Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-21

| TAHAWUS, N. Y, Aug. II
(AP). - The hamlet OF Ia
hawus is packing its children,
bags, houses and churches and
moving 10 miles down the road.
There the drab mining COM
munity of go persons will be
transformed into "Winebrook
Hills" an 86-acre place with
home owners, taxes, circu-
lar drives, and streets bearing
elegant names like Henderson
Lane"
But it is suburbia with a
difference. Winebrook Hills is
in the middle of the highest
peaks In the Adirondack forest.
Tahawus - a company town
built in the rush of World War
II - eventually will tumble in
to the open-pit titanium mine
that has crept to within several
hundred feet of Main street.
The mine is owned by the
National Lead Co. and its prod
uct is used as pigment in paint
and plastics. The town, too, is
owned lock, stock and school,
house by the company. So when
it was discovered that the IT,
tanium deposit extended under
the village, the company Or
dered the move.
Called Best View
National Lead bought the site
of Winebrook Hills in the town
of Newcomb from paper COM
pany, built sewers and a water
sysem and hired Carl Tuxill Of
Weedsport to move II units,
including houses, apart m n t
dwellings, and two churches.
Everyone in Tahawus says
Winebrook Hills will have "the
best view in the AdirondackS. "
The exodus began the week
Of August 4. Down the winding
highway aboard a trailer rolled
the log-cabin Episcopal church.
A 1la-story house was moved
on a separate rig. The trip took
az hours and only a couple of
Dashed highway guard rails tes-
titled to their passage.
Before the move began, pow
er lines along the route h a d
been elevated and bridge rail-
ings clipped.
The Job is to be completed
before winter sets in.
Little Change Seen
A shrug of the shoulders Is
the principal reaction Of the
residents of Tahawus (pro-
nounced (Tah' wus locally.
81 can't see much difference,
We'll have the same neighbors, +"
said Francis Abare, a filter
operator who has been here for
II years.
Mr.. Abare lives in one Of the
barracks-like apartment build
ings. In Wienbrook Hills, he
will live in the same apartment,
with the same neighbors. Only
the view will be different. But
the $40 a month he pays for
his five rooms will go up SIS.
He doesn't mind.
Houses Being Sold
A few are unhappy. They
are among those who rent
houses from the company.
Winebrook Hills will not be a
company town. The houses are
being sold to the occupants at
prices ranging from $4,000 to
$4,000.
A plant engineer told q re-
porter:
Some Of these fellows have
been paying the same rent for
20 years-about Sc a room
at the same time getting the
same wage as steelworkers in
Pittsburgh. They've had no
incentive to save, since they've
owned nothing. Personally, I
think it will be better. They'll
own their own home and take
an interest in it. They're get
ting a fair deal. The houses
are selling at about SIS to Sc
a square foot"
That view was supported by
the Rev. Albert Giroux, the
Roman Catholic priest.
Those who want their own
place are happier" he said.
Those used to living cheaply
or those close to retirement
are not so happy. =. Well all
have a better place to live, we
hope; more room to spread.
There's nothing very beautiful
here-a group Of shacks as far
as that's concerned"
Lot To Be Shared
In Winebrook Hills, Father
Giroux' church will share a
parking lot with the Episcopal
church. He agreed with a smile
that this would be good for the
dialogue" - Catholic Protes-