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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1944
Page
16
Petersburg town board adopted a budget of about $T00 reflecting changes from last year after a public hearing. The budget funds welfare, machinery, highway maintenance and general operating expenses with salaries for Supervisor, councilmen, town clerk, and highway superintendent listed. Supervisor David A. Brenensticht led the hearing and session in the town hall.
The fragment lists thanks from relatives for sympathy and services after deaths and births. Names include Mrs. William T. Fuchs, Urivet, Leona Rivet, Phillip Roader, Edward Sieip Kin family, and Brennan and Haver families. Organizations such as General Electric and New York Telephone are thanked, along with nurses, staff, and doctors.
Died notices list Armebag Arexian and others with family ties across Philadelphia Chicago Albany Brooklyn and Forest Hills announcing funerals services and interments at St Peters St Patrick's St Francis de Sales St Josephs and St Marys cemeteries with dates in Oct 1944 and 1955 and funeral homes in Watervliet Albany and North Hoosick. Interments at Oakwood Memorials and multiple churches.
The OPA boosted retail potato ceilings in Troy Schenectady Green Island Watervliet Waterford Colonie Albany and Rensselaer effective today. Idaho potatoes remain at five pounds for 30 cents with other changes for sweet potatoes beans cucumbers lemons and eggs noted under the disaster clause.
Firemen from Box 835 were alerted to Van Rensselaer Home at 3 46 pm yesterday where a smoldering cloth behind a radiator on the second floor prompted inspection. No damage reported. Police noted a possible thrown object behind a pilot. A separate chimney fire on Highth Street prompted a 3 30 pm response to a three story building occupied by Mrs Anna Barton on the third floor. Leaves fires reported on Oakwood Avenue near Middleburg at 2 22 pm and on Sixth Avenue between 120th and 121st Streets at 2 23 am with Pumper 13s turnout.
A collection of obituaries and funeral notices listing names such as Amelia Smith Reinhold Smith Johan A. Stig Margaret H. Treanor and Wellworth with details on their last residences funeral homes service times church names and interment plans across Albany Hudson Troy and nearby locales. The items include family relations and affiliations with churches and civic groups and reference private or public funeral arrangements and calling hours.
Rensselaer County industrial workers show strong support for the War Bond Payroll Purchase Plan. Samuel Godfrey reported at a Hendrick Hudson luncheon that 95 of 120 area plants have definite payroll savings programs. The Sixth War Loan opens November 20 and aims to boost bond purchases through payroll deductions.
George E. Davis reports on ten months of Boy Scout activity in the Troy area at the Watervliet High School event. Rev. Lorman Sherwood will be principal speaker, a Silver Beaver award will be given to a community youth volunteer, and the dinner honors 42 scoutmasters and 4 lone seascout skippers. Tickets sold out as 130 scouters purchased by early reservations.
Harley L Hodgkins announces the Troy YMCAs physical department will operate fully by next Thursday with schedules to ensure full benefit. The plan includes conditioning games health improvement archery basketball swimming and boys physical training plus flexible groups as interest and registrations grow.
The Troy area experienced a warm spell with temperatures reaching 62 degrees as a Gulf of Mexico and Texas air flow drives a gradual warmup. Forecasts ahead predict higher readings and some cloudiness, with the warm wave noted across the bay region and records possibly in reach.
Donald Facteau age two of 287 Thid Street was returned to his home yesterday afternoon by patrol officers William Ryan and Albert Frezio of the First Precinct after being located at Liberty and Second Streets. Police said the child had been missing about three hours.
World War I era note says Corporal Anthony Gay Visk of Troy and Caserta, Italy, visited the native town of his father but did not meet the cousin. Nearby reports suggest Visk remained in the area rather than leaving for Naples, amid wartime travels and local curiosity. Vincenzo Visk, a U S Army veteran, described the era and its ravages while returning to service.
George A Melsaac a Troy attorney now serves in England and has been promoted from private first class to corporal The letter from Mrs Harriet Melsaac notes Corporal Melsaac enlisted in the Signal Corps in Quiober 1542 and went on active duty July 12 1933 He trained at Camp Crowder MO and went overseas last December A graduate of Lawrence University and Albany Law School he practiced law in Troy before joining the service.
