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One's at a party could be annoying to another guest. The brighter the , the better it looks. Answers: PRESENCE PRETENSE and GEM GUM. Contact box 88 Troy New York 12181 with name street city state. Phone.
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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1976
Page
3
One's at a party could be annoying to another guest. The brighter the , the better it looks. Answers: PRESENCE PRETENSE and GEM GUM. Contact box 88 Troy New York 12181 with name street city state. Phone.
A set of matched word puzzles pairs choosing correct homographs and near-homophones. Each clue gives two word options with parenthetical hints to select the sensible pairing and complete the phrase.
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The Catholic Daughters of America hold their final season meeting Wednesday at 8 p.m. in the Parish Hall of the Church of the Immaculate Conception. Also notices on summer job applications for youths 14 to 21, Fresh Air Fund hosting in Hoosick Falls, 4-H Northern Livestock club activities, a 25th wedding anniversary party for Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Brenenstuhl, and St. Hilda's Guild events including a June 14 spring banquet and May 34 meeting details.
Ray Calhoun was elected president of the Hoosick Falls Cemetery Association at its annual meeting held at St. Mark's Parish Hall. He replaces Donald Smith. Other officers were re elected Earl Kenney vice president Richard Pleasant treasurer and John Frier secretary. Trustees for three years include Joseph Auering Donald Smith Evelyn DuRoss Christina Stevens and Mabel Hewitt. Donald Decker was elected to fill the unexpired term of Harold Robson. The meeting discussed road paving scheduled for June and a financial drive that netted 2298 from 109 contributions plus 50 from the Eagles. An equipment committee of Kenney Calhoun and Stevens was formed. The next quarterly meeting is August 12 at St. Mark's Parish Hall.
State police began a speed enforcement program funded by a federal grant of nearly $650,000. Troopers are arresting motorists driving over 55 mph on I-9 and I-787 with patrols from marked and unmarked cars. Initial results and speeding arrests are expected in the coming days.
Edward Byrne's confession to police was admitted at a closed preliminary hearing in Schodack Town. Byrne, 34, is charged with first degree kidnapping and related counts for holding Irene Racz of Poughkeepsie during a four hour standoff with state police near the Schodack Town Hall.
Exports of dry edible beans including pinto and navy types declined significantly this season. Through February the Marketing Year totals reached about 1.49 million hundredweight, versus 3.23 million a year earlier. Mexico’s recovery and reduced imports contribute to the cutback, prompting growers to plan smaller acreages.
Mechanicville attorney William Shoehan will speak on the Declaration of Independence and the U S Constitution at the Mechanicville Friends of the Library meeting on May 20 at 8 p m in the library.
Siena College in Loudonville will sponsor a seminar on the future of municipal financing in upstate New York. Arthur Levitt will be the keynote speaker as a blue chip audience of bankers, directors, economists, legislators and city and school officials attend. The event starts at 1 p.m. in the Roger Bacon Auditorium and aims to explain effects of pending state and federal legislation on the municipal bond market and how to improve saleability amid tighter resources and rising costs.
USDA data show exports from July to March reaching 122.4 million tons valued at 16.5 billion dollars, down 2.4 percent from the prior year while volumes rise 17 percent. Wheat, feedgrains and soybeans dominate, with lower prices dragging dollar value despite higher shipments.
Albany DOT will open bids June 10 for 20 highway and bridge improvements in Rensselaer Columbia and Washington Counties. Planned work includes replacing a Little White Creek bridge near North Hoosick with a steel culvert and two lane asphalt paving plus six foot shoulders and drainage upgrades on Route 82. Bids due 10:30 a.m. in Room 108 at the State Office Campus.
Mechanicville Paper City Home Bureau members made quilt pot holders at a recent workshop at Em manuel United Church led by June Russell. An open session occurred May 18 at Mrs Russell’s home.
Mr and Mrs Everett Safford announce the engagement of their daughter Kathy to David Pavlik son of Mr and Mrs John Pavlik of Shadyside Ohio Kathy a graduate of Argyle Central School is a Potsdam senior and the groom to be a Shadyside High School and Ohio State University graduate employed as an industrial engineer at Alcoa Massena A July wedding is planned. TOP STUDENTS NAMED Argyle Central School lists graduates Richard McClenning valedictorian Jeffrey Stark salutatorian Lori Deptola third honors and other graduates Judy Allen Carol Guard Gretchen Inman
Stillwater reports the All Junior Horse Show of the Loose Horseheads 4 H Club will run Saturday at the Washington County Fairgrounds Route 29. Beginning at 9 a.m. the event features fitting and showmanship English and western horse and pony model and riding classes with champion and reserve champion in four categories. Judge Leo LaFave Johnsonville will preside. For more information contact Mrs Kenneth Wilson Yankee Hill Farm Stillwater.
Four people were treated and released from Leonard Hospital after a head-on collision at a Stillwater intersection Saturday night. Paul E. Hoodack of Mechanicville drove south on Colonial Road and struck Elsie Grignon who had pulled onto the road from a driveway. Both drivers and two passengers in the Grignon vehicle were treated. another Grignon passenger was uninjured.
The Women’s Republican Club will gather at 8 p m at Rosemary Lerner’s home 64 South Main St. They will discuss the annual Republican picnic and urge all members to attend as this is the last meeting before summer recess.
The Schuylerville Board of Education authorized Dr. Ben Wallace to advertise for the purchase of two 15 passenger buses pending 1976-77 budget and June 15 meeting approval. Buses replace two nine passenger wagons. Several staff resignations were accepted effective June 30. Donna Mizrahi’s leave was denied.
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