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™™Fn.n„„ m , II1 „ IIimmmilIi|lii|iiiiii Albany County Weekly S'coSC^c.JL^^^ the 0,U «« I from h a |f y . a Wrt ro L and carr 'es news 1 | innmiiiiiiiiinnmiiHHimiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiHiw'l Enterprise Ads I Our long list of advertisers speaks § i well of the value of advertising in § i this paper. Use Enterprise ads t o fell | | readers about what you have to sell. | 5 ? _jinimMiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiitiiiliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiMiliniiimiiilMiillii|3 * I WATERMILLION FOR TW 0 \ -- (F^,,^^^^ and W.ll.am Conlon from the LaSalle School were really ''living it up\ at the Punkintown Fair in New Salem last Saturday afternoon. Fair Chairman Leighton Hotaling (left) and Dr. Robert King, president of the New Scotland Kiwanis Club, look on (enviously, it seems) as the guests go to town on the watermelon Final dates of the 15th annual Punkintown Fair are tonight and tomorrow afternoon and night (Friday-Saturday) RALLYE WljIN^-- Chief William Campion of the New Salem Volun- teer Fire OejiSjInj**presents first prize to winner Jim Clemens of Latham and his pretty* navigator, Mary Lou Beck. The happy couple in Jim's Thunderbird TMUr %lir»t Punkintown Rallye held Sunday, July 21, under the sponsorship •* He Punkintown Fair committee and conducted by the Empire Motor Sports Club. The second, third and fourth place winners were on hand to reeove their prizes, and the navigators also received prizes. ARE H«S AT The Board of Directors of the Al- tamont Regional 'Fair (Albany, Sche- nectady and Greene counties) held its annual \Advisory Committee\ dinner Tuesday night at the Maplewood Inn, Altamont. About fifty attended the event.. Cjuests were department su- _perintendehts,\ 'h'eads^ of? \ organizations which cooperate, -with .the directors fin: staging, the annual Regional Fair, also MrV.jMasShr^ihltroduceja every guest, and called 'MJ Jiiftjy, of them for outline talks,'^.corfltoehtsyana sugges- tions, i ,1.; •' .' ! Foster Potter, director of pubta re- lations, gave a preview of the 1957 Regional Fair,, and asked for coopera- tion of all departments in, the .matter of publicity. Stuart Rombough, sec- retary, spoke on plans for this year's fair, listing many improvements to be found on the grounds, such as the new steel platform in front of the grand- stand, the new 30x100 building for fine arts' and commercial exhibits, the en- larged parking lots, and the land- scaping of the area inside the race track. Rhodell M. Stanton, director, spoke about finances (with humor!). Among others who participated in the \forum\ were Harlan Milks and Wil- ber Bean, of the Albany Chamber of (Continued on Page 4) McClaine Dies; Injured In Accident Sunday Funeral services were held Thurs- day afternoon in Bond Funeral Home, Schenectady, for George McClaine of Pangburn Rd., Princetown, who died Monday morning in Ellis hospital of injuries he received in an auto crash Sunday afternoon. McClaine was injured when his car went off Highland Park road in Duanesburgh about 3:20 p. m. Sunday He _ suffefed. skull \'.and rib fractures arid,fey,ere facial>lacerations.., ^ tjais.. .wife*, sMfe- JBertha*^McClaine, fll\-\m ''SwfiaftiBnS'inrw\ nnnrli- ih -theMcat was treated' and discharged irom the „h6spital, McClaine was a farmer in the Princetown area most of. his life and a' native of the town*. '-He \was a member of the Princetown Reformed church; Boer lodge, 100F; and the Gifford Grange. He is: survived -by •< his wife; four daughters, Mrs. Ida Sholtes of Guil- derland Center, Mrs. Ethel Martin of Altamont, Mrs. Ruth Marks of Schen- ectady and Mrs. Lee; three sons, Robert arid Leland McClaine of Prince- town and Merlin McClaine of Schenec- tady; and 17 grandchildren. Gets Promotion Punkintown (air Entertains Record Crowds; Opening Attendance Exceeds Previous Years PRETTY EQUESTRIENNES — Voorheesville Board of Trade visits the Punkintown Fair at New Salem. Left to right, Carol Johnson, recently chosen Miss Board of Trade for the coming year, and Donna Lee Kennah, her predecessor, consider' the