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Mirror of The Adirondack* LAKE PLACID NEWS Established 1905 VOL. XXXVI — NO, It PUBLISHED AT LAKE PLACID, NEW YORK, IN THE HEART OF THE AWR0NDACKS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, PRICE, FIVE CENTS AD'K OPEN GOLF TOURNEY TO BE REVIVED HERE SUN. Nortk Country Golfer* To Match Strokes Orer 36 Hole Route at Country Oub The Adirondack open golf tour- nament, parent of the short-lived Lake Placid open, will make its bow again on Sunday, offering North Country play for pay and siraon-pures their biggest title of the season in this section of the state. A few of the old timers like Hike end Len Tyrell and Bob Dunn got together this week and de- cided to do something' about the lack of a big tournament here since 1938, the last year of the Lake Placid open. So, as a re- sult of their confab the old Adi- rondack will again be staged over the 36-hole route at the Country chib's scenic 18-hole layout. Winner of the last Adirondack title was Alex Gerlak of Catskill, N. Y., who beat out a Urge field in a downpour of rain to win the event in 1935. Sunday's event will include both pros and amateurs, but only the pros or amateurs shooting 1 from scratch will be eligible for the title. Among some of the North Country shotmakers who will par- ticipate along with Len and Hike Tyrell and Dunn are Doug Doyle of Long Lake, Bob Wilkinson, un- attached, and Harold Barty of the Whippoorwill course in Malone. Previous to Geiiak's win in > 35 the title was nuaiofNjtizedL by Hike Tyrell and Dunn for a matter of seven of eight years. FROM BURRO TRAIL TO MOTOR ROAD ONWHTTEFACE I Nearer t* Tfctte Wiatof t» View Sceaic Wtadtrt ef Mmntatai Cwwtrjr Travelers into the North Coun- try of New York state have used everything from horses, burros, and their own legs, to the gas- oline motor and an electric eleva- tor to get to the summit of Whiteface Mountain. Today the motor car and eleva- tor get the call via the Whiteface Mountain Memorial Highway. But late in the last* century two trails up the mile-high peak were util- ized by both horses and burros to take sightseers to the top. One trail built about 1872, started from & road leading east from Franklin Falls and climbed by a northerly ridge to a point just east of the summit. The lower part was for horse-drawn vehicles, while the upper section was used as a foot- path for finisning the trek toward the sky. Another trail started at the vil- lage of Wilmington east of the base of the mountain. Over this, horses and burros were taken all the way to the top. Boys led the sturdy animals up the pathway, while the sightseers rode in some sort of comfort. Whiteface was the only high Adirondack spire that shared in the interest in bridle paths and horseback trips to mountain peaks late in the last century. The ride up the Whiteface Moun- tain Memorial Highway, as now enjoyed by thousands of motorists each season, has been called the * Supreme Scenic Thrill of the North American Continent.\ DEMOCRATS OF COUNTY TO HAVE CLAM3AKE SUNDAY The Democrats of Essex county will hold a clambake and rally Sunday afternoon, at Bertha's res- taurant on the Keene-Elizabeth- town highway. Democratic candi- dates will be present and music jmd entertainment are planned. Chowder and clams will be served from 1 p.m. with the bake at 5 p.m. Democratic committee- men thruout the county are in charge of the ticket sales in their respective communities. PROFESSOR EINSTEIN IN PLACID WEDNESDAY This resort has its share of dis- tinguished visitors. On Wednes- day afternoon Professor Albert Einstein, noted mathematician, was entertained here by Professor Fubini of the mathematics depart- ment of Princeton University who has the Hurley cottage for the summer. SEVEN BIRTHS, EIGHT | DEATHS IN AUGUST | For the first time in several I years the deaths in Lake Pla- cid exceeded the number of births in the same month. According to Mrs. Ethel M. Wells, North Elba town clerk in charge of vital statistics, there were eight deaths here in the month's time while only seven babies were born. How- ever the deaths were not wholly confined to local per- sons, some of them beiag