Caterpillars, rezoning, warriors, sterile carp

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

May 2, 1935

Mrs. Eisenhuth Dies At Son’s Home

Mrs. Elsie Eisenhuth, 79, widow of the late Frederick Eisenhuth Sr., died Saturday at the home of her son, Hugo Eisenhuth, in Millerton. Surviving are two sons, Hugo and William Eisenhuth of Rockville Centre, L. I.; three grandchildren, Chester F. Eisenhuth of New York City, George N. Eisenhuth of Richmond Hill, L. I., and Jacqueline E. Eisenhuth of Rockville Centre, and several nieces and nephews. Two daughters died in infancy and a son, Frederick Jr., died a year ago.

Luckey’s Streamline Train Visits Millerton

A modern streamline train visited Millerton Tuesday. But instead of traveling on rails, it came here via the State highway. The train is making a tour of the Central Hudson Valley advertising the sixty-sixth anniversary sale of Luckey, Platt and Company in Poughkeepsie. The novel train is mounted on a White truck chassis.

Community Market In New Shufelt Building

The Community Market, managed by Bernard Manning, will open for business today in its new quarters in the Shufelt Building. The market occupies half of the new addition recently erected on the corner of Main and John Streets, the other half of the structure being occupied by the Nation-Wide Store owned by Wesley Plass.

Tree Owners Asked To Check Caterpillars

The Dutchess County Farm Bureau in a statement today is urging all tree owners of the county to take immediate steps in checking an impending outbreak of tent caterpillars. “Present indications,” states the spray information service of the Bureau, are that tent caterpillars will be even more destructive than last year when they were unusually abundant.”

May 6, 1976

Shopping Center Proposed: Board To Make Rezoning Decision

The North East Town Board will probably decide at its meeting on Thursday, May 13, whether to rezone property east of the Village of Millerton to accommodate a shopping center, Town Supervisor Frank Perotti said Tuesday.

General Development of Connecticut (GDC) applied last year to the Town Board for rezoning 50 acres of land on Route 44 at the New York/Connecticut State line from residential to commercial.

Town May Operate Rudd Pond Again

The Town of North East may again take over the operation of the Taconic State Park at Rudd Pond unless money is restored to the budget of the New York State Office of Parks and Recreation (OPR).

NorthEast Town Supervisor Frank Perotti said Tuesday that the Town Board was in agreement to take over the park’s operation if the Town can have the same contract it had last year.

In an unprecedented move in New York State, the Town of North East ran the Rudd Pond park near Millerton last summer after the State closed the park without warning on May 23, 1975, at the very start of the vacation season.

The Town opened the park again on June 27, 1975, and at the end of the vacation season in October, the Town found that it had spent less than its $18,500 budget and had made $4000 on the deal.

May 3, 2001

150th Anniversary Panel Needs Funds

MILLERTON - This August, the village of Millerton will celebrate its 150th anniversary. The village was settled in 1851, with the arrival of the New York Central Railroad.

Last summer, a committee, under the auspices of the North East Historical Society, was formed to plan a week-long celebration for the historical occasion. A program of events was established and efforts to raise the funds needed for the celebration began in September 2000.

No More Warriors? NYS Urges Schools To Drop Indian Mascots

WEBUTUCK - Is the Webutuck School District’s mascot, depicting a Native American with a feather headdress, “disparaging and disrespectful?”

This is one question a committee of community citizens will address in a series of meetings beginning May 9. The formation of the committee was prompted by an April 20 memorandum from state Education Commissioner Richard A. Mills.

Hermans, Gorman, Najdek Become Board Members at NECC

MILLERTON - Three new members have been added to the Board of the North East Community Center (NECC). Many residents know them already, as they have long been active in the community.

Over 100 Sterile Carp Fall Prey To Rudd Pond’s Winter

NORTH EAST — As part of an effort to thin the amount of aquatic weeds, 480 sterile, hungry carp found a new home in Rudd Pond last spring. Yet the unusually cold winter took its toll, killing a large number of fish, including up to 100 of the carp.

“A substantial number of carp unfortunately did not make it through the winter,” said Jim Campbell, who owns a house near Rudd Pond. “They knew they would lose a few — that’s just nature — but this was obviously beyond that.”