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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1945
Page
9
Clergy in Watervliet organize a church census to gauge unchurched residents. The canvass will include Protestant and Catholic churches with March event timing and a Methodist-centered outreach led by Mr Barker while Rev Lester L evelion is absent.
Watervliet police report ongoing concern over false fire alarms. Fire Chief James J. Corbett cites 67 bell rings last year with 43 false, urging swift action against pranksters. The piece notes church and community meetings, a nominating committee, and a Home Bureau event at 1330 p.m. plus a lamp shade recovery demo at Barclay gym.
Funeral plans are announced for the Watervnet School District's head, with details pending from the superintendent association. The ceremony will honor the late leader whose tenure shaped district policy and student programs.
The city avoids large deliveries and uses small bags for emergency coal. Bags are sufficient for a few hours and scarce in normal stock. a regular supply is pursued. Police handle these calls and investigate to prevent coal from going to places where it is not needed.
War Department telegram confirms Second Lieut Peter H. Pryor Jr. was killed in action January 23 near Luxembourg. He was 2nd of 3 Pryor brothers in service. a brother Pvt Donald L. Pryor was wounded January 16 in Belgium, and another brother, First Lieut Frank H. Pryor, served in the South Pacific. Pryor was a La Salle Institute graduate who enlisted in 1912 and trained at Fort Benning before going overseas in March 1933.
Daniel Jones a longtime Watervliet resident and active Mason died yesterday at his son D Zari Jones’s home. He lived in Watervliet over sixty years, held numerous offices in York Rite Masonry and local fire, and served as secretary of Evening Star Lodge for forty years. Funeral Friday at 2 pm from Manor Place home with interment at Albany Rural Cemetery. Repair crews fix water mains and plan social committee activities for mothers club and Jermain Guild events.
Ten Watervliet men were reclassified by the Select Service Board No. Fas, shifting from F to 1-A UF as they resumed war work since last classification. Names include Walter R. Tomy, Charles L. Fonda, Walter B. Kelter, and others. Affected peers include John J. Craikiswice and Stan Tey J. Morkewiex. Community notes list firemen, circle meetings, court gathering, and local visits with multiple addresses and dates.
Lieutenant Roger A Ryder husband of Eunice Ryder of Hudson Falls is missing in action since January 10. He is brother of John A Ryder killed in action December 29. The pilot left a Philippine base for Luzon, training occurred in Texas. He has twin daughters Dayle Ann and Gayle Jean.
Obituaries and funeral notices for Charles A Norton Paul R Bessie and others list survivors, service details, churches, and burial in Oakwood Elmwood and St Mary's Cemeteries. Also notes Edward A LePage John Waite Laure Beal and Bertha Hicks among the deceased with memorials and interment locations.
Local church board and trustees met at the parsonage with refreshments served. Families including Mr and Mrs Carl Gustafson and Miss Leone Wagner were noted. Calvary Sunday School planned spring events and a box ing theater party. Troop 62a Eagle Scouts William Peters and Douglas Wilk honored at Calvary Hall with a planned special program and refreshments. W S C S spaghetti dinner and thimble party noted.
La Salle cadet regiment attends memorial mass at St Marys Church honoring more than 100 graduates in the armed forces with 20 in action. Capt Edward Hayes, former La Salle commander, returns from overseas to attend, noting his service in New Guinea and Leyte and his link to Maj James O Donovan. Hayes visits with his wife Vera and five children, daughter Patricia Ann and son Edward J.
A Lewiston Lewiston adjacent to Auburn fire killed three children of Mr. and Mrs Antonio Matre yesterday. Henry Lamarre 18, Loelia 36, and Dorothy Jr. perished while two other children Blanche 14 and Jeanne 21 were treated at a hospital along with their parents. The three story frame dwelling was destroyed.
General Electric consulting engineer Dr EL FL W Alexander will receive the Cedergran Gold Medal from Sweden's Royal Institute of Technology at a New York ceremony by Friday. The award, given every five years by the same society that presents the Prize, is one of the era’s top foreign honors. The first medal in 1805 went to Charles P Steinmetz of Schenectady.
A message stating babies were left on a porch at 33 Hertha Street led Albany Humane Society workers to a box containing four day old baby chicks. One chick was dead. seven survived and were adopted by Kenneth Oddy, a veteran running a chicken-typing business, and all are reported well.
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