The
American Business
Massena Observer
ESTABLISHED DEC. 2,1891
MASSENA'S OLDEST INDUSTRY
' Published every TUESDAY AND THURSDAY
Observer Building, NexttoTown Hall,
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••Massena, New YorKri3662
By The Massena Observer Publishing Company Inc.
LEONARD H. PRINCE, Editor
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fJICK J. PODGURSKI, Assistant Editor
GEORGE R. LITTLE, General Manager
i,
MISS GLORIA CATANZARITE, Business Adv. Mgr.
DELBERT SHAMPINE, Circulation Manager
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-by Reynolds Knight -
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New York — You'll have fewer
models to choose from in the 1972 auto
lineup, and maybe this is for the best.
The word from Detroit is that youjl
have "only" 300 different 1972 models
to choose from, 41 fewer than in the 1971
line, a 12 per cent drop from the variety
offered for '71 by GM, Ford, Chrysler
and American Motors.
An assembly plant making only-one
or two models can usually achieve
better productivity than a plant making
Subscription rates: Carrier home delivery 35 cents per week. By mail in St.
four or five, so this would tend to hold
Lawrence
County
$8.00
per
year;
0
months
$5.50;
3
months
$3.00.
By
mail
r
down production costs and, we hope,,
elsewhere in the United States: $9.00 per year; 6 months $6.00; 3 months $3.25.
prices. It would also allow betterIn Canada $13.50 per year. Mail rates not applicable where Observer Carrier
control of quality. Fewer models w o u l d s ^
boy service is available. Entered in the Post Office at Massena, N.Y. "13662 as
allow dealers to carry smaller in- ^V,
second class matter.
ventories,- again paring costs and
permitting that much of rein on prices. „
Page 4 Massena, N.Y. Observer, Tuesday, Augusts, 1971
But with the cost of steel, labor and
other things rising, it's too much to ,
expect that 1972 models will cost, less
than 1971 cars, which carried price tags
a lot higher than those of the year " ..
before.
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The White House Fellows are the finest group of people to
Though
inflation
is
very
much
witlW^f
visit the St. Lawrence Seaway Valley.
-u%:it's-nice to know-that car makers
They were here Thursday, the White House Fellows Class of
are trying to make economies that may
1971, and were^shown theseaway and power-projectsr As this is
JlmJLpj^_iMsts^EyCTy_littleLhelps^
on ~HTra1roirahscatertheemphasis. }& o n transportatuMVSueh as
Computer Age Education
the seaway.
Coordinating education with the *•
changing needs of business ljn_ the/_
Last year, the Class of 1970 came to Massena in the early
computer age has taken a big step,
spring.
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forward through an agree_ment be^
Both groups talked with local people in important positions;
tween.rPepperdine^University- in, JLos
they Were anxious tb^exiUTe^eirtiineTit^oir^^wMe varietyof
toJthe_magneto~ w^iGh-meaht-brighV4ight
-Angelest-and^Honeywell—Information
LpNG
TRIP.^iare5Jc^HrSh^rj)rRocheste:
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subjects. They were alert, well educated,, experienced in their
when racing the engine, dim lights when Systems.
drove his 1915 ModelT Ford from Rochester to
Students completing a course, in
particular fields.
...
motor
was
idling.jio
lights
at
all
when
motor
Ogdensburg to take part in the exhibition at
* computer sciences at any one of the„No better explanation of the program of .the President's
was^pjgecL1Howevpc,;.as Mr; Sharp is shown :-JHoney
welUnstitute_of^.Information, — the
Presbyterian
Stone
Church
Festival,
His
Commission on White House Fellows—1964 than is given in the
next to a spotlight, it isVafeJo assume that a Sciences
schools will be eligible
great-grandfathefj-John-E^Sharp'r-was
from
s t a t e m e n t s purpose, "asfollows:
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storage battery had been installed to provide * to receive(HIIS)
20 credits toward a bachelor Lp*
the Ogdensburg area. Mr. and Mrs. Sharp
steady power for the lights, and to have a of sciencerdegree in- administrative*''^ '
celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary in
The purpose of the White House Fellows program is to
starter, instead of the crank. The dashboard science at the university.
