Miss Bennett Dies Held Union Offices
Genevieve S. Bennett 85 of 2204 14th St Troy died yesterday at St Marys Hospital after a long illness. She was born in Troy daughter of Charles Bennett and Mary Cox Bennett. She lived in Troy all her life and was a communicant of St Paul the Apostle Church. Former employee of F Jacobson and Sons Dollar Shop she retired about two years ago. Active in the Amalgamated Clothing Workers Union she held several offices. Survivors include three sisters Mrs Edmund Westfall Scotia Mrs Frank Beditz Troy and Mrs James Fearey Watervliet plus several nieces and nephews. Funeral tomorrow at 8:30 a.m. from Ridward J Quinn Funeral Home 2339 15th St and at 9 a.m. from St Paul the Apostle Church Requiem High Mass to be celebrated.
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Miss Bennett
Genevieve S. Bennett
14Th St
St. Mary's Hospital
Troy
Charles BE
Mary A. Cox Bennett
St. Paul the Apostle Church
St.Paul the Apostle Church
Grand Jury Hears Brass Theft Case in Hoosick Falls
Rensselaer County grand jury held its second session this week and considered a Hoosick Falls case involving alleged theft of 700 pounds of brass from Noble and Wood Machine Co last month. A 16 year old Hoosick Falls youth is free on $3,000 property bond on first degree grand larceny charge. a Hoosick man is free on $1,500 bail as an accessory. Evidence was presented by Assistant District Attorney Elliott F. Marinstein. The jury recessed to report its findings in Supreme Court on Tuesday.
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Rensselaer County Grand Jury
Hoosick Falls
Noble & Wood Machine Co
Assi
Dist
Atty, Elliott
Supreme Court
Mind to Think: Steps to Faster Reasoning
Digest excerpt previews a guide titled Teach Your Mind to Think detailing quick problem solving techniques. It promotes improved reasoning across life and is part of a 41-article March Digest feature from Reader's Digest.
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March
Reader's Digest
Rotary Club Inspects New Library for Mechanicville
Rotary Club members previewed the Mechanicville Public Library, housed in the former Presbyterian Church House at 15 South Main St. The library will be open for public inspection from 2 to 7 p.m. tomorrow and officially open Monday with 1,500 volumes available, as explained by library board chairman Frank DeLorenzo and staff.
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Rotary Clubs
Mechanicville’ District
Frank DeLorenzo
Library Board of Trustees
Service Club
DeLorenzo
Presbyterian Church
South Main St
Cars Block Plowing Equipment in Mechanicville
Mechanicville's Main Street snow removal is hampered by parked cars, says Commissioner Michael J. Bennelle. He notes meters removal worsened the issue and suggests enforcing the all night parking ordinance, with penalties for vehicles left during snowfalls. Mayor Connors asked the city attorney to review enforcement options.
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Mechanicville
Michael J. Bennelle
John H. Connors
DPW
Yankowski Urges Appeal On Appraisal In Mechanicville
Mechanicville Urban Renewal Agency declined to appeal over a $9,500 higher appraisal for the Gaetano block amid calls by Director Yankowski to test the case in court. Mayor Connors opposed the move, staff had advised against appeal, while Fascia Bucci concur in principle as appraisals and upcoming condemnations are reviewed.
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Mechanicville Urban Renewal Agency
Avant
Frank Yankowski
John H. Connors
High Commission
Public Safety
John R. Fascia
Eugene Bucci
Yankowski
New York State Association of Urban Renewal
Buffalo
Thomas Clancy
Schuylerville
Frank Kearny
Joseph Zurlo
Mechanicville
Fascia
Urbanenewal
Yan‘kowski
Bucci
Fort
Camfield
Baker
Mrs Sluti Leads 497 Paces Bowlers in Mechanicville
In the Mechanicville Women's City League at Bowlers Lanes leaders include Polly Sluti 201-497 and Mickey Sweeney 180-496. Team results show Spongers over Whites and Marbles over Angels in three games, while Spices over Vand and Yellows over Chocolates win two.
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Mechanicville Women's City League
Polly Sluti
Mickey Sweeney
Lucille LaBelle
Doris DeVoe
Sally DeSorbe
Kay Phillips
Joan Topetro
Joan Carola
Dorothy Masterson
Jane Wichelas
Helene Cukroyany
Mrs Bruno Dies Longtime Mechanicville Firm Officer
Angela Maria Bruno 84 widow of John Bruno and founder of Hudson Valley Sand and Stone Co. died yesterday at Albany Medical Center Hospital after a long illness. She came to the United States in 1907 and lived in Mechanicville for 60 years. She was a Church of the Assumption member. Surviving are son Frank C. Bruno daughter Mrs Richard J. Manner and Miss Catherine A. Bruno two sisters Angela Martone and Josephine Silvestri and several nieces and nephews all in Italy seven grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral tomorrow at 9 a.m. from DeVito Funeral Home and 9:30 a.m. from Church of the Assumption. Interment in St Pauls Cemetery Mechanicville.
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Angela Maria Bruno
William St. Mechanicville
John Bruno
Hudson Valley Sand and Stone Co., Inc
Albany Medical Center Hospital
Bruno
Frm
Haly
United States
Mechanicville
Church of the Assumption
Frank C. Bruno
Richard J. Manner
Villanova
Catherine A. Bruno
Angela Martone
Josephine Silvestri
Italy
Factory History Outlined at Mechanicville Club Meeting
A history of the old glass factory near Lake Desolation in Saratoga County was summarized at the Mechanicville Club meeting held at Mrs. Frederick Burgoyne's home. The paper cited a 1849 move from Vernon and noted demand for glass, with 220 to 250 residents near the mountain in 1866, and the business selling to Congress & Empire Spring Co. around 1870 before relocating to Saratoga Springs.
