CWA puts 3,000 to work; layoffs at Taconic Products; town crew fixes water problem

November 23, 1933

‘Expect Million Dollar Appropriation for Park Work in Three Counties’; Dutchess, Columbia and Putnam Will Benefit; to Employ 3,000

A $1,000,000 appropriation which would provide employment for 3,000 men for a period of three months is expected for Dutchess, Columbia and Putnam Counties from the emergency funds of the new Civil Works Administration, it was disclosed Monday by Paul T. Winslow, executive secretary of the Taconic State Park Commission. It is anticipated that the huge appropriation will be made some time this week, and that work will be provided for 1,500 Dutchess County Men. The majority of the workers, it is expected, will be recruited from Poughkeepsie’s unemployed.

‘One Woman in State Assembly’; Albany, Nov. 22— The Assembly Chamber, after a trail of a year, is no longer to be an Eveless Eden. Miss Doris I. Byrne has been elected to that body from the second district in the Bronx, New York City. Being a Democrat, she will sit with the other members of that party on the left side of the chamber. The last woman member, Mrs. Rhonda Fox Graves, sat on the other side, being a Republican from rock-ribbed St. Lawrence, of which she represented the first district for seven years ending with 1932.

‘About Millerton’; It is reported that John Brizzie and Frank Silvernail fell in Rudd Pond last Friday while fishing.

November, 28, 1974

‘It’s a tough Time for Harry Wheeler’; It’s the toughest time of year for Harry Wheeler. It’s deer season and as a New York State Conservation Officer he is on call 24 hours a day to enforce the innumerable hunting laws and protect wildlife as well as hunters and private citizens.

Covering an area of about 300 square miles in the Towns of North East, Pine Plains, Milan, Armenia, Rhinebeck and Red Hook, Officer Wheeler is authorized with full police powers. Before the Department of Environmental Conservation was formed in the state, officers like Wheeler were just game wardens. Now they can enforce all laws but direct their efforts to protecting the environment and wildlife as well as fighting against air, water, and noise pollution…

‘Layoffs Due Monday at Taconic Products’; The general slowdown in American industry finally made itself felt in the Tri-State area this week. Taconic Products of Millerton announced it would lay off “slightly more than 10 per cent” of its 120-member workforce, effective next Monday, Dec. 2.

Victor Smith, manager of Taconic Products, declined to say exactly how many people would be laid off in Millerton. He did say that employees with the least seniority were those who have been given their notices. They will be paid for the Thanksgiving holidays, Thursday and Friday of this week, Smith added…

‘PHOTO CAPTION: Be My Guest’; Millerton crossing guard Polly Collier shows a group of school children her new digs last week. Ms. Collier, who has been the crossing guard for 20 years, said the shelter appeared about a week and a half ago, but she did not know who put it up. A spokesman for E. Daskell Construction, the firm that is repairing the Webatuck Creek bridge, said the shelter had been donated by Flood Sanitation and Herrington’s Hardware.

‘One Year Later, Round Tuit on the Rebound’; NORTH EAST: Dale Culver, owner of the Round Tuit Restaurant on Route 22, had a strange feeling late in the afternoon on Nov. 11. It was the one-year anniversary of a fire that nearly destroyed his business.

“I feel like it’s been five years,” Mr. Culver said as he and his daughter Sarah Della went about afternoon chores with his cows in back of the Round Tuit recently.

Mr. Culver lost all his clothes and personal items in the fire. The family cat, “Purry,” perished in the smoky blaze, which still makes young Sarah Della really sad.

The community rallied behind Mr. Culver and, miraculously, the Round Tuit was reborn in a matter of weeks. It is a popular eatery offering breakfast 24 hours a day. But it is also a place where people can discuss current events with friends in a pleasant environment.

November 25, 1999

‘Goodman reflects on 20 years of photos’; MILLERTON: When Mark Goodman first came to Millerton in 1971, he was given an assignment by his instructor, who taught at the former Apeiron Photography Workshop school on Silver Mountain.

“Our first assignment was to go into the village and look around,” recalled Mr. Goodman, a noted photographer who returned to Millerton Friday and Saturday to promote his new collection of Millerton photographs, entitled “A Kind of History.”

The book contains almost 200 halftone photographs of the young people who inhabited the village from 1971 to 1991.

‘NE Crew Fixes Water Problem’; NORTH EAST: The town highway department recently completed a project which restored water pressure to a house on North Center Street. And the crew earned high praise from the residents.

“I’m really happy with the town guys,” said North Center Street resident Michelle Lull. “They worked hard the whole time, and they are working clean. It’s terrific.”

“They did an excellent job,” Supervisor David Sherman said.