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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1944
Page
16
The Record will screen election news as polling sites close. The broadcast, delayed from the usual hour, will begin later to count and flash soldier and other votes from the evening tally at Broadway’s Fifth Avenue site.
The page lists dozens of death notices and funeral arrangements for residents including Stella Tial and family, John S. Mealy, Sophie Konieski Skopayko, Harold G Wheeler, Leonie Bazaryski, Alice Barron, Wilfred Blair, Nellie Hartang, Minnie Butler, Mary Cappelle, Fred Clemens, Jeanie Munger Crawford, Bridget A. Sce:ge, Mary Van Shinda Cappelle, and Adolph Osh, with services at St Esther's, Elmwood Hill, Oakwood, Sacred Heart, and local churches. Includes hospital births and acknowledgments from families.
The Troy YMCA canvassers tally 2159 memberships surpassing the goal by 20 percent. Blues and Reds both post renewals and new memberships with several workers earning pins for results. A testimonial dinner is planned for departure of Joseph Duswoody as executive secretary, with details of the canvass shared at Central YMCA.
Patrolman John Beaudoin of Central Police Station recovered a stolen automobile within ten minutes after midnight and arrested a one year old boy tied to the theft. The 1932 sedan owned by Frank Fountain of 330 Spring Avenue was found on Broadway at Union Street. Fountain identified the car as in the possession of a youth whom Beaudoin pursued with Fountain and soon overtook near Broadway and Seventh Avenue. The boy, resident of Troy Schenectady Road, was lodged in Humane Society rooms pending arraignment in Rensselaer County Children’s Court. He claimed he had no money to get home. The car was reported stolen from Union Street, north of Broadway.
Multiple obituaries and funeral notices dated Nov 1834 to Nov 1940s list deceased individuals including Retallick, Land sing, Sabin, Mendonca, Simmons, Skoyronsky, Wilkomm, and others. Details include spouses, children, and survivors, with funeral times and addresses like 130 Fourth Avenue, Wilmington Delaware, and residence notices in Green Island and Watertiet. Services are scheduled from churches and residences, with invitations extended to friends and relatives.
At the Galion Club two donors, Atson H. Ives and Miss Dorothy Ives, received red ribbons after donating their eighth pint. The event highlighted local heroes like Pvt. Hugh Simpson serving in France and a surge of donors from Bennington and Manchester chapters. The Red Cross Blood Bank noted increased appointments and ongoing weekly drives at First Baptist Church through year end.
Asta Gaylord was granted an annulment of marriage to Frank Gaylord by Supreme Court Justice Pierce HL Russell on the grounds that Frank Gaylord had previously been married and divorced without court permission to remarry. The couple wed in Ta Horton on June 24, with no knowledge of any remarriage prohibition. Gaylord had a prior 1923 marriage and his wife had an interlocutory decree preventing remarriage during her lifetime. no final divorce was obtained by either party, and no court permission to remarry was secured.
The Catholic High Riding Club held a Sunday breakfast ride on the Troy Country Club trail. About twenty members attended with Miss Mariion A. McCarthy as president and chairwoman, Miss Mariisn McCaw ley as vice president and co chairwoman, and Miss And Merphy as toastmistress.
Stockholders of the Rensselaer and Saratoga Railroad will vote tomorrow at 2 pm in Waterford Town Hall on merging with the Delaware and Hudson system. The 1832 chartered line has long leased its tracks to D&H while retaining its own identity.
Timothy J. Mahoney, a retired Troy police sergeant and deputy sheriff, has been appointed as court officer and attendant to the County Judge's chambers. The appointment, effective immediately, carries a salary of 1500 dollars and runs for the duration of the incumbent's absence in the armed forces. He succeeds Giles E. Slocum as Sheriff Crever announced.
Amateur photographers may learn developing printing and enlarging in the Troy YMCA dark room opened yesterday on the third floor under Merrill W. Fane. Richard Weintraub is instructor. An archery class meets Saturdays with Rev. B. P. Vieth teaching the bow and arrow and arrow making.
Joseph W Servis died suddenly yesterday afternoon at his home 91 West Street Green Island after returning from the Watervale Arsenal where he worked as an ordnance inspector for about 12 years He had been treated for a heart ailment for six months He was a Mechanicville native and resided in Green Island twenty years Survived by his widow Enmal and two stepchildren Helen and Lucille Mendonea He belonged to Mont Zion Lodge F and A M Tran Grotto 40 V P E R of Troy and was a veteran of Spanish American War and World War I Funeral arrangements are pending with interment in Elmwood Cemetery Reverend Frederick Bennett to officiate.
The Troy Area Hi-V Council will sponsor its first dinner meeting of the season tomorrow at 6 30 p m in the Troy F C A where new council officers were elected. The incumbent president Harry Chinchinian has left months ago for Azny to serve the general program with the presentation of a topical film. Local attorneys are using Bills will be presented to a preassembly session at Schenectady Friday. those deemed worthy will progress to the general assembly.
