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Burdick addresses Adk Torch ClubBy Fred [email protected]

TICONDEROGA — Square dancing is a fun pastimefor many. For Stan Burdick, it’s been a life-long love.

A square dance caller and historian, the Ticonderogaman has called more than 5,000 dances in his career. Hehas called dances in every state, every Canadianprovince and 20 countries during his 60 years in the in-dustry.

Burdick and his wife, Cathie, published a worldwidesquare dance magazine, “American Squaredance,” for 23years and he served 20 years on the board of governorsof Callerlab, the California-based national organization

for square dance callers.“It’s been a great experience for me,” Burdick said of

his square dance career.Burdick returned to his roots for the Northern Lake

George Rotary Club Harvest Hoedown Oct. 14 at theTiconderoga Knights of Columbus. Backed by the Mar-cotte Mountain Music Band, Burdick called dances at thebenefit event.

Burdick recently spoke to the Adirondack Torch Clubin Ticonderoga. He outlined the history of square danc-ing and reflected on his career.

Square dancing traces its roots back centuries. The

Burdick

Ti man reflects on square dancing career

February 2012

More Inside

• Keep moving for energy............................p2

• Historical society receives grant ...............p3

• Salerno named to hall of fame...................p4

• Crown Point woman featured....................p5

• Hospice names new director .....................p6

• Senior housing to be built..........................p7

• Keeseville woman turns 100 ...................p10

• Building the Lincoln Tunnel....................p11

• Retirement: What’s next? ........................p13

• Alzheimers: Know the signs ...................p14

• Reduce your pharmacy expenses ............p15

Seniors

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Essex County RSVP, turn to pages 8-9.

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Keep moving for energyBy Bonnie Sprinkle Certified Personal Trainer

Winter is here. Bad weather could be limiting your activity level. No more nicewalks in the sunshine, no more gardening or raking. There is still wood tobring in and shoveling to do, but those pleasant outdoor activities are over

for many people until spring arrives. We tend to hibernate for the cold months. I used tobe cold all winter long until I discovered X-Country skiing, now I enjoy winter. You don’thave to own skis to enjoy a winter walk or hike, we have many spots to park and walk orski from in the region. If we get a nice day get out there, you’ll be surprised how muchfresh air and sunshine can energize you, even though its cold. If it’s icy, bitter cold, orwindy that’s still OK you can find exercise indoors. In the house you could march inplace, climb your stairs, or stand and sit a dozen times in a row. After a couple weeks ofit you would notice more of a spring in your step, more strength in your legs and moreenergy. You can sit or stand to raise and lower your arms, reach, stretch and breathe… it’sall exercise. Every little bit helps to keep you mobile. Mobility helps us maintain inde-pendence. The old saying of “move it or lose it” is very true. The less you move around,soon the less you’re able to move around. The less you move the stiffer the joints become,the less you move around the less you are soon able to move around or even want to.Movement helps to keep us active.

You can find a wide variety of exercise shows on cable or buy a video tape. But if yourlooking for company and support from like minded friends you can find a group to exer-cise with. Some activities available for seniors are community exercise programs such asthe RSVP osteoporosis class, school walking, and various wellness programs offered byarea hospitals. These programs are free or low cost. Check with your local hospital, RSVPor Office for the Aging to find a class near you. Many area schools offer hall walking tocommunity members.

My message for this winter season is “keep moving.” Relax and enjoy a walk. Use com-mon sense if its too cold or icy; then choose indoor activity. Keep moving, spring is justaround the corner and so goes the seasonal cycle.

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Money to aid children’sprogramBy Fred [email protected]

TICONDEROGA — The Ticonderoga His-torical Society has received some help.

The group recently was awarded $1,000from the Walmart Foundation to assist in itsyouth education programs.

“Always challenged to enhance the interestin our museum offerings for the younger pop-ulation, the Ticonderoga Historical Societyfocuses our children’s program on our NativeAmerican exhibit, an authentic replica of anIroquois Longhouse replete with fire pit,sleeping platform, hides, furs, bark bowls andspices and corn hanging from the rafters,” ex-plained June Curtis, a historical societytrustee.

