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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1971
Page
2
A directory lists parish mass times confessions and devotion hours for numerous Catholic churches and other denominations in the Troy area, naming churches such as St. Bonaventure s Sacred Heart St. Patrick s Saint Francis de Sales and Episcopal and Lutheran congregations with their service schedules and special observances. It also notes devotions and Holy Days across multiple parishes and Christian denominations.
At a Grafton Center Cemetery Association gathering held at Rev. William O'Dell's home, trustees for three years were elected: Rev. O'Dell, Larry Lamphere, Walter Snyder and Glenford Simmons. Officers for one year were named: Rev. O'Dell president, Otto Palitsch vice president, Peter W. Goedtel treasurer, Marie Cropsey recording secretary, John Simmons corresponding secretary, Bernard Simmons superintendent, and Larry Lamphere assistant superintendent.
Dr Edward K Perry president of the Upper New York Synod will preach and administer communion at 10 45 am during the closing Centennial Week Service of St John s Lutheran Church St Paul s UCC Federated Assisting are Rev Kenneth L Hougland and intern N Fred Nelson A coffee hour follows for the congregation and federated governing bodies Dr Perry oversees 182 congregations and about 225 pastors A Gettysburg College trained clergy member with an honorary degree from Hartwick College and 17 years in pastoral ministry prior to his 1966 synod election.
On This Day in History note events from 1846 ether anesthesia at Massachusetts General Hospital to 1940 steel shipment ban to Japan. 1959 death of U S Army Chief George Marshall. 1969 New York Mets win first World Series title. Eugene ONeill born October 16, 1888.
New York City Council hopeful Ricciardi unveils a low-budget bid with a fund raising dinner priced at 1.47 per plate to be held in his garage next week, with his wife as after-dinner speaker.
European and American theologians at a three day New York conference warned of apathy and despair while debating whether personal identity can persist after death. Proponents of process theology spoke of a post personal future that preserves the self within a shared, expanding awareness. Opponents warned such unity could erase individuality. The event, hosted by the American Tielhard de Chardin Association and others, highlighted hope through suffering and the tension between human and divine action in history.
The article links Lynn Massachusetts 1645 brass and iron foundry beginnings to a broader critique of present negativity and the call to hope through memory of suffering. It notes theologians Moltmann and Metz on how oppression and totalitarian memory destruction spur solidarity and the resurrection as promise.
The annual harvest turkey supper begins at 5 30 p m at Graf ton Methodist Church. Monday the fall WSCS Mission at Methodist Church unites Grafton and Berlin WSCS groups and families with guest speaker Miss Lillian Johnson of Albany. Johnson recently retired from the Women s Division of the Board of Missions and has worked in Africa and at workshops in Minola and the ecumenical center in Zambia.
Melville Reuben Bissell developed the first practical carpet sweeper in 1876, introducing a housekeeping innovation that transformed floor cleaning.
Samaritan Hospital earns a matching $50,000 grant from the Howard and Bush Foundation to aid its new facility plan. The award requires $100,000 in community matching funds and supports construction and equipment costs for a $9.8 million project with partial occupancy this fall and full occupancy in early 1972.
A public notice details the selection of Giotto Di Bondone as winner of the New Book of Knowledge prize. The account highlights his innovative three dimensional portrayal of figures and emotional expressiveness that foreshadowed the Renaissance, plus his roles as painter sculptor and architect in Florence.
A playful note offers jokes and riddles about clothing and corn with a punchline answer from a prior puzzle. It invites readers to send more jokes to a reader's section in a yearbook style feature.
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