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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1960
Page
1
Karl Harassel a 33 year veteran of German Hall Assn activities will be grand marshal for German Day a black carnival of fun and good food opening Sunday in the hall and street between 146th and 107th Harassel has served 25 years on the association board and was general chairman for a special introductory offer in interest new readers.
The Troy Record notes long time service by Haeussel who led the Troy Macanerchor and chaired Szengerfest 1959 and Memorial Day parades. German Day gates open at 1 pm with prizes, a 12 piece band, youth band, and dancing in the hall. Henry Kulmann and Kay Hoffman cochair the program.
Businessmen from Peters burg and neighboring towns met with Massachusetts figures to form a Route 2 Association aimed at promoting Route 2 as a Highway of History. Attendees included Milton L. Pitch Joseph Ellinwood and Edward T. Fairchild as planners and advocates for park establishment and route publicity in Rensselaer County and Massachusetts.
The annual Baby Day Festival at St Marys Hospital begins Tuesday at 2 30 pm at Scion Park near the hospital grounds. Children six and under born at St Marys are invited. Refreshments games supervised by student nurses prizes for all children pony wagon rides and supervision by Sister Maryelo Obstetrics Department head and staff assist.
An association urges extending Tonic State Parkway to Route 20 at Brainard and onward through Rensselaer and Washington counties to connect New York City with the full area. It promotes Route 2 as Highway 4F History with road markers and a Highway of History from Albany to Boston. Community cooperation, brochures, and recreational facilities plans are proposed to highlight scenic and historic features.
Naroki Freedman son of Mr and Mrs Leonard M Freedman of 3 Euclid Ave is undergoing basic training at Lackland Air Force Base Texas He attended Troy High School and LaSalle Institute He will attend an Air Force technical school to study electronics after basic training
Two baccalaureate services are set for Sunday at 3 pm in Schaghlicoke as a prelude to Moasia Vestey Central School commencement Tuesday at 3 pm in the school auditorium. C.N. Iverson, supervising principal, announced. Rev. Owen J. Barry will give the baccalaureate address at St John the Baptist Church and Rev. John V. Keegan will celebrate the Baccalaureate Mass. Services at Trinity Episcopal Church in Schaghticoke will be conducted by Rev. Robert Field with assistance from Rev. Rexford Torker and Rev. Thurman B. Beavers. A reception will follow in the Trinity parish hall.
Russell Sage College speaker Lewis A Froman will address Port vervis High School at the first annual commencement on June 28. He will deliver the graduation address and receive the honor of speaking at the ceremony.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute physics faculty Walter Eppenstein and Harry Meiners attend the American Association of Physics Teachers summer session in Oberlin Ohio. Eppenstein presents More Visual Aids in the Physics Lecture and a new arc-vory topic supported by NSF to AFI. Meiners and graduate assistant Stanley Williams plan a panel on Classical Electron Scattering Apparatus with a GE aided scattering experiment to be demonstrated tomorrow.
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