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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1949
Page
17
The Rensselaer County Magistrates Association holds its annual election today at the County Court House. Obituaries and birth notices appear amid local death notices and family tributes, listing residents such as Silvester, Galureat, Scott, Burke, and Daigneault among others with funeral details and interment plans.
Troy Newswriters staged their 13th annual gridiron dinner at The Hendrick Hudson with satire lampooning local politics. The show paid tribute to late figures Edward Walker and Everett F. Ciissen, while highlighting incinerator, tax, and county issues, drawing praise from guests and officials.
On record William A Thimbleton son of Mrs Stephen J Johnson of Mt Pleasant Avenue will have his college record published in Who's Who in American Colleges and University. Mr Dubleton is a senior at New York State College of Teachers. Dec 16 1949. Funeral notices and service details follow for community members with church and cemetery references.
Miss Jane FF Hogan, former teacher at Public School, died at Leonard Hospital yesterday after an illness. Daughter of the late John Hogan, she was a longtime member of Saint Patrick Church and its societies. Burial will be at Saint Marys Cemetery with services from the Jona H Funeral Home.
Fragmentary obituary notes a death in a likely small community. Names and places are garbled in OCR, but reference to a meeting and a person named Meeter appears alongside scattered phrases about rites or services and a local group. The legible bits imply a memorial notice rather than a full obituary.
Coroner Anthony E. Matera reserved decision in the death of James P. Hayden a boiler maker for the Delaware and Hudson Railroad who died Saturday at Samaritan Hospital He had been burned at work on Sept 29 autopsy by Dr Carter X Alexander pathologist followed specimens sent to the State Laboratory Hayden a World War I veteran belonged to Green Island Post American Legion and the Last Men’s Club He was born in Meriden Conn and lived in Green Island 27 years He is survived by his wife Neal ie Hayden funeral set for tomorrow at 220 p m from Mancini and Sons Funeral Home 268 Fourth Street Island Methodist Church will conduct the service
The Weather Bureau forecasts continued mild conditions for several days with rain likely today and tapering this afternoon. A 16 degree high yesterday yielded a mean temperature about 11 degrees above normal. Forecast highlights include prolonged warmth and uncertainty about a white Christmas.
Members of the Brunswick Orange Grange plan a Christmas party with readings and recitations by younger members. The event features a crisper program and festive activities for attendees.
More than 250 witnesses the annual Bear's Mead and Yule-Log celebration at Hoosac School. The Tudor dining room at Bouton Hall hosted medieval revelry with students alumni and guests including Rev. Knight Tinkerly Grandpas Moses and many Beefeaters and Yeomen of the Guard. The procession featured Boars Head and Shepherds Beth Bethlehem and Three Kings with music songs and the traditional Adeste Fidelis closing the first act. The second half continued Elizabethan revelry with Welcome Yule and Court Jester speeches ending with the Scholars chorus.
Veterans in Rennselart County will receive Christmas gift boxes from the American Legion. The boxes contain food, clothing, and small comforts and will be distributed under county guidance. Proceeds from local fundraising support packing and shipping to veterans in care facilities.
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Averill Park will begin using a dial telephone exchange tomorrow morning replacing the Magneto system. The cutover at am will involve cable reconfigurations on Pine woods Avenue and Orient Avenue for the new central office. Subscribers will dial O R then the first digit of the new numbers. Cables and testing have been extensive, with a full directory mailed to customers.
Wells Fund gains momentum toward a five thousand dollar goal after reaching four thousand. Unreceived returns from a Val Falls benefit and partial returns from a Thursday community show slow total. Gand Neighbors Committee raises funds for Ida Wells and her infant Nathar, survivors of a Schagabroke Hill fire that killed the father and three children. Donors range from children with piggy banks to business groups, veterans, schools, factories, unions, and civic units.
Troy detectives investigated a series of thefts with articles valued about 75 dollars missing from a car at Fulton and Front Street. The car belonged to Dominick Di Parquale of Mechanicville and was taken Saturday night. Items included Christmas toys, two ants of akishorn and nx pipe. A trolley and a youth center at 197 River Street were entered with two juke boxes broken and a money cam stolen. Detective Sgt Frank Connery leads the probe. Other reports include children clothing stolen from a store at 275 Third Avenue and the rear door breaking at Tully's on 5th Avenue with no losses. James M Todd reported two working machines damaged and coin boxes pried at the 10th Street housing project.
Frana Taul Oepants, longtime owner of a shoe shine parlor on Breedway for forty years, died yesterday at 147 Thiew Etsie after a long illness. He and his brother were well known in the neighborhood, and he had lived in the area his entire life. He was survived by three sisters and a brother. funeral arrangements were not immediately announced.
An obscured OCR item mentions a Jersey cow award, tied to local residents Mr and Mrs B Pankt of Che Corrs, with references to the American dairy or veterinary context. Details are garbled, but the event centers on a farm animal award and local names.
The Troy Post Office prepared for a record mail surge as Christmas deliveries approach. Postmaster Daniel J. Castella warned that Monday could mark the busiest day in the office’s history, with weekend totals already higher than last year. Residents were urged to use air mail for distant parcels and ensure their names are on mailboxes to assist carriers.
Clinton Heights will host a monthly child health clinic for children aged one month to six years. Dr Joseph Reber of Fast Greenbush Health Officer will supervise with assistant Mire Babine providing vaccines and early dental checks at the Willard Briar Hose Company facility.
D F Baxter secretary and general manager of Thames Watkyns Co Inc died yesterday at Beamaritan Hospital after a tangle ness. Born in Tres he attended public schools and Troy College. He served in business and church affairs, member of Tre y Chamber of Commerce Industrial Club United Commercial Travelers Automobil Club and Memorial Presbyterian Church where he was a trustee for 28 years. He is survived by a sister Mrs William Shaughnessy of St Petersburg Fla. Services will be held Wednesday at 2 20 PM from Payee Funeral Home 1820 Pitts Avenue. Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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