North Westeftester Timet New Castf© Tribune, Mount Kisco, N X , April 5,1962
Part I Finished
Only Vail Protests
Kisco O. K.s Renewal Plan
MOUNT KISCOThe planning phase of Mount
Kisco's urban renewal program
drew to a close Monday as the
Village Board formally approv­
ed an application to the federal
government for a grant to cover
the various financial aspects of
the program.
Specifically applied for was a
"project capital grant" and a "re­
location grant." Following this
will be a two to four month per­
iod in which the government will
approve the planning for the re­
newal area according to village
officials. The plan then comes
back to the village for any chang­
es, two public hearings and fin­
v
al approval or disapproval by the
Village Board'.
If the board decides on approv­
al, the village renewal staff will
begin the acquisition of land in
the area. Family and business
relocation, installation of improve­
ments and resale of the land for
new uses in accordance with the
renewal plans will follow.
The resolution noted that "it
is necessary and in the public in­
terest that the Village of Mount
Kisco avail itself of the finan­
cial assistance provided by Title
I of the Housing Act of 1949. . .
to carry out the urban renewal
project. . ."
The net cost of the project, ar­
rived at by subtracting the land
resale income from the gross cost
is shared in the following man­
ner; the federal government
absorbs three-fourths of the total,
the state one-eighth, and the vil­
lage one-eighth. It is estimated
that the program will cost the
village in the neighborhood of
$250,000.
Newly - elected trustee James
Dagostino abstained from the
voting on the grounds that he had
"not had enough opportunity or
time to acquaint myself with the
facts to vote properly."
Mayor House said, "We have
reached the point we have been
waiting for for a long time."
He noted that "with a well-man­
aged program, we should be able
to get back the original amount
we spend in a three to five-year
period."
Pacitto Gives Credit
Urban Renewal Director Joseph
Pacitto commented, 'I am ex­
tremely happy to see this action
taken. Were it not for the fore­
sight and hard work of the village
officials and the cooperation of
a number of fine citizens, we
would never have reached this
stage. I am confident that this
cooperation will be maintained
and feel sure that Mount Kisco
will have one of the best renew­
al projects in the eastern Unit­
ed States."
The board also gave final ap-
CENTER IN ELMSFORD, N.Y.
Supervisors Vote 41-1 to Acquir
392 Acres in County's Northeast
By MILTON HOFFMAN
The Board of Supervisors voted
41-1 Monday to acquire 382
acres of woodland in northeast­
ern Westchester to add to the
616 acres the county acquired
two years ago for a recreation
camp.
The new land would be for the
camps and other recreation.
Only Westchester residents or
proval to the reorganized Village
Code of Ordinances. Almost two
years in the works, the new code
is one of the most modern and
progressive in the state, accord­
ing t a authorities.
The resolution of approval not­
ed that the modernized code is
"in the best interest of the gov­
ernment and aclministration of
this village and its affairs, would
preserve the order, peace, health,
safety and welfare of its inhabi­
tants and the protection and se­
curity of their property. . . "
Retained but not included in
the code are any and all adminis­
trative rules or regulations per­
taining to the operation end in­
ternal management of the village
government, the "local laws" of
the village, the Zoning Ordinance,
and the subdivision regulations
and minimum road specifications
of the village.
Mr. Dagostino also abstained
from the voting on this measure,
again citing lack of familiariza­
tion.
Mayor House said that the code
was the result of a "raft of work
by Village Attorney Thomas Sin­
gleton and the members of the
Village Board."
Westchester property owners
could use it.
The negative vote came from
Supervisor Earle Vail, R-North
Salem. He said his town was losing 7 per cent of its land area
and 2.5 per cent of its total assessment by the new acquisition.
The Board decision came as no
surprise. Acquiring the property
has been endorsed by various
county departments ever since
County Executive Edwin G. Michaelian announced last Decem­
ber that the owners of most of
the land affected had offered it
to the county for $500 an acre.
If the $500 an acre holds for
the 392 acres, the county would
pay $196,000 for the tract which
is mostly in North Salem and
partly in the Town of Lewisboro.
The Board had set $1 million
aside in this year's budget for
park land acquisition.
The new tract consists of 382,71
acres owned by Mountain Lakes
in Westchester, Inc., a develop­
ment firm, plus about nine acres
owned by others. When the coun­
ty went to court two years ago
a $500-an-acre price was placed
upon the first large tract known
as the Port of Missing Men. The
new tract comprises ,the rest of
the Port of Missing Men.
The Port of Missing Men was
an out-of-the-way restaurant that
was famous in the early part of
the century.
