Retired Valve Plant Official Dies
Thomas J. Pillsworth of Troy, a 48 year Ludlow Valve employee and former superintendent, died at 74. He and wife Sarah Colvin celebrated their golden anniversary November 30, 1898. Survived by wife, two daughters, a son, four grandchildren, sister, brother, and several nephews. Funeral at 5 am tomorrow from home and 9:30 am at St Francis de Sales Church. Burial in St Mary’s Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas J. Pilleworth
Ludlow Valve Manufacturing Co
Boulon Road
Fillaworth
Ludlow
Pillsworth
Coxsackie
William H. Walsh
Pilaworth
Troy Industrial Club
Troy Chamber of Commerce
Machinists’ Union
St. Mary's Churc
Holy Name Society
St. Francis de Sales’ Church
Holy Mame Society
Sarah Col
St. F
Saturday Scores In College Sports Lacrosse And Baseball
Saturday scores in college sports show RPI and Lehigh lacrosse 14 to 2, Army 12 over Rutgers, Harvard 7 over Spring Hold, Hofstra 15 over Lafayette, Penn State 14 over Colgate, Syracuse 15 over Sampson, and baseball results including RPI 10 over Stevens 6, Amherst 5 over Wesleyan 0, Army 2 over 10, Dartmouth and Harvard 2, Holy Cross 7 over Villanova 2, Manhattan 12 over CCNY 4, Navy 8 over Columbia 6, Temple 8 over LaSalle 5, Yale 4 over Brown 2, and other track and field marks. Farmers spend about one-third of their total working hours in the fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RPI
Lehigh
Ambert
Brown
Army
Rutgers
CONY
Adelphi
Harvard
Hofstra
Lafayette
Penn State
Colgate
Stevens Jr
MIT
Syracuse
Sampson
Stevens
Amherst
Wesleyan
Arnold
Siena
Frooklyn Coll
Kings Point
Canisius
Hobart
Clarkson
Champlain
Mental Health Cases Rise in New York State
A year end report from the State Mental Hygiene Department shows mental patients in state custody increasing 4.1 percent from 108,600 to 112,500 as of March 31. Commissioner Frederick MacCurdy emphasizes the need for long range planning amid the rising mental illness population and notes a new five member commission to implement Governor Dewey’s statewide research and training program.
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Rlee
New York State
State Mental Hygiene Department
Frederick MacCurdy
MacUurdy
MacCurdy
Dewey
German Vote Confusion Amid East West Press on Plebiscite
Eastern districts report paper shortages hindering secret ballots as voters confront unified fronts. Western Allies bar the People’s Congress vote while Communist bodies nominate 500 delegates claiming Western representation, amid charges of imperialism and calls for unity. An unrelated local notice records Earl Ormsby fined ten pounds for disorderly conduct after a Friday arrest and Saturday guilty plea in the Renselaer court.
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Hitler
Eet
Communista
Germany
Stooges
People's Congress
ADN
Brandenburg
European Defenses Seen Weak and Urgently Strengthened
The State Department outlined a three form military aid plan for western Europe totaling about 1.48 billion dollars for 1950. It would direct assistance to Brussels pact members Britain France Belgium the Netherlands Luxembourg Denmark Norway Italy and possibly Iran Greece and Turkey plus others. The effort aims to deter aggression by strengthening defenses, while keeping aid separate from the North Atlantic Treaty commitments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Baturdey
Europe
United States
Congress
True Man
Department
State Department
Greece
Turkey
Wester Europe
Western Europe
Britain
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Denmark
Norway
Italy
Iran
Grandma Moses Discusses Painting Career and Thoughts
The veteran artist, known for primitive works, explained she began painting seriously in 1949 due to neuritis in her hands and inability to sew. She noted no family painters, and stated she had not studied the Taft Hartley law yet. Her work sells for up to 300 dollars per copy and she received a club award at a city theater event.
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Grandma Moses
Questoning
Washington
Eagle
Grandma Mises
Hobby
Troy Spoven
Jenosh
Date Theater
Kissell
Marvin
Artis
Triman
Center Brunswick PTA installs officers at monthly meeting
The Center Brunswick Parent-Teacher Association installed officers at its recent monthly meeting at the school. Moh Wesexi Warar as president, Mee Mrron Larkraw as vice president, Mre Chris Fitting as secretary, and Mire War apm Rede as treasurer. A picnic is planned for June 13 at Calhoun's Grove.
