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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1949
Page
16
The annual dame team of Troy Council United Commercial Travelers will be held today at Brookside Park West Sand Lake. Games and entertainment will be enjoyed for the team, which will be served at 4 20 p.m. Oliver B Deater is chairman.
Obituary fragments report Rosa Cannon Bedell of Schaghticoke died at Leonard Hospital on August 12 1949. Funeral at Mason Chapel Cremation at Elmwood Cemetery. Also Crescent area notices for Elien I Bornt and Frank T Carmody with funeral details and cemetery interment. Additional notices list Elias J Cary Mary C Cheafer and other Crescent residents with service dates and burial plans.
Oncar T. Mahoney runs the Troy ice cream plant producing 2400 gallons daily. He supervises 14 staff, handles pasteurizing to 150 degrees, 2500 psi homogenizing, and 24 hour holding before flavors. He also manages packing, storage, and walk-in refrigeration, living at 60 State Street with his family.
Bee bite infection on left hand sends George Mosher 14 of 556 Second Street to St Mary's Hospital yesterday. Police escort in a patrol car accompanied him from Fourth Avenue North with details of the incident and residence.
A 6 p.m. banquet will close Camp Yonochas near Grafton marking the end of the 2nd summer season for 165 Troy Arta girls. Highlights included a masquerade party, a Christmas in July, New Year’s Eve ball, hikes and many crafts. Miss Viola Sheron notes no parents will attend. Miss Joy Bauer and others led staff for the final event. A long list of staff and counselors is named.
Playgrounds host a major horseshoe tournament Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Prospect Park as dozens of sites report activity from storytelling to softball and volleyball. Monitors list includes Craig Sweet and Kelsey De Haven, with 1,140 attendance at the inter-play Swit Meet and 805 at Geer’s events.
Two boys and a man were hurt in separate crashes yesterday. Robert Daus, 12, and Patrick Conway, 12, were thrown from an open cab ice cream truck on West Crescent Road near the Klamsteam Tavern and taken to Cohoes Hospital then Albany Hospital with serious head injuries to Daus and a satisfactory condition for Conway. The truck driver, Ernest Armstrong, 21, received lacerations to the right arm. In a second crash, Francis Fake, 67, of 211 Eighth Street, was struck by a car driven by Richard J. Gillis and taken to St. Marys Hospital for observation.
Clarence Gooding of North Creek, 57, suffered a fractured pelvis and chest injuries after a truck collision on the Whitehall Fair Haven road near Fair Harte Vermont during a storm. George Eddy, 83, of Engle Bridge drove the car, which collided with Henry Selman, 21, of Cheater Vermont driving the truck. Police say the truck skidded on the highway, both vehicles went off the road into a ditch, and a passenger, Frank Gould, 12, of Danty Vermont, was treated for a head wound and arm injuries. Gooding’s condition was described as fair.
Round Lake Association reelected officers for the coming year at a Board of Trustees meeting last night at Round Lake. Officers named include Harrison Goddard as president Russell Connor vice president Ralph Williams secretary Frederick Selch treasurer Leon Dibble assistant secretary. Millard Hough grounds superintendent received a $260 pay increase. H Becker Williams and Leroy De Graff named special policemen. Adirondack Trust Co of Saratoga Springs designated as funds repository. Treasurer and assistant secretary and finance committee chair will be bonded for $2,000. Swimming ban announced for lake waters bordering association grounds. A marker to enforce the rule will be erected.
A recent meeting of the group at BT Rane Pret American Lagina in Cannes outlined plans for the first annual clam team event and oiling of the Petty Officers of the Trey Area. Committees and ticket arrangements were announced, with Albert Huniker and Eugene McNerney among those named.
On Mecon Ga, a decree grants marriage favorable to Army Cam Tred Waerrejka of Cactieten and Katheryn Wrerepho. Ken Thereaps and another party are referenced as married.
The Latham Water District seeks approval from the Town of Colonie and the State Water Power and Control Commission for a new 3 480 gallon reservoir costing about 950 000. Supervisor Roscoe N Lady says plans and a public hearing are underway. demand has doubled in 3 4 years. The project includes extensive piping, wells, pumping stations, and elevated tanks. Construction aims to start next year funded by local bonds as engineers project ample supply for years.
The Weather Bureau predicts a cool weekend as a cold front from the Hadeon Bay region pushes tropical air back toward the Gulf Coast. Little sun returns with a moderate high near eighty, while showers ease yesterday’s heat that hovered over the Eastern Seaboard. Downtown Troy sees shoppers return as humidity drops and rain tempers the lingering heat.
Five Rensselaer County estates recently filed probate details. Names include Ackerman widow Janet Ackerman of Broadway Rensselaer. Mitola heirs Ada kin a Mitola of Troy. merchant Mary Merchant of Albany and Jennie Dutcher of Rensselaer share half. McDermott heirs Elizabeth Jones and Stewart relatives. Reichard Lutheran Church Went Sand Lake and Marian LeMer East Greenbush to share remainder. Lucien E Clickner acts as attorney for the estates.
Capt Frank F Dillon Jr son of Mrs Frank J Dillon is assigned as an assistant professor of Air Science and Tactics at R P I. He previously served 27 months in Europe with the Ninth Air Force 33rd Tactical Reconnaissance Group at Langley Va and led a squadron on 67 missions earning the Distinguished Flying Cross the Air Medal with 11 oak leaf clusters and the Distinguished Unit Citation. He entered the Air Force in 1941 and will reside locally with his wife and two children.
A slight earthquake shock was reported south of Troy by Fordham University in New York on Thursday. Rev John J Lynch of the Taboratory at Fordham announced instruments showed a minor tremor at 2 pm. Dr Roland F Reers of the Rene institue commented the equipment did not register a sustained quake.
An OCR fragment reports a gathering at Diamond Park Ledee af Cad Felines meeting Monty 91 8 pm at DikmemA Fork Hall. It mentions a Grand Ledge reference with a date Ava 78 1 and 18 at Buf faln, lacking clear context or complete names.
Fragmentary text outlines a Moose Women group planning a picnic at Lake Lorraine near Myre Merrart Mawneren camp. It mentions an alumni night and a meeting at Younes Mail with a promferread event on a date in September.
Forty Young Women’s Christian Association day campers, aged 4 to 12, showcased swimming skills learned at the summer camp. Under instructor Mrs Oriane Furnane and physical education director Mrs Marjorie Reichyard, they demonstrated warptoe, mine strokes, pumping, surface dix ink, underwater swimming, and penny retrieval for attending parents.
Fifty boys and youths enrolled for the DeMolay camp as announced by Joe McCumber the director. The camp runs the week of April 2 with programs and activities planned across the DeMolay district.
The Junior Chamber announces the opening of its Exposition Office to coordinate the Industrial Exposition scheduled for September at the Tray. The office functions as the main point for arrangements and public notices related to the event.
The Public series Ceomuntes on JOVNtIdAY approved the sale of a private phone line by the Matiaville and South Schenectady Telephone Co to the New York Telephone Co for a price of Ba The company plans to improve its service following the merger or reorganization referenced, amid damaged text and unclear phrases.
Chater Rienhoel, chairman of the lareteN Meier, was to present a report at a meeting. The session was held at the pest rooms with officials from Leo BL Bireme Prev and Veterans of Pereige Warn.
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