Fresh Air Fund invites Mechanicville children for summer respite
Fourteen underprivileged youngsters from the New York metropolitan area have been invited for fresh air summer vacations in Mechanicville under the Fresh Air Fund. Commissioner John R. Fascia says six more invitations are needed to meet the local quota and asks families to contact City Hall. Visitors are due to arrive on the noon train Thursday, July 20.
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New York Metropolitan
Mechanicville
Fresh Air Fund
Commissioner of Public Works
John R. Fascia
City Hall
YMLA Baseball Games Remembered As Odd Field Play
Johnny Maloney recalls Mechanicville YMLA baseball of 1918 on a steep sidehill diamond on Viall Avenue. Players ran uphill to first, second base slanted downward, and fielding challenges produced comic misplays amid local lore and a Twilight League rise in the mid-1920s.
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Mechanicville Hillside
Tom Friello
Bob Perretta
Julius Peroli
Frank A. Tate
John Rubino
Alfred Miranda
Robert Geruso
Anthony de Marco
James Sylvester
James V. Parente
Martin Geruso
Frank Guilinelli
Peter Vandetta
Dan Izzo
John H. Maloney
Mechanicville
Y.m.la
Maury Wills
Marty Geruso
Sylvester
Jimmy
Saratoga Avenue
St. Paul’s Cemetery
Tom
Viall Avenue
YMIA
Sidehill
YMILA
Baxter’s Tavern
Sons of Italy
Fred Amedeo
Amedeo City Band
Orrie
Lawrence Welk
Fielder Friello
Troy
Hoosick Falls
Green Island
Cohoes
Still Water
Bruno
Yankee Stadium
John R
Collins’ Greenhouse
Hudson River
Sec
City Hall
League
Set Hours For Food Program At Mechanicsville Center
Surplus food will be distributed at the Ahearn Rescue Squad building on North Central Avenue Mechanicsville Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. under the supervision of John La Valla.
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Ahearn Rescue Squad
North Central Avenue
Mechanicsvile
John la Valla
Public Works
Reading Club Sponsored by Mechanicville Library
A summer vacation reading club for elementary students will be sponsored by the Mechanicville District Public Library. The program, run with the Southern Adirondack Library System, invites children to join at no cost and offers special reading certificates for those who complete more than ten books, awarded Friday, Aug. 25.
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Mechanicville District Public Library
Mechanicville
Southern
Adirondack Library System
New Officers Installed By Auxiliary of Ellsworth Post
New officers of the Auxiliary of Col. Elmer E. Ellsworth Post VEW were installed in Mechanicville. Elected were Cora Canty president Alice Compton senior vice president Jennie Smith junior vice president Martha Dickson treasurer Florence Hanna chaplain Sara Sweet conductress Mary Casey guard Lorraine Henderson trustee three years Amber Lynch trustee two years Marie Curtis trustee one year Susan Conway Henderson Hanna and Sweet selected district delegates Alternates chosen Lynch Compton Sweet Luther Lynch will be district delegate to Hudson Mohawk County Council with Sue Conway as alternate Dickson Hanna named delegates to the state convention in Syracuse June 21 24 with Mary Osborn and Conway as alternates Henderson outgoing president and Addie Mockrish past department president also represented the auxiliary Donated to Albany Veterans Hospital July 4 party.
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Elmer E. Ellsworth
VEW
Mechanicville
Cora Canty
Alice Compton
Jennie Smith
Martha Dickson
Florence Hanna
Sara Sweet
Mary Casey
Lorraine Henderson
Amber Lynch
Marie Curtis
Susan Conway
Henderson
Hanna
Sweet
Lynch
Compton
Stweet
Madeline Luther
Hudson Mohawk County Council
Sue Conway
Dickson
Syracuse
Mary Osborn
Conway
Addie Mockrish
Albany Veterans Hospital
Chief Reports $146 In Fines During May
May collected fines and forfeitures in Mechanicville totaled 146 dollars per the monthly police report to the mayor and City Council by Chief Henry C. Arnold. It breaks down to 35 from speeders, 30 from red light violations, 50 from a driver with revoked license, 15 from muffler faults, and 10 from failing to yield right of way. Additional routine items include 74 street lights out, 7 malfunctioning signals, 6 unlocked business doors, 36 motor vehicle accidents, 11 ambulance calls and aided cases, 47 fires attended, 1 sick day, 8 parking violations, and 8 arrests for the month.