sum- mer guests. Ten marriages were recorded. THREE DIE. 13 INJURED. IN AUTO ACCIDENT Near Westport Fatal To Two men and a ten-year old girl were killed in automobile accidents over the Labor Day weekend. Thirteen persons were injured, one fatally, in a head-on collision at 5:00 o'clock Sunday afternoon of two cars near Westport. Mae Allen, of Nassau, N. Y., died in Mineville hospital Monday as a result of injuries. Of the 12 others eleven are still in Mmeville Hospital with serious injuries, ranging from fractured leg*. Riding in one vehicle were Mitchell Passino, Lena Passino, Lena Passino, Mitchell Passino, Jr., 7, Felix Passino, 27, Lerry Pas- sino, 6 mos., and iFrankJm Pas- sino, 5, all of Schodack Landing, N. Y., Dfciay Passino, Westport, Marion Allen and Mae Alton of Nassau. All are in Mineville Hos- pital and five-year old Franklin Passino is considered in critical condition. Riding in the other auto were Philip B. Fisher, 36, Katherine Fisher, 37, and Shirley fisher, 30, of CsnAridge, tf. Y* and ffenneth Bfeefetyre, o£ Ifew York city. All but Maclntyre are in Mineville hospital. The cars met head-on immedi- ately south of Westport. So seri- ous was the damage that traffic was delayed for fully an hour. ADYHfflSE SALE OF 1100 PARCEL FOR TAX Sale of Properties for County Taxes to Be October 15 There are 1100 parcels of land being advertised for non payment of taxes to Essex county which if not paid in the interim between now and the date of sale, October 15, will be sold for taxes. The town of Chesterfield has 117, the largest number of land parcels on which taxes have not been paid. Lewis has 97, Crown Point, 89, and: Wilmington 22. There are 11 parcels advertised in the village of Lake Placid and 29 in the town of North Elba. Only three properties are listed in the village of Bloomingdate while Newcomb has the next smallest number with fifive. In the other towns the follow- ing numbers are listed: town of Elizabethtowh, 36; village of Eliz- abethtown, 22; town of Essex, 37; town of Jay, 73; town of Keene, 53; town of Minerva, 34; town of Moriah, 55; village of Port Henry, 14; village of Saranac Lake, 2; town of Tieonderoga, 71; village of Ticonderoga, 45; town of West- port, 40; village of Westport, 11; town of Wlllsboro, 36. TO CONVERT HEARST YACHT INTO MUNITIONS The palatial yacht once owned by William Randolph Hearst is to be used for Canadian munitions. Purchased by Moe Zinman of St. John's, Que., it is to be cut up into scrap metal after the hull is towed to St. John's. The 270 foot yacht, after being sold by Mr. Hearst, was once used in ferry service on Lake Champlain between Port Kent and Burlington, Vt. The hulk was sold to the Canadian dealer for $400. Students Don't take your school work half- heartedly—be a master craftsman, equipped with correct and fine tools. See out new line of Parker and Schafer Fountain Pens, Pen- cils, and combinations. Our un- usually complete line is in a wide price range. Lake Placid Phar- macy,—-advt. • BLUE GRIDDERS HEAD INTO SECOND WEEK OF PRACTICE Development of Lae Wffl Be Man- nings Biggest Probbar—32 Out for Teas \They're small and fast but should be able to do plenty of damage/' were the words used by Tom Manning after looking over the high school football team in their first practice sessions of the season this week. Thirty-two candidates answered Manning's call this season, with a few strag- glers still to report. Although it is still three weeks until their first game with Mount Assumption Institute of Platts- burg, Manning has been putting the athletes through their paces daily at the stadium. Work to date has included dummy block- ing, running interference, funda- mentals and the learning of plays via the blackboard. Stepping up the pace gradually, Manning will have the team at actual contact work by the middle or end of next week. The squad received a couple of setbacks in their initial week of practice with the word that Art Adams, veteran tackle of the past two seasons, was not going to play this year and that Jack Barry, who worked impressively at end last year, would be kept out of play because of ill health. These, however, were quickly nul- lified with