120 Suits Reported Stolen From Buchdahl Clothing
Mechanicville police investigate the theft of about 120 suits from Buchdahl Clothing on Fork Avenue. Valued at 75 to 80 dollars each, the back door was forced open and investigators believe the loot was removed that way. Owner Seymour Nutrick discovered the break this morning as Police Chief Henry C. Ar aqid and Patrolman Jamies Del drete followed the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buchdahl
Fork Avenue
Mechanicville
Seymour Nutrick
Henry C. Araqid
Jamies Deldrete
Urban Unit Approves Wall Repair for Smith Block Site
Agency to repair the crumbling deck wall forming part of the former Smith Block foundation on Frances Street. Director Frank Yankowski said the New York regional office approved using agency funds to rebuild the retaining wall and prepare the razed plot for future use. Projects aim to restore the site for potential residential and park purposes with jobs tied to earmarked urban programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith Block
Frances Street
Frank Yankowski
New York
Mechanicville
Rosary observance at St Pauls Church in Merebankcville
The First Saturday devotion will be held today at 8 a.m. at St Pauls Church in Merebankcville with prayers dedicated to world peace. A comment noted efforts will be made to offer job opportunities to interested employees as the Mechanicville plant, a slitting operation employing 57 workers, processes paper rolls shipped there and trimmed into NCR machine sizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul's
Merebankcville
Mechanicville
NCR
Church Notices in Mechanicville and Area
Mechanicville church notices list several congregations with service times and events. Salvation Army notes 6 p.m. meetings, Gospel services, and morning study. Church of the Assumption lists multiple Sunday Masses and a high mass schedule. First Presbyterian records morning service and a Sunday school. Keely & Paul the Apostle and St Luke’s Episcopal provide Sunday masses and parish activities. Memorial Baptist shows 10 a.m. church school and 11 a.m. worship under Rev. Taylor Light. 1st Methodist outlines 9:45 a.m. church school and 11 a.m. divine worship with communion.(Positioning: entities include church names and clergymen. Times and services summarized.)
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of the Assumption
Presbyterian
David
Seipt
Keee & Paul the Apostle
Ernst J. Autch
USA
Memorial Baptist
Taylor Light
Communion
Luke’s Episcopal
Cutis
Denney
Hay
Leonart H. Bass
Fire Auxiliary to Install Officers at Banquet in Mechanicville
The Mechanicville Fire Department Auxiliary hosts a banquet on Saturday June 10 at the Hillside Inn. Reservations close Monday with Mrs. Carmella Runn or Carol Volpe. Inducted officers include Mrs. Runn president Miss Patricia Higgins vice president Mrs. Judy Jones treasurer and Mrs. Janice Hagadorn secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mechanicville Fire Department
Hillside Inn
Carmella Runn
Carol Volpe
Runn
Patricia, Higgins
Judy Jones
Janice Hagadorn
NCR Plant To Cease Operation At Mechanicville
NCR officials confirm the Mechanicville plant will close during the next year due to outmoded equipment and unsuitable site. The facility on Round Lake Avenue will consolidate with other plants, likely moving to Morristown, Tennessee, for improved distribution. Job openings are being studied as the move proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National ‘Cash Register
Mechanicville
Dayton
Charles V. Truax
Round Lake Avenue
NCR
Morristown
Tenn
Truax
Miss Crawford to Speak at WSCS Meeting in Mechanicville
Louise Crawford, a missionary from Taiwan, will speak at the WSCS meeting at First Methodist Church Mechanicville at 7:30 pm Monday. Church graduates will attend as guests and officers will be elected at the business session. A public reception for the new pastor Rev. Leonard H. Bass and Mrs. Bass follows in the assembly room at 7 pm Wednesday. A brief program with orchestra and choir is set for 7:30 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Crawford
Taiwan
WSCS
First Methodist Church
Mechanicville
Leonard H. Bass
Bass
Mr. Cooper
Theodore J. Cooper
Dunn Funeral Home
Hudson Ave
