Five plead guilty to rash of thefts in Falls area
Hoosick Falls police say five suspects pleaded guilty to a series of thefts in and around the village dating from January. Albert Davenport 25 and Thurman McAffrey 24 both of 13 First Street Hoosick Falls were charged with petty larceny after tools valued at 200 dollars were found with them. Stanley Pettibone 19 of Church Street Johnsonville and three others, two of them youths, were arrested and charged in connection with the thefts. The group pleaded guilty on various counts and await sentencing before Justices Mahar and Fitzpatrick on February 9 and 13.
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Falls Area
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
James Morin
Wilder Avenue
Royal Howard
Albert Davenport
Thurman McAffrey
First Street
Martin Street
Fairdale Farms
Edwin Schneider
Abbott Street
North Hoosick
Eagle Bridge
West Hoosick
John A. Mahar
William Fitzpatrick
Rensselaer County tree shrub sale opens in Wynantskill
The fourth annual sale by the Rensselaer County Soil and Water Conservation District offers Scotch pine seedlings Norway spruce and Douglas fir transplants Chinese chestnut autumn olive and crownvetch ground cover. Applications from the district or by calling 283 4219. A public planting meeting is set for Friday February 22 at 7 30 p.m. at the Tamarac Plaza.
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John F. Nigro
Saratoga
Tamarac Plaza
Dailey Named to Green Mountain College Dean’s List
Donna E. Dailey of Twitchell Hill Shaftsbury has been named to the Green Mountain College dean’s list for the Fall semester. She is a liberal arts student in the college.
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Donna E. Dailey
Donald J. Dailey
Twitchell Hill
Shaftsbury
Green Mountain College
Poultney
Hoosick Falls Scout Sunday Observance and Birthday Night
Hoosick Falls holds Scout Sunday with 8 30 a m church services at First United and Immaculate Conception followed by a 9 45 a m father and son breakfast at the Eagles club limited to Scouts leaders and representatives. Richard Severson Troop 64 chairs with Henry Marcoux. Van Rensselaer Star Chapter CBS marks birthday night Feb 12 with gifts and meeting. Youth Advisory Council plans for the year resume tonight at 8 in village room 50 Church Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First United Church
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Order of Eagles Club
First Street
Webelos
Richard A. Severson
Henry J. Marcoux
van Rensselaer Star
CBS
Hoosick Falls
West Arlington Bride Weds in Wilmington Church Ceremony
Rita Ellen Torrisi daughter of Mrs. Alfred F. Torrisi of West Arlington and the late Alfred F. Torrisi married Sunday February 3 to William R. Rozier Jr son of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Rozier of Vernal Utah in a quiet family wedding at Our Lady of Fatima Church Wilmington Rev Lawrence McAuliffe CSC officiated Maid of honor Susan Lee Torrisi best man Al Paul of Denver Readings from the New Testament and Hermann Hesse were used The bride a University of Colorado graduate and her husband will pursue engineering studies in the fall They plan to live temporarily in the Bennington area Also noted Jon Trachte of Sandgate in hot dog ski competition in Colorado and training at Steamboat for events in Aspen The West Arlington United Methodist Church charge conference is set for 7 30 p m Monday February 11
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Rita Ellen Torrisi
Alfred F. Torrisi
West Arlington
William R. Rozier Jr
William R. Rozier
Vernal
Utah
Our Lady of Fatima Church
Wilmington
Lawrence McAuliffe
CSC
Sacred Heart Church
Bennington
Susan Lee Torrisi
al Paul
Denver
Colo
Hermann Hesse
Susan Torrisi
Jim Torrisi
University of Colorado
Bicentennial task and junior club meeting notes
Community room near church hosts a note on forsythia given yearly by Charlie Lindsey of Route 313 West Arlington to the Wayside Country Store with Vivian Cross tending. A Sandgate bicentennial planning meeting was held at Mrs. Betty Trachte’s home with attendees including Mrs. Ann Kreffer and others. a county meeting in Arlington on February 20 was noted. West Arlington Juniors 4 H Club will meet February 11 at 7 p.m. at Shirley Matteson’s School Street home.
