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Search ends on sixth day Friday, Aug. 11, 1967 OnecntaSiot Missing girls found in New York City HAPPY BIRTHDAY The crew of the DO Line cuts cake during "party" celebrating first anniversary of line. (L-R) Ivan Church, trainman; Charles Blazer, engineer; Tim Wilsey, conductor. (Star staff photo) Three 13 year old Oneonta girls who left home August 4 were located Thursday in New York City, apparently sale and sound, after being the subject of a multi state search by police agencies and relatives. New York Police notified State Police at Oneonta by teletype yesterday that they had picked up and were detaining Sarah Pondolfino, Kathleen Joyce and Mary Conklin.

Joyce girl was picked up first, State Police said, and the two others apprehended City Life Oneonta's Zoning Board of Appeals had a meeting scheduled at 8 p.m. Monday, August 14. Thursday City Clerk Gerald Molinari said the session has been postponed until 8 p.m. August 21 because zoning board members are so involved in other summer activities that it would be impossible to get enough members together Monday night to make up a quorum. Steam line Zoning rule puts end -KT iQ Newman center anniversary Thursday A year ago Thursday the Public Service Commission handed down an order permitting the DO Line to legally begin operation of its steam railroad line.

The event was celebrated Thursday in the offices of the railroad with a birthday party for officials and guests. Nearly 20 persons gathered to help celebrate the'first anniversary of the DO Line with' four birthday cakes, ice cream and beverages. Since the inception of the DO Line--which came into a reality after early work by Charles Truscott and Vernon Seeley-nearly 15,000 persons have ridden, the line. Walt Rich, general manager of the DO Line, said that near, ly 10,000 have ridden the train to date this year. Last year, under a limited schedule, almost 5,000 persons rode the line, Rich added.

This year's operations, he went on, are much improved over last year. Included among the improvements are 500 additional ties, lengthening the run one-half mile and the addition of a pic- nic area. The train makes one run a day except Monday; On Saturdays and Sundays the train runs four times daily. Fox Hospital CENSUS: BIRTHS: Mr. and Mrs.

William Gravelin, 10 North a daughter, 6 12 7:23 a.m., Aug. 10. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Welton, 70 Clinton a daughter, 8 3 3.32 p.m., Aug.

10. ADMISSIONS: Marvin Bates, ZWi West Miss Christy Page, Oneonta RD3; i Cynthia Page, Oneonta RD3, and Master Jeffery a Garrattsville. DISCHARGES: Mrs. Mary Burgher, 71 Hudson Miss Cheryle Levine, Oneonta RD3; Miss Judith McKean, 55 Richards Mrs. Diana Roseboom, Otego; Mrs.

Edith Silts, Delhi Stage; James Stone, Morris, and Mrs. Minnie Yost, 50 River Street. Drivers wanted WALTON Walton Central School is seeking bus drivers, male or female, to start work September 5. Driving lessons for three sessions a week are available. Applicants may file at the school bus garage, Delaware Street.

Plans for anew Newman center for Catholic students at Hartwick College and State University College at Oneonta have taken a sudden change. Due to a zoning ordinance in the city the proposed center at 3 Brigham Road will not be used and is up for sale. The regulation says that public gatherings at homes in the residential section of the Second Ward are prohibited. The property, valued at $35,000, was purchased by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany from Albert E. Farone, Electrical fire school for Beach The Oneonta area's expert on firefighting, New York State Fire Instructor Allan Beach of West Oneonta, will be in Oswego August 12-13 to learn the pertinent details of fighting major electrical fires.

Jack Knapp of West Laurens, president of the Otsego County Fire Advisory Board, a i Monday that Beach will be sponsored by the Fire Advisory Board at the two day Fire Officers Utility Training School to be. conducted at Oswego by the Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation. The classes Beach will attend, the county president explained, have to do with furthering training in handling fires in electrical installations. Beach said the course is not concerned with small electrical blazes such as may be encountered in a residence but with a disasters such as might strike a substation or hi tension installation. "I think it is very fine that Mr.

Beach can go', to the school," Knapp said, pointing oiit that experience along this line will be an extra bonus for local firemen in the classes the state fire instructor teaches through the county. The county president noted that the county 'board backs In- i a i i throughout the county during each year with classes slated this autumn and next spring. The first, Knapp said, is scheduled for a in September with others to follow at Fire Houses about the "THE LAW OFFICES of Harold C. Vrobman will be closed from August through August inclusive." advt lot. a local attorney, and Manuel C.

Barretto, a city contractor. The diocese bought properly with the idea of providing facilities for the Catholic college students and as a residence for the chaplain. The Rev. Ferdinand A Ermlich is the college chaplain, but is taking a year's leave of absence for graduate work at Syracuse University. Oficials of St.

