Jail Turnkey Found Dead At Salem
Lambert Martin age 71, jail turnkey at Washington County Jail, was found dead about five hundred feet from the Salem courthouse yesterday at 5 45 am. Dr Z V Orton said death was due to coronary thrombosis. Survivors include wife Vera Martin, one brother William, and three sisters. Martin lived in Salem his entire life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lambert Martin
Washington County
Salem
Z. V. Orton
Mike Dennett
Martin
William R. Martin
Liza J. Lant
Vera Martin
William Martin
Harry Lytle
Charles E. Carter
L. A. Sisson
Bridgeport
Conn
Obituaries and funeral notices from North Ave area
Death notices list Ellen Bodies Frederic F. Allen James G Beale Martin H Berrigan Emil Chopie Luella Devereaux Emma J Healey Phoebe A Jameson Magnus A Jensen Anna F Magovern Bessie Link James Mattoon Fred F Meeker James Tollgock plus recent services held at Gardner Earl Memorial Chapel Oakwood Cemetery and local churches in the city and Nassau NY with relatives and funeral home details
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Fourth Ave
North
Ellen Bodies
Frederic F. Allen
Marjorie G
Eeith F. ‘Allen
Mason Chapel
Second Ave
Oakwood Cemetery
Beale
Bronx
New York City
James G. Beale
Adam Shayer
Vera
Mary
John Beale
Frank Brust
A. R. Fox & Son
Thirteenth Street
Elmwood Hut
Berrigan
Martin H. Berrigan
Anna Shea
John J. Buehler
St. Peter's Church
St. Peter's Cemetery
Chopie (Snyder
Troy Hoapis
Emil Chopie
Anna Chopie
William
Stephen Chopie
Fourth Street
St. Joseph's Church
Henin
Devereaux
Nassau
N. Y
Luella
Myron Devereaux
St. Petersburg
Fla
Mutterer
Healey
Emma J. Healey
John J. Healey
Charlotte Fox
Larkin Funeral
Fifth Ave
Jameson
Cohoes
Phoebe” A. Jameson
Younglove Avenue
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Waterford Rural Cemetery
Jensen
Magnus A. Jensen
Agatha L. Jensen
Raymond A
Pfc
Arthur A. Jensen
Raymond Jensen
Henry Windeknecht
Albany Rural
Magovern
Anna F. Magovern
Edward Paul Magovern
Willan V. Magovern
Rochester
N. x
St. Patrick's Church
St. Mary‘s
Mattoon
Pasadena Calif
Bessie Link
Wify
Y Vinond Ho Mattoon
Robert C. Spott
A. Howard Breadbent
Pantella
Meeker
Firemens Home
Hudson
Fred F. Meeker
Waterford
Quandt Funeral Home
J. W. Burns’ Sons, Inc
Fifth Avenue
Mt. Ida Cemetery
Visual Method Renovated Memorial Methodist Church Tour
Memorial Methodist Church members attended a visual sermon as the interior was redecorated at little expense through volunteer labor by nearly every male member. Rev. David J. Livingstone led a devotional, music by Mrs. Leona Hayford, and a tour of the enhanced building revealed gifts of a new electric cross and lamps. The work began July 1 and concluded after a final wax coat on Saturday, costing about 150 dollars versus 2200 dollars twenty years earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memorial Methodist Church
David J. Livingstone
Livingstone
Leona Hayford
John Aird
Aird
William Patton
Albert Bleckner
Excelsior Society
Joan Cruden
Wesley Griffith
Daniel Gould
Thomas McArthur
Spencer Peckham
Millard Carle
Garden Services Concluded at St John's Memorial Garden
The summer service series ended last night indoors due to weather with Rev. J. Welfred Findley of A. M. E. Zion Church delivering a sermon urging inner cleansing before pursuing justice and peace. Zion youth choir offered spirituals with a modern touch, as Rev. Gray M. Blandy of St. John's Episcopal Church conducted the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St John's Memorial Garden
J. Welfred Findley
A. M. E. Zion Church
Zion Church
Findley
Gray M. Blandy
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Da Kamp Directors Depart for Troy Firms
Two assistant directors in the Lansing burg Boys' Club Da Kamp program, Lincoln Marzello and Nicholas Lennek, left to join Troy area businesses. Paul Young, Da Kamp director, announced next craft exhibit on Wednesday August 11 at 7 p.m. with 63 exhibits last week and prizes for the top three model planes. Unfinished crafts will be destroyed Friday August 13, the final Da Kamp day. Total enrollment reached 107 boys with 1,075 total attendances. each boy averaged ten sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Da-Kamp
Lansingburg Boys’ Club
Troy
Paul §. Young
Lincoln Marzello
