Snowmobiles Barred From Mechanicville School Grounds
Mechanicville Board of Education ordered a ban on snowmobiles mini bikes and go carts from school property including lawns and playing fields. Supt. Howard E Welker cited liability accident and safety concerns urging signs and enforcement by authorities. Some board members noted the sport’s growing popularity and a local snowmobile group but supported the policy to protect students and property.
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Mechanicville High School
Pruyn Hill
Board of Education
Howard E. Welker
Supt. Welker
Jack Phelps
Mechanicville
Will
Walker
Groups Burn Mortgage At Yale Event
A ceremonial mortgage burning took place at a Christmas party Sunday at Charlton of Golden Acorn Temple Pythian Sisters and Silver Acorn Lodge Knights of Pythias. Harold Fobian, long-time mortgage holder, helped burn the document as a gift to both groups. He attended despite recent hospitalization, with 48 years in the order.
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Charlton of Golden Acorn Temple
Pythian Sisters
Silver Acorn Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Harold Fobian
Pythian
Fobian
Fabian
Frank Lafforthun
Grace Suttor
Charlton Temple
J. Leo Martin
Lodge
Guidance proposal to expand adult job aid in Mechanicville
Mechanicville high school guidance counselor Leo Murphy urged the school board to expand the guidance program to assist adults. He proposed renting a downtown store with open hours for free counseling, citing access to training data and economical pathways to jobs. The plan aims to address community employment concerns and reduce privacy issues in a school setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Murphy
Mechanicville Board of Education
Murphy
Howard E. Welker
Mechanicville
Gooley Anniversary Celebrated by Mechanicville Family
Mr and Mrs Donald A Gooley of Mechanicville Waterford Road celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary with a Moose Club party in Cohoes attended by over 100 relatives and friends. The couple married in 1945 at Mechanicville Church of the Assumption. Their son Raymond is with the U S Army in Vietnam and undergoing expected surgery in a Japanese hospital.
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Donald A. Gooley
Mechanicville-Waterford Road
Moose Club
Ontario Street
Cohoes
Mechanicville
Raymond Gooley
U. S. Army
Vietnam
Mechanicville Board Awards Truck Plow Purchase
The Mechanicville Board of Education approved a four wheel drive truck for general service and snowplowing. The $4,348 bid from Jack Byrne Ford Mercury Agency was accepted as the lowest conforming offer with six day delivery. The board also authorized bidding on a replacement 12 year old truck and two obsolete school buses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mechanicville
Fancy
Obituary for Charles A. Fabi of Mechanicville
The funeral for Charles A. Fabi a retired Boston and Maine Railroad machinist of 14 Leonard Street Mechanicville was held Monday. Rev Alfred J Monte U S A celebrated the Liturgy of Christian Death and Burial at the Church of the Assumption and burial followed in St Pauls Cemetery with bearers John Camerato Harrison Pregent Arthur Carney Frank DeCrescenzo Anthony Cafararo and Manuel Gaspie named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Fabi
Leonard St
Mechanicville
Boston & Maine Railroad
DeVito
Church of the Assumption
Alfred J. Monte
U.S.A
John Camerato
Harrison Pregent
Arthur Carney
Frank DeCrescenzo
Anthony Cafararo
Manuel Gaspie
St. Paul’s Cemetery
Anacin Beats Prescription Pain Reliever in Tests
Doctors tested Anacin as a non prescription tablet for tension headaches and found it as effective as the leading prescription product. The tablet relieves pain quickly, is non narcotic, and does not cause dizziness or upset stomach, offering economical relief sought by many patients.
Saratoga Board Funds Home Health Aide Program
The Saratoga County Board of Supervisors approved funds to start a home health aide program in conjunction with the county nursing service. A 60 hour training course will prepare aides, covering hygiene bathing linen patient mobility and meal service, approved by the State Health Department and Social Security Administration.
