Wellsboro Gazette (Newspaper) - March 24, 1982, Wellsboro, Pennsylvania THE WELLSBORO Per Copy combined with NO FA WEDNESDAY State Commits Funds for Mansfield Apartment Project ALBERTA AND CHARLES CUDA sing one of the 27 gospel songs he has written during the past 6 months at their Harrison home Photo bv Pat English His Goal Write 50 Gospel Songs by Diane Eaton A mistake writing that his pro bation was revoked rather than terminated in last weeks Market resulted in a Saturday morning interview w ith two warm and friendly people who share a gutsy goal Charles or Chuck as he is affectionately dubbed by his wife of 38 Alberta was ac tually called to the ministry when he was about 29 years old knew before he did Alberta I didn't say anything She attempted to explain the phenomenon of being called to do the Lord's work It's the Lord's spirit within you It drives you Some people would call it your we don t because we don't feel our conscience can really be our guide without the Lord We were in the Assembly of God Church in Corn N Y when Chuck was called to preach but he ignored it Chuck said That was back in 1955 I began to study for the ministry as an evangelist I had a few meetings Then one I was driving by a restaurant and saw a sale sign on it I made a deal with the owner and I was in busi ness I set the call of God aside Chuck notes put the Bible down and began to make big money To make a long story short after 15 years I ended up with nothing Still God kept making me miserable I Knew I had to go out and preach the Gospel or else he said laughing During those 15 vears the couple literally weathered many storms two of the worst in Agnes in 1972 with water rising to a level of ten feet in their two restaurants and then just as they got back on their feet Eloise struck in 1975 We had only owned the Elmira N Y restau rant for 8 weeks when Agnes hit Alberta said Chuck interjected Alberta and I have gone through two major floods which set our restaurants back and then a half million dol lar fire The fire destroyed the 19 department Ole World Store Chuck had created in Lind ley N Y along Route 15 The Country Store was Chuck s dream Alberta said That fire she continued cost us everything we had We tried to come back from that but we couldn t Our insurance didn t begin to cover our loss and we had to declare bankruptcy The May 18 is Now Official Primary Election Date floods and fire put us under They lost their restaurants their home and possessions dur ing bankruptcy proceedings Chuck said Saturday The big gest part was disobedience to God because I was called to preach before I went into busi ness and I didn t Alberta said I don t now howl could have gotten through every thing that has happened to us without the Lord I feel I would have ended up in a mental tion Chuck continued I always came back with a boom after each of the disasters but I was the unhappy man in the world I just couldn t shake God s call off my heart I put my wife children and grandchildren through hell wife kept preaching to me You are going to be miserable and until you do what God called you to do I knew she was light but wouldn t give in I knew what it was like to havt money and be at the top in busi ness to have big homes Lincoln Continentals buying everything and anything but today I wouldn t trade my experience in the Sp rit Jesus and my call from God for the whole world the Cudas spend as much time as possible visiting area churches preaching arid singing We are available to attend turn to page 2i With the May 18 elec tions less than two months Pennsylvania would ordinarily be discussing the relative merits of candidates this week But this is no ordinary election vear Both the who and the of the scheduled elec tions are subject to court deci sions A panel of three federal judges had been asked to postpone the statewide balloting until argu ments over the of defined Congress districts can be settled In other lawsuits cand for statewide office have already been bal lots are under challenge And even if those pleas are all dismissed we won t know until next month who the candidates for Congress will be have until March 30 to file their peti tions because of legislative delav in establishing district lines Federal judges Joseph F Weis Js William J Nealon H Rambo heard the petition to delav the election but reached no decision Instead ordered al for both sides to submit written arguments with respect to whether it is ap for three federal judges to intervene Tuesday March 23 the three ludge federal after rev lew mg the written arguments re fused to postpone the Mav 18 pn marv election and establish a spe election date and denied a preliminary injunction sought the plaintiffs Democrat sena tors and congressmen question ing the of the new state reapportionment plan according to State Representative Warren H Spencer Now before the court is the Mar 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Total for March 1 20 question of whether or noi t apportionment plan as drawn up is constitutional or not The op position contends that the reap plan is defective be cause of numerical