The new property is east of
Hawley Road. Eight acres are
owned by Johanna Zechel, about
.55 acre by Henry Reichold,
about .11 acre by the estate of
Malcolm K. Peterson and about
.3 acre by Alexander and Alex-
R. S. Kilborne
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BEDFORD—
R. Stewart Kilborne of Hook
Road in Katonah on March 29 was
unanimously elected chairman of
the Town of Bedford Republican
Committee, a party spokesman
said today.
Mr. Kilbourne succeeds A. Ross
Jones who announced l a s t
month his resignation as party
chairman and town councilman
for health reasons.
After the voting March 29, Mr.
Jdnes said," "I am very happy at
Mr. Kilborne's election as chair­
man of the Republican Town
Committee. Bedford is fortunate
to have a man of his experience
to fill this office."
William H. Feathers of Bedford
Village was appointed last week
to Mr. Jones' post on the Town
Board.
andra Alland. The county has an
option to buy Ihe 382.71 acres
owned by Mountain Lakes in
Westchester and will have to pur
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chase
or condemn
the rest.
The lands encompass Spruce
and Laurel Lakes, the easterly
r e of Pine Lake, plus access
to the easterly end of Lake Rippowam
The report of the Budget Com­
mittee, headed by Supervisor
Francis X. O'Rourke, R-Eastchester, said the added lakes are
suitable for swimming purposes
and would thereby enable more
economical camp development
by reason of additional natural
bathing facilities. They would
also permit boating activities
within the camp site.
"Ownership of the total tract
of land would also provide bet­
ter access to the new camp, since
the camp roads would connect to
an improved thoroughfare (Haw­
ley Road), whereas access to the
presently owned tract requires
passage along unimproved local
roads," the report added.
The report said that the larger
site would more effectively in­
sulate the camp from surround­
ing private development.
Site 'Uniquely Endowed'
"It is the considered opinion
that the proposed acquisition re­
lates both to the development of
an approved program and to the
preservation of uniquely endowed
open space acreage," the report
said.
It said the county's plan to
move its recreation camp from
Croton Point (considered outmod­
ed) to the Missing Men tract
"will better preserve the char­
acter of the surrounding area in
its present form than almost any
other kind of development."
The report said it was sympa­
thetic with the desire of the two
towns to use some portion of
the properties for public recrea­
tional purposes and would deter­
mine whether it could lease some
of the tract to the municipalities.
The county said it was sympa­
thetic to the county improving
and maintaining the approach
road, the report added.
Supervisor Vail said he was
not opposed to a land acquisi­
tion program by the county for
parks.
South Sites Suggested
He said that since the county
had already acquired more than
600 acres, it should spend the
money for park lands in southern
Westchester towns and cities
where the need for recreation
areas was greater.
Supervisor William O'Hara, RMount Vernon, chairman of the
Board's Committee on Parks and
Recreation predicted that the
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Heads Chosen
For Boys Club's
Annual Circus
MOUNT KISCO—
Plans are underway for the
Third Annual Boys Club Circus,
to be held in early May at the
Boys Club of Mount Kisco.
According to Arthur Moses, pro
gram director of the Boys' Club,
the following committee assign­
ments were made at a meeting
held at the Boys' Club on March
20: Indians, Mrs. Lawrence Rizsutti, John Croyle; Female Danc­
ers, Nancy Sellers; Boys' Club
Gym Team, Mike Volpe; Sawdust
Jesters, Gabriel Hausner, Mrs.
Edward Marwell; Trained Ani­
mal Act, Mike Volpe, Hippo­
drome Parade, Gabriel Hausner;
Props, Stan Cascioli, Robert Bou­
cher: Costumes, Mrs. Lila Terry,
Mrs. Lawrence Rizzutti, Mrs. Jo­
seph Pascucci, Mrs. Michael Vol­
pe, Mrs. Arthur Moses; Tickets,
Miss Joan Davis; Physical set-up
Jack Johnson; Roustabouts Mike
Volpe; Make-up Gabriel Hausner,
Mrs. Lawrence Rizzutti, Mrs. Ed­
ward Marwell, Mrs. John Croyle
Ring Master, John W. Carey Jr.;
publicity, Mrs. Edward Marwell,
Robert Boucher.
Volunteers for committee work
are asked to contact Arthur
Moses at the Boys Club.
towns of North Salem and Lewisboro eventually will "thank the
county" for its action yesteday.
Supervisor Anthony J. Posillipo, D-Rye Town, said that with
the county embarking on a huge
land acquisition program, it
should give serious thought to a
study whereby the county would
make up the losses of taxes suf­
fered by local communities.
