Youth Convocation Set for Albany Churches in 1966
The 1966 Youth Convocation of Methodist churches in the area will be held April 22 and 28 at Trinity Methodist Church Albany for Senior High MYF members. A banquet at Albany Armory occurs next Friday with council officer nominations and group singing. Dr. George E. LaMore speaks on the future church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist
Trinity Methodist Church
Albany
MYF
Albany Armory
George E. LaMore
LaMore
George Miller Jr
BPW Delegates Prepare for Spring District Meeting
The Rensselaer BPW Club will send a delegation to District 3 BPW Clubs spring meeting on April 23 at Woodstock led by president Mrs. Joseph Strain. Attendees include Mrs. Irving Picard and Mrs. Henry Billings with alternates Mrs. William E. Irving and others. Ulster County BPW Club hosts. District 3 director Mrs. Eileen Goebel will preside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rensselaer Bpw
Woodstock
Joseph Strain
Irving Picard
Henry Billings
William E. Irving
William M. Roberts
Walter Usher
Ulster County
BPW
Eileen Goebel
Rensselaer Club
Turn Down Annexation By Town
Nassau Town Board rejected annexation of Orchard Park to the Village of Nassau by a 3-2 vote, the second defeat in four months. The village has approved the annexation and offered to pay the full $2,500 water main cost to connect the development of 25 homes to the village system. A veto by the Appellate Division remains the development's only path to challenge the decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nassau Town Board
Orchard Park
Nassau
Mayor to name recreation commission and reapportionment panel
Mayor John H. Warden said Wednesday night he will appoint a new recreation commission on May 1 and form a Common Council committee to study reapportionment. He envisions a broader recreation program and a park area on the former rifle range site in the northern city. The reapportionment committee will be named on a nonpartisan basis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Warden
Common Council
Florida Visit Recalls Carl Wicks Family Trip
Visit Florida found Mr and Mrs Carl Wicks and their children Craig and Sharon returning home from a vacation in Florida They visited Mr and Mrs Emerson Williams in Miami and Mr and Mrs Clarence Wicks in Naples during their trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Wicks
Craig
Sharon
Florida
Emerson Williams
Miami
Clarence Wicks
Naples
Fire damages automobile in Rensselaer
A 1955 sedan owned by Ed ward Merhige of Prospect Heights was badly damaged by fire on Red Mill Road in Rensselaer. Pumper 1 extinguished the blaze and towed the car to Church's Garage. A grass fire near Thomas Street and another at Polsinello's auto junkyard drew multiple pumpers and a truck. Sgt. Ed win Spath investigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Merhige
Prospect Heights
Red Mill Road
Rensselaer
Church
Thomas Street
Third Avenue
Polsinello
Aiken Avenue
South Street
Edwin Spath
Rensselaer Police
City Officials to Confer with Senators on Urban Renewal Aid
Two Rensselaer city officials will travel to Washington on April 22 to meet Senators Kennedy and Javits to gain federal support for the Urban Renewal Program. Mayor John H. Warden and Planning Commission Chair William S. Sillery will attend alongside area mayors. Police Chief Charles A. Stewart will visit New York City April 20 to 22 for a three day law enforcement forum hosted by Governor Rockefeller at the Hotel Astor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rensselaer
Washington, D. C
Robert F. Kennedy
Jacob K. Javits
John H. Warden
William S. Sillery
City Planning Commission
Charles A. Stewart
New York City
Rockefeller
Hotel Astor
Funeral held for Herman W. Lawrence WWII Navy veteran
The funeral of Herman W. Lawrence, World War II Navy veteran, was held yesterday afternoon from the Erasure Funeral Chapel in Albany with Rev. Donald E. Smith officiating. Bearers were members of Pvt. Arthur L. Miller Garrison, Army and Navy Union, of Rensselaer. Interment was in Greenland Cemetery in Albany where Mr. Smith officiated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman W. Lawrence
Erasure Funeral Chapel
Albany
Donald E. Smith
Love Lutheran Church of
East Greenbush
Pvt
Arthur L. Miller
Army and Navy Union
Rensselaer
Graceland Cemetery
Mr. Smith
Major church addition near completion in Rensselaer
Francis Sprague announces the First Baptist Church addition on Quay Street nearing completion with interior work remaining. The $60,000 Albany builder P and B Construction Co project provides offices for Rev. Robert B. Hanley and Miss Evelyn Osborn, plus foundation shoring and new sidewalks amid clay-related cracks. Separate progress updates cite St. Anthony's Seminary facilities off Washington Avenue valued at over $2,000,000, still far from completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rensselaer