“Our next program will be a sequel to our2011 children’s Native American Pow Wow.Red Hawk, an Abenaki living here in our lo-cal community, will provide the second in aseries of interpretive presentations, learningadventures that depict his fascinating cultureintertwining history, legends, personal expe-riences, folklore and storytelling. NativeAmerican legends abound with morals or les-sons that are colorfully folded into theirplots.”

The native American stories reach children,Curtis said.

“Understanding that storytelling is one ofour oldest art forms and knowing that educa-tors have long subscribed to the knowledgethat the arts have a direct relationship to aca-demic success and psychological well-being,the historical society has designed the chil-dren’s programs around this valuable tool,”she said. “Folktales and legends transcendcultural barriers and pass along values andteachings through generations.

“Storytelling will be the cornerstone of thiseducational endeavor,” Curtis said. “It is ourdesign to excite children, exemplify the pow-er of words, instill values and celebrate histo-

ry. We feel strongly that instilling enthusiasmfor learning is most relevant in today’s worldand is invaluable for improving the quality oflife for those we serve in our community.”

The grant was presented to the Ticondero-ga Historical Society by Jan Trombley, manag-er of the Ticonderoga Walmart.

“The historical society is most appreciative

of this grant from the Walmart Foundationand looks forward to using it to make ourcommunity an even better place to live, espe-cially for our children,” Curtis said.

Ti Historical Society receives grant

The Ticonderoga Historical Society has received a $1,000 grant from the Walmart Foundation. From left are: Jan Trombley, Ticonderoga store manager, Wendy Pel-letier, assistant store manager, Steve Jabaut, assistant store manager, Steve Pratt, assistant store manager, and June Curtis, historical society trustee.

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PORT HENRY — Pat Salerno remembersthe first night baseball game ever played atLinney Field in Mineville.

“It was Port Henry at Mineville (highschools); it was a big deal,” Salerno, now age79, recalled. ”Johnny (Podres) pitched a three-hitter. I had two hits and Chuck DeVito had theother. Mineville came out on top. That was agreat game; there were some great players backin those days. We had some real battles.”

Moriah fans witnessed some of the best base-ball in the country in the late 1940s. Podres, theMineville ace, went on to play for the BrooklynDodgers — winning the 1955 World SeriesMost Valuable Player award. Port Henry stal-warts Salerno and DeVito both played profes-sional, minor league ball — Salerno, an out-fielder, in the Dodgers system and DeVito, acatcher, with the Yankees.

That bygone era was immoralized Nov. 6when Salerno and Podres were part of the in-augural class of the newly-formed Capital Dis-trict Baseball Hall of Fame. They were among32 players enshrined at the hall of fame atJoseph Bruno Stadium in Troy, home of theNew York-Penn League’s Tri-City Valley Cats.

Salerno didn’t know he was to be honored atthe induction ceremony. He went to see Podresinducted.

“I had no idea I was going to be inducted,”Salerno said. “It’s a great honor, especially be-ing inducted with Johnny Podres. He was agreat, great player and a very good friend. Itwas a real surprise.”

Alex Isabelle, a scout with the BrooklynDodgers, came to Mineville in 1950 to see Po-dres, a top pitching prospect. He saw Podres —and Salerno. Both were signed and began pro-fessional baseball careers.

“They gave me $1,000 (signing bonus),”Salerno said. “It was a lot of money for me; itwas like a million dollars. I couldn’t believe

someone would pay me to play baseball. Mick-ey Mantle only got $500 and he turned out tobe pretty good.”

Salerno played the 1952 season with Valdos-ta in the old Georgia-Florida League. His teamwon the league championship in a one-gameplayoff. Salerno played a key role in the win,laying down a sacrifice bunt that led to the win-ning run.

“I still have that jersey,” he said. “I was num-ber 7, 7 for good luck. That year I felt lucky.”

Salerno was drafted after the season andspent the next two years in the Army. He re-turned to baseball in 1955 and played through1957.

That was the golden era for the BrooklynDodgers who won their only world champi-onship behind Podres in 1955. The outfield in-cluded all stars Duke Snyder, Carl Furillo andSandy Amoros. Snyder is a member of the base-ball hall of fame.

