Two Teens Take Cars Then Crash Near Stillwater
Two Hudson Falls boys aged 12 and 15 allegedly stole a car in Mechanicville about 10 15 a m and wrecked it at a tree near the cemetery entrances north of Stillwater on Routes 4 and 32. The 15 year old was injured and taken to Leonard Hospital in fair condition with a fractured jaw and facial injuries. The 12 year old was treated and released. Police said the youths also stole another car in Mechanicville and earlier thefts were reported in Glens Falls and Schuylerville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hudson Falls
Mechanicville
Stillwater
Leonard Hospital
Vitus Sandulla
North Fourth St
Sandulla
Glens Falls
Schuylerville
Eleanor Reed and Ruth Townley Lead In Bridge at Peters Purcell Hall
A Country Club Bridge group tournament at Peters Purcell Post Hall on Saratoga Avenue drew 18 pairs. Winners in North-South were Ruth Miller with Mary Decker, Emily Rapaport with Anna Mae Rose, and James Riley with Dugald Chisholm. East-West winners were Eleanor Reed with Ruth Townley, David Filman with Gerald Cohen, and Gary Tedeschi with Robert Burke. Reed and Townley won overall. A separate note states 80 percent of 1.4 million U.S. apparel workers are women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Country Club Bridge Group
Peters-Purcell Post Hall
Saratoga Avenue
Ruth Miller
Mary Decker
Glens Falls
Emily Rapaport
Albany
Anna Mae Rose
Mechanicville
James Riley
Saratoga Springs
Dugald Chisholm
Round Lake
Eleanor Reed
Cohoes
Ruth Townley
David Filman
Schenectady
Gerald Cohen
Troy
Gary Tedeschi
Robert Burke
Miss Reed
Townley
Mechanicville 'Project 70' committee session outlined roles
About 40 members attended an orientation in the Middle School auditorium as Mechanicville School District launches the Project 70 study program. Superintendent Howard Welker explained committees advise the board on education plans, with goals including future mapping, technology roles, and non college-bound programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mechanicville
Hawley Harvey
Board of Education
Howard Welker
Education Board
Supt. Welker
William Raven
Vincent Spataro
Paul Bartholomew
Marjorie Tabor
Supt
Welker
Bradford Fancy
Callanan to Lead Mechanicville Fire Department
Walter Callanan was elected chief of the Mechanicville Fire Department by five companies at the annual election. He will assume command January 1, succeeding Chief Camerato. Arthur Wills, John Rinaldi, Rev. Bass, Rev. Barry, and Dr. Vinett also named to key posts and roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Callanan
Mechanicville Fire Department
J. L. Short Hook and Ladder
Callanan
Hook and Ladder Company
Michael Camerato
Westvaco Corporation
Arthur Wills
Wills
D. E. la Dow Steamer and Hose Co
John Rinaldi
W. L. Howland Chemical Co
Howland
Jan. L
Leonard H. Bass
Methodist Church
J. Owen Barry
O.S.A
St. Paul’s Church
John A. Vinett
Stillwater
Camerato
Fire Department
Joyce’s
Ted Landry
T. J. Dugan
Paper Workers Elect Officers at Westvaco Mechanicville Plant
Leo Piroli reelected president of Local 678 United Papermakers and Paper Workers at the Westvaco plant in Mechanicville. Newly named officers include Anthony Pascucci vice president Edward Vega recording secretary Cosmo Decrescent financial secretary Orlando Bagnoli treasurer Edward Spickler trustee James Taglione sergeant at arms and committee men Isaac Ciulla Thomas Marra Anthony Festa John Samaniuk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Piroli
United Papermakers and Paper Workers
Westvaco
Mechanicville
Anthony Pascucci
Edward Vega
Cosmo Decrescent
Orlando Bagnoli
Edward Spickler
James Taglione
Isaac Ciulla
Thomas Marra
Anthony Festa
John Samaniuk
Cub Pack 39 Christmas Party in Mechanicville Parish Hall
Cub Scout Pack 39 of St. Pauls Parish Mechanicville hosts a Christmas party at 6 p.m. Sunday in the parish hall Santa Claus will attend to give gifts to the cubs and their guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cub Scout Pack 39
St. Paul’s Parish
Mechanicville
Santa Claus
Driver Suffers Nose Injury In Night Collision
Richard J. Riley a 20 year old of 401 Elizabeth Street Mechanicville sustained a possible fractured nose after losing control of his car struck a traffic signal standard on South Central Avenue around 12 05 a m Friday. He was taken to Leonard Hospital by Ahearn Rescue Squad ambulance. Police Sgt Anthony De Vito and Patrolman Francis Walsh investigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard J. Riley
Elizabeth St
Mechanicville
South Central Avenue
Leonard Hospital
Ahearn
Riley
South Central
Anthony de Vito
Francis Walsh
Rock Roll Dance Slated Tonight for Middle Schoolers
A rock n roll dance for seventh and eighth graders runs tonight from 7 30 to 10 30 p m in the Mechanicville Middle School gym under the Municipal Youth Recreation Committee. Amateur contests in singing dancing instrument playing or entertaining will be judged with four prizes for top performers. Admission is free with music by The Ursats of Cohoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mechanicville
