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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1945
Page
17
A bicycle found by Harvey Gardner of 15 AWorth Street at Math Street and Seventh Avenue was taken to Central Police Station by Patrolman Edward S Wirkpatrick. Police are attempting to ascertain ownership of the bicycle.
Fragmentary obituary note recalls Mrs Leroy Caslia and husband Edward Sate. The lines reflect loving memory, noting memory of husband and child, with mentions of upright conduct and family devotion.
In a series of notices from Leonanl Hospital and St Josephs Maternity, newborn daughters are reported to the families Breen Ferritto and Ferritto. The notices identify the mothers as Jane J. Walker and Floresce Mahoney of Grafton, with names revised to Ett Sins Ferritto and Margaret FP Samj Fiche.
Obituary notices list multiple individuals including Carey, Collins, FitzGerald, Haight, Lasher, McCarthy, Newbury, Nugent, Roymen, Sheeran, Tracy. Reports include residence, funeral home details, church services, call times, and interment in various cemeteries. Names span Troy and nearby towns with dates in late May 1943 and related years.
USES interview teams from Treary Albany Schenectady will hold sessions at Watervliet City Hall to place laid off Arsenal workers, mostly women, with six local employers and one from Albany already lined up. Referrals and talks aim to connect workers with available needle trade, knitting and industrial jobs. clerical openings are scarce.
Unanimous endorsement at Leo H. Blume DSC Post meeting for a community-wide plan to locate a national cemetery in the Troy area. Adelbert E. Kendrick and Frank Hayden reported on the city-wide committee chaired by Congressman Dean P. Taylor supporting the project. Charles Edward Wager and Peter Gorman were inducted as post members. Delegates to the state encampment will be elected next Tuesday. June July and August meetings will be held on the first and third Tuesdays.
Castleton OES will host the official visit and home coming for Mrs Gladys R Metzger district deputy grand matron of the Albany Rensselaer Schenectady district Tuesday night at Castleton Odd Fellows Hall. James Baldwin will accompany her. a dinner at Castleton Methodist Church precedes the meeting with reservations via Mrs Ruth Hudson.
A stay at home Memorial Day saw little travel surge as rail, bus and air officials reported no noticeable holiday rush. Plane and bus traffic were flat, with only minor increases along highways. State Police noted heavier volume than normal but mostly local or short trips, with some out of state cars from Massachusetts and Vermont.
Delegates from Rensselaer County Board of Child Welfare and related departments attended an all day conference at Hendrick Hudson. Randolph Wilson helped secure Ruth White Hyde as speaker. Hyde led discussions with social welfare workers while Gladys Fischer spoke on Aid to Dependent Children Law. Mayor Ahern attended lunch and addressed delinquency topics during the luncheon.
Julian Martin was elected president of the Troy High School Student Council by the underclass assembly. Gerald Jordan won the vice presidency as five candidates including Julian Machin Patricia Massey Ida May Rifflebach and Josephine Schillaci presented views. Gaven Taylor chaired the assembly and Frank Catricala Jr directed music.
Robert L. Knoop of Crescent has been promoted from first lieutenant to captain after three and a half years service. He recently returned from thirty months in Newfoundland and now instructs at Camp Croft. His wife Lisa De Luca, formerly of Troy, resides with him in Spartanburg. He received his lieutenancy before the war and was called to active duty after Pearl Harbor.
The Patroon Club, meeting at the South End Tavern, installed officers and discussed resuming wartime activities after restrictions eased. George P. O Connor outlined aims to purchase a camp site for youths, with plans to send boys from the city, and a memorial service honored Pvt Thomas Smith killed at Bastogne.
The will of Florence Pattison filed May 22 in this city has been admitted to probate in Surrogate's Court with letters testamentary granted to Edward C Pattison of 5 Collins Avenue. Estate valued under 5000 for real and under 5000 for personal, husband to receive life income. remainder divided among Edward S Pattison Blanche C Sperers and others. Clark Dipperty is attorney. Letters of administration on John Burke estate granted to cousin William J Burke. An estate of 200 goes to Burke cousin and Alice Burke, Sanpson. Joseph E Walsh is attorney.
