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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1944
Page
12
London reports temperance advocates envision postwar social centers replacing pubs with drugstore style meeting places. Rev J A Donaldson from Londonderry pushes for non liquor bars to serve working class communities, offering games and sociable space similar to American drugstores.
A social welfare worker urged an end to parents bringing children to public houses and supported a drugstore idea to curb juvenile crime. She cited 15 to 18 year olds frequenting pubs in a pleasure lacking London and difficulties for publicans to verify ages. Buskirk. Mrs Myrtle Haviland and Mrs Stella Sawtelle hosted Saturday evening for Richard Sawtelle who will soon join the armed forces.
Washington UK reports a large postoffice with no stamps or money orders handling 3,250,000 outgoing and 180,000 incoming mail pieces in February. Part of the Navy bureau of supplies in Cleveland, it serves wives and children of Navy men. Staffed by 36 workers, it expects mail volume to exceed 5,000,000 monthly by autumn 1944.
The American Red Cross announced Ophelia Tiley, 42, of Essex Connecticut assistant director of civilian war relief for the Red Cross in Italy was killed March 25 in a plane crash while serving as a liaison officer with the Italian Red Cross.
The Hoosick Falls village board organized for the new fiscal year naming standing committees led by James McLucas Streets Joseph Fleming and Edward B. McEvoy Finance John G. McLean chair Peter Seward and Martin OMalley Fire OMalley chair McEvoy Seward Building Fleming chair OMalley McLucas Light McEvoy chair Seward McLean Water Seward chair McLean Fleming Salaries fixed for officials and employees with scales covering clerk, attorney, treasurer, assessor, police and fire staff plus pumping station and labor wages. appointments reconfirmed for two years or one year as listed, with no salary changes. Officials designated Peoples First National Bank as depository and Standard Press as village newspaper. monthly meetings set for the second Monday at 8 p.m. Budget draft shows tax levy of 56458.50. Mayor John P. Murphy appoints finance committee.
The village attorney and village clerk form a committee to review the estimate and draft a budget for a public hearing on April 26. Last year’s tax levy was 54300. A public hearing on the water rent roll for the six months starting May 1 will be held next Monday at 8 p.m. when the new Board meets for its first regular session.
Parents of Fort Edward soldier Pvt Gerald Munger learn from a letter that he died March 11 in Queensland Australia when a rifle accidentally discharged. He was buried in the States Armed Forces Cemetery.
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