County drive raises 3187 to March of Dimes in Troy County
The Troy Record reports Rensselaer County residents raised 3187.51 for the March of Dimes. Of this, 1499.76 goes to the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, 1499.76 retained locally for county cases, with Troy contributing 1367.30 and Rensselaer city 1000. Other towns and villages in the county contributed the remainder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rensselaer
William J. Broderick
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis, Inc
Broderick
Troy
Catherine de Seve
Memorial notices from Watervliet area March 1944 deaths
Funeral notices from Watervliet Green Island Schenectady Troy and Albany for Elsie Barthel Agnes Bouchard Cornelious Bradwell J Harold Connelly James A Cooper Mark J Coyle Anna Margaret Daley Rosalia Derrowski Sarah Sadler John M Feeney Tid Graham Edna Hall and others list residences relatives and services with dates times and cemeteries across multiple local communities. Interments and church services are noted with locations including Oakwood Cemetery Albany Rural Cemetery St Marys St Augustine and St Peters among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barthel
Eleventh Avenue
Watervliet
Elsie
Lansing
John F. Barthel
Ruth
Schenectady
Henry L. Barthel
Gotham
Donald H. Barthel
Latham
Theodore Lansing
Honolulu
Oakwood Cemetery
Bouchard
N. F
Agnes Bouchard
Josephine Boudrings
Zephir Bouchard
Joseph P. Bouchard
Hattie
David Sears
Cummings Third Ave
Sacred Heart of Mary
Bradwell
Defreestville
Cornelious G. Bradwell
Lowie Campbell
Lesiie G. Bradwell
Adella FE. Grabo
Carrie Bradwell
Bert Lemley
Connelly
Green Island
N. Y
J. Harold Connelly
Helen Bellpatrick
John H
Charles
Peter
William
Donald
Dolores Connelly
Albany Avenue
St. Joseph's Church
Aung
Tray Hospital
James A. Cooper
May McEntee
A. Lovell Cooper
Harold A, Mayer
Albany
Lovell Cooper
Mollie Barndollar
Walter F
Thomas D. Cooper
John Gramm
Washington, D. C
James
Jacqueline Mayer
John B. Healey
Third Street
St. Mary's Church
Dalex
Samaritan Hospital
Anna Margaret Clickney
George W. Daley
Howard D. Daley
Joseph H. Foley
Horace T. Salisbury
Himes
Fifth Ave
Elmswood Hill
Derrowski
Kelly St
Rosalia Martens
Stephen Derkowski
Anthony J
Ignatius V
Joseph A
Troy
Drew Field
Leo
Grand Island Army Air Base
Neb
Joseph Pacierkowski
William E. Bowen
Henry Keys
Rochester
Holy Trinity Church
The
Hosary Sodality
St. Stanislaus’ Society
EWTNS
Hudson Avenue
Sarah Sadler
George F. Ewing
John A. Ruso
Menands
Jefferson Roy
George W., Ewing
Brideport
Conn
John F. Ruse
Shirley M. Roy
Hutton Street
John MM. Feeney
Bridget Muanzan
Thomas Feeney
Mary B. Feeney
Thomas S. Feeney
St. Peter's
St. Peter's Cemetery
Graham
Sunset Heights
Spergietown
Mareh
Joan T. Grahan
Mary E. Quirk
Edward F
John T
Kenneth Graham
Toomey Graham
Thomas Hutihan
James EF. Graham
William A. Toohey
2Nd Ave
St Augustine’s Church
St. Agnes’ Cemetery
Cones
Hwall
Edna Brust
Walliam B. Hall
Edith M. Hall
Mirs. C. V. Weeks
Fifth Avenue
North
Primary Ballots Open Tomorrow in County Contests
Voters in Rensselaer County face a spring primary with no Democratic contests and minor Republican and American Labor party races. Delegates bound for the national conventions from the 28th and 29th districts are listed, with district and ward committee contests in Troy, Albany, and surrounding towns. factional battles within the American Labor Party anticipated as control of the state committee looms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rensselaer County
American Labor
Thomas FE. Dewey
28Th
John J. Ahern
Troy
Kenneth 8. MacAffer
Albany
Ernest M. Morris
Ruth M. Miner
Roosevelt
Fred ©. Casey
Bratus Corning
John J. Murphy
Mary Marcy
William E. Benton
Saratoga Springs
Herbert A. Bartholomew
Whitehall
Dwight Marvin
Earl R. Vetter
Chestertown
Frank J. Hogan
Jeremiah Cronin
Glens Falls
Arthur J. Leonard
Anne Leahy
Rensselaer County Republican Committee
Ameda J. Bell
John J. Griffin
Helen L. Ford
Joseph J. Scully
William J. Brown
Clark Snyder
Louis, Ormsbee
Joseph Cronk
George E. Sibley
Warren B. Gibson
Harry J. Davison
Labor Party
New York
American Labor Party
Christopher Gilhooley
Patrick McDonough
Omer Riel
Joseph J. Mussell
Abraham Nowitz
John Sullivan
George Nugent
Helen Kobbe
Nassau
Otis Kittle
Erhart Jahn
Hast Nassau
State Committee
J. Nathan Sidman
Genevieve Bennett
Jerry Cronin
John van Derwerken
Robert Law Fortune
William P. Murray
