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Mirror of The Adirondacks Do Not Remove From Forest Library LAKE PLACID St IN THIS ROOM ONL5* EWS VOL XXXIV — NO. 46 PUBLISHED AT LAKE PLACID, NEW YORK, IN THE HEART OF THE ADIRONDACKS, FRIDAY, MARCH 17, 1939 PRICE, FIVE CENTS VICTORIA H.C. TO PLAY HERE THBWEEKEND Montreal League Players Defeated St Jerome This Year—Placid to Use ,'iame Lineup Carrying on their policy of booking fast playing Canadian hockey teams as weekend attrac- tions at the arena the manage- ment has signed the Victoria inter- mediate hockey club to play the Lake Placid club on Saturday night and Sunday afternoon. The Montrealers, members of the -Montreal intermediate league, defeated St. Jerome this year and are the first team to have defeated this aggregation in competition in three years. Dick Hunter will be in the nets and the defense will be handled by Jerry Desparois, Guy Savard, Jim Borland and Donald Dawes. In wing positions will be John Baillie and Clair Bradley with Wilfie Doyle as center. Earl Gray and Bill Arzuckle are listed as spares for the wingers and John Kerri- gan as center. The lineup for the local team will remain practically the same as last week. Berger and Ruther- ford will be the wings with Wil- kins and Herm Valenze at defense and St. Gerain as center. The strong Saumier, Hayes, Dora line of Saranac Lake will combine again with Bimonte, Fay, D'Avig- non, Connors, Bannviile and White aa spares. SARANAC LAKE ALUMNI SQUEEZE (X)URTyiCTORY Former Hi** School Staff Meet last <rf Play In their first clash in the modern era $» court forces of the Saranae I^A^wni edged out the ll «t la*t week on the hish school court oy a*** of 31 to 29. *She game was a ding-dong af- fair all the way, with the deciding marker Hipped by Mike Shatraw in the last minute of play. De- spite lack of advance publicity a good-steed crowd from both towns watched the exciting: match. \Bud\ O'Rourke led the attack for the local grads, closely flanked by Parnell Ormsby and Ray Wil- kins. It was the sharpshooting eye of Herb Shatraw, however, who teamed with his brother Mike m the forward passes for the Lakers that spelled disaster for Placid. Herb was high-scorer of the game with 13 points, Ormsby was runner-up with nine points, with Wilkins and O'Rourke follow- ing with 8 and 6 points respect- ively. The Placidians took the lead early but held it only by the pro- verbial hair, the score being 7 to 4 at the first quarter and 11 to 10 at the half. The Lakers broke into the lead in the second half and at the end of the third peiiod were in front by the count of 21 to 19. This two-point margin persist- ently held all during the final quarter, as the two camps took turns dropping them in from the field. Despite desperate offensive bursts by both camps to open a decisive margin the two-point edge held until the final whistle. Negotiations are under way for a return match between the two outfits at an early date. Lawrence Prunier is managing the local group. The line-ups: Saranac Lake (31) G. P. Shatraw, H., If 6 Shatraw, M., rf 2 Ryan, c 2 Duquette, lg 1 Mulflur, ngr 0 Duprey, rg 3 Totals _ 14 3 31 Lake Placid (29) G. P. T. O'Rourke, If. 3 0 6 Ben ham, rf 10 2 %ea, c. — „ 10 2 Fagan, lg 10 2 Wilkins, rg 4 0 8 Ormsby, rg ___ 4 19 Totals 14 1 29 Referees: Manning, Beaney. For The Party Nothing quite so appropriate as Kemp's fresh roasted nuts, cashews* pecans, peanuts, or mixed. And they're welly hot! Phone 106 for dfcthrfry. Feek V Ptamac^ JM$vt. ONLY 9 REGISTER IN HOTEL COURSE, PLAN ABANDONED There will be no hotel train- ing course given in Lake Placid this year, according to an- nouncement by David G. Allen, supervising principal of the Lake Placid Central school. As only nine persons regis- tered for the free course offered by the state department of ed- ucation, four men and five wo- men, Mr. Allen was informed Thursday by Oakley Furney, chief of the industrial and tech- nical bureau of the state educa- tion department that plans for the course would be abandoned. Mr. Furney stated that a similar course may be consid- ered again next year, depending upon the success of those be- ing held in other parts of the state. He said that there is a possibility that the nine regis- tered in Lake Placid might join the 18 who are enrolled in the course being given at Saranac Lake if they so wished. TO DECIDE SKI CLUB TITLES ON 'ACESBN. Interclub Slalom Competition* For Men and W< PLACID TEAM GETS AWARD AT FORKS BANQUET 239 Attended Dinner of M&V Basketball League — Ti Wins Champlain Championship The 14th annual dinner dance of the Mountain & Valley basket- ball league was held Saturday evening in Ausable Forks high school. There were about 230 at the banquet and 275 attended the league dance. David G. Allen of Lake Placid, president of the league, presided during the