Obituary notes from Schuylerville to Saratoga Springs families
Obituaries and funeral notices from Schuylerville Rutland and nearby towns list Seba Harris 83 of Rutland. Libbie Whitegiver 81 of West Lebanon. James E. Ryan. Floyd Gould 61 Glens Falls. Minnie Diggery MacFarlane. Homer Smith Poestenkill. Elizabeth Nansolillo Providence. Michael Weiskopf Lafayette Hotel Saratoga Springs. Survivors include spouses children and siblings with service details and burial sites. Funeral times from St Peter's Rutland and other churches, cemeteries listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seba Harris
Schuylerville
Rutland
Daisy
Ome
Moses Colby
St. Peter's Church
Calvary Cemetery
Libbie L. Whitegiver
West Lebanon
Coxsackie
Whitegiver
Robert B. Whitegiver
St Elmo Hotel
Route 20
Lebanon Valley Women’s Club
Episcopal Church of Our Savior of
Ivan Ball
Episcopal Church of Our Savior
Cemetery of the Evergreens
Lebanon Springs
Ryan
James E. Ryan
Augustine B. Lammond
Emile Catricala
St. Augustine's Boys Choir
Owen D. Connolly Jr
James
Thomas McDonnell
Thomas Wellworth
St John's Cemetery
Father Lammond
Troy Council, R. of C
William ©. Martin
Marcus D. Russell
John Abrams
Homer Smith
Fonda Funeral
River St
Stanley Collins
Church of Christ, Disciples
Poestenkill
Downey Fisher
Louis Bubie
Fredy Moody
Frank Hoffman
New Mouvt Ida
Collins
Mansolillo
Elizabeth Nansolillo
Harmony Dr
Providence
Watervliet
St. Thomas’ Church
Anthony Mansolillo
Joanne Mansolillo
Josephine Mansolillo
Lewis Mansolillo
Joseph
Samuel Pastore
John Pastore
Troy
Frank Reed
Harriman Expected To Attend Dinner In Glens Falls
Gov Averell Harriman is expected to attend the Washington County Democratic Committee dinner at 8 p m Thursday September 22 in Hotel Queensbury Glens Falls. Committee chairman Francis J Tierney announced the event honoring Michael H K Prendergast state division director and chairman of the Democratic State Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Averell Harrimen
Washington County
Queensbury
Glens Falls
Francis J. Tierney
Micheel HK Prendergast
Tte
Democratic State Commies
Mechanicville Man Elected National Commander of Italian American Veterans
Frank A. Cinella of Mechanicville was elected national commander of the Italian American World War Veterans of the United States Inc at the two conventions in Youngstown Ohio. Troy attorney Anthony P. Cioffi was named national adjutant by the new commander.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mechanicville
Frank A. Cinella
Peters Purcell
Cinella
Wreckers
Funl
Miami
Fla
Cioffi
Matera-Mele
Troy
Holiday Seals Arrive for TB Unit Christmas Drive
The Rensselaer County Tuberculosis and Public Health Association announced the 1955 Christmas Seals arrival. The sale begins Nov 16 with two seals showing a boy and a girl against winter and apple green backgrounds. Miss Bower said a board meeting will set chairmen and goal, with Miss Simpson as designer. Funds finance local work and portions go to state and national groups. Women volunteers prepare the seals for mailing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rensselaer County, Tuberculosis and Public Health Association
Misa
Katherine A. Bower
Bower
Jean ‘Simpson
New York
Coastal storm lashes Texas and Mexico amid flood crisis
A coastal squall stretched from Corpus Christi to 180 miles south of Brownsville causing widespread flooding in Texas and heavy damage in Mexico City areas. The Port Isabel Coast Guard searched for the 85 foot vessel Don II while Padre Island evacuees and offshore workers on a Tidelands Oil rig rode out 70 mph winds and 20 foot seas. Brownsville bureau reported 40 to 50 mph winds expected to move inland later at 50 mph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corpus Christi
Mexico City
Texas
Brownsville
Coast Guard
Port Isabel
Port Aransas
Padre Island
Long Island
Corpus ‘Christi
Gulf of Mexico
Boy Topples Twenty Feet Injuries Minor
Philip Vincent 10 of Bidg 3 Apt 12 Griswold Heights fell about twenty to twenty five feet from a ledge at Smart's Pond while fishing behind 300 Campbell's Ave. He suffered head and left arm lacerations and a right arm abrasion and was treated at Samaritan Hospital then released. He was taken to 122 Campbell's Ave. by Ambulance Service Corp. Police investigated by Patrolman John Hourgim sad. Robert Crier of the petrel
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Vincent
Bidg. 3
Apt
Griswold Heights
Smart's Pond