Frieda Schwenkmeyer
Charles Hoffman
Frederick Mealey
Joseph F. McLoughlin
AL. P
Labor Party Board Backs Hillman Plan
The Executive Board of the Rensselaer County Committee of the American Labor Party endorsed the Hillman Plan at a King Street headquarters meeting. Sidney Hillman of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America proposed uniting against reaction and fascism in 1944 with details for Primary Day clarified. thirty three trade unionists supported the plan. The board includes Assemblyman J. Eugene Zimmer and members Hoffman, Riggione, Clifford, Van Derwerken, Schwenkmeyer, and Rich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rensselaer County Committee
American Labor Party
Hillman
King Street Party
Sidney Hillman
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
J. Eugene Zimmer
Charles A. Hoffman
Pasquale Riggione
Patrick J. M. Clifford
John W. van Derwerken
Freda Schwenkmeyer
Michael Rich
Dr. Bready Addresses Youth at First Baptist Church
Dr. J Wesley Bready, Ph.D., spoke to college students and area youths last night sponsored by the Young People Christian Union at First Baptist Church. Rev. Arthur Johnston introduced him. Bready traced global moral factors over three centuries leading to inevitable conflict behind the current war and noted his twenty years of research and several books on the subject.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
V. J. Wesley Bready
Toronto
Young People Christian Union
First Baptist Church
Arthur Johnston
Mt. Ida Memorial Presbyterian Church
Brandy
State and OPA clash over milk price in Hudson Mohawk
OPA district director Lester W. Herzog warned of immediate enforcement to block price increases under an order limiting Class 1 milk in the Hudson Mohawk area. State commissioner C Chester DuMond said a referendum and hearings under state law may compel a new price order, with producers voting by next Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester W. Herzog
OPA
Hudson- Mohawk
C. Chester DuMond
Herzog
DuMond
New Rector Takes Over Duties at Church of the Ascension
Rev. Arthur L. Rice arrives with his family to assume duties as rector of the Church of the Ascension in this city. Formerly at Trinity Episcopal in Lincoln Illinois he is a Springfield born graduate of Washington and Lee University and Seabury Western Seminary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur L. Rice
Church of the Ascension
Lincoln
Pinewoods Avenue
Trinity Episcopal Church of
Mr. Rice
Springfield
Ill
Washington and Lee University
Trinity Church
St. Francis
Rice
Young Divine
Army and Navy Commission
Springfeld
Department of Publicity
Springield
Young Peoples Club
Bice
Servicemen Win State Tax Extension Bill Approval
Albany reports Gov Dewey approved a bill extending the filing period for state personal income tax returns to six months after discharge for honorably discharged servicemen. The measure, sponsored by Assemblyman Fred Hollowell, also waives interest and penalties for 180 days post discharge. The governor vetoed three bills and approved others including consolidating Jewish philanthropic federations in New York City and Brooklyn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Thomas B. Dewey
Fred
Mhollowell
Yates County
Supreme Court
Federation For
Jewish Philanthropic Societies of
New York City
Brooklyn Federation of Jewish Charities
Three Hurt in Nassau Auto Accident
Three persons were injured when a sedan left Nassau Brainard Road at Lord's Hill Town of Nassau and plunged into a ditch hitting a pole then a tree. Injured are George F Terriault 47 Worcester Mass wife Helene 48 dislocation of right ankle and Katherine Mannix 22 Worcester with head bruise. The crash occurred around 845 p.m. as the car traveled west and left the highway after striking a pole. Sergt J Dwyer Hast Greenbush post Troop G investigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nassau-Brainard
Lord’s Hill
Nassau
George Frederick Terriault
Worcester
Mass
Helene
Katherine Mannix
Sergt. J. ©. Dwyer
Hast
Greenbush
St Lawrence’s Class To Be Confirmed
Sixty boys and girls will receive the sacrament of confirmation tomorrow at 11 am in St. Lawrence’s Church. The ceremony will be conducted by Rt. Rev. Edmund F. Gibbons Bishop of the Albany Diocese. This will be his first confirmation visit this year in the Troy Cohoes area. Also noted is a Guild social at the home of Mrs Stephen Pieper State Street this evening.