Punkintown Fair visit a very pleasant part of their official duty of representing neighboring Voorheesville. (Even the wooden horses improve in looks because of their fair riders). Premium Books Available Premium lists for the 63rd annual Regional Fair at Altamont are being mailed out this week, according to Stuart Rombough, secretary. Copies of the premium book may be obtained at several business places in Altamont. . Among these are the Altamont Enterprise, Altamont Hard- ware, Howard L. Gage, and others. The Regional Fair will open at noon on Monday, Aug. 19. ALTAMONT READIES 63RD COUNTY FAIR FOR AUGUST 19-24 FINAL GROUP OF 'FRESH AIR KIDS' Threatening weather last Saturday afternoon failed to dampen the enthusiasm of patrons of the Punkintown Fair who appealed at'the annual event in New Salem in greater numbers than ev«r The popularity of the Punkintown Fair continues to grow with each succeeding year. Plenty of su- pervised free parking space, worthwhile merchandise prizes, 10-cedt kiddie rides, and a general air of country friendliness have established the fair in the hearts of fun-loving peoplo of the Capital Dfctiict. While the sponsoring Xew Salem firemen and their friends who assisted at the fair were a weary lot on Sunday, theuwili , ^^ ddlta __ ^ ^ bor-l^mptons of \Beren^.^ho'Ss ^.est be ready and^easer to carrv on. tonight and tomorrow night— 1 augbs-'of, Marijaijan,.. ?^^m:..,^Vdeiit:of the, nonprofit ;!&,,; ,. ;,,',,- thp. ftlnsmo- TxraaXumA ttamont TOednesaaygatterm^ ; ;,, 3301 Pone is broadcasting each night* <*»<fr#r^^ Only slightly more than two weeks remain before the original regional fair in New York state welcomes its 1957 visitors at Altamont. The Altamont Fair will bow in at noon on Monday, Aug. 19, for a full week's showing until Saturday night, Aug. 24. The fair will be open until 11 o'clock every night. Almost unrecognizable from a decade ago as it proceeds with its long improvement program, the new ippiVIJC IM A 1)1? A 1Altamont Regional Fair will present f\|\|\| \ |iij \x\ ftlUj** I even more changes than it, has been able to offer in any one year in the past, according to Coroner Arthur S. the closing -weeUend. jtfAYOR --OYD G. BB EVENTS TO (Churches, Schools, Fraternal, and Other Organizations) ICE CREAM SOCIAL AUG. 3 Saturday, Aug. 3, 1 p. m., there will be a home-made ice cream and cake sale on the lawn of the Voor- heesville First Methodist church. BAKE SALE AUGUST 3 A bake sale will toe held at the Guilderland firehall Saturday, Aug. 3 at 10 a. m., for the benefit of the Guilderland Indians baseball team. HAM SUPPER AUG. 3 The Ladies' Aid sbciety 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, Guilderland Center, will hold a cafeteria supper Saturday, Aug. 3, starting at 4:30 p. m., and continuing until all are served. CLAM STEAM\AUG. 10 Rensselaerville iFire Company will hold its annual clam steam and dance on Saturday, Aug. 10. SUPPER AUGUST 10 The Ladies' Aid bl St. John's Lu- theran church, East'Berne, will \spon- sor a supper Aug.-10 beginning at 5:30 p. m. in the Church hall. * ICE CREAM SOCIAL AUG. 10 Saturday, Aug. 10, 6 p. m. — Ice cream social in St. 'Mark's Lutheran church, Guilderland Center. (Continued on Page 6_ Final Red Cross Swimming Program To Start Monday ______ t The final two-week swimming program to be conducted by the water safety service of the Albany County Chapter, American Red Cross, will start Monday, Aug. 5, at the Thacher Park pool. This will mark the third year for the Thacher pro- gram which services school children from age 8 on up from the following school districts: Voorheesville, Berne- Knox and Duanesburgh Central. The program will offer instruction courses in swimming at beginner, intermedi- ate and advanced levels and also both junior and senior life saving. The program will run Monday through Friday for the .two-week period from Aug. 5 through 16, and three class periods will 1 be held each morning at 9, 10 and 11 o'clock. Last year the attendance at the Thacher program exceeded 600 stu- dents and this year's enrollment in- dicates that even more may be ex- pected. Persons not already enrolled in the program who