reports that Ralph Hathaway, a mild sensation in his first year last season, would re- turn to the squad on Monday and that Dixon Smith, 6-foot 3 inches, 190-pound end, would be oat for the teem after a lapse of a year. With the return of Smith, Man- ning will undoubtedly pair him with the veteran Bart Patnode at the wing positions, to be aided by either Jack MeDevitt, Larry Ar- quitt or Craig Garren. With the ends so well token care of, Man- ning will 'try to work a couple of the last three named into tackle or guard posts to aid Herra Gar- ren, the only veteran of the center of the line returning'. Joe {Par- ley,, a newcomer with plenty of height and a natural knack for athletics, will battle with Fred Fountain for the center spot left vacant by poking Johnny Fell. With the return of Hathaway, Coach Manning will have a pretty definite line on his backfield which will include Don Colby, Bobby Rand, Bob and Bill Beaney, John Jessmer and Bill Hurley. Colby, who handled the kicking assign- ments as well as some of the pass- ing- last year, will again be used in that capacity, with Rand aid- ing in the passing. Just who Manning will use at quarterback remains a question, but Jessmer would appear to be the probable choice along with Colby or Bob Beaney. Fresh Killed Fowl, 3 to 4 1b. average. 23 cents per lb. while they last. D. & D. Turkey Farm. Phone 310.—advt.* FOUR TRAINS CARRY CROWD AWAY BY RAIL Thirty-four cars and five engines in four separate sec- tions were used in carrying summer vacationists away from this resort by railroad at the annual Labor Day exodus, according to figures received from Howard L. Weaver, local station agent. Close to 300 persons boarded the trains here, while another three or four hundred piled aboard en route through the mountains at Saranac Lake, Saranac Inn, Big Moose and Thendara. The first section, containing seven cars and one engine, all headed for New York, left at 7:50 (standard time). Loaded down with eight cars, the sec- ond section, also headed direct for New York, left at 8:25 and was followed in order by a section with nine cars at 8:39 and one of twelve cars leaving at 9 o'clock. The lat- ter two sections each con- taining one car for Boston and one for Chicago, with the last section having two engines to pull the heavy load. The usual crowd of natives, and guests who stay through the month of September, were on hand, taxing every avail- able inch of parking space. Tnat end, nowever, was taken care of by Chief of Police Francis Canfield and Officer Tom Black. This outpouring of vacation- ists coupled with the fact that a crowd nearly as large left on Tuesday night along with those having left by bus and 1 automobile, feft this re- sort in somewhat of a deserted tetage by Wednesday, al- though a large number are still reported at the Club and Whiteface Ion, • :. . - STATI BUYS YALCOUR The quest by the New York Conservation PspitUwnt tor.- an. isolated site oe wmeh to conduct important research designed to dfr. termine the actual effects of preda- tion on game populations fii led to Valcour Island in Lake Champlain. The island, compris- ing- 1,000 acres, is one mile south of Plattsburg.' ' (On this site the department hopes to determine the degree to which the surplus removable crop of game birds and mammals is af- fected by predation losses, if at all, and the degree to which indi- vidual prdators are responsible for such losses. CHAUFFEURS GIVE $228 FROM DANCE TO RED CROSS A report from James Martin and Francis Warnes, who were in charge of the chauffeurs' ball given recently -at the Stevens House grille for the benefit of the Bed Cross, shows a net sum of $228 which was turned over to the local chapter. RECALL FAMOUS DUNN FAMILY WnU FINDING OF GOLF BALI3 An unidentified man walked into the establishment of Alec LeRoux on lower Main street Wednesday with a box of golf balls and in- quired of the jovial Frenchman, who not only is a tonsorial expert but also a linguist, poet, singer and buyer and seller of second- hand golf balls, whether or not he would take the dozen balls. After a quick scrutiny of the contents Alec immediately ac- cepted and paid the stranger for the balls. Now