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Aita ille Raabe Mave rman \7. maa: > « ¢ % would be printed in its own} plant or .be forced toi'find some other newspaper plant to print for us. e That night we wgregucfky. ‘ ime}. . combined | | edition of The\ Hoosick «Félls| .> éss and \Washing- The power catie onlin for us to turn out a comb Standard” Pr . ton County Post, . 6+ Such were the thouglits of &: information ..about - how long mewspaperman - driving along: power would be off? High Street in Hoosick Falls on Tuesday night. I hoped they would not be off for long,. Because there would be no mail servic on Thursday, we were to priht the papers a day early. Dark and Gloomy suddenly ‘dfgaSermjd; I drove an finally reached and forbidding. <. . : Everyone had gone home to eat before tacklin in interest. I turned the key, in the door and entered the dark office. \That you Nick?\ came. a voice. » I was' startled, , Ob- viously I was not along. Fop sp Percey's. ° ' a He had been setting type until lack of power had halted his machine. We toured the plant and turned off all the electric pots which keep metal molten at approximately 575 degrees. Trquble on Press Day \For some reason or other the only time we have power trouble is on our press day\ Phil complained. \Ohe well\ I. said philoso- phically, \It will be on in a few minutes.\ . We went back into the office. Another staff member arrived. He had been listen- ing to the radio in his auto- mobile. . \The lights are out in Troy, too,\ he reported. fo _. I picked up the telephone to call the local number of Miag- ara Mohawk Power Corpora- tion. There was no answer. I called the Enterpirse num- ber in Troy and was greeted by a pleasant voice. I explained my problem. We had a newspaper to get out. Did she know how soon the power would be restored? She was sorry. - She did not. How extensive was the outage? © \Just New York State,\ she answered. You're Kidding \Oh lady you've got to be. kidding,\ I said. \The power never fails all over New York: State.\ \I'm sorry. sir,\ she re- sponded. \It has.\ | More people came in. The lights were off in Ai- bany. - A proximately 5:25 last he lights in Hoosick Immd. - Street lights d fleetingly, then failed. A full moon furnished | k Humifiation. The - Village They - ' appreciable period was on, p. final day of July, 1964, when a} fome , Reserves . hag: ' vicious freak storm with tor- nadic winds struck the '@rea. ' df C ‘ {of the =-- > Down. the darkened streets he newspaper plant. It was dark, gloomy g the night shift. I was due at a dinner in Bennington to help: cele- brate the 10th anniversary of the merging 'of the National Commercial Bank with Peo- ples National Bank, It loomed up as a pleasant interlude. It: would be enjqyable to eat up some of th money I had paid dral could do?. There certainly was. decided, was to go home. If and when power was restored, they'd be notified even if it was the middle of the night. as men hurri¢éd away to put their own homes in order to prevent fire in 'case the power tame on in spurts. ed radio to keep in touch, A | call to Bill Sigalos solved that. ous but confuséd but one radio station at léast was doing a great job. |.; . |. And how were things in Hoosick Falls? How 'were things in Cam- was well. 4 So fnuch. for Cambridge | We were half incommunica-| which was truly a quiet town | Then the light came bact |] Biff Mahoniéy was dispatch- } on. (Soon after, at 9:40 they ed to check the police and fire al stations,. He @ame back. The [Hoosac Constibulary was on elapsed since the power har 'duty and its members were vatrolling | th bridge? do. No one could call us. in. Would th e port on their tour of duty? Hip o ap wov wows VlfimQ‘rflflr wer nor \ & # ' r 234 fev oir ag ml orie eee hate o e muni nt omnia Ae ager meting % activated: | . More pe skeptical that; on failure coult A réport on £.. civilian population, - . . There was talk of sabotage. [net Hal» (was Ashast 'other call to the power corpor- ation, : Was there any further . ''Maybe eight hours?\ he echoed. \Maybe 10 hours?