36 degrees below zero: dairymen get less; students use computers

The following excerpts from The Millerton News were compiled by Kathleen Spahn and Rhiannon Leo-Jameson of the North East-Millerton Library.

February 15, 1934

‘Committee For Local CWA Nursery School Project Is Announced; Group to Meet With Board of Education; Plans Progressing’; Mrs. Worthy J. Pulver, Mrs. C.M.B. Williams, Mrs. Wellington Parks, Mrs. Yorke S. Blanchard, Mrs. Chas. Kicks, and a representative of the Board of Education will comprise the local committee sponsoring the Emergency Nursery School for Millerton. They are to meet with the Board of Education this week to consider latest developments.
Mrs. E.H. Dickinson has been taking the training source at the Vassar Nursery School to prepare for the special requirements of the proposed nursery schools. She will supervise the Millerton project. The local staff will include, besides the supervisor, a teacher for every ten children, a cook and a janitor. As far as possible these positions will be filled by local people.
‘Mercury at 34 Below Zero Here Friday; Millerton Again Reported as Coldest Spot in County;’ Millerton again was the coldest spot in Dutchess County Friday when the mercury dropped to 34 degrees below zero here in the wake of a frigid cold wave which affected the whole country.

February 20, 1975

‘Millerton Library Floor Space Studied’; Recently the Millerton Library was visited by Leon Karpel of the Mid-Hudson Library System, the public library system which serves Dutchess County.
Mr. Karpel made a study on how Millerton Library can add much needed shelf space. He recommended that floor space be increased to a minimum of 2,500 square feet from the present 2,000 and the number of books increased to 10,000. This is a minimum requirement for the present population.

‘Methodists Give Prizes For Top Attendance’; Millerton United Methodist Sunday School is in the middle of an attendance contest directed by Mr. and Mrs. Ludwig Hellwig. Points are earned by attendance and by bringing new students to class
Prizes will be awarded at a spaghetti supper to be held at the contest’s end. Poster contest prizes have been awarded to Rachel Dingle and Heather Babbitt
On Feb. 23 the Sunday School pupils and their parents will attend worship services at 9:30 a.m. and there will be no Sunday School classes.

‘Dairymen Get 8% Less Than Year Ago’; Area dairymen will receive about 8 per cent less per quart for their milk this month than they got a year ago.
Dairy farmers, who supplied the federally regulated Connecticut market during January will be paid a uniform price of $8.95 a hundredweight (about 19.25 cents per quart).

‘Students Solve Math Problems With Computer’; Students at Pine Plains Central School are using a computer terminal for mathematics and science problems. The terminal has been in use since October in the Mathematics Resource Room.
The computer terminal is connected by phone to a central computer located at Westchester BOCES. It not only gives students a chance to learn to write computer programs to solve problems but also offers computer assisted instruction in various subjects.

‘Gaping 30’ Hole Marks Millerton Field’; A bottomless pit? Not quite, although a gaping hole in a field at the old Mary C. Miller farm on Rudd Pond Road may well get bigger according to Mrs. Earl Coons the current owner.
Mrs. Coons estimates the hole to be 12 to 15 feet across and 30 feet deep.

February 17, 2000

‘DC Clerk Saga Is Over’; NORTH EAST — Putting an end to a saga that has dragged on for months, County Clerk Richard Anderson was sworn in Tuesday after the state Court of Appeals refused to hear the appeal of his Republican opponent, William Paroli Jr.
The two men had been at loggerheads since the November election in which Mr. Anderson won by 54 votes out of more than 47,000 cast countywide.

‘One Webutuck Math Class Excels’; WEBUTUCK — Amid the disappointment some parents felt at Webutuck’s performance on the Regents exams countywide, there is a silver lining.
Math teacher Roger Price’s Course 2 Regents class had an astounding 95 percent passing rate, with all but one of his 22 students making the grade.

‘Local Business Notes’; The Candle Store has moved from Railroad Plaza to Northeast Antiques, north of the Route 22 light. The Candle Store is located downstairs in the antiques shop and is open Friday through Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Beginning Saturday, March 4, Millerton Deli will change its Saturday hours to 7 to 10:45 a.m. The change is effective through April. Monday to Friday hours will remain the same, 6 a.m. to 3 p.m. Millerton Deli is located on Main Street in the Village.
Amenia
Lynne Schenk has moved her Barns & Farms Realty office to Amenia, joining forces with A.J. Hayes Real Estate.

‘Care Car Helps Meet Medical Appointments’; MILLERTON — The North East Care Car is a volunteer transport system jointly sponsored by the North East Community Council and Dutchess County Chapter of the American Red Cross. The Care Car and drivers assist residents who otherwise are unable to get to medical or professional appointments due to lack of transportation.