Kiwanis votes $200 for pool tickets
Hoosick Falls Kiwanis Club directors voted $200 to the Community Swimming Pool Committee to provide free tickets to needy children at the pool. The committee was asked to devise a distribution system. In pool progress, 11 volunteers, mostly tradesmen, laid a 4 inch cement floor in the bath house last Saturday and will return this Saturday to finish the floor. The next step is hanging doors and building partitions.
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Hoosick Falls Kiwanis Club
DAR Birthday Tea Plans in Hoosick Falls Meeting
The Lincoln Washington birthday tea and American history month program will be part of the Hoosac-Wal loomsac Chapter DAR monthly meeting tomorrow at 1 30 p m in Baptist Memorial Hall Hoosick Falls A postponed Girl Homemakers program includes judging four senior and two junior dresses by 4 H Club girls with cash prizes DAR leaders in charge Mrs John Calhoun 4 H Club leader and Mrs John Morton Whitehall historian will speak on Whitehall’s role in early Navy development and New York canal system Mrs Clinton Monty Mechanville American History Month chairman will report on elementary schools essay contest cochairmen are Mrs Lester Pine and Mrs Marion Russell.
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Hoosac-Walloomsac
Dar
Baptist Memorial Hall
Hoosick Falls
Girl Homemakers
John Calhoun
John Morton
Whitehall
Navy
New York Canal
Clinton Monty
Mechanicville
American History Month
Lester Pine
Marion Russell
Tri County Holstein Club attends 47th state convention
Members from Tri-County Holstein Club attended the 47th annual state convention in Buffalo. They helped plan spring events and hosted the 1968 state convention in Saratoga Springs. Arlden H. Olson of Eagle Bridge was reelected state director. John Hoag of Walloomsac served as Tri-County delegate.
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Tri- County Holstein Club
Buffalo
Saratoga Springs
John Hoag
Walloomsac
Tri-County
Cortland
Breeders
Hoosie Valley Central School
Schaghticake
Terry
Joyce Hoag
Hoacre Farms
Als
Hoosick Falls High School
Joyce
Arlden H. Olson
Eagle Bridge
Adelia Betts
Schaghlicoke
Alexander Marbot
Buskirk
John Barnewall
John Mosher
Greenwich
Man 70 Dies In Fire At Home In Mt Morris
Martin Gillispie about 70 died yesterday in a Livingston County fire that damaged his two story frame home. Police said the blaze started in an overstuffed chair in the living room.
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MT. Morris
N.Y
Martin Gillispie
Livingston County
New Industry To Be Studied In Hoosick Falls
The Hoosick Falls Merchants Bureau calls a special meeting Monday night with representatives from the National Commercial Bank and Trust Co and town officials to review the area’s industrial situation. They will discuss securing a new industry to occupy the Nancy Shoe Co building, which closed at year’s start. The session is at 5 p.m. in the Municipal Building.
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Hoosick Walls Merchants’ Bureau
Hoosick Walls
National Commercial Bank & Trust Co
Nancy Shoe Co
School Board Approves Salary Increase for HFCS Teachers
Hoosick Falls Central School board approved a new salary schedule raising minimum pay from 5200 to 5600 with 14 years of increments and masters degree bonuses, affecting one person plus three administrators. The plan totals about 55000 in raises after talks with the Teachers' Association. Resignations of two longtime teachers were accepted and a new English and social studies teacher was hired for next year. The district approved a one ton four wheel drive truck, new elementary school bid items totaling 12966.13, and noted a plan for a spring open house dedication.
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Hoosick Falls Central School
Board of Education
Teachers’ Association
Philip Leonard
Dorothy C. Niles
Alice C. Bordeaux
Barbara Wiley
Forrest J. Reed Jr
East Greenbush
Donna Geer
Walter A. Wood
Crossword Puzzle Clue Set From 1940s Page
Crossword clues include Make lace, Guido's high note, Apportions, Sheet of glass, Emimet, Football position abbreviation. Answers follow standard crossword conventions with numbered entries and cross references.