\ He was aghast. He picked cup the phone again,. Surprise showed on his face, ' , _ 'Mom? What are you doing She had, been trying to reach us 'without success. Appar- ently no one could reach us, We could dial outside but our own telephones did not ring. I dawned on us that they were hooked up to our electrical system, The building had cooled off. It was chilly.. Unless we had heat, the press room would be- come too cold. for printing. Pipes might freeze. What to do about heat?? A call to Blue Flame Gas Service did the trick. In a few minutes a truck arrived with two gas salamanders. One was placed in the basement, one in 'the pressroom. They \hissed and burbled but they 'threw off: vast; 'qurantities' of sroseng ceded. 31m \we\ \dit Iooled. like & cathe- 'with ' ogndles, kerosene lamps, and flashlights furnish- ing feeble illumination, Two Mrs. '\ my wife and Biff's wife, arrived bearing hot coffee and food. It was the second such welcome offering we'd had. 0 Was there something they The mechanical staff, it was Our staff was melting away We needed a battery power- This is their report: .~ \M 01338 d ifted into, $111? provided between the variou That was on a Wednesday, 'They: \were Frankly automobiles by - Rensselae the day this newspaper. goes: to press. It was nip and tuck that night whether the paper fall uld phinge 30 mil- lion Americans into darkness. Mike Mahoney put in an- di {wlio . ed & Was all well there? were on in Cambridge, too.) failed. A whoop of triumph treets. A fire | went up. had destroyed: :@ trailer near Babcock Lake; ° hour, we were again fully Two of the patrol punched [staffed and had started agair ey make a re- [to cope with the problem of publishing your newspaper o: port: day early despite a four-hour \At exactly 9:23 Tuesday power failure. night, s - lights. wer ec « 20 r : being restore - tw6 'earlie w ''While the area was in _* |@arkness, members of - the had | First' Hoosac Constabulary pg a/ __; |frolled the Town, of Hoosick: 'been/in cooperation with - local police. - Communication - wai g mechanical| County Civil Defense. As a parti¢ipant with the Consfab- : 8. | ulary, Joseph Barber observed nsistor radio/comparatively little trouble. n |He reported that the patrollers lefed the fa- | were watching for fire, rowdy ties med Forcés ism, looting, to name just the: \placed at 'the. disposal of the major worries. Oc \The only emergency calif came as the result of a fire on |,. Babcock Lake Road, which | was called in first at the 'Hoo- relayed to Hoosick; Fire Dept. completely destroyed. The trailer was parked on property Potter Hill vicinity. couldn't sound without power) and went directly to the burn- Towne home. It was because had been heated in order that night there rather than in a cold house. ty ~* \Benedict Nowik, deputy director of Civil Defense for Rensselaer County, kept a fin- ger on events and remained in. liaison with all working or- ganizations. . Directs Operations Assistant © Chief. Joseph Hayes directed operations for. the Hoosick Falls Police, as sisted. by Sgt. Jar bal and 16 s corner 6f thé <own Was cover outstanding - police work which - was a - comforting thought for those who had to be on the dark streets. . \It was also reassuring that radio - communication - was maintained among the volun- teers in the village, inasmuch as the Rensselaer County fire radio was forced off the air. \Severson was greatly re- lieved that no calls came for the Rescue Squad; it would have been necessary to break the pin of their door at head- quarters, as the door is elec- trically operated.\ And what about Cambridge? | A Quiet Town About four hours had a Within less than half ar If you are reading this, waif The lights were off in 3,953,332” m (opere know that we were succéssful | I people in fhe 4 industries were This is a pictiife f the Horicon :N oWer was off, © tory: of -| léton staf which, by Jamps, and flashlights, did h é the bower was off,. Mike sick Falls station and then Richard Severson, head of the |} Town of - Hoosick < Rescue ~I Squad, was in the Hoosick |; Falls station when the calli came, and reports that the trailer of David O. Towne was |: not far from Route 7 in the |' \Fire Chief Glenn Banks | picked up firemen in Hoosick |; (where - thé fire whistle}; ing trailer, parked near the} of the blackout that the trailer . the Townes might spend the: it ready to roll : the, camera flas icturé, Leo was working Gh was, taken. . said every.: Oli ¢d, and were full 'of praise for It disgussed at length, Underl Is landfill operation nd tmatéerie [will be burned at t ‘ Everything will 'be '. bu Since the. industrial was |M age other than at a 'duly which would be incurred be started within a week. | Department of Highways. area of the Village. : The matter of clouds of: black- git [Drill Will [Be at HFCS department., * THE BROTHERS MAHONEY, Mike, léft, and Brian, (Biff) - rightnhbld‘ flashlights while they 'thécit to see if the roll of newsprint is properly positioned on the press. Within a few mintifes after power was resfored, one section of the Washington County Post was being. printed, almost five hours late, - aC A call to Gardner Cullinan |M brought the welcome new$g|M Voluminous but Confused [that the only story was the [j 'The reports were volumin- lack of a story. The village] was blacked out but police | had experienced no difficulty. M No fires had been reported || Families were. cooking their | W meals over fireplaces All| HE UGLY THING being adjusted by Biff Mahoney is a gas fired salamander, one of two obtained fo keen the press room 4% printing The spots on fhe floor are ed #0 keep the d of or c e o Buceo tint iti mg ii Weeden. ments. staff will handle all traffic. ed to mutual aid if required. PREPARE GiFTs Mana Fox, Mrs. Fred Brenen- the Community Center; $5 to pital, wilh $25 to be used fof gifts and $5 for postage. . A&A delegation will go to the lbany bocplitil on December gm They te Mts. - ftate: Department [question is highly infl ) mmerce fo implement the| some other method of disposa an: \Planning Assistance n Projéct known as the faster Plan; approved publi- Teation of an ordiriance making | Health. lit illegal: for anyone to have 'in his possession an' open gon- ainer 'of any alcoholic bever- censed place; discussed: a n d voted to study the responsi- bility and estimate the cost | the Village in installing larger water mains serving the Wood Flong Corporation to maintain a proper flow of water for adequate fire protection; and voted to: advertise specifica- tions for the construction of a building to house the bulldoz- er at the municipal dump { where a landfill operation will Trustee Don St. Hilaire com- Withdl’ aWS Parsons Sche The Hoosac Footwear Com- pany officially has withdrawn ' plained that in paving the 'erossing at River Street, the Boston & Maine Railrood had MW {removed the storm - sewers i | with the: result that a large puddle of water covers part of the crossing, With the com- ing of freezing weather; Mr. [St. Hilaire said, the crossing constitutes a hazard, The board decided to notify the|delivered a letter to The: railroad, the Public Service| Standard Press. Commission, and ,the State) It stated: The Board voted unanimous. ly to make the usual annual donation of $150 for Christmas decorations in the\ shopping On the motion of Trustee Howard Wright, the Board vot- 'f ed to finance the purchase of | tion.\ the, new bulldozer on five year bonds. Trustee Richard A. Se- verson asked that the record ghow, he opposed tHe motion. : He opposed also the motion to constrict a building to, house | the bulldozer at. the dump.. |p, A mutual aid fire drill will be held Sunday at 2 p. m. at Hoosick Falls Central School. Sirens will sound at 2 in each Departments responding to the alarms will be: Hoosick with their tanker and pumper under Chief Watson,. White; at § o'clock. Hoosick Falls ladder truck un- der Chief Glen Banks; North| Town of Hoosick Squad Hoosick Pumper and tanker under Chief James Baldwin;}7.39 p.m. Chief James McInerney with tanker from Buskirk; a tanker from West Hoosick under the {direction of Chief Charles Fil- kins; a tanker from Peters- burg under - Chief - Jetson Preliminary plans '} The Rescue Squad will be 'under the direction of Richard Severson during the drill. | Radio contact will be made at all times with home depart- The chief custodian and his William J. Hennessey, the