Stillwater
Leonard Bass
Weenridge
Saratoga Springs
Mary Lou Morby
Raymond Morby
Archeoue
Stillwater Rod and Gun Club
Morley
Bondz
Boston Conservatory of Munic
Pete Wilden Bonds
Lena
Lodge to Host Flag Day Program and Installation
The Hecanicville Sons of Italy Lodge schedules a Flag Day program at 6 p.m. on Wednesday June 14 on the club lawn with a public supper to follow. New officers will be installed at 8 p.m. in St Pauls Parochial School hall with Ellen Hayes district deputy as installing officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hecanicville Sons of Italy
Paul Marocco
St. Paul
CDA
Mechanicville
Thanieville
St. Paul’s
Ellen Hayes
Helen Mazza
Marie Komoroske
Cochairman
Fire destroys abandoned dwelling near Hemstreet Park
An undetermined origin fire destroyed an abandoned house on River Road two miles south of Hemstreet Park Wednesday night. Owned by Capital District Sand and Gravel Co., the blaze was halted from spreading to a barn and brush. Hemstreet Park fire crews, with help from Melrose and Hoosick Valley tankers and Strang fire truck from Mechanicville, conducted operations under Chief Vernon Perkins and Assistant Chief Duane Ingraham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hemstreet Park
Capital District Sand and Gravel Co., Inc
Hemstreet Park Fire Department
Melrose
Hoosick Valley
Strang
Mechanicville
Vernon Perkins
Duane Ingraham
Mechanicville High in Upstate Tax Study
Mechanicville ranks fourth among 60 upstate communities in full value school tax rates per the Citizens Expenditure Survey. The survey shows Mechanicville at 17.26 dollars per thousand for the year ending 1987, with 53.95 per thousand for 1966 67. The study notes tax rate increases in 45 communities, decreases in 12, and three held steady. Mechanicville also reports a pending reappraisal similar to Glens Falls noted in the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mechanicville
Citizens Expenditure Survey
Mechanicville T
Glens Falls
Bridge Play Winners Announced
The Wednesday duplicate bridge night at Mechan icville Golf Club Hemstreet Park drew 19 pairs. North-South winners were Mrs Edgar Stillman and George Held of Albany first, Leonard Smith and Lawrence Sternberg of Albany second, Mrs Mabel Cook and Dr Maxwell Finkel of Schenectady third. East-West winners were Mr and Mrs Josef Meuller of Stillwater first, Mrs Mary Decker and Mrs Claire Wynne Roberts of Glens Falls second, Dr and Mrs Anthony Falcone of Troy third. Next week is Master Point game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mechanicville
Church Activities Schedule at West Sand Lake
Churches list Sunday's programs at West Sand Lake and nearby: Methodist led by Rev. Day with services at 7 30 a.m. 11 a.m. and 2 30 p.m. plus nursery care and junior choir rehearsal. Trinity Lutheran and Salem Evangelical plan morning services, Sunday School, and youth fellowships. Attendees urged to bring supper and beverages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist
Roger
Methodist Farm
Sand Lake
Trinity ‘Lutheran
Marvin Johnson
Salem Evangelical United Brethens Chorca
Emerson Righ
Legion Post conducts installation at Veterans Home
Mrs Amelia Griffen was installed as president of the Auxiliary of Earl J Manning Post American Legion at a meeting at the Veterans Memorial Home. Other officers installed include Linda Rose, Mary Forte, Saraetta Mehan, Jean Bryan, Doris Russom, Julia Whitman and Nancy McDermott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amelia Griffen
Earl J. Mannng Post
American Legion
Veterans Memorial Home
Linda Rose
Mary Forte
Saraetta Mehan
Jean Bryan
Doris Russom
Julia Whitman
Nancy McDermott
T. §. Ryan
Skirts Down Hair Up Bans By Governor Maddox
Governor Maddox orders skirts down to the knees and hair up to the ears for state employees in Atlanta. He also warns male staff against long hair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Lester Maddox
Executive Department
Maddox
Ecumenical Film to Be Seen in Stillwater
Members of Mechanicville area churches are invited to view the ecumenical film Foundation for Dialogue at Stillwater United Church at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow. Rev. Robert Field will introduce the film and clergy from United Church and St. Peter's Catholic Church will participate in the brief program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mechanicville
