Troy Record, The (Newspaper) - March 7, 1977, Troy, New York 2 The Times 1977 Southern Saratoga County Union ratifies contract CLIFTON PARK The non instructional Civil Ser vice unit unanimously ratified Sunday a tentative contract with the school The remaining step is for the school board to ratify the contract with the 200 bus secretaries and The board may take action as early as According to unit spokeswoman Bar bara the contract calls for a 17 per cent raise for the workers over a period of three Retroactive to July 1976 when the last contract the proposal calls for an average per cent raise this year and an 5 per cent raise in each of the next two The unions ratification comes after months of a Public Employment Relations Board fact finders report recommending a 9 per cent raise that was endorsed by the un ion but rejected by the school and threats of a strike last week by union Three other items that had held up negotiations were finally ratified at Sun days The first is socalled While the union had asked the school to maintain the 18 workers two fulltime the school argued that it could not afford paying the which amounted to about extra each The union en a provision that calls for the gradual phasing out of the budget This the workers will keep their two Next they will be allow ed a maximum five hours a week over and the following they will be allowed three hours a week over their 40 McNamee said that she thought the positions would be entirely phased out in the next Another controversial item was guaranteed time for bus While the CSEA demanded that guaranteed time be increased from 2 12 hours in the morning and afternoon to three the school asked that they no longer provide guarantee which means drivers are paid for the time regardless of the length of their The union endorsed a provision that calls for two hours of guaranteed time for The third controversial item was longevity pay for bus endorsed this new benefit for drivers effective in the second year of the con school board chairman Robert Goodman said Sunday that a special meeting of the board was scheduled for Tuesday at 7 in the library of Middle School A for discus sion and ratification of the proposed Round Lake Library hits record circulation Abe Beame show He rips em with a quip lip BY HARRY STATHOS New York News NEW YORK He cant He cant And hes no Despite all these Mayor Beame managed to get a lot of laughs with one liners at the an revue staged Saturday night by the Inner an association of New York political Wearing a mortar board and calling himself Beame took swipes at some probable op as he lectured to his College of Political For example PERCY SUTTON That man has so much syrup in his voice that the FCC has warned diabetics not to listen to his ED KOCH He is building his body into shape for the He feels if he it wont be a total loss he can always play the lead in Pumping HERMAN BADILLO hes had a set It seems that Evel Knievel was injured trying to jump over a stack of Hermans BELLA ABZUG I understand shes working on memoirs of her years in Shes calling it The House Is Not a Home just in case you have any ideas I want you to know the mansion isnt either ROY GOODMAN A secret poll revealed that even if Roy ran he would lose by a Beanies acid remarks were part of his rebuttal to the reporters entitled The Last Mazel Who would have guessed last year that Nelson Rockefeller would be out of and that Abe would be among the 12 best dressed the mayor Now hes collecting unemployment insurance and Im doing commercials for Barneys Boys Beame even took aim at some of his deputy saying Theyre like rabbits three leave and six take their I have so many deputies that Victor Got baum is trying to organize And lets not forget about Steve Hes the con trol board Some watchdog he thinks the City of New York is a But the mayor said he doesnt care because Jimmy Carter still loves The last time I met with he told me he had a whole Items to help the But he left the list in his other During one a student asked Beame Tell is it true that big labor has the most influence in the They the mayor they dont any How come the student Thats Beame We let em buy in to the ROUND LAKE LIBRARY Robert announced a 12 per cent Increase in circulation for Circulation ten years ago in 1966 was and in 1971 was and rose in 1976 to Pre school have been ex to three a Family films are every Friday at Adult movies are shown on alternate The library trustees voted to increase library The library is now open six days a week Monday and Friday from 2 to 6 and to 9 Tuesday and from 10 to 6 Wednesday from to 9 and Saturday from 10 to 2 The Round Lake Library will celebrate its 80th year as a library in The Kerosene now the Womans Round Lake Improvement sponsored and still sponsors the The library is chartered to serve the Town of Malta and the Village of Round The adult film program at the Round Lake Library will feature four classic films on Wednesday at in Library Stolen Jools features cameo perfor mances by fifty of Hollywoods top stars inthe 30s Maurice Chevalier to Gary Cooper and Loretta The Griffith Battle of Elder bush was felt by Griffith to be of his greatest The program will conclude with two Fields Dentist and mm ROUND LAKE UNITED METHODIST On Saturday at to 4 at United Methodist Bishop Ralph Ward will speak at 10 There will be workshops morning and Leaders are Alice Priscilla Darl ing and Ralph The dis cussions will be on World Evangelism