County Judge Harry E. Clinton cuts Patterson's sentence from two months to 32 days and orders his release after Patterson claimed to be the sale support of his mother and an employee of a local war plant. Arrested and convicted in Troy Police Court on April 7, the appeal was argued by Williamt OG. Heals.
Clyde W. Heer heads the Rensselaer City and County Rationing Board panel as it prepares to announce new A and B gas coupon values. He praises volunteers who aid in processing applications and notes a lull in summer, while Edward J. Rowan reports sugar coupon mailing accelerations and thanks Melrose volunteers for their efforts.
Elizabeth E Bruce of 1502 Sausse Avenue will run the Beauty Spot on the Troy Bennington Highway near Pittstown Corhers as per a county certificate filed by Jean P Weatherwax for Mrs Bruce. The business includes a restaurant tourist establishment and a gasoline station opening on or after May. Additional certificates show Eastside Hardware & Hiedtric Co Troy now operating at 769 Pawling Avenue under John H Ryan and John T Amler. Imbrigilio De Carlo at 82 King Street operates as a partnership Vincent Imbrigilia and Joseph De Carlo. The Sea Valley Hatchers Petersburg is now run by Arthur E Smith Lawrence Smith and Arthur E Smith all of Petersburg.
The Junior Holy Name Society of St Anthony's Church will sponsor a nine day novena ending with a 10 45 am solemn mass on June 16 in honor of the patron saint. Services based on St Anthony's life will be held daily at 7 2 pm starting Friday. Committee members from the society include Louis Marchese Angelo Vajenti and Jerry Marchese.
Parades and memorial services mark a stay at home day in Troy area communities. Lansingburg opens at 9 a m visiting Trinity Churchyard St Johns Cemetery and ends at the Hudson bank with a memorial service. Downtown Troy begins at 10 a m from Ferry and Second Streets marching to Washington and Third Streets for a memorial mass at St Marys. Watervliet starts at 10 30 a m with Memorial Park service then a short parade to the honor roll and another service. Cohoes parades at 2 30 p m from McKinley Square to West End Park ending with a memorial. Waterford parade begins 8 45 a m from Broad and First Streets ending at St Marys for a memorial service.
Two Troy guardians for minor sons received court authorization to settle damages claims. Russell Hyde as guardian for Robert Hyde may accept 2200 from Arthur W. Slum and Byron W. Follett for a Fifth Avenue crash on Nov 21, 1904. Amanda Gile as guardian for Paul Gile may accept 600 from Frank Snyder for a Sept 4, 1941 Pike's Pond crash.
The Troy Housing Authority will meet with a State Housing Commission representative and City Planning Commission members at The Hendricks Hudson tomorrow to discuss a possible housing program for Trey. The joint meeting was postponed when state representatives could not attend. At the first meeting, preliminary arrangements for the proposed program were discussed.
A jury in the Supreme Court for Rensselaer County was dismissed after failing to reach a verdict in the consolidated case of Catherine Gress and Jacob Boehringer. Damages sought were $5500 by Gress and $1 by Boehringer for an automobile collision in Wantskil on January 10, 2344.
A new diesel engine has been placed in service in the Greenwich railroad yards. The locomotive hauled freight to Greenwich and Teamsot on its first day, then moved cars from Greenwich to S2rem Junction where connections were made with the Delaware and Findson. Officials from the D. F. L. and General Electric witnessed its work.
Organized veterans group lays groundwork for a national cemetery to serve a 75,000 veteran population across a 750 acre site. Congressman Taylor cites a $1.454 million area allocation and $332,000 equipment cost with room to expand, proposing a staff of veterans and over 75 workers. Meeting set at the Court House to form a permanent committee and seek broad veteran group support.
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