Milkweed pods are collected by local schoolchildren for war aid. Pods gathered on Broadway in front of the Troy Point office at 2:30 pm tomorrow, with Watervliet and Green Island clubs also sending pods to the same site. Payment of twenty cents per pod bar will be made at the post office building. Pods will be used to fill life belts for armed forces members.
R P E Alumni Unit honors Professor Edwin A. Fessenden retired head of the Mechanical Engineering Department at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute as guest of honor. Prof. Weil Bailey and James M. Caird spoke, Bailey succeeding Fessenden as head, Caird praising his 22 years in charge. Wiltse presided.
Snow blanketed Troy as the season's first fall left 2 inches on ground with patches of grass and trees. Frigid air kept temperatures near freezing, flurries frequent, and a low around 22 degrees expected tonight. High clouds promised clearing and slightly warmer conditions tomorrow.
War Ballots total 3391 received by the New York State War Ballot Commission at the deadline yesterday. Figures include entries from Schenectady and Washington counties with several counties listed. Additional notes reference Warren County and Lot.
Two youths escaped from the Troy Shelter of the Humane Society were arrested at Schuylerville. One under 16 was returned to Fulton County. the other held for grand jury action. Accomplice Duane Eugene Pierce, 35, of Ohio, charged with burglary third degree, appeared before Justice Bremont and was sent to Ballston Spa for grand jury action. Pierce allegedly broke into gas stations and a Saratoga home, and the pair were linked to mail thefts and railcar break ins in the Saratoga area. State Police captured the suspects after Schuylerville residents identified the escaped youth.
Three youths were lodged in Rensselaer County Jail on third degree arson charges after waiving for grand jury action. The arraignment named James Palmer, 1, Reber Woodbridge, 27, and Herre Fesdad, 2, all from nearby towns. Police reported involvement in an October 31 arson that damaged two buildings and was linked to a Halloween incident.
A7 year widow, Mow James A. Peteiticn, 58, died yesterday at her home 3335 Fourth Avenue Water after brief illness. Survived by husband and several relatives. funeral Thursday at 2 p.m. from the home. George B. Leckenby will officiate. burial in Albany Rural Cemetery.
In Surrogate Court yesterday Edward J. Poland led tax reports for the estates of Michael Wetch of Schaghncoke and Andrew J. Mehar of Troy. Wetch’s gross estate was 314.24 with a net of 2 122 and a 51.26 tax. Mehar’s gross estate stood at 39,781.20 with a net 7,688.20 after expenses. Wetch’s brother Philip He Wetch of Johnsonville is a state distributee. Mehar’s will leaves the real estate at 27 Eighth Street to second cousins Neil and Margaret O’Brien and a first cousin John Ryan. residue goes to Russell of Euclid Avenue. Executors named are Robert T. Murray and John F L. Murray. attorneys for the estates are James S. Scott and associates.
Price panel clerks urge farmers selling eggs, potatoes, and other produce to register with the local rationing board. Complaints about prices above the ceiling reveal multiple violations, with registered farmers gaining access to price lists while unregistered ones risk penalties for price manipulation. Mrs Dix notes farmers must sell at uniform retail prices.
Fred H Clemens a North End resident for 26 years died at his Lansingburg home 513 Fifth Avenue North He was born in Waterford and attached to St Ma Church before moving to Troy and joining St Augustine s where he led the Ushers Society for 15 years He was active in Holy Name Society and worked 25 years for Rensselaer Valve Co He is survived by his widow Mary F Gorman two sons Corp Fred J Clemens on duty with the Air Corp in Lincoln Neb and a daughter Mrs Frank Weiss of Winans Bill
Miss Dorothy Schoeck of 79 Hudson Avenue Green Island sustained two broken right ankle bones yesterday afternoon after stepping into Fourth Street south of Fulton Street. She was transported to the hospital by the police patrol with Driver Frank Hahn and Patrolmen James Dwyer William Bell and Joseph Darkowske assisting at Central Police Station.
Carroll heads a year campaign division with division A and C reporting. The goal to compensate for the depresion in ranks from members entering Army or Navy service. Opening dinner will present division reports led by Elsa Robison and Howard Seaman with several captains and majors named across divisions.
Railroad worker Paul Shannon employed by the Boston and Maine Railroad at Mechanicville died suddenly after his evening meal. Dr Gi bster Crisser announced death from valvular heart disease. Authorities found $1,242.52 in cash in his sockets. Sister Mrs Robert Hall Shamhon of Fort Lauderdale is en route to make funeral arrangements. Body removed to John Bras's Funeral Parlors on Park Avenue, Mechanicville.
A large crowd of friends joined with the Auxiliary to support the Sisters of the Good Shepherd at the Guardian Angel Home supper and bazaar. The event featured traditional foods and booths, and highlighted by the award of a lambs wool quill made from local sheep wool. The Sisters thanked the Auxiliary and helpers for a successful evening.
An unidentified woman was removed to Samaritan Hospital from 48 Fourth Street in a dazed condition by police shortly after a mission. Efforts to learn her name failed. Attendants reported her condition as not good. Police say driver Thomas Maguire and Sergeants Joseph Coffer and William Cunainsham assisted.
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