Giant Toys Parade Delights Troy as Santa Visits
Santa Claus led a grand Toyland parade through Troy on Saturday with six bands and colossal balloons. Thousands of children filled two viewing tiers as giant floats, a 70 foot sled and living reindeer dazzled spectators. Local Boy Scouts aided with balloons while music by Doring’s Kirkpatrick’s Mechanicville bands filled the streets.
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Santa Claus
Troy
Union-Fern
Toyland
Sanita
Union-Fern Stores
2 Troy
Edward
A. Fitzgerald
Felix
Boy
Uncle Sava Council
Santa
Doring
Doring’s, Kirkpatrick’s
Mechanicville
St. John’s Bugle
Schuylerville Hose Bugle
Schenectady County American Legion, Bugle
71 Promoted In R P L Cadet Corps At Rensselaer
Seventy one outstanding men in the 345-mart battalion of the Army Reserve Officers Training Corps at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have been promoted by Lt Col Robert S Bary. The promotion list is led by Kenneth C Martin of Baltimore and Jerrold A Lieberman of Brooklyn as cadet lieutenant colonels. Additional officers include majors captains first lieutenants and second lieutenants with promotions spread across the corps. Further recognitions may be announced at the spring semester opening.
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Army Reserve Officers Training Corps
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Robert S. Bary
Barry
Kenneth C. Martin
Baltimore
Jerrold A. Lieberman
Brooklyn
Geutenant
Martin
Kurncz
Yonkers
Joseph M. Mosmander
Army Battalion
Ballston Spa
Frank T. Pan- Lieberman
Nullo
Waterbury
Conn
R.O.T.C
Bradley in Rome for NATO talks with military committee
General Bradley chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff arrived in Rome from Paris for talks with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization military committee.
Popp Estate Reaches $8000 Settlement in Brunswick Road Death
Rensselaer County Surrogate Edward J. Donohue approves an $8000 settlement for the death of 71 year old Vitus Popp struck Feb 10 1948 on Brunswick Road. Ad ministratrix Marie OConnell of Troy says two thirds go to the family of three children and widow Mary Popp while one third goes to the widow. Court notes defendant’s poor health delayed trial terms and attorneys include Daniel H. Prior and George Burley.
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Rensselaer County
Edward J. Donohue
Vitus Popp
Orchard Avenue
Russell Morell
Brunswick Road
Marie O’connell
Troy
Supreme Court
Mary Popp
Speeding Fine For Averill Park Man In Troy Court
John H. Heffner of Averill Park was fined $10 on a speeding charge in Troy Police Court Saturday. Justice Thomas J. O Connor presided. Officer Martin L. Burke arrested Heffner.
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John H. Heffner
Averill Park
Troy
Thomas J. O'Connor
Martin L. Burke
Holiday lights to brighten Troy business district
The Retail Merchants' Bureau with Mayor Fitzgerald coordinates a five block lighted area in Troy's main business section for the Christmas season. The plan includes strings across streets and large wreaths at centers, the most extensive display since before the war. John P. Ryan Jr. chairs the Christmas Lighting Committee.
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Troy
Edward A. Fitzgerald
River Street
Grand Street
Monument Square
Third Street
Fulton
John P. Ryan, Jr
Retail Merchants’ Bureau
Service League Plans Christmas Activities
W Kerr Doyle president of the Catholic Women's Service League announces a Christmas welfare card party and program to be held Wednesday December 5 at The Hendrick Hudson. Cochairs for the party are Mrs Thomas V Kenney and Mrs John W Schnurr. A meeting of all committee chairmen is set for Monday at 8 pm at The Hendrick Hudson. Mrs George F Curley and Mrs Ambrose L Nash are chairs of tickets.
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Wits
W. Kenneth Doyle
Catholic Women’s Service League
Hendrick Hudson
Thomas V. Kenney
John W. Schnurr
George F. Curley
Ambrose L. Nash
State to Count Auto Traffic at Troy Bridge project
The State Public Works will install 25 permanent traffic recorders statewide at a total cost of 41 250. One device goes on the Congress Street bridge in Watervliet to gather data for traffic planning and road work. Completion is expected by June 1 with two way traffic maintained during installation and weekend access kept clear.
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State Department of ‘Public 'Works
Daubert Brothers of
Warwick
Congress Street
Wa‘tervliet
Watervliet
Schenectady
Saratoga County
Middle Granville
Washington County
Emma Willard Speaker Praises U S Policy
Prof Hans Kohn praised American foreign policy as astonishingly good over the last four years. Speaking at Emma Willard School to students, he argued U S policymakers moved from isolationism to international cooperation and lauded Atlantic Treaty unity as a key to peace.
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Hans Kohn
Emma Willard School
Kohn
Siberia
Live Stock Auction Report From Chatham Area
Report to New York State shows cattle market steady with moderate demand and reduced supply. Dairy cattle and calves priced by grade, vealers and bob calves listed with ranges, hog market firm with moderate demand and rising supply, weights and prices for sows boars and small pigs included.
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Chatham Area
New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets
Duff Sees Ike Sole Hope Of Averting War
Sen. Jamies H. Duff of Pennsylvania said Dwight Eisenhower is the only hope to prevent World War II and that the General will likely accept the 1952 presidential nomination. He argued Russians and Western powers fear Ike and that he could unite the country for peace.
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Duff
Ike
Atlanta
Jamies H. Duff
R-Pa
Dwight Eisenhower
Metec
New Orleans
Washington
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Union-Fern Co
Uncle Sam
Union-Ferm
Speeder
Service League
Troy Bridge
Emma Willard
U.S
Chatham
Pony Express
Our Pony
Sara Ar
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