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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1943
Page
11
The family of the late Anna Clinton thanks friends relatives neighbors and various companies for kindnesses and comforts during their bereavement Edward Clinton and family express gratitude.
Troy faces a gasoline shortage blamed on high water in the Barge Canal and Mohawk River. About one third of stations are closed, others ration to three gallons per customer or one gallon per sale. An Army officer was denied fuel yet secured a small amount with help from a policeman. Shipments awaited with possible relief by Thursday.
In memory of Mrs. Robert Montgomery who died May 4 1942. Husband and children sign. Also notices list multiple hospital births with dates in April 1943 1944 1949 naming fathers and mothers including Haldeman Keilen Krolak Labby McCullen Novak Patten Sebelowitz Wallace Zalinka and others with former names and places of origin.
Death notices from Watervliet Troy and surrounds list Henry Barry Marion Houghney Joseph Barry Alice McConchie. Richard Bayly Coast Artillery service. Mary KE Morrson Collins Mary Collins funeral. John J Cassidy. George Chias. Josephine Gething. Anna O Keefe Gregg. Jane Bracken Johnston. Helen Kearney. Anna Margaralli. Includes residences, funeral times, churches, and cemeteries. Interments set at St Johns Elmwood St Marys.
The K. L. W. M. line of United Traction Co from Troy to Glass Lake is the only line in the company in the red. The Troy Albany route is the best paying line. In 1942, passengers rose about 30 percent to roughly 45,000, with gross operating revenue at 3,220,023.85 and net income around 596,370.23, before federal taxes. Taxes, payroll, and costs rose, and capital spending included sixty new buses costing 573,936.47.
The Albany Chapter of the National Association of Cost Accountants holds its final meeting of the 1942 43 season at Powell's Inn on Shaker Road in Latham today at 6 30 pm. Plans are set for the next regular technical session later in the month.
Multiple obituaries note May 1943 deaths in Troy Cohoes Waterford Valley Falls and surrounding areas. Mil l er, Murphy, Quirk, Sheehan and Snyder families referenced with funeral times residence addresses and church services including Saint Mary's St Bernard's and Oakwood Cemetery and Wordlands Cemetery Cambridge.
Captain Aubrey Cutler aged about 65 of Saugerties was found dead in the kitchen of his barge Frankie Mac Donald tied with three other barges at Division Street. Coroner Cote ruled heart condition. Body taken to Kerwins Funeral Home. Barges bound for Oswego. Relatives hard to locate.
Four Salvation Army officers in training arrive in Troy for practical field work under Maj. Eric Smith. The cadets, after six years at the Bronx training school, supervise evening services at the Temple and conduct street services in Franklin Square during a ten day program before returning for further training. Cadet Andrew Muller of Newark is a fourth generation member and nephew of Bill Miller. Also present are Cadets William Banks, James Siglin, and Charles McClellan from East Boston, Schenectady, and Meriden.
The 45th anniversary of Company A, Second New York Volunteer Infantry, departure for the Spanish-American War was celebrated at a Troy Club dinner. Nineteen of the original 120 volunteers attended. the unit trained May 2, 1898, in Garden City, Long Island, went to Tampa but did not see action in Cuba.
A 1940 sedan owned by Ernest L Warneke of Brunswick Hills was reported stolen shortly before dusk yesterday from in front of that address. Warneke filed the report with State Police at Troop G barracks.
A Foreign Policy Association talk by Hadsel and Dr. Kershner examined postwar relief from Belgium to France and Russia. They argued American and British food aid faced political fears and logistics, with refugees, blockade, and manpower shortages driving continued hunger and policy debates. A dinner party at the Troy Club preceded the event.
Two members of Jerusalem Lodge 355 F and A M , Louis White and David MacRae, will receive fifty year medals at a veterans night meeting in the Lansingburg Masonic Temple on Monday May 17. Rev Seth N Genung will speak. The lodge held a second degree by Mt Zion Lodge 211 in the Troy Masonic Temple with Alfred Wehran in charge due to J Wesley Geesler attending a Grand Lodge convention.
