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I . .»m,„,„ mm> „„ lm „ ln|lll|mirn||ra||i r ^ Albany County Weekly J oT'ooSry SnL^ 9 «\? O'^st J from half a h,?„J I. d oarries news - to 3 m oo h o a ttrsSooT^- in -1 \ • '\\«..,„„„„„„„„ Enterprise SEVENTY-FOURTH YEAR Enterprise Ads 1 i 3 1 Our long list of advertisers speaks s well of the value of advertising in | this paper. Use Enterprise ads to tell 3 readers about what you have to sell, j 3 1 iiillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllflllMllltllllllllllllllllllllllltlllllllllllQI NUMBER 2 PUNKINTOWN FAIR RALLYE — The first Punkintown Fair Rallye at New Salerifi (July 21) drew contest- ants from far and wide. The event was sponsored by the Punkintown Fair committee of the New Salem Fire department, and conducted by the Empire Motor Sports club. Here we see (from left) Rallyemaster Al Witter of Altamont; Jim Bernhard, White Plains, driving an MG-TD; Gene Scott, Great Barrington, Mass., driving an Austin Healey 100, and his navigator, Jack Higgins of Sheffield, Mass.; Bob Gregory of Great Bar- rington, Mass., drivirfg an MG-TD, and his navigatbr, Ralph Goewey, of Hoosatonic, Mass.; Buzz Spahr of Dillsburg, Pa., navigator for Bill Turner of Bennington, Vt, driving an MG-TF. * RIDE — At the wheel, Chief William Campion of the New Salem Fire depart- -vrvn- i ; VCT^W 5 ^\ boys t o the Huds ° n - M °hawk Convention at Ballston Spa Saturday, July 20. The '^^.^liflf ^^ken to tell other firemen all about the Punkintown Fair (July 26-27 and Aug. 2-3). T^'e. btbeit*iO^P?W of the front seat is Raymond Lam boy, and left to right in rear are Ernest Rivenburg and James Brit|||1%old Higgins acts as ballast, and Samuel Sandleman, department secretary, is the'tiller- man. DesM|fcall-tte grown-ups shown here, this equipment is one of the rides for tiny tots at the fair. \MEN WORKING\ — Tommy Ricoio, son of M.. wu Mio. Edward Riccio of New Salem (left), and Ricky Hart, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Hart of New Salem, give their all to Punkintown Fair work. The new booth which they are shown painting will be manned by Ricky's father, John Hart, and Cortland Wenk. EVENTS TO COME (Churches, Schools, Frajternal, and Other Organizations) HAM SUPPER, SALE JULY 27 The Friendly League will hold a ham supper and sale Saturday, July 21 at the Reformed church, hall, an West Berne. Serving fromJfcS&aon. ICE CREAM SOCIAL JULY 27 Saturday, July 27, 6 p. m. — Ice cream social at St. Mark's Lutheran church, Guilderland Center. MOVIES JULY 27-AUG. 2 Moody Institute of Science motion picture will be presented each eve- ning, July 27-Aug. 2,at Camp Pin- nacle, Route 85 and 157, above Thacher Park. Saturday rally bus leaves Albany Bible Institute at 3 p. m. HAM SUPPER AUG. 3 The Ladies' Aid society will serve its annual ham supper Aug. 3 in the Knox Reformed church hall. BAKE SALE AUG; 3 Helderberg Post No. 977, American Legion, will hold a bake sale at the Altamont Super Market on Saturday, Aug. 3. _^ CAFETERIA SUPPER AUG. 3 The Ladies of St.,Mark's Lutheran church, Guilderknd Center t will hold a cafeteria supper Saturday, Aug. 3, starting at 4:30 p. rii., and continuing until all are served. • —^ CLAM StiEAM AUG. 10 Rensselaerville Fire Company will hold its annual clam steam and dance on Saturday, Aug. 10. (Continued oh Page 6), The Enterprise Begins Its Seventy-Fourth Year With last week's issue the Alta- mont Enterprise began its 74th year of publication. Of the 73 years just completed, the senior editor, Howard F. Ogsbury, has been with ,the Enterprise 43 years. His fa- ther, the late John D. Ogsbury, had completed more than 61 years with the paper at the time of his death in 1948. Seventy-three years is a long time —whether it's in the life of a hu- man being or - of a newspaper. When a newspaper has been in? continuous publication for that length of time, one more anniver- sary hardly seems worth shouting about, But we have been in ^ttiese hjere narts\ for nearly three- •^HtEl?!* :i ? f a century—and this is *SS*iffif!