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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1944
Page
1
Funeral services yesterday attended by many for editor Almer Nueghtos, a veteran newspaperman in the city. Public officials and colleagues paid respects at his residence, marking a long career in journalism.
A description of a local church group led by Mayor Joan J. Ahern and includes Postmaster Frank M. Collins with Rev Elden H. Martin as pastor. The text mentions several individuals and positions in a ceremonial context at the Fifth Avenue State Street Methodist Church with honorary bearers.
Chief Smith urges a fire prevention drive urging residents to act promptly. He stresses clear ashtrays, proper disposal of rags and matches, regular checks of stoves, furnaces, pipes, and chimneys, cleaning out spots, making necessary repairs, using a metal container for hot ashes, and calling a furnace technician if heat is insufficient.
A Star News feature profiles a Schenectady woman, a former home economics and biology major who studied fungi and bee projects. She discusses wartime fungal control efforts, her research approach, and hopes to advance plant and animal health through science.
Schuylerville details a church supper fundraiser at Olé Saratoga Reformed Church with 3300 taken in. Edward F. Carey injured at home, transported to Saratoga Hospital for care. Eastern Star notes and upcoming meetings crown social events. Christmas party planned with supper. Mrs Oliver Lecuver reports her niece’s husband Pic Sherman Mesick killed in France. Mesick’s Indiana unit had been overseas since September.
A fragmented listing with station identifiers and show titles outlines a dense air time schedule. Names like Morgan and Helen appear among scattered program labels such as Wake Up and The Guiding Light.
The Garden Club held a seasonal party at Mrs. R. W Prindle with eighteen members, decor of evergreens and candles, gifts and refreshments. Recitations on Christmas topics, a costuming article, and a song performance highlighted the program. A January meeting will feature Miss E Marguerite Fums tom and Mrs. Werren Hamilton as guest speaker. A brother-in-law of Mr. Austin was seriously wounded in France, causing total blindness. Judy Gordon, 3, was injured coasting into a car rear end. Lt. Gerald E. Douglass completed an orientation course in combat soldiering. Sergt. Kensler Mayo and his wife, visiting from Bogota, N J, after Mayo’s Pacific service, attended with his stepfather Howard Starie.
Hitehall Dr B Carpentier addressed the Rotary Club weekly luncheon at the New Arlington Hotel on Wednesday, speaking about Russia. Adelard Hanley, son of Mr and Mrs William Hanley, had an emergency operation Monday at St Peter’s Hospital Albany. Hanley is a Siena College student. Trinity Episcopal Church elected James Chadwick warden and Vestrymen George Rock William Bingee George Doig and John Wil. Mr and Mrs Fred Austin were notified by the War Department about Pr Ernest Labombard.
Johnsonville Lewis Hunter spends a few days in New York while Mrs. L. S. Durfee of Cambridge visits Mrs. George Ralston Pie. Marry Culnane returns to South Carolina after furlough with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Culnane. Staff Sgt. John Oliver, on furlough with Mr. and Mrs. Augustus Oliver, travels to Atlantic City. Grace Methodist Church plans a Christmas tree program for Sunday evening December 17 featuring a pantomime “the Chimes Ring” by intermediate Youth Fellowship under Rev. Bristol Chatterton.
County Clerk Lawrence J. Catting urged honorably discharged servicemen to record their discharge papers with the county clerk’s office at no charge. The effort, backed by Mn Collins and Mr. Cains, aims to create a permanent record and safeguard against loss or damage. A copy is filed in a dedicated book, while the original is returned to the serviceman.
More than five thousand young people attended the War Stamp dance of the Area Youth Council on Saturday night. Admittance was by purchase of a War Stamp and music was provided by the Solid Seven. Honored guests included Harry Taylor and Frank Ramiero, former members now in the heavy.
Revenue figures show a sharp decline as New York cigarette tax receipts drop significantly. November collections fell from 2,515,16 to 5L208,20, reflecting a major shortfall in expected tax income for the month and year.
Six arrests in the Bastle days on charges of cigarette tax law violations led to the assignment of a special squad of tax examiners. The report notes ongoing enforcement and mentions Browne and EB Tax Commission in the context of the inquiry.
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