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Monday, April 12, 1954 Oneonta Star Widow, Eight Children Homeless After New Lisbon Fire 3 Shaver town 'Grand Finale 1 Shavertown's grand finale being played on the 50-year old Edison phonograph as auclionoer George Tupper, Roxbury, with hand up-raised, strikes it off to the highest bidder for $18 at Atkins general store auction which was attended by upwards of 2,000 persons Saturday. (Orignial cost of phonograph 520-morning glory horn extra). (Star Staff Photo). Auctioneer in Action Auctioneer George Tupper of Roxbury calls for bids on a kitchen clock, first article offered for sale Saturday at the Atkin general store auction in Shavertown attended by more than 2,000 persons. The sale was the lest major event in the community doomed by the giant Pepacton Reservoir.

(Star Staff Photo). Shavertown Auction Draws 2000 Trash Blaze Sparks Level House, Carafe NKW LlSBON-Flnmes believed to have spread from trush fire which had not been completely extinguished, although water had been poured on it, Saturday destroyed a garage nml the home ol a widowed mother nnd her elghl children here. Tho hnusti (lie- of Mrs. llorls Allen, whnsn IniNtiamt nnd tho fnlher uf her I'lill- dren, all under 16 years old, was drowned 111 tho Adlruntlacks two years nso. Tho Enrage was tlio property of Allicrt Joy.

According lo fire department officials, the family had burned some papers, and believed the fire was out afler having poured walet on thc ashes. Sparks, however ignited Ihe Joy gnragp. which was empty at tho time. The blaze was discovered by James Allen, who called a neigh bor who in turn summoned the Morris Fire Department. By thu lime the department had miulc thc run to Ncw Lisbon, the flames ha spread to tho Allen IKHISC only -10 feet away.

The Joy residence which had asbestos siding, wns severely scorched but did not catch fire. Much of the first floor contents of thc Allen home was saved. The building, was over 100 years old, anil originally i by Amasa Jiarfon, who operated a grist mill In New Lisbon for a years. The hou.se. was covered by Insurance, hut Ihc garage was only a covered by insurance.

Mrs. Allen operates a a Sidney Man Ot The Year II. Archer Spcucor, retired Sidney Chief, receives Man of Year citation from Myron .1. i senior member of Chamber of Commerce-. Award was nnide at a dinner Saturday, honoring Mr.

Spencer for his 2H years as eld cf. Left to right arc Fred 1). Videtlo, toastmaster; Mr. Kipp; Mr. Spencer and Miltord stramler, caplatn of Phelps IIoso Coinpnny.

(Star Staff Photo). DELHI Shavertown was completely flooded Saturday for next to the last time, when np- vards of 2.000 persons poured in the little, doomed hamlet, or what's of it, to participate the last big act df the com- i The act was the aue- parlor in Morris. She and her m. Tuesday 01 lion at the Alkin General store, I family are slaying a i I senior class i lo Washington, Spa Pupils To Leave On Easter Trip 4'lani Sidney Hist.orla.il Association which for generations has been i her grandmother, Mrs. i i and ork City.

Officers Reelected, at Meeting RICHFIELD I Sct i cllw Thirty-seven of tho 44 liich- fiold Springs Central School 0 1 1 HHSOciillioilR iillemlcd Ihc miillliU Mild seniors i a bv bus at s' of i oC Sidney llwloriciil AsaociHlion SfiLimluy in the nnnual Sitllley ConsrogllllOlllll Church Hull. Officers, nil reelcufcd, Jaundice No Bar To Blood Donors DELHI-- Jaundice victims nro no longer permanently banned from being blood donors. Mrs. R. P.

McCall, Delhi recruitment chairman for the Red Cross blnotl program, ycslordny nounccd ruling Issued by tho Syracuse Regional, Illood Center in regard to blond former Jaundice patients. Under this new ruling, persons with history of jaundice but who have had no attack within Ihc past two years may be ac- ccplcd as donors of blood which is to he used for plnsmn. When such bloort Is taken, the bottle and Ihc donor history cnrd will be stamped as such by the technical staff. has long been recognized thai the virus ot jaundice could not be transmitted In plasma, but heretofore no method had been developed to keep blood from such donors distinct from that to be used as whole blood. Now It will be handled separately and will bo converted Into plasma, which civil defense.

authorities lire anxious to stockpile against disaster. This new rule should help in securing donors for the April visit of the bloodmoblle to Delhi, Mrs, McCall said. Persons who wllliln the past six months have had close contact with a case of viral hopn- Itls arc still excluded from glv- 'ng blood, she added. the heart of the area. Fred Gardner of South New So important was the event', Berlin, until they can i new a the National Broadcasting quarters in Morris where she ompany of New York City, dis- can be nearer her business.

