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Gr Fei. Sw3y. Apr 13. 1968 Home Show scene Obituaries Edward W. Torchetti wm Mm Eiv-or.

it 0 t.s of Hudson Fills. lo sisters Rose Lara bee and Ed.ih Blair, both of Giens Fails. uo graadsocs to granddaughters, and several nieces and nephews Services will be at 11 a Moo-das at tr James Singleton Funeral Home Iec 314 Bay Road, Giens Falls Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 today at the funeral home The Boy Scouts of America Troop Leaders will meet at the funeral home today. Burial will be at St Mary's Cemetery. South Glens Falls The family suggests memorials take the form of donations to the American Heart Association re: r.x- G.eCi Fa.ii Tort Fails c.T-r- ed ut for ear rcr.er 5--d or.

5 iurnvors Rosemary v. Johr. of Gltr.i Fails or.e Carol Ann Baker Fails -re son Thomas Torxcett. of ulens alls one truher Dar.r! Torchetti X') it rr UL i Nicholas Louis Dastalto boo. Th vnt was th Homo Show at th Civic Contr.

Tho vorrt continues today. (Tom Shaw photo) the Civic Center Soturdoy stands to watch or chr or Nicholas Louis Dasiallo 65 of 69 Cooper St Glens Falls died Friday 'April 8 lyiii' dt Glens Kalis Hospital after a briff lilness Born Aug Vil'l in Glens Falls he was the sor. of late Fran and Theresa Casciano Iastalto Mr Dastalto was united in marriage with Lois Breault on May 18 13, at bolton Landing Mr Dastalto sened in the I' Army from 1V4J 4t He spent i'2 years as an employee of the Inited States Post Office and Postal Service at Glens Falls retiring in 1985 An avid golfer and bowler, he once bowled a perfect 300 game One sister. Angela Tripp, and one brother. Guido Dastalto died before him Lucinda M.

RUSSELL. Mass Lucinda i Wood 1 Gusek, 74, of 14 Mount Laurel Trailer Park, died Monday i April 4. 1988 1 at her residence Born April 20. 1913. at Fort Ann, she lived in the Glens Falls area for many years A brother, "Buddy" Wood, died before her Survivors include her husband, Frederick Gusek; a brother, Wesley Wood of Glens Falls: threp sisters, Mabel H.

(Graves) Smith Survivors include his wife, Lois Dastalto of Glens Falls, a brother, Tony Dastalto of BurlingtoD, and several nieces and nephews. Services ill be at 1 m. Monday at the Regan Denny Funeral Home. Quaker Road, Queensbury, to be followed by a Mass of Christian burial at St Mary's Catholic Church The Rev Paul Cox, pastor, will officiate Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 at the funeral home Burial will be at St. Mary's Cemetery, South Glens Falls Trie family requests that memorials take the form of donations to the American Heart Association.

(Wood) Gusek Edith Wood and Gerry Brennan, both of Glens Falls, and Gladys Farser of Bolton, Conn. Services will be at 12:10 a m. Thursday at the Holy Trinity Church, Westfield, Mass. Burial will be at the convenience of the family. Arrangements are under the direction of John Czelusnlak Funeral Homes, Westfield, Mass.

one sister. Madeline Swinton of Chilson, N.Y.; 10 grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Wilcox and Regan Funeral Chapel, 33, Algonkin Ticonderoga. The Rev.

Gary Brown, pastor of the Cornerstone Alliance Church, Ticonderoga, will officiate. Friends and relatives may call from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home. Burial will be at the family plot at the Meadow Knoll Cemetery, Putnam.

ANNA DeSANTIS Services for Anna DeSantis, 9 a.m. Monday. Regan and Denny Funeral Home, Quaker Queensbury. Calling hours: 3 to 7 pm today at the funeral home. KATHRYN D.

SALTIS A Mass of Christian burial for Kathryn Saltis. 11:30 a Monday, St. Mary's Church. Glens Falls. Calling hours: 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 pro.

today, James F. Singleton Funeral Home, 314 Bav Rd Glens Falls. RUTH HARPER KATTSKILL BAY Services for Ruth Harper. 9 a.m. Monday, Stafford Funeral Home, 90 Montcalm Lake George.

