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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1967
Page
10
Obituaries list several local figures. William D Beaton Antonio Cillis and Mrs Margaret Higgins among those noted. Surviving family members named. services held at various Troy area funeral homes and churches including St Patrick's, St Francis de Sales, Christ Methodist and St Augustine's. Interments at Elmwood, St Johns and St Marys Cemeteries.
The People of New York cite all potential heirs of Bessie Dodd Wilson to appear in Surrogate's Court of Rensselaer County Troy on March 2 1987 at 10 AM to show cause why a will should not be admitted to probate In Testamentary proceedings Ida Hoffman as petitioner seeks Letters Testimentary for executrix Bessie Dodd Wilson’s estate Notice to contractors also announces sealed bids for front end loader with bids due February 28 1987 at 10 AM with bonding and performance surety requirements by the Bureau of Purchases City Hall Troy NY and City Manager and Purchasing Agent authority to reject bids.
The Lutheran Church appoints committees for 12 months including vice president Hayner Bornt recording secretary Kenneth Lloyd financial secretary Mrs. Marvin Bonesteel treasurer Milford Bornt property James Pfeiffer Waldo Brust Ellen Brust Stanton Tate Ronald Wagner and others for ushers worship flower music acolytes youth and lay helpers. Rev. Benton Rudisill serves as president.
A boat carrying Hindus to a religious festival capsized in the Ganges River near New Delhi. Reports say 25 women and children are feared drowned, with police confirming the incident and residents noting crowded conditions on the vessel. Local authorities are launching rescue efforts as details remain incomplete.
Elmer L Howe 90 of 247 Pawling Ave Troy died Thursday night at Samaritan Hospital after a brief illness. A former letter carrier at the Troy Post Office for 34 years he retired 25 years ago and served the Washington Park area. He was a member of the National Association of Letter Carriers and the Church of Christ Disciples. Survived by wife Agnes Richards two sons Lawrence and William three daughters Grace Anna Dorothy all of Troy. Funeral Monday Bryce Funeral Home 276 Pawling Ave Rev Thomas Peterson will officiate. Interment Oakwood Cemetery.
East Greenbush building inspector surveys billboard and sign advertisements to enforce 1962 zoning rules in residential areas. The study, urged by Supervisor John S. Wall after complaints about a real estate sign at John J. Melfie’s property, targets nonconforming signs with a four year renewal grace that expired last year. Wall directs town attorney J Michael Hippick to pursue legal steps as the inspector lists locations violating the ordinance. The rule limits signs to two square feet in residential zones and prohibits illuminated signs with direct glare beyond the property line.
Troy police investigated an auto accident on 15th Street near Massachusetts Avenue injuring 65 year old William Miller of 10 Belle Mead St Wynantskill. Miller was taken to Samaritan Hospital with a possible head concussion and fair condition after his car struck a parked car owned by W H Helferich Jr at 48 Munro Court. Slight damage occurred to both vehicles.
Clifton Park and Halfmoon business leaders meet to discuss forming a joint chamber of commerce. The proposal gains support from local officials including Frederick W. Branch and George A. Hatlee. A subsequent meeting is planned to explore goals and non political aims for a shared business group.
Oakwood Avenue Presbyterian hosts a covered dish supper with Yale chaplain Rev. William Sloane Coffin Jr. as guest speaker. Coffin, a noted civil rights advocate and former freedom rider, will also keynote an Inter Faith Consultation on Religion and Human Rights at Shaker High School Colonie.
Charles E Premo, 68, longtime Ford Motor Co. employee and local sports figure, died after a brief illness at St Marys Hospital. Born in Troy, he lived at 2105 South Avenue and managed St Josephs Church softball squad. Survived by son Charles T. Premo, sister Agatha Corrigan, and brothers Martin A John J and Edmund E all of Troy. Funeral Monday at Styles Funeral Home and St Jean Church with Requiem High Mass.
Watervliet City Council accepts a petition for a traffic light at Fourth Avenue and 23rd Street. Vincent Razzano of the Water viiet Citizens Committee presents the request and Daniel Dwyer questions police car availability and traffic control at busy intersections.
A freight plan for a Penn Central merger uses three routes to speed traffic between the East and the Midwest. Through the Selkirk Gateway in Albany via Boston and Albany division and New Haven tracks, then Maybrook Gateway at Maybrook for the Eastern Seaboard, and the New Jersey Gateway into New York Harbor. Albert M Scho field predicted annual freight cost savings exceeding $5 million from inclusion in the merger during an Interstate Commerce Commission hearing.
David S Baumstein has been named assistant commissioner for state school community affairs in the New York State Department of Mental Hygiene Division of Mental Retardation He will coordinate services at state schools and community levels and help develop facilities such as hostels colonies and halfway houses He begins April 10 at a salary of 21 15 per week and will liaise with local services and public schools to improve care education and placement for the mentally retarded
Justice of the Peace Elmer D. Ashdown of Clifton Park died at Ellis Hospital Schenectady after a brief illness. A Ballston Lake native and lifelong Clifton Park resident, he was a self employed contractor aged 59. Survived by wife Helen Swatling and family, with funeral Monday at Ballston Lake.
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