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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1945
Page
12
Garden crews at 103rd Street prepared plots and planted seeds in a Victory Garden project labeled Biden. Workers reported orderly progress as they hoed, watered, and arranged seedlings for a community garden drive.
Card of Thanks Morton thanks friends relatives and neighbors for support and welfare assistance during illness. Due to late season plots will be assigned. George Es. Weir will be at the garden site between 6:35 am and 5:30 pm to sign and assign gardens. Many plants may be cut as vegetables mature. Le Voie hopes many gardeners will join the project.
In memory of Hermes Rarobs and Aree Kapcks, with family and friends recalling their lives. Messages honor loved ones lost, expressing enduring love and the wish their spirits rest. A note marks one year since a fatal incident, with family names and memorial sentiments.
A series of birth notices from Troy area hospitals lists new babies and parent details. At Troy cr tel on July 5 1855 a son to Sir and his wife who taught six Sirs. At Troy Hospital July 9 1919 a daughter to Mr and Mrs John Edward Candaugher née Cart of Hovston Falls. At Leonid Hospital July 7 1913 a daughter Beverly Joyce to Gunner's Mate 3c and Mrs Benjamin Fountain. At Someritan Hospital July 5 Edward A and Josephine Miss Messier a daughter Kanark. At the 3 Hospital July 7 1955 Michael Volas son of Stenge Niak formerly Gig Samennik of Montrose. At Equia my July 2 Arthur A Menailin a daughter and Mrs Menaille née Olivia Brunson. At Samaritan Hospital July 5 a son to Mr and Mrs Walker in Texas Robert Walker. Mrs Miller formerly Mary Evans. July 31 3 to Mr and Mrs Miet Minahan a daughter Jo Ann. Mrs Minahan owns former Selina Casey.
Obituary notices list several individuals with dates in July and early July across multiple households. Entries mention deaths, residences, family relations, funeral home arrangements, church services and burial locations including Oakwood Cemetery and St John’s Cemetery. Names include Willem A Bird, Grace S Cassidy Kirby Cassidy, Frances A Johnston Jr, Catharine L Barty, Nath Dalton, and Mayhue among others with service details.
A Troy health report describes no polio cases so far this year but details a June start for lay volunteer training to assist in an outbreak. It notes 53 volunteers at Saberitas Hospital, plus numerous inspections and public health activities by nurses and inspectors. Deaths and births for May are listed with heart disease, cancer, and nephritis as top resident causes.
A series of thunderstorms swept the Troy area causing heavy rain and lightning with minor hail and wind damage to gardens. Temperatures are expected to drop to about 58 degrees with continued cool, cloudy conditions and possible showers. Lightning disrupted power and telephone service in Columbia County, including Kinderhook and Hudson, where homes were briefly flooded in Lombard Street. Public works crews helped residents recover furnishings after floodwaters reached three feet in some basements.
The is a funeral notice for Frank Parisi husband of Catherine and father of Mrs Harald Hand, with services Thursday at 8:20 AM and 8:30 AM from 8 Hill Street and Ss Anthony Church. Burial at Marys Cemetery. Also Serepian funeral from Cummings Third Avenue with 1:30 PM Thursday service and interment at Albany Rural Cemetery. Friends may call Wednesday.
Report notes only about half of 208 automobiles displayed the federal auto use stamp as required by July 1. On Broadway from Fitsh avenue to River Street ten streets were checked with low compliance. most cars lacked stamps. Officials warn violators face up to a 25 dollar fine. Harold M. Wickey announced the revenue rule and licensing test car must display stamp.
About 100 employees across Hughes Autograt Co. plants in Cohoes Troy and Watervliet will vote August 16 on bargaining agent under NLRB supervision. A preliminary Albany hearing led by Robert Levitt confirmed the single election plan, with Bayer Aspirin Co. Rensselaer workers to vote the same day. Both ballots are sealed to prevent cross influence.
State Police investigate the death of Douglas T. Feathers a Stephentown resident 4 who died at St Luke’s Hospital Pittsfield Mass after a bicycle collided with a car driven by Orrie F B Gile 73 of Sand Lake. The accident occurred Monday night near Stephentown. The boy’s parents witnessed the crash. He attended Stephentown District School and is survived by two brothers aged 1 and 8 Melvin. Funeral set for Friday with services at the residence and Stephentown Catholic Church.
