Week of February 28, 1969
50th Anniversary News | Saratoga Springs, NY
series by Mary Flanagan, Associate Real Estate Broker & lifelong Saratogian
2019 marks Roohan Realty’s 50th year in business! We would like to take you back to 1969 and share what was happening in the news – locally and nationally. We’ve been having a great time reading old newspapers and hope you enjoy seeing the historic Roohan Realty connections as much as we do. Community involvement and public service have been ingrained in our business from the very beginning – a commitment that continues today. Check back every Thursday for a fresh flashback to 1969!
1. Washington’s Birthday Car Sale
Big car sales for Washington’s Birthday:
2. Public Housing For The Elderly
Construction on Stonequist Apartments – a new $2.6 Million high rise building project for the elderly – will begin on July 1. When finished, the building will contain 68 one bedroom apartments and 108 efficiency apartments:
3. Outstanding Local Businessman Dies at Age 80
Prominent Saratogian, James Boies White, has died at the age of 80. The Greenwich native turned entrepreneur started his career as a livery stable operator in Ballston Lake before opening an auto garage and breaking all-time records for Ford sales, selling 3,000 of the vehicles in a single year. Other endeavors included J.B. White Rubber Co., a Schenectady Shell station, and J.B. White Realty, which evolved to become one of the area’s leading real estate firms during his 40+ year tenure (White retired from real estate in 1966 and the company switched ownership again earlier this month.) “Horses, automobiles and real estate were highlights of the career of James Boies White:”
4. Ixnay on Changing Primary Day
An attempt to change Primary Day to September has failed. It will remain June 17th:
5. “Quickie” Golf Course Coming to Union Ave?
A par 29 golf course is being proposed at the Smith Farm on Union Avenue. If approved, the “quickie” course would serve around 200 members, catering to those who “do not have time to spend five hours on a public course.”
6. Goodell to GOP: “The war in Vietnam is a critical mistake”
600 attended the 6th Annual GOP Fundraiser held at the Holiday Inn. Sponsored by the Women’s Republican Club of Saratoga County, the guest speaker was Senator Charles Goodell, who was quoted as saying “the war in Vietnam is a critical mistake.”
7. “Like a nympho pinball machine”
Get a babysitter because the Community Theater is showing Candy (1968), a saucy, “bedroom farce” film starring Ewa Aulin and Marlon Brando:
8. House of the Week
The House of the Week is this New England Saltbox with its low roof lines and simple, tasteful exterior. Read all about it
ABOUT THE AUTHOR, MARY FLANAGAN
Mary Flanagan is an Associate Real Estate Broker at Roohan Realty with over 30 years of experience as a licensed REALTOR® specializing in residential real estate. A lifelong resident of Saratoga Springs, NY, Mary is extremely knowledgeable about not only Saratoga’s real estate market, but also its history and the community as a whole. She is an active board member for Racing City Rotary Club and U.S. Grant Cottage State Historic Site, and served on the Saratoga Springs Board of Appeals from 1994 to 2004. In her free time, Mary enjoys researching and writing about Saratoga’s history; she authored Roohan Realty’s Saratoga Centennial blog series in 2015 and is currently working on an Anniversary News series to commemorate our company’s 50th year in business this year (2019). View Mary’s bio & current listings
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