Obituaries: Elmer F. Smith and others of Mechanicville area
Obituary notices detail Elmer F. Smith 72 a Ford retiree from Dearborn Mich died in Detroit after a short illness. Survivors include sisters Adelbert Wooddell Niles Callanan and others in Mechanicville Troy Ticonderoga and Waterford. Funeral Friday at 8:30 am at Cassidy Funeral Home Mechanicville and 9 am at St Pauls Church burial in St Pauls Cemetery hours 2-4 and 7-9 pm today. Additional Arlington obituaries list Florence Sallisky 80 with Griffith and Squires line survivors and many relatives. Funeral arrangements pending. Paul C Green 51 longtime North Petersburg resident active in local civic life and bank official in Taconic Valley Bank Berlin and New Lebanon. He served as vice president of the Rensselaer County Planning Board and directed bank projects before his death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer F. Smith
Mechanicville
N.Y
Adelbert Wooddell
Niles Callanan
Bennington
Detroit
Mich
Albert and
Emily (Davis) Smith
T. L. Cassidy
North Second St
St. Paul’s Church
St. Paul’s Cemetery
Paul C. Green
North Petersburg
Albany Medical Center Hospital
Rensselaer County Planning Board
Harry N. Rose
16Th St
Watervliet
Albany County
John J. Marra
Elizabeth Corbett
Claude and
Eldora (Johnson) Rose
Margaret Gardner
Earl Huba
Mae Harbeck
Hazel Glock
Stanley Crounse
Albany
Raymond Rose
Felock
4Th Ave
Obituary notices for Woodard, Van Eps, Rose in Petersburg area
Funeral services were held for Lynn F. Woodard former town auditor in Arlington with relatives from Sandgate, Bennington and Yorktown Heights attending. Also noted were the death notices of Rosalie Van Eps of Bennington and Harry Rose of Watervliet with details on families, services, and burial plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn F. Woodard
Sandgate
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Hanson- Walbridge
Arlington
John Geer
East Arlington Federated Church
Kenneth Clayton Jr
Keith Clayton
Daniel Clayton
Gary McIntire
Jack Stroffoleno
Floyd Woodard
Evergreen Cemetery
Geer
Pryyers
Bennington
Middle Granville
Granville
Yorktown Heights
N.Y
Bennington Clock Faces a Home After Long Neglect
A town clock from the old courthouse, stored since the 1930s, has been offered to Bennington with one condition to display and maintain it. The Hilliard family donated the timepiece, which Harold Hilliard repaired over 14 months, and Ken Hilliard pledges it keeps perfect time. The town considers the museum or McCullough House tower as a home, while the faces are largely missing and replacement may be sought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Pat Brazell
A&p
Harold A. Hilliard Sr
South Street
Murphy Road
Harold Hilliard
Hilliard
Kenneth H. Hilliard
Manchester
Edward R. Lamb
James C. Jerome
Bennington Museum
Alexander B. R. Drysdale
McCullough
North Bennington
Lamb
McCullough Park Foundation
First National Bank
Main
North Streets
Ken Hilliard
Hilliard Place
Freeze Q and A expands wages to include fringe benefits
Washington top line: Cost of Living council expands the wage freeze definitions to include fringe benefits and expense accounts, outlines how brokers and family-owned businesses are treated, sets rules for overseas workers, and addresses workweek and travel price questions. It clarifies that wages include many forms of compensation and that indirect pay increases are forbidden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Cost of Living Council
United States
Bennington Town Officials Celebrate Langlois Birthday
Alma Langlois, Bennington town treasurer, is center of attention as town officers and staff celebrate her birthday early. A fall auction for Bennington Day Care Center is set for Sept 11 at 238 Union St with pickup at 442-4553. The Greater Bennington Chamber hosts a Sept 11 antique and classic car show parading old cars down Main Street with a new twist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma Langlois
Bennington Day Care Center
Union St
Greater Bennington
Fishkill Protest of Ammonia Discharge From Factory
Bennington County State's Attorney Neil Moss plans to prosecute a company for allegedly violating new state water quality standards by discharging poisonous ammonia into a stream. The case argues the discharge degraded water quality classification. The Whetstone Brook, annually stocked with rainbow trout, hosts brown trout native to the brook, according to Warden Mumley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington County
Niel Moss
Whetstone Brook
Mumley
Tot Grabs Steering Wheel Triggers Family Car Crash
In Pownal a 16 month old Louis Rivira Jr caused a two car crash on Barber's Pond Road when he grabbed the steering wheel. Louis and his wife Lucy were injured. Lucy has a broken jaw and chipped ankle while Louis suffered facial bruises. They were treated at Putnam Memorial Hospital and released. State Police investigated. Earlier on Barber's Pond Road a 3 year old Cheri Ann Elder was struck and killed by a car outside her home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barber's Pond
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Louis Rivira
Lucy
Rivira
Court Mobilehome Park
Pownal
Cheri Ann Elder
Barber’s Pond Road
Vermont Eyes Central Link as Economic Boon
Barnes told the Middlebury commission the proposed east-west highway would boost central Vermont, lower oil costs, and attract Midwest investment to Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine. Critics questioned need and paying upkeep, but Barnes framed development as benefiting all and suggested Commerce funds would back the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnes
Middlebury Commission
Vermont
New Hampshire
Maine
Midwest
U.S. Department of Commerce
U.S. Transportation Department
Mansfield Predicts Tax Debates On Auto Policy
