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COURIER & FREEMAN, Potsdam, N.Y., Wednesday, June 14, 1972
Andrikuts await
visit to Bahamas
ByJohnShatraw
Managing Editor
Worldwide history was made on May
26 when President Nixon and General
Secretary Leonid Brezhnev of the Union
of Socialist Soviet Republics signed the
documented agreement limiting antiballistic missile systems and strategic
offensive weapons.
Present at the signing of the SALT
agreement was former Parishville
and Potsdam resident Richard Corbin,
son of the late Barnett (Barney) Corbin
and Mrs. Earl Kidd of 80 Elm St.,
Potsdam.
Corbin, a member of the State
Department since 1969, was summoned
to the Presidential party as a linguist.
He has been in Moscow since Feb., 1972
and will remain there two years.
Mrs. Kidd first heard of her son's
news on May 18 when Corbin called on
the White House telephone line via
satellite. He stated that he had been
working in an administrative control
center located outside of the Kremlin in
a hotel.
President Nixon and his party were
greeted at Vnukovo II Airport in
Moscow on Monday, May 22 by
President Podgorny, Premier Kosygin,
Foreign Minister Gromyko, and Am-
Two attend
co-op session
in Clayton
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April food stamp
recipients, 27,494
A total of 27,494 persons in six Northern New York counties received
1646,742 worth of food stamps in April at
a purchase price of (413,631, according
to a monthly report of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
The number of participants, 15,488 of
whom were on public assistance,
represents a decrease of 1,264 from
March, while the total and purchase
values of the stamps declined 135,548
and $22,414, respectively.
On a statewide basis, April marked
the seventh consecutive month in which
participation increased, with 1,281,074
persons (an increase of 757) purchasing
stamps.
St. Lawrence County participants in
April numbered 8,488 with purchase and
total stamp values totaling $125,200 and
$194,248. The figures compare to 8,912 in
March participants who purchased
$133,634 in stamps for a total value of
$209,006.
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Richard Corbin witnesses
SALT signing in Moscow
The sugar sand beaches and crystal
clear waters of Paradise Island in the
Bahamas are awaiting John C. Andrikut
and his wife Lois, of 21 Leroy St., Potsdam.
They will be guests of Investors
Diversified Services (IDS), which is
hosting them and other million-dollar
sales achievers and their wives at the
Paradise Island Hotel June 25-29. The
representatives will attend daily
business sessions with IDS home office
sales executives.
IDS is the investment advisor and
distributor of seven associated mutual
funds. Its 4,000-person national sales
organization sells shares of these funds,
mutual fund accumulation plans, faceamount certificates, life and disability
insurance and oil and gas exploration
programs.
The Andrikuts and the other honored
couples will be special guests of William
B. Boscow, IDS senior vice presidentmarketing. Other key officials from the
Minneapolis home office attending with
their wives include Charles R. Orem,
IDS president; George Ceithaml, vice
president and general sales manager;
Jay M. Hines, vice president of sates
development; and Robert M. Kurzeka,
vice president of sales administration.
Two Potsdam residents are part of the
St. Lawrence County team of community workers in Clayton, N.Y., today
and tomorrow for training on
cooperatives as a self-help method for
rural development.
They are Mrs. Olive Moffett, director,
Potsdam Neighborhood Center, and
Edward Potts, president and manager,
Potsdam Community Cooperative
Association. Also participating in the
meetings are George Donovan, Canton,
Coordinator of Neighborhood Centers,
St. Lawrence County Communty
Development Porgram, Inc., and Mrs.
Ruth Pharoah, Canton, secretarycoordinator, Association for Family
Health Services.
The community workers are being
trained to help low income families
organize and manage non-farm, nondairy cooperatives to produce and
market goods or to buy goods and
services for themselves, according to
James P. Tout, Watertown, program
coordinator.
Instructors for the training are
William P. Seymour, Washington, D.C.,
agricultural economist and craft
specialist, Farmers' Cooperative
Services, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, and James Weaver,
manager, Blue Ridge Hearthside Crafts
Association, Sugar Grove, N.C.
Resource personnel include James F.
Schmidt, Auburn, executive director,
Cayuga County Action Program, and a
representative from the Ithaca Food Coop. Representatives also are there from
two recently established North Country
enterprises: Coopertive Endeavors,
Watertown, which markets used furniture for low income families and
Potsdam Community Cooperative
Association which is a buying club
promoting local producers. The Potsdam group will have its first Farmers'
Market on June 24 in Potsdam.
Headquarters for the session is
Bertrand's Hotel, Clayton, with training
held at McCormick's Restaurant.
