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en. Tier Residents Term Watergate Mixed Up Mess can't see how he wouldn't have known before the case is closed. 1 DICK BAUMBACH Every person contacted in a Star-' Gazette telephone survey about the Watergate scandal in Washington, D.C. knew of the incident and the events surrounding it. The survey of Twin Tier residents was conducted Tuesday night.

All the individuals questioned said the political espionage episode will affect the remaining three and a half years of President Richard M. Nixon's administration. Mrs. Clarence Graham of 120 N. Monroe Watkins Glen said the incident "should affect his administration.

I She said, "First I think people are really dumb to have done something like that. "Second, I believe the bugging was approved by higher ups in government and third I find it very difficult to believe that what they did they tried to cover up. Yau can't keep things covered up forever." When will the final chapter in the Watergate caper be written? Mrs. Henry Dolan of Athens RD 2 "It's going to be quite sometime before everything is all out in the open. I'm afraid there's a lot more to come before hear the end of the word Watergate." Doesn't Caton Mrs.

Clark also said she believes it is possible Nixon might have some direct involvement in the scandal. Of all the persons contacted, 50 per cent said they thought Nixon had some type of involvement in the incident, while 40 per cent said they were not sure about the President's closeness to the case and wanted more information before, they made definite opinions. Ten per cent said they didn't believe Nixon is directly involved in the matter. Mrs. Neal M.

Galusha of the Middle Road, Horseheads, best summed up the thoughts of the majority of the people contacted about the Watergate affair. Water Family in Elmira, N. Y. Apirl H973 "Occassionally we have to badger the county to patch the cement." she A question that pops up is what happened to the house-over-the-creek during the recent "Not much," says Mrs. Kellberg.

'The water got only 10 inches deep, but I called my husband home from work in case a treeshould get lodged in the opening." (The flood waters did gouge several largf ruts about half way up the hill from the Kellberg house.) "Our only concern during the flood was that the water would wash down Gazette i fk3 if Cr5w Workshop Planned On Oral History WELLSBORO-Is oral history the thing of the future? The- Tioga County Historical Society seems to think it is. A public workshop on oral history techniques, supervised by Dr. Paul C. O'Rourke and Susan Ellmaker, history professors at Mansfield State College, will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Gmeiner Art Gallery, Main Wellsboro.

Dr. O'Rourke and Miss Ellmaker will Only three of the individuals contacted knew what the Watergate is. Several individuals said the Watergate stood for a group of men involved in the scandal, while others said they had no idea why the word was being used in connection with the incident. When asked what Watergate is Mrs. David Crowley of 200 Chapman Place replied, "I don't know exactly what Watergate is, but I do know that it is a mixed up mess involving top government people." Mrs.

Crowley said she did not believe the total Watergate story will ever be made public, but she said quite a bit of additional information will be released probation for 10 months. Robert J. Laukaitis of New Albany RD 1, forgery, 23 months probation paid $350. Faye H. Coyne, 123 Cayuta Sayre, forgery four counts, case continued.

James Rosh of Sayre RD 2, worthless checks, $350 and 23 months Dale R. O'Connor, no address given, two counts of driving under suspension and driving while intoxicated, case continued. Norman E. Stephenson of 13 Olive Towanda, driving while intoxicated, $250 and turn in license. Robert J.

Drake of Maple Sayre, fornication, 12 months probation, $250. Max C. Shedden of 6 Macintosh Lane, Canton, burglary and larceny, $200 and six months probation. Five were released under ARB, the new accelerated rehabilitation program. 7.

I hi. Norval Alleman of Jennings Road, Odessa, said he believes "it is really unfortunate that the American public" wasn't aware that this kind of thing has been going on by both parties. The thing with Watergate is that the Republicans got caught and 'will take the rap for it." Alleman also said that political espionage has been "going on since time' began. You can't get around it." Mrs. Arthur Clark of 22 W.

Sycamore Corning said the American public should take heed from the Watergate scandal and "If they want a little better government know who they are putting into office. House Trouble CATON Mr. and Mrs. Howard E. Kellberg always have water in their cellar, A creek literally runs through the middle of their large two-story frame house on the Hendy Hollow Road adjacent to the Caton Town Hall.

Why would anyone build a house over a -creek? The present owners say they don't know, but suspect the creek was not as' large as it is now or maybe wasn't there at all when the house was built more than 100 years ago. Mrs. Kellberg has a newspaper dated 1863 which was found in the walls during some recent remodeling. The couple also has some idea of how the creek came to be from photographs taken after the flood in 1937. I The pictures were given to them by an older Caton resident after the Kellbergs bought the house in 1954.

