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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1949
Page
1
The Ladies Auxiliary of Oakweed Avenue Presbyterian Church will meet today at 3 30 p m in the church Rowse with Mrs LeRoy W Clark and Mrs Beall Fletcher as hosts.
The judge reserved decision on whether Howard Jones 27 of 451 Federal Street should be held for the grand jury after a preliminary hearing on a burglary charge at Pollen Court. Testimony showed Jones was in the gangway and outside the Peabody residence with a knife and belt. he denied breaking in. He remains jailed in Flensselaer County awaiting the ruling.
At the First Baptist Church the Woman's Service Guild showcased 45 handmade dresses by Mrs Harriet Rochford as a decorative backdrop for a November meeting. A Christmas tree and racks of goods highlighted a box sent to Mather School Beaufort SC and a Belgium Congo shipment. Mrs Mort Powers heads White Cross Work with gifts for overseas causes. Mrs Ralph Bennett described the school and a film Good News for 129 Northern Baptist students. A third box heads to a Baptist family in Germany and plans for a public Christmas bazaar and turkey dinner on Nov 16 were announced.
Averill Park reports Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Patehin residing in his father’s house in the area. Nearby, Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Derby are also mentioned in social notes as part of local households and activities.
Shushan Herbert Erickson returned from a New York visit. Mrs. Mael Hayes left for West Powell to spend a week with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Gilchrest attended the Yale Dartmouth game in New Haven. Charles Neumann came back from weeks in New York and New Hampshire. Mrs. Mary Keiski and Mr. Amelia Salomon returned from a trip to Ohio. Mrs. Dallas Boice and daughter Helen spent the weekend in Troy with Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Brown. Mrs. Carl Lecey and son Bobby will spend the winter in New York. Mrs. Rita Monk visited her brother Fremont Cramer at McClellan Hospital Friday night. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Kazimes and son James of Newark, N J, visited Capt and Mrs. Gustav Olson in Camden Valley. Robert Peck of Albany College of Pharmacy and William Wager of Union College were at home over the weekend. A supper last week realized $100.
Edward T. Heald, a former Troy YMCA secretary and Taconic Hiking Club founder, who later led YMCA work in Canton, Ohio, has published a 600 page history of Stark County. The volume covers 1805 to 1875 and is a continuation of his long career researching local history.
The article reviews Mr Heald's effort to gather disparate township and village fragments into a unified county history. It likens his research to A J Welpermee’s past county studies and notes his work stands out among earlier town histories for its cohesion.
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