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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1943
Page
27
The All-Troy Athletic Club will hold a clam steam on the club grounds at 1ifth Street and Second Avenue on Sept 11. First steam to be served at 6 PM, second from 8 to 10 PM. Chairman Clarence Van derwerken said a committees meeting will be held at 8 PM Thursday at the club.
Card of Thanks expresses gratitude for sympathy after bereavement. In Memoriam notes Rose V. McLaughlin and shows poetic lines. Births list new infants with family names and hospital details from 1943 and 1949. Includes multiple family notices for Dobert Pro vost Pro vost misspelled and others with hospital dates and parental names.
Notices list multiple obituaries and funeral plans from Schaghticoke and nearby towns for August 1943, detailing names such as Marie Blakesley Susie Coon Charles Frei Eugene Gendron Ella Hiller Ella Page Hiller Anna Klucewicz Nellie Moody Nettie Rainey Helen Bamroth Philander Shepard and others, with funeral times, burial places Elmwood Oakwood St. Marys and St. Josephs Cemeteries, and residence details.
Paul S. Young, retiring Lansingburg Boys Club managing director, received a tribute at a testimonial dinner where he will begin as Schenectady Boys Club director. The board announced a search for Mrs Young's successor and praised his six years of leadership and club growth.
Probate grants two wills to Laurence V. Hall and Letitia C. Doyle as executrix for Alice M. Hall and John H. Corning. Personal property values exceed 2000 in one estate with two daughters named Mary McCarthy and Catherine Corning. The Doyle couple are asked to provide for another daughter Margaret Corning while real estate does not exceed 2500.
State Police under Capt Stephen McGrath searched a pond below Burden’s first lake yesterday afternoon to locate the body of an unidentified woman. A note reportedly written by the woman said she intended to end her life. Two rowboats were used in dragging as officers and troopers canvassed the area. Clothes and three pictures found near the highway were not identified.
Troy Elks committees plan collection stations in every ward to gather scrap materials for slippers for convalescent servicemen. The drive starts Saturday September 11 with hopes of two freight carloads to Columbus Lodge Elks for processing into footwear.
Jerome Pitney, Saratoga Springs commissioner of accounts, lists post primary expenses filed by candidates. Wait for Jewett mayoral run $161.43, Burns for public safety $16, Lynch for accounts $10, Graut for public works $360, McNaughton for supervisor $360.
Nathan Sidman was named chairman of the Rensselaer County American Labor Party at a meeting at 81 Fourth Street. The group kept Sidman and officers for a fifth year, expanded the executive board for broader influence, reelected James F. Bell as secretary and named Genevive Bennett treasurer. New executive members include Patrick Clifford John VanDerwerken Harold Hoffman William P. Murray Luis Freda Schwenkmeyer Jerry Cronin and Assemblyman J. Hugene Zimmer. The party planned to launch its campaign within a month and discussed Daniel Carhart’s Democratic platform on city hall and high school delays.
Scouting and patrol duty featured a drill period last night at the Armory for members of Company A Second Regiment New York Guard. The unit, under Capt John B Prout, practiced maneuvers for Sept 12 at Saratoga Battlefield with officers leading the drill. There are vacancies for four men. A NCO school is planned Thursday at 7 pm. No drill next Monday Labor Day. Officers from multiple Troy and Cohoes units ran a compass course then a sense course directed by Maj W Frank Leversee with Lieuts Harold F Britton and Frank H Gordon assisting.
Scott Downing 43 a farmer near Edinburg remains missing after Sunday’s disappearance from home. State Police teletype broadcast description as neighbors and volunteers widened the search beyond the area. Mrs Downing said he refused to accompany her to her parents nearby and left with a small bag of belongings. World War I veteran.
Albany tax inquiry moves forward as a three member commission plans a post 4 p.m. session to inspect the rolls after McGuinness protests. Morris presses for a staged, one at a time review while Kinnan testifies about 1942 assessments and protests. The probe, seen as Governor Dewey’s bid to shake up upstate Democrats, may presage further steps.
A blast and fire damaged a three story brick building at 70 Division Street yesterday afternoon, with the second floor rear origin and the first floor blown window. Firemen using three hydrants stated smoke and fire spread to the third floor. The building is owned by James Bell. A second blaze at 92 Division Street caused smoke damage. owned by Marie Wregand, with occupancy on the second floor. Fire, led by Battalion Chief Carl A. Smith, started at 3 48 p.m. and cleared by 5 58 p.m.
Police report light remained burning at 157 Fourth Street pawnshop during blackout. Officers found no one home. A rear house resident refused to extinguish lights. Case to be investigated today following city tour with Acting Commissioner John B. Conroy and Major.
A brief blackout hit Glens Falls Sunday night for 15 minutes when crossed telephone lines caused confusion at a central operator. A Chestertown observation post called Albany filter station while an Army post call reached the center and was misread as a red warning. City officials followed regulations to restore power.
Frank J Hogan praised the Clackout test after a tour from Congress Street to River Street showing no violations except a hake over the river. The NYS Director of Civilian Protection ordered the test. Mayor Hogan’s War Council monitored from the local control station with McGrath the sole casualty. The exercise surprised all and was deemed gratifying by the council.
The War Department informs the parents that two Saratoga County soldiers are wounded in action. Pvt. Haviland J Gordon of Victory Mills and Pvt. John Holmes of Quaker Springs are the ones named. their exact conditions are not provided.
Twenty six types of handicraft work totaling 730 items created by children at Troy playgrounds are on display this week in the Manufacturer's National Bank lobby at Franklin Square. The Troy Recreation Department sponsors the annual exhibit marking the season’s end.
A child health conference will be at the Wynantskill firehouse Thursday from 2 to 4 p.m. Dr. Edmund Walmer, health officer, and Miss Ada Fass will lead. Diphtheria toxoid is offered as a preventive measure for children three months to six years, upon parental request. A dental hygienist will examine preschool teeth.
The Office of Price Administration investigates nine Albany Schenectady shoe retailers charged with odd lot sales without ration stamps and overcharging. Hearings set for Sept 15 at Albany County Court House may suspend operations for defined periods. a tenth dealer faces inventory discrepancies.
Members of the Troy Consumers' Premier Committee met at Miss Cath erine Fitzgibbon's home to plan a home front pledge drive with the Office of Price Administration. The aim is to curb price ceiling violations and black market activity by urging consumers to pay no more than ceiling prices and report violations to the City-County Rationing Board in The Hotel Troy.
A 1934 sedan owned by John Sweeney of 174 President Street was reported stolen from in front of that address and found abandoned yesterday at Burden Avenue and Kelly Street by First Precinct patrolmen William Ryan and Thomas Dolan.
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