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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1943
Page
3
A dense OCR listing of daily radio programs across stations in Schenectady and Troy with numerous show names and times including Morning Melodies Timekeeper News Breakfast Club Texas Rangers Victory Victor Arden and The Lone Ranger along with adventures and serials. The fragmented page preserves a snapshot of scheduled entertainment and public affairs programming.
A dense list shows daily broadcast times and program titles from morning to midnight. Many shows feature names like Transradio News Helen Treat Perry Como and Sammy Kaye Orchestra, outlining a full day of programming across music drama and news segments.
A scrambled OCR shows a dense radio program lineup with show titles and times dominate the page. Programs span news, music, dramas, and talk, featuring Morning Melodies, Breakfast Club, Melody Time, Lone voices like Evelyn Johnston, Texas Rangers, and Variety hour segments, reflecting a mid century station schedule.
The Marcus D. Russell Auxiliary met at 405 Broadway with Mrs. Gladys Gepp presiding. Reports from the recent Saranac Lake convention announced the national auxiliary’s purchase of 14 ambulances named the Spirit of 798. Mrs. Gepp and Mrs. Bertha Coiteux will staff the stamp booth for two weeks. next meeting August 2.
A scrambled list shows program times and titles across music, drama, news, and talks. Names include Fred Waring Joan Davis Jack Haley Amanda of Honeymoon Hill and Perry Como, with Transradio News and state police briefings interspersed.
Syeaway and the Nelson Austins hosted guests at Lenox Mass while Rex Bryce and his cousin John Duncan returned from Camp Van Schoonhoven with another fortnight planned for Duncan. Bobby Aldrich and Bernard Block joined camps. Azer family visits and a Red Cross unit activity at Memorial Methodist Church are noted. Firefighters extinguished a shed and fence blaze at 257 Third Street with minor damage.
Supreme Court Justice William H. Murray signed an order authorizing Mrs. Helen Ossenfort guardian for Shirley Ossenfort to compromise a $1200 claim against Peter Maloney. Miss Ossenfort was injured March 8 when a Maloney car crashed in Waterford, treated at Leonard Hospital.
Anthony Williams, a 53 year old war worker born in Lithuania in 1905, graduated from the Cleveland school board’s elementary extension after five years of night classes while working full time in a war plant. He plans to pursue a high school diploma after the war.
The body of J. Harmon Snow, 29, a Pittsfield gas station proprietor, was recovered from the East Otis reservoir near Pittsfield Monday night. The canoe overturned about 1 pm Monday, and two companions reported finding the canoe. State Police said the body was recovered in 14 feet of water 76 feet from the east shore. Snow, an excellent swimmer, resided at 23 Dodge Street and leaves a wife and twin daughters.
An 86 year old news vendor Walter Gorlesky of Herkimer Street Albany was struck by a car on State Street and suffered a fractured right leg. The vehicle, driven by Anthony Tumonis of 16 Second Street Albany, was involved and Tumonis was arrested for public intoxication with bail set at 100 dollars for a July 26 hearing.
East Side Midweek prayer will be held today at 7 45 p m in Pawling Avenue Methodist Church followed by choir rehearsal The recently formed junior choir will meet Friday at 10 30 am Midweek Services The Women s Guild will have charge of the midweek prayer services today at 7 45 p m in ids Presbyterian Church illiam BE Baylis is president of the Guild and Mrs Frank McNeil will have charge of the program Personal Corp Thomas McNamara of Fort McClellan Ala is spending a ten day furlough with his parents Mr and Mrs Hugh McNamara 34 Hamilton Avenue Mr and Mrs Thomas B Bowen and sons Thomas and William of Washington D C are guests of Mrs Bowen s parents Mr and Mrs John F Knaupp 624 Pawling Avenue
Seven cats and their owners attended Edward T. Strothers service station opening in Tacoma as more cats arrived. An ad offering $1 per cat appeared, listing the station address and prompting Strothers to seek the comedian who placed the ad.
Walter Himmler in St Louis says his pair of pet bears are getting too busy to care for. He will practically give the bears away to any buyer with a country home. He advertised in the Post Dispatch and notes the bears will not affect meat stamps. They eat ten loaves of stale bread daily.
George A. Price deputy collector for the Internal Revenue Bureau in this city was promoted to squad leader overseeing eight staff in expanded Troy offices. Harry M. Hickey announced the move and new district structure as offices on the Troy post office second floor were taken from Army recruiting. The bureau plans cashier placement and says Troy will receive Albany-level service with better information access and reduced trips. Price has served the bureau in Troy since 1935, with moving work underway under his direction yesterday morning.
The excerpt notes two black American bears named Bruno and Big Boy weighing about 200 and 275 pounds respectively. They enjoy turnip tops apples or berries and sometimes take food from Flintmire. They are playful but not suitable pets for children.
Eight year old Robert Minahan of 60 Marvin Avenue fractured his right wrist after falling from a tree Monday afternoon. He was transported to Troy Hospital by Patrolmen Edward Maloney and John Buehler, treated by Dr. F P Doody, and returned home.
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