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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1966
Page
2
Troy area dealers promote the George Washington Birthday Self-A-BRATION with an open house and late model trade-in displays on Feb 21 22. The Record previews this event and highlights pre spring activity, showroom tours, refreshments, and special inducements alongside notes on vehicle inspections and AAA safety statistics.
G E X Store in Latham will grant six $300 scholarships to area high school seniors who are sons or daughters of G E X members. Recipients are chosen by educators based on scholastic achievement and financial need. Last year’s winners and 1965 results are noted.
Frank J. Weaver of 10 Lisa Lane was cited by Prudential Insurance Co. for completing his twentieth year as a company agent. He ranks among Troy district top agents, has qualified for Leaders Club for five years, and last year joined Prudential's Academy of Honor. He is married with two children and active in local clubs including the Emerald Club and Troy Country Club where he served as vice president.
W G Coleman of Troy, with Gerald L Griffin agency for Massachusetts Mutual Life, has earned January Man of the Month for top general contract sales. Known as Rip Coleman, he is a former Big League baseball player and has won the honor multiple times.
Montgomery Ward launches an all pro baseball contest for boys 8 to 18. Nine winners receive a two week trip to Mickey Owen Baseball School in Miller MO. Entry blanks from the store or catalog, with drawings and questionnaires guiding selection. winners announced June 3.
Q G H of Troy asks about choosing supplemental Medicare and the deadline March 31. If chosen you may change by June 30 1966. A parent asks about SS benefits for a college student and summer vacation. continuation shown if student stays full time. A Q C A of Troy asks about applying for hospital and Medicare benefits at over 65 and work earnings. taxes continue and earnings may raise benefits. filing is advised to secure benefits.
The Mohawk District Boy Scouts Fort Orange Uncle Sam Council hold the second annual Klondike Derby on Saturday at Edgar Remillard Farm Tamarac Road Raymertown. Registration starts 9 a.m. Events include firemaking cooking compass and first aid in an Alaskan Yukon themed setting with sledges and gold nuggets. Walter Wilsnack district activities chairman announced William Daubney will serve as governor and Daniel Rigney as lieutenant governor.
The funeral of Mrs. James Bandi of 156 2nd Street who was found dead in her home Friday was held yesterday from Bizzarro Funeral Home and St. Mary's Church where a Requiem High Mass was celebrated by Rev. Donald J. Ophais. Interment followed at St. Mary's Cemetery with Father Ophals officiating at the committal.
A Charlotte reader letter anchors a discussion on the American Standards Association ASA and its role in setting reliable everyday measures. The article cites standards for pots and pans measuring cups paints and lead limits, urging consumer awareness and action to ensure products meet approved norms.
The Manhattan Fund led by Gerald Tsai Jr. drew heavy demand with 27 million shares sold at $10 each, likely bringing in about $247 million. Underwriter Bache & Co. will hand over the proceeds to Chemical Bank New York Trust Co. as custodian, while Tsai’s firm provides ongoing underwriting and investment guidance.
Lt. David B. Hess assistant to the chief of the facilities office at Watervliet Arsenal is transferred to South Vietnam to serve with a combat assault engineers unit. He joined active service in June 1964 after graduating from the University of New Hampshire with a BS in mechanical engineering and ROTC. Hess has been at Watervliet since January 1965 and previously at Ft. Belvoir. His home is Greensburg Pennsylvania and he is married to Patricia Ann Janco of North Andover Massachusetts.
John O Malley 36 of Baldwin Path Dix Hills faced Troy Police Court before Justice Fogarty on a charge of child abandonment. Public Defender O Connor and Asst Dist Atty Doyle appeared. O Malley was arrested Saturday in Central Islip on a warrant by his wife Lillis. He was remanded to Rensselaer County Jail without bail and the case was adjourned to determine prior record.
At a recent Raymertown meeting officers were elected for the Lutheran Church with Hayner Bornt as vice president and Milford E. Bornt as treasurer. The council may move monthly meetings to the first Sunday 8 p.m. The Lutheran Church Women gathered at Mrs. Gordon Crandall's home with Miss Judith Pfeiffer winning a legal secretaries scholarship.
Ambassador Nguyen Xuan of North Viet Nam said Kabul's Somali proposal to form an African-Asian committee to settle the Vietnamese question would interfere in Hanoi's internal affairs. A Budapest court sentenced and fined several state officials for kickbacks from artists in state sales. In Madras, the Kerala Students Federation paused its rice ration agitation, demanding governor Bhagavan Sahay meet arrests and raise rations to 12 ounces daily by Feb 25.
Killer Joe Piro demonstrated The Johnson Jump at a Heart Association benefit attended by about 1,000 women including Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson. The dance blends Lindy Hop Susie Q and modern steps in a lively display.
Two men broke into the Roslyn Heights residence of a corrugated box firm president and stole about 100000 dollars in jewelry and 10000 in cash. Mrs Helen Serwitz 40 and her mother led the intruders to a basement liquor cabinet where the gems and cash were hidden. The son Marshall 17 was forced to surrender the items.
Ross Lv Vreeland, 38, of Ellenburg Center, N Y, was fatally injured when a tractor he was hitching to a sled on his farm slipped into gear and ran over him on Bradley Pond Road near Ellenburg Center between Plattsburgh and Malone.
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