anyone will know that there is little or no news value in a story of that kind, because strangers are walking into Alec's place every day with golf balls for sale, but strangers do not walk in every day with a box of unused Willie Dunn \Stars and Stripes\ golf balls. Again the unfamiliar ask, who was Willie Dunn and what were \Stars and Stripes\ golf balls? Willie Dunn was one of the first famous golf instructors in Scot- land holding forth at the one time noted MHisselborough course. His sen Tom Dunn, who was supposed to have been even better, was a pro at North Berwick, while Sey- mour Dunn, son of Tom, was for a number of years professional at the Lake Placid Club. Carrying on the tradition of the Dunn±», Bob, son of Seymour, is the present professional at Whiteface Inn. Going back to Willie^ Dunn, he, along with his brother Jamie, played in one of the first great money matches recorded on the links, when they teamed to beat Allen Robinson and Tom Morris for 400 pounds sterling (about $2,000). Commemorating the feats of Willie Dunn the manufacturing company of Whitman and Barnes in Akron, O., produced the Willie Dunn \Stars and Stripes\ golf ball, which were patented July 27, 1897. The balls, which were found in the attic of the old Seymour Dunn home on Wilmington road, closely resemble present day pellets, be- ing about the same size, but with a somewhat different surface. In- stead of the usual dots and squares, the Dunn ball has stars and stripes indented. Atop the ball the inscription reads ''Willie Dunn, Stars and Stripes. Pat. July 27, 1897.\ Seven of the twelve balls in the original box are still in wrappers, while the remaining five are unwrapped. This type of ball is said to be the first kind ever used on the first nine hole course at the Club. So, with a rare treasure like this, it is no wonder that Alee did not hesitate in the purchase, and it is no wonder that there was a little news value in the purchase of a box of golf balls from a stranger. TI MAN WINS POMONA COOKY CONTEST He Rolb His OWB—Graven Vole to Support bswmnce Bui Sometimes it does happen and a man wins a cooking sontest. It happened to Ralph Brock of Ti- conderoga, who turned out to be the prize winner in the Pomona grange cooky contest against the county's best cooky makers. Sec- ond prize went to Lucille Boynton of Whiteface grange and third place was won by Mrs. Belle Stan- ley of Lake Placid. Essex County Pomona grange after some discussion voted to sup- port the compulsory automobile in- surance bill at its quarterly meet- ing in the Whiteface grange hall at Jay. J£r. and Mrs. C. Walter Goff of Lake Placid were recommended to return as deputies, their appoint- ment to be made by the state mas- ter. Fred Beebe was elected mas- ter; Richard Htmtley, overseer; Lorna Yell, lecturer; Miss Ednah Goff, assistant lecturer; Anthony Rivers, steward; Elvin Cross, as- sistant steward; Emma Merrill, chaplain; Will Landry, treasurer; Irene Rivers, secretary; John Hathaway, gate keeper; Chrystal Thrasher, Ceres; Marian Daniels, Pomona; Mrs. Rafferty, flora; Gertrude Bigelow, lady assistant steward. Sari Williams named to the executive committee and a tentative list of delegates were named to attend state grange. At the morning session which was meageriy attended, Mrs. Lorna Yell, the lecturer, reported that $20.40 had been, collected thru the youth programs and $41 had been raised thru the fidelity program of the Serving,and Hos- pitality committee, according to the report of Mrs. Christal Thra- sher. Food was the theme of the af- ternoon program presented by the woky contest Mrs. Catherine Wood Dav4s of Lake Placid spoke cmt proper ingredients for school lunehk, Mrs: Thrasher as retiring chairman of -the Service' and Hos- pitality committee was presented with a gift by Mrs. Lillian Hare and Mrs. Blanch Isham, Mr. Goff spoke on the beauty of the state and national grange degrees. It was voted to send the lecturer to state grange at Kingston. The Pomona degree was conferred on a large class of candidates at the evening session with Wr. Goff as master of the degree team. The evening program centered about youth. Richard Huntley and Lucille Boynton enacted the part of Pomona king ai\d queen of youth and were led to the platform by two heralds and two pages from the Keene juvenile grange and were accompanied by a court of six others. Hie crowning cere- mony was officiated by Emma Merrill and George Thompson, both of whom have been grange nsembers for over £5 years. The program included an essay by Georgianna Thompson on \What Youfch Owes the Grange;\ a duet, \What Shall the Harvest Be?