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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1967
Page
10
Multiple obituaries and funeral notices across Troy and surrounding villages describe services for Anna Pabis, William Briggs, Francis Murphy, John Leith, Cyrus Thurber, Joan Follett, Lucian Greenalch, Frederick Miller, Marguerite Kent, and others. Details include birthplaces, residences, church affiliations, interment sites, and survivor lists.
Miss Christine Carroll 1967 valedictorian at Whitehall High School has been chosen as a state representative in the national Elks Scholarship contest. Awards are to be announced at the national convention in Chicago in July. She is the daughter of Dr and Mrs Carroll.
The Baptist weekly of the First Baptist Church of Rensselaer reports Francis Sprague says the new educational building costing over 80 000 dollars will be ready for full use by fall at the rear of the church off Quay Street. Evelyn Osborn’s church office moved upstairs. Robert C. Robinson announces summer worship from June 18 at 9 45 a m to Sept 10. Crusaders Class hosts a June 10 food sale on the church lawn, rain inside Fellowship Hall. Proceeds fund the family picnic June 24 at Sunny Acres Day Camp Ravena. Children’s Day is June 11 and Vacation Church School runs July 10–19 on weekdays.
Rev. Thomas R. Riston Jr will move his wife and two sons Donald and Thomas from Canajoharie after school ends to the parsonage on Washington Avenue in Upper Rensselaer. He has led Ames and Sprout Brook churches since 1961, succeeding Rev. Donald H. Brandt who becomes associate minister in Schenectady.
Air Force and Marine units list Troy area residents serving in Asia and Europe. Recipients include Tech Sgt James A. Carpentier for meritorious service in Taiwan and Hawaii, Airman J C Philip Staats at McCoy AFB, and Pvt James Morrissey Jr in Korea. Other graduates and promotions span Fort Rucker Alabama, Fort Polk Louisiana, and Sheppard AFB Texas.
United Press International notes May 22 as the 142nd day of 1967 with 223 to follow. Events include Aaron Burr trial and acquittal in 1807, Reno gang train robbery in 1868, Bobby Franks murder in 1924, and the 1962 crash of a Boeing 707 in Iowa. Born on this day is actor Laurence Olivier in 1907. A Thackeray quote closes.
Three Trojans among ten ordained at ceremonies in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception Albany. Most Rev Edward J Maginn presided as ordaining prelate with clergy and relatives present. Names include Rev David R Testa Rev William F Girard Rev Gerald F Kampfer Rev William D Turnbull and others from Assumption Peekskill Blessed Sacrament Albany St Vincent de Paul Cable skein Frankfort St Francis de Sales West Albany St Margaret Mary Albany and more.
Father Long, a Franciscan and former seminary dropout, celebrates his first Solemn Mass at Sts Peter and Paul in Fort Frank tomorrow with concelebrants from Dunwoodie class of 1939. Arch bishop Ryan, a former classmate, helped arrange. Kempfer presides at 5 30 p m and Handron delivers the sermon with a reception at Sacred Heart School cafeteria at 8 p.m.
Advice for low cost setup in a home business focusing on medical transcription. Borrow or lease equipment when possible, consider non electric typewriters to cut costs, and set hourly rates around 2.25 for general work and 2.50 for dictation aided tasks. Suggest soliciting higher rates to gauge local benchmarks.
Joseph S. Hummel, 44, of Jackson Heights, died suddenly Thursday afternoon while at work in the Department of Mental Hygiene at the State Campus, Albany. He served in World War II and is survived by his wife Patricia Loftus of Rensselaer, four children, and a brother. Funeral services set for today at 10:15 am at Thomas A. Sherwood Funeral Home and 11 am at St. John's Church, Rensselaer, with interment at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery East Greenbush.
Mrs. Joseph Cavallo announces a Troy Area CYO Auxiliary meeting tomorrow at 8 p.m. at the CYO Center 287 Fourth Street Troy. Plans will be made for a teenage fashion show at the center in June with further information to follow.
The fourth annual All-City School Bands concert at Van Rensselaer High School drew capacity crowds. Band director Robert Jay Cing-Mars received praise and a gift after earning a top 6-A rating in a recent competition. The program featured Beginners Band, Intermediate Band soloists Kathy Lever and Ralph Leonard, a Dixieland Quartet, and the City Concert Band. A PA outage briefly interrupted the two hour show. Superintendent Joseph W. Reilly and reporter William R. Browne were acknowledged for publicity. Reilly projected strong turnout for a proposed high school on New York Central Railroad land and noted a potential price reduction from 15,000 to just over 10,000 per acre in a buyout offer.
Tomorrow morning 47 Troy public school students from Public School 2 will fly to New York City for a day trip split into two groups. They will tour the United Nations Empire State Building and ride the Staten Island Ferry with sixth grade teachers Anthony Armlin and John Pohl and principal Frank DeFrank. The trip was financed entirely by the students who sold cards wrapping paper cloths to wash corn and other items earning over 1000 dollars in profit.
Upton Chapter OES held memorial night at Masonic Temple with Mrs Edward Bryan presiding in matron's absence A class of five candidates joined the chapter The altar was draped in memory of departed members Guests included Shirley Le Van and Donald L Ernst The chapter aims to run the food booth at Schaghti coke Fair and Linda Saunders chairs the bazaar gifts for the OES Home in Oriskany are requested by July 1 The next meeting is Sept 20.
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