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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1943
Page
13
The Troy Record from Troy New York shows hourly temperature readings for May with time stamps from 4 a.m. to midnight. The snippet lists various times and temperatures across the day, including early morning and afternoon intervals.
Rev Lawrence J Kidder OO FM a Siena College veteran English and religion professor now major at the Fifth Armored Division Nashville chaplain commissioned lieutenant in 1941 began service at Pine Camp. In memoriam Catherine Dolan family thanks friends relatives and bearers for kindnesses and flowers during bereavement.
Several birth notices list new daughters and sons born to families in the Troy area. Linda Louise Bolsen, F. Hope Carey, Elaine Donna, William, Peter James III, Deanna Mary, and other newborns are named with parents and hospital locations such as Leonard Hospital, Troy Hospital, Samaritan Hospital, and Providence Hospital. Previous names of mothers are included in each placement.
A compilation of death notices and funeral details from Albany Troy and vicinity. Entries include Alliry Barton Caulkins Curtis Fitzgerald Forbins Lewandowski Marshall O Connor Paullo Saxby Wimbury and Wilburys with residences, funeral homes, and cemetery interments noted. Dates range May 7 to May 14, 1943, with church services and burial locations listed.
The Junior League board ratified Mrs. Ernest L. Warneke of Troy for the unexpired term of Mrs. Garret Garetson as director of Region Two at the New York meeting led by Mrs. Linville K Martin of Winston-Salem. Martin announced a 2.7 percent membership rise across 154 leagues and noted many provisional members come from employed ranks. Officers including Mrs. C. H. A Armstrong of Toronto and Miss Willa Black of Westmount will serve another year.
About forty chiefs and officers from Rensselaer County fire departments met at Wynantskill to form by laws for a county organization. A by laws committee led by Thomas Arnold will draft rules ahead of a May 24 election at Valley Falls. Temporary officers were seated by Chief Frank Hack with Chief Charles Brunell presiding. A new tank truck was shown to Wynantskill, and a social hour followed.
Lansingburgh 109th Street Victory Gardeners met amid rain, clearing plots for planting. Eugene R. Wiseman, club chairman, assigned twenty garden sites and announced more plots will be allocated as ground work continues tonight at the 169th Street site. Ground has been plowed harrowed and prepared for planting with daily assignments to follow.
A meeting of air raid wardens in Zone Two District 21 is scheduled for tomorrow at 8 pm in the Froso Lane Club rooms at 416 Federal Street. After the business session, refreshments and entertainment will be provided.
Rt Rev Joann J Hartigan president of Cathedral College New York will address Catholic Central High School graduates Wednesday June 23 in Music Hall. More than 250 seniors will graduate. Hartigan recently received Papal Chamberlain title and has served as president of Cathedral College since 1941. He is a noted educator and canon law teacher with ties to New York and religious orders.
Seventy seven donors participated yesterday at the Red Cross mobile unit in the First Baptist Church rooms. Fifty four were repeats, including a man who reached his fifth donation. A total of 144 kept appointments, 127 were selected as donors, with Rotary members among them and calls to register all residents.
Pvt. Joseph Lasek of Cohoes and Corp. Peter Brescia of Brooklyn were taken prisoner near Mateur in Tunisia but quickly seized rifles and rushed over 10 Nazis, forcing surrender as Allied forces entered Tunis. Bombers later stopped prison ships bound for Italy amid air battles and shattered hopes of escape.
Troy Council of Social Agencies met at the YWCA to plan the annual meeting set for Wednesday June 2 in The Hendrick Hudson. A arrangements committee includes Mrs Mary Murray McArdle Mrs Alan S Cobden and Julius Goodman. Nominating committee members are Miss Elizabeth Scherer John J Givney Mrs William Cronin Mr Goodman and Mrs Ernest L Warncke. Principal speaker will be Th Letor Bowman of the State Department of Education.
Three Watervliet residents were injured in a two car smash at Broadway and Thorne Street in Albany. Vincent Roga 33 of 3 Russell Place Malcolm Lyons 23 of Watervliet RD 1 and William Hoefer 21 hurt with cuts head injury treated at Memoir Hospital. Another car driven by Mark O'Rourke of 1 Congress Street Cohoes sideswiped Peter Kopcha of 71 Fourth Street Watervliet and a southbound United Traction Co bus on Route 32 north of Watervliet. Bus driver Albert A. Sandy 2414 Eleventh Avenue Watervliet. Passengers on the bus shaken but no medical aid required.
