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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1950
Page
8
The Waterville VFW post will nominate officers for the coming year at 4 p.m. today in the VFW hall on Broadway with Commander Harold J. Larkin presiding. Elections are set for March 20 and installation on April 3, as heating upgrades and increased attendance are noted.
The Jer main Memorial Presbyterian Church lists today events for junior and youth choirs scouts and club activities at various homes and buildings. Tomorrow features Weekday School of Religion Girl Scouts and prayer services. Several other churches record lent devotions and church group meetings across Wednesday and Thursday evenings.
The Reformed Church Women’s Missionary Society schedules a silver tea for May 17 at Miss Elizabeth Hamlin’s home on Fifth Avenue. Guest speaker Mira Darwin Stanton will discuss missionary work in Japan, with supplies to South India from the Saratoga class Gift. New members were welcomed. pastors Hamlin and Burggraaff attended as guests.
The Patrician Players of St. Patrick's Church Waterville present Echoes of Erin a Mardi Gras Irish village show March 7. The cast features many from Musicans with a thirty strong chorus under Mrs Agnes Dundon direction. Music by Edward Malloy and his orchestra. Rev Joseph N Chmielewski is group moderator and the show is directed by Mrs Tallman and Mr Harley with them serving as emcee.
A community driven Vocational Guidance program at Watervliet High School linked with the Rotary Club to present expert speakers from various fields. Principal Edward J. Sanders lauded organizer Stewart Weaning and the guidance staff for coordinating sessions with students and teachers, featuring occupations from stenography to engineering and nursing. The article also notes the death of Daniel P. Mahoney at his residence, detailing his Irish birth, long Watervliet residence, and survivors.
Watervliet Rotary Club members shift focus from meals to baseball as major league teams train for the 1950 season. The club plans to view World Series pictures and enjoy sports coverage at the gathering.
Francis T. Spaulding announced a six week moratorium on petitions for centralization of North Colonie school districts to allow voters to learn needed facts. After April 13 new petitions may be filed to decide whether to lay out the centralization plan for a vote, with June 1 as the decision date and July 1 for possible effect.
Harold W. McDonald formerly of Mechanicville now of New Turnpike Road Troy pleaded guilty in Mechanicville city court to selling an automobile with an outstanding chat tel mortgage held by Benson Zelnici of 227 South Main Street.
A wife filed an abandonment action which was adjourned to a date to be set later. McDonald was represented by attorney Thomas E. Ryan.
Moscow reports Dr. Gregori Shain received the Sian prize of 200000 rubles for proving the presence of heavy hydrogen in the atmospheres of certain stars. The award hailed the discovery as of immense significance and placed Shain among leading Soviet scientists.
Vischer Ferry Wilbur Perkins attends Albany Business College while Cpl Patrick Haines visits family from Camp Barstow California. Clifton Park polio fund contributions exceed 720 with many gifts from Round Lake in memory of John OBrien. Amity Home Bureau and teachers discuss visual aids and juvenile delinquency topics. Heart Fund drive proceeds mix house to house and committee efforts with plans for a minstrel show and a cake sale. Senate panel advances Montell Peronsen control bill amid controversy.
The Sane-Rubin Construction Co of Albany won the general construction bid for Cambridge’s new central school, submitted at 498,851 dollars. Ryder and Link of Schenectady will review and approve the electrical, heating and plumbing packages as weather allows. The Hitchcock site will replace the former central school destroyed by fire in August 1947.
Newtonville news notes Harry Charles Feiden son of Mr and Mrs Harry Feiden of Shaker Road left for Parris Island after being employed by the state. The Womens Society of Christian Service executive committee met at Warner Ten Broecks home to plan the coming week. Mizpah Class members met at Mrs Clinton Allens new Old London Road home with devotions led by Mrs Frank Felden and Mrs Gerald France presiding. A $140 building fund subscription was reported for the Methodist Church and a drive for $1 000 was planned for Easter Sunday. New officers were elected for the coming year with Mrs William Jeram president, Mrs Fred Hughes vice president, Mrs William Grimm secretary, and Mrs John Helsing treasurer. Refreshments followed, colors red and white. Delbert Smith assisted hostess.
Fynaniskill Mr and Mrs Earl Shortsleeves and Mr and Mrs Joseph Keenan of Mountain View Avenue Troy have returned from a month long Florida vacation. Senior League for Service met at the Reformed Church with Mr Ruth Gundrim presiding and discussed Enda in quiz form. New member Mrs Mation Saysder welcomed. $15 given to Mission Field. St Patrick Dar decor and refreshments provided by Kathleen Bohosteel Ruth Dearstyur and Liza Dearstene.
Johnsonville reports Mrs. CM Herrington returned home from Scheidiads after visiting friends. Derrlick Home Bureau met with leader Mrs Archie Maples at Mrs Charles Culhane's home for the first session. Red Cross Fund Drive started. Johnsonville quota set for a house to be canvassed. chairman Mrs C M Hermington announced.
Members of the Bubbling Springs F H Club announce an exhibit of years work as part of National FH Week. The display will be at Bubie’s Store with subjects from the club’s projects including a sleighride party and a sewing project led by Mrs Margaret Brod and Mrs Eleanor Jones.
Funeral services were held for James Miller 13 a former altar boy at St Peters Church The ceremony included a mass at St Peters Church with Rev Charles Smith and burial in St Peters Cemetery The choir from St Peters Academy and the church children attended with many delegates from the Sisters of Charity and Sisters of St Joseph of St Peters Convent
New York State medical examiner awaits results in the deaths of Arthur Dezzany 48 and his 2 year old son found in their 1950 car near Chappaqua Westchester County. Police say exhaust gas entered the car interior. no signs of violence or note. The Dezzanys, from Pittsfield Massachusetts, ran a North Creek lumber firm and had lived there about a year.
The Sand Lake Town Board will consider buying a four wheel drive dump truck with a hydraulically operated snow plow for the highway department. A meeting is set for next Saturday at 2 p.m. at Town Clerk Joseph F. Warren’s office to review bids already received and the purchase is recommended by Highway Superintendent Walter Warger.
The Round Lake Men’s Club supper is set for today at 6 45 pm at the Methodist Church with entertainment. Mrs Harry G O Brien hosted. nine Knit Witt Knitting Klub members gathered at her George Avenue home. Lydia Hiwhe spent months with Ber aon bor, William H. Tuck and Jamil, plans to visit Evitalo then Saranac in March and April. Recent visitors at Mr and Mrs John M Hickey included Mrs Catherine Richard, Mr and Mrs Henry Freeeau, Mr Grover De Cora, Mr and Mrs Charles Seeley, Batleton Spa, and Mrs Ralph Precent and Miss Vivian Pregent from Saratoga Springs.
A satirical account describes visitors touring a courthouse basement as a new attraction in Manchester. Roving reporters, editors, and journalists from major papers mingle with VIPs and autographs, while famed writers Fanny Hurst and John O'Hara draw attention during the Chicago murder trial coverage.
The Shushan Red Cross drive opens with Alva M. Roberson as chairman. A Lenten prayer meeting follows today at 3 p.m. in the Methodist Church with Elizabeth Mitchell of Salem as speaker. Anderson Foster and Sumner Lind lead community service efforts encouraging all Shushan women to participate and host church women from Salon and nearby village Kar et.
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