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A unique book of songs for children, written by Victor Herbert while a resident of Lake Placid, has just been published by the McGraw-Hill book company. The songs were selected and edited by the composer’s daughter, Ella Herbert Bartlett, while at her Lake Placid home, Camp Woodland, last summer.

The songs in “Victor Herbert Songs for Children” were written at his home, Camp Joyland, where he lived from 1905 to 1924 and at the Lake Placid Club, where he had a cottage for many years prior to building his camp.

The book is generously and attractively illustrated in color by Guy Edgar Fry, famous children’s artist.

From “Babes in Toyland,” Herbert’s opera for children which also became a favorite of their elders, the book has “Go to Sleep, Slumber Deep,” “I Can’t Do the Sum,” “Never Mind Bo-Peep” and “Toyland.”

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Newman P.O.

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Residents of the southern section of the village have appealed to the board of trustees for a second post office in Lake Placid, stating that the present building is too inaccessible during the winter months.

Up until Jan. 1, 1936, a post office was maintained in the section known as Newman and took care of the postal needs of residents of that area. This was established upon the early settlement of the village and was its only post office for many years. The Newman and Lake Placid post offices were consolidated in the Masonic building just prior to the completion of the present Lake Placid post office in September 1936, when delivery service was instituted.

Petitioners appealing to the village board for a second post office stated that the distance, in some instances two miles, with one mile entirely uphill, was too great to walk to mail packages and to send or receive money orders or to otherwise transact business. Trustees have discussed the matter and have forwarded the recommendation to the postal authorities in Washington.

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Stevens Hill skiing

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The Lake Placid Ski Council is starting its program of ski instruction for children of school age on Saturday.

The children from 10 years upward will receive a course of lessons at about one quarter the normal cost, the rest of the expense being borne through funds issued through the council.

The meeting place for all groups is at the top of the ski tow on Stevens Hill.

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Ice racing

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The Lake Placid Driving Club has set a schedule for harness races on the ice of Mirror Lake this winter. The first regular race will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 23 and the races will continue each Sunday afternoon at the same hour through Feb. 27.

Instead of the former half-mile track on the lake, a quarter-mile oval will be scraped this winter following the custom observed at ice races in Vermont. The shorter run, members state, is easier on the horses and the animals stand less chance of contracting pneumonia on a cold, windy day. It is also claimed to be more exciting for spectators.

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Archives

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