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TWENTY-EIGHT THE KINGSTON DAILY FREEMAN, KINGSTON, X. THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 10, 1953. The Weather WOODSTOCK THURSDAY, 10, 1953 By RICHARD E. THIBAUT, In Memorial Exhibit Sun rises at sun sets at 6:05 p. E.S.T.

Weather, clear. The Temperature The lowest temperature recorded on The Freeman thermometer during the night was 49 degrees. The highest figure recorded up to noon today was 67 degrees. Weather Forecast New York city and Sunny and pleasant this afternoon with temperatures in the LITTLE CHANGE 70s. Clear and cool again tonight with lowest temperatures ranging from about 60 in the city proper to near 45 in northern suburbs.

Friday fair and just slightly warmer with highest temperature about 80 degrees. Gentle northerly winds this afternoon and gentle variable tonight and Friday, becoming southeasterly. Eastern New tonight with low of 40 to 44 in north portion and 44 to 48 in south portion. Friday mostly sunny and a little warmer. City weather report: Temperature 64 at 10 a.

m. today, barometric pressure 30.20 inches, humidity 83 per cent. High temperature yesterday 74 at 4 p. and low 50 at 5 a m. Mean 62 and normal 67.

Humidity 97 at 5 a. and 40 at 4 p. m. Barometric pressure 30.22 at 9 a. and 30.10 at 1 a.

m. Wind at eight MPH Regional Forecasts Northern New York. Western Mohawk Area. South-Central New York and Southeastern New York fair weather through Saturday, high today upper 60s to middle 70s. High in the 70s tomorrow and in the 70s and low' 80s on Saturday.

Mostly light winds and low humidity, continued cool at night with lows in the low and middle 40s for the most part. Western New York and Northern Finger Lakes to Lake Ontario and warmer today. High temperature in the upper 70s. Clear and cool tonight, low' 45-50. Tomorrow' fair and warm with increasing clouds.

Light variable winds becoming south-east to south 5-15 miles per hour tonight and south-west 10-20 miles per hour tomorrow. East of Lake Ontario, Black River and warmer today. High temperature in the mid-70s. Clear and quite cool again tonight, low in the mid-tOs. Tomorrow generally fair and warm.

Variable winds 5-10 miles per hour today and tonight, becoming southeast to south 10-15 miles per hour tomorrow. ---Windows Are Broken Police were notified yesterday that window glass on the build- ing of the Passwell 438 Hasbrouck avenue, had been broken during the night.4' Officers William Hanley and Jo- seph Kivlan investigated and reported 23 panes knocked out. The Latest in Westinghouse TELEVISION IS AT CLARK'S RADIO 19 HARWICH ST. PHONE 11 FURNACES Gn, Oil or Coal Also Commercial Residential Air Conditioning F.ASV TERMS ARCHIBALD HEATING CO. 222 Wall St.

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Y. Phone 6251 Gallery Extends Season to Present Memorial Exhibit Woodstock, Sept. lb- a memorial exhibition of paintings by two Woodstock artists who died within the past two years will be shown at the Woodstock Art Gallery for three weeks beginning Saturday. Sept. 12.

Austin Mecklem, who died Oct. 8, 1951. and Jenne Magafan, whose death was on Oct. 20, last, will be jointly represented in the show. In sponsoring the special event, the Woodstock Artists Association is extending its regular summer season which had been scheduled to end with the current members' exhibition, closing today.

The two painters whose works are to be shown were of different generations and diverse backgrounds. but each had come to be closely identified with the Woodstock art center. Both are pcr- mantly represented in museums, public buildings and private collections throughout the country. Mecklem. who was 56 at his death, was horn in Colfax.

Wash. He first came to Woodstock in 1921. after army service in World War 1. and except for periods when teaching or mural assignments took him elsew here, he remained here for 30 years. His wife.

Marianne Appel Mecklem. the artist, is still a member of the Woodstock Colony. Here in 1945 Jeanne Magafan. who was the wife of the artist. Edward Chavez, and whose twin sister.

