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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1944
Page
14
Troy Post American Legion hosts a card party and fashion show to raise funds for the welfare fund. Doors open with cards at 4:30 PM and special awards at each table. The evening features a fur fashion show with new creations and utility coats.
The Farrell family thanks relatives and friends for sympathy and offerings after the death of Catherine Farrell. Expressions of gratitude come from Mrs Philip Hennessey Mrs Erving and Dipperly and Mrs Jennings for kindness during illness and bereavement. Also memory notices honor Anna Bowman Esther Mobbing Kate Born Bird Constance Annpe and several births listed with dates and families named.
Obituary notices list Albertine Willeme Barringer and other Barringer relatives with details of funeral services at J. W. Sams Sons Fifth Ave Chapel. Interment planned at St. Marys Cemetery after solemn requiem at St Peters Church. Other notices mention Berry Freesi Fennelly Lyre and Horan deaths with service times and burial sites.
The Troys MCA announces new advanced boxing classes led by Michael Palage each Monday at 7:15 pm with limited registrations. Men’s gym classes run Monday Wednesday Friday at 5 30 pm, with overcrowding in boys groups and weight lifting, hand balancing, and apparatus work on select evenings. Waiting lists form for openings, and two additional classes may be added if demand grows.
Mrs. Leonard H. Hute of RD 3 receives the Purple Heart awarded posthumously to her husband, Sergeant Hute, who died from wounds in Belgium on Sept 7 after service in England and France. He enlisted in 1942, went overseas in 1943, and his unit is now in Germany. A brother, Pvt. Earl E. Prespore, serves in India. He is survived by a son, his parents, and siblings.
Residents of the Tenth Ward form groundwork for a Veterans Rehabilitation Committee to assist returning service members. Major Mealy outlines postwar challenges and the GI Bill, while the group plans to cooperate with the Employment Service and Veterans Bureau and study statewide models for permanent organization. A December Albany seminar and local elections for Canton Rep 8, Patriarchs Militant are noted.
Within two days a thief entered St. Anthony's Church in Troy and stole about $20 from a metal pamphlet box after breaking its lock. Police suspect the same person who robbed the offering box at St. Mary's Church on Sunday for between $10 and $15.
Extension Groups including Farm Bureau Home Bureau and 445 Club plan their annual meeting at the Syeway Community House with 1 PM start on Monday. Rev Larmon Sherwood of Rotterdam will speak. 25 year members to be honored. Guests include Richard Fricke Rep Dean P Taylor Assemblyman John Finch LeRoy Nible David Brenenstaal and Eugene Lyons. Officers to be elected after sessions beginning at 10 AM with articles projects on display and a noon dinner. reservations due by Friday.
Five witnesses were questioned at District Attorney Earle J. Wiley's office as the Empire Bar brawl on River Street is probed. Cohoes man Lawrence Perry, 20, remained hospitalized with injuries to his left hand and anger after police took him to Sametitan Hospital. Detectives Frank J. Conners and William McGrane participated in the probe.
Caroline Exima Reisner of Troy received an interlocutory judgment of annulment from Supreme Court Justice Francis Bergen. The decree, due to become final in three months, frees both parties from the marriage obligations and allows the plaintiff to resume her maiden name. The couple wed June 25 1932 in Ave erill Park amid charges of fraud and misrepresentation by the defendant. Attorney John C. Rafter represented the plaintiff.
The Troy Opera Guild presented soprano Miss Colt with Mario Cozzi and Gabor Carelli in a grand opera concert at Music Hall. Ethel Barrymore illness caused uncertainty but Miss Colt delivered a strong performance with arias from Puccini and Verdi, duets with Cozzi, and a climactic trio and finale with all three artists. Otto Herz accompanied capably.
Members of the potato spray rings in the northern county, under the County Extension Service, will meet at 8 pm Thursday at Brunswick Grange Hall. Fred Berney will chair, Edwin J. Bell announced, as growers seek funds and organization to sustain spraying next year.
Edward Putnam 2, proprietor of a Saratoga Springs garage and service station, was arrested for complicity in nearly a dozen petty Burglaries in the city and vicinity. He was arraigned before City Judge A J LaBelle on a Burglar y charge for Farmers Hardware store theft on November 20. William Wescott 16, who initially resisted implicating others, corroborated Putnam’s tale. Putnam admitted several burglaries and much loot has been recovered.
The Schenectady Blood Bank reports a deficit in donors with 104 persons rejected due to illness, low temperatures, or colds as it prepares for a new drive at the Montgomery Ward plant in Menands and a return to Troy with mobile units. Dr. Allan Fisher, Navy medical officer, departs and Lieut. John Presby will replace him.
Rev Arthur H Landmesser of Panting Ame Methodier staged a candlelight program for the Lan sin bur WLC and Bethesda Home women featuring Warner Sallman painting The Light of the World. Mrs Landmesser provided piano music with Miss Ruth Landmesser on violin and Mrs Gunhild Meyer and Mrs Walter Stroke singing a duet. Mrs Cora Lund offered piano solos and Mrs John Y Kenyon accompanied. A social followed with a business meeting led by Mrs F R Kenyon. funds were pledged for the WSO and the Day Home. Miss Lavina Francisco headed the program and served ice cream and books as hostess.
Workers at Stevens and Thompson Paper Co in Greenwich will vote Thursday on forming a union. Ballots offer AFL affiliation, District 50 United Mine Workers, or no union, with two representatives from each side and two from management. If no majority, a second vote follows between the top two options.
Allegheny Indium Steel Corp plant in Watervliet resumes full production across all departments after a period of partial operation. The order covers four pots and aims to ready furnaces for next phase as staff and officials monitor progress and potential labor actions. Industrial officials expect a week long operational ramp with hearings planned on strike-related issues.
The State Guard plans to revive a World War II era military basketball base with units from Troy and nearby towns. Lieut John Corcoran leads athletic efforts for First Battalion and Corps, while Sergt Donald Brown manages the basketball session at the State Armory. Capt John Prout directs last night’s drill with Lieut Dippo overseeing inspection and Sgt Arthur Service guarding. A noncommissioned officers school is set for Thursday night under Sgt John Praun.
The Troy High School War Bond drive has reached the halfway point with 7000 dollars in bonds and stamps sold in four days. An afternoon auction after school will feature donated articles to be sold to the highest bidders. The Latin Club raised fifty dollars yesterday noon and 150 dollars was raised last Wednesday at a floor show and dance at the school.
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