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Page two LSVILLE DAILY REPORTER. WELLSVILLE, NEW YORK Friday, March 24, 1972 Serving Allegany, Petter Counties Ninety.Second Year Established 1MO "The object of our ii not that my may triumph over not that yours may gain victory ofcr mine, but that between us, we may discover the most perfect troth." Soonrtw. No Simple Answer Efforts to establish a countywide police department here are not new. The idea first surfaced more than three years ago. However, such efforts have progressed to the point where today the plan is actually being talked about, seriously.

A meeting was held recently for such discussion, and attending the session were representatives of every police agency in the county, as well as political figures who would be faced with making the final decision on whether or not to participate in establishing a county police agency. While some have suggested that the answer to the problem is "beefing up" the Sheriff's Department to provide road patrols, others feel this is not the answer to the problem. The problem is the fact that some residents in the sparsely populated areas of the county apparently feel they are not receiving adequate police protection. Members of the county legislature claim that they are receiving such complaints. Several of the Villages in the county have their own police departments, and the county is covered by the 30 man force of State Police who work out of the Wellsville station.

But all agree that due to limited manpower and equipment, there are some areas in some townships that do not receive patrol service as frequently as the residents would like. Of course, here too is a point at odds how often should a specific area be patrolled. Professional law enforcement officers will note that it is only logical for road patrols to concentrate in the more heavily populated areas, because this "is where the action is." But the folks who live in less heavily populated areas counter with the argument that they are entitled to the same police protection and coverage. There is no implication intended that State Police are not providing coverage. And their professional assessment of adequate coverage often differs from that which residents feel they want or need.

Yet, a look at the State Police activity for any month will show that there is no portion of Allegany County not receiving their professional attention, in areas such as vehicle and traffic activity as well as criminal investigation. The ideal situation, of course, would be to have a police officer at every intersection and on every road in the county at all times. All too often the people who advocate police coverage of this magnitude are the same people who express total unwillingness to pay a few more dollars in taxes to support additional police activity. There is no simple answer to this complex situation. Before any answer can be found, there must be some measure of agreement that there is a problem or a need, and then agreement on the magnitude of that need.

This issue will be explored further in continuing editorials in this series. (Next: Rob Peter, Pay Paul?) innnnnooopooonnnnnnnnnr "in-rrntf Up With The Crocodile By Marilyn Lester Even without looking at the calendar, I know it must be Spring. I was able to remove sheets from the line without chipping today, and that's a sure sign. Also, I managed to pry up two garbage can lids from the mound of grey snow where they've lain for five weeks. Something's definitely happening, weather-wise.

According to my "Wretched Mess Calendar," it is now "Militant Masticators' and several celebrations are in order. We are currently observing "Potato Blight (luck of the Irish) Week," which includes "Woo a Sioux "Multiple Choice Day (with options of 'Yes', 'Not Yet', and 'Rye Bread 1 and "Combined Dennis, Lorraine and Doris Day." In addition, this week includes the birthday anniversary of "the lovely Harriet Beecher Poltroon, Sex and Garden Editor of the 'Wretched Mess News' We are sorry to note that "Grainy Fudge Week" has come and gone with its "Up to Your Butts in Marlboro Country "National Cannibalism Week" was Munch 5-11, and we trust you observed it with "Have A Friend For Dinner "Let's Chew the Fat (Greasy Grandma) "Used Car Dealers Can Give You a Bellyache "Barbecue a Bureaucrat "Don't Cook Insurance Man, They're Too Stringy "Stew In Your Own Juice (introverted au jus) and, last but far from least, "Bone Picking Day." We planned something appropriate for each day, and the week was a great success. Munch 12-18 was "Runny Nose climaxing with "Unappreciative Child Day" and "Fillet (Have Your Bones Removed) Day." It was all jolly fun. Yes, Spring has sprung, and the worms are up. This is good news for the prospective fisherman, but yuck! time for the squeamish.

The wigglers fill the sidewalks, leaving little ruts in the mud, making the pedestrian play hop-skotch. Sap cans I can take, and the Ides of March, but worms make me crawl. Spring is the season for lovers and, this year as in years past, we have them in abundance. I want to race out and warn the strolling swains about chipping sheets and worms and things, but would they care? No. When you are young, as I recall, all cares and worries fade along with acne with the coming of the first strong rays of the sun.

So. A new season begins. This moans rummaging around on the bottom of the ironing basket in search of blouses and skirts, sleeveless dresses and lightweight hot pants. It means discarding long-Johns for short- Johns, drinking bock beer, draining off and storing anU- freeze, and losing 10 pounds to be able to wriggle into your bathing suit. Maybe I need a new suit this season, as they tell me bathing dresses and pantaloons are OUT.

You can criticize the President. You can criticize the Vice-President. You can criticize the Congress. But you've got to hand it to the Internal Revenue Service! -rAfcfeo- Grandma turned off by X-rated films By Abigail Van Buren to im bv Trikmt-N. V.

