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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1951
Page
1
Troy assemblyman Thomas H. Brown reports about 1500 letters urging action to legalize auto racing under blue laws. He plans to reintroduce the measure in January and says he will push a floor vote to avoid shelved efforts, citing perceived enforcement discrimination against racing versus other sports.
Officers for Boy Scout Cub Pack 5 sponsored by School 16 Parent Teacher Association were chosen. Wilbur E. Kidder is cub master, Frank T. Mingham assistant cub master, John T. Morse committee chair, Lancelot Dearborn treasurer. Den Mothers include Mrs. William Smith and eight others.
Donald J. Gagen, 20, of Fales Court, was arrested Friday by Motorcycle Officer James L. Flynn on a charge of double parking on River Street between Broadway and Fulton Street. He received a suspended sentence in Police Court Saturday.
The O'Brien-Baker Post 27th Division Association broadened its eligibility after a state convention in New York amended its constitution. Eligible new members include men with three years service and an honorable discharge who served 1919 to 1940 or anyone who served in a division unit after 1946. A Friday Troy Armory meeting discussed the change and upcoming membership drive.
Catholics of the Albany Diocese are dispensed from abstinence on Columbus Day Friday Oct 12. Bishop Edmund F. Gibbons D D urges those who use the dispensation to offer a contribution for the poor as compensation.
Troy firemen answered a still alarm at 2 pm yesterday for a blaze in a garage behind Eighth Street between Fulton and Broadway. The fire began in rubbish, burned about twenty minutes, damaged one stall, and parts of the roof were removed to extinguish it, with slight overall damage.
Elmer 3 Lansing of Bennington Vermont a former Rocky Mountain explorer died Friday at Putnam Memorial Hospital after a short illness. He was 78 a Hoosick Falls native and carpenter by trade who traveled west explored trails built snow sheds and earned, a motto for economy in town affairs. He served in the Spanish American War was a Bennington Carpenters Union leader former selectman and WPA administrator and a Mount Anthony Mason. Survivors include wife Catherine and son Frank along with siblings. Funeral services are set for tomorrow at 2 p.m. at Mahar Funeral Home with Rev. Vogell officiating.
H F Miter 74 native of Lansingburg and prominent engineer died in Cleveland Friday. Burial at Oak Wood Cemetery Wednesday at 11 a.m. He was a 1899 RPI civil engineer, vice president of Austin Co. and worked on major projects in Russia and the Soviet automotive city at Gorki. Survived by two sons Lawrence and Robert F. and a sister Anna. Wife Janet Davidson died in 1920. Funeral services held in Cleveland today.
An interlocutory divorce decree was granted by Supreme Court Justice Isadore Bookstein in favor of Verna MacAllister of 1751 Central Avenue Albany against Jefferson MacAlister of Grounds Road Albany Schenectady Road. The decree provides $10,000 to the wife payable $125 monthly per a separation agreement. The couple married December 2 1943 in Covington Kentucky. Attorneys Harry A Allan and Louis Carnevale represented the parties.
Rep Dean P. Taylor will be principal speaker at a luncheon of the Warren County Republican Women’s Club. The event is scheduled for Saturday October 27 at the Queensbury Hotel.
Fred M Murphy 30 of Glens Falls was arrested in Manchester Vermont for stealing 1800 in diamond rings from the Equinox House antique shop. Police found more jewels in his room and he faced a Vermont prison sentence after pleading guilty to burglary. Murphy, who had arrived from Florida, admitted a dishonorable Army discharge and prior Florida prison time. He was jailed in Bennington County.
Police linked prints from the Equinox House shop to a suspect after taking fingerprints from one hundred hotel employees, suggesting the jewel theft may have involved an insider.
Liberty Council Daughters of America will host deputy Mrs Melvina Hirschberg and district deputy Mrs A Tea at the next meeting on Tuesday Oct 16. Plans for Pleasantdale Home Bureau tenth anniversary were discussed at a recent gathering held at Mrs William Sim's home along New Turnpike Road.
Betty Albert councilor presiding over a Halloween party after the October 16 meeting with Mrs. Virginia Upton as chairman. A household products party is set for Tuesday October 23 at the home of Mrs. Amy G MacPhee past councilor at 799 Fifth Avenue Lansingburg.
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