Cohoes YWCA Opens Drive Aiming Four Thousand Dollar Goal
Cohoes YWCA begins preparations for its annual fund drive with a $4000 goal. A team of 70 workers from ten groups will solicit initial gifts among local businesses and industries at St James Methodist Church. The drive includes youth programs with sixteen teenage clubs and ongoing community meetings at the YWCA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cohoes
Cohoes Young, Women’s Christian Association
St. James Methodist Church
Norman Clark
Troy Ywca
YWCA
William Arter, Jr
Edward Barna
John Bryan
F. Herrick Conners
Eugene Foster
Herbert James
Haze] Kendal
Jack Kline
Robert MacArthur
Grace VanSantvoord
Harold Bennett
Robert Hanson
John McCreary
Mrs Noble Returns Home After Fall Injury
Mrs John Noble of 78 Gerner Street Cobots has returned from Cohoes Memorial Hospital where she was treated for a head injury from a fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Noble
Gerner
St Marie's School Fund Social Tonight
The card party for the St Marie's School building fund takes place this evening in the school auditorium under the Ladies of St Anne Society. Rita Sway chairs with Anita Corbett as cochair. Edith McCarty presides at a meeting last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Marie's School
Ladies of St. Anne's Society
Rita Sway
Cochairman
Anita Corbett
Edith McCarty
Sunset Mountain Lodge
Brandt Lake
Cornelia Fontaine
McCarty
Margaret Picard
Five CHS Seniors Eye Scholarships
Five Cohoes High School seniors Randolph Ceccuci Howard Philippson Calvin Schmeichel Donald Stilwell and Peter Syrek will take a preliminary screening test for the National Merit Scholarship Program at Cohoes High School on Wednesday October 28 The program offers nearly 200 four year college scholarships and aims to discover talented students with merit Aimed at colleges and universities the plan includes up to 800 runners up with certificates of merit and potential college scholarships for participating institutions
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cohoes High School
Madelon K
Hickey
Randolph Ceccuci
Howard Phillipson
Calvin Schmeichel
Donald Stilwell
Peter Syrek
Cohoes School
National
Imerit Scholarship Corp
Cohoes Little League elects Gast as president in new slate
George Gast was elected president of Cohoes Little League Inc replacing Edward D Campbell who had served since the league began three years ago. Officers in the American and National Leagues were also chosen and plans outlined for a Oct 22 father and son banquet with about 250 attendees at the Orthodox Christian Association Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Gast
Cohoes Little League, Inc
Edward D
Ike” Campbell
Cohoes
Joseph R. Garrett
Emmett Green
Audette
Patenaude
Garrett
Orthodox Christian Association
Saratoga
Ontario Streets
T. Brandon Timpane Memorial Stadium
St Johns Scouts Meet Tonight at St Johns Episcopal Church
Boy Scout Troop 51 of St Johns Episcopal Church plans a 7:30 p.m. meeting at the church to map the season. Scoutmaster Robert Montgomery will preside as plans include a 1955 charter presentation next month and a fall camporee at Hendrick Hudson Fish and Game Club October 14 to 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St John’s Episcopal Church
Robert Montgomery
Hendrick Hudson Fish and Game Club
Troy-Averill Park
Rotary
David Tomlinson
Board of Review
Silliman Church Men’s Club Holds Supper Meeting
The first fall meeting of the Silliman Memorial Presbyterian Church Men’s Club in Coboes opened with supper and a business session presided by president Gordon Nicolson. George Wood was named chairman of the ways and means committee and Thomas Murray was appointed to head the membership committee. The club’s basement floor project will wait on kitchen improvements now underway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Men's Club
Silliman Memorial
Presbyterian Church, Coboes
Church House
Gordon Nicolson
George Wood
Thomas T. Murray
Methodist Youth Group Elects Schram President
Harold Schram was elected president of the Methodist Youth Fellowship at First Methodist Church Cohoes. New officers include Lawrence Hoch as vice president Elizabeth Ackenbrack secretary and Richard Johnson treasurer. The group plans for the Fall Institute at Memorial Methodist Troy and notes other church activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Schram
Methodist Youth Fellowship
First Methodist Church
Cohoes
Fred Bowen
Lawrence Hoch
Elizabeth Ackenbrack
Richard Johnson
Memorial Methodist Church
Troy
Methodist Fellowship
Willow Tea House
Fred V. Clute
CDA Group Plans Social Card Party and Fashion Show
The Catholic Daughters of America Cohoes chapter plans a fall event Monday night October 24 at Keveny Memorial Academy auditorium. Mrs Margaret Walsh presides. committees led by Mrs Mary Hancox and Mrs Rhea Dwyer organize a social and a Juliette Shop fashion show for all ages with card prize awards and refreshments. The group also notes bowling league officers and weekly Thursday meetings at St Agnes Lyceum. The next court meeting shifts to Tuesday October 4 due to a Knights of Columbus installation on October 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court St. Bernard
