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r • ••;*• V~- I Albany County Weekly ! f The Enterprise is among the oldest I | of country weeklies, and carries news i | from half-a-hundred communities in- * B to 3,400 homes. $3.00 a year. I B £ SEVENTY-FOURTH YEAR Single Copies, 10 cents Candidates For Board of Education In Guilderland Central District JOHN H. MARTIN Guilderland Center And ALBANYLEIJNTY POST QtiiitiiniiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiMiiiiifiinnifiiiiiiiitii Q Enterprise Ads | Our long list of advertisers speaks | I well of the value of advertising in 1 this paper. Use Enterprise ads to tell | | readers about what you have to sell. f [•J *iMmHiiiiimiiiiiiimimiiiiiiimmiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiititiiniii[«|. 1 •;,?• is; ALTAMONT, N. Y^JW A J^Y 2, 1958 NUMBER 42 GUILD! LEAGUE OPENS; MRS. LLOYD BRIGGS Altamont MICHAEL J. HANNAN McKownville MARVIN KNOLL -WALTER DIETZ MRS. LEOTA 2YNIECKI Guilderland Center^ Altamont McKownville There are seven, candidates for election to the Guilderland Central District Board of Education. Voters will take actioh on their candidacies at the annual election next Tuesday at the GLuilderland Central High school. Six of the candidates are pictured above. In the top row are nominees backed by the Guilderland Central Citizens committee. In the second row are the candidates sponsored by the Guilderland Taxpayers and Al- tamont-Osborh's Corners associations. A seventh candidate is William Maloney of Westmere, who has filed for the position now held by Rodelle Thompson of Guilderland Center, who is retiring on July\ 1. Mr. Mal- oney, Mr. Martin and Mr. Knoll are all running for the Guilderland Center representation on the Board of Education. (Editor's note: No picture of Mr. Maloney was furnished to us. Position of the groups of candi- dates pictured above was determined by lot— to the uninitiated, a flip of the coin). EVENTS JO Mm Churches,j/Schools, Fraternal, and Other Organizations Eastern New York Beef Breeders and Feeders Improvement Project, CONFERENCE MAY 3 Inc., is sponsoring its fifth annual The Iriter-Varsity Christian Fellow- beef cattle sale at the Altamont Fair ship conference will be held . at the prounds Saturday, May 10, at 1 p. m. 5th Annual Beef Cattle Sale, Altamont, May Albany Bible Institute, 281 State St., on Saturday, May 3. SMORGASBORD MAY 3 The annual Smorgasbord will be held at St. Mark's Lutheran church, Guilderland Center., on Saturday, May 3. Serving will start at 4:30 p. m. SPRING SUPPER MAY 7 The official board of the Voor- heesville Methodist church will spon- sor a spring supper on Wednesday, May 7, starting at 5 p. m. MOTHER-DAUGHTER BANQUET MAY 9 Mother and daughter banquet at the Clarksville Methodist church Friday, May 9. Sponsored by WSCS group B. Menu: Baked ham, mashed pota- toes, carrots, peas, salad, relishes, rolls, butter, milk and coffee, apple pie a la mode. Prizes and entertainment. Gary Schramm'Citizen Ofl^lG,CM Last Saturday ^ e -XtfWBoys Baseball League °f^:..JP** with one of the best l&g&Sj^ games the league harnessed. Guilderland Center ^ *»bnent defeated Veterans of ForeignWars by a score of 1 to 0 in a fame ocminated by the two pitchers Dermis Empie for G J^,*3 drove in the vvdniitag.runmaaditantoipitch- ing exceptional bal.