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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1944
Page
9
A wartime amendment to Civil Service positions was approved after a board hearing in Watervliet. The amendment, aimed at temporary appointments to usually competitive exams, was signed last night. No opposition appeared at the public hearing as the measure moves to be enacted elsewhere.
Plans for a food sale to be held by the Watervliet Chib of the Business Club of the School at 3322 BF Avenue. The affair starts at 6 o clock in the dual rooms with Mrs Harry Hayner as chairman. A 23 member committee was named including Mrs James Murray Mrs John Adams Mrs Charles Robinson Mrs Joseph Chartier and others.
Residents learn that five day grievance period starts August 15 with assessors sitting from 9 am to noon and 2 pm to 7 pm to receive appeals on assessments. The 1940 act rel is completed and can be viewed in the Common Courtroom of History weekdays. Other notes include local social updates and a Selective Service Board No. 348 induction plan.
The Watervliet church begins Franciscan rites at Our Lady of Carmel and continues through today with confessions tomorrow afternoon and evening. High Mass is set for Friday morning for servicemen and world peace, with exposition of the Blessed Sacrament from 7:30 am to 7:39 pm and Holy Hour followed by Benediction. Indulgences are noted and prayers for peace are offered worldwide. A special Republican City Committee meeting and a sale of Lot 138 on Second Avenue are also listed, along with a public hearing on barber trade licensing and a three member board to handle license applications.
Former Assemblyman William B. Morris of Waterford testified before a grand jury in Albany as part of a probe into legislative matters. Morris, once Saratoga County assemblyman and revision commission member, left politics to study medicine at Albany Medical College after Siena premed courses. Also summoned were Ceaser of Mohawk, Medwie and Gerald E Cheren of Albany, and Herbert G Gauche of Rochester.
Two Republican members of the Senate war investigating committee urged that Senator Truman of Missouri be retained as chairman despite his stated plan to resign amid his nomination as Democratic vice presidential candidate. Democratic member Kilgore of West Virginia also urged Truman to reconsider. The committee meets tomorrow and Kilgore believes Truman would stay on if requested by members.
Goose Creek Texas reports a failed pavement project on the main street as the inverted penetration method misfired. Limestone failed to bind asphalt causing the street to blow away and disrupt local business stocks amid irritation from merchants.
Charles Anton has his rasi gente on Main Street painted. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kahn visited Mr. and Mrs. Liston Rich at Undertrees recently. Mrs. Herbert Meithews of Staten Island visits her mother Mrs. Paul Chagnon. The Married Couple's Club met for a picnic at the Anderson Foster home. Mrs. Percie Waikings spent days at Roaring Branch near Artington with Valley Falls friends. Women Missionary Society and Beile Brownell Guild plan Lake Lauderdale picnic Aug. 10. Mrs. Cogdell and Mrs. John Robertson to speak. supper served. Health officer and city clerk may act on a license ordinance. Barbers, barber shops, and apprentice licenses priced at 3, 26, and 19 renewal. beauty shops excluded. Group of barbers urges ordinance adoption.
Arthur Clodge chair of Green Island Rod and Gun Club unveils committees for the birthday fete at Prairie Grounds. Elmer Gites heads refreshments with a team, racing judges named, and tickets managed by James Hafensteiner and Howard Roda.Plans note turtle chowder winnerless fishing contest and an upcoming annual outing.
Oklahoma City reports that Warden BR Connor at the Oklahoma Penitentiary in McAlester has received authorization to purchase musical instruments for the prison canteen to aid musical training for inmates and staff.
Report describes Japanese defensive weapons on Ajinglepalap Island including a Browning 30 caliber light machinegun and two Spring Held rifles. Allied salvage on Aflinglaplap reveals an organ, sewing machine, emergency water can, empty flare box, and an American battleship flare bottle. An abandoned Pade house contained a beer bottle size object with foam implied, but no label.
The Albany Troy Presbyterian Conference for boys and girls at Bay Haven near Saratoga will draw two representatives from Mount Ida Memorial Presbyterian Church from August 14 through 21. Representing are John Trotter Thomas Shippey and John Edwards.
Miss Marjorie Murray of Annie Street spends a week at Schroon Lake with her brother George Murray Jr visiting over the weekend. Donald Bonesteel of Mountain View Avenue returns after a stay. Guests of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Smith spend a week at Lake Pleasant. Mrs. Sal Ritrovato and children Marjorie Delores and Beverly of Atlantic Avenue return home after two weeks at Boyntonville. Mrs. Jacob Moon of Annie Street and her daughter Mrs. William Bell and Marilyn of Fonda Avenues spend a few days in Oneonta. George Murrey Sr. and children Eily Kenny and Bobbs visit Boyntonville, guests of Mrs. Sal Ritrevato.
British inventors discuss adapting jet propulsion to road transport as aircreft. Deputy Prime Minister Attlee told Commons there is no general desire for vehicles careening about the country with red hot tails, prompting immediate protest from Frederick S. Cocks and others.
Petty Officer Albert Adam cannot recall much of the sinking of his escort aircraft carrier during the Gilbert Islands battle after a torpedo struck. He woke eight days later on a transport to Hawaii with only what friends and officers told him. The Dickson City scene notes Constable Joseph Yaglinski paying $22 in court costs after arresting a driver in a collision. the sheriff ruled the arraignment not guilty.
Obituary notices list Fred C Colburn of Glens Falls and daughter Genneih Colburn of Watervliet, plus survivors in several families. Other obituaries mention James E Cleveland of Hudson Falls, Freeman Cleveland of Yorktown PA, and Fletcher Cleveland of Mechanicville. Also noted are deaths of Belle MacArthur of Troy Greenwich area, Francis E Higgins, Lena Carver, and Emma Nash with service details, burial sites, and funeral arrangements across Bennington, Troy, Greenwich, and nearby locales.
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