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4 ITHACA JOURNAL Tuesday, Aug. 31. 1976 Farmer scores school taxes legal requirements of the state and still offer a quality education to the students. While board members are sympathetic to Miller's problem, they said they had no real solution to it. Miller said he realized that and was just asking the board to see if it can cut future budgets.

"We have to draw the line someplace, and this is a place to start," he said. 1 ilillH I 11 1 1 1 Iti yl i 1 If By ARTHUR CLARK GROTON "Cut school costs" was the message a SummerhiU resident brought to the Groton Board of Education at its meeting Monday evening. Donald Miller, a SummerhiU farmer, said he and his brother, George of Pleasant Valley Road, Groton, are concerned over the rising real estate taxes caused by inflation and its effect on the school budgets. Donald Miller, who did all the talking said, "Industry would get the message if the schools stopped buying goods at higher and higher prices, because schools have such great buying power." Miller is concerned because the SummerhiU taxes went up $13 per $1,000 of assessed value this year even though the amount the school district has to raise by tax only increased $300. This is because the equalization rate, which is set by the state, dropped in the town of SummerhiU.

Miller said that the declining equalization rate is caused by the sale of property to 'outsiders' who are paying more than FILM PROCESSING I 1 Ji kH i 1 I 'teW'Mffav 1 I IIJJIL' 1 I MM 1 it's worth, and that the state is using the equalization rate to force the town to reassess its property to bring it into line with recent sales. "We've been stalling on this," Miller said, because town officials "won't guarantee us that the tax rate will drop." Miller admitted the dollar amount of taxes paid by owners of equivalent properties in the towns of SummerhiU and Groton are nearly the same, and that the equalization rate does work. Miller said the state had been approached to help alleviate the problem that they had referred the SummerhiU group back to the school, with the suggestion that the budget be cut. The board response was that there is little for it to cut if it is to meet all the UNWANTED HAIR AT LOW PRICES FAST GILLETTE SUPER STAINLESS DOUBLE EDGE BLADES PKG. OF 5 RmovBd bv Electrolvm Salaly ind Pernianenllv Wednesday 9:00 A.M.

Ramada Inn Phont 272-1000 AMELIA YAMAN i -irrfdUi: I vi ivn i ffi 'i Mayor Edward Conley speaks during Monday night's opening ceremonies for the newly renovated Southside Community Center and the Southside People's Park. Approximately 75 community members and other agency representatives were on hand. Photo by Larry Baum. Gihhs tells history Southside Community Center began as a women's club Mill a Ell Op llll fl BARBASOL VASELINE 1 dZSZA SHAVl CREAM PETROLEUM iZZll I REGULAR OR MENTHOL JELLY 11 oz. CAN 7H oz JAlJ RITE AID PEPTO wm BATTERIES BISMOL VJ'mT IIQUID i in :3 'i the job opportunities as well as encourage people to get new and needed skills for job changes." Gibbs said most of the workers were either directly or indirectly affiliated with Cornell in the food services or domestic maintenance or at the Ithaca Hotel.

The exceptions were the two elevator operators at Rothschild's and custodians at the courthouse, city hall and the telephone company. "There was a need for diversificiation of employment," he said. "Thus we formed the employment office. In this capacity we worked with employers and perspective employes to try to match them with a fair degree of success. It was the forerunner of new opportunities for minorities in Ithaca." Gibbs said the Ithaca Gun Co.

and Cayuga Tool Co. were the first to cooperate with Southside in hiring minorities. Both companies trained black women and men for machine shop work. The Southside Community Center was up to that time a private organization, he said. The Works Progress Administration was approached by the center to provide assistance in getting adequate facilities to carry on all the programs under one roof, he said.

But government assistance could be given only to publicly-owned facilities. "Therefore property of the corporation was deeded to the City of Ithaca in 1936 for a period so that if the private citizens in the community would assume the costs of materials, the labor would be contributed by the WPA. "On March 6, 1936, ground was broken at the previously purchased 303 S. Plain St. location.

Cornellians with offices or businesses in the Wall Street area contributed in excess of $1,200 in gifts so that an adequate sized gym could be added to the building facilities. This money was given by the alumni in recognition of Jerome (Brud) Holland. It was later named the Brud Holland Gym-A-Torium. (gym and auditorium). Marian Anderson and Paul Robeson were to perform there in later years.

Gibbs said it was estimated that the cost of materials was $10,000. But the citizens of Ithaca underwrote a note for that needed money, which was carried by Tompkins County Trust Co. "We had to carry on programs in private homes, churches and schools," while the building was being constructed, he said. Gibbs went back to a job in Syracuse while the building was going on. Work had been slowed on the building for lack of steel and a shortage of carpenters, he said.

But with the assistance of two mens' clubs in the community, and the older progress was stepped up. In August 1937, Gibbs was asked to come back to Ithaca to serve as executive director of the center, and his wife, Hortense E. Gibbs, was asked to be assistant director on a volunteer basis. They came back to Ithaca in September. Finally, in Aug.

22, 1938, the building was finished But Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of President Roosevelt, had dedicated the center in February when she was in Ithaca during Farm and Home Week. The formal opening was in September 1938 with a week of activities which involved participation from many communities and organizations. The building still had to be paid for, but with a large number of residents co-signing the note and later donating money, and a large degree of community interest, the mortgage burning came on Feb. 28, 1944.

Gibbs left the center soon afterwards, to a job with a Syracuse community Three math courses slated DRYDEN A series of three new mathematics courses will be offered for the first time this fall at Tompkins Cortland Community College. The five week courses cover algebra and linear programming, elementary probability and analysis of data, and mathematical systems. Students may enroll in any one or all three of the one-credit hour courses. Each course is independent and there is no required sequence. Sections have been scheduled both day and night starting next week.