Ethel Magafan, also is a painter, was born in Chicago, 111., in 1916. She was brought up in Colorado Springs, and her career was started in the west before she settled in Woodstock in 1945. In the joint memorial exhibition, Mecklem ill be represented by about 15 oils and several watercolors and lithographs, and there will be about 15 oils by Jenne Magafan. The Mecklem collection is retrospective, spanning the years in which he developed into a non-objective painter. Many of these paintings have never before been exhibited.

The group of Jenne includes several major from her memorial show at the Ganso Gallery, New York, last February, and others from private collections. While some earlier works will be show most of her paintings will be from among those done in her last few years. paintings arc in the permanent collections of the Speed Memorial Museum, ville, where ho won the C. Cook Purchase Prize in 1928; the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York: the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Museum of Fine Arts. Binghamton.

the Montclair, N. Museum, and in many private collections. His murals decorate the Recorder of Deeds Building, Washington. D. the Kingston Armory; the Portland, Post Office, and various other public buildings.

Among schools where he taught art were the Portland, Museum School, the Art League of New York and the Albright Art School. Buffalo. TVon Several Awards Jenne Magafan was the winner of such awards as the Purchase Prize of the Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, in 1951; the Carter Memorial Art Prize, Denver, in 1935; the Ernest Peixotto Memorial Mural Award York, in 1940. and the TifTanv Foundation Fellowship in 1949 and 1950. Her murals can be seen in public buildings in Denver, Washington, D.

C. Worcester, and in smaller cities in Texas, Nebraska. Colorado and tah. She is permanently represented in the Library of Congress Print Collection, Washington, D. the Grand Rapids, Friends of American Art collection; the Abbott Laboratories collection.

Chicago, and numerous private collections. Following the opening reception of the memorial show Sept. 12, at 4 p. the Woodstock Art Gal- lerv will be open from 1 p. m.

to 5:30 p. rn. weekdays and from 11 a. m. to 5:30 p.

m. Saturdays. Sign Gives Lead To Chapel Storv Woodstock, Sept. 10 Early this week Enoch Squires, who presents a roving reporter program for WGY, Schenectady, visited this village and noted a sign on the Saugerties road which read Slow. Blind Dog.

In search of a story he turned in the road which led to the home of Mrs. Frederica Milne, who upon meeting him thought he was xe- ferring to the new sign, also at the entrance to her road which points the way to St. Gregory Chapel, the tiny Episcopal church which is also located on her property. On program which is broadcast daily on WGY at 2:45 p. he told the story on Tuesday of his finding Mrs.

Milne, and of his interview with her. He gave a brief history of the growth of the St. Chapel, how the parishioners contributed labor and materials to make it possible, and then went on to describe Mrs. collection of golden peacocks in the yard of the barn and her aviary with its many canaries. He was also introduced to the small blind dog who was responsible for his finding the story.

Squires also gave an account of Mrs. son, Caleb Milne, who lost his life during World War 2, while serving in Egy pt as a Red Cross. ambulance driver, and also referred to his book, I Dream of the Day, posthumously published. Rain Fails to Halt Local Birthday Fete Woodstock, Sept. Sunday, Sept.

6, Mr. and Mrs. Barnett By map of Bearsville planned a party in honor of their daughter birthday. When the rain continued unabated throughout the early morning and afternoon, they were frantically puzzled as to how they would accommodate the 100 inv ited guests in their living room which could possibly hold 15 people comfortably. had planned to have the party on the outdoor terra.ee.

Early in the afternoon Mrs. Byman received a call from the To- pooz Country Club in Bearsville. Topooz had heard of her delima and offered her the use of his club and restaurant, with strings According to Mrs. By man two cars, loaded with the refreshments were dispatched from the Byman home to the Topooz club and the party went on as scheduled. Miss Luba Byman and several students of William Kroll.

violinist, entertained the guests with the playing of several Haydn sonatas. Artists to Give Benefit Concert Sundav Afternoon Woodstock, Sept. 10- Christiane Nakzi, flutist and Donald R. Romme, pianist and organist, will present a concert for the benefit of the Methodist Church in Woodstock, Sunday, Sept. 13, at the Maverick Concert Hall at 4 p.

m. The program will feature the most brilliant works in the flute literature, a noted and favored sonata of Bach and works from the French romantic period. Included in the program will be the Flat Sonata No. 2 by Bach, Soire sur la plaine, by Philippe Gaubert, Gigue by George Hue, Nocturne and Scher- zonda and Concertino by Cecile Chaminade. Phillippe Gaubert was a prominent French flutist who wrote many charming compositions for flute as well as being teacher at the Paris Conservatoire and conductor of Les Societe des Concert du Conservatoire.