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Center Brunswick
Parce
Mog Wessexi Warar
Kathleen Welch Weds Samuel Danish in Eagle Mills Ceremony
Kathleen Welch daughter of Mrs. Catherine Welch of Eagle Mills and Samuel Danish son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Danish of Cropseyville were married at St. Francis de Sales Church. Rev. Patrick J. Crowe officiated with George E. Geiger at the organ. Maid of honor Mary Willson and best man Ellis Danish joined a reception at the bride’s mother home. The couple will reside at Clums Corners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Francis de Sales
Kathleen
Welch
Catherine Welch
Eagle Mills
Samuel Danish
Fred Danish
Cropseyville
Patrick J. Crowe
George E.geiger
Wiliam Duncan
Mary Willson
Ellis Danish
Catholic Central High School
Danish
Troy High School
Clums Corners
Miss Bogle Engaged to George Osborne
Miss Margaret Louise Bogle of Latham is engaged to Bates Gordon Osborne of Montgomery. She is a graduate of Ticonderoga High School and St Johns Riverside Hospital School of Nursing. He is a Montgomery High School graduate and a junior at the New York State College for Teachers. The couple plans a June 18 wedding.
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Lester
Bogle
Latham
Margaret Louise Bogle
Bates
Gordon Osborne
Earl Osborne
Montgomery
Miss Bogle
Ticonderoga High School
St. Jonn’s Riverside Hospital
Pat Nursing
Yonkers
New York State Teachers’ College
Albany
Psi Gamma Sorority
Osborne
Montgomery High School
Meeting of Business Girls' Group at Memorial Methodist Church
The Business Girls Group of Memorial Methodist Church will meet today at 8 pm at the home of Mrs Kenneth Nitz on Hoosick Road. Last night they sponsored a Sunday School children’s old folks concert at the church with about 150 attendees. The children wore costumes of the "Gay Ste."
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Memorial Methodist Church
Mra
Kenneth Nitz
Hoosick Road
Salem Heavy Cruiser Commissioned At Naval Yard
The 17,000 ton Salem heavy cruiser was commissioned Saturday at South Lepton naval shipyard. Attended by top Navy officials including Ami Lone Fo Denfeld and Moss Mare G. Paley, the ship joins Des Moines and Newport as the Navy’s heaviest cruisers in service.
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South Lreton Naval Shipyard
Tess Thetford
Aémi Lone
Fo Denfeld
Neas
Moss Mare G. Paley
Soeter
Salem Marcy
Edward A. Coffey
Te Salem
Hich
Ne Des Moines
Newport
Neos
Jilted Suitor Kills Self After Shooting Maillora Conn
A woman identified as Maillora in Conn was shot in the head at her living room after a party with her mother and brother Kenneth Harris. Police said the slain suitor, Raymond Cretion, later killed himself in a nearby passageway. The attacker, armed with a pistol, fired once and the victim was pronounced without hope of recovery.
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Maillora
Raymond Cretton
Marc Harn
Osage
Thal
Flecers
Cretion
Kenneth Harris
Accreraihy
Armenian Church Union Installs At Convention Close
The Armenian Evangelical Union wrapped its five day annual convention with a vesper service at the United Armenian Calvary Congregational church in Troy. Edward Tomaasian of Detroit presided. Rev Zacharia Boudakian preached Armenian and Rev Pazart Kalfayan English. About 300 attended the installation dinner for officers at the Church of Christ Disciples. Rev Mihran Renfilian, host church pastor and outgoing moderator, installed as officer. Dr Barberian of Loudonville toasted and urged support for missions in Europe Asia and Africa. New moderator Rev Yervant Hadidian of New Britain is installed along with officers Samuel Hedkemyam West New York vice moderator, Rev Vartan Hartupunyan New York City secretary, Vohan Bengli an Philadelphia treasurer. A reception followed. Reports and Sunday School work were discussed. mediation by Rev Ephraim Jernozian of Providence preceded a New England Christian Endeavor discussion led by James Koudakjian.
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Armenian Evangelical Union
United Armenian Calvary Congregational Church
Troyona
Edward. Tomaasian
Detroit
Mich
Zacharia Boudakian
Pazart Kalfayan
Church of Christ Disciples
Mihran Renfilian
Union
B. A. Barbere
Loudonville
Europe
Asia
African
Barber Ir
Yervant Hadidian
D.D
New Britain
Ephraim Jernozian
Providece
R. 1
New England Christian Endeavor Union
James Koudakjian
Watertown
Mass
Eleven Hurt In McClellan Hospital Incident Cambridge
Eleven people were injured in a crash at McClellan Hospital in Cambridge, with a woman suffering a fractured spine. Her husband and two year old son Steven escaped serious injury. A separate accident in Glens Falls involved Miss Marjorie T Stanley, 36, Bruises to head and body after her car struck a fire hydrant and a power pole on Sanford Street. She was discharged from Glens Falls Hospital after treatment. A police ambulance and taxi collision at Broadway and Fourth Streets caused no injuries beyond vehicle damage. The taxi driver Stephen F Jazynski, and taxi owner Julius F Rossetti were identified. both vehicles sustained damage. A passenger in the taxi escaped injury.