Majority Leader Gordon Mil­
ler, R-Pelham, said that each
community in the county contri­
butes its share of park land. He
said that while North Salem will
have 6.72 per cent park land in
its town, Scarsdale for instance
has had, 16.16 per cent of its
area under the park system for
years, exclusive of the Bronx
and Hutchinson River Parkways.
Wilson Excused
Supervisor Mizell Wilson Jr.,
R-White Plains, was excused
from voting on the matter. He
said he bad professional deal­
ings involving the property which
might be in conflict of interest
if he were to vote. He is an at­
torney.
Officers of Mountain Lakes in
Westchester include Arthur L.
Deutsch and Abraham Kaufman,
both of New York; Bennett Rose
of Mount Vernon and Sidney
Bernstein of Scarsdale.
Mr, Kaufman is also attorney
for the World's Fair in New
York. He and his associates
bought the 1,000-acre tract on
Nov. 15, 1957 for about half a
million dollars. Since 1955 the
county has been interested in the
site for its camps.
Former Kisco Trustee
Board Salutes Bondi
The new town chairman's wife
Mrs. R. Stewart Kilborne, resign­
ed March 29 as vice chairman of
the town committee.
Mr. Jone had given the com­
mittee until May 1 to appoint a
new chairman. Mr. Kilborne
will assume the post immediate­
ly, a spokesman said, and will
serve out Mr. Jones' term to the
fall of 1963.
Mr. Kilborne has lived in Bed­
ford since 1940. He has been an
active Republican worker, but
this is his first party post.
From 1947 to 1961, Mr. Kilborne
was president of William Skin­
ner and Sons, a New York City
textile firm which has been sold
to another company. He is a for­
mer president of the National
Federation of Textile Manufac­
turers.
ganizations including the Equit­
able Life Assurance Society, Un­
ion Theological Seminary, Ameri­
can Cotton Manufacturers Associ­
ation and the Citizens Advisory
Committee of the New York
Public Library.
During World War II he was
chairman of the Mount Kisco Ra­
tion Board. He was also on the
textile advisory board of the OPA
in Washington, D. C. and on a
Quartermaster's Corps advisory
board.
From 1930 to 1940 he lived in
North Castle and was elected to
North Castle's first board of fire
commissioners.
He is married to the former
Barbara Briggs. They have
three children, Mrs. Frederick
W. Waterman of California, Rob­
ert S. Kilborne of Katonah, and
George B. Kilborne of Michigan.
MOUNT KISCO—
Trustee Curtis Ailes sponsored
a resolution at Monday night's
meeting of the Mount Kisco Vil­
lage Board which won the un­
qualified support of the members
of the board and the people in the
audience.
Leading into the resolution,
Mr. Ailes noted that he was "sit­
ing in a strange seat, the one
usually occupied by Joseph Bon­
di." Mr. Bondi, who did not seek
reelection last month, has been
replaced by James Dagostino.
Mr. Ailes' resolution saluted
Mr. Bondi for his "diligent ef­
forts" and "valuable services."
The motion was seconded by the
entire board and drew applause
from the audience.
The full text of the resolution is
printed below:
"WHEREAS, this is the first
meeting of the Mount Kisco Vil­
lage Board since Mr. Joseph H.
Bondi has left the Board as a
Trustee and,
"WHEREAS, Mr. Bondi has de­
voted a number of years of dili­
gent effort on behalf of the Vil­
lage including four years as a
EASTER SEAL "Tag Day"
prepares ior its campaign on
Saturday, at a tea held Friday
at the home of Mrs. Arnold
Way, Valley Lane, Chappaqua.
Members of the Chappaqua
team are left to right frpnt
row:' Barbara Carpenter, Jen­
nifer Gerlach, Carol Fowlie,
Helen Schreiner and Mila Mi­
chael. Second row: Phyllis Ray,
Linda Lappe, Kirki Willard,
Judy Horn, Ann White, Suzanne
Mante and Dede Whittletmi.
Third row: Lynn Sturgis, Aiuy
R. S. KILBORNE
Wife Resigns
member and as Chairman of the
Planning Board,- four years as a
leading member of the Board of
Assessors and four years in the
Office of Village Trustee and,
"WHEREAS, the Village Board
and the Village have derived sub­
stantial benefits from the efforts
and abilities of Mr. Bondi, and
particularly from his mathemat­
ical abilities and his good busi­
ness sense.
"NOW THEN BE IT RESOLV­
ED that ths Board and the peo­
ple of the Village of Mount Kis­
co express their gratitude and
appreciation to Mr. Joseph H.
Bondi with the best wishes of the
Board."
Wilson, Karen Nelson, Janet
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