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The Sun and the Erie County Independent from Hamburg, New York • Page 1

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') THE HAMBURG SUN 5c Single Copy gneiftuntfgniilewrtifc a Year Awarded AAA Ratlnf for 1951-53 by Community Rocarcb Bureau with Market A Media Researeti Advisor Boai 3 Vol. LXXVIH Na 50 HAMBURG, N.Y., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1952 20 PAGES Every i Thursday1 Is SUN Day Highway Post Office Roii Opening Here PostdrServiee Here -Will Be Speeded Up; Mails To Close At 8fA Next Monday morning at 7:30 Hamburg' welcomes the inaugural run of the new Highway Post Office service between' Buffalo and Oil City, Local civic and postal officials headed by Postmaster Alfred B. Tallman will welcome the new "Post Office on which on Ks initial trip will be carrying Washington' postal chiefs and other dignitaries. It will 'remain in Hamburg at the-Post Office for only ten minutes, i "The new service, reaching 40 communities between Buffalo and Oil City, will give 'Hamburg faster mail delivery and longer mailing hours than ever said -Mr. Tallman.

Closing time ior mail here will be extended from 5:45 p.m. to 7:45 p.m. with an 8 p.m. deadline on Air Mail and Special Delivery, The Post Office lobby will remain' open until 8 daily except Sundays and holidays. Special Delivery let-.

Continued on page $5000 Explosion Ripjs' Holdem Olean Awejcpioslon'Vtilioi ndeterH mined origin; the night-of Sept. 2 did nearly $5000 damage the Lincoln-Mercuryi sales and Service building in Olean, owned by Leslie J. and Vernon. D. Holden of the local Lincoln-Mercury dealership.

The firm- now owned by- Everett Dalsis is managed by George Ball, formerly associated with the Hol-den's here. The blast, which 1' occurred at 11:20 pjn, blew out both large plate glass windows of the auto showroom, scattered scores of panes of glass at the east and north sides of. the long, one-story building, ripped a -hole in rear ot the structure near the floor, and damaged a coupe awaiting a paint job inside the No one was reported hurt Arson experts from Buffalo and Olean were still seeking a definite cause of the explosion at SUN Four Hamburg Firms Sponsor Model House For Better Home Week Here A brand new'and spic 'and span model home opens, here Sunday at 251 East Prospect In observance of National Home Week. Hours will be from 2 p.m. to 9 p.m.

dally through next Sunday. There il tin .1 here by E. Bley Building Coirl ronenoerg's, Forbush Lumber and' Slppreli Brothers. nc, the home will show at first hand the latest In area residential design, furnishings, decor and appliances. In Western New York.

Better Home Week Is being sponsored by the Niagara Frontier Builders Association. William. R. poll of Wanakah Is the group's treasurer, The Bley built home. Hamburg's now window of home building and lurnUhing for next week, has been xurnlshed and equipped by Kro-henberg'g, who the Plumbing and heating work.

and other building supplies rnUhed by the Forbush THE MAHONEY BROTHERS MEET IN SEOUL Sgt. Dennis Mahoney, left and Pfc, Hugh both in Korea met Aug, 28 ffrat time in two years. A spacial past was given the sergeant visit his-brother assigned to the headquarters finance division. Sgt Dennis, -back from the. front line on rotation is now a guard at the Koje Island prUoner-of -war camp He went overseas In February into front line duty.

Pfc. Hugh shipped to Korea last Easter. Sgt, Dannie has been in service for two years and his brother entered the army August 1951. picture was taken in Seoul as a memento of the The boys are the sons of Mrs. Rose Mahoney of Abbott Hamburg Central Has 2306 Uall0 re -l Hamburg Central School registrations for! the current isemester last Friday showed, an increaseof 110 pupils over last 'year for a total of 2306 it was announced yesterday by Vender-hoef school Registrations in kindergarten through sixth grade in all schools totaled 1377 as compared with 1240 last year.

This is, an increase of 137. Junior-Senior high enrollment dropped 27 for a current total of 929 as compared with last year's 956. i The breakdown follows: Grades 1951 1952 Hamburg 1015 1114 Armor 150 .203 N. Boston 48 42 Patchin 27 .18 Junior High 500 481 Senior High 456 448 North Boston in 1951 had grades one, four and five and this year has only grades one and four. Continued on page 20 Lumber Co.

Exclusive sales agents are Slppreli Brothers, local The spacious, semi-ranch style home on an attractlyo corner location Is' of frame construction with a cut stone front. A picture window and red brick fire place enhance the charming living room. home boasts a dnette, bath, kitchen ana two bedrooms, all attractively styled and furnished by Kronenberg's, Inc. A Lenox forced air gas furnace ilmum warmth at reasons- able cost. Living" room walls are In tones of blue spruce with white ceilings and woodwork.

A wall to wall gray broadloom carpet serves as restful background for tweed upholstered sectional furniture and blonde mahogany tables. floor lamps complete the living room furnishings. Drapes are colorful flowers on a gray background. Continued on page 4 Know Your Community! Buy Your Young GOP; Civic Calendar i. "UyQti wanCjto know'-when to register; where Zla viie "or- when.

to get your drivers license, plus a myriad other "-community facts and features, then you can't be without the new Hamburg Civic Calendar of the Hamburg Young Republican Club, ft'? on sale for only 25 cents at the Sun Office, Hamburg Pharmacy, Millar Brothers Pharmacy and Young's Drug Store. The calendar, begins with- this September and rung through August of next year. An important feature Is a map of the seven village voting districts for the general elections. They Include' the new Nos. 20 and 21.

