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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1949
Page
4
The Republican led Schenectady city council unanimously adopted a resolution to repeal a 3 percent principal tax on utility bills after previously supporting it. A public hearing is set for December 26. The repeal follows party shifts as Democrats gain control in January.
A family gathering honored Joseph Chambers on his 90th birthday at Bleeker Street. Mrs Phyllis Norton resigned as librarian of the Greenwich Free Library Association effective next spring. A Greenwich Central School assembly featured Mr Guy Fredericks of Saratoga Springs performing for students. A new Everready 4-H Club formed in Easton and Greenwich with Don Hollingsworth named leader and officers elected. Bowling standings show the Browns leading the Greenwich league while the Yankees, Giants, and Bears compete for spots. The Greenwich Women’s Soxling League race tightens with Sugar Daddies and Bolsters near the top. An annual Glens Falls Bowling Association meeting elected officers and set plans for April events.
A report from the Mystery Bottomill Grange outlines seven more meetings and a March supper in North Green mich with Boy Scout involvement. Christ roas carols frame the social program while Ad Tefft urges improved Grange attendance. Orville Rowe discusses farm and road safety with well maintained machinery and traffic signs. Wilson Hay extols Greenwich as a top town to live in.
Melvin Beiter from Coldwater Michigan sought two days off claiming his father had died. The foreman gave him the time off but workers sent flowers from Grand Rapids and paid by Arthur Seitler, who is named as Melvin’s father. Melvin later found a new job.
The funeral for John J. Egan, longtime Monesty Bell Co. employee and Watervliet resident, was held at 9:30 am after a 9 am service at J Gregory Nealon Funeral Home. Rev Charles Boyle officiated with Rev John F. Bourke and Rev Robert J. Massey assisting. Joseph Hervieux played the organ, and bearers included John Blaney Joseph F. Walsh Thomas M. Walsh Clinton Meneely Chester Kebn and Albert Miller. Interment followed at St Agnes Cemetery.
Mon night services were conducted at the funeral home for Marcus D. Rue ant Camp. Father Messy presided as residents mourned the death of a Spanish-American War veteran with over 200 species listed in the family records.
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