Catholic Daughters of America
Cohoes
Keveny Memorial Academy
Knights of Columbus
Remsen
Margaret Walsh
Mary Hancox
Cochairman
Rhea Dwyer
Eileen Daley
Mildred Pondillo
Juliette Shop
Margery Allen
Frances Ashley
Allen
Pondillo
Daley
St. Agnes’ Lyceum
Cohoes Assembly
Cohoes Youth Simmons School Graduate Honored
Maurice C. Fitzgerald of Cohoes has graduated with honors from the Simmons School of Embalming and Mortuary Science in Syracuse. He headed the dean's list and will apprentice at Hearley Funeral Home in Albany. He is married to Grace Charbonneau and they reside with their daughter Cathy at 10 Edward Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice C. Fitzgerald
Maurice A. Fitzgerald
Berkshire Ave
Cohoes
Simmons School of Embalming and Mortuary Science
Syracuse
St. Agnes’ School
Keveny Memorial Academy
That City
Fitzgerald
Hearley Funeral Home
Albany
Grace Charbonneau
Cathy
Edward St. Cohoes
Waterford Woman Graduates From St Luke's Nursing School
Completes Training Miss Shirley McCullen daughter of Mr and Mrs Kenneth McCullen of RD 1 Waterford was graduated from St Luke's Hospital School of Nursing Pittsfield Massachusetts. The 1952 Waterford High School graduate was one of 31 graduated at ceremonies in Sacred Heart Church Pittsfeld.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shirley McCullen
Kenneth McCullen
RD 1
Waterford
St. Luke's Hospital School of Nursing
Pittsfield
Mass
Waterford High School
Sacred Heart Church
Pittsfeld
Funeral Rites For Roger Dufresne Held In Colhoes and Church
The funeral for Roger Dufresne was held starting at 9 a.m. from Dufresne Funeral Home Colhoes, then at 9 30 a.m. at St Anne s Church Northside with a Solemn Requiem Mass led by Rev Bernard Badgley. Deacon Rev Adrien Bechard and subdeacon Rev Augustin Surprenant assisted. The Junior Choir sang and Mrs Ulysses Jarvis performed Pie Jesu. De ProFundis was played at the recessional. Interment followed in St Joseph s Cemetery Waterford. bearers were Bernard Vautrin Edward Dweles Joseph Dweles Eugene Morin Roland Bechard and Donald Lange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Dufresne
Dufresne
Columbia St. Colhoes
St. Anne's Church
Northside
Bernard Badgley
Adrien Bechard
Augustin J. Surprenant
Ulysses Jarvis
Bernard Vautrin
Edward
Joseph Dweles
Eugene Morin
Roland Bechard
Donald Lange
Father Surprenant
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Waterford
Choir Sings at St. Agnes Anniversary in Cohoes
A children choir of more than 500 voices will sing at St. Agnes Church Cohoes for the Feast of Our Lady of Mercy and the 77th anniversary. The Solemn High Mass is at 8 30 am with Lionel Chouinard leading the rehearsal the day before. Proceeds support the Sisters of Mercy and parish schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Our Lady of Mercy
St. Agnes’ Church
Cohoes
Joseph A. Franklin
Lionel Chouinard
Pope Pius
William A. Scully
Albany
Order of Sisters of Mercy
Cohoes Parish
Classes For Hunters To Start At Cohoes Rod and Gun Club
Instructional sessions on firearm use for prospective hunters in Cohoes begin at 7:30 PM today at the Cohoes Rod and Gun Club. Instructors Philip Duclos Robert Bellerose and Alfred Van Fleet will lead a weekly program through the hunting season opening Oct 25, for youths aged 14 to 21 seeking hunting licenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cohoes
Robert Bellerose
Alfred van Fleet
Mr. Duclos
Cohoes Rod and Gun Club
Rod and Gun Club
Pay Checks Ready For Cohoes Election Inspectors
Checks totaling 1012 will be issued to Cohoes election inspectors from the city clerk’s office. Inspectors receive 10 per day and chairmen get 4 extra for filing returns. Polling-site owners will get 490 in reimbursement for rents at 7 per day for 20 sites. Total elections expenses this year reach 9012 with four registration days and the general election on November 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George C. Boivin
Cohoes
Albany/ County
Miss Gendron Wed At St. Agnes
Miss Joan Anne Gendron, daughter of Mr and Mrs Edward J Gendron of 293 Vliet Blvd Cohoes, married Gerald Charles Gendron son of Mr and Mrs Charlies I Gendron of 78 Washington Ave Cohoes at St Agnes Church Cohoes. Ceremony conducted by Rt Rev Msgr Joseph A Franklin on Saturday Aug 13. Best man was Donald Gendron. matron of honor Mrs Mary Mons. Bridegroom Marine Corps stationed at Santa Anna California. bride to reside with her parents until his discharge in January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Anne Gendron
Edward J. Gendron
Vliet Blvd
Cohoes
Gerald Charles Gendron
Charlies I. Gendron
Washington Ave
St. Agnes’ Church
Joseph A. Franklin