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Lake Desolation
Saratoga County
Mechanicville
Frederick Burgoyne
Broadway
Olin J
Salmon
Maurice
A. Crowel
Tela
Peration
Vernon
Oscar’ Granger
Saratoga’ Springs
Congress & Empire Spring Co
Saratoga Springs
Hayden Vredenburg
Funeral services held for Mrs Helen R Cunningham
Funeral services for Mrs Helen R Cunningham were conducted at Dunn Funeral Home with Rev David P Seipt of First Presbyterian Church officiating. Burial followed yesterday in Arlington National Cemetery in Rexford. Residential details note her husband Col John Cunningham, U.S. Air Force, a former Mechanicville resident, was interred at Leonard Hospital remarks.
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Helen R. Cunningham
Dunn Funeral
David P. Seipt
First Presbyterian Church
Willam Wysinsky
Weston Drive
Valley Green
Arlington National Cemetery
Rexford
Col
John
Mechanicville
Cunningham
U.S. Air Force
Leonard Hospital
Council Plans Meeting With School Board Over Sewer Hike
The Mechanicville City Council agreed to a joint session with the Board of Education at 7 p.m. March 6 to discuss a proposed increase in the sewer charge for the new high school on Pruyn Hill from 500 to 2599 dollars a year. Mayor Connors, City Atty Enzien, and City Engineer Sheehan were to attend, with Commissioner Bahan absent.
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Mechanicville
Board of Education
Pruyn Hill
John JH. Connors
John Bolton
Education, Board
City Atty
Peter J. Enzien
John H. Sheehan
Education Board
Connors
J. R. Faseia
Michael J. Ennello
Eugene Bucci
Frances K. Bahan
Marie Komoroske
Traffic Commission
Public Works
Ennello
Washington Ave
Albany
Salvation Army Major To Speak To Methodists
Salvation Army Major Richard Shaffstall of the Troy unit will speak at a 6:30 p.m. supper meeting of the First Methodist Church Mechanicville club. He will present an illustrated talk on Puerto Rico. St Marks Troy members will attend as guests. The fourth Lenten breakfast study of the Women’s Society of Christian Service is set for Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. in the dining hall with Mrs. David Johnson in charge.
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Richard Shaffstall
Salvation Army
Troy
First Methodist Church
Mechanicville
Shaffstall
Puerto Rico
St. Mark's Methodist
Church of Troy
Women’s Society of Christian Service
David Johnson
Earl Clough
Earl Simpson
Mrs Canavan Stricken in Albany Hospital Visit
Mrs Statia Canavan secretary of the Mechanicville Civil Service Commission is a patient at St Peter's Hospital Albany. She was taken by the Ahearn Rescue Squad ambulance after being stricken at her home.
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Statia Canavan
Mechanicville Civil Service Commission
St. Peter’s Hospital
Albany
Church Women Dinner Tomorrow at Memorial Baptist Church
The Me morial Baptist Church women will host a roast beef dinner in the church dining room in Machanicville, starting at 6 p.m. tomorrow. Tickets are available at the door.
Miss Anne Maria Tarsa Named to Albany College Dean's List
Miss Anne Maria Tarsa of Riverside Mechanicville is named to the Albany College of Pharmacy dean's list as a junior medical technology student.
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Anne Maria Tarsa
Frank Tarsa
Riverside
Mechanicville
Albany College of Pharmacy
Joint Meeting of Mechanicville Methodists Hosts Clifton Park and Round Lake Youths
The First Methodist Church of Mechanicville will host a joint gathering of junior and senior high youth groups with Clifton Park and Round Lake churches at 6 p.m. Sunday at the Mechanicville church.
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First Methodist Church
Mechanicville
Clifton Park
Round Lake
Troy Hoseman Injured In Fall
John P. Nash, 36, of 241 4th Ave., fractured hip, facial cuts, and shoulder contusions after a fall at Central Fire Station yesterday. Taken to St. Mary's Hospital by Ambulance Service Corp for further treatment. condition described as fair to good.
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John P. Nash
4Th Ave
Central Fire Station
St. Mary's Hospital
Ambulance Service Corp
Kennedy Urges Major Draft Overhaul in Senate
Senator Edward M. Kennedy proposed a broad overhaul of the draft, urging federal standardization, a lottery induct*ion, and new deferment rules. He pushed a national induction standard, four year college deferments, limited exemptions, and noncombat service paths, with hearings to begin soon.
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Washington
Seit
Edward M
Kennedy
Sion
Kenne
Tuat
Massachusetts
Congress
Senate
Leon Kennedy
Senate Labor Subcommittee On
Senate Armed Services Committee
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Peace Corps
River Street Section Closed Amid Demolition Work
Acting City Manager J Leo Quigley announced River Street between Short King and Jacob Streets will close to traffic until further notice. Demolition crews work on a Cluett Peabody building. southbound traffic rerouted via Short King to Jacob and west on Jacob to River Street. Northbound traffic on Short King remains open.
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River Street
Short King and
Jacob Streets
J. Leo Quigley
Quigley
Cluett, Peabody Coy ,Inc
Short King
Jacob
Short King Street
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H. Malowey
Rotary Club
SAT
Canada
Continental Ditilling Corp
Phila
Troy Hoseman
Donald’j. Lamsing
Sencior
St. John’s “Episcopal Church
Bradford H. Burnham
St. John's
Francis Weingartner
Donald J. Lansing
First St
Kenedy
Wheatena
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