differences in the districts and discrimination According to a Democrat the re districting plan was based on in correct population figures and that more than 1 350 people were missed in the 1980 count of 11 counties Tho constitutional question re mams up in the air but the pn man date is now definite Mav 18 In other courts the ballot list ings of perennial gubernatorial candidate Mvm Joseph Jacobson and Superior Judge James R Cavanaugh are under chal lenee is Gov burgh s rival for the Republi can gubernatorial nomination he is not considered a serious threat to the governor having lost m the 1974 and 1978 primaries State Committee is contending that Jarobson s petitions are flawed Judge Cavanaugh the endorsed candidate of the Republican for Supreme Court also running as a Democrat as are all three of his Republican op It is his petition as a is under challenge on some who signed it were not Democrats possible challenge to Judge Cavanaugh is under bv General Zim merman based on a complaint bv Superior Judge Cinllo who also seeks election to the Supreme Court complaint is admit based on involving that Republican workers have promised state jobs to certain persons if support Cavanangh I don t know who made the offers Nevertheless his complaint is being investigated because as a he is aware of the sign i comments Speedy action has been promised in all legal matters per taming to the election The aim is to have them all settled April when the full list of candi dates for s 23 seats in the U S Congress will also be known 4 Tioga County Jail Still Many Inmates Tioga County Sheriff Rich ard M Hastings said todav Wednesday March 24 that the X Tioga County Jail inmate popu lation has stayed at 28 dropping bv 3 since last Mon day s record high of 31 X Sheriff Hastings said that ht feels the population will re X mam high since Tioga Robert M Kemp will holding session X court to hear pleadings re quests for ARDs and arraign ments on Monday are faced with a problem right now said If the jail population m creases or we have to accept any women we will begin at tempting to transfer some of the inmates to state or release some of the prisoners out on bail and get v them out of here somehow Hastings said that when the j jail s population exceeds 20: prisoners he becomes con cerned about security prob lems because the inmates are overcrowded and become more difficult to control Affairs Secretary Shirley M Dennis announced recently that the Pennsylvania Housing Fi nance Agency has condi agreed to commit funds to build a 51 unit development in Mansfield This apartment complex to be owned by Mansfield Associates whose owners are Burt Werner Grosse Jr will cost approximately million to build will 9mil lion to finance the construction scheduled to begin early this sum mer through the sale of bonds Secretary Dennis said that while the hopes to be able to money for construe tion it makes no guarantee of availability of funds because receives no state or federal funding Financing by the agency she said is dependent on Customers To See Decrease has filed a supplement with the state Public tommis sion that will mean a small reduc tion rates for the s 517 000 customers The represents one tion of the settlement Pene lee s 1981 rate increase request which was effective 14 The re is the of the torn of rec oven of ted d c Hie hard d Baker ne It c s Preside nt r Str v i es s nd tht 500 kilo v a month n i il us to lie r would see i rt due tion of W c i its i month to HT The exact lion will depend on usage Baker hv tht PI reduc tion u ill hi effective il 1 The of tht orid Me p il tht settlement is h isf d on tht rt turn to sen ic e I MI 1 h w ill takf place lie lore I ill nt this vear Judge to Clark's Time Request 21 sentenced last Mav to sene 2 to 5vt ars in i nl and ordered to pav fines and c costs totaling filed i mo tion in Tioga to hau e reduc ed Todav March 24 President Judge Robert M Kemp denied that motion ind lark will t to serve in the State Institution at ol Ives Strett Wellsboro i is st n tent ed to on two c ol dt of a controlled following his on Dee 1980 after a c widt drug in hv field State Clark also uas 5 vears on probation upon of his term on several other del en of a on trolled sub stance and criminal charges filed against him Ini Ifi dnm and con t harses lark was arrest ed for delivering about in cocaine Onr quarter ounce ol ind one pound of minium i were also seized Kirk wis ont of Q persons ir rented between ind Der 17 ind 18 1980 in what was then billed as the bic Cest druc bust in histon Crisp Get in Libel Suit Clarence Crisp of Sherwood has been awarded 000 in damages as the result of a decision made by Tioga Court of Common Pleas Judge Robert M Kemp todav March 24, following a non jun trial held yesterday before him Crisp the Director of Student Activities at Mansfield State ol lege had charged in a suit filed on April 33, 1981 against Debra Golden an MSC student and formerly the treasurer of the College Union Board that she had made public statements during a March 3 CUR meeting last year that caused him humilia tion and embarrassment im paired his