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Home Values Still At Peak Here; Korean Truce Exerts Little Effect Veteran DH Worker Dies At 82 Years Waller James McNally 82, of Otsego lor 32 years car Inspector on the DH died Saturday at home after nine year illness. Prayer lervices jvlll held at his home 8:45 a. m. Tuesday, followed at 9:30 a. m.

by a Solemn High Requiem at St. Mary's Church. Burial will be in Mount Calvary Cemetery. Friends may call at his home at anytime. Mr.

McNally born Jnly 11, 1871 In County Ireland, son John and Mary (Burke) McNally. He married Ellen Carson Feb. 8, 1302, In Castle Barr, Ireland. He is survived seven children: Joseph and Waller McNally Miss Ann McNally, Mrs. Daniel Dorritie and Mrs.

Alfred Schultz, of Oneonta; Mrs. John Comiskey. Brooklyn; John McNally, Flushing; a sister-in-law, Mrs. Louis Kil- bnurne, River eleven grandchildren: Dennis McNally, Oneonta; Margue and John Mc- a Flushing; Julia, Agnes and 'John Comiskey Brooklyn; Walter, Mary Ellen and i a Dorritie, Oneonta; Kathleen and Elizabeth Schultz, Oneonta. Also mirvivinr are several nieces and nephews, includ- Inr Dr.

A. F. Carson, Mrs, John Carson Mrs. Melvln Hltt, Oneonta; Mrs. Robert Whalen, Mrs.

Frank Noland, Schenectady; George Cronln, Robert Daley, Mrs. Robert Barthelmei. Mrs. Jane Van Duesen, Oneonta; Mrs. Charles Buck, Binghamton; Mrs.

Thomas Cummings, Oneonta; Mrs. Josephine Carr, Utica; Mrs. William Mal- lelte, Watervliet; John Arnano, Nyack. He was a member of St. Mary's Church and its Holy Name Society.

He retired in 1838. Wives Onlr Oneonta To Enter Candidate For Title Of 'Mrs. America 9 Bainbridge Girl Hurt Lucy a Hall, 19, of Bainbridge RD 2, remained in "good" condition at The Hospital, Sidney, yesterday, where she was tnken with multiple injuries following a one-car a Route 206, two miles west of Trout Creek, early Saturday morning. She suffered a possible skull Traclure and multiple, cuts and bruises. According to the report filed with Stale Police a Sidney Barracks, she apparently lost control of her car demolished two guard rails anc continued for about 150 fee before crashing into a Iree.

She was a to The Hospital by the Sidney Emergencj Squad ambulance. ONEONTAN HONORED Charles H. Tipple (center) Oneonta photographer, received a master of photography degree, highesl award of the Photographers Association of America, at its 62nd annual convention in New York. Awarding the degree are Kenneth Wright, M. Pholog.

Wheeling, W. (left) and George Kossuth, M. Pholog, Chicago, 111. (right). But slightly more than 200 photographers have received the degree since 1937.

City Pattern Same As For Entire U. S. The real ectate pattern in Oneonta fiti that of the country i whole, at leart 19 described by the Federal Retervt Board, The federal board in Wash- ngton told the Associated Preii spending for home conduction hit new record levels this year and that real estate (ales remain high. However, the board staled homes In some areas are now selling more slowly and reduced prices, Oneonfa Real estate agenti in Oneonta said this descriptive fits Oneonta like a glove. The turnover has slowed, as contrasted peak yean, but remains about the same a.s last year.

Legion Post Drum Corps Wins Honors The Green Dragons, Drum and Bugle Corps of Oneonra Legion Post, yesterday placed second in compclilion sponsored by the Upstate New York Drum and Bugle Corps Association at Schenectady. Winning out over the Oneonta unit by a narrow margin was the Gloversville Ter and domestic arts, notably Somewhere in Oneonta area there is a married woman beauty and homemaking skills who will have a chance at national fame and considerable fortune. This year Oneonta area will lake a hand in selecting "Mrs. America." A regional contest pick an Oneonla randidale will be 1 sponsored by merchants and Oneonta Theater. The conlesl Is- open to married women of all ages, whether they reside in or relatively near Oneonta.

They will be judged on beauty, intelligence, charac- Kresh Airs End Vacation On Thursday Fifteen youngiten brinj to end their racation in the "green, (teen gran" and hllli, parki end woodlands of Oneonta and vicinity on day. That is the date for the last IS Fresh Air younfitcri to return to their horn" In New York City. I). Bagg, IS Cedar chairman Friendly Committee, a reminder to amUnea Sunday that the ehlltrra Biiut be at the Oncwite D4H by 1:45 a. m.

