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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1945
Page
16
Members vote to hold the annual Grange picnic at the Grange Hall on August 11 starting at 2 PM. The program includes sports and music with a tavored dish supper served at 6 30 PM. Henry King chairs the event.
The column compiles memorial messages and public funeral notices for Becker families and several local residents. It lists expressions of gratitude to friends and kin, and records birth and death notices with names, relationships, locations, and hospital dates and services in Troy and nearby towns.
Dr Hess of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute receives the 1944 Medal of the American Iron and Steel Institute for a paper on Recent Progress in the Scientific Application of Welding to Steel based on RPI research. The honor, established in 1937 to honor Elbert H. Gars, marks the third time Dr Heas and RPI have been honored this year.
Firefighters answered a late night alarm for a blaze at the 3. J. Brown Dairy on Brunswick Road confined to cardboard milk bottle caps and a cupboard. Officials believe an electric motor in the refrigeration system started the fire. Pumper 5 and additional units responded, with two glass panes broken to gain entry.
A compilation of death announcements and funeral notices from towns including Hoosick Falls Watervliet Plattsburg and Greenwich. Entries name the deceased dates of death locations residences and family relations with slated funeral arrangements and burial details.
Civil Air Patrol plans a 8 30 pm show at Troy Armory featuring two films Story of Corporal Stone and Diary of Sergeant Mike plus interviews with Purple Heart veterans. Lt Robert A Sherry leads the program arranged through the Red Cross Proctor Building and available to civic and fraternal groups.
Julia RK Croton, 35, a Samaritan Hospital School of Nursing graduate and former superintendent of obstetrics at Memorial Hospital Albany, died Sunday after 12 weeks of illness. She was born in Hoosick Falls and lived in Bennington, Vermont. Funeral today at 2:30 p.m. at Second Congregational Church Bennington. Burial in Park Lawn Cemetery. Surviving: parents David C. and Margaret Croton, Windsor, Vt.. one brother David W. Croton.
Janes Strope nine of IL Earth Street was driven to Samaritan Hospital by patrolmen John Hotbauer and James Purcell after an incident described by police as an injury to the right foot. The exact cause and condition were undetermined by authorities.
The City of Troy accepts deeds to four parcels from delinquent tax payments at a Common Council meeting. One parcel at 66 67 Union Street contains a two story brick building. three vacant lots are on Mill Street, Vandenberg Avenue, and 643 Fourth Street. Owners include Bertha Clere Marina Exton Bertha Huntley and Catherine Berry.
The Rensselaer County 435's Leaders meeting is set for 7 pm at the hall ramp in Alps, with Miss Dorothy McCabe as president stating the date is Aug. 31 as corrected. Transportation will be available for those who call Mrs. Edward Warner in Castleton or Miss Dorothy McCabe at Troy 33-R-3.
Roy Ottman of Poestenkill was elected president of the new Rensselaer County Dairy Improvement Association while in hospital with a fractured leg after a bull attack. Earl Bennett of Valley Falls was named vice president and Oliver Styatt of Cherry Plain secretary-treasurer. The group voted to raise testing fees and set tester charges for the year.
The Watervliet Arsenal PM department hosts its fifth annual outing at McCarthy's Gardens in Watervliet on Sunday August 19. Attending are Col. C F Partridge post commandant Lt Col Elmer Moffattworks manager and Fred Prins general foreman. A sports program includes a day shift versus afternoon shift softball game with George Becker as master of ceremonies. Reservations close Wednesday August 15.
The mother of Sgt E Donald Brennan of Watervliet received his Bronze Star Medal in a quiet home ceremony. Brennan, part of Patton's Third Army, was killed in Luxembourg on December 28, 1944 after heroically maintaining supplies to the bridgehead under heavy shelling.
G A Van Keuren of the State Emergency Food Commission told 157 housewives at the New York Power and Light Building that sugar is not required for fruit canning. He noted that small amounts aid color and texture but fruits retain vitamins and value without sugar. He covered freezing methods, suitable maturities, container choices, and foods that freeze well, urging quick work and proper packaging.
Three soldiers including S/Sgt Joseph J Brennan from Trop and Pvt Ronald A Hunt of Schuylerville and Pfc Walter Peagle of Cambridge arrived in Miami from Europe aboard a U S transport. They will ride by rail to Camp Blanding and then to a reception center for furloughs or reassignment. Pawling Sanitarium notes no clinic hours this week due to vacation.
Edward McDonald reports the Troy Democratic edge splits over the Dougherty faction as Judge Nugent faces redesignation and possible disqualification. Leadership factions marshal support while write-in paths emerge for city judges in today’s primary.
Primary polls open until 9 pm with few contests on the county ballot. Voters select candidates for mayor, sheriff, county clerk, city judges, and party committeemen in districts. Nominations for town offices and supervisors will be set in caucuses from August 1 to 7. Returns go to the Board of Elections after polls close.
The Northumberland Democrats renominated Edgar King for supervisor and Clayton Hurd for town highway superintendent. Elton Saunders was renominated for justice of the peace, and William Arr was nominated for tax collector. King will be opposed by Ham Sherman, Republican nominee for supervisor and current tax collector. Democrats endorsed Republican nominees for other offices.
Jebr Flint of Coast Guard returns from a year in the Pacific theater to the United States on furlough. He is married to Huth Cuerdon of TS Eighth Street and is son of Mrs. Ethel Flint of 314 Spring Avenue. At Catholic Central High School he was chosen all city center on the basketball team.
Mrs Irma Fox twenty of 22206th Street was taken to Scottard Hospital after jumping from a bank on IM Street and Second Avenue. Police say she was in critical condition last night. Driver Frank J Haba and Patrolmen Edweard S Kirkpatrick John Hofbauer and James Purcell transported her. Dr Joseph Gallo attended, now under Dr Adolph F Glaser care.
The Cinb club outing at the Mr. and Mrs. Club camp in Lansingbore Lake Bomosseen Wisconsin Sunday drew 31 members. Mrs Henry O Bryan won the pota o contest Harold Jones led the high diving contest and George Williams won the bisewit eating contest.
Emanuel Elfenbein announces two Park Pool Learn to Swim periods for 189 registered youths. Classes run 10:30 to 11:15 and 11:15 to noon, include boys and girls, with emphasis on safety. Many students from the first period earned Red Cross certificates and will join beginner and intermediate classes this week.
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