NtM DEAR ABBY: Please tell me, am I an old fashioned, prissy, 52-year-old wife, mother, and grandmother because I don't enjoy going to X-rated movies? My husband thinks I fltft. He asked me to go to one of those movies with him and I did, and I didn't care for it at all. To me sex is something beautiful between a husband and wife, and I don't like to see it exploited before my eyes on a movie screen. My husband says it turns him on. Well, it turns me OFF! Do you think I should go to sexy movies with him lust to keep him company? I find them humiliating.

OLD FASHIONED DEAR OLD: If your husband needs an X-rated fUm to turn him on, let him go alone. And tell him to hurry straight home before you turn IN, or he's turned OFF! DEAR ABBY: This concerns the propriety of asking a hostess, when she invites you to dinner, "Who else is coming?" I don't think it's impolite to ask. I always do. And it's not because I may want to decline or accept, depending on who else will be there. We live in the suburbs, and if friends who live nearby are going to the same party in the city, it's convenient and fun to ride together.

If I invited someone to a party, and she asked who else was coming because if she didn't care for some of my other guests she might decline, I would rather she did. ALWAYS ASKS DEAR ALWAYS: Your reason for asking is a valid one, which changes the complexion of the situation. So, don't guess who's coming to dinner. Ask! DEAR ABBY: In reference to "Disgusted" who had so many bad experiences with service and repairmen who didn't show up: She should call the Better Business Bureau when shopping for a repairman. And even more important, if one doesn't show up, she should let the B.

B. B. know about it. Businessmen with a reputation for "standing up" their customers don't stay in business long. And your complaints to the B.

B. B. are kept strictly confidential. ALL FOR THE B. B.

B. DEAR ALL: Thanks for the reminder. Now hear it from the repairmen: DEAR ABBY: Since others use your column to air their pet gripes, may It's customers who; when they arrange for an appointment to repair their television, fail to be there, or even leave a door unlocked. They don't call, they just aren't there. an excuse, "I went to the store for a few minutes," car trouble, Abby, time is money, and these inconsiderate people cost us both.

My other repairman friends tell me they've had the same lousy experience with some customers. What's the matter with people nowadays? Their word isn't worth a thing. DISGUSTED REPAIRMAN IN TEXAS DEAR ABBY: You wrote, "I think there should be a special place in heaven for the woman who marries a divorced man with a first family, because as far as the man is concerned from guilt or his "first" family usually comes first. And the same holds true for a divorced woman with a first family. Abby, I don't want to get personal, but such insight and compassion could only have come from a woman who has had that experience.

Did you perchance marry a divorced man with a "first" family? NOSY DEAR NOSY: No. But some of my best friends did. What's your problem? You'll feel better if you get it off chest. Write to ABBY, Box 69700, Los Angeles, Cal. M069.

For a personal reply enclose stamped, addressed envelope. For Abby's booklet, "How to Have a Lovely Wedding," send $1 to Abby. Box 69700. Los Angeles. Cal.

90069. History, Life of Chief Shongo Told by Town of Alma Historian KDtTOR'S NOfK the following article was submitted by Norman Ives, local historian, after a visit by a descendant of Chief Shongo. the Indian for whom a local village was named. By NORMAN WES In the early 1830's our area was solid dilderness. The present village of Alma, was called Shongo, named for Chief Shongo who with his family and followers moved into this area from the Caneadea Reservation.

As told in the book, "The Alma Story 1795-1850," by Hazel M. Shear, quite a settlement of Indians lived in the area between 1830 and 1840. Chief Shongo became very unhappy to see the white's move in and took his family and friends and moved east into a section of Willing near what was then called THE LITTLE LAKE IN THE WOODS', west of the Genesee river. Chief Shongo wanted to name that area Shongo, which at the time was called Beanville. The residents refused to do so.

The old legend is that Chief Shongo made a prediction that destruction would some day hit the area. The cyclone of Sept. 28,1884 (the great-grandfather of this writer was killed in that storm) could very well have been the destruction that Shongo predicted. After the storm the townspeople decided to call the village Shongo. Mr.

and Mrs. Raymond Griffin, while on a visit here, gave me new and interesting information concerning the life of Chief Shongo whose real name was GA-NE-SHON-GO which means 'COPPER HEAD'. Mr. Griffin is a Seneca and directly descended from Chief Shongo, and Mrs. Griffin is an Onondaga Indian.

The Indians called the Chief Shongo for short and that name stuck. According to the book, "Allegany Ox which deals with the early history of the Allegheny Indian Reservation, Shongo is the name that Chief Shongo's sons used when they married, as the family name. One of lief Shongo's sons RECENT VISITORS Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Griffin, an Indian couple from Salamanca, recently visited Norman Ives, Alma Town Historian.

Mr. Griffin is a Seneca and direct descendant of Chief Shongo, and whose grandmother was Minnie Shongo, and Mrs. Griffin is a full blooded Onondaga Indian. (Reporter photo by Norman Ives) Jemison's (White Woman of The Genesee) daughter, Polly. They are ancestors of Mr.