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Hamilton
At_ Watervliet
N. Y
Frederick S. Hamilton
Margaret Pemberton
Raymond
Jennie A. Ostrander
William H. Mabin
Wesley A
Andrew O. Hoyle
Nineteenth Street
Kennedy
James H. Kennedy
James Kennedy
Margaret Ryan
Helen T. Kennedy
Campbell Avenue
J. J. O'Neill
St. Lawrence’s Church
Edmund F. Gibbons
Albany
St. Lawrence's Church
Gibbons
Troy
Cohoes
Church Workers’ Guild of
Christ Episcopal Church
Stephen Pieper
State
Troy Burns Club to Hold Ladies Night Program
The Troy Burns Club plans a ladies night later this month with entertainment by Schenectady Scots and guests from Albany. Weils from Green Island and others funded the event, with short talks by Lithgow and Marland. Committee members include Phillips Lawson Donald Muir McCullough Urquart Best, and Miller led dancing and initiation tasks.
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Troy Burns Club
Schenectady
David c. Lithgow
Arthur Marland
John R. Phillips
Gavin Lawson
Watson Donald
William Muir
Joseph P. McCullough
Robert E. Urquart
J. Thomas Best
William Miller
James Bowman
David S. Murray
Davis Farm Sold on Turnpike Road in Cambridge
The Charles Davis farm on Turnpike Road Cambridge has been sold to Robert Weise of New York via Hans Ehmier agency Hoosick Falls. Weise takes possession May 1.
Sophomores Win Rally Day Honors at Sage College Gym
Russell Sage College held its Rally Day with sophomores winning the Skin for best skit based on originality, lines, decorations, songs and participation. Dorothy Jones accepted from Ruth Dickinson as Ruth Kettler and Virginia Stafford led the freshman cup presentation.
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Russell Sage College
Dorothy Jones
Ruth Dickinson
The
Athletic Association
Helen McKinstry
Virginia Stafford
Ruth Kettler
McMurray House
College Dramatics Association
Barbara Bliss
Vivian Tinkham
Bernice Milter
Julie‘ Pszeniczny
Stella Powell
Colder Weather Returns After Warm Saturday
Temperatures rose to 62 degrees Saturday signaling early spring warmth but the Weather Bureau warned of a rapid cooldown. A late- Saturday drop pushed highs to 45 degrees with freezing near overnight, and mixed snow and rain forecast as a new storm moves through the area.