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McClellan Hospital
Cambridge
Steven
Marjorie T. Stanley
Columbia Avenue
Glens Falls
Sanford Street
Ogden Street
Glens Falls Hospital
Broadway
Fourth Streets
Raymond Hogan
Julius F. Rossetti
Fourth Street
Stephen F. Jazvinski
Third Avenue
Watervliet
Russians Promise To Ease Shipping Controls
Vienna reports the Russian government promised to ease some shipment controls inside Austria. The pledge follows a fatal collision near Lake Luzerne where Frank Eldridge, 73, died after his car hit a bus. 16 passengers injured. Under new rules border guards will relax permits for fodder, cans, mineral and meat products, wood, and scrap metal, with wholesale shipments exempt.
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Vienna
Austria
Telax
Hilton A. Dier
Alexei Shelvov
George
Warren County
Justina
Leopold Fini
Frank Eldridge
Lake Luzerne
Eldridge
Aus|Adirondack Transit Lines
Lake George-Glens Falls High- Wax
Abilene Celebrates Safety Champion Record Night Parade
Abilene Texas earns the title as city with a near record of 400 population tied for days without a traffic fatality. Citizens ignored Friday the 13th as a parade began in the afternoon and ended with a program in Blue Box Stadium.
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Schenectady
Blue Box Stadium
Rensselaer Man Faces New Policy Charge
Frank Loftus, 40, of Third Avenue Rensselaer, was arrested Friday afternoon on the same policy charge after police found a pad of policy slips in his car near the Dunn Memorial Bridge. His arraignment was postponed pending absence of the city judge. Loftus is free on bail. Officers Bolton Lanphier and Jones led the arrest. Loftus has pleaded not guilty to prior indictments. His wife, Erika Loftus, faced a misdemeanor case tied to lottery slips, later dismissed in court, while another felony indictment against her remains pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Loftus
Third Avenue
Rensselaer
Broadway
Dunn Memorial Bridge
Loftus
LaVerne G. Lewis
Charles Stewart
Arthur B. Lanphier
Asst. Dist
Richard E. Bolton
Vincent F. McCarthy
George E
Rensse‘laer
Herbert D. Hamm
Dist
Charles G. Maley
Democrats Aim to Trim Europe Recovery Program Cost
Lawmakers weigh cuts to the European Recovery Program in the proposed 5.58 billion dollar bill. Maybank argues for real savings by reducing outlays and shifting costs, noting commodity prices fell about 20 percent since the Marshall Plan plan was drafted, suggesting Europe deliveries can be maintained with lower spending.
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Maybank
Return From Cruise Francis 3 Marsh Arrives Norfolk
Marsh family announces that Francis J. Marsh Jr and a crew member aboard the light cruiser Spokane will arrive in Norfolk Virginia on May 24 after a month long Mediterranean voyage.
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Francis 3
Girl Scout Leaders Attend Conference in Troy High School
Delegations from Benlor Girl Scout troops across the Troy area attended a Section F conference at Troy High School. Miss Anne Bronkhurst of the National Girl Scout Office spoke on Senior Scouting and its five fields. The program highlighted international camping and pioneer camping as trends, with panels from Albany and Schenectady on cross border scouting. Registration opened at 10 am followed by opening services led by local council leaders.
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Benlor
Troy
Troy High School
Mise Anne Bronkhurst
National Girl Scout Office
Mise Bronkhurst
Misa Bronkhurst
Miss Bronkhurst
Janet Rabineau
Albany
Russell Sage College
Rebecca Rowledge
Schenectady
Rabineau
Pennsylvania
Rowledge
Doree
Canada
United States
Patricia Gilbert
Marianne Xardell
Regional conference concludes with social and awards
The Troy Albany and Schenectady councils arranged a luncheon and leaders round table led by Misa Fredericka Gordon. Leaders shared readership problems and activity programs while Kashe guided discussion. The event featured basketball dancing, a panel on international camping, and council participation closing the conference with awards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Dr. Moliag
Troy
Carl Breiibaa
Schenectady
Hans Roertéas
Witte Gtowart
Misa Fredericka Gordon
Kashe
Albany
Ceremonia
Hoosac Tunnel Rock Used In Flood Control Work
Flood prevention work along the Green River at Williamstown Massachusetts uses rock slabs from the Hoosac Tunnel era for rip rap on river banks. Harwood Moore of Williamstown notes the slabs are ideal as they resist shifting once placed during the 76 year old project.
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Green River
Williamstown
Masa
Hoo
Weat Bhatt Road
Harwood Moore
Willamstown
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