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Charlie Lindsey
Route 313
West Arlington
Wayside Country
Vivian Cross
Betty Trachte
Sandgate
Ann Kreffer
Bill Henry
Marie Briggs
Ed Nurge
Sue de Peyster
Anna Vaughn
Arlington
Shirley Matteson
School Street
Brattleboro candidates barred from ballot
Brattleboro Town Clerk Jettie B. Tupper, advised by attorney Fr. Elliott Barber Jr., refused to place Peter S. Diamondstone and Kenneth Bartlett on the March 5 town offices ballot. Diamondstone sought against Town Agent John S. Burgess and Bartlett aimed for a one year selectman term. Officials argued Liberty Union labels are filed under unorganized or imaginary parties, as Burgess and incumbent Stanley Borofsky filed under Citizens' Party.
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Virginia Page
Brattleboro
Jettie B. Tupper
Elliott Barber Jr
Peter S. Diamondstone
Kenneth Bartlett
Diamondstone
John S. Burgess
Bartlett
Tupper
Barber
Liberty Union
Burgess
Stanley Borofsky
Citizens’ Party
Vermont
Raphael A. Corbeil
Action Party
Steven Strong
Union Party
Liberty Union Party
Bennington
Burlington
Liberty Union State Committee
Bernard Sanders
Diamond
Montpelier
Hussein's Washington trip postponed amid Nixon schedule clash
King Hussein's planned talks with President Nixon in Washington were postponed by mutual agreement due to Nixon's tight schedule ahead of an oil conference. A new date will be set soon, while a separate report from Beirut claimed a Jordanian army mutiny prompted the hesitation.
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Washington
UPI
Hussein
Nixon
White House
Gerald L. Warren
Warren
Beirut
Lebanon
al Moharrer
Manchester board delays sewer extension request
Manchester selectmen postponed a decision on Byrd LaPrade s request to extend the town sewer reserve 300 feet along Route 7. Town Manager Oakley Porter urged awaiting talks on a consolidated town and village sewer system with Jennison Engineering before committing.
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Manchester
Manchester Selectmen
Byrd LaPrade
Oakley Porter
Selectmen
Jennison Engineering
Munson Farm
LaPrade
New York
Geldbaugh
Main Street
Falls Independents nominate candidates for village trustees
Falls Independents select a slate for the three two year trustee terms with incumbents LeRoy William Baker and Edwin Schneider and former trustee Donald Bogardus. Election is March 19. Ward committees and party officers are named, with upcoming events and meeting dates. Field Ecology class from Ethan Allen Community College will visit Boars Head Beach New Hampshire for environmental studies and ongoing monitoring through spring and summer.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Independent Party
LeRoy William Baker
Edwin Schneider
Donald Bogardus
Baker
Schneider
Bogardus
Robert Shiland
Manchester
Ethan Allen Community College
Boar’s Head Beach
Hampton
N.H
Jim Gunn
Roseanne Henning
Maria Langlois
Tom Beach
Hampton Beach
Pownal Community Meetings and Events This Thursday
Pamela Blakeman announces Brownie Troop 410 meets Thursday 3 to 4 30 at Pownal Elementary School. Choir rehearsal at Pownal United Methodist Church Thursday 7 p.m. The Rap Group meets 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at Oak Hill School. Pownal Center Fire Department work night Thursday 7 30 p.m. Wesleyan Class food sale Saturday 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the church chaired by Mrs. Otis Dorman.
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Pownal
Pownal United Methodist Church
Oak Hill School
Pownal Center
Otis Dorman
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Amman
Zeid Rifai
Berlin
Leipzig
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Evans’ News Inc
Main St
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Bertha Hoag
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Mabel Costantino
Madeline Schimek
Abbie Pine
Beulah Crowley
Joseph Halloway
Hoosick Falls Central High School
Hoosick
Donald Gilden
Albany
Arthur Gulden
Raymond Pine
Lester Pine
Florida
Charlotte Hullihan
Nice
William McMartin
Arthur Guiden
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Town Report
LeRoy Baker Sr
Frank Demick
James Moore
L. William Baker
J. Joseph Hayden
Thomas Wysocki
William Burns
Harry Landry
Donald Morin
Donald St. Hilaire
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William H. Burns
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Leo Mulvihill
George Holbrook
St. Stanislaws Hall
Ethan Allen
Pamela Blakeman
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