Navy Students Donate Blood at RPI Gym
Ninety nine of two hundred ten registered Navy V-12 students at RPI donated blood at the Red Cross mobile bank in the institute gym. Nine were rejected for being under eighteen. Volunteers reported multiple donations per student and plans to bring the blood bank to church headquarters next Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross Mobile Blood Bank
Institute Gymnasium
Gertrude Moore
Rensselaer County Red Cross
Navy
Robert Eisenhart
R. PI
Red Cross
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
le First Baptist Church
Troy Post Plans Dinner And Flag Ceremony In Troy
Troy Post American Legion outlined plans for its annual commanders dinner to be held March 6 at a yet unspecified venue in Troy. George Caswell heads arrangements while Clyde Heer leads the new rooms committee as sites are reviewed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy Post
American Legion
Hendrick Hudson
William A. Ray
George D. Caswell
Clyde W. Heer
Post
William Floyd Chapter
Sons of the Revolution
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
John F. Nagle
John J. Delancey
State Region Headquarters
Memorial notices and birth announcements page
Card of Thanks expresses gratitude to friends, clergy, and businesses for support after a loss. In memoriam items honor Lester L Briggs, Paul Frisch, and other family members. Birth notices report Donna Marie Bell, James Robert Capano, Robert Blase Dicerce, Peesy Ann O’Neil, Richard Michael Ridgeway, with lineages and former names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph’s School
Greensland
Maplewood School
Beck-, Rey Inc
Sander Caliender & Novelty Co
Albany
Maurice Cross
Briggs
Lester L Briggs
Beneab
Frisch
Paul Frisch
Born. Bell
Samaritan Hospital
George N. Bell
Donna Marie
Bell
Dorothy Mae Green
Troy
Capano
St. Joseph's Maternity Hospital
Lous Capano
James Robert
Multiple Obituaries and Funeral Notices in Troy Schenectady Area
In this city and nearby towns, several individuals died in early February 1944. Mary F. Keefe, widow of James F. Catyll, and Margaret A. Ridings, wife of the late John J. Conway, are named with funeral plans in Troy. Parhard F. Delaney and Anna Moon McMahon are listed with residence funerals and church services. Flora Haynes Fellows and Wham Lansing are noted with family connections and service arrangements. Frederick W. Reimherr is listed in Waterford with services scheduled for Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cahill
Fourth Street
Mary F. Keefe
James F. Catyll
Elizabeth A. Miner
John Keefe
Conway
Green Island
N. Y
Margaret A. Ridings
John J. Conway
Grace
Elizabeth
Ethel Riiings
Anna Ahearn
Rochester
Helen E. Delaney
William B. Wayman
Albany
Catherine Delaney
Buffalo
Elizabeth Laughran
Biogen
6Th Ave
Church of Patrick
St. John's Cemetery
Pawling Ave
Flora Haynes
James F. Fellows
Harnld H Fellows
Maplewood
N. J
Edward F. Fellows
Short Hills
Robert Clinton
Neeham
Mass
Oakwood Cemetery
Lansing
Colonie, NY
FE Lansing
Clare L Cale
Joseph Gorgran
Howard Lansing Anere
Lansing Fuller
Johnson Roews
McHale
Cahnes Fen
George S. McHale
Dilkin Paro Frother
Hugh Granam
Hannan Hyan
Mary Reed
Thomas McHale
Rensselaer Avenue
YooWeink
St Bernard's Church
Troy
Andrew
Patrick
Thomas Witham
James Connor
Easton N.Y
Our Lady of Good Counsel Church
Holy Cross Cemetery
Salem
Reimherr
Ast
Waterford
Division Street
Wercennesday
Waterford Rural Cemetery
Liarays
Albany opens Northeast New York coal office
The Solid Fuel Administration opened a Northeast New York branch in Albany to handle hard fuel matters across 21 northern counties. George W. Usher named office administrator, replacing Syracuse as the regional hub. Albany office at 112 State Street aims to reduce delays and ease coal shortages amid steady shipments and rising demand for both hard and soft coal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solid Fuel Administration
New York
Albany
George W. Usher
Hoosick
Syracuse
State Street
Tray
Plea Sways Draft Board to Spare Local Doctor
Residents of Duanesburg and Princeton totaling 1600 petitioned Selective Service Board 355 in Schenectady to exempt Dr. Donald C. Walker Esperance health officer from the draft. The board announced it would honor the request, noting only Dr. Dwight S. Hinsdale would remain to provide home front medical care if Walker enters service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duanesburg