Richfield Methodist Church Service Marks Palm Sunday Sunday School, and Mrs. Ward. patched a crew of five men, with a truck load of televison and moving picture equipment, to film the performance. Without doubt this is the first time a country auction has even been televised. Thc day before the auction, the television and movie crew photographed the East Branch of the Delaware River territory from the mammoth Downsville Dam clear up to Dunraven where the 21-mile Pepacton Reservoir will end.

From 9:30 a. m. until six p. m. people poured into Shavertown to patronize and watch the auction.

Five City of New York Board of Water Supply Police handled the traffic, and parked more than 700 cars. i master at the sale was auctioneer George Tupper of Roxbury. Wearing a high silk hat, horn rimmed spectacles, and million dollar srnile, and at 11 times confronted with a Elsewhere in the county, firemen were kept busy with grass fires. Unadilla Fire Department was called out Satur- A i for a several hour slop-over at Gettysburg, are scheduled to iirrlve In Washington, n. around 7:15 p.

m. The seniors will be accom- reelcutcd, lire darn n. Moore, president; Mrs. I'oarl Stevens, vice prcsi- dent; Hiss Evelyn Brooks, secretary; Charles i tren.s- urer, and Mrs. Josephine Johnson, curator.

This is -Miss Moore's third your as president, William L. Johnson, adviser of Sidney Central seventh day to put out a which had spread grass from i fire panied by their class advisors, I grade historical group, showed and colored slides of the shrine at village dump to the bordering the railroad tracks, and again in the afternoon to put out a grass fire on the Crookcrville Road. Schuyler Lake Fire Department responded to an alarm in the morning, when a grass fire broke out two miles south of the village. Underground cable connecting tbe telephone office and Gilbertsville Fire Station developed a "short" sound- Davenport Dam Foes to Meet Tonight Miss Kathryne O'Neill I Coach Joseph Fischcfte. This; Aurlesvllle where Father Isnnc is the fourth year a Missi Jogucs, Jesuit missionary, was O'Neill has accompanied the! murdered by Indians in l()4tl.

seniors on Iheir i and is Miss Jennie Chambers, prcsl- the seventh for coach Kisch! dent of Delaware County i Home of Harmon J. More, eltc. lorical Association, spoke on I iow ot Davenport supervisor. They will stay at the Hotel I the association's plans for the A CENT ER Committee spearheading the fight In remove, If poslble, the a a threat of construction of a flood control dam In this area, scheduled to meet tonlfihl ot France consumes the equivalent ot 35 a of pure alcho- Itol per person per yenr compared i quarts In Italy and a In England and the United States. ing the alarm there.

The Henry A. Quitn, Oneonta Annapolis in te capital and coming year. Also at the meet- banker who Is chairman of a their Slav In that city will In- were Mrs. W. P.

Bruce, Chamber of Commcrcc-commll- clude fours ot the Capitol president of Walton Historical tec appointed to draw up a res- thc Smithsonian Institute, the! Association, and Dr. Edwin J. nlutlon acnlns the often pro- Cathedral the Fran- 1 Parish, president of Upper Sus- I Posed will be present. Fm sending an orchid to my SANITONE DRY CLEANER! lo Marshall Hall Park, and thc iio Mount Vernon sightseeing trip. alarm system was out of order for about 15 minutes, while an overhead replacement was installed.

P. Armstrong, superintendent a i crowrt of from i 0 RICHFIELD SPRBNGS At the Methodist Church in Richfield Springs on Palm Sunday the sac- Oiejuiuor department, who award-j six Drro he worked of bantism was observed 1 lhe ba llsmal After ire essl from 10 six im 01 Ddpubin uuinvLu ceremony of receiving the; whpn ihp iff ramei and new members received. Before a congregation of members into the church, John W. 166. Carter, chairman of commission ayir fln the following received baptism: on membership and evangelism Barbara Moxley, Reta Moxley, Fred Moxley, Jacqueline Postle, Miss Mary Dowd, Miss Cheryl Fusco, Thomas Wilson, Donald Wilson, Mr.

and lire. Harold Wilson, Claude Wilson Richard Clayton and Thomas Clinch from Oneida, grandson of the Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Knapp.

gave the message of welcome. Mrs. Albert Weaver chairman of the flower committee of the WSCS, assisted by Mrs. George H. Pur- coffc0 cakes and a a from pie, presented each of the girls 1 time.