Rochester July 15. This picture was published
This makes Pepperdine the , first
lights are kerosene lamps.: Note fhisncar still
provide gifted and highly motivated young Americans with
last
week
in
the
Ogdensburg
Journal,
but
the
-university
to award college credits to
has the orjginaljetpjipmentj^
some firsthand experience in the process of governing the
—graduates—of—this—industrjeoperated: "V
caption
writer
said
that
the
car
was
equipped
alstra^laxblTwhich had to be purchased as computer" iristitute. HIIS schools are
Nation and a sense of personal involvement in the leadership of
with kerosene lamps and a brass radiator,
extra equipment; Picture by Moore, Photo, located in Fullerton and Los Angeles,
the society. ' - • • • • ' • .
which is correct But those two head lamps
captioivwith comments by Leonard Prince, Calif-, /arid irLBostonr-Chicago^ Detroit
It.is essential to the healthy functioning of our system that we
were those used when the lights were hooked
and-Atlanta. Others are planned for the^.
Observer editor. . ,
have in the nongovernmental sector a generous supply of
near future.
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leaders who have an understanding—gained at first hand—of
"The B.S.A.S. degree program
the problems of natToriaT government. In a day when the indeveloped by Pepperdine is designed to~*
AND THEY CALL IT PROGRESS
combine business experience wijh
dividual feels increasingly remote from the centers of power
academic work to produce graduates " f
and decision, such leaders can help their fellow citizens commore fully prepared for careers in
prehend the process by which the Nation is governed.
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industry," said Dr., Donald R. Sirrie,
In this country today, we produce great numbers of skilled
dean of the university's School pf
Business, "Members of the faculty at
professionals. But too few of this intellectual elite provide the
our Schoolof Business have examiner
society with statesmanlike leadership and guidance in public
the courses at the Honeywell Institute,
affairs. If the sparsely settled American colonies of the late 18th
and they feel these courses constitute
century could produce Washington, Jefferson* Adams, Monroe,,
an outstanding program that fits the
pmiosppny of our TTS7S33. degree.
Madison, Hamilton, Franklin, and others of superlative talent,
Studentsjwill receive credit for their
breadth and statesmanship, should we not be able to produce, in
Institute courses upon completion of
this generation, 10 times that number? We-arenolrdoingso. ~"~:J~
several courses at the university
Surely the raw material is still there. And just as surely more
required for the degree."
must be done in the development of our ablest young people to
Stephen V. "Trittp, manager of
Leonard H. Prince
Honeywell's Institute in Southern**
inspire and facilitate the emergence of such leaders and
However, the nutrient value is often
California^ said the Institute is inas whiting, flounder, porgies, Boston
statesmen. Their horizons and experience must be broadened to
When some families splurge on
higher than
in the expensive cuts of
terested in working with all schools of
;
sole and little.neck, clams.
give them a sense of personal involvement in the leadership of
steaks, the mother still has to book hot
meat.
;.
higher education to assist in providing
But
nice
steaks
and
chops
and
other
dogs for the children in Order to make
Hot dogs have become part of. the
the society, a vision of greatness for the society-, and a sense of
practical training in computer sciences
expensive meats were not listed.
them, happy.
American way of life.
to students seeking careers in business.
responsibility for bringing that greatness to reality.
.If .you hadihe ration-stamps, you
Alex Krywanczyk, trucker, ice man,
Today they are advertised at 69 cents
Bits O'Buslries^
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The White House Fellows program.is designed to give
could
buy
what
ydu
'wanted
jinyway.
soft drink distributor, says thajtVwhat
a pound, according to advertisements
Brokers say their'vacationing client!
If
you
had
run
out
of
the
stamps,
you
superbly qualified young Americans precisely those exhappens in his home.
in recent issues of The Observer, inthis summer don'tcall them as much .
had to get along on something that was
And there must be hundreds of other
stead of the 37 cents of 25 or 26 years -as'in the past.,Reason? A "direfc
periences.