Clayton was chosen to host the program
because it is the site of the 1,000 Islands
Museum Craft School, Tout said.
Community action agencies participating in the training programs are
St. Lawrence County Community
Development Program, Franklin
County Economic Opportunity Council,
Lewis County Opportunities, and
Community Action Planning Council of
Jefferson County..The training is supported by a grant from the Office of
Economic Opportunity for regional
training. -
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bassador Dobrynin.
Five days later at 1 a.m. EDT (8 a.m.
Russian time), Corbin again called his
mother from the Kremlin via the White
House line, and told her that he had been
summoned as a linguist and that he had
witnessed the historic signing of the
SALT agreement the day before (May
26).
Corbin reportedly met and shook
hands with the American and Russian
leaders at the signing: No specific
dignitaries were mentioned but those
attending included President Nixon,
Secretary of State William Rogers,
National Security Advisor Dr. Henry A.
Kissinger, General Secretary Brezhnev,
President Nikolai Podgorny and
Premier Alexei Kosygin. He also
reportedly witnessed the signing of the
agreement on environmental protection.
Corbin indicated in his second phone
call that he had also been assigned
escort duty while the Presidential party
was present.
Mrs. Kidd reported that her son
described Nixon as a person "in excellent health and well-tanned" and the
First Lady as "very attractive and
charming". He stated that the Kremlin
was "indescribably beautiful".
Recreation program
to commence July 5
The Potsdam Summer Recreation
Program will begin July 5, and run
Foam system
through August 11 according to
Former fire Chief Walter Smutz shows Immediate past fire chief Kenneth Perry, Program Director Hal Gillette.
Registration will be held at the Senior
left, and Fire Chief James Prosper, right, the intricate tubing found on the firefighting foam system to be used by the Potsdam Fire Department in the future. High Gymnasium parking lot, on
Smutz designed the entire system except the mixing valve and has indtoduced the Wednesday, July 5 from 9 a.m.-- noon.
All children registering for swimming
only device of its kind In the North Country.
are asked to bring any or all certificates
earned last year.
Afternoon swimming and evening
playground programs will also commence July 5 with the playground hours
being held from 9 a.m.-noon and 6:308:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, at
the senior high school gym area.
Swimming classes will be held in the
The doorhandle of an old Chrysler, water. The percentage of foam in the morning from 9-noon at Postwood. Nonscraps of copper tubing, plumbing fit- water (one, two, three or six per cent) swimmer classes will be held four days
tings and the efforts of Walter Smutz can be controlled by a selector knob on per week, Monday and Tuesday, and
Thursday and Friday. Swimmer classes
over a two-year time span have the truck's instrument panel.
will be held on Wednesday morning only
produced the only fire-fighting unit of its
Other fire companies use the this year.
kind in the North Country. The finished traditional method of fire-fighting with
Buses will run the same routes as last
product is a foam system used by foam which includes removing stored
firemen to extinguish gas, oil and powdered foam from a container and year. Pick-up points will be at the
rubber material fires.
mixing it with water in a foam hopper;
Smutz, a past Potsdam Fire Depart- connecting a separate foam container to
ment chief, decided to embark on his the outside of the truck; or firemen
project three years ago while carrying foam tanks with them as they
negotiating with village officials for the fight the fire.
fire department contract. The department agreed to purchase a foam unit for Summer Fun Guide
one of the Potsdam trucks (primarily
for the use of airport fires) if allotted a
The graduation ceremonies at Potgiven sum of dollars in the village will be published
sdam Central School will be held on
budget. The money was granted to the
Friday, June 23 at 7:30 p.m. with 187
department but retail prices for the in Courier-Freeman
prospective graduates receiving their
foam unit exceeded Smutz's exdiplomas.
pectations.
The Valedictorian of the Class is
The 1972 St. Lawrence Valley Summer
The fire department purchased a Fun Guide, published by the Northern Christoph Jekeli, son of Dr. and Mrs.
mixing valve from an Akron foam New York Publishing Company
Walter Jekeli, Pierrepont Ave., with an
system, and Smutz, working from a newspapers, will be distributed with this
average of 95.69 and the Salutatorian is
basic sketch, designed a pipe system newspaper next week.
Mittie Theobald, daughter of Mr. and
including water and foam valves which
A 64-page tabloid, the newspaper Mrs. George Theobald, Outer Main St.,
had to conform with the valve includes stories, photographs, and
with an average of 95.58.
placements on the water mixing unit of calendar events of interest to area
Dr. Leonard Bucklin, Staff Counsel,
the Akron system.
