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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1945
Page
1
The Welfare Department reports a recovery of $22,722 after an investigation of Old Age Assistance claims. Data shows January and December expenditures for OAA and Home Relief, case loads, grant values, and staffing changes, with notes on surveying and improved methods.
Settlement of two auto accident claims reported by Rensselaer County Surrogate Court. One case involved a fatal injury to an Hoosick Falls man and was settled for 2850 with Roberta McArthur as administrator. The other, in Watervliet, involved a minor and was settled for 175 as guardian Millard Ebriet approved adoption funds from Paul Gabriel.
Pfc. Anthony Bygone, 27, formerly of Watervliet, reported killed in Belgium on January 9. Telegram to his wife Sophie Gre Schaix of 23 Fourth Ave Watervliet confirms overseas service of 17 months. He left a 22 month old son Jean Marie and is survived by wife mother and several brothers in the armed forces. He trained as a paratrooper at Camp Croft and Fort Benning and worked at Watervliet Arsenal. Mass will be at St Mary’s Church Watervliet.
John W. Flainnagan of 3363 Sixth Avenue captained a two crew civilian flight from Prestwick to LaGuardia in a Curtiss plane. The non-stop 13 to 17 hour trip faced fuel stops and favorable winds. Air Transport Command notes this was a one-off event not planned as regular flights.
In Farmington Maine a Maine Central Railroad crew led by Al fred Cowan fights a persistent beaver problem. A dam washed shoulder of the track near West Farmington after floodwaters, rebuilt daily by the beavers, defeats the workers' efforts to fix the line.
Sherman a Saratoga Republican was named vice chairman of the Legislature veterans bloc in Albany. A forty member Assembly group and twelve Senators reviewed legislation affecting war veterans amid Monday night proceedings. Evansville reports housing shortage again and a real estate dealer staged a bizarre incident involving a petter mouse trap and a failed real estate bid as he purchased duplexes to secure shelter after a fruitless hunt.
Edmund Mc Litiridge, superintendent of Recaselger County Court House, banned solicitation in the building after a rush for 1955 license plates. An insurance agent was present but did not solicit openly, while deputies manned overflow tables as applicants queued at issuing windows.
Parishioners gathered at the church rectory to finalize plans for a pre Lent party and dance at The Hendrick Hudson on Feb 5. Rev Anselm Sanziola serves as honorary chairman with Mrs John Rea as general chair and Mrs Dominick Mt Patundi as cochairman.
Don F. Holiman founder of Boysville announces a expansion program to raise capacity from twenty boys to thirty five with a new two story building housing dormitories recreation facilities and vocational training in San Antonio.
Two more property owners reached settlements with the City of Troy to lower assessed valuations. The Chickrow Realty Co. Inc secured reductions on River Street near Division Street and on Se road Avenue, with attorney Abraham C. Goldstein. A warehouse on River Street dropped from 2.79 to 1,200 dollars, and 108th Street brick buildings fell from 150 to 16,600. Tom The Furniture Industries, Inc reduced from 30,000 to 327,600 on River Street and from 20,000 to 38,000 on Federal Street, with Charles Grosberg as attorney.
Private William E. Root, husband of Mrs. Ethel Root of 1F Marshall Street, Troy, was seriously wounded in action November 23, 1984 in Germany and has been awarded the Purple Heart. Root, who enlisted in April 1943, previously worked for Cluert Peabody & Co Tech office in Waterford and prior to service lived in Williamsport.
Girl Reserves in the newentue grade held a fudge party Monday afternoon at the YWCA with Mrs Royat Cotler as advisor. Plans for a Valentine party on Feb 16 were announced with invitations shaped like hearts and activities including square dancing games and seasonal decorations.
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