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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1949
Page
24
Incomplete OCR weather snippet from Troy Record shows temperatures with times across February, including readings around 4am 8pm noon 1pm and 3pm. Details are garbled but indicate a daily temperature log with multiple timestamps.
Mr and Mrs David Weisberg warmly invite relatives and friends to the Bar Mitzvah of their son Paul on Saturday morning February 26 at 9 30 at the Temple Bath Hi 1733 Fifth Avenue Troy.
A collage of in memoriam notices dated Feb 27 to Feb 26 across several names. Anna Briccle and Florence Rounds tribute families remember loved ones who died in 1942 through 1947 with lines of devotion. Charles Gillick Pfc died in 1945 in Italy. Stanley Bonaniszyn and Branney Ronaniszyn memorials express enduring remembrance and love from family members.
In 1949 at Cohoes Hospital new arrivals include Walter E Adey son of Mr and Mrs Wwer Adey formerly Lois Beating of Cohoes born February 2 1949. Carlo Livio Durso son of Mr and Mrs Livio Durso born February 20 1949. mother Mary DiTomaszo. Mary Grace McCue daughter of Mr and Mrs James J McCue born February 2 1949. mother Mary Teltech. Dennis Roger Pailey son of Mr and Mrs Roger C Pailey born February 23 1949. mother Julia Storm.
Obituary notices for Myron J Adams of Syracuse died February 38 1943 with survivors including wife Emma Green Adams and children Homer Rice and Mrs Henry Rothmann. funeral at Mason Chapel 585 Sec ted Avenue time to be announced. Other notices for Mary Sutler Butler Doherty and Agnes Dunphy with funeral details, church services, and burial plans.
Employees of the Ashe Manufacturing Co in Rensselaer, backed by Local 124 of the United Textile Workers, urged President Truman to act against what they call ruinous Japanese competition in the refitted glove and mitten industry. They demand immediate legislative measures to curb glove imports from Japan as thousands of American workers face job threats.
Troy and Albany area Methodist agencies filed tentative budgets for the upcoming Troy Methodist Conference at Saratoga Springs. District leaders chaired by Rev. Norman M. Moss reviewed requests from Vermont Junior College Green Mountain Junior College Board of Ministerial Training Board of Education and other boards. Budget talks cover education social action and housing for district parsonages amid nationwide church finance planning.
Thomas A. Dandrew, manager of The Hendrick Hudson, was guest speaker at a Thursday Sand Lake Presbyterian Church meeting. He shared land humorous experiences in the water business. John McKay organized additional entertainment with singing from popular 1890s ballads. Old song sheets were on display and refreshments followed.
Obituary notices from Watervliet and surrounding areas dated February 1942. Records list George E Kemp husband of Auguste Zorn and grandfather to several Kemp children with funeral details in Albany Rural Cemetery. Also includes obituaries for William J Keloncek Catherine Hireanoweka and Merranet NeCastny with church mass, canal street residence services, and interment locations in local cemeteries. Additional notices mention Quin t ock and Quirk families with funeral arrangements and ministers, along with other residents of Waterford and North Adams.
Eight jurists will attend a testimonial dinner at the Troy Country Club honoring three Troy judges and featuring remarks by John T. Loughran and tributes from Appellate Division and federal judges. The event, sponsored by the Rensselaer County Bar Association, drew 150 reservations, with a final cutoff at noon.
The Samaritan Hospital Nurses Alumnae Association will present a concert Tuesday March 145 at 3 20 p m at Music Hall featuring the a capella choir of Wellington C Mepham High School Bellmore L I directed by Waiton Alderfer The Mepham Jolly Rogers Orchestra will perform under George J Pritchard with Irene Calhoun named chairman of the general arrangements committee assisting Mary Noon as ticket chair Other chairs include Anne Zemnich Mina Alice Hager Janior Slesum Mise Ma rie Jorgensen Margeret Morcher Ruth Bret Dorothy Dock Helen Mastery Charlotte Hislop Dorothy Arnold
White Lily Lodge plans to confer a second degree by 2 large classes of candidates. 644 Fellows of Cropperville in Diamond Rock Lodge Hall will gather Monday at Tim pan. Walter Hughes, degree master, conducts the ceremony. Edwin Sargent, noble grand, will preside.
The 12 week sanitation engineering program starts Monday at the New York State Rensselaer County Health Training Center. Now in its second year the course is run with U S Public Health Service support and four inspectors enrolled Albert Butkasx Alfred Hedley John Kipp and Royal A Sammis. Instruction is led by Dr F E Coughlin county health commissioner with staff Joseph O Brien Herbert Haas and Donald Stevens and lectures by county and state health departments.