Senator Mansfield argues over Nixon tax plans affecting autos and business relief. He foresees extended debate on ending the 7 percent auto excise tax and a 10 percent business investment tax credit, with possible retroactive exemptions to balance relief for workers and corporations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mansfield
Nixon
Ted Lewis dies at 80, the showman of charm
Ted Lewis a noted vaudeville and jazz showman died at age 80 from a heart attack in his New York City apartment. Known for Me and My Shadow and When My Baby Smiles at Me he toured on television and in Las Vegas before retiring in 1965. Born Theodore Leopold Friedman on June 6 1891 in Circleville Ohio he ran away to carnival work after rejecting college for his family. A second short item notes a Bennington police collision Wednesday afternoon involving a 1968 Mercury driven by Hazel E. Kelly and a 1969 Mercury owned by Brian F. Barker with moderate damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
Ted Lewis
New York City
Lewis
Las Vegas
Theodore Leopold Friedman
Circleville
Ohio
Bennington
Hazel E. Kelly
Gage St
Brian F. Barker
Harper
Wash
Kelley
Barker
Bennington information booth to close after Labor Day
Seven day a week information service at Bennington Route 7 south of town ends after Labor Day Monday Sept 6. The booth will reopen weekends 8 30 to 10 10 through October 10 for fall foliage tourists. Hiram G Savage executive secretary of the Commerce has announced. The booth has been staffed by Cathy Chenaille and Sandy Hewitt this summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Hiram G. Savage
Greater
Youth changes plea to guilty in heroin case
In Bennington District Court Henry C. VanOrman Jr., 22, of 300 Beech St, Bennington, pleaded guilty to possession of heroin in Bennington on Aug 28 1970. He had faced two counts of selling heroin to a Vermont State Police undercover agent with alleged sales on July 30 and Aug 26, 1970. Bail remained $5,000 and he was released on his own recognizance pending a pre sentence investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Henry C. VanOrman Jr
Beech St
VanOrman
Vermont
Senior Citizens Center Plans Several Local Activities
A public card party is set for Friday at 8 p.m. at the Senior Citizens Center with games such as Pitch and 500 and prizes. Arts and crafts on Tuesday, puppet making and bowling on Wednesday at 6 30 p.m. Irene O Grady and Jerry Morin led high scores at Bennington Lanes on Wednesday. The center and club announce the annual picnic Thursday Sept 2 at Willow Park with 430 p.m. transport from North Street and a requested meal contribution. A Vermont State Fair Senior Citizens Day trip is planned for Sept 8 with free admission and a 2 transport charge. bus departs 11 a.m. reservations via 442 3543.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington Lanes
Irene O’grady
Jerry Morin
George Rogers
Senior Citizens Center
Senior Citizens Club
Willow Park
North Street
Hamburg
Center
Rutland
Vermont utility seeks broader sites for 400,000 kW plant
Vermont Power Co officials agreed to reconsider Addison County only site plan for a 400,000 kilowatt plant. Ernest Gibson of the public service board met with Addison County planners and representatives from CVPS Green Mountain Power and Burlington Electric Light. They will meet in Rutland to reexamine previously dropped locations, including a Burlington Intervale site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Addison County
Intervale
Burlington
Vermont Electric Power Company
VELCO
Orwell West Salisbury
Ferrisbury
West Salisbury
Gibson
Douglas Meredith
CVPS
Glenn McKibben
Green Mountain Power
Burlington Electric Light
William Stebbins
Vandalism at Bennington Free Library Leaves Clues Missing
Bennington Police report no new developments in the vandalism case at the Bennington Free Library Monday night. Repair work started on the damaged wood slate fence surrounding the Brad ford Smith Memorial Garden on Union Street, with broken sections removed. The garden has a history of vandalism, including incidents in summer 1966 prior to its outdoor reading area dedication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Bennington Free Library
Bradford Smith
Union Street
Also Mentioned on This Page
Elmer Smith
Smith
Ford Motor Co
Dearborn
Wooddell
Callanan
Harold Osborn
Joseph Sorell
Troy
Clarence Fellice
Ticonderoga
Fred St. Pierre
Waterford
Edward F. Sallisky
Florence Sallisky
Eugene and
Victoria (Cross) Griffith
George Squires
Alta Phillips
Angelo
Daphne) Restino
Sallisky
Philip Sallisky
Evelyn Sallisky
Philip
Aleda) Mears
Katherine Hastings
Dudley Griffith
Dorothy Cloud
East Arlington
Paul C.green
Taconic Valley Bank
Berlin
New Lebanon
Green
Petersburg
Evergreen Farm
United Dairy System
Star Lodge
F & AM
Raymond Chapter
RAM
Hoosick Falls
Hoosick Grange
Hoosick
Harry E. and
Jeannette (Gardner) Green
Morrisville Agricultural and Technical College
Victoria Allen
Edward A. Green
David G. Green
George Holzhauer
John G. Green
Baltimore
L. Alden Graves
A. B. Gardner
Thomas M. Barber
Rosalie van Eps
Depot St
Henry and
Effie (Abrams) van Eps
Oak Hill, N.Y
Schenectady
James
Lillian) Doherty
Menands
Francis P. van Eps
Medusa
William H. van Eps
Ballston Spa
Mahar & Son Funeral Home
Cunningham Funeral Home
Greenville
Greenville Funeral Home
Armour Star
Owen RE
Franks
Foster
Afford & Gage
By Joe Swayze
Bennington Briefs
Fishkill
Tot
Louis Rivira Jr
Ronald Morin
Irene Midurski
Linda Mercier
Steven Pratt
Frank A. Twyne
Manchester Depot
Shirley Duhaine
Jacksonville
Howard Lohnes
William Earle
West Halifax
Herbert Percey
Doreena Lin
Percey
Linda Betii
Auto Workers’ Union
Leonard Woodcock
Agnew
Montana Democrat
Hammerstein's
Theodore Friedman
South Carolina
Dorset
Zeke Cross
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