“It was really hard for me to break into theDodger line up,” Salerno said. “I got to tripleA (one level below the major leagues) in St.Paul, Minn., but that was it. I hit .300 that year(1957) and didn’t get called up. In 1958 when Ididn’t get called up I packed my duffel bag andcame home. I wasn’t going to make it.”

He appeared in 438 professional games with427 hits, a .262 batting average, 45 doubles, 26triples and 24 home runs. He played with fu-ture Dodger stars Maury Wills, John Roseboro,Tommy Davis and others. He played againstfuture major league all stars like Steve Barberof the Orioles — who served up two home runsto Salerno.

“I had a great career,” Salerno said. “I wishI could have played in the majors, but I playedon some great teams, met really good peopleand traveled all over the country. I really en-joyed baseball. I gave it 100 percent. I’m hap-py with my career.”

Salerno came home to Port Henry andworked the next 32 years at the Grand Union.He’s worked the last 20 years at the Basin Har-bor Club in Vermont.

“I love working,” he said. “I’ll work as longas I can put one foot in front of the other. And,I still play golf. I’ve been a member of the Mo-riah Country Club for 50 years.”

Podres, who died in 2008, had a spectacularcareer. The Witherbee native was named the1955 World Series Most Valuable Player afterwinning two games, including the decisiveseventh game, 2-0. He was also Sports Illustrat-ed Sportsman of the Year that season.

Podres ended a legendary sports drought.The Dodgers had lost the World Series to theircross-town rival Yankees five straight times.The day after the final game the New York Postpublished a full-page photo of the Dodger acewith the headline: PODRES! (Need We SayMore?).

As the story goes, Podres told his teammatesto get him just one run and the Dodgers wouldwin Game 7. They got him two, and the fran-chise celebrated its first and only champi-onship while playing in Brooklyn.

The celebration in Brooklyn following theWorld Series victory was said to be greater thanat the end of World War II. Moriah celebrated,

too. Shortly after winning the World Series, Po-dres returned home for a huge parade and cel-ebration.

Podres pitched 15 years in the major leagueswith the Dodgers, Padres and Tigers, posting a148-116 record with a 3.67 earned run average.The southpaw appeared in three All-StarGames and was 4-1 in World Series play (1953,1955, 1959 and 1963) with a 2.11 ERA.

Podres also served as a pitching coach whenhe was older, helping develop Frank Violawhen he was with the Minnesota Twins and CyYoung winner and three-time World Serieschampion Curt Schilling when he was on thePhiladelphia Phillies staff.

“You had better get the bat off your shoul-der against Johnny,” Salerno said. “If not, itwas 1-2-3, you were gone. He just threw theball by everyone. He was an amazing pitcher,with great control. He always threw strikes.”

The Capital District Baseball Hall of Fameceremony, held at the Crown Plaza Hotel in Al-bany, featured current and past major leagueplayers.


Moriah baseball stars join hall of fame

Pat Salerno, right, of Port Henry was part of the inaugural class of the newly-formed Capital District Baseball Hallof Fame. Congratulating him is his son, Tim. Salerno was inducted along with Witherbee native Johnny Podres.

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CROWN POINT — Lorraine Dudley re-members her first crush. It was ahorse...Trigger, the faithful steed of singingcowboy Roy Rogers.

“I was always horse crazy,” said Dudley, along-time Crown Point resident. “I alwaysliked the old cowboy movies when I was akid. The first thing I always noticed were thehorses. I loved Trigger.”

That love of Trigger eventually grew to in-clude Rogers.

Now, more than 70 years after Trigger,Rogers, and Rogers’ wife Dale Evans de-buted in the movies, they are being remem-bered in a book. “The Touch of Roy and Dale:The Impact and Influence of Roy Rogers, theKing of the Cowboys, and Dale Evans, theQueen of the West” was released Dec. 1 byauthor Tricia Spencer.

The book includes a fan letter written toRogers from a young Dudley.

“I really don’t remember writing the let-ter,” Dudley said. “It was a long time ago. Itdoesn’t surprise me I would write a letter toRoy Rogers, I loved him, but I can’t remem-ber it.

“When they (book publisher West Quest)called me to tell me I was in the book I wasvery surprised,” she added. “It’s kinda ex-citing.”