St. Lawrence University will deliver the
residents as well as tourists. It will be
Aiding Smutz in his work were distributed throughout the summer in graduation address. Dr. Bucklin
Richard Bovay, who provided many restaurants, motels, visitors' centers
received both his Bachelor of Law and
plumbers fittings, and Otto Duciewicz and other areas.
Doctor of Law degrees from the
who welded Smutz's pipe unit to the
Articles cover Potsdam, Canton,
Akron system.
Massena, Ogdensburg, Alexandria Bay,
The newly-designed foam unit has Ontario, Quebec, and the Adirondacks.
many distinct advantages over the
current firematic procedures of fighting
gas, oil and rubber fires with foam.
- This apparatus as designed and
installed by Smutz, cost the department
approximately $800. If the department
Over 50 exhibitors will be putting their
had elected to send the truck to a
best foot forward at a gigantic three-day
manufacturer for installation of a
Lions Club Exposition this coming
complete Akron system, the price tag
weekend at Clarkson Arena in Potsdam.
would have been $2,000.
The Exposition will open Friday, June
- The system is interchangeable with
The Potsdam Volunteer Rescue Squad
16, at 6 p.m. The hours will be: Friday,
other fire trucks. It is not part of the answered a total of 126 calls during the
6-10 p.m.; Saturday, June 17, noon-10
truck's original fire-fighting apparatus. months of April and May according to
p.m.; Sunday, June 18, noon-5 p.m.
Thus, if the truck which carries the Ray Smith, chief.
foam system is sold, the unit may be
Several new features have been added
Smith's report indicated that the
removed and installed in another truck. squad logged 2168 miles and had an
to this year's Exposition. The all-girl
drum and bugle corp, The Chap- The valves operate one-way only- average of 6.0 men report to each call,
par relies, will put on a show at the
when given one-quarter of a turn. This
The breakdown of calls is as follows:
Exposition immediately following the
eliminates unnecessary rattling and requests for oxygen services, 10; home
noise on the truck and facilities quick accidents, nine; automobile accidents, Elk's Club Flag Day Parade on Sunday.
This show was made possible with the
use in fire-fighting operations.
10; miscellaneous accidents, three;
cooperation of the Potsdam Chamber of
- There is a built-in flush system other illnesses, 37; stand-by at public
Commerce and the Potsdam Elk's Club.
which prevents caking of the foam on events, three; fire stand-by, 15; local
Another new feature this year is an art
the inside of the unit.
transports, 18; long distance transports,
show and sale by local artists. Many
- Water may be carried through the 15 and other calls, six.
well-known artists in the area will be
system independent of foam by means
present and have their works displayed.
of a shut-off valve. An outlet may be
Scouting exhibits will be on display,
used for hookup for an iW hose.
put on by Girl Scout Troop 215 and Boy
Smutz installed the unit in the 1967
Scout Troop 57 of Potsdam.
GMC truck in the fire station last week.
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There will be a drawing on a car full of
It has a 95-gallon per minute capacity
groceries and the car. The lucky winner
and operates under 200 pounds of
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of the big raffle will take home both
pressure per square-inch.
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prizes. Door prizes will be drawn daily
The goam is stored in a 20-gallon tank
Classified
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15
and announced over WPDM after the
atop the GMC and is preconnected to the
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news on the hour. Drawings for door
panel of the truck. One gallon of foam is
Church
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prizes will be made approximately at
used with every 1000-1500 gallons of
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Local fireman designs
fire fighting foam system
campus school, the old Pine St. School
area, and senior high school gym
parking lot. No children will be allowed
to ride the bus to Postwood in the
morning until they have been registered
by their parents. Minimum age limit for
swimming will be six years.
In the afternoon it will be free
swimming from 1:00-4:00 at Postwood.
Pick-up points will be the Campus
School, the old Pine St. School area, plus
a bus will make a run out to Sissonville,
Hewittville, and Unionville, Monday
through Wednesday. On Thursday the
Out-of-town bus will make the trip out to
West Potsdam area. On Friday the Outof-town bus will make the trip out to
Sanfordville and West Stockholm.
The buses will leave Potsdam for the
pick-up points at 12:30 p.m.
No registration is necessary for the
afternoon swimming. Any child may
ride and buses will run until all are
served.
On the evening of Thursday, May 25,
Corbin was seated next to the
Presidential box while being entertained by the Russian ballet's performance of "Swan Lake" at the Bolshoi
Theatre.
In a recent letter to the Kussmaul
family with whom he visited in Germany, Corbin writes, "My job in
Moscow consists of buying Russian
books for shipment back to Washington.
There is one other fellow in the office.
