Mrs. Emma Webster at 97 Looks Toward the Sunrise
Hoosick Falls N Y Mrs Emma H Webster of 1 High Street marked her 97th birthday She was born August 17 1873 near Ellensville NY and trained at New Paltz College She moved to Hoosick Falls in 1895 with her husband the late Dr William E Webster a Baptist pastor They lived independently since his 1948 death She remains active doing housework and recalls Bible verses fluently a practice she credits for strength She belongs to Hoosick Falls Baptist Church Order of Eastern Star and Button Club Her birthday party at Lighthouse Church in South Cambridge drew more than 100 attendees including five ministers She notes plans to look toward the sunrise not the sunset with distant relatives in Minnesota Texas and Washington receiving cards and gifts as she continues her devout faith and cheerful outlook.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Emma H. Webster
High Street
Webster
Ellensville
New Paltz College
William E. Webster
Baptist Church
Shareholders meet on merger plan for local savings bank
A special shareholders meeting of Permanent Savings and Loan Association is set for August 21 from 3 to 4 PM at 27 Main Street Hoosick Falls to vote on a proposed merger with Home Savings Bank of Albany. Troy Savings Bank seeks to open a Hoosick Falls branch and has filed with the State Banking Department, which has 120 days to decide.
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Permanent Savings and Loan Association
Main Street
Home Savings Bank
City of
Albany
Hoosick Falls
Troy Savings Bank
State Banking Department
Flycasters Watch Expert Demonstration At McCullough Park
Amateur and experienced anglers can observe and learn from Tony Skilton, Orvis Fly School instructor, during a 4 p.m. casting demonstration at McCullough Park in North On. The three day course, opened in 1967, averages 35 students ages eight to eighty with 25 percent women. Includes meals and lodging for 125 dollars. Skilton teaches casting knots flies rods lines leaders and conducts local training programs for Orvis.
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McCullough Park
North On
Tony Sation
Orvis Company
Manchester
Orivs
Aera Agen
Tony Skilton
Hansel and Gretel puppet show at Stratton Arts Festival
The Seventh Annual Stratton Arts Festival features a puppet production of Hansel and Gretel produced by David Syrotiak with national recognition and a state grant. Marionettes, magic music by Humperdinck, and a mountain stage bring the tale to life for families. Tickets are $3 adults, $1 children, available at Stratton Mountain Base Lodge or by mail.
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Stratton Mountain
Stratton
Hansel and Gretel
David Syrotiak
Brothers Grimm
Hansel
Gretel
Syrotiak
Humperdink
Stratton Mountain Base Lodge
Weston Playhouse Stages Special Postshow Revue
Weston Playhouse Company hosts an after show revue in the Cellar Coffee Cabaret following the evening performances of A Flea in her Ear. Wilma Tripodi sings comic numbers while John Davin Linda Davin and Aan Bryce perform short comedy bits. Refreshments to be served. ROTTERDAM A shipping line director's wife christened a container ship at Van der Gieseen de Noord Shipyard but the Abel Tasman failed to slide down the launching ramp after hours of yard work.
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Weston
Weston Playhouse
Wilma Tripodi
John Davin
Linda Davin
Aan Bryce
Rotterdam
van der Gieseen de Noord
Abel Tasman
Six Specials in Final Week Of Saratoga Springs Season
In the final week of the 1970 season at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center Oliver and The Young Americans Chicago Hee Haw The Guess Who Bobby Sherman and Sammy Davis Jr headline six events at the 5 100 seat amphitheater near Saratoga Springs N Y The lineup includes Arch Campbell Roy Clark Junior Samples and more from Hee Haw while Sammy Davis Jr closes with a matinee showing Blinky and Timmie Rogers are also promoted as featured acts Details on tickets and box office are available at the SPAC main box office Route 50 and Ticketron outlets.
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Saratoga Springs
N.Y
Oliver
Chicago
Hee Haw
Guess Who
Bobby Sherman
Sammy Davis, Jr
Saratoga Performing Arts Center
Adirondack Northway
S.P.A.C
San Francisco
Fillmore West
London
Albert Hall
Chicago Transit Authority
Archie Campbell
Roy Clark
Junior Samples
CBS TV
Doug Kershaw
Hank Thompson
Mary Taylor
Grandpa Jones
Undun
Sammy Davis Jr
Sammy
Blinky
Timmie Rogers
Frederico Fellini
Ingmar Bergman
Passion of
Anna
Unusual Pilot Program Behind Prison Bars
Two University of Connecticut theater teachers launch a Kellogg funded three part workshop at Somers Connecticut Correctional Institution to bring arts to inmates. The program uses improvisation video and original scripts with 25 to 35 inmates meeting weekends. Inmates write act and produce theatrical pieces with aims to expand to other New England facilities and possibly nationwide film projects.
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Emma Webster
Edith Beaumont
Walter C. Laut
Park Ridge
Ill
William E. Burns
River Street
Mrs. Burns
Jonathan
Judy
Lake Sunapee
N.H
Elks Lodge
Redden’s Grove
River Road
Ruth Brenenstuhl
Little Notch Fort Ann
Betse Cullen
Mary Patricia Shaw
Samuel E. Shaw
State University College At
Potsdam
O— David Shaw
Stephen Barber
Greg March
Hoosick Falls Central School
Troy
David Shaw
George Shaw
Hudson Valley Community College
Marjorie Newe
Gertrude McGuire
Huntington, L. I
McCullough Park Foundation
Potter County
Pennsylvania
Limestone Springs
Carlyle
Skilton
Mayflower Warehouse
Mullen
CAL
North Adams
Adams
Basketville
Vermont
MT. Equinox
Shaftsbury
Sheilah Miller
Taconic Grange of
Alden Harbours
West Arlington
Jerry Whitman
Lackland Air Force Base
Texas
Jerry
Richard Whitman
Terry
Howard Smiths
Route 313
Smith
Edmund Smith
Jane
Baltimore
Jerome Viault
Daugher
Vermont National
FDIC
Ticketron
B. Eric Swanson
Arlington Garden Club
Burt Bros
College Bound Partners
Blazers
Berkshire Bank
Berkshire Plaza
Poe
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