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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1945
Page
10
The Watervliet council voted to waive water rents and penalties on several parcels including Twenty-seventh Street owned by Lowell Merry and the Joyce Cannery property. A compromise settlement of SHOSS was approved with payments by July 1 1643. Agnes Fi Tose gon sought tax and water rent reductions, and a petition for relief was denied.
The annual dinner and election of officers of the Watervliet Civic Chorus will be held Tuesday at 6 30 pm at Fellowship First Presbyterian Church. Mrs Robert Unener chairs arrangements for the dinner and social, with Mr Greve guiding welcome and chorus tryouts with conductor Jared Borron.
Frederick W. Powers of 3 Grotto Court Watervliet, celebrated by Masons and Shriner colleagues with a birthday dinner in the Marine Room Annex. Mrs Vera Powers Roesch performed, and guests included Mrs Frederick W Powers and family, Mr and Mrs Weber B Powers, and Mr and Mrs Joseph F Roesch among others.
Nine men left Watervliet City Hall Thursday for military induction. One joined the Navy, the rest chose the Army. Inductees include Edward G. Peterson Harold N. Quackenbush Samuel We Grett Joan J. DeConno Willians T. Smith Gerald J. Bress Edward J. Eddy Kr and Alexander Filkins. S/Sgt. Francis R. McGivers, veteran of 30 European missions, on furlough with Air Medal Oak Leaves and Flying Cross, is at his mother’s home. He is a power plant specialist at Chanute Field and he and his brother Cpl. David McGivern are in the armed forces. A probate notice lists the will of Mary Magen Ball of Watervliet Estates.
Mass times listed for St Bridget’s and Our Lady of Mt Carmel with multiple services. Holy Communion for various societies and orders at specified masses. Local church groups hold meetings, hayride planned at First Presbyterian Church, track meet winners named, class elects officers at Third Avenue Methodist Church, Cub Pack graduation in Maplewood, and a local resident returns home from hospital.
A promotion advocates a Home Improvement Loan as a simple way to fund painting and property upgrades. It urges readers to call or visit the office to discuss needs and options, presenting the loan as convenient and feasible.
Stamps and bonds totaling 3 692 919 dollars have been sold by Watervliet women at a bank post booth and at the post office since January 194. The March total at the booth reached 995 159. Mrs Leva L Gothous led the drive as general chairman with Mrs Jewin Jopusten guiding Protestant groups and Miss Mae Fisher and Miss Catherine Seaton heading Catholic and other women's organizations.
A long listing of upcoming services across Watervliet churches includes topics such as Gold Is Where You Bind It and The Happy Home. Rev. Wantam J. Clark and Rev. Max C. McCamier lead tomorrow’s worships with church schools and youth activities scheduled, plus regional services at East Greenbush and other parishes.
A reader correspondence column discusses postwar US war debt figures and price changes since World War I, notes Russia Japan and Franklin D. Roosevelt in passing, and asks about the Red Cross. The answer traces its origins to Geneva 1863 and outlines funding and governance of the American Red Cross.
Watervliet pupils under Principal Dorothy C Hess raise funds and materials by selling scrap paper. They stock a modern library with reference and social studies books and expand recreational equipment for an intramural program. Funds support paper drives aiding military needs as New York Salvage Committee notes Victory in Europe.
City crews collected Ave truckloads of fallen branches from trees across Watervliet after a severe May snowstorm. City manager Frank T. Mahar said crews began removing debris Wednesday and continued through yesterday as damage cleanup progressed.
Funeral services were held for John J. Older at the residence with two pastors officiating. Miss Matley and Miz John F Malloy had services at Mason Chapel and St Augustine's Church with multiple bearers and graves at local cemeteries. Edward J. Boyan, Josephine Crawford, and Louis are also noted with specific church and cemetery details. George Cathodlies and Margaret Hoffman are listed among others with service locations and burial plans.
A garbled account mentions Giadisone a renowned Inglish prime minister. he warms his feet with a hot water bag and tea. He later drinks tea from a cup at the bar, reflecting a peculiar habit during study or battle.
George W. McCune and Harry Bleeding, post commanders of Joy Post 489 Veterans of Foreign Wars, represented their post and the Hudson Mohawk Valley District Council at the state commanders' dinner at the Commodore Hotel in New York. East commanders will visit veteran hospitals and delegates attend a Delaney theatrical dinner. W. Bow is New York headquarters on Sixth Street and Eighth Avenue. The 1200 waz un recently added to Uncle Sam's artillery ran hurt 40 pound shell twenty miles.
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