly" of last night's performance, are, from left. Miss Ann Howe, local piano student; Miss Elizabeth Melkle of Troy, Pa flute stu- dent; and Miss Shirley Shaffer of Elmira. piano student.

1 Luckman's MsSv By FRANK TRIPP The idea is all right and it's just because I'm a dyed-in-the-wool newspaperman that I poke fun at it. It has to do with how you get word to the people if you want to tell them something. Charlie Luckman's new scheme inspired it. I ctKtr on cnsTMft Taccrs I caocitt cnm Mount PEAK HOUR TRAFFIC CAPACITY PLAN COMPLETED I960 STATE CT NEW V0ft tewTMeT or rvtuc wowts TrC CORNING URBAN AREA REPORT IH' N. M.

YfS. I scrrtweta ear Elmira, lost her life about 2:30 this morning when an automobile driven by Delbert (Mickey) Coch rane, 23, of 238V2 Glenwood Elmira Heights, missed a bridge and plunged into South Creek at Fassett, six miles south of Elmira. After performing an autopsy this Dr. A. E.

Dann, Canton, Bradford County coroner, ruled the young: woman had drowned. He does not believe an inquest will be necessary but his final decision awaits complete reports of the accident from Police. Cochrane is in Arnot-Ogden I Hospital in fair condition with lace cuts, a possible head injury and shock. According' to reports, Mr. Cochrane was driving Miss Shedden to the home of her parents, Mr.

and Mrs. Fred Shedden, at Granville Summit after completing his duties as steward at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Club, 206 K. Gray St. State Tprs. John Mancuso and Anthony.

Walsh from the Athens substation gave this version of the accident: The car crossed the Pennsylvania Railroad tracks and continued along the east side of Rt. 14, missing a concrete highway bridge entirely, plunging down a 15-foot embankment and nosing into three or four feet of icy water before turning over on its left side. Two unidentified truckmen from Preble, N. saw the lights of the car in the creek and waded to the assistance of the victims. The James ambulance of Elmira brought Cochrane to the local hospital.

State Police believe the driver may have lost control of the car or went to sleep at the wheel because there were no skid marks on the highway. Authorities found a watch on Miss Shedden's wrist had stopped at 2:25 while Cocbrane's halted at 2:30. r- The girl's body was taken to the Soper Funeral Home, Troy, early "today and was later removed to the Moss Funeral Home, Canton. Miss Shedden had lived in EI- BOSS SHEDDEN mira with her sister, Mrs. George Cole, at the Canton St.

address for the last two years and was formerly employed at Remington Rand. She was graduated from Troy High School in 1943. League Fund Reaches $353 The Arctic League Christmas Fund stood at $353 today at Lag-onegro's Cigar Store, 157 Lake St. Latest donors are: Mr. and Mrs.

Leon F. Hunt, Mr. and Mrs. V. A.

Bovik, Mr. and Mrs. James E. Per-sonius and family; Mrs. W.

S. Mc-Creight, Mr. and Mrs. Charles II. Lewis, Mrs.

Helen Rennie; in memory of Mrs. Bertha Etkind, Chemung Valley Lodge, 850, Mabel Clark. Bus Slop Changed For Two Routes The utility company announced today that W. Water St. and Horse-heads buses will temporarily stop in front of the Gorton Coy instead of the regular stop beside Werden-berg'a.

Street and building demolition work on Water St. west of Main St. prompted the move which was effective this morning. I I i ij hi 'mm Charlie is the soap salesman who was betrayed by the chickens those with feathers. They kept on taking in grain at one end and pushing out eggs at the other, Thursday resumed its normal status as the cook's day off.

Charlie Couldn't get word to the hens. The dumb clucks don't listen to his soap operas nor read much. ernf ven Anv 1 J1CII UUC9II I do a good day's work will get its head cut off; an annoying arrangement from the standpoint of the hen. All because Charlie couldn't get word to them. The experience Charlie that you should teach can't always play something on a fiddle, weep a tear-jerker into the ether and get what you want.