\ by Orpha Zaumetzer and Edythe Williams; a duet, \Playmates by Jean Isham and Gloria Bailey of Keene juvenile; a humorous skit on newspaper work by Mary Red- mond and Ethel Lobdell of Wad- hams and a talk on the state fair by Wiill Thompson. Pomona will be entertained at its next meeting by Ethan Allen grange in Crown Point. the P* 0 * 8 ** MOVIES AND LECTURES FOR GARDEN CLUB A moving picture lecture with the narrative supplied by Lowell Thomas was given at the arena on Thursday evening sfKmsored by the Garden Club of Lake Plaeid. (Fea- tured! in natural color were prize winning gardens and spacious lawns of suburban and country estates. The lecture is the contribution of the American Agricultural Chemical company of Carteret, N. J., to the garden ehib« the pic- tures showing the actual building of a new lawn, the planting of a home garden, how it is cared for and brought to foil bloom. Madam Charkm the noted psychic and tea cup reader, will leave Lake Plaeid Sep- tember 18. Those interested In vis* iting her should make well in ad- itingr hers should make appoint- ments well in advance of this date, September 18.—advt, * DUNN SETS COURSE RECORD AT MALONE Setting: a new course record of 68 over the Whippoorwill course in Malone on Sunday, Bob Dunn, pro at the White- face Inn course won the final Northern New York pro- anmteur golf tournament of the season. Hitting his shots with dead- ly accuracy the tall Whiteface shotmaker fired fifteen suc- cessive par holes, winding up with a birdie, par, birdie. He was out in 35 strokes and in with 33. • Hike Tyrell of the Saranac golf club finished in fourth place with 72. COFC. TO DISCUSS LAND PURCHASE BY THE VILLAGE Trustee* Ask f or PoMic Dmnwion of Steps to Prefect Skore «f Mirror Lake fn» F«tk*r MM- The matter of the purchase by the village of Main street proper- ties to protect the lake front from further building win be discussed at a- meeting of the chamber of commerce at 8 p.m. Monday. Inasnrach as there has been so much agitation about the con- tinued building of gasoline filling stations on M#m street withui the last two yean the village board, meeting Wednesday night until Weirpast midnight, decided to ask E. G. Dodtfs, chamber of commerce president, to call a meeting where the matter may be discussed open ly. The trustees have expressed a desire to hear what the public in general think about the purchase by the village of lake front prop- erty, the Kelleher lot in particular. At a- meeting last week a delega- tion of permanent and siftfemer residents called, apoa the board to further fcuilding on the east sicfe. u* Jfiasi juxatil* The board Wednesday night fur- ther disco***? the suggestion that a police officer fee stationed at the corner of School street and Colden aveaue while children are crossing to and from school. William Hur- ley, president of the board of edu- cation, and M; B. Clark, a member met with the board. The chamber of commerce meet- ing is open to the public. fACUIH AT RS. HAS TWO NEW TEACHERS Hone Economic* Art Supervisor New This Year Two new teachers are on the faculty at the Lake Placid high school this year. Mass Marcella Shea of Syracuse is in charge of the economics, department and El- mer Tomasch is the art supervisor. Miss Shea is a graduate of Syr- acuse and succeeds Miss Helen Young who is engaged in social welfare work with the Huntingdon club of Syracuse. Mr. Tomasch is a graduate of Western Reserve and the Cleveland School of Art and taught in that city. He is the husband of the former Miss Sadie Pelkey of this village. Classes for junior and senior high school students convene at 8:40 a.m. and 1:10 p.m. and at 9 a.m. and 1:15 p.m. for grammar school pupils. David G. Allen, supervising prin- cipal