Mary Mons
Donald Gendron
Marine Corps
Santa Anna
Calif
Gendron
Jan
Deitcher Again Named President of Beth Jacob
Jack Deitcher was reelected president of Congregation Beth Jacob Cohoes at the annual meeting Monday night in the Synagogue on Remsen Street Cohoes Louis Bushinbaum was vice president Benjamin Waldman treasurer and Milton Deitcher secretary Named as trustees were Isadore Rosenblum Samuel Ringer Robert Weiss Bernard Cohen and Myer Cramer
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Deitcher
Congregation
Beth Jacob
Cohoes
Remsen Street
Louis Bushinbaum
Benjamin Waldman
Milton Deitcher
Isadore Rosenblum
Samuel Ringer
Robert Weiss
Bernard Cohen
Myer Cramer
St Annes Society Installs Officers at Sacred Heart Dodges
The Ladies of St. Anne Society of Sacred Heart Church in Dodges held an installation ceremony Monday with Rev. Raymond J. Robert as installing official. Officers seated included Mrs. Raymond Bissell president and Mrs. Joseph Zareski vice president. A social in the school hall followed with games and awards. Father Robert spoke at a brief business session and opened a membership drive announced at the 7 am Mass Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies of St. Anne Society of Sacred Heart Church
Dodges
Raymond J. Robert
Raymond Bissell
Joseph Zareski
Herbert Sager Jr
Clarence Delisle
Maude Deguire
Homer Durocher
Rubbish Fire at Harmony Mill in Cohoes Burns Two Hours
A rubbish fire in the rear of a Harmony Mill building in Cohoes kept the fire department busy for over two hours. Firefighters used two 2 inch lines starting at 6 18 p m and worked until 8 25 p m to control and wet down the area to prevent a recurrence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harmony Mill
Cohoes
Schaghticoke Republicans Name Town Election Candidates
Schaghticoke Republicans at the town hall nominated candidates for the November 8 election. They presented Paul E. Lohnes for supervisor Karl Fishbach for town clerk George Blair for justice of the peace Earl D. Button for councilman John McCardle for collector Thomas Casey for highway superintendent Percy Campbell for assessor two years Ralph Akin for assessor four years Walter Love for school director. The current Democratic supervisor is James M. Fogarty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schaghticoke
Paul E. Lohnes
Karl Fishbach
George Blair
Earl D. Button
John McCardle
Thomas Casey
Percy Campbell
Ralph Akin
Walter Love
James M. Fogarty
New York Tax Aid Questioned in Federal Funds Debate
A survey argues that New Yorkers pay more in federal taxes than the state receives in federal aid leaving schools in New York with less money under a federal aid program than today. The study warns higher taxes would reduce school funding and shift funds away from state programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York Education Conference backs federal aid without controls
The New York State Conference on Education urged adequate federal aid to schools without federal control, voting 800 delegates in favor. They urged scholarships on a state basis, emphasis on basics, adult education, more higher education opportunities, redistricting, end to double sessions, and higher teacher pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
White House
Girl Arraigned On Arson Charge In Albany
An 11 year old girl named Johanne Marie Roswell was arraigned in Albany police court on arson for a fire at St. Anne's Institute in Albany. The case was adjourned to next Tuesday. She was remanded to Albany County Jail. The blaze forced about 150 girls to flee and damaged a dormitory. She said she set the fire because she was mad at everybody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Anne’s Institute
Albany
Michael Dobbs
Albany County
Johanne Marie Roswell
Poughkeepsie
Albany Institution
Poughkeepsie Welfare
Broker Weds Jap Beauty in Tokyo Civil Ceremony
Benjamin Adler a 66 year old New York cotton broker married 23 year old Hinako Kojima Miss Japan 1952 in a civil ceremony at the American embassy in Tokyo. They plan a Shinto ceremony and a reception at the Grand Imperial Hotel tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Benjamin Adler
New York
Adler
Hinako Kojima
East 66Th St
Mar ‘Ried
Grand Imperial Hotel
Kojima
Japan
Long Beach
Calif
Miss Kojima
Mills College
Oakland
New York University
Clarence Adler
America
United States
Southeast Asia
Middle East
Europe
England
Adier
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cohoes Ywca
China
Timpane
Gift Gallery
St. Marie’s School Fund
Fleischmann
U. S
Fleschmann
THE
Fleischmann Distilling Corporation
New York City
Little League
St. John’s Scouts
Silliman Church Men’s Club
Cohoes Bridge
Methodist Youth Group
Schram
CDA Group
Cohoes Youth Simmons School
St. Agnes
Deitcher
St. Anne’s Society
Republicans
Letham
Broker
Jap Beauty
You Cracy Rex Wine
Borex Sanss
Cracvs
Eletraams
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!