Local Church Aids Vietnam Seabee Worker in Community Project
First Baptist Church Hoosick Falls launches a drive to send vitamins medical supplies soap toothbrushes bandages clothes to Sam Cottrell Seabee worker in Vietnam aiding rural development He reports from a village about 35 miles from Saigon and asks for community help Rev John Y Elliott notes a letter from Cottrell and more than 25 dollars was raised at Sunday services The program is led by the church Board of Missions Mrs Ira Cornell Mrs Donald Lapp and Mrs Sterling Post and more groups are invited to join Sam is a Hoosick Falls graduate and is on his second Vietnam tour He provides his APO and Seabee address for donations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Hoosick Falls
Sam Cottrell
Seabee
Vietnam
John Y. Elliott
Sam
Seabee Program
Board of Missions
Ira Cornell
Donald Lapp
Sterling’ Post
Cottrell
C. Cortland Cottrell
Wilson Hill Road
Hoosick Falls Central School
Hudson Valley Community College
Saigon
California
The
Baptist Church
S. C. Cottrell
Kiwanis Tag Days Support Hoosick Falls Youth Programs
Hoosick Falls Kiwanis Club conducts Kiddies Tag Days today and tomorrow to fund more than a dozen year round activities for local boys and girls. Funds stay in the community supporting Boy and Girl Scouts, scholarships, junior and Babe Ruth baseball, golf, swimming and skating, with a goal of 850 dollars and expanded programs if exceeded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick Falls! Kiwanis Club
St. Mary’s Academy
Hoosick Falls Central School
Frank A. Reynolds
David A. Berlant
Arthur D. Taylor
Francis E. Millett
Leo J. Fairbanks
Kasmer J. Stempek
Mason C. Harrison
John Mason
Jack McLucas
Stanley Fifield
William J. Ruditis
Resumes Study At University Miss Cecile Fink Returns
Miss Cecile Fink returns to State University at Albany for junior year to major in speech correction and begin orientation for resident assistant duties. She will serve as liaison between student body and administration in university adjustments. Daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry Fink of 132 Main Street Hoosick Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecile Fink
State University At Albany
Miss Fink
Harry Fink
Main St
Hoosick Falls
Hospital Update On Putnam Memorial Patient
Ml At Hospital William F. Rourke Jr., director of the Community Center, is a patient at Putnam Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Rourke Jr
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Hoosick Community notices and gatherings summary
Hoosick Ada M Breer Auxiliary plans Monday night meeting with Mrs Phoebe James at Rogers Ave Hoosick Falls. White elephant sale. Camer on family of Yonkers spent a week with Watson White. Baptist Church Ladies Aid Society meet Friday Sept 29. All Saints Guild meets Sept 28 to finalize plans for Oct 7 turkey supper. Rifenburg and Hammond return from camping at Paradox Lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick Fire Co
Phoebe James
Rogers Ave
Hoosick Falls
George Cameron
Yonkers
Watson White
Ladies Aid Society of the Baptist Church
All Saints Guild
George Rifenburg
Fred Hammond
Haynersville
Paradox Lake
Grange Names Officers Booster Night Planned
David Cornell elected Master of Hoosick Grange at the annual meeting with Donald S Hewitt Jr. as overseer and N Clifford Cottrell treasurer among officers chosen. Booster Night open meeting set for Sept 30 with talk by Don Tuttle of WGY on Feast or Famine In The Days Ahead and the Grange In Years Ahead as theme. A maintenance fund donation to the Town of Hoosick Rescue Squad approved. Refrsehments and dances planned, with next card party Oct 14 chaired by Donald Hewitt Sr. WSCS sale at Grand Union Hoosick Falls tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Cornell
Hoosick Grange
Donald S. Hewitt Jr
Wilfred Knapp
Joseph Clancy Jr
Mark Brown
Donald S. Hewitt Sr
N. Clifford Cottrell
Almon W. Hewitt
Wendell Carey
Ceres
John Hoag
Pomona
Harry von Haggin Sr
Flora
Florence Durkee
Omer Brenenstuhl
Joseph Cleney Sr
Cornell
Carleton Philpott
Philpott
Don Tuttle
WGY
Grange
C. Warren Filkins
Town of
Donald Hewitt Sr
Guardsmen Practice Mob Dispersal at Schaghticoke Fair Grounds
Co. C 205th Armor NY National Guard from Hoosick Falls joined others in a simulated mob scene at Schaghticoke Fair Grounds to practice formations and tactics for dispersing crowds. Units from Troy Albany and Schenectady participated in a weekend drill that extended late Saturday and included riot duty instruction. An additional drill is planned at Hoosick Falls on Sept 30 and Oct 1 for individual weapons firing practice.
