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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1944
Page
1
AM employees of the District Office of the Office of Price Administration and rationing boards will work a full day on Memorial Day May 30 in line with wartime policy of federal agencies operating on all holidays except Christmas.
The will of Charles W. Frear probate granted in Rensselaer County Surrogate’s Court. Widow Mary E. Frear and National City Bank of Troy named as executors. Estate includes real and personal holdings with residuary shares in trust for the son and a pew endowment to a church. Details indicate distributions to widow and son with constraints on the trust assets.
The passage outlines a trust provision granting the daughter income or principal until she turns 30, with a remainder or similar provision referencing a residuary share. Attorneys Roberts and Sampson are identified as the estate’s counsel.
Judge Edward J. Donohue granted letters of administration for three estates in Rensselaer County Surrogate's Court. Estates include Weedford of Albany with 50 personal and 150 real assets, Ryan of Rensselaer, and Mary F. of Rensselaer. Beneficiaries span Emmanuel Weedfald in Tampa and others across New Jersey Virginia and California. Frederick Fitley is attorney for the Weedford estate. John S. Rensselaer and Hines L. Boothby appear as attorneys for multiple estates.
A Albany jury found no cause for the lawsuit brought by Mrs. Elizabeth Broughal against Mrs. Marie E. Newkirk over injuries from a fall at a Halloween party two years earlier in a private garage at Cousal Corners. The plaintiff claimed her shoe heel caught in a depression during a square dance, causing the spill.
The listing outlines stations WORO and partners with a stack of programs and times. Shows include Sacred Heart Punches at 9:45 and 10:00 Children’s Program, plus various segments featuring Isabel Hewson Mary Lee Taylor and Forte Canteen.
A Discrie Junior Drum Corps Council meeting in Johnstown hosted by St Anthonys C. O. Bugle and Drum Corps. Mrs. Margaret Dupree presided as no new corps joined. Fort Johnson Fire and Drum Corps and Joanstown American Legion Auxiliary applied. Six other corps already belong to the council including Nathaniel Adams Blanchard Squadron 4026 and Ukrainea American Girls' Bugle and Drum Corps. Several corps plan appearances in Delhi Corinth Amsterdam and other towns and may enter Elks Flag Day parade in Mechanville and Republican Feld Day in Amsterdam.
Nine New York State doctors with 45 years of practice will attend a reunion banquet at Keeler's Restaurant Albany at 7 pm tomorrow. The attendees include HJ White, Dr. William Kirk Jr, De J Flynn of Troy and six other Albany Medical College Class of 1599 graduates. Others listed are Dr. George E. Belley Albany, Dr. Walter A. Leopard Cambridge, Dr. Carl A. Parshall Brooklyn, Dr. George W. Ross Fort Ewan, Dr. Walter I Sanford New York City and Dr. W. A. Wardner Saranac Lake.
Local automobile owners with C and B rationing books must apply to their local Rationing Board for certificates to buy tires. The OPA warns certificates do not guarantee tire availability and urges boards to favor the most essential war needs in approvals.
About thirty emergency land horse deconstration agents from one area counties attended a two day conference at the Rensselaer County Headquarters in Troy. Miss Orilia Wright of Cornell University led the meeting focusing on extension service public relations matters.
Three men from Watervliet and Troy have been accepted for Navy service at the Local Recruiting Station and placed on inactive duty. The enlistees are Thomas J. Walsh of 168 Congress Street Watervliet William P Miller of 224 Twentythird Street Watervliet and William Waters of 4 As Twenty-fifth Street Troy.
The Troy Chamber of Commerce schedules a June 13 meeting with opposing views on a housing project. President Samuel W. McCochrane leads a discussion as directors seek balanced understanding of wartime housing needs. The board reaffirms opposition to the St Lawrence Seaway plan.
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