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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1949
Page
18
The Eastern New York Section of the Instrument Society of America will hold a dinner meeting Tuesday at 8 p.m. at Siena College Loudonville. A pre-meeting program from 7:30 to 8 p.m. features slides and a recorded lecture on Harnessing of the Electron.
The family of the late Geoge Fe Quackenbush thanks friends relatives neighbors and officers and employees of William E Frear Co for kindness during their bereavement.
A long mixed memorial page lists in memoriam notices for Mira Bonesteel and Mary A Crump with April 3 dates. Other entries honor Anna Hart and George A Ellis, mentioning daughters sons and grandchildren, and express lasting memory and grief.
An obituary notice reports a funeral service for Renester Wentas held at St Martha Catholic Church. The piece lists funeral details and references relatives including a father named Margene Mawes, with interment planned at a local cemetery and a wake at Kerwin.
County jury system to be streamlined with annual mail questionnaires to jurors to confirm ongoing eligibility. Cards go out starting this month while names of deceased jurors and tax rolls are used to refine the active list. New ballots and a rotating jury office aim to speed court procedures.
The Student Work Committee at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will meet tomorrow at 3 30 p.m. in the Fifteenth Street Lounge. Rev John Hutchison of Williams College will speak on The Place of Religion in Higher Education. Dr Paul Emke chairs the meeting with Raymond Nettzel presenting the budget. Denny Williams the chaplain will report. Officers will be elected.
The famous Thaw mansion at Bolton Landing was sold to Walter Dombeck of Forest Hill and Joseph Heenyk of New York by Earl T. Woodward. The two story Spanish style stucco building with ten acres included will be operated as a hotel. The sale, completed yesterday, involved the Thaw estate and follows Woodward’s purchase last fall. Interment and funeral notices follow for local names and events.
The State Agriculture Department warned producers and dealers to watch for ground charcoal sold as war surplus used to make chicken feed. Known as Whetterite with code B-666 from Barnaby Cheney Engineering Co, it was distributed by brokers unaware of its toxicity, causing poultry mortality in Michigan.
Mrs. Anna Kazanjian died at her home on 2918 Siabenth Street less than 24 hours after her brother Misak Mahdesian passed away. She resided in Troy since 1905 and was a Calvary Congregational Church member. Survived by daughter Mary Mooradian and late Selita Behan, grandchildren George Henry Bejlan Aram Sarah and Jack Mooradian, plus great grandchildren. Double funeral services set for 2 pm at Bryce Funeral Home and 2:30 pm at Calvary Congregational Church with interment in Elmwood Hill Cemetery.
A shuffled funeral notices page lists multiple obituaries and services. Names include OsTEANDE Mo mutiengign and Clarence Henry Ser vice, with several ceremonies at Fox and Son and Albany areas. Interment details reference Albany Cemetery and local churches, reflecting a crowded early 20th century city notices brief.
A state Catholic council led by Bishop William A. Scully denounces two sex education films shown to students and parents, condemning the dissemination of sex knowledge to schoolchildren and challenging promoters’ aims. The films are Human Growth for grades six to nine and Human Reproduction for adults.
The State Health Department and a Catholic committee oppose the film Human Growth saying it harms youth with graphic biology and sexual education. They urge not distributing it in schools and warn teachers cannot handle the subject. The notice was issued amid debate on decency and Christian standards.
About 600 students attended a Trojan High School dance titled Fools Frolic with a new look held in Gungartees attire. Ray Morn Orchestra provided the music while the event supported the school picture framing fund and was organized by the Student Council and Ramblin Rogue Quintet with Mrs Ruth Gillie as chair and several staff assisting.
Timothy Winchip, son of Mr and Mrs Maurie A Winchip of 1231 Ringe Street, was injured yesterday when struck by a car on Ridge Street in front of his home. He received treatment at home from Dr Robert M Howard after being examined at Ridge Street Station.
Diamond Rock Lodge to confer a degree with Ferend Rock Leege presiding over the event. Earl Wiltee as master will oversee the ceremony aided by the degree team. Edward Sargent, noble grand, will preside at the best meeting. A meal will be served after the ceremony.
