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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1945
Page
9
Mayor James Donlon and city department heads publicly honored Judge John J. McMahon and foreman John Coughlin for long service to Watervliet. McMahon retires December 31 after twenty two years as city judge. Coughlin also retires this month. Both residents were praised for faithful public service at the brief ceremony in City Hall.
George Babines longtime Watervliet resident dies after brief illness at Albany Hospital. Czech native who worked at Jim West Side Foundry helped found Immaculate Conception Church of Watervliet and belonged to the National Slavic Society. Survived by his wife Elizabeth Bolach and John J. Babines of Watervliet. Funeral arranged for Wednesday at 2713 Third Avenue, with Mass at Immaculate Conception and burial in St. Patrick's Cemetery.
Church notes list a dense schedule of services and events across multiple parishes. Miraculous Medal novenas at Miraculous Medal church and others, midweek prayer services at Beacon Ridge and First Avenue, choir rehearsals and Sunday School Christmas party plans, Ladies Aid meeting at 806 Bally Street, and Christmas Eve and Day liturgies at St Gabriel's and Trinity Church with traditional carols and offertory hymns.
Homecoming events at Watervliet High School raised 39.04 in spontaneous student contributions for distressed wounded soldiers. Samuel G. Wise of the Lt John A Patton Post American Legion received the funds, sent to the American Legion state department to support veterans welfare statewide.
Three weekend fires challenged Watervliet firefighters causing minor damage. An oil burner blaze at 959 Broadway was fought by McIntyre Hose Co. at 4:25 pm Saturday. A bedroom fire at 619 Third Avenue, home of William Nash, was put out by Skinner Hose Co. at 4:50 am yesterday. Headaynter's Co. used a pumper to check a furnace fire at the First Baptist Church at Sixteenth Street and Third Avenue.
Obituary notices list deaths of Isabel Beattie and Mary Cipperly among several others in Troy and Ithaca areas. Survivors, burial plans, and funeral homes named. services held or scheduled, with churches including Church of the Ascension and St. Patrick’s. Burial sites include Oakwood Cemetery and West Sand Lake.
Lisbon Falls editor Join Gould of the Lisbon Enterprise rails at “ foreigners ” for profiting from his travel and book sales. He says outsiders living outside Lisbon Falls expect authors to tour rather than write, and he asserts they pay double rate to receive his newspaper and books.
General James H. Doolittle, famed for the Tokyo raid and later wartime exploits, will speak at the Albany Chamber of Commerce dinner February 2 at the Ter Eyck Hotel. Governor Dewey is also set to address the crowd.
A fragment notes why he was no longer wanted. The toos company claimed he was slow to learn tasks, leading to the Ishishman’s remark that he had learned one thing 1700 pounds equaled four. Pal replied you can come to work Monday morning. One who has had experience, Mechanicville, N.Y.
In 1898 Lansingburg acquired a three story police station at 606 Second Avenue with eight cells a reading room and alarms linking to local banks. The project cost 150000 and drew opposition over voter input with hearings and a mayoral election surge. Also notes threaten road safety and a Korea policy update from Tokyo.
Mrs. Charles H Bailey 88 of 275 Stow Avenue Troy died Saturday after a lingering illness at Hast Acres residence. She was born in Wiesena in and moved to Troy at 25. She would have observed her 89th birthday next month. A member of Levinge Methodist Church Women’s Society of Christian Service, she leaves two daughters Mrs Andrew H Klett Staten Island and Mrs Clifton A Heck Troy, three grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Funeral 2 30 PM Wednesday Bryce Funeral Home 1820 Fifth Avenue. Interment Quaitwood Cemetery.
The piece outlines a Veterans Welfare Bureau directory with sections on welfare assistance, education, vocational guidance, employment, medical aid, and insurance. It lists contact points, offices, and telephone numbers including Troy, Albany, and Glens Falls areas, naming administrators and officers such as Comey, Van Sederv, and Jay. It notes services for disabled veterans, education benefits, and employment support through various bureaus and programs.
Senator Juss Mead of New York urges a federal program to aid needy small businesses by acquiring or purchasing stock from financing institutions. The plan, before the Senate Banking and Currency Committee, would create a corporation within the Federal Reserve System, not a new agency, with caps to limit funds per concern and ensure most capital remains in small business.
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