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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1949
Page
8
A vintage column offers energy saving advice for motorists, stressing quick fixes like avoiding wasted power, proper brakes, and careful driving. It explains compression ratios, introduces hydraulic braking notes, and urges hood checks, engine surveys, and alignment tests for clutch work. An officer warns on traffic signals and the risks of misread signs.
A New York city based selection named Grandma Moses among ten outstanding grandmothers of the year. Other honorees include Ethel Barrymore Joan Bennett and Marlene Dietrich with nominations reflecting theater, fashion, and motherhood contributions. A committee listed to plan a dance and luncheon included Barrett Di Resta Hey and several others.
Whitehall residents share return trips from New England and Whiteface Mountain. Scranton visitors stay with Evelyn Sclem on Adams Street. Parrys plan a visit to Olean to see Raymond Parry and family. Albany and Malone trips noted, along with polio relief duty by Teresa Rose Barker in White Earth Minnesota. Community events include Elks fund updates and a seventh birthday celebration hosted on Boardman Street.
Edgar Gebhardt is hospitalized in Troy with pneumonia. Clarence Littlefield has returned home after an operation. Mr and Mrs Philete Craver enjoyed a major trip through the White Mountains over the weekend. The Women's Auxiliary of the Fire Department hosts a game party tomorrow evening at Fire tficn's Hall. The Women's Missionary Union for the Classis of Saratoga will hold a conference at the Schuyler Vine Reformed Church Friday. Mr and Mrs Joseph Jolivette and family returned from a vacation in Montreal and Quebec via the White Mountains and the Maine coast. Friends report the sudden death of Mrs Caroline.
Mrs Vanderbilt spent summer at Dyken s Pond and was well known in that vicinity. Choir rehearsal for seniors at Reformed Church tomorrow at 7 45 p m under Mrs Harold Alger for an Old Time Concert on Tuesday evening Nov 4. Mr and Mrs Herbert Haager of New Jersey guests of Julia Edwards and relatives plan White Mountains Connecticut trip home. Mrs Ethel Koon injured in fall and expected to remain in Samaritan Hospital then confined at home for several weeks.
A Chicago UP report notes only 20 pounds of a 60 pound cured hide are usable for leather making while the remaining 40 pounds consist of salt water fat trimmings and fleshings.
Meyer Katz, confined by illness in California, conceived a gaming board enabling solitaire with standard playing cards. He named the device Boochie in honor of his wife Ruth and plans patenting and testing in hospitals before market, moving from a small model to a full-size version with horizontal card-holding rails.
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