Municipal Youth Recreation Committee
Ursats
Cohoes
Glee Club to Sing at Songfest and Mall Concert
The Glee Club of St. Paul Assumption Central Grammar School will perform at the CYO songfest Sunday at Cardinal McCloskey High School Albany. Admission free for students. adults fifty cents. The group also sings at the Mall at Colonie Center Friday Dec 19 at 7 p.m. Directed by Sister Katherine Michele.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul Assumption Central Grammar School
CYO
Cardinal McCloskey High School
Albany
Mall
Colonie Center
Katherine Michele
Churches Plan Joint Meetings Across Four Areas
The Highway Tabernacle of Mechanicville joins First Assembly of God Saratoga Springs Schuylerville and Troy to hold monthly Sunday School workers conferences. The Dec 5 kickoff featured Rev Alfred Tedeschi and Mrs Tedeschi on the Sunday School Standard and Gold Crown Workers. January topics include Curriculum Stewardship and Church Loyalty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highway Tabernacle
Mechanicville
Assembly of God
First Assembly of God of
Saratoga Springs
First
Assembly of God of
Mary Corvene
Norman June
Saratoga
Yonkers engineers testifying on corruption probe
Yonkers city engineer says he collected sixty thousand dollars from contractors doing city business including four thousand in legal fees but did not report the income on tax returns. Commissioner Sarrachan questions the legality of the payments as hearings allege Fenland Construction earned over thirty percent profit on a sewer job.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York
Yonkers City
State Investigation Commission
Nicholas Schurick
Goodman A. Sarrachan
Schurick
Yonkers Engineering Department
Yonkers Raceway
Yonkers
Fenland Construction Co
Grafton Town Christmas Events Announced For December
Miss Susan Myers, a junior at Houghton College, tops the dean’s list. A work day starts at 9 30 a m at the Methodist Church with noon dinner for workers. December events include a Graf ton Fire Co party Dec 13, WSCS party at the church, and many school and club gatherings through Dec 29 with dances, programs, and youth activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan Myers
Dawson Myers
Houghton College
Miss Myers
Methodist Church
Grafton Volunteer Fire Co
WSCS
Rowan Eyes Democracy
Continued from Page 10, the piece argues against the nationwide drive to suppress the Black Panther Party while questioning the broader social cost. It cites Illinois police claims of 25 hard-core Panthers and warns of growing sympathy and hatred in ghettos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
U. S. Senate
Illinois
Pope Urges Universal Love as Key to Peace
The pope urged world statesmen to adopt peace as their primary goal and criticized pursuit of narrow interests. He praised U S Soviet talks in Helsinki on nuclear limits and called for disarmament, arbitration, and cooperation over revenge, stressing peace requires ongoing effort and universal love.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vatican City
Paul VI
Helsinki
Anti-Semitism Charge Denied By Russia
Pravda in Moscow rejects Western accusations of anti Jewish persecution saying anti Semitism is alien to the Soviet people and punishable by law. The unsigned piece by Grigory Plotkin argues Israeli Zionists differ from Soviet Jews and defends Jewish role in communism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Pravda
Soviet Union
West
Grigory Plotkin
Plotkin
Christmas events planned by Stephentown groups this week
A schedule of community Christmas activities includes the Community Couples Club party at Grange Hall today from 1 30 to 3 30 for children up to 12 with cartoons refreshments gifts and a Santa visit. Other events include St Josephs Church parish party, Taconic Valley Grange supper and program, Federated Church candlelight buffet, Ladies Aid dessert luncheon, Stephentown Elementary School program, Friday Nighters bowling dinner, and Federated Church Sunday School gifts and Santa visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephentown
Community Couples Club
Grange Hall
St. Joseph's Church
Rosary Altar Society
Taconic Valley Grange
Candlelight Society of the
Federated Church
James Saxby
Ladies Aid Society of the Federated Church
Memorial Hall
Francis Foody
Margaret Connors
Doris Liebenow
Friday Nighters Bowling League
Berlin
Springs
New Ashford
Mass
The
Santa
Troy Midshipman Chosen To Tell Annapolis Story
Patrick W. Dunne, a Troy LaSalle Institute graduate and sophomore at the U.S. Naval Academy, will tour area high schools to present the Operation Information program. He is among 250 midshipmen nationwide volunteering for December speaking engagements at Columbia High Tamarac Averill Park Catholic Central and LaSalle, with a Dec. 18 Albany Sea Cadet Corps appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annapolis
U.S. Naval Academy
Troy
Patrick W. Dunne
William R. Dunne
U.S.N
LaSalle Institute
Columbia High School
Tamarac High School
Averill Park High School
Catholic Central
LaSalle
U.S. Naval Sea Cadet Corps
Albany
Academy