Cecile Chaminade. noted woman composer wrote the Concertino for the Paris Conservatory prize in 1902, a work which has seldom been executed by a woman flutist. With String Quartet A resident of Woodstock for more than 15 years. Miss Nazzi has been heard here with the Woodstock String Quartet and at the Maverick Sunday Concerts. She has appeared as concert flu! tist on several occasions in Canada.

In 1949 she toured Europe and played over La Radio Diffusion Francaise. On previous occasions she has played at the St. James Methodist Church and also has appeared at the Old Dutch Church in Kingston on the occasion of a Christmas service. Donald R. Romme, organist and minister of music at the Old Dutch Reformed Church in Kings- ston is from Englewood.

N. J. He Woodstock, Sept. Stair, an oil painting by the late Jenne Magafan. which will be on view in the memorial exhibit opening Saturday the Woodstock Art Gallery.

LITTLE LIX I JUa1 Mobilheat' 'OCONT VAC Li CM NfATlNC Oil RIGHT NOW rrs TIME FOR FURNACE CLEANING BURNER ADJUSTMENT or OUR QUOTATION ON A NEW OIL BURNER CALL 593 KINGSTON COAL CO. What we need is a law to moke it possible to sue politicians for breoch of compaign promises. received his BS degree in education from Rutgers University in 1942, and studied composition at Columbia University and with Edgar Varese. From 1942 to 1919 he was minister of music at the West Side Presbyterian Church, Englewood, N. J.

He also is the director of the Kings Chorus, a Kingston choral group. Water Bills Mailed Woodstock. Sept. town water district hills have been mailed, according to Mrs. Clayton Harder, town clerk.

Residents of the district are allowed a 30-day leeway for payment. After the 30-day period the penalty for non-payment of a bill will be five per cent. illage Notes Woodstock, Sept. Jerome Myers, of New York, recently visited Mrs. Mollie Higgins Smith and Mrs.

Karl Cousins on her way home from Canada. Miss Lola Torres, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. August Tories, of this village, is attending theTobe- Coburn School of Fashion Careers in New York this winter and is staying at the residence house. Howard Mandel returned to New Tuesday, alter a two- year stay in Paris, France, on a Fulbright Award.

Ho was expected to arrive at his home in Bearsville Wednesday. Clarence J. McCarthy, one of this well-known artists, is a patient at Benedictine Hospital, which he entered Sept. 5. According to a report from the hospital on Wednesday.

condition is listed as Child Health Clinics Listed for Next Week Three child health conferences to be conducted next week bv the Ulster County Health Department were announced today. On Tuesday, Sept. 15, there will be a clinic from 1:30 to 3:30 p. m. at 25 East street.

On Wednesday, Sept. 16, clinics will be held from 9 to 11 a. m. at the health center in Stone Ridge and from 1:30 to 3:30 at the center in Bears Close Koad Tupper Lake, N. Y.

Jaywalking bears created a traffic problem at the American Legion Mountain Camp near this Adirondack village. So many bears began wandering across the road connecting the Paradise Point and Horseshoe Lake camping areas to get at edible refuse left by campers and motorists that the Legion decided to close the private road. It will be reopened, the Legion said, after the bears been enticed away from the camp promises. coins made at Philadelphia generally bear no mint mark, while those of Denver and San Francisco bear the letters or S. 3 4-Degree Reading 34 two marks above freezing.