Francis Sprague
First Baptist Church
Robert B. Hanley
Evelyn Osborn
Quay Street
P & B Construction Co
Albany
Washington Avenue
St. Anthony's Seminary
Happy Clovers Gain Awards at Nassau 4-H Demonstrations
The Happy Clovers 4-H Club of Nassau earned seven blue and six red awards at Rensselaer County demonstration days at Tamarac School. Blue awards went to Kathy Eggers Hello Maide Peggy Hartzell Susan Mayhew Rose Metchick Kathy Hartzell and Mark Mayhew. Red awards went to Linda Kowalik Gail Mayhew Georgia Goode Fred Kowalik Frank Curtis and Paul Goebel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Happy Clovers
Nassau
Rensselaer County
Tamarac School
Kathy Eggers
Hello Maide
Peggy Hartzell
Susan Mayhew
Rose Metchick
Kathy Hartzell
Mark Mayhew
Linda Kowalik
Gail Mayhew
Georgia Goode
Fred Kowalik
Frank Curtis
Paul Goebel
North Nassau Community Baptist Church
Curtis
Miss Eggers
Goebel
Miss Goode
Barbara
Kathy
Linda
Miss Maide
Gail
Susan
Miss Metchick
St Joseph's Guild to Hear Reilly on School Plans
The School Guild of St Joseph's Parochial School will meet April 25 at 8 p.m. in the school hall to hear Superintendent of Schools Joseph V. Reilly. Board of Education members will discuss a proposed site for a new high school and other changes in the school system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
School Guild of
St. Joseph’s Parochial School
Joseph V. Reilly
Board of Education
Northern Ireland Tightens Border Control
Belfast reports tightened border checks with the Irish Republic after IRA activity. Road crossings face intense questioning and rail service Dublin to Belfast is halted on Sunday amid 1916 uprising commemorations. Elizabeth Taylor in good health after Rome medical checkup. Marcos and Adm Sharp to review U S military strength in Asia in Manila talks.
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Northern Ireland
Belfast
Ireland
Irish Republic
Irish Republican Army
Dublin
Elizabeth Taylor
Rome
Miss Taylor
U.S
Manila
Ferdinand Marcos
Philippines
America
Pacific
Adm
Ulysses S. G. Sharp
Asia
National Kidnaping of Political Patriarchs Stirs Washington
AP dispatch reports rising alarm over the kidnapping of party patriarchs. Rep. Gerald Ford asserts Jefferson called himself a Republican and credits him with cutting spending, cutting taxes, reducing debt, and repealing whiskey taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
Thomas Jefferson
Ford
House
Jefferson
Hoffa
Lansing
Mich
James R. Hoffa Jr
Teamsters Union
State Senate
University of Michigan
Young Hoffa
Kennedy
Edward M. Kennedy
Dmass
Senate
Two NYC Officers Dismissed for Beating Suspect
Two patrolmen, Edward J. Fitzpatrick and Edward J. Holly, were found guilty in a police department trial of beating a man and were dismissed from the force. Fitzpatrick had served since 1962 and Holly since 1961. A separate federal indictment charges CPA Charles Marcus of evading 33,000 in income taxes from 1959 to 1962 and perjury in corporate returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N.Y.C
Force New York
Police Department
Force
Edward J. Fitzpatrick
Edward J. Holly
CPA
NEW York
Charles Marcus
Flushing
Queens
Taxable Property Value In Dispute In Schodack Parks
About 2 million dollars in taxable property is at issue as Schodack township owners of 11 mobile home parks challenge Local Law No 1. They seek permits under the old ordinance, arguing the new rate of 24 dollars per trailer annually or 2 dollars monthly imposes hardship. State Supreme Court Justice Harold E. Koreman in Albany is expected to rule soon. Edward Segal represents seven park owners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schodack
Town Board
State Supreme Court
Harold E. Koreman
Albany
Edward Segal
Rensselaer and Albany
Curtis Mobile Homes
Lewis Curtis
Schodack Center Mobile Court
Hugo and
Helen Kocher
Pine Haven Court
Charles Liber
Rivers Mobile Ranch
Harry and
Dorothy Rivers
Balsam Mobile Estates
Theodore Marsh
Leavenworth’s
Ross Leavenworth
Rensselaer Mobile Homes
Elmer Gentry
Rt. 20
Mobile Home Park
Anna Benditt
Capron Trailer Park
Paul Capron
Sundown Trailer Park
John Bartis
Platt’s
Fred C
Anna Marie Platt
Edward J. Dorn
Richard Drumm
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William R
Senior High
Sparky
Mr. Debow
Hendrick Hudson
Mr. Lawrence
St. Joseph’s Guild
Reilly
Troy’s
Fulton & Fourth Sts
Chrysler Motors Corporation
Chrysler
B. A. Fur CO
Nassau, New York
Lake Avenue
Whitbeck Motors, Inc
Sixth Ave
Troy, N.Y
H. E. Hull & Sons, Inc
Columbia St., Cohoes, N. Y
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