Mechanicville Takes Step to Keep Adult Education Open
Mechanicville School District plans to continue its adult education program in September if a new director is found. Supervisor Earl Whitbeck resigns as part time director. Students will pay full program cost via registration fees minus state aid, under new Education Department rules.
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Mechanicville
Board of Education
Earl Whitbeck
Commissider of Education
Commissioner of Education
Three Mechanicville Classmates Enlist in Army
Three members of the Mechanicville High School Class of 1958 Andrew Burke Al Grozzo and Caruso enlisted in the U S Army. They will undergo eight weeks of basic training at Ft Dix then proceed to Camp Gordon or Ft Belvoir for further schooling. Both drivers received commendations for long driving records from the Mechanicville Post Office.
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Mechanicville High School
Andrew F. Burke
Robert K Caruso
Andrew J
Chanicville Post Office
Grozzo
U.S. Army Safety Awards
Tranligen! Department
M. Set
Henry J. Kaiser
Burke
Ft. Belvoir
Vasottaenann
Mechanicville High student wins Regents scholarship
William Petronis, 18, son of Mr and Mrs Willian Petronis Sr of River road, becomes the second Class of 1958 member at Mechanicville High to win a Regents Scholarship. Miss Mary Collins earlier earned one. Petronis plans engineering studies at Siena College after high school, and was active as staff editor on both the Salimon yearbook and Tallmoon magazine, plus junior year roles in student government and clubs.
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William Petronis
Willian Petronis Sr
River Road
Mechanicville High School
Mary Tou Collins
Collins
Robert Collins
Main SL
Cornell University
Cliss
Connerl
Camera Club
Halfmoon Magazine
Service Club
Nassau Man Sentenced On Petit Larceny Charges
Charles Giles Jr. of Nassau was jailed for 0 days after pleading guilty to taking articles from relatives and making a small sum from another relative. He faced two petit larceny counts before Justice George K. Irish in Schodack Town. Police handled the arrest with Nassau Chief C. Lowell Avery and State Trooper T. M. Grener. A separate Wisconsin Safety Council citation salutes Leonard Werbie of Kenosha for protecting his eyes when a grinding wheel broke.
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Charles Giles Jr
Nassau
Rensselaer County
Justice of the
George K. Irish
Schodack
Giles
C. Lowell Avery
T. M. Grener
State Police
Wisconsin Council of Safety
Leonard Werbie
Kenosha
Board Lets Contracts For Fuels In Mechanicville
Mechanicville school board awarded contracts for buckwheat and bituminous coal to G A Bove and chestnut coal to Mastrianni Brothers both of Mechanicville. No 2 fuel oil went to Tri County Gas & Oil Co of Mechanicville. Paper towels and tissues went to W H Frazier Paper Co and milk to Central Dairy of Mechanicville via George Thomas Jr.
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Hy T
Mechanicville
Board of Education
G. A. Bove
Chestnut Coal
Mastrianni Brothers
Tri- County Gas & Oil Co
W. H. Frazier Paper Co
Smilk
Central Dairy
George Thomas Jr
Little League All Stars Selected for Mechanicville Stillwater
Mechanicville Stillwater Little League Names All Star lineup led by Aldrich Brown Carney Cowen Maddr en Marmillo Marotta Morocco Overacker Pickett Ricardi Ross Taglione Williett. game opens tomorrow at Minute Man Field against winner of Plattsburg Massena. Edward J Murray appeals for housing help for visiting players during return trip likely by Wednesday.
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AllStar
Mechanicville-Stillwater
Minute Man Field
Elizabeth Street
Plattsburg
Massena
Edward J. Murray
Mechanicville Loop
Mechanicville
Massoni
Mechanicville- Stillwater
Victor
Don
Aldrich
Eugene Brown
Timothy Carney
Edward Cowen
David Maddren
Carmen Marmillo
Paul Marotta
Arthur Morocco
William Overacker
George
Mike’) Pickett
Martin Ric
All-Star Games Record Sign Post Erected at Mechanicville High
Regular play will resume in the local loop after the All-Star competition. A signboard to record All-Star games has been erected in front of Mechanicville High School.
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Mechanicville High School
Miss Van Heusen Honored At Church Wedding Shower
Miss Ellaine V. Van Heusen of Meehanieville attended a bridal shower hosted by Mrs. Shirley Edison Mrs. Rita Beeman and Mrs. Marlene Ryan in the First Methodist Church dining hall. An umbrella of assorted gifts stood at the bride’s table and a bride and groom cake made by Mrs. Ellison sat as the centerpiece.
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Ellaine V. van Heusen
Meehanieville
Shirley Edison
Rita Beeman
Marlene Ryan
First, Methodist Church
Ellison
van Heusen
St Pauls Drops Game to Spa Nine in Rain Halts
St Pauls of Mechanicville fell 4 to 1 to Saratoga Kiwanis in a County Babe Ruth League contest halted by rain in the sixth inning. St Pauls led off the sixth with runners on first and third and two out before the game was suspended and the score reverted to the end of the fifth. The Mechanicville YMCA secretary Leon J Vanileusen and Mrs Vanileusen of 207 2nd Age plan to wed Harley H Blodgett of Springfield Massachusetts on Saturday August 16 at Agawam Congregational Church.
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St. Paul’s
Spa
St. Paul's
Mechanicville
Saratoga Kiwanis
Mechanicville Ymca
Leon J. Vanileusen
Vanileusen
Harley H. Blodgett
Springfield
iMass
Agawam
Mass. Congregational Church
Explorer Scout Wins High Honor Hornaday Medal for Conservation
George E. Gage Jr. of Clifton Park Troop 38 receives the national Hornaday Medal at Camp Saratoga for distinguished service and interest in conservation. He is among 15 to 20 nationwide winners, pledged to study wildlife management at Utah State University in fall.
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Eli Hora
George E. Gage Jr
Saratoga County
Scout Gage
Ciifton Park
Camp Saratoga
Saratoga County Council
Rawson Talbot
Saratoga County Conservation Committee
Gage
Claude H. Haley
National Scout Council
Utah State University
Mrs LaBar Rites Conducted From Church
The funeral of Mrs. Katherine M. LaBar widow of Mechanicville grocer Harvey LaBar was held Friday at 9 am from the Cassidy Funeral Home and at 9 30 am from St Pauls Church Interment followed in St Pauls Cemetery Mechanicville Rev James M Seymour officiated bearers included Harold Monty Kenneth Monty Robert Paro George Sullivan Thomas Sullivan and Timothy Sullivan Mrs LaBar died Tuesday at the home of her son Chester F LaBar 87 Ellsworth Ave Mechanicville after a long illness
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Katherine M. LaBar
Mechanicville
Harvey LaBar
T. L. Cassidy
N. 2Nd Ave
St. Paul’s Church
Daniel W. Driscoll
Ll.a
Mary Kelly
St. Paul’s Cemetery
James M. Seymour
OSA
Harold
Kenneth Monty
Robert Paro
George
Thomas
Timothy Sullivan
Seymour
Red Cross Bloodmobile at Schuylerville School Tomorrow
The Red Cross Bloodmobile will be at Schuylerville elementary tomorrow from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Miss Alice M. Smith, chairman, urges urgent blood donations aiming for at least 125 pints. Appointments can be made by phoning Mrs. Spencer Boyce or Miss Smith. walk ins welcome. Donors aged 18 to 50 may give. 18 to 21 require guardian consent. Also noted, Miss Serpu has been commissioned as a first lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force Nurses Corps and will report to Gunnery Air Force Base in Montgomery, Alabama, August 10 for duty.
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Red Cross
Schuylerville
Alice M. Smith
Spencer Boyce
Miss Smith
Missoris Serpu
U. S. Air Force Nurses’ Corps
Gunner Air Force Base
Montgomery
Alabama
Glens Falls
Miss Serby
Plattsburg State Teachers College
Retired BEM Employee Dies At VA Hospital
Marks McLean of Round Lake aged 66 died Saturday at Albany Veterans Hospital after a long illness. He was a former B&M Railroad electrician and active Mason, past master at Mt. Lebanon Lodge Jamaica VI, toward Round Lake Methodist Church. Survivors include Florence Dibble McLean, a daughter Helen Meyer, a son Mark L. McLean, sister Ruth Robinson, niece Elizabeth McClough, and seven grandchildren. Funeral at Morris Funeral Home Round Lake tomorrow at 1 PM with Rev. Paul W. Ives officiating. interment Jamaica Vermont.
