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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1943
Page
7
A brief Troy Record item notes a weather or temperature reference under the header Houbly Temperature. The short notice appears in the August 2, 1943 issue from Troy, New York, listing a local weather snippet or humorous weather remark as part of the page content.
Staff Sergeant William H. Furlong, son of Mrs. Theresa Furlong, Johnsonville, has received his commission as second lieutenant in the Army Air Forces. He completed a three months course at Miami Beach, Florida, and will direct administrative and supply operations to relieve pilots for flying duty.
In loving memory of Mrs Cornelius Lansing who died August 2 1932. Daughters Jennie Maud Le Da ughters Sidney Marbot note. Frieda Marrot died August 2 1981. Alfred born July month 1943 to Nathan and Mrs Alfred. Jeanne Ann Bessette to Ernest Bessette July 23 1938. Louise Anne Ibbott July 29 1943. Alfred Jr born July 31 1943 to Alfred and Florence Twiss.
Death notices for George E Conboy Edward J Connolly Elizabeth Christy Daley George H Greene M Hicks Daniel J Hogan Irving Hunt Richard Lay Josephine G Mahoney Cornelius Meyer Catherine Padley William S Shannahan list funeral from homes or churches with dates and places in Cohoes Troy Hoosick Falls and Waterford noting relatives and interment details.
Four persons were transported to hospital or home by Central Station police after minor injuries or illness. William Blaine, 63, was taken from 141 Eighth Street for a lacerated nose from a fall. Harry Shields, 43, was moved to his home after illness at Broadway and Second Streets. Anna Morrissey, 40, was taken from River Street to Troy Hospital for a lacerated right wrist. Daniel Mainelllo, 15, was removed from Prospect Park Swimming Pool to Troy Hospital for neck injuries.
The Navy selects Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy for advanced training of Naval Reserve officers now apprentice seamen under the Navy V-12 program. Eligible V-12 students join the Naval ROTC at 27 colleges after two terms, leading to an Ensign commission in the regular Navy or Naval Reserve based on tests grades and leadership recommendation.
The New York State Health Department reports that 53 percent of residents are natives with foreign born parents or one foreign born parent. It notes New York holds 10.2 percent of the nation’s population and 12 percent of U S residents born in Russia, Romania, Austria Eire and Italy, with varying shares for other groups.
Joseph F. Hayden, former employee of the Troy Water Bureau, serving with the Seabees in the Pacific battle zone, has been commissioned a warrant officer in the Civilian Engineering Corps of the U S Navy. The commission honors his work on the water supply at the Pacific outpost where he is stationed.
Obituaries and funeral notices list Cassaline Jones Waterbury Susan M Youmans and MABEL B FSTES among others. Details include death dates July 3 1853 July 20 1943 Aug 4 1913 and services at Muiterer Dewar Calvary and Oakwood with relatives named and funeral times given.
Second Lieut. William J. Styles, son of Mr and Mrs Thomas A Styles, is listed as missing in action since July 25 over enemy territory. The War Department will send more information as it is received. Styles entered the Army in 1941 and was a Moody Field graduate. He had trained at Maxwell Field Bennettsville Macon and is one of three Styles brothers in service.
May reports show Troy with 10.2 deaths per 100 000 and 100 accidents for five months. Glens Falls up 31 deaths per 100 000 with 24 accidents, while Albany 234 accidents and 3.7 death rate. total May costs estimated at 811 760 dollars.
Hamilton H Gorham fifty three? No. Waterford resident aged 63 was injured in Waterford when struck by a car at 1039 p.m. Saturday near 112th Street and Second Avenue. The driver Clarence H Service age 62 of Watervliet said he did not see the pedestrian until impact. Gorham was rushed to Leonard Hospital in a police ambulance with a possible skull fracture.
