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Newspaper
Free Press
Location
Trumansburg, New York, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1973
Page
16
Several contests are scheduled in the Town of Ulysses for the June 4 Republican Primary. Information request sheets have been mailed to candidates and writeups will appear as they are returned to inform the electorate.
R A Holtkamp, 48, lifelong Taughannock Boulevard resident, seeks the Town of Ulysses Highway Superintendent job. He brings highway construction experience, heavy equipment operation, and community ties from Ithaca to Cortland and Tompkins counties. He is a Trumansburg graduate, WWII veteran, and active in 4-H and Civil Defense.
Robert Herrick a candidate for Ulysses Town Council, serves as vice president and loan officer at Tompkins County Trust Co. He formerly managed the Christmasburg bank branch and is active in Jacksonville Methodist Church Rotary Club Salvation Army service unit and local boards. He and his wife Imo Barns have two children. Herrick has 18 years U S Army Reserve service and was named Outstanding Young Man in 1965.
Girl Scouts from 12 area troops present a Festival of Nations program to support World Scouting. The event is open to the public Tuesday Apr 17 from 7 to 9 p.m. in the high school gym. Troops sell handmade items to aid the Juliette Low World Fellowship Fund.
The Trumansburg village board approved a 62 200 bond for water main extensions to the Central School grounds to boost flow from 500 to about 1 500 gallons per minute. The school district will bear 55 000 of the cost with the village covering 7 200 and will be reimbursed over a five year assessment plan. Auble Construction Co. of Trumansburg bid 49 682 60 for the project with a permissive referendum planned.
Trumansburg Ulysses Democratic chair Arlee Robinson announced Jules Burgevin as the party nominee for County Representative to face Republican Herbert Haight. Burgevin, an Ithaca College sociology associate professor with a military police background, serves on local boards and is active in the community with his wife Patricia and three children.
The Trumansburg village beautification council holds a mulching session on April 21 at 2 pm on the school grounds, supervised by Charles Dunlap with Boy Scouts and volunteers to protect last year’s trees. Public sessions follow with a tree maintenance talk on April 24 in Ithaca and a May 4 tree planting after school.
Trumansburg firemen elected Albert Moore to a seventh term as fire chief last Wednesday. Lawrence Hymes won reelection as treasurer for his 39th year. Other officers include Jack Fulton as assistant chief Fred Todd and Mark Vann as assistant chiefs. Lieutenants are Robert Snow Jack Covert and Mike Newport. Alan Gorton is president with Dave Moss as vice president. Clayton Harris is financial secretary and James Mason recording secretary. The department answered 166 alarms last year with 89 rescue calls.
In Trumansburg the Centennial executive committee on March 28 allocated 700 to the fire department ambulance rescue fund and 300 to the Centennial archives. An interest bearing account holds 445.48 for added taxes with any surplus returned to the ambulance fund. Financial report dated March 26, 1973.
The low bid for a 1973 Michigan front end bucket loader went to Charles Blackwell Inc of Horseheads for $24,447 including a $9,073 trade in for a 1960 loader. Gerald Ehrhar resigns as Planning Board chair. John Tyrell to replace him. Thomas Gell named to fill a vacancy. May 7 set for town cleanup day. debris to be curbside, excluding old appliances or building parts. NY Thruway Authority distributes over a million free official map folders annually.
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