Retired Mechanicville Teacher Dies at 73
Mrs. Mary N. Martin, 73, longtime Mechanicville School System teacher, died yesterday at Community General Hospital in Liberty after a brief illness. A Seneca Falls native, she lived at 112 South 3rd Ave Mechanicville. Survivors include a daughter and four grandchildren. Funeral services were held today at Dunn Funeral Home with Rev. Taylor B. Light officiating. interment tomorrow at Restvale Cemetery in Seneca Falls.
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Mary N. Martin
Mechanicville
Community General Hospital
Liberty
Seneca Malls
South 3Rd Ave
Martin
Memorial Baptist Church of
Women’s Society of the Parish
Retired Teachers Association
Delphian Club
William R. Crary
Apm
Dunn Funeral Home
Park Ave
Mechanic.ville
Taylor B. Light
Memorial Baptist Church
Restvale Cemetery
Seneca Falls
Origin Of Carols Explained To Chub
Mrs Sandra Preston presented a program on the origin of Christmas carols at Wednesday night's Philomathean Club meeting hosted by Mrs Thelma Sheehan in Mechanicville North Fourth Street with Mrs Marietta Kipp as co hostess Eva Meiser club president presiding Kathy Urkevich sang and played guitar.
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Sandra Preston
Philomathean Club
Thelma Sheehan
North Fourth Street
Mechanicville
Marietta Kipp
Eva Meiser
Kathy Urkevich
Holiday Customs Of Many Lands Told At Meeting
Mechanicville Rotary Club members heard international Christmas customs described. Ben Minzter explained the Jewish Festival of Lights as a victory of light over darkness dating to ancient religious freedom struggles. Across cultures, Rev. Leonard Bass noted Mexican traditions, Dr. Lewis Smith covered Finnish Swedish feasting, and J. Dwight Dunn spoke of English wassail and mistletoe.
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Mechanicville Rotary Club
Ben Minzter
Leonard H. Bass
First Methodist Church
Lewis Smith
Smograsbord
Santa Claus
Chamber Vote Returns Requested By Mechanicville Chamber
Members of the Mechanicville Area Chamber of Commerce are asked to return ballots for seven director posts. Ballots mailed to members will tabulate, with winners announced at the annual meeting and ladies night banquet on January 10 at Joyce's Log Cabin Restaurant. Incumbents include Nurick, Sheehan, Lynch, Hayner, Black and Russo. challengers are Lohnes, Yankowski, Reed, Hyde, Simmons, Noonan and Byrne. Reservations for the banquet should be made promptly, per Secretary Palmieri.
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Mechanicville Area Chamber of Commerce
Posible
Chamber
Joyce's
Log Cabin
Seymour Nurick
Harold F. Sheehan
John W. Lynch
John Hayner
Gordon L. Black
Salvadore Russo
Nativity Scenes Erected At St Pauls Church Meehanville
Nativity displays were set up inside St Pauls Church Meehanville with the creche designed by assistant pastor Rev d Owen Barry OSA and aided by church committee members Thomas Grimes Clifford Baker and John Phelps. An outdoor scene on the church lawn, illuminated with woodlights, was erected by Joseph and Lawrence Whalen Carl Fabi and Patrick John Baker.
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St. Paul's Church
Meehaneville
D. Owen Barry
O.S.A
Barry
Thomas Grimes
Clifford Baker
John Phelps
Joseph
Lawrence Whalen
Carl Fabi
Patrick John Baker
Housing Director To Host Party For Mechanicville Kids
Housing director Rufus Hodges will host a Christmas party at the John S. Moore homes project office at 2 p.m. The event, funded personally by Hodges, features ice cream candy and cookies and is aided by women residents. About 40 shut in residents will receive baskets of treats prepared by older children.
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Mechanicville
John S. Moore
Rufus Hodges
Mr. Hodges
Winners In Duplicate Bridge Play at Mechanicville
Mechanicville players helped fuel a midweek duplicate bridge event at Peters Purcell Hall. North-South winners were Stephen Schneible and spouse from Saratoga Springs first, Decker and Miller from Glens Falls second, Horton and Rose from Clifton Knolls and Mechanicville third. East-West victors included Overgaard of Sydney and Smith of Albany first, Hewitt Stillwater and Gilford Troy second, Noonan and Noonan Mechanicville third. A Christmas party follows the game tomorrow at Peters Purcell Hall.
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Mechanicville
Peters-Purcell Post Hall
Stephen Schneible
Saratoga Springs
Mary Decker
Ruth Miller
Glens Falls
Phillip Horton
Clifton Knolls
Anna Mae Rose
Terry Overgaard
Sydney
Leonard Smith
Albany
Hilda Hewitt
Stillwater
Allen Gilford
Troy
Gertrude Noonan
Kathryn Noonan
Peters- Purcell Hall
Gets Further Involved Faces Second Charge
Frederick Coons, 39, with no address, was picked up by Mechanicville police for disorderly conduct on Wednesday night and held in the city jail for arraignment before City Judge Thomas Ryan. He faced a public intoxication charge with a $300 bail. he failed to appear for trial Friday, prompting the judge to forfeit bail and issue a warrant.
