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	Arrests brought about thru the presence of mind of a 13-year-old girl, two men were sentenced to 180 days in jail Wednesday by peace justice George A. Putnam.		Arrests brought about thru the presence of mind of a 13-year-old girl, two men were sentenced to 180 days in jail Wednesday by peace justice George A. Putnam.

	The defendants, Kenneth Sawyer, 24, and Robert Lyon, 23, both of [[Otisville\|Otisville]] in the [[~~Paul Smith's\|~~Paul Smith's]] section, were arrested on complaints of Mrs. [[Tema Yaffee\|Tema Yaffee]] of Lake Placid road and Orville Nason of Lake Placid.		The defendants, Kenneth Sawyer, 24, and Robert Lyon, 23, both of [[Otisville\|Otisville]] in the [[Paul Smith's]] section, were arrested on complaints of Mrs. [[Tema Yaffee\|Tema Yaffee]] of Lake Placid road and Orville Nason of Lake Placid.

	Nason charged that while he and friends were repairing a tire of his automobile on the Lake Placid road Tuesday night Sawyer and Lyon drove up, and, claiming they were federal officers, searched his car, presumably for liquor. Both men wore grey uniforms and carried pistols, according to the complaint.		Nason charged that while he and friends were repairing a tire of his automobile on the Lake Placid road Tuesday night Sawyer and Lyon drove up, and, claiming they were federal officers, searched his car, presumably for liquor. Both men wore grey uniforms and carried pistols, according to the complaint.

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	[[File:Ray Brook Inn Tea Room, Store and Gass Station.jpg\|right\|thumb\|\|Ray Brook Inn Tea Room, Store and Gas Station<br>Undated post card, courtesy of Mark Friden, [https://www.facebook.com/groups/adirondackhistory/posts/1633433766848719/?comment_id=1633436480181781&reply_comment_id=1633822250143204&notif_id=1627820052602267&ref=notif&notif_t=group_comment_mention Adirondack History and Legends]]]		[[File:Ray Brook Inn Tea Room, Store and Gass Station.jpg\|right\|thumb\|Ray Brook Inn Tea Room, Store and Gas Station<br>Undated post card, courtesy of Mark Friden, [https://www.facebook.com/groups/adirondackhistory/posts/1633433766848719/?comment_id=1633436480181781&reply_comment_id=1633822250143204&notif_id=1627820052602267&ref=notif&notif_t=group_comment_mention Adirondack History and Legends]\|399x399px]]

	[[File:Ray Brook Inn.jpg\|right\|thumb\|''Tupper Lake Herald'', December 31, 1931 ]]		[[File:Ray Brook Inn.jpg\|right\|thumb\|''Tupper Lake Herald'', December 31, 1931 \|359x359px]]

	[[File:Ray Brook Inn2.jpg\|right\|thumb\|''Lake Placid News'', August 28, 1931 ]] The '''Ray Brook Inn''' was located on the [[Sara-Placid Highway\|Sara-Placid Highway]].		[[File:Ray Brook Inn2.jpg\|right\|thumb\|''Lake Placid News'', August 28, 1931 \|349x349px]] The '''Ray Brook Inn''' was located on the [[Sara-Placid Highway\|Sara-Placid Highway]].

	"In my story about the Ray Brook bars I had the name wrong - it was the Jacob Yoffe family, not Joffe, who had a bar and restaurant near where the Ford garage is located today...on the Placid side of [[Tail ~~O' the Pup\|Tail O~~' the Pup]]. None of my older brothers or sisters can remember the name of the restaurant, and yes, there were cabins also... my brother Ray, delivered milk there when we lived at the [[Oseetah Dairy\|Oseetah Dairy]]. They had a daughter, Carol, who graduated from [[Saranac Lake High School\|SLHS]] sometime in the 1940's." [[Howard Riley\|Howard Riley]], email, 4/26/2013.		"In my story about the Ray Brook bars I had the name wrong - it was the Jacob Yoffe family, not Joffe, who had a bar and restaurant near where the Ford garage is located today...on the Placid side of [[Tail o' the Pup]]. None of my older brothers or sisters can remember the name of the restaurant, and yes, there were cabins also... my brother Ray, delivered milk there when we lived at the [[Oseetah Dairy\|Oseetah Dairy]]. They had a daughter, Carol, who graduated from [[Saranac Lake High School\|SLHS]] sometime in the 1940's." [[Howard Riley\|Howard Riley]], email, 4/26/2013.

