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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1947
Page
16
Cohoes based group invites candidates for marching units with a focus on strength and precision. Members will train for upcoming contests, parades, and regional events across the Mohawk Valley area, including Niagara Falls competitions.
The Cohoes PNA reelects Chaszcewski as president with Michael Chagneuwelt named first vice president and Milo Miloa as second vice president. Officers installed after the election ceremony on Monae Street, with delegates from Troy Watervliet and Hudson present. A $12 campaign contribution to the March of Dimes is noted for the local effort.
Local social note describes a Cohoes Mothers group card party with attendees including Mrs. Blamey, Mrs. Edward pttginlohol, Mrs M Lug Filagerund, Mrs. Orl Allison, Mr. Benjarmin Hoso, and others. Prizes awarded to several participants. event featured a program with fables and songs.
The Cohoes YWCA held eight commission sessions and a Board meeting to discuss program needs and administration. Miss Rysypiso was honored during the conference led by Myre with Welch and Mrs. Robert Clanton in attendance. National Board member visits highlighted community exhibitions and entry for associations regarding AMMIAIKLINI YS questions.
Cohoes Garrison schedules an April dinner with planning by Montes Wehl and Samuel Wilcox as chair, set to be hosted at a restaurant in Albany. The meeting covers officer installations, a Farragut event, and city civil service exam notices, amid adjustments to dates and venues.
The funeral of Catherine T Gronk who died at the Wnor Rest Home Rowid Lake followed the death of her husband Margaret Grant. Services were conducted Saturday at 9 AM at the Central home of M ward J. Stink 32d Coluenhin Shirok and at St Agnes Church where a requiem mass was celebrated by Rev Paul J. Keeshan. Mrs Jane Cox presided at the organ. Bearers included Emmett and Leo Maslin Thomas Rush and Wik Than Mayo. Rev Joseph A. Franklin pastor at the church affiliated at Brave Th St Agnes Cemetery.
Cohors Mothers Will Conduct Card Party under the Mathers Club of Sacro Hoan Shoal today in Uywehyol hall. Prizes for high scorers and retrvestments will be awarded. Mrs Edmond Rywn is general chairman of arrangements with Mrs William Higgling, Mrs Earl Blom, Mrs Aldoric Chulure, Mrs Edward Schoemerhord, Mrs Lorelti Houle, Mrs Thos Croan, and Miss Venran Tone assisting.
Mink Mary Rouge spoke at Cohoun High School on Millon Avenue as the joint meeting of the School 5 Parent Teacher Association discussed establishing school libraries and grade-school reading. Alan Dotter and Alywood Williams addressed library benefits and the planned Jounl vb Pack tied to the movement. about forty attendees included Maher Ursin Lindsay McCreary Watton Kelly and Helen Bubyah.
The Drum Corps Council plans a meeting in Cohoes with Mohawk Valley Junior Drum and Bugle Council representatives. Valerie Kelenczyk and Helen Darwak will supervise, with teams from Boy Scouts, Noble Callahan Port American Legion, Troy, Amsterdam, Fort Johnson AA Girls Corps, Johnstown and others attending to discuss competitions, proposed committees, rules, and judges. The PNA girls, 32 members, will serve refreshments after the meeting.
Cohoes Red Cross Wages Campaign from City Hall headquarters for the branch to be conducted in March will be in the City Bar. Campaign chairman Gilbert T. Roheel announced after Mayor Judalph J. Router offered use of the municipal building. City executives noted the Red Cross relief efforts require cooperation of the city and all residents.
Cohoes officials and 27th Division Association members met at the armory to compile a list of World War I veterans for a joint plaque honoring veterans from both world wars. The association set a meeting for February 13 and discussed a new leadership slate as well as related local events and initiatives.
Sgt Maurice Pisum of the Tay recruiting office spoke at a Ladies Auxiliary meeting of the American Legion on Oneida Street. The session, led by Gertrude Kendo and Mrs Marvy Landry, featured a social period and a next card party with prizes and refreshments planned.
Charles Ashworth catcher for the old Cohons Bunsery and swell niwn in area semi pro baseball died Monday at his home on Chorek Street after a long illness. Lifelong resident, he worked at the team mill and was a member of St. John's Episcopal Church. Survived by widow Peggy Bishop three sons Sgt John Ashworth at Fort Knox Ky Charles and David and three daughters Misa Joyce and Missy all of Cohes and a sister Doris Ashworth of Joy Funeral details not complete yesterday afternoon.
The diphtheria prevention program starts in Cohoes with toxoid inoculations for city schoolchildren. Injections will begin at St. Marys and St. Josephs Schools and continue until all schools are covered under Dr. J. H. Mitchell Jr. and Health Commissioner Dr. Hans D. Weiss.
The diary hints at Dewey era tensions with references to Senole, Schelburling, and Corning over the Senate sitdown and veterans’ concerns. It notes a mayoral speech, a gubernatorial stance, and a Cohoes Rotary Club program with Charles Clark and Frank Hines handling the session.
Stephen Faulkner, longtime Waterford volunteer firefighter and former assistant foreman, was named acting fire chief to fill the unexpired term of Joseph Hartnett. Mayor Jon F. Walsh announced the appointment after the village board approved it. The regular term of Mr Hartnett is pending. Faulkner is expected to be renamed chief at the April term. The meeting also covered lighting improvements, Lions Club activities, and upcoming community events including a February fundraiser and a March of Dimes drive.
American George Tawis Presetl, a 40 year old airline agent from Manhattan Beach California, was killed by a stray bullet in the Manila Macalla hotel lobby during a shooting. Filipino defendants received indeterminate terms from six years to eight years with additional months for wounding a Filipino police officer. The incident occurred as shots were fired from a jeep outside the lobby.
New York senators debate a constitutional amendment to allow registration of opinions on labor issues and ban excluding workers from employment for labor union membership or activity. The measure, backed by Senator Bontecou, seeks to amend Article 1 Section 17 to permit employers to bargain with chosen representatives while preventing employment bans based on union ties. Governor Dewey calls it labor’s bill of plots as labor groups oppose.
A library exhibit catalogs new books added to the collection. Notable titles include The Plotters by Arthur, Gendury of the Catnale Fassay, Hiroshima edited by J. T. Hersey, Last Men of American History by H. Holbrook, A Free Man's Life by Bran deis, Nothing to Fear by F. D. Roosevelt, and selections by Elizabeth Summers, Sumner Welles, and E. B. White. Includes fiction and juvenile works by various authors.
Funeral services for Wilkind Graney 47 Hoosick Falls a plumber and steamfitter will be Friday at 9 am at St. Marys Church Hoosick Falls with burial in Calvary Cemetery. He died Sunday from injuries when his truck collided on the Cambridge highway while returning from Gold Medal Farms. Survivors include his wife Mathilda Holboy a son Bernard Graney a daughter Busemaery Graney and a sister Banks all of Hoosick Falls.
Seven residents of Kensaclady County were appointed as 4-H Club leaders by Albert Hooley state club leader. The volunteers were approved by the county 4-H Club executive committee and include Stanley Todd of Schodack Landing Dorothy Rowe of Troy Blanche Miller Regina Thomas Granville Lileks Willian Plubacher and Edward Wells of Joy.
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