The book tells the rippling affect thatRogers and Evans had on the lives of others,told through stories from family, friends andfans. The book marks the 100th birthdays ofthe late stars. Rogers would have been 100 in2011 and Evans in 2012.

When Spencer acquired 40,000 pieces offan mail from the Rogers estate more thaneight years ago, she discovered fan letters,never-before-seen photos, poetry, art andsongs sent to Rogers and Evans. Includedwas a letter from Dudley.

Dudley said she was attracted to Rogersbecause of his horse and his goodness.

“Morally he was very good person,” Dud-ley said. “In real life he helped a lot of peo-ple. He did a lot of good. I think that’s whatreally drew me to him.”

Rogers and Evans were known as philan-thropists. In keeping with their legacy, a por-tion of the book proceeds will benefit TheHappy Trails Children’s Foundation, thenon-profit group home for neglected andabused children that Rogers and Evansfounded in the southern California.

“Roy and Dale’s greatest accomplishmentwas never their celebrity,” Spencer wrote.“As the collective voices of this book sopoignantly, sometimes humorously, some-times rawly, reveal, it was their uncommonand generous humanity that made them he-roes.”

Dudley is pleased money from the book’ssale will aid a charity.

“I think that’s very important,” Dudleysaid. “It’s what I remember most about RoyRogers. He was always the good guy.”

Spencer stressed the book is not a biogra-phy.

“It is a celebration of two American heroeswho had extraordinary influence in the livesof their fans,” the author said. “And there’sno one better to tell those stories than thefans themselves, including Crown Point’sown Ms. Dudley.”

Rogers, a singer and cowboy actor, one ofthe most heavily marketed and merchan-dised stars of his era. He, his wife Evans andTrigger were featured in more than 100movies and “The Roy Rogers Show.”


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TICONDEROGA — Plans to make the for-mer Moses Ludington Hospital a senior citi-zen housing complex will move forward.

Liberty Affordable Housing Inc. and Inter-Lakes Health have announced they have re-ceived funding for the $7 million project thatwill turn the now-vacant facility into 31 one-bedroom units for low-income seniors. It willbe called Moses Circle Senior Apartments.

Construction is scheduled to begin in May2012.

“This is a big success story for Ti,” said DebMalaney, Ticonderoga supervisor. “To havethe old hospital reconstructed for much need-ed housing and to also be saving the beauti-ful original structure is great benefit to us.”

Liberty and Ti officials began working onthe project in 2006. The process included anAdirondack Park Agency map change in 2007that made the project exempt from Adiron-dack Park Agency oversight. Previous fund-ing requests had been denied.

The old MLH building is owned by Inter-Lakes Health, which owns and operates thecurrent hospital, nursing home and adjacentLord Howe Estates senior housing complex.

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Moses Circle Senior Apartments is one of 35projects chosen statewide to receive fundingto build and preserve affordable housing un-der New York State Homes and CommunityRenewal’s competitive 2011 Unified Fundinground.

Funding for the project is through NewYork State Homes and Community Renewalwith a $1.36 million low-interest HOME loanand an allocation of federal low-income hous-ing tax credits. The tax credits will be convert-ed to a private equity investment of $5.66 mil-lion.

“Project financing is anticipated to close inlate April 2012 allowing for construction tostart in May,” Gordon said. “The renovationswill be completed within 18 months with rent-up to occur in the fall of 2013.”

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Richard Gordon explains plans to make the former Moses Ludington Hospital a senior citizen housing com-plex. Liberty Affordable Housing Inc. and Inter-Lakes Health have announced they have received funding forthe $7 million project that will turn the now-vacant facility into 31 one-bedroom units for low-income sen-iors. It will be called Moses Circle Senior Apartments.

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‘She wants a bigger partyfor her 200th birthday’By Katherine [email protected]

ELIZABETHTOWN — Ida Atkinson andmany friends and family celebrated her100th birthday on Jan. 28 at the Elizabeth-town Hospital.

After about three months at the hospital,Atkinson’s friends from the Essex/Wills-boro Senior Center, who have thrown her abirthday party every year for the past 15years, surprised her with a birthday celebra-tion.