In spite of that it looks like it will take Charlie quite a while to come around to the direct route of communication with chickens the unfeathered ones, this time. He's still sticking to detours. Charlie has appointed Kath-erine Fisher, chief of Good Housekeeping Magazine Institute, "to protect the health and pocketbook of every American." That's swell. My health is good but my pocketbook sure needs Katherine. Charlie goes on.

"The full resources of government, industry and the national magazines are being pulled together in one con WHAT CORXING'S new thruway In designed to do when it completed In I960 compared with what the Crystal City's streets can do today Is graphically told In the above diagram. The haded area shows the route of the proposed highway. The solid lines denote the streets now ted for mainline traffic. The width of the solid fines and the width of the shaded area Indicate the number of vehicles the routes are capable of handling In an hour. The capacity of the different streets may be determined by comparing the widths of the roads with the scale shown at the bottom right.

Thus It may be seen that the new thruway will be able to handle slightly more than 4,000 cars an hour (2,000 in each direction). Market St. and Tioga Ave. are capable now of handling about 1,000 cars an hour each (500 each way). Pulteney generally used by motorists going through Corning to Riverside and Fainted Post, Is now rated as capable of carrying only 500 cars an hour (250 In each direction).

Bottlenecks such as this are what the Slate. Department of Public Works plans to eliminate with Its pro posed thruway. Corning Traffic Survey Facts NOV. 20, 1947. on Detour certed effort to help the home makers in the face of rising food prices." Oh, but Charlie, why so late; why did you stay selling soap so long? All this good news comes-In an impressive announcement.

Way down in the 10th paragraph is revealed how it's to be done "by daily 'peace plate' menus providing a balanced diet at lower cost." Miss Fisher knows her menus and all of the magazine boys are swell eggs and loyal patriots. They always do their part. I congratulate them that at long last they get some measure of credit atop the soap operas, and from the impresario himself. It never happened to us. But Charlie, how can you possibly do it? Won't there be some awful changes between magazine closing dates and "daily There are on my grocery bill.

Gee, I should think you'd need to get daily menus, crazy prices and shortages to the people faster and more often; change things sort of overnight maybe like you did about the chickens. Isn't Is just like a newspaperman to get his neck way out? I'm sorry, Charlie; shouldn't have been so hasty. I hadn't read the 11th paragraph. My mistake, forgive me. I see, way down at the end, that you've got it all thought out.

I find you say, "The food editors of several leading women's magazines will get their ideas to housewives mostly through newspapers and individual grocers." That's just what I was going to suggest. A 'V pt L- 'J VA THIS Indian squaw balloon will be one of the features of the big parade to welcome Santa Claus Monday night. Hospital Notes Treated: At St. Joseph's: David Plate, 3, of 552 E. Second given stomach lavage after swallowing some pills.

Thomas Ryan, IVi, of 323 Irvine PL, burned both feet when he stepped, on a register. Sterl Saylor, 105 i E. Miller for possible rib fractures received in a fall. Earl Gillrtt. aprained lrt arm when he cnugltt It In an Hvntor, Nancy Kent.

17. of 10S Hullivun fractured toe when she stumb led against a step. Richard Sullivan, 17, of 554 E. Church injured a finger playing football. Albert Allen, 414 E.

Third fractured a finger when he caught It between two kega. Ruth Hartman, 28 Lenox Elmira Heights, cut left knee on glass. Mrs. Evelyn Botnlck, 735 Maple cut lijjht thumb on a knife. REPORTS SCRAP STOLEN Theft of a pall of brass and cop- per plate from hi scraD meta yard at 600 E.

Fifth St. was renort- ed to police Wednesday by Saul Spiegel, 800 Euclid Ave. He said three men were seen running from the yard with the paiL LSI fit 1 which all members of the cant are both outstanding singers and excellent actors. That chance was accorded nur. ly 2,500 local concertgoers lact night when the Community Concert Association presented the Charles Wagner production of "Madame Butterfly" at the Keeney Theater.