Nicholas Lennek
Young
da- Kamp
Miami Beach
Teller
Charles Freihofer Baking Company
G. E. Offers Bold Changes
General Electric Co proposes sweeping postwar appliance changes to stockholders including a revolving round refrigerator shelves automatic self filling washer that pre-soaks clothes washes rinses spins drains and shuts off. An illustrated questionnaire mailed with the 184th dividend to over 225000 common stockholders asks for reaction to designer and engineer ideas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Electric Co
Boy Bitten on Hill Street by Dog
Eleven year old Joseph Gardner of 208 Hill Street suffered a left ankle bite from a dog in front of his home Saturday night. The dog’s owner is a Hill Street resident, per a First Precinct report by Patrolmen Harry Bills and Thomas Dolan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Gardner
Hill Street
First Precinct
Harry Bills
Thomas Dolan
Truck Driver Killed In Crash In Hudson Falls
Solon W Cleveland 53 of 184 Division Street Kingsbury died after a borrowed ice truck left Burgoyne Avenue near Moss Street and struck a telephone pole at 5 p m. He was pronounced dead by Dr Milton J Greenberg. Police say the driver took the truck without consent about a half hour earlier. Survived by wife Frances three children Frances Rose Mary George and brother Ernest. Funeral at Carleton Funeral Home 2 p m tomorrow Interment Union Cemetery Hudson Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solon W. Cleveland
Division Street
Kingsbury
Burgoyne Avenue
Moss Street
Hudson Falls
Milton J. Greenberg
Leonard O. Yarter
Cleveland
TeRoy E. Borrowman
Washington County
Flower Show Plans At Hudson Falls Meeting
Hudson Falls Post of the American Legion will hold a meeting at 8 pm to discuss plans for a farewell party honoring nine young men from Hudson Falls who have been accepted for Army service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hudson Falls
American Legion
Gilligan Named Whitehall War Bond Sale Chairman
Ambrose H. Gilligan of Whitehall is chosen to head the sale of War Bonds in Washington County. Roger Prescott announces Gilligan will organize committees soon. Gilligan, a civic and athletic figure, is a Whitehall High School teacher and athletic director and a Union College graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ambrose H. Gilligan
Washington County
Whitehall
Roger Prescott
Keeseville
War Finance Committee
Gilligan
New York
Whitehall High School
Union College
Democrats List County Candidates
Democrats announce candidates for Democratic county committeemen to be voted on August 30. The list covers numerous wards and districts with names of candidates, noting changes due to military service and declinations. Berlin district continues on page eight.
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Troy
Armed Services
Jacob Levine
Robert J. Millichap
Joseph Farina
Amelia Carlotta
Anna Agars Crab
Thomas Mahoney
Robert H. Sheehy
Margaret E. Watsons
Alice V. Lemke
John Snyder
Third Ward
John Langlotz
Grace Vetter
George A. Ramroth
Estelle M. Fischer
Fourth Ward
Witham HB. Hanley
Margaret Sheridan
Frank G. O'Brien
Mary A. Carey
John J. Caldwell
Theresa Cavanaugh
Fifth Ward
George J. Brunelle
Marie V. Daley
Thomas J. Flanagan
Otte Voelker
Rosalia McGrath
John E. Bowman
Stephen Saurach
James B. McCarthy
James A. Smith
James J. Tuffy
George O'Connor
Seventh Ward
M. Francis Byers
Mary A. Callahan
Frank Hogan
Marguerite .R. Clum
James A. Sheridan
Alice Watson
Eighth Ward
Frances McCarthy
Frank Rubino
Thomas Conroy
Loretta Foley Bird
Ninth Ward
James Coyne
Elizabeth O’brien
Joseph FP. Pendergast
Anna MM
Kennedy
Tenth Ward
Matthew Rourke
Julia McGrath
Margaret Shudt
Wiliam F. Daly
John Cavanaugh
Mary Riley
Nora Glynn
Fred Flynn
Eleventh Ward
Dennis McMahon
Catherine Phoenix
John A. Kehn
Agnes Cronin
Twelfth Ward
Walter Reilly
Marcy Kennedy
John J. Gleason
Nora A. Burke
Joseph J. Murray
Josephine Madigan
Thirteenth Ward
Martin J. Kane
Agnes F. Miller
James A. Davis
Agnes B.kelly
Edward Clancy
Margaret Cannon
Fourteenth Ward
Thomas C. Farnam
Thomas F. FitzGerald
Thomas J. Graham
Mary L. Kelly
Henry Fox
Mary E. Shannon
James J. Kennedy
Anthony J. Stehle
Mary Mullin
Fifteenth Ward
Marie A. Lonergan
H. Carl Holzhauer
William B. Clancy
