The masthead on page two — “Official Newspaper of the Village of Lake Placid, Essex County, New York. Daniel Winters, Publisher. Entered in the Lake Placid Post Office as Second Class Matter, May 22, 1905.”

When I first visited the Lake Placid News Office, it was located at 435 Main St., one story down, entered by an outside stairway. That was in late 1950s or early 1960s when the publishers, Jim Loeb and Roger Tubby, had had us laying out the pages and printing the News at the Saranac Lake Daily Enterprise offices at 76 Main St. When I became Lake Placid News editor, my office was on the third floor of the North Elba Town Hall, sort of hidden away, so I would overhear Village Clerk Em (Emerson) Beany giving directions to my office.

Now, let’s get to the Page One news of the day:

-MORE TROUT & SIX MORE BEAVER

A. Fortune & Co. was a 3-story building, then located in what is now the Enterprise parking lot at 54 Broadway.

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This story intrigued me because the property as described in the story was owned by and known as the “DeBar Mountain Silver Fox Range,” located in the town of Duane. It was later sold to New York state in the 1930s and became known as the DeBar Mountain Game Refuge, managed and operated by our cousins, Mr. and Mrs. George and Margaret Hogan Buckley. There was a nice house and barns on the property and the refuge was then about 10,000 acres.

Mrs. Buckley and my mother Elizabeth Keegan Riley were first cousins. We visited there quite often. I remember Mr. Buckley, a big man with wrists about the size of your neck, had somehow saved a female wolf and her cubs and had them cradled in a big pen in the barn. This was in the later 1930s when we visited.

“The owners secured six live beavers, caught during the open season, which were liberated in the dam and enclosure on Hatch Brook, which was prepared for them.

“These beaver seem happy and contented in their new home and it is believed will do well during the coming summer. The enclosure and dam are a good natural environment for beavers, and these animals are said to grow very tame after they become accustomed to the approach of people and find out that they are not to be harmed or disturbed in their work of getting food and building their dams.”

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TROUT LAWS UNCHANGED

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“Saturday, April 4, the date from which all anglers reckon time, marks the opening of the season for taking trout in New York State.

“No changes have been made in the law. Trout not less than six inches in length may be taken and possessed. On person may take not to exceed ten pounds of trout in one day. Exception is made in Essex County, where the season does not open until May 1. The size limit is seven inches.

“During the year 1924, lakes and streams of this state were stocked with 10,011,853 trout. Of this number 9,308,353 were fingerlings ranging in size from one to five inches.”

ACHIEVMENT WORK

“John Fraser, who is directing the activities of the Essex County Junior Achievement clubs in Lake Placid, is quite optimistic on the good results being shown by the various clubs. In the sewing circles, particularly, a fine showing has been achieved. Two of these clubs are already self-sustaining. Their services have been sought in making bean bags for the school gym, numerals for the backs of baseball uniforms, and in spare time the girls make balsam pillow covers.

“Another seeing club was formed during the week with Mrs. William J. Dwyer as leader. This club is designated Cercle de Couture. Its members are:

“Eleanor Pelkey, Esther Brown, Marie Doyle, Cecelia LaGoy, Alice LaMay, Marie Gladd, Grace Baugh and Ruth Preston. The other clubs are Sixth Sewing Club, Mrs. Daley, leader; the Merry Seamstresses Club, Mrs. S. L. Dudley, leader.”

LAKE PLACID PERSONALS

[Readers be aware that the following column may have disturbing content regarding their relatives. It is very personal.]

Walter Weeks is visiting friends in Malone.

Mrs. E. D. Marshall was in Wilmington Wednesday.

Miss Mildred Stevens is home for Easter vacation.

M. B. Clark was a weekend visitor in Plattsburgh.

Miss Sadie Wolfe has purchase a new Ford Sedan.

James Mulvey has purchased the home of George Preston.

Fred Gladd and family were weekend visitors in Keeseville.

Mrs. Arthur Adams will take an Easter vacation in Washington.

Dura Jenney is putting on an addition to his garage at the Ideal Restaurant.

Willias Lamay of Schuyler Falls was a business caller in Town on Thursday.

Mrs. Mary Hathaway was guest of her sister, Mrs. Albert Forbes for the past week.

Hubert McNeil is home for the spring vacation from Bordertown Military Institute.

Garland LaMay, who was operated on a few weeks ago, is out and working again.

Mrs. Albert Forbes motored to Saranac Lake Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. George Jenney.

Frank E. Everest, Proprietor of the Whiteface Mountain House. is in Lake Placid Hospital for treatment.

Mr. and Mrs. Bernice Wilkins of Parkside Drive are moving last week to Regis where they have purchased a hotel and a farm in connection with it.

Sol Feinberg, Lake Placid’s genial postmaster, returned today from ‘doing’ and seeing the southland. (More about his trip next week.)

Mrs. Carrie Ware and her daughter Mrs. Ralph Russell and little daughter Bettie returned from Florida Sunday after a two months absence.

James B. Hurley and daughter Irene returned Thursday from a fortnights trip through the south.