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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1944
Page
13
Louis Buffin of Schenectady, driving a T4, was visited by Tuesday night sight in a two car collision on Route 20 at Slonnsville. Two other men were slightly hurt.
The 1643 annual Recreation Commission report to Mayor John J. Ahern requests a 1945 appropriation of 30 009.86 with total expenditures at 1 538.92. Revenue turned to the treasurer totals 5 470.77 from summoning skating and related activities. Estimated attendance covers winter sports baseball tennis and playground programs, with golf and swimming participation also detailed. Recommendations include adding stationary receptacles at Prospect Park pool, a 100 raise for lifeguards, 100 for transporting the swimming team and medals, and more funds for pool machinery repairs.
The document calls for two fairway mowers and safety upgrades to a stairway, recommends replacing worn playground equipment with a $1,500 annual budget for replacements, adding two new playgrounds in New Village and Albia Winter Street areas, and equipping each with concrete and wood benches. It also proposes two handicraft supervisors, a $100 increase for a special playground director, and storage for department gear. It notes resurfacing needs for three wading pools and improved drainage, plus a children's water feature.
Troy merchants pledged to match retailers for Victory Day and through rain held fund drives to surpass 230000 in War Bond subscriptions. Clint E. Rose notes growing troop subscriptions as South End Albia areas receive recommendations for park improvements and public amenities citywide.
Cambridge Junior High held graduation exercises awarding prizes across subjects and citizenship. Winners include Charles Vickers for top Regents marks in social studies and English, Mary Lee Wright and Diana Coomber for English, Dorothy Peregrin for ninth grade social studies, and 60 percent of workers at Royal Ordnance factories in Britain are women.
Hed iCross explains civilian food package shipments to Belgium the Netherlands Norway and Russia with rules on recipients and currency. Packages are prepared in Portugal include sardines and dried fruit and are sent from Lisbon by registered mail to Belgium and through Red Cross channels to the Netherlands and Norway with limits on monthly parcels. Russian aid flows through two organizations offering food and clothing to relatives in Soviet Russia with eligibility details and coordinating offices.
In Powell, Harriet Ames, 12, found a sixfold yellow daisy among the usual yellow fringe petals. The unusual blossom, nicknamed black eyed Susan, showed six brown centers surrounded by petals and measured nearly full size though each sixth remained a miniature bloom.
Eight men from the Selective Service district centered in Greenwich and one transferred to the district were reported Tuesday for induction into the Army. Names include Gordon E. Kirk Cambridge William D. Shaw Merce A. Rea Andrew J. Beale Joan P Hoyalion Fort Edward Sheldon M Larmon Greenwich John BE Carlton Salem Carlton and Shaw volunteered for service. David T. Tucker Fort Edward transferred from Essex Junction will join the group Tuesday. William MaClare Sveinier inducted into the Navy June 18.
The Army and Navy Union garrison held a regular meeting in the Chasan Building with Comdr James Dundon presiding. Funds to defray delegates’ expenses to the department convention in Rochester were voted, and reports on a service flag and an Antwerp flag were presented by Stanley O Grady.
The city of Troy serves John A. Bond with formal dismissal as superintendent of buildings after a back and forth over civil service status and authority. Commissioner Frank S. Ames cites incompetence negligence and indifference in duties. Bond had challenged removal, Supreme Court upheld reinstatement with back pay, but new suspension and dismissal were ordered pending charges. Acting superintendent John Knaupp may be appointed permanently. Charles J. Ransey represents Bond. no new action announced.
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