The war opens new aid avenues for Skidmore College students in Saratoga Springs. Appl es for teachers on Bullard Farm near Schuylerville will be cared for by full time gardeners hired from the student body. Summer session workers earn money in a victory garden at the Saratoga Reservation. The New York State Conservation Commission granted Skidmore five acres for this purpose. The college vocational bureau lists jobs such as campus guides clerks waitresses typing mimeographing and other office work.
Three Odd Fellows lodges in Troy announce weekly business meetings beginning tonight with Diamond Rock Lodge at Diamond Rock Hall led by Earl D Carrier. Tomorrow Hudson Valley Lodge meets at 12th Street Temple, and Alba Lodge gathers Thursday at Albia Temple.
The Schaghticoke Fair increases space for Farm Bureau Home Bureau 4H Club and Juvenile Grange exhibits following New York State Agriculture Department urging higher quality entries. Fair opens Labor Day for four days with plans for improved displays, a Children’s Day judging Sept 7, and War Effort related aims to boost food production. Registrations in Schaghticoke’s association office are limited to Rensselaer County and Easton town residents.
Plans are set to raise and dedicate a flag in Memorial Park Schuylerville to honor Town of Saratoga residents now in service. Fire Chief Daniel J Brennan and County Commander John R Gallagher of the American Legion chair the committees and invite all groups and the public. Marchers meet at Schuylerville High School at 6 30 pm with Harold Cormie s band joining the parade along with the American Legion firemen Boy Scouts and others.
The largest Bennington College class to date, 59 graduates, received degrees in Bennington VI on Saturday. Dr. Devore Leigh delivered the commencement address, and President Lewis Webster Jones urged graduates to apply reason and goodwill in life and public affairs. The college renamed Jennings House Leigh House in honor of Dr. Leigh and renamed the campus music center Fairview for Jennings Hall to honor the contributing family.
Clarence H. Jerome 20 of Waterford drowned while diving for a raft during a swim at Half Moon Beach on the Mohawk River near Crescent yesterday morning. A companion who could not swim raised an alarm. a Cohoes rescue squad and State Troopers recovered the body after artificial respiration. Dr. Leo Friedman pronounced death. Saratoga County Coroner Dr. Arthur W. Johnson ruled accidental drowning. Jerome, a poor swimmer, reached a raft about twenty feet from shore with 14 year old Charles DeVoe nearby. DeVoe and other youths alerted authorities. Lawrence Bevan and Francis Holodak located the body in nine feet of water. Jerome, son of Napoleon Jerome, had lived in Cohoes and Crescent 15 years, and belonged to St. Mary’s Church Crescent. He worked at Beaunit Mills Cohoes. He leaves parents, two sisters Ruth and Dorothy, five brothers Paul Welson Charles Theodore and Richard, all of Crescent. Funeral arrangements are set for Cohoes and Crescent.
A Whitehall draft board announces another group of Washington County men leaving soon for training. Enlistments span Army Navy Marines and Army Air Forces with names listed by hometowns including Whitehall Hudson Falls Glens Falls and Smiths Basin.
Reverend John L Cole III former Glens Falls district superintendent of the Troy Conference Methodist Church died Saturday at his home after a yearlong illness. A Williams College graduate, he pastored at Peru Valcour Cambridge Bennington Saranac Lake and Cobleskill before leading Plattsburg District from 1937. He is survived by his wife six children and several grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted at 4 p.m. today from Christ Church Glens Falls.
Stove dealers under the District Office of Price Administration will attend a meeting tomorrow at 7 p.m. at the New York Power and Light Co Auditorium in Albany. Robert A. Graves, regional heating and cooking equipment rationing representative from the New York Regional Office of the OPA, will discuss upcoming stove rationing. War Price and Rationing Boards in the district and the District OPA’s Rationing Division will also attend.
State Police and Saratoga County officials investigate the death of Otto P. Bruce 21 Broadalbin after his car overturned and burned following a high speed chase. Police chased a car with one headlight after a parking complaint. Shots were heard, the vehicle overturned, and Bruce died at LItauer hospital. An autopsy found no bullet wounds.
