PLAY COINWORD Test Your Wits Puzzle No. 1156
Puzzle page lists clues with two choice fillins for a Wordplay game. Readers submit answers by mail to The Record editor in Troy New York by Aug 2 at 5 PM.
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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1977
Page
3
Puzzle page lists clues with two choice fillins for a Wordplay game. Readers submit answers by mail to The Record editor in Troy New York by Aug 2 at 5 PM.
The Times Record invites all non employees relatives to enter the COINWORD contest. Entries may be submitted via the printed entry blank or a hand drawn replica. Submit completed puzzle with name and address before 5 p.m. Tuesday after publication. Prize is 25 dollars weekly, divided if multiple winners, or rolled over if no correct solution. All entries become property of the paper and only one prize per family.
Saratoga County Day At The Fair offers reduced grounds admission and free parking on Wednesday in Ballston Spa. A full schedule includes eight to 16 year old athletic events from 10 a.m. to noon, tug of war with local officials at 12:30, a spelling bee at 1, Malta Majorettes at 2, Spa Summer Players at 3, 4 H Swinging Squares at 4, a barbecue at 4:30, animal acts at 5, a firemen sponsored demo at 7:30, Green Sabres at 9, and fireworks at 10:30 p.m. Regular events feature cattle, horse and antique judging from 9:30 to 1, plus 4-H chicken barbecue from 4:30 to 7:30.
Correction note states Robby Pratt of Mechanicville did not need a fund drive for a special leg brace. Assemblyman Robert D Andrea and Jerry Mastan aided delivery. Robby is a victim of Legg Calve Perthes disease. The Sunday Record regrets the error.
Walter Beckstein and son Thomas of Grafton posted 113 to win the low net in the Hoosick Falls Country Club Member-Guest over the weekend. A record 38 teams entered the two day 36 hole event with prizes valued at 1300 dollars. Second place tied Deming Hoffay and Frazier Frazier with 62 while Don Smith and Alex Mahar captured low gross at four under par 192 edging McEvoy and Hunter by one stroke.
Wilton citizens led by Barbara Kelleher sue to remove Mt McGregor Correctional Facility expansion behind Grant cottage. Public hearings, environmental impact study, and court order shape whether the 150 inmate camp adds 250 medium security prisoners, with local protests and caretaker Sage Gambino defending the site.
Mechanicville District Public Library will present three films in the Summer Sizzler Film Series on Thursday. The morning lineup includes Shout It Out Alphabet, Chairy Tale, and Isabella and the Magic Brush, followed by the television special Free to Be You and Me in the afternoon. Isabella and the Magic Brush will also be shown.
Clifton Park Town Board said it will continue study of traffic problems on Route 146 west of I 87 with results expected by August 22. Two public hearings addressed unsolicited advertising and 86 mph speed limits in Huntwood Crescent Estates North. The board also appointed Mildred Peck deputy receiver of taxes and Teal Place and Chir Monte accountant for the town.
Police report show Officer Steven Smith injured his nose during an arrest at 368 South Street in Rensselaer. Louis Shorts Jr. of the same address was charged with harassment resisting arrest and assault second degree and remanded to Rensselaer County Jail.
Schaghticoke residents may apply and recertify for food stamps on the second Tuesday of each month. Applicants must prove county residence in Rensselaer and provide four weeks of income and resource information plus shelter and medical expense receipts per the county Social Services press release.
Saturday marked the 92nd anniversary of General Ulysses S. Grant's death at the Mount McGregor cottage near Saratoga. The piece recounts his bankruptcy and illness, the cottage's history, and how his memoirs and funeral left a lasting legacy in New York.
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