Card of Thanks from Several Families in Bereavement
Card of Thanks from the family of Paul A Boivin and the family of Charles S Denaker express gratitude to clergy, St Patrick's School staff, B and M Railroad workers, Albany Card and Paper Co employees, friends, and relatives for sympathy. Eleanor E Wolf of Waterford extends thanks to John Knickerbacker and Eddy Valve Co employees and many friends for expressions of sympathy after Charles Wolf's death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul A. Boivin Reawairer
Charles 5. Denaker
St. Patrick's School
B. & M. Railroad
Albany Card and Paper Co
Eleanor E. Wolf
Waterford
John A.knickerbacker
Eddy Valve Co
Charles Wolf
In Memoriam Dickson and Swasey Remembered
In memory of Earl T. Dickson who died February 4, 1943 two years ago and of Lylah Swasey who died three years ago this date. Family members express affection and mourn the loss, noting a cherished photo and enduring love.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lylah Swasey
Birth Notices From Troy Area Hospitals Feb 1944
Several birth notices from local hospitals list new arrivals in early February 1944. Antoinette Ma Tie Benardo, Barbara Joan Muller, Robert Norton, Lynda Ann Parsley, and other newborns are recorded to light the families of Lieut. and Mrs. William J. Benardo, Mr. and Mrs. J A M Muller, Mr. and Mrs. Harold J. Norton, and Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence J. Parsley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Leonard Hospital
Wiliam J. Benardo
Antoinette Ma Tie
Benardo
Olga Vossler
Hartford
Conn
McCoy
the Samaritan Hospital
Lee A. McCoy
Anon
Lee Allen
Miller
J. A. M. Muller
Barbara Joan
Vivian McCullah
Cohoes
Hospital Hishop de Goes- Briand
Burlington
Lawrence J. Parsley
Lynda Ann
Parsley
Dorothy Mae McNames
Troy
Rites for local residents set across multiple funerals
Obituaries list numerous deaths from Feb 1 to Feb 4 1944 in Troy Watervliet Green Island and Brunswick with funeral details for Albert Cipperly Comis Coon Foxell Frazier Germain Harvie Hastings Heath and Heath Bertha M Wibrant and Bertha M Wibrant plus relatives and home visit calls and interments scheduled at St Josephs Oakwood and St Agnes cemeteries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert
Leonard Hospital
Roman Albert
Freda O'Berer
John Nescot
Catherine Turner
Fonda
River St
Cipperly
Tomhannock
Sanford Cipperly
Charlies Cipperly
Neilson Storms
Elwin
Ella Brenenstun
Edmund A. Burdick
Brick Church Cemetery
Brunswick
Comis
Watervilet
N. Y
Carlo Comis
Philorgena Bellezza
James C
Catherine M
Joseph C. Comis
Peter J. Lamb, Jr
James C. Comis
Sixth Street
St. Bridget’s Church
St. Agnes
Coon
Green Island
Edward C. Coon
Anna Mansfield
Henry C. Coon
U. S. Army Air Corps
George Smith
Augustus H. Berger
Edward W
Daniel A Coffey
Paine Street
St. Joseph’s Church
J. W. Burns’ Sons, Inc
Fifth Avenue
St. Mary's Church
Oakwood Cemetery
Frazier
Loudonville
Christina Frazier
John C. Dandurand
James Verald
Cohoes
Clarence. Normington
Watervliet
William Gray
Danvers
Mass
Corp
Francis Frazier
U. 5
Dandurand
Central Avenue
George . McElvern
The
Baptist Church
Waterford Rural Cemetery
Germain
Enaghtah Street
Troy
Charles J
Catherine Sycogky
Mary P
George J. Germain
U. S. Army
Joseph Germain
Warvie
Tamarac
Peter Lyons Harvie
Ruth Hyde
Harriet Virginia
Diana Lyons Harvie
Fred K. Ffolliott
Johnson City
Tenn
Hastings
Michael Hastings
Stephen Hastings
Ellen Ryan
Lawrence F. Hastings
Martin
Timothy Hastings
Margaret Hackett
Helen Lynch
James F. Egan
Third Street
St. Joseph's Church
St. Joseph's Heath
Congress Street
Frank T. Heath
Catherine R. Whalen
Lorraine
Trotnae
Rensselaer
Bertha M. Wibrant
Charles Hoffman
Lucille Thorpe
India Avenue
Valentine Card Shown At Brunswick Social Hour
