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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1950
Page
19
Directio waka reports a typhoon skirted Guam yesterday causing minor damage while winds reached 60 knots, hovering near 40 knots for much of the time. The storm center passed 115 miles southwest of Guam and is headed toward Iwo Jima in the Western Pacific.
Jona Frieble Mores assistant headmaster at Tat School Watertown Conn is appointed director of admissions at RPL. He succeeds Elmer W Siple who served six years and helped build the admissions office. Morse a Kent School and Yale alumnus joined Taft School in 1937 and has led Taft Admissions since 1943 with Tao alumni secretary duties. Mrs Morse Ruth Delamater Vezin of Litchfield Conn is his wife. they have two children.
In Rensselaer County Surrogate's Court the trial of objections to probate of the will of Dr. Oney P B Smith was adjourned to Monday May 22. The adjournment was at the request of E Stewart Jones representing contestants as he was in another trial. Dr Smith died Jan 6 1950, leaving most of his estate to his second wife Evelyn F Smith. Objections were filed by J O Smith Jr and Diane J Smith, son and daughter from a previous marriage. William E Smith represents the estate. Jones & Jones are contestants' attorneys.
Schaghticoke Mrs Laon Bevis hosts the Nimble Needle Club this evening. Miss Lulu Maher will host her bridge club tomorrow night. Mrs Florence entertained the Lincoln Club at her home with luncheon and three tables of bridge and prizes awarded. Mr and Mrs William Burdick attend a Cobleskill Agricultural School class reunion over the weekend. Mrs Dorothy Greives and Mrs Raymond Hughes of Albany visited Mr and Mrs Louis Martin overnight. Donald Golden USN aboard USS Coral Sea on a Caribbean six week cruise will visit Havana and Port au Prince Haiti.
Stillwater board of education renewed contracts for the coming school year at a special meeting on Monday. Names include Mary Howe, Eilean Leamy, Elizabeth Healy, Celia Descord, Marguerite Hutton, Bertha Chase, Pauline Cyp fers, William Barringer, William Lague, Frank Alscik, John Murray, Gladys Borat, Edna Baker, Lillian Decker, Olive Toone, Hazel Farrell, Karl Matthewson, Edward Dalton, Malcolm Borat, Janet Sella, William Sheehan, and Martin Phillips.
Sixty Ave members and guests attended the annual Stillwater Fire Department banquet at the Moosehead Inn Saturday evening. After dinner, Harold Campbell, a committee member, acted.
Canadian troops stretched patrols in Rimouski Quebec to curb looting after a fire swept the town. Constable L P Pouliot quoted the efforts to restore order as Maj Gen Morton commented on the devastation and the need to stabilize the area. An estimated 2,000 residents evacuated their homes as work continues to determine needs and restore normalcy.
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