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^THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 1956
Comment and Outlook
A New Post Office
Unpredictable
Hurricane
Season Blows Nobody Good
Greer Named
Chairman Of
Chest Drive
^THfiAXMI
PLeasantville 2-0720
Healthfully
Air Conditioned
By PHYLLIS COBBS
in terms of dollar storm damage,
Torrential rainfall accompany­
GREER NAMED - 24A P 4
Aug. 22-25
Batten down the hatchesl Anna it accounted for the greatest loss ing the storm is another hazard.
CHAPPAQUA — R i c h a r d A. Wed. t h r u Sat.
of
life
on
record—1,836.
•
The post office department's concern
At Taylor, Tex., in September 1921,
Planning Consultant Frederick P didn't amount to much, and
Greer
of
Prospect
Drive
has
been
23.11 inches fell within 24 hours
about the need for a new Chappaqua Clark's preliminary plan for the business Bouncing Betsy blew out to sea
From That Warm,
appointed general chairman of the
during a hurricane.
Post Office must be heartening to the area, which was scheduled to be discuss in the nick of time. At the end of
Witty, Wonderful
1956 White Plains Community
The center or "eye" of a mature Chest drive, it was announced
local post office staff. But it takes more
Broadway Play!
ed with members of the Chamber of Com' last week a squally wraith over
hurricane—that strange, calm, al­ Tuesday.
than wishing to put a new building in merce Tuesday night, was expected to the Leeward Islands threatened
PwAmount Praatntt
most cloudless and windless area
to develop Into Carla, a girl whose
the business section.
.BOB
suggest a number of changes, more than future
Mr.
Greer,
who
is
president
of
at
the
heart
of
the
storm—may
no one was predicting. But,
The building at the corner of South possibly a suitable site for a new post according
{MIOPE
the
White
Plains
Federal
Savings
be
anywhere
from
five
to
40
miles
to the Weather Bureau
Following is a list of sug­
Greeley Avenue and King Street, which office.
in diameter, depending on the and Loan Association, has worked
of the United States Department
gestions, culled from t h e
Investors Funding Corporation was at
^AllNTr*^ANpER8
of the blow. Winds reach their previously in Jhe solicitation divi­
of
Commerce,
the
hurricane
season
The government's promised long-term is here, and we're all living dan­ "safety precautions" urged by size
sion of the Community Chest.
one time intending to erect, has not ma­
greatest
speed
just
on
t
h
e
peri­
U S. Weather Bureau in
This year's goal is $215,406.
terialized, and no one seems to know lease sounds as if a new post office build gerously for the next few weeks. the
phery of this area.
case a hurricane approaches.
ing
might
be
an
attractive
investment
for
Mr. Greer and his family moved
what Invesco's plans are at the present
The Weather Bureau has been
Terrific Energy
pertain
from White Plains to Chappaqua
1. Get away from low-lying
time. "When A&P's proposal for rezoning almost any builder. Even if it is not a stimulated
by
popular
interest
in
The Weather Bureau estimates in 1952. His son, Sidney H. Greer,
of the Chamberlain property was being get-rich-quick investment, it should cer­ the subject (this, in its turn, has areas at beaches or near
streams and rivers which
that in one second the typical 19, is a student at the University
FEELING
discussed last year, the post office hoped tainly be a safe one.
been stimulated by Hurricanes,
of Richmond. His daughter, Di­
might
flood.
tropical
hurricane
will
release
to find a new home there. The ma­ The post office boys are working under Connie, Diane and lone last year
P E A R L . JDAILCV
more energy than that produced ana, 15, attends Horace Greeley
jority of Chappaqua merchants would, of substandard conditions, and providingand Carol, Edna, and Hazel in
2. Guard against power fail­
by several atomic explosions. I n High School.
NORMAN P A N A ^ A ^ d M E L V l N FRANK
course, rather have it relocate nearer the them with adequate quarters would be 1854 to issue an 18-page news ure. Use a battery radio or this connection, the bureau is the He is a member of the Mt.
K O R M A N PANAMA, a n d MClVtN F R A N K
I A, L . D I A M O N & , WILLIAM ALTMAN
car filled with gas as service
corner of King Street and Greeley Av­ an appropriate enterprise for one of the release.
frequent recipient of suggestions Kisco Country Club.