Mary's Church said that students gathering at the House would be considered a public gathering. The house at Brigham Road was bought to take the place of Newman Hall at 77 Spruce which would have been put up for But now, oficials added, Newman Hall will.be kept and the chaplain will continue to live at St. Mary's Rectory. The home on Brigham Road is now being occupied by Walter D. Wasson, manager of the Corning Glass Works plant in Oneonta.

The building consists of four rooms which were intended for offices or bedrooms, a large living room, dining room and kitchen area. The lower level was planned for use by students as a chapel facility. Tap your toe The Sixth Ward Athletic Club will sponsor a tennis court dance from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. Friday.

Music will be provided by The Royales. Proceeds will be used to expand the athletic facilities and maintenance of the playground. Police said family members. Appraised that the girls had been located, immediately left for New York to pick up the wanderers. Oneonta's State Police sub station has been the relay point for teletype messages from all over the east between other agencies and the a Municipal Police Department.

A spokesman for the Missing Persons Bureau of the metropolitan police department said yesterday that Sarah Pondolfino and Mary Conklin were spotted by a Patrolman Dodge in the city's 23rd precinct. However there was indication from Missing Persons where or by whom the Joyce youngster was located. A spokesman at the 23rd Precinct said a afternoon that, because the girls were minors, his office would release no details of how the girls were picked up. The 23rd Precinct, a residents familiar with the i a area said yesterday, covers the area in and about the 127-125th Street area, a location described as "uptown Harlem" and clear across Manhattan from the Greenwich Village area where it had been indicated earlier the girls planned to make their way. The three girls were last seen in Oneonta about 11 p.m.

Friday after apparently telling their parents they were off to a Superintendent reveals teacher replacement list Retirement A representative of the U. S. Railroad Retirement Board will be present at Room 21, City Hall, at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, August 16, 1967, for the benefit of all persons desiring information or assistance regarding the Railroad Retirement or Unemployment Insurance Acts. Temperatures slumber party.

They were first reported missing Saturday and the search, including an "all points bulletin" over the State Police teletype, went into effect. Evidence turned up by local police indicated that the trio had planned the escapade for some time and that they had planned to make their way to "The Village" area' of New York City. During the time they were missing police ran down a number of leads which proved to be worthless, both in the area and elsewhere. Twenty four new teachers will join the staff of the Oneonta Consolidated School System next month, Superintendent of School Robert C. White announced Thursday.

They will report for a day of orientation September 1. The new teachers are: SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL Mrs. Grace D. Larkin, with a BS from Oneonta SUC to teach English, replacing Mrs. Helen Wilder, who is transferring to Latin, replacing Mrs.

Emily Schaefer. Calvin R. Minor, with a BS from Springfield previously taught in Northport (N.Y.) High School, to teach physical education, replacing Edward Konopa. Miss Christyn A. Peck, AAS from Erie County Technical Institute, dental i i replacing Mrs.

Linda Pearce. Richard A. Kohrlack, BS from Oiwonta SUC, to a chemistry, previously taught in Colonie High School, replacing John Greze. Miss Helen D. Sandford, BS from University of New Hampshire, will teach girls' physical education replacing Miss Linda Rodriguez.

Thomas W. Schermcrhorn, BS from SUC at Albany, to teach commerce, replacing Patten. JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL Robert N. Consroe, BS from SUC at Brockport, to teach physical education, replacing Richard Sloat. Mrs.

Florence A. Denton, BS from East Stroudsburg (Pa.) State College and M. Ed from St. Lawrence University, to teach mathematics, previously taught in Laysville, Pa. and East Greenwich, RI, replacing John lliggins, who has been appointed i i a of Valleyview School.

David J. Forbes, BS from SUC at Oneonta, to teach social studies, replacing Kenneth Blye. Roger P. Hardy, BS from SUC at Oneonta, to teach English, replacing Mrs. Mary Hall.

Mrs. Susan Y. Jensen, BA from SUC at Albany, taught in Scotia and Holtsville, to teach Spanish and Latin, replacing Miss Margaret Armento. Larue Lincoln, BA from SUC at New Paltz, to teach French and German, previously was language lab assistant at New Paltz, replacing Mrs. Ann-Elisa Schutt.

Miss Barbara Martin, BA from Elmira College, replaces Ira Learned, who a industrial arts, to teach art. Miss Judith A. Tator, BA from SUC at Cortland, to teach replacing School board president disdains lottery sales Oneonta, clear Albany, cloudy Albuquerque, cloudy 81 High Low Pr. 75 62 79 68 65 New York, cloudy Seattle, cloudy Tampa, cloudy Winnipeg, cloudy 87 71 90 75 Summer program sessions end SOUTH KORTRIGHT The South Koriright Central School summer program, under the direction of Mrs. Toni Weaver, closed with a picnic Friday, August 4.

During four-week period July 10-August 4, 14 children, ranging in age from 8-11 years, receiVed reading instruction and eight received instruction in arithmetic. The summer session provided an opportunity for each child to receive individual instruction according to his needs, officials said. Couple plan delicatessen A Chester Street couple disclosed Thursday that they plan to open a i a i delicatessen grocery at 82 Center Street on August 15. Mr. and Mrs.