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Mechanicville
Henry C. Arnold
Church Groups Schedule Annual Picnics
The Fellowship Club of the First Methodist Church of Mechanicville will hold its picnic and final meeting of the season at 6 15 p m today at Burgo yne s Retreat the summer camp for Mrs Laura Burgoyne. Members of the Junior and Senior High Fellowships will picnic at Saratoga Battle Park Bemis Heights at 4 p m Thursday. The Junior High Fellowship will hold a food sale at Grants Store in the Shopping Center starting 10 a m Saturday to raise funds for the summer camp.
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Fellowship Club
First Methodist Church of
Mechanicville
Burgoyne
Laura Burgoyne
Saratoga Battle Park
Bemis Heights
Grants Store
Awards Night at Stillwater Central School Honors Students
The Stillwater Central School held its annual sports recognition night at Brown's Beach Restaurant Saratoga Lake. Girls and boys received letters and certificates for intramural extramural and interscholastic programs with named winners from grades 7 through 12 in soccer volleyball basketball track softball and more. Two girls received leadership awards. the event also highlighted MVP trophies and baseball awards for the boys with coaches presenting and seniors earning multiple letters. Grange To Meet Bemis Heights Grange will meet today at 8 p.m. in Grange Hall.
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Stillwater Central School
Saratoga Lake
Joanne Regena
Toni Bradley
Diane Chase
Edith Clark
Nancy Cassier
Karen Dalrymple
Kris Drum
Sherry Baker
Becky Shaw
Linda Waldron
Lorrie Carr
Jesse Clark
Sandra Dalrymple
Claudia Gregg
Diane Hallam
Susan Hathaway
Bronwyn Madill
Kathy Sawyer
Noreen Patterson
Dawn Baker
Laura Penn
Holly Haskell
Vicki Carhill
Susan Folmsbee
Donna Kemmet
Glenyce Madill
Bonnie Nobles
Kath Canary
Jeanette Acosta
Claire McGuire
Michele Robinson
Carlyn Ryan
Lena Smith
Girls Athletic Association
Revena
Patrick Minick
Clark Dalzell
James Mathes
Minick
Cornelius Raynor
Philip Porter
Ronald Brownell
Brent Thomas
George Malinoski
Jack Overton
Thomas Noonan
Thomas Chase
Thomas Overacker
Charles Carpenter
Norman Gregg
Matties
Richard Rourke
William Haizlip
David Whalen
Ross Barber
Patrick Carney
Jack Carpenter
Barney Drumm
Michael Lewis
Thomas Lewis
Thomas Marshall
David MecClements
William, Prégent
Ronald Rivers
Frank Sgambati
James Vane
Donald Walbroehl
David Zygman
David Bochette
James Bryan
Robert Farnan
William Herrick
William Mullady
Prize Paper Presented By Engineer Richard F Burd
Richard F Burd process engineer at West Virginia Pulp and Paper Co Mechanicville presented a prize winning paper at the Empire State section Technical Association spring meeting at Whiteface Inn Lake Placid His topic was Reduction of Offset Printing Rejects and was accompanied by colored slides A Lowell Technical Institute graduate Burd joined Westvaco last year Fred W Erdmann plant engineer Mechanicville mill chaired a Drying session at the Lake Placid meeting featuring speakers from leading industry concerns
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Richard F. Burd
West Virginia Pulp and Paper Co
Mechanicville
Empire State Section
Technical Association For the Pulp and Paper Industry
Whiteface Inn
Lake Placid
Lowell Technological Institute
Burnt
Westvaco
Fred W. Erdmann
Greenbush GOP Clubs Picnic Planned at New Park Site
The East Greenbush Republican Clubs plan a joint meeting and annual picnic at the New Park Site on Elliot Road. The event begins at 6 30 p m with a short business session and a contingency in an enclosed building. Arrangements are by Robert P Bowman and Mrs Theresa Hall.
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East Greenbush
New Park
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