#hen the publishers pause to 'ithanJtjaH iljpse :who have made this ?lj»hJal\::'a*d' :sucscessf ul existence pos- isibileiyand •tofl6;pk!;forwaridl to the |[ at New Salem Opens Tonight; vent To Run July 26-27, Aug. 2-3 12 More Tresh Air Kids' To Arrive In Area July 31 Next Wednesday 12 more Fresh Air children from New York city will arrive in Altamont, bound for a two weeks vacation in the coun- try. They will be guests of peo- ple of the area who have opened their homes to these children. Lo- cal sponsor of the New York Her- ald-Tribune's Fresh Air Fund pro- gram is the Altamont Kiwanis club. The \Friendly Town\ com- mittee co-chairmen are Virgil Shee- ley and John Armstrong who, with the aid of several Kiwanians and many area people, have done an excellent job this year. The August group of children is the final one for this year, and brings to 22 the total number of •Kwanis CURTAILS IF WATER AS Pupils of 3 Counties To Get Free Fair Tickets More than 50,000 school pupils in Albany, Schenectady and Greene counties' will start receiving compli- mentary tickets to the Altamont Re- gional Fair next week. Every school in the three-county area including, for the first time, par- ochial schools, received envelopes lor the tickets before summer vacation. Pupils desiring free tickets addressed envelopes to themselves. Stuart T Rombough, secretary-manager of the fair, and his assistants will start fill- ing the envelopes Monday. Each pupil will receive passes • for both Tuesday, Aug. 20, and Friday, Aug. 23, both of which have been de- signated as Young America Days. Passes entitle the holders to see the free shows in every building on the grounds and to occupy free grandstand seats for the afternoon and evening entertainment. The fair will open at noon on Mon-\ day, Aug. 19, and Close on Saturday, Aug. 24. A record $15,000 in cash premiums are offered to exhibitors, Mr. Rombough said. Named Dairy Queen Gaile Van .Wie of Clarksville has been named Albany County Dairy Queen, .it was disclosed Tuesday at a meeting of Albany Kiwanis club at the Sheraton/Ten Eyck hotel where she was guest of honor. The 21-year- old brunette queen is a native of Al- bany County. Her husband, Charles Van Wie Jr., and his father operate tne' Meadowbrook dairy farm. Mrs. Van Wie will compete for the title of State Dairy Queen Aug. 2 at Cornell •University. Advertise in the Enterprise. * Altamont village officials this week told the. Enterprise that notices will be sent out shortly to water users, cur- tailing the use of water for sprink- ling purposes. Effective with the is- suance of the notice, sprinkling will be allowed for only one hour a day, between 7 and 8 p. m., and will be allowed only' in connection with the use of hand-held hoses. Mayor Lloyd G. Briggs said' that village water reserves are diminish- ing too rapidly for safety's sake, and permission has been, obtained from the County Health department to pump from Cold Spring. The Albany Felt company will loan a pump to the vil- lage, the same as last year. Power lines are already in place, having been installed last year. Before beginning the pumping operation at Cold Spring, the village will need to clean out the storage pool in the creek bed, install the pump and chlorinator, and hook Up a suction line and control valves. Mayor Briggs, Trustees D. Wright Westfall and William V. Burke, and representatives of Hall Equipment, in Delmar, spent Sunday afternoon checking possible sites for wells in the vicinity of the village. Officials hope that exploratory drilling can be start- ed in the near future, the mayor said. Salk Vaccine Clinic Set For Berne August 1st A Salk vaccine clinic will be held at the Berne firehouse on Thursday, Aug. 1, from 9 to 10 a. m. All young- sters through 19 years of age are eli- gible for first, second or third shots. Parental request cards must be sign- ed and presented for all inoculations. Parents should aceompany younger children. This Salk vaccine clinic is being held under the direction of the Albany County Health department. The clinic is NOT restricted to resi- dents of the Berne area. Any young- ster from any area may come to the clinic* . The snovf|pas still on the e'roun.l WIIMI XCW Salem fire- men were placing, talking and working on this Year's Pun- kintown Fairghich i.