The air warmed quickly after the sun was up, Belleayre atend- ants reported, however. Some other area readings this morning: At the, Ashokan Reservoir headworks the temperature at 9 a. m. was 54 degrees: Kingston Water Department filter house reported about 46 degrees at 9 a. state police at the Wavvarsing station reported about 45 degrees early this morning.

Yesterday's high and low recorded at the Ashokan Reservoir was 73 degrees maximum and 50 degrees minimum, the New York City Department of Water Sup; ply. Gas and Electricity re; ported. --Search Extended Marion, Sept. 10 Search for 17-year-old Gail Wisner, who left her fashionable home early Sunday morning after being scolded for stay ing out late, was extended today' to New York and Oklahoma. State police in those states were alerted after her socially prominent parents, Mr.

and Mrs. John H. Wisner, told police the girl might be planning to attend the National Amateur Golf championships scheduled there next week. The girl left home after being reprimanded by hef family when she returned from a party for the U. S.

Walker Cup golf team, about 4:30 a. m. Hurricane Curves Away From Coast Miami, Sept. 10 Tropical Hurricane Dolly, packing winds of 100 miles per hour, took a slight curve to the northwest today lessening a'threat to the Bahama Islands and the Florida coast. An air force plane from Bermuda penetrated the fourth tropical storm at 8:45 a.

m. (EST) and located the center about 600 miles east and a little south of Miami. Grady Norton, chief stormfore- caster at the Miami Weather Bureau. said that the hurricane continued on its present course it would not totich the Florida Norton emphasized the and pointed out the storm was still in the formative stage, and conditions might change in a few hours. He said the plane reported Hurricane Dolly was still open to the south and had not formed a complete circle around the eye.

That was the reason for the various positions reported in the past 24 hours, he said. The storm had been moving on a north northwest course. At 5 a. m. (EST), it was centered about 160 miles northwest of Turks Island.

Two Young Bandits Get $28,000 at Bank Stamford, Sept. 10 Two dungaree-clad young men, one with a dimpled chin, held up a branch bank here and fled after scooping money out of the drawee in the cages. Estimates put the loss at $28,000 Only three employes were in the Eastside Branch of the Fidelity Title and Trust Company when the robbers. Doth of them armed, appeared 20 minutes after the bank opened. Manager William P.

Thomson and tellers Nathanial D. Bishop and Mrs. Alice Porter, threatened with guns, were ordered to stand aside as the bandits vaulted the counter and cleaned out the cash drawers. State police established road blocks in the Stamford outskirts. They reported that both robbers appeared to be about 20 years of age and weighing about 130 poueds, with black hair.

One of the holdup men was described as five feet, 11 inches, tall. He wore a white cap and a two-tone vest type shirt. His companion was described as five feet, six inches tall, wearing a white shirt. He had a pronounced dimple on his chin. Leaves for New York London, Sept.

10 ambassador to London Jacob Malik left today aboard the Queen Elizabeth for New York to attend the United Nations General Assembly. He is accompanied by his secretary and was seen off by Mrs. Malik. In Cherbourg he will be joined by 19 other Soviet delegates en route to the General Assembly. 0 Phone Correction The phone ryjmbcr in the ad of Floor and Wall Covering, 656 Broadway, which appeared last night should have been 7568 instead of 7368.

Two Teenagers Held For Thefts at Stands The apprehension of two teenage boys allegedly implicated in the theft of soda from the Spring Lake refreshment stand in June was announced today by the department. The boys, one 14 other 15 years old. have been accused of breaking into the refreshment stand and taking several large bottles of soft drinks which they then took to the golf course and drank. The entry and theft was reported on June 21. The same two youngsters, according to the office report.

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10 UP) Presidj Syngman Rhee fired two ministers today on charges failing to carry out their A government spokesman said dismissals were in connect with food and money sought in South Korea. The tw'o were He Minister Chin Hun Shik and ister of Agriculture and Fores Shin Joon Mok. RO COVERINGS fHA financing. Convenient feTOfc Choice of colors! for MfiflWM and details PHONE 4432 or WRITE to J. A ROOFING SIDING COMPANY 394 HASBROIXK AVENUE KINGSTON, N.

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