Further information may be obtained by visiting the TC3 mobile information and registration unit, or by contacting the office of continuing education at TC3. i ill EFFICIENT SERVICE AQUA NET HAIR SPRAY SUPER HOLD OR UNSC. 13 0Z. CAN am. (jHiuj wm RITE AID AND SAVE center.

After returning to Ithaca, he worked for the Postal Service, retiring as area air mail distributor. He has since retired from Allegheny Airlines, where he was district sales manager forthe Southern Tier. "It's nostalgic to reflect on the reopening as it reminded us of the earlier days of getting started," Gibbs, now a community affairs consultant for Tompkins County Trust said of Monday night's ceremonies. "There is a deep hope that the entire community will find within its reach to use the building with programs that will benefit all," he said. Power task force sets meeting Frank W.

McLear, plant superintendent of Groton's municipal electric department, is scheduled to address Ithaca's municipal electric task force at 8 p.m. Wednesday in the Mayor's Conference Room at City Rail. McLear, who has also worked for municipal systems in Tupper Lake and Philadelphia, N.Y. plans to speak about the operation of municipal electric power systems. Museum holds its annual display The Herbert F.

Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University plans to hold its annual display of the Kramer Collection of contemporary American art beginning Wednesday through Oct. 10. The collection was formed by Dr. and Mrs. Milton Lurie Kramer for their own home, and has been on extended loan to the museum since 1966.

It represents a cross-section of major American artists such as Georgia O'Keeffe, Arthur Dove, Morris Graves, Ben Shahn, Stuart Davis, Gaston Lachaise and John Martin. The collection also includes works from different cultures and periods which complement the pieces, notably graphics and pre-Columbian and Asian artifacts. Museum hours are Tuesday throuqh Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

On Wednesdays, the museum is open until 9 p.m. Viewers' favorite is announced GROTON A 1931 Model A Ford convertible coupe with rumble seat owned by Joseph Homer of Cortland won the viewer vote for the best car at the Groton Bicentennial "Salute to Freedom," during the weekend. He received a plague awarded by the bicentennial committee. Runners-up were Al Evenden with a 1930 Model A Ford and Jon Dates with a 1927 Chevrolet truck. Blue ribbon winners at Saturday's Flower Show were Mrs.

Frances Carey with a display of zinnias; Mrs. Mary Flang with a bouquet of garden flowers, Mrs. Louise Dennison of Albany, with a display of artificial quill flowers; Ms. Patty Adams with a hanging basket of Swedish Ivy John Barry with an arrangement of vegetables; Mrs. Rena Moore with a bouquet of gladiolus; John Sincer-baux with a single stemmed glad and Mrs.

Hazel Schumacher with a potted ivy. Fire training course set WATKINS GLEN A training course for volunteer fire company officers will begin Wednesday in Schuyler County, according to Fire Coordinator Harlow Bailey. Any fireman may enroll. Classes will be held in Tyrone Fire Station at 7 p.m. each Wednesday with John Mason of Hector as instructor.

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Gibbs tion almost 40 years ago. According to Gibbs, the center concept began in 1929 with the organization of the Frances Harper Women's Club, a local black women's club with objectives of recreation for women who were domestic workers in the community. "Every Thursday they would get together to do arts and crafts," he said. "They used to meet at 221 S. Plain at the apartment of one of the members.

"It wasn't long before they recognized the need for a place where they could extend their activities to more people," said Gibbs. The group raised enough money through social events, bake sales and private contributions from members of the club to buy a home at 305 S. Plain St. "They used the two downstairs rooms and rented the two apartments upstairs to help pay for it and to maintain it. "In 1935 the famous flood rendered the building hazardous to use for the activities," Gibbs said.

While the center was without a building, the community people realized that it would be wise to enlarge the program. For one thing, many parents found it convenient to have a place for their children to go after school, Gibbs said. Mrs. Jesse Cooper was the first director of the center. Some time later, the Community Chest (now United Way) was asked for funds.

"They got some help, to the tune of about $100 a month to help with the programs," Gibbs said. It was also in 1935 that Gibbs joined the center as the first program director. "With limited physical facilities we built programs using church and public facilities, including the St. Johns school gym, the Central activities room and the parish room of St. James (AME Zion Church), the YMCA, North and West Side houses, and private homes." One of the classes provided by the center was a mimeographing class, through which a weekly community newspaper was published, Gibbs said.

The mimeograph machine was a gift from one of the stationery store owners who was a member of the Southside board of directors. Afternoon events included social mixer games in some of the larger places; story hours, craft and cooking classes in the basement of St. James; boy and girl scout meetings at Central School; sewing classes, home helper classes and music at the building at 305 S. Plain. "At night the adults used the two rooms at 305 for their activities including sewing, handicrafts, and reading," said Gibbs.

"We developed an employment agency," he said. "The object was to diversify TC3 schedules registration DRYDEN Full-time students at Tompkins Cortland Community College are scheduled to register for the fall semester Wednesday and Thursday. The full-time students include returning and new TC3 students enrolled in career-oriented or university transfer programs. Additionally, part-time students will register this week at the college's mobile unit or at the Dryden campus between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m.

on Wednesday. In all, more than 3,000 people are expected to enroll at TC3 as part-time or full-time students during the academic year. More than 300 courses and sections are scheduled during the fall semester, according to Registrar Stuart Seavey. Day classes start Seppt. 7, while evening classes get under way Sept.

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