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Newspaper
Free Press
Location
Trumansburg, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1971
Page
9
Editor urges support for the Interlaken Volunteer Fire Department as a carnival fundraiser runs tonight through Saturday. The piece praises firemen for risking time, meals, sleep, and clothing to protect the community and asks residents to donate to the annual event.
In Trumansburg the town board weighs adding four councilmen and replacing two justices. A five percent petition by last gubernatorial vote within 30 days after notice would require a public vote. absent objections, the measure becomes local law. Leadership remains divided as parties push for action.
The research notes Father’s Day now second only to Christmas for gift spending. Over $1 billion will be spent on presents for Dad with more than 75 percent purchased by women, per Black & White Scotch research.
A collage of local notes from Trumansburg and Interlaken sketches past events. Highlights include Gregg Iron Works and Morse bicycle chain claims, town fairs and thrift, student riots in 1912, Edith B Ford Memorial Library opening, and Cornell graduates news. It cites Shuman’s Senate confirmation and local school events.
A letter to the editor recalls Memorial Day customs and Civil War graves. It notes wedding invitations from Mr. and Mrs. Norman R. Boyce for Martha Boyce to Leon Wickham, a village electric contract with Ithaca plant plans, and a high school hire of Miss Rhea Schaad. The parade, cemetery services, and prayers for peace are described.
A reader denounces school officials for mismanagement and lack of transparency at the June meeting on the budget. The letter accuses officials of evading questions, smoking under pressure, delaying voting, and wasting taxpayer money while urging economies without harming education.
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