Those 1937 pictures show a crawl-space ditch three to four feet wide and two feet deep running under the basementless house. Because the house acted like a dam for debris carried with the waters, after the flood the Works Progress Administration (WPA) dug and tunneled and cemented the ditch six feet wide and a man's height in depth all the way under the house. They also fettered with stones, cement, railroad ties and boiler plate panels. The Kellbergs point to the slightly eroded WPA initials in the cement at the point the creek meets the house. Living over a creek makes life interesting, the Kellberg's say.

When it freezes, neighbor kids ice skate under the house and when it's not frozen, puddle' through the several inches of water that usually flows. When it rains the current also picks up stones and they hear the rocksclunkity-clunk down the cemented stream bed, Mrs. Kellberg said. She said they can also rest in bed and listen to running water because there is a small waterfall where the stream emerges from underneath the house and then meanders down the hill. It doesn't make the house especially damp and her two children have never fallen in, Mrs.

Kellberg said. Because the bouse doesn't have a basement, however, Landscaping School To Begin May 3 fOWANDA Bradford County Extension Service will sponsor a home landscaping school in May at Towanda High School in cooperation with Pennsylvania State University. The first class will meet May 3. The course is designed to help homeowners plan, design and carry out a landscape program for their homes. For more information, persons may contact Al Homan at the Cooperative Extension Service at the Towanda Courthouse.

r-r' Ove Page 13 "ItWI'Hl MHr4h nrrpli wniilHgp Out Of its oea, tt.eiiDerg saia. Otherwise the Kellbergs haven't had any problems with the creek. "Before we bought the house, I asked the highway superintendent and neighbors if there had been any problems with the creek," Kellberg said. And it was because of the creek that they bought the house in the first place. "We were out driving and I saw the water running under the house," Mrs.

Kellberg recalls. "We stopped to look at it and also saw the for sale sign." instruct volunteers to conduct taped interviews which will then be filed with the society. Lowell Coolidge, society president, said "The purpose of the project is to preserve for posterity the live voices of senior citizens in the county and amass a wealth of historical knowledge." On the same date, the Knoxville unit of the society will sponsor a membership tea. The course will be taught in Schuyler County on Saturday mornings 9 to noon at the county courthouse on May 12, May 19 and June 2. Higher Spud Prices Blamed On Bad Weather ALBANY, N.Y.

AP) Bad weather in potato producing parts of the country have been blamed by the state Department of Agriculture and Markets for rapidly rising prices for the vegatable. The department's consumer and market information service claimed that heavy rains in Florida, California and Alabama have delayed and cut into the potato crop. The price of potatoes is expected to remain high. Do! I Cancer Drive Boating Safety Course Open to Tier Youth NEW- BRIDGE Hans Kellberg stands on new bridge on the side of his' Caton home built over a creek. 5 Jailed for Drug Violations something about it.

It will affect his administration, all right." Mrs. Henry W. Scouten of the Bear-town Road, Painted Post, said believed the scandal would affect the course of the Nixon administration's remaining years, but she does not think the President was directly involved. The Watergate affair involves top White House aides and former top government officials and concerns the bugging of the Democratic national headquarters at the Watergate office and hotel complex in Washington, D.C. in June.

two to 12 months. Clyde C. Preston of Wyalusing RD 2 was fined $250 and jailed for one to six months. David Smales of Riverside Drive, Wyalusing was fined $500 and jailed for six to 23 months. The defendant whose sentence was deferred was Charles B.

Golik of Dickson City, Pa. Others before the court: Clyde C. Preston of Wyalusing RD 2 and Thomas Bates of Stevensville, both charged with larceny of a motor vehicle, ordered to pay $250 each and put on phetamines, 24 barbiturates, 8 multiple drugs, and 33 other drugs. The survey findings, in a 34-page report, included several recommendations topped by stressing that the Yates County Legislature should continue to endorse the Narcotics Guidance Council. Other recommendations seek to broaden community participation in NGC planning, developing a comprehensive plan for drug education in the county, further education in use and abuse of alcohol in the schools, create a youth bureau to strengthen youth programs and broaden the Alcoholics Anonymous program in the county.

The survey was conducted in four major areas of business and industry personnel, agency and institutional personnel, the schools and among clergy, pharmacists, physicians and law enforcement officers. Baptist Association Meeting Sunday NEW ALBANY The Rev. Per Midteide will be the missionary speaker the Bradford Baptist Association meeting Sunday afternoon at the New1 Albany Baptist Church. Registration will be at 2 p.m. Mr.

Midteide will speak at 3:30. He is the pastor of the Baptist Church of Por-sgrunn, Norway. Dinner will be served at 5:30 and will be followed by the evening program with speaker Dr. Clifford G. Hansen, area minister of American Baptist Churches of Northeast Pennsylvania.

TOWANDA Five persons received jail terms for drug violations and one sentence was deferred in Bradford County Court Tuesday. The one sentence was deferred pending further investigation. Fifteen persons were brought before Judge Evan S. Williams by Dist. Atty.

