Canajoharie

Twenty Years Ago

In addressing the prospect of dwindling state aid to education, Canajoharie Central School District Superintendent Richard G. Rose, speaking of the recent merger talks between the Canajoharie and Sharon Springs Central School districts, said a proposed consolidation study incorporating the two districts would provide positive benefits to both districts, even if a consolidation were voted down by the residents of the two districts. He said the state would pick up the $15,000 to $20,000 cost of the proposed study.

The Canajoharie Youth Center became the recipient of a $500 community service contribution from the Canajoharie-based Boiling Pot Eagles Aerie No. 3846 and Auxiliary, according to CYC Director Cal Fowler. The presentation, on behalf of both the Aerie and Auxiliary, was made by Auxiliary president Shirley Palmer during the anniversary celebration of the combined community service group, held recently in Canajoharie. In expressing his gratitude on behalf of the CYC, Fowler, who also provided a slide-talk presentation depicting the activities of the Youth Center as part of the celebration program, indicated that the money would be used to help defray losses created by New York State’s cutbacks in youth program throughout the state.

Thirty Years Ago

It was nostalgia time recently at the special preview opening of the exhibition, “Of the Finest Flavor: 90 Years of Beech-Nut Quality,” in the heritage room of the Canajoharie Library and Art Gallery.

Persons having odd jobs to be done in the Tri-Village area are urged to contact the Youth Employment Service (YES) at the Canajoharie Youth Center. Youngsters are available to babysit, shovel snow, install storm windows and a variety of assorted chores around the house or place of business.

More than 200 persons attended the 42nd annual Blue and Gold dinner of Cub Scout Pack 81 at the Canajoharie Municipal Building.

Donations are still being received for the 1982 March of Dimes campaign, which will ad to the $1,769.55 total reported at a recent meeting of the Canajoharie Volunteer Fire Department, representing proceeds from the Jan. 28 canvas and the dance on Jan. 30.

Coach John Metallo’s Redskins ended their Tri-Valley basketball league season on the upbeat by edging the Fonda-Fultonville Braves, 69-59 on Fonda’s home court.

Forty Years Ago

Eleven members of the Canajoharie Central School senior class have brought honor to themselves and their community by winning regents scholarships as a result of competitive examinations held recently.

The Canajoharie Republican Committee will hold a caucus at the Municipal Building for the purpose of naming a candidate for the office of village trustee, a one-year term, to fill an unexpired term. Mrs. Eloise Hency, temporary town Republican chairman, will be in charge of the meeting.

The Redskins basketball team narrowly defeated visiting Fonda-Fultonville, 87-83.

Fort Plain

Twenty Years Ago

The Fort Plain PTA’s third annual Winter Carnival may not have made it outdoors, but that certainly didn’t stop the students and their parents, from braving the heated hallways of the Harry Hoag Elementary School to have some good, old-fashioned fun. The Winter Carnival which took place for seven days, culminated in a nearly daylong series of happenings at the elementary school. And, said carnival chairperson Dawn Veit, this year’s event smashed existing attendance records.

The children of Rosa Douglass are planning an open house to celebrate the 90th birthday of their mother. The open house will be held at the home of Homer and Rose Douglass, Route 5S, Fort Plain. Friends of Mrs. Douglass are encouraged to attend this 90th birthday celebration.

Once again the bright lights of the Harry Hoag Elementary School shone upon the cheerful faces of both veteran and beginning spellers as they faced off during the school’s spelling bee. Beginners took their first steps rather timidly ó and just a bit pensively ó as they clamored into the library in preparation for the 1992 edition of the local spelling bee. The incentive for success was a trip to the regional championship spelling bee at Proctor’s Theater in Schenectady, where the local top speller will compete against the top spellers from more than a dozen surrounding school districts across the Capital District region. Prizes for the local spelling bee were furnished by the Central National Bank, Fort Plain office; Fort Plain Pharmacy, True Value Hardware and Fort Plain Stewarts. The local school’s top speller, Heidi Matt, was awarded a U.S. Savings Bond; runner-up Mindy Logan won a Fort Plain tee-shirt; and each grade level winner took home a flashlight for their spelling efforts and all contestants received an ice cream cone.

Thirty Years Ago

Presently under way is a campaign in the area served by the Fort Plain Central School District to obtain $7,000 for 35 new band uniforms for the high school band. About $1,000 has been raised toward that goal under the direction of the newly organized Band Booster Action Group.

Neighborhood Day is being planned at the Fort Plain Senior Center.

Forty Years Ago

The Harvey-Triumpho Agency Corporation announces that Guy J. Barton, Fort Plain, has joined his staff. He is presently undergoing a training program in the various phases of the insurance business. Barton is a 1965 graduate of Fort Plain Central School.

The annual food sale sponsored by the Friends of the Fort will be held at the Browse and Choose Shop, Canal Street.

A 14-minute color film, Once Upon the Erie Canal, will be shown at the Fort Plain Free Library.

St. Johnsville

Twenty Years Ago

The Senior Saints celebrated the 90th birthday of member Emmett Mosher and presented him with a basket of fruit at the February meeting of the group.

The Village of St. Johnsville is again asking residents to read their water meter readings and phone them into the village office between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.

A Bowl-A-Thon will be held to benefit the Sir William Johnson District Council of the Boy Scouts of America and St. Johnsville Cub Scout Pack 71.

Thirty Years Ago

A proposed local law to regulate adult bookstores and theaters won’t regulate newsstands or stores which sell adult publications, according to Village Attorney Georgette Drake. The school board decided to take action on removing corporal punishment from the board’s policy book. As a result, corporal punishment still permitted in the school system. Crandall reported he has received nine applications from people interested in the art instructor job. He said interviews are currently being arranged.

Northern Division champion, St. Johnsville, was a winner in the Tri-Valley basketball league action, defeating Mayfield 72-56.

Forty Years Ago

Several bids for construction of St. Johnsville’s waste water treatment plant were received by the Village Board at a special meeting in the Community House. Apparent low bidder was the C.J. Burgess and Company, Inc., of Canajoharie, with an offer of $1,468,407.16.

Incumbent St. Johnsville Village Trustee Angelo Giaquinto and Dominick Papa, whose two-year terms expire this spring, were unopposed as candidates at the union caucus held at D.H. Robbins Elementary School auditorium.