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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1971
Page
13
Rensselaer County will overhaul its welfare system starting June 1 under Social Services Commissioner John R. Beaudoin. The changes split eligibility determinations from cash aid and aim to reduce paperwork, boost direct services, and increase client self sufficiency with an affidavit based application and sampling validations.
The Social Services Department will replace the present program with a three function system for eligibility income maintenance service delivery and need validation. Clients may request services volunteers will assist and crews will operate from a centralized message center to speed solutions. Internal training shifts and June 1 implementation follow four months of planning. Commissioner Beaudoin says the restructuring will improve service for residents.
The Capital District Transportation Authority adopts a 219 271 dollar budget for 1971 72 nearly four times the prior period. Chairman John W Tabner notes last Aug 11 to March 31 expenditures of 56 552 with estimated costs of 152 670. County shares include Albany Schenectady Rensselaer Saratoga with mortgage tax contributions.
Sunrise at 5 33 a m. and sunset at 8 09 p m. are provided for the day in the Eastern Time zone.
Multiple birth notices from Leonard Hospital LeCerne St Marys Hospital and Bellevue Maternity Hospital dated May 9 to May 12 1971 announce the births of Ludwig Mark III Patrick William Caroline John Paul and a son named in various family announcements. Parents include Maria Canonica Patricia Heffern Patricia Heffern Green Island Irene Zaloga and Linda Grimmick with siblings listed.
The family of the late Joseph A. Beehm Sr thanks the Samaritan Hospital staff Drs Engter and the Troy Ambulance Corps, Albany Medical Center, and St. Henry's Averill Park clergy for support, time, transportation, food, flowers, and Mass cards during their bereavement. Frances, Joe Jr., George, and Edmund Beehm.
A crowded memorial note recounts multiple deaths with dates and affectionate tributes. It lists Helen M. Buehler John J. Casey Howard Bates Bret ogan Mary Kulka Daniel Martuscello Sr and others, with family members expressing love and remembrance. The piece reads like a series of bereavement notices reflecting on loss and enduring memory.
After unseasonably low temperatures this morning the National Weather Service predicts sunny skies and a high in the 60s today. Tonight will be fair with a low in the 40s. Sunday should be mostly sunny with a high in the 70s, the bright day of the forecast. Friday reached 59 at 2 p.m. and 32 at 5:30 a.m.
In loving memory of Gary J Reisner who died May 16 1970 and Janet Tobin on May 16. Dated memorial notes from aunts uncles parents and children express lone ness and love. Additional lines honor grandpa Tobin and a husband as years pass with fond memories and sentiment.
A monument in memory of Barton Goldstein will be unveiled on Sunday May 16 at 12 noon at Temple Beth El Cemetery located on Bell Avenue in Troy.
May 14 funeral notice for Stanley Pephosh of RD Waterford and the Bonkoski family. Late Frank Bonkoski, uncle of John Bonkoski of Cohoes and Edward Bonkoski of Layne, will be honored at Fitzgerald Funeral Home in Cohoes Monday at 9 AM with Mass at St Michael's Church at 10 AM. Visitation Sunday 2-5 and 7-8 PM. Interment in St Michael's Cemetery Waterford.
Six Girl Scout councils with over 700 girls will take part in a May 21 to 23 event at Nickerson Park Gilboa. Nancy Smith of Glenmont is camp director and Frances Stearns is program director. Staff includes Mrs. Waldbillig Loudonville and Mrs. Cooke Delmar. Girls live in 21 camping units, 88 patrols, with councils from Troy Albany Colonie Rensselaer Delmar Germantown Waterford Cohoes Grafton Stuyvesant Falls Latham Newtonville Castleton Kinderhook Loudonville Ravena joining Western Massachusetts Kingston Schenectady Northwestern Connecticut Utica.
Troy Police investigated the theft of more than a dozen sets of keys to new and used cars from a board in the office at Gilli gan Buick on 2791 6th Ave. The loss occurred after 5:30 p.m. Thursday. Patrolman William O. Gille led the inquiry.