“She was very surprised. She said, ‘I seeyou did it again,’” said Denis Everleft, sitemanager at the Essex/Willsboro Senior Cen-ter. “Then she told me she wants a biggerparty for her 200th birthday.”

Over 40 people attended Atkinson’s birth-day party. Her friends came from the seniorcenter and family members from around thearea giving her flowers, cakes, cupcakes, andother gifts including a proclamation fromAssemblywoman Teresa Sayward and EssexCounty on her monumental birthday.

“It was a really nice party,” Ada Hutchins

said. “The Elizabethtown Hospital did agreat job helping to create a great party forIda.”

Atkinson was born Jan 28, 1912 at TroutPond, in the town of Chesterfield. She is thedaughter of Orrin and Susan McCann Rum-ney.

Everleft described Atkinson as an inde-pendent, active and charismatic womanwith a great sense of humor. She worked atthe Sportsman’s Diner for 19 years in Wills-boro, and for the last few years, she hashelped in the nutrition center at the seniorcenter.

Her nephew, Ron Bruno, said Atkinsonhas lived independently for her whole lifeand still plans to do so when she leaves thehospital in a week.

“She will need some help with house andto help her with some things, but she wantsto try and do it alone when she gets home,”Bruno said.

Everleft said he was glad to see so manypeople come together for Atkinson’s partyand said the number of friends she has re-flects her great and warm personality.

“We wish her lots of happiness and joy andhope she’ll be around another 100 years,”Everleft said.

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CROWN POINT — By most accounts, theLincoln Tunnel is the world’s busiest vehic-ular tunnel. It actually consists of three tun-nels, or tubes, and accommodates about 43million vehicles per year, or about 120,000per day. It was opened in 1937, 10 years af-ter the Holland Tunnel (about three milessouth) began handling traffic. And a NorthCountry man was instrumental to the suc-cess of both tunnel systems.

Charles Watson Murdock, a native ofCrown Point, worked closely with some ofthe best engineers in American history, play-ing a key role in solving a problem unique totunnels for vehicles with gasoline-poweredengines.

Murdock was born on Feb. 11, 1889, to An-drew and Mary Murdock. After entering theSherman Collegiate Institute (a prep schoolin Moriah), he attended Middlebury Collegein Vermont, earning a Bachelor of Arts de-gree, and then RPI in Troy, graduating in1912 as a civil engineer. Following a stintwith the New York Telephone Company, heaccepted a position with the Public ServiceCommission, 1st District, New York City in1913.

During the next several years, a pressingproblem developed in Murdock’s field ofwork. The automobile had taken hold inAmerica, and with the proliferation of carsin New York City, gridlock became routine.There were far too many vehicles on theroad, clogging thoroughfares with majortraffic jams, particularly at bridges.

Ferries helped, but the wait was long. Thesolution of adding more bridges and moreferries carried several additional problems.After studying the issues, experts decidedthat tunnels were the best option.

Plenty of tunnels had been dugin the past to accommodatetrains, water pipelines, andsubway systems. The ad-vent of the automobileintroduced new prob-lems in anything butthe shortest of tun-nels. The gasoline en-gine emitted poison-ous gases, primarilycarbon monoxide.The problem vexingengineers was howto discharge thosedeadly gases fromtunnels to make the airsafe.

No method had yetbeen devised to fill longtunnels (like the planned1.6-mile Holland) with safeand breathable air. Slow traffic,stalled cars, and accidents couldkeep citizens within a tunnel for lengthy pe-riods. All the while, every vehicle would bepumping poisonous gas into an enclosedspace, with deadly results.

From among several options, the methodproposed by Clifford Holland was chosen.On his team of engineers was Charles Mur-dock, who was then employed by the NewYork State Bridge and Tunnel Commissionand the New Jersey Interstate Bridge andTunnel Commission. (Clifford Holland diedjust two days before the two tunnels fromeast and west were joined. The project wasrenamed in his honor.)