The Troy Public Library will display freshly received titles for a week before cataloging. Non fiction titles include Ballet Lover Companion, Dolly Madison Her Life and Times, and Investment in People. Fiction features And Ride Forth Singing and Hopeful Heart among others.
Janus Goodman president of the National Reva Furniture Association and executive vice president for Union-Fera stores will preside at the annual Capital Power and regional meeting in Washington Monday and Tuesday. Senator Joseph C. O’Mahoney of Wyoming will speak at a Shoreham Hotel dinner Tuesday evening. Representatives of data.
A special service for the York Group of Priricen Pall Tartitwte is set for 1 45 pm. Rev Maret E Hammer of Wert Feenck Bapjlimt Cewtch will be the speaker with Mareid Brest of Troy as a participant.
Albert C. Taylor, 82, of 3 Coleman Avenue Hudson Falls, arrested after State Police raid on a store at 3 Main Street Madaoh Falls. He pleaded innocent and was released on his own recognizance for appearance at 2 pm. today. Police seized policy slips and $1.43. The store, selling sporting goods and portable items, is owned by Archibald Ledley of Hudson Falls. Raid touched by Sgt. Harry Scoville, Cpl. Joseph Sikora and Trooper 4H. J. Mirane of the South Giens Falls joint post.
Rennie Weer County Chapter Red Cross surpassed its 945 600 quota at a volunteer drive meeting yesterday. Troy exceeded 12 percent over 837 475 and the breach goal rose 14 percent beyond 828 175. Orden J Moss thanked contributors and workers as the drive goal this year reflected postwar surpluses. City pledges totaled 45 832 with detailed byhouse and organization categories. Spiegel branch led with 32 170 raised.
Donald C. Moffenetsler, 14, won first prize in the Elks essay contest at the Troy Lodge. He received a $50 victory bond from Edmund F. Herbert after remarks by Peter Lynch. Paul J. Vinett, 16, won second prize with a $23 bond, and Barbara Ann Bingham, 18, earned third with a pea and pencil. About eighty essays were entered and judged by professors Whalton and Lows.
A Troy Knights of Columbus parade to protest arrests of Archbishop Tepeynac and Cardinal Mindasenty by communist governments is planned for tomorrow morning. The march leaves the council rooms at 7:30 and proceeds through Third Street to Washington Street, ending at St Mary’s Church. The event accompanies the annual communion breakfast, with speakers including Most Rev William Beck and D.D. Martha Scully.
Tibbits Cadets will hold an annual dinner at the Troy Club to commemorate Gen William Badger Tibbits birthday. Euclida P. Beaudoin presided as general chairman with Martin F. Manning and Chester G. Wagar named honorary chairs. Brig. Gen. Ogden J. Rose Lt Earl B. Gilligan and John A. Maxaire named reception committee.
Five still alarms and a box alarm were answered by Troy firefighters yesterday. An alarm at 15 Pm summoned apparatus to Burden Avenue and Croan Street where a sedan owned by Hyxrade Motor Sales Company caused the blaze. The alarms included pumps from several stations and a visit by Troy and Albany delegates to an official statewide fraternal event at the Masonic Temple.
Dr Robert H. Luce head of Diclony at Henseelaer Polytechnix Institute and Ko ON. Mathes will travel to Washington to join a meeting of the Armed Forces Deterioration Prevention Committee. They will present a paper on a new collaborative research topic at the National Academy of Sciences building Tuesday afternoon.
The event at the Young Women's Christian Association was supervised by Mrs. Andres Strait with focus on a parity activity for seventh grade Y Teen. Refreshments were served.
Pharmaciats of Warren, Washington and Saratoga Counties met Thursday at the Queensbury Hotel in Glens Falls to organize the Mortem Tr Cewary Pharmaceutical Association. Raymond Kivers of Bolton Landing served as acting chairman. Attendees included Lowe FF Ceratin president of the Try Aree Retail Pharmaceutical Association and Willem K. Benton president of the AThexyssecietion. Francis J. O'Brien of Pharmacy Group attended.
The Trinity Church Choir of thirty voices will present a musicale tomorrow at 3 p.m. at the Boyatenville Methodist Church.
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