< to be held four evening.-, July 2(5 and 27 and August 2,|pd3at the fair grounds next to the New Salem firehouse on Ipute 85A. Tonight il'^pening night, and all is ready. Again we say, for the fafkerwho cares, there is plenty of'parking space —oh yes, it's^Of free. The purchase early this year of a seven-acre tragi of land across from the fair grounds'has made available plei»ff of additional parking space. Howard Chaf- fee and Paulyptarker, two high voltage firemen, have been busy erecting'ipoles and power lines so that the fair and its parking facilities will be better lighted than ever. ., UMJ u u „ iU A , mi . '•«*' TI i • -i • • I children who have come to the Al UllS yeai'S rrmkllltown lair Will have 21 booths, four I tamont area and other nearby corn- rides and sevei|l exhibits. Bill Pope of Station WABY will |l ^^SJ^*^St -, th f ,u *. ^ broadcast eve^ evening of the fair from Punkintown. He |l Ifu^f 0 ' P ° \\''' ***'' will intervfewmeinbers oi the Fair coxnmitteei •the^^j^.l^si^Mi.^.: If came .homesick'and w» 'sent< back' ^h^i^^intury-old favorite, \Oh Tinkaboom,\ tie \*\ jnerry-gb-ij$P&d, will, as usual, be the center of much activ- ity among the children (from 7 to 70). The hook-and-ladder ride has a new power supply — yes, a real Jeep. For those who would have pictures taken, the retired Crosley has been recovered from the glue factory and will lie used as a prop for the Polaroid picture booth to he operated by Yem Davis. The Punkintown turtle derby and all the other favorite games that have made this fair so popular in the past will be there. For those who may become hungry, Mrs. DeWitt Carl and her helpers will hold forth in the refreshment shack with their delicious hot clogs, hamburgers, coffee, soda, and other good things to eat and drink. Punkintown Fair is a great place for a for all, and it's all for fun. \ REGIONAL FAIR GETS READY FOR 63RD YEAR AT ALTAMONT Altamont is looking forward to its biggest week of the year — Fair Week. Hammers are flying, paint brushes are swinging and mowing machines, trucks and scrapers are darting all over the fairgrounds in the busy final month before one of the largest coun- try fairs in New York state unfolds its world of wonders and entertain- ment for the 1957 crowds. The Altamont Regional Fair, first regional fair in this state, will open at noon on Monday, Aug. 19, and take its final bow on Saturday night, Aug. 24. It is the last of the big fairs to have no showing on Sunday or a holiday. The 63rd fair at Altamont is readying itself in every way to see new records made. Secretary-Man- ager Stuart T. Rombough said that the physical plant is being expanded and modernized at a pace undreamed of less than a generation ago. Rombough detailed some of the 1957 improvements of the annual face-lifting of the state's most beau- tiful fairgrounds: The racetrack infield is being com- pletely leveled as the first operation toward its final beautification. As much as three feet have been re- moved from the highest parts of the infield and the low, swampy portions filled in. A new steel stage, 30 by €0 feet, will replace the old wooden stage in front of the grandstand. The new stage is movable. It will run on specially constructed tracks which permit its moving out on the race- track to a point near the lower bleacher seats in front of the grand- stand. A temporary cover will be placed over the stage for this season to be replaced later by a permanent top. That will mean performances rain or shine. A second parallel road of macadam is under construction through the cir- (Continued on Page 5) (Grant Department Store Planned At McKownvifec Leases are being prepared for a I large W. T. Grant Junior Depart- \ment store t o be built ta^j^yyesifcnt fPJVaza. Stopping. Gejp:t^ya*; 6 ;^|stetn; rreat time — fun Presenting Murder Mystery This week, cdntinfiing through Sun- day, .the Shelley Players in New Scotland are presenting the spirie tingling murder mystery by Patrick Hamilton, \Rope.