Silent world of sports - Thirteen groups of strikingly costumed athletes, each parading behind their national flag, marched with pride onto the ice sheet of the Olympic Arena. This parade of nations Monday was the opening ceremony of the VIII World Winter Games for the Deaf, which will run ...

Burns and Allen - Gracie Allen and George Burns of stage, movie and radio fame were weekend visitors in Lake Placid, guests at the Lake Placid-Marcy. They were accompanied by Eugene Campbell, playwright, and miss Gloria Archer of New York. They attended the Clinton hockey games at the ...

Olympic speedskaters - Headed by Valentine Bialis of Utica and Lake Placid, America’s team of Olympic speedkaters sailed last Thursday for Oslo, Norway, where they will train for three weeks in the European style of speedskating against time before going to St. Moritz on Feb. 11 for the ...

New rink lighting - No electric light poles will mar the setting of the public rink conducted by the village on Mirror Lake this year. Several extremely large floodlights have been installed on the rear of the Garage de Luxe on the lake shore and shed their lights for several hundred ...

Santa Claus visit - Inclement weather forced Santa Claus to make his appearance on Mirror Lake Sunday afternoon via horse and cutter, but over 500 children, and nearly a like number of adults, were on hand to greet him with the children all receiving a stocking filled with toys and ...

50 below - The mercury Saturday night was reported to have dropped to 50 degrees below zero and early church goers Sunday morning braved the 44-below temperature. The thermometer stood at 22 below at noon. Even the natives, accustomed to low temperatures, were apprehensive to stir out ...