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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1967
Page
6
Bridge Hands By Jacoby notes a range of doubtful doubles in modern bridge. West overcalled with two diamonds, many would have chosen a takeout double. North and East faced no problems while South rebid spades. West then doubled two spades, an example of a truly doubtful double.
In a bridge deal East chose to pass after West used a doubtful double. West cashed two diamonds then led clubs and ruffed, forcing East to discard. South finessed, West reclaimed the lead, and South fell three tricks short for an 800 point toss. North and South would have preferred a different contract.
Hoosic Valley Central School Board of Education sponsors an oil painting class starting Friday at 7 p.m. in the high school art room. Teacher Rudy Helmo will Demonstrate by painting a picture. Call the school or attend the first session for enrollment. Weekend visits featured Kevin Nickerbocker son of Mr and Mrs Nickerbocker a Oneonta State College student and James Winkler with daughter Suzanne of Endwell. James McGowan Sr hospitalized at Samaritan Hospital Troy.
International Lions Club officers visited Hoosick Falls Lions at Irick's Restaurant for a dinner meeting. They urged new members and noted active efforts including a pre school eye clinic and a public pancake breakfast at the local bank lobby. Plans include a joint dinner with Kiwanis on Oct 4 at the Cambridge Hotel and Lions directors meeting Oct 5 at the National Commercial Bank & Trust office.
Hoosick Falls and Sentral School name cast for a two night Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, The Sound of Music, to be staged Nov 10 and 11 in the high school auditorium. Calvin Pedersen directs. Central School Symphonic Band under H Luther Everly to perform the overture. Cast includes Laurie Shaw as Maria Rainer, Carol George as Sister Bertha, Ann Moseley as Liesl, James McGuire as Admiral van Schreiber and more with understudies listed.
Lt J W McCarthy of the State Police will speak at the Hoosick Falls Lions Club luncheon today at noon in Baptist Memorial Hall. Topic is Operation Law and Order. Peter Magazu and Robert Sargood, attendance contest captains, will announce teams. Contest runs Oct 3 to Oct 31 with directors meetings on opening and closing dates. Losers pay most costs of a slag dinner in November.
An old time beauty ad touts Johnson's Foot Soap as a medicated powder that softens rough skin and heel bumps in hot water. It claims corns dry skin roll off, leaving feet smooth and comfortable, and invites readers to buy at drug counters.
A brief radio style puzzle item notes a playful contest among children in a local setting. The readable line hints at a playful sequence of letters and numbers forming a puzzle clue with a whimsical tone and a celebratory mood. The piece emphasizes wordplay and community participation rather than a final solution.
Miss Kathy Salluzzo of Hoosick Falls a University of Geneseo graduate in library science has started work as a librarian in Munich Germany. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Anthony Salluzzo of Church Street and previously served as assistant librarian at Williams College while studying German. She passed the U.S. Civilian Examination and was among 35 selected for three year library posts on American military bases.
Rev Leonidas C Contos dean of Greek Orthodox Theological School Brookline Mass will speak at the Troy Area Clergy Fellowship fall meeting at First Presbyterian Lansingburgh Oct 3. He will discuss developing interrelationships between Eastern and Western Christianity.
Three 20 year olds from Albany were sentenced in Rensselaer County Court for misdemeanor rape. Pulver of 78 Clinton Ave Lamphere of 129 Madison Ave and Dillon of 175 May St Albany were ordered to Elmira Reception Center but sentences were suspended and they remain on parole warrants. Dillon was given time served and placed on probation indefinitely. Prosecutors were Atty Eugene R Spada and Asst Dist Atty Elliott Marinstein. County Judge John T Casey presided.
Police identify the victim as Andrew Weatherwax. An elderly man died in a house fire in Scotia while alone inside the residence. Fire officials state the cause is under investigation and no other injuries were reported.
Malleable describes metals that can be hammered into sheets while those that can be drawn into wires are called ductile explaining early material science notions.
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