Samaritan Hospital
Ambulance Service Corp
Campbell's Ave
William Treeworthy
Cambell's Ave
John Hourigam
Robert Crier
The
Petrel
Urprate Woman Held By Police For Assault
Mrs Daisy Crouse Rinehart a 74 year old Saratoga Springs socialite was arrested Saturday on an assault charge after allegedly striking her cook and resisting police She was released on 100 bail for a September 17 hearing Officers said she screamed from a cellblock window chased the jail physician and assaulted an undersheriff tearing at cell plumbing A dog catcher was summoned to remove her dog from a patrol car The arrest followed a complaint by her housekeeper Mrs Harriet Bartling
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daisy Crouse Rinehart
Saratoga Springs
Saratoga County Idail
Mrs Conley Elected President Of English Auxiliary
Mrs Clara Conley was elected president of the Lt Joseph P F English Auxiliary Army and Navy Union at the Trojan Hotel. Other officers named include Mayme Clifford senior vice president Ann Ahern junior vice president and Beatrice Maguire treasurer. A flood relief donation was voted to the Red Cross. Installation planned for October on a date to be decided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Conley
Joseph P. F. English
Army and Navy Union
Trojan Hotel
Mayme Clifford
Ann Ahern
Beatrice Maguire
Conley
Anne Dundon
Alice Soulier
Ethel Dougherty
Mary Sendrakowski
Calor
Helen Stack
Jennie Aheam
Catherine Demarest
Mae Flynn
Ann Coghill
Christine Beam
Anne Lebentritt
Reds Cross
Disarmament Talks Expand on Inspections and Plans
The report notes Stassen pushing broader on ground inspections while preserving old US positions. Nutting says Britain will not subject its nuclear weapons to a UN veto. France’s Moch to outline Faure plan using disarmament savings for developing nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Stassen
Sobolev
London
Soviet Union
Eisenhower
Geneva
Anthony Nutting
Nutting
Britain
U.N. Security Council
Jules Moch
France
Premier Faure
Syracuse Lecturer To Address Kiwanis
E M Johnston a Syracuse lecturer and teacher of creative salesmanship speaks at the Troy Kiwanis Club luncheon at The B Hendrick Hudson about How to Make Money with Words. Samuel J Cox president announces Frank Weber named chairman of the nominating committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E M. Johnston
Syracuse
Troy Kiwanis Club
Hendrick Hudson
Samuel J. Cox
Frank Weber
Finnish President Plans Moscow State Visit
Helsinki reports President Juho Pessikivi, 86, will fly to Moscow on September 15 for a state visit to the Soviet Union. The invitation came from Marshal Kiementi Voroshilov, chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet, and the trip is to occur amid official exchanges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helsinki
Finland
Juho Pessikivi
Moscow
Soviet Union
Pagsikivi
Kiementi Voroshilov
Presidium of
the Supreme, Soviet
Names Stricken From Liberal Party Rolls in Schenectady
Justice Feliz J. Aulisi ordered 106 names removed from the Liberal Party rolls in Schenectady County. Raymond E. Grenier sought removal of 110, alleging false enrollments and Republican sympathies to influence the September 13 primary. Some withdrawals were by Mrs. Mary Ragucci, Mrs. Nora Mack, Leonard Sibley Jr., and Frank P. Lynch Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schenectady County
Feliz J. Aulisi
State Supreme Court
Raymond E. Greiner
Schenectady
Rensselaer County
Grenier
Liberal Party
Mary Ragucci
Nora Mack
Leonard Sibley Jr
Frank P. Lynch Jr
Republican Party
State to Ask Information On Radiation
The State Health Department begins registering radiation installations across the state with forms sent to physicians hospitals and other facilities in Rensselaer County. The questionnaire asks about equipment personnel safety monitoring instruments and radioactive materials usage and disposal, with about 150 physicians and three hospitals involved. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is noted as using radioisotopes in research and instruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Health Department
Rensselaer County
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
New Citizens Naturalized in Troy Albany Ceremony
May last year new Canton Ohio residents were naturalized in Troy with 66 citizens sworn in by Supreme Court Justice Isadore Bookstein. Eleven applicants were denied under the 1952 English literacy law. ceremony in St Josephs Hall South Troy marked the second Troy area naturalization since the court moved to Albany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