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not-rationed.
families in the Massena Observer
ago,
tionless" stock market....The Cigai; ,
The
IGA
advertised
soaps
and
territory where the children prefer hot
The National Hot Dog and Sausage
Institute^ says_ at least 250,000 women
cereals and the like, with one big addogs to the most expensive cuts of
Council has dug up some interesting
puff cigars pubiicly,_
,
vertisement carrying the signatures of
meat.
information regarding this type of food.
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5am
Abdallah,
H.~M:
This hot dog basiness'haTfiacra^lot
The hot dog was introduced at the St.'
Taking the kids on a trip to New'
Lantry, Hogansburg, James Murphy,
going for it over the years.
Louis Exposition in 1904.
. York? Then hear this — "
241E.
Orvis
St.,
W.
H.
Heverly
and
W.
By DON OAKLEY
Did anybody front Massena, now
Do you remembers when President
A unique child-participati6n exhibit
H. Campbep, both in Waddington, H.
living, attend that exposition 67 years
Along with a lot of other things we once considered eternal "
- and Mrs. Franklin Delano Roosevelt W. Steinbarge, Norfolk, and ft. J.
designed to stimulate the imagihation**N =
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ago?
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verities, the so-called "Protestant Work ethic" is falling out bf
served hot dogs at a big state function?
and encourage artistic creativity h^s
Mahoney, Helena,
This sausage "council claims that
favor among Americans, and not just young Americans.
Maybe,
it! wasn't
a, state function,
but
were
entertaining
royalty -na
Probably there was a let-down in hot -enough hot dogs-are produced every^ N just-openetf at the Hallmark Gallery,
Our-forefathers took for granted-the truth of the Biblical
dignitaries
some of royalty
those nnd
dog sales whern-ationmg.was removed
they were from
entertaining
year in the United Statesjrijone^OjreacjL Fifth Avenue and 56th Street and will
,injunction that "In the sweat oOhy face^shalt thou eat bread"
nations where the leaders; staiiif.
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J ^ l E ^ P ^ u W ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ t i M - -tu tlie^TO^^aTiidhac^wc^alnlione-haiF*—^ontmue^throTiglrSeptrs: — r " " ~ , ~
regard
times.
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and firmly believed that Satan found mischief for idle hands.
regard for the United States at ttW wanteTto and what thejrfelt they could
It's free. It's for children 6 to 12. It's
1
^rIn^9707ATnencfml^feWle^iTmated.
For JhemJ^any_pleasure.„gQttenl out of life was- purely- in- - Jinifi^Anyljodyjwith-time^n-their-hands- _affor_d,_
—Galled-'^Kaleidoscope." — ^ — t
But
that
new
generation
has
come
can look, up that incident,
14.8 billion hot dogs, or 72 .per capita.
It begins in a "motivational area*' /*?*
cidental and, accidental and had.to be paid for. It was paid for by
along^Wi)rJdJffariseenisj^longJvay-- rConsumption^for~197lTi,s
Tjisbro£g^theJhgjLdc^Jnto_a„new^
projected at
where various devices: using color^,
r
-back^tehistoryJo^theyouhg-pWple^of—
work, and the more onerous and distasteful the^workrtherbetterplane of acceptancerTT^; -;; - 15.9 billib¥TioTdogs7
-,_design,_nmv£men^texturer^
—this day.
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it was for the soul.
A company in Detroit has a machine
If hot dogs are good enough for the
stimulate
the
youngster's
imagination.
.