A near century old Valentine owned by Mrs. A. O. Scudder of 101 Pinewoods Avenue was displayed at Brunswick Home Bureau’s Valentine social after a regular Y W C A meeting. The card, sent to 1849 paternal grandmother, features a gray center with pink cupid and double hearts and red wax sealing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. O. Scudder
Pinewoods, Avenue
Brunswick Home Bureau
J. H. Hirst
James Cassin
I Walter Dock
Harry Claydon
Albert Stanley
Clayton Wagar P
Ralph Austin
Klbert Ter
James Tuffy
Claydon
Hirst
Harry Vincent
Safety Law Deposits Reach Over One Million Dollars
The New York motor vehicle safety responsibility law has collected 1,249,048 in security deposits from about 10,000 uninsured motorists since its two year start. Of this, 485,376 has been refunded to victims or to owners settling claims. Nearly 200,000 accident reports were filed in 1943, with 681,685 in deposits that year and 425,928 refunded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
C.J. Fletcher
Fletcher
Safety Responsibility Section
Motor Vehicle Bureau
Rourke to Act as Toastmaster for Hogan Dinner
Thomas W. Rourke president of National City Bank will be toastmaster at a testimonial dinner for former Mayor Frank J. Hogan at The Hendrick Hudson Wednesday night February 16. Selection announced after a speakers' committee meeting. luncheon plans set for Monday at 12 15 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas W. Rourke
National City Bank
Frank J. Hogan
Hendrick Hudson
Rourke
Ballston Spa Curfew Enforced for Under 16s at 10 PM
Ballston Spa last night enacted a curfew requiring all children under 16 to be off the streets by 10 p.m. A tannery whistle marked the 9:45 p.m. warning with 15 minutes left to reach home. Police Chief De Cora urged parents and youths to observe the ordinance, which bans unaccompanied minors after 10 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ballston Spa
DeCora
BORN AT SAMARITAN HOSPITAL 1944 OBITUARIES
Death notices from Watervliet and surrounding areas list several obituaries for early February 1944. Stephen A Hydorn and Bessie Barna are among those named with funeral details and family relations. Additional notices include Clifford E Marbie Loretta McCarthy and Ellen Flavin Van Jeepck with service times and church connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Samaritan Hospital
Stephen A. Hydorn
Grace B. Clackner
David A. Hydorn
Louis R. Hydorn
Schenectady
Elmer D. Hydorn
Watervliet
Dorothy
Marcia
Robert Hydorn
Fifth Ave
Mary Berry Marble
Oscar Cooper
George Fero
Loretta Marnie
Samuel Marble
Cohoes
Isaiah Marble
Waterford
Hudson River Road
Nugent
lIn
Anne
Daniel Nugent
John Nigent
Haiss
William Nugen
William Nugent
Edward McCarthy
Watervhiet
Washington Park
St. Mary's Church
St. Agnes’ Cemetery
Menands. Simontan
Waterview
N. Y
Mary Torosian
Caspar Simonian
Charles Torosian
Buffalo
Helen Parsokian
Sixth Avenue
St. Peter's Apostolic Armenian Church
Troy
Klbeck
Leonard Hosital
Ellen Flavin van Jeeck
William Flavin
First St. Waterford
St Mary's Church
Troy Defers Black Market Law Vote Amid Public Push
Troy Common Council halted action for two weeks on the citys black market ordinance, urged by labor groups and the OPA. The measure would punish willful infractions of price controls and ration rules with fines up to 50 dollars or 20 days in jail, applying to producers, wholesalers, and retailers as well as landlords and buyers. A public hearing drew protests mainly in favor, with calls to extend penalties and ensure full public understanding before final passage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy
Louis E. Rinn
Third Ward
Seymour Scott
Troy Central Federation of Labor
Troy Ratio
Patrick J. Clifford
American Labor Party
Swackhammer Addresses Lodge Visit at Masonic Temple
