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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1945
Page
2
Trial opened yesterday in Supreme Court for Rensselaer County before Justice Pierce He. Rasselt and a jury. Plaintiffs Richard Rashdowe and Ellen Alley sue Ralph C. Heester of Albany for damages from a collision on Pitt Ave. The accident involved a car owned by Rashdowe.
Tax sale proceedings loom for Harold L. Ickes building over unpaid assessments. Investigators found the board of tax appeals granted a reduction based on statements by Marie Reinecke, an internal revenue official, and altered affidavits to reflect a $2,600 monthly rental versus the claimed $1,250.
First Lieut. Winston Milter of the Eighth Air Force Flying Fortress received an Oak Leaf Cluster to his Air Medal for meritorious achievement during heavy bomber operations over Continental Europe. He is the son of Mr and Mrs H S Miller of Valley View Farm North Lake Avenue. Before service he worked for General Electric at Schenectady.
Jond EL Whitcraft, chairman of the Business department and secretary studies at Alfred University, has been named associate supervisor of Business education in the State Education Department. Before joining the university staff in 1939, he was a principal and commercial teacher in Ohio and Kansas.
The funeral for Richard H. Zink, killed in a sledding accident, was held at 2 pm yesterday from Clark & Blake Chapel on Rivte Street. Rev C V Kling of Trinity Episcopal Church officiated. Bearers included Carl Lampman, Charley Cobb, Paul Cook, Ronald Swantek, Josepa, RP McIeAn, Charles Reblix, Paul Deleng, and Joey Taocca. Interment followed at Elmwood Cemetery.
The Willing Workers of the Evangelical Church at Poestenkill meet in the parish hall today with supper served at 7 30 pm. The church confirmation class will meet tomorrow at 3 pm. Mrs Frank Thompson and her son David have returned home from Samaritan Hospital.
Tomhannock Mrs. Robert Rowe hosted the Fortnightly Club on Thursday. Mr and Mrs Paul Madizad spent Sunday with Mrs Madigan's parents at Eegie Mills. Mrs Otis Reynolds and her son, recently living with Hunt, have moved to Troy. Raymond LaBarren, involved in the event, is noted in the social column.
Staff Sgt George McKernon Jr. 26, son of Mr and Mrs George B McKernon of South Hartford Washington County, reported missing in action in Belgium since December 15. Enlisted March 32 1941 served 21 months in Panama and four months in Europe with the mechanized cavalry. Hartford Central School graduate and Corinth Presbyterian Church member. He has three sisters Mrs James Graham Montreal Canada Mrs Robert Leggal Quincy Mass and Mrs Harvid Clough South Hartford.
An employee injured at work at Wa tervynle Arsenal spent time at Samaritan Hospital and has resumed duties at the arsenal.
Elmer C. Walzeee reports Randolph Burgess of the American Bankers Association warns against expanding bureaucracy and subversive reform. He singles out immigrants and their descendants, calls for a three point plan to resist totalitarian trends, and urges better loan policies and qualified political participation. He notes wartime shifts toward government controls and the need for industry to self regulate with government in a balanced partnership.
Four Troy churches agreed to close their Sunday school rooms to future services at a morning meeting at the YMCA. Furet Baptist Fifth Avenue Sigte Street Methodist First Presbyterian and Second Presbyterian churches adopted a plan to cooperate for fuel conservation.
Joe T. Harvey Holmes of Albany has been appointed to a $3,725 senior assistant position in charge of cooperative organization work in the Bureau of Markets, State Department of Agriculture. The vacancy follows the death of Errol S. Bird, announced by Commissioner C. Chester DuMond yesterday.
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