Their
parents
may
have
gotten
off
that can: produce €2,000TidTHogs an
As for education, its only purpose was to prepare a niari for
White House, they are good enough for
the hot dog diet when rationing ended, hour. There's equipment in Montreal -ThenJtimbves^to-a^studio^workshob-^
the rest of us.
his life's work. Anything beyond that was a sinful luxury.
but many have returned just to be able capable of turning out 72,000 an hour.
where the children can create
During World War 2, when just about
Not any more. Not without time and a half for overtime. Not
to eat at the same table and the same
whatever they please, using art sup- —
everything was rationed, the Empire
This sausage council points out that
plies like encaustic (melted crayon},
for those who are demanding "relevant" studies. Not for those
fopd_as:
the
kids^
^
1
Market which was then located back of
.JWarlene Dietrich's favorite meal
felt scraps^ colored yarn, glue, burlap;
who are dropping out of the rat race to take up organic farming•the%ational'Army Store, adjoining THC - S o m e o f the-meat p^cking^ outfits" consists of hot dogs and champagne.
plastic and cardboard._„,
may produce plausible arguments that
Observer on the north side, advertised
or t(freturn to the simple life in a commune.
,
The council did not go back far '—- Results are sometimes amazing and,
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^hot-dogs^are
better
today
than
theyhot dogsat4J7 eents-a-ppundr^fnd-had"The "Protestant work ethic".is not,, of course, exclusively
enough to remember the hot dogs the
of cpurse, the childreaJ&eep all the , „ 5
were years ago.
the
notation
"six
points".
This
meant
First Lady served, some time between
Protestant. A lot of Catholics and Jews and unbelievers are
projects they create at Kaleidoscope'.**
that yourauldJ&uylhoLdogS-with^the- _ Anyhow-,_w& have laws which
1933 and 1945.
Staff supervisors, all of high school and
stolid nine-to-fiversr Hundreds of-miUiOns-of Moslems-and
mandate
that
so
much
meat
must
be
in
Ieast damage to your ration book.
Anyhow,
in
this
day,
no
picnic
is
college age, are pa hand to guide the
a hot dog.
'.-'•,_•Hindus and others around the world know little else but
The Empire Market and the A'& P
as a picnic without hot dogs
children — not" to "teach."-Parents
. „There . is more control over food regarded
Store, located on Main St,,_pari'pf the
sweating at hard labor for their daily bread.
being roasted over an open fire.
may watch the activities in the arj;
produced
and
sold
now
than
in
the
old
present M. H. Fishman Company
Among the best workers today are the industrious Japanese,
workshop from a "corral" where ii ^
LETTERBOX
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days.
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Store, advertised regularly in. The
short film jruns continuously.
y»'.
who have virtually wiped out the American camera and radio
Observer. The A & P-did not list any —Meat used for—hot-dogs-and-ham—
—Each Kaleidoscope session runs 45
industries arid are beginning to make serious inroads^in^
Dear
Editor
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meats whaisoeyer^Jiot^veri-hotdogSr- „burjger-doesLnoLinclude^choice-parts_of _
jninutes. Groups consist of 50 children.
I am a 14 year-old girl. I am forever Because of heavy demand, its adclothing and automobiles and a host of other fields. . ' ""*
the animal that can be sold for steaks
Thoseytwo stores featured fish—such
trying to convince myself that there are visable that you make advance
and chops and the like.
They have as yet, however, to be accused of being slaves to a
more good, things than bad. in this reservations by calling Kay Marks at
"Shinto work ethic."
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WHO CAN NOT?
world, but I can't do it. For example: JUdson 2-9130.
In our newfound scorn for the '.'work ethic"—in the sense of
Pollution: the^blanket of grotesque
By
meaningless, pleasureless work*that- is—we forget that the
colors covering thfe sky,...the wret-.1 One Highlight is "Look Inside," a
£
AlGregor <
ched odors mat come from fac- series of portholes. When the kids look
men of old did rot labor because they loved
it or believed it to be
L
tories. .. .the water that you can no they'll see their own heads superimGod-ordained. *
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Who can stand on_a mighty hill:
longer drink.
posed on colorful figures within — an
They labdre* -cause they had to in order to live. It was, for
In the pride of a setting sun
Lust: when a.school girl is too em- astronaut floating in Space, a firemai
them, as basic id self-evident a law of the universe as that of
And not emerge witE a powerful th fH
harassed to tell the bus driver what the/ with a hose, a ballerina in gorgeous
guys in the back of the bus said to'
gravity.
.