La Salle Institute seniors Cadet Capt. Andrew Krieger and Cadet Capt. Gilbert Roberts were accepted for the Navy V-5 training program after passing physicals and interviews. They were sworn in as apprentice seamen reserve class in New York and will study at La Salle this year before one year of collegiate work. After graduation in June they will join a naval unit for further training and flight school before commissioning as Navy pilots. Kreger is an honor student active in school life. Roberts belongs to hockey, glee, rifle and camera clubs and is on the honor roll.
Civil service examinations to fill junior stenographer posts in three Rensselaer County districts take place June 12. Open to district residents, with a salary range of 600 to 1100 dollars, the position requires four years of general office experience with stenography or a qualifying high school graduation with stenography training, or an equivalent combination. Permanent civil service tenure will follow appointment from the eligible list.
A large restaurant building at Star Camps on Route 9 between Saratoga Springs and Albany was destroyed by a Sunday night fire of undetermined origin. Hagle Matt Lee Fire Company of Ballston Spa prevented spread to nearby cabins. Round Lake firefighters aided. The property, formerly owned by Daniel Mosher, had been unoccupied since early winter.
Apollo Court of the Order of Amaranth will hold its regular meeting Thursday at 81 Fourth Street with Mrs Isabell Kehoe and Joan T Hallgate presiding. A short business session starts at 7 30 pm followed by a card party at 8 30 pm and refreshments afterward.
Two people were injured when a convertible coupe collided with a truck on New York Road near East Greenbush. Otto Nusbaum, 42, suffered head injuries and possible skull fracture. Howard Stone, 40, had multiple cuts and bruises. Both were hospitalized at St. Peter’s in Albany. The truck driver was unhurt. Police said the coupe pulled into traffic and struck the truck’s left side. The crash halted traffic for about ten minutes.
Several committees were appointed at the Hot Stove League meeting in the Elks Club for the annual dinner and election of officers of the league. The dinner is set for Wednesday May 12 at the Sunset Inn with reservations closing Saturday. A Saturday 9 PM meeting will finalize dinner plans and outline a memorial service at the Honor Roll site on Sunday May 30. James J. Fox chairs entertainment with solos by Joseph Doocey and Frances Hartington, piano by W Leo McCarthy. Mahoney and Nehill will contact business leaders. Stevens handles City Hall ad. Ahern covers Court House.
Rennselaer County received 38054.34 from the state in the first quarter of 1945, down from 45152.10 last year, part of a 60 percent rise in total local distributions. Rollin Browne, president of the State Tax Commission, reported Albany Saratoga and Warren counties showing mixed changes in the same period, based on local taxable property.
A feature notes a man known as Bill, actual name withheld, who graduated from Berwick High School, then Syracuse University, and moved to Troy in 1929. He formerly played trombone in symphony and jazz orchestras, now keeps it for personal amusement and Masonic events. He heads a service club, works in the Rice Building, and lives in Sycanay. See page 14 for today’s photo to verify.
The Department of Public Works collected six tons of tin cans citywide on the April day noted, signaling a sharp drop from March and January totals. Public Works crews also recovered four tons from Watervliet and Greensland and prepared a railroad car for a detinning plant. Last month yielded 26 tons on the first day and 55 tons over three days, the best since salvage began last August.
Taconic Valley Grange met in Grange Hall Stephen town and initiated ten candidates in first and second degrees. A covered dish supper preceded the meeting. Younger members led a Mother's Day program. Third and fourth degrees set for May 17 at 8:30 p.m. ET.
At the Olivet Presbyterian Church annual congregational meeting, Samuel Walker and Harvey M. LaDieu Jr. were named trustees with reelection for the first two, Harold A. Carner also elected trustee, Arthur G. Westfall reelected elder, and Francis Sheeran chosen publicity manager. The group approved a $75 contribution to support the Presbyterian Home.
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