Calling hours: 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. ROMAIN J.PAULIN Services for Romain J. Paulin, Monday, Pokemouche Church.

New Brunswick, Canada, at a time to be announced. Saturday (April9, 1988) A son, to Stephanie and William Randies, RD 1 Box 1095, Argyle, on Saturday (April 9, 1988) at 1:51 p.m. The oction was at the center of -and thr wr no fans in rh Bateaux From Page Bl because the cellular structure of the wood collapses Lord recalls an incident five years ago in which a person brought in what was thought to be a naval artifact from Lake George for authenticating It turned out to be a fence post. -Lord said when the museum kept it as an example of what happens to waterlogged wood when dried. It soon shrunk and developed splits and cracks In 1960, the state did give permission to the Adirondack Museum at Blue Mountain Lake to bring up the remnants of three bateaux, thought possibly to be part of General Aber-crombie's fleet in 1758.

Hallie Bond, associate curator of the Adirondack Museum, said that then-curator Robert Inverarity was curious about an underwater find near Lake George Village reported by two amateur divers, Fred Bolt and Dick LaVay. Inverarity brought up the remains and buried them under wet sand un Beach From Page Bl federal government administered through the state. But Page pointed out that much of the county's cost figured into the funding came in services from the county highway department and buildings and grounds people. Still, he said, the decision to charge a fee for use of the facilities was based on the price of development of the project and an agreement by the county with the state to operate it on a self-sustaining basis. Jumping From Page Bl sponsors written authentication of the jump from the volunteer timekeepers.

Adult volunteers tabulated the pledges. The top 10 fund raisers are 1. Seventh-grader Chris Silipino $281.70. 2. Seventh-grader Rachel Noon $176.60.

3. Sixth-grader Carrie Giacobbe mill I imp ill 8 Tr2r. I -jr A scene from Washington Lauderdale Lakes part. The Abercrombie expedition (of 175) used approximately 900 bateaux, 100 whaleboats and 15 barges to move 15,000 men with provisions and cannon. The battle of Ticonderoga turned out to be a disaster for the British, who fled back to the southern shores of Lake George.

There are many reports of sunken vessels from the hasty retreat, including a floating battery of bateaux at Floating Battery Island. Zarzynski and Farrell said they and the AALGB Research Team plan to continue their exploration of sunken boats in Lake George and would like to see New York state establish an underwater museum, similar to the one on the Vermont side of Lake Champlain. Zarzynski would like to hear from divers who might discover any wreckage on the floor of Lake George and asks that they contact him at P.O. Box 2134, Wilton, Y. 12866.

"They're an underwater classroom," said Zarzynski of the wreckage. "An underwater preserve, a time capsule." bar, viueo games, pool and ping pong tables. With electricity and lavatory facilities it is a favorite place for family reunions and parties. "We really don't know what's going to happen. We're pretty booked up now for next year," he said.

The men all agreed that if the new beach draws more people to the lake area, it could be beneficial to all concerned. "Overall it might be good although the season is short," the older Baratto said of the newly completed beach. a hemuiy heart. Allison was just fine jumping, but her "feet hurt." "Every single student who participated gets a prize," Ms. Wilson said, ranging from jump ropes and T-shirts to boom boxes and a walk-man, courtesy of the American Heart Association.

"(Students) were given painter's hats, gym shorts and socks. Next week the school will have an assembly to award each student his or her prizes and a certificate." til a decision could be made about what to do with them. The following year, said Bond, the remnants were treated with a polyethylene glycol preservative. In 1965, John Gardner, now associate curator of small craft at Mystic Seaport in Mystic, and a nationally recognized authority on historic boats, undertook the project of reconstruction. Bond said Gardner didn't attempt to rebuild the boat, but rather laid out the pieces of wreckage in the same pattern as they lay at the bottom of the lake.