Prosecutors may sue to force New York State to pay several months rent for The Hotel Troy where the Bureau of Criminal Investigation housed its headquarters. Gov. Dewey’s order transferring offices to Albany prompts potential legal action and questions over a proposed Postwar building plan and temporary suspension of the move. Local officials urge retaining state offices in Troy to protect families and the police school.
More than 130 men gathered Saturday for Iran Grotte annual outing and initiation ceremony at Laureate Grounds Glen n Avenue and River Street. The program included sports, supper, then professional entertainment with a committee led by H. Bosworth McChesney arranging events. Delegates from Schenectady grottos attended. A grotto meeting was announced for Thursday at 8 pm in the Masonic Temple to receive new candidates.
Albany detectives recheck the death of Mrs. Bertha Shimmelbush of 184 Worth Pearl Street after false clues. She died from a head wound after being found at the Latham Traffic Circle. Investigators traced a chased car and questioned friends, with the body sent to Plymouth, Massachusetts for funeral services.
William D. Eddy, 76, former mayor of Saratoga Springs, died Friday night at his son’s home in Michigan City. A Saratoga native, he moved to Michigan years ago. Eddy, elected in 1927, served two terms and directed Saratoga National Bank until 1933. Funeral 2 pm at Bethesda Episcopal Church. Survived by three sons, a brother, and grandchildren.
Miss Margaret Ann Ross, daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Ross of Greenfield Center, received the 183-44 Skidmore College scholarship for a Saratoga Springs High School graduate. The selection committee judged candidates on academics citizenship character and promise before awarding the scholarship to the most outstanding applicant.
State Police undergo a broad reorganization as Sergt Daniel Glasheen takes command in Orange and Rockland Counties replacing Lieut Charles LaForge who seeks a court hearing to block his transfer. The shakeup follows arrest of Sergt David Soule on alleged bribe charges and includes retirements and new postings across the force.
Registration for second separate Savi classes sponsored by The Record Newspapers and the Troy Recreation Department totaled 100 last night. Classes start today and run through the week at Prospect Park pool. Attendants expect late registrations this morning before the classes begin. The first training school ended two weeks ago with registrations over 200.
The Regional OPA office announced a weekly one cent increase in all retail egg grades during August. Effective Thursday, Grade A large eggs will cost 60 or 60 cents per dozen in cartons, Grade B large 34 to 56 cents, Grade C large 48 to 50 cents, with Dapack eggs two cents less per dozen.
Supreme Court Justice John Alexander of Schenectady not named. Three commissioners to appraise the value of real estate owned in the Town of Euston or Jean G Fort and Mrs Josephine Foct son needed by Washington County for highway purpose. Commissioners named are Clifford Mason of Fort Ann Jay 3 Va of ward and am Seas of Wartenall. Land lies on both sides of the Barkers Grove to South Cambridge highway. Hearings set for Friday morning August 13 in the board of supervisors rooms. Action instituted through Attorney Edward W. Waite of Hudson Falls.
A bolt of lightning hit the Fuller & Warren Co. foundry at Madison and First Streets during a brief Saturday night storm. A small fire started in a door and the alarm from Box 132 rang at 6.45 p.m. Firemen extinguished the blaze in 15 minutes.
Dr. Charles C. Adams, director of the New York State Museum in Albany since May 1, 1926, retired on pension Saturday after reaching the statutory age limit of 70 years. He built a major Shaker Colony collection and published handbooks to explain the museum’s exhibits.
The district FBI office serving Troy and nearby communities now operates under J. R. Wilcox as special agent in charge replacing Arthur Cornelius. Cornelius shifts to Syracuse as special agent in charge. Wilcox arrives from Cleveland where he was assistant agent, giving New York four FBI offices in the state.
The War Department announced Corporal Charles A Herrick husband of Mrs Irma Herrick of 10 Harrison Avenue Delmar is among 697 American soldiers held as prisoners of war by Germany.
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