	Howard Riley remembered later that it was the Ray Brook Inn that was operated by the [[Jacob Yoffe\|Jacob Yoffe]] family, and others he talked to confirmed his memory. Howard Riley, email, 5/29/13		Howard Riley remembered later that it was the Ray Brook Inn that was operated by the [[Jacob Yoffe\|Jacob Yoffe]] family, and others he talked to confirmed his memory. Howard Riley, email, 5/29/13

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	[[File:Ray Brook Inn Tea Room, Store and Gass Station.jpg\|right\|thumb\|\|Ray Brook Inn Tea Room, Store and Gas Station<br>Undated post card, courtesy of Mark Friden, [https://www.facebook.com/groups/adirondackhistory/posts/1633433766848719/?comment_id=1633436480181781&reply_comment_id=1633822250143204&notif_id=1627820052602267&ref=notif&notif_t=group_comment_mention Adirondack History and Legends]]]		[[File:Ray Brook Inn Tea Room, Store and Gass Station.jpg\|right\|thumb\|\|Ray Brook Inn Tea Room, Store and Gas Station<br>Undated post card, courtesy of Mark Friden, [https://www.facebook.com/groups/adirondackhistory/posts/1633433766848719/?comment_id=1633436480181781&reply_comment_id=1633822250143204&notif_id=1627820052602267&ref=notif&notif_t=group_comment_mention Adirondack History and Legends]]]

	[[File:Ray Brook Inn.jpg\|right\|thumb\|''\|Tupper Lake Herald'', December 31, 1931 ]]		[[File:Ray Brook Inn.jpg\|right\|thumb\|''Tupper Lake Herald'', December 31, 1931 ]]

	[[File:Ray Brook Inn2.jpg\|right\|thumb\|''\|Lake Placid News'', August 28, 1931 ]] The '''Ray Brook Inn''' was located on the [[Sara-Placid Highway\|Sara-Placid Highway]].		[[File:Ray Brook Inn2.jpg\|right\|thumb\|''Lake Placid News'', August 28, 1931 ]] The '''Ray Brook Inn''' was located on the [[Sara-Placid Highway\|Sara-Placid Highway]].

	"In my story about the Ray Brook bars I had the name wrong - it was the Jacob Yoffe family, not Joffe, who had a bar and restaurant near where the Ford garage is located today...on the Placid side of [[Tail O' the Pup\|Tail O' the Pup]]. None of my older brothers or sisters can remember the name of the restaurant, and yes, there were cabins also... my brother Ray, delivered milk there when we lived at the [[Oseetah Dairy\|Oseetah Dairy]]. They had a daughter, Carol, who graduated from [[Saranac Lake High School\|SLHS]] sometime in the 1940's." [[Howard Riley\|Howard Riley]], email, 4/26/2013.		"In my story about the Ray Brook bars I had the name wrong - it was the Jacob Yoffe family, not Joffe, who had a bar and restaurant near where the Ford garage is located today...on the Placid side of [[Tail O' the Pup\|Tail O' the Pup]]. None of my older brothers or sisters can remember the name of the restaurant, and yes, there were cabins also... my brother Ray, delivered milk there when we lived at the [[Oseetah Dairy\|Oseetah Dairy]]. They had a daughter, Carol, who graduated from [[Saranac Lake High School\|SLHS]] sometime in the 1940's." [[Howard Riley\|Howard Riley]], email, 4/26/2013.

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	[[File:Ray Brook Inn Tea Room, Store and Gass Station.jpg\|right\|thumb\|\|Ray Brook Inn Tea Room, Store and Gas Station<br>Undated post card, courtesy of Mark Friden, [[https://www.facebook.com/groups/adirondackhistory/posts/1633433766848719/?comment_id=1633436480181781&reply_comment_id=1633822250143204&notif_id=1627820052602267&ref=notif&notif_t=group_comment_mention\|Adirondack History and Legends]]]]		[[File:Ray Brook Inn Tea Room, Store and Gass Station.jpg\|right\|thumb\|\|Ray Brook Inn Tea Room, Store and Gas Station<br>Undated post card, courtesy of Mark Friden, [https://www.facebook.com/groups/adirondackhistory/posts/1633433766848719/?comment_id=1633436480181781&reply_comment_id=1633822250143204&notif_id=1627820052602267&ref=notif&notif_t=group_comment_mention Adirondack History and Legends]]]

	[[File:Ray Brook Inn.jpg\|right\|thumb\|''\|Tupper Lake Herald'', December 31, 1931 ]]		[[File:Ray Brook Inn.jpg\|right\|thumb\|''\|Tupper Lake Herald'', December 31, 1931 ]]