Deputy Robert J. Swackhammer of Schenectady led the annual visit to King Solomon's Lodge 91 F and A M at the Masonic Temple drawing more than 200 lodge members. He spoke on Masonry while John S. Mabin presided at the business meeting and a social followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rensselaer-Schenectady
Robert J. Swackhammer
Schenectady
King Solomon's Primitive Lodge
A. M
Masonic Temple
Swackhammer
John S. Mabin
Ames Highlights Troy Spirit and Postwar Potential
Robert W. Ames of the Troy Y M C A praised Troy's community spirit at a Kiwanis meeting, urging support for local businesses and postwar growth. He cited a Chamber survey on demand for cars, houses, and appliances, and extolled Troy's Jungle Room as a model for teen spaces, noting 3,200 youths use it weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis
Trojans
Troy
Robert W. Ames
Troy Y. M.C. A
Hendrick Hudson
Ames
Chamber of Commerce
Club
Stanley B. Wiltse
David J. Livingstone
Eighth Panel Called for Albany County Probe Jury
The Albany County grand jury for the investigation may add an eighth panel of 36 veniremen drawn yesterday to report Monday. Two Green Island residents, John O'Donnell and George Downs, are on the panel. Only two from the seventh panel remained to be examined. Charles M. Liddle of Albany was excused before examination by Justice Parton Swift. Rush F. Carrier of Albany was excused after a challenge by Special Prosecutor George P. Monaghan due to ties to Mrs. Carrier and Republican politics. Grand jurors accepted to date total 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany County
Green Island
John O’donnell
George Downs
Charles M. Liddle
Albany
Supreme Court
Parton Swift
Rush F. Carrier
George P. Monaghan
Ernest B. Morris
Carrier
Reuben H. Kohn
Community Hotel Corp Rounds Directors at Annual Meeting
Fourteen directors will be elected at the stockholders annual meeting of Community Hotel Corp. Monday February 21 at the corporation office in The Hendrick Hudson. Dr Frank M Salzman serves as president and Julius J Goodman as secretary of the company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Community Hotel Corp
Hendrick Hudson
Frank M. Salzman
Julius J Goodman
State Power Authority accuses federal by pass on Shipshaw deal
The State Power Authority at Albany charges the federal government by passed U S efforts to develop U S hydro power, aligning Shipshaw power in northern Quebec with 102 750 000 dollars in loans from the Reconstruction Finance Corp and U S holdings in Aluminum Co of Canada. The report argues U S projects nearer completion were neglected, citing minimal New York gains and lagging state hydro capacity while war plants drew power from large new sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Shipshaw
Quebec
United States
Reconstruction Finance Corp
The
Aluminum Co. of Canada, Ltd
Aluminum Co. of America
Canada
New York
St. Lawrence River
Silver Beaver Awarded Waterford Scout Leader at Council Meeting
Frederick P. Whiting of Waterford Troop 32 received the Silver Beaver, the Boy Scouts movement’s top honor, at the Troy Area Council annual meeting. Gorham Cluett was elected council president succeeding George N. Patrick, who becomes honorary president after 18 years. The gathering included tributes to late Scout executive A. Leonard Barton and plans to open Camp Rotary, with 500 plus scouts aiding a bond drive and a skit celebrating Scouting dividends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick P. Whiting
Waterford
Troy Area
Cohoes
Valley Falls
Pleasantdale
Reapers
Clinton E. Rose
A. Leonard Barton
Seth N. Genung
First Presbyterian Church of
Lansingburg
Genung
Barton
Patrick
Rose
Ahern
Rotary
Earl D. Landsear
Troy
Daniel Turner
America
Irwin A. Conore
Albany
Henry J. Eckert
National Council
George N. Patrick
Gorham Cluett
Edward W. O'Brien
C. R. Sherwood, Jr
Joseph P. Delaney
Cleveland V. Childs
George E. Davis
Alfred W. Gale
