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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1943
Page
13
The District OPA released a new price ceiling list effective immediately for 27 food items including bananas beans bread butter canned fish cereals grapefruit juice coffee flour mixes corn evaporated milk condensed milk peanut butter pears sugar tomato juice eggs and more. Delivery charges are set with scale from no charge to 25 cents for orders over $5.49.
The Dillon family and others extend thanks to friends neighbors and clergy for kindness during bereavement. Numerous notices honor the dead including births marriages and memorials with details of funerals and interments in local churches and cemeteries.
Schaghticoke Fair wrapped a four day run with a record 32,900 attendees. Final day featured livestock and perishable exhibits, ongoing midway thrills, and a grandstand daredevil show after delays kept motorcycle and auto acts away. Funds unclaimed went to the American Red Cross war fund. 4 H entries totaled 161 cattle, 12 purebred Holsteins. Mary Hoag and George Mesick led cattle and Guernsey divisions with champions and reserves among Ayrshire Jerseys Brown Swiss. Poultry champions crowned including Mary Hoag and Victor Eddleston. James Pine named best New Hampshire bird.
Warden Joseph H. Brophy of Auburn Prison said the facility earned the War Production Board pennant and certificate for excellence in filling war contracts. Award presentation is slated for September 22, with a half holiday for inmates in the prison yard. Inmates also supplied 1,200 pints of blood to the Red Cross and manufacture blankets and tool chests for the Navy among other essential items.
Sergt. Thomas Trumbull son of Mrs. Joseph Zayachek of Whitehall was wounded in action and officially listed as missing July 10. The Whitehall Red Cross reported the information, received from Granville and New York Red Cross offices via Mrs. Walter Newell.
A Wednesday fire on an upper floor damaged the home of Michael Bergin on Corliss Avenue in Greenwich. Neighbors moved furniture to safety before firefighters arrived. The blaze damaged rooms on the upper floor and was extinguished within about thirty minutes.
War Bond buyers will wear a lapel button for each bond sold during the Third War Loan Drive. The cardboard badge features Third War Loan in red, white and blue with a V for Victory and Morse-like dots and dashes. Only those who back the attack will wear the decoration.
The Troy Boys' Club Victory Garden exhibit at Oakwood Avenue drew hundreds as judges awarded top prizes including a $25 War Bond to Albert and Sam Meleti for the most productive display. George and Sam Keyrouze earned second prize, with multiple individuals receiving $1 awards for varied vegetables.
The A. and P. Corrugated Box Corp. of Lowell Massachusetts purchased the Iroquois Pulp and Paper Co. mill at Thomson with 12 acres and 21 buildings. Old Troquois machinery will be shipped to Mexico by San Hil Tron and Brass Works while A. P. plans to run at least 150 workers within six to eight months as the new Thomson plant reaches full operation.
Approximately sixty delegates of the expected two hundred to the State convention of the Columbian Republican League arrive in Troy as final plans are set. The Hendrick Hudson hotel hosts registration from noon to 8 pm with officer meetings and committees. Governor Dewey cannot attend. Senator Hanley is to join the dinner ending the convention tomorrow at 7 30 p m.
Lieut Malcolm Hormats, eight times decorated Army fighter pilot, was promoted from second to first lieutenant effective July 7. His parents, Mr and Mrs Joseph Hormats of 2355 Burdett Avenue, learned of the promotion this week from the War Department. He is in a North African hospital recovering from lobar pneumonia after being ill since the 25th and flown from Sicily. his parents attribute the illness to a change from dry North African climate to damp cold Sicily.
Exalted Ruler John L. Fleming Jr led Troy Lodge of Elks in naming ward by ward scrap collection points to supply materials for men in service slippers. Residents urged to donate textile and leather by tomorrow, as committees report progress and plans for the fall season and official visits by state Elks officers.
The Hendrick Hudson Kiwanis club featured humorist Joseph I. Andrews as keynote, urging lighter moments and presenting an escapist program. Bond sales reached 3118.57 with a plea for greater participation in the Third War Loan drive. Plans for the annual class team event at Colonie Fiper Co. ground Green Island were announced and a youth sketch cast was invited to perform for Albany Riwanis Club and inter club meet.
Hearing deputy J. Taffe reserved decisions in a Saratoga Springs session on June 23 1943 for Darwin DuBois an unlicensed operator granted to drive later. Other cases reserved included Tillie Stephanow James Bloomingdale Carlson Frank Panza Ellsworth Roland and Richard Haight among unnamed defendants in various unlicensed operator driving matters and related accidents.
The Troy Council Knights of Columbus announce their annual Clamsteam at Bates Grove Speigletown on Sunday September 19 with a noon start and a 4 30 pm clambake. Committee chairs are Frank L Reinhofer Edward J Post Charles J Waist grounds and Vincent Graber. Reservations must be made by Wednesday.
County Clerk Lawrence Collins formally assumed supervision of the Republican camp in Troy last night. He addressed workers from the Sixth Ninth and Twelfth Wards, pledging a district wide effort after elections. Collins argued a faulty voting machine in the Second District of the Birt Ward deprived John J. Abern of votes, defending Abern as the party candidate for mayor.
Earl W. Sargent of Watersnet leads the Third War Loan drive in Albany County. He and his team will meet at DeVitie Clinton Hotel at 7 p.m. to plan a ten day bond buying push targeting Waterville Cohoes Green Island Voorheesville and nearby townships. The group will engage plant managers and Ladat representatives to fund a cruiser named for the county. Team members include Eli CoA Warren Davensimmons James M Sagar and Motiiam.
War Department promotes three officers including Hugh Warden Proxy and John Johnson of 383 Orange St Albany. Promoted to Lieut Cal Jos Matthew Ce of Scheneete Vperate from major, reflecting a restructuring of ranks.
Retail stores in Troy will stay open Saturday evenings until 9:00 p.m. starting this week. The Retail Merchants’ Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce announced the end of summer hours and a return to fall and winter schedules.
More than 280 attendees at the Vie nne vest Suppor tery Garden event heard remarks by Troy Recreation Department head Edward A. Wachter and Lansingburg schools chief Thomas O. Trehayne. Mayor Frank J. Hagan praised the group and urged continuation next year as locals celebratedVictory front home front efforts with songs and prayers.
A committee of the Catholic Women's Service League at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute discussed planning ten dances for Navy students as part of a hospital ity program. The next committee meeting is slated for Tuesday night at an unspecified winter location.
Deputies named for Knights of Deran and Rans Fuenaselan in Schenectady and Savannah Lane, with unlisted details about the appointment and local roles.
Bank staff from the Manufacturers National Bank of Troy held their annual meeting at Carroll's Grove for officers clerks and directors. After the steam a spontaneous sports program followed with many veterans participating while younger staff danced. The committee was led by Miss Jean Reynolds Harald J. Keegan and Frank M. Evers.
A youth was seized in connection with the theft of a car belonging to a local priest Reverend Wile stor mite, Hem Sheridan. Police recovered the Vermont machine in Sidney and traced it to a Brattienere man. Investigating officers reported the incident occurred in the afternoon with efforts continuing.
Merchants in Troy plan to support the Third War Loan by directing next Thursday’s gross receipts to bond purchases. A unanimous bureau resolution calls for a $1,000 bond buy and aligns with no oradvertising pledges and value appeals. Leaders like James McHeriman chaired the meeting at The Head Hudson as they map efforts for the sales day and campaign goals.
Athenian Lodge of Odd Fellows hold their Land w c meeting this ring at Diamond Rock Hall Lansingourg. Plans for the comi will be outlined. Noble Gum Kunz will preside.
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