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	[[File:Ray Brook Inn Tea Room, Store and Gass Station.jpg\|right\|thumb\|\|Ray Brook Inn Tea Room, Store and Gas Station<br>Undated post card, courtesy of Mark Friden, [[https://www.facebook.com/groups/adirondackhistory/posts/1633433766848719/?comment_id=1633436480181781&reply_comment_id=1633822250143204&notif_id=1627820052602267&ref=notif&notif_t=group_comment_mention\|Adirondack History and Legends]]]]		[[File:Ray Brook Inn Tea Room, Store and Gass Station.jpg\|right\|thumb\|\|Ray Brook Inn Tea Room, Store and Gas Station<br>Undated post card, courtesy of Mark Friden, [[https://www.facebook.com/groups/adirondackhistory/posts/1633433766848719/?comment_id=1633436480181781&reply_comment_id=1633822250143204&notif_id=1627820052602267&ref=notif&notif_t=group_comment_mention\|Adirondack History and Legends]]]]

	[[File:Ray Brook Inn.jpg\|right\|thumb\|''\|Tupper Lake Herald'', December 31, 1931 ]] [[File:Ray Brook Inn2.jpg\|right\|thumb\|''\|Lake Placid News'', August 28, 1931 ]] The '''Ray Brook Inn''' was located on the [[Sara-Placid Highway\|Sara-Placid Highway]].		[[File:Ray Brook Inn.jpg\|right\|thumb\|''\|Tupper Lake Herald'', December 31, 1931 ]]

			[[File:Ray Brook Inn2.jpg\|right\|thumb\|''\|Lake Placid News'', August 28, 1931 ]] The '''Ray Brook Inn''' was located on the [[Sara-Placid Highway\|Sara-Placid Highway]].

	"In my story about the Ray Brook bars I had the name wrong - it was the Jacob Yoffe family, not Joffe, who had a bar and restaurant near where the Ford garage is located today...on the Placid side of [[Tail O' the Pup\|Tail O' the Pup]]. None of my older brothers or sisters can remember the name of the restaurant, and yes, there were cabins also... my brother Ray, delivered milk there when we lived at the [[Oseetah Dairy\|Oseetah Dairy]]. They had a daughter, Carol, who graduated from [[Saranac Lake High School\|SLHS]] sometime in the 1940's." [[Howard Riley\|Howard Riley]], email, 4/26/2013.		"In my story about the Ray Brook bars I had the name wrong - it was the Jacob Yoffe family, not Joffe, who had a bar and restaurant near where the Ford garage is located today...on the Placid side of [[Tail O' the Pup\|Tail O' the Pup]]. None of my older brothers or sisters can remember the name of the restaurant, and yes, there were cabins also... my brother Ray, delivered milk there when we lived at the [[Oseetah Dairy\|Oseetah Dairy]]. They had a daughter, Carol, who graduated from [[Saranac Lake High School\|SLHS]] sometime in the 1940's." [[Howard Riley\|Howard Riley]], email, 4/26/2013.

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	Sawyer and Lyon are well known in this village. Shortly before they visited Ray Brook inn they were in Lake Placid flourishing their guns and talking about their new "jobs" as federal men. They were said to be somewhat intoxicated when they made their visit here.		Sawyer and Lyon are well known in this village. Shortly before they visited Ray Brook inn they were in Lake Placid flourishing their guns and talking about their new "jobs" as federal men. They were said to be somewhat intoxicated when they made their visit here.

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	[[File:Ray Brook Inn Tea Room~~%2C~~ Store and Gass Station.jpg\|right\|thumb\|\|Ray Brook Inn Tea Room, Store and Gas Station<br>Undated post card, courtesy of Mark Friden, [[https://www.facebook.com/groups/adirondackhistory/posts/1633433766848719/?comment_id=1633436480181781&reply_comment_id=1633822250143204&notif_id=1627820052602267&ref=notif&notif_t=group_comment_mention\|Adirondack History and Legends]]]]		[[File:Ray Brook Inn Tea Room, Store and Gass Station.jpg\|right\|thumb\|\|Ray Brook Inn Tea Room, Store and Gas Station<br>Undated post card, courtesy of Mark Friden, [[https://www.facebook.com/groups/adirondackhistory/posts/1633433766848719/?comment_id=1633436480181781&reply_comment_id=1633822250143204&notif_id=1627820052602267&ref=notif&notif_t=group_comment_mention\|Adirondack History and Legends]]]]

	[[File:Ray Brook Inn.jpg\|right\|thumb\|''\|Tupper Lake Herald'', December 31, 1931 ]] [[File:Ray Brook Inn2.jpg\|right\|thumb\|''\|Lake Placid News'', August 28, 1931 ]] The '''Ray Brook Inn''' was located on the [[Sara-Placid Highway\|Sara-Placid Highway]].		[[File:Ray Brook Inn.jpg\|right\|thumb\|''\|Tupper Lake Herald'', December 31, 1931 ]] [[File:Ray Brook Inn2.jpg\|right\|thumb\|''\|Lake Placid News'', August 28, 1931 ]] The '''Ray Brook Inn''' was located on the [[Sara-Placid Highway\|Sara-Placid Highway]].