Other data lists all village and town elected' and appointed officials, various official boards, votings qualifications for school ahd other elections, principal area men's; and women's organizations with their meeting place, time, and secretary, a list of polling places and Republican and Democratic district i Monthly calendar point out Important civic -duties of the month with brief explanations, school vacation periods, and similar civic data. Frontier Schools Show 282 Increase; Total Is 2750 Pupils School registration figures for Frontier Central School, District 4, 'JTons ot Hamburg' and Eden for the first week of the fall term shows an Increase "of 282 over the corresponding period last year according to Co-Principals Vernon Helman anl Charles Buesch. Total registration at. the close of school last Friday was 2750. but more pupils are ftlll entering the various schools In the system.

Registration by school follow: Amsdell, 30; Athol Springs, 219; Blasdell, 824; Big Tree, 303; Lake View, 144; Shaleton, 151; Wanakah, 442; and Woodlawn, 637, Remember the Sun Is free to all area service folk. It's the gift of the Sun and the Hamburg American Legion. Parents Hit 4- Condition Here Charge School 1 Action Discriminatory; Seek Added Rooms 250 Irate parents of fourth graders jammed the Hamburg Central School Board meeting Tuesday night demanding board reconsideration of 4th grade aci- iities to end the double sessions here. In a stormy auditorium session' the board agreed to survey possible out-of school building ar-rangments and then advise the parents. The letter poll will ask approval of a continuance of the present double session or the acquisition of outside rooms until the Charlotte, Avenue School is completed, probably January 1.

Over 250 parents of fourth grade youngsters attended' the meeting held in the auditorium so all might be heard. A written petition, asked the board to study the double sessions' and reconsider the rental of rooms In Hamburg Methodist Church or Masonic Temple. Among the Verbal suggestions Continued on page Huge Parade Here Oct To Mark Fire Prevention Week Hamburg township volunteer fire companies will, mark National Fire Prevention Week with a mammoth parade here the night of Oct. 6 beginning at 7 from the Hamburg Shopping Center. The week runs Oct.6 -11 Inclusive.

General chairman John E. Foley, former president of the Armor Volunteer Fire Company, said last Thursday's, planning meeting in Lake Street fire hall approved an early hour parade as an educational event for children. The joint area effort was begun last year with a parade here. It was felt repeating the event In Hamburg would further establish the observance In the Next year the parade -will probably be held in the sister village of Blasdell. Study Odd-Fellows Build Town Wooden Lung For Emergency Polio Treatment An.

lung, made of wood, will be presented the greater Hamburg community by Triumph Lodge, IOOF, next Monday night In public ceremonies In Odd Fellows Temple, The woden emergency apparatus, powered by either hand or electric was constructed by lodge members under the direction of Clarence Reed In his Pleasant Ave. upholstery shop. The men took a-bout six weeks to finish the machine. Two weeks ago'. Dr.

Mtchael J. Sweeney, director, Respirator Center, University ot Buffalo Chronic Disease Research Institute, gave the Instrument medical approval. It had been constructed from plans already approved by the National Foundation. Dr. Sweeney put himself In the lung while it was operating to test Its function.

The lung will probably be stored in the Lake Street Fire Hall for use by area physicians in case of emergency. Democrats Rap Town Stand On Party Head Charges Willful Delay To Force- Acceptance of S. Park Site Democratic -Town Chairman Frank D. Wolf hls week charged the Hamburg Town Board with "willful delay" in solving the refuse disposal problem "perhaps In the hope of forcing public accept' ance for an Incinerator of the South Park Ave. site near St.

Anthony's Home." "The Town was ready to shove this site onto the people three years ago and the stalling around since that time may be for the -same purpose," said Mr. Wolf. gtatements of Sydney F. Brown, Hamburg village trustee, in last week's Sun, brought the refuse disposal squarely before tho public for its consideration. "The failure of the Republican Town said -Mr.

Wolf, "to solve, the' problem, of refuse disposal Mn Hamburg Township is' a shame and a disgrace. As Mr. Brown said last week 4116 has. become such a looioau mat seems oouduui an incinerator become-an accomplished fact. "The Democratic party In Hamburg, continued Mr Wolf, "has for the' past years called for" the- solution of this problem Continued on page 20 I Volunteer Firemen Called Out Twice Sunday Afternoon Hamburg volunteer firemen were.

called put twice last Sunday afternoon 'and evening. The-Jlrst alarm at about 4 p.m. took firemen to. the village dump where fires had sprung up. The second at 8:30 was a county mutual aid call which sent pumper No.

2 from Lake St. into Blasdell to cover that village while Blasdell and Wood-lawn Vounteer firemen were aiding Lackawanna and Buffao units fight the I150.00Q L. B. Smith Shopping Plaza fire which had begun at 5:17. The Loblaw store was a total loss.

'Adjoining stores were damaged by smoke and water; Harold Israel, noble grand ot the local Odd Fellow lodge, said the proJectwas one of service. "We could think of no more worthwhile, thing than copstruct-Ing a lung to aid persons stricken with infantile paralysis. Th lung Is for the use ot all persons of the area whenever it Is needed." Supervisor Raymond J. Emer-Ung, Mayor J. Leo Goodyear and local physicians are among those who will participate In the presentation Also to attend are leaders of.

the IOOF Grand Lodge and Grand Encamp ment. Library Winter Schedule The Hamburg Free' Library will resume its Winter schedule Monday, September 8. 1982. Afternoon Monday through Friday 12 to Saturday 1:30 to 5. Evening 7 until f.

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