Spring Kite Flyers Warned About Dangers
Mechanicville area utility official warns youngsters of kite flying hazards from power lines. Gordon L. Black of NYSEG Berkshire District urges not to use metal strings and to keep kites away from lines, TV antennas, or rain days. If a kite entangles a line, leave it and call company crews for help.
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Mechanicville
New York State Electric, and Gas Corp
Gordon L. Black
Berkshire
Black
Mechanicville Stillwater Little League Registration Today
Today marks the final chance for Mechanicville Stillwater youngsters to sign up for the Little League season. Registration runs 10 am to 1 pm at Mechanicville Middle School lobby and Stillwater Village enginehouse. Participants must be accompanied by a parent or guardian, provide proof of age, and pay a $2 enrollment fee. George H. Pickett, league president, notes about 142 players have enrolled so far, far short of expectations. 112 Mechanicville and about 30 from Stillwater are currently registered.
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Mechanicville Area
Mechanicville
Pickett
Stillwater
Middle School Students Win History Medals
Two Mechanicville Middle School students won medals in the American History contest of the Hoosac Walloomsac DAR chapter. Five other students also earned certificates. 6th grader Pycroft John Crouse Ann Gemitti Krisanne Conroy and 7th grader Samuel Pitch Alle were recognized. All students and parents are invited to the DAR Chapter presentation in Hoosick Falls tomorrow.
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Mechanicville Middle School
Hoosac-Walloomsac
DAR
Pycroft
John Crouse
Ann Gemmitti
Krisanne
Conroy
Até
Samuel” Pitch Alle
Hoosick Falls
Out of Hospital: Howard Curtis Returns Home
Howard Curtis of 139 North Third Street Mechanicville has been discharged from Leonard Hospital after a month-long stay and returned home.
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Howard Curtis
North Third St
Mechanicville
Leonard Hospital
Public Opinion Drives Legislation, King Says
Kirtland King, UP bureau chief for upstate New York, told Mechanicville Rotarians that well expressed public views influence lawmakers. He noted legislators respond to constituent feelings on crucial issues, and strong public reaction can prompt action. King recalled campaign memories and the Syracuse stop during Harry Thuman’s campaign train tour.
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Kirtland King
Upstate
New York
Mechanicville Rotarians
King
Mechanicville
Harry Thuman
Syracuse
Rochester
Senattee K. Ostrander
Guild Plans Annual Meeting for St Luke's Church
Plans for St Luke's Episcopal Church parish meeting at Mechanicville will be set at St Martha's Guild in church rooms at 8 p.m. Monday. The loyalty dinner is slated for Thursday, March 30, with a Friday clam chowder luncheon on March 17 and no luncheon on March 24 Good Friday.
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St. Luke’s Episcopal Church
Mechanicville
St. Martha's Guild
Legion Auxiliary Reports To Be Submitted At Meeting
The Auxiliary of Lieutenant Fred H. Clark Post American Legion will submit committee reports at 8:00 p.m. Monday at the South Central Avenue rooms in Mechanicville. Also on the agenda are plans for the Saratoga County auxiliary meeting this Thursday, with Mrs. Joseph Dillon presiding.
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Fred H. Clark Post
Américain Legion
South Central Avenue
Mechanicville
Saratoga County
Joseph Dillon
Interim Pastor Will Preach at Memorial Baptist Church
The report states Rev. Taylor B. Light will serve as interim pastor and conduct services tomorrow at Memorial Baptist Church in Mechanicville. Congregation members seeking pastoral counseling may contact Mr. Light at his RD1 Buskirk home during the week. Mrs. Marjorie Cowan and Mrs. Rosalie DeWitt lead the flower committee for March.
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Taylor B.’ Light
Memorial Baptist Church
MechanicvVillé
Light
Rd'1 Buskirk
Marjorie Cowan
Rosalie DeWitt
School Board Names Custodian Francis Callahan
Mechanicville Board of Education grants Francis Callahan of 217 South Main Street a provisional civil service appointment as school custodian. He passed the December examination and ranked second on the eligibility list. appointment effective Monday with an annual salary of 3.98 percent.
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Francis Callahan
South Main’ St
Civil Service
Mechanicville Board of Education
Callahan
Mechanicville Board Boosts Starting Teacher Pay to 5800
The Mechanicville Board of Education raised basic starting pay by 400 to 5800 a year to attract teachers. Supt. David Millman calls the schedule competitive with district peers and plans hiring for the coming year. Officials offer no budget increase figures, but observers expect a higher school tax unless relieved by state aid.
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Toa
Mechanicville Board of Education
David Millman
Mechanicvilla
Education’ Board
Six Students Involved In Albany Cultural Enrichment Program
Six students in Mechanicville participate in the Action for Cultural Enrichment program under State University at Albany supervision. Two college tutors work three hours each on Mondays and Wednesdays in the school library. Field trips for dramatics art and music are planned. Superintendent David Millman says the tutoring will boost motivation and future academic achievement.