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	[[File:Ray Brook Inn.jpg\|right\|thumb\|''\|Tupper Lake Herald'', December 31, 1931 ]] [[File:Ray Brook Inn2.jpg\|right\|thumb\|''\|Lake Placid News'', August 28, 1931 ]] The '''Ray Brook Inn''' was located on the [[Sara-Placid Highway\|Sara-Placid Highway]].		[[File:Ray Brook Inn.jpg\|right\|thumb\|''\|Tupper Lake Herald'', December 31, 1931 ]] [[File:Ray Brook Inn2.jpg\|right\|thumb\|''\|Lake Placid News'', August 28, 1931 ]] The '''Ray Brook Inn''' was located on the [[Sara-Placid Highway\|Sara-Placid Highway]].

	"In my story about the Ray Brook bars I had the name wrong - it was the Jacob Yoffe family, not Joffe, who had a bar and restaurant near where the Ford garage is located today...on the Placid side of [[Tail O~~%27~~ the Pup\|Tail O' the Pup]]. None of my older brothers or sisters can remember the name of the restaurant, and yes, there were cabins also... my brother Ray, delivered milk there when we lived at the [[Oseetah Dairy\|Oseetah Dairy]]. They had a daughter, Carol, who graduated from [[Saranac Lake High School\|SLHS]] sometime in the 1940's." [[Howard Riley\|Howard Riley]], email, 4/26/2013.		"In my story about the Ray Brook bars I had the name wrong - it was the Jacob Yoffe family, not Joffe, who had a bar and restaurant near where the Ford garage is located today...on the Placid side of [[Tail O' the Pup\|Tail O' the Pup]]. None of my older brothers or sisters can remember the name of the restaurant, and yes, there were cabins also... my brother Ray, delivered milk there when we lived at the [[Oseetah Dairy\|Oseetah Dairy]]. They had a daughter, Carol, who graduated from [[Saranac Lake High School\|SLHS]] sometime in the 1940's." [[Howard Riley\|Howard Riley]], email, 4/26/2013.

	Howard Riley remembered later that it was the Ray Brook Inn that was operated by the [[Jacob Yoffe\|Jacob Yoffe]] family, and others he talked to confirmed his memory. Howard Riley, email, 5/29/13		Howard Riley remembered later that it was the Ray Brook Inn that was operated by the [[Jacob Yoffe\|Jacob Yoffe]] family, and others he talked to confirmed his memory. Howard Riley, email, 5/29/13
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	Arrests brought about thru the presence of mind of a 13-year-old girl, two men were sentenced to 180 days in jail Wednesday by peace justice George A. Putnam.		Arrests brought about thru the presence of mind of a 13-year-old girl, two men were sentenced to 180 days in jail Wednesday by peace justice George A. Putnam.

	The defendants, Kenneth Sawyer, 24, and Robert Lyon, 23, both of [[Otisville\|Otisville]] in the [[Paul Smith~~%27s~~\|Paul Smith's]] section, were arrested on complaints of Mrs. [[Tema Yaffee\|Tema Yaffee]] of Lake Placid road and Orville Nason of Lake Placid.		The defendants, Kenneth Sawyer, 24, and Robert Lyon, 23, both of [[Otisville\|Otisville]] in the [[Paul Smith's\|Paul Smith's]] section, were arrested on complaints of Mrs. [[Tema Yaffee\|Tema Yaffee]] of Lake Placid road and Orville Nason of Lake Placid.

	Nason charged that while he and friends were repairing a tire of his automobile on the Lake Placid road Tuesday night Sawyer and Lyon drove up, and, claiming they were federal officers, searched his car, presumably for liquor. Both men wore grey uniforms and carried pistols, according to the complaint.		Nason charged that while he and friends were repairing a tire of his automobile on the Lake Placid road Tuesday night Sawyer and Lyon drove up, and, claiming they were federal officers, searched his car, presumably for liquor. Both men wore grey uniforms and carried pistols, according to the complaint.