Several dozen structures requiring inno-vative and exceptional engineering skillshave been called “the Eighth Wonder of theWorld.” Among them is the Holland Tunnel,“the world’s first mechanically ventilatedunderwater vehicular tunnel.” That long-winded description is very important—theHolland’s machine-powered air-handlingsystem became the standard blueprint forautomobile tunnels the world over for the

next seven decades.Charles Murdock wasdeeply involved in its de-

sign, development, andimplementation. In

1921, he conductedsubway ventilationtests at the Universi-ty of Illinois. Furtherwork—highly de-tailed, exhaustiveexperimentation—was done in a testtunnel created in anold mine near Bruce-ton, Pa., duplicating

the Holland site. Thedata from those testing

facilities formed a basisfor the creation of the

Holland Tunnel’s ventila-tion system.

In the process, the engineer-ing team also developed and used

the first reliable automated carbon monox-ide detector (with kudos from miners and ca-naries alike, no doubt).

The giant tubes that formed the highwaytunnels were separated into three horizontallayers. The middle layer handled traffic; thebottom layer conducted fresh air throughoutthe tunnel; and the top layer pulled the poi-sonous gases upward for removal.

The system was driven by four 10-storyventilation towers, two on each side of theriver. Together they housed 84 fans of 8 feetin diameter—half provided fresh air, whichflowed through slits in the tunnel floor, andthe other half expelled “dirty” air and gasesskyward. The system provided a completechange in the tunnel’s air every 90 seconds.

Should it ever fail, thousands of lives wereat risk. For that reason, extreme safety meas-ures were built into the system. Power to thefans was supplied from six independentsources, three on each side of the river, andeach capable of powering the entire tunnelon its own.

Due to Murdock’s great expertise, he waslater chosen to oversee the installation of theventilation system on the Lincoln Tunnel.Fifty-six fans performed the air-handlingduties, and twenty men covered three shiftsaround the clock, monitoring the carbonmonoxide instruments. Motorists comment-ed that the air they breathed in the LincolnTunnel was far cleaner than what theybreathed daily in the city.

In 1938, the year after the Lincoln Tunnelopened, Murdock’s presentation, “Ventilat-ing the Lincoln Vehicular Tunnel” was madebefore the American Society of Heating andVentilating Engineers, setting the standardfor similar tunnels around the world.

By 1947, ten years after the Lincoln Tunnelopened, Murdock’s work was praised as amodern wonder. It had operated perfectlyfor a full decade—none of the backup sys-tems were called into use during that time.

Though he was known principally for hiswork on the Holland and Lincoln Tunnelsfrom the 1920s through the 1960s, Murdock’sskills were called upon for many other largeprojects. He was a consulting mechanical en-gineer on the addition of second tunnels tofour sites on the Pennsylvania Turnpike—the Allegheny, Blue Mountain, Kittatinny,and Tascarora tunnels.

Among jobs in other states, Murdock con-sulted on the East River Mountain Tunnel inWest Virginia; Big Walker Mountain Tunnelin Virginia; and the Baltimore Tunnel (Out-er Tunnel) in Maryland. He also worked onthe Riverfront & Elysian Fields Expresswayin Louisiana, and Route I-695’s Connector Din Boston.

Charles Murdock remained with the PortAuthority of New York for more than 25years. The Crown Point native is linked tosome of the most important engineeringwork of the twentieth century. He died in Vo-lusia, Fla., in 1970 at the age of 81.

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SILVER BAY — In the early 1900s, woods-man Oliver Lamora of Brandon becamesomewhat of an Adirondack hero, earningcoast-to-coast headlines with his ongoingbattle against billionaire William Rocke-feller.

At the same time, just 20 miles north ofOliver ’s homestead, a young man began acareer destined to earn him internationalpraise as a hero of two world wars—withoutever hoisting a gun to his shoulder.

Darius Alton Davis was born in 1883 inSkerry and worked on the family farm about10 miles southwest of Malone in FranklinCounty. The Davis family was devoutly reli-gious, following the lead of Darius’ father,Newton, who took an active role in the localchurch, Sunday school, and county Bible So-ciety.

In 1903, Darius graduated from FranklinAcademy in Malone. At the commencement,several students presented papers to the as-sembly. Darius chose as his subject DavidLivingstone, the legendary Scottish explorerand medical missionary. The audience hearddetails on Livingstone’s humble beginnings,hard work, civility and desire to help others.What young Davis was presenting, in fact,was a blueprint for his own future.

