Traffic Suggestions Offered To City Council
The Mechanicville City Council heard traffic commission plans from Commissioner Mike Ennello. Proposals include a Park Plaza fire lane and a one way westbound Mabbet Street V junction to reduce merging on Mabbet Street. Ennello cited sign delays and warned lights must meet NY State standards by March 1 or risk state aid loss. The council sent Fascia and Arnold to a Syracuse traffic safety seminar on December 3.
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Traffic Commission
Public Works
Mike Ennello
Mechanicville
Francis Bahan
John H. Connos
Mabbett Street
Railroad Street
Mabbett
Broadway
Ennello
Saratoga Avenue
West Side
New York State Traffic Commission
State Department of Standards and Purchase
Department of Correction
Public Safety
John R. Fascia
Henry C. Arnold
Syracuse
Winners At Bridge Announced
Thirteen pairs competed in the Wednesday night duplicate bridge at Peters-Purcell Post hall. First place tied Simon Sinnreich and Frank Hacker while David Fifman and Stanley Kirschner also earned top honors. Third went to Mrs James Seaman and Mrs Cecelia DeCrescente. fourth to Mrs George Pickett and Kenyon Pruyn.
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Country Club
Peters-Purcell Post Hall
Simon Sinnreich
Stillwater
Frank Hacker
Troy
David Fifman
Stanley Kirschner
Union College
James Seaman
Schenectady
Cecelia DeCrescente
Mechanicville
George Pickett
Kenyon Pruyn
Mary McGurk
Irene Gilhouse
Saratoga Springs
Secon
Florence Rand
SéHenectady
Samuel Nelick
Eleanor Reed
Cohoes
Marian Maby
Tree topples onto home of Mechanicville couple
A large shade tree uprooted during ongoing rain and toppled onto the roof of Patrolman and Mrs. John Connelly at 910 Chestnut Street Mechanicville around 7 30 p m Wednesday.
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John Connelly
Chestnut St
Mechanicville
Knights Schedule Activities at Local K of C Council
At a six point committee meeting chaired by James Cavanaugh plans were laid for the annual men’s retreat in Auriesville with William D. Ryan as chairman. Anthony Valentino leads the spaghetti supper at the North Central Avenue clubhouse on Thursday November 20 from 5 30 to 8 p m. Edward Dalton organizes the Red Cross Bloodmobile visit to the K of C home on Tuesday November 25. The holiday dance set for Saturday December 6 will feature the Joe Daly Trio with William Kelly as dance chairman.
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Mechanicville
K. of C. Council
James Cavanaugh
Auriesville
William D. Ryan
Anthony Valentino
North Central Avenue
Edward Dalton
Red Cross
K. of C
Council
Joe Daly
William Kelly
False Fire Alarm Sends Mechanicville School Responding
Fire units rushed to Mechanicville Middle School on North Main Street at 9 30 a m Thursday after an alarm triggered. Officials questioned students to identify the culprit who broke the locker room alarm box as a new interconnection failed on initial test but functioned properly during the morning response.
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Mechanicville
North Main Street
Church Unit Sets Bazaar and Pork Supper
The Women's Society of Christian Service of the United Methodist Church in Mechanicville plans its annual bazaar and pork supper next Thursday. Booths open at noon with free coffee, 4 p.m. elves, and refreshments. Supper times are 5 and 6 15 p.m. Tickets needed for serving. Reservations close Sunday.
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Women’s Society of Christian Service
United Methodist Church
Mechanicville
Amber Lynch
Kenneth Sherman
Cub
Boy Scouts
William Satterlee
Adult Support Sought For Explorer Post Renewal
Westvaco in Mechanicville seeks community backing to renew sponsorship of a Boy Scout Explorer Post. William H. Henchey urges mill fathers and residents to show interest, with advisory committee open to all mill workers and locals. Interested employees should leave names at Henchey’s office to join a preliminary meeting for 1969-70 sponsorship.
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Westvaco Corporation
Mechanicville
William H. Henchey
Mill
Mechanicville Mill
Henchey
Grammar School Plans Open House
St. Pauls Assumption Central Grammar School observes National Education Week with an open house from 8 to 9 p.m. Parents are invited to attend and discuss with teachers, said Sister Theresa Bernard, the principal.
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St. Paul’s Assumption Central Grammar School
Theresa Bernard
Christmas Club Checks Out Today
Christmas Club checks totaling 295600 are mailed by Mechanicville Savings and Loan Association. The amount exceeds the 1968 club by 34000. The 1970 club opens on November 17.
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Mechanicville Savings and Loan Assocition
Coleman Dies at 50 RPI Grad in Pittsburgh
William J. Coleman 50, an RPI metallurgical engineering graduate of 1941 and longtime Aluminum Company of America executive, died suddenly of a heart attack in Pittsburgh. He lived at 805 Ten Allegheny Center and is survived by his wife Virginia Tifft, daughter Barbara Lynn, son J W Coleman, and his mother Mrs Louise Coleman. Funeral and memorial services were held in New York state and California with interment in Whittier California.
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William J. Coleman
RPI
Virginia Tifft
Glass Lake
Pittsburgh
Coleman
Aluminum Company of America
Niagara Falls
California
Ten Allegheny Center
Barbara Lynn
J. W. Coleman
Arcadia
Calif
Louise Coleman
Sanborn
Whittier
Bendon Dies Skilled Lineman at 66 in Troy
Thomas G Bendon 66 of 2950 Sixth Ave Troy died Thursday at Leonard Hospital after a lingering illness He was a lineman for Niagara Mohawk Power for forty years a member of the IAEW and St Patrick s Church He is survived by a large family including wife Grace White five sons three daughters a brother two sisters and 25 grandchildren Funeral services will be from Riverview Funeral Home to St Patrick s Church with a Requiem High Mass at 11 am Interment in St John s Cemetery Troy
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Thomas G. Bendon
Sixth Ave
Leonard Hospital
Mr. Bendon
Troy
Ellen Tracey Bendon
Thomas H. Bendon
Niagara Mohawk Power Company
International Association of Electrical Workers
St. Patrick’s Church
Grace White
Richard G
Thomas E
Gerald T
Matthew T
Peter R
Poughkeepsie
James Liney
Charles Wiley
Daniel R. McGraw
Albany
Richard F. Bendon
Michael Coyne
Margaret Bendon
Ennello Announces Sand Distribution For City Homes
Commissioner Michael J. Ennello announced a sand distribution to help against winter ice and snow. Sand will be delivered next week and residents should place containers out Monday Tuesday or Wednesday for pickup by sand trucks citywide.
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Public Works
Michael J. Ennello
Rensselaer County GOP tensions rise over permanent chairman
The Brunswick committeemen push for an immediate permanent chairman as factions within the Rensselaer County Republican scene clash. John Doughney appears aligned with County Clerk Martin B. Stack, with Troy attorney F. Richard Decatur and City Clerk Tom Brown among supporters.
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Rensselaer County Republican
Brunswick
John Doughney
Martin B. Stack
Doughney
Troy
F. Richard Decatur
Tom Brown
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