Family thanks community after bereavement
The family of the late Charles Wright expresses gratitude to friends and neighbors for their kindness during the recent bereavement. Mrs. Charles Wright thanks the community for support.
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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1944
Page
9
The family of the late Charles Wright expresses gratitude to friends and neighbors for their kindness during the recent bereavement. Mrs. Charles Wright thanks the community for support.
The clippings honor Levi N. Halse on ten years since his death February 19 1934. Julia A Walsh is remembered with a February 9 1941 death and tribute to a good wife and mother. Lawrence Wolf is mourned one year after death February 10 1943 by wife Clayton and grandchildren.
BORN Walter Aloysius Cantwell third, son of Walter A Cantwell and Ruth Anne Lent at Samaritan Hospital February 4 1944. John Paul Matthews son of Frank R Matthews and Selme Burghardt at the Lov? Hospital February 9 1944. DIED multiple obituaries list Alfred C Benschoff Frances L Burns Mary F Keefe etc with funeral details and interments in Albany area cemeteries.
Henry G. Waltemeade, president of the New York Association of Real Estate Boards, warned at the Troy Real Estate Board dinner that socialized housing would bankrupt taxpayers and create a government tenant class. He urged private housing growth with public support for business and criticized government competition with private ownership. Waltemeade called for a united real estate front to resist collectivist pressure and urged lawmakers to debate public housing debt, while inaugurating Troy board officers and praising the state association's appraisal library.
Elizabeth Kennedy Soderland, wife of Edward D. Soderland, mother of Geraldine and Vernon Soderland, daughter of the late Mary Kennedy, sister of Michael Jr and Ann Kennedy. Funeral Thursday at 9 from Styles Funeral Home to St Joseph's Church for requiem mass. Friends invited.
Troop 48 of Boy Scouts held an awards dinner at St James Methodist Church Cohoes with about 130 attendees. Eagle Scout Kennard Stall received a miniature pin from Troy area commissioner Burton Follett and a bronze palm for five merit badges. Elwood Hollister assisted in awarding Star pins and merit badges to several scouts while Follett presented first and second class pins.
Mary Esther Ellis Brazie alias Mary EB Carhart, widow of WWI veteran Matthew Brazie, was fined 100 dollars in Albany Federal Court for unlawfully obtaining pension checks after remarrying Clarence Carhart. She had married Brazie in Cohoes in 1918. Brazie died Oct 30, 1937, in a veterans hospital.
Troy Lodge of Elks schedules a father and son dinner at 4 pm Sunday in lodge rooms. Chairman Arthur Mace announces the Spirit of 76 Class initiation planned for February 24. Tonight’s meeting will honor Elks service member Thomas F. Dougherty and members are to sign the lobby scroll for mailing.
Col. C. L. Mac Arthur Circle hosted a combined birthday celebration for George Washington and Abraham Lincoln Tuesday night at Spanish-American War Hall. Hostesses were Miss Anna Bradley Mrs. Mabel Santh and Mrs. Edmund Desautel with guests from Sche nectady and Albany. A social is planned for February 22.
The Troy board appointed Harry J. Bartle to join John H. Broderick as counsel. The Industrial Building Loan and Savings Association joined the Troy Real Estate Board, joining other associations. Speakers included John Marbach of White Plains, past state association president, and Clinton Young of Schenectady, regional vice president.
The Wynantskill Parent Teacher Association marked its 13th anniversary and the national group's 37th with a Founders Day dinner at Wynantskill Reformed Church. Arthur Stuarts Jr of Troy High School spoke on vocational training aiding job placement and parental involvement in guiding children to productive adult life.
Robert Stone of General Electric's Schenectady experimental TV station will address the Troy Advertising Club at 12 15 pm Monday in the Troy M C A. He will show progress from experiments and discuss television as a new advertising tool. Reservations for dinner close Saturday noon.
William J. Russell director of the Bureau of Industry for New York State Division of Commerce will address the District Society of Safety Engineers at the Van Curler Hotel Schenectady next Wednesday. His talk titled Postwar Planning for the Conservation of Human Resources covers industry and resource planning. Stanley G Allen of Albany will preside.
The article reports public hearings on Governor Dewey’s budget with strong teacher and civic opposition to cuts. Michael J. Quill accuses Dewey of political manipulation aimed at 1944 White House run while advocates press for higher education funding and local tax relief. Details cover Friedsam formulas, call for tax reform, and debate over welfare costs and veteran bonuses.
Albany reports bills to shield borrowers from loan sharks with lower interest caps and to curb credit on jewelry. Other measures set school and work hour limits for under 18s and propose a juvenile delinquency division, retroactive military service credit for state employees.
The Cramer triplets born January 31 at Leonard Hospital Waterford have surpassed birth weights. Anne now 3 pounds 3 ounces, Jean 3 pounds 12 ounces rising to 3 pounds 17 ounces and 2 pounds 6 ounces to 2 pounds 8% ounces. Joan rests in a regular crib as the triplets stay under Dr. Breauit care in the hospital while Mrs. Cramer visits before leaving tomorrow.
Alfred Hart district lecturer reviewed Bethlehem Star Chapter Op. E. 3 at the Masonic Temple. Hart delivered a message from grand patron Robert Fisher. Two candidates, Mrs. Elsie Spry and Mrs. Alva Armstrong, were initiated. Plans made for a Washington's Birthday card party with a bridge dessert, social and Valentines exchange.
Troy Area Hairdressers Association votes to adopt the motto Service for victory for wartime duration. The group reports progress on the Buy a Bomber war bond drive and plans a Red Cross unit donation. Officers and committees are named for the year including Mrs Al B Hayes and Miss Vina LaVigne.
The Liberty Council Daughters of America awarded Den 3 Cub Pack 31 a flag at a Liberty Council meeting held at Waterford Methodist Church. The event last night followed a patriotic program drafted at the national convention in New York. Mrs Thelma Hiller presented the flag and was escorted by Mrs Bertha Simpkin and Mrs Estelle Craver with Mrs Simpkin presiding.
The Troy Area Hi Y Council formed a Lansingburg High School H Club at its monthly Troy Area YMCA dinner. Eleven members received insignia including Donald Rising as president elect and Francis Fitzgerald. The induction was led by the council president with other officials assisting.
The Watson family seeks 75000 damages after nine year old George F Watson Jr was killed in an automobile collision at Griswold and Pawling Avenues on Nov 12 1943. Plaintiffs allege Powell McNamara truck and Sikorski car were involved. each driver denies striking the boy. Attorneys will select the remaining jurors from the panel for the Zepf v Nolan trial after delays from juror absence.
A Supreme Court jury awarded Mrs. John Zepf 1000 in damages against Mary and John Nolan of Eagle Bridge for injuries from a Cambridge area automobile collision last August. Her husband Charles Zepf and daughter Dorothy Allen were not awarded damages. Justice William H. Murray presided.
Robert Leaper of Brooklyn was elected editor in chief of the RPI weekly newspaper Poly technite. The senior board includes Stanley Weiss as associate editor Alvin Seivers business manager William Wolff managing editor Fred Janaon rewrite editor Ira Nathan office manager Donald Pollock sports manager and others.
At the Masonic Temple Association annual meeting last night all officers were reelected. Lowell H. Bryce was renamed president, Fred A. Richards vice president, W. V. N. Stowell secretary, and Joseph V. Hayes treasurer. Bryce also announced committees would be appointed later this month. A separate notice reports a grass fire at Hoosick and Thirteenth Streets prompting a Pumper 8 response at 3:50 p.m. yesterday.
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