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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1949
Page
14
Tonight Rev. Jonn F. Davidson curate of John’s Church will speak on the Alcoholics Anonymous lab house at 145 Jay Street Schetady. Ernest Laster will address the chairman of theesting.
City officials delayed decision on School 16 after a fire. The Troy Board of Education will assess preliminary phases, engineers will survey the damaged campus to gauge repair feasibility versus replacement, and financing and East Side educational needs will guide any plan.
The notice lists thanks from families in Sussex to fire departments Salvation Army clergy and neighbors for support after recent bereavements. Individual memorials honor George Guyette Mrs Anella and Jones family Martin Joulsen Casper Albert Cesare Franchini Abe Freedman Clifford Laviolette Joe Parker Ruth Tilley and their spouses and kin with expressions of gratitude for cards flowers and kindness.
The city Burial Committee for the Burial of Veterans will meet Friday at 7 pm at the county courthouse. All veterans organization commanders and auxiliary presidents are asked to attend. Next of kin whose war dead have not yet been returned are invited. The group aims to reorganize and plan decent burials, coordinate firing squads bearers and buglers, and coordinate with veterans posts. A representative from the Army Graves Division in Schenectady will attend to estimate totals. Families should notify the committee of expected burials in advance.
A chaotic list of birth announcements and obituaries from Samaritan and Leonard hospitals in Troy and Cohoes. The items note new babies and grieving families including Duffy Flood Henkel Eckes and Sickles among others, with relatives named and locations like Green Island, Gloversville, and Albany referenced.
Fragmentary notices record multiple deaths and funerals across towns including Waletineh and MeBrde gr Interment at Oakword Cemetery. Names such as Nicholas and Terese Caney appear with associated relatives and burial locations.
The Midwinter Institute of the Troy Area Methodist Youth Fellowships began at Fifth Avenue State Street Methodist Church with more than 125 young people from 25 area churches. Classes in Hi Ways of Christianity and related topics filled two periods, followed by worship and recreation. The institute runs weekly, concluding Feb 8 with a banquet led by host pastor Rev Harold Griffis.
Obituaries for McLoughlin Coughlin McMar on Newberry and Pareniency, with funeral details at Troy area churches. Also a centennial report on the Sand Lake Society for Mutual Protection Against Horse Thieves, its history, finances, officers, and notable members aged up to 93, plus a brief Mech Tututs local mention and a church funeral notice.
A blaze that started in Christmas trees spread to a brick garage behind 202 Second Avenue damaging the roof and attic. Firemen, who said the building belonged to Max Lew, were dispatched at 7:35 p.m. Booster lines were used. The fire squad later fought a second blaze at 235 River Street where a short circuit caused a fire in a home on the second floor of a two story brick building attributed to a hydrogen peroxide mixture incident.
Six registrars of the Troy Selective Service Board leave today for induction in Albany. The group will be the best from the Troy board officials and advised no interviews will be required during the next term. The county group area will complete the last quota for the winter.
The Troy area raised 3437.19 for the Salvation Army Christmas drive from street kettles store boxes and mall gifts. The board discussed buying a station wagon to coordinate transient service group work and welfare efforts while reports noted shelter meals, clothing, and youth programs with hundreds of participants and public distributions during December.
Gov Dewey announced state equipment will be loaned under the Public Works Law to clear the Little Hoosie River channel in eastern Rensselaer County. Shovels and gear will be available by noon, with a plan to use removed gravel for roads. Local officials pressed for permanent vocational school site funding in the legislature.
Rensselaer County Supervisors voted last night to borrow 65000 for emergency repairs to flood damaged roads and bridges amid Democratic minority protests. A 15000 budget is to cover state equipment and personnel salaries, with a second resolution proposing a 60000 bond for emergency road work. Supervisor Watson urged 2000 for each of 14 towns, arguing payrolls and costs threaten end of year.
State Legislature considers a bill to establish a permanent vocational school in Troy. Representative George J. Yamin notes the measure would create a lasting education facility and expand regional technical training opportunities.
A Hudson Falls jury found no cause for action in an auto negligence suit filed by Malcom Sharpe seeking 300 for property damage and 5,000 for injuries from a September 15 collision on Fort Edward’s Main Street. Cono Per Rhodes countered for 400 property damage. The verdict followed nearly three hours of deliberation in Washington County Supreme Court. The case then moved to a breach of contract action involving Charles Hunt and Leopold Rosantorre over a 1959 liquor business sale with a 1,150 claim and interest on the balance.
Fire teams from Granville Whitehall and four Vermont companies battled a major Fair Haven blaze that endangered the business district. No injuries were reported though Whitcomb Hardware Co. and an adjoining building were destroyed and five families were displaced.
An annual report to the Board of Supervisors details court activity in Rensselaer County. It notes 164 children appeared in Children’s Court before Judge Hettert Hamm, while adult cases rose in the CASCR. Overall truancy, abandonment, and welfare concerns rose as systemic inadequacies in family care support persisted. February saw the peak truancy cases. seven children were placed in alternative arrangements during the year.
The Renaselact County Medical Society last night empowered a committee to begin steps toward a constant emer gency medical care plan. A doctors reserve pool will be created for on call coverage during off duty periods, weekends, and late hours. Printed cards will identify participating physicians and gather off duty information. A report is due at the first meeting in February.
Firemen from central station rushed to the True City Garage yesterday after a still alarm at 3:15 PM due to a thinet bhare in a car. The fire was extinguished before the arrival of firefighters.
Four upstate men were injured in a headon crash on the Whitehall Comstock Road one mile south of Whitehall. James DeCamilla 19 and Charles McMurray 20 of Hudson Falls were treated for lacerations and bruises after DeCamilla rode with McMurray in his car that collided with John LeClaire 37 of Clemons who was unhurt enough to be discharged. Two other LeClaire passengers Robert Indiel 21 and Frederick Indiel 24 of Dresden were treated and discharged. State Police investigators Troopers Kenneth French and Herbert Eilers reported the crash with LeClaire driving north and LaCinire south.
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