Griffin. Chief Shongo was a tall stn man. He was strong of body very dignified, the way many of us have imagined him. Chief Shongo was called by several titles, including Commander Shongo, because he was commander in the British Forces; Chief Shongo because he was early Chief of the Caneadea Reservation; Doctor Shongo because of his great knowledge of Indian medicines; Captain Shongo; and in the "AN INDIAN PARLIAMENT he is called Colonel Shongo. Chief Shongo fought on the British side during the Revolution and it was told the British promised to set aside lands for the Senecas.

Chief Shongo made a statement, "God gave this land to the Indians and lary they should have the right to hold on to at least a small part of it which to call their own." It was the British that set aside the lands in 1760 that the Indians now have, Cattaraugus and Allegheny Reservations. The name Shongo was famous for over 100 years during the history making days in New York State. With Commander Shongo, the British won some important battles in the Cherry Valley area of New York State. The last defeat of the Seneca Indians took place near Elmira. There were 2000 whites against 800 Senecas.

A monument stands at that battle area and on it reads: "THIS PLACE MARKS THE FINAL DEFEAT OF THE SENECAS BY WASHINGTON'S MEN UNDER GEN. SULLIVAN." There are several names on that marker, of those who fought there, and one of them is GANE-SHON-GO. It is said that Shongo was shot through the hips by Major Moses Van. Chief Shongo's grandsons settled on' the Allegheny Reservation near Salamanca and came there from the Buffalo Creek Reservation. One of Shongo's grandsons, William Shongo, was Mr.

Griffin's great- grandfather. James Shongo was the son of Chief Shongo. James, William's father, was the favorite grandson of Mary Jemison. Mr. Griffin told me that when he was a small boy he heard the older Indians tell that William Shongo and his wife walked from the Buffalo Creek Reservation to the Allegheny Reservation and through the winderness.

William Shongo was the leader in organizing the first Baptist Church in the Allegheny area in 1858. William Shongo was the father of Mr. Griffin's grandmother, Minnie Shongo. Chief Shongo was the last surviving member of the old Caneadea Reservation. He was buried on the Reservation but in 1936 his remains were dug up and re-buried on the Houghton College campus.

On his marker it reads 'COPPERHEAD' died in 1864, which was twenty years to the year before the Shongo Cyclone. Chief Shongo died at the age of 126 years. Although the Indian has long been gone from our area, relics to prove that they once run the gauntlet are found now and then throughout our area. I have collected many of these relics and a lady in Shongo has a rare stone that the Indians personally gave her grandfather. In my collection, I have what the Indians used as a trail marker.

A message in Indian language, Indian writing is on this stone. To them it was a big secret to what the message meant. This stone was found on what is known as Indian Flats, located at the eastern end of the once enchanted Four Mile Woods. I have often wondered if the brave hands of Chief Shongo had touched this stone because it was found along his trail, that is for sure. HIGHEST S1TK COLEMAN, Alta.

(AP) A 60-foot radio communication tower has been installed in this area at the highest manned forestry site in North America. Parts for the tower had to be carried by hand the last I 1 .2 miles up rocky cliffs to the top of Sugar Loaf mountain 35 miles north of here. NOW (Pfuntner Sales Service) New Plymouth Gold Duster with gold (or black) vinyl canopy roof WORTH ABOUT OtALEHS CHRYSLER Red Cross Grateful To The Editor: The Allegany County Chapter of American Red Cross wishes to express its sincere appreciation to you and the Wellsville Daily Reporter for the excellent promotion of the "save the blood program" appeal. The response of the people and organizations of Allegany County has been most gratifying. The board is of the opinion that the news releases will also help us in the fall fund campaign as it has made many residents aware of the need of the blood program and also its cost.

Sincerely yours, Mrs. Philip H. Duke Executive Director Kenneth Dillon Chapter Chairman KKRPS BUSY AT KANKAKEE, III. (AP) Being 99 years old, Mrs. Nelda McNamara says the secret of longevity is "work." She knits and used to make dresses for family members.

A widow, she lives with a sister. In U.S. Uniforms Navy Airman Apprentice Roger S. Fullam, son of Mr. and Mrs.

Rex S. Fullam 250 E. Dyke has completed the Aviation Structural Mechanic School at Memphis. Aviation Structural Mechanics maintain hydraulic systems, fuselages and wings aboard naval aircraft. He is a former student of Wellsville High School.

Dan Marsh, son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald F. Marsh, 21 Sunnydale has been decorated by the Canisius College Army R.O.T.C. Commander in an awards ceremony held in Buffalo recently.

Cadet Marsh is one of several cadets to receive a blue and gold cord in recognition of outstanding scholastic achievement. Cadet Marsh has also become a member of the Canisius College Varsity Rifle Team after high scoring in the competitive marksmanship examinations held recently. The team, crmposed of six members, is Uiider the direction of M- Sgt. William A. Freeland, of the college R.TO.T.C.

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