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Tile S,otll,IIt VOL. XII, NO.8 FEBRUARY 23, 1967 $1.00 PER YEAR 10¢ A COPY Theatre Trip Cadet Honored The Delmar Progress Club Cadet Edmund I. Kiley of "Dramobile" will leave from the Slingerlands, son of Dr. and Library at 7 P.M. Tuesday, Febru Mrs. John E. Kiley, a former ary 28. and travel to the Schen Rp.thlp,hp,m Cent.ral athlete, has ectady Civic Playhouse. The pro been named co-captain of the gram will include a conducted Hh17 Coast Guard Academy foot touy of the Playhouse, now in its ball team. Ned, a linebacker and guard, IME:MllEllS OF TROOP 58, Boy Scouts of America, receive awards at ceremony 39th season. Purchased in 1929, in Hr'e Methodist Church on Kenwood Avenue. Left to right: Donald Web the theatre has a seating capacity has been a two-year letterman Rodney Raymond, David Creighton, Raymond Linstruth, Assistant Scout of 345. Fiye shows a year are at th~ New London, Conn. School. ; ~dward Pakenham Scout Master; James Walsh and David Walsh. performed with each of the shows running for six nights. Subscrip tions are sold out so far in ad / vance it is necessary to with hold a percentage of the seats for general sale. Members are all volunteers who live within a radius of fifty miles. James Lommel, a Research Metallurgist at General Elec tric, is President of the organ ization and director of lighting. He will introduce members of the staff and discuss the history of the group. Jack Byrne, a member of the Board of Directors, will Cadet Edmund Ki ley speak on the philosophy of the During- the 1966 season. he was Playhou~e. Tourney Millar will selected for the College Athle cover the subject of lighting ef tic Conference Division, 11 week fects and demonstrate exhibits and techniques of lighting equip ly All-Star team. This honor was ment. A social period of ques for his play against American International College. Kiley tions and answers will follow the kicked two field goals, inter program. Miss Pauline McLeod cepted a pass and made 12 tack is Hospitality Chairman. les from his linebacker spot. ' Club members wishing to make During the semester Kiley has the trip may contact Mrs. B. been named to the Commandant Lionel Truscott, Program Chair of Cadets list. This honor is based man. Mrs. Albert B. Wilber and on good grades, conduct and Mrs. Frederick A. Baker are Co adaptability. Chairmen. While at Bethlehem Central, Ned played football, was on the wrest.line- tNlm and on the tennis Speaker team. He was a New York State Mr. Richard Hughes, a Beth Regents Scholarship winner. lehem Central teacher and for The Coast Guard Academy in mer Civil Rights Worker, will New London, Conn. is the small est of the four service academies. lecture on Voter Registration for Negroes. The lecture will be held at the Senior High School The lecture is the first in a WASHINGTON AT VALLEY FORGE Library at 7 :30 on Wednesday, series to be sponsored by the The above and simi lor views may be obtained from J. R. Dufty, March 1, and is open to the pub Senior High's chapter of Nation 287 State Street, Albany, New York, who loaned this old print to The Spotlight Ilic free of charge. al Honor Society. PAGE 2 _ February 23,1967 THE SPOTLIGH Paid Advertisement - The All-Bethlehem Citizens Committee For Equitable Assessments DO YOU KNOW? That if YOU BOUGHT A HOME in the Town of Bethlehem during the last few years YOU are paying FAF MORE THAN YOUR FAIR SHARE OF TAXES! That owners of properties WORTH as much as, or MORE THAN YOUR HOME, but who bought just a fev (or many) years ago are paying ONLY A FRACTION OF THE TAXES YOU PAY, because THEIR LOW ASSESS MENTS were sefbefore recent high purchase prices! That there has NEVER BEEN A TOWN WIDE RE-ASSESSMENT for property taxes in the Town of Bethle hem; so as time goes by and prices go up the inequity in the taxes gets WORSE and WORSE! I That NEW YORK STATE LAW requires all assessing units to TAX ALL PROPERTY OWNERS on the SAM~ PERCENTAGE OF FULL VALUE (MARKET VALUE)! In Bethlehem the percentage of Full Market Value is 25~ as established by the State Board of Equalization. (Sec. 306- New York State Real Property Tax Law.) I That the Bethlehem TAX ASSESSMENT FORMULA OF 27% of PURCHASE PRICE works a COSTLY IN: , EQUITY on all home buyers at recent high property prices! , That if the Niagara Mohawk Power Co. wins its current suit against the Town YOU WILL PAY EVEN MORE TAXES to make up for the loss of Necessary Town and School tax revenues, due to a multimillion dollar REI DUCTION in the assessment on Niagara Mohawk property in our