We serve as the main channel through
which the library of Congress and other
Washington Agencies acquire Soviet
publications. One of the advantages of
the job is that we get to travel a lot,
because many books which are
published in the Republican capitals and
other cities never make it to Moscow.
We have already been to Nowosibirsk
and Ulianowsk. We were supposed to go
to Tashkent and Alma Ata last week, but
had to cancel it because we have so
much work, in conjunction with
preparing for President Nixon's visit on
May 22.1 wonder whether we will even
see him."
Of the Russian May Day festivities,
Corbin relates, "It is so absolutely incredible the amount of preparation
which goes into the May Day festivities.
Millions of flags, thousands of slogans,
hundreds of portraits, colored lights
everywhere, etc. It is hard to conceive
the number of men hours which are
expended in this economically nonproductive effort. Because the holidays-May 1 and 2—fall on Monday and
Tuesday this year, the government
declared that everyone must work on
Saturday and Sunday so there would be
no loss of production. We are constantly
amazed at the economic inefficiency
which prevails here. It is no wonder why
they have economic problems. On the
other hand, construction is in progress
everywhere. They seem to have improved the quality of construction a
little bit, but still have a long way to go."
Corbin is a 1958 graduate of Parishville-Hopkinton Central School and
attended Union College in Schenectady
until 1960. He joined the Army and
served until 1964. He then attended the
State University College at Potsdam
where he graduated in 1966 as a history
major.
At the State University, Corbin
received a Fulbright Scholarship and
Wilson Fellowship. He attended the
School of International Affairs in
Monterrey, Cal. where he studied
Russian. Under the Fulbright
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Potsdam Central seniors
to receive diplomas June 23
University of Maine, Orono, Maine and
holds both Bachelor and Master of
Divinity degrees from the Bangor
Theological Seminary, Bangor, Maine.
He has served in the U.S. Air Force in
World War II, has maintained a law
practice and has held the special
assistant attorney general position in
the State of Maine. Before coming to St.
Lawrence University in 1965 a s
director of the estate planning program,
he was assistant to the president,
Federal Union, Inc. Prior positions
include vice president, West Virginia
Wesleyan College and campaign
director, Wells Organization. Since 1967
Dr. Bucklin has also served as pastor of
both the North Stockholm and West
Stockholm United Methodist Churches.
The Rev. Robert Shurtleff, assistant
pastor, St. Mary's Church, will give the
Invocation and the Rev. James Pennock, pastor, Trinity Church, will give
the Benediction.
A.A. Kingston, superintendent of
schools, will preside over the graduation
ceremonies and will present the
achievement awards. Diplomas will be
awarded to the members of the
graduating class by Walter Theoblad,
president of the Board of Education. The
High School Orchestra under the
direction of Mrs. Constance Murray will
furnish the music for the ceremonies.
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this weekend at CCT arena
8:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, and
4:30 p.m. on Sunday. Prizes will include
such items as a Benzomatic Super Jet
Fogger donated by the four area Kinney
Drug Stores, a Regency set of Corning
ware, dishes donated by the Corning
Glass Company, and a transistorized
AM-FM radio.
A full size swimming pool will be
erected and on display at the Exposition.
A wide range of exhibits has been
planned including articles ranging from
snowmobiles to swimming pools. A few
of the products will be boats, motors,
sewing machines, building supplies,
mobile homes, camping trailers,
motorcycles, golf carts, wigs, television,
bicycles, sporting goods, lawn and
garden equipment, home appliances,
furniture, canoes, farm machinery,
dogs, and all makes and models of cars.
A limited number of tickets are'
available free from many area merchants or may be secured at the door.
Admission will also be free to those who
bring a pair of old eyeglasses to the
ticket office. These glasses will be sent
to other countries and used to help
someone see better.
The Canton-Potsdam Lions Clubs
have promised a weekend full of fun and
entertainment.
Registrants for the Exposition Art
Show include: Mrs. Jane Ashley, Linda
Butler, Edmund Chase, Mrs. Marjorie
Cryderman, James Frackenpohl, David
Gillaspie, Paul A. Jtineant, Mrs. Laura
Price, Mrs. Eleanors Morrison Verdler,
W. Nye Smith and Mrs. Larita Fenner.
Class of '62
at PCS sets
reunion Aug. 5
The Potsdam Central School
graduating Class of 1962 will hold its 10th
reunion Aug. 5, at the Sunset Lodge.
All class members and faculty must
have reservations made by July 1.
Please contact Mary Jean Chester,
Route 1, Lisbon or Suellan Collins, Box
143, Hannawa Falls, 265-6186.
Addresses are needed for David Zoler,
Janet Bray, and Bill Reed.