Christopher W. Gilhooley
Thomas ¥. Kenney
Ely
Koplevitz
Victor Starzewski
Richard L. Thomas
Harold H. Tice
Thomas O. Treharne
Harold W. Turner
Willard VanDerzen
Edward Wachter
Charles H. Coonrod
Oliver S Baxter
Burton M. Follett
Howard Gotham
John J. Leary, Jr
Ernest Robillard
Roland H. Trathen
Willam J. Higgins
Francis M. Knight
Cubbing
Betsy Ross Girl Scouts Receive Trefoil Pins
Betsy Ross Girl Scout Troop members received trefoil pins at investiture ceremonies held yesterday at Powers School. Mrs. Maurice Friot and assistant Mrs. Clayton Coons presented pins to Carol Wheeler Jean Williams Joan Williams Marilyn Ashdown Sally Ann Heer Milicent Mealy Jean Wolfe Evelyn Monte Marie Shields Leona McNulty Patty Cogswell Marilyn Fay Connie Foster Mary Arzoumanian. The scouts led a model meeting for visitors followed by a social of games and songs with a Valentine party planned for the next meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betsy Ross
Powers School
Maurice Friot
SHS
Lansingburg
Clayton Coons
Carol Wheeler
Jean
Joan Williams
Marilyn Ashdown
Sally Ann Heer
Milicent Mealy
Jean Wolfe
Evelyn Monte
Marie Shields
Leona McNulty
Patty Cogswell
Marilyn Fay
Connie Foster
Mary Arzoumanian
Officer Promoted to First Lieutenant in Air Corps
Leslie W. Thompson of Cambridge has been promoted from second to first lieutenant in a War Department announcement. He has been attached to the Air Corps, and the promotion was reported last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie W. Thompson
North Park Street
Cambridge
War Department
Air Corps
Budget Chief Warns Against Centralizing Power in Washington
Albany is warned against unnecessary centralization of federal power as State Budget Director John E. Burton speaks at the Coun ty Officers Association midwinter conference. He urges state and local readiness to help shape postwar policy and notes unemployment as a key factor in the shift from war to peace. Burton cites a $148 million postwar reconstruction fund and calls it prepared to translate plans into construction jobs when warranted. The group adopts a resolution opposing bills to create a state division to review local real estate assessments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
John E. Burton
County Officers’ Association
Washington
Burton
Troy Branch Chooses Letters On Tax and Voting Rights
Mrs Lottie Brown named chair of a Troy NAACP committee to write letters to state legislators and congressmen on voter and poll tax issues. The group will focus on poll tax and soldier vote matters, following a Jamaica conference report by Bira Connie Lockhart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lottie Brown
Troy
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Liberty Presbyterian Church
Brown
Jamaica
Bira
Connie Lockhart
Carrie Baker
Crispin C. Hall
Frank Jenkins
Jewish Community Center
Adams Clayton Powell
Hairdressers Back War Bond Campaign in Troy
The Troy Area Hairdressers Association met at Miss Vina La Vigne's home to organize a war bond drive in cooperation with the New York State Hairdressers and Cosmetologists Association. Mrs. Alice Hayes serves as cochairman of the state drive as part of a local effort to raise 300000 dollars to purchase a bomber. Captains include Mrs. Anna Whison Estelle Pesh Miss Mary Fannucci Miss Amelia Nassau Mrs Lena Parrow Mrs L O Connor and Miss Mary Centenni.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy
Estelle Pesh
Mary Fannucci
Amelia Nassau
Lena Parrow
L. , O'Connor
Mary Centenni
Watervliet Youth Sentenced in Robbery Case
Charles Kane, 16, of Watervliet, among four youths sent by Albany County Judge Earl H. Gallup to the State Vocational Institute at West Coxsackie for first degree robbery of a watchman at Colony bowling alley south of Watervliet last December. Thomas H. Randle, 17, of Hudson Falls, received Elmira Reformatory time for auto theft. Nine teens were sentenced at yesterday’s Albany County Court session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Kane
