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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1977
Page
1
The Schaghticoke Fair runs September 1 to 5 with events each day including Motorcycle Thrill Show on Thursday, Tractor Pull Friday, Auto Thrill Show Saturday, and Demolition Derby Monday. A new all Appaloosa horse show and 4-H events highlight daily schedules under President Philip B. Caird.
Saratoga County Republicans plan to nominate Kermit Plummer of Waterford for county clerk. George Mattice of Galway drops out after losing Clifton Park endorsement. Plummer, a Civil Defense director and former Waterford town clerk, has county and town committee support and endorsement momentum ahead of next week’s executive committee vote.
Police from Clinton prison seek a Clifton Park man in connection with an escape. Officials say the fugitive is at large and a search is ongoing in the Plattsburgh area and surrounding regions.
Schuylerville residents gathered for a Memorial Day themed luncheon hosted by Mrs. Donald Larson. Members shared poems and articles on American heritage while Mrs Larmon and daughter Mrs Donna Barber performed two Civil War and Revolutionary War era ballads. The next meeting is set for June 1. SARATOGA SPRINGS Barry Targan honored in The Best American Short Stories of 1977 anthology dedicated by Martha Foley. Targan, Schuylerville publisher and artist, runs The Artisan Press and has works in Esquire and The New Republic. George Beddow, 43, escaped from prison with two inmates, later captured in nearby woods. Beddow served time for a drunk driving sentence.
Star of the Hudson Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star draped the altar at the Masonic Temple to honor dead members Jean B. Green Herbert Loesch and Rose Sherer. Emily Dieffenbach and Kenneth Savage presided. Emma Lindahl read resolutions. Plans include a summer chicken barbecue.
Graduation for Church of the Visitation School seniors will be held at 5 p.m. Saturday during the Vigil Mass. A reception for graduates and families follows in the Church Hall with punch and cookies served by parish and Rosary Society members. In Mechanicsville, St Luke's Episcopal Church hosts a public card party Friday at 7 30 p.m.
The Green Sabres Drum Corps, per business manager Angelo Gentile, will perform in Memorial Parades at South Glens Falls 6 30 p.m. Friday Stillwater 4 p.m. Saturday Queensbury Glens Falls 1 p.m. Monday Hoosick Falls 10 a.m Schuylerville 2 p.m.
Joseph V. Claeys is elected president of the Eastern New York Patent Law Association. Theodore C. Miller becomes vice president and Paul E. Dupont serves as secretary treasurer. New board members are William Teoli Leon J. Newman Marvin A. Snyder and Geoffrey H. Krauss.
The 4 H division of the Saratoga Springs Cooperative Extension Service plans its fourth annual mother daughter banquet on June 1 at the Myers Educational Center on Henning Road in Saratoga Springs. Reservations are due by May 20, with the theme Happiness is Being a Friend. Eligible girls ages 11 to 13 on January 1 may attend with mothers and leaders.
John J. Niven aged 34 was arrested Tuesday as a fugitive from New Jersey East Greenbush State Police said. He was remanded to Rensselaer County Jail awaiting transfer to New Jersey where troopers accuse him of obtaining money on false pretenses.
A 3-year-old man was arrested Tuesday at 9 am in Nassau. East Greenbush State Police reported he was taken into custody on a warrant from Albany police and charged with 17 counts of illegally obtaining unemployment benefits.
Clifton Park Republicans at a town meeting endorsed incumbents Chuck McCloskey Joseph Johnson John Palm Richard Lips and Bernice Otis for reelection. They backed Fred Droms for county supervisor Eugene Herald for town highway superintendent Robert Doran for county surrogate Kermit Plummer for county clerk David Wait for district attorney and William Sutton for county treasurer. The group plans to announce additional candidates next week.
Shenendehowa board asks Superintendent Dunmire to study removing driver education from the 78-79 budget and charging parents per student. The plan could affect blue card privileges and insurance rate reductions, withInsurance firms possibly offering lower rates only if private courses are used.
Shenendehowa PTSA special projects committee asks residents to send requests for improved children programming to WIEN programming director Gene Collins at 341 Northern Blvd Albany NY 12204. Also notes NY Assembly report on parent role and TV as consumer influence.
Page 9 brings continued updates from Southern Saratoga County with reports on local events, community notices, and brief itemized items across towns. Highlights include civic notes, upcoming schedule changes, and short local developments affecting residents.
About 50 Berlin Central Junior-Senior High School students were suspended for up to five days after a Wednesday sit-in protesting the dismissal of Larry Lennon, an industrial arts teacher fired by the board Tuesday. Principal Frank Schmidt said the board will not reconsider Lennon’s fate. reinstatement depends on talks with students and parents.
The Memorial Day Parade in Hoosick Falls begins Monday at 10 a.m. with four divisions. Participants line up at 9:30 a.m. in Wood Memorial Park. The route goes from Main Street past John Street to Church Street for a veteran tribute. John O'Neil of Hoosick Post American Legion offers a prayer.
A Monday parade features a National Guard firing squad and Taps by Central School Band. The event proceeds along Main Street to the village park for a brief program led by County Executive William J. Murphy. County Legislator Restino hosts. clergy, local officials, and Legion and VFW leaders participate.
The Hoosick Falls Community Band directed by William Gaillard will host a fundraising concert at 8 p m in the Hoosick Falls Central School auditorium to raise money for a bandstand at Wood Memorial Park. Members have donated 1500 dollars, with a 10000 dollar goal and 3500 dollars needed for materials if turnout is strong. The 50 member group, dating to 1887, performs eight summer concerts in the village park and will hold an August 6 concert for Hoosick Falls 150th anniversary. tonight's program includes America Freedom City Chester Ragtime Overture Feelings A Santa Cecilia Simple Gifts The Blue and the Gray Manhattan Beach The Magic Flute Italian Festival Theme from Exodus Ballet Egyptian Let There Be Peace on Earth Hoop De Doo Canadian Sunset Stars and Stripes Forever and Hoosick Falls Anniversary Song by Lynn Chapman and the late Jim Torpey. Tickets at the door.
Bruce Harris of Pownal Vermont pleaded guilty in Rensselaer County Court to first degree attempted reckless endangerment and third degree assault for threatening customers at the Farmers Inn Hoosick with a shotgun on December 25 1976 and firing a round in the air. He also admitted assaulting David Prebble. Sentencing is set for June 23 before Judge Con G Cholakis.
Eugene C. Defoe and Gary C. Baker, both of Rensselaer, were fined 25 dollars each after their Tuesday night arrest for disorderly conduct in front of 15 Riverside Avenue. Police said the incident occurred at 10 28 p m prior to the arrest.
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