VILLAGE NOTES 

David Cowan, the young son of Mr. and Mrs. Millard Cowan, swallowed a penny which lodged in his throat, Tuesday. He was taken to the office of Dr. A. I. Cullen, thence to the Albany hospital, where it was thought an operation would be necessary. Dr. Donhauser succeeded in pushing the penny downward. An X-ray located the penny in the stomach, and an operation was not necessary. 

VOORHEESVILLE 

A number of men have been laid off at the Voorheesville Malleable Iron works owing to business being slack. 

ALBANY CITY TO HOLD 300TH

ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION

The 300th anniversary of the settlement of the city of Albany by the Dutch will be celebrated in Albany, America’s oldest city, on June 1, 2 and 3rd. 

Sunday will be devoted to the official commemorative services in the First Reformed church and in commemorative service exercises in all the churches. 

Monday morning at 11 o’clock the invited guests will assemble in the Executive Chamber and at 11:15 will begin the opening exercises on the Capitol steps, with Governor Alfred E. Smith and Mayor William S. Hackett presiding. At two o’clock in the afternoon there will begin the regatta on the river under the auspices of the Albany Yacht Club, which has arranged a spectacular program of water sports, naval maneuvers to be participated in by destroyers of the United States Navy and other ships of that organization. This regatta will include races of all types, in which will take part the fastest river craft along the Hudson. The regatta will be held Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning, beginning at 9 o’clock. 

At 2:30 Monday afternoon the pageant of the landing of the first settlers will be staged on the river front. This will be a costumed pageant, brilliant in coloring and accurate historically. 

At 4:30 in the afternoon there will be a reception for the guests and exercises at Schuyler Mansion, the original home of General Philip Schuyler of Revolutionary fame, still intact and filled with historical associations. 

At 7 o’clock Monday night an historical pageant will be staged in Washington Park, to be followed by a band concert at the Lake House, and after dark by an historical moving picture of the days of Peter Stuyvesant. At 8:30 there will be an entertainment at the Albany Yacht Club for visitors. 

Tuesday will be one of the biggest days of the celebration. At 9 o’clock the regatta on the river will be resumed. At 10 o’clock, invited guests will assemble in the office of Mayor Hackett to witness the unveiling of the portrait of Peter Schuyler, Albany’s first Mayor, and will then go by motor to Rensselaer where for the transferring of Fort Crailo to the State Commission. 

At 2 o’clock, Tuesday afternoon will be the great historical parade which will be a chronological review of the entire history of Albany, beginning with the Indians and arrival of the Dutch settlers, and continuing on down including important historical episodes to the present day. This parade will be in four divisions; military, historical, fraternal and commercial. 

The transportation companies running into Albany, including railroads, electric roads and boat companies are all arranging special service for the Tercentenary celebration. William Van Rensselaer Erving, a direct descendant of the Patroon Van Rensselaer, is General Chairman of the celebration.