**£«««mers. Robert Batters Pitched',*, KX&zame, and but for a cpuple «*«» heaks could very easily M^rS™^ wm \ ner. Lack of hitsjrfftaeJass oc- cupied meant the Mt*a*x. Tomorrow (Saturday) fte league will hold its annual Tag Day. Ml are urged to contribute to^ Wortny cause for our young ags- In spite of cool wealne*, thecjening day program was very^cceMji Paul F. Cudney, P r » de \ t - tofes to thank those who made Ma jitgram possible — the : Altamon| R« depart- ment with its two fire \Masai the fire police who directed traffic the Guilderland Center Fire aepfeient for furnishing its new fire trad; %nd William Bull for doing such an excel- lent job in furnishing -the parade marching music on short jiotxs. The cooperation of all is appreeated One last word Please ml forget the Tag Day tomorrow, Saiirday, May 3. ^ J 'Grand Opening* 'Ife Weather 7-4 m 3 brags The \Grand Opening\ of the Alta- mont Esso Servicenter last Riday, Sat- urday and Sunday was assess in spite of rather adverse wafer con- ditions. Hundreds of customers wre im- pressed enough with, the semce and free giveaways that they also brought their cars inside for\ complete service and checkrups by the 15 men who manned the station over the rakend. Pepsi Cola dished out overSDO ser- vings of its beverage (seraa! area youngsters were noticed tofhve spent the week end between the Ma dis- penser and the rest room). Many braved the- bhafcy _winds Albany County Civil Defense units will test new operational con- cepts during \Operation Alert 1958\ whine will take place May 6 and 7, Lol. Alfred H. Jacobson, county CD director, said this week. The alert, fifth national training exercise, will include public partici- pation in a \take cover\ drill from 10:30 to 10:40 a. m. on May 6 All traffic will be halted, industrial plants will stop operations, school children will be led to shelters, and housewives will be expected to shep- herd pre-school children to a shelter section of the home. - 1 SCHOOL TAX SLASH LOOMS; VOTE ON BUDGET MAY 6TH Guilderland Central School district tax rates will be $4.77 less per thou- sand for 1958-59 if the budget voted by the Board of Education is approved by the voters of the district. Action on the budget will be taken at the an- nual school meeting next Tuesday night, May 6, at the Guilderland Cen- tral High school. The total budget of $1,905,558 was arrived at after careful consideration of all recommendations of the Citizens' Budget committee. The amounts appropriated for each category were: General Control Instructional Services Operation of Plant Maintenance of Plant Auxiliary Agencies Fixed Charges Debt .Service Capital Outlay .... $ 33,850 1,058,979 .124,890 J 40,334 . 163,457 153,568 . 287,413 43,067 Total 1958-59 Budget . $1,905,558 The amount to be raised by local taxation is $806,692 or 42 percent of the total budget. Tax rates for each town in the school district will be as follows: Guilderland $69.45 (based on 22 percent equali- zation rate); Bethlehem $46.30 (based on 33 percent equalization rate); New Scotland $66.42 (based on 23 percent equalization rate); Knox $50.93 (based Gets Achievement Award Mrs. Herman Kaasa Altamont Woman Is Honored By Alumnae '58-59 ft- m Mrs. Herman Kaasa of 123 Lincoln Ave., Altamont, has been named a recipient of one of the Alumnae Achievement Awards at Stephens College in Columbia, Mo. The award, made annually to a limited numer of graduates of the, . „ ._ _ _ Missouri college for women, was pre- i granted to Richard Barnett, Associa- sented at an impressive convocation I tion of School Business Officials in held last Saturday morning. The j Syracuse, Mayy 11-14; Mrs. Irene Kent audience of several thousand persons to attend the mathematics contest at included the 1,500 students, faculty I Manlius May 10; Miss Eileen Snyder members and several hundred i and Mrs. Evelyn Jessmer to attend the Eight teachers were approved for positions in the Guilderland Central School district for the year 1958-59, at a meeting of the Board of Education this week. Mrs. Carla Ranta was appointed as teacher of handicapped children. Miss- Gail Creagan, Mrs. Martha Gordon, Mrs. Eva Biedermann and Miss Aud- rey Ottman were appointed as elem- entary teachers. Miss Arline Birbaum was appointed to teach English in the high school. Miss Phyllis DeVivo was appointed to teach foreign languages, and Norman Kavanaugh was approved