Foundation For Dialogue
Stillwater United Church
Robert * Field
United Church
St. Peter's Catholic Church
OES To Meet At Hemstreet Park Home
The Past Matron's Club of Star of Liberty will meet Monday at Mrs Dolores Mellon's home in Hemstreet Park. The event was originally planned at Mrs Doris Burwash's residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Star of Liberty
Dolores Mellon
Hemstreet Park
Doris’ Burwash
Legion Post to Elect Officers at Mechanicsville Meeting
Nomination and election of officers will occur at the Lt. Fred H. Clark Post American Legion meeting on South Central Avenue Mechanicville at 8 p.m. Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred H. Clark Post
American Legion
Central Avenue
Mechanicville
Troy Man 25 Critically Hurt In Auto-Cycle Crash
Bruce Pratt 25 of Troy is in critical condition at Albany Medical Center after a morning Lansingburgh crash at Fifth Avenue and 107th Street. The car driver Rob ert Hartwell Jr. 39 of Albany was uninjured and not held. Pratt, helmeted, was headed north while Hartwell’s sedan traveled east. No witnesses or signals noted. Pratt is brother of former Troy Police Bureau member Eugene Pratt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy Man
Troy
Albany Medical Center
Lansingburgh
Robert B. Hartwell Jr
Warren Ave
Albany
Robert FE. Kane
Theodore Morsello
John Gray
Detective Bureau
Hartwell
107Th Street
Pratt
Fifth Avenue
Ampulance Service Corp
Leonard Hospital
Pumper 11
Ambulance Auxiliary Ready in Middlebury Fire Dept
Members of the Middlebury Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary have completed a first aid course and trained to operate the town ambulance. In pairs, they respond day or night to serious fire scenes to assist the responding crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middlebury, Conn
Middlebury Fire Department
Miss Noon Earns Hartwick College Honors
Miss Linda A. Noon, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Noon of Salem, received special honors at Hartwick College. She earned the Frank H. Bressee junior scholarship for the highest junior-year average and was named Jessie E. Jenks scholar, awarded to a junior woman supporting her education based on achievement leadership and financial need.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linda A. Noon
James Noon Salem
Hartwick College
Frank H. Bressee
Hartwick
Jessie E. Jenks
Malaysia To Buy 18 US Helicopters For Borneo War
Malaysia plans to purchase 18 helicopters from the United States to counter the Communist threat in Sarawak and Sabah. The Defense Ministry announced the plan, with the first delivery expected later this year and no price disclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malaysia
U.S
United States
Malaysian Borneo
Sarawak
Sabah
Ministry of Defense
Whitehall and area notes include promotions and local events
Whitehall items report Edgar Touchette and Marcia Touchette returning to studies at RPI and Saint Rose, Kilburn promoted to technical sergeant at Plattsburgh AFB, Graydon Wood presents Expo 67 slides to Whitehall Rotary, and CDA officers elected with installation set for June 19 at the Knights of Columbus Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Battease
Are Givens
Penn's Grove
Marcia Touchette
College of Saint Rose
Albany
Edgar Touchette
RPI
Gilmore Street
Truman R. Kilburn
Charles H. Kilburn
Air Force
Sergeant Kilburn
Plattsburgh Air Force Base
Graydon Wood
Glens Falls
New York Telephone Co
Whitehall
Joan Yule
Nancy Hole
Bernice Keyes
Alice Caterette
Monitor
Betty Egan
Blanche Frangnol
Eileen Whalen
Carolyn Raine
Sentinel
Carol Rocque
Adelaide Lenchen
Marcella Brazier
Mary Butio
Hall
Anne Runchman
Ticonderoga
Salem Rotary drives Homemade Cookies for Viet Nam
The Salem Rotary Club sponsors a Homemade Cookies for Viet Nam drive with cookies packed securely for delivery on June 9 or 10 to the Salem post office or to the Woodworking shop in Shushan. Community notices also include church and youth events and local visits by residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Salem Presbyterian Church
