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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1944
Page
13
Members of Cub Pack Eleven in Gingburg plan their annual soap box derby to be held on Northern Dive Friday January 30. Den leaders will report to their den chiefs this week on plans for participation as Mrs. Douglas Egle of Eighth Avenue is named den mother for Den Five.
Local Selective Service boards 830 323 and 32 will not send registrants for induction in June. They are among boards statewide in a reclassification under a new directive that pauses inductions for those over thirty and places workers in deferment classes 2 2 2A 2B 2 4. Registrants who recently changed to essential war work are urged to inform boards of status changes.
The will of Mrs Jennie Derrick Biliey wife of former District Attorney Broderick C Filley who died May 4 in Lansingburg was admitted to probate by Judge Edward J Donehue in Rensselaer County Surrogates Court. Letters testamentary issued to Mr Filley. The holographic will leaves over 5000 in real and over 5000 in personal property with specific bequests to daughters Janet Krauss Helen Pratt Filley and Freda Loucks and a remainder to Mr Filley.
The largest WAC contingent to the Mediterranean theater arrived in Naples from the United States. It includes 32 officers and 357 enlisted women, with half likely to proceed to the Middle East, bringing total Mediterranean strength to nearly 3,000. Detachments were led by Capt. Kathryn Royster of Bessemer City, NC, and Lieut Jean Heister of Ravenna.
Grafton Parent-Teacher Association met at Grafton Town Hall for its May session. Officers Marion Lamphere treasurer Katherine Poole welfare chair Agnes Moore hospitality chair led reports. Plans were made to honor District No 1 students with the yearly meeting attendance contest winner event.
Memorial Day activities in Stillwater included a village parade led by the Stillwater High School band and services at the village park. Veterans, Boy Scouts, and local fire and church groups attended as prayers were offered by three pastors. A wreath was placed in the park by Earl Gilman of the American Legion. School sessions resumed at Stillwater School at 5 am after a holiday closure. Personal notes mention visits between Oswego and Wilmington residents and a teacher’s resignation at the high school.
Vincent Latusek, 40, drove to police headquarters with his wife's body in the rear seat and confessed to killing her over suspected infidelity. Latusek, held on a murder charge, said after drinking beers they drove to Hosmer Mountain reservoir where she resisted his embrace, prompting the shooting.
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