School Pupils Aid Old Record Drive Campaign
Supt. George H. Krug and Rev. E P Hanrahan assure Noble-Callahan Post that city pupils will collect old phonograph records this week through March 15 to fund new records for armed forces. The drive, in its third year, directs students to bring scrap records from home for sale to recording companies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. Krug
Thomas O. Treharne
Es P. Hanrahan
Noble-Callahan Post
American Legion
National American Legion Organization
iFor
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Aux- Wary
Legion
Armed Services
Sage Students Host World Affairs Forum at Sage College
Russell Sage College students held a world affairs forum in La Maison Fran caise Ger man Lounge. Dr Heberto Lacayo, Spanish faculty chair, spoke on How Well Do We Know the People of South America. Student chairman Gloria Harris oversaw planning with historian Jonal Ruby assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Sage College
la Maison Francaise
First Street
Russell Sage College War Council
Heberto Lacayo
Lacayo
South America
Gloria Harris
Newsom
Jonal Ruby
Promotion of Captain Daniel P. Mahoney at Raritan Arsenal
Daniel P. Mahoney, stationed at Raritan Arsenal in New Jersey, has been promoted to captain. He completed premedical studies at Notre Dame in 1937 and medical training at Georgetown in 1941. Mahoney, son of the late Mr and Mrs William H Mahoney, married Mary Bounds and has two children, Mary and Daniel Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel P. Mahoney
Raritan Arsenal
Methuchen
N. J
Captain Mahoney
Notre Dame
Georgetown Medical School
William H. Mahoney
Mary Bounds
Hutton Street
Mary
Capitol Day Delegates Appointed for 4H Program
Miss Ruth Foland of North Greenbush and George Mesick of South Schodack will represent Rensselaer County at Albany for Capitol Day 4H activities. Delegates tour the Capitol State Office Building and State Museum meet officials, attend a banquet, learn bill enactment, and visit Fort Craile and Schuyler Mansion before a 4 PM reception with Gov Dewey. Thirty seven counties participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Foland
North Greenbush
George Mesick
South Schodack
Rensselaer County
Albany
Capitol
George D. Stoddard
Fort Craile
Schuyler Mansion
Thomas FE. Dewey
Ithaca
Train Death Settlement Awarded In Schenectady Estate
A Surrogate's Court announcement states Hazel F. Northrup Flynn of Schenectady receives a 12,853.23 settlement from the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad related to her death in the 1943 Robson County wreck. The action was listed among her estate assets. A separate notice says the Rensselaer County WCTU meets at the YWCA Tuesday at 7 pm to plan the May county convention and requests reports on war project work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel F. Northrup Flynn
Schenectady
Atlantic Coast Line
Robson County
N. G
Rensselaer County
William J. Cregan Graduates From Selman Field Navigation Class
William J. Cregan son of Mrs Elizabeth Cregan 2358 Sixth Avenue is among the third class of aerial navigators at Selman Field Monroe Louisiana. The 18 week course graduates received flight officers warrants and second lieutenants commissions with silver wings at a post theater ceremony. After leave he will join combat bound crews at other stations and fly in all theaters. Cregan served 18 months in the Air Corps after stints at Aberdeen Proving Grounds and Fort Myers preflight training. He attended Troy High School class of 1938 and worked at Watervliet Arsenal before enlisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Cregan
Elizabeth Cregan
Sixth Avenue
Selman Field
Monroe
Cregan
Aberdeen Proving Grounds
Ordnance Department
Air Corps
Fort Myers
Fla
Troy High School
Watervliet Arsenal
Com
Inheritance Tax Reports Filed in Rensselaer Surrogate Court
Estate tax reports filed in Rensselaer County Surrogate's Court detail two estates Rebecca E. LeCompte who died in this city January 18 and Delia Fancher who died in Troy April 14 1943. LeCompte left a gross estate of 23934.05 and net 14614.05 with the entire estate to Alfred A. Le Compte at 199 Fifth Avenue. Attorneys John J. and Robert T. Murray represent the estate. Fancher left a gross estate of 6834.07 and net 5584.17 with specific bequests including 50 to nephew William Connors and 1 to nieces Alma C Sheridan and Adele G Garrett. one dollar to deceased nephew Frank Connors. and the residue split half to nephew William Green and half to Alma G Dow. Thomas J. O Connor is attorney for this estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rensselaer County
Edward J. Poland
Rebecca E. LeCompte
Delia Fancher
Troy
Alfred A. LeCompte
Fifth Avenue
John J
Robert T. Murray
William Connors
Seventh Avenue
Alma C. Sheridan
Watervliet
Adele
Matrons Named at Two Public Baths
Two matrons were named for the North End and South End baths in a City Hall announcement. Elizabeth Gill of the 17th Ward will run the North End Bath and Mary Green of 542 First Street will run the South End Bath. Gill is the widow of William Gill a longtime Republican figure and Green is the widow of Michael Green a former South End Bath superintendent. Gill succeeds Lillian O’Neill and Green succeeds Catherine Norton. The salary is 900 a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North End
South End Baths
City Hall
Elizabeth Gill
17Th Ward
North End Bath
Mary ,Green
First Street
South End Bath
Gill
William Gill
Republican Party
Green
Michael Green
Lillian O'Neill
Catherine Norton
Troy Council Plans Supper for USO Club Event
The Troy Council of Parents and Teachers met in School 5 with Mrs. Nelson H. Swimmy presiding. They planned a USO supper at the Masonic Temple on April 23 and approved sending Mrs. Schmay to the Cornell Institute in Ithaca April 18-20, focusing on educational reconstruction and program planning. The group also funded Red Cross support for the Twelfth Ward and discussed a spring rummage sale. The next meeting is set for April 5 at School 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy Council of Parents and Teachers
Nelson H. Swimmy
USO
Masonic Temple
Michael F. Fazioli
J. Kenneth Lowe
Sarah K. Flynn
Schmay
Cornell Institute
Cornell University
Ithaca
Red Cross
Fred Ross
Troy
Troy Council
Bridgeman Building Sold to Kium Realty Corp
The Bridgeman Building at 351 353 Broadway, a four story double structure, was sold by Manufacturers National Bank of Troy to Kium Realty Corp. The sale handled by Jacob and I J Weinstein Inc. No tenancy changes expected as MacMartin-White Inc and the Trunk Shop occupy the building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeman
Broadway
Kium Realty Corp
Manufacturers National Bank of Troy
Jacob and I. J. Weinstein, Inc
MacMartin-White, Inc
Trunk Shop
Area Girls Lead WAC Training From Albany to Fort Oglethorpe
Five area girls joined 16 other enlistees leaving Albany on Wednesday for WAC training at Fort Oglethorpe Georgia. The group includes Doris A Dwyer Marian E Knowles Rose H Peskur Dorothy E Smith and Barbara I Woosman with provided addresses in Troy Round Lake Hudson Falls and Menands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WACS
Albany
Fort Oglethorpe
Doris A. Dwyer
Sixth Avenue
Troy
Marian E. Knowles
Round Lake
Rose H. Peskur
Burdett Avenue
Dorothy E. Smith
Hudson Falls
Barbara I, Woosman
Dutch Village
Menands
Grateful Father of Soldier Aids War Fund
Gilbert Doran, a Troy undertaker, visited Red Cross headquarters to contribute to the War Fund drive. He carried a letter from his son Corporal J Gilbert Doran serving in England with the Army Engineers praising the Red Cross for its service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grateful Father of Soldier
Gilbert Doran
Troy Undertaker
Red Cross
Mr. Doran
Corp. J
England
Army Engineers
Actions discontinued in Supreme Court suits
Legal actions brought by Clarence Dorr and Adeline C. Russell against Albert Silvernail have been discontinued, as shown by papers filed in the County Clerk's office.
County Receives State Franchise Tax Share
County Treasurer Avery G. Hail reports a total of 84 848 15 from New York State as Rensselaer County’s share of franchise taxes for the period ending December 31 1943. The funds are distributed to Troy Rensselaer Berlin East Greenbush Hoosick Hoosick Falls Nassau North Greenbush Pittstown Sand Lake Schaghticoke Schaghticoke village Schodack Castleton with amounts ranging from 3 18 to 46 056 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avery G. Hail
New York State
Rensselaer County
Troy
Rensselaer
Berlin
East Greenbush
Hoosick
Hoosick Falls
Nassau
North Greenbush
Pittstown
Sand Lake
Schaghticoke
Schaghticoke Village
Schodack
Castleton
County Court Opens Monday With 16 Criminal Trials
The March term of Rensselaer County Court will convene Monday before Judge Harry E. Clinton. Dist. Atty. Earle J. Wiley will call a calendar of sixteen criminal cases for trial at the term, with civil actions scheduled to begin in the early part of the term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rensselaer
Harry E. Clinton
Earle J. Wiley
Indictment Charges McCloskey For 1943 Assault
Clinton juries indict Nicholas Macigowski also known as Michael McCloskey for first degree assault against Samuel Bress, a Troy Police Department member, during a blackout on January 15, 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton
Nicholas Macigowski
Michael McCloskey
McCloskey
Samuel Bress
Troy Police Department
Local Recruit Enlists in Navy for Sampson Training
John Manillo of 2 Norfolk Avenue has enlisted at the local recruiting station and is assigned to Sampson for training. Chief Gunner's Mate Joseph Sullli announced the acceptance and assignment yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NAVY
John Manillo
Norfolk Avenue
Sampson
Joseph Sulllivan
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Eniwetok
22Nd Marine Regiment
106Th Infantry
Sage
Trojan
Knitcraft’s
Louis Coplin
Knitcraft
Caruso Othe
Caruso Fruit Distributors
Co. T. U
USO Club
Bridgeman Building
Ium Corp
WAC
and Shern
STATE
ST. Schrnectady
Edward O. Hageman
New York State Police
B.C. I
Batavia
Francis A. McGarvey
TD War Bonds Today
Wells & Coverly
Tea ST
Triangle
SIN
the People
River Street
the Peoples Store
River ST
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