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Mechanicville
State University At Albany
David Millman
Mechanicville Church Notices Summary
Church notices from Mechanicville list services across multiple parishes. Salvation Army Officers Harris Wood lead Sunday School at 10 a.m. and services at 11 a.m. Gaye School hosts Gospel Hall sessions. Assumption Church Masses span 6 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. St. Paul the Apostle and other churches provide Lent schedules, confessions, and weekly Mass times. Memorial Baptist and First Methodist show worship and Sunday School times with youth programs. Holy cross and Episcopal services include morning prayers and Holy Communion.
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Salvation Army
Harris Wood
Holiness Meeting
Salvation Meeting
Gospel Hall
Sun- Gaye School
Chitteh
Taylor Light
St. Luke's Episcopal
Curtis S. Denny
First Methodist
Frank Jay Reid
YWCA Camp Yonochas Registration Opens for Girls
Registration for Camp Yonochas run by the Troy Cohoes YWCA begins Monday. Camp two week terms cap at 120 girls with applications in brochures mailed to former campers. The eight week session runs July 3 to August 26 under Director Miss Carole J. Hanson with trips to Saratoga Performing Arts Center and other sites arranged by Mrs. David Marshall.
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Troy-Cohoes
Camp Yonochas
Carole J. Hanson
Saratoga ‘Performing Arts Center
David Marshall
Bridge hand analysis yields mixed contract outcomes
In a bridge deal the players North East South West bid and played a sequence ending in a 69 double and three passes. The opening lead of the king is noted with the hands North South East West and vulnerable status implied by the bidding. The record reflects standard notation for bids and passes and suggests a key decision point in the play.
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N.T
Deceptive bids lead to a heart slam trap at Regericy Whist Club
A North hand prompts a decision after one spade by East. Partner aims for six or seven hearts if a spade is opened. A deceptive four heart bid can invite six hearts while risking a slam. East pursues Blackwood, West signs off at five spades, North presses to six hearts and East doubles, learning the trap only after dummy is seen.
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East
West
North
New York
WSCS Meeting At Mrs Hill's Home In Valley Falls
Valley Falls WSCS met at Mrs John Hill Jr on Main Street. Mrs Raymond Briggs and Mrs Edward Harder presented a play. The group voted to raise the annual gift to the District and send 100 to Miss Sue Ellen Chatterton, a former local member studying in Seoul Korea en route to missionary work in Pusan. Arrangements were made for Easter sunrise coffee at the church with leaders in charge. A social hour followed. next work session set for April 3 with luncheon.
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WSCS
Valley Falls
Pusan
Grafton Clerk Reports 1966 Supervisors Accounting
The annual accounting of Grafton Supervisor Joseph R. Mahony for fiscal 1966 shows town funds totaling 9,263.69 with December 31 balances: general 4,440.74, highway 2,522.88, machinery 892.42, bridge 800.70, and snow and miscellaneous 607.28. Expenditures exceeded income in four categories. receipts were higher in the highway fund at 30,482.25. No balance remained in trust and agency or the Grafton Fire District Fund, which received and spent 3,800.
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Grafton
Joseph R. Mahony
Sally’ Walker
Trust and ‘Agency
Grafton Fire District
RPI Alumnus Brumer Receives Fraternity Honor
RPI alumnus Milton Brumer, partner at Ammann Whitney of New York, earned the National Achievement Award from Phi Epsilon Pi. Class of 1923 graduate Brumer designed and constructed the Verrazzano Narrows Bridge, noted as a world leading suspension span. He has over 40 years as a designer of bridges, turnpikes, harbor facilities.
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RPI
Milton Brumer
Ammann’ & Whitney, Consulting Engineers of
New York
Phi Epsilon Pi Fraternity
Brumer
Verrace zano-Narrows
New
Aoe
Work On New School 2 Set To Begin Within Month
Troy School Board officials say work will start within a month on a larger School 2 on a two acre Middleburgh Street site, replacing the 100 year old building. The three story campus will house 650 students from kindergarten through sixth grade and require land acquisition, demolition, and district redistricting. Lux and Quackenbush of Albany are the architects, with financing via serial bonds and a tax levy. state aid is expected.
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Thes of Troy
Middleburgh
Troy School Board
Board of Education
Middleburgh Street
10Th
Troy
Asl
Reénsselaer
Tenth Streets
Middlehutch
tWth
Sta
al Etn
William A. O*neil
O'Neil
Lux and
Quackenbush
Al‘banay
Aitax
Thieves Steal Watchdog From Gold Seal Beverage Co
San Francisco AP report notes a teletype to all stations listing twelve stolen items from Gold Seal Beverage Co and noting also the theft of one German Shepherd watchdog.
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San Francisco
Gold Seal Beverage Co
Motorist Valenti Jr. Fined for Traffic Plea
Joseph A. Valenti Jr. aged 20 of 259 ifs Street pleaded guilty in Police Court to passing a red light and was fined 25 dollars by Justice Timothy J. Fogerty.
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Joseph A. Valenti Jr
Ifs St
Timothy J. Fogerty
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Windsor Grass Seed
Windsor
Coleus
Ageratum
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Petunia
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