American Legion Auxiliary installs officers in Hoosick Falls
The American Legion Auxiliary holds an 8 p.m. meeting at the State Armory on Church Street to elect and install new officers with committee members named. Other notices cover fuel oil bids, Catholic Daughters event, cemetery association plans, Church Women United, Misses Softball league, historical society meeting, Altar and Rosary Dinner, and Country Club season kickoff.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Hoosick Falls
State Armory
Church Street
Catherine Hayes
Helen Bakatis
Jessie Weddington
Jo Fitzpatrick
Catholic Daughters. OF America
Alfred E. Smith
Catholic Daughters of America
Paradise Restaurant
Bennington
Father Smith
St. Augustine’s Parish
Troy
Nancy Mitchell
Mary Jane Baker
Carol Gaillard
Marion Case
Elaine Garippa
Doris Gilbert
Donna Lockrow
Yvonne Lynds
Allison Reed
Hoosick Falls Country Club
Peter Roberto
John Capano
Edward Kaukas
George Holbrook
Edward LaPorte
Charles Frazier
Clarke Thorpe
Veterans education benefits aid requested in Albany column
A reader seeks help to expedite VA education benefits after a May overpayment dispute. The writer details mixed remittance records between Minnesota New York and Albany VA offices, reenrollment actions, and a delayed first check for the December term. The piece notes a partial resolution but lingering questions remain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Minn
New York VA
Minnesota
Albany VA
New York
Cambridge area DAR Elects Officers at Friday Meeting
The Ondawa Cambridge Chapter DAR plans its annual meeting Friday at the Historical House. Officers and committee chairmen will submit written reports and new officers will be elected from the slate prepared by the initiating committee at March’s end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DAR
Ondawa-Cambridge
Daughters of the American Revolution
Historical House
Nof
VA overpayments corrected after March audit notice
A March audit resolved a VA payment error where two separate overpayments totaled 487.00 and 280.60, not a single merged bill. Communications failures led to confusion. the recipient now understands obligations and credits with the VA, noting the broader context of complex billing in modern systems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
New York
Cambridge Community Events Report Local Meetings and Concerts
Cambridge notes cover DAR Continental Congress delegates from April 19 to 23 in Washington. Dessert precedes a meeting. Also listed are a rummage sale at Embury United Methodist Church, a Granville Area Chorus sacred concert at Cambridge United Presbyterian Church, Mary McClellan Hospital auxiliary annual meeting with dutch treat lunch, and DeMolay officer installations at the Masonic Temple with a large installing team from Poughkeepsie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Hampton
Edward J. Schneider
District IV
DAR
Washington, D.C
Granville Area
Ruth Douglass
Cambridge United Presbyterian Church
Mozart
Haydn
Hoosick Falls honors longtime resident Van Surdam
Van Surdam, 94, received two standing ovations at Hoosick Falls Central School after donating his Football Hall of Fame Plaque. Superintendent Phil Leonard praised the spontaneous student response as Van shared wisdom and memories from his days as a coach.
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Hoosick Falls
Van
Hoosick Falls Central School
Phil Leonard
Jeff
Stretch
Hoosick Falls School Board Sets June 22 Vote
Hoosick Falls central school election to fill two board seats will take place at the annual meeting on June 22. Any resident over 18 may run. petitions with 25 signatures are available at the Central School with a May 21 deadline. Incumbents Ben Niles and Donald Sutton seek re election. The board works on the 1976 77 budget and approves a bus driver leave and youth commission trips to Grafton State Park at 50 cents per mile plus driver salary.
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Hoosick Falls
Hoosick Falls Central School
Central School
Ben Niles
White Creek
Donald Sutton
West Hoosick
Youth Commission
Grafton State Park
Hoosick Misses Softball League Opens Saturday
Hoosick Falls opens the Hoosick Misses Softball League this Saturday with all players reporting at Wood Memorial Park in uniform at 11:45 a.m. The softball queen will be crowned, then teams parade to the Athletic Field for opening ceremonies at noon with the school band. Team photos will be taken by Mr Woodruff of Cambridge. minor teams 1 and 2 play first, then major teams 1 and 2.
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Hoosick Falls Central
Van
Jeff Martinez
Stretch
Hoosick Falls
Hoosick
Wood Memorial Park
Mr. Woodruff
Cambridge
WRGB newsman Dick Beach honored by Hoosick Falls Kiwanis
WRGB Channel 6 reporter Dick Beach received a commemorative plaque at a Kiwanis luncheon in Hoosick Falls for supporting the Route 7 improvement project in Rensselaer County. Beach said reporters face time limits and must rely on immediate coverage, while TV offers immediacy and pictures that don’t lie.