Ohio
Troy
St. Joseph's Hall
Supreme Court
Isadore Bookstein
Gerges
Gene Normand Geiger
Fred Geiger
Albany
Troy Area
Naturalization Court
Troy Firemen Answer Two Minor Alarms
Troy firefighters answered two minor alarms yesterday afternoon. A short circuit in a ceiling light fixture at Fitzgerald and Tomlinson Insurance Agency 14 Second Street prompted a Squad Wagon call at 2 34 p.m. Minor damage reported. Pumper 4 responded at 3 34 p.m. to a fire in reinforcement pilings behind Cragin Avenue near the railroad tracks, extinguished with a booster line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy
Fitzgerald and Tomlinson Insurance Agency
Second St
Pumper 4
Cragin Avenue
Home Bureau Unit Opens Fall Meeting in Berkshire
Mrs. Mariz Rahmig will host the Berkshire Home Bureau Unit fall opening on September 19 at 8 p.m. Project plans include cake decoration led by Mrs. Clement De Cerce and vegetable cookery by Mrs. Howard E. Wood among others with co hosts Mrs. Kamer and Mrs. Gustave Haltgrem. The meeting date was moved from the third Wednesday to the third Monday of the month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mariz Rahmig
Berkshire Home Bureau
Clement de Cerce
Howard E. Wood
Rahmig
Arnold Gardner
Emmanuel, Emmer
Malcolm Chandler
Kamer
Gustave Haltgrem
Tech
Youth Enjoys Brief Liberty From Jail
Edward Briggs an 18 year old from Pownall Center VI left court custody thinking he was free and wandered off with his parents. Judge John B Harte ordered state troopers to recapture him while Briggs faces a careless and negligent driving charge that killed two Bennington youths in a July 30 accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Briggs
Pownall Center
Bennington County
John B. Harte
Briggs
Manfred V. Ehrich
Harte
Bennington
Civil Defense Class Opens With 25 Volunteers
Twenty five volunteers attended the first instruction session of a new radio training course sponsored by the Rensselaer County Civil Defense Department. The meeting ran 7 to 10 p.m. at the County Court House with Joseph G. Wright and Henry E. Schmidt leading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rensselaer County Civil Defense Department
County Court House
Joseph G. Wright
Henry E. Schmidt
Court House
GOP Leaders Begin Campaign School For 1956 Ticket
State GOP chairmen attend classes with Nixon campaign staff in Denver as they prepare for Eisenhower Nixon bid. Leaders plan discussions on organization fundraising and rural vote efforts, with sessions led by national committee figures, a buffet with Nixon, and a Denver visit to Eisenhower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keikens
Ray Bliss
Ohio
Midwest
Rocky Mountain
Assn
Eisenhower
Bliss
Thomas W. Caldecott
Californi
Nixon
Caldecott
Denver
Robert, Humphreys
GOP National Committee
Murray Chotiner
Clarence G. Adams
Veterans’ Division
Citizens For Eisenhower-Nixon
Leonard W. Hall
Goldwater
R- Ariz
GOP
Simpson
R-Pa
House
George M. Moore
Civil Service Commission
Hall
National Committee
Annual clamsteam by Liquor Association in Troy area
About 250 restaurant and liquor business figures from Troy and Rensselaer County attended the annual clamsteam. The program began at 1 p.m. at New Country Grove on the Troy East Greenbush road with music and refreshments and entertainment after 5 p.m. The event was run by the Rensselaer County Restaurant and Liquor Dealers Association. Rudy Cicicotti of Troy chaired the arrangements committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liquor Association
Troy
Rensselaer County
New Country Grove
Troy-East Greenbush Road
Ares
Appcication
Rudy Cicicotti
Camp Fire plans season activities and residence camp
The Troy Area Camp Fire Girls board discusses season plans at the YWCA with Mrs. Marvin R. Pike presiding. 167 campers and 359 camper weeks were served across 44 groups. They outline remodeling a quonset hut into kitchen and dining room to open a residence camp next season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy Area Camp Fire Girls
Marvin R. Pike
YWCA
William H. Marvin
William F. Reilly
Man
Mary Miller
Community Chest
Marvin
Leaders’ Association
Troy
Kiwanis Club
Pike
Meteor Sighted Across Sky Explodes Near New York City