earning power with his present employer impaired his right to seek other and caused him mental distress Golden said during the CUB meeting and was later quoted in the college newspaper The Flashlight as saving will not put up with criminal ment of funds bv our advisor which is subsidized and approved bv the administration and they have definite proof that Mr Crisp has hern funds Kemp ruled that Golden knew the statement to be false and damaged the reputation of Crisp maliciously without basis of fact and without anv right to do so Kemp awarded SI 500 in com damages for anv loss Crisp may have incurred because of the statement and 500 in pu nitive damages Crisp was represented Mans field fohn nnd Golden was represented during the trial bv Wellsboro attorney despite the high interest rates we hope to be able to ultimately make enough money available The complex of three apartment buildings and a community building is slated to be built on the former Thompson property north of Road and west of River Road near Route 6 west of the borough The Mansfield Borough Council has approved the site plan prepared Brandon Byers As architect for the project The general contractor for the development is Schnabel Associ ates Inc of Grosse indicated that much of the work would be subcontracted to local contractors by the general con tractor of the project will re rent subsidies from the L S Department of Housing and lir ban Rental Assistance Program Low and moderate income families will be eligible for subsidized housing in the complex based upon total family income Eligible families will be required to pay one quarter of their income as rent and will be required to pay their own gas electric and tele phone The owners will fur nish water and sewer both of which will be tied into the mum cipal systems Plans call for the construction of 28 two bedroom apartments and eleven each of one and three bedroom units A managers apartment will be located in the building which will house facilities I and will be installed By tne developers WITH adequate parking and fire protec tion provided Plans also call for landscaping and tree planting on the 12 acre site The developers hope to have the project under roof within eight or nine months after beginning construction with occupancy planned for mid 1983 Morris to Get Low Rate Loan The Morris Township Fire Com received good news from Matt Baker administrative assistant to State Representative Warren Spencer that he had been informed that the fire a 000 loan from of Affairs at interest in no more than ten vears The loan is made possible through the Volunteer Fire Com Ambulance Senice and Rescue Squad gram administered bv DCA The Morris Township Fire purchased a new mini pumper last Mav at a cost of over 000 borrowing at a higher in terest rate to fund the project The low interest loan from DCA will be used to reduce the debt on this new pumper Jae Chung Chief of the teer Loan Assistance Division DCA noted that the Morns com was the second m Tioga to receive such a loan Last vear the Fire received a similar loan tow ard the pure base of a tanker Hastings Renews 100 Year Concept of Living JaiL by Ron Sick t Richard M Hastings has moved his I imih into the quarters ad joining tht Tioga C lail a practice disi i bout four vears aco w ht n former Sheriff Jack Wilcox mi d tn a re si id i t in II said that the move liit innumerable hours ol f I r iv t I lit tw t en his home m Holi whin called for oft hour md provides lull time matron for female pns housed in Hastings the sheriffs his been appointed as the matron in that on a part time basis Dick fills besides that f be ins the warden of the Hi noted that some s hire a u irden at a in addi tion to h nine sheriff but h is one person fill both sud that the quarters f d bv the count v are in lieu nl inv is irde n f n the hv me rs in r 100 old the build his been kept m excellent During Wilcox s term tht kitchen md bath were re mod i led and before moving in last wetk professional paper hanger buck of Wellsboro IK d room in tasteful colors The Hastings spent several hours during the last few months paint me all the woodwork throughout the apartment kept hardwood floors on both levels of the home high ceil intis and windows lend a harm found older houses our be ii a dt n and a bath arc lev ated on the floor tht kitchen i I Tgt IK me and n room the first floor The quarters are connected bv a to the lail but one is not aware that some 28 prisoners are housed Tht Dick 1 ind their three children Julie 16 lost ph n and 7 m still Irvine to adapt to the new after having lived on i dt id end road near lor sev er il v ears i rt h iv mi: little tr if fie on Main Street some of those drivers who pet I little rubber when tht light Tht toil trucks m tht are a new expt for all of Qs said Wt didn t in outside light at our home and having m tht windows is different I in the we listened to at night or turn to page 2> TIOGA COUNTY SHERIFF Hastings and recently mov ed into the sheriffs quarters the Tioga Jail the sheriff are sons Joseph and All are noticing the of living m rural and downtown We sboro 1EWSP4PERS