Princeton
Selective Service Board 355
Schenectady
Donald C. Walker
Esperance Health
Albany
Schoharie
Montgomery
Dwight S. Hinsdale
Delanson
Walker
Court Notes Anniversary With Dinner
The thirty fifth anniversary of Court Margaret Catholic Daughters of America was observed with a dinner at the Annex attended by courts from the Rensselaer Albany Schenectady District. Rev Harold B Hinds spoke on juvenile delinquency and promoted supervised recreation and Christ based training. Charter member Mrs J B Fallon was guest. other longtime members noted. Speakers included Rev John G Tracy Miss Elizabeth Welch and Mayor John J Ahern. Entertainment featured solos reading and a Glee Club set inspired by Oklahoma with period costumes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court Margaret
Catholic Daughters of America
Annex
Rensselaer-Albany-Schenectady
Harold B Hinds
Albany
J. B. Failon
Fallon
Margaret O. Hand
T. Ryan
O. J Stallmer
Father Hinds
John G. Tracy
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Elzabeth Welch
Cohoes
Nora Berghamer
Green Island
Emily M. O
Court
Glee Club
Ryan
Mary Monahan
Catherine Cooper
Stallmer
Ogden J. Ross
Four Still Alarms Respond to Grass Fires and Car Fire
Four still alarms were sounded yesterday afternoon and last night due to four grass fires and a vehicle fire. Pumper 8 responded to grass fires in Georgian Court and a field at the head of Reid Avenue and to an automobile fire on Hoosick Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues. Central Fire Station’s Squad Wagon was sent to a grass fire near the Broadway approach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgian Court
Reid Avenue
Hoosick Street
Seventh Avenue
Eighth Street
Central Fire Station
Broadway
Steve
Marszal
Norden
J. Julius Ziuznas
Ziuznas
Green Island
Duffy
John Kirtichs
Schenectady
John Stallmer
Central Police
Troy Yarn Co
Troy
Charles Shankis
Utica
Futton and
Jacob Streets
Margstal
Wnoerben
Times Record
Federal Tax Collections In District Doubled in 1943
The 14th New York Internal Revenue District including Troy reports 1943 tax receipts nearly double 1942. Total district collections reach 473,273,852 compared with 286,111,726 in 1942, with breakdowns in corporate and individual income taxes and social security as cited by the Treasury Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New York
Internal Revenue
Troy
Federal
Treasury
Treasury Department
Gilead Church Guard Units Dedicates Flag Stage Drill
Friends and relatives of 19 service members from Gilead Lutheran Church attended a flag dedication led by Capt. Dayton G. Van Deusen. The event included installations in church leadership and a sermon linking military duty to church work and faith. A second service highlighted missionary work by Miss Leah Van Deusen and a council installation by Irvin Derrick and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilead Lutheran Church
Dayton G. van Deusen
van Deusen
Hisather
Robert J. van Deusen
Church Council
den G. Kreiger
Merle Bulson
Harlow Button
van Densen
Camp Pickett
Leah van Deusen
Clayton van Deusen
Chatham
Other League
Miss van Deusen
Newport News
Irvin Derrick
John Bristol
Allen Hayner
R P I Alumni Hear Chief Tax Examiner
George A. Price chief tax examiner of the Internal Revenue Bureau stationed at the Troy post office described the 1944 income tax form and explained how to fill it out at the R P I Troy Alumni Club meeting at The Hendrick Hudson. Price outlined new rulings and answered questions from about 35 members. G Saxton Thompson presided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A. Price
Internal Revenue Bureau
Troy Post Office
R PI
Troy
Hendrick Hudson
Price
Ms Talk
G. Saxton Thompson
Fred W. Clements
Parker H. Roan
Federal Court Rules on Railroad Right of Way
Federal Court in Albany held the federal government may condemn an easement through Adirondack State Park for the North Creek Tahawus Railroad. Justice Frederick H. Bryant sustained the order granting the easement for 15 years beyond the emergency, despite a state constitutional ban on park leases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adirondack State Park