are interested in joining the classes may obtain regis- tration information by calling the Albany County Chapter, American Red Cross, at Albany 5-7301. Seek Pumper Bids The Fuller Road Fire department soon Will purchase a new 750 gallon two stage pumper engine. Sealed bids on the engine will be received by the department at its headquarters, 4 Fuller Rd., until mid- night, Aug. 28. The bids will be Opened at 8 p. m. the next day. Detailed specifications and informa- tion on the bids may be obtained from Thomas E. Walsh, Jr., secre-- tary of the department's board of directors, at 1368 Central Ave., Al- bany. The board reserves the right reject any or all bids. Mayor Promoted By Albany Felt Company Lloyd G. Briggs of Altamont has been named assistant treasurer of the Albany Felt Company. His appoint- ment was announced July 26 by John C. Standish, president of the firm. Mr. Briggs, who joined Albany Felt in 1946 as chief accountant, was promoted to comptroller in 1953. A native of Westerly, R. I., he holds degrees from Brown University and New York University. He is mayor of Altamont, treasurer of Child's hospital, and a director of the West End Savings and Loan as- sociation. He is a member of the American Institute of Accountants and the State Society of Certified Public Accountants. He is married and has three children. Here Are The Slates Here's how the Albany city and county election tickets shape up as a result of designations made by both major parties last week: (*denote in- cumbents) Mayor Democrats—Erastus Corning 2d* Republicans—Edward J. Ray Comptroller Democrats—Lawrence J. Ehrhardt* Republicans—Howard Osborne City Treasurer Democrats—Collins A. Thomas* • Republicans—Sam Sgrol City Court Justice Republicans—Michael Tepedino Republicans—Howard Alpert Common Council President Democrats—John J. Murray* Republicans—Anthony S. Hughes State Senator Democrats—Julian B. Erway Republicans—Frank J. Carroll Surrogate Democrats—Harold E. Koreman Republicans—r-Merton D. Meeker Coroner Democrats—John J. Marra* Republicans—James J. Pender The ' •]ffitlE?!f^dthets i three-ring cir- cus will 'pefforJh it !flie Menands show grounds Wednesday^: A«g. 7, under sponsorship of the Association of Vol- unteer Fire Department Officers of Albany County. Performances wfll be at 2 and 8 p. m. Proceeds will be used by the asso- ciation to finance the 1958 convention of the Hudson Valley. Volunteer Fire- men's association. i';The gathering will be held in Albap, with the coun- ty association as holts. William F. Bradtijpast president of the Altamont Fire * department, is chairman of the circus committee. Frederick H. Srnithgjr., of the Els- mere Frie department, is convention general chairman. fie is county vice- president of the Hudson Valley, group, and' past president 6f/ the county fire department officers ; 6rgariization. Con- vention secretary is SVard L. Wells. Members of the SjronsOring organi- zation have special Educed price ad- vance tickets on sale; from which the Fire Officers association receives most benefits to its fund ^campaign. These advance sale ticketsixnay be purchased at the Altamont Pharmacy, Altamont; Westmere Pharmacy}: Westmere Shop- ping Plaza; and Babytowhe, Delaw-are Plaza, Elsmere. > A galaxy of performers from 18 na- tions will apepar at.spfehands with the circus, plus a 40^tqnuherd of trained elephants headed bg&fRHss Burma and Little Miss Burma,: ipffkaal GOP mas- cots and stars of tljelinaugural parade in Washington, D. % last January. tt«S¥ij^S'* , ^'?-K5{^^ W,fe^'f£Q,use the women's department and sensational new^dish SAAB- Jfe * ont Swante-dub is. the local spoh- and new floodlights all around the I. Betteof Thompson^ Lafce^m tte P° r *° r the Fresh Air Fund. racetrack, the newly graded and certs or inompsons LaRe with the J -^ two _ week Mti however> ^ seeded racetrack infield, a 50 percent not be observed by at least one of iarger parking lot for automobiles gardener's friend, Rototillers; and Studler's Sales and Service of Delmar with their popular Nash Rambler and Metropolitan. The Voorheesville Hardware and its genial proprietor, Jerry Badgley, have a fine exhibit of