Retired Albany aviation officer recalls world travel and service
Marvin Splonkowski former assistant chief of Albany County Airport Flight Service Station retired at 57 after a career starting in 1942 in the air force and later serving postwar missions with Edwin Pauley. He recounts guiding pilots during emergencies and meeting leaders including Hoover Roosevelt and Harriman with a private audience with Pope Pius XI.
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Albany
Marvin Splonkowski
Albany County
Murph
Reber St
Colonie
Forbidden City
China
Kremlin
Spronkowski
Splonkowski
Air Force
State Department
Moscow
James Byrnes
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Pauley
Herbert Hoover
Franklin Roosevelt
Adlai Stevenson
Averill Harriman
Pius XI
Europe
LaGuardia
New York City
Splunkowski
Hoosac School To Stage 85th Boar's Head Yule Log
Hoosac School in Hoosick plans the 85th Boar's Head and Yule Log Celebration a festive pageant with two bearers in boar head regalia and a cast including clowns beefeaters Elizabethans and named roles. The event reenacts medieval yuletide feasts and marks the school’s Christmas tradition begun by Dr Edward Dudley Tibbits in 1892. The celebration draws on local history from the Tibbits and Warren families and benefits the Annual Yule Log Fund supporting tuition costs.
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Hoosick
Hoosac School
Edward Dudley Tibbits
Old Troy
Tibbits
Warren
New York City
Connecticut
Skidmore dorm fire echoes in student memories
Students at Skidmore recall the 1974 Wilmarth Dorm blaze as they study for exams. They recount fear, rescues, and ongoing safety awareness sparked by the incident, while the college notes enhanced fire protections and drills.
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Saratoga Springs
Skidmore College
Rhode Island
Wilmarth
Skidmore
Jody Smith
Yasmine al - Khawwal
Saudi Arama
Switzerland
Peter Sannerly
Skidmore Nite
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Berlin
Edwin Pauley
Truman
Cairo
Geneva
London
Paris
Manila
Shanghai
Calcutta
Tokyo
Hawaii
Austria
Germany
Brazil
Alaska
Lillian McLaughlin
Troy
South Dakota
Lawrence Welk
WAA
Larry Roberts
Page Boys
Rensselaer County Historical Society
Hoosac
Sir Loin
Lady Plum Pudding
Lord of
Merry Old England
Sir Henry Grey
George
State Senate
Congress
Clinton
George M
William Badger Tibbits
Warrens
Canons
Mary Bouton Warren
Mary Warren
Norwalk
England
Frank Butcher
Canterbury Cathedral
Kent
Kathy Powers
Marka Neary
Pittsfield, Mass
Case Campus Center
Lori Pentaleo
Westchester
Tice Steed
Brooklyn
Jay Jay Williams
Mary Louise Ho
New York
Susan Bernstein
Washington, D.C
Thad
Anita Neiman
Chestnut Hill, Mass
Sharon Liveten
New Haven
Conn
Iria Wehrlin
Sipperly
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