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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1950
Page
17
Pleasant Valley Home Bureau was told the first hooked up class will be Feb 2 at the Cropseyville home of Mrs Frank Smith. Mrs John W Miller vice chairman presided at the meeting. A family life program led by Mrs Miller was set for Feb 9 following the Home Bureau gathering.
Card of Thanks expresses gratitude to relatives friends and neighbors and various departments and groups for support after bereavement. In Memoriam recalls Francis J Decker John Grose Walter A Lynch Joseph W Lyons Homer F Myers and others with dates around Jan 17 and messages of Gone but not forgotten.
At the Samaritan Hospital a daughter was born Jan 15 1930 to Mr and Mrs Harry Beatty the mother maiden name Dorothy Rudin of Cald wall NL I. At Samaritan Hospital Jan 16 1950 a daughter was born to Mr and Mrs John Everett Cox the mother maiden name Low Jean Miller. At St Marys Hospital Jan 14 4950 a daughter named Agnes Mary was born to Mr and Mrs John b Fitz with the mother Beatrice Crotean.
The Women’s Guild of the First Presbyterian Church of Lansingburg will hold its annual meeting at 7 45 p m tomorrow in the chapel. Reports from standing committees will be presented for approval and the new staff of officiants at the hospital will take charge.
Auto plate renewals surge as the January 31 expiration looms. County Clerk John Finch urges motorists to renew now to avoid fines, noting about 12 000 plates sold so far. Bureau hours are 9 am to 5 pm weekdays and 9 am to noon Saturday in the Court House.
A capacity crowd of about 600 attended the fourth annual card party and fashion show by the Women's Club of St Francis de Sales Church at The Hendrick Hudson. Miss Mary A. Miller hosted as commentator while club members modeled. Proceeds fund church and school repairs.
Ray B. Baker was installed as master at Lansingburg Masonic Temple session to succeed John Powell. Powell served as installing officer. Louis Kjar assisted. New officers include A. Wesley Hull senior warden Francis McKnight junior warden John M. Petersen secretary Henry Aird treasurer. Elevations: Emulus Reynolds senior deacon John Golden junior deacon Donald Clark senior master of ceremonies Charles Whalen junior master of ceremonies Bradt Edward Sullivan stewards William Van Keuren organist Albert HL Butler usher. Three meetings planned for Feb 6 Feb 20 and March 6 to work first second and third degrees. a Iacies night program is planned for spring.
A Saratoga Springs resident Franklin Corlew died at Saratoga Hospital after a fall on stairs at his home. Born in Hadley, he lived in Saratoga Springs with his wife Mary until her death and is survived by two daughters Gloria and Elizabeth, a son Franklin, his mother Mrs Roe Corlew, a sister Mrs Victor Harpp of Chestertown, and three brothers Walter of Saratoga Springs, Daniel and Lathan of Schenectady. Funeral services were to be held today.
The Radio Amateurs Club of the Veterinary Vocational School will meet Thursday in Room at the school. A representative of the telephone system will discuss the fanzis for a new device that would amplify and oscillate. A demonstration will show how it could be applied to the telephone system.
A garbled obituary notice lists names and addresses such as Smita Al and several family members. It references services at a church on Waterford Street and a funeral mass, with scattered details about dates, locations, and attendees, all presented in a disordered, OCR-like string.
Supreme Court justice Don ald Tayvir granted a settlement in favor of Mraura C. daughter of Raxmi and C. Merchant. The claim names Richard E. and SyieetÇr Vaszasa and Farry W. Wright, with her parents, stemming from a January 3 incident involving Mr. Wrights car at Maple and Parking Avenues.
Norman W. Eiseman a Troy investment broker was chosen trustee of the Troy Y M C A by the board of directors at the Mirat Sirset Building. The term runs to 1993 and Eiseman serves on the Samaritan Hospital and Marshall Sanitarium boards and previously on the Troy Public Library board. The Troy Y M C A board will elect two directors at the May annual meeting.
A Troy widow seeks $15,000 in a negligence action against Goldberg Building Material Corp and yard foreman Steve Dish. The suit, filed as administratrix of Kenneth J Lavin’s estate, claims injuries from an Jan 30 1948 assault led to his hospitalization and later electrocution at Willard Truck Body Co. The trial proceeds in Supreme Court for Rensselaer County with jurors selected.
At the Troy Cooperative Savings and Loan Association annual meeting four directors were reelected for three-year terms. Reelected were Arthur J. Burch Nathan M. Veyne Adnan O. Van Dervort and James Bexton. Financial reports showed a substantial asset increase from the prior year. Inspectors of election were Rolf Gundersen and John Monahan. A later date will be set for the officers election meeting.
Weather reports indicate cooler air moving back into the area with a drop in temperatures. Yesterday saw higher readings but today is forecast to bring considerable sunshine and moderately cold conditions, with morning lows and a midafternoon warmup not expected to reach previous highs.
Daniel T Andersen of 2754 Fifth Avenue was arrested after he reportedly phoned in a fake homicide in Troy. Police traced the calls to The Lane and Central Fire Station, with officers including Josh Grimmick and Wallet Ryan responding and Andersen admitting to making the two calls.
J Wesley Wood Jr was reelected president of the Troy Boys Club board with Alfred W Thompson as vice president and John Bremaford as second vice president. Other officers include Parker Roussen secretary and Ronald Hibbard treasurer. Directors and executives were named, with reports noting 8,222 participants in programs, 1,040 in basketball, 3,026 in indoor baseball, 4,316 in crafts, and 279 percent days registered across activities.
Students at Trex High School prepared and addressed 15 envelopes for a March of Dimes drive in Troy. Names and addresses came from a telephone directory. envelopes contained contributions and stamps. Principal Kenneth Dale and council members oversaw the project in support of fundraising efforts.
Upstate resident William Pennell of Fort Edward suffered a fractured right arm when his automobile left Broadway Fort Edward Hill. He received initial treatment and was later transferred to Glens Falls Hospital for further care.
The Rensselaer County Board of Supervisors approved committee appointments and expenditures from the county road fund. James H. Shaughnessy was reappointed to the Board of Health. Arthur Pease, Thomas P. Huxtable, and Maurice Whitney were named to the District Forest Practice Board. A $140,000 road fund expenditure for road maintenance was approved. Various committees and chairmen were announced, with meetings urged among chairmen and department heads. The board adjourned to Thursday.
Former judge Dorothy Kenyon denounced the Hiss perjury case as a sacrifice to anti communism hysteria. She argued no credible evidence proves Hiss wrongdoing and warned of hung juries on a second trial. Kenyon criticized loyalty tests, the Feinberg Law, and wire tapping as threats to academic freedom and civil liberties, urging end to witch hunts.
James Sullivan, 73, of 98 Ferry Street, was removed to his home yesterday afternoon in a police radio car by Patrolmen Williams Murray and Thomas O'Brien after a sudden illness at the corner of Greex and Fourth Streets.
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