Scores of Klmlrans who waited at the box office in vain hoc of obtaining a single ticket were turned away as season subscribers thronged to the theater for the first opera presented by the Concert Association in several years. The complex role of "Madame Butterfly" was capably handled by-Mary whose voice is warm and full even in its highest register. Her artistic Interpretation of the role brought enthusiastic reponae. particularly arter the "Un Bel JDl Vedremo" aria, and the "Flower- duet with Suzuki, her maid. Although the role of "Madame But terfly" is lonjf and difficult, the quality of Miss Henderson's singing remained on a consistently high plane.

fc.ven in her lightest musical moment. Miss Henderson succeeded In creating an undertone of approaching doom, proving; her ability as an actress as well as a singer. NINO SCATTOI.INI. the young Italian tenor cast as B. F.

Pink-erton, displayed thorough musical training and a complete command of voice. He sang with ease and naturalness, and was immediately accepted by the audience. The role of "Suzuki," sung by Lydia Summers, was handled with a combination of humor and seriousness, which, coupled with her rich contralto voice, made the role one of the most outstanding. As the V. S.

Consul. 'Sharpless Valfrido Patacchl presented a clear and flawless performance. His genuine acting ability in addition to a full, resonant voice give him ideal qualities for operatic work. The response of the audience was quick at the entrance of "Madame Butterfly's" 3-year-old son, played by the son of Jon Crain, who will sing "Pinkerton" tonight The orchestra, competently directed by Edwin McArthur, presented an outstanding performance both in its own right and as accompaniment for the vocalists. The staging, directed by Desire Defrere, added a great denl to the effectiveness of the performance.

NO DETAILS, were omitted In the starring. The scenery was more complete and artistic than the scenery In many stationary companies, and the costuming, lighting and makeup were competently handled. Effective small touches, euch as the appearance of fireflies In the dusk at the end of the first act and the bird songs In the approaching dawn of the third act added to the over-all polish of the ooera. Hissed off the stage by a Milan audience in the early 1900s at its first performance, "Madame Butterfly" is now considered Puccini's most popular opera. Its first night success before an Elmira audience was affirmed bv the bursts of applause which followed a number of the arias, ard by the prolonged applause and many curtain calls Mhich followed the final act.

Msgr. Brien To Celebrate Special Mass The Rt. Rev. Msgr. Brien V.F will celebrate a foif High ru Mas3 morning at 11 at St.

Church in recognition ofhis cent elevation to the rank Domestic Prelate. A reception honoring Msgr. Brien will follow from 3 to 5 in the afternoon in the parish hall. Mrs. Justin F.

Romasser, general chairman, is assisted by this representing all the societies of St. Patrick's Church: Mesdames Edmund B. Malonev, Joseph M. Dailey, Charles D. O'Hara, Walter C.

Ervin. Eugene F. Agan. Samuel Terwilliger. Justin T.

McCarthy, Wilfred H. Underwood, Arthur J. Nolan, J. Henry Brown, Theodore A. LaBrecque, Edwin L.

Jensen, John K. Co ug till Edward P. Dawes; Misses Mary -Donovan, Marv C. O'Leary, Frances Burns, Rose Kingston, Helen Ganey, Dorothy O'Herron; Messrs. James F.

Hennessey, John Reidv, Charles D. O'Hara, John B. Wilmot, Samuel Holleran, Cornelius J. Milliken. Dr.

Walter C. Ervln, Frederick J. Battersby, Claude Graves, John P. Lorden. Girl, 15, Hurt In Collision Donna Ross.

15. of th sv Creek received a minor forehead Injury at 4:40 Wednesday afternoon when a car In which she was riding was involved in an cident on Pennsylvania Ave. near Broadway. County police said the girl was one of four 4n ound car operated by Edison weDster or the South Creek P.d. The auto rammed the rear of a truck reportedly parked in the south traffic lane.

