15 May 1976
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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1976
Page
1
The page lists pairs of near rhymes and puns linking common words to similar spellings. Each clue guides a reader to spot a variant with one letter changed or a homophone to reveal a playful linguistic pattern.
A playful newspaper coinword features clue pairs and word choices. Readers are invited to mail in answers selecting between two homograph or near rhyme options.
The Times Record outlines entry rules for COINWORD contests. Eligibility excludes newspaper employees and relatives. Entries may be sent on blanks or exact copies, before 5 p.m. Tuesday after publication, with name and address. A $25 weekly prize is split if multiple winners. unawarded funds roll over. All entries become property of the paper and only one prize per family.
The piece discusses a recent Arizona UFO sighting and cites Dr Philip Morison of MIT estimating 250 million sun like stars in the galaxy. It notes the possibility of life on other planets with evolving conditions and suggests advanced civilizations may try to contact us by radio signals.
Miss Jessica Pickett of Chicago will speak at 8 p.m. Monday May 17 at the Holiday Inn Troy under First Church of Christ Scientist Troy. She argues Jesus yardstick for decisions dismisses overchoice and invites all to hear Your Right to be Right.
Rabbi Mordecai Kieffer will be installed as rabbi at Temple Beth El in Troy at 3 pm Sunday. Rabbi Hayyim Kieval of Albany will officiate with Samuel Kieffer leading the Mincha service and Bert Keiffer singing. The ceremony marks Temple Beth El’s Golden Anniversary and includes a post service collation.
The Alps Baptist Church hosts a four day missionary conference with Rev. Alan Bachman from Brazil Rev. Dennis Grudda from Ivory Coast and Rev. William Aldin from Belgium. Each speaks nightly in one of three churches May 22 23 and 24.
The 144th Session of the Troy Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church, led by Bishop W. Ralph Ward, begins at 10 30 a m Thursday at Green Mountain College in Poultney Vermont. The New York Area includes the Troy and New York Conferences.
Rev Alan C. Rhodes, son of Charles and Mrs Rhodes of Saranac, is announced as associate pastor of Shenendehowa United Methodist Church Elnora. The appointment becomes official at the May 2023 Troy Annual Conference at Green Mountain College Poultney Vermont. He will assume the role on June 27.
Berith Sholom Religious School will award outstanding students and install new Berith Sholom Youth Group officers at 8 p.m. Friday at the temple. New officers include Lenore Koffman as pre president, Linda Byron as first vice president, Joanne Loewy as second vice president, Debbie Ehrlich as treasurer, and Debbie Pirofsky as secretary.Outgoing officers Marc Ehrlich, Sam Evans, Robert Falk and Laura Jonas assist with the ceremony and liturgy. Awards cover campership, Fannie Brand Weiss Memorial Award for ninth grade, Harry Weiss Memorial Award for Hebrew School, Juliette Eisner for the top Hebrew School girl, and Sara Gould Memorial Award for the confirmation class, plus two lay trustees for the 12-member board. Additional conference lectures are announced by Rev. Dr. Kenneth E. Rowe of Drew University, with events Friday through Sunday, climaxing May 23 with a deacons and elders ordination led by Bishop Ward. Other events include United Methodist Women's Day at Green Mountain College in Poultney, Vermont, featuring Mrs Augusta Carruth. The Troy Conference Women's Spring Meeting runs through May 23.
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