Town! And if you are a recent home buyel YOU WILL PAY MORE THAN YOUR FAIR SHARE OF THIS TAX INCREASE! . That a necessary 3 1/2 million dollar HIGH SCHOOL ADDITION will RAISE YOUR TAX Bill, and if yo are a recent home buyer YOU Will PAY MORE THAN YOUR FAIR SHARE OF THIS TAX INCREASE! I That planned extension of SEWER FACILITIES will RAISE YOUR TAX BILL, and if you are a recent homd buyer YOU WILL PAY MORE THAN YOUR SHARE OF THIS TAX INCREASE! I That a NON-POLITICAL, VOLUNTARY COMMITTEE of taxpayers already has hundreds of signatures onj a PETITION TO THE TOWN BOARD to demand a TOWN-WIDE RE-ASSESSMENT, so that ALL PROPERTY OWN I ERS will pay THEIR FAIR SHARE OF TAXES! '. , I That YOUR SIGNATURE (both husband and wife) BELOW WILL HELP TO EQUALIZE YOUR UNFAIR HIGH] TAX BURDEN! i That a BRIEF PHONE CAll to any of the following volunteer Committee members will enable you to getl FURTHER INFORMATION on this . Mr. Harlow Hopkins Mrs. Robert Allen 42 Groesbeck PI. 60 Thorndale I Elsmere, N. Y. - 439-4191 Slingerlands - 439-650C Mr. William Le Fevre Mr. Walter Elliot 119 Dumbarton Dr. Cedar Hills, Elsmere, N. Y. - 439-3600 Glenmont, N. Y. - 767-9394 •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• • • I (We) support the effort of the "All-Bethlehem Citizens Comm ittee for Equit • • able Assessments" to bring about re-assessment of all real property in the Town of Bethlehem, so that all property owners will be taxed on the same • • percentage of full property value, according to New York State Law: • • • P.s. Your voluntary contribution of a dollar or two • Name: _________________ • •• will help to defray the inevitable expense of our • effort in your behalf for the sake of fair taxation. •• . Address, ________________ • • • Oate, __________~ ______ • • • Clip and mail to: Don Eberle, 13 Carstead Drive, Slingerlands • •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• • rHE SPOTLIGHT February 23, 1967 - PAGE 3 DAN & BEm DRYDEN'S "Rubbings??" ~r~o~, ~~I~!!~-~ When you are visiting the Del- S.... d.y. - J."• .., .h~ I mar Public Library during the March. All dGY in$truction, TALL TIMBER practice, fun. next few weeks be sure and take Transportation from Al time to look at and study the real COUNTRY CLUB bany and Slingerlands ~ to ski areas provided. ly exceptional "rubbings" taken HIlTON ROAD SliNGERlANDS. N. Y. For informotion, roles from the walls of temples in Cam bodia and Thailand. The Cambo- ph... PO 8-2126 n,.'''' dian rubbings are done on heavy NOW ACCEPTING RESERVATIONS FOR: textured paper and were un • Business Meetings doubtedly applied wet as the fig • Weddings ures are raised. A large scene • Banquets depicts a full battle taken from ARE YOU the myths of the country. Two • Luncheons THEil SQUARE" smaller pieces show dancers in • Communion Breakfasts typical Asian posture. In real • Bar Mizvahs IN THIS life the girls begin training when Groups of 20 to 200 - New Management nine or ten, emphasis is placed Call HE 9-3392 for Information CIRCLE? on hands and the fluidity and grace of movement become a part of the young dancer. There are perhaps a dozen rubbings from Thailand. These are smooth, the reed paper giving an interesting background. A few are done in black and white many are tinted in soft greens, blues, bronzes, browns. Each of course tells a story. Outstanding is the Ra rna Kien of Thailand - a chariot and warriers off to battle; another tells the story Put yourself in the center of fun! of the abduction of a young wife Think-feel-and look young! Meet by the ever greedy Monkey King. more friends in one week than you've acquired all year! Dance These will hang in the Library and mix with the liveliest set in Community Room until the first town! And feel tension fade away! of March after which they may LEARN TODAY'S MOST be viewed in the Lounge and hall. POPULAR DANCES! The showcase contains more FOX TROT, LATIN charming mementos, including the heavy bracelet worn by Thai DISCOTHEQUE! women above the elbow, a tiny replica of a Thai house on stilts, a peasant woman in native cos tume, two glittering dancers and a Thep-Pra-Nom. In case you TRIAL don't know, the latter is interpre ted thusly: Thep (angel), Pra LESSON (male) Nom (greeting.) In other words, the antique BEAUTIFULL Y. FINISHED Only $1 gilded wooden figure kneels with PERFECTL Y ANTIQUED folded hands to give a Thai greet PROPERL Y AUTHENTIC PHONE NOW: ing. A huge straw coolie hat (the HE 4·9146 peasant woman wears an identi This magnificent hutch will create the atmosphere you cal copy in miniature) and a love want in your dining room.