HAMMONDSPORT HAPPENINGS

• The Hammondsport Bostwick Club met on Saturday, April 19. The committee members were Brian and Jill Flynn, Sam and Millie Barkley, Clyde and Lillian Elwood, Richard and Janet McCandless, and Ed and Ann Vought. In charge of entertainment were Gary and Sharon Utter.

• Next weekend, April 25- 27, the Hammondsport Centraol School Drama Club will proudly present The Hound of the Baskervilles, adapted by Tim Kelly from the story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The original tale concerns the world-famous detective Sherlock Holmes and his assistant, Doctor Watson, who try to end the curse on the male heirs of the Baskerville family. Each is doomed to die an untimely death from the attack of a savage hound on the moors of England. The play will be performed in the Hammondsport Main Street School Auditorium on Friday evening, April 25, Saturday evening April 26, and Sunday afternoon, April 27. The director is Mrs. Carol Olszewski, drama club advisor.

• If you had been visiting the Primary School one day in February, you might have caught sight of Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, or Teddy Roosevelt roaming the halls! These past presidents might have seemed a little bit shorter than you remember from your history book. That's because they were grades K-3 students dressed up as their favorite president in honor of President's Day. In addition, students participated in a presidential essay contest. To enter, students wrote a 100- word essay identifying and explaining the most important qualities that a person running for President of the United States should possess. Prizes were awarded for the best presidential costumes and best essay at each grade level. Winners for best costume: Kindergarten: Madison Wright, Washington, and Charles Hill, Lincoln; First Grade: Noah Wilkinson, Wilson, and Jonah Wilkinson, Roosevelt; Second Grade: Jackson Cummings, Bush, and Kelsey Hoyt, Lincoln; Third Grade: Paige Faucett, Washington. Essay winners were Julia Bennett, Kindergarten; Colin Drain, First Grade; Robin Jenkins, Second Grade; and Nicholas Bennett, Third Grade.

• Thanks to all who have donated funds for the Hammondsport Community Services. Anyone still wanting to give to this joint fund of the Hammondsport Community Services and the Wood Memorial to Scouting, send the money to: Donna Colvin, Treasurer, 8731 Brown Road, Pulteney, NY 14874. Remember contributions are tax deductible since Hammondsport Community Services is a 501(c)(3) entity.

• The office of the Keuka Lake Association is located at 90 Pulteney Street in Hammondsport. Mail is PO Box 415. The office is usually open Tuesdaysand Thursdays from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Please stop by if you are in the village. The office administrative assistant is Margo McTaggart. You can also contact the KLA by phone at 866-369-3781 or locally at 607-569-3781; em ail to info@keukalakeassociation.org.

• The monthly newsletter of the Steuben County Historical Society Dugald Cameron Chapter, has delightful column called Cricket's Corner (yes, the chirping insect). In a recent column, Cricket described a very interesting project underway that has resulted in Cricket "seeing more of Steuben County than most of my two-legged friends. If the truth be known, I've seen more of our beautiful county than most of its residents - human or otherwise. I have been on back roads, seasonal road, farm lanes, cow paths, and wild animal trails. As most of you know by now, my mom and I are looking for cemeteries. As I write this, we have located and mapped cemeteries in 22 of the 32 towns in the county. This summer we hope to do the same in the remaining towns of Addison, Cameron, Caton, Jasper, Lindley, Rathbone, Troupsburg, Tuscarora, Wayne, and Woodhull. Meanwhile, I will rest up and dream of tombstone picnics while I await the summer's adventures." So residents of any of those 10 towns - if you know of local cemeteries for Cricket to map, contact the Steuben County Historical Society. Hammondsport

church news

• St. Gabriel's Catholic: Maureen O'Neill, Pastoral Administrator: Rev. Peter Anglaaere, Sacramental. Mass Schedule: Saturdays 5:30 p.m., Sundays 11 a.m.

St. Gabriel's thanks the following people for our beautiful Easter service in March: Father Peter for presiding at our Holy Week liturgies; Christine Kolodziejczak and Carolyn Kruk for arranging the flowers; Frank Curran for helping in countless ways; the people of St. Mary's and Deacon Ray Defendorf for inviting us to share the Holy Thursday mass and for coming here to take part in the Good Friday service; Betty Gerych, choir director; Bill Grimmer, organist, and the choir members of St. Mary's and St. Gabriel's, who joined forces to make such beautiful music on Good Friday. Thanks to our Easter Vigil choir members for lending their voices to the music of that most holy of nights: Gabriel, Helen and Mark Barone, Dick Drain, Ellie Freeville, Bill Grimmer, Carolyn Kruk, Joyce Matson, Mary Lou O'Connor, Dave Peterson, Becky and John Stranges. Special appreciation goes to Dick Drain, Easter Virgil choir director,

and Bill Grimmer, organist.

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Remember that on April 22

from 2-8 p.m., the 1-888- 4SPIRIT phone line is open for taking questions.

• St. James Episcopal: Located on the corner of Main and Lake Streets. The Rev. Sandra Curtis, Rector; Sunday Eucharist and Sunday School are at 9 a.m., followed by Coffee Hour. Thursday at 12:15 p.m., Holy Eucharist; Loaves and Fishes Food Pantry is open on Tuesdays at 3 p.m. and Saturdays at 11 a.m.

Assisting the Rector for the April 20 service, the fifth Sunday of Easter, are the following members: J. Grillo, chalice; L. Nichiporuk, acolytes; D. Erway and C. Skinner, T. Dykas and S. Dykas, ushers. In charge of the coffee hour after the service are Donella and Willis Barney.

• First United Methodist Church: The Rev. Paul Rowley, Minister: 8:30 a.m. Service: 9:45-10:45 a.m., Sunday School; 11 a.m. Service. On the 5th Sunday of the month, the two services are combined with a 10 a.m. service for all.

Reminder to all those who are colleting Campbell Soup labels: please turn them in to Marge Walicke.

There will be more news on the new outdoor sign in the next few weeks.

• The First Presbyterian Churches of Hammondsport and Pulteney: Interim Pastor Anne Waasdorp at both churches: Pulteney at 9:30 a.m.; Hammondsport at 11 a.m. In Hammondsport, adult Bible Study and Prayer at the Pulteney church on Tuesdays at 2 p.m.; adult Sunday School in Hammondsport, led by Jim Walling, at 10 a.m.

There is coffee hour after church today, April 20.

The Hammondsport Session meets on April 22 at 7 p.m.

• Mitchellsville United Methodist Church, 8421 County Route 13, Bath, with new pastor, Rev. Ed Spencer. Services are Sundays at 8:55 a.m. There is Sunday School for children and youth during the second half of worship time, and a Coffee Hour with refreshments after the worship service. On Wednesday evenings from 6-8 p.m., there is a soup supper and Bible studies.