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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1949
Page
2
The opinion meter introduced to Berlin residents at a town meeting recorded public sentiment on community improvements. About 120 people attended at the Berlin Central School where A. J. Pulling of the New York State Education Department presented the device that traces opinions and related data.
At a Wednesday gathering in Berlin the audience backed a plan for adult education and a new cemetery, recreation programs, and more playground space. A four member sample showed 97.4 percent in favor of establishing the education course. A citizens council for community improvements was formed with a Town Hall meeting set for Tuesday Oct 4 to organize.
Fred E. Linder of Chevy Chase Md permanent president of the Class of 1912 at Williams College and varsity football captain died Monday night at New England Deaconess Hospital Boston after a long illness. A New York native he was connected with several New York investment houses and a director of multiple corporations.
Waterford Mayor Carl Sorenson announced a polio fund drive running through Thursday with donations to contact Allen Bishop at the Bank of Waterford or Stephen Keating at the post office. Edmund Forman of Cohoes received a suspended speeding sentence after a Thursday trial before Justice John A. Murray. Church calendars list services across Baptist, Wesleyan, Presbyterian, Grace Episcopal, and Methodist congregations, plus a postponed Women’s Missionary Society meeting and a rededication plan for Grace Episcopal Church. Harriet Daly named as Gold Star Mothers delegate. Buffalo convention set for Oct 6–8.
Members of the Noble-Callahan Auxiliary American Legion will attend a county meeting Tuesday in Castleton. A bus will depart at 7 p.m. from 14 First Street to transport the group. The unit met Wednesday evening with Mrs. Victorine Ewing presiding. It was voted to send the president, child welfare, and rehabilitation chairmen to the Third District meeting in Albany on September 22 and 24. Plans were made for a site visit at the home of Mrs. Angeline Mele on September 21.
West Hoosick and Ithaca visitors are noted along with multiple regional acknowledgments. The September Gleaners Society meeting is planned at Mrs. Piritz’s home with Mrs. Gil ford and Mrs. Knapp in charge. Also listed are vacation returns, family gatherings, a birthday surprise, a death in Indiana, and a Home Bureau meeting with a Christmas Kit demo and membership emphasis at 2 p.m. in the Annex.
The principal chaired the principal copy of an convention at the school on Thursday night. A delegate to the Parent Teacher convention to be held in Beale in October was voted. A card party report showed $116 realized. A question box was postponed to the next meeting. The attendance banner went to the fifth grade for most parents present. New faculty members were introduced to the group and refreshments were provided by mothers of fifth grade students.
Fragmentary text from a newspaper page mentions a three year appointment for an art teacher and references Dayton Obto. Another fragment notes a part time designer and a couple’s family routine. The readable content is inconsistent and names are garbled.
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