Tharaday. "Each child must have the identification tag that he or Wore upon arrival' in Onc- onta last June 30, and each youngster should have a lunch to eat on the train," Mr, Bagg said. Thursday'i departure will i i to a close another successful leaton of participation by Oneonla and area residents Values of real eslale appar- in ne Hera Trlbune Fr a ently reached their ceiling A campa gn years ago in Oneonla, and have. (he movement is since been pegged fairly close, lo get children whose parents to the lop. Only in a few i 1 a to send hem to stances have they tapered a out of the stifling heat and these have been confined mostly to old houses.

Dire forecasts that the bottom would drop out of the realty market here, in event of a Korean truce, have not been borne out. If the truce has had any effect il has been to stimulate moving, hence to sustain selling. Overall demand for housing ii still increasing, (he Reserve Board said in a study of real estate developments, although at a slackened pace. Rents have increased as federal controls were removed, the board noted. The study indicated that real estate values reached a peak in 951 and have remained (airly stable since.

The Reserve Board's sift'vey of home building and selling added up to a picture of a still strong and active market, but one where production has now overtaken sup- ly, giving the buyer a stronger Bargaining i i Increas- ng rents, together with ea'sier Third place went to Mechanicville, winner ot the top position in the Parade of Drums sponsored by the Oneonta corps earlier this month at Neahwa Ravk. Other i were Johnstown, Schenectady, son Falls and Cohoes. The color guard the Oneonta corps took first place for the third succe.ssive competition this year. It had previously won first place in contests at Hudson Falls and Mechanicville. Corps victory is the highest so far won by the revitalized organization.

It placed third at Hudson Falls earlier i year. Migrant Worker Fined For Assault James L. Watlsrm, 21, of Florida, resident Weeks i a Labor Camp, near i i Springs, 'Saturday pleaded guilty before Justice of the Peace Robert Tennant of Cooperstown to a charge of third degree assault arising from a fight with another migrant worker. He was fined $10 and given a 90 day sentence to Onondaga County Penitentiary, suspended on good behavior. PaleiivilleMan Faces Charge Andrea of D'Avanzo, 52, was released the Peace Robert Chambers of Davenport Saturday in custody of his partner lo await an a i a i of witnesses August 26 on a charge of second degtee grand larceny.

He was arrested by Stale Police of Oneonia substation on a warrant obtained by Howard Boss of Delaware Livestock Market, who charged that the a had given him a worthless check in payment for cattle. cooking and sewing. The Oneonta winner will receive about J300 in merchandise prizes, a trip' to Syracuse to compete in the state contest, September 7, The Oneonla contest will be on the nirhts of September I and 4. All contestants will be on Ihe sUf of OneonU Theater those niihU for judfinr. Entry blanks may be obtained now at the theater.

They must be turned in at the theater or with sponsoring merchants by Wednesday noon, September 2. The i will go to Syra cuse, and if she wins there wil go to the grand i a September 13 in Asbury Park, N. The ultimate "Mrs. America' will receive prizes worth BDOU $10,000. (This conlest has no connection with the State Fair Queen contesl).

mortgage conditions, imay make Buyers out oi today's renters. Not -Indicated The board said evidence so far would not indicate that the recent rise permitted in, veterans and other goverment-i ii housing mortgage i rates a brought much more mortgage money into this market. The board said: Total expend ilure lor new construction has increased, steadily since the end of World War lor a leveling off in 194-49. In the first seven months of 1953 outlays for new construction of at kinds reached the record rate, sea sonally adjusled, of 35 billion do! lars a year. Thai was eight per cent more than in 1952.

Higher cost accounled lor about half the increase. camp, of New York City during the summer months. The normal visit of a Fresh Air is two weeks. But each year since the campaign began, have been able to extend their inilial two weeks into four weeks. In some cases, such as, lor example, the 15 returnees this week, the two- week vacation became a full summer in the country.

Comments the vlsltlnr youngsters, maktftr their first trip 'out the concrete 'can- yens of New York City, kai emphasized amaiement at the green (rasa abounding the urban or rural property their hostesses, in such playground as Wilber Park' and Gilbert Lake Stale Park. For all the months until next June, this year's crop of Fresh Air children will remember their stay in the country and wil Hook forward with eager anticipation to next year's visit. For some fortunate children, the period of waiting will be considerably shorter a a year. These children will be coming back to spend a few days a week, perhaps, during their Thanksgiving and Christmat school vacations. THE POTTER'S YVHF.EI, Vernon Seeley demonstrates how clay may be shaped from bowl to vase to pitcher at will on a spinning potter'! wheel, oldest machine known to man.

