Tues., May 9,1972 CORTLAND STANDARD Pagel5

v E. M. Bakko

• E. M. Bakko. personnel manager for CHRIS CRAFT CORPORATIONS Sport Boat Division at Cortland, New York, will present a brief summary of the Cortland Plant's operations prior to a general tour of the facility by the Members and guests of the Cortland Chapter of the International Management Council on Wednesday, May 10, at the Terrace Restaurant in Cortland.

CHRIS CRAFT is being recognized during the month of May as Company of the Month by the local IMC Chapter.

A native of Ithaca, Bakko was formerly employed as Manufacturing Plant Manager of Agway Inc., Waymark Dept. at Cortland, prior to his assumption of duties as per­sonnel manager at CHRIS CRAFT.

He has been active in local actives as past chairman of the Ithaca-Cortland Chapter of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers and past campaign chairman (1972 Campaign) for the United Fund of Cortland County. He is currently serving as vice president of the Cortland County United Fund, a member of the Cortland County Personnel Association, the Cortland Chapter of the International Management Council, and the Advisory Board to the Business Administration Department of the Tompkins-Cortland Com­munity College.

Bakko resides at 15 Bellrose Ave. with his wife Deanna and one son, Erik.

CHRIS-CRAFT PRODUCTION — This general view of the interior of Chris-Craft's modern plant in Industrial Park on Route 11, just east of Cortland shows

some of the division's boats in various stages of construction. In the foreground are the popular Gull Wing model. dhris-Craft Corporation's Cort­

land division is being honored Wed­nesday evening as the "company of the month" by the International Management Council of Cortland

County. They will meet at the Terrace Restaurant for dinner and then tour the Chris-Craft plant.

(Art Allen Photo)

Chris-Craft of Cortland Named IMC's 'Company of the Month'

CORTLAND. N.Y.

Chris-Craft Corporation has been designated the "company of the month" and will be honored at the dinner meeting of the International Management Council Wednesday at the Terrace Restaurant. A social hour is scheduled for 5:30, dinner at 6:30 and a tour of the plant at 8:30 p.m. -Chris-Craft is located in In­

dustrial Park on Route 11, just east of Cortland. The history of

the "company of the month" dates back 95 years.

By the door of a blacksmith shop in Algonac, Michigan, more than 95 years ago, a boy sat whittling a boat . . . pausing now and then to gaze wistfully over the winding waters of the St Clair River.

Little did he realize that scarcely a stone's throw from the forge at which his father hammered, a great boating

THREE LOCAL MEN JOIN U.S. ARMY

Gary J. Weishaupt Three area men recently

enlisted in the United States Army. They are Gary J. Weishaupt, son of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Weishaupt, Sr., of Groton, and Gary L. Gates, husband of Sheryl Gates of Marathon, and Curtis S. Smith, son of Mrs. Emma Smith of Groton.

Gary L. Gates Weishaupt and Smith enlisted

under the "buddy plan," which assures them they will attend basic combat training together. On completion of basic, Weishaupt will attend the U.S. Army Air Defense School at F t Bliss, Texas, with a guaranteed assignment to the Miami Defense in Florida. Smith will

Curtis S. Smith attend mechanical maintenance school at the U.S. Army Or­dinance Center and School at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md.

Gates, a 1971 graduate of Marathon Central, will also attend the air defense school upon completion of basic and be assigned to Miami Defense. Wife Sheryl will join him in Florida.

Higher Livestock, Commodity Prices Boost Record Form Income Prospect

By DON KENDALL AP Farm Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) -Sharply higher prices for live­stock and some other com­modities are boosting prospects for a record $17.7 billion in net farm income this year, says the Agriculture Department.

The prediction, made Monday in a summary report on the de-mand-and-price outlook for farm products, represents a $2 billion gain from 1971 net in­come. Until now, economists have said the rise this year would be $1.5 billion to $2.0 bil­lion.

"Farmers are earning more income this year," the report said. "Farm prices are aver­aging well above a year earlier despite large grain supplies.

"Continued strong consumer demand for red meat coupled with a reduction in pork pro­duction, has caused substantial increases in average prices and receipts for livestock prod­ucts," the report said.

Soybeans and cotton supplies, too, are under pressure, from strong market demand, thus boosting prices for those items, officiate said.

Over-all, the report said, gross farm receipts will rise about $4 billion this year, in­cluding grain sales, up $500 mfflion; livestock $2.5 billion and government payments $1 billion.

Expenses, however, are ex­pected to continue rising by about $2 billion, thus leaving farmers a net gain of around $2 billion for the year.

The report said grocery store food prices are expected to be up about 4.0 per cent for all of W72 from last year's level.

That is the same increase as predicted by USDA economists last February.

Farm exports for the year ending June 30 currently are expected to "approximate the record" of $7.8 billion set dur­ing the 1970-fiscal year, the re­port said.