as a citizenship \education teacher in the high school. All appointments are to be effective July 1. Resignations were accepted from Charles Houghtaling as a special class teacher; Glen McGinnis as a sixth grade teacher at Fort Hunter; Miss Ju- dith Burmaster as a kindergarten teacher at Fort Hunter; Miss Annick Loehr as a high school language teach- er, and Mrs. Agnes Fitzgerald as an elementary reading teacher. In other business, William Borden reported that the \screening committee for the position of principal of Fort Hunter Elementary school will have completed interviews with nine candi- dates by Monday night and will be ready to make recommendations at that time. Approval to attend conferences was m Sil I :*M Stephens graduates on campus for homescoming and reunions. Mrs. Kaasa's citation was made on Business Education conference in Sy- racuse May 3. Richard Barnett reported that, to the basis of her varied and extensive; date 2,047 residents of the district had contributions to her home, com-1 registered in the personal registration munity, and church. The citation' S st ?? l, -,2' h ¥* i*£ Sf? i\. au S urated m follows- I th6 Guilderland district this year. ..T 4.C T^ i -rr .... -A. progress report on classroom con- Esttier Daley Kaasa exemplifies ! s truction showed that the $400,000 pro- the educational goals of Stephens posed Dond issue would include'cost of College through varied and extensive: furniture and equipment as well as ac- contnbutions to her home, church, j tua l construction of 16 elementary and community. She has distinguish-j classrooms. ed herself as a wife and mother of The board acknowledged the gift of four, despite her professional activi-, ma ple trees received from Ralph Ste- ties as a writer, speaker, youth vens, a member of the board. These •SKI 4*1 m worker, and educator. As a religious leader, her ideas, enthusiasm and ,Priday night to dance in' 'M of! the on 30 percent equalization rate). De- sense 'of dedication have Jhad BANQUET MAY 9 The annual mother-daughter ban- quest will be held May 9 at Clarks- ville Methodist church, sponsored by WSCS, group B. Tickets may be purchased from members. CLOTHING SALE MAY 9 - 10 \Next to New\ sale of good, out- grown clothing and ANY other articles, at Reformed church, Guilderland Cen- ter, May 9, from 9 a. m. to 9 p. m., and May 10 from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. All goods sold on a 20- percent commis- sion basis. For further information call Altamont UN 1-8029. FOOD SALE MAY 10 \ The Junior High 1 Youth Fellowship- of the Voorheesville Methodist church will sponsor a food sale to be held at Brate's Food Market at 10:30 a. m. on Saturday, May 10. TURKEY SUPPER MAY 10 Hiawatha Grange will sponspr a turkey supper at the Grange hall in Dormansville on Saturday, May 10. First table at 5:30 p. in. HAM SUPPER MAY 10 The League for Service of the Berne Reformed church will have a ham supper, with strawberry short- cake for dessert, Saturday, May 10, starting at 5:30 p. m. in the church parlor. __^_ ANNUAL BANQUET MAY 12 The annual mother and taughter (banquet of Voorheesville Methodist church will be held Monday, May 12, at 6:30 p. m. in the social hall. RUMMAGE SALE MAY 12-14 A rummage salle will (be, held in *he Presbyterian church basementi Guilderland, May 12-14, from 10 a. m. to 9 p. m.. _^_ SUPPER MAY 15 The women of. Ortesquethaw {Re- formed church will serve a creamed chicken supper May. 15. beginning, at S-30 p. m. Menu: Creamed; chicken pn biscuit, mashed potatoes, gravy, |trict Seventy-three head of Hereford and Angus cattle will be sold, including both registered and grade animals. David Beresford, of Knox, who is Albany country's director of this pro- ject, stated that this sale makes avail- able high quality breeding v animals Worn many of the outstanding beef cattle farms an