A woman, Jennie Briggs, 74, of 9 First Street, is in Samaritan Hospital with a broken right hip after collision with a running boy on the sidewalk in front of 63 Congress Street yesterday afternoon. The boy’s identity was not learned. Police report the boy was taken to hospital by a police ambulance crew led by Driver Donald Degen and Sgt. Timothy J. Sweeney, with Thomas O’Brien and John Adams assisting. hospital attendants called her condition fairly good this morning.
Three districts held annual meetings in Hoosick Falls Averill Park and Cambridge Central School Districts voting budgets and electing trustees. Hoosick Falls district approved a levy near 54 603 with a three year term trustee Walter G Durfee. Averill Park Laund Lake Central approved 123 750. Cambridge Central approved 437 033 36 and purchased a bus for 6705 93.
Miss Mahal A Milhan, Reisselaer County Home Bureau agent, advises on using Glass coffee jars with No 63 lids for fruit and tomato canning. State Emergency Food Commission reps will explain tops for different can types and offer storage and sealing guidance.
War Production Board officials report ongoing civilian sheet, pillow case, and towel shortages in Troy area. Only about ten percent of peacetime towels and limited sheet sizes reach stores as war demand rises. Factories shift to military needs, laundry times lengthen, and shoppers face daily hunts for basic linens.
Enrollments are sought for a no cost Learn to Swim program at Troy Municipal Pool Prospect Park running Monday July 16 to July 20 and July 28 to August 2. The program is sponsored by The Record Newspapers and the Troy Recreation Department and welcomes residents and non residents alike.
The Selective Service Board 338 in the Court House will shift hours to an earlier time on Saturdays. Chief Clerk Mrs Esther Mulligan announced an order extending the office to 3 am to 5 pm for six days a week, excluding Christmas Day, while other service boards in the state adopt the half holiday.
Brig. Gen. Ames T. Brown reports 260 Selective Service Boards are working to place discharged veterans in civilian jobs. A rein employment committee of educators, lawyers and business leaders assists veterans with interviews, retraining, and locating suitable work. Brown stresses continued induction work while facilitating veterans return to civilian life and ensuring they receive the opportunities they earned.
Children at city playgrounds enjoy a summer music program led by Miss O'Brien, teaching three verses of the national anthem and several songs such as Moodess and Roses Anchors Aweigh Over There Singing in the Rain When the Moon Comes Over the Mountain Loch Lomond and Over the Rainbow. Miss O'Brien travels to centers weekly as a Troy Public Schools music instructor and soloist, receiving enthusiastic feedback and song requests from youngsters.
The board deferred action on a proposed plan by the county civil service commission to set minimum and maximum salaries for all classifications. It would raise those below the minimum, freeze current salaries at or above the maximum, and allow department heads to propose promotions needing board approval. The August meeting likely to review the plan.
A Albany County grand jury cleared James Hennessy deputy and Ernest Morris former district attorney of Albany County and Jobe Doe of any criminal act linked to keeping records in the Albany County Clerk’s office. Morris was publicly named for the first time in the inquiry.
Preliminary plans emerged at Central Fire Station for the United Firemen’s Association entertainment and dance. President Carl E. Larkin will serve as general chairman with Hoseman Thomas Evers of the Squad Wagon as co chairman. Committees to be announced. date and location to be decided.
Frock M Ates, commissioner, was reappointed last night by the Reneselaer County Board of Supervisors to serve as member of the Pawling for a term of five years. The board also approved conveyance of ten parcels of county land in Geadelscuent, August 2.
Tax reports filed reveal four estates with varied gross values and deductions. Notable figures include a $3,867 net estate for Meens and a $3,935,246 net for Large, with distributions to heirs and executors named, while Lewis's estate shows no letters issued and minimal property. Attorneys Burke Burke and Shanler represent estates. administrations issued for Vosburgh and Corrigan.
Funeral plans are set for Jenn Badeer a five year old girl of Schaghlicoke who died after a fall at Valley Falls. The service will be tomorrow at 10 am at Schaghi ke Church with burial at Jebos Cemetery. Kenneth Wolt will be executor and Coroner Duarte confirms the accident ruling.
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