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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1945
Page
14
March 26, 1945 Troy Record includes brief notices of thanks and condolences. George Whisk thanks friends and lodge members for assistance at a bereavement. Abe Wolvis expresses sorrow and gratitude to those who offered support. The page also lists hourly temperature data.
Memorials and funeral notices for Ta Arm ao and other relatives from Waterford and nearby areas list March dates and family connections. Obituaries mentionEdith E Harney and Joseph Le Dunn, with services at St Marys Church and Oakwood Cemetery, plus prayers for survivors and grand children.
The Troy Record announces a Victory Garden contest to spur home front food production with prizes totaling 50 war bonds and war stamps across five Troy area communities. Entries require 500 square feet, must be clearly labeled with location, and community gardens compete in two classes backyard and community.
Fragmentary OCR notes show a name and address line with a prompt to check type. No clear event, date, or organization to anchor a fuller item. Context suggests a local directory or notice fragment awaiting completion.
This week’s notices list funerals for Maren Sy Troy Hospital patient Catherine Acker Rugyfa Ruth LaMar Mary Upham and others. Services set from residences to St Martins Church Oakwood Elmwood and local cemeteries with dates in March 1945 and burial plans at Elmwood Oakwood and Saint Peter’s.
Former surrogate Bertram P. Kavanagh addressed the Y M C A weekly breakfast group on the cost of freedom and the role of religion. He argued preservation of liberty depends on religious influence and warned against tyrannical foes as Frank B. Ward introduced the final speaker of the Lenten breakfast series.
Rev. Richard Cummings will speak on Religion is Our Way of Life at the Knickerpocker Junior High School PTA meeting tomorrow evening. Mrs. Hilda Scott leads the musical program and a nominating committee presents officers for the year. Mrs. John Church is slated as president under Mrs. John Lausirup, with eighth grade mothers hosting.
IY. M. plans to start a ping pong tournament next week at the YMC A. renovations finish as lighting fixtures are installed and walls repainted in cream and green. Frank Matthews, chairman of the house committee, announced the upgrades and the event timetable.
A special meeting will be held at S. W. Pitts Hose Co. in Latham on Tuesday night to consider allocating a section of the hose house for temporary equipment. President Sugene Theroux called the meeting.
Junior Red Cross projects in Rensselaer County schools produce 10 floor lamps for veterans hospitals and recreation halls. High schools including Troy and Averill Park make upboards, lamps, boards, and gift boxes. Miss Bessie Daum urges completion by June with patterns available from headquarters.
The Heather Country program showcased sights from Sstones of Edinburgh the Highlands and Burns country at a Troy Burns Club meeting led by Rev Herbert C Willensberg of Waterford Presbyterian Church. After the program a social hour featured songs by Robert A Barron and David Murray and stories by David C Lithgow and Rev John McMath Mitchell with an invitation for Clan MacFarlane to attend officer installation on April 4 at Fratermits Hall Albany and the morning service on June 1 at Waterford Presbyterian Church.
The iSchool 2 Parent-Teacher Association held its March meeting with Mrs. George Beard presiding. A $5 donation to the Red Cross War Fund and one of 35 to the USO were approved. A nominating committee including Miss Lucy Hunt and Mrs. John Corcoran was named to present a slate May 17. An April 18 card party was planned with Mrs. John Corcoran as chairman.
Corporal Barker and troopers overseas in the Philippines face a muted Easter 1945 with no parades lilies eggs or church organs. Men attend sparse chapels pray for peace and remember fallen comrades as they savor modest meals and local customs amid military life abroad.
Rev A Graham Baldwin of Phillips Academy Andover will deliver the baccalaureate address at Emma Willard on Sunday afternoon May 20. The ceremony precedes the closing exercises scheduled for May 27. Baldwin, educated at Polytechnical Prep New York and Williams College, earned a divinity degree from Yale in 1928 and taught religion at Phillips Academy since 1930. He authored The Drama of Our Religion.
Four people were assisted by police during the weekend as two infants and two adults were hospitalized. Alban Lancour, 50, Morris Inn, Rutland WI, removed to Samaritan Hospital by Sgt Joseph Coffey and Patroinian Daniel H. Sheehan after being taken at Congress and River Streets. John Thomas, 11 months old, taken to Troy Hospital from Middleburg Sires by Patrolmen John ic Olare and John Masterson. Linwood Champine, 203 Congress Street, taken to Samaritan Hospital by Patrolmen Hall Bendt and Albert Prezio. Mary Ryan, seven months old, removed to Troy Hospital from 352 Eighth Street by Patrolmen Pendt and Earl Retdat.
Alfred Tutuajima, 19, of Woodrow Court, was injured last night in an automobile collision at the Troy Menands Bridge entrance. He is at Samaritan Hospital with a possible leg fracture and possible concussion. Patrolmen Zerl Retzlaff and Karl Pendt assisted. the car he rode in was owned by George Doakmajian of Musrc Court Howes. The other vehicle was owned by Frank Cie of Jefferson Street.
A seven hour forest and grass fire burned twenty acres along the Cecil Moore farm area between Pleasantdale and Spiegietown yesterday. The blaze started about 2 pm and wasn't controlled until 9 pm despite efforts by Leonard Wager forest warden Harry Frey chief, Pleasantdale Hose Company, Boy Scouts Troop 2, and residents aided by a strong wind. Otteman collapsed from smoke but no one was injured. Fire commissioners Arthur Perreaut and Paul Jarvis led the community response.
Asthite T. Mosher agricultural engineer spoke to Russell Sage College and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute youths at First Baptist Church. He linked religious, economic, and social issues in India and warned that separating them fails. He contrasted Gandhi’s social role with caste driven division and noted Indians’ limited political knowledge. about 33 percent favored English rule, two percent desired independence, while 65 percent were unclear. The talk followed dinner and worship with about 200 attendees.
The Troy Public Library adds a display of new titles for one week. Readings include Bodmer on language history, How to Read Better and Faster, works by Neil MacNeill and Sumner Welles, and classic novels such as Cannery Row by John Steinbeck.
Joseph Thomas aged 32 of Fast Greenbush went to Samatitat Hospital after suffering burns on his left hand at the Aldia Box and Paper Co plant. Patrolmen Moran and DeCelle transported him by police car where he received treatment for burns and cuts.
A two day period saw 43 fire calls with 23 in the latest day. Alarms from Box 1 and Box 31 sparked fires in sheds and grass areas, while Box 102 reported a shed blaze on Teen Street. No injuries were reported. damage was slight with one motor fault noted at the Pulpner 12 facility.
The Newman Club of Troy elects Anthony Murphy as president at the annual communion breakfast held at the Troy Elks Club. Guest speaker Joseph f H Brophy, former Auburn Prison warden and Troy police official, discusses family life as a foundation against crime. Prior to breakfast, members attend mass at Catholic Central High School with Rev. Halpin celebrant and Rev. Tracey reading the Psalm.
The Troy Public Welfare Department medical and hospital division reported February activity to Mayor Ahern. Fractures and chronic illnesses dominated cases with $2 hospital care for fracture patients and many heart conditions. Fuel emergencies added 22 relief cases. Home relief rose from 154 to 166 with nine new cases opened and 28 reopened. 26 closed. Employment aid aided 11 clients. three transfers occurred. Old Age Assistance opened with six and closed with one. nine grants and ten new cases were recorded.
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