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Weather Bureau
Howard Leffler Honored at Green Island Farewell Dinner
Howard F. Leffler of Greenland, awaiting Navy call next month, and Mrs. Leffler were honored guests at a Saturday night dinner at DeMento's Green Island. Fifty neighbors hosted the affair. entertainment was by Pfc. Cornelius Ryan, Harold Breen, Harold Consaul, Francis Guertin, and the Bestles. Bestle presided as master of ceremonies. toastmaster was Myrick Laware, with Guertin and Consaul assisting. The honor guest received a purse from attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard F. Leffler
Greenland
Harold Bestle
Troop 19 Boys Collect 7700 Pounds of Paper
Boy Scouts of Troop 19 at St. Mark's Methodist Church collected 7700 pounds of scrap paper while balancing duties and school. Leaders named include Robert Osborne Paul Fowler John Page Alan Hughes and Edgar Keene Jr as organizers of weekly routes often serving housewives as reliably as milk deliveries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scouts
St. Mark’s Methodist Church
Robert Osborne
Paul Fowler
John Page
Alan Hughes
Edgar Keene, Jr
Pleasantdale and Lansingburg Schools Boost Red Cross Fund
Pleasantdale and Lansingburg schools rally for the War Fund campaign of the Rensselaer County Chapter American Red Cross. Pupils and two teachers each donated 25 to the drive, Lansingburg students add 500, with 125 more from Charles Frethofer Baking Co. employees. Collections overseen by Thomas Treharne show progress and renewed volunteer canvassing.
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Pleasantdale
Lansingburg
Red Cross
Rensselaer County
American Red Cross
James C. Covert
Covert
Thomas ©. Treharne
Charles Frethofer Baking Co
Protested Vote To Be Canvassed In Ward Three
The Third Ward supervisorship fight heads to a three-board canvass this week. Lyons seeks credit for a domestic war ballot voided by Supreme Court Justice Russell. the Appellate Division ordered reconvassing. Mahoney and Lyons contend with pending stays as Republicans consider appeal to the Court of Appeals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Third Ward
Eugene H. Lyons
Supreme Court
Pierce H. Russell
Lyons
Timothy J. Mahoney
Appellate Division
Justice Russell
Lawrence J. Collins
Edward T. Nehill
Harry C. Werger
Rensselaer County Board of Supervisors
Court of Appeals
Joseph F. Purcell
Troy
Mahoney
Isadore Hookstein
Albany County
Accounting Filed On Estate of Troy Woman Night Son
An accounting of the insolvent estate of Thomas V. McCarthy, who died without a will December 2, 192, shows his mother Catherine McCarthy’s estate yields nothing to heirs and creditors receive 63 percent. The administratrix Margaret M. Gannon reports $1,819.03 in receipts with $650.45 in expenses, leaving $1,185.58 for distribution. McCarthy was a city employee with a $4,462.24 yearly salary and 12 unpaid creditors. Surrogate Delehanty orders $90.90 in commissions and $317 costs, and 63 percent payments to creditors.
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New York
Thomas V. McCarthy
Katherine McCarthy
Hill Street
Troy
Catherine A. Broderick
Mary V. Neville
Margaret M. Gannon
Fifth Street
Carrie McCarthy
Carrie Travers
Moonachie Road
Moonachie
N. 5
James A. Delehanty
Delehanty
Watervliet Navy Man Missing in Plane Crash
Stanley Parker Ackart 21, aviation machinist mate third class, is missing in a South Pacific bomber crash in the performance of his duty. He is a Watervliet High School graduate, former GE employee, and enlisted 18 months ago. Survived by parents Orville and Mrs Ackart and sister Alberta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Parker Ackart
South Pacific
Navy Department
Orville Ackart
First Street
Watervliet
Ackart
Norfolk
Watervliet High School
General Electric Co
Schenectady
Navy
Alberta Ackart
Officer Commissioned in the Army
Joseph Michael Hughes of Schuysterville receives first lieutenant rank in the United States Army in a formal ceremony marking his commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Michael Hughes
Schuyterville
Army of the United States
Six Places Lose Liquor Licenses in Albany Schenectady Troy
State Liquor Authority revoked or suspended licenses for six establishments across Troy Schenectady and Albany. Thomas Gainor's 509 Broadway restaurant license revoked with bond penalty. Schenectady's Walter Pianowsky at 917 Crane St suspended five days for Sunday sale violations. Leonard Gaylord at 1889 State St suspended ten days for Sunday prohibitions. James Belcastre at 81 Madison Ave license revoked with bond claim for disorderly premises. Harry Feldman at 1034 Madison Ave license cancelled with bond claim for sales to a minor. Assunta Palombi at 73 Green St license suspended thirty days with bond claim for sales to intoxicated person and disorderly premises.