their wares. The New Saiem Home Demonstra- tion unit's baked goods booth, as al- ways, continues to offer the best in this line of merchandise. The food items are contributed by the women- folks of the area who wish to do their bit for the Punkintown Fair. The shelves are usually cleaned out early in the evening — need we say more? Great interest was shown in the work of the New Salem women in their arts and crafts display. A full evening of great fun is in store for everybody at the Punkin- town Fair. This Friday and Satur- day evenings is your last chance to visit the 15th Punkintown Fair — at New Salem on Route 85-A. Su- pervised parking for the \father who cares.\ refreshments for the hungry, and fun for all FAIR, of course! — PUNKINTOWN Helderberg League to GOAT SHOW The Eastern New York Goat Club will, hold its 12th annual goat show on Saturday, Aug. 11, at Schaghti coke Fairgrounds. N. J.. Fisher of Holcomb will be the judge. Events start at 11 a, m. and admission is free. Public invited, ' Thursday, July &£fi- Krals 9, NewSapn 0. Altamont 9, Albmiy -Braves 0. Sunday, July 28: ;.: Krals 15, Albany ^Braves 2 (seven innings). - M «S Altamont 10, Guiiaerland 9 (fifteen innings). . ._• • LEAGUE SfANDiNGS (As of July.28) Wort Lost Krals Altamont Albany Braves New Salem Guilderland 18 ia 6- 5 3 1 5 12 13 14 Cancer Unit Meets Quota The Albany. County Unit of the American Cancer Society has success- fully met its 1957 quota of $60,000, Trell Yotium, county campaign chair- man; h£(S announced. The quota was almost $10,000 more thah tlife 1956 figure and Yocum praised :^he volunteers who put the driVe oyer the top. Principal chairmen included Mrs. Charles 'Randolph, lights-on drive; Henry Rjansall, business and indus- trial Coriimlttee, and Ronnie Cegalis, GAMES SCHEbOLED Thursday, AUJiftJ? ,(|ast night): Guilderland f SfflVes, New Salem at •f^taiftont. Sunday, Augi>**y_; • (Final gamtt '* JJSOUW* season)— Krals at GuPMand, New Salem/$ ,J W&Ves. WEbiJlil^EARS Pet. .947 .722 .333 .278 .176 v Rosenberger fere, celebrat- a para] :, county towns and clubs, children. Mr. and.Jfe of Camp t^Lj^;, , ed their gbld#weqaing _t their home Saturday. . M Jkg?iSberger, a night- watchman W^>.v. Myers, Albany, and wife have one Bone and Aye grand- 4-H Club Scholarship The 4-H Club office at Albany an- nounces that following the practice of the last few years The National Com- mercial Bank and Trust Company of Albany will again make a scholarship award to a 4-H club girl and one to a 4-H club boy who have been active in the organization's work in Albany county for some time and who are planning on entering college this fall. Application forms for this award and rules governing the, selection of the winners may be obtained at the 4-H club office. Young people who are interested should discuss their eligibility with their local leader or get in touch with Paul Thayer, Al- bany county 4-H club agent. These awards may be applied towards the tuition at any accredited school or university beyond high school levels. The scholarship will be presented during the Tri-County Fair at Alta- mont and all applications should be in the 4-H club office previous to the fair. Wednesday's group of children. Ed- ward Clausen of Brooklyn, who is a guest for the fourth successive year, of Mr. and Mrs. Victor Putnam of Richmondville, will stay with his hosts for the full month of August. Ne- cessary arrangements will be made with the Fresh Air Fund for his ex- tended visit. \ The Putnams drove from Richmondville to Altamont Wed- nesday afternoon to get \their boy.