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	[[File:Ray%20Brook%20Inn%20Tea%20Room%2C%20Store%20and%20Gass%20Station.jpg\|right\|thumb\|\|Ray Brook Inn Tea Room, Store and Gas Station<br>\|Undated post card, courtesy of Mark Friden, [[https://www.facebook.com/groups/adirondackhistory/posts/1633433766848719/?comment_id=1633436480181781&reply_comment_id=1633822250143204&notif_id=1627820052602267&ref=notif&notif_t=group_comment_mention\|Adirondack History and Legends]]]]		[[File:Ray%20Brook%20Inn%20Tea%20Room%2C%20Store%20and%20Gass%20Station.jpg\|right\|thumb\|\|Ray Brook Inn Tea Room, Store and Gas Station<br>Undated post card, courtesy of Mark Friden, [[https://www.facebook.com/groups/adirondackhistory/posts/1633433766848719/?comment_id=1633436480181781&reply_comment_id=1633822250143204&notif_id=1627820052602267&ref=notif&notif_t=group_comment_mention\|Adirondack History and Legends]]]]

	[[File:Ray%20Brook%20Inn.jpg\|right\|thumb\|''\|Tupper Lake Herald'', December 31, 1931 ]] [[File:Ray%20Brook%20Inn2.jpg\|right\|thumb\|''\|Lake Placid News'', August 28, 1931 ]] The '''Ray Brook Inn''' was located on the [[Sara-Placid%20Highway\|Sara-Placid Highway]].		[[File:Ray%20Brook%20Inn.jpg\|right\|thumb\|''\|Tupper Lake Herald'', December 31, 1931 ]] [[File:Ray%20Brook%20Inn2.jpg\|right\|thumb\|''\|Lake Placid News'', August 28, 1931 ]] The '''Ray Brook Inn''' was located on the [[Sara-Placid%20Highway\|Sara-Placid Highway]].

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	[[File:Ray Brook Inn Tea Room, Store and Gass Station.jpg\|right\|thumb\|\|Ray Brook Inn Tea Room, Store and Gas Station<br>Undated post card, courtesy of Mark Friden, [https://www.facebook.com/groups/adirondackhistory/posts/1633433766848719/?comment_id=1633436480181781&reply_comment_id=1633822250143204&notif_id=1627820052602267&ref=notif&notif_t=group_comment_mention Adirondack History and Legends]]]		[[File:Ray Brook Inn Tea Room, Store and Gass Station.jpg\|right\|thumb\|Ray Brook Inn Tea Room, Store and Gas Station<br>Undated post card, courtesy of Mark Friden, [https://www.facebook.com/groups/adirondackhistory/posts/1633433766848719/?comment_id=1633436480181781&reply_comment_id=1633822250143204&notif_id=1627820052602267&ref=notif&notif_t=group_comment_mention Adirondack History and Legends]\|399x399px]]

	[[File:Ray Brook Inn.jpg\|right\|thumb\|''Tupper Lake Herald'', December 31, 1931 ]]		[[File:Ray Brook Inn.jpg\|right\|thumb\|''Tupper Lake Herald'', December 31, 1931 \|359x359px]]

	[[File:Ray Brook Inn2.jpg\|right\|thumb\|''Lake Placid News'', August 28, 1931 ]] The '''Ray Brook Inn''' was located on the [[Sara-Placid Highway\|Sara-Placid Highway]].		[[File:Ray Brook Inn2.jpg\|right\|thumb\|''Lake Placid News'', August 28, 1931 \|349x349px]] The '''Ray Brook Inn''' was located on the [[Sara-Placid Highway\|Sara-Placid Highway]].

	"In my story about the Ray Brook bars I had the name wrong - it was the Jacob Yoffe family, not Joffe, who had a bar and restaurant near where the Ford garage is located today...on the Placid side of [[Tail ~~O' the Pup\|Tail O~~' the Pup]]. None of my older brothers or sisters can remember the name of the restaurant, and yes, there were cabins also... my brother Ray, delivered milk there when we lived at the [[Oseetah Dairy\|Oseetah Dairy]]. They had a daughter, Carol, who graduated from [[Saranac Lake High School\|SLHS]] sometime in the 1940's." [[Howard Riley\|Howard Riley]], email, 4/26/2013.		"In my story about the Ray Brook bars I had the name wrong - it was the Jacob Yoffe family, not Joffe, who had a bar and restaurant near where the Ford garage is located today...on the Placid side of [[Tail o' the Pup]]. None of my older brothers or sisters can remember the name of the restaurant, and yes, there were cabins also... my brother Ray, delivered milk there when we lived at the [[Oseetah Dairy\|Oseetah Dairy]]. They had a daughter, Carol, who graduated from [[Saranac Lake High School\|SLHS]] sometime in the 1940's." [[Howard Riley\|Howard Riley]], email, 4/26/2013.

