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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1950
Page
1
Police report a gang robbed the Mayflower Bar and Grill on Madison Avenue before dawn, netting $179 from four customers. Several women patrons were not molested while the gunmen loitered for over an hour. Details about items taken vary in the scattered account.
Leonard Hospital hosts an open house from 2 to 5 PM featuring a tea by the Women’s Board led by Mrs. Cherles B. McMurray and Mrs. Albert W. Powers. Tours, guided by WWII nurse aides, will showcase a new resuscitation machine in the Pediatrics Department, with proceeds benefiting hospital equipment and patient care.
Three Troy residents Vaugan angerson Miss Juanita Emery and Mrs William Hourigan travel from Troy to New York City for the fourth annual United Nations Seminar sponsored by the United Christian Missionary Society Disciples of Christ. About 100 ministers and laymen from Christian churches nationwide attend the four day event with addresses by U N delegation members and U N secretariat staff at Lake Success.
Funeral services were held yesterday for John Leschorn 70 of Buskirk who died Sunday at Mary McClellan Hospital from a hit and run accident. The Bond Funeral home in Schenectady conducted the rites at 2 pm and interment followed in Scotia. Bearers were family friends. He is survived by five daughters Mrs Fred Jenne of Schenectady Mrs Fred Young of Buskirk Mr Ivan Mauer of Walton Mrs Kenneth Besith of White Aurora Springs and Bilsa Grace.
Funeral services were held for Glen LeRoy Hotaling 24 a Castleton Navy veteran killed in an automobile crash near East Greenbush. Rev Edward Ton led the service at Culver Funeral Home Castleton with interment in Mountainview Cemetery. Bearers were Navy veterans Willis Acing Donald Relyea Patrick Griglio Benjamin Pasqualetti Henry Petera and Marvin Butts a flag squad fired volleys over the grave and taps was sounded.
North Hollywood resident Leschorn and five sons are noted along with a list of siblings and grandchildren. The article mentions the term in lime light history and traces its theatrical use back to 1816, citing En- sources, while interspersed with scattered biographical notes.
Fragmentary OCR describes a bedroom closet with hidden storage built into draperies and built-ins. The text mentions space for clothes and hooks or obstructions, suggesting a design to conceal items, though details are garbled and unclear.
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