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Mark L. McLean
Emporium
Ruth Robinson
Jamaica, Vt
Elizabeth McClough
Putney
Morris Funeral
Round Lake
Paul W. Ives
Round Lake Methodist Church
Jamaica
Plan Rites For Plane Victims
Funeral arrangements were completed for Joseph Murphy 20 of Hoosick Falls and Malcolm Harrison 39 of Hoosick Falls two men killed when their private plane crashed on the Cape Cod mud flats The other passengers Paul Harrison 10 in good condition and Albert Kretzmer 46 in serious condition Police said the Stimson 150 four seater struck a cable over the North Truro beach after takeoff from North Adams airport Interment set for Murphy and Harrison to be buried in local cemeteries both families plan services tomorrow
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Joseph Murphy
McCaffery SL
Hoosick Falls
North Truro
Mass
Cape Cod
Malcolm G. Harrison
High St
Priday
Murphy
Leo J. Mahar
Main St
Church of the Immaculate Conception
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Harrison
Howard E. Harrions
St. Mark
North Truro J
Plymouth Bay Packing Co
North Adams
Three Pass Test For Appointment To Welfare Jobs
Three Rensselaer County residents and present county welfare workers passed a Civil Service exam for permanent status. The March 22 1958 test drew 376 state applicants. 333 took it and 196 passed. Named locals are John L. Driscoll Ralph H. Crane and L Ovsanikow.
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Rensselaer County
County Public Welfare Department
Civil Service
John L. Driscoll
Congress St
Ralph H. Crane
Nassau
L. Ovsanikow
East Greenbush
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Howard Coonen
New York City
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Alda
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Dua
George Marotta
Northern Auto Parts Co
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Bowser
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Glyen Commission
BEM
VA Hospital
Adirondacks
Troy Record
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Adirondack
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Ausable Chasm Restaurant
Bolton Landing City Market
Sagamore Gaybreak
Brant Lake Cronin’s
Chestertown
T. J. Fish & Sons
Green Mansions
Cleverdale Williamson’s
Ross’ Snack Bar
Williamson's
Cranberry Lake
Sheard's
Crown Point Corneille Grocery
Diamond Point Nissen’s
Elizabethtown
Cantin
Fish Creek
Donaldson's
Heartstone State Park
Grant's Gate
Hulett
Benjamin
Indian Lake Corner
Kattskill Bay Harris’ Store
Keene Lawrence Gas Station
Keene Valley
Alexander
Keeseville
Lake George
Village
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Knobby’s Wilcox Soda Bar Beach Drive-In
Lake Placid
E. Holt Mirror News Room
Ormsby's
Mineville Mineville Pharmacy
North Creek
Walt’s
Olmstedville
Knob Frieihmann
Pottersville
Port Henry
Bill
Carr
South End
Saranac Inn
Saranac Inn Hotel
Saranac General Store
Saranac Lake
Walsh's
Ryan's Smoke Shop
Boynton’s
Jordan's
Hoffman Terminal
Cheeseman’s Sporting Goods
Schroon ‘Lake Williford’s News
Schroon
Murdock
Severence Tyrell
Star Lake
Ticonderoga Myers Pharmacy
Burleigh Pharmacy
Variety Shop
Beneliqua Grocery
Duell’s
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Monkey Pharmacy
Warrensburg
Herrman’s Gift Shop
Millward’s Pharmacy
Bertrand & Baker Pharmacy
Westport Corner Drug Store
Willsboro
Foley's Drug Store
the Record Newspapers
Wilmington Sport and Gift Shop
Witherbee Forkus
the Times Record
Malcolm G. Marrison
Hoosick Councilman
John A. and
Loretta O’'Hearn Murphy
Kodak Co. Knowlson’s
Broadway
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