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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1943
Page
9
Makary Kolakoski of West Sand Lake pleaded guilty in Albany Police Court to driving with faulty brakes after a collision at Clinton Avenue and Ten Broeck Street. He was fined $5.
A dense clipping lists numerous obituaries and memorial notices. It records thanks for flowers and sympathy from families including Corbet and Wagar and many others, followed by a long sequence of birth announcements, deaths and funeral details with hospitals, towns, and dates.
Miss Mary Wiltsie Fuller longtime head of the Girls Friendly Society died after a brief illness at Glens Falls Hospital. She founded the Girls Friendly Holiday House at Lake George later turning the mansion and acres into a summer vacation spot for working girls named Wiawaka. A native of Troy she had lived in New York since 1918 and maintained ties to Troy through annual Society meetings. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at St. Pauls Episcopal Church with interment in Oakwood Cemetery.
Margaret Davis 89 of 229 Fifth Avenue died in Leonard Hospital after a fall in her kitchen on June 21 causing hip fracture and shock. Coroner ruled accidental death. Widow of Anthony Davis, born in Greene County, longtime resident of the city. Survived by three daughters Estelle, Mabel, and Lillian, two sons Frank and Charles, six grandchildren, two great grandchildren. Funeral at residence. arrangements incomplete.
George W Herrick longtime Albany writer and secretary of the Legislative Correspondents Association died of a heart attack in Albany. Funeral set for 11 am at Cathedral of All Saints with burial at Albany Rural Cemetery. He served the New York Morning Telegraph and state journals for over four decades and drafted the oath of office used by governors from Smith to Roosevelt. He died at his daughter's home, 43 Dove Street, Albany. A wardens meeting of District 30 air raid wardens follows at St Lawrence's Hall.
With the filing deadline passed under New York election law, major contests are absent in Rensselaer County. Most party designees stand unchallenged except for three ward contests, potential write ins loom for the August 10 primary, and independent moves face an August 21 registration. Campaign designations list county, city and ward offices for Assembly District 2, district attorney, and Troy city posts with party endorsements. Major parties’ ward petitions indicate contests only on the Republican side in Fifth Ward.
A swarm of bees halted traffic on the north rail of the 112th Street bridge in Troy for about four hours after 5 pm. Bridge guard E A Willis begged officials for help as bees formed a 16 inch by 2 to 3 inch deep mass. Willis single handedly cleared the hive using a broom and water smudge once the queen was dislodged with help from bystanders.
A list of alleged OPA violators heads to a special commissioner at Saratoga Springs City Hall on July 17. Ross Ketchum Co. Inc and president Frank Siena face selling ties without certificates and inventory failures. Other cases include Patrick B. O Connor of Cohoes on gasoline coupons, Anthony Berdar and Edward Spinaci of Cohoes on coupons, Olive Brown of Albany on bank overdraft for meat, Robert Branch and Floyd Burch of Warrensburg on gasoline overages and shortages, Branch 328 gallons short and Burch 977 gallons, and Joseph Simeck & Sons of Johnstown on inventory checks with supplies.
The Ninth District reports that Graham faces a challenge to his GOP nomination for alderman while in the Fourth Ward Oakley Palmatier contests the Republican alderman nomination. Albert Marcoux files to contest the Republican nomination for supervisor in the seventeenth ward.
Watervliet Republicans named Benjamin F. Comstock as mayor candidate at a meeting at Assemblyman John McBain’s home. Comstock is a prominent GOP figure and former chairman of the city committee. Council and city judge races feature Joseph J. Mailloux, Andrew M. Hoblock, and Thomas C. Sullivan as candidates, with Hoblock the party chairman. The committee also fielded candidates for city supervisors across wards, with the group meeting over the weekend to finalize slate.
Members of Trojan Council, Royal Arcanum, held a routine business meeting last night at 81 Fourth Street with past regent B. R. Rosecrans presiding.
Raymond K. Meixsell Jr son of Mr and Mrs Raymond K Meixsell of 2140 Burdett Avenue is promoted from chief petty officer to ensign in the Navy Supply Corps. He returns from the European theater and will soon attend Harvard Business School in Cambridge for a four month course. He is a Troy High School 1933 graduate and Williams College 1938 alumnus with an NYU MBA in 1941. He studied law at Fordham University before enlisting. He formerly worked as a tax consultant with Barrow Wade Guthne Co. His sister Dorothy Meixsell WAVES member is stationed in Washington D C.
The Second Regiment Band of the New York Guard presents seven summer concerts in Glens Falls City Park, starting next Wednesday. Financed by a Common Council appropriation, the Glens Falls unit from Headquarters Company in Troy recently returned from Camp Smith at Peekskill after intensive training. Staff Sergt. Charles E. Morris of Saratoga Springs will conduct the Glens Falls concerts.
Albert Leombruno of the Marine Corps is in a hospital on a Pacific island, according to a letter his wife received yesterday. His home is on LaBarge Street, Hudson Falls. The letter, in his handwriting, says he cannot say how long he has been hospitalized and does not disclose the hospital’s location or the illness.
First Lieut Richard N. Cunningham Jr. piloted a Flying Fortress over Troy and Green Island as a farewell flight from a Nebraska field. The plane circled the area to bid the couple goodbye, prompting alarm among residents who mistook it for maneuvers near the Troy Airport. Cunningham, son of Mr and Mrs Richard N Cunningham of 48 George Street, Green Island, enlisted about two and a half years ago and recently married Eleanor Guenette in Boise Idaho. Mrs Cunningham is returning from Nebraska.
Transportation officials said travel was normalizing after a holiday rush caused by week-long trips. Morning crowds were heavy but trains and buses began to fill again by afternoon as extra cars eased. Officials expected a true homecoming rush to start the next day with advance tickets showing longer vacations rather than weekend trips.
Members of Tibbits Cadets will meet at 2 30 pm today in the Armory to plan a memorial for deceased member Major James J O Donovan who died in a Philippine prison camp. Also guest will be Thomas J Dougherty and Troy Home Guard soldiers recently back from field duty in Peelisk. gifts for Tibbits Juniors in Hawaii to be arranged. A social period follows the meeting.
Marshlais designated Rudolph Roulier for the mayor’s post, facing Frank B. Marsolais on the Republican slate. A. L. P. backs its own candidate, Thomas Catman, with Petitions filed. Party tickets include multiple ward aldermen and supervisors, with personal tragedy noted for the O’Donovan family.
A Friday morning auto crash near Saratoga Lake injured 18 year old Helen Danohuse and killed passenger John A. Ber rato. Saratoga Hospital officials provided an update as Donobius remains hospitalized with a fractured skull and the condition of others involved is described as serious.
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