	Howard Riley remembered later that it was the Ray Brook Inn that was operated by the [[Jacob Yoffe\|Jacob Yoffe]] family, and others he talked to confirmed his memory. Howard Riley, email, 5/29/13		Howard Riley remembered later that it was the Ray Brook Inn that was operated by the [[Jacob Yoffe\|Jacob Yoffe]] family, and others he talked to confirmed his memory. Howard Riley, email, 5/29/13

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	[[File:Ray Brook Inn Tea Room, Store and Gass Station.jpg\|right\|thumb\|\|Ray Brook Inn Tea Room, Store and Gas Station<br>Undated post card, courtesy of Mark Friden, [https://www.facebook.com/groups/adirondackhistory/posts/1633433766848719/?comment_id=1633436480181781&reply_comment_id=1633822250143204&notif_id=1627820052602267&ref=notif&notif_t=group_comment_mention Adirondack History and Legends]]]		[[File:Ray Brook Inn Tea Room, Store and Gass Station.jpg\|right\|thumb\|\|Ray Brook Inn Tea Room, Store and Gas Station<br>Undated post card, courtesy of Mark Friden, [https://www.facebook.com/groups/adirondackhistory/posts/1633433766848719/?comment_id=1633436480181781&reply_comment_id=1633822250143204&notif_id=1627820052602267&ref=notif&notif_t=group_comment_mention Adirondack History and Legends]]]

	[[File:Ray Brook Inn.jpg\|right\|thumb\|''\|Tupper Lake Herald'', December 31, 1931 ]]		[[File:Ray Brook Inn.jpg\|right\|thumb\|''Tupper Lake Herald'', December 31, 1931 ]]

	[[File:Ray Brook Inn2.jpg\|right\|thumb\|''\|Lake Placid News'', August 28, 1931 ]] The '''Ray Brook Inn''' was located on the [[Sara-Placid Highway\|Sara-Placid Highway]].		[[File:Ray Brook Inn2.jpg\|right\|thumb\|''Lake Placid News'', August 28, 1931 ]] The '''Ray Brook Inn''' was located on the [[Sara-Placid Highway\|Sara-Placid Highway]].

	"In my story about the Ray Brook bars I had the name wrong - it was the Jacob Yoffe family, not Joffe, who had a bar and restaurant near where the Ford garage is located today...on the Placid side of [[Tail O' the Pup\|Tail O' the Pup]]. None of my older brothers or sisters can remember the name of the restaurant, and yes, there were cabins also... my brother Ray, delivered milk there when we lived at the [[Oseetah Dairy\|Oseetah Dairy]]. They had a daughter, Carol, who graduated from [[Saranac Lake High School\|SLHS]] sometime in the 1940's." [[Howard Riley\|Howard Riley]], email, 4/26/2013.		"In my story about the Ray Brook bars I had the name wrong - it was the Jacob Yoffe family, not Joffe, who had a bar and restaurant near where the Ford garage is located today...on the Placid side of [[Tail O' the Pup\|Tail O' the Pup]]. None of my older brothers or sisters can remember the name of the restaurant, and yes, there were cabins also... my brother Ray, delivered milk there when we lived at the [[Oseetah Dairy\|Oseetah Dairy]]. They had a daughter, Carol, who graduated from [[Saranac Lake High School\|SLHS]] sometime in the 1940's." [[Howard Riley\|Howard Riley]], email, 4/26/2013.

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	[[File:Ray Brook Inn Tea Room, Store and Gass Station.jpg\|right\|thumb\|\|Ray Brook Inn Tea Room, Store and Gas Station<br>Undated post card, courtesy of Mark Friden, [[https://www.facebook.com/groups/adirondackhistory/posts/1633433766848719/?comment_id=1633436480181781&reply_comment_id=1633822250143204&notif_id=1627820052602267&ref=notif&notif_t=group_comment_mention\|Adirondack History and Legends]]]]		[[File:Ray Brook Inn Tea Room, Store and Gass Station.jpg\|right\|thumb\|\|Ray Brook Inn Tea Room, Store and Gas Station<br>Undated post card, courtesy of Mark Friden, [[https://www.facebook.com/groups/adirondackhistory/posts/1633433766848719/?comment_id=1633436480181781&reply_comment_id=1633822250143204&notif_id=1627820052602267&ref=notif&notif_t=group_comment_mention\|Adirondack History and Legends]]]]

