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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1950
Page
14
In Memoriam notices list names and dates of deaths with brief tributes from family members. The clippings honor Cyril Cirillo, James Clinton, Michael Foley, Patrick Guerin, and others, noting April death dates and family relationships across Averill Park, Troy, Mechanicville, Hoosick Falls, Watervliet, Johnsonville, and surrounding areas.
Troy police Cohoes and state units chase a third man in a sweeping fraud ring that victimized Troy Cohoes Water Vliet Menands and Mechanicville merchants. William Herald 25 of Gerald Watch Shop Troy linked to scheme with Carl Schott 19 Troy. They allegedly obtained cash and goods including radios tubes watches and car batteries from multiple stores and service stations. Herald faces preliminary hearing in Cohoes City Court.
Miss Mary Meehan, owner of two world famous vaudeville animal acts featuring trained Russian wolfhounds, died recently at her home in Troy. Coroner ruled natural causes. Survived by sisters Mary Ryan and Mrs David Colbetes. Funeral service planned at St Francis de Sales Church with interment in St Mary’s Cemetery.
Phoenix lodge and A M sponsor a public baked ham supper tomorrow at 6 pm at the Lancing Masonic Temple. Kerneh WH Raicht heads arrangements with Donald Morrin as cochairman. Mrs Horry oversees preparations with the supper in charge.
Rev Mgr Edward A Freking of Cincinnati addressed a rally of the Catholic Students Mission Crusade at Catholic Central High School. He reviewed the Crusade work and its aim toward international understanding, praising Troy area members and presenting Paladin awards for long service with the Crusade.
A two hour concert Saturday by the Friends of Chamber Music featured Giovannina de Blasis and Virginia de Blasis, Jay Rosenfeld, and George Finckel. The program included works by Mozart, Bach, Jean Francais, and Brahms, with a notable Bach C Major Suite for unaccompanied cello and an encore of Prokofieff. A student cello artist and a Piper violin piece provided variety, and the Vermont Symphony connection underscored the ensemble’s refined, classical approach.
The Protestant churches of the East Side will unite for a Vacation Bible School from July 10 to 21. Rev John B Ross of Third Presbyterian will direct the school with Henry King presiding. Participating congregations include Wynantskill Free, Third Presbyterian, Pawling Avenue Methodist, Second Trinity Methodist, and Milde Memorial Presbyterian. The central committee invited more laymen from each church at the next meeting to raise representation to five per church. The communities will reconvene May 21.
The owner of Rocky Grill on Mutton Street and Reventh Avenue reports a burglary. Entry was made through a front window and money from a refrigerator was taken. Police are investigating the evening incident.
Meyer H. Feinberg, former proprietor of a Mechanicville furniture business, died yesterday at Mechanicville General Hospital at age 72 after a short illness. Born in Burma, he moved to the county about twenty years ago and retired from business earlier this year. A member of Shavah Geiphia Synagogue in Troy and formerly of Mechanicville Lodge of the Rike, he is survived by a daughter, Moe Abraham Fivel of Mechanicville, four grandchildren, and one great grandchild. Funeral services were set for 3 p.m. today at the Shearah Gel pola Bynatorve with Mahl Jseeb officiating.
Police report an auto theft near Troy with details about the suspect Kiwood Sweet of Grafton and a vehicle found abandoned on Front Street between Grand and Feijen Streets. Additional notes reference Petrohmet Wilerd Sterren of Mite and a surrounding incident dated April 6.
A weekend string of crashes in the Troy area leaves Martha Jean Townsend dead from a fractured skull after a car wreck near Glens Falls. Several others from Hudson Falls and Glens Falls hospitals report serious injuries, including Thomas Pryor and five more involved in separate collisions on local roads.
Leonard Hospital plans a two story addition to house obstetrical and pediatric departments to meet a new state space requirement. The $140000 project will include 22 beds seven basinettes two labor rooms three nurseries and 12 basinettes in obstetrics with an elevator linking floors. Construction may start in two weeks with completion aimed for January 1 1951. Fundraising will be private through the hospital board finance committee.
Robert J. Ghilinglaw of the New York State Roads Association says over 140 miles of county, state and town roads in Rensselaer County are outdated. He speaks at the Columbia Community Council meeting at Columbia Central School, detailing aging pavements, lack of repaving, and dangerous bridge and road alignments amid ongoing construction since the war.
A Troy doctor serving with the Army Medical Corps in Japan died from burns suffered when a fire destroyed an officers billet at Kobe on Honshu. Capt. Robert Francis Reid, son of Mrs. Mary J. Reid, was born in Troy in 1925 and educated at Catholic Central High School and Albany Medical College. He had been in the Army since July, attaining the rank of captain, and was attached to the Eighth General Hospital at Kobe when he died.
A fragmentary OCR note indicates a joint presentation of a work titled Death Taker a Holiday staged by a local club at a North region venue. Names and phrases are garbled, but imply a community theater event with cast and staff in a recent week.
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