**4 CWe.-'oe Of****
station
pumps
may
go
out.
as
to
how
hurricanes
might
be
enue. This would suggest North Greeley
community's builders at a time when he This exhaustive compendium in­ Have emergency lights and
modified, or their course deflected,
Avenue as the best possibility.
cludes just about everything the
is between houses.
cooking facilities in working
by a judicious use of atomic ex­
man in the street might want to
order.
plosives. While the bureau ad­
know about hurricanes. For real
Aug. 26-87
Sun., Mon.
duces many reasons for moving
aficionados, however, the release
3. Get all loose objects
COlUUSUFICnUB * • ! « « • •
cautiously
here
and
concludes
that
includes a two-page bibliography.
AvuumiciirmAKUn
which the storm may turn
the time is not ripe now, if
CHAPPAQUA—Pat Foley, pro­
To begin at the beginning, hur­
VICTOR JANET)
against you safely under cover
ever,
for
this
type
of
experiment,
prietor of Central Bar and Grill
MATURE-LEIGH
A reader suggested the other day that dines alone, the fore or hind Quarter will ricanes are "large revolving storms —garbage cans, porch furni­
isnt sniffy about the sugges­ and a resident of 1 King Street,
we look up Jonathan Swift's "A Modest make a reasonable Dish, and seasoned accompanied by violent destruc­ ture, awnings, garden tools, ittions
either. Some of these obvi­ is recuperating at Grasslands
winds, heavy rains .and high
Proposal" to find out what a writer born with a little Pepper or Salt will be very tive
toys, etc.
ously a r t backed by pretty sound Hospital after an automobile ac­
waves
and
tides."
They
originate
in 1667 had suggested as a means of con­ good Boiled on the fourth Day, especially in all tropical ocean areas ex­
C l N B I V I A S e O p g
TKHMICOUM
_
scientific reasoning and the bur­ cident on the Saw Mill River
4. If the storm is heavy,
trolling population growth. Here are in Winter."
»im JOHN JUSTIN • ROUND CULVER
cept tho South Atlantic, and the open a door or window on the eau, which has a keener sense of Parkway a t 9:30 p.m. Saturday.
relations that most govern­
some quotations from the essay:
He sustained five broken ribs
In "A Modest Proposal," Swift was "typhoon* 'of the Pacific is Just side of the house away from public agencies,
treats them with and a severely lacerated right
"I have been assured by a very know­ flaying England for exploiting Ireland another name for the same phen­ the wind. Mrs. L. M. Hand- ment
Tues., Wed.
Aug. 28-29
respect.
hand.
ley, Chappaqua librarian, cred­
ing American of my acquaintance in and, in as bitter satire as he ever wrote, omenon.
London, that a young healthy Child well implying that cannibalism was no worse The word "hurricane" is of West its this precaution with sav­
The bureau also gets a lot of Mr. Foley was driving his car S E N S A T I O N A L !
her honeymoon cottage on
Nursed is at a year Old a most delicious than what was already happening to the Indian origin and means simply ing
mail on its system of giving hur­ north when It collided with an­
Biscayne Bay in the 1926
ricanes girls' names. Suggestions other south of Bedford Road, Mt.
nourishing and wholesome Food, wheth­ starving Irish children.
"big wind", and the West Indian
Florida hurricane. Opening of
have been made that the storms Pleasant. The southbound car was
er Stewed, Roasted, Baked, or Boiled; and
hurricanes which affect the Gulf
door or window on the lee­
be numbered, named for animals driven by Thomas Whalen of
However, we have now taken notice of and A rIan tic coasts of the United ward
I make no doubt that it will equally serve
side helps to equalize the
(antelope, bear, coyote), charac­ Greenburgh, whose wife was a
this
method
of
controlling
population
States
originate
either
in
t
h
e
in a Fricasie, or a Ragoust . . . A Child
terrific pressures exerted by
ters
out of Greek mythology (A- passenger. Each driver claimed
southeast
part
of
the
North.
At­
the storm.
will make two Dishes at an Entertain­ growth.
chilles
through Zeus), or designat­ the other was over the center line.
lantic, near the Cape Verde Isl­
ment for Friends, and when the Family
Any more suggestions?
ed according to the military pho­
Mr. and Mrs. Whalen were also
ands, or in the Caribbean Sea
5. Stock up with emergency
netic alphabet of Able, Baker, seriously injured . and taken to
SPECIAL
and the Gulf of Mexico.
food rations, particularly those
Charlie, etc.