Slar Staff Photo). Oneonta's Newest Industry Operated By Man-Wife Team By'BOB A Star Staff Writer Oneonla has a new industry--small at present but if past history of the firm is continued into the future, one that is bound to grow. Two former teachers, graduates of Oneonla Teachers College a few years modeling and casting 'ir State TMolds, and in the Industrial art; field, the use of the potter: ago, left the teaching profession wheel, which makes a slronge and started out on their own to ware. establish a family ceramic serv- i ice business. In the past three years, the business done by Mr.

and Mrs. Vernon Seeley has tripled each year. Both were a a i with Oneonta from having attended STC. When they outgrew their quarters at Livingston Manor they looked throughout the stale for a new Mr. Seeley said that they decided to come lo Oneonta for two a i reasons.

Oneonta Is a friendly town, and a good place to bring up children. The Seeleys are building a new home in a 11 a Heljrhts, and have opened their business headquarter! at 7 Kim St. Already the window display has attracted much curiosity, since a people had never before seen one of the oldest machines known to man--the potters wheel. It a to do some teaching Picnicker Burned Robert Lovisek, son of Mr. a Mrs.

Walter Lovisek, Flushing, L. was treated at Fox Hospital yesterday for second degree burns of the fingertips of his left hand, suffered when he put his hand in hot ashes in a fireplace at Gilbeit Lake State Park. I Former Oneoiilan Changes Posts Dr. David i Mr. and Mrs.

Oneonta, has of Upstate Home To Have Annual Meeting Tuesday The a a meeting of Upstate Baptist Home for Children will be held Tuesday, starting at 10 a. m. in Center Baptist Church. Representatives of 18 associations, or groups of churches be present for business discussions and for elections to the Board of Managers and Board of Directors. At 11:30 a.

m. the Rev. A. G. A i a of New Hartford will JMargaretvllle, who was not deliver a message, and at 12:30 p.

m. a basket lunch will be served in the home, near Mil- Seamen Hurt In Car Crash Two sailors assigned lo the USS Bennington suffered cuts and bruises early a a when the car in which they were passengers went off the highway on i Route 28 near Meridale. George Bower, 2B, Aurelio, Ohio, suffered multiple cuts of his face, scalp and neck and a bruised right leg. David Garrett, 18, of Gasden, fered a cut right a According to Fox Hospital au- Ihorities, they were passengers a car driven by a Baker, in- Two Injured In Collision Two men suffered minor injuries in a car-truck crash on Route 80, a half mile north Edmeslon, about 7:10 a. m.

Sat urTiay. Treated by an Edmestoi physician were James Hal 40, of Burlington Flats, who suffered a two-inch cut on his cheek and cuts on his right hand, and I-ouis Nagode, 59, Bdmeston, who suffered a sprained back. According to the reports filed i Stale Police of Cooperstown outpost, the car driven south by Mr. Hall crashed into the rear Nagode iruck, parked highway. is probable, Mr.

Seeley a he and his wife i ceramics, ormer art Seeley was an industrial arts. Mrs. Seeley teacher, and is a Mr. instructor in Some "hlghhrow" art teachers, Mr. Seelry commented, object lo Ihe use of molds In the fine arts i mn the grounds that molds permit only the use of some one else's skill.

Mr. Seeley disputes this on several grounds: First, that the mold permits fine detail such as features, -to be produced by those lesser skill But, rje continued, coloring still up to the individual. More over, he showed one basic mol of a figurine, with a dozen more possible variations on th basic design, all the product i i i a additions after th basic figure was cast. When they first became i estsd in ceramics, fhere wer only two or three books on th siibjecl available. The big po teries kept the.

details of the a a close secret, there are not available books, but even monthly magazines dealing with the subject. HNEONTA STAR Aug. 24, 1953 Safety Board To Vote On Fire Truck The Public Safety Board, meeting at the Municipal Build- tonight, will open bids for new fire truck equipped lor ural fire fighting. The truck is being purchased comply with requirements of he New York Fire Insurance a i Organization, after the gning of a contract with the ineonta Fire Prelection DIs- rict to furnish protection for he greater part of the town. The West Oneonta-Glens Bridie areas are to be excluded, since they have a.

