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This Week in Rockland: Newspaper Excerpts: Flashback Friday: Week of July 21

July 19, 1873 – 150 YEARS AGO
Rockland County Journal

GERMAN M.E. CHURCH, TAPPAN
       On alternate Sundays the German Methodists meet for worship at their church in Tappan and quite a large congregation assembles. Last Sabbath the exercises were rendered more interesting by the baptism of children followed by a marriage ceremony. The officiating clergyman speaks with a clear, musical tone, and is evidently in earnest.

NOTICE [NYACK]
       Strangers sojourning in our village should not neglect to visit the room of the Y.M.C.A., where they will find all the daily, weekly and monthly periodicals, and a carefully selected circulating library. The next regular monthly meeting of the Y.M.C.A. will be held at their Hall on Friday evening, 25th inst. All members are requested to be present for business of importance.

BURGLARY AT SPARKILL
       On Saturday night the store of David W. Kipp was entered and two or three hundred dollars worth of miscellaneous goods stolen therefrom. The thieves made their entrance through a back basement window shortly after the store was closed for the night, as the persons living over the store heard them moving about but supposed the clerks or proprietor were staying later than usual.

July 19, 1923 – 100 YEARS AGO
Nyack Evening Journal

BEAUTY OF “HOOK” TO BE PRESERVED, SAYS MR. WHITE — SOME ROCK MAY BE TAKEN, PARK PRESIDENT SAYS, TO OPEN NEW HIGHWAY
[Image: Hook Mountain, Nyack, 1913. Color postcard from the HSRC’s permanent collection.]
       Hook Mountain is not to be blasted away after all. J. DuPratt White, of Upper Nyack, president of the Palisades Interstate Park, said yesterday to New York newspapers that they never intended razing the prominence. Not only will it not be quarried and thus removed but, according to Mr. White, the commission acquired the Hook Mountain property at great expense for the express purpose of stopping these quarrying operations and thereby preserving the beauty of the mountain. In addition, Mr. White’s statement reads:
       “Perhaps the current story of an attack on the mountain by the commission had its origin in a recent discussion of a problem which has been under consideration for years, that is as to the best method of developing the proposed highway around the east side of Hook Mountain and around the mountains north to Haverstraw and the approach to Rockland Lake, which development would add and make accessible large playground areas similar to those at Bear Mountain and would offer an opportunity for the removal of the sharp contours and the softening of the scars left by the quarry operations. It is probable that in obtaining that result sufficient rock could be crushed in excess of the requirements for construction purposes to pay a substantial part, if not all, of the cost of the development.”

July 19, 1973 – 50 YEARS AGO
The Journal News

“WORD MACHINE” — RAMAPO 2 KIDS TO STAR ON TV
       Three lucky students from the Ramapo 2 School District will have the opportunity to appear on television soon due to a decision by the Board of Education.
       The board voted Wednesday to allow a group of district students—with the district’s permission—to compete for parts on the TV program.
       Three winners will be chosen. The program, entitled “Word Machine,” features young people between the ages of 7 and 9 in a form of a spelling game-contest.
       The three winners will be flown to Los Angeles to take part in the taping of the program. The show appears locally on WPIX, Channel 11.
       In other business, the board resolved to send a communication to the Chateau D’Vie “singles” country club in the Viola area about use of the Hempstead School facilities during weekends.
       Board members said they had heard reports that guests at the country club have been using the parking areas and the softball field without authorization.
       The board also heard complaints from meeting regulars Tony Toscano and Harry Molden about what they consider to be questionable practices in the board elections of 1972.
       Both Toscano and Molden charged board members Mrs. Audrey Adduce, Mrs. Georgine Hyde, and Dr. George Shanker of “counterfeiting false ballots” in order to influence voters. Mrs. Adduce said that the ballot had “seemed like a good idea at the time,” and “wasn’t intended to mislead voters.”
       The issue has been the subject of an off-and-on dispute for some time.
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