Matinee
Tuesday
at 2:30 p.m.
Grasslands.
which can -be eaten with little
Huxricanes apparently have their
The
use
of
girls'
names
appar­
or
no
cooking.'
Sterilize
large
origin when the Easterly trade
ently is a case of fact copying fic­
containers (even the bathtub
winds which blow in the sub­
tion. The first mention of it was
in an emergency) and fill with
terms
"hurricane
watch,"
"hurricane
September is coming; blown in possi­
tropical latitudes collide in such
in George R. Stewart's semi-docu­
drinking water.
warning"
and
"storm
warning,"
as
issued
a
way
that
they
force'
a
mass
of
bly by the hurricane season that usually
mentary novel "Storm," published
by the Weather Bureau. Precautionary warm, wet tropical air up, against
in
1941. The practice was picked
accompanies it. Already two official big steps
the frigid Jet streams, great^ cur­
are outlined.
Some other facts, gleaned a t up by the Army and Navy fore­
storms have been recorded with a prom­
Of interest is the fact that for the past rents of polar air which cruise the random
from the Weather Bu­ casters, during World War II, and
atmosphere at around! 40,ise of more to come already on record.
10 years the hurricane average for the upper
was first tried by the Weather
000
fe«jt.
The
resulting
air
'cur­
PARTS or
notes on hurricane "habits Bureau in September of 1950 when
The Traveler's Insurance Company in North Atlantic has been seven a year. rents pick up further "speed from reau's
and
habitats,"
are
passed
along
three bad tropical storms raging
REPAIRS
Hartford, Conn., has come up with an The number of big blows have varied the earth's rotation, and the hur­
off the Atlantic Coast simultan­
interesting booklet they are offering to from none In 1907 and 1914 to 11 inricane starts spinning, clockwise herewith.
. . . QV1CK
eously made for great confusion.
all hurricane harassed residents of the 1950.
south of the Equator, counter­
September Worst
When your set's on t h e blink,
It doesn't say what you db when your clockwise north of it.
eastern seaboard. It is a hurricane in­
Names Peculiar
our factory-trained technic­
September
is
the.
worst
month
formation and tracking chart drawn to chart plottings suddenly loom up right Anybody who thinks that this for hurricanes, with a total of The list of names picked for
ians will get t o t h e root of
scale so the progress of the storms can under your ncse about where your street part of the world has been hav­ 114 in the 1887-1955 period. August 1956 ranges from Anna through
t h e trouble fast, make needed
actually be plotted as they near the land. is located, bfit it helps to know what's ing more than its share of hur­ has a record of 63, and October of Zenda, with Flossy, Hattis, Nona,
repairs or adjustments to a s ­
ricane trouble recently is ab­
and Vesta some of the girls that
In addition, ,the booklet defines the coming anyway.
sure you crystal-clear recep­
solutely right, according to the 59. Hurricanes also have occured, may come in between. The bureau
tion , . . Call PL 2-2200.
Weather _ Bureau. To begin with with rapidly diminishing frequen­ doesn't expect to exhaust the a t
the average frequency of., hurri­ cy ,in July, June, November, May, phabet, since 21 storms is the
canes has'stepped up to seven per December, and January (one each record for a single season. I n the
year in the past ten years as for tlieflast two months).
Pacific, however, where tropical
against a 69-year average of four
The average life of a hurricane storms are more frequent, four
per 'year.
is about nine days, but August sets of girls' names are used in
of p l o a s a n t v l l l e
Further, a shift in the prevail­ hurricanes, the longest-lived, gen­ a continuous fixed sequence, with
out regard to year or season.
ing westerlies of the-higher lat. erally last about 12 days.
443 Bedford Road
PL 2-2200.
Note: In another letter to High big container t h e amount you a boy who lives in Krager who itudes and the prevailing easter
Winds of 75 or more miles per
Dependable
Complete TV-Radio
School Principal Donald. W. Miles. want. Since we arrived in Aas- has been to sea for a year and lies of the lower latitudes in the hour are classifield by meteorolo­
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Phono
Tim Mygatt describes his latest
knows an awful lot since he has past couple of years is credited
All Work Guaranteed
All Makes & Models
experiences in Norway, where lie gaardstrand at 4 in the morning had many and varying experi­ with blowing Connie, Diane, and gists as having hurricane force. Mt. Kisco, N. Y., combined With
But winds of 150 mph or more
CHAPPAQUA SUN
is spending the summer under the we saw the fishermen going out to
auspices of the American
Field catch fish and eels that would be ences, was crew. He told me just the rest of the girls this way in have been observed in what the
1954
and
'55.
