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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1944
Page
9
Grievance days to hear tax complaints in Watervliet proceed with city hall sessions. Board of assessors and city council members will convene to address grievances from residents and taxpayers. Two days of hearings run from morning to evening with a final session to act on grievances.
Mrs. Dorety, daughter of Mr Deus and Mrs. Merch Avenue, graduates from Feigay average School of Nursing in partnership with Albany Hospital. The ceremony was at Albany College of Pharmacy, with 29 students receiving Bachelor of Science in Nursing degrees following completion of hospital-based training.
The Watervliet Knights list sports events for the day at 2. Four races include 100 yard debhe s and obstacle races for boys and girls with games between two homes. A watermel on contest and a softball finale with prizes follow.
Reese James, 69, of Wa yesterday was rushed into the section after his car left the roadway west of Spring Street Road and struck a pole. He died of a crushed chest and penetrated lung. Coroner J. Gregory Nealon said the body was removed to Bowen & Wilson Undertakers. Obituary notes and local civic items follow in this Watervliet section.
Port Schuyler States Tournament will be held tomorrow and Thursday at the Port Schuyler Playground with qualifying games on the first day and semi finals on Thursday at 7 pm. A hot dog feast is planned at Cisten Playground tomorrow at 3 pm. A basketball game last Friday was canceled as the visiting team did not appear at Brotherhood Park. Funeral services were held yesterday for Corp. Albert Romano of the city, killed in action at Saigon with a Catholic mass and choir. An open competitive exam for foreman of the water department is set for Wednesday Aug 30 at 7:30 pm in City Hall with one appointment expected at a salary of 326,604. applications to be filed by Aug. Nurse Elizabeth A. Halpin is in Samaritan Hospital after appendicitis surgery. Sponsor Party Club of the Sacred School will host soon.
Hundreds turned out in Mant, Fis to honor the Watervliet resident McCarthy family’s special unit. The 12 members of the platoon, named for the late World War I Marine Inte Wi t. McCarthy, were welcomed by relatives and a group of young women led by Barbara McCarthy. McCarthy, once a police inspector in Watervliet, died serving in the Pacific. Also noted is Navy warrant officer Edward A. Augustine promotion and other service members in the region. Community groups and Masons held gatherings, with prayers and services led by lodge leaders.
Reports from Round Lake note Cora Winter's operation at Albany Hospital. Visitors include Beatrice Baker of News to Frank and Claire. Frequent guests: Mrs A R Boutin and her son Richard of Atlanta with Mrs W O Wetherbee and Mrs Ellen Boutin. Ushers man suffering a leg injury near Zina Brook. three stitches. Mrs Burr D Vail and daughter Harriet return from Nashua due to illness of Mrs Burr's father A J Dublin. Community events mention a Woman's Society benefit with Rev Walter E Thompson as speaker. Rev and Mrs Thompson plan summer at their seaside home. Mrs Percy Templeton and son from Brookline visit Arthur Templeton on Asbury Avenue. Templeton served thirty years in the UU& service after enlisting here.
The Panama Canal in Panama Canal Zone is praised as a lifeline to the Americas, with Park-like defenses and heavy wartime traffic. The piece notes tight security, day and night work across all canal units, and the 1941 wartime shift from peacetime celebration to continuous ship transit for victory, while a record 49,000 workers and post Pearl Harbor mobilization are cited. Also announced are track purses at the Hivodromp ae Las Americas racetrack with four million four hundred thousand pesos in purses beginning Oct 12.
Obituary notices record the deaths and funeral services for Mrs. John J. Duffy Mrs. Samuel Williams Mrs. Mahoney Mrs. Mary Keapp and others. Services are held at St Augustine s Church St Patrick s Church and Sacred Heart Church among others with multiple priests deacons and choirs assisting. Interments take place at St John s Oakwood and St Basil s Cemeteries with private or public rites noted for each family. The list includes George Eben Allen William C Dwyer and Joseph Koncur among the deceased with details on residences and funeral homes.
Churchill met with Marshal Tito and Yugoslav Premier Ivan Subasic in Italy on August 12 and 13 to discuss political and military questions. The talks aim to shape postwar Yugoslavia and may lead to greater Allied military support for Tito's Partisans, who tied up significant German forces.
In St Servan, France, American artillery pounded the fortress citadel held by Colonel Adrian Vonaulock who vowed to fight on rather than surrender. German garrison leaders urged steadfast resistance as reports described brutal conditions amid the siege and outlying town of Si Mato.
Mrs. and Mrs. Frank Martin and Mrs. Jack Snyder of Alben visited Mr and Mia Snyder. The Alps Baptist Sunday School plans a church grounds picnic Thursday. Pvt. Willen KX. Cummings of New Jersey spent several days with his wife and family.
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