Deputies Clerl and Hornaby Mid in irucK la ownert rty the Dal-tymple Gravel A Contacting- c. but have received official accU dent report. After the Webster car struck the truck, another southbound vehicle operated by Luther Bellows of Gil-lett, Pa sideswiped the truck as It was passing the scene. Leaving Accident Sf ene Count Denied Arrested "Tuesday on a charge of leaving the scene after hitting a dog, Lrmiin O. Terwllllger, 59, of 812 Oak denied guilt In Re corder's Court today.

His caae was postponed to Dec. 3. Terwllllger Is accused of falllnr to stop and notify the owner or police after his car struck a dor owned by Sally Hanner of 408 Stan-dish St. in front of the Hanner home last Saturday. Important facts uncovered during the State Department of Public Works survey of the city of Corning in October, 1946 (the survey on which the recommendation for the new thruway was based) include 1 Peak hour for parking, 2:30 to 3:30 p.

m. 2 Peak hour for traffic, 4:30 to 5:30 p. m. 3 Free flowing traffic: 30-foot paved street with occasional parking on both sides 300 vehicles an hour In each direction; 36-foot paved street with occasional parking on both sides 400 vehicles an hour In each direction; 40-foot paved street with parking both sides 500 vehicles an hour In each direction. 4 About 16 minutes to cross urban area, a distance of about six miles, at average speed of 22 miles an hour.

5 Steuben County car registration 24,000 in 1946; estimated at 28,000 in 19fl0. 6 Steuben County car registration In 1920 showed one vehicle for each 10 persons. Estimate-is for one vehicle for each 3V persons in I960. Santa Claus Comes Monday, Arriving by Helicopter Trailer Gamp Zone Change Disapproved The petition of Eugene Frost for rezoning of 10 acres at 50 Sheridan near Elmira Heights, from a residential to business district was disapproved by the Elmira Town Board at a special meeting Wednesday night. The Board charges that Mr.

Frost established a commercial auto trailer park on residence- zoned land without obtaining a certificate of occupancy from C. It. Mosch. town building inspector, as required by the town ordinance. Mr.

Frost, represented by Atty. Irving Etkind, had petitioned for the zoning change. At a public hearing he presented petitions favoring the change and several No one appeared in opposition. The Board reserved decision un til Wednesday night. The Board recognized that a housing emergency exists and will Inform Mr.

Frost that he may continue the camp until July 1, when non-compliance with the zoning ordinance must cease. Admits Guilt As Intox, Jailed 30 Days Albert Nurnberger, 34. of Emerson, N. arrested Oct. 30 on charges of intoxication and leaving the scene of an accident, was sentenced to 30 days in the county jail today by Recorder Gardner when he admitted the intoxication charge.

The charge of leaving an accident scene was withdrawn after Corp Counsel Winner told the court that police did not have enough evidence to warrant prosecution. He explained that there was not enough evidence that Nurnberger knew he hit another car before leaving the scene. When first taken before the Recorder Oct. 31, Nurnberger denied both charges. However, at the same time he paid damage bills totaling $154.80.

He paid $103 to Henry Margeit of 708 E. Water whose car he struck at Baldwin and Church and $51.80 to Richard McGrath of 516 W. First whose car he hit at College Ave. and Gray St. Atty.

Bertram A. Ziff, representing Nurnberger, protested vigorously when Recorder Gardner imposed the 30-day sentence. He pointed out that Nurnberger had settled all damages, and that he was not accused by police of driving while intoxicated. "I realized that," the Recorder replied. "Nevertheless, he admits he was driving the car, and this morning he pleaded guilty to intoxication.