Ordinarily,
the
east
Service.
trade terms "mature" hurricanes.
eaten on the coming day. Yes­ about everything to do and we
whipped in number three of nine erlies blow the hurricanes in In their early stages, in tropical
The trip to Oslo by sailboat and terday we had boiled mackeral boats.
against Florida and the Gulf Coast latitudes, hurricanes have a rather
motorboat was really an exper­ that was caught on the morning
Right now Gunnar and I are and the westerlies blow them back modest forward speed of about 12
before
we
ate
it,
very
fresh.
ience. We left Krager midday
out to sea as they work their way
On our way up the Oslo fjord getting ready for our trip to north. In the past couple of years, miles per hour. But the pace
Monday, July 30, and arrived in
Flekkc-fjord. We are going down
quickens as the storms move
we
passed
Oscarsburg
This
is
the
Oslo around 10 pjn. Thursday
by port steamer. The trip takes however, both westerlies and .east­ northward to 50 miles or more per
fortification
on
an
island
about
night, August 2. The sea was
24 hours and I hope to get a good erlies have shifted to the North, hour. The 1938 New England hur­
rough until we reached the Oslo % the way up the fjord. In 1940 look a t Norway's southwestern with the result that ordinarily ricane was clocked a t 56 mph.
the
Germans
sailed
up
the
fjord
fjord and we had to spend almost
coast with its. many fjords and hurricane-free areas have fallen
Hurricane winds do not have
prey to the big blows.
a day at Langesunde, a small on a surprise attempt to take rugged beauty.
the destructive force of a tornado,
town about two hours from Kra­ over Norway. The Bliicher, the
My
family
returns
to
Oslo
Au­
but a good-sized hurricane may
ger, waiting for the sea to calm German flagship, led the way. On gust 16 and I stay with them until
Jet Stream Important
so we could cross the fjord there. Oscarsburg the Norwegians had th 26th when I leave for Paris
Other factors, such as a shift move In a belt as much a s 500
Three of us took the trip: Gunnar, three cannons and torpedo sta­ and then New York. The summer in the location of the Jet stream miles wide, whereas a tornado
Christian Grimegaard and myself. tions. One shot fro ma cannon hit sure has gone quickly. See you.also may have contributed to cuts a swath of about 1,000 feet.
Wednesday was spent in sailing the commanders station on the soon.
steering the hurricanes on a more Greatest hazard to life in a hur­
ricane is drowning as a result of
from Nevlunghavn to about a Bliicher crippling the ship/ Tor­
northerly
course.
Sincerely,
the rise in the ocean level, as great
third of the way up the Oslo fjord. pedoes finished of fthe German
TIM MYGATT
An idea of what It costs in d o ! waves are piled up by the storm.
We sailed the sailboat, a Z. O. O. flagship and caused confusion
lars
and
cents
when
a
tropical
High water marks of 10 to 16 feet
which is about 40 feet long, very among the remaining ships,
phenomenon, hits the heavily pop­ above normal tides have been r e ­
seaworthy, and even though the The sinking of the ship gave the
ulated and built up East Coast corded jin the larger hurricanes
motorboat was driven a t full speed Norwegians time to move their
area may be had from the latest along the Atlantic Coast.
for four hours, it barely kept up. King and parliament northward
Weather Bureau figures. These
I got a good picture of the typical and the King, Haakon VII, was
estimate total damages from 1955's
eventually picked up by the Brit'
Norwegian fishing town.
storms, including floods caused by
ish and was never taken prisoner
We spent the nights at Lange- by the Germans. The event is
CHAPPAQUA—Temporary Civil hurricane rains, at close to one
sund, Nevlunghavn, and Aas- quite famous in Norwegian his­ Service appointment of Mrs. Doris billion dollars, an all-time record,
gaardstrand. Each town had a tory. It was a great relief to reach Gibson as typist and secretary Cost of 1954's storms was $755,'
bakery, where one could buy fresh Oslo that night and get a little was approved Monday by the 472,500.
bread, and a place to get milk. sleep.
Board of Education of Chapaqua Worst previous year on record
When you get milk you bring
was 1038, year of the famous 'New
Last Sunday I sailed a regatta School Dlstriet.