,
, In the cosmic work He's done?
her.;-. .the' disgusting movies ratetf costume, a hdveringHratterflyra- boty
Today, thanks to the power and knowledge which science and
°x"-.-r.-. the audacity of manufacturers" £ml girl rock star in concert regalia.
ys
technology have placed in our hands, -and thanks to theafWho can breathe in the~ evening air ?-~~-~
who sell filthy records ..with -ugly ^fascinating optical illusions and
fluence which their application has created, we at last have the
„ Before the shade h a j d r a w n z r ^ T r r ^ "^ZTI ZU J ^
language, and the audacity of the _. ejitertaining_ gadgets help make
leisure to realize that a man should have more to look forward
Consumers who buy them.
And not inhale the promise fair
Greed: the fire inside that forces one kaleidoscope a wonderland of things Jo.
to than 30-some years of unceasing grind at a job he may not
'That rises with the dawn?
to take what isn't his
the rich man see, touch, move,"hear and operate. >
like or rttay even hate; that there must be more to an education
Things To Come
who
refuses
to
share,
who will do
than the goal of a better-paying job than one's father had; that
Who can set his heart on love
It's predicted that French wines of
anything to gain more wealth.
there must be more to life than getting and spending.
And not discern the Soul
Hate: a disease that starts from 1970 vintage and earlier will be 10 per
This is good.
Is in the pigment of his love
jealousy... a torch one carries cent higher priced this year because
because of race, religion, or the 1971 Bordeaux grape harvest was
But we should not forget that it was the sweat of those who
That makes his living whple?
^
money
the spark that becomes a below par....If you can't attentf a
have gone before that made this unique development in history
firey war with no meaning.
The
moment
turns
upon
the
gift,
possible, and that the building of a society in which every man
The Generation Gap: an ugly truth funeral a newsservice in Philadelphia
And swiftly moments fly
is enabled to realize his full potential as a human being will still
that burdens young and old
this will allow you to listen in by telephone;:
require work—perhaps work with a different kind of definition,
To cast the running man adrift
Average Age
gives today's youth the power to take
Pages
at the U.S. Capitol
drugs,
to
give
the
wrong
kind
of
but work nevertheless.
Who will not see the sky.
range in age from 14 to 17
love
the
right
the
older
ones
have
to
DETROIT LAKES, MINN., TRIBUNE: "Investigators have
and are paid $5,000 yearly.
"If some sparks must fly between the gap of our generations,
eye sinful women, to attend dirty
They work and attend school
discovered that one reason student rioters throw rocks at police
let us not use them to ignite conflagrations but rather to fire an
shows, to get drunk when things don't
full time at the Capitol Page
is because rocks are so often handy. The reason—an increased
go
right.
engine of human progress...Never before has the world had
School.
Today's
old
and
young
have
the
use of small ornamental stones in campus landscaping around
such a desperate need for greatness, for inspiration, for a
Hickok's Demise
power
to
criticize
each
other.
It's
in
the
shrubs and trees. Now one university is trying a preventive
vision. The cynics today will tell us that any vision we would
James "Wild Bill" Hickok,
Constitution. "Freedom of Speech"
measure—gluing the rocks down. The University of Illinois at
famed Indian f i g h t e r and
have now would be a delusion. But I cannot agree. I feel as it
they call it. But what about the one that
U.S. marshal, liked to gamUrbana-Champaign is test-coating the rocks with a plastic
says a United States' citizen may dress
says in Proverbs: 'Where there is no dream-the people
ble and was fatally shot from
the way he chooses? Somebody missed
which forms a rigid mass. If the experiment is successful, the
perish.'"-Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg, chairman of the Atomic
behind on Aug. 2, 1876, while
it.
Would
you
go
over
it
again?
Thank
whole campus will get plastered and fewer police will get
playing poker in Deadwood
Energy Commission, as quoted in the Antigo, Wisconsin, Daily
you.
City, Dakota Territory, acstoned during student riots."
Journal.
. •Denise Fisher
cording to E n c y c l o p a e d i a
Brasher Falls,
Britannica.
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White House Fellows
Hot Dogs Gain
But Years Ago They Were
in
All Work, No Play
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