Albany
Frederick H. Bryant
North Creek-Tahawus
Park
Bryant
Troy Soldier Fractures Skull Jumping From Moving Train
Private Thomas Joseph Smith of Troy, son of Isaac and Amy Smith, 40 Vandenburg Avenue, is reported in serious but improving condition at the Army Air Base Hospital in New Castle Delaware after leaping seven miles beyond his Wilmington station and fracturing his skull. He regained consciousness, with no other injuries, and his family was told he had better than an even chance for recovery. He is a Coast Artillery soldier on furlough from Fort Miles and had been stationed at Fort Hancock before the transfer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Joseph Smith
Amy
Isaac Smith
Vandenburg Avenue
Army Air Base Hospital
New Castle
Del
Wilmington
Smith
Mary
Troy
Fort Miles
Coast Artillery
Fort Hancock
N. J
Pilgrimage by Two R P S Students Initiation Adventure
Two F P S students from Waterford and Washington DC traveled to Green Mountain Junior College at Poultney for a Delta Tau initiation. With a dollar each for expenses they hiked by night and met female students collecting mementos then interviewed college staff before returning to Troy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F.P. S
Waterford
Green Mountain Junior College
Delta Taw
Delta Fraternity
James Crandall
Hugh Casey
Washington, D. C
Troy
Poultney
Whitehall
Joyce Hobby
Jean Draper
Betty Vaughan
Joan Miss Vaughan
Miss Hobby
Miss Draper
Seeley Hall
Plans for semimonthly junior socials at Jewish Center
A preliminary committee met Sunday to outline semimonthly junior socials guided by the center’s Junior Board of Directors. The planning group includes Joan Schrager Helene Paptlen Joanne Gold Donald Goldstein and Irwin Appel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jewish Center
Joan Schrager
Helene Paptlen
Joanne Gold
Donald Goldstein
Irwin Appel
Four Men Sentenced at Ballston Spa
Four young men from Saratoga Springs and Ballston Spa pleaded guilty before County Judge George O. Tuck at Saratoga County Court House Ballston Spa and received prison or jail terms. Henmen Tragni and James DeRossi each admitted second degree larceny for robbing Floyd Guthrie and were sent to Clinton Prison Dannemora for two to three years and one and a half years respectively with five other counts dismissed. Alfred Brower pleaded guilty to first degree grand larceny for stealing Charles Henrys car and got two to four years at Clinton Prison with sentence suspended and two years probation. Robert DuBois admitted unlawful entry, got one year in county jail with probation, and a second theft indictment was dismissed after restitution. The court adjourned to tomorrow with a judge and jury, then reset for Monday as no trials were ready.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marastoga Springs
Ballston Spa
George O. Tuck
Saratoga County Court House
Henmen Tragni
James DeRossi
Saratoga Springs
Lare Ceny
Clinton
Dannemora
Floyd Guthrie
Guthrie
Tragni
Saratoga Hospital
Alfred Brower
Tuck
Mt Zion Lodge Confers First Degree on Class
Mt Zion Lodge F and A M conferred the first degree on a class of candidates at Masonic Temple last night. The ceremony was led by Master Alfred W Weh ten with assistants Marinus B Wilcox Harry Osterberg and LeRoy W Brown. A social followed and the next meeting on February 21 will again confer the first degree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Zion Lodge
Masonic Temple
Alfred W. Weh- Ten
Marinus B. Wilcox
Harry Osterberg
LeRoy W. Brown
Also Mentioned on This Page
The
Troy Record
Cross
S Censu
Gilead Church
New York State Guard
John B. Prout
Charles H. Burkhardt
John Corcoran
William G. Dippo
Harold Britton
John T. McClure
Corp
James T. Engieman
Company A
Air Force
Corcoran
William Birkby
Lester J. Eustace
Harry Dean
Frank P. Suriano
Troy Man
Thomas J. Duffy
Charles Marszal
Marshall
Joseph JL. Norden
Marshal
F. A. Mancini and Sons, Inc
William Kirk, Jr
J. F. Lasko
Charlie
Norben
R.P.S
Ynco
Bank of Troy
Manufacturers National Bank of Troy
Federal Depos ET Laserance Corporation
Harold B. Hinds
Catholic Youth Organization
Thomas Monahan
Henry O'Hare
Thomas O’connor
J. P. Tarpey
Cochairman
Lillian B. Brady
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