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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1966
Page
6
Walter Wirmusky leads the 75th anniversary committee before the Town Board. A $200 publicity grant was approved to kickstart plans for Sunday Sept 18. Proceeds from dollar stock sales and souvenirs fund the event with leftovers to the Swimming Pool Committee. Ribbon cutting and parade organization are in progress with Restino named parade chairman.
The Village Board awarded a sidewalk program to Leonard Robinson for a second year at 4.25 per foot for sidewalks and 5.25 for curbs and gutters. The village will pay half the cost with the remainder due from property owners before work starts. Applications, handled on a first come basis, must be filed with Mrs. Doris McGuire. some are already on file. The board also authorized the highway department to fund 200 feet of water sewer lines to Steeplets to serve new homes. The water department will plan a larger main from River Street to the Dodge Fibers Co on McCaffrey Street.
A special Grandma Moses window display highlights the Grandma Moses Schoolhouse opened last week on old Route 22 between her two former homes. The exhibit features a large portrait of the artist with her brush, plus textile and tapestry samples, colored pictures, and books including The Night Before Christmas and Grandma Moses Storybook.
Hoosick Falls Little League All Stars travel to Bennington for a 6 p.m. game aiming to rebound after a 21 to 4 defeat last Friday. Manager Guy Brandi with assistants Jud Pokines and Al Myers lead the squad.
Patrick Leonard son of Mr and Mrs George Leonard of Hill Road will enter the Good Counsel Novitiate in New Hamburg on August 27 to continue studies for the priesthood He is a 1965 graduate of St Marys Academy and spent the last year at the Augustinian Academy Staten Island He is grandson of Mr and Mrs Joseph Salluzzo of 75 Ist St
Harvard Graduate School of Education announces a two year program of research and training in human resource development for Latin American and Caribbean countries.
Mrs. Warren Gooding, an original member of the Town of Hoosick Women’s Republican Club, received a birthday remembrance at a club dinner in Elwall Pines Williams town Mass Tuesday night. Guest Elizabeth Ely Walker, formerly of Hoosick Falls, is visiting Miss Christina Stevens. The September meeting will be at Mrs. Philip Houston’s home 9 Carr St with a covered dish luncheon and 1967 dues.
A demolition contract for a dilapidated building at 43 Railroad Ave is awarded to Alexander Schmigel for $500 with work to start soon after the village board received a deed for one dollar from William H. Burns. The board also seeks bids for land at 5 First St to replace another vacant building and restore tax value.
Five Bennington property owners obtained temporary injunctions against town assessors amid protests over general tax reevaluations. A show cause hearing was set for August 18 as Rutland attorney Joseph Rourke represents Slee man, Hemenway, Bard, Combs Jr., and Perrotta and many others in more than 500 appeals.
Mrs. Ruth Lipsky of Troy dies July 18 at 78 leaving over 10000 in personal property. The Dec 25 1958 will bequests include 200 to Jewish Home for the Aged 100 to Jewish Community Center 100 to Troy Hadassah chapter 100 to Mizrachi chapter 100 to Beth Tephilah Sisterhood and 1000 to seven grandchildren. Executors are Thelma Ellenbogen Ellenbogen and Alfred Lipsky.
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Williams Road in North Greenbush will be repaved before Labor Day under a schedule announced by Joseph F. Casey, Rensselaer County highway superintendent. The Pinewoods Avenue Extension reconstruction is postponed awaiting removal of power lines. blacktopping should precede Labor Day after stumps are removed and base prepared.
Venezuela reaches a peak in industrial development with about 16 800 industrial firms. Roughly 15 000 are small establishments 1 600 middle sized and around 200 large enterprises. Manufacturing employs about 363 000 workers.
Funeral services for Joseph E. Bechard were held at Dufresne Funeral Home in Cohoes and at St. Anne's Church in Waterford with a Salem Requiem Mass led by Rev. Leo H. Paradis. Deacons were Rev. Carl J. Blazejewski and Rev. Thomas M Powers. Bearers named include Joseph and Felix Derocher, Reymond and Francis Durivage, Joseph Wilcox, Rudolph Morin, and Fathers Paradis and Blazejewski. Cemetery service followed at St. Joseph's Cemetery, Waterford.
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