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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1949
Page
18
Birth of son David announced by Mr and Mrs Bechand at Cohoes Hospital on Nov 3. Anniversaries and funeral notices fill Melrose and Troy areas with multiple obituaries and services planned for early December.
Rensselaer County public health nurses report over 1,000 home visits each month to aid the sick, supervise care, and provide health education. The department notes added duties include first aid at accidents and encouraging hospital care, with some cases of fear of physicians and group chest X rays revealing hidden issues.
Detectives Kane Shields investigate two burglaries including a break in at Notty Pine Grill run by Michael DeBennis on Hutton Street. Items stolen include $60 in cash cigarettes valued at $45 and triquots worth $15. A separate burglary at G Franklin Guilford Jr.'s residence on Bleecker Avenue was reported, with entry through a kitchen window. Police believe intruders fled after being scared away. A third incident reports money from two city parking meters on Broadway west of Second Street.
Arthur Bennett Weeton, a Fifth Avenue Pharmacy clerk for twenty years, died yesterday at his home 32 Broadway. Born in Troy, he attended Jorel schools and belonged to St. John's Lutheran Church. Survived by widow Gladys, Zion Weston, two daughters Delbert Seymour and Miss Tate Weston, two sisters Maxx Ida and Marion Weston, and five grandchildren. Funeral services set for tomorrow at 2 p.m. at A B Fox Funeral Home. Burial in Oak Grove Cemetery.
Fire brigade responded to a rubbish fire at the rear of the Marvin Avenue Housing Project. Pumper and squad wagon were summoned earlier at 3 22 pm, but firefighters found no active blaze upon arrival at First Street Mate Street yesterday.
A fire at 44 Booth Street Waterford displaced two families and damaged both floors of a two story frame home. The blaze started in the cellar from an overheated furnace and was brought under control within an hour. Occupants including the McGarry and Fairfield families fled. seven people were in the Fairfield household at the time. Fire departments and hydrant lines battled the flames, with damage to the kitchen and a bedroom on each floor. The Flex Fairfield family stayed with relatives as investigators assess insurance coverage.
Thousands of Trojans braved a chilly afternoon to enjoy Troy’s Thanksgiving Day parade led by Santa Claus and Mayor John J. Ahern. About 15,000 spectators watched gas inflated monsters wind through streets sponsored by Union-Fern Inc. of Troy with giant balloons, dragon, prehistoric monster, and diverse figures forming a block-long train at the Troy Naval Reserve Armory.
Army officials schedule a fifty unit housing project near Schenectady for military personnel. Project aims to provide affordable on base housing and support facilities. Work to begin pending funding and approvals from government authorities.
Magistrates Association of Rensselaer County will meet Monday to discuss the Wherry Bill housing project and court procedures. Topics include arraignment and sentencing practices, handling various cases, and a discussion of a 7 acre ground lease for a new rental-housing development near a military installation.
Troy area churches joined for a series of union Thanksgiving services at Wynantskill Reformed Church and other downtown venues. Rev Ireson urged humility and faith while Rev Roberteau called honest men to seek God. Readings included Washingtons 1789 proclamation as multiple congregations gathered for shared prayers and gratitude.
An illustrated address on the St Lawrence Seaway will be given at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute on Wednesday evening by Frank P. Fifer engineer consultant to the corps of engineers U S Army. The talk opens at 7 pm in Sage auditorium and is open to the public and regional engineers. Fifer formerly led the North Atlantic division control section and advised on projects in Venezuela and Egypt among others.
A Brooklyn resident, 53 year old Dreeph Di Ganzi, died in Glens Falls Hospital after a Bowle Band collision near Chestertown yesterday. Dr Henry Clarke, Glensalin coroner, ruled the death accidental with internal injuries. His wife and a son were wounded in the crash.
The season for tip-up fishing starts today but ice conditions limit access. In Trout free waters and others not restricted by State Conservation rules, devices may be used with five fish per limit generally. Specific lakes like Cayuga, Chautauqua, and Seneca River waters have exemptions and extended beacons for certain species.
LeRoy Francis Butler longtime Troy businessman and community member died Wednesday night at Samantec Hospital after a brief illness. Survivors include Olive Film his wife a daughter Mrs Andrew South Albany a son Todd Butler and two grandchildren Sally Hartcoft and Angy Swit t. Funeral services will be at Temdence Spring Avenue Road at 2 pm Sunday with Rev Morgan S Port officiating Interment will be on one family plot at Eagle Mille Cemetery.
Union College announces its 2nd annual Christmas music festival to be held December 11 at Memorial Chapel Schenectady. Dr Elmer Tidmarsh director says events include 11 am service 4 pm organ recital featuring well known carols from 16th and 17th centuries and a final carol service concluding the festival.
A U S Labor Department report shows Troy Area moving from a substantial to a moderate labor surplus between July and September, the best among New York metro centers. The update notes unemployment ranges, excludes coal and rail strikes effects, and records seven babies born in city hospitals during the period.
Robert C. Goodwin labor bureau director reported decreases in unemployment in 67 areas. The survey indicates unemployment rose to a July peak and then declined, with seasonal factors noted as influential. Still, conditions were better than at any time since May.
The Tariff Commission will study complaints that wool knit and cotton string gloves from Japan and other countries threaten American manufacturers including New York plants. No immediate investigation was ordered as the commission seeks more data on import trends and domestic impact before action. Rep Kearney and Dean Taylor, backing glove plants, urged Army limits on Japanese shipments.
An elderly Greenwich couple, Daniel and Mrs Beadle, were injured when their car skidded and plunged down an embankment at Hickey Corners on the Saratoga Schuylerville Road. He suffered head and spine injuries. she a brain concussion and head injuries. Two passengers were discharged after treatment.
New York National Guard reaches peacetime strength record at 29 579 with a 2623 member week long drive. Maj Gen Karl F. Haucauer says 27th Infantry Division led with 15 new men, surpassing 1938 peak 72 737. California second at 235 20 and Pennsylvania third at 22 38. The campaign increased strength by 0400 and placed total at 5 0 0 by June 30.
Members of Troy Lodge plan a memorial service trip by charter to attend services in Sarasota, after a meeting at Young's Hall. Delegates from Albany, Schepertade, and Sarasota Springs will join to honor members who died in the past year. Richard Saintineer, exalted ruler, presided.
Area women will learn Christmas decoration making next Friday at 1 30 pm in St Johns Episcopal Church hall at First and Liberty Streets. Sponsored by Rensizelack County Home Bureau the meeting is open to the public Miss Verm Hakanséen from Cornell will demo wreaths centerpieces garlands and winter corsages. Seventeen members have signed to tour the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York Monday to view hooked rug exhibit and a tour of the American wing. Unit meetings follow with sewing and food lessons at various homes through Thursday.
The renovated Pleasantdale Community Chapel Sunday School will be dedicated at 7:30 p.m. in a service featuring Dr. Louis Person of Woodstock Conn as guest speaker. A program of vocal and instrumental music will be provided and refreshments served after.
New York State Traffic Commission set traffic signal times at the intersection of U S Route and NY Route in Lake George. The signal will operate as a fixed time signal from 6 PM to 12 midnight between May 18 and November 1, and as a machine signal at other times. Northbound traffic on Route 3 may turn right on red when shown, directing southward flow as indicated.
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