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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1944
Page
13
The Speigletown Home Bureau will meet at 8 p m at the home of Mrs Harvey L Reed Mrs Walter J Sanderson will preside Also notes births and bereavement acknowledgments appear for local families with hospital announcements listing Brunelle Cioti Draxler Schramm born entries and previous thanks to community members.
Social Prosecutor George P. Monaghan denied charges that an Albany Negro was beaten and dangled from the 29th floor of the State Office Building while being questioned by state police. He called the report an outright lie and said the subject was invited to the office for about an hour with no force used. Mayor Corning said the tale would be investigated if true.
Stanley C. Timensky 24 Tech. Lt. Gr. son of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Timensky of 459 Third Street was seriously wounded in action in Italy, with mail from War Department stating condition to be reported. He enlisted 1941, trained at Plattsburg Fort Bragg and Fort Belvoir, shipped from Salerno to North Africa, then Italy with the 36th Engineers, saw action along Rapido Cassino. He wrote from Italy after meeting three former South End friends Joe Egan Darb Flynn and Johnny Telesky. He attended Troy schools.
A list of deaths and funeral details from February 1944 in Troy and nearby areas. Entries include Cirillo of 544 Fourth St with high mass pending, infant Diodati of Leonard Hospital, Dunn of Troy Hospital, Fallon of Schenectady, Krahl Levesque Kehl Levesque, McKeon McManus Masse Rea Rogers Sheridan Smith and Strawson with funeral arrangements and burial details.
Vacation at R P I ends with classes resuming for W 12 and civilian students. V 12 entrants arrive from other colleges and civilian life, to don uniforms and move into freshmen dorms. Capt Bowman notes campus bustle as R O T C sailors depart for active duty.
Ellen French McKeon a Waterford native and 57 year Lansingburg resident died after a long illness at 5 2 Fifth Avenue wife of the late Cornelius F McKeon. Survived by two daughters Mrs Edward J Shaughnessy and Miss Margaret C McKeon Troy two sons John J McKeon Troy and Neil A McKeon Green Island a sister Mrs Anna Tierney Waterford and three grandchildren. Funeral services from the residence time to be announced.
An alarm from Box 20 at 12 25 p m yesterday sent firefighters to a blaze in a fuel oil truck owned by Super Service Oil Co at 11 North Street and driven by Joseph Foy of 20 Middle Street Waterford. Police say a short circuit caused the fire at Federal and River Streets.
War Emergency Radio Service members met at Colonie to plan a blackout at 9 p m on April 2. Arthur Stuarts Jr led the Troy delegation with operators from Bethlehem and Colonie. Short wave radio would be the sole communication if phone lines failed. New sets were added at Schenectady and Bethlehem as plans to maintain the group after the war were discussed.
Col Thomas M. Sherman 57 formerly of Albany and son of the late vice president James S. Sherman died suddenly in Watertown where he was to address a Civilian Protection meeting. A 1917 veteran, he served on the Mexican border and overseas, later retiring as a colonel. He held bank posts in Utica and New York City.
Pfc. Clifford LeRoy Spires, 19, of Ballston Spa, was killed in action in Italy on January 31, per a War Department telegram to his parents Mr. and Mrs. Willard E. Spires. No further details were provided. He served with Company G, 30th Infantry and was inducted April 16, 1943 while a senior at Ballston Spa High School. He is survived by his parents a brother Edward R. Spires 13 on duty in the Mediterranean and a sister Miss Bertha Spires of Ballston Spa.
A Hudson valley weather outlook shows lighter than average snow across most of the basin with ice breakup not starting until after mid March. Snow depths vary by region from 12 to 36 inches and the Sacandaga reservoir region is expected to remain flood safe barring late storms.
Troy Lodge of Elks will support a Red Cross drive to raise 200000900 this month. Exalted Ruler Joan B E Fleming Jr said the national office cited Red Cross as the main agency aiding prisoners of war and blood plasma distribution. Elk lodges have previously donated ambulances hospital equipment and other materiel. A bicycle valued at 12 was reported stolen from 4806 Sixth Avenue yesterday afternoon.
Filing of designations by left and right wings of the American Labor Party and three Republican county committee contests in Troy’s Fourth and Fourteenth Wards marked the last day of filing petitions for spring primaries. Republicans named state committee men and county committeemen across districts while Democrats reported no contests.
Nominations filed with the Secretary of State in Albany list Republican and Democratic delegates and alternates from the 28th and 29th Congressional Districts. 28th Republican include Kenneth MacAffer and Mayor John J. Ahern with alternates Ruth Miner and Ernest B. Morris. 28th Democratic include Mayor Erastus Corning and Fred Casay with alternates John Murphy and Mary Marcy. 29th Republican delegates are Herbert Batholomew and William Benton with alternates Dwight Marvin and Earl Vetter. 29th Democratic delegates are Jerry Cronin and Frank Hogan with alternates F Arthur Howland and Dr Arthur Leonard.
A new Tri County Chamber of Commerce was formed to promote cooperation among Warren Washington and Saratoga counties. The group met at F Arthur Howland’s Hudson Falls offices and appointed a directing committee. Officials from Glens Falls Hudson Falls Fort Edward and South Glens Falls attended, discussing industry growth employment and housing.
The A M E Zion Church Choir directed by Ted Harris will perform a program of spiritual and classical music Friday at 8 15 pm at the church. The concert funds the church organ fund.
The Fifth Avenue State Street Methodist Church held its annual fourth quarter conference electing and approving officers for the year. Rev. Cassius J. Miller presided. Rev. Eldon H. Martin led devotion. licenses renewed for E. H. Martin and Dr. Charles Gould. New roles include Jacob Moore Jr as communion steward and a long list of trustees and stewards.
Twelve men with fifty years of membership in Apollo Lodge F and A M received medals from the grand lodge at a Masonic Temple ceremony. District Deputy Rob ert J. Swackhammer officiated. Six recipients attended including John G. Rommell Henry Schuldt Jr William H. Jarvis August H. Schmay Walter Le Schneider and William B. Myers. Several members could not attend and will receive awards later. Master Kenneth B. Her presided as a social followed.
Eight babies arrived in Troy on February 29 adding new members to the Leap Year Babies. Leonard Hospital led with four births, including a daughter to Frank J. Cioffi and a daughter to Arthur Pelletier. Troy Hospital reported two births, Sama ritan and St Joseph's each one birth, with addresses listed for each family.
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