Eastern New York. The sale is sponsored with the idea of giving people interested in locat- ing quality beef cows, bulls and heifers a chance to select from a large number of animals. The Coun- ty Agricultural Extension Service will conduct an education demonstration on selection of beef cattle at 10 a. m. the date of* the sale. Prof. Ellis Pierce and Warren Brannon from the New York State College of Agricul- ture will assist the county agricul- tural agents with this demonstration. Kindergarten Registration At Fort Hunter May 6-7 Kindergarten registrations for Sep- tember, 1958, will take place at the Fort Hunter Elementary school Tues- day and Wednesday; May 6 and 7. All children who will be five years of age on or before Dec. 31, 1958, are eligible to enter kindergarten. Registration procedure is as fol- lows: Registrant's' last names begin- ning with letters A-L should register Tuesday, May 6. Last names be- ginning with the letters M-Z should register Wednesday, May 7. Hours for registration tooth days are 9 a. m. to 3 p. m. Parents are re- quested to bring record of the child's birth and record of vaccinations. State Sets Open House New York State citizens who live in the Capital District will have a chance to visit State Barge Canal locks, see government checks processed and hear L't. Gov. George B. DeLuca in a youth panel discussion during the state's Open House Week, May 4 to 10. Most state departments and agencies in Albany will be open for tours by the-public during the week. Armor- ies of the Division of Military and Naval Affairs throughout the district will hold open houses. Palsy Drive Set May 20 The United Cerebral Palsy associa- tion of the Capital District Inc., will seek' $70;000 in a dobi>to-door fund- raising drive May 20. The funds will be. the sole* support for the Cerebral Palsy Center in Albany. William C. Falle, Maxwell Rd., Watervliet, who is beginning his se- cond term as association president, urge*d full community support. The center offers treatment for cerebral .palsied children of Albany and Rens- selaer counties and the Capital Dis- On-Thursday, May 1, Gary Schramm was named Citizen of the Week at Guilderland Central High school. Gary's nominations stated: \Gary is a very industrious young man, always willing to give a helping hand to anyone in need. He is a gentleman at all times, and an asset to his class. His pleasant and cour- teous manner helps to create a con- genial atmosphere in his classes. He is well known throughout the school, he is helpful and respectful to his teachers, and he is most active in ex- tra-curricular-activities. He is treas- urer of the Junior High Student Coun- cil and president of the 8th grade class. -Gary is one of the leading citi- zens at G. C. H. S.\ The son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Schramm, Gary lives at Slingerlands R. D. 1. Flames Sweep 10 Acres In the Pine Bush Area The season's first major fire in the Pine Bush area, broke out Sunday afternoon and • swept across more than 10 acres toeofre 75 firemen from three area companies brought it un- der control early that night Chief Shirley Heimlich of Fort Hunter Fire Dept. said the .blaze oc- c \ rr T ed in 1£ e Town of Guilderland off Lydius.St near Siver Rd Responding, tea mutual aid call were Guilderland Center, Fort Hunt-' ^ • 1 ^ ld , °* r OSP- departments, while Guilderland, Pine Grove and Voor- heesville department equipment stood by - w tai ! 