Canteen Opens Season At St Agnes Cohoes
About 400 area high school youths attend the opening night at St Agnes School hall Johnston Avenue Cohoes for the 11th season of the Canteen with dancing entertainment and planned events. Rev Father Alfred Ashline notes music by Earl Kent and orchestra on a dais under a 12 foot silhouette and the project runs weekly through the year with volunteer organizers and senior advisors planning future features.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Agnes
Johnston Avenue
Cohoes
Alfred Ashline
Earl Kent
A. J. Vinti
Robert Hanlon
Raymond Fremont
Father Ashline
St Agnesi
Ather Ashline
Former Jail Officer Dies At Cohoes
George T. Vallee 80, former deputy sheriff of Rensselaer County, died yesterday at his son’s Cohoes residence. A lifelong resident, he earlier lived at 241 Second Street Troy and worked as a shipper for Fitzgerald Bros. Brewing Co. He retired years ago and moved to Cohoes with son Joseph E. Vallee. Survived by son and two grandsons Raymond J. Vallee. Funeral Monday at 9 am from John E Clinton Funeral Home and 9:30 am at St. Jean Baptiste Church with burial in St. Jean's Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George T. Vallee
Rensselaer County
Van
Vallee
Mary Louise Meron
St. Jean Baptiste Church
Rensselaer County Republican Committee
Rensselaer County Republican Club
Raymond J. Vallee
Monnday
John E Clinton
Washington
Third Streets
St Jean Baptiste Church
SL Jean’s
Democrat Party Backs Justice Hamm
Albany Democrats of the Third Judicial District named Supreme Court Justice Herbert D Hamm of North Greenbush as their candidate for election this year to a 14 year term on the high court bench as successor to the late Justice William H Murray. Hamm, a Republican, will be nominated by the GOP district convention this afternoon in Albany. Charles J Duncan former Albany city court justice placed Hamm's name in nomination. The convention adopted a resolution praising non partisan nomination for justice of the Supreme Court and its good government aims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert A. Calkins
Albany
Third Judicial District
Albany County
Supreme Court
Herbert D. iHamm
North Greenbush
Z Hull
Wiliam H. Murray
Justice Hamm
Dewey
G.O.P. Judicial District
Charles J. Duncan
Michel Dobris
Albany Police
jCourt Justice
Postal Rates Increase Moves Through Senate Fight
The Senate backed a plan to raise second class mail rates for newspapers and magazines by 60 percent while denying a doubling for other classes. The bill aims to boost revenue with larger increases across first, third and fourth class mail, airmail, and special service mail, totaling hundreds of millions, despite opposition claiming severe subsidies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas
D-Nl
Post Office Department
Syear
Olin D. Johnston
Senate
Long
D-La
Lonty
Post Office Committee
Senator Long
King George to Undergo London Medical Checkup
King George cut short a Scottish vacation to return home for a thorough London medical examination after a chill. His two physicians, who had traveled north last weekend, ordered the checkup following a lung inflammation that has troubled him since last winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ballater
Scotland
George
London
Frank Brewster Dies at Home in Troy Post Office Veteran
Frank E. Brewster 5 Fonda Avenue Troy postal clerk since October 1923 died suddenly at home last night Coroner ruled natural causes Fire Dept rescuers tried to save him He was World War I veteran Trojan Post VEW Exempt Firemen's Association member Survived by widow Mary Moulton two siblings a nephew and two nieces Funeral at 2 pm Monday from residence Interment Oakwood Cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank E. Brewster
Fonda Avenue
Troy
Brewster
Trojan Post
V.e-W
Exempt Firemen’s Association
Mary Moulton
George H. Brewster
Schenectady
Mildred Brewster
Harley Dickson
City
John W. Ghormley
Albany
Betty Dickson
Oakhood Cemetery
Former Resident of Area Dies
Col George W. Kavanaugh, longtime Waterford area figure and retired textile manufacturer, died Thursday night at his Spring Lake New Jersey summer home at age 90. He was the last surviving charter member of the Troy Lodge of Elks and oldest member of Cohoes Lodge F and AM. Born in Waterford, he entered the textile business in Cohoes in 1884 and served in the New York State Legislature in 1897 and 1898. He later lived in New York City and had extensive manufacturing holdings in the South, also owning the Kavanaugh Knitting Mills in Waterford and a brokerage on Mohawk Street Cohoes. He was a director of Manufacturers National Bank and frequented Albany events with Edward T. McDonald. He belonged to several clubs in New York City. He is survived by his widow Mrs Marie Biller Kavanaugh and two daughters Mrs Leonora Warner of New York and Mrs Virginia Smith of California, and three grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Kavanaugh
Waterford
Spring Lake
N. J
Colonel Kavanaugh
Troy Lodge of Elks
Cohoes Lodge
F.&a.m
Cohoes
New York City
Kavanaugh
Frederick W. Kavanaugh
Charles H. Kavanaugh
Mohawk Street
Cohoes,d
Atlantic Seaboard
Kavenaugh
Arkwright Club
Troy
F.&am
Grand Lodge of
Green Island Church and Club Activities Schedule
Green Island lists a busy church and school agenda with multiple Masses and services at St Josephs St Marks First Presbyterian and Sacred Heart of Mary. It also notes Brownie Troop 47 meeting morning worship and Mothers Club installation and social for St Josephs School families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Carroll
Iure
Methodist Church
Ilam
Fred C. Bennett
Rosary Society of the Sacred Heart of Mary Church
Fomor
Holy Name Society
St. Jeph’s Church
Green Island
Mothers’ Club
Mothers Club
S 1. Joseph's School
Ex Im Bank Lending Authority Increases to 4.5 Billion
The Senate approved a bill raising the Export-Import Bank lending authority from 3.5 to 4.5 billion dollars and extending its term by five years beyond June 30, 1953. President Truman supported the extra billion to aid allied nations and strategic materials development. The measure now heads to the House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
House
Truman
Also Mentioned on This Page
Democrat
Motorola
R.C.A
Emerson Glaytone
Flint Street
Eiai Adami
Kurt Meyer
Boyntonville
Meyer
Schodack
Menands, N.Y
King George
Frank Brewster
Troy Postoffice
T. Brandon
Timpane Optometrist
Remsen ST
Cohoes, N. Y
St. Joseph’s Church
William L. Martin
St. Joseph's Church
St. Mark’s Episcopal
St .Mark's Episcopal Church
William J. Shane
First Presbyterian
Mosto & Years
Carter
Remsen Street
U. S. Defense Bonds
the National Bank
Cohoes, N.Y
Remsen and
Oneida Streets
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!