Pinochle Tourney Honors Frank Julies and Frank Bechard
In Cohoes the county council K of C pinochle tournament names Frank Julies and Frank Bechard as second half winners with scores 473 and 144 550 points. Other top totals include John Lanthier Michalak Desmond Havern Valenti Fontaise McGrath Turner Stanton Connelly Vallee and Devine with 35 scores to 125 290. Play offs with Brehm and McGrath, first half winners, are set for tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Julies
Frank Bechard
Cohoes Counei
K. of C
Ee Jo&hn Lanthier
Ae Michalak
L. Desmond Havern
Rocco Valenti
David Fontaise
John McGrath
Joseph Turner
Edward Stanton
Thomas Connelly
Roland Vallee
Leo Devine
Mr. Brehm
Mr. McGrath
Toscano Again Chosen To Lead Bowling Unit
Anthony Toscano was elected president of the Monday Night Bowling League of Cohoes for the 1955-56 season. It marks the seventh consecutive season Toscano has headed the Cohoes pin loop. Michael Lavigna named secretary and treasurer of the league. entertainment committee for next season will be formed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toscano
Anthony Toscano
Cohoes
Council
K. of C
Michael Lavigna
League Banquet Ends Busy Year at Van Schaick Island
Frederick Miranda and Robert Moak led the annual league banquet held Saturday night at Van Schaick Island Country Club. The program featured dinner dancing and entertainment by John Dawkins and Edward Ringer with refreshments and performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Mirandal
Robert Moak
League
van Schaick Island Country Club
John Dawkins
Edward Ringer
Ely accuses Vietminh Reds of massacres
French commissioner general in Indochina Gen Paul Ely charged the Vietminh with deliberate armistice violations by murdering and torturing former French partisans. He cited a 1400 partisan column fleeing toward Laos and said 35 survivors reached Laos, while none could leave the north. He blamed the North Vietnamese government for massacres and restrictive moves against observers.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Paul Ely
Ely
Indochina
Vietminh J
Geneva
Lao Kay
Viet Nam
Ban Nam Co
Quinh Nai
Laos
Red
International Armistice Commission
Scrap drive plan amid rope ladder demonstration noted
Clarence Decker demonstrates rope ladder making as plans for a scrap drive are discussed. Citizens urged to donate scrap iron by contacting D. R. Decker or A. Agney. Mrs. Herbert Stanhope of wine two Troy youths injured in a crash after a stolen car pursuit near the county line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Decker
D. R. Decker
A. Agney
Herbert Stanhope
Troy
Oski Vt
Put
Alnam
Bennington
Edwin Austin
Hall St
A. Johnsonville
Leonard Hospital
Arelwr
William Weber
River Road
Pleasantdale
Joseph O’connor
River St
Waterford Honor Pupils Announced for 1855 Class
Principal Charles M Fitzpatrick announces Waterford High School Class of 1855 honor graduates Sally Jean Hart valedictorian and Angela Marie Conti salutatorian. Hart, daughter of Kenneth Hart of 132 Third Street, led as senior class officer and yearbook manager and will attend the College of Saint Rose. Conti of 04 Broad Street, active in class and student government, plans secretarial work after graduation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles M. Fitzpatrick
Waterford High School
Sally Jean Hart
Kenneth Hart
Third Street
Miss Mart
Fordian
College of Saint Rose
Angela Marie Conti
Andrew Conti
Broad Street
Local families named in extended invitation list
Included Mrs. Austin's brother and his family, Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Stanhope and two sons, Robert and John, from Lyme New Hampshire, Raymond Gould from Washington D C, Mr. and Mrs. Leland Christel of Troy, and Mr. and Mrs. William Rolfs of Westminster Vermont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Ivan Stanhope
Robert
John
Lyme
N.H
Raymond Gould
Washington, D.C
Leland Christel
Troy
William Rolfs
Westminister, Vt
Teen-Age Growth Gap Measured Since 1877
A study shows 14-year-old American boys now average 5.9 inches taller and 31.3 pounds heavier than their 1877 peers, based on recent sample measurements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paller
Myers Rites Set for Loveland Toys Executive
Funeral services for William J. Myers Jr. 37 vice president and general manager of Loveland Toys Albany will be Friday at 345 am from McLoughlin Funeral Home and 930 am from St Paul the Apostle Church Solemn Requiem Mass with burial in St Mary's Cemetery He lived at 2514 Ysth St born June 3 1917 to William J Myers and Helen Cope Myers He attended LaSalle Institute and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute earning a 1940 methods engineering degree He served in WWII as chief storekeeper with Unit 540 Bermuda He is survived by his wife Mary L Crowley two children Glenn and Susan and two grandmothers Mrs Josephina Cope and Mrs Lillian M Myers of Troy.
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William J. Myers Jr
Loveland Toys
Albany
St. Mary’s Hospital
McLoughlin
Glen
Avenues
Church of St Paul the Apostle
St. Mary's Cemetery
Mr. Myers
Ysth St
William J. Myers
Helen Cope Myers
LaSalle, Institute
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
RPI
Joseph Love Inc
New York City
U.S. Navy
Bermuda
Navy
Myers
McGraw Construction Co
U. S. Naval Operating Base
North Bennington Social and Church News Brief
Local residents report illnesses and hospital stays with several also returning from travels. Engagement announced for Jean Kennedy to Edward O Connor with July wedding planned. Church group meetings scheduled this evening and a 4H club April meeting held at Allan Hess's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kennedy
Jean
Edward O'Connor
North Bennington
Phelathea
North Bennington Baptist Church
Bernard Whitman
Edna Hedding
Maurice Peckham
Donna
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Ashiey
Nolan
Knights of Columbus
Upstate
Quarters of Cohoes
Edward W. Mousseau
William J. Connery Jr
Arthur J. Reilly
George J. Salamack
Frank E. Fitzpatrick
Thomas H. Moynihan
Calvert Province
Raymond G. Babenis
C. Fred Lane
Weber
O'Conner
Norman Scott
Cambridge
Lowell Bryce
Troy Undertaker
Troy Buick Co
North Street
Bryce
Walter G. Love
Melrose
Mr.Bryce
Mr. Bryce
Love
Scott
Buskirk
Johnsonville
Aiken Point
Rensselaer
Washington County
O'Connor
Wateford
Angela M. Conti
J. Myers
Froelich
North
Rene Simmonds
Nancy Jolivette
Putnam Memorial Hospital
A. S. Payne
Congressional Church
Fred Welling
Rutland
Rutland Railway Corp
Donna Peckham
Kirs
Maurice Peckham Sr
Lynn Bottum
Florida
Paul
Schaefer
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