Former Hoosick Falls mayor honored at retirement dinner
Albert A. Butkas of Babcock Lake, former mayor of Hoosick Falls and longtime chief technician of the Rensselaer County Health Department, was feted at a retirement dinner in Troy. About 150 attendees included state and county officials, longtime associates, and family as tributes praised his service and wartime record.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Albert A. Butkas
Babcock Lake
Mario’s Theater
Troy
Butkas
Rensselaer County Health Department
Gordon A. Eadie
Rensselaer County
Arthur Handley
Environmental Facilities Corp
Carl J. Stefanik
James M. Brakaw
County Board of Health
John A. Murphy
Mendith Thompson
State Health Department
Andrew Fleck
William Berne
Supreme Court
DeForest Pitt
Joseph Salvato Jr
Geneva
Switzerland
John Baker
New York National Guard
Health Department
County Health Department
New York Guard Association
Hoosick
Bunker Hill
Fourth Ward
Wilder Avenue
High Street
Rennselaer County
Arlington youth accepted to Urbana veterinary program
Bruce R Mears of Arlington has been accepted at the College of Veterinary Medicine in Urbana Champaign Illinois. Seventy eight new applicants were accepted from over 800 for the year. Mears, former College of DuPage associate degree recipient, has led Phi Theta Kappa and plans a bachelor of science in two years and a doctor of veterinary medicine after four years. He aims to pursue small animal medicine and research with graduate work en route to a master's degree.
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Arlington
Bruce R. Mears
Philip C. Mears
College of Veterinary Medicine
Urbana- Champaign
Ill
Veterinary College At
Urbana
Mears
College of DuPage
National Honor Fraternity
Phi Theta Kappa
Ettinger paintings at Weston Weston Playhouse exhibit
Weston artist Churchill Ettinger opens a gallery display at the Weston Playhouse through the runs of Look Back in Anger and The Knack, closing August 16. The article traces Ettinger’s career from New York sketching Al Smith and Edna St. Vincent Millay to work for Outlook and wartime USO portraits, noting his water color and oil portraits, travels, and Michigan-like rugged landscapes.
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Weston
Weston Playhouse
Churchill Ettinger
Ettinger
New York Evening School of Industrial Arts
Columbia University
National Academy
Old New York Sunday World
al Smith
Edna St. Vincent Millay
World
Outlook Magazine
Times
Outlook
George Gershwin
Paris
Gershwin
USO
Oregon Coast
Hoosick rescue squad coin drive under way in Hoosick Falls
The Hoosick Falls Town Rescue Squad enters week 14 of its 1971 coin card drive to fund 24 seven ambulance service. Mailers include 20 quarters per card with drop boxes at the firehouse and Wilcox Store or send to treasurer Shirley M. Howard. Extra cards available by calling 686 9552. July activity shows 45 calls and 168 hours of operation across the Cadillac ambulance and rescue truck, with patients sent to multiple area hospitals and centers.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Town of
Cadillac
Bennington Hospital
Cambridge Hospital
Samaritan Hospital
Troy
Albany Veterans
Hospital
Troy Ambulance Service
Sunny View
Schenectady
New England Medical Center
Boston
Mass
West Arlington News Roundup Highlights Local Births Visits and Events
Heather Lynne Kelly was born to Mr and Mrs John Kelly on Chunk's Brook Road making them grandparents Roberson Law and Maud Law. Judy and Jennifer Bedell visit grandparents Paul and Mrs Bedell while the girls plan to return to Wilbraham Mass. Susan Chahanvich granddaughter of Charles Lindsey visits from Leesville S C. Mrs Paul Bedell praises donors at the West Arlington Methodist Church auction which raised about 500. Howard Law returns from Mary McClellan Hospital Cambridge. Vaughn sisters offer fresh corn at Battenkill Farm near the covered bridge.
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Heather Lynne
John Kelly
Chunk’s Brook Road
Pamela Law
Roberson Law
Maud Law
Guy Roberts
Judy Bedell
Paul Bedell
Sarah
Jennifer
Wilbraham
Mass
Ladies’ Aid
West Arlington
Gifted pianist Malcolm Frager debuts with Philadelphia Orchestra at SPAC
SARATOGA NY Malcolm Frager hailed as a fantastically gifted pianist makes his debut with the Philadelphia Orchestra at SPAC on Aug 11 under Seiji Ozawa. He replaces Maurizio Pollini, performs Prokofieff Third Piano Concerto, Romeo and Juliet suite, and Tchaikovsky Fifth. Frager, born 1935, is a two-time winner of major competitions, and has toured globally. Tickets are on sale at SPAC box office and Ticketron outlets.
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Saratoga
N.Y
Malcolm Frager
Washington Star
Saratoga Performing Arts Center
Philadelphia Orchestra
Frager
Maurizio Pollini
Prokofieff
Seiji Ozawa
Edgar M. Leventritt
New York
Russia
Australia
Europe
North America
Houston
Prague
St. Louis
S.P.A.C
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Bruce Mears
Helene Thompson
Veterans of Manchester
Legion Rooms
American Legion Auxiliary
Bailey Hall
Jim Manser
Molly Pratt
Arlington Street
Battenkill
Srinagar
India
Ettiner
Sports
Abercrombie and Fitch
Library of Congress
Yale
Hawaii
Ford
Hoosick Rescue Squad
Reeves
Blue Flame Gas Service
Bennington
Sandgate
Kay Weeks
Shaftsbury
Susan Chahanvich
Charles Lindsey
Lindseys
Susan
Leesville, S.C
Howard Law
Robertson Law
Mary McClellan Hospital
Cambridge
Vaughn
Battenkill Farm
Baer
North Street
ST. Mark's Church
Tesntey and Wednerton
ST. Mark's Family Center
North Avenue
Burlington
First National Stores
S&h
Usda Choice
U.S.D.A
Rian
Soven‘ready
Finast
Wavas Zavav
Wah
Richmond
Vavarup
Iwa
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