ban- quet. The toastmaster was H. B, Torrance of Ausable Forks, vice- president of the Essex County YMCA committee. The address of the evening was given by Secre- tary Frail fibson. Group sw- ing mm-M by lira. L. J. Sorrell ^f An**bk~Fork* with Miss Marie branch plAying the piano. On behalf of the Essex County YMCA Mr. Gibson awarded the trophies and banners to the win- ning teams. The first place soccer league trophy was awarded to Keene Valley, second place banner to Lake Placid; first place in the junior basketball league to Keene Valley, a tie for second place in the junior league between Keese- ville and Lake Placid, so banners will be awarded to both teams; first place trophy to Lake Placid in the varsity basketball league, and second place banner to Wills- boro. Dr. N. H. Merrihew, chairman of the County YMCA, and donor of the Merrihew Sportsmanship trophy, addressed the league brief- ly in making the award. By vote of the member schools in the league Willsboro was selected for the award. Dancing followed the banquet program, with music by Lynn King's six piece orchestra, of Plattsbuxg. The Champlain Valley basket- ball league also organized by the Essex Co. YMCA and Social Ser- vice committee closed its season last weekend. Ticonderoga won the league championship with 10 wins and 2 games lost; Crown Point was a close second with 9 games won and 3 lost; Port Henry was third with 8 to 4, Plattaburg fourth with 6 to 6? Mineville and Westport tied for fifth place with 4 won and 8 lost, and Moriah fin- ished with 1 game won and 11 lost. The annual league \All Star\ game will be played at a league benefit on Monday night at Ticon- deroga. high school. The annual banquet with the awarding of the YMCA trophies will be announced later. The baseball schedules for both the M&V and the Champlain Valley baseball leagues have been planned by the respective leagues and will be released soon. TO ELECT OFFICERS OF FIREMEN'S ASSOCIATION Officers of the Esses County Fireman's association will be elect- ed at Westport on Monday, March 27. The election was postponed from March 5 when the annual convention was held at Ticonder- oga, attended by 500 members. lee Cream Pudding for your St. Patrick's Day party or dinner. Rich maple pecan ice cream decorated with shamrock in whipped cream. 35 cents, serves four. Phone 88 now — will de- liver at your convenience, Lake Placid Pharmacy.—advt. The inter-club championships of the Lake Placid ski club will be decided Sunday afternoon on the upper sections of the Whiteface Trail when a slalom meet will be held in both the men's and the women's divisions. Medals will be awarded. The boys will start their com- petition at two o'clock and will use the steepest and most difficult sec- tion, located near the top of the run. Following this, for the wo- men's race the timers and watchers will drop down to the section im- mediately below, which has much more gradual grades and involves less difficult running. The course will be opened by its designer, Otto Schniebs. This is expected to be the^ last race that the American Ski school director will attend this season, as he will leave for Colorado in the near fture for his annual spring skiing expedition. The men's event is expected to draw a considerable crowd of spec- tators< despite the inaccessibility for reaching the course. The field will be comprised largely of the two downhill and slalom teams which have represented the club so successfully during the past season. This is the first time the local club has held an inter-club race for a women's title, but the fine show- ing of the women's team at the Sno Birds' Invitation tourney has demonstrated that interest is rap- idly growing in this division and that the club next winter may be able to place a women's team of considerable strength in compe- tition. All competitors are requested to meet at Thaire's Ski room at ninft o'clock Sunday morning. The boys' team will practice course on Saturday under the ervision of their coach, Otto forlsix Schnieb*. Information ^ the race may be had at the ski room. In the mean time the competitions committee of the club is going ahead with plans for an invitation slalom on the Whiteface Trail on Easter Sunday. Such a race is ex- pected to aid considerably in pub- licizing this resort for spring skiing. LAKE PLACID LEGION POST TO GET AWARD The March meeting of the Es- sex County branch of the Ameri- can Legion and Auxiliary will be held at Elizabethtown on Monday night. The legionnaires will meet in the court house and the auxil- liary members at the rooms of the Bouquet Valley post. A, program will be held after the meeting during which a spell- ing congest will be conducted as the resgtlt of a ehalkage issued to the Auxiliary by the Legion mem- bers* the words to be chosen from a daily newspaper. Certificates of meritorious