Troy Shirt Industry Shapes Local History and Fame
The narrative traces Troy and nearby towns as early home based shirt making centers. It highlights Hannah Lord Montague’s detachable collar idea and the rise of Arrow Collar Man advertising, leading to Cluett Peabody & Co becoming a national giant with multiple plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy
Grafton
Eagle Mills
Cohoes
Hannah Lord Montague
Maullin & Blanchard
George B. Cluett
Coon & Co
Cluett
Arrow
Frederick G. Peabody
Coon Brothers
Peabody
Cluett, Peabody & Co
Joseph Leyendecker
Sanford Cluett
Lion of Troy
Lansingburgh
Earl & Wilson Shirt & Collar Co
Broadway
Seventh Avenue
Troy Shirtmakers
Cluett, Peabody
Local Lottery Winners Named Across Albany Area
Claire Gerace of Latham wins $10,000 in New York State Lottery weekly game with 22 chances to win. Cecilia Squeglia of Schenectady wins Instant Game BINGO and Million Dollar drawing entry. Additional winners listed for BINGO and Weekly Game across Saratoga, Schenectady, Albany, and surrounding communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Latham
Claire Gerace
Cecilia Squeglia
Schenectady
Mrs. Squeglia
Rosary Recitation by Albany Legion of Mary Planned
Albany Comitium of the Legion of Mary will hold a public rosary in Washington Park Sunday at 3 p.m. Rev. James J. Vaughan of Sacred Heart Church Troy will give the homily. Event honors Mary during the Holy Rosary month with chairpersons listed from Detreestville Schenectady Albany and Troy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Albany Comitium of the
Legion of Mary
Washington Park
James J. Vaughan
Sacred Heart Church
Troy
Sacred Heart of Mary
The
Troy Parish
Mary
Mother of Christ
Watervliet reveals Hudson Shores renewal plan with three developers
City officials announce plans for the Hudson Shores urban renewal area along Broadway from 15th Street to the Congress Street Bridge. Proposals include a senior center library, an eight story senior housing tower, a supermarket with drug store, smaller shops and a local bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watervliet
Hudson Shores
Senior Citizens Center
Public Library
Jermain Memorial Presbyterian Church
Michael Gilchrist
Broadway
15Th Street
Congress Street Bridge
Watervliet Considers 1977 78 Community Development Uses
Residents at Watervliet’s first neighborhood meeting propose CD fund uses including sidewalk work citywide and redeveloping the former Youth Center incinerator site. Others urge water system improvements a senior center project Pershing Green Park relocations and a walking path under I 787 to Hudson Shores Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watervliet
James S. Sage
Citizens Advisory Committee On Community Development
Lewis Baisden
Third Ave
Broadway
Martin Keane
Broadway Watervliet
Pershing Green Park
Pershing Green
Keane
Hudson Shores Park
Fourth Street
Race night fundraiser at Saratoga Track event
The Ukrainian Catholic Daughters host a race night at Saratoga Race Track on Thursday with a 6 p.m. bus departure from Fourth Avenue and 24th Street. Reservations remain open. contact Mrs Zachery S. Zendron immediately. Also, Our Lady's Sodality of Saint Patrick's Church holds an October meeting to honor Mary with rosary and benediction at 7:30 p.m. October 12 in the chapel followed by a meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saratoga Race Track
Fourth Avenue
24Th Street
Zachery S
Alice) Zendron
Sodality of
Saint Patrick's Church
Mary
Also Mentioned on This Page
James D. Hayes
12Th Ave
James
Knights of Columbus
Hayes
Board of Education
M. Dzaman
Arrow Collar Man
Joe Parker
Joe R
John Hammond Sr
Clifton Park
John Keays
Gansevoort
Louise McEnerney
Carol Leip
James J. O'Brien
Menands
Paul Schneider
Saratoga Springs
Frank LaDue
Saratoga
Anna Zemeck
Albert Reinhart
Rensselaerville
Bingo — Sith Angeline Daly
Joseph Cerroni
Waterford
Michael Boehne
Paul Castracane
Clark Clinton
Thomas Forgett
Donald Smith
Bill Talham
Ampiess
Mooradian’s.in
Tuns. & Fri
Gilchrist
Brownie
School Seven
Ray Aumand
Sixth Ave
Aumand
Sodality
Our Lady's
Ruth Egan
Russ's Tavern
Betty Catherwood
Las Vegas
Rm 106
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