Seventh Avenue
Watervliet
Albany
Earl H. Gallup
State Vocational Institute
West Coxsackie
Colony
Thomas H. Randle
Hudson Falls
Elmira
Gallup
Front Street Rail Link Advances In War Boom
The Front Street Railroad seeks a switch and siding to connect a spur across Front Street near Division Street. The Common Council deferred action to the Public Works Committee for a public hearing two weeks ahead. Petitioners would pay installation costs replace pavement and assume liabilities. if the spur ends, it reverts to city ownership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Street
Common Council
Clemente Brothers
Division Street
Joseph W. Graham
First Ward
Public Works Committee
Gas Combustion To Be Explained Tonight Lecture
A public lecture at 7:30 p.m. in Room 203 of Rickets Building, R. P. J., explains detonation and combustion in airplane engines. Bruce Crane of Ethyl Gas Corp. speaks under the Institute of Aeronautical Sciences sponsorship. Demonstrations include an engine, slides, and a combustion tube showing gasoline burning under cylinder-like conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce Crane
Ethyl Gas Corp
Institute of Aeronautical Sciences
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wolfe
Enardo
Valentine
Brunswick Bureau
Schwenkmeyer
A. F. of L
Robert Russell
Mr. Scott
William Vinchos
Jerry Cronin
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
Troy Area Council
Annex
Scout Council
Ames Lands Community Spirit In
Call Annual Meeting
Gregory M. Connolly
William Hawthorne
Oakwood Presbyterian Church
George DeMartin
Seaman
Attu
Kiska
Tarawa
Cape Gloucester
Cluett
Mr. Patrick
Davis
William H. Simmons
Michael J. Mackey
Joseph B. Nial
Lancelot Dearborn
Colins van Vorst
James C.fellows
John Ireland
Eugene R. Wiseman
D. J. O'Neil
Charles A. Brown
Alexander Shafer
Edward Hyldeland
Fred A. Glass
Mahlon Wemple
Phillip V. Riccardi
Raymond B. Sharman
Cecil M. Kline
Samuel Trantham
Coleman J. Lyons
Kimball D. Sprague
N. Lloyd French
Donald A. Waterfield
Lucienh. Wagar
James A. Elkenburgh
H. H. Sharpe
Walter P. Hoffman
Chester F. Millhouse
L. Frank Mitter
Clinton Winne
Ernest LeVan
John J. Ahern
Martin H. Bail
Robert Hlock
Cleveland W. Childs
Chauntey W. Cook
William P. Dauchy
Frank H. Deal
David H. Faulkner
Charles C. Freihofer
A. G. Gillespie
Thomas V. Kenny
Koplovitz
George
Betsy Ross Girl Scouts
Troy Branch
Roasj Kemp
Maud, King
Elsie Johnson
George Kelley
Lucas Farmer
Labor
J. W. Findley
Theodore Harris
Front Street Railroad Link
Henry E. Smith
Seventeenth Ward
Smith
Second Avenue
123Rd Street
Charles McCarthy
Thirteenth Ward
River Street
River Streets
Doaw Street
St. Patrick’s Church
John O'Connor
Robert Gatner
Carole Taylor
Bessie R. Daum
Betty Horton
John J. Casey
Irene V. Matthews
Elizabeth F. Ryan
Rita M. Campbell
Thomas F. Dougherty
John J. Martin
Dorothy M. Califano
Charles P. Boland
Andrew J. Nailor
John F. Fortier
Samuel Sheftel
James F. Kerwin
Carl F. DeLucia
Martin F. Fakenbaum
Charles H. Sullivan
Robert C. Bowen
George DeCelle
Frances Kindlen
Thomas J.graulty
Jane C. Odell
Edward Masterson
John Karl
William F. Hicks
Martha E. Miller
James Dunne
Earl R. Smith
Joseph F. X. Walsh
George A. Mullin
Edward J. Doughrey
Mary A. Flynn
John A. Langlotz
George P. O'Connor
John L. Moore
Margaret Egan
Theora Marshall
George F. Curley
Thomas F. O’conner
Thomas A. Graham
Wiliam H. Moore
Sophia M. Belotte
Marla E Stebbins
Agnes M Tate
Albert Q. Flint
Helen R. Quest
William C. Blake
Ruth EH. Campbell
Irene C. Dineen
Agnes Muckle
Guinness’ Stout
John J. Boland
Third ST
Daniel J. Michel
Jacob Street
Aeeoplane
Ferry and
Fiecord
Newsra PE
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