service will be present- ed to the Lake Placid and Bouquet Valley posts. Community service citations will be awarded to posts at Lake Placid, Westport and Eliz- abethtown. An auction of supper boxes will be held. News classified ads bring quick results. DECEASED Frederick G. Thomas of Ticon- deroga, Essex Co. Commissioner of Public Welfare, who died Friday after long illness. F.C, THOMAS DIES, WAS COUNTY Ticonderoga Official Had Bees Active in Republican and Fra- ternal Circles for Years Funeral services for Frederick G. Thomas, 55, of Ticonderoga, Essex County Commissioner of Public Welfare, were conducted Tuesday. Mr. Thomas died Friday at Champlain Valley hospital, Plattsburg, where he had been 8 patient since August. Mr. Thomas was a member of the board of education in Ticon- deroga and served as president of the board for eight years; mem- ber of the Ticonderoga town board for 13 years; chairman of the Ticonderoga Town Republic; To Try New F< for First Effort in Sfagag Mark Twam's \Tom Sawyer\ The Junior class of Lake Placi high school has selected \The Ad ventures of Tom Sawyer,\ by Mark Twain, for their first annual performance on March 31. The dramatization is by Charles George. This is the first classic that has ever been presented in Lake Pla cid high school and the class feels that their innovation will be highly successful, as Mark Twain's well known characters are loved by everyone. Believing that the pub- lic is getting- tired of the farce- comedy type of play the Juniors hope their choice will appeal to people in all walks of life. The play is under the direction of Mrs. J. Howard, of the English department. All the characters that are loved so mueh in the book win be played by students of the Junior class, who portray''their parts more nat- urally, if possible, than the ones the author had in mind.. \Tom a mischievous boy his teens, is played by Billy Adams. His pals, \Huek Finn 1 and \Joe Harper\ are portrayed by Jack Wilkins and Bob Rand. \Becky Thadelier,\ Tom's \adored one,\ will be Joan Dixon. Ideal to play gentle \Aunt Polly\ is Norma Field. \Sidney Tom's spoiled half-brother, who always tattles on Tom, is played by Mil- ford Cheney. \M3ary w Tom's cousin, who has a good word for very one, is portrayed by Bena Wolfe. The nosey old \Widow Douglas,\ played by Virginia Law- rence, has her eye on \Gyp\ Adams, who as the sheriff has a most humorous role. \Mrs. Ser- eny Harper,\ played by Phyllis Allen, and her daughter, \Susy/* played by Iris Trumbull, should not be «a*% forgotten. Essex Cotmty Farm Bateau. end the He was a member of First Meth- odist Episcopal church; past mas. ter of Mount Defiance Lodge, 794, F. and A. M.; past district deputy grand master of Clinton-Essex District F. and A. M.; Essex County Past Masters' association; past treasurer of Carillon Chapter, R. A. M. Survivors include his wife, and a son, Robert Frederick; three sis- ters, Mrs. Samuel Green and Mrs. Merritt Wood of Ticonderoga and Mrs. Louise Bull of Stillwater; five brothers, Edward Thomas of Hudson Falls; Chester R. of Ti- conderoga village; Wallace of Mechanieville; Alfred of Putnam, and William of Saranac Lake. style of the period and should be most effective with their bright cobra and hoops. This work is ORTHOPEDIC CLINIC HERE ON THURSDAY A consultation orthopedic clinic will be held at the Lake Placid high school between 1 and 4 p.m., Thursday, March 23. The clinic will be in charge of Dr. E. E. Wil- son, state orthopedic surgeon, as- sisted by the orthopedic nurse of the district. All wishing to attend should be referred to the clinic by their family physician. Phone 105 for delivery service on Feek's Home-made Ice Cream, candies, or roasted nuts for that bridge party or dinner. Quality—the best! — advt. TRAPPERS MAY NOT TAKE MAYERS, LANDOWNERS MAY PROTECT PROPERTY There will be no open season on beaver this year. The ban is the second imposed since 1934, the sea- son also having been closed in 1936. Beaver represent the only species over which the Conserva- tion Department has full authority to regulate open seasons and catch limits. \Beaver were virtually extinct in this state in 1900,\ Commis- sioner Osborae explained. \Bat so well did this interesting mammal respond to protection and distri- bution that an open trapping: sea- son was permitted in some coun- ties in 1924. Since then there have been several open seasons, with the annual take varying: be- tween 3,934 in. 1934 and 2,107 in 1937. A total of 2,639 pelts were tagged Ia3t year.