\ The group of children scheduled to come to the Altamont area Wednes- day originally numbered 14, but one child became ill and failed to make the trip. Consequently, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Cornell of Westerlo, who had \ordered\ two children, had to be con- tent with one guest. Mr. and Mrs. (Continued on Page 5) Annual Clamsteam At Berne Fire Hall Saturday, Aug. 17 For the fourth consecutive year the members of the Berne Fire de- partment and Ladies' Auxiliary will serve a clamsteam at the firehall in Berne on Saturday, Aug. 17. Steams at 4:30 and 6:30 o'clock. The usual good food and all the clams you can eat will be on the menu, in- cluding one-half chicken and sau- sages, sweet and white potatoes, sweet corn, melted butter, tomatoes, cucumbers, rolls, homemade pies, and all beverages. Firemen have tickets in their pos- session now for sale, and reservations should be in by Aug. 12. Telephone j A\ug. 5-15 at Thompson's\ Lake\. and more flood lights in that area and many more added comforts for pa- trons are part of' the latest phase of the improvement program. Mr. Tompkins said that the policy of opening the grandstand free of charge at all times will be continued this year. Except for Monday when the daredevils of the Ward Beam auto thrill show will perform before the free grandstand, the program calls for eight hours of entertainment every day. The new covered stage, for rain or shine performances, also will be used for the Stars of Tomor- row amateur talent show and the Grange square dancing contests as well as many features in addition to the Al Martin revue. Prizes will be given away afternoon and evening. The cattle show looms as one of the best ever seen at Altamont, said Robert Whipple, superintendent of that department. Prizes for the blooded stock are among the $15,000 in premiums offered in the new streamlined premium book now being distributed upon request to Stuart T. Rombough, manager of the Altamont Fair. Complimentary tickets are now be- ing mailed to more than 50,000 grade (Continued on Page 4) Helderberg Day Camp To Open Neri Week Helderberg Day Camp will be open from 9:30 a. m. to 3:30 p. m. 'Fresh Air' Children Are Invited To Punkintown When the second group of \Fresh Air\ children from New York arrived in Altamont Wednesday afternoon, a supply of ride tickets for the Punkin- town'Fair was made available to the hosts. It is hoped that as many as pos- sible of. the Fresh Air hosts will bring the children to the Punkintown Fair at New Salem tonight (Friday), in or- der that a photo of our city visitors can be taken by Vern Davis at about 8:30 p. m. reservations may be obtained by call ing East Berne 12-W3 or West Berne 2873. Several valuable prizes will be awarded at 8 p. m., including: Shakespeare Wonder rod and Mitchell spinning reel, RCA clock-radio, Sun- beam automatic percolator, Sunbeam automatic saucepan and deep fryer, and Sunbeam electric shaver. Support the Berne firemen and the ambulance service, but most of all— come and really have a good dinner. Supper At St. Mark's Saturday The Ladies of St. Mark's Lutheran church, Guilderland Center, will serve a cafeteria-style supper in the parish hall Saturday, starting at 4:30 p. m. The menu will include creamed po- tatoes, potato salad, baked ham, Swed- ish meat balls, baked beans, cabbage salad, cottage cheese, rolls, pickles and. beets; fruited Jello, cake, coffee, tea or milk. Mrs. Edmund Witherwax has charge of tickets. Miss Mildred Calkins is dining room chairman and Mrs. LeRoy Kiltz has charge of the kitchen. Homemade ice cream will be On sale in charge of the Ladies' group and the Brotherhood, with Mrs. Katherine Hart as chairman. Swimming, crafts, cookouts and na- ture program for Girl Scouts and non-scouts will be included. An \over-night\ is planned for callipers 10 years of age and over. Persons wishing to register for camp or volunteer as a counselor should contact one of the .members of the day camp committee: Mrs-. Robert' Pennoyer or Mrs. \Charles Farrigan, Altamont; Mrs. Robert Fowler, West- mere; Mrs. Rose Van Wormer, Voor- heesville, or Mrs. Warren FUfbeck, Slingerlands. Prospective campers may also contact the Albany-Area Girl Scout office. —: ;J . % Fire District Voters ; OK $18,000 Bond Issue Electors of the Guiiaerland Center Fire district by a vote of 40 ib 4y gave their approval Tuesday night to an $18j000 bond issue. There Was one V6i& ballot at the special election held in the Fire hall in Guilderland Center. Proceeds of the bond issue' will be used for the purpose of, finandihg; the purchase of fire fighting apparatus consisting of a 750-gallbn pUmpef'.with tab, ( and a 500-gallon booster tank and other accessories and eqfuipfn^iits .( l l r.