< your own containers and t h e peo­
The temporary appointment is England"-hurricane, when tropical
as
skipper.
Christian
Grimsgaard,
ple at the store scoop out from a
effective pending civil service storm costs totaled over $300,OOOV
examination scheduled for Febru 000 and loss of life came to 600
ary, 1957.
T«l«ph<
By comparison, damages in the
Mrs. Gibson was employed as a two worst Florida^hurrlcane years,
PUasontvill* 2-0001
secretary by Reader's Digest for 1926 and 1928, were $106,500,000
four and a half years and at the and $25,000,000, r e s p e c t i v e l y .
Prudential Insurance Co. as a Though 1928 was the lighter year
CHAPPAQUA — M r s . J o h n
clerical accountant.
Zwiefel of Seven Bridge Road re­
CHAPPAQUA — A t e n n i s
ported to New Castle Police Mon­
RATE^TT T R A D E R
racquet and two baseball gloves
day afternoon that men were
found on the Horace Greeley
shooting from a black sedan near
18 So. Greeley Avenue
playing field, are in the post
her home.
Chappaqua, N. Y.
office, awaiting identification
Telephone: CHappatroa 1-1100
From t h e license number she
by their owners.
If no answer call MO 6-8951
gave, the car was found t o be
Ann Maulsby, Editor
They were found at •various
owned by Donald S. Kennedy of
times during t h e summer by
Phyllis Cobbs.
Deepwood. Ptl. Joseph Klaus, in­
Editorial Assistant
members of t h e post office
JtWfh y o s r old wtrtgwalor In tradt
vestigating the complaint, spoke to
Bruce C. Sisson, General Mgr.
staff who were playing base­
Bob Oatway, Sports Editor
CHECK Those Features:
James Kennedy, 16, who showed
ball on the field.
• 12 cu. ft. Combination • 80 lb. trot zero-degree
Mrs. Enid Molloy
Ptl. Klaus the weapon: a sling­
( n u i f • 9.9 cu. ft. automatic defrosting refrigerator
Classified
Advertising
shot.
• 0>E Decorator colore • Removable, adjustable door
Entered as second class matter
shelves
Automatic butter conditioner • Cheese com*
James said he and two friends,
at Mt. Kisco, N. Y.
partition) • Removable ess racks • Fold-a-vtay bottle
racks • Aluminum meat pan • Vegetable drawers • Jelce
Published Thursdays and Sun­
Donald Overocker, 17, of McKes­ School Job Visitors
eon dispenser and Ue cream rack.
days by Patent P r e s 3 , Inc., North
son Hill Road, and William Mor­ May Be Restricted
Bedford Road, Mt. Kisco, N. Y.
rill, 17, of Woods Witch Lane, had
relrigerstins system
Carll Tucker, Jr., president; Julian
CHAPPAQUA— C h a p p a q u a B. Moss, vice-president; Victor
been using it to shoot a t hornets*
IH-12H
WEEKLY RifripntorSchool Board discussed Monday Salvatore, Jr., secretary; William
nests.
the .possibility of discouraging i n ­ J. Heron, treasurer.
After Small D o w n Payment
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The editor welcomes communi­
ComblMtlon
spection of the new high school by
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Mail Box Damaged
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private citizens because of safety deavor
to print all letters of cur­
Control
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Why wait?
CHAPPAQUA—New CaStle Po hazards.
rent interest, reserving the right
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System
»
Removable
and
Adjustable
Door
Distributor-!-,
luunnUd)
No definite steps were taken, but to edit such communications to
Ofrt t o d a y s h i g h e s t trad*
lice were i n f o r m e d ."Thursday
Shelvese-protKByeDoorStopHingeseEggRacks.
.^ ,.i iip,ic.
of ispace and good
morning that a mail box in Law­ a plan was considered whereby requirements
o n your p r e s e n t e a r l
taste.
rence Farms South had fieen tarn any person entering the property
The publishers assume no finan­
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would have to carry a special per­ cial
pered with.
i
responsibility for typographi­
F. S. Dawson of Westjway said mit issued by the contractor or cal errors, but will gladly reprint
without charge that part of an
he had heard sounds coming from the architect.
advertisement in which a n error
the direction of his.Mmail box
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Oberlin (Ohio) College was the may occur.
around 11 o'clock the., preceding
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A Modest Proposal
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