Old timer still enjoys church choir after decades
Shelburne Vermont longtime church singer Jack Ockert who joined Trinity Episcopal Church’s choir after 1900 remains active 75 years later. He recalls strict early practices led by Cecil Egg and notes his World War I service briefly interrupted attendance. Ockert, a former parish secretary and longtime choirmaster, values church and music and continues to don the robe each Sunday with his wife Mildred praising his dedication.
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William H. Braun
Burnington Free Press
Shelburne, Vt
Trinity Episcopal Church
Jack Ockert
Ockert
Shelburne Choir
Charles Lawrence
Trinity Episcopal
Shelburne
Cambridge News DAR Card Party and Flower Show Details
Andowa Chapter DAR to host a public card party on July 21 at 1 p.m. at 6 North Park St with prizes and refreshments. Cambridge Area WFGA presents a two day Flower Show at Brieman Building, Cambridge United Presbyterian Church, with divisions in horticulture and artistic design. DAR members toured Wilson Castle in Proctor Vermont, planning a July 21 card party and donating to the DAR School homemaker class.
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DAR
Andowa
Daughters of the American Revolution
John A. Hampton
North Park St
Cambridge Area
Woman's National Farm and Garden Association
Brieman
Cambridge
Samuel Nowell
Grant Street
Wilson Castle
Andowa - Cambridge
Proctor
F. Donald Flewelling
Duncan Smith Dar School
Margaret Ashton
Peanut brittle peddler faces judge Wednesday
Hoosick Falls a Mashfield Massman faces village court Wednesday evening over illegal peddling linked to Rev Moon's Unification Church. Michael L. Drake was charged with peddling without a permit after police seized about 35 boxes of peanut brittle and 34.41 dollars as evidence. He will appear before Judge William Fitzpatrick as reports note moonies selling candy door to door in the village.
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Hoosick Falls
Massman
Sun Myung Moon
Unification Church
Michael L. Drake
Drake
William Fitzpatrick
Channel 13 news announcers unrelated and 11 p.m. live
Kent Jarrell and Tom Jarriel are not related. Channel 13 confirms the 11 p.m. newscast is live. The letter column also notes various local tips and a butter grading bulletin from the agriculture department.
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Kent Jerrel
Channel 13 News
Tom Jerrel
ABC - TV
Channel 13
Kent
Jarrell
Tom
Jarriel
Tornado force storm lashes Hoolick Falls area
Residents described a brief but intense tornado like storm that swept through the Babcock Lake Road area Wednesday afternoon. Trees were uprooted roofs torn from buildings and power lines downed as two suspected twisters caused widespread damage including a carport and radio tower toppled. Local witnesses recalled similar events decades ago and awaited official confirmation on whether a tornado occurred.
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Hoolick Falls
Jim
Babcock Lake Road
Clayton Paddock Farm
Robert Strait
Pair charged in Vermont theft of motorcycle
East Greenbush State Police say David Goodspeed and Robin Shaw were arrested on Route 22 in Stephentown after a stolen motorcycle linked to Hartford Washington County case was recovered by Salem State Police. Each faces felony second degree possession of stolen property and misdemeanor third degree counts with bail set at 25000 and 10000 respectively.
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Vermont
Stephentown
Washington County
East Greenbush
David Goodspeed
South St
Granville
Robin A. Shaw
Stoddard St
Glens Falls
Route 22
Hartford
Salem State Police
Goodspeed
Mink withdraws from three-way mayoral race in Rensselaer
Incumbent Mayor Joseph P. Mink will not run as an independent, leaving a two-person Democratic primary against Alderman Donald Hunt. Fred Harrigan, former common council president, would have been a third candidate in a three-way race, Mink says he opposes such a contest and plans to focus on his own campaign.
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Rensselaer
Joseph P. Mink
Democratic Party
Mink
Donald Hunt
Democratic Committee
William Carney
Hunt
Fred Harrigan
Harrigan
Amtrak Improves Albany Corridor to Boost Speed
Amtrak outlines track rehabilitation from Buffalo to Albany with surfacing tile replacement and new trails. Rensselaer station upgrades funded by New York and Amtrak, plus in-cab signal system to enable 110 mph runs. Completion planned over three construction seasons by fall 1979.
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Bryan
Buffalo
Albany
State of
Amtrak
Slingerlands Man Named Music Division Chairman
J Robert Sheehan of Slingerlands is appointed chairman of the Music Division at the College of Saint Rose by President Thomas A Manion. He studied at Manhattanville and Siena, holds an MS in musical education from SUNY Potsdam, and previously served as associate professor of music. He directs music at Albany's Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception.
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Albany
J. Robert Sheehan
Slingerlands
The
College of Saint Rose
Thomas A. Manion
Sheehan
Mahattanville College
Siena College
the College
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Semifinalists named for Cornword Puzzle No 1153
Forty nine semifinalists are listed for Cornword Puzzle No 1153 and will be eligible by identifying five key words to win the jackpot of 1375 dollars. Winners, if any, will be announced Saturday. The long roster includes many Troy and Watervliet residents among others.
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Mildred
Grumbles
Cambridge News
Edie Beaumont
River Street
Peanut Brittle
Times Record
Troy
N.Y
Hot Line
Joanne Smith
C. M
Cohoes
Watervliet
Menands
Price Channel
Marjorie
Petersburg
A. B
J.M
126Th St
Fifth Ave
Lansingburgh
T. E
Steinbrau
Colleen — Cohoes
Bosstone Co
Boston
Mass
U. S. Dept. of Agriculture
Home and Garden Bulletin
Wendell W. Crowle
River Road
Croyle
North
Independent
Jack Bryan
Department of Transportation
Slingerlands Man
the State University of New York At
Potsdam
Olwen Agger
Dorothy Alderman
Berlin
Rowland Austin
Milton H. Batchelder
Margaret Bauder
Ballston Lake
Mary C. Brown
Dennis Bulson
Lil Bulson
Ann Celeste
S. Chiplock, Watervliet
H. Cooney
Cournoyer Boys
Vincent J. D'Amico
Mechanicville
Peg Dinah
E. Doin
Lansingburg
L. Ford
Agnes J. Foley
Waterviet
Ann Forgett
Leon G. Foster
Stillwater
Ruth Galarneau
Joseph Glenkowski
F. Homitz
Robert S. Hydorn
B. Ingenoso
Catherine Ingenoso
John Lonczak
H. B. Long
Jim Longar
James E. Lowe
Troy Mary Madigan
Valley Falls
Marge Martin
Ruth Murray
the Seven McHargs
Sally Osterhout
Margaret Picarazzi
Ken Rathbun
Ray Roberts
M. B. Rowe
Albert Sickles
Daniel Schroder
Mrs
Harold Sherman
Lorraine Stiles
Clifton Park
John F. Tanchak
Green Island
Robert Wallace
Waterford
Henry Weglarz
Concetta F. Wilkinson
Nancy G. Winkler
Round Lake
Henry Woods
Tony Zdonick
Minnie Ziter
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