	[[File:Ray Brook Inn.jpg\|right\|thumb\|''\|Tupper Lake Herald'', December 31, 1931 ]] [[File:Ray Brook Inn2.jpg\|right\|thumb\|''\|Lake Placid News'', August 28, 1931 ]] The '''Ray Brook Inn''' was located on the [[Sara-Placid Highway\|Sara-Placid Highway]].		[[File:Ray Brook Inn.jpg\|right\|thumb\|''\|Tupper Lake Herald'', December 31, 1931 ]]

			[[File:Ray Brook Inn2.jpg\|right\|thumb\|''\|Lake Placid News'', August 28, 1931 ]] The '''Ray Brook Inn''' was located on the [[Sara-Placid Highway\|Sara-Placid Highway]].

	"In my story about the Ray Brook bars I had the name wrong - it was the Jacob Yoffe family, not Joffe, who had a bar and restaurant near where the Ford garage is located today...on the Placid side of [[Tail O' the Pup\|Tail O' the Pup]]. None of my older brothers or sisters can remember the name of the restaurant, and yes, there were cabins also... my brother Ray, delivered milk there when we lived at the [[Oseetah Dairy\|Oseetah Dairy]]. They had a daughter, Carol, who graduated from [[Saranac Lake High School\|SLHS]] sometime in the 1940's." [[Howard Riley\|Howard Riley]], email, 4/26/2013.		"In my story about the Ray Brook bars I had the name wrong - it was the Jacob Yoffe family, not Joffe, who had a bar and restaurant near where the Ford garage is located today...on the Placid side of [[Tail O' the Pup\|Tail O' the Pup]]. None of my older brothers or sisters can remember the name of the restaurant, and yes, there were cabins also... my brother Ray, delivered milk there when we lived at the [[Oseetah Dairy\|Oseetah Dairy]]. They had a daughter, Carol, who graduated from [[Saranac Lake High School\|SLHS]] sometime in the 1940's." [[Howard Riley\|Howard Riley]], email, 4/26/2013.

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	[[File:Ray~~%20Brook%20Inn%20Tea%20Room~~%2C~~%20Store%20and%20Gass%20Station~~.jpg\|right\|thumb\|\|Ray Brook Inn Tea Room, Store and Gas Station<br>Undated post card, courtesy of Mark Friden, [[https://www.facebook.com/groups/adirondackhistory/posts/1633433766848719/?comment_id=1633436480181781&reply_comment_id=1633822250143204&notif_id=1627820052602267&ref=notif&notif_t=group_comment_mention\|Adirondack History and Legends]]]]		[[File:Ray Brook Inn Tea Room%2C Store and Gass Station.jpg\|right\|thumb\|\|Ray Brook Inn Tea Room, Store and Gas Station<br>Undated post card, courtesy of Mark Friden, [[https://www.facebook.com/groups/adirondackhistory/posts/1633433766848719/?comment_id=1633436480181781&reply_comment_id=1633822250143204&notif_id=1627820052602267&ref=notif&notif_t=group_comment_mention\|Adirondack History and Legends]]]]

	[[File:Ray~~%20Brook%20Inn~~.jpg\|right\|thumb\|''\|Tupper Lake Herald'', December 31, 1931 ]] [[File:Ray~~%20Brook%20Inn2~~.jpg\|right\|thumb\|''\|Lake Placid News'', August 28, 1931 ]] The '''Ray Brook Inn''' was located on the [[Sara-Placid~~%20Highway~~\|Sara-Placid Highway]].		[[File:Ray Brook Inn.jpg\|right\|thumb\|''\|Tupper Lake Herald'', December 31, 1931 ]] [[File:Ray Brook Inn2.jpg\|right\|thumb\|''\|Lake Placid News'', August 28, 1931 ]] The '''Ray Brook Inn''' was located on the [[Sara-Placid Highway\|Sara-Placid Highway]].

	"In my story about the Ray Brook bars I had the name wrong - it was the Jacob Yoffe family, not Joffe, who had a bar and restaurant near where the Ford garage is located today...on the Placid side of [[Tail~~%20O~~%27~~%20the%20Pup~~\|Tail O' the Pup]]. None of my older brothers or sisters can remember the name of the restaurant, and yes, there were cabins also... my brother Ray, delivered milk there when we lived at the [[Oseetah~~%20Dairy~~\|Oseetah Dairy]]. They had a daughter, Carol, who graduated from [[Saranac~~%20Lake%20High%20School~~\|SLHS]] sometime in the 1940's." [[Howard~~%20Riley~~\|Howard Riley]], email, 4/26/2013.		"In my story about the Ray Brook bars I had the name wrong - it was the Jacob Yoffe family, not Joffe, who had a bar and restaurant near where the Ford garage is located today...on the Placid side of [[Tail O%27 the Pup\|Tail O' the Pup]]. None of my older brothers or sisters can remember the name of the restaurant, and yes, there were cabins also... my brother Ray, delivered milk there when we lived at the [[Oseetah Dairy\|Oseetah Dairy]]. They had a daughter, Carol, who graduated from [[Saranac Lake High School\|SLHS]] sometime in the 1940's." [[Howard Riley\|Howard Riley]], email, 4/26/2013.

