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Two summer visitors were rescued Monday night from an unpleasant plight on Whiteface Mountain by members of the ski patrol.

Manfried Kolwister, New York attorney, and Miss Hannah Katz of New York at noon engaged a boat at George and Bliss docks to take them to Whiteface Landing as they intended to take the foot trail to the summit. They were warned there that they would have scarcely enough time to make the ascent and trip down before dark.

They were on the summit at 4 p.m. and had started down the trail when at 6:30 p.m. Mr. Kolwister turned his ankle and was unable to proceed. Loren Wrisley had been engaged to pick the couple up at the landing at 8 p.m. When he did not find them there, he walked up the trail a ways and called, getting no response.

Coming back to George and Bliss, he organized a searching party, including himself and forest ranger Marcus Nugent, Leslie Lewis and John Fagan. The four climbed the trail and found the couple at midnight about a half mile below the summit. Supporting the man on their shoulders, Mr. Kolwister was brought some distance down the trail to the shelter of the lean-to, where the party remained while Lewis and Fagan came back to town to get a collapsible stretcher from the firehouse and coffee to take back.

They returned to the village about 9:30 p.m., where the attorney was taken to the office of Dr. B. Ring for an X-ray. It was found that he had no broken bones, but his ankle was badly sprained.

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Fawn Club news

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The Fawn Club will remain open for the month of September. According to S. Lee Barkas and Carl Erbe, proprietors, plans are being made to re-open the hotel for winter residence on Dec. 15.

Eventual winter development of the property, when materials are available, will include a ski-tow, toboggan slide and ice skating rink. Ski trails will be cut through the woods that border the premises to lead to the park district’s ski town on Fawn Ridge. The club house on the brow of the hill centers natural terrain for winter development of the golf course and other slopes and has a view of Whiteface, Hennessy, Marcy and Sentinel mountains.

Mr. Barkas purchased the Fawn with a view of retiring from the pressure of the radio and theatrical business to which he has devoted the greater part of his life. Mr. Erbe, his partner, is a veteran of the entertainment world and is now co-owner with Mr. Barkas of the Cafe Zanzibar in New York.

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Arena ice sheet

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The ice sheet at the arena will be kept on after Sept. 1 for the entertainment of soldiers coming here to the redistribution center, Willis Wells, chairman of the North Elba Park District announces. The practice of visiting skaters will not be disturbed.

Mr. Wells is cooperating with the agencies of the War Department for the use of facilities of the arena, but the guests now visiting Lake Placid may continue to use it. Skaters who regularly use the arena in December, January and February will still be welcome and will find an accelerated program in force.

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Army at Marcy

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The Hotel Marcy will remain open this fall and, according to owner Jack Davis, will be open the year around for the duration at least.

Mr. Davis says the step has been taken to accommodate service men and their families who will be arriving here during September to make arrangements for the establishment of the Lake Placid Club as a re-location center.

All facilities of the hotel are being thrown open to servicemen without charge, regardless as to whether they are staying at the Club or elsewhere. An orchestra will be retained in the Blue Room for dancing and a cocktail hour will be instituted in the bar from 5 to 6:30 p.m. daily.