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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1966
Page
3
A reader prize piece explains piano anatomy with parts keys action strings plate and sounding board and traces origins from clavichord and harpsichord to Bartolommeo Cristofori 1709 and John Hawkins 1800. It notes wood preparation and the upright piano’s development.
Tax collection details announced for Stillwater residents with home and offsite collection days and penalties linked to late payments. Community events include Tappan Zee Women’s Club postponement, Stillwater Improvement Society meeting, public card party, village board session, Schuyler Creek Home Bureau lesson, and Stillwater Grange gathering with dates and locations.
A 22 year old Cohoes man, Douglas W. Hoffman, died at the scene when his 1958 sedan collided head on with a U S Postal Service mail van on snow covered Route 7 in Center Brunswick near the fire station. Four others were injured and transported for treatment.
Professor Donald Favreau associate director at Albany State University will speak to Colonie High seniors in the industrial arts department about the interview process in career planning. The talk is hosted by Nelson Maurer.
A reader contest explains a number riddle where choosing a number between 10 and 1000 and performing digit sums results in 9 or 18. The Britannica prize is awarded and the day’s winner is Debra Freedman, 11, of Worcester Massachusetts.
Rensselaer County reports 1965 saw 2 963 alarms a drop from 1964 with 305 fewer total incidents. Fire deaths fell to eight while injuries rose to 26 as auto fires surged. Grass and brush fires declined sharply and dwelling fires edged up. coordination among fire units drew praise.
The Stillwater adult physical education class meets tonight at 7 30 p m at Stillwater Central School. The class begins its second semester on January 26.
Newly elected officers of the Damen Verein of Germania Hall will be installed at a banquet on February 6. They are Mrs. Hilda Kreis president Mrs. Rose Rogers vice president Mrs. Betty Ann Ratigan financial secretary Mrs. Pauline Bowden recording secretary and Mrs. Mary Wass mandorf treasurer.
Averill Park Rev. Thomas H Kay told Rosary Altar Society members not to expect much from human nature and to appreciate life as it is. He led the annual question box on What Is Your Formula for Happiness and answered queries on fasting church laws and the church’s new look. The Feb 30 ham dinner plan, with Mrs Frank Nichols as general chair, was announced.
Activities include release time instruction and church meetings led by Rev. Thomas H. Kay and Rev. Jeremiah Nunan. Scout den mothers and leaders plan the Blue and Gold Dinner with a Sacred Heart School Hall meeting and Averill Park High School dinner on Feb 16.
Averill Park area 4-H leaders attend the first clothing project titled Lets Sew at the Home Demonstration Center in Defreestville starting at 10 a.m. Mrs Eleanor Calhoun will teach the course following a covered dish smorgasbord dinner led by Mrs Ernest Hoffman. The meeting also saw the installation of new officers. Methodist pastor Rev James I Borden preaches today at 6 30 p m with a dinner and annual meeting. Sand Lake Presbyterian pastor Rev Delbert Wemple leads Outreach committee today at 10 a m.
The article notes the Senate gains and 15 more Assembly members raise costs by several hundred thousand dollars. An emergency move may address the subway strike, with talks on merging transit with the Tri Borough Bridge Authority or placing it under the Metropolitan Commuter Transportation Authority. A price label on fiscal bills may return, while reapportionment plans remain unsettled.
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