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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1943
Page
7
Temperature readings are listed by hour for Troy New York on September 28 1948 including early morning cool periods and daytime rise. Values show numbered degrees with high and low ranges recorded for the day.
Troy Ski Club purchased a $100 war bond in the Third War Loan Drive. Thirty-five boys and two girls are in service. A meeting at 8 p.m. Friday at the YWCA will be led by William Crosby, vice president. IN MEMORIAM BRAHAM reads of a son Edward died four years ago. CARD OF THANKS Margaret Doyle family thanks mourners for support.
Birth notices list multiple births at Troy and Samaritan hospitals in September 1943. Names include Robert Christian Carey Joyce Irene Coons George Ronald Edward William Linda Aline Carol Lynn Deana Ruth, John Michael, and others. mothers and prior names noted. Deaths and funeral notices follow for Babcock Crosby Garry Javaras Fones Keating Lang Le Beau Pewis Keating McKinney Morrison Niebuhr with service details and burial plans.
Rev. Robert J. Van Deusen and Mrs. Van Deusen received a warm informal welcome at Gilead Lutheran Church Center Brunswick. The elder Van Deusen will serve as temporary pastor until his son Dayton, a chaplain in the Army, returns. A reception featured greetings from church groups and musical selections by Paul Kreiger.
The Troy Post American Legion nominated regular and opposition slates at last night’s meeting in Franklin Square rooms, with the ticket expected to win unopposed. Election and installation are set for Monday Oct 18. Nominated officers include William J. Ray commander Maurice Filson Henry B. Cassavant Milo Robetor vice commanders and more, plus executive committee delegates and alternates.
The New York State Salvage Division will launch a statewide scrap metal drive Friday to aid the war effort. R. Murray Williard, drive director, said no quotas are set. Stockpiles statewide will be named Victory Scrapbanks.
A meeting of Oriental Temple A AO N MS at the Masonic Temple last night discussed activities starting October 1. Noble William Baker presided at the regular meeting. An executive board session followed to plan the fall ceremonial and a visit by Imperial Potentate Morley Macprenzie was announced for the fall.
Funeral notices published for Nicholas W Nolan Ken A Miles Mary Etta M Creary and others list multiple family relations and service details. Entries note funeral home addresses St Marys Church Albany Rural Cemetery Oakwood Cemetery St Josephs Cemetery and St Patricks Church with dates September 1943 and locations including Waterford WoodstocK Troy and Schenectady.
The Jewish Welfare Board USO Council of Troy reports a six month program aiding Jewish servicemen and area troops. Troys hospitality drive invited 27 families to host 55 dinners for servicemen during the High Holy Days with many openings still. Programs include casualty lists, dances at RPI, and Camp Rucker serve a camp effort delivering apples and cake to troops.
A double funeral service was held yesterday in Ballston Spa for Mr. and Mrs. Fred Armer of that village. Mr. Armer, 86, died Sunday, survived by his wife by two days. The service took place at the home of their son F. Howard Armer. Officiants included Rev. Jesse S. Greene, Rev. Luther A. Brown, and Rev. William Werson. The Armers were Milton natives active in church and community. Mrs. Armer taught at nearby schools and was a graduate of Albany Normal, now New York State College. Mr. Armer ran a Ballston Spa hardware store before retiring in 1920. Bearers included Everett Mastin, Fletcher Purvee, Harry Playford, Ralph Foote, John Heeney, Eugene Brundige, Clarence Cole and Dayton Armer.
The 51st annual assembly and dinner of the Masonic Veterans Association of Troy and Vicinity will be held in the Troy Masonic Temple Friday night. A large class of candidates will be initiated and reservations or membership petitions must be filed by tomorrow night. The program starts at 3:30 pm with a business meeting and dinner at 6:30 pm, featuring music by the veterans orchestra and an entertaining program.
Raymond Williams, son of Mr and Mrs William R Williams of 284 Madison Street Granville, suffered a fractured wrist yesterday after being thrown from his bicycle on Slocum Avenue when he struck a dog. He was taken to Emma Laing Stevens Hospital Granville and treated by Dr John H Ring.
Richard Sray and John D. Snyder were elected treasurer and secretary of the Troy High School Student Council at a meeting yesterday. Plans for forming room governments were discussed and Miss Pauline McGonigal was named faculty co advisor to serve with Arthur Stuarts Jr.
John Swan the assistant county agent of the Farm Bureau said maple trees shed leaves prematurely due to a heavy aphid infestation. He noted damage is slight but leaves carry a sticky resin that sticks to car tops and sidewalks. Winter cold will kill the insects, making control measures too late.
War effects appear in Troy Evening Schools with registration down from prior years and an unusual male to female ratio. Demand grows in commercial home economics trades and technical classes while interest in English history science and math remains, including a new Spanish class that may run if 12 enroll. A nutrition class forms in home economics and an electrical shop class has a waiting list as enrollment continues tonight.
Troy DeMolay Chapter initiated at the Masonic Temple with Master Councilor James Hutchinson presiding. He announced plans for a basketball team this fall and winter. The next meeting on October 12 will be Education Day with a prominent educator and public invited.
Sailor John Homitz 25 stationed at Brooklyn was removed to Troy Hospital by police after falling ill in Broadway between Fourth and Fifth Avenues. He is held for observation. Lucille Osterhout 37 of 398 Tenth Street was also moