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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1944
Page
18
Mrs Sva Vanderzee will preside over a rural Amaranth meeting at Apollo Court Ay in the rooms 61 Fourth Street beginning at 7 20 pm. After the business session a penny social will be held with Miss Ruth Bibb as hostesses chairman providing the event backdrop.
The family of Ure fate Crout expresses gratitude for the kindness sympathy and support shown by relatives friends and organizations including Knights of Columbus Fourth Degree Hall of Columbuses and Marine Corps League during the bereavement of St Michael Wich. Philip Welch offers thanks from Johnsonville.
Birth notices from Samaritan and Tree hospitals dated Oct 14 1914 report new daughters for Milton De Freest and Winset H Horan families, with name Jayce Hilda and Willow Henry Hor Ltd. Also records a son for Harry A Bigelman and wife Dorissic Keans of Watervliet, born Oct 10 1844 at Troy Hospital.
Death notices list multiple local obituaries with names such as Elizabeth Connell Mary Curran Dela bany Mildred Duff and others. The items include funeral home details St Josephs and St Peters churches burial locations and dates around mid October 1944 in Troy Albany Green Island and Watervliet.
Mrs Bull of Troy and her husband donated blood at the Red Cross mobile unit as part of a wide drive. The event drew 234 pints from volunteers, with 42 appointment cancellations. Emergency groups and many local firms contributed donors. 38 of 270 examined were rejected. Appointments for next drive set for Oct 23 or Nov 6 at the Proctor Building.
After a one day walkout Albany coal drivers and helpers, members of the Brotherhood of International Teamsters, Chauffeurs and Helpers Local 284, will resume deliveries today. Andrew Dorie, chief mediator of the State Mediation Board, announced the decision to pause the strike until a conference with War Labor Board officials at 1 p.m. today. No coal was moved yesterday while emergency hospital deliveries had been planned.
Morning frosts cooled the region with temperatures around 29 degrees, two degrees above the date’s record low. The day stayed cold with sun briefly lifting highs into the 50s before nightfall. Snowfall varied from two inches in the Adirondacks to traces elsewhere, per the Weather Bureau.
Fragmentary notice shows a person removed to Troy Hospital by patrol officers after a police transport. Other lines announce obituaries for Elizabeth Sherman and John Weny with funeral details and cemetery arrangements in Waterford Rural Cemetery and Coloniz New York. Continuous text is fragmented across several individuals and locations with dates and addresses incomplete.
State War Ballot Commission reported that applications for war ballots have been received from at least a portion of New York State's roughly one million service men and women. By midnight October 8 only about 805,031 applications were in, with county boards awaiting more data.
Virtually all 18 Boy Scout troops of the Central District of the Troy Area Council may conduct troop boards of review after a training meeting at School 16. George Patterson, district chairman, presided as 35 officials attended and Edward O'Brien introduced. The plan trains Scouts to stage reviews within troops eliminating mass central meetings. A troop meeting must include at least one committee member before a review. Clinton Rose noted the program. demonstrations were given by Scouts. A follow up training was set for the West District at Watervliet First Presbyterian Church at 8 p.m.
Troop 11 Scouts announce a Halloween party on October 30 at Camp Rosary with entertainment and a movie program. Refreshments and games will be provided. Frank Marsh passed his second class tests and received the second class pin. Alfred Scuttenheim passed second class first aid.
The Seta Omera Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi Sorority planned a bowling party for Friday at Mayfair Recreation. Miss Jane Sitter presided at a meeting held at The Hotel Troy where a dance for Navy V-32 and FO.T.C. students was announced. The October 2 event will be hosted at Migs Sier’s home on the Snyders Lake Road with Peggy Evers and Gloria Burbey in charge.
George A. Weber, a Schaghticoke Marine, was wounded recently and listed among 203 Navy casualties announced from Washington. He is the son of Joseph B. Weber of Schaghticoke.
Area hunters reported modest bag limits on opening day with pheasants rabbits and squirrels. Weather and fox predation reduced bird numbers though some coveys survived, and the Conservation Commission halved the season lengths with deer and bear opening Friday in the Adirondacks.
