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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1971
Page
19
Shaker Junior High School hosts an open house for seventh and eighth grade parents on Wednesday. The event lets parents meet teachers and learn curriculum objectives in English social studies math science and reading. Coffee social follows in the dining room for informal talks with teachers.
Colonie Board of Zoning Appeals chaired by Paul H Crane schedules two public hearings for October 14. Wanton S Budlong Jr seeks a variance to build a new tractor and equipment sales facility at 976 Albany Shaker Road in E 1 business zoning. Carmelo and Josephine Catalfamo request variances to create two family homes on 336 337 338 and 339 Winthrop Street, unit parcels lacking minimum 12 000 square feet and 75 feet frontage.
A preview of the new Saratoga County YMCA in Saratoga Springs will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday for building fund contributors. The board invited donors, with programming starting Monday except for the gymnasium and handball courts. Formal dedication is scheduled for Thursday October 23.
James A. Ruh of Buffalo state deputy of the New York State Council Knights of Columbus will speak at 5 p.m. Saturday for the dedicatory ceremonies of Latham Council new quarters at Raymond Street and Old Loudon Road. Most Rev Edwin D Broderick will participate with a social hour dinner and dancing to follow. Ruh, a Buffalo charter member and former grand knight, active in state programs, Marine Corps veteran and father of eight, lives in Buffalo and runs an insurance agency.
The funeral mass for Sister Mary Ricarda C.S.J. was held at 4 p.m. Thursday in the Chapel of Our Lady Queen of Virgins at St. Joseph's Provincial House Latham. Rev. William J. Way officiated the Liturgy of Christian Death and Burial. Bearers were Sr. Rose Genevieve Sr. Helen Louise Sr. Catherine Cecelia Sr. M. Anicetus Sr. Margaret Catherine and Sr. Mary Bertha. Interment followed in Our Lady Queen of Virgins Cemetery Latham.
John J. Tracey of 282 10th Street and owner of the Colonial Tavern at 474 River Street died suddenly at St Marys Hospital. A Troy native and World War II veteran, he was a St Peters Church communicant. He is survived by his wife Catherine Denio two sisters a brother and several nieces and nephews. Funeral from Doran Funeral Home and St Peters Church Saturday at 8:30 and 9 00. Interment St Marys Cemetery Troy.
Mrs. Eileen Gruver of North Colonie Central Schools announced the first annual New York State Reading Association Eastern Zone conference to be held October 16 at Shaker Senior High School with registration at 8 a.m. The event features Miss Eve Merriam as principal speaker, multiple workshop groups, and a large book exhibit from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. under theme Variations on a Theme The Right to Read.
The State Department of Labor reports August employment in the Troy Albany Schenectady area at 307 700, down from July and below a year ago, with unemployment at 13 000 and an area jobless rate of 4 1 percent. Columbia County shows 17800 jobs in August, up 200 from July but 600 below last year, while Warren and Washington Counties total 44000 jobs and 2300 unemployed.
Mrs Rutherford Hayner editor of The Troy Times before merging is honored by West Sand Lake Grange at High Acres Troy. Masters and members praise her leadership in home economics service and hospitality while she leaves to live with relatives in Aurora Cayuga County. A farewell purse is given as piano selections close the event.
A CAMPUS OPINION survey of 699 students at 40 colleges finds Vietnam as the leading national issue. The economy ecology pollution and civil rights follow, with growing worries about pollution and inflation.
The American Red Cross reorganizes at the national level forming the Eastern New York Division. It will cover 16 chapters from Sullivan County to the Canadian border with Albany Area Red Cross Chapter as division HQ led by Paul H. Phillips.
Massachusetts youths Jacques Lohr 19 of Brookline and Donald Miller 18 of Brookline were arrested around 4 am on Route 9 and 20 in Schodack for criminal possession in the third and sixth degrees. They pleaded guilty before Town Justice Hollis Reeves and were fined 200 and 50 dollars or jailed in lieu of fines. Troopers T E Gill and J F Murray conducted the arrest.
Albany man George Merhige on trial for resisting arrest had the indictment dismissed after his attorney argued the district attorney failed to submit the case to the grand jury within ten days as ordered. Judge Timothy J. Fogarty discharged Merhige after granting the motion to dismiss.
Negotiations may begin next week between 350 United Traction Company bus mechanics and drivers represented by Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1321 and CDTA. The contract expires Oct. 15, wage freeze could delay gains, and Taylor Law status of workers remains unresolved as CDTA prepares to own the Trac tion Co. on Nov. 1 through Albany County asset purchase.
The article notes that only Guam and Wake Island lie on the Asiatic side of the International Date Line. It highlights the geographic fact and mentions the two territories under U.S. control in the Pacific.
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