Inside The Adirondack Arrow on January 14, 1932:

UNIQUE ICE CRAFT

Arthur Parker, Long Lake’s motor wizard, has constructed a unique ice craft which has a speed of sixty miles an hour. A framework was built over a set of runners. On this a Chevrolet motor was placed with the propeller from an airplane attached to the back of the shaft. A seat has been placed in position and Mr. Parker has made several trips down the lake, sometimes carrying one or two passengers. Saturday a cap blew into the propeller and came out in shreds. Mr. Parker has trained his craft to know its berth in the garage, too, for when he reaches the post office dock he starts the propeller and his ice ship runs up into Austin’s garage.

ICE PARTY AT CIN-O-SAM

A typical Adirondack ice party was held at Cin-O-Sam Lodge in Long Lake one day last week. The truck was motored onto the lake, the guests on skis or bobsleds grasped hold of long ropes attached to the truck. By this means they were drawn along until they had gained considerable momentum, then the truck would make a sudden sharp turn. Equilibrium was not always maintained by those on the skis and sleds when thus suddenly turned. But they had a hilarious time. A large number of guests were present from Cin-O-Sam, Lake Side and Rock Cliff.

BIRTHDAY PARTY

Jimmie Ehrensbeck entertained on the occasion of his fourth birthday last Wednesday afternoon. His guests were Jackie Burnet, Ruth Scholl, Tommy Charbonneau, George Charbonneau, Billy Weedmark, Dickie Gebhardt and Nancy Rivett. Games were played during the afternoon. Refreshments were served at a table prettily decorated in pink, with a pink favor for each child. Jimmie received many gifts in addition to the best wishes of his friends.

NAME A DIRECTOR

At the meeting of Northwoods Lodge on last Thursday evening W. L. Armstrong was elected as one of the directors of the Masonic Club. Mr. Armstrong in accepting the position promised to do all in his power to make the Club a congenial and pleasant place for Masons to spend their spare time. The Club rooms are one of the best in Northern New York and are maintained for the benefit of the members of Northwoods Lodge and their Masonic friends. There are billiard and pool tables, ping-pong, shuffle boards and other games as well as reading matter, a piano and radio and it is hoped that Masons will avail themselves of the facilities of the recreation room.

SUPERVISORS ORGANIZE

The organization meeting of the Board of Supervisors of Hamilton County was held at the county  seat last week. Lewis L. Jennings of Long Lake was re-elected chairman of the Board. Henry Rogers of Arietta was elected clerk, with a salary of $1,800, succeeding Edward P. Hanley who served the unexpired term of his father, the late Thomas J. Hanley. There are four new members on the Board: Kenneth Sturgess of Lake Pleasant, K. Leonard Harwood of Inlet, and Charles M. Partello of Morehouse, and Lyman Avery of Arietta, who takes the place of Henry Rogers, who resigned to accept the clerkship of the county.

HONOR MARKS

The following pupils in the Big Moose Station School received honor marks last week: Arithmetic, Charles Potter, 95; William Marleau, 96; Leonard Gerard, 95; Harold MacEdward, 95; Barbara Potter, 96, and William Wilcox, 98. English, William Wilcox, 95. Spelling, William Wilcox, 100.

WIN BOONVILLE GAME

After a hard-fought battle with no time when either team had any assurance of winning, the Town of Webb High School boys won the basketball game with Boonville played on the local court last Friday evening. Both teams were evenly matched and both made some exceptionally fine plays and the playing throughout the entire time pleased the largest audience of spectators that has witnessed any game this season. The second half of the game saw the main scoring of the evening. At the end of the first quarter the score was 1-2 in favor of Boonville. At the close of the first half the score was 4-5 in favor of the visitors. During the third quarter the locals piled up 9 points and the visitors 7 points, giving the locals a 1 point advantage, while in the final quarter the locals made four field baskets to the visitors three field baskets and one foul, closing the scrimmage at 21-19 in favor of the Town of Webb.

Ray Carr of Old Forge kept a bundle of issues of Old Forge’s first

newspaper, The Adirondack Arrow (a weekly), that he found in the attic

of a house he bought on Main Street Old Forge 48 years ago. The papers

date from the 1930s when the economic climate was not unlike today. He

had this idea to share them with readers of the Adirondack Express

through this History & Heritage column, defined his concept,

organized the old issues and pinpointed articles he thought would be of

special interest to readers. So in the weeks ahead, thanks to Ray Carr,

readers will go back in time and see what was news some 80 years ago on

the Fulton Chain of Lakes during The Great Depression.