states that although there are only 906 pupils registered at present there will be a gradual increase to a thousand or more as the working season end& for the older students. Last year there were 915 pupils on the first day of school. Registered in the grades are 551 while 355 have enrolled in junior and senior high school. The records of 25 years ago show that the village residents were seething in anticipation of a new school inasmuch as there were 550 children registered wfcich filled the old building to capacity. MR. Aim MRS. VOLPERT HAVE S2ND ANNIVERSARY Mr. and Mrs. Simon J. Volpert celebrated their £»-»* ™>d<hasr an- niversary a* $!*&& Attending the fant% £«j3i£» the follow- ing from en! # town: Mr. and Mrs, Barsfaag and Mr, and Mrs. Jo««ph Sag* and the former's mother of Hew York, Mr. and Mrs. Mynra Vetpert* Sfcwwuse, and Ber- nard Volpert, mm York. BRUCE BARTON TO SPEAK AT C.O.P RALLY Array of Speakers at Crown Peart September 22 An interesting and influential list of speakers is rounding up for the North Country Republican rally to be held at the Crown Point state park on Sunday afternoon, September 22. Bruce Barton, rep- resentative in congress from the 17th district, New York, will head the list. Other speakers will include Ber- trand IL Snell of Potsdam, former representative in congress and house minority leader; Represen- tative Clarence R. Kilburn of Ma- lone and Benjamin F. Feinberg of Plattsburg-. The last two are can-r didates for reelection. Byrne A. Pyrke of Crown Point will be master of ceremonies dur- ing the program which will in- clude a softbail game between teams representing the northern and southern sections of Essex county and mass singing of patri- otic and Republican campaign songs. The parade thru the park grounds will have six bands and a number of clowns. Twelve Will- kiettes dressed in red, white and blue unif >rms will be on hand to distribute the campaign literature. An amplifying- system will be in- staUfd so that the anticipated crowd may hear. NO LOOT BROKE IYTO P.O. OCee The Lake Placid post office was entered Wednesday night but the intruder got nothing for his pains. Sergeant Gerald. Woolsey of the «€!, Baybrook, aad Chief of Po- lice Francia Canfield are investi- gating, i . . . . The officers are not working with the, usual fingerprints but instead have aonte very fine impressions of toe prints as if the intruder had kicked off his shoes or shoes and socks, both,, before entering the building. Nothing of value was available for the intruder to appro- priate but employees of the post office believe that he was searching for money as the envelope drawers at the window had been tampered with and scissors were found that had been bent, presumably in the effort to pry them open. Entrance was made thru a win- dow in the rear of the building. Standing on a Jive foot railing, the man had pulled himself up to the sill about 12 feet above the ground. Using a stone about five inches in circumference he broke a window, reached in and snapped the catch allowing the casement window to open toward him and allow his entrance. ICE SKATING AT THE ARENA Next SessieB Will Owe a December The great ice sheet has been removed from the arena- floor, having been maintained since mid- June when the summer figure skating season began. ; The ice has been in constant use as the season was one of the most successful since summer ice skat- ing was first established aj an attraction. The demand for skat- ing space was the greatest yet ex- perienced, according to North Elba Park District officials in charge of operation and maintenance. Patch reservations were scheduled daily from 6:30 in the morning with les- son periods stretching at many times until well past midnight. The auditorium at the arena is being set up for the fall enter- tainment and convention schedttle. The chamber of commerce and park district offices will remain in their present locations. The win- ter indoor ice skating season will start in December. New Taste Sensation Choc-Glo is the ice-cream-of-the- month. Soft French vanilla with Chocolate ehxps. You'll re-order quickly! Plume 88 for delivery. 69c quart. Lake Placid Pharmacy, —advt. •
