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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1971
Page
2
The 1970 annual Saratoga County Sheriff’s Dept report shows 104 felony arrests and 2,415 traffic arrests with 1 07 more accidents than 1969 but five fewer fatal crashes. It notes 911 people jailed, 5 591 complaints, 625 775 patrol miles, and $7 750 in fines along with civil fees and jail costs.
Funeral services for Wallace P. Orton 72 lifelong Wilton resident who died at Saratoga Hospital are held at Kark and Tunison Funeral Home in Saratoga. Rev Paul Dufford of Gurn Spring Methodist officiates. Interment is in Gurn Springs Cemetery. He retired in 1963 after 18 years with International Paper Gas Corinth. Survived by three sons Ace J Jerome L and Mal H Orton all of Wilton one sister Mrs Harry Sharp of Wilton and three grandchildren.
St Clement’s Women School Association presents a 6:30 p.m. fashion show in Saratoga Springs at the school auditorium on Lake Avenue. The event features cocktails and a buffet with Mrs. Richard Swantek as commentator, led by general chairman Mrs. Warren Eves and decorations chief Edward Kuon.
The third annual heart teaching day for practical nurses drew 26 hospitals and nursing homes to the Saratoga Springs Holiday Inn. About 300 nurses and allied personnel attended along with student nurses and emergency squads. Dr. H Dunham Hunt welcomed attendees and introduced moderator Hugh Barton LPN.
The Geyser Crest Civic Association will meet at 7 30 p m Thursday at St Peter's Elementary School in Saratoga Springs to hear candidates for trustees on the Spa City Board of Education Representatives from the New York Telephone Co will also speak. Refreshments will follow.
The annual Presbyterial Association meeting of the Presbytery of Albany will be held at the Presbyterian Church in Saratoga Springs on Thursday April 22 from 10 a.m. to 2 30 p.m. Mrs William J Stewart of Amsterdam will preside during officer elections and new officers will be installed by Mrs George Borthwick of Troy. Dr Vernon Ferwerda of RPI will speak on How Many Worlds The Americas in the morning. An afternoon service modeled after Purdue national meeting We Being Many Are One Bread will be led by Mrs Garry J Hearn Jr and Mrs Seth C Craig with several Presbyterial Executive Committee members taking part.
The Cambridge area branch of the Woman's National Farm and Garden Club kicks off its season Thursday at 2 p.m. in Center Cambridge Town Hall with a foundation planting program by a Baker Nurseries representative. Earth Day observance and ecology briefs accompany the agenda. Members’ items will be sold, a new booklet distributed, and refreshments served by Mrs. Emerson McLenan’s committee. New and prospective members are welcome.
Public Works Commissioner James B. Gaffney reports a winter snow removal bill of 141 283 dollars due to 114 inches of accumulation. From Nov 22 to Mar 27 rock salt cost 23 530 dollars while labor totaled 109 600 dollars for 43 inside district workers and 13 outside district staff with 15 to 20 machines.
Fazzone Construction Co. of Schenectady won a 199 500 general construction contract to renovate the present junior high on Lake Avenue into an upper elementary building. The Saratoga Springs Board of Education awarded additional contracts to Farrell Plumbing and Heating Co. Ernst and Oriser and M. Scher and Son Inc. for heating plumbing and electrical work. Audio visual and reading program contracts were also approved.
Airman Robert Stromberg and Nancy Dover visit families in New Jersey and Vermont while relatives host from New York and Chicago. Clarkson Tech admission for Larry Saari and a Clarkson Trustee Award are noted along with a Florida and Jamaica trip. School project progress at Wilton and Greenfield Center includes high school and Dorothy Nolan details and change orders totaling several thousand dollars. Fifty teachers gain in service credit for narcotics education.
Health officials announce immunization clinics at Schuylerville School on April 20 at 9 a.m. for tetanus diphtheria pertussis polio smallpox measles and rubella with boosters and Sabin polio options for children age ranges from one to ten.
The Chamber of Commerce beautification committee and three garden clubs plan a coordinated overhaul of Congress Park. Projects include Italian Gardens Spit and Spat the library and Spirit of Life monument labeling tree mapping fence setback three feet with snow plow protection pavilion painting and planting with historical society park pond aeration lighting talks with Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. and increased police patrol to deter vandalism.
The Katrina Trash Garden Club and Civic League will meet next Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the Saratoga Springs public library. Members will discuss community cleanup plans and neighborhood improvements.
Saratoga Scout Council announces Allen Remaley of Saratoga Springs will direct Camp Saratoga for the 1971 season after his certification at the National Camp Director School. Robert Bauder, camp chairman, says 12 units are enrolled with an estimated 266 scouts, and plans include staff development, kitchen upgrades, and late spring repairs.
George B. Gorman 18 of Troy to have hearing in Malta Justice Court on a charge of possession of stolen property. He is free on $2,500 bail. Deputy Foster Wood alleges Gorman possessed a car reported stolen from Troy, arrest made Saturday on Route 9 in Town of Malta.
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