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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1960
Page
24
Mechanicville High School awarded 129 diplomas at the gymnasium during Monday night commencement. Principal Mary M. Mastrianni announced the graduates, listing students alphabetically. Edward T. Sullivan, chairman of the Mechanicville City Republican Committee, spoke to the Women’s Republican Club at Mechanicville Golf Club about party unity and elections.
Final meeting of the year for the Mechanicville auxiliary of Lt. Fred H. Clark Post American Legion will be tomorrow at 6 30 p m hosted by Mrs Willard Perry of Round Lake Ave Guests should bring a covered dish and table service A short business meeting will follow supper If rain, the event moves to the post rooms
The Button Museum in Acworth New Hampshire houses a vast and varied collection of more than 33 000 pieces showcasing different styles ages and origins, illustrating the scope of button history and craft.
Tanis Phelps was crowned queen and Carmen H. Bagnoli was proclaimed king at Mechanicville High School senior prom. Class President Canavan presided. eight seniors were elected for decorations and roles, with a Sayonara themed gymnasium and music by Dick Shannon and his orchestra.
Riverside firemen defeated Mechanicville 65 in five innings as rain halted play. John Cuilla hit a homer for Riverside while Michael Cuilla earned the win, contributing a triple and a single. Mechanicville’s Frank Waldron had two singles. Riverside added two in the third and fifth and one in the fourth. Riverside scheduled to face Speigletown at 6:15 p.m. with players at the fire house by 6:30 p.m.
Thomas A. Garrett of Mechanicville, longtime dean of admissions and records at St. Michael's College in Wincoski Park Wisconsin, will become the first dean of admission at Assumption College on September 1. He will be succeeded at St Michael's by Daniel F. MacDonald and Miss Mautech McNamara. Garrett, an alumnus of St Michael's, holds a master’s from Albany State Teachers College and has held fellowships at New York University and St Louis University with graduate work at Queens University.
Five women members of the XYZ Club from Mechanicville First Methodist Church depart Friday for a four day session at Green Mountain College in Poultney VI for elder adults of the Methodist Conference. Representing Mechanicville are Mrs. Lowell Wilson Mrs Myron Webster Mrs Betty Ga or Mrs Nettie Wyosburgh and Mrs Charles Steves.
William J. McConville 74 lifelong Mechanicville resident and former Boston and Maine Railroad engineer died Thursday night after a short illness. Son of John J. and Hanna McConville he lived on North Central Ave and was a St Paul’s Church communicant. Survived by several cousins. Funeral from Joby P. Noonan Funeral Home 406 Park Ave Mechanicville at 8:30 am and at 9 am from St. Paul’s Church with interment in St. Paul’s Cemetery Mechanicville.
Mrs Ruth Swingle represented the Women's Republican Club of Mechanicville at a two day state meeting at High View. Accompanying delegates were Mrs Phyllis Tate and Miss Evelyn Waldron. Lt Gov Malcolm Wilson spoke as panels and workshops on Winning in 60 were sponsored by the Federation of Women's Republican Clubs of New York State. Over 360 clubs attended. Two NY GOP Congresswomen Katherine St George and Jessica Woos were honored at a dinner. guests included Mrs Nelson A Rockefeller and Mrs Wilson. Deputy Commissioner Jane Todd spoke on Women in State Administrative Jobs.
City Court heard five motorists Friday as fines totaling 25 and two suspended sentences were imposed. Therese Joslin 34 of Bidg 2 Ahearn Apts Troy fined 10 for driving wrong way on a one way street with a six month suspended sentence, Gilles Pinsonneault 18 of 343 Central Ave Cohoes fined 5 with 0 day suspension, Harry R. Fillmore 19 of 116 Milton Ave Rainsston Spa fined 19 for a traffic violation. Two others adjourned to July 15.
Charles F. Marshall II has joined the engineering department at the Mechanicville plant of West Virginia Pulp & Paper. A Union College graduate from Schenectady, he earned a BA and is a native of Amsterdam. He is married to Dorothy Kreisel of Amsterdam. They reside at Yates Village, Schenectady.
Two Troy graduate students received National Defense Education Act fellowships for graduate study in the fall. Charles J. Greaves of 2135 15th St and Robert K. Norris of 615 Hlatch ford Dr were awarded fellowships totaling $1,491 for study in electrical engineering at RPI.
Major John E. McGinnis died Thursday at the VA Hospital in Coral Gables Florida. Rites start at 8:30 a.m. at Frank P. McDonald Funeral Home and 9 a.m. at St. Augustine's Church with a Requiem High Mass. Interment follows at Arlington National Cemetery. McGinnis served in the European theater with the military police in World War II and later at Fort Devens as MP chief. He was a former member of the 105th Infantry.
A black bear estimated at 300 to 400 pounds paused on Brookline Road south of Hallstead Spa around 11 am yesterday. It followed vehicles to a chicken wire fence, then headed toward Garrett Road. State game warden John Urhaeus said the bear is not dangerous unless cornered. Sheriff’s deputies noted prior sightings in Bemis Heights and Saratoga Lake area.
The Army and Navy Union encampment in Troy unanimously approved a resolution urging the U S Senate Interior Committee to recognize Samuel Wilson as the progenitor of Uncle Sam and to establish his grave at Oakwood Cemetery as a national shrine. The resolution, based on historians testimony, was telegraphed to the committee and mailed to the national commander.
Antonius Stevedoris of New York City First Area Richard Sheehan of Green Island Second Area Joseph DeBello of Rochester Third Area William Cou sineau of Rochester North Area Mr Guay served as chaplain at the memorial services in Monument Square Friday Beam thanked his official staff for loyalty and devotion to duty and support of national policies of the ANU
Charles W. Bowler, supervising principal, lists 52 members of the Cambridge Central School class of 1960. Read names include Alwood, Austin, Bassett, Booker, Brown, Burch, Carlson Jr, Carroll, Center, Christian, Clark Jr, Cole, Conway, Dustin, English, Flynn, Ford, Gleeson, Green, Greminger, Heinen, Herrington, Hill, Hoffman, Jeskie, Kazimes, Kent, LaFlamme, LeBarron, Lee, Lylis, McCarty, O'Donnell, Ogden, Saunders, Schneider, Severson, Stanton, Thiessen, Abtacker, Vilel, Wagoner, Wallace, Welling, Wilkis, Woodcack, Woddell, Young.
Troy man Percy Hynik was sentenced to up to 60 days at Utica State Hospital after using profane language in front of children at Schuylerville Municipal Bathing Reach. He was taken to Utica Hospital and later released in his own custody after a June 16 arraignment before Police Justice Robert Fremont. the case was postponed for background investigation.
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