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Agriculture Department says the 1971 corn crop was worth a record $6.9 billion to farmers, including government price support payments, despite sharply reduced market prices during the season.

Of the record 5.5 billion bush­els harvested, according to an Economic Research Service re­port, farmers sold about 3.1 bil­lion for a season average price of $1.08 per bushel for nearly $3.35 billion. About 2.4 billion bushels of

the 1971 crop was kept by pro­ducers for their own feeding op­erations and for seed, the re­port said.

When government price sup­port payments were included, the average value of 1971 corn was $1.24 per bushel. Including the corn used on farms where produced, the total 1971 crop value was nearly $6.9 billion, the ERS said.

In 1970, when blight and drought held output to 4.1 bil­lion bushels, the average sea­son market prices was $1.33 per bushel. Including government payments, the total 1970 crop was worth slightly more than $6.0 billion, or $1.47 per bushel, the report said.

WASHINGTON (AP) -Sharply higher market prices helped boost the value of the 1971 cotton crop to nearly $1.44 billion, not counting govern-

ment payments, the Agriculture Department announced Mon­day.

The season average price for all cotton produced last year was 28.62 cents per pound, com­pared with 21.98 for the 1970 crop. Total market value of 1970 production, not counting payments, was $1.12 billion.'

Including government pay­ments, 1971 cotton was worth $2.26 billion, compared with $2.01 billion for 1970 production, officials said.

Those figures did not include the va hie of cotton seed, put at $241.1 million for 1971, com­pared with $229.6 million for 1970.

Production of all cotton was 10,473,000 bales or an average yield of 438 pounds per acre, 3 per cent more than 1970 but re­vised downward 84.000 bales from the preliminary estimate

WNY Man Charged With Body Stealing

CUBA, N.Y. (AP) - A man was charged Monday with body stealing following the discovery of a human skull on a lawn and a disturbed grave, state police said.

Troopers said felony charges of body stealing and grave opening were placed against Dennis Barber, 24, a resident of this community near Olean.

The investigation began Sat­urday, officers said, when a hu­man skull was found on a lawn near this.village. The next day, a grave opening was discovered in Black Creek Cemetery in the Town of New Hudson. The brave had been opened last No­vember, police said.

empire bearing his own name would some day stand. The boy was Christopher Columbus Smith. He had a modest beginning, building duckboats for hunters in the marshlands of the Lake St. Clair "Flats" in Algonac, Michigan. Later, he conceived the idea of building boats on a cost cutting production line and brought the joys of boating within reach of millions of people to make boating America's most popular participating sport

Chris Smith and his four sons first earned an international reputation for designing, building and racing the fastest boats in the world. Then they began producing runabouts for the public. Soon they developed a production line for boat building. Basis of the system was a master jig over which structural hull members were formed. As the boats took shape, they were placed on a cradle and moved along rails from station to station until completion.

Gradually, the company began to expand its production to cruisers. The factory in Algonac was soon turning out highest quality Philippine mahogany runabouts, sport fishermen, cruisers and luxury yachts. Mass production techniques and volume purchasing made it TxresiWe to produce boats at prices new thousands could afford •.. . and the boating boom was on.

Additional factories were established to meet the in­creasing demand. Plants in Holland and Algonac, Michigan; Chattanooga, Tennessee; Gallipolis, Ohio; Pompano Beach, Florida; and here in Cortland, New York. There is also a European operation with an office in Lausanne, Swit­zerland and a boat building plant in Fiumicino, Italy and a decision to build boats in Taiwan was made in early 1969.

A complete line of marine engines was developed, and after years of extensive testing, made available to power all Chris-Craft.

The Sea Skiff Division was developed to bring the benefits of round bilge, lapsfrake boats to the many sportsmen and boat fanciers who favor this type of construction. Chris-Craft's use of a tenacious, non-hardening synthetic rubber based sealer provides lower maintenance and increased seaworthiness of lap constructed boats.

Recognizing a growing market for metal boats, Chris-Craft bought the Roamer Boat Company in 1955. Applying its production experience to this new division, Chris-Craft con­structed a 179,000 sq. ft plant in Holland, Michigan devoted to the manufacture of electrically welded boats.

The next addition to the family of Chris-Craft products was low-priced Cavaliers, a fleet of runabouts, sports utilities and cruisers for average income families. These craft offer substantial savings to skippers by using high grade marine plywood panels as the basic construction material.

When it was determined Chrs - Craft would enter the small boat field, Thompson Boat Company of New York, a fine small boat builder for many years, was purchased. Their facilities in Cortland continued

PASSAGE TIME PANAMA — It requires about

seven hours for a snip to pass through the Panama canal.

to produce wood boats, and a new plant was built in the same city for the manufacture of fiberglass boats. Wood boats were discontinued in 1965.

After years of research in fiberglass and years of ex­perience in building component parts for existing lines of our boats out of fiberglass, a very vigorous program of fiberglass boat construction is underway.