Minority Registration is which in cludes The Friendship Circle will meet on Thursday at 10 in the church On March 24 they will make and sell clam All orders must be in by March To place please call Margaret Clark or Grace Smith on their Round Lake Mens Club will meet on March 16 at menu will be corned beef and cabbage served by the Friendship Tickets are available at the Some interesting statistics for Methodists to think about If the United Methodist Church had no white it would be the seventh largest black denomination in the If the United Methodist Church had no white or black members it would be the largest red denomination in the If the church had no black or red the United Methodist Church would be the largest yellow denomina tion in the AND if the church had no English speaking it would be the third largest Spanish speaking denomination in the SEWING CONTEST March 13 is the day for judging in the sewing contest sponsored by the Burnt Kills Lake Womens The held by individual Womens are spon sored by the New York State Federation of Womens Individuals planning to enter must notify the organization by Members and students in high school may Cash prizes are awarded and winners may compete at the Tri County and State levels which also award cash VISION AND HEARING On day from 2 to 5 Apartments and again on March 23 from 2 to 5 at Stonequist the Optometric Society will cooperate with the Saratoga Springs Lions Club in providing ex aminations for those that feel they may have vision or hearing problems that should be Individuals over 30 years may be Used eyeglasses may also be donated at these at these OLD EYEGLASSES Individuals with old eyeglasses or used hearing aid batteries should contact members of the Greenfield Grange if they are willing to donate these The committee on Womens activities is conducting this J Songs for jubilee MECHANICVILLE The Villanova Singers will kick off the 125th Anniver sary celebration of the founding of Pauls It was from Villanova that the first Augustinians came in 1852 to start the The singers 90 young men and women will present a concert at March 20 in Paul the Apostle Church on North Main Public admission is but a collec tion will be made to defray the days ex Refreshments will be served in the Paul Assumption School Hall following the concert to allow to meet the Want to be a queen MECHANICVILLE Applications for the third annual Miss Water Derby Contest are being accepted by the Mechanicville Merchants The contest is open to junior and senior high school girls from Stillwater or and the event will be held March 14 at Joyces Log Contest rules are available from par merchants and applications may be filed prior to March A treasure chest of prizes donated by the merchants will be awarded the Other upcoming association events in clude extended business hours for the two weeks preceding Easter a Memorial Day Sidewalk Sale May 26 through 28 and a one day mid summer sale Accent on music MECHANICVILLE Parents may visit their childrens music classes or instrumental lessons at the Middle School next week in observance of Music In Our Schools Bloodmobile schedule for this week Penneys to open July 27 By NANCY ALBAUGH Staff Writer CLIFTON Penney the national retail store expected to become a major business attraction in the Clifton Country Mall has scheduled a tentative opening date of July 27 rather than late this spring as had been While mall manager John MacDonald said that the latest official word he had from Penneys was that it would open in late a spokeswoman at the Penneys field office in Albany said the tentative date was late She said that the press had received the wrong information last December when it reported the store would open late this Perhaps they were talking about the fact that we would officially begin renting the store in she read aloud part of a Penneys release issued at a 14 press conference that says the store would open late this He refused to comment on the July 27 opening other than to Theyre bringing construction crews to put up install and do some of the At this Id say they have a good 90 days to go before they but in my Ive never seen a Penneys store open June 1 or July He added that most national retail stores such as Penneys try to schedule openings either before Easter or prior to the beginning of school in the The Penneys spokeswoman said that there had been no problems in opening the store and that work was going according to What will the mid summer opening mean for mall business well continue to do well under the existing but the sooner Penneys tne sooner the mall will full of happy MacDonald The Red Cross bloodmobile schedule for this week MONDAY Spa Civil Defense County 1 to 7 sponsored by the community of TUESDAY East Glenville Fire meeting 1 to 7 sponsored by the community Fort Edward High 9 to 3 sponsored by the Honor of Fort Edward High WEDNESDAY Adirondack Com munity Glens 9 to 3 High 11 to 5 THURSDAY Montgomery ninth 10 Holiday 10 to 4 sponsored by the New York Telephone Company and Niagara Mohawk Power FRIDAY New York State Depart ment of Taxation and Campus Building to 3 The Red Cross Blood Center on Hackett Boulevard and Clara Barton will be open Monday Friday from 9 to 3 Interested donors may call 462 7461 to make an ap Principal Craig Doherty said he may be called for arrangements to be made for grades one through He said the music week originated in 1373 as a statewide festival in efforts by the