Card of Thanks for Mary Lass Cowesl
The family of the late Mary Lass Cowesl thanks relatives and friends for the expressions of sympathy shown during their bereavement.
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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1944
Page
12
The family of the late Mary Lass Cowesl thanks relatives and friends for the expressions of sympathy shown during their bereavement.
Obituary fragment honors several deceased and newborns with names like Lois, Ed ward Fang, Fane, Carroll, Nolan, Paxton, Purcell, and Beinties. Mentions hospitals in Troy and cardinal O Connor House Brighton. Keeps memorial tone with family tributes and dates in May.
Multiple death notices from May 1944 detail immediate family, residence, and funeral arrangements. Entries include Creagan, Be Celle, Detelle, Grant, Horan, Marois, O’Brien, O’Sullivan, and Wysetams, listing survivors, call times, church services, and interment at local cemeteries. interment at St Joseph's and St Mary’s cemeteries are noted with requiem masses and procession details.
Motorists enjoyed good weather and no pleasure-driving ban as Memorial Day travel rose slightly. State police reported a 25 percent highway increase in vacation areas and Albany rail traffic at record Memorial Day levels.
Knickerbocker Victory Garden chairman John Laustrup reports all 19 plots at 109th and 26th Streets are assigned and most are well planted. Gardeners grow beets carrots spinach onions tomatoes and similar crops and canned a large amount last year. The state Commission outlines canning vegetables with guidance on heat processing and safe sealing. The Troy Record offers 14 garden prizes across Troy and nearby towns with War Bond and War Stamp awards for best gardens in two classes.
Charles Valenti aged 13 of 1254 Fifth Avenue was treated at Samarit an Hospital yesterday afternoon for a cut on the first finger of the right hand suffered while playing near Poestenkill east of Spring Avenue. Police report by Patrolmen John Delehanty and Thomas O'Brien of the First Precinct.
A detailed parade scene unfolds with Mounted Division horses drawing cheers from children and adults. Fire Chief Carl A Smith rides regally. Mayor John J. Ahern and Brig. Gen. A Gillespie attend. reporters and residents note family ties to the armed services, school bands, and Red Cross presence, amid reflections on history and service.
Memorial Day rites featured a march by veteran groups headed by Edmond E. Early and John J. Dougherty, wreaths at the Soldiers and Sailors Monument, a military mass at Sage Park, and a sermon on family stability by Rev. John G. Tracy. The event ended with a review at the Court House and a special Hiker Monument service. A partnership notice records Mill End Shop forming a two man partnership in Albany.
Brief memorial services for all American wars were held yesterday by naval units at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute directed by the Secretary of the Navy. About a thousand sailors stood in formation as Dr. J Hillis Miller urged that war must be abolished by human will while honoring those who died in the present conflict. The program included bugle calls, taps, and solemn silence before officers and institute leaders.
Corporal Harold C. Wright 23, Salem native and veteran of the North African invasion, died from chest injuries after an accident at Camp Maxey Texas. Survived by his mother Mrs Lillian Wright of Salem brother Floyd Wright Grenville and sisters Nellie Manley Selden and Gladys Wilson Albany. Funeral plans pending body arrival.
Herta Haeffer, 16, of 9 McCardie Avenue Albany, was injured about 4 pm yesterday when her bicycle struck an automobile driven by Arthur J. Pi Giarmat of 351 Orange Street Albany on Van Rensselaer Boulevard. She suffered concussion bruises and shock. described as fairly good at Memories Hospital. Trooper C J Crommie investigated at the Weldonville post.
Commissioner Miller declares war a threat to civilization yet a necessary struggle to halt barbaric assaults on human rights. He praises soldiers and nurses who sacrifice for peace and justice and urges the living to persevere, honoring the dead who will never be forgotten.
Contest open to residents of Troy and nearby towns. Gardens must be at least 500 square feet. Prizes include War Bonds and War Stamps with total face value of 245 dollars.
Officials led by Mayor John J. Ahern attended the unveiling at the Hell-Hand Building where veterans groups from Albany and Schenectady toured. Sgt William Gavitt, home on furlough after bombing missions, carried the post color in the observances. A Civil War era flag was part of the parade items and a large fire destroyed part of the original rooms earlier.
Nineteen Troy area men earned degrees at Siena College fourth commencement in ceremonies yesterday. Fourteen local graduates received diplomas in absentia. names include James Brennan Roderick Rodrigues Harry Inglis Romeo Daley and Eerl Witbeck. Class of 63 graduates with 42 in military service. Memorial Day service followed with naval cadets at the college lowering flags and a solemn requiem mass.
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