Ralph Reid
Glens Falls Hospital
Herbert Gledhill
Galisteo, N.M
George Callaway
Callaway
Gledhill
Galisteo
Santa Fe
Allan Bain
Wheeling
W.va
WWVA
Robert Ashford
Schenango Bridge
Willard Bain
Alfred Pinkerston
Schenectady
Robert Pinkerton
West Hebron
Ogilvie H. Davis
Waldo
Ohio
Legion Posts Meet for County Convention Parade and Elections
Greenwich American Legion Liberty Post hosts nine county posts for the annual Legion County Convention. A 7 PM street parade features four bands and drum corps, with Cambridge Maxon Post leading after high membership quotas. Following the parade a brief business session at Liberty Post elects officers for the coming year. All county Legion members are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenwich American Legion Liberty Post
American Legion
Washington County
Greenwich Central School
Cambridge
Granville
Green Sabres
Maxon Post
Fort Ann’ Post
Argyle
Post
Whitehall Post
Granville Post
Salem Post
Fort Edward Post
Clemons Post
Hudson Falls Post
Greenwich Pat
Main
Academy Streets
Washington
Depot
Main St
Washington Square
Liberty Post
Francis Clark
House Committee
Greenwich Couple Celebrates 50th Wedding Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Gillis of Greenwich were honored at a family dinner at Red Fez Restaurant Lake George for their 50th wedding anniversary. They wed May 31 1917 at South Argyle United Presbyterian Church. They have three sons a daughter and six grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Gillis
Greenwich
Lake George
Elsie Bain
South Argyle United Presbyterian Church
Carl Gladfelter
Gillis
Gordon Herrington
Sandra
Paul Gillis
Schuylerville
Lawrence Gillis
Watertown
Kenneth Davis
Donald Gillis
Christine
Future Farmers Elect Officers At Salem FFA Chapter
At a Salem Future Farmers of America meeting Albert Sheldon Jr was elected president. Other officers named were Allan Carney vice president John Irwin secretary Randy Fifield treasurer Tom Clark reporter Claude Barden sentinel John Gordy parliamentarian and John Welsh chaplain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Obituary for Harry Noonan 81 of Hudson Falls
The funeral for Harry Noonan 81 of Hudson Falls was held yesterday at Jillson Funeral Home Whitehall with Rev A H Ganoung officiating. Interment was in Whitehall Cemetery. He died Tuesday in Lockhart Nursing Home Lake George after a career with D and H Railroad and was a Brotherhood of Railway Clerks member. Survivors include two sons Guy Noonan Whitehall Roy Noonan Petersburg Va a daughter Mrs Harold Chilson Hudson Falls and several grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Noonan
Quarry Crossing
Hudson Falls
Jillson
Whitehall
A. H. Ganoung
First Baptist Church of
Whiteall
Noonan
D&h Railroad
Guy Noonan
Roy Noonan
Petersburg
Harold Chilson
U S Air Losses in Vietnam Top Two Thousand Mark
U S Command reports total aircraft losses in Vietnam since the war began reach 1,398 planes and 888 helicopters. May tied a monthly record with 38 planes lost, while combat drones faced MIGs surface-to-air missiles and heavy anti air defenses in the north. Helicopter losses are higher in the south due to frequent battlefield evacuations and supply runs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
U.S
United States
Vietnam
North Vietnam
North
South Vietnam
Injury follows bicycle fall near Cemetery Hill Road
Deborah Morris ten year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Burton Morris of West Broadway Salem is a patient at Mary McClellan Hospital Cambridge after falling from her bicycle Monday afternoon while descending Cemetery Hill Road just west of the Village of Salem losing control and injuring herself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deborah Morris
Burton Morris
West Broadway
Salem
Mary McClellan Hospital
Cambridge
Cemetery Hill Road
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Salvation
Proughton
Foumtm
Fire Auxiliary
Miss Crawford
St. Paul’s Court
West Sand Lake
Jeanne M. Bailey
Legion Post
Ryan
Legion To Elect
Miss Noon
Myrtle I
DeLora
Upstate
Wes. D. Graham
Legion
Inc
University of Minds
Sheriden Ave
Albany, WY
Devane
Broadway
Grand Dune
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