Darius attended Syracuse University(1903–1907), where he studied theology andplayed a leadership role on campus. “Dri,”as he was known, was a top oarsman, guid-ing the crew team to many sensational vic-tories, including one world-record effortthat stood for five years.

In 1905, he was elected president of theuniversity’s YMCA, an event that would de-termine his life’s direction. Prior to gradua-tion in 1907, Darius accepted a position asreligious director for the YMCA in Washing-ton, D.C. After marrying his college sweet-

heart, he worked three years in Washingtonwhile continuing his studies, attending fourterms at the Silver Bay YMCA School on LakeGeorge.

His personality, intelligence and work eth-ic made Darius a very capable leader, and in1910, the International Committee of theYMCA assigned him to establish a presencein Constantinople, Turkey. From the positionof general secretary of operations, Dariusbuilt a membership of nearly 600 in the firstyear.

In late 1912, the Balkan War broke out, andDavis assumed the organization of RedCross aid. He also volunteered, serving forsix months as an interpreter in a Turkish hos-pital. His selfless dedication to war victimsdid not go unnoticed. In appreciation, theTurkish sultan awarded him a medal, theprestigious Star of the Third Order of Med-jidieh.

In 1915, within a year after World War I be-gan, Darius was assigned to work with pris-oners in France and Italy, both of which wereunprepared for the mounting number of cap-tured troops. The YMCA assumed the chal-lenge of caring for the physical, mental, so-cial, and spiritual needs of the men held cap-tive. The organization’s efforts were basedon Christian charity, but it mattered notwhat one’s beliefs were: the YMCA was sim-ply there to help anyone.

Access to prison camps had been largelyrestricted, but Davis was a great negotiatorand spokesman. Dealing with various gov-ernment officials, he stressed the YMCA’sneutrality, which was a powerful argument.

The French were skeptical. They had re-cently developed a Foyer du Soldat (Sol-diers’ Fireside) program featuring a series ofbuildings (small to large facilities, but oftenreferred to as “huts”) where French soldierscould go to relax, read, snack, play games,and enjoy entertainment. Sensing an oppor-tunity, Davis offered to support and expandthe program while making it available tocaptives as well as troops. France’s war pris-oner department finally relented.

They soon discovered the great value ofDavis’ plan. Soldiers and prisoners alike

were thrilled with the re-sults, and within twoyears, 70 huts were es-tablished across thecountry. Eventually,more than 1500 were inplace. In early 1917,when America enteredthe war, General Persh-ing requested that Davisprovide the same pro-gram for the huge num-ber of Allied troops des-tined for service inFrance. That meantquadrupling their ef-forts, which requiredenormous infrastruc-ture.

Undaunted, Davis ledthe way, and within ayear, the YMCA was op-erating what was oncedescribed as “theworld’s largest grocerychain.” At a cost of over$50 million, it includedmore than 40 factoriesfor producing cookies,candies, and other sup-plies, plus warehouses,banks, hotels, cafes,dorms, and garages forvehicle repair. Their ownconstruction and repairdepartments built and maintained the facil-ities.

After the war, Davis was appointed thesenior YMCA representative in Europe, andfrom that position, he organized YMCAs inseveral countries. In 1925, he became secre-tary of the National Council of Switzerland(a neutral country), and in 1931 was namedassociate general secretary of the WorldYMCA based in Geneva, a position he heldas World War II began.

In that capacity, he worked with the WarPrisoners’ Aid program, an advancement ofthe work he had done with prisoners duringWorld War I. In late October 1940, Daviscompleted a three-week tour of POW campsin Germany. At the time, the YMCA was al-ready providing recreational and education-al services to millions of prisoners, butsought to do more.

Though many were well treated by theircaptors, they often lacked warm clothing,news from home, adequate food, and otherdaily needs. Books were one of the most de-sired and requested items in every camp.Many organizations (like the Red Cross) ad-dressed that problem—the YMCA alone haddistributed hundreds of thousands of booksto prison camps across Europe.

Their aim was to provide the essentials toprisoners held in all countries, and Dariuswas relentless. By January 1941, negotia-

tions had been conducted on behalf of an es-timated 3 million POWs in Australia, Eng-land, France, Germany, Hungary, India,Palestine, Rumania, Sweden and Switzer-land. As the war continued, that numberkept rising.