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Frederick Coons
Mechanicville
Coons
Thomas & Ryan
Paul Brown
Ballston Spa
Ryan
Hoad
Funeral for Mrs. Carrie M Osgood in Rotterdam Junction
The funeral for Mrs. Carrie M Osgood of Rotterdam Junction, formerly of Mechanicville, who died Monday, was held yesterday at Dunn Funeral Home Mechanicville. Rev. Melvin D. Lavendar of Rotterdam Junction Methodist Church officiated. Burial followed in Woestina Cemetery Rotterdam Junction. Bearers were Vincent Realy Harold Pangburn Robert Linehan Arthur Carney Clarence Newton and Pliny N. Granerr.
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Carrie M Osgood
Rotterdam Junction
Mechanicville
Dunn Funeral
Melvin D. Lavendar
Retell Succumbs Suddenly at 31 in Mechanicville
Alfred C. Retell, 31, of 217 South Main Street Mechanicville, died suddenly Wednesday afternoon at Leonard Hospital Troy after being stricken at home. He had muscular dystrophy 25 years. Survived by parents two brothers two sisters and maternal grandfather with several aunts and uncles. Funeral set for 2 pm tomorrow at T J Cassidy Funeral Home with Rev Leonard Bass officiating. Burial in Elmwood Cemetery Schaghticoke.
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Alfred C. Retell
South Main
Mechanicville
Leonard Hospital
Troy
Ahearn Rescue Squad
First Methodist Church
Alfred A. Retell
Edward J
Joseph W. Retell
Doris Lewis
Catherine Callahan
William Fort
Stillwater
T. J. Cassidy
North Second St
Leonard Bass
First Methodist’ Church
Burdal
Elmwood
Schaghticoke
St Luke's Midnight Christmas Service Planned
St Luke's Episcopal Church Mechanicville holds a Christmas Eve midnight service at 11 30 p m a choral Eucharist with a Christ mas music program The organ preludes include Sheep May Safely Craze and O Holy Night The Eucharist features Kyrie Eleison Gloria in Excelsis Sanctus Agnus Dei and classic Christmas hymns Organist is Mrs Elting H Doughty. choir director Jack Overton.
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St. Luke's Episcopal Church
Mechanicville
Curtis Denney
Bach
Adam
Sanctions Crash Claims Acceptance in Two Settlements
Supreme Court orders authorizing acceptance of settlements in two accident cases filed in Rensselaer County Clerk. Isadore Bookstein grants Vivien Petrillo guardian for 37 year old Kathy Clancy to accept 900 from Norman E. Rowe and Dorothy Rowe for injuries from a Sept 14, 1967 car crash in Sand Lake. Kathleen Dellio, guardian for minor, to accept 656 from Transportation Industries Inc for injuries April 25, 1967 on Fifth Avenue near Vanderheyden and Jay Streets. Attorneys listed. John J. Burgoyne recovering after Albany Medical Center surgery.
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Supreme Court
Rens- Iselaer
Isadore Bookstein
Vivien Petrillo
Nassau
Kathy A. Clancy
Norman EF
Dorothy E. Rowe
Rowe
Sand Lake
Murphy, Aldrich
Guy
Broderick & Simon
T. Paul Kane
Michael F. Dillion
Kathleen Dellio
Transportation Industries, Inc
Fifth Avenue
Vanderheyden
Jay Streets
Depew Corp
Ainsworth, Sullivan, Tracy & Knauf
Albany
Tot Has New Liver and Baby Brother for Christmas
Denver AP report highlights two year old Julie Rodriguez who received a liver transplant July 23 and met her new baby brother John Anthony. Doctors say she may return home for Christmas if her condition remains stable, a milestone in pediatric liver transplant history alongside other young survivors and ongoing hospital care.
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Santa Claus
Julie
John Rodriguez
Pueblo
Colo
Louise
John Anthony
Baiy John
Kerri Lynn Brown
Dale L. Brown
Long Beach
Calif
Candy
Barbaree
Albert
Orlando
Karri
Thomas E. Starzl
Christmas Display Put Back Up
Paterson school board reversed its decision to remove a display of Biblical scenes at Memorial Junior-Senior High School. After an emergency meeting, the board voted unanimously to restore paintings of Jesus, Mary, and others, amid parent and student reactions and a Christmas Hannukkah program.
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Paterson
Jesus Christ
Mary
Memorial Junior
Vila A. Farese
Albert St. George
Louis Galila
Hannukkah
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J. H. Maloney
Tinkenad
Jockin
Ra'rs
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Ani
Pollan Steel
Mite Ciel
Cherestmos
Osgood
A. CG
Retell
St. Luke's
John J. Burgoyne
Grave St
Albany Medical Center
Jo We
Ibacross
Sacross
WRU
Tot
Denver, Colo
Dille Cherie Rodriguez
Shirley Friedman
Mondar’s
Rrarara
Doughty’s Refuse Service
Mechanicville Middle School
Candy For
Fred Spencer
United Papermakers & Paperworkers
Afl-Cio
West Virginia Pulp and Paper
West Virginia
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