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George H. Guile Sr.

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Eagle Bridge – George H. Guile Sr., 70, passed away on Sunday, November 24, 2013, at his residence in Eagle Bridge, NY. He resided with his wife Mary (Sacglione) Guile.

Born on December 7, 1942, in Eagle Bridge, George was the son of the late Clifford J. and Gladys (Hunt) Guile. He was employed at the former Columbia Box/Bennington Paper Board. George loved the outdoors and was a member of the Hoosick Baptist Church and the Bennington Legion. He was always helping other people.

Survivors, other than his wife Mary, include their children, Anna Ropitzky of Eagle Bridge, Maria Harris of Cambridge, NY, George Guile Jr., of Eagle Bridge, James Guile of Charlotte, NC, and Joseph Guile of Bennington, VT, a sister, Anna Kelly of Schenectady, NY, and two brothers, John Guile of Hoosick Falls, NY, and David Guile of Gloversville, NY. George is also survived by fourteen grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were Saturday, November 30, at 1 pm from the Hoosick Baptist Church on South Street in Hoosick, NY. Burial followed at the Island Hill Cemetery in Buskirk, NY. Relatives and friends called at the Church on Saturday from 12 pm until the start of the service.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Rensselaer County Community Hospice through the Mahar Funeral Home, 43 Main Street, Hoosick Falls, NY, 12090, which is handling the arrangements.

The Life Of George Holcomb – December 1829 – George Is Not Feeling Well

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November is taken up primarily with gathering apples and making cider and delivering apples and cider to buyers.  This is George’s mainstay stock in trade, and it’s a time of hard work and long hours.  The pace slows down a bit in mid-December. – Alex Brooks

Saturday, December 12, 1829: Today and evening I helped make sausages to dry.  It is quite rainy.

Sunday: I am unwell with a pain in my eye and head, was taken partly blind for half an hour.

Monday: I made a large gate.  Tonight we husked corn.

Tuesday: I took my wagon and horse and put it with Mr. Danford’s and drew three loads of hay from Mr. J. Russel’s for said Danford, and he agrees to credit me for the same on account, and today we cut and drew and partly hewed some timber.

Wednesday I finished my gate and raised it at the barn yard to come into the highway.

Thursday I made a pair of bar posts and set them below the barn yard and moved the barn yard and made it larger.  Tonight we husked corn.  This morning Doc Dwight Right’s wife died (Polly Platt Wright), age 34.

Sunday December 20: My family went to meeting in the cutter.  On this evening I reckoned with Esther Shelden and paid her up to this date all in cash, which was six dol and 88 cts, for 62 cts per week.  She tended to all kinds of work and milking and occasionally to other outdoors chores. I made no charge against her for the hair comb I bought her the other day.

Monday: I took the single wagon and carried Mother Holcomb up to brother Wm’s and today I made a parting to my barn yard to shut the calfs in. Tonight we husked corn.

Tuesday: I made some latches to my gates and husked corn.  This evening I went to Hancock Village with the single wagon to Wm Hadsell’s store.  I bought The Life of Josephus complete in one volume, and paid one dol and 50 cts and I bought The Life of Napolean Bonapart in two volumes and paid two dol for them.

Thursday: We husked corn and this evening we husked corn.  Tonight I did not rest very well, I had a bad cold and the rheumatic complaint in my right shoulder.

Friday, December 25: I did not tend to much but chores.  I was unwell with cold and rheumatism.  My family went to the Temperate Society meeting at the Saturday meeting house.

Saturday: I am unwell.  Today I went with the single wagon to brother Wm to fetch Mother home.  I walked from there to the post office at Nathan Howard’s and paid 36 cts for a letter from Hanna Twichel at Ohio and 18 cts for a letter from Isaac Humphrey to the west about 250 miles.

The Overlooked Veteran

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by David Flint

Veterans Day ceremonies in Stephentown this year focused on the veterans of the Korean War era, appropriately so since this year marks the 60th anniversary of the cessation of hostilities in Korea. Last year the Veterans of the Stephentown Area honored in a special way the veterans of World War II. There were thought to be eight of these veterans still living in Stephentown, namely Vincent Devlin, Charles Hoffman, Howard Leibensperger, Franklyn Mooney, Lewis Sharp, Raymond Schielding, David Jacobs and Francis Foody. A brief resume of the service of each one was included in the issue of The Eastwick Press reporting on the 2012 Veterans Day ceremonies.

But one quiet, unassuming individual, who labels himself as “not a joiner,” was overlooked. That was William Halleck who lives on Garfield Road.

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Hoosick Area Community Packs Thanksgiving Dinners

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by Bea Peterson

On Friday evening, November 22, it was organized chaos at the HACA Center on lower John Street. Over 40 volunteers, from under 10 to over 80 years old helped pack 176 boxes of Thanksgiving food. They represented the Girl Scouts, Lions Club, Kiwanis Key Club, Hoosick Republican Committee and the Town of Hoosick Rescue Squad. They worked elbow to elbow with the regular Pantry volunteers. [Read more…] about Hoosick Area Community Packs Thanksgiving Dinners

Berlin Town Board Action, Pt. 2 – Berlin Youth2Youth Hopes To Add New Lebanon Youths

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by Kieron Kramer

Due to space considerations the remainder of last week’s report on the Berlin Town Board meeting is continued this week.

The Berlin Town Board meeting on Thursday, November 14, began with a presentation by two young ladies from the Berlin Central School District, Julianna D’Alessio and Drew Kells, who are members of the Berlin Youth2Youth organization, the youth center of TRACs (Together Reducing Alcohol & Drugs in our CommunitieS). Kells and D’Alessio presented a persuasive argument for why it is time for Berlin Youth2Youth to be joined by teens, and sponsors, from the New Lebanon community. [Read more…] about Berlin Town Board Action, Pt. 2 – Berlin Youth2Youth Hopes To Add New Lebanon Youths

Information Meeting On The Broken Wheel Road Bridge Replacement

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by Alex Brooks

A public information meeting was held on November 18 to tell the public about the project to replace the bridge over the Little Hoosic River at Broken Wheel Road. Presenters were from the engineering firm that is designing and managing the project, Greenman Pederson Inc., known as GPI.

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