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THE BREWSTER STANDARD-ESTABLISHED 1869
Thursday, April 13,1978
Your help is needed
for March of Dimes
Puinam County's March of Dimes weekend is comine UD this
Saturday and Sunday. April 15 and 16. Sheriffs Capt.Philip Prinz
will host a March of Dimes radio-thon Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3
p.m. on radio station WPUT to raise funds for trie dimes drive. On
Sunday, starting at 9 a.m., the sixth annual March of Dimes
walkathon will takeoff from the Brewster fire house. Millie Virant
and Sheriff Ray Weizenecker, co-chairpersons for the superwalk.
have issued a public appeal for participation by area residents,
cither as walkers or as sponsors.
Veterans' exemptions
deadline coming May 1
Applications for veterans exemption on property taxes must
be filed with the town assessor
not later than May 1. according to
Joseph J. Priore. county real
properly tax service director.
May 1 is also the deadline for
persons 65 or over to file
application with their town assessor for a 50% exemption from
real property taxes, if they meet
the qualifications.
This application must be renewed annually, said Priore.
"Farmers who wish to take
advantage of an agricultural
ceiling assessment must file
application with their town assessor by May 1. Agricultural
ceiling factors will be established
by the State Board of Equalization
and Assessment, which will operate as a ceiling on the assessment of qualified agricultural
lands for real property tax
purposes." Priore said.
"Such agricultural ceiling is
available to farmers who own
ten(10) or more acres in an
agricultural district or which has
been committed to agricultural
production for the next eight (8)
years. In addition, the lands must
have been in commercial agricultural production for the preceding two (2) years yielding an
average gross sales value of crops
of $10,000 or more.
"Owners of forest land in New
York State can now apply for
partial exemptions. Applications
may be filed with the Dept. of
Environmental
Conservation.
Landowners with 50 or more
Acres may apply providing they
meet the rules and regulations of
Section 480A Forest Land Exemptions and the Dept. of
Environmental Conservation.
"No changes in real property
valuation may be made after
completion of the Tentative Assessment Roll (June 1), except as
ordered by the Board of Assessment Review upon complaint of
the property owner or upon
petition by the assessor or
property owner under Section 552
of the Correction of Errors Law
effective as of Sept. 1, 1974.
"Assessors will mail notices of
increased assessments to property owners not later than ten
days prior to grievance day.
Grievance Day in all towns in
Putnam County is held on the
third Tuesday in June (June 20).
It is an essential part of the
assessment procedure that property owners receiving an increased assessment be notified of
such increase.
"Any persons aggrieved by an
assessment, may file a complaint in writing with the Board of
Assessment Review or the Town
Assessor.
"Applications for the agricultural and senior citizen exemption may be obtained from
the local Town Assessor or
County Director of real property
tax services in the County Office
Building.
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"After June 1 a tentative '
assessment roll is open for
inspection, during office hours in
each Town Hall, until grievance
day."
Brewster opens baseball play
The Brewster High School
varsity baseball team opened its
season Tuesday at Danbury and is
scheduled to go to Pawling at
3:30 p.m. April 13. The schedule,
with all games at 4 p.m. unless
otherwise noted, includes:
April 17, at Mahopac; April 18,
Haldane; April 19, Mahopac;
April 20, at Haldane; April 21, at
Lakeland; April 24, Pawling at
3:30; April 25, 1 p.m. at Fox
Lane; April 27, Blessed
Sacrament; April 28, JFK.
May 1, JFK; May 3, at Somers;
May 5. Somers; May 8, Hen Hud;
May 10, at Hen Hud; May 12,
John Jay: May 15, at John Jay;
May 17. Westlake; May 22,
Pcekskiil; May 24, at Peekskill.
