Eastern Rensselaer County's Community Newspaper
by Sherry Bowman-Kluck
Earlier in May of 2013, Donald Jones, a rural carrier for the Petersburgh Post Office, was recognized for his 25 years of federal employment. He received a mounted letter of appreciation and a gold 25 Year Service Award Pin from Postmaster Cindy Page. [Read more…] about 25 Years Of Postal Service Excellence In Petersburgh
by Bea Peterson
Ryan Corbin, a 2009 graduate of HFCS, is a U.S. Marine. He has served in Afghanistan. Many of his buddies are there now. He is not. He is recovering from shoulder surgery. However, his buddies are not forgotten and many of them will receive a taste of home for Christmas.
submitted by Joyce Brewer – Community Chair for Hoosick Falls Girl Scouts
Hoosick Falls Girl Scout Anna Brewer earned the Girl Scout Silver Award. This award is the highest award a Girl Scout Cadette can earn. Anna’s project, titled “Can You Hear Me?” focused on hearing issues. [Read more…] about Anna Brewer Earns Girl Scout Silver Award
submitted by Lori Haita
Schyler Haita, a resident of Stephentown and a Senior at Grace Christian School in Bennington, VT, was part of a team with the Ugandan Water Project (UWP) this past summer. The team travelled to Uganda for two weeks to provide support in a variety of ways to communities that are in dire need of clean water. [Read more…] about Give Water – Give Life
The holiday season is upon us, and the perfect opportunity to do your holiday shopping is at the HAYC3 Pop-Up Holiday Shop at The Armory in Hoosick Falls on December 7 from 9 am to 3 pm. Not only will you be able to check things off your list, you can participate in other activities like the Christmas Cookie Contest and help make ornaments for the community tree in the gazebo in Wood Park. Santa will be there, too!
What Is A Pop-Up Shop?
[Read more…] about HAYC3 Presents The First Ever Pop-Up Holiday Shop At The Armory
submitted by Miss Olivia
Three students from The British School of Ballet in Hoosick Falls auditioned for parts in the Christmas ballet The Nutcracker. All the girls received parts. Over 200 students from different ballet schools auditioned and about 40 students were chosen.
[Read more…] about 36th Year Miss Olivia’s Students Dance In Professional Nutcracker
A Memorial Celebration of the life of Glenn Robert Swalm, who died October 17, 2013, will be held on Sunday, December 8, 2013, at 2 pm at the Mount Anthony Country Club, 180 Country Club Drive, Bennington, VT. Please join family and friends in remembering this incredibly diverse and interesting man.
New Lebanon – Mary Louise Olsen, 74, died peacefully early Saturday morning, November 16, 2013, at the Hudson Park Rehabilitation & Nursing Center in Albany, NY. She was born in Brooklyn, NY, on December 19, 1938, the beloved daughter of the late Julian and Ruth Hoffman Olsen. Mary moved with her parents as a young child to Canaan, NY, to be close to her grandmother and aunts. She attended elementary school in Chatham, NY, and later New Lebanon, NY, where she had lived for most of her life.
Mary Louise took care of her parents and was a homemaker. She enjoyed social occasions where she had the opportunity to talk to different people. She loved watching movies and knew how to ride a horse.
She was an active communicant of the Church of Our Savior in Lebanon Springs, NY, and assisted at the Opportunity Sales. She was a member of the Vestry, the Church Choir and the Altar Guild. The Church was her life.
There are no family survivors, but she is survived by many close friends who loved her.
A Memorial Service will be held on Saturday, December 14, at 2 pm at the Church of Our Savior, 14660 Route 22, Lebanon Springs, with Rev. Canon Clinton Dugger officiating. Mary Louise’s ashes will be buried with her parents in the Cemetery of the Evergreens in New Lebanon following the service. A reception will be held in the Church Fellowship Hall following the interment.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Church of Our Savior, P.O. Box 827, New Lebanon, NY, 12125, or to the Columbia-Greene Humane Society/SPCA, 125 Humane Society Road, Hudson, NY, 12534.
Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the Hall & Higgins Funeral Home in Stephentown, NY.
Hoosick Falls – Norma Kimball, 91, passed on to her heavenly reward on November 20, 2013. A private person, she will be remembered by family as a reader, crossword puzzle advocate, preparer of the best homemade coleslaw and by a few as a true friend.
Norma is pre-deceased by two husbands, Earl Callahan, to whom she was married for 28 years, and John Kimball, to whom she was married for 21 years, and by a son, Dennis Callahan. She is survived by four sons, Earl Callahan Jr., of New Berlin, NY, Richard and Michael Callahan of Hoosick Falls, NY, and Jeffery Callahan of Portland, TX, and by a daughter, Beverly Thompson of Bennington, VT, as well as their spouses and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Norma’s early years of growing up were spent in the Rupert, Dorset, Manchester area of Bennington County, Vermont. Historically, she could relate many “I remember when” stories. The school she attended in Bennington, VT, is now a part of the complex of buildings on the grounds of Bennington Pottery. Her story is also the story of the now gone Undergarment factory in Hoosick Falls, where she performed duties as a secretary.
As per the wishes of this intensely private person, there will be no services. In the end, her daughter held her hand as she passed as quietly as she lived.
Memorial contributions may be made in her name to the Center for Nursing & Rehabilitation at Hoosick Falls. Her life will be celebrated by family at a later date.
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.