New York State Education Departments Bureau of The theme this year is Music Har mony In The to show how music affects the individual and how it enhances other important learning ac Lions Club to meet MECHANICVILLE Plans to attend the Zone Social will be made Tuesday at a meeting of the Mechanicville Lions Club at The social will be held at Saratoga on March The clubs board will meet immediately after the regular Lenten services SCHUYLERVILLE A Lenten midweek service will be conducted each week on the topic People of the The title and place of each service is as follows Charles The Bacon Hill Reformed Church March Charles Bailey Old Saratoga Reformed Church March Floyd Fort Miller Reformed Church March David The Bacon Hill Reformed All services will begin at Petty larceny charged WILTON Four persons were charg ed with petty larceny Tuesday evening in connection with the theft of groceries from a car parked at Pyramid Mall in the Town of according to the Saratoga County Sheriffs Arrested were Jefferson of Life member awards LIFE AWARDS The PTSA executive board will make its an life membership awards at its monthly session at Tuesday at the Middle School The event is open to the SENIORS EVENTS Senior Citizens events have been an by and Andy Activities planned include Tuesday at at Middle School board of directors meeting Wednesday at Halfmoon Town blood pressure clinic fay Saratoga County Public Health cards and games March town square dancing taught by Connie Young March town bingo March town birthday party for those having birthdays in or March April town monthly business meeting Henry Spink will speak about the American of Retired Persons April town annual public card Lee Bradley and Clem Pulsifer have been named co chairmen of the May 6 banquet in observance of Senior Citizens It will be held at the Clifton Knolls Country Trips planned are April at 6 to the Ice Capades at the RPI Field House in Troy April to Enchanted Doll Clifton Park will be on display during library Saratoga County sued as result of accident Carrigan 3718619 House in May Saratoga Raceway for dinner and the races June and Amish Further information and reservations may be obtained from Mildred of Clifton The seniors have been asked to assist with the Red Cross a service for people who live alone and feel the need to have someone contact them daily so that illness or injury will not go Those interested in assisting and receiving training should contact the Bridge lessons for beginners and ad players will be offered oil Thur from 10 to noon at the Half moon Town Hall beginning this Evan Griffith will be instructor for the eight Interested persons should contact POTTERY DISPLAY During March the Free Library is spon soring a display of pottery pieces featur ing the works of Audrey Travis of The including hand thrown pieces shaped on a potters wheel and coil pots made by BALLSTON SPA The father of a young Saratoga County man who died last year in an auto accident on a Daniel who died last November in a one car accident on County Route 65 east of Saratoga Greens Harry Snyder of Saratoga filed the claim last week with county attorney Thomas Owner gets 11 ALBANY An 11yearold condemnation award to the former owner of a cobblestone house and corner store in Mechanicville was unanimously upheld Thursday by the Appellate a state middle level appeals The was awarded to Sidney Fort by Commissioners of Appraisal after the city began condemnation proceedings in The city wanted the store and located at Hill and North Main torn down so it could widen Hill The Appellate Division rejected the commissions methods of reaching their decision and blocked the award in The commissioners changed the language of their awarded the again and this time the Appellate Division who now lives at 162 Main said the house was probably built in the early and the a hardware and paint was built in the late Wilton Mobile Saratoga Daniel of Hudson Falli and two other one 14 and another Fuller and Bell pleaded guilty were sentenced to four days each in the Saratoga Correctional Facility in The 14 year old was petitioned to family court and the 18 year old is due to reappear at a later They were arraigned before Wilton Town Justice Joseph The name of the 14 yearold was not released because he is under the jurisdiction of Saratoga County Family The 18 year olds name was withheld by deputies because he may be eligible for youthful offender ac cording to the Saratoga County Sheriffs The law demands that all legal proceedings involving youths declared youthful offenders be closed to the public and the youths name be kept late There was a group here that wanted to save it for historical Fort but they just came in with their bulldozers and tore it Fort said the decision to tear down the house and store was made by the citys former urban renewal Frank Yankowski was later Troys urban renewal Wilton suit WILTON A state Supreme Court hearing scheduled for Wednesday in the Town of Wiltons suit over the McGregor Correctional Facility was ad until sometime in ac cording to Town Attorney Theodore This is the fourth in the town case against the state Department of Correctional In its the town seeks a court ordered closing of the correctional which opened in Wilton last The town in the April hearing hopes to add the state Moratorium on Prison Construction as a petitioner against the state and seeks additional information from the moratorium group in the court j
