Taconic Parkway extension; a Dairy Goat princess

From the Archives: Thursday, April 17

April 19, 1934

‘Bog Hollow Road Called Worst’; Supervisor Joseph B. McEnroe, of the Town of Amenia, has expressed the opinion that the Salt Point turnpike, the subject of much controversy of late and the cause of a protest meeting staged by Grange representatives before the highway committee of the Board last week, may be bad, but the Bog Hollow road in his own town is worse. Declaring that “it’s the worst road in Dutchess County” and that it has been bad for a number of years, Supervisor McEnroe said that a crowd of protesting taxpayers could be produced as easily to demand improvement of the Bog Hollow road as of the Salt Point highway.

'Taconic State Parkway May Be Continued’; The Taconic State Parkway may be completed as far as Freedom Plains in Dutchess County if anticipated federal public construction funds become available and if the State Highway Department agrees to continued construction of the parkway north instead of rebuilding the Poughkeepsie-New Hackensack-Hopewell Junction highway, it was made known last week-end by Paul T. Winslow, executive secretary of the Taconic Park Commission.

‘About Millerton’; Stephen Kryoski has moved from Boston Corners to the Ganung farm at Spencer’s Corners.
Mrs. Albert Berger, of New York City, spent the week-end [sic] with her husband in Millerton.

‘Excavation Halts’; Excavation work at the site of the new office building to be erected in Centre [sic] Street was interrupted Tuesday when the crankshaft of the motor driven shovel broke.

April 17, 1975

‘Village Adopts Softball Field’; The Village Board of Millerton at its April 9 meeting resolved to convert the hardball field at Eddie Collins Memorial Park into a softball field.
The Board based this play on the fact that the hardball field was not getting much use and that the Pine Plains Softball League which includes teams from Millerton requested that the field be converted so the softball teams could play there from May until September.

‘Meg Merwin Crowned Dairy Goat Princess’; Meg Merwin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alan Merwin of Millerton, was crowned the 1975 dairy goat princess at the annual dinner meeting of the Progressive Dairy Goat Club on Friday night, April 11.

‘Library Slates Story Hour’; In observance of National Library Week, the Millerton Free Library is having a story hour for children of all ages on Saturday, April 19, at 10 a.m. In addition, for this week only, all overdue books may be returned without paying fines.
A new selection of phonograph records from the Mid-Hudson Library System is available for loan.

April 20, 2000

‘New Mural Graces NE-Millerton Library’; MILLERTON - The Millerton/ North East Library gave a colorful boost to its children’s section, installing last Friday a mural by prolific Lakeville folk artist Kathy Clegg.
Millerton Mayor Michael Cawley donated his labor, deftly trimming and hanging the 4-foot-by-10-foot mural, an acrylic pastoral scene depicting animal characters from well-known children’s books.
‘Silvernail Honored For 50 Years With Fire Dept.’; MILLERTON - The Millerton Fire Department honored Bernie Silvernail for 50 years of service. Mr. Silvernail was given a fireman’s lamp.

‘Photos Sought For Rail Trail Brochure’; MILLERTON - The Harlem Valley Rail Trail Association (HVRTA) needs color photographs and slides for its revised trail brochure and its updated slide show. For the brochure, shots of people using the Rail Trail and obeying the rules are preferred.

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