0rd ' . ^Shts department went to the scene 'but was called to another fire. ' Chief Heimlich said a stiff easterly breeze fanned flames, which were controlled,, in' .several hours bv a ser- ies of back-firesj No\ serious damage was reported^ • , <\\a B c Bank Lpwers Interest Onlnijfoveinent Loans In cooperation with the State De- partment of Commerce \Do It Now\ campaign, it was announced by Robert £ J m T' r $g&&x. Altamoht branch National Commercial Bank 'and1 TrUst Company has for the next three months lowered the rate of interest on it! property imprpvement loans. It is understood that this action bv National Commercial /Bank is the firl of its kind .among commercial banks in Gupport, of this, statewide drive The. campaign is aimed at creatine more job opportunities through immedt, mte spending and needed pr^ucte aM Masonic Masters of the 17 lodges in the Albany District will visit New York city May 6-8 to. attend the 177th annual commutation of the New York State Masons, to. toe held at the Masonic Temple, 71 West 23rd St Presiding will tt Judge Nathan Turk of Owego, grand master. The daytime sessions will hear re- ports of the various Grand Lodge committees for the-ps* ¥ tea r> includ- ing the report on' *he . Masonic Brotherhood Fund campaign which supports the newly constructed re- search center at Utica for gerontol- The< grand services. •wis^ epkiisreijis? Saturds^^altenrsofef Saturd^tt3isp'iSc!.w a recnnf m dojlaiv sales -fop -ihe:-station Saturday 'night Mayor -Lfojpi Bnggs cut the tape, officially opsmng'the sta- tion. The Saturday nig? dances OQW- ed out to the 1 weatherf '£& the movies were again presented j^Bcy Sunday afternoon tfcisun: came out long enough for WilliftBrown, to en- tertain on the Tnonffi«|fectronic or- gan; but as the sun se§'«n# Raleigh V. Moffett took over tte'console for the hymn sing, it turned told Tsind the fes- tivities had to again move inside the station. Area Masonic tors To Attend New fork Meeting 4; vThe TaxVrafeaSnrtrae $15.28 -per th'6usiand. Hul'Branches Oyer top In Red Cross Fund Drive The \Hill\ branches have all gone over the top in the 1958 Red Cross membership and fund .campaign, the first time in ten years that all of them have made their quotas, Mrs. Richard C. Rockwell, county chairman of branches, Albany County Chapter. American Red Cross, announced this week. These branches with an ag- gregate quota of S2.065 are: Berne- East Berne, $600; Knox, S250; Pres- ton Hollow, $155: Rensselaerville-Me- dusa, S510: Westerlo. S550. The campaigns were conducted un- der the leadership of the following: Berne-East Berne: Mrs. Walter E. Schoenborn. branch chairman; Mrs. Leo W. O'Brien. %ice chairman: Mrs. Howard Zimmer. fund chairman Berne, and Mrs. Harold Northrup*fund chairman for East Berne.. Knox: Mrs. Frank Wood, chairman. Pres- ton Hollow: Mrs. Ralph Teter. chair- man, and Mrs. Malcolm Lloyd, fund chairman. Rensselaerville - Medusa: Mrs. William F. Rice, chairman: Mrs. Walter Giffen. fund chairman. Medusa. Westerlo: Mrs. Henry Briggs. chair- man: Mrs. Orlo Stewart, fund chair- man. Solicitation is not quite corn- trees have been planted beside the en- trance roadways at the high school as part of the school grounds develop- ment program. a taj;| . ess.pgene: i^, wSapm, jand understanding. Her high qualities of' leadership : and character, coupled with her warm- hearted positive approach to life, have been an enduring inspiration to The 1957 Christmas Seal Sale^f the Albany County Tuberculosis; as- all who know her. In token ofi sociation \ was its - most successful, their pride in her as a graduate of Robe rt H. Jones, III, president, told Stephens, the committee on Alumnae me group i ast wee k at its annual (Continued on Page 4) Governor Vetoes Bill For Annexations By Cities Governor Harriman on April 23 ve- toed the Cooke bill, which proposed to amend the General City Law in re- lation to annexation of territory to cities. The bill was opposed by the attorney for the Guilderland District Board of Education under specific instructions from the board, in memoranda filed for' w?it n botl1 the Le §i s l ature and the Gov- ernor, in which he called attention to the great danger to the central school district and its taxpayers. The Governor in his veto message pointed out that the proposed law would cause \disruption of vital serv- ices to residents of areas which would remain outside of the city,\ and \could lead to the imposition of unjust bur- dens on school district taxpayers.