Sheora Marshall
Edward J. Flanagan
Julia Hickey
Sixteenth Ward
Dennis J. Maney, Jr
Gertrude Riley
Alice Sheehan
Richard C. van Arnam
Anna E. Maloney
Alexis O. Roberts
Mary J. Graham
Charles A. Grenier
Seventeenth Ward
Alice Carroll
Fred Joy
John T. Dwyer
Frances Daley
George J. Hastings
Elizabeth G. Cady
Berlin
Arthur J. Good
Lions Club Victory Dance Aids Overseas Fund Drive
The Lions Club held a Victory Dance at The Hendrick Hudson to raise funds for Johnny Doughboy. Freddie Miller served as master of ceremonies. Campaign results will be announced after glass banks are collected and private contributions totaled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Lions Club
Our Fighting Men
Hendrick Hudson
Johnny Doughboy
Freddie Miller
Lansingburg Boys' Club Receives War Thank You Letter
Seaman Joseph C. Rokjer, serving in the Navy in the South Pacific, sends a letter to the Lansingburg Boys' Club praising their home front work. He highlights Jeep, salvage, and paper drives, credits leader Paul S. Young, and urges continued support for the nation and allied forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Pacific War Area
Lansingburg
Joseph C. Rokjer
Seaman Rokjer
United Nations
Boys’ Club
Iho
Paul S. Young
Lansingburg Boys' Club
South Pacific
Lansingburg Boys’ Club
Paul
Tenth Ward Honor Roll Dedication Honoring WWI Servicemen
Major Frank J. Mealy of the Tibbits Cadets led a 1000-strong audience at the Tenth Ward Honor Roll ceremony. Mrs. Andrew Hennessey unveiled the 463-name monument. Joseph Humes is the lone Gold Star. Bugle corps played wartime tunes as Boy Scouts saluted the flag. Local leaders, clergy, and committee members thanked participants and Bussey Steamer House for support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank J. Mealy
The
Tibbits
Mealy
Ward
Tenth Ward Fighting Sons and Daughters
Bugse and
Drum Corps
Noble Callahan Post
American Legion
William McNerney
Oakwood Avenue Presbyterian Church
Andrew Hennessey
Sousse Avenue
Thomas F. Nally
Navy
George Koch
Army
Joseph Humes
Philippines
William J. Smith
Bussey
Martin Manning
William Hawthorne
D.D
William
J. Cleary
Troy Hospital
Kavi Gavegan
Robert Tlanglotz
Margaret Boyd
Mary Nally
Alice Sheldon
Hudson Falls Garden Club Sets First Flower Show
The Hudson Falls Garden Club plans its first annual flower show on the evening of Thursday August 28. The club will meet Thursday August 5 at the Hudson Falls Court House to finalize plans for entertainment. Alma Lopen will speak on Weeds Good and Bad and Barbara Watkins will discuss Flower Show Arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hudson Falls Garden Club Flower Show
P.m
Hudson Falls Court House
Alma Lopen
Barbara Watkins
Power firm backs Niagara water power rent dispute
Supreme Court Justice Pierce H Russell announced plans to seek an adjournment of the August 2 hearing on Niagara River water power rents. He warned he would restrain the State Water Power and Control Commission if it did not cooperate, amid questions over constitutional authority and state rights to flowing waters. The Niagara Falls Power Co argues rent should wait until the Water Power Act constitutionality is resolved, noting it has paid substantial real estate taxes. Solicitor General Jin Judd stated state rights persist regardless of deeds or sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Pierce H. Russell
State Water Power and Control Commission
Niagara River Water Power
Justice Russell
Niagara Falls Power Co
Dewey
Jin Judd
Highway Land Action Started in Washington County
Washington County has filed in Supreme Court against John G Fort and Mrs Josephine Fort of Easton to acquire land for highway purposes in the township The county argues public use requires taking the defendants real property The court will be asked to appoint three commissioners to appraise the land value The property lies along the highway from Barkers Grove to South Cambridge through Washington County Atty Edward R Waite of Hudson Falls handles the action
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Supreme Court
John G. Fort
Josephine Fort
Easton
Barkers Grove
Cambridge
Edward R. Waite
Hudson Falls
Learn to Swim certificates awarded in Troy patrol