In a speech he gave in mid-1942, Davisspoke of the more than 6 million war prison-ers they were helping to care for. It wasn’t aperfect system, but it gave the prisoners avoice and a connection to the outside world.It also allowed independent observation ofthe goings-on inside many prison camps, acomforting fact to both the prisoners andtheir families back home. One newspapernoted, “The YMCA already is conductingwelfare work among the largest number ofwar prisoners in the history of mankind.”

After the war ended in 1945, Darius spentfour years aiding refugees and citizens whohad been displaced. In 1953, he was award-ed the Officers Cross of the Order of Merit ofthe Federal Republic of Germany for hiswork with German POWs. Ten other Euro-pean governments likewise honored Davisfor his work on behalf of prisoners. The one-time farm boy from Skerry touched an un-told number of lives. Darius Alton Davisdied in 1970 at the age of 87.

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first printed guide to square dancingwas published in 1651 in England,Burdick said.

“We can thus conjecture that squaredancing was popular in the 17th and18th centuries, and perhaps earlier,but not recorded,” he said.

The dance came to America with theearliest settlers, Burdick said, point-ing out George Washington was aavid square dancer. His favoritedance was the Sir Roger deCoverly,which remains popular and his nowknown as the Virginia Reel.

One of square dancing’s greatestadvocates was Henry Ford, Burdicksaid. Ford held cotillions, invitingmany of the nation’s elite to squaredance.

“In 1926 Ford published the book‘Good Morning’,” Burdick said. “Itbecame a best seller and contained in-structions for quadrilles, lancers,squares, contras and rounds. A newrevival had been born.”

Following Ford’s lead, manyschools began to introduce squaredancing into physical educationclasses.

While attending college in 1945Burdick went to a square dance. Thecaller than night challenged theyoung men to “kiss her in the moon-light, if you dare...”

“Well, I liked the kissing part,” Burdick said, “ and I liked the calling part.”Five years later Burdick was working at a boys camp in Rhode Island. His co-workers

decided to invite a nearby Girl Scout camp to a square dance and asked Burdick to be thecaller.

“The dance was a disaster, but I had found my calling, so to speak,” he remembered.He also found his future wife. Cathie worked at the girls camp and met Stan for the

first time at that dance.In 1953 Burdick attended a workshop in Massachusetts to learn how be a professional

square dance caller. Part of the training included calling actual dances.“When I got there the same Cathie from the Girl Scout camp had come to dance with

her parents, who were accomplished square dancers,” Burdick recalled. “Those days atBecket (Massachusetts) convinced me I wanted Cathie to be my life-long dance partner.”

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“Cathie did the children and family programs and I called for teens and adults,” Bur-dick said. Over those years we entertained toddlers who came back to dance as adults,then another generation showed up and so it went.”

Burdick still calls dances once a week at Silver Bay during the summer.When the couple wasn’t calling a dance, they were writing about dancing. They pur-

chased “American Squaredance” magazine in 1968 and published it for 23 years. Itreached a circulation of 23,000 readers worldwide. The Burdicks sold the magazine in1991, but is still published today.

Square dancing has taken the Burdicks around the world. The couple has danced at theU.S. Capitol in Washington and toured Europe.

“One day in the summer of 1981 I was contacted by the British Association of Ameri-can Square Dance Clubs,” Burdick said. “Would I come to the UK for a short time to calla few dances for them? Short time? Few dances? The trip turned into an exhausting twoweek loop all over the UK in September of that year, covering hundreds of miles, callingdances most every night, escorted by British dancers and callers.”

Square dancing is not as popular as it once was, but Burdick believes it may be readyfor a comeback.

“It’s no secret that square dancing in the new century has greatly diminished,” he said.“Festivals are fewer. Many clubs have closed their doors.

“However, a resurgence has come among the younger crowd,” he said. “We’ve seen ithappening lately in full halls over the middle New York area. A new generation is in-volved. Is it a throwback from an earlier exuberant time? Does history repeat itself?”

A square dance caller and historian, Stan Burdick hascalled more than 5,000 dances in his career. He has calleddances in every state, every Canadian province and 20countries during his 60 years in the industry.

Photo by Nancy Frasier

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