The Troy Pobji Library expands its collection with a mix of non fiction and fiction titles. Highlights include Happy Home by A. E. Benedict Adele Franklin Excape From Vermont by J. M. Garden Home Crafts Handbook by R. E. Barnes editor Lets Go To Colombia by L S and Ellen Judson City And The Tear by Harold Lams Fashions in Furnishings by R. W. Lee J T Bolender Miracle of Prancr Andrew Maurois Water Color Painting is Fun Myself When Young by Nations Recreation Association Chane Championship Basketball for Player Coach and Fan by HW Richardson Grand Design by J A Don Paseor Fire in the Morning by I Gediman Elizabeth Spencer There is 70 Armour Howard Spring Out Brief Candie and more.
Mrs Anna F Kooimer of 2001 Twentyfourth Street Waterview was injured yesterday afternoon when she fell down a few steps of the main staircase at the W 70 Frear Co store. An ambulance took her to Troy Hospital for X rays and treatment.
Two Glens Falls youths faced federal court in Indiana and Albany for failing to register for the peacetime draft. Pepper, 24, and Norton, 20, were among defendants urged to register by Judge Baltzell, with sentencing deferred. Simon, 19, of Towson, Md., also appeared in the Indiana case.
Members of the Colonie Police Department formed a Police Benevolent Association at a meeting in Colonie Town Hall and joined the State Police Conference. Officers elected include Harold Bigelow president George Shortgreeve secretary and Charlea Gowle treasurer. The unit becomes the 176th in the conference with attendance from state and local police leaders.
Eight Troy High School girls under Miss Catherine Hasbrouck will take part in Girls Play Day basketball contests this morning at Knickerbocker Junior High School. Participants include Ioan Hu Florence Cassavant Shirley Hakes Virginia Larrimer Shirley Sawyer Norene Connell Mary Clark and Josephine Dudhan, chosen from forty in the newly formed Troy High School Girls Basketball League.
Hans S. Skan, a truck operator and longtime business figure in Troy, died suddenly at a residence on Sixth Avenue after a heart attack. He had been in failing health for two years and was linked with the Danish Brotherhood and the Teamsters union. Survivors include his wife and several relatives. Funeral services are planned at Mason Chapel.
The Troy Postoffice has received applications for Civil Service positions at the U S Army Depot in Schenectady. Openings include equipment operators carpenters electricians and painters.
Douglas Hudson explains that 1460 aged residents receive old age assistance funded by state federal and county sources. The program costs about 983000 yearly with most funds covering monthly grants medical care and hospitalization. The county audits applicants determine need and require living condition proof before approving aid.
Elizabeth M Harrington of Albany seeks $100,000 against the city for the death of her son Harold W Harrington shot by Patrolman Newton DeMarco near Lincoln Park after being told a felony occurred. Justice Taylor reserved decision on the application amid police and coroner statements exonerating the officer.
Myron J. Adams former secretary treasurer of Troy Carriage Works and a 32nd degree Mason died at his daughter’s Syracuse home. He led a Troy insurance business and belonged to First Presbyterian Lansingburg Oldtimers Auto Association Troy Lodge Elks and multiple Masonic bodies. Survived by wife Emma Green two daughters Mrs. Rice and Mrs. Rothmann and a sister Mrs. Seth Senith.
Plans are complete for a pre Lenten party at the Italian Community Center on February 19. The final committee meeting, headed by Michael Ciccarelli, approved a program featuring Italian games, music, and dancing with surprise acts. Groups from various regions including Italy will demonstrate customs from their former homes. Attendees at the final committee meeting included Palting Zuccaredi, president. Clarence Milanene, general social chairman. Frank Rubino, Angela Paoletta, membership chairman. and Anthony Ciolli, publicity chairman.
The Ushers Association of St. Peter's Church will hold its annual dinner Monday night at Browne's Tavern. The dinners were discontinued at the start of the war. An informal program of singing and entertainment is planned. The group is the oldest church ushers association in the city.
Waterford knitting plant, part of Reis & Co, faces postwar modernization with faster looms and expanded units. The Troy Junior Chamber of Commerce will honor the company for its global knitwear reach while noting veteran staff like Gertrude Evans and foreman Walter Kernaghan. The firm supplies underwear and sportswear with ships to Cambridge and Berlin, plus mills in Maryland and California.
Charles J. Hupman Jr of Whitehall has been designated for appointment to the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis Md by Rep Dean P Taylor. Hupman a Whitelhall High School graduate excelled in football basketball and track. His father Byron L Hupman is a longtime Whitehall postmaster and World War II veteran.
The Troy branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People will hold a free public meeting tomorrow at 2:30 PM at the ANE Zion Church. Officers will be installed by Rev John Miller of AME Zion. Officers include Rev D Talmadee r Murray president George B. Keller vice president Sheard Dr CWitt secretary and Isaiah White treasurer.
Cloudy and frigid conditions are forecast as a northwest wind drops the daytime high to around freezing. Overnight low near 25 degrees with no rain. winds may ease late afternoon but temperatures stay near 32 or below.
A measure requiring all automobile owners and drivers to furnish proof of financial responsibility before licensing awaited action by the Assembly Codes Committee. Currently proof is required only after an accident or when the traffic records warrant it. Introduced by Assemblyman Francis M. McGrowan of Manhattan.
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