A new Red Cross unit will be formed at Clifton Park with the first meeting at the Men's Clubhouse tomorrow from Sta4dam. Mrs John Mitchell of Crescent is supervisor and an invitation extended to the women of the area to join. Attendees who want to knit should bring a 6 needle and those who sew should bring a thimble and bane thread.
A Troy Council Knights of Columbus ceremony dedicated an honor roll tablet for 48 uniformed brother knights. La Salle Institute cadets unveiled the tablet as families, clergy, and council members attended. Speakers urged Christian ideals and renewed fraternal bonds, with prayers and songs concluding the event. The tablet was designed by Sylvester F. Quirk and hangs on the council hall west wall.
Col Lester Higbee commander of the Second Regiment New York State Guard met Troy unit officers to discuss the summer tour at Peekskill June 22 to July. Detailed orders for the regiment at camp are expected soon. Llorinda Tastuta demonstrated bayonet use to Headquarters and Service Company. Close order drill and interior guard duty were led by Lieut William C Preston. New joiners included Carl Howard Storm Charles D Evito and Michael Seamon. Promotions recommended: Pris Leslie Deefler Frederick Lee Jr Bertram Kays. Promoted to ranks: George H Dean to master sergeant Stephen Canfield to staff sergeant Joseph Castaldo to staff sergeant Welson Salsbury John Strong to corporals fifth grade, Lewis Ponzillo to corporal technician.
Members of the Taconic Hiking Club will take an all day hike from Clopseyville to Peekskul this Sunday substituting the earlier plan to the Johannnock region. Ten members and nine guests joined last Sunday's hike from Waterford toward Mechanicville led by Ruin Ranbel with Robert Wyant among the participants.
Troy Public Library to host a lobby exhibit of more than 25 000 burned and banned volumes from Nazi Germany. Featured titles include Story of My Life by Helen Keller The Call of the Wild by Jack London Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann Confessions by Jean Jacques Rousseau The Forty Days of Musa Dagh by Franz Werfel Jean Christophe by Romain Rolland John Brown's Body by Stephen Vincent Benet and Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway. The display marks a nationwide commemoration of the burning of free literature.
A 13 year old pictured youth later became captain of the T. H. Mason Hose Company in Lansingburg. At the photo time he studied at the Troy Conservatory of Music and later gave a recital in Music Hall. He joined the Troy Typographical Union 31 years ago and the Exempt Firemen's Association 24 years. He previously worked as a printer for the Lansingburg Times and the Troy Times and served on the Rensselaer County Board of Supervisors and the Lansingburg School Board. He is active in fraternal and ethical affairs and was past exalted ruler of the Troy Lodge of Elks, with a California stay of 18 months surrounding the San Francisco earthquake.
Miss Hedgeman, director of race relations for New York City’s removal Office of Civilian Defense, urged action against racial bias in a Troy YWCA gathering. She noted discrimination in banks and military camps, calling racism a challenge to Christian groups and highlighting wartime inequalities from World Wars I and II.
Owen McSweeney of Watervliet sues for 7950 in Albany Supreme Court for personal injuries and auto damage after a collision on January 12 with a truck from Silverstein Tire and Battery Service of Menands. Co defendant is truck driver Coleman Godfrey. Attorney Matthew M Dunn represents plaintiff. Earl S. Jones for defendants.
Catholic Boy Scout commissioners scoutmasters and others of the Catholic faith interested in scouting will meet Thursday at 8 pm in St Peters Lyceum. Dr William Hunt from the national Boy Scouts office will speak, with Rev Harold B Hinds and William E Cashin also attending to promote Catholic parish Cub packs and discuss the Adultare Del award and the new Catholic manual.
State Police in Rensselaer County report 121 speeding arrests in the first quarter. Capt. Jona M Keeley notes ongoing enforcement of the wartime 35 mph limit as one third of Troop G personnel are in service. Blackout reports show rural success and minimal confusion over Army signals. air raid wardens have the last word under practice alerts. The council will discontinue monthly meetings, subject to the chairman.
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