New Lebanon Sheds Light on School Bond Bid and Progress
The New Lebanon Central School District selects First Trust Co. of Albany as low bidder on about 2 million dollars of bonds for a new elementary school. The 6.35 percent rate spans 20 years as construction advances with the West Lebanon campus nearing readiness. The district reports the bus garage closed and may open late this month, steel work finished and roofing possible by mid January. Nearby elections voters renew Raymond Carpenter’s Stephentown Fire District seat for five years. Local church services are listed for Federated, First Baptist, West Stephentown Baptist, St. Josephs, and Sacred Heart activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
New Lebanon Central School District
First Trust Co
Albany
Gene D. Sawin
Sawin
West Lebanon
Blind student elected Roosevelt Junior High leader
Luis Sanchez, 15, blind since age three, wins the top student post at Roosevelt Junior High in San Diego. With 1,800 votes, he defeats the runner up by 600 as he closes his campaign with the line Vote for San chez he's out of sight, which the students found humorous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Calif
Luis Sanchez
Roosevelt Junior High
Luis
Sanchez
Poestenkill Church and Club Christmas Plans Noted
Community notices list rehearsals for Christmas programs at Union Gospel and Evangelical Lutheran churches in East Poestenkill. The Poestenkill Hills Home Bureau and Poestenkill Republican Club host Christmas events with grab bags and gifts. 4 H Club actions include bake sale donations and Christmas candy making led by Kathleen Brennan and others. Church notes cover services, candlelight, and Youth Crusaders events with Advent themes and charity gifts for residents of a local aged home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Gospel
East Poestenkill
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Women’s Fellowship of the Christian Church
Benjamin T. Pinney
Hazel Schumann
Cleveland Christian Home
Poestenkill Hills
Baptist Church
Poestenkill
Poestenkill Republican Club
Sullivan-Jones Vfw Post Hall
Walter Bubie
Earl Miller
Edward Showers
Donald Hackelman
Henry Harris
Poestenkill Clovers
Kathleen Brennan
PTA
Linda
Barbara Burridge
Richard Brennan
Beth Ann Haggerty
Charles E. Pollock
Poestenkill Christian
Stanton H. Wilson
Maxine Miller
Yonkers
Miller
Park Avenue Christian Church
New York City
Nacc Churches
International
Keveny Sports Group Schedules Monday Meeting
The Keveny Athletic Association resumes planning at 8 p.m. in the school cafeteria with parents alumni and friends invited. George Roberts Class of 1963 serves as temporary chairman and the temporary executive committee includes William VanAlstine William Place and Earl Ward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Keveny Athletic Association
Keveny
George Roberts
William N. VanAlstine
William Place
Earl Ward
Cohoes Frank Foley Dies at 613 Boght Road
Frank A. Foley former haberdasher of Cohoes died Thursday at St Marys Hospital after a brief illness. He owned a Cohoes clothing store and later sold for Dan Donahue Men’s Store Latham. He is survived by his widow Anne Connelly Foley a sister Sister Mary Bernedette and several nieces and nephews. Funeral Monday at Edward J Stanton Funeral Home and St Agnes Church with a Requiem High Mass. Interment in St Agnes Cemetery Cohoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank A. Foley
Boght Road
Cohoes
St. Mary’s Hospital
Foley
Dan Donahue
Latham
John and
Mary O’connor Foley
St. Agnes Church
Holy Name Society
Anne Connelly Foley
Mary Bernedette
Our Lady of Mercy Order
Albany
Edward J. Stanton
Columbia St
St. Agnes’ Church
St. Agnes’ Cemetery
YWCA Plans Yule Program With Teen Play In Cohoes
Plans for the YWCA hanging of the greens ceremony Sunday at 2 30 p m at 135 Mohawk St Cohoes. A play by the Jr Teen Girls directed by Mrs Lynn Randall will precede community Christmas caroling with refreshments Patricia Barr directed the caroling segment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
YWCA
Association
Mohawk St
Cohoes
Lynn Randall
Patricia Barr
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Paul Cerkowski
Grand St
James del Prete
Elizabeth Street
Boston & Maine Railroad
U.S
Remsen ST
Cohoes, N.Y
Farrigan
Glee Club
Zenith
Chroma
Cohoes Tobacco CO
Oneida ST
SIC
Grafton
Helen Ellett
Carner - Etman - Smith Vfw
Robert Brenenstuhl
Grafton Elementary
Grafton Mountain
Trail Riders
Carner-Etman-Smith Vfw
American Legion Hall
Wynantskill
Children of Grafton
Grafton Fire Co
Grafton Youth Commission
Albany Public Baths
Kenneth Vanderhoef
K. Stanley & Sons Inc
Rowan
Russia
Assinds
Judith Fagan
Raymond Carpenter
Federated
Methodist
Presbyterian
Stanley A. Fry
First Baptist
William Hunsicker
West Stephentown Baptist
Herman Heintz
St. Joseph’s
Francis J. Mullen
Father Mullen
Sacred Heart Church
J.J. and
the Impacts
Clinton Ward
HATS
Anthony Connelly
Walter J. Bubie
Keveny Sports Group
Frank Foley
Pimpaniel
Remsen ST. Cohoes
N. Y
G. A. Trahan Co., Inc
Delaware Ave
Cohroes
Ontario St
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