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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1945
Page
22
At Beman Park Playground a Monday night talent show featured songs dances and poetry performed by children. Virginia Rourke introduced acts while Hazel Witbeck and Elles Meirane sponsored the program and Miss Agees O'Brien directed.
Amateur gardeners discuss size and quality of vegetables for county fairs and harvest shows. Follow rules on table quality, uniformity, and absence of blemishes, with tips from Master farmer L Hingham Massachusetts on preparing cabbages carrots celery corn cauliflower cucumbers lettuce potatoes and more for judging.
Fragmentary instructions describe uniform size and freedom from defects for squash and tomatoes. Mentions tenderness, skin condition, cracking and black spots, stem length, and root erosion. References trimming tops and washing, with emphasis on true to type shapes.
Washington representative Mansfield, a foreign affairs expert, predicted Hirohito will either commit suicide or be forced to abdicate. He said it would be impossible for Hirohito to remain on the throne, and a replacement such as the crown prince could be sought by Japanese leaders for their ends.
Nebraska adopts aerial dusting to control potato pests such as Colorado potato beetle and leafhoppers. Planes apply a special dust mix at dawn, flying four to five feet above vines, four to five dustings over six weeks, using 25 to 30 pounds per acre at 25 cents per pound. Arsenicals copper and sulfur compounds are included in the blend.
New York reports Gen. Charles J Muir as the first large troopship to reach the harbor from the Pacific with 1527 returnees and 256 patients aboard. Nine transports docked yesterday, including Marechal Joffre with 3400 troops and John Murray Forbes with 477, among others, totaling over 16 000 GIs.
Belvidere lawyer S O Sullivan discussed the Sne weather and a list of parking violators who paid fines. He helped create an ordinance several years ago and commented on the matter amid local enforcement in Belvidere Illinois.
Residents thronged the streets in a joyous afterglow as bells rang and crowds hugged in brief minutes of relief after a lengthy conflict. Community leaders praised acts of courage while plans for future remembrance and communal duty were urged at a village gathering.
Vandals damaged the Liberty Street Presbyterian Church on Monday night. Stained glass windows on the West side were broken and the main door smashed in. Robert J. Seerman reported the incident to Aim Leneson, the property’s agent, with further damage described and investigation noted.
A meeting house formerly used by the original congregation on State Street was renamed Lisely Presbyterian Church. It was later sold to a new group of Black worshipers. The church building was then taken over by a Bethlehem Apostolic Church group from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for continued ministry.
White of 201 Mourt ees street Watervliet leads a congregation. Plans are underway to renovate the building and to conduct services in the near future.
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