That display is on exhibit at the Adirondack Museum today. Later, using Gardner's diagram, drawings and measurements, the Basin Harbor Maritime Museum in Vermont built a replica of the bateaux. Gardner said that during the French and Indian wars, thousands of bateaux were used to transport men and supplies up and down the lake. The bateaux were approximately 35 feet long, with flat bottoms and rounded sides, looking very much like oversized rowboats. "It's been a very satisfying project to work on," Page said.

"I sincerely hope for some economic spin-offs, that the commercial entities in the area benefit," he added. But some area residents in recreation-related businesses are taking a "wait and see" attitude. Al Baratto, who is co-owner with his son Greg of the nearby Burger Den Restaurant, open year-round, wonders if local people will take advantage of the new beach for swimming "when the Batten Kill is 4. Sixth-grader John Mason $108. 5.

Eighth-grader Star Russell $106.45. 6. Sixth-grader Wendy Porter $97.10. 7. Seventh-grader Jill Ralston $97.

8. Sixth-grader Courtney Jacobs 9. Eighth-grader Kristen Gardner makes the interesting observation that the bateaux were deliberately sunk to store them for winter. "Holes were drilled in the bottoms," he said, "and the boats were weighted with mortar balls to sink them for storage. This was done to protect them from marauders during the winter." According to Gardner, in the French and Indian wars, fighting stopped during the winter months and the men went home.

In the spring, when fighting resumed, the bateaux were raised and put into service. They were usually sunk in rows, he said, to make it easier to locate them, which probably accounts for their being found in clusters today. Of course, many of the bateaux sank unwillingly in the heat of battle or were scuttled to keep tbem ut of enemy hands and are scattered up and down the length of the lake. Dr. Russell Bellicoe, photographer for the Atlantic Alliance's recent exploration, writes in his history of the bateaux of Lake George, "the free." He is also concerned about the impact the recreation area will have on William Wheatley, owner of another beach and pavilion on the lake.

But he thinks "it could improve our business. We'll know better next year." Wheatley is cautiously optimistic. His beach and picnic grounds located just off Route 22 on the opposite side from the park is not only open to swimmers, but offers rowboat, paddle boat and canoe rentals and his pavilion has a snack 10. Sixth-grader Lindsey Morse $76.40. "It's fun," said eighth-grader Sarah McMaster.

"I do it for the community." "We just want to help raise money to help people with heart problems," top money-raiser Chris Silipano said. "I do it for myself," said seventh-grader Allison Turner, who added that she had a heart murmur and was aware of the importance of r- Wi hw IvZzIki i-d I i if r--I I -v I 'z 7 j-4 "I County's newest recreation facility It is located off Route 22 midway between Cambrige and pork is to opn later this year. Salem. (Elizabeth Muhlig photo) TICONDEROGA Mabel i Graves i Smith. 76.

of demons Road. Putnam, died Friday (April 8, 1988) at the Moses Ludington Hospital, Ticonderoga Born July 3. 1912, in Morrisville, Vt she was the daughter of the late Edward and Vernila (Jones) Graves. Her husband. Oliver Smith, died Aug.

9. 1983. Survivors include two sons, John Duval of Putnam, and George Smith of Menands, one daughter, Mrs. Richard i Valerie Bain of Putnam; Funeral Notices MARJOR1E 'MARGE' MILLER HADLEY Graveside services for Marjorie "Marge" Miller. 1 p.m.

Tuesday. Marcella Union Cemetery. Kockawav Township. Calling hours: 2 to 4 p'm and 7 to 9 p.m Brewer Funeral Home. Lake Luzerne Members of the Tri Town Senior Citizens will pay their respects 7 p.m.

today at the funeral home. ELIZABETH (DOHERTY) HAMM SCHUYLERVILLE Services for Elizabeth (Doherty Hamm. 8 pm to day, Flynn Bros Funeral Home, l.i Gates Schuylerville. Calling hours: 7 today until time of services at the funeral home. REV.

SUMNER JOHNSON HARTFORD. Conn Services for the Kev. Sumner Johnson. 3pm today. Berlin congregational Church.

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