Gliders Soar From Wurtsboro Ridge In Memorial Day Tale
Sail Flights Inc at Wurtsboro Airport draws 4 000 licensed glider pilots to a ridge famed as a premier soaring site. Francis Popp, president, describes flights totaling 2 300 tows last year while seven days a week and year round operations yield hour long flights at 3 800 to 4 200 feet. Revelers note flights from Wurtsboro to Plymouth Mass and climbs to 19 000 feet at Sugarbush IL. The piece also covers Memorial Day observances across Sullivan County with parades and ceremonies in Monticello Liberty and Woodbourne led by American Legion and VFW units.
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Wurtsboro
Sail Flights, Inc
Metropolitan Air Hoppers
Wurtsboro Ridge
California
Torrey Pines
San Diego
Francis Popp
Popp
Sullivan
Monticello
Sullivan County
North Street
Wheeler Street
Broadway
Court House
Edward Fink
Betty Bulken
Robert Sharoff
Ruddick-Trowbridge Post
American Legion
Bailey-Richman Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW
William A. Crawford
Father Fay
St. Peter’s Church
Ralph Steinberg
Liberty
Veterans’ Circle
Liberty Cemetery
Victory Store
North Main Street
Cpl
Russell D. Sprague
Irving Sisselman
Woodbourne
Liberty approves sewer bonds and truck purchase
Liberty Village Board approved a bonding resolution for 85 000 to finance a permanent sewer system in the Triangle area and a 15 000 bond for a new garbage truck. The panel also agreed to a 2 000 flat fee for village attorney Harold Sussman, with support from other attorneys at 1 500 each. The vote was 5 to 0 after debates over payment methods and the inclusion of the truck loan. Southern Tier Motel Inc plans garden apartments with first occupancy by late December.
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Liberty Village
Harmony
Triangle
Harold Sussman
Richard B. Fichenauer
Sussman
Robert Gravy
Sidney Schwartz
Liberty
Richard Gross
Abe Klineman
Schwartz
Gross
Crary
Klineman
Robert Klugman
Edwin Chardavoyne
Eichenauer
Klugman
Chardavoyne
Sidney Shapiro
Sullivan Surplus
Lazarus J. Levine
Southern Tier
Talent show winners named at Monticello JCC showcase
Robert Browne took first place earning a $50 savings bond while Linda Mayberg claimed second with a $25 bond. Third place went to Paul Fffet Carla Herzog Susan Karasik Judy Goldstein and Nancy Karasik each receiving a $10 gift certificate.
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Monticello
Monticello Jewish Community Center
Robert Browne
Linda Mayberg
Paul Fffet
Carla Herzog
Susan Karasik
Judy Goldstein
Nancy Karasik
Liberty heart seminar for Sullivan County doctors
A heart health seminar will be held at Maimonides Hospital Liberty on Wednesday June 1. Sullivan County physicians will study current trends and treatments with patient examples, presented by the county medical society and Sullivan County Heart Association post graduate course.
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Liberty
Sullivan County
Maimonides Hospital
The
County Medical Society
Sullivan County Heart Association
MacDonald on vacation from Tri-State Topics
Port Jervis news editor Howard MacDonald of The Times Herald-Record is on vacation this week. His column Tri-State Topics will resume upon his return.
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Port Jervis
Howard MacDonald
The
Times Herald-Record
Tri-State
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Robert L. Thomas
City Corporation
Sear
Permafrost, Inc
Gleb Derujinsky
New York City
L. J. Churchian
Montclair
N.J
Curtis Wright
George Moffett
Pringley School
New Jersey
Connie Moeller
Connecticut
Harvey Crele
William Herschel
Grele and
Herschel
West Haven
Conn
Plymouth
Mass
Sugarbush
East Coast
Stangel-Bernstein Post 8086
Neversink Valley Post
Woodbourne Fire Co
Fallsburgh Central
Boy Scouts
Girls Scouts
Cub Scouts
Brownies
Leo King
Donald Herron
American Legion Post
Harold Leroy
Ben Sitomer
Fire Company
Earth
Holiday Inn
Southern Tier Motel, Inc
Irving and
Liberty Heart
MacDonald
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