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25 YEARS AGO — 1985 Arson is being considered the likely cause of an early morning fire that destroyed part of the St. Moritz, a Lake Placid landmark. The fire occurred only a few hours after owner, Alfred Dornacher, received a threatening phone call.
The lack of a specific appropriation for a Malone prison in Gov. Mario Cuomo's proposed 1985-86 budget has not discouraged Sen. Ronald Stafford. He remains "very confident and encouraged that a prison can be put in the final budget."
An early morning fire on Montcalm Avenue in Plattsburgh destroys a neighborhood grocery store and an upstairs apartment. The blaze at the M&M; Market started in the basement.
The Village of Rouses Point has until 1986 to comply with federal regulations on access for the handicapped to public buildings or lose federal funding amounting to $20,000 to $25,000.
50 YEARS AGO — 1960 Essex County Welfare Department and county pharmacists agree to turn to the county Medical Society for a solution to their dispute over drug prescribing and pricing. In the meantime, the department is suspending all restrictions on payments to druggists.
The Essex County Medical Society insists on the physician's right to prescribe whatever drug is deemed best for welfare patients, regardless of relative cost. They also recommend the Welfare Department accept the druggists' offer to a reduced markup.
Pine Haven, tavern and nightclub on the Cadyville Road, is destroyed by fire with a loss estimated at $75,000. It was owned by David Nisoff Jr., son of its builder and former owner.
The Plattsburgh Town Board gives its approval to the formation of a South Plattsburgh Volunteer Fire District. Plans for the district now go to the Department of Audit and Control.
75 YEARS AGO — 1935 The high winds that soared pugnaciously all the way up Lake Champlain raised havoc with motorists traveling the Lake Shore Road between Rouses Point and Plattsburgh and seemed to enjoy itself the most in the vicinity of Kings Bay where no less than three drivers had their cars blown completely off the road and into the ditch.
Fire believed to have been caused by an overheated chimney levels the house of Miss Cora Bell in Sciota. Miss Bell and her nephew Robert Bell, occupants, were forced to flee into the sub-zero temperatures scantily attired.
High water caused by an ice jam damages two residences in the Factory Street area of Malone. The ice jam was dynamited.
Franklin County will receive $15,564.39 as its share accruing from the beer tax for the quarter, which ended Dec. 21.
100 YEARS AGO — 1910 Elmer Abare, a brakeman residing in Rouses Point, is instantly killed at the Napierville, Quebec, station. Abare was attempting to make a flying switch behind the station, and in some way the car he was holding onto got derailed, and he fell underneath it. He was about 22.
Two big drafts of prisoners are received at Clinton Prison, one of about 68 from Auburn and the other 50 from Sing Sing. This brings the prison population at Dannemora to the highest notch it has ever reached, 1,398.
Lake Champlain is now taking on its midwinter aspect. There is ice making at a rate of an inch and a half a day, and there will soon be a crossing between here and the islands.
The residents of Cumberland Head have formed a mutual telephone company and a large number of them have already subscribed to stock and ordered telephones.
— Compiled by Contributing Writer Sue Botsford, who can be reached at 834-7201 or botsford@westelcom.com