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Guilderland Range
205Th Tank Battalion
Troy
210Th Tank Battalion
Albany
105Th Armored Infantry Battalion
Schenectady
Hoosick Falls Range
Kathleen Gorman Leaves Hospital
Miss Kathleen Gorman daughter of Town Councilman Edward V Gorman and Mrs Gorman of 8 Nixon Street has returned home from Albany Medical Center. She was recently injured in an automobile accident on Hill Road in the Town of Hoosick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathleen Gorman
Edward V. Gorman
Gorman
Nixon St
Albany Medical Center
Hill Road
Hoosick
Guild Will Meet At Rowland Home Hoosick Falls
St Hilda's Guild of St. Mark's Episcopal Church Hoosick Falls meets Monday at Mrs Glen S Rowland home 15 Parsons Ave Hoosick Falls replacing parish hall. Hostess helper Mrs Victor Barrer assists. President Mrs Howard Harrison will lead. Plans include organizing dinner for St Stanislaus Society at their hall on Saturday Oct 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Hilda's Guild of
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
Hoosick Falls
Glen S. Rowland
Parsons Ave
Victor Barrer
Howard Harrison
St. Stanislaus Society
Hoosick Falls Fire Driver Starts Vacation
Joseph Smith, a driver and assistant custodian at Hoosick Falls Fire House, is on vacation this week and will attend the Eastern States Exposition in Springfield, Massachusetts. William J. Hennessey has returned to duty after a prior vacation. Rev. Raimund L. Tumberston and Rev. Taylor B. Light, pastors in the area, attended a Monday meeting of American Baptist pastors in the Greater Troy area at Latham. Light serves as interim pastor in Mechanicville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Smith
Hoosick Falls
Springfield
Mass
William J. Hennessey
Raimund L. Tumberston
Baptist Churches of
Hoosick
West Hoosick
Taylor B. Light
Troy
Latham
Mr. Light
Baptist Church
Mechanicville
Pittstown Church Schedule and Social Notices
Next Sunday Rev David Hubbard will preach at 11 15 a m and the Junior Choir will sing. Thursday at 7 30 p m the Juniors meet at the Church Hall and the Senior group will have a council at the home of Mr and Mrs Douglas Hoag at 3 p m. Friday Mrs Richard Hansen rester gave a family bridal shower for Mr and Mrs Peter Hansen. Mr and Mrs Harold Curnow of Oley Park L I visited Rev and Mrs Anton Beza last week accompanied by Mrs Frank Beza. The firemen group will meet Monday in the firehouse and the auxiliary will meet at 8 p m. Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Hubbard
Douglas Hoag
Richard Hansen Rester
Peter Hansen
Harold Curnow
Oley Park
L.I
Anton Beza
Frank Beza
Cub Pack 64 Organizes Under Immaculate Conception
An organization meeting for Cub Pack 64, sponsored by the Church of the Immaculate Conception, drew eighteen boys. Four mothers volunteered as den mothers and assistants. one more is needed. Registration remains open for a month for those absent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of the Immaculate Conception
William Baker
Arthur Hyde
Hyde
Baker
Cub Scouts
Bernard Fleming
Webb
Auto Injury Suits Settled In County Court
Two Troy youths and their fathers won settlements from a car owner and operator in two auto injury suits. Awards included $1,242.25 for one pair of plaintiffs and $2,500 for another case. The youths were treated at St Marys Hospital after a Fifth Avenue collision near the Menands Bridge on March 4. Attorneys were Mitch Murphy and Malone for the plaintiffs, Donovan Donlon and LaValley for the defendants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Mother
Wilfred D. Humphrey
T. Casey
Troy
St. Mary’s Hospital
Thomas Donlon
John
Joseph H. Donlon
River J. Squadrite
Orbes Ave
William J. Sullivan l
Menands Bridge
St.Mary’s Hospital
Earl.Massey
Donald C. Bowes
Cluett Firm To Acquire New Atlantic Products
Cluett Peabody & Co will acquire the assets of Atlantic Products of Trenton New Jersey makers of casual luggage and golf bags. The Atlantic assets will be exchanged for Cluett Peabody common stock. Terms were not disclosed. Atlantic will continue as a separate division under present management. Victor S Pollak is president of Atlantic. Barry Leithead praised the move as beneficial for shareholders and aligned with expansion plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cluett, Peabody & Co., Inc
Atlantic Products
Trenton
N.J
Atlantic
Cluett, Peabody
Henry H. Henley Jr
Cluett Peabody
Victor S. Pollak
Barry T. Leithead
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Kiwanis Club
Ada M. Breer
WSCS
North Hoosick
Guild
Rowland Home
Fire Dept
Pittstown
Frank Green
Grantmaster Supreme
Whitewa
W.T. Grant CO
Hoosick ST
Troy Plaza
Cluett Firm
America
Oxford
Grant Coo
Wales
Ernie teeanTyiets Ae Pee
Ard & Broadway
Downtown
Aly
VW. T. Ne Co
Ord & Broadway
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