\ It is a thrilling story about murder for the fun of it Jonathan'Farwell, Joseph Liriehari and Richard Weeks are appearing in the main .roles. All three men ap peared last week in the premiere per- • ..„.<,„«., ..-»- , formance.of \The Second Oldest Pro- Guilderland at BMvcS. •'• fession,' ' New Salem at Alpjifcjflk Former Albany Pastor At Rens'vle Church The Rev. Brewer L. Burnett, form- er pastor of Albany's Fourth Presby- terian church, will be guest minister at the Rensselaerville Presbyterian ohurch Sunday at the 11 a. m. serv- ice. Mr. Burnett, will preach on \Frontiers of Faith,\ the fourth in this summer's series on the subject, \Our Faith and the-.Future.\ Mr. Burnett is now minister of the Green Ridge Presbyterian church of Liberty Horses Perform With Mills Bros. Circus AREA CHURCH TO LAY CORNERSTONE INSUNDAYSERVICE A corner-stone placing ceremony will be held following the 10 a. m . service Sunday, July 28, at Princetown Reformed church. The cornerstone, inscribed \1957 will have inside it a sealed copper box containing histor- ical material pertaining to the buildings used by the congregation during its history of 136 years of continuous life, plus other related data. (The church was organized in 1821, first worship- ped in its own church building in 1822). The historical material will include such things as: A newspaper clipping giving the history of the church at the time of its centennial, in 1922; a chron- ological list of all the ministers who _.. , . ,. have served the church: a history of Liberty horses are a traditional part the ciassis of Schenectady from 1681 of any circus, and Mills Bros, will t0 1931. a copy o f the 1957 \General present precision trained beauties j Synod Issue - o f - The church Herald\; when the circus comes to Menands \ pictures of the parsonage and church were built; a copy of the sermon Rev. Show Grounds for 2 and 8 p. m. per- formances on Wednesday, Aug. 7. The famed act of equestrian director Paul Nelson will appear in the center ring on circus day. The Association of Volunteer Fire Arvin Roos will preach July 28, en- titled \Human Interest in the History of Princetown Reformed church\; slides showing the plans of the present enlarged church; and a \Certificate Scranton Pa He is a UaAnVtP nf Department Officers of Albany County, for Commendable Progress\ received 0™?°\' ,-*: Jff„ \A g ^ du ?! eof brines the 18th anniversary edition of frnm thp . TnR11 anri Countrv Chnrr-h Syracuse University., and the Union Theological School.,. The services at the Rensselaerville church, which bring leaders of dif- ferent faith from many parts of the country, are open tpall worshippers, with coffee served Oh the lawn after the service. •<•,: Helderberg Baseball League Thursday, July 18: f Altamont 16, Guilgerland 2. Krals 11, Albany Braves 5. Sunday, July 21: Jy. Krals 14, New Saleni. 1. Albany Braves 9, -.Altamont 0 (for- feit). '••• Tuesday, July 23: Guilderland 4, Nety ;Salem 3. LEAGUE Sf^NDlNGS (As of Jp ,23)' ;.\'^tfn Lost Pet. Krals • -vl6 l .941 Altamont CH 5 .687 Albany Braves ;' g 10 .375 New Salem ••••rv^S 12 .294 Guilderland ?*'! 3. 13 .187 GAMES SCHfebUl.Eb Thursday, July fM;l»st- flight): New Salem at ti^us; . • Altamont at BrayeS;-!, Sunday, July 28: .? ;• ••:•:.: Guilderland P Altamont. Krals at BravesH^v;^) Thursday, Aug- 1 LJj rings the world's largest motorized circus to tiie Capital District the one day on- ly to aid in raising money for its 1958 Albany Convention Fund. Members of the sponsoring organi- zation have special reduced price ad- vance tickets, from which the Fire Of- ficers association receives most bene- fits to its fund campaign, on sale now. These advance sale tickets may be purchased at the Altamont Pharmacy, Altamont; Westmere Pharmacy, Wejt- mere Shopping Plaza: and Babytowne, Delaware Plaza, Elsmere. A galaxy of performers from 18 na- tions will appear at Menands with the circus, plus a 40-ton herd, of trained elephants headed by Miss Burma and Little Miss Burma, official GOP mas- cots and start of the inaugural parade in Washington, D. C, last January. Fire District To Vote On Bond Issue Tuesday Qualified electors of the Guilder- land