James E. Flynn 56 of 161 10th Ave told Troy police he struck a parked auto while driving in River Street near King Street. The parked car owned by Billie L. Merrick of 410 River Street sustained right rear damage. Flynn’s car had left front damage. Patrolmen Robert Hayden and William Foy investigated the 6 p.m. crash about 50 feet north of King Street.
The Board of Health of Rensselaer County revised Article IV of the County Sanitary Code to clarify duties and standards for food service establishments. A public display permit is required and violations may lead to suspension. the ordinance adopts the 1962 US Public Health Service code by reference and outlines enforcement and penalties.
Troy Postmaster Arthur T. Judge reminds residents that postage rates rise Sunday. First class letters go from 6 to 8 cents per ounce, airmail letters from 10 to 11, post cards from 5 to 6, and airmail post cards from 8 to 9 cents. Second and third class rates also increase.
At Samaritan Hospital in May 1971 Hugh T Sheary of 74 Pawling Ave husband of Vivian Conway Sheary and Thomas A Trotter of 61 Thompson St husband of Ruth B Dutcher Trotter are named in death notices. Both services set for Stebbins Funeral Home with liturgy at St Francis de Sales and committal at Oakwood Cemetery respectively.
James Whiton and William Goldstein of Troy wrote the original story for the horror film Dr Phibes starring Vincent Price and Joseph Cotton. Whiton also penned the screenplay and has lived in Los Angeles 13 years with credits on The Man From U.N.C.L.E. and The Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea. Both graduates of Troy High School.
Rev Francis A Kelley Chapter DAV Auxiliary votes to send four delegates to the department convention June 24 to 27 at Green Acres Lodge Loch Sheldrake. Delegates are Thelma Warren Augusta Brafman Beatrice Azezzesto Emma Bone steel. Alternates are Florence Gleason Bessi Luce Ellen Haskins Laura Hart. Donation to Valley Forge Foundation. Social June 6 at Mrs Gleason home. Memorial service planned at next meeting June 10 at 1 pm post rooms.
A 19 year old Troy youth was listed in good condition at Samaritan Hospital Friday night after an auto was forced off Tibbits Avenue by an unknown car and struck a telephone pole. Police say Dennis A. Hasso of 14 Detroit Ave reported he was driving when an approaching vehicle in the on coming lane caused him to leave the road.
A 45 year old Albany Air Force member was arrested on murder charges after allegedly running down his wife Rosemary 31 with the family car. The coroner cited a ruptured pulmonary artery as the cause of death. He was held at Division 2 Headquarters Morton Court and was to appear in Albany Police Court at 9 a.m.
Funeral services will be held Monday in Nassau for Laura Virginia O Hanlon Douglas 81 author of the famous Is there a Santa Claus letter She died Thursday in a Valatie nursing home after recent hospital stays She is survived by her daughter seven grandchildren and one great grandchild Interment in North Chatham Cemetery at St Marys Church Le Clair Chapel Nassau scheduled 9 and 9 30 a.m.
A 23-year-old Troy woman Barbara Delabrais was charged with driving without a valid operator's license. She was arrested shortly after 6 p.m. by Patrolman James Mantello and William Maloney and remanded to Rensselaer County Jail in lieu of $250 bail to await court.
Bids opened for the Rensselaer County Courthouse renovation totaled about 200000, well above the 150000 estimate. The county properties committee will discuss awarding contracts Tuesday, with work set to start and finish by early September.
Rubella teams from the Rensselaer County Health Department will give shots to rural schoolchildren beginning Monday. Dr. Gordon A. Eadie reports more than 2,000 Troy and Lansingburgh students have already been immunized in the past two weeks and urges pre kindergartners be brought in to meet state immunity requirements.
Jonathan Olivier of 2113 15th St. was arrested in Be man Park Troy on charges of malicious mischief operating an unregistered vehicle and driving without insurance after a patrolman found him riding a motorcycle on the grass causing lawn damage. Bail set at 500 dollars.
Opera program titled Opera Inside and Out to be presented at 2 p.m. in Schenectady Public Library by Capital Artist Resident Opera Company as part of Arts Month activities. The Capital Area Artists Company celebrates its third anniversary this month and has about 20 members with a varied repertory for adults and children.
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