deputy coordinator for Rens- selaer County, is in charge of mutual aid for this district. There are 42 fire companies in the county and all can be call- Donations were voted by‘ {members of the American Le- ion Auxiliary at a meeting ... & was voted to serd $5 to Chapel of the Four Chap- Haits; also $30 for the VA Hos § to help veterans to wrap or Ranpouth Mrs, Victer p must be found. The problem u iodic checks of 'the age 0 by will be submitted to the Rens- selaer County Department of Trustee Leroy Baker re-| quested that police make per-| persons patronizing local grills [s and taverns. He said that he|= T had received complaints from citizens about the consumption of alcoholic beverages. 'by minors and had seen young- sters under the influence of alcohol on the streets of the » its bid of $1200 for the Par- gard, a member of the firm, \This letter is to notify you that as of today, November 9, sac Footwear Company have decided to withdraw their bid the Parsons School Building. Thank you for your considera- It was signed: Hoosac Footwear Company by Charles (Winegard, John, W. Leonard, \and Edward J. Niegoda. : ' When asked. why the bid «heen eal 26 Hoosac Fo memctime o nuns fhiber into which the their shoe manuf iness. Mr, Winega his firm now is ej persons and --is- mark time until 'dete of who will become mate . own - sons School. . Early yesterday afternoon, Charles. R. Wine, ream The Hoosac Footwear. Com- pany and Allan Marcil, repie» ° senting Nancy Shoe Com ‘ submitted identical the building.» ee # At present,. the »Boaftd of 'Education of Hoosick Kalls Central School Disffict is ad- ng a special meeting of ed votersbf* formér District N mes 1965, the members of the Hoo- of $1200 for the purchase of: NoT aba dist ; Union Free Schd 1 in the Municip 8 p. m. Novembe whether or ,n School “a? pW paves he consideration other buildings Board of Education the regular monthly meeting of Rensselaer County Ambu- lance and First Aid Associa- tion, Thursday night, Nov. 18, Four ambulances and three rescue véhicles are slated to participate in the fire drill at Hoosick Falls Central School on Sunday afternoon. indicate that 17 members of Boy Scout! Troop 64 will be live victims, for the drill and will be placed ' in and around the school area. County Ambulance and First Aid Association will be fol- lowed for the course of the County Meeting, Fire Drill Are on Rescue Squad Slate The Town of Hoosick Rescue A. Severson, chairman of Con- Squad, Inc., will be hosts for trol C, Communications a nd Disaster for the same unit, will , {be observers for the exercise.: With Firemen Principal purpose and chief ncern of Rescue Squad units will be to see what problems The regular meeting of the|can arise working in in the squad rooms beginning / co is| tion with volunteer firemen to formulate corrective insure efficient operation by all concerned. Barring unforeseen | emer- es, ambulances of the Town of Hoosick, Berlin, Graf- ton, and Johnsonville Rescue Squads are to participate as are the rescue vehicles of the Towns of Hoosick and Ben- nington Rescue Squads and Fire Department Wednesday night, Nov. 17, at and Poestenkill Procedures of the Rensselaer, Rescue Unit. Victims are slated on brought to an area hospital or'. to the local rescue squad head. ' for - evaluation 6f drill. Robert Wiley, president quarters of the association, and Richard treatment. Dog Nuisance, In keeping with a night quarantine for dogs, those not psecurély - confined between {sunset and an hour after sun- rite sare in danger of being. shot by a peace officer. Any oxmer of a dog not confined? during the curfew period runs the rfitk of being fined $10. This is a Rensselser County quarantine and the Town of Hoosick Board has been of- fied that if will be en- forced. . Supervisor John A. Murphy tonflited a meeting 7 town board in the Manolp Building Mersday fight, arf much concocrh was atea; | corplaints orf from doss prowling sat nf The bwooard krew of #4}1 tay to contrsl dogs Eesneed. = I 8 that & a \Considered by Town poéntéd dog enurterator Another - resoluti made to transfer $3 general fund to pa The board tabled ther study the : the urban oss