Center Fire district will vote on an $18,000 bond issue at a special elec- tion to be held Tuesday, July 30, at the Fire hall in Guilderland Center. Hours of voting are from 7 to 10 p.m. The proposed bond issue is for the purpose of financing the purchase of fire fighting apparatus consisting of a 750-gallon pumper with cab, and a 500-gallon booster tank and other ac- cessories and equipment. from the \Town and Country Church Development Program\ of 1956-57, in which Princetown church received again a $100 prize. The cornerstone placing ceremony out-of-doors after morning service will be brief, participated in by Rev. Roos, Donald Jewett, Carl Gifford, and a representative of C. Quay Construc- tion Co. which sub-contracted the ma- son work; pius Robert Sutton, general contractor for the work of building the educational unit, internior renova- tion and enlargement of the present church. To the service itself, all liv- ing members of the \Greater Consis- tory\ (elders and deacons who have served in the past), plus the present consistory and building committee, are cordially invited. They will be recognized during the service. The present building program is the latest in a number of building projects carried on by the princetown congre- gation since 1821. In 1822, the first church was built; it was small (about 30 by 48 feet), and faced a different direction (probably east) than did the subsequent church building. It was built when there were only stated-sup- ply ministers. Forty-five years la - ter, in 1867, a building committee was appointed to look into the possibility of repairing and enlarging the old church. But as it happened, a com- pletely new church was built in 1872, and dedicated on Jan. 8, 1873, this time during an interim supply pastor- (Continued on Page 5). Wore ihhi 29;000 stimare' feet 6n one jHdbr, 'be completely air conditioned and designed for Comfort and ease of shopping. There will be a large fountain and luncheonette section. The shopping center will comprise about 30 stores, a 20,000 square foot office building and parking for more than 1,500 cars. Canopied walks and landscaping has been planned, said Mr. Lermann. Most of the leases for the larger units are nearing completion and in- clude two 20,000 square feet super- markets and F. W. Woolworth store as well as several major chain oper- ations. Rental negotiations for various types of smaller stores at the center are going ahead. The general contract for construc- tion has been awarded to L. A. Swyer Co., Inc. and work will start this fall. Completion is planned for early 1958. Hudson-Mohawk Firemen Elect Conger President Walter H. Conger, of Rotterdam, who r had been first vice-president, Saturday was elected president of the Hudson-Mohawk Volunteer Fire- men's association at its 30th conven- tion at Ballston Spa. Fred H. Smith, Jr., Elsmere, was elected first vice-president and Al- bert Male, Vischer's Ferry, second vice-president. Re-elected were Wil- liam J. Hopmier, Rotterdam, record- ing secretary; Robert B. Crombie, Niskayuna, financial secretary, and Arthur G. Matthews, Troy, treasurer. ' Farm Women To Meet Women .of the Albany County Farm Bureau are invited to meet on Monday evening, July 9, at the home of Mrs. Ernest Newell, Wemple Rd.,. Glenmont. Since the June meeting of the wo- men's committee, a sub-committee consisting of Miss Mary Kinley, Mrs. C. J. Goes, Mrs. Newell, Mrs. Ed- mund Grausse and women's chair- man, Mrs. Frederick Kendall, have completed work on the forthcoming issue of \Key Notes,\ the Albany County Farm Bureau news letter. Sells Guernsey Bulls Douglas R. Stanton, Greenville, has sold the registered Guernsey bulls, Old Homstead Improver and Old Homestead Imprint, according to the American Guernsey Cattle Club of Peterborough, N. H. The purchaser was Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Me- chanical College, Baton Rouge, La. SCHELL REUNION AUG. 4 •-y •v.* •Si*- 1 ••'•..A't' ^'••k The 40th annual annual reunion of the Schell family will be held Sun- day, Aug. 4, a t LaSell Park, -ScHd* ,'harie. All members of tne. family are invited to attend.