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Hoosick Falls
Dick Beach
WRGB
Channel 6
Kiwanis
Baptist Memorial Hall
Rensselaer County
Beach
Public Broadcasting
Meet the Press
Rescue Squad Report From Hoosick Falls April Activities
Hoosick Falls Town Rescue Squad reports 36 calls for ambulance A 9 Cadillac and eight for A 15 Oldsmobile. A 9 logged 28 emergencies seven transports two auto accidents one fire stand by one unnecessary call with 16 trips to Putnam Memorial Hospital Bennington five to Cambridge Hospital four to the Veteran s Hospital two to Albany Medical Center two to Samaritan Hospital one to Crescent Manor two to Leonard Manor and one to Dr Harter s office. A 9 mileage 503 with 140 hours 35 minutes. A 15 six transports to hospitals and homes one fire stand by one repair two hospital to home trips 409 miles 33 hours 10 minutes. New rescue squad truck aided at an accident in Buskirk.
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Hoosick . Falls
Town of
Hoosick
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bennington, Vi
Cambridge Hospital
the Veteran's Hospital
Albany Medical Center
Samaritan Hospital
Crescent Manor
Leonard Manor
Bennington Hospital
Buskirk
Learner Driver Crashes Into Hoosick Falls Drive-In Bank
A 16 year old Vermont learner driver造成 a crash at Home Savings Bank on Main Street Hoosick Falls. Her car damaged brick wall and landscaping. she refused medical aid. Police issued a summons for unsupervised learner status due to a licensing issue.
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Hoosick Falls
Home Savings
North Bennington
Homes Savings
Main Street
Deborah A. Mattat
Lake Paran Road
Vermont
Donald
Export officials push back against Food for Peace rules
Washington AP export officials from the Agriculture Department protest a December act limiting U S food aid to poorer countries. They say the 25 percent cap on aid to nations with per capita income above 300 a year hampers market development for U S farm products and favors higher income countries with stronger markets.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
U.S
Congress
Community Nutrition Institute
Middle East
Egypt
Syria
Korea
India
USDA
Bangladesh
Chile
Haiti
Israel
Jordan
Pakistan
Portugal
Zaire
Latin America
Institute
Fire at Oak Industries Plant Causes Minor Damage
Hoosick Falls Fire Department responded to a noon alarm at the Oak Industries Plant, formerly Noble and Wood Machine Co. Workers using torches accidentally touched the wood platform supporting a water tank, allowing flames to spread briefly to a nearby roof. Damage remained minor as firefighters stayed about two hours for safety.
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Hoosick Falls
Oak Industries
Noble and Wood Machine Co
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William H. McGraw
Joel
Mrs. Miller
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
State
CDA
Katherine Cramer
Agnes Hemstead
Cathy Corcoran
Salem
Schuylerville
Vera, Bradley
Molly Kennedy
Helen Restino
Mary Wolff
Mary Joan Hoag
Cemetery Association
Hoosick Falls Cemetery Association
Weir Foundation
Harry Harrison
Harrison
St. Mark’s Parish Hall
Church Women United
Assembly of God
America
Hoosick Misses Softball League
Main St
Historical Society
Robert Raymond
Mary A. Doyle
Darlene Ward
Times Record
N.Y
Schenectady County Community College
College
Michael J. Flannery
Frank Sherry
Sand Lake
R. Bruce Robertson
Girl
Indiana
George L. Elliott
Robertson
Mr. Elliott
Millicent Harding
Cohoes
Carmelina Scelsi
Mechanicville
Donna Filson
College Inn
Francis Snyder
Theresa Simonds
Lansingburgh
Bertha Snyder
Grand Union
Northern Drive
Charlotte Gottry
William A. Nennstiel
United Methodist Women
Embury
Mary McClellan Hospital
Town House
John Graney
Emory Towson
James Bell
John Crozier
Greenwich
John Rich
Anderson Foster
Shushan
Demolay
Walter A. Leonard
Order of DeMolay
Masonic Temple
Court of Cheveliers
Queen City
Poughkeepsie
Alan DelRosario
Bill Donnan
Don DelRosario
Gordon Clark
Larry Wright
Jim Garrison
Dan Foster
Keith Dunham
Duane Calef
Joel O'Malley
Brian Dunham
John Potter
Jeff Podolec
David Carlson
Douglas Bovie
Duane Guthrie
Don Catellier
Tom Ridler
Philip Hertel
Central Falls Central
Henderson van Surdam
Times Record Office
Albert Waythus
Hoosick Falls Kiwanis
Kasmer Stempek
Kiwanians
Time
Newspapers
New
Dr. Harter
Bank
Gates Matatt
Ms. Mattat
Home Savings Bank
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