The Jayvee diamond squad
opens April 24 at Pawling, plays
Mahopac April 25 at home, April
27, Carmel; May 1, at Mahopac;
May 2, Pawling; May 3, Somers;
May 5, at Somers; May 8, at Hen
Hud; May 10, Hen Hud; May 11,
at Blessed Sacrament; May 12, at
John Jay; May 15, John Jay; May
17, at Westlake; May 19,
Westlake; May 22, at Peekskill;
May 23, Danbury; May" 24,
Peekskill; May 25, at Danbury.
Accepted at college
Boston's Berklee College of
Music has enrolled Alfred M.
Lemcke, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Alfred M. Lemcke, Jr., of Robins
Dr., Carmel, in its freshman class
of Fall '78.
Annual Mahopac Relays
scheduled on April 22
The fifth annual Mahopac Relays, sponsored by the Mahopac
Sports Assn., will be conducted Saturday, April 22, at Mahopac
High School. The Frank Russell Memorial Trophy will be awarded
the school with the highest point team total, according to Tom
Hayes of the MSA, chairman of the program.
A number of "special" individual races will be run, including
the Alex Williams Memorial Mile, the Frank Russell Memorial
100, the Woody Schillinger Half Mile, the Girls One Mile and Half
Mile. Contestants may enter any two of these events. There also
will be a special mile run for anybody 30 and above.
Check-in time will be 10:30 a.m., with track and field events
scheduled to start at 11. Entry fees are $4 per team relay and S3
per entry in individual races.
Assisting Chairman Hayes will be Dan Caffrey ;>i the Taconic
Road Runners Club, co-chairman and William Behrends,
Mahopac High School athletic director.
TWO BREWSTER WOMEN escaped serious injury last week in a head-on crash on Rte. 6 in Southeast.
State police and sheriffs deputies say if it wasn't for the quick action of Edward Kiliacky, [above] an
18-year-old Brewster youth who happened to be jogging when the accident occurred, a more serious
situation may have resulted. Police say Kiliacky removed the ignition wires and "hot" battery cable
from the smoldering car which averted a tragedy. Both cars were demolished in the crash.
Photo by EGO
School for aspiring flower show judges
A Flower Show School, Course
I, presented by the Federated
Garden Clubs of New York State,
Inc., on April 25-27 at the Council
Chambers Auditorium in the City
Hall, 515 North Ave., New
Rochelle, is now open for registration. The school is sponsored
by the 50 local garden clubs
federated in the Ninth District,
which comprises all of Putnam
and Westchester Counties and
parts of Dutchess and New York
City.
The hours will be 8:30 a.m. to 4
p.m. on Tuesday, Aprils25; 8:30
a.m. to 2:15 p.m. on April 26;
with an exam, only for those
seeking credit toward a judge's
certificate, from 8:30 a.m. to noon
on Thursday, April 27.
Mrs. Carl A. Arcnd, Jr., of
Armonk, immediate past president of the Federated Garden
Clubs of New York State, master
judge, and National Council accredited flower show school instructor, will lecture on Tuesday
morning on Flower Show Procedure. Also on Tuesday, Mrs.
David M. Richey of Woodbridge,
Ct., will speak on Horticulture,
stressing plant anatomy and life
cycles, soils and fertilizers, plant
pests and diseases, and the
culture, grooming, and point
scoring of tulips and iris. Mrs.
Richey is a nationally known
author, teacher, and
master
judge, and a past chairman of
Connecticut Judges' Council.
Mrs. C.U. Phillips, Jr., of
Cranston, R.I., a National Council
accredited life judge and instructor currently serving as chairman
of flower shows for the Rhode
Island Federation of Garden
Clubs, will handle
Artistic
Design on Wednesday, covering
the selection and conditioning of
plant materials; the suitability of
containers; the principles and
varieties of design; and the
application of point scales to the
On dean's list
Carol Marie Seibel has been
named to the dean's list at the
SUNY Agricultural and Technical
College at Cobleskill. She is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George
R. Seibel of Oakwood Drive,
Brewster.
Lyle S. Death of 55 Bucyrus
Ave., Carmel, has been named to
the dean's list at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pa.