The gas ration program faces partial reports as Troy area schools conduct book issuance and registration for A and D ration books. Officials note light first day totals with rural areas showing normal patterns while Lansingburg reports substantial uptake across Whipple Haskell and Lansingburg High School.
The National Bible Institute of New York professor Dr. C Xeritian Bartlett launches a Community Bible Institute at Sixth Avenue Baptist Church Fridays all summer. Sessions begin tomorrow at 7 35 p m on The New Testament with background and overview. Open to all, especially church school teachers and Christian workers.
About one hundred girls were initiated into the Frat-Y last night. They wore nightgowns and caps and led a parade through city streets performing tasks such as tooth brushing and lighting candles. A social at the 7.OW. CO. AL followed the initiation with refreshments and games. Miss Julanne Casey presides.
Wide Mister Chembertin’s Chromatic Concerts in Troy presented William Kapell in the second concert of the forty eighth season at Stusie Hall. The young pianist showcased a masterful program spanning classic and romantic composers, displaying remarkable technique and expressive depth. Kapell’s Chopin, Scarlatti, Debussy, Liszt, and Eiszt pieces highlighted his precision, touch, and emotional range, earning high praise and a memorable evening.
The U S O lounge at Troy will begin a second season on Saturday at 2 pm using Navy Room facilities. An opening program features Live Theater of Troy, with Homer F. Poupart as master of ceremonies and impersonations by Caro Gsiarew.
The Troop Post 27th Division Veterans Association plans a meeting at the State Armory on November 17 to outline a program aiding World War II veterans in adapting to civilian life. The session will cover rights and government aid for returning servicemen and women and will focus on experiences useful to current members of the division.
Members of Beta Theta Phi Sorority met at the Hotel Troy to confer the jewels degree on a class of candidates on November 29. New members will be installed then. The exemplar degree for elder members occurs in the second week of January at the Troy Club.
Two World War II veterans were admitted to the Disabled American Veterans Francis A. Kelley Chapter at Harmony Hall. Sol M. Brasque presided as commander with Francis McGrath and William McKee Jr. named among new members. A memorial service for Armistice Day and the two day program at local sites were announced with speakers Edward Lo Ryan and Rabbi Reuben A. Slonim.
Health department expands sanitation effort with three women inspectors increasing oversight in all districts. Dr. James C Boland notes routine restaurant checks and nuisance investigations, with Charles A. Richréisen supervising milk inspections and sanitation reviews across areas including East Side Beman Park Frear Park and Broadway south side sections.
New York State Attorney General Nathaniel Goldstein ruled that war ballots sealed in plain envelopes or envelopes lacking the voter's oath are invalid. The State War Ballot Commission asked for the opinion, and chairman William T. Simpson estimated about 6.58 ballots in five envelope classes were received, noting roughly half were returned to voters to be corrected.
The FBI is pursuing Harold Freves, 25, formerly of Reading, Massachusetts, accused of fatally shooting Robert Fratican, 65, in Worcester. The case includes interstate travel and multiple states involved, with Freves alleged to have fled after the homicide.
Trojans and Cooties members staged a joint installation night at the Glen Avenue rooms of Trojan Port. Grand Commander Charles Hansen presided with Grand Secretary Ethel Menn as installing officer, listing numerous inductees and officers for both groups. A post-ceremony dinner followed under Mr. and Mrs. Gos Wicke, with guests including Cootie Charles Frazier and Lt. Bud McGovern.
The OPA announces discounted poultry costs for Thanksgiving with several price cuts on turkeys geese and chickens. Dressed young turkeys drop to 52.5 pounds for some sizes and drawn turkeys to 53.10 to 59.0 cents per pound. Geese vary up to 40 cents per pound and chickens range from 23 to 54 cents per pound depending on type and age.
Thomas Wilson presided as visitors from Albany attended the event where shepherds began the oar labour initiative. Multiple attendees listed include Mrs ize Orden and Mrs Dora Dolphin.
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