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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1943
Page
16
A fire in the cellar of William Cook's home at 604 Twenty third Street was put out by the Watervliet Fire Department yesterday at 11:15 am after about an hour of fighting. No damage estimate was given.
Two women were treated after a car and a truck collided at Third Avenue and Fourth Street in Watervliet at 7 30 p.m. The car occupants were unnamed and treated by Dr. John J. Noonan. Walter R. Becker of Albany drove the car south while Leonard L. DiBella of Watervliet drove the truck north. The truck suffered minor damage, the car’s right front wheel was knocked out of alignment, and Watervliet police patrolmen investigated.
Pfc Peter Corrigan of Watervliet and Pvt Norman Paulson a Marine Corps V-12 trainee at Cornell were guests of honor at the Troy Detachment Marine Corps League meeting at The Hotel Troy. Corrigan spoke on Guadalcanal duties. plans for holiday social funds were made. Thomas L in presided. Next meeting set for 8 pm January 20 at Veterans Hall. 1492 New York State veterans discharged to date have filed unemployment claims as of November 1 according to the Department of Labor.
A string of obituary notices from Watervliet and Troy communities details deaths and funeral plans. Bertha Watts Pitcher, Mae Kopf, Mary F. Lyon, Joseph Bond, Michael J. Moore, and Sarah Griggs are among those named. The notices cover birthplaces, church affiliations, survivors, and funeral arrangements at local homes and cemeteries.
Fifteen year old twins from Westfield Mass fled the Humane Society Shelter in Albany on Wednesday causing a police chase. They stole a car belonging to Stillman Pitts then wrecked it in two ditches on Route 20. One twin suffered neck lacerations and eye cuts before state police returned them to the Shelter and they await Children's Court arraignment.
Albany Governor Thomas E. Dewey completed his cabinet by reappointing two Democratic holdovers to full terms. John A. Lyons becomes state commissioner of corrections and Dr Edward S. Godfrey Jr is named state commissioner of health. Lyons has long NYC police roots and helped in the Lindbergh case while Godfrey oversees public health and sanitary code enforcement.
The Dorcas Class of the Church of Christ met at Mrs. Homer Warren’s Hoosick road home. Devotions led by Mrs. Warren, with Mrs. Clarence Lewis presiding. Plans made for January church entertainment. After business, a Christmas games program and gift exchange followed. Refreshments served by Mrs. Warren with Mrs. Helen Pemple and Mrs. Bertha Mackey. Pat Passarelli, training in Buffalo, to visit ten days with parents at 2331 Seventeenth Street. Next week Church of Christ party under Church Council to be led by Mrs. Ralph Andrews. Victory party held at Mrs. Walter Wiley’s home on Hoosick Street with gifts from her son in the South Pacific. Mrs. Wiley assisted by Mrs. F. E. Ellis, Mrs. Phoenix, Miss Murnane, and Miss Marguerite and Mamie Murnane.
Justice of the Peace Grant D. Smith of Hoosick Falls was reelected president of the Magistrates Association of Rensselaer County at the annual meeting held Tuesday night in the jail chapel. Also reelected were George K. Irish vice president John F. Pohl treasurer and Carl A. Bly secretary. New members Justice of the Peace White of North Greenbush and Councilman Roberts of Brunswick attended. A lengthy discussion of general problems followed.
Wednesday meeting at Odd Fellows Hall to arrange for state assembly president Mrs Anna Loeffler visit. Betty Mohl calls meeting with Versa Hammersley presiding. Dinner at Third Presbyterian Church Hall at 6 30 pm followed by program Tuesday Jan 11 in Odd Fellows Hall led by Mae Degen and Dorothy Rasmussen. Decorations by Catherine Lloyd Barbara Moreland. Reservations with Marion Quandt joy by Jan 4. Melvin Lafferty of 107 Euclid Avenue Mountain View spending ten days at Lake Placid. Christmas Eve candlelight service at Third Presbyterian Church from 11 pm to midnight. Helen Thau and Cheater Ott assisted.
Waterford festival unites choirs from Grace Episcopal First Baptist First Presbyterian and Waterford Methodist for a 7 30 p m concert at Waterford Methodist Church with Rev William A Perry and Rev Herbert C Willenberg in attendance. The program features preludes carols hymns and recessional with multiple choirs and organists. Community members invited for 5 30 p m rehearsal and an evening of Christmas music.
A compact guide lists how to pronounce names of Erwin Rommel Fritz Vor Mannstein Joachim von Ribbentrop Heinrich Stahmer Carlo Sforza Jan Smuts Henry Morgenthau with careful stress and vowel guidance. It clarifies French accent avoidance and Germanic pronunciation quirks for readers.
The OPA announces New Year prices must not exceed last year's for drinks meals and special foods in night clubs hotels and eating establishments in most parts of the country. Ceilings regulated by restaurant price regulations apply and no all night permits will be issued ABC establishments in Rensselaer County close by 3 am. State Liquor Authority officials previously discouraged all night permits but county boards may extend closing hour to 3 am as a public convenience.
The Green Island Presbyterian Church schedules its annual meeting for Sunday at 12 45 p m changing from Monday eve The Christmas party is set for Tuesday at 7 20 p m Rev H D Smith will preach on The Star of First Magnitude at 10 30 a m Sunday Sunday School meets at 11 50 a m Combined Methodist choirs present a music program today at 11 30 p m Candle light service The pastor Rev Fred C Bennett speaks Why Jesus Came To Earth at 10 30 a m Hymns Angels From the Realms of Glory There s a Song in the Air and two anthems Birthday of a King Virgin s Crown Song are sung Christmas tree exercises Wednesday cradle roll in the afternoon general classes in the evening
Alfred Smith of Bennington Vermont bought the William Z. White Laundry Co. at 40 River Street North Adams. Smith was operator of a Bennington laundry that was recently destroyed by fire.
Aviation Cadet George E. DeVogelaere of Rochester New York, in preflight training at San Antonio Aviation Cadet Center, earned an early flying experience by making a forced landing after only three and a half hours of solo time.
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