On the dean's list at the State
University at Fredonia is Thomas
Peter Tito of 23 Robin Drive,
Carmel a business administration
major.
judging of line, mass, and
mass-line arrangements.
Assisting Mrs. Glaeser as
committee chairmen are Mrs.
Charles A. Rizzi and Mrs. Frederick Kemple of Rye, Mrs. Tom
Lawson of Tarrytown.
Mrs.
George W. Little of Carmel, Mrs.
Todd Sinclair. Mrs. John Del
Vecchio, and Mrs. John Richey of
City Island, Mrs. William Murray
of Pelham Manor, Mrs. I.L.
Themans, Mrs. Vitalis Chalif and
Mrs. John A. Murphy, all of
Larchmont; Mrs. Joseph J. McCadden and Dr. and Mrs. Matthew A. Ratchford, all of Brewster; Mrs. Bertram Gabriel of
Bedford. Mrs. Fred
Stoll.
Somers; Mrs. Frank L. Walton,
Bronxville; Mrs. Elmer E. Grimmett, Scarsdale, and Mrs. George
J. Hirsch, New Rochelle.
The school is open to all
aspiring flower show judges and
also to others who wish to learn
more about horticulture, flower
arranging, and the staging of
flower shows. Fees are $20 for
garden club members for the full
course, plus $2 for the examination; for non-members, $23. Club
tickets, for Ninth District auditors
only, are $15 for one, $22 for two.
Miss Erma Bell, of 70 Beverly
Rd., Yonkers 10710, is registrar,
with Miss Almeda Randall, also
of Yonkers, as her assistant.
Tag sale at Guideposts
to aid community center
With spring cleaning under
way. residents of Putnam County
are being asked to ransack their
attics, cellars and garages for idle
items that can be recycled into
use at the second annual Guideposts tag sale for the benefit of
the Putnam Community Center.
Lee Keck, manager of operations of Guideposts and chairman
of the event, said any and all
items would be welcome as
merchandise for the sale, to be
held on Saturday, May 20, on the
grounds of Guideposts Associates
on Seminary Hill Rd. in Carmel.
Guideposts employees have
volunteered to staff booths for the
sale of items donated by residents
and businesses. There will be a
refreshment stand featuring an
old-fashioned pickle barrel and
cheese and a raffle, with all
proceeds going to the $50,000
second annual fund-raising drive
of the Community Center.
Keck said that space would be
rented to nonprofit organizations
for sale of their own merchandise
at a fee of $25 per table, which
will go to the Community Center.
The groups will keep the proceeds
from their sales as will Guideposts employees, who may rent
space at S5 per table.
Murdock at school
Army Pvt. Joseph S. Murdock,
recently completed training as a
cannoneer under the One Station
Unit Training (OSUT) Program at
Ft. Sill, Okla. The private's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roger
Murdock, live on Watermellori
Hill Rd., Mahopac.
In addition to Keck, Guideposts
staff members serving on the tag
sale commitee are John Handy,
Alan Reid. Charles Wittman and
Peggy Grange.
Community
Center board members on the
committee are Kitty O'Connor
and Herberg Filer.
Keck said anyone wishing to
contribute merchandise and any
bonafide nonprofit organization
that wants to rent space should
call the Community Center at
225-4129. He added that if it
rains on May 20, the sale will be
held on Sunday, May 21.
Carmel Historical
society meeting
The Carrael Historical Society will meet Thursday, April 13
at 7:30 p.m. at the New Town Hall
on McAlpin Ave. in Mahopac to
discuss the new local history
museum which will be housed in
the Old Town Hall when renovations are completed.
The museum will collect, preserve and display objects and
documents of local historical
interest, present exhibits and
lectures, and help historians,
school children and residents
learn about our heritage.
Anyone who is interested in
helping to create the museum or
who has objects to donate is
urged to contact Victor Roming at
279-4216, Dorothy Jewell at 6281500 or Constance Godsen at
628-9090.