** The habits of the beaver them- selves make the problem of control more difficult, Mr. Bump of the Bureau of Game explained. Com- plaints of damage are markedly on the increase through the state, he pointed out. From a score of counties during the past year, complaints indicated that beaver were causing damage by flooding highways, railways, pasture lands, ferneries, springs and other sources of drinking water and ruining both hard and soft wood stands in ad- dition to stream and lakeside landscaping. According to Department offi- cial v necessity dictates that such complaints be handled by giving landowners, upon investigation of damage by game protectors, per- mits to break up dams or eliminate the beavers themselves. In cases where permission to kill the ani- mals is given, a strip of the pelt, di h k from the JUNIORS CH0OSE PLAY FROM CLASSICS the supervision of Miss Dork Freeman. Tickets, now on sale, may be purchased from members of the Junior class. Norse to Give Free Talks OB Care of Diabetics A period of community educa- tion in the care of diabetes will be conducted in Saranac Lake from Monday thru March 29, sponsored by the Saranac Lake Medical society. Miss Winterbottom, a nurse es- pecially trained in the subject at the New England Deaconness hos- pital and at the well known clinic of Dr. & P. Joslin in Boston will conduct a discussion at 3 p.m. daily in the Red Cross room of the Harrietstown town hall in Saranac e. The talks will cover the choice of foods, use of insulin and the general cart of the body to prevent serious infection. The meetings are free and are designed to be of benefit to those who must live with the disease or aid in its cure. Miss Winterbottom will also address the Saranac Lake Medical society in the John Black room on Wednesday on Th e Care of Diabetes in the Home,\ and will give two special talks for nurses at the town hall on March 25 and March 28. OTHER SCHOOLS OF CO. IN SPEAJONG LEAGUE Another public speaking league for high school students is being organized in Essex county in ad- dition to the Mountain and Val- EXPECT 600 GIRLS HERE FOR PLAYDAY. MAY 6 Delegations from physical training classes and athletic teams of 22 schools of the northern counties will engage in a playday here on Saturday, May 6. As approximately 600 girls are expected to participate in the program, arrangements have been made with the North Elba town board for the use of the arena. Miss Jane Warner, physical director for girls at the local school, is supervising the plans for the schools, of Essex, part of Clinton and part of Franklin counties. This will be the largest group to participate in any playday of its kind here as formerly the groups were limited to about 200 girls. TO AWARD TROPHY FOR BEST DOG IN KENNEL CLUB SHOW Entries in Charge o* Margaret Dewey for Anril 15th Event —- Dogs Do Not Have to Be Regis- tered to Compete With the first Lake Placid Ken nel club dog show only a month away, club officials are fast com- pleting final arrangements for this novel event in local entertainment. Entry blanks and information for anyone in this vicinity desiring to enter are available through Miss Margaret Bewey at the Lake Pla- cid Glub, or by contacting any of the Kennel Club members. To clear conflicting statements circulating, club officials wish to state that dogs do not have to be registered in order to compete in this show, which is sanctioned by the American Kennel Club. In some sanctioned allows only reg- istered dogs, are allowed to com- pete, but as thia show in merely first step txmod Joining the &p*in**-Bolton Landing as long as the shew i& dogs <*> not have to be to compete. The main feature of the show, which will be staged at the Olym- pic arena* Saturday, April 15, will be the awarding of the trophy for the best dog in the show, as .fudged by Felix Leser of Saranac Lake, famed North Country dog fancier. The show, which will be held both afternoon and evening, will be opened by a mongrel parade under the direction of John Thorn- ton. In this event twenty-four cash prizes will be awarded, rang- ing from fifty cents upward, with all grammar school and high school children urged to take part. First, second, third and fourth place rib- bons will be awarded winners in all other events. Mrs. Harold Jenkins was named by Raymond Prime as chairman of the costume class, in which the handlers are to be dressed in the itive garb of the dog they have entered. For instance if a han- dler enters a Scotch Terrier, he, or she, is to be dressed in Scottish costume. Membership in the local club is growing by leaps and bounds and now boasts of. 76 members, with many more expected to join TO ELECT E4Y0R AND TRUSTEES TOES. Unusual Quiet Precedes Dectio* Upsetting Dopesters on Results Although a mayor and two vil- lage trustees are to be elected at the polls here on Tuesday, the pre-election period has been the quietest in many years. What may spring out of the dark remains to be seen. Dr. George C. Owens, Democrat, who seeks re-election as mayor after serving three two-year terms will be opposed at the polls by George M. Tttew, Republican con- tractor and builder in this village for 25 years