	Howard Riley remembered later that it was the Ray Brook Inn that was operated by the [[Jacob~~%20Yoffe~~\|Jacob Yoffe]] family, and others he talked to confirmed his memory. Howard Riley, email, 5/29/13		Howard Riley remembered later that it was the Ray Brook Inn that was operated by the [[Jacob Yoffe\|Jacob Yoffe]] family, and others he talked to confirmed his memory. Howard Riley, email, 5/29/13
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	Arrests brought about thru the presence of mind of a 13-year-old girl, two men were sentenced to 180 days in jail Wednesday by peace justice George A. Putnam.		Arrests brought about thru the presence of mind of a 13-year-old girl, two men were sentenced to 180 days in jail Wednesday by peace justice George A. Putnam.

	The defendants, Kenneth Sawyer, 24, and Robert Lyon, 23, both of [[Otisville\|Otisville]] in the [[Paul~~%20Smith~~%27s\|Paul Smith's]] section, were arrested on complaints of Mrs. [[Tema~~%20Yaffee~~\|Tema Yaffee]] of Lake Placid road and Orville Nason of Lake Placid.		The defendants, Kenneth Sawyer, 24, and Robert Lyon, 23, both of [[Otisville\|Otisville]] in the [[Paul Smith%27s\|Paul Smith's]] section, were arrested on complaints of Mrs. [[Tema Yaffee\|Tema Yaffee]] of Lake Placid road and Orville Nason of Lake Placid.

	Nason charged that while he and friends were repairing a tire of his automobile on the Lake Placid road Tuesday night Sawyer and Lyon drove up, and, claiming they were federal officers, searched his car, presumably for liquor. Both men wore grey uniforms and carried pistols, according to the complaint.		Nason charged that while he and friends were repairing a tire of his automobile on the Lake Placid road Tuesday night Sawyer and Lyon drove up, and, claiming they were federal officers, searched his car, presumably for liquor. Both men wore grey uniforms and carried pistols, according to the complaint.
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	A few hours later Sawyer and his companion entered Ray Brook inn, where they again posed federal officers and demanded to see the license for operating the inn. They displayed their pistols there and threatened to wreck the place.		A few hours later Sawyer and his companion entered Ray Brook inn, where they again posed federal officers and demanded to see the license for operating the inn. They displayed their pistols there and threatened to wreck the place.

	[[Catherine~~%20Yaffee~~\|Catherine Yaffee]], 13-year-old daughter of the inn proprietor, witnessed the disturbance and went out to the road where she took the license number of Sawyer's automobile.		[[Catherine Yaffee\|Catherine Yaffee]], 13-year-old daughter of the inn proprietor, witnessed the disturbance and went out to the road where she took the license number of Sawyer's automobile.

	As soon as the men left, the girl telephoned police headquarters at Saranac Lake and Patrolman [[Edmund~~%20Duprey~~\|Edmund Duprey]] located the men in the village. He turned them over to Sergt. [[Gerald~~%20Woolsey~~\|Gerald Woolsey]] and Trooper Van Alstyne, who arraigned them before Justice Putnam on a charge of disorderly conduct.		As soon as the men left, the girl telephoned police headquarters at Saranac Lake and Patrolman [[Edmund Duprey\|Edmund Duprey]] located the men in the village. He turned them over to Sergt. [[Gerald Woolsey\|Gerald Woolsey]] and Trooper Van Alstyne, who arraigned them before Justice Putnam on a charge of disorderly conduct.

	Sawyer and Lyon are well known in this village. Shortly before they visited Ray Brook inn they were in Lake Placid flourishing their guns and talking about their new "jobs" as federal men. They were said to be somewhat intoxicated when they made their visit here.		Sawyer and Lyon are well known in this village. Shortly before they visited Ray Brook inn they were in Lake Placid flourishing their guns and talking about their new "jobs" as federal men. They were said to be somewhat intoxicated when they made their visit here.

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