More than 180 youths from Troy and nearby areas received Learn to Swim certificates at the Prospect Park municipal pool concluding the first period of the seventh annual Record News Troy Recreation Department campaign. About eighty others earned beginner and intermediate Red Cross certificates. The second period runs August 2 to August 8 with registrations opening today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy
Prospect Park
the Record Newspapers-Troy Recreational Department
Edward A. Wachter
Troy Recreational Department
Joseph Hormats
Troy Recreation Commission
Red Cross
James A. Ryan
Rensselaer County
American Red Cross
Manny Elfenbein
Elfenbein
Ned Ring
Crowding Of Busses Urged to End by Safety Commission
The New York Public Safety Commission warned bus operators under its jurisdiction that overcrowded busses due to mileage limits and non essential driving bans threaten public safety. Operators were urged to petition the Office of Defense Transportation for relief, with a direct appeal to modify orders where local conditions demand it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Public Safety Commission
Commission
Troy
Nde
Office of Defense Transportation
State War Council
ODT
Unemployment Insurance Funds Jump to Near Half Billion
New York State Labor Department reports unemployment insurance fund at 498.41 million dollars as of June 30, boosted by 54.13 million in employer contributions in Q2. Payments to 15 000 unemployed totaled 1.09 million in June, down 23.8 percent from May due to war boom, with gains in employment cited as the reason for the decline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
State Labor Department
Fort Edward Names Sweet Music Director
The Fort Edward Board of Education hires Donald B. Sweet of Boonville as music supervisor for the high school for the upcoming year. He succeeds Starr Cole who resigned in March 1933. Sweet is a 1936 Hoosick Falls High School graduate and earned a 1940 Ithaca College BS. He plays multiple instruments and has teaching experience in Elmira and Danby public schools and two years as music supervisor at Boonville High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Edward
Danby
Sweet Cgmes
Boonville
OPA Targets Berry Dealers at Menands and Albany Markets
The Albany OPA plans a crackdown on berry prices amid reports dealers mislabeling wholesale sales as retail to dodge ceilings. Walter C Bryant says regional prosecutions will start once retail ceilings are secured, with prices observed from 4 to 36 per crate and ceilings between 4.23 and 36.92. He urged action and noted authorities will use state law once evidence supports prosecutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Menands Market
Albany Center
Albany
Bryant
Rensselaer County
James Cody Leaves City Service After 35 Years of Duty
James P. Cody, custodian at Troy’s Police and Fire Signal Station, retires on pension after 35 years. William P. Ryan of 350 Spring Avenue succeeds him, earning 1500 dollars yearly. Cody, 61, served under six mayors and witnessed Troy’s transition from horse drawn to motorized fire apparatus and radio dispatch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
Troy
James P. Cody
Cody
William P. Ryan
Spring Avenue
Ryan
Fifth Ward
Mr. Cody
Second Street
Bias P. Mann
Cornelius F. Burns
James W. Fleming
Harry E. Clinton
Chester J. Atkinson
Frank J. Hogan
Sears
Fie
Signal
Signal Department
Jim
Arba Road
State
Third Streets
OPA Explains Ration Stamp Return Warning
Albany OPA urged readers to inspect War Ration Book No. 3 for a validation stamp before returning books. The center reports many people return books believing no stamp is affixed, while stamped marks indicate validity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
OPA
New York
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Troy Record
Lam
Huych
the Leonard Hospital
John Huyck
Patricia Mary
Huyck
Mary K. Flanagan
Rosenberg
the Samaritan Hospital
C. Rosenberg
Charles Robert. Schultz
Floyd Schults
William Floyd
Schultz
Clair Ann Millette
Gardner Earl
Irma
Gault
Mary C. Martin
Ane Wurzel
Frank
G. E
A. H. Gilligan
Whitehall Bond Group
Democrats
Russell
Art Griffith
Art Gibbons
Ring
Ruth Reinhardt
Wachter
the Record
Troy Recreation Deparment
Fort Edweed
Sweet
Donald B. Sweet
James Cody
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