and a present trustee. Edwin H. Ford, who was nom- inated by the Republicans to suc- ceed Mr. Thew as trustee, has been secretary of the local board of education for 17 years and is its present treasurer. He is opposed by Benton Ames, Democrat, who seeks to return to the board after an absence of a year. Mr, Ames, a garage proprietor, was a trustee for six years prior to his defeat in the last village election. Simon J. Volpert, present trustee, has served on the board for eight years and has been a member of the hospital board since its organ- ization. He was nominated in both the Democratic and Republi- can caucuses. The polls will be open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. PLACID PUCK TEAM within the future. If enough interest is shown in this preliminary show, the group will go ahead with plans to con- duct a much larger show during the summer season in connection with the Saratoga-Bolton Landing circuit, at which there are always or eight hundred present seven dogs. league which western section. embraces the Schools in the eastern portion of the county will hold individual speaking contests, semi-finals, and inals. The latter will be con- lucted at the Crown Point high «hool on May 19 when gold and ilver keys will be awarded by the Sssex County YMCA, sponsors of he league. Donald Charles, prin- :ipal of the Mineville high school, the league president, and J. \l. Getman, principal of the Port Henry school, is secretary. Nothing Finer We'd be pleased to show you our must be forwarded Department, it was said. the Stilton. *\*••»•. powder, soaps, cid Riar»aedt • IT i. ~, *\*••»•. powder, soaps. I Lake Placid Riar»aey.--*dvt. • CHARLES WOLFE ATTENDS PRESS CONVENTION IN N. Y. Charles Wolfe of this village, president of the student council at Albany Business College, has been chosen as one of 20 selected students who are attending the an- nual national convention of the Columbia Scholastic Press asso- ciation in New York. Mr. Wolfe, a graduate of Lake Placid high school, is an active journalism stu- dent at the college and is presi- dent of the Sigma Kappa Delta fraternity. MANY SKIERS ON SUNDAY'S TRAIL OUTING Between 60 and 70 skiers joined the outing on Wright's Peak trail on Sunday sponsored by the Lake Placid Ski club. Motoring to Adi- rondack Lodge in the morning and skiing across country to the foot of the trail beyond Maroy dam they found quantities of Scow on the recreational ran completed by the conservation department last fall. IberviBe Foxes Take Ooener Alter Traiim* 6-2 —St Genum aad dPAvifttm Hicfc Scartn for Lo- caJb—Lavoio To?o F*xo* Outsmarted by Iberville's Foxes 8-6 oa Saturday night, the take Placid H. C. faked an even break tjieir weekend hockey oin, b? mig out a 9-3 win on Sunday afternoon, in two of the most ex- citing games of the season. The Poxes lived up to their iame when they came from behind n a 6-2 deficit with but 15 min- tes to play to win out 8-6 on Saturday, with the locals so taken surprise at the sudden turn of vents, that they could offer but little resistance to the fast skat- ing Frenchmen. Saturday Night To the joy of the local citizenry was the work of Jimmy d'Avig- \on that placed the Blue out in •ront in Saturday's game with two scores in the first period, the first 4:35 on an assist from Cy Bannviile, and the second at 8:10 a lone dash down the center. Leo Hayes added to the lead when wended his way through at 5:20 of the second period, catch- ing Valois, the Fox net-minder, off guard. At this point the spark- plug, Gerard Lavoie, of the Foxes' \Flying Frenchmen\ line of La- voie, Beattie and Hollo, went to work. He grabbed a double pass from Beattie and Rollo to send the rubber past Valenze at 7:05 and 25 seconds later tallied again on a pass from Beattie. St. Germain and Dora shot the Blue well out in front before the second period ended with scores at 9:40 and 13:13, and Jimmy d'Avig- non flipped home his third at 2:S6 of the closing period for a 6-2 lead. The Foxet suddenly came to life with David taking a pass from Barabe to score at 5:30 and from there in were unbeatable. Conttnura &n page 4 MBS PELKEY TO SKATE AT N.Y. WORLD'S FAIR Miss Sadie Pelkey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Pelkey of this village, has signed a contract to skate in the New York World's Fair which opens on April SO, Miss Pelkey, one of the two young: high school girls who turned professional to join Mari- bel Vinson's ice troupe in 1937, is now an instructress in figure skat- ing at the Playland Ice Casino in Rye. She will arrive in Lake Pla- cid in about two weeks for a brief rest before going to New York ©n April 10 to start rehearsals for the iee show at the fair. Follow Traditioa of St. Patrick's Day by serving oar richly-different Pistachio Ice Cream. 5£c» quart. Also 7 other flavors. Placid Pharmacy .—advt. *