Fire District which is In the proe- en of organlzlnt and equipping a separate fire department. Specifications require that the ruck and all its equipment must not exceed $20,000. Mayor Hughes announced last veck that the federal govern- nent has made a grant of $7,38 toward purchase of tha ruck--an estimated 50 per cent the cost ot the bare truck without equipment. Federal grant was obstaincd ust days before the end- ng of such grants by the federal government. The grant, a riven the city "without slrinrs," according to Fire Commissioner Sidney Levlne, is predicated on the theory that possession of a i i a equipment by the city will be of value In the event of a major emergency, such as an attack or disaster requiring the mobilization of the Civil Defense forces.

the contract with thf town district, the city also has added six new men to the call department. The contract calli for payment by the town a payers of $7,500 a year for five years, plus an additional payment ot $40 per a for hydrant rentals in tha West End. Today, he said, only dozens of In day night, following a the economic scheme, the of minor accidents alon; Motorist Fined As Drunk Driver a Haring, SO, of Franklin Square, a a pleaded i before of the Peace Albert S. DeClue of Bainbridge to a charge of i i 1 while intoxicated, and by Stats was fined $25. He was arrested Police of Sidney Barracks Fri- serles Routs Soeleys perform the function of i M6, between a i i a jobber, selling the products of 1 and BenneUsviHe, culminating, i weve a number of.

a runnlnf oft mainstay of the business Is sup-Urers. Mr. Seeley said.that he the highway after ht had individuals was almost forced into the busi- I passed Masonville and becpm- plylng schools and with materials and i for a i ceramic articles. They now 'serve some 150, hobby, schools in New York State, and! "i found have between 50 and 100 indi- ness by his friendi who became interesled in ceramics as the the Field, son Otis Eaton, i 2 been appointed 1 of Center. Children will give Area Soldier Home Pfc.

Koyce E. Green, Sidney director of the Arnold College i of Hygiene and Physical F.duca- tion at the University Cobleskill, Directors will meet after Housewife Hart In Blast Mrs. John Henderson, 119 Spruce suffered first degree burns of both forearms Saturday night when a double boiler exploded at her home. She was treated at Fox Hospital and discharged. president, presid- Bridgeport, Bridgeport, Replacement of the barn Doctor Field, a 15)35 graduate destroyed by lighting and fire Fair And Warmer Forecast Today The weatherman says today will be a i and warmer.

Temperatures in a yesterday ranged from 45 to 82 degrees, dropping 55 degrees shortly before i i Temperatures In other cilie's: HI Lo Chlcusn ClEttlnnci 59 31. Louis S3 i a customers from coast-to- coasl. Their 24-page catalog lists dozens of i i i a items, a i from clay fo glazes, and from molds to potters wheels and lools. Even electric i are included. Wore than the bare materials, however, is the specialized service which they are able to render lo schools and individuals in the teaching of ceramic arl.

I For example, Mr. Seeley a just completed preparation of a I myself i i letters like mad," he said "ordering Ihings and making inquiries for them. I decided I might as well make a business of il and has paid off." He said he has tried all products, and selected the best from each maker. He used to make his own colors, which was profitable, he said, but found a manu- a who makej belter colors, so now he sells those. Ceramics Is a hobby open la everyone, he commented, from three lo 90.

"A lot of i made are, said, ing mired in a field. Prior to that, police said, had knocked over the rural mailbox of A. L. Paul, Beach's Hill, and had run into a torn field near Cannonsville. Charles Hair Stylist-- Will reopen August 24.

advl 3t m-t-w pamphlet on materials, project ideas, to aid schools in get- I a i ting a on a ceramic pro- TMk jecl. The pamphlet is lo be a i h' he TM el ves lished by the University of the TM' State of New York for (he ben-! 8 i of schools the' er hand some a te dual customers, with Their catalog, in itself, is a a i i i a i of $100 in most complete instruction eg pmcnt ave been a i a money on the side by turning out articles for sole. 1 "We hope to keep ceramics serve both those inleresled in from 'he old course of Ihe i arts and in i i a a which it resem- arls. In the i arts field, there bv i school-children 'interested." a a i in a i how to prepare and i ceramics. The service is designed to HAtOWAM STOKS CVEXYWttOK UiflTfR muse Center RD was among i i of Oneonta High School, recently resigned as associate professor of physical education al the University of Maryland.

will be discussed. 1,659 troops who docked Satur- a day at Seattle, from Ihe pjiniuiriph Gen. Simon B. Buckner, a i i from the far east, the Associated 118 Press reporled. i CK Dr.

Edward KeeKan, 330 Main will be oul ol (own until Sep- lember 1. Mary Rosher, RN. will be in office afternoons advt 51 BooJthoiit Funeral Home 357 MAIN STREET Serving Oneonta and Surrounding Communities For 33 Yean Phone 210 JOKN H. WOODWARD DONALD CONNEK PAUL G. HUBBARD BRUNO'S FOOT OF MAIN STREET VIADUCT EFFECTIVE MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY GROUND BEEF 29 Sweet Potatoes TIDE LARGE SIZE 25 4X SUGAR 11 See the Beautiful 1953 DeSOTO and 1953 PLYMOUTH Shown by HAMILTON MOTORS ONEONTA, NEW YORK at the WALTON FAIR-AUG.

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