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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1944
Page
21
The Troy Times notes Fresh Air Fund acknowledgments listing Mrs. Ralph J. Suurk from Leads, Massachusetts, among contributors.
In memoriam to Bebh Alderman who passed away recently. The notice honors the late alderman and notes enduring memory for the community.
A crowded page lists multiple death notices and wedding or birth announcements. Entries name deceased or honored individuals, their residence, and service details, with dates in July 1943 and related family connections, from Albany and Waterford areas, including hospital and church services and interment plans.
Four people were injured at about 6 20 pm yesterday when a car traveling south on the Albany Saratoga Road struck a parked vehicle near Letehie Fracher Circle. The Decker family members suffered facial chest and head injuries and were treated at Albany Hospital.
The Rensselaer County Farm Bureau runs an information center aiding sheepmen and poultry raisers with internal parasites and blue comb. Treatments include phenothiazine drench or copper sulfate and nicotine sulfate for worms, plus molasses mash or potash in mash to combat blue comb.
Patrolmen Donald Theren and Frank Masetti of the First Precinct radio patrol took Mary Ward 32 of 650 Fulton Street and another woman identified as Ciccateli 42 from 12 Havemann Avenue to Central Station and then home in a police car. The second woman was removed from her home and taken to Samaritan Hospital by Driver Frank Hahn and Sergeant James Treyer at Dr Bernard Stolz request.
The twelfth annual H Clay two week summer camp at Devitt's Lake opens with C Calvin Smith as director for 86 campers and 23 staff. Samuel B Defrance and Mrs Blovetee H Thayer join as staff. Dorrance as secretary treasurer. Mrs Kermit Wildermuth as chief cook with four H Club helpers. The camp offers crafts, leather jewelry, felt novelties and plastics. a registered nurse is on site. daily mail service is noted.
A game party will be held tomorrow evening at Taborton Hall under the auspices of the Ladies Aid Society. Luncheon will be served after the games.
Divers raised the sunken barge Robert W W Davis after colliding with a river wall near Jacob Street on June 3. The crew transferred about 30 tons of sulfur to two other barges for shipment to New Jersey while teams from Kingston Schenectady and Syracuse coordinated the operation.
The New York State Conference of Mayors warns civil service leaves for military duty complicate postwar reinstate ment. Veterans may take war plant jobs during leaves but must apply for reinstatement within sixty days of discharge, with possible extensions. missing personnel complicate job reinstatement decisions.
A late shower drenched grounds delaying St Paul the Apostle's Moonlight Festival. Tonight the program may proceed with cards zemes dancing and entertainment if weather cooperates. William Brown of Argyle suffered possible skull fracture and injuries after a fall at the home of Mr and Mrs Curtis. he is in Glens Falls Hospital in fair condition after evaluation.
Local hotels face a War Manpower Commission order limiting towels to one bath towel and two face towels daily to conserve manpower. Hotels must replace male staff under 45 with women, elderly men, or disabled workers for war production, and reuse sheets for half a week. Handled changes may disrupt guest service as managers adjust to new rules. A Lansingburg Band plans to play at the Serengeti Ward dedication event Sunday at 1 30 pm.
A late night thunderstorm in the Troy area caused two barns to burn after lightning struck them on West Sand Lake and Seyders Lake roads. Hay losses occurred, animals were saved, and firefighters battled the blazes. The storm dropped heavy rain and wind gusts up to 32 miles per hour, briefly cooling the heat before clearing to fair weather.
Twelve members of the Red Cross Monday Evening Home Nursing Class were honored at a graduation dinner held at Callahan's Restaurant. Certificates and pins were awarded for a 42 week course taught by Mrs Harner. Recipients include Mrs Henrietta Mayott and others.
New York State reports 1053 births and 46 500 marriages in the first seven months of 1943, down from 1940 figures. Demographer DePorte links declines to wartime enlistment and the draft, noting a peak in August 1943 and a projected further drop to prewar levels as the war progresses.
The Trey Student Work Committee at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute released its first annual report by Rev. Seymour A. Smith showing receipts of 2711.60 and expenses of 492.98 leaving a balance of 2219.61. The two month May 25 to July 26 segment notes 100 letters to parents 70 other notices 35 interviews for new students and programs for study hours and discussion groups. The chaplain also spoke at eight church services and participated in Rennington College activities and a two year visit to New York for church officials.
Meira Perex of Greenfeld Cer ter serves a thirty day term in Savatage County Jail Batts ten Soa on a disorderly conduct charge. He was found near the Depots Sheri Henry J. Wiere stating the man crossed the lawn and ran onto the tracks as a train passed. The body remained on the side switch track. Perez, employed at a local met parner, housed a wife and several relatives named from Greenfield Center and Corinth. The injured man was moved to the Suanzis Syrnera Home in Sara-
Dominic G. Cronin a Newbury Democrat races for the 29th Congressional District nomination. Associate Judge John Ty Loughran denies Cronin’s appeal of court reviews, following a Supreme Court ruling on signature counts. Augustus W. Sennett of Bainville asserts the action, with Rep. Hamilton Fish’s primary and Democratic designation involved.
Telegram confirms Private George Thayer grandson of Mr. and Mrs. George Thayer of Mechanicville was killed in action. His wife Mrs Anne Rinaldo Thayer of Oneida had been informed after earlier reports of him mining in action.
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