\ ogy, and other chanties, master's dinner will te ' h £l« May 6 p] e te in some of the branches. at 7 p. m. at the B^ Astor: The | Mrs. Rockwell said it is a grateful communication will close with the, tribute to the local Red Cross units election and installation of • officers and the Albany County Chapter for for the coming May 8. on Thursday, their part in assisting snow-bound fam- \ies along with the continued sery- Among those who will attend the ices of the chapter, which reaches the sessions from this area are: A. Leroy I farthest sections of the Albany Coun- Kiltz, Noah Lodge 754; Altamont; I ty Chapter territory. She expressed Donald B. Snyder, Berne Lodge 684, Berne, and Peter T. Engel, Bethle- hem Lodge 1096, Dfclmar. Re: Libel Suit The daily papers Jhis week have car- ried news stories about, the $50,000 deep appreciation to the fund workers and the generous residents of the areas concerned. Arbor Day Observed The Westmere Elementary school of the Guilderland Central School libel suit brought by Borden H. Mills, I district held its Arbor Day celebration attorney for «, e Guilderland Central , last Friday. Representanevs of each School District's Board «&. Education, grade were present to see the plant- *a>inrf Walter J. »«, Alt*«ont real fng of three lilac bushes near the estate broker. •>. 'school entrance. The children also The suit is based on publication of admired the purple plum tree, plant- a letter signed \**** ,* ;Bell\ in ed last Arbor Day, that is now in the Altamont Enterprise-.and; Albany blossom. It was pointed out that the County Post, April 18 For the information of ,those who may be interested, the Enterprise here- with quotes a paragraph from a letter written by Mr. Mills™ wtisjpaper un- der date of April 19: . :£„* \I renew my personal-aiijirance to you over the telephone that; whatever course I may take to PWest'Wy good nam.e and reputation, Ut) %j|| not in- clude any action afla ,nst ...Ifoju or your partners.\ . , . Comment on our part is.unnecessary. COMMlTALjERfjCE Commital services WrV Maude B. Hurst, formerly of ^derland Cen- ter, who died Feb. A» .^Gjoversville, Will be held at Prospec^Hjii cemetery, Guilderland, Saturday,. .#&y 3, at 2 p. m. Rev. Clayton Van,.;Deusen of Albany will officiate Kindergarten Registration Kindergarten registration at Alta- mont Elementary-school vftll foe him 2? ^^P Mair 6 ' a4 ** Wednlsda? May 7, between 9:30 a, nunTw' biSdS'durmg 0 !/! a ' ^ ^ S^£orlfaW^W^^' Subs^brio^^ioni Enter- ^f^f™^^ Edward to ormg proot xtf ago, , 'priso — $3.00 per y 03 ^ \. ' l\Veishcit of Bethlehem. planting of trees and bushes fits into the theme of \Help Keep America Beautiful.\ Robert Mosall, a fifth grade pupil, spoke over the loud speaker to alt the grades on the meaning of Arbor Dav Displays throughout the school emphasize the importance of protect- ing our trees. A movie, \Promise of the Trees,\ was shown at the school. To Make Recommendations Recommendations as to how Farm Bureau can act to improve economic conditions for Albany county poultry- men will be presented to the ACFB board of directors at the May meet- ing by Commodity Advisory Commit- tee Chairman L. H. (Myers. The recommendations have been prepared by a poultry sub-committee Mr and Mrs. Edmund Krausse of Guilderland, and Mr. and Mrs. John The Bishop Scully Fund For Religion and Education The drive for the Bishop Scully Fund for Religion and Education in the Diocese of Albany will open Sunday, May 4. A meeting of the committee for the St. Lucy Parish was held Mon- day evening at which final plans were made to canvass the parish. The pastor Reverend Nicholas