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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1947
Page
3
Fragmented OCR yields a fragment stating that the government of the Confederate States of America was organized at Montgomery, Alabama in 1861, with garbled details about its establishment and officials. The readable portion preserves the core claim of the Montgomery origin in that year.
The Troy Church Women unit of the Troy Council of Church Women plans May Fellowship Day at St Mark's Methodist Church on Friday May 2. A church board meeting is scheduled for 8:30 am with a fellowship hour at noon featuring a speaker on the theme The Fabric of Fellowship and Its Relation to the Community. The church fellowship will be open for children with mothers present.
An advert promotes Noxzema medicated cream as a 24 hour complexion aid. It claims greaseless formula softens rough dry skin and heals externally caused blemishes. Nurses first used it for chapped hands, and the offer urges readers to buy a jar at drug counters for a limited time.
At an upcoming town board meeting in Brunswick, officials plan a bond issue of 14,750 dollars to finance a six ton snowplow. The proposal, supported by the town board with no dissent, involves a 2 percent social bond rate and a purchase through a Columbia County truck dealer. Taxpayers are expected to attend after objections were raised.
Officials reported yesterday that at least 310 persons died in floods from the Oder River overflow east of Berlin in the Soviet zone. About 450 square miles were inundated, thousands left homeless, and eight thousand cut off by flood waters. Refugees fled toward Berlin as authorities evacuated victims and faced drinking water shortages. The catastrophe was called the worst of its kind in 130 years by the German press.
Community notices from Valley Falls mention baptism at Multhodist Church, W S C S meetings at Mrs MT Prickett’s home, and Holy Name Society communion at Our Lady of Good Counter Church. Local Scouts held drives and hikes, with paper collection efforts continuing. Victorian Chapter OFS meets at Masonic Temple. Several residents illness, recovery, and back-to-work updates, plus school absences and social gatherings noted.
The First Presbyterian and United Presbyterian churches announce annual meetings and a congregational Bible conference. Notables include Mr JH Butehwen and Rev Alvey Phos, with events in Putnam and Salem next week and on Saturday respectively, plus missionary society notices.
A series of church and civic notices outline services at First Presbyterian and related gatherings. Items include a 7:30 pm service at 7130 Looms on Son, announcements of marriages and retirements, DAR and Ladies’ Aid Society meetings, officer elections, and a national fundraising drive led by Judge Barrett with key organizers all noted for nearby communities.
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