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Troy
Schenectady
Albany
State Liquor Authority
Thomas Gainor
Broadways
Walter ML Pianowsky
Harry and
Herbert HL Feldman
Madison Avenue
Assunta Palombi
Green Street
Pre-Flight Cadets Stage Dance and Crowning at Social
The Naval Flight Preparatory School at R P I held a farewell spring prom with 48 states represented. Miss Mary Hoener Quin cy II won prom queen, escorted by Aviation Cadet James F R Clark. Miss Kathleen Adams Brooklyn was runner up. Queen received crown and bracelet. Adams received a War Bond. Dancing and buffet supper followed.
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Naval Flight Preparatory School
Hendrick Hudson
Navy
Troy
Shep Fields
Allan Cummings
Meredith Blake
Mary Hoener
Quincy
James FR. Clark
Kathleen Adams
Brooklyn
Joseph Annello
Thomas R. Morse
Mechanicville man injured by automobile near home
Luigi Grimmaldi of 262 Saratoga Avenue Mechanicville is listed in Leonard Hospital with injuries from a midnight Saturday accident where he was struck near Mechanicville. Doctors report his condition as fairly good with a severe facial laceration, lid injuries, facial burns, possible pelvic injury. operator John J. Carruso, also of Mechanicville, drove Grimmaldi home from work as a Delaware and Hudson Railroad trackman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luigi Grimmaldi
Saratoga Avenue
Mechanicville
Leonard Hospital
Grimmaldi
John J. Carruso
Grimmule
Delaware and Hudson Railroad
Nutrition Unit to Meet at Rensselaer WCA
The Rensselaer County Nutrition Committee will meet at 7 15 p m tomorrow at the Y M C A to plan Well Baby Clinics across the county. Mrs James C Covert, chairman, asks members to bring poster material for demonstrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rensselaer County Nutrition Committee
James C. Covert
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Minnis M. Cotrell
Clayton I. Cottrell
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Mary EB. Lansing
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James M. McHale
Herat
Brown
Donald G. Brown
Second Avenue
Thomas George
Annette Gallo
Atlanta, Ga
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Peter Steele Byers
Malone
John J. Malone
Hilder Street
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Margaret Sennett
Daniel Odell
May Ratigan
Alexander C. Dewar
O'Hara
Martin J. O'Hara
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Patrick O'Hara
Bridget
Packard
Jennie D. Smith
Warren L. Packard
Parsells
Troy Hospital
Miranda Verdon
Horatio
Norma E. Parsells
Arthur A. Gondelli
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Ted
Woodrow W. Parsells
Charles A. Whited
May
Janice Gondelli
St. Barnabas Episcopal Church
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the Leonard Hospital
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George Kowalski
Leo Cherney
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Donald Purcell
John McBain
Broadway
Rozengyga
Julia Krause
Joseph Rozenbygr
Stephen Krause
Metro Zoreila
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Third Avenue
St. Nicholas’ Church
Stackpole
This City
Rita F. Gallagher
George R. Stackpole
George, Jr
Frank Stackpole
James J. Kelly
Robert Gibbs
Thomas F
Corporal William Gallagher
U.S. Army
John H. Lodge
St. Patrick's Church
St. Mary's
Waite
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John G. Waite
U.S. A
Robert S. Waite, Jr
U. S.A
Bryce Funeral Home
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Mary A. Coyne
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Edmund F. Wallace
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St. Mary's Cemetery
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Upper Darby
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A. J. Aymond
Jacob V. Stangel
Fuderal
Eighth Street
St. Bridget’s Church
Wilbert
Sherman Avenue
Alice Ryan Wilbert
Margaret Christopher
St. Michael's Church
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Wolfe
Wynantskill
N. J
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Rena G. van Derzee
Thomas Gottier
Princeton
Thomas L
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Arthur J. Wolfe
Evergreen Cemetery
Gardner Earl
William L Copeland Irving Pawley
Julia A. Zimne
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Charles B. Finn
Nhewerar
Labor Party Board
Dr. Bready
Arthur L. Bice
St. Lawrence’s
Howard Leffler
Fred Boss
Fenimore
Saratoga County
A. A. Vandegrift
Marine Corps
Alfred Boss
Southwest Pacific
Boss
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