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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1949
Page
2
Pumper 12 of the Troy Fire Department battled a fire along the road edges carried by a Department of Public Works truck. The DPW truck was delivering a load to the Oakwood Avenue site when the load caught fire. Pumper 13 was dispatched at 9 07 a.m and returned to station at 9 15 a.m.
Dr Henry Pitney Van Dusen a Union Theological Seminary faculty member and renowned clergyman will deliver the baccalaureate sermon at Russell Sage College 32nd commencement. President Dr Lewis A Froman will give the commencement address as the week begins with Class Day at Glenwood and alumnae activities.
The article profiles Dr Van Dusen born in Philadelphia with ties to Princeton New College Edinburgh and Union Theological Seminary. It notes his roles as lecturer author and leader in church and missionary circles including World Council of Churches and United Board for Christian Colleges in China. It also mentions his years of study honors and editorial board memberships. It ends with a general stat about average annual food intake.
School boards from Rensselaer, Albany, Saratoga, Schenectady, Greene and Columbia Counties gather at William H. Hackett Junior High School in Albany for a New York State School Boards Association program. Edward G. Abdella presides, Neil F. Towner welcomes, and more than 200 officials attend. Discussions include Combating Communism in the Schools, plus an open forum led by W. Arlo Sylvester with musical interludes from the Philip Schuyler Chorus and Albany High School Orchestra. Reports by Everett R. Dyer and Dr. Harry V. Gilson conclude the program.
Troy Youth Council presents a benefit dance at 6 p.m. to midnight to aid the Demon Bunyan Cancer Fund. Robert O'Hara of Grease Island is featured along with Bill Grow and his orchestra from Burden Lake Casino. Local talent performs during intermission. Alec is on the program with Miss Eileen Kilgallen singing with Bart Kent's Albany Orchestra. tickets by Alles Corbett with Donald Maloney and Michael Vacareli in charge.
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