Edward Johnston of 9 Chester Street said yesterday they have taken over the former Torrey's Market to open a business in which they will sell submarine iype sandwiches; a delicatessen line and a partial line of groceries including cold meats, bread and milk. Johnston, a former West End resident; former Town of Oneonta Democratic Committee chairman and an employee of the Electrical Division of the i Corporation at Sidney, said he plans to continue in Bendix omploy. Mrs. Johnston, who has had experience in the food service business, will mainly operate the business which will be open evenings and Sundays, Johnston said. Explaining that the building has been completely redecorated, Johnston said he is aiming at the college and neighborhood trade.

Chestnut St. vandalism a problem Vandalism at the vacant Chestnut Street School continues to be an expensive vexation for- Oneonta's school administration. Superintendent Robert White 'reported briefly on the subject Wednesday night, at the monthly school board meeting, explaining that a windows and forced entry into the building are a continuing problem. The superintendent noted that a watchman was maintained at the buildings during the cold months, then briefly tsken off the job with the advent of warmer weather because officials felt the vandalism 1 might cease. However White said the acts continued and tie watchman was put back on duty.

Commissioner Charles Youmans inquired if a lighting system at school might not solve the He was told by the superintendent that all lights accomplished was to have the vandals break them with stones. Only two of the vandals have teen apprehended, the superintendent explained, both being juveniles who he felt sure were "first itme" offenders. And he told the 'board that the children and their parents had come before him. Restitution for the damage on that instance was made, he said. Oneonta's Board of Education doesn't want any part Of selling New York State Lottery tickets even though schools a depicted as the a beneficiary of the lottery New York State voters approved last November.

Board President Ani P. Colone made it very clear Wednesday Schedules given The Oneonta Girl Scout Day Camp begins a two-week camp August 14. Mrs. Daniel Bricnza has announced bus schedules to and from the camp. During the progress of the camp, which runs from August 14 to 17 and August 21 to the 24th, buses will leave the Wilber House at 8:15 a.m.; Riverside School, 8:20 a.m.; Chestnut and Ceperley 8:30 a.m.; Mathers Garage, Laurens, 8:40 a.m., and Mount Vision, 8:45 a.m.

Oneonta Skies Sunset today, 8:09 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow, 6:03 a.m. Moonset tonight, 11:08 p.m. First Quarter, Aug. 12.

The planet Mars, seen near the moon tonight, is now about 109 million miles front the earth. Four years from' tonight Mars will be only 35 million miles away and it will be the brightest "star" in the sky. night that he disagrees In principal with Oneonta's Mayor Albert S. Nader who suggested last week that, since schools are the beneficiary of lottery revenues, school board should sell the tickets. Nailer was commenting on an appeal from state Tax Commissioner Joseph Murphy urging municipal governments to sell lottery tickets.

An appeal, by the way, which Nader 1 'turned down flat. Wednesday night Colone pointed out that the Oneonta Board, like others in the had been opposed to the lottery from the start. "The lottery Colone said, "was voted, by the people of the state I presume most school boards voted against it." He went on to comment that the only possible area of good in the lottery program is that it could relieve property owners of some of the tax burden but then, with comments from other members of the board, indicated that the sale of tickets is not something the local a "should get into." "We deal in children," Colone concluded. physical education, Mrs. Carol Snyder.

CENTER STREET SCHOOL David L. Coster, BA from Hope College and did graduate work at Adelphi Suffolk College, to teach grade 4, replacing Miss Kathryn a previously taught for six years in Brentwood. Miss Cynthia H. Jachmteh, BS from SUC at Oneonta, spent one and one half years in Peace Corps in eastern Nigeria, replacing Mrs. Janet Gelinas, who is transferring to elementary guidance, to teach grade 1.

Miss Joyce V. Popula, BS from SUC at Cortland, to physical education, replacing George Snyder. GKKATKil I'LAINS SCHOOL Frederic Morris, BA from Union College and MA from SUC at Oneonta, to teach special class, replacing Mrs. Marlene Pidgeon, previously a special education in Oswego. RIVERSIDE SCHOOL Miss Cheryl Heller, AAS from Hudson Valley i College, as dental hygienist, replacing Mrs.

Donna Learned. SPECIAL FIELDS Robert Celinas, to part time psychologist, employed by Board of a Educational Services. Miss Barbara K. Jones, BS from SUC at Cortland and MS from SUC at Oneonta, to elementary guidance, replacing Robert Ruff. John D.

Nodal, BS and MS from SUC at a attendance supervisor, replacing Alex Dobrasz. Mrs. Phyllis Pcdulla, part time speech therapy, employed by BOCES. Miss Elizabeth A. Waldron, Bachelor of Music Education from Westminister College, to teach elementary vocal replacing Patricia Franco.

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