Library Holiday Display In Mechanicville Third Yale Season
Mechanicville District Public Library celebrates its third Christmas with a special collection of books records and decorations. Children’s titles are popular while adult holiday books remain available including The Gardners Christmas Book Christmas Card Magic and The Fireside Book of Christmas Stories. Over 25 Christmas music albums are ready for borrowing and a lighted tree decorates the bay window.
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Mechanicville
Goddard
Perry
Stanley Turner
Friends of the Library
Adirondack
J L Short Fire Unit Elects Slate at Mechanicville
The J L Short Hook and Lad Co elects officers at its final meeting Wednesday. John Murray is president, William Fitzpatrick vice president, Charles W Kerls secretary, Ludwig Amann senior treasurer. Line officers include John Callanan captain and Robert Krazewski first assistant captain.
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J. L. Short Hook and Lad Co
Mechanicville
John Murray
Illiam Fitzpatrick
Charles W. Kerls
Ludwig Amann
Kerls
Howland Firemen Report 45 Calls and 1608 Hours
At Mechanicville the W. L. Howland Fire Company reported 45 calls in the past year totaling 1608 man hours. Captain Rinaldi said 11 fires were in structures, 7 in autos, 8 grass blazes, 1 in a dump, 2 in railroad cars, 3 miscellaneous, and 13 were false alarms.
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W. L. Howland Fire Company
Mechanicville
Rinaldi
Harold Webster Elected to Stillwater Fire Board
Harold Webster was chosen for a five year term on the Stillwater fire district board beginning January 1. Other members named include Richard Butler as chair, James Hutton, Clifford Holmes, Walter Lobdell, and secretary treasurer Peter Carriero. Elton Laisdell retires December 31.
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Harold Webster
Board of Fire Commissioners
Stillwater
Webster
Richard Butler
James Hutton
Clifford Holmes
Walter Lobdell
Peter Carriero
Elton Laisdell
Pollution and crime echoes from Saratoga Springs 1900
A nostalgic column recalls 1900 headlines from Mechanicville and nearby towns focusing on pollution from soft coal smoke, rail traffic, and water pollution along Kayderosseras Creek. It notes crime incidents, sewer plans to Hudson River disposal, rising nail and barbed wire prices, and early park and tree planting efforts amid GOP-era politics.
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Boston and Maine Railroad
Westwaco Paper
Westvaco
Saratoga Lake
Medicville
Hudson River
Court of Appeals
Saratoga
Arvin Hart Fire Department Elects Officials for Stillwater
Peter A. Carriero was elected to a sixth term as president and Andrew Mohan to a 16th as treasurer at the Arvin Hart Fire Department annual election in Stillwater. Chief Ray Brooks will serve a fifth term as chief with Donald Whitman as first assistant and Leo Dugan as second assistant.
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Peter A. Carriero
Andrew Mohan
Arvin Hart Fire Department
Stillwater
Jerry Gibson
Thomas Whalen
Harold Webster
Walter Joba
Frank Bishop
Ray Brooks
Donald Whitman
Leo Dugan
Wayne Cowan
Paul Decota
Doug Wiley
Carl Decker
Carriero
Dugan
Wiley
Foreman Retires From Westvaco Pulp Mill in Mechanicville
Milton D. Tabor of Halfmoon retires as foreman of the unbleached NSSC pulp mill at Westvaco Mechanicville after a long career beginning in 1924. He advanced through multiple plant roles and led the unbleached sulfite mill until 1958. He is a Stillwater native, married to Marjorie Moscrip, with a son Jervis. The article notes Delaware ratified the Constitution on December 7, 1787.
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Milton D. Tabor
Tabor
Halfmoon
N.S.S.C
Westvaco Corporation
Mechanicville
Kenneth W. Timmerman
Stillwater
Marjorie Moscrip
Albany
Home Bureau Christmas Luncheon Planned in Mechanicville
The Paper City Home Bureau will hold its annual Christmas luncheon at Joyce's Log Cabin in Mechanicville at 1 p.m. Thursday. Chairman Mrs. George McCreedy and helpers Mrs. Maurice Crowel Mrs. Ann Bergan and Mrs. Hugh Haddleton arrange the event and remind members to bring items for the grab bag gift exchange.
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Paper City Home Bureau
Mechanicville
Joyce
George McCreedy
Maurice Crowel
Ann Bergan
Hugh Haddleton
Post Auxiliary Dinner and Christmas Party Set in Mechanicville
The Lt. Fred H. Clark Post American Legion auxiliary will hold a 6:30 p.m. dinner meeting at Fantauzzi's Restaurant in Mechanicville. After dinner the group will host their Christmas party at the South Central Avenue rooms with a grab bag collection requested from members and guests.
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Fred H. Clark Post
American Legion
Mechanicville
Fantauzzi's
South Central Avenue
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N. Main Street
Korell
Main Street
Yale
J. L. Short Fire Unit
Howland Firemen
Bran
Pato
Ust
John H. Maloney
Republican Party
G. W. S. Quackenbush Co
Troy
U.S. Army
Springfield
Chamber of Commerce
Railroad and
Mabbett Street
Mabbett Streets
Park Avenue
Tallmadge Park
Worm Sale
Saratoga Springs
Spa
Arvin Hart Fire Unit
ESKA
Charm Beauty Salon
Third St
Troy Ashley
Jervis E. Tabor
Staten Island
Delaware
Home Bureau
Coty
Stuyvesant Plaza
Denby’s
Troy Savings Bank
Second & State Streets
Columbia Turnpike
East Greenbush
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