Market studies continue and when it is determined new product lines can ad­vantageously be added or new materials are developed that will increase our quality and reduce our cost they too surely will find their way into our Chrs - Craft history.

In 1957 Chris - Craft moved its headquarters from Algonac to a new administration building in Pompano Beach, Fla., and erected a manufacturing and engineering facility there. Florida's prevailing sunny weather which permits year-round research and develop­

ment, and the booming southern boat market were major reasons for relocating. Algonac's modern boat plant and marine engines plant continue in operation, and a new Service Parts Depot has been established in the sprawling offices vacated by the move.

NAFI, a publicly held cor­poration with automobile related manufacturing, television stations and oil interests, whose headquarters are in Oakland, California, purchased Chris -Craft in February of 1960. To take advantage of the world wide fame of the Chris - Craft name the NAFI Corporation sub­sequently changed its name to Chris -Craft Industries.

On Jan. 2, 1962 the Thompson Boat Company New York, Inc. became a part of the Chris -Craft Organization and shortly thereafter the Corsair Line was initiated, and became the Sport Boat Division in 1968.

The Cortland Plant employs 190 people.

JUNIOR HIGH DRAMA — The Cortland Junior High School players will present "The Eager Miss Beaver," written by Jay Tobias and produced" by special arrangement with Baker's Plays, Friday at 8:15 p.m. in the junior high school

Griffiss Road Project Will Be Delayed ROME, N.Y. (AP) — The

state Transportation Depart­ment says a construction proj­ect linking State Route 49 at Griffiss Air Force Base with two state routes south of the Mohawk River will have to be delayed because of the defeat of the transportation bond is­sue.

Bernard M. Evans, the Transporation Department's re­gional director, said nothing further could be done on the $15 million project until money to finance it comes into sight. He listed the bond issue's defeat as the reason for the lack of funds.

The connection—under con­sideration here for at least five years—had been the subject of a major public hearing in No­vember 1970, and has been ap­proved by city officials. An en­vironmental impact statement, required by the 1969 National Environmental Policy Act, was approved March 25.

Preliminary design plans, which called for a straightening of about 3,800 feet of the wind­ing Mohawk River and the relo­cation of a number of houses and businesses, had also been approved, but detailed plans have not been formulated.

If planned construction of the highway connection is done, 43 residences, five business con­cerns, two farms and one church will have to be relo­cated.

auditorium. Pictured above, left to right, are Richard Race as Dickey Van Wyck, Rachel Anderson as Verbena Van Wyck, and Ginny Reynolds as Gazella Upshaw. The direc­tors are Mrs. Iva Neugebauer and Benjamin Janes.

(School Photo)

283 Acres At Whitney Point Up for Lease

The Baltimore District Army Corps of Engineers is offering for lease six parcels of land, totaling approximately 283.78 acres at Whitney Point Lake, Whitney Point, New York.

Use of the land will be for agricultural or grazing pur­poses. The planting, cultivation

' or producing of price-supported crops will not be permitted.

Detailed information and bid forms may be obtained from 9 a. m. to 4 p. m., weekdays from -H. G. Wuest, Damtender, Whitney Point Lake, Post Office Box F, Whitney Point, N. Y. 13862.

Sealed bids will be received until 2 p. m., May 17, at the Real Estate Division, U. S. Army Engineer District, Baltimore, Fallon Federal Building, 31 Hopkins Plaza, Baltimore, Md., 21203, at which time they will be opened.

SHOT TO DEATH CORNWALL, N.Y. (AP) —

Marie Weyan, 77. of Cornwall, was found dead in her bedroom Monday night, apparently the victim of a rifle shot, village police reported.

Police said a bullet was lodged in the woman's neck. They said a bullet from a high-powered rifle came through the rear of the Weyman home.

This ad could save your son's life. We're here today to urge all parents

to warn their children of the dangers of high-voltage electricity.

Tell them that climbing over a high wire fence and getting into a substation, as well as climbing a pole or tower, can have tragic results. It's not even neces­sary to touch the high-voltage lines or equipment to get hurt. Just gettina close can cause an arc-a blinding flash -which may inflict severe bums or cause a serious fall team a pole or tower. Tell them that the warning signs are there for one purpose: to keep everyone out

for his own good. Tell them that electricity is safe

when used properly and with respect. But it can be dangerous.

So put the paper down for a minute and warn your children about the dan­ger of getting inside our fenced-in facilities or climbing a pole or tower.

Niagara Mohawk wants everyone-especially the young people-to learn more about electric safety. If you're a teacher or involved with Scouts or other youth organizations, we have a compre­hensive Electric Safety Lesson Ran

available to you. It includes factual information and learning aids such as films and literature. For information or to obtain this program, write to: System Public Relations Department, Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation. 300 Erie Boulevard West. Syracuse. New York 13202. Or call your nearest Niagara Mohawk office.

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