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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1944
Page
15
Card of thanks honors Edward C Nealand and Grady remembers Danel C Grady on the anniversaries. Birth notices list David Cavana ugh son. Mary Linda John daughter. George Lambert Millington. James Joseph Robinson with parent names. Names include Carey Healey Stillington Healey Mcreel and others in the family notices.
Multiple death notices from February 1944 list individuals including Margaret Reynolds Brown of Waterford and others such as Margaret Cicotti, John Conroy, Loretta Dolan, Henry Forster, James Greeley, Mary A. Mohr, and John Keough. Entries note residences, relatives, funeral details, and burial locations in Troy and surrounding towns.
The Rensselaer County Bar Association annual dinner at the Troy Country Club honored fifty members in the armed services. Judge Stephen W. Brennan of the U S District Court spoke on justice and the role of judge, jury, and lawyer, urging cooperation for true justice. County Judge Harry E. Clinton acted as toastmaster as multiple judges and justices from the region addressed the gathering.
The 27th Division Association plans a commemorative dinner at the Crystal Bar on April 18 as more than 200 Troy Area veterans prepare to attend. Ebbe C. Nielsen, commander, announced committees led by Clyde W. Heer and Eugene R. Collins with Frank J. Mealy as general chairman. An Association meeting March 9 at Clyde Heer’s office will set final details and speakers.
Obituary notices and funeral details for several residents including Joseph Roman at 393 First St and St Nicholas Ukrainian Church. Margaret Jane Sharp funeral at St. Bernard's Church. Albert E. Smith and Alice Wade memorials. Walter Phelps Warren Jr. Arthur E Wellington. Edna Williams. Private or public services scheduled with church interments and cremation as noted.
Dr Powell of Abyssinian Baptist Church urged a true democracy beyond privilege and called poll taxes a step toward fascism. He linked civil rights to victory in Berlin and urged minority unity to win the peace, noting his own congressional run. The talk closed with student tickets for future forums.
The Rensselaer County Chapter American Red Cross forms a women's division for the war fund campaign starting Wednesday. Ward majors, led by Mrs. John Stanton Mahony, outline house to house canvassing across 14 downtown wards with a $15 000 quota, aiming full month effort in first ten days. Three Lansingburg wards form a separate division and three rural special majors will supervise adjacent areas.
The District Attorney Earle J. Wiley states the office has disposed of most indictments from prior administrations and notes only 13 remain from earlier periods. He cites abandonment of children cases as hard to dispose and credits cooperation with police and humane society volunteers. He highlights grand juries, convictions, subpoenas, and investigations conducted in 1943.
Firemen answered a Box 259 alarm at 8.41 pm to quell a basement and first floor fire in a three story brick building at 249 Highth Street. Officials cited a defective chimney as the cause with slight damage. Two booster lines aided the effort. The first floor is Earl Millard resident. second Samuel Hassler. third Mrs. Madeline Reiser.
Abs William H McConaghy of Albany urged discipline for youth at Lansingburg Council of Parents and Teachers Founders Day dinner. She warned against war exposure and called for responsibility, sympathy, and reduced prejudice among youth. The event honored the associations 47th year with life memberships awarded and leaders from Lansingburg schools in attendance.
Prof. Harry A Van Velsor, athletics director at Rensselaer Polytech, addressed Troy High underclassmen on Brotherhood. Miss Frances McTammany, guidance instructor, outlined the A-12 and V-12 Army and Navy exams due March 15 for senior boys.
Justice William H. Murray will charge a Supreme Court jury at 10 am in the case George H. Essex v. Meullecker. Essex seeks 60000 dollars for the death of his son struck by a car driven by Meullecker Aug 17 1943 three miles east of Averill Park. Defense contends the victim walked in the road and was contributorily negligent.
Funeral services for Daisy B Ellis of Wilton, one of three killed in a midweek collision near Wilton on the Glens Falls Saratoga highway, were set for 2 pm at Kirk Funeral Home Saratoga Springs. Rev B G Williams officiated with burial at Gorinth Rural Cemetery. Ellis was aunt to another crash victim Mrs Thomas Blanchard. Edmund Brous, driver of the hearse, was injured and hospitalised in Glens Falls.
J. M. Greeley of Troy died at his home after a long illness. A Spanish American War veteran, he served in Cuba and the Philippines after enlisting in 1883. He was active in veterans groups, Democratic politics, and retired from the State Department of Public Works. He survived by his wife Sarah Moe and four daughters in Troy and Torrington. Funeral arrangements were not yet complete.
Michael M. Saalon a Tech Sgt in the Army and son of Mrs Katherine Saa lon of Greenfield Center was wounded in action. The War Department released the information yesterday confirming the injury.
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