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County Nursing Service
Saratoga County Board of Supervisors
New York State Department of Health
The
Social Security Administration
Assumption Church Sets Christmas Mass Schedule
Assumption Church in Mechanicville announces two Midnight Masses one in the church and one in the parish hall. Christmas Eve Masses are at 6 and 7 p.m. The crib blessing precedes the midnight Mass. Christmas Day Masses follow the Sunday schedule at 7 8 30 10 and 11 39 a.m with a high Mass at 10. Confessions today from 7 to 8 p.m. and Thursday from 3 to 5 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of the Assumption
Mechanicville
the Assumption Church
Bendon Burgh Man Richard F Bendon Dies at Seventy
Richard F Bendon of 480 Seventh Ave died suddenly Monday evening at his residence after a period of illness. Born in Troy he was a former electrician for Allegheny Lundrum Steel Corp and a longtime Burgh resident. Survived by wife Helen Dodds daughter Helen Bendon Burke two sisters eight grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Funeral from Mason Funeral Home and St Augustine's Church at 10 am Thursday with burial at St John's Cemetery.
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Richard F. Bendon
Seventh Ave
Troy
Thomas H
Ellen Tracey Bendon
Allegheny-Lundrum Steel Corp
St. Augustine’s Church
All Bearcats
Helen Dodds
Helen Bendon Burke
Barbara Bendon Martin
Margaret I, Bendon
Albany
Michael Coyne
Christmas Eve Services Set At Burgh Church
United Methodist Church of Lansingburgh hosts a Christmas Eve service at 11 pm led by Rev. Clair E. Carpenter. Chancel Choir directed by Kathleen Tedesco presents My Christmas Prayer and The Birthday of a King with soloist Marilyn E. Miller. Associates Rev. Millard H. Aubey Jr. and Mr Carpenter conduct the service with Holy Communion and candle lighting.
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United Methodist Church of
Lansingburgh
Clair E. Carpenter
Kathleen Tedesco
Carleton
Marilyn E. Miller
Neidlinger
Mr. Carpenter
Millard H. Aubey Jr
Salt’s weighty tale from ancient Norse justice
A brief note recounts salt as vital to life and a Norse practice where condemned prisoners could choose execution or a month without salt, with many selecting the faster death.
Aborigines in Western Australia by the Numbers
Aborigine workers nearly ten thousand full-blooded natives live in Western Australia with more than half in the tropical north. They are employed as iron miners irrigation workers and cowboys in regional communities.
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Western Australia
Tropic North
Library Notice for Holiday Closures in Mechanicville
The Mechanicville District Public Library will close December 24 25 and January 1 New Year’s Day. Librarian Mrs. Robert Haizlip announced the schedule.
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Mechanicville
Robert Haizlip
Pass It On IN BOSTON Inventor patented quirky waist device
In Boston 28 years ago an inventor designed a belt like apparatus to tighten the midriff. When wearers relaxed their abdomen the device would whir and emit a startling whistle. The contraption aimed to address midriff bulge with a provocative mechanical whistle.
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Boston
Pair Denies Bogus Bill Smuggling in U S District Court
Two Florida residents pleaded innocent in Albany to smuggling counterfeit $20 bills from Canada into northern New York. Ralph K. Taylor II, 18, of Bowling Green and Bruce W. MacDonald, 27, of Orlando were arraigned before Judge James T. Foley after a Massena arrest on October 27. Authorities recovered 78 bills totaling $1,560 from their car. bail for Taylor was cut from $25,000 to $1,500, and a similar motion for MacDonald is expected.
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Florida
U.S. District Court
Albany
U.S
Canada
New York
Ralph K. Taylor II
Bowling Green
Fla
Bruce W. MacDonald
Orlando
James T. Foley
Massena
Taylor
MacDonald
Social Services Worker Mrs Weisberg Honored in Sendoff
Mrs. David G Weisberg leaving Rensselaer County Social Services Depart ment after 10 years in Family Services and Children's Services Divisions. Cordial Greens Country Club hosted a party with entertainment by Paul Tazbir as Mrs Hourigan presented a gift on behalf of colleagues.
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David G. Weisberg
Rensselaer County Social Services Department
Pollution Report From The Record And County Health Department
Daily air quality summary for Rensselaer area shows Sulfur Dioxide 0.03 parts per million and Carbon Monoxide 3.2 in the low and dust soiling at 0.3 low. Readings cover the 24 hour period ending 3 p.m. Tuesday per state environmental agency monitoring data.
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The
Record Newspapers
Rensselaer County Health Department
Rensselaer
State Department of Environmental Conservation
Mrs Stinney Dies Widow of Area Minister at 60
Mrs Ethel D Stinney 60 of 2223 Fifth Ave died Tuesday morning at St Marys Hospital after being admitted Monday She was widow of Rev Brewington S Stinney former Bethel Baptist pastor Born Manning S C she lived in Troy since his church tenure She sang in Bethel Baptist choir and belonged to Mystic Chapter CBS Survived by two daughters Rita Cannon and Frances Reid two sons Charles and Rudolph Stiney 16 grandchildren Funeral 1 p m Saturday at Bethel Baptist Church Interment Elmwood Hill Cemetery
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Ethel D. Stinney
Fifth Ave
St. Mary’s Hospital
Brewington S. Stinney
Bethel Baptist Church
Manning, S.C
Alexander and
Dora Lee Dukes
Bethel Baptist Choir
Mystic Chapter
CBS
Rita Cannon
Frances Reid
Charles
Rudolph Stiney
Troy
Lillian Johnson
Sarah Simon
Manning
S.C
Wilhelmina Harrison
Albany
Edester Dukes
Summerton
Otto
Ned Dukes
Allen A. Stanley
Elmwood Hill Cemetery
Lapp Road to 30 MPH in populated sections
Clifton Park Town Board adopted a 30 mph limit on heavily populated parts of Lapp Road by a 4 to 1 vote. The rest remains at 55 mph. Councilman Horstman opposed the motion citing lack of road engineering input. The board also discussed HUD funding data for Rexford Water District and a proposal to ban non returnable bottles by 18 year old Michael Mc Kennan.
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Lapp Road
Clifton Park
William F. Horstman
Robert F. Doran
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Rexford
HUD
Doran
New York City
Michael McKennan
Albany State University
India to establish eighth giant mechanized farm near Tuticorin
India announced plans for an eighth large mechanized government farm near Tuticorin in the southeast coast. The series began with a 28,000 acre farm at Suratgarh in 1956 with Soviet cooperation and now includes six more in Jetsar Hissar Hareyana Richur Mysore Jharaguda Cannanore Jullundur. The projects aim to demonstrate to farmers how big farms can boost India’s self sufficiency in food grains.
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New Delhi
India
Tuticorin
Suratgarh
Rajasthan
Jetsar
Hissar
Hareyana
Richur
Mysore
Jharaguda
Orissa
Jullundur
Punjab
Cannanore
Kerala
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Yale
William Hughes
Sal Rando
William Raven
France
Paris
Montreal
McGill
Loyola
Gooleys
Mr. Gooley
McQuestion Lumber Company
Elnora
Board
Mr. Bendon
Mason Funeral Home
109Th Street
Third Avenue
St. John’s Cemetery
Burgh Church
Hoosie Valley Central School
Susan Gifford
Barbara Herrington
Barbara Delano
Julian Hadley
Paul Shema
John Newton
Donald Jahne
David Lohnes
Louis Midlette
Shawn Flaherty
Brant Hamilton
Alexander Hillis
Mills College
University of Pittsburgh
Edwin L. Peterson
West Point
Salem
Ore
Doughty’s Refuse Service
Lapp
Peerless Company
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