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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1969
Page
5
Hoosick Falls village board moved to a temporary flat $40 annual water rate for commercial users while meters are installed. 14 of 31 users refused permission. meters will be supplied at cost and owners may install themselves with supervisor approval.
The First Baptist Church Hoosick Falls begins Loyalty Month with an 11 a.m. Lord’s Supper observance and aims for every member to attend a service in November. Rev. John Y. Elliott will preach as the senior choir sings. Proceeds from the Communion Offering aid the Ministers and Missionaries Benefit Board.
A children's Halloween party is set for 7 p.m. in the fellowship room of the First Baptist Church in Hoosick. The church youth will collect UNICEF items Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m. An open house at the Parsonage in West Hoosick runs 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday, followed by the Christian Cinema at West Hoosick Church at 7:30 p.m.
Mrs. Harold J. Crowley public health nurse and Rev. Raimund L. Timberston led Hoosick Falls council members at a county health meeting in Troy called by Dr. Gordon Eadie. Nearly two score from various towns attended, with Troy High School youths among them, to discuss forming a county group to support local councils.
A folk Communion service titled The Winds of God will be repeated at 11 a.m. Sunday at the First United Church Presbyterian Hoosick Falls. Adapted from an Episcopal Folk Mass, the music comes from the international traditional song body and fits the liturgy. Rev. Robert J. Springer notes the choir is directed by Mrs. Frederick J. McGuire with Peter Robson and Steven Cluett on guitar. Soloists include Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Pedersen and James McGuire. Mrs. Fred Whittet is organist.
The village board reveals the county unit requires repayment of a $41,867 loan in three years instead of five. Finance now secured in a special fund at National Commercial Bank & Trust Co. Treasurer Norton and Clerk McGuire plan to mail checks to over 10 creditors this weekend for long unpaid bills. The county financing stems from a new administration reporting no funds. A five year plan for a village track was approved, with De larey Sales & Service of North Hoosick as contractor.
Warren Travers former state senator and Troy attorney will headline the pre election dinner for the Town of Hoosick at the Elks Club at 7 30 p m. Police Justice Robert K Shiland will serve as toastmaster and John J Jenuskevice is general chairman. All county and local Democratic candidates will attend and speak. Paul La Portes orchestra will provide music for dancing.
John J. Kennedy was treated at Mary McClellan Hospital Cambridge for first and second degree burns to his left hand and fingers from scalding water at his father's farm on East Hoosick Road.
A Halloween UNICEF collection takes place Sunday from 1 to 3 pm in Hoosick Falls and Hoosick town. Robert C. Lewsey chairs the drive and assigns children from multiple churches to visit areas across the town. Supplies have been collected and will be distributed to each church with reports to follow and refreshments served at the Church of the Immaculate Conception parish hall.
Funeral services for Mrs. Sophie Skorupski, mother of Attorney Edmund J. Skorupski, were held at Mahar Funeral Home in Hoosick Falls and at the Church of the Immaculate Conception. Rev. Donald J. Ammerino officiated a Requiem High Mass and committal at St. Mary’s Cemetery with St Stanislaus auxiliary members and bearers named.
Thomas P. Clancy II, a seventh grade student at St. Mary's Academy Hoosick Falls, is under treatment at Albany Medical Center for head injuries after a fall from a bicycle near the school Thursday afternoon. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Joseph Clancy of Hoosick. He was first treated by Dr Philip Martinez and then transported to Albany by the Town of Hoosic Rescue Squad.
Two Troy post office workers with over eighty years of combined service retired Friday. Daniel Fitzgerald, superintendent of the Green Island Branch, and Arthur Clark, a city stamp clerk, began as substitutes and saw mail delivery shift from horse and wagon to modern service. Both plan travel in retirement, with Fitzgerald fishing in Canada and Clark exploring the U.S. in a mobile home.
Democrats of the Second Council District organize a Sunday motorcade through the district. The event will feature all district candidates and many of the party’s city and county contenders. George LaBelle serves as chairman.
The Troy Club announces its November Stag Night planned for the night before the election with William A. Engster as chairman. Prime ribs of beef on the menu and a piano performance by Prof. Francis Tozzi. Cocktail hour at 5 30 p.m. with hors d oeuvres scheduled.
A color film titled Charlie Churchman and the Youth Quake is set for screening at the West Hoosick Baptist Church this Sunday at 7 30 p m as part of the monthly Christian cinema. An informal hymn sing for all ages will precede the discussion.
The Kennedy Towers Senior Citizens Center hosted a Halloween party in the social hall with over 175 area seniors attending. Albert Casey led as general chairman with music by Nelson Galarneau.
Officers of the Rensselaer County Assessors Association were reelected for a fourth consecutive term at a meeting in the Schseyaway Fire Hall. George Estes of North Greenbush was named president, Richard Seuffert of Sand Lake vice president, and Robert Wein of Pittstown secretary treasurer joined by directors Roland Belcher Poestenkill Lou Smith East Greenbush and Carl Fitzpatrick Brunswick.
Charles J. Ellett & Son, located at 747 2nd Avenue North Troy, offers affordable auto insurance rates and liberal financing to help today’s youth obtain coverage. Contact 235-3500 for details.
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