Something's got to be done about these motorists who drive their cars after getting drunk. I could give him as much as six months for public intoxication." Atty. Ziff said he would appeal to County Court from the sentence. Nurnberger is a bank representative. TO NAME COMMITTEES A grievance committee will be appointed by the Chemung Chapter of the Civil Service Association Inc.

at its monthly meeting next Monday night at 7:30. 7t 3 Santa Claus is coming to town! Yea siree, kiddies, old Santa is going to drop in on Elmira Monday afternoon for an early visit and to make arrangements for his regular stop here Christmas Eve or early on the morning of Dec. 25. Increases in Teachers' Pay To Bring Rise in Tax Rate State-mandated boosts lit the salaries of Elmira teachers are expected to cause a substantial Increase in the 1948 school tax rate. Local Area Road Needs Studied When can FJmlra expect to re-delve a State Department of rub-lie Works report and recommendations for a thruway or thruways such as that given the Corning urban area Wednesday? The answer to that question often asked since yesterday's announcement of the Corning project must necessarily be Indefinite, Herman F.

Brumm of Hornell, district engineer, said today. The district head pointed out that a traffic survey was conducted here lart summer. Date obtained then ars being tabulated and analyzed at present, he added. Still further Information will be sought and correlated with what hss been learned previously. Mr.

Brumm described the first step In undertaking a thruway project as that of "hunting," delving deep in the community to determine not only Its present but Its past and probable future. The Corning Urban Area report announced Wednesday covers almost every single of the section involved. Elmira, at some time In the future, will have a similar report and recommended program. Mr. Brumm added.

Since the case of each city studied always varies from all others, It is impossible to predict when the report concerning the Elmira area can be completed, the distiftt engineer concluded. Rain or Snow Forecast The Elmira area may have rain or wow Friday, the Hlnghamton Weather Bureau predicts. The forecast: "Cloudy and not quite so cold tonight, lowest temperature near 25: Friday cloudy and rather cold with some rain or snow likely by night, highest about 3a." WKATHKK DATA Kince Apr. 1133 days It has rained 105 days Kince Nov. 119 days It has rained 8 days No rain Wednesday.

Total since Apr. 1 S0.G7 inches. Apr. 1-Nov. 30.

194633.73 inches Wrecked Car Hauled from Creek in- And taking advantage of the big tage of the big parade, Santa downtown dis- II of hia youth- Dbably picking Christmas balloon will ride around the trict. looking over all ful friends and probably out the trood boys and srirls. But on this early visit Santa Isn't going to arrive In his sleigh along with Dasher and Dancer and the rest of his reindeer. Thia time he's coming byt the most modern method of travel by hell-copter. Santa will arrive over the city at 4 o'clock Monday afternoon if the weather is good, and will spend a half-hour looking over the city.

picking out all the homes he is going to visit on Christmas. He will land at Parker Field at 4:30 to greet all the kiddies. He will have to hurry then to take care of a lot of little details pertaining to his Christmas visit and still get around in time to climb up on the giant balloon locomotive on which he will ride in the parade. The parade Is going to start at 7 Monday night so that the entire family can see it. To make the occasion more colorful, the Christmas lights downtown will be turn ed on for the first time Monday night.

Masonic Fair Opens Tonight Wellsburg The Chemung Valley Lodge will hold a Masonic Fair in the Chemung Lodge rooms tonight and Friday night. A cafeteria supped will be served each evening. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Burt and daughters of Horseheads, Mi.

and Mrs. Tim Birney of Doty Mill and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Birney of Litchfield have ben gueata of Mr. nn.l Mn, Mr, and Mia, Het tiett Clrtik of IClnvira were guests the first of the week of her mother, Mrs.

James Howe. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Hoffman and children of Batavia have been visiting Mrs. Hoffman's parents, the Rev.

and Mrs. A. G. Lewis. Mr.

and Mrs. Ray Cornell were weekend gueata of Mr. Cornell's sister, Mrs, Judd Lobdell of Mlnoa, N. Y. Guy Burnham spent Sunday with his son, Don Burnham and family of Mansfield.

