Rensselaer County Towns Start 10 Year Road Plan
Eleven of Rensselaer County's fourteen towns join the Erwin Plan for 1959 with a total project cost of 145 260 dollars. The state covers about 89 416 dollars and towns pay 55 844 dollars for 16.14 miles of roads to be improved this year. Some towns like Brunswick Greenbush and North Greenbush skip the program this year.
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Rensselaer County
Public Works
Austin W. Erwin
Geneseo
Albany
Berne
Rensselaerville
Saratoga
Washington
Brunswick
Hast Greenbush
North Greenbush
False Teeth Case Hits Tax Evasion Probe
The general Works Department supervisor faces perjury and tax evasion charges after a federal grand jury indicted Lester Kriek, a Whitesboro resident who works in Albany, alleging false medical and charitable deductions totaling $1007 and related misreporting.
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Kriek
Albany
General Works Department
Slite Mabhe
Lester Kriek
Krick
Whitesboro
Utlea
Hut
Grafton Fire Rescue Squad Report Details Calls and History
The Grafton Fire Department Rescue Squad released a report noting 103 calls since December 1956 with 22 members on duty. Captain Mrs. Irma Wagar, wife of Chief Hverekt Wagar, helped found the squad which includes trained first aid instructors. The unit answered 38 calls in 1957 and has since assisted 50 in 1958 and 13 so far this year, handling automobile and motorcycle accidents and transporting 43 patients to hospitals. The ambulance clusters communities along the Taconic Trail to the Massachusetts line, clocking 3,254 miles on emergencies since 1956, and uses a rebuilt 1942 model formerly from the Poestenkill squad. Funds are being planned for a new ambulance to serve Grafton, Petersburg, Cropseyville, and nearby areas.
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Grafton
van Rensselaer Manor
Poestenkill
Petersburg
Cropseyville
Massachusetts State Lines
Youth, 15, Hurt In Rocket Mishap In Schenectady
A 15 year old boy was hospitalized at Ellis Hospital Schenectady after a home made rocket exploded injuring his skull left eye and face. Karl Vogel of Hyndsville Elioharie County sustained injuries in the incident which occurred Tuesday afternoon.
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Pyouth
Ellis Hospital
Schenectady
Karl Vogel
Hyndsville
Elehoharie County
Petersburg Weekend Notes Reflect Local Health and Events
Social notices report residents visiting hospitals in Boston Cambridge and Troy, with patients at Mary McClellan Phelps Memorial Samaritan and Putnam Memorial. Local events include World Day for Prayer at Grace Stone Methodist Church and a Sunday duck supper with Lent film strips and choir rehearsals.
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Petersburg
Bernice O'Donovan
Boston
Millicent Manchester
Mary McClellan Hospital
Cambridge
Sandra O'Dell
Roy Salisbury
Idi Hewitt
Phelps Memorial Hospital
Tarrytown
Charles Williams
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bennington
Samuel O'Ddell
William J O'Dell
Samaritan Hospital
Troy
Sur Lodge
Rose Wilcox
Cone
Frank Acebal
de. Miller
Mamaraeneck
Rod and Gun Chih
Veterans Memorial
Batudayal
Donald Lapp
Tohe
Civile Council
Methodist Church
Education Land
At & Pi
Richard Meller
Crusade Scholars
Mission Planned For Two Weeks At St Patrick's
A two week mission opens at St Patrick's Church starting Sunday with separate weeks for women led by Rev Francis J McCormick and men by Rev Mergis A Burke. Public invited to attend services and rites will be announced. Ada Per funeral held at Barber Funeral Home Petersburg with interment in Meadow Lawn Cemetery.
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St. Patrick’s
C.M
Vincention Mission
St. Patrick's Church
Francis J. McCormick
Mergis A. Burke
Mission l
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Berlin
Hoosick
Nassau As
Petershutz
Pittstown
Porstonkill
Sand Lak
ATIL
Schaghticoke
Schodack
Stephentown
Albany County
Bar
Greenfield
Hadleyan
Milton
Moreau
Northunberland
Providence
Waterford
Wilton
Roston
Fort Ann
Granville
Greenwich
Undheh ‘S
Hampton
Ackson
Kingsbury Nn
Pillain
Salem Dn
White Creek
Whitehall
Fashion
COREA
Grafton Fire Rescue
Tin
Bristol
NORGE
RCA Whirlpool
Alex, Smith
Rug Outfit
Dash
Union-Ferndinette
Ixtra
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