Maurice L. Epstein. 1 In the drug cases, Donald D. Brown and Theodore E. Smith Jr.

both of Rome RD 1 each were fined $500 and ordered to the county jail for two to nine months. James J. Hoover of 704 Main Towanda was fined $200 and sentenced for Top Drug Problem In Yates Is Alcohol WATKINS GLEN Tier youngsters interested in taking New York State's Young Boatman's Safety Course may enroll now for the course, Schuyler County Sheriff Maurice F. Dean said. Young sailors may enroll for the course at the sheriff's office, the elementary school and the high school in Watkins Glen.

The course is required for those ages 10 to 14 before they are legally allowed to operate a mechanically powered boat in New York State. The course is sponsored by the Conservation Department's Division of Motor Boats. The course consists of eight basic units and is designed to be taught in three three-hour sessions. All course materials will be furnished free. They'll Do'I For Schuyler By SALLE RICHARDS S-G Cultural Writer WATKINS GLEN James Beard doesn't believe in unemployed actors.

When he found he had an employment break between winter theater and summer stock this year, he decided to put the time to good use. A native of the Watkins Glen area, Beard wanted to do something to help out this year's American Cancer Society campaign and hit upon the idea of producing a play for the benefit of the Schuyler County Unit of the Cancer Society. Enlisting the talents of two friends, Rebecca Hoodwin and Thomas Slack, Beard is bringing a production of "I Do! I Do!" to Watkins April 26 through 29. Beard and Miss Hoodwin play the characters in the two character play which Slack is directing. Four performances are scheduled at', the Watkins Glen Elementary School; 8 p.m.

performances Thursday, Friday and Saturday and a 3 p.m. show Sunday. The crew of three arrived last week and started to put together their production. The musical comedy follows the life of one couple from their first days of marriage to their senior citizen years. "I don't want to be a play producer.

I'm happy to just be an actor," Beard said. "But I wanted to do this because of a personal concern about the cancer fund." Beard, son of Mr. and Mrs. N.J. Beard of Valois, was bitten by the theater bug in high school.

After playing the title role in his senior class production of "L'il Abner" at Watkins Glen High School in 1966, he decided to major in drama in college. After graduation from the State 1 1 A PENN YAN "The greatest drug problem in Yates County centers on the 1 use and abuse of alcohol," a survey report the Yates County Comprehensive Health Planning Committee said. "It is not possible to give exact figures on the use and abuse of drugs by individuals anymore than it is possible to give accurate figures on the number of drivers who exceed the speed limit," it said. Precise data in terms of the number of persons under the influence of drugs who came to, the attention of police or a hospital showed 266 of 403 persons seeking help involved with alchohol. A breakdown of drug types included 42 marijuana, 10 hallucionogens, 20 am- Mansfield Benefit Concert Monday MANSFIELD The Esquires.

Mansfield State College's 20-piece jazz-rock ensemble and stage band, will present a benefit concert in Straughn Auditorium Monday at 8 p.m. Proceeds from the concert will help finance the band's trip to the International Convention of Kiwanis in Montreal, June 24-27. The band, sponsored by the Mansfield Kiwanis Club, will represent Penn- sylvania Kiwanis at the convention. Tickets are available from the Mansfield Kiwanis. Correction The names of David Popper and Brett Skelly, winners in a Big Flats Easter egg hunt, were spelled incorrectly in some-editions of April 19's Star-Gazette.

University of New York at Oswego, he studied at the American Academy "of Dramatic Art in New York City. He was then ready to pound the streets from casting office to casting office. "It's really an insecure profession. You have to love it to do it," Beard said. Since becoming a professional actor, Beard has shown a preference foe character parts from Captain Hook in Peter Pan to Don Quixote in a New England production of Man of LaMancha.

He's also done educational television programs and some radio plays in New York City. After "I Do! I Do!" in Watkins Glen, Beard and Slack will be playing summer Mock in New Hampshire this summer while Miss Hoodwin will be appearing at the North Shore Music Theater; of Beverly, Mass. He hasn't performed in any televsiion soap operas, but isn't at all disappointed. Although soap operas are financially rewarding, they are unchallenging professionally. However, television commercials are something else.

"The residuals are terrific," Beard said. "Theater is really getting better," Beard said. He added that not only are more and better plays being written and produced in the city, but also theater is gaining stronger footholds outside of New York City. "I predict in the next few years, you'll have a professional dinner theater in this area," Beard said. If and when that happens, Beard thinks he'll probably still stay in New York City.

"The city is a terrific place when what you love is there." he said. PLAY REHEARSAL James Beard and Rebecca Hoodwin practice opening scenes in production of "I Do! I to be presented at Watkins Glen Elementary School,.