HKAKING rOMTPONKII The case of Richard VanAtta, 33. of 908 Oak arrested last Sat- urday night on a charge of carry-! ing a blackjack, was postponed to Nov. 28 today by Recorder Gardner, vanAtia was arrested ry 1'atroi-; man Walker in a Lake St. service station. The 1S48 school budget will be submitted to the Board of Education "next Tuesday night.

For several weeks Schools Supt. Kerlin and Board committees have been compiling the budget, which will include the teachers' pay boosts. Supt. Kerlin explained today that the state law, enacted on the recommendation of a committee named by Governor Dewey, fixes the salaries of all of the Elmira school system's professional employes. When the state enacted the teacher salary law, it also gave cities of over 100,000 population, and counties, permission to levy new sales taxes to finance the pay increases.

(Chemung County and most of the state's other cities and counties disapproved the special taxes, however. This means that the Increase must be borne by local real estate unless the state Increases state aid to schools next year, or provides some other relief. However, regardless of action which might be taken by the Legislature next year, the local school Hoard will have to Increase the 1948 budget next week to finance the pay Increases, It Is understood. This year's budget also was about 549,000 higher than the 146 school budsret. The over crennes.

Th rliy government la facm! with I he pi onj'tif of beoaling fi-arles of city employes. City Manager Klebes and City Auditor Isz-ard have begun work on the 1948 city budget, but have not progressed far enough to speculate about the 1948 city tax rate. In addition to pay Increase re-qucNtu, the city doubtleas will he confronted by a knotty problem In fixing a legal budget. Under the state law, the budget cannot eceed two per cent ot the average aaaeaaed valuation of city real rotate for the preceding five year a. For several years city budgets have been near the two per cent by the same problem.

In Bing-hamton, for example, it is reported that city officials will draw about $200,000 from that city's water emergency fund for general city expenses in 1948. How Elmira will solve the legal budget problem remains to be seen. Town Approves Tax Division The Horseheads Town Board at a special meeting Wednesday afternoon adopted a resolution approving division of the $207, 573.25 Eclipse franchise tax money between the Town of EJmira Heights, a sagreed upon at a Joint meeting recently. The Town will receive $138,539.30 and the Village $69,033.95 The Heights Village Board had previously adopted a resolution approv ing the division. The fund has been held by the County Treasurer since 1945 pending an agreement on its division.

Winter Vegetables Placed on Display More than 30 voun? Deonle at- tended the first annual 4H Club winter vegetable show Wednesday evening in the Postofflce Bldg. Exhibits of nqtinnh, pumpkin and licet a wiiii lioetilecke, agent. judged by Itobert county agricultural Top honors went to Irving Tol-bert, who exhibited the best pumpkin, and Giles Tolbert, who exhibited the best squash. Prizes of seeds, donated by Ban-flrld-Jennlnga, were awarded to the winners. The prize-winning vegetables will be exhibited at the State Junior Vegetable Show at Syracuse Friday and Saturday.

Other contestants were: Thmni Pck, Vernon Tolbert, Hubert Baylor, Thomas Spink, Melvln Tolbert, Bruce Hallock and Kenneth Leon-' ard. Ernest C. Grant, county club High temperature yesterdsy, resulted from teacher pay in- SI io" iai nignt, a. lxw (hi fall -21 on Nov, 19, ifTl figure, City JAC Hears Talk On Gerard School James E. Bwartwood of Elmira addressed member of the Junior Association of Commerce V'ednes-day night at the Mark Twain Ho- t-l on the operation of the Gerard School at Philadelphia.

Mr. Swartwood told of educational opportunities mnde available to orphans accepted In the Inntltu-tton between the ages of six and nine. Students receive a complete grammar and high achoel education and are eligible for college cholarsbipa if their work la satis factory. I limit, and additional pay boosts! agent, showed color slides on varl-may push it over the legal limit. ous vegetables, 4H Club gardens Otber cities ot the state are faced and vegetable diseases.

1 TI1K CAIt In which Marcella (Sally) Shedden met death thia morning Is pictured after it had been hauled from the Fasttett Creek Into which it plunged..