A court hearing led by executors John and Clarence Binck closed balances and distributions from the Mary and Henry Binck estates. Mary’s gross estate was 11223.02 and Henry’s 3457.72, leaving 20120.84 to be distributed with one sixth to five named heirs and others via administrators. Probate records show allocations to Luella Denison and Gladys Axio plus Gerontious Denison’s heirs, with expenses of 306.44 and shares of 3925.28 to certain legatees. attorneys noted for all three estates.
Delegates from New York New Jersey Connecticut and Pennsylvania will attend the Armenian Interstate Christian Endeavor convention on November 11 and 12 at Troy United Calvary Church Ninth Street corner Eagle Street with the theme Unconditional Surrender to Christ. Troy is the convention site. Chairman is Miss Gladys Esaian Rev Seymour Smith naval chaplain at R P L Liam J Clark pastor of erian Church at Watervliet will deliver speeches.
The Aised Communities War Chest total climbs to eighty nine thousand three hundred fifty three dollars as volunteers report progress at a Hendrick Hooser meeting. Companies and employers push pledges with Mohawk Paper Co and Falcon Waist Co among top contributors. Women’s division leads canvassing while Nolan A. Curry and Edmund J. Moore steer lines with strong quota percentages. Continued on page fourteen.
The Rensselandry County Red Cross Chapter voted two new men bers to its board at a meeting in the Proctor Building with James C. Ryan presiding. The new directors are Raymond K. Meixell a banking and civic leader, and Mrs Percy Li Moses former Boston Red Cross chair and now Cohoes branch leader. Meixell holds several public info and finance roles and Moses returns to Cohoes after leading Boston metropolitan Red Cross work.
The article notes a possible end to practice blackouts for Troy and other communities as Allied forces advance, citing an informal notice from Col. Edward C. A. Smith that no more practice alerts may come after November 15. Communities are urged to keep civilian protection services ready for emergencies.
Filley outlines city housing program as a postwar mood lifter. He says state loans would fund Adequate homes repaid over fifty years at low interest. Nearby towns already benefit and evicted families would be helped during construction. Meeting covers future housing scope and upcoming activities by the unit.
The Jungle Room in Troy Y M C A will reopen after renovation and new decorations. Hi club volunteers will repaint panels and implement a blue ceiling with orange walls while the dance floor is refreshed. The space, popular among teens, will operate under the Tray Area Hi Council supervision with committees guiding nightly operations.
Full scale activities resume for the Boys Division of the YMCA after summer recess. Morris W Paine announces special activities including open-house Saturday with games such as basketball throwing bee shooting archery and more. Instructors from the camp assist. Hi Club bars also aid. swimming program continues with classes for younger boys and weekly sessions for older boys led by Richard Boltin.
Pvt Anthony J DeFillippo 19 son of Mr and Mrs Jenny De Filippo Ballston Spa was killed in action in France August 1944 a War Department telegram advised his parents. He enlisted September 24 1943 and went overseas February 1944 serving in Italy and wounded at Anzio. He attended Batision High School and played on the football team. A brother Staff Sgt Michael DeFillinpo 21 served in the field artillery at Camp Bowie Texas.
Russell Auxiliary of the MLD held a Halloween party after a 9 PM meeting at the Spanish War Veterans Hall. Mrs Bertha Cotteux presided with reports from Mrs Helen Scurry. Mrs Muriel Ferra organized the event. a turkey supper and dance are planned for Monday Oct 23.
Roscoe V Eleorth of Kingston seeks Republican support for Supreme Court in Taied Judicial District. County GOP leaders, officials, and guests attended a party at The Hendrexe Hudson ballroom marking campaign energy. A statewide rally with Thomas Curran planned for Rensselaer tomorrow features Curran as a principal speaker.
Jury returns no cause of action in two related cases in Supreme Court after brief deliberation. Peter Pokeda and his mother sue Harold J. Nash over a December 22, 1942 collision on Spring Avenue. Damages sought total 30 000.
Nicholas Adineli proprietor of the Eaton livery stable in Saratoga Springs was fined 50 in court after pleading guilty to gambling violations. Police raided Saturday night and seized money tables and chairs. ten players named with one dealer released on bail.
Peter Van Senark, 17, of Conhoes, is confined to Trey Hospital with a rifle bullet wound in the left leg after an accident while rat hunting. The incident, described as a received trio, occurred on Pollock Road in Watervliet when a buckle on his blouse caused his gun to discharge.
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