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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1967
Page
6
The Women's Association of the First Presbyterian Church at Mechanicville organized Christmas baskets for shut-ins and urged members to donate canned fruit candy and other items. They discussed next year’s program focusing on Hidden Faiths in Familiar Forms social education and action.
Funeral services for Salvatore Cimino proprietor of a Mechanicville tavern, who died suddenly Thursday, were held Monday from DeMarco Funeral Home and the Church of the Assumption. Rev. Charles Sgueglia, O.S.A., assisted as celebrant with Rev. Arthur O’Rourke, O.S.A., deacon and Rev. Ernest J. Auth, pastor, sub deacon. Burial followed at St. Paul’s Cemetery with cousins among bearers.
The funeral for Mrs. Josephine Di Bello of Mechanicville was held Monday at the Church of the Assumption. Rev. Charles Sgueglia OS A assisted, with Rev. Arthur O Rourke and Rev. Timothy Keating OS A serving as deacon and subdeacon. Interment was in St. Pauls Cemetery with bearers James Carlucci Pat Scarati James Cuanonica Albert Daramie Americus Palmer and Joseph Laurenzo.
The public Christmas concert of the Mechanicville High School will be held in the Middle School gymnasium at 8 p.m. Wednesday December 13. Curtis Finney of the music department will dedicate the program. Traditional holiday songs will be sung including The Night Before Christmas and Hands Hadier. Also performed will be the high school choir.
Theodore Weigle, longtime Mechanicville physical education leader and coach, resigns after nearly four decades. The board honors him by naming the senior high field Weigle Field, crediting his role in developing the Veterans Memorial Recreation Field and community athletic programs. He began teaching in 1928 after studying at La Crosse State University.
The Mechancville Area Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual meeting and ladies night banquet at Joyce's Log Cabin Restaurant on January 10. A smorgasbord and dancing will follow the meal and the brief business session, during which seven director terms expiring will be canvassed and ballots mailed by executive secretary Gedeon Palmieri. Incumbents seeking reelection include Gordon L. Black John Hayner Harry Clements Seymour Nurick John W. Lyndh Harold I. Shee han and Salvadore Russo. Additional candidates are John P. Noonan Charles Hyde Arnold Reed Frank Yankowski Richard Lohnes Alfred Simmons and John F. Byrne.
Twenty four pairs attended the regular game of the Mechanicville Stillwater Duplicate Bridge Club Saturday night at the Peters Purcell Post building in Saratoga Avenue. North-south winners were Me and Mrs Stephen Schmeible of Saratoga Springs first Mrs Edgar Stillman of Latham and Miss Mary Hunt of Mechanicville second and Miss Marian Easter and William Mc Graw of Schenectady third. East west winners were Mrs Sol Slutsky and Robert Axel of Albany first second were Mrs Ruth Townsley and Mrs Mary Decker of Glens Falls and third Mrs Frieda Miles and Edward Vreeland of Schenectady. The club master point games will be played at the Post Building tonight.
A special film titled The Papal Challenge will be shown at the Meechanicville Council K of C open house on N Main Street at 8 p m Friday. Narrated by Frank Blair the film reviews Knights of Columbus aims. William Murphy of Clifton Knolls Supreme Council representative will speak and attend the Christmas party reservations are required by today with party chairman Mrs Frank Mar Refreshments will follow the program.
At a Monday meeting the Mechanicville Area Chamber of Commerce discussed Saratoga County sales tax and a compulsory state health insurance plan. Directors urged writing the Board of Supervisors and local legislators to convey business leaders views. They favored enacting any sales tax at the state level to reduce confusion and cost.
Mechanicville Board of Education voted to purchase a 15 acre tract at the north end of the district on Pruyn Hill for 6000 dollars. The site, near the Boston and Maine Railroad diesel terminal, has served as a gravel pit and dump and will be acquired to avoid noise from a nearby gravel mill. The owner, John W. Lyndh, said another buyer was ready to process gravel deposits and offered the property first refusal to the district. The board declined an 11 acre parcel west of Pruyn Hill in a letter from attorney Frank A. Tate Sr.
Miss Cordelia Pitney led a Christmas program at Stillwater Improvement Society’s meeting and party at Mrs. Joseph Wilson’s home. Plans for a village Christmas lighting contest were announced with prizes donated by Kenneth Williams. Mayor Connor warned that harm to the village Christmas tree would be punished as lighting of the tree opened the season. Other items include return of Cpl. Bernard Luskin from leave, Pomona Grange Christmas party, and a Stillwater United Church choir rehearsal.
St Henry’s Parish invites all teenage high school members to a Sunday evening program at St Henry’s School Hall featuring the award winning film An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge from Cannes France. Rev Sylvester Kardos leads arrangements and there is no charge. Refreshments will be served after.
New York State highway fatalities for October show 268 deaths across 1 236 accidents, 78 pedestrians among the toll. Ten months total reaches 2 349, up 26 percent from last year, with declines in rural and urban areas and a small drop in New York City.
The funeral for Alton J. Pettys Jr. who died when a Ballston Spa farm house burned was held at Griswold Funeral Home Schenectady with Rev Jobs Hammond officiating. Bearers were Donald Clements Raymond Isaacs Michael Drake Douglas Center Paul Thibaudeau and Sanford Becker. Interment followed at Briggs Cemetery Ballston.
Leon F. Brown 68 died yesterday at Samaritan Hospital after a long illness. for 34 years he owned a garage at Clums Corners and lived in Cropseyville the past 44 years. He was born in Cheshire Mass and belonged to White Lily Ledge IOOF Cropseyville. Surviving are his wife Beulah Coon a son William F. Brown a sister Mrs Harold Beebe and four grandchildren. Funeral Friday at Howard B Tate and Son Funeral Home Raymer town interment Berlin Cemetery.
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