and women with daffodils and 1 Thc televised story of the auc- Husband, Wife Rites Set COOPERSTOWN JUNCTION --Private funeral services for Alice Bell Tuiler Ottaway and a L. Ottaway will be held Grange, who served at 2 p. m. at the Tilla- ff minated. the doings of the day were the women of the Shaverlown men and boys with carnations.

paugh Funeral Home in Cooperstown. The Rev. Walter Miller of the Gilbertsville Baptist; and the Pepacton Reservoirj Church will officiate. Burial Three choirs took part in the'r will appear on will be in Hartwick Seminary service, the senior choir, youth ion April 16. Station will televise the story iQ choir and junior choir.

Jovce Wil- will televise the story on the. Inose joining the church: From son ft membel thc ojr hel Dave Caraway Show in three ic preparatory-class, MISS Lynne, selj ass i stc i by Judy Vaughn, an-'Periods, between 1 and 10 a. m. the Miss Fusco, Miss Susan Foster, At midnight i a they are to leave for New York City where for the four days they will have headquarters ot the Victoria Ho- ttl. Hern (hey will take the boat trip a sec the circus at Square Garden, shop nr attend a baseball game, ialio part in Easter parade on Fiftli Avenue, visit the Cathedral of St.

John thc i i visit the Dave Garroway show, and a the musical comedy, a Can. At 1:15 p. m. on Tuesday they leave New York for thc trip home. Although the trip Is two months earlier this year, the Dr.

Parish invited members to his group's meeting Tuesday, when Miss Pearl Weeks of Harlwick will speak on the hop The slate of officers was presented by H. C. Klbbe and O. M. a read the a i committee report.

Mrs. Charles Wnllin, social chairman, was in charge of refreshments. accompanis, di-i over channel four. ted Miss Dowd, Miss Phyllis Miss Jean Wilson and Cordon Rurkharl; by affirmation of faith, Mr. Clayton.

Mr. and Mrs. Wilson, Claude Wilson Thomas and Donald Wilson and Donald! HOIIOI' i i I i ITllgll Stan Smith of Ncw York City South Korlright Clinic Is Today SOUTH KORTRIGHT Firsl ot a series of two a a 1m- i i and vaccination clinics in Soulh i Central School is scheduled for a. m. today.

Second WNBT Cemetery. months earner mis year, i May thel Their bodies were found in seniors hart completed a i i i i hc conducted their Cliffside Road home by all the money necessary for by i of Dc hi Stale Police, Friday, after i expenses. i health 'officer for the Town of had been dead approximately a The rlass officers arc prcsl- p-. Wilson, school nurse, and Miss A a A. Wal7, Committee members seek lo push the proposed Davenport Center dam oft thc federal approved list so a a fight each year at time will not be i lo head off an appropriation.

The group also plans to meet April if) in A a with Horace Evans, i director of the Stnle sion. Flood Control Commis- was in charge of the television was ruled by Otsego County! president, a Sherman; sec- iic a nurse at Stamford, crew which photographed and coroner, Dr. Fisk Brooks, as due. relary, Susan Dunsck; treasur- Tne mmull zi on program is audigrap'hed the auction. Mr.

to natural causes, and Mr. a Bruce Bennett and student (of I i a a a Smit.h before going with the way, the coroner said, a council repesentalivc, Chislow hoopine cough 3 ntl is for a a i a Broadcasting self-inflicted shotgun wound. bel Trask. was a fish and game writer for children up to the age of Vaccination against smallpox is- for anyone. At neighborhood He showed me HOW SPOTLESS clothes realty can be Mr.

Knapp sacrament of baptism by Walter nre chosen from the fop ten The Crusades extended from A. Stone, superintendent of the. cent of each class. 1096 to 1291. Sidney Historical Speakers Four historical associations were represented at the Saturday meeting of thc Sidney Historical Association in the Sidney Congregational Church hall.

1 Left to right are Mrs. W. P. Bruce, president ot' Walton association; Miss Clara B. Moore, Sidney president; William L.

Johnson, advisor of Sidney Central seventh grade historical group; Dr. Edward J. Parish, president of Upper Susquchanna Association and Miss i Chambers, Delaware County Association president. ears. Jlr.

Ottaway hree brothers, Clyde Charles of Middlefield tanley of Fort Plain. survived by and and Harold S. Boolh, optometrist. 177 Main Oneonta, is at lrcntc(1 De'aware his. office daily, 9-5 p.

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