Observers described a large fireball traveling southwest that likely exploded near New York City. Prof. Boss and the observatory director noted meteors vary in size from a grain of sand to large pieces, with many burning up before reaching Earth. They explained speed depends on origin and that meteors often appear to land near viewers due to their speed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boss
Earth
New York City
Solar System
Iwoman
Observatory
Troy
Republicans Schedule Troy Sessions
The Republican organization plans two gatherings to back Assemblyman Thomas H. Brown for Troy mayor and support Mayor Edward A. Fitzgerald. Tonight, ward committeemen and election inspectors will meet at Hendrick Hudson with City Comptroller Lawrence J. Collins presiding. Tomorrow, Fitzgerald supporters meet at St. Peter's Lyceum with GOP workers from multiple wards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican Organization
Thomas H. Brown
Troy
Edward A. Fitzgerald
Hendrick Hudson
Lawrence J. Collins
Fitzgerald Forces
Ait St. Michael’s
Hani
Fitzgerald
St. Peter's Lyceum
Hutton Street
Sth
Aright Gop
Éth Rh
Mth
Eisenhower to Head Denver Conference on Youth Fitness
At Lowry Air Force Base President Eisenhower will hear conferees recommendations and speak at a dinner after sessions. The Denver follow up stems from a July Washington luncheon on juvenile delinquency linked to sports participation and fitness in schools. Nixon cites lack of facilities and trained personnel as factors. The Voice of America faces Soviet jamming but reaches fringe areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowry Air Force Base
Eisenhower
Washington
White House
Denver
Nixon
Eisen Shower
America
Russia
Geneva
Voice of America
Iron Curtain
Streibert
Trooper Hurt In Auto Overturn Near Schenectady
Robert F. Willard 17 of Schenectady faced adjournment to Sept 17 on reckless driving charge after a Monday night crash on Troy Schenectady road. Trooper Dennis Casey 24 of Troy suffered a concussion and was treated at Albany Hospital. his patrol car was wrecked when it overturned after avoiding a U turn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert F. Willard
Schenectady
Willard
Casey
Center Mall
Albany Hospital
Averill Park
Latham
Three Area Girls Graduate From Memorial Hospital Nursing Program
Three Troy area graduates are among 12 students at Memorial Hospital School of Nursing Albany who will receive diplomas at 8 p.m. commencement at Fourth Presbyterian Church Albany. Rev. Earl C. Christman will deliver the address. Named graduates include Carol Massey Waterford Jean Salveald Rensselaer and Claudette Cripps Castleton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy Area
Memorial Hospital School of Nursing
Albany
Fourth Presbyterian Church
Earl C. Christman
Carol Massey
Waterford
Jean Salveald
Rensselaer
Claudette Cripps
Castleton
Foreclosure Sale Notice in Rensselaer County Court
Supreme Court notice lists First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Troy as plaintiff and Lewis Reich Irene Reich as defendants. Judge Dan G. Farano, Referee, will auction No. 13 Bolivar Avenue Troy on September 22 1955 under a 1955 judgment of foreclosure and sale. In Troy New York the notice also covers city ward assessment rolls for 1956 and stockholders meeting for Troy Shipping Corporation to terminate affairs on September 17 1955.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Rensselaer
Troy
New York
WSS
City of
Couuty
State of New York
A. F. Ring
C.E
Hensseimer County
Bolivar Avenue
New Fork
Lands of
Tibbits Acres, Inc
Boliver Avenue
Afo
Bang
Farano
William B. Sauverlee
Plaintif
P.O
River Street
Ee Troy
Arid
Edward J. Fitzgerald
N. J
Troy Shipping Corporation
Draper & Bartle
Try
William
Leland Yfhompson
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Floyd Gould
Main Street
Sullivan-Micnahan
Schuyler Jenkins
Church of the Messiah
Gould
John Ramsey
Burlington,Vt
Frank Leggett
East Middlebury
Ernest Gould
Montpelier, Vt
Mira
Mimate MacFarlane
Minnie Diggery MacFarlane
Grant Ave
Sanford
Maine
Charles W. Diggery
Levings Methodist Church
Duncan MacFarlane
Jessie E. Diggery
Alice B. Sones
Bryce Funeral Home
5Th Ave
Oakwood Cemetery
Mr. Smith
Harriman
TB Unit
Mrs. Conley
Home Bureau
Camp Fire Council
John M. Brooks
Ft. Benning
Ingeborg Brooks
Josselyn Canyon
Monterey
Calif
John B. Brooks
Church St. Greenwich
Col. Brooks
Army
Manlius High School
Manlius
Rice Institute
Tex
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