F. Fitzgerald, out- lined the various obectives to be at- tained for the churches and schools, mission aid, homes for the aged, Catho- lic charities and secondary schools in the diocese. Gilbert De Lucia is chairman of the committee. Members are William Burke, Frank Valvo, Francis Ford, William Wilkinson, Anthony Capuano, John Morley, Alfred Smith, Al Mein- ecker, Josephine Crocco, Jack Jalet, Clifford Shoro, Harry Cusack, John Ryan, John Stapleton, Charles Halus- ka, John Favreau, Roland Baillargeon, Arthur Burns, Helen Dougall, Donald Page and Douglas Bell. Frink Honored Charles G. Frink, R. D. 1, Altamont was among the sales leaders of Inter- national Business, Machines Corpora- tion's Albany office who was honored recently at a three-day convention of IBM Hundred Percent club, the com- pany's annual sales honor organization, The; convention was held in Miami Beach from April 21 to April'23. It was attended by company officials arid leading representatives from IBM offices throughout, the United States, Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto. RicOj and the Canal Zone. IBM's data processing, time equipment, and electric type- writer divisions were represented at the conventions. The programs .in- cluded business sessions, sales confer- ences, and recreational activities* membership meeting in the Hdtel Wellington, Albany. Henry M. Eliott was elected presi- dent to succeed Jones, who served. five years. Jones said the Seal Sale increased three per cent over last year, for a total of $65,500, when more than half the TB associations reported de- creases. Officers elected, besides Elliott, were William I. Clark, first vice- president; Albert Hessberg, HI, sec- ond vice-president; Walter B. Han- cock, treasurer, and Mrs. Guy A. Yaple, secretary. Directors re-elected were Drs. Ralph D. Alley, Dumont F. Elmen- dorf, Jr., Paul E. Formel and Har- vey W. Kausel, and Howard L. Gold- man, David S. Williams and Han- cock. New directors named were Drs. James S. Cunningham, Allan Stranahan and John F. Mosher, and Miss Albina T. Snarkis, Miss Julia Hughes, Robert W. MacArthur, Ed- ward S. Poole, Jr., William H. Swire, James T. Purves and Richard Sonne- born. AH serve three year terms. Ghosen to the executive committee, besides the officers, were Drs. Erank C. Maxon, Ira LeFevre and Ralph D. Alley, and Jones, John A. Titus and R. Murray Willard. P-T Conferences To Give Pupils Holiday May 8th All pupils in the Guilderland' Central School District will be dismissed for the afternoon of May 8 in order that parent-teacher conferences may be held. At the Westmere Elementary and Guilderland Elementary schools the morning kindergarten and morning classes of grades on double session will be dismissed at 10 a. m. The after- noon kindergarten and afternoon classes of grades on double session will convene at 10 a. m.; and all grades will be dismissed at 11:30 a. m. At the Altamont Elementary and Fort Hunter Elementary schools the morning kindergarten will be dismis- sed at 10 a. m. The afternoon kinder- garten will convene at 10 a. m., and all grades will be dismissed at 11 a. m. 1 '.il 1 •••Mm : :'MI Vacancies In WAF Band Several vacancies now exist dri the Women in the Air- Force (WAiF). band for young ladies With a musical background. Vacancies exist, iftv'such sections as percussion, claririetj ibAri- tone, cornet,'French horn Mdytrtfni- toone. ' ' \'. ,; Applicants must be 18 t o 34 years of age; those under 21 <ifi\fsfc'3iayi> parental consent to enlist -in-••Hits. Air Force. Young women' iititerested iti securing ah assignment to the ;WAj* : band should contact Sgt. Charles.-E. Adams, USAF recruiting- office : stt- RxJom 325, Post Office Bltfgv, .$Mift^'\ : telephone 6-7611, Ext. 28:;-•r^^rr^\.. ,:! l^^t^V^^'*^^--^^''^'^**^ ^^i^^^'^i*^»^flUi*VtX*v*-«^^-**-* ?*,* < •**.*%,/> *» V*.u«.T, j :•$•*•
