Bootleggers - The month of April so far has proved a disastrous one for bootleggers headed this way. In their determination to make Lake Placid as dry as the Sahara Desert, Sgt. Fred Homedean and his force of state troopers, with the able assistance of Lake Placid Police Chief Thomas Black, ...

Second beach? - The question of purchase by the village of the Stevens property on Mirror Lake for use as a public beach and pavilion has again been brought to the attention of the chamber of commerce. E. C. Herb, village clerk and chairman of the public improvement committee of the chamber, ...

Capt. Hart call - Mrs. Edward Hart has received a telephone call from her son, Capt. George Hart, army flight surgeon now resting in Hawaii after active duty in the South Pacific. The young surgeon called to express greetings to his mother and to her twin sister, Miss Mary Gremple. The ...

Grave pilgrimage - It will be recalled that two years ago there was a pilgrimage to the grave of John Brown of a number of those who revere his memory living in other places, and a statement made that an attempt would be made to make the event an annual affair. The other day, a meeting was ...

Daylight saving - Voters favored daylight saving time for this village in an unofficial balloting held Tuesday in conjunction with the annual village election. In all, 184 voted for it with 147 against. The question now lies with the village board to rule as to its adoption. The village ...

Close rut race - The water swirled down the narrow passage. The two frail craft avoided being wrecked only by the narrowest of margins. Chunks of snow and ice threw them first to one side, then to the other. Spectators shouted as first one and then the other would get ahead. One was ...