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Guido
Arsenal and RPI Launch Joint Air Force Management Study
Twenty seven U S Air Force officers enrolled in a year long graduate course at RPI will conduct weekly sessions through March 30 studying management practices at Waterviles Arsenal. The program, proposed by Dr Delmar W Karger and directed by Dr Harold W Martin, involves procurement manufacturing engineering and production control with Col Fred Korne Jr briefing officers on the arsenal's mission.
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Waterviles Arsenal
RPI
Air Force
Arsenal
U.S. Air Force
Delmar W. Karger
Harold W. Martin
Michael E. Thornton
Fred Korne( Jr
West Sand Lake notices for meetings and events
West Sand Lake hosts a Cub Scout meeting at 8 p.m. in post rooms with Lt and Conrad Durett, plus a Gold Dinner at West Sand Lake post rooms. The West Sand Lake fire hall hosts an auxiliary meeting at 6 30 p.m. with reservations by Monday. A Sgt York Telephone Co speaker and Emil Sticht presentation are planned at Averill Park post rooms Wednesday at 8 p.m.
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Conrad Durett
Blue
Perry Williams
West Ase
West Sand Lake
James F. Hargrave
Emil Sticht
Sgt. York Telephone Co. Representa
Walter Adams Post
Legion
Auxiliary
Post Rooms
Averill
Park
Teachers Unit Backs Proposal for Direct Election of Board Members
Directors of the State Teachers Association met in Albany and endorsed a proposal to directly elect four members to the Board of the Teachers Retirement System. Executive secretary G Howand Goold noted the plan will go to the next House of Delegates for approval. The group urged vigorous local action to pass Educational Conference Board legislation raising school support per pupil from 660 to 726 and strong citizen backing for professional negotiation rights and higher salaries.
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State
Teach Jets Association
Albany
Earl
Board of Teachers
G. Howand Goold
House of Delegates
Board of Directors
Educational Conference Board
Rites Conducted For George J. Roy
Funeral services for George J. Roy of 545 Ath Ave were held yesterday morning at St. Augustine's Church with a Solemn Requiem Mass. Rev. Eugene A. DelConte presided, assisted by Rev. Patrick Shannatian deacon and Rev. Thomas W. Behan subdeacon. Bearers included Raymond J. Roy and others. Interment followed at St. Joseph's Cemetery, Waterford.
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George J. Roy
Ath Ave
John
Roy
Ferguson
Dotieald C. Ferguson
Edward
St. Reeves
Joseph's Cemetery
Ord
No Audience At Board Meeting On Senior Tax Exemption
Hoosick Falls Central School District held a public hearing Tuesday night with no attendees. The board unanimously approved a resolution offering a 50 percent tax reduction for homeowners over 65, subject to assessor approvals from four towns. Applications available at the school and clerk offices. district will be first to grant exemptions this year, with town and village to process next year.
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Hoosick Falls Central
Hoosick and
Hoosick Falls
Board of Education
Grafton
Pittstown
White Creek
Petersburg
Philip Leonard
Community Notices From Schaghticoke and Nearby Areas
Personal visits and weekend travels appear in this community notes roundup. Names include Katherine Williams, Gordon Marcellus, Mrs. Artell Marcellus, Mrs. William Cassazza, Gertrude Spoonnoggie, Miss Susan Ransom, Betsey, and Richard Lolnes. Local hospitals Samaritan and Cohoes Memorial are listed with patients.
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Gordon Marcellus
U.S.A
Drexel Hill
Artell Marcellus
Marcellus
St. John’s Church
William Cassazza
Troy
Gordon Foster
Gertrude’ Spoonnoggie Thas
Herkimer
Thomas Arnold Sr
Susan Ransom
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Rey A. Sullivan
Mein St
P.O. Box
Kiwanis Unit
School Board
HFCS
Frank Brady
4Th Street
Tomersee
Ar Lyon
Bizzaro
Samaritan
Com- Hospital
Brady
Funeral Home
C. Emory Weeks
Evansville
Ind
Sixth Avenue
Leonard
Elmwood Hill
Jeanne M. Bailey
Montcomery Ward
North Broadway
Delmar
Delaware Ave
Gomors
Opin Mon
Thurs
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