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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1945
Page
18
The Genny of the late Claresce D Moss express deep gratitude to their family friends and relatives for kindness sympathy and offerings during bereavement. They also thank the employers of the Tay Post Office and Behr Mines Bing Co for support and flowers.
Mrs Julia Paskewich was elected president of Leo H Blume Post auxiliary. Her staff includes Katharine Gordon as first vice president Miss Kay Martin as junior vice president Mrs Isabel Hayes as treasurer and chaplain Miss Joan Hayes as conductress Katherine Robinson as guard and Mrs McHale as delegate with Mrs Moore as alternate. Frances DeLorme named trustee. Installations set for March 28 and April 7 joint meeting.
In memoriam for Augustine Ferlin and Frank Kelly two years after their deaths. Wording reflects a widow and children recalling their husbands with a broken heart and ongoing grief as time passes.
A long list of birth and death notices from regional areas dated March 1945 to March 1946. Includes Doings for Heffern Burke Curling Davis Downes Ernst Ford Gardner Gibson OMalley St Peter Toohey and others with familial ties to Troy Watervliet Greenfield and Albany. Funeral arrangements and church services listed for many cases.
The Troy Central Federation of Labor endorsed the city administration plan to use state tax laws to initiate foreclosure on delinquent properties. A public hearing before the Troy Common Council is set for tonight to air the measure, with Democrats having blocked action in recent weeks. Delegation will represent the federation at the hearing alongside discussions of United Traition Co. workers’ strike and local labor plans with the State Federation of Labor.
Saratoga County Grange deputy Eugene Chatfield and juvenile deputy Mrs Alera Chatfield will visit Hal moon Grange on May 8. Jay B. Mincher reports a conference for officers and members of Saratoga County subordinate granges set for Malta Grange Hall at 2 30 p m. Members voted 25 for the Red Cross. Lilian Lautrence led the program with group singing, a Copper ation poem by William P. Crotty, and readings including St Patrick's Day meaning by Adell Harris and a poem from Richard's Almanac by the group. Rev. Frederick Poshay recited a Success poem. Mrs Jay Mincher and Mrs Harry Faulkner organized refreshments after the meeting. Next meeting March 2 6 with refreshments by Mrs Howard Swatling and Mrs Lois Surns.
Mrs Mildred K Williams fifty wife of Harry Williams inn proprietor at Wilon collapsed and died on a street in New York yesterday according to the Associated Press. The couple home two miles north of Saratoga had just returned from Florida and were headed to a hotel appointment.
Funeral notices record a death with details of last rites and burial at Oakwood Cemetery. The service is set for Friday at 3 o clock at a Cahors home with interment following. Friends are invited to attend the funeral home Thursday evening.
A late yesterday blaze destroyed a three story frame house and heavily damaged a barn in Speigletown. The fire, started near a bare and sparked, caused large losses to the property owned by Luigi Febi of Water Street. Fire crews from Melrose and local departments, led by Chief Cart A Saxith, fought the flames. Occupants included Mrs. Edo Cush and Mrs. Dorothy Crane. some furniture was saved. Police noted insurance details. occupants’ coverage unclear. Firefighters remained on scene until nightfall, with booster lines and bucket brigades supplying water from wells. Eleven fire calls and multiple grass fires taxed Troy and surrounding areas. No serious injuries reported. smouldering embers kept under watch overnight.
A string of workers received compensation awards for various job injuries. Wilbur Putnam Feasterday and Raymond Wood were each granted multiple percent losses of use in feet or fingers while employed by A Vedder Magee and Allegheny Ladino Steel Corp respectively. Other recipients include Robert Healey, Thomas Cairns, William Wojtowicz, Peter Manning, Mary Fainton, William Riley, Percy Sitter and related firms Adirondack Foundries, West Side Structural Co, Ludlow Valve, Adirondack Forging Co and County of Rensselaer with awards ranging from a few hundred dollars to over four thousand.
Sgt. George Hauenstein, a prisoner of war in German Stalag TV, credits the Red Cross for aid and urges others to support the POW program. He asks that his allotment be sent home and notes the Red Cross has done much for prisoners. He is the son of Rev. and Mrs. Mauan Satel of West Sand Lake.
Opening sessions of the Eastern Section Conference of the Student Christian Movement of New York will be hosted by RPI and Russell Sage College with sessions at the Little Theater and First Baptist Church. Host committees plan meals, lodging, and a three day program themed Today's Students in Tomorrow's World with limited out of town representation due to travel restrictions.
A panel at Temple Beth EI discusses how to make the anti discrimination bill work. Speakers include Rev Harvey Hollis Leon Lewis Rabbi Reuben Stonim and Benjamin Levine will chair with Morris Daffner and Bernard Block handling arrangements.
The Troy Rotary Club via its amens committee mapped programs through May 1 at a meeting in the Troy Club. Frank B. Ward, vice president and program chair, presided as topics included international affairs planning science and the San Francisco Conference. Dr. Dwayne Orton of IBM will speak at Tuesday's Hendrick Budson meeting.
The Red Cross unit in Rensselaer County continues enrolling local nurses for war service while awaiting the nurse draft bill. Chairwoman Mrs. William H. Oliver notes 32 area nurses have completed papers with 24 choosing Army service and two requests for Navy this week. Registered nurses in the chapter total 923, many over military age, with Samaritans Hospital and Troy Hospital tied to training efforts. Nurses will be commissioned as second lieutenants whether they volunteer or are drafted, and unmarried nurses may select Army or Navy if they apply before any draft.
Staff Sgt. William L. Purcell, 27, of 354 Fourth Street, received the Bronze Star Medal for bravery in France on Sept 21 1944. He aided evacuating wounded along the Moselle at Arnaville earning commendation for risking his life under heavy fire and navigating for additional boats after all others were destroyed. He enlisted in June 1943, trained at Camp Pickett and Camp Forrest, shipped to Northern Ireland in 1943, and participated in the invasion of France. He is a graduate of St Marys School and La Salle Institute and worked for Behr Manning Co before enlistment. His brother is Staff Sgt. Joseph Purcell.
United Traction Co employees vote Monday on a strike amid a $25 000 back wages settlement for overtime and holiday pay since last June. The Amalgamated Association and the company union say the payments cover all workers, with nine and a half days for holiday staff, as Federal mediator James A Boones may intervene.
Certificates filed in the County Clerk's office show Thomas Covatta of 3233 Sixth Avenue will conduct the Sycawsy Pharmacy at 447 Hoosick Street. A second certificate lists Dorothy Anderson of Castleton RD I as now conducting the B J Garage at Schodack Center.
A 19 percent sedan owned by James McCue at 399 Third Street was reported stolen Saturday from that address and recovered yesterday afternoon in Watervliet by city police. The car was valued at about $300.
A letter from S/S. Al Carini from Mawthorne New Jersey retrieved from a former roommate in wartime shows Harold Spurherd in good health in German camps. The Red Cross aids prisoners with parcels books and YMCA games, and Carini urges Mrs Spurherd to contact local Red Cross for camp news while promising to answer questions.
Liberty Council and Daughters of America to initiate seven new members next Wednesday in Albany. Ceremonies at the Chasan Building will include candidates Miss Millicent Lyons Miss Mary Horion Miss Ann Ogden and others. Donations to the Red Cross War Fund were made.
An analysis of retail credit and its future potential was presented to members of the Retail Credit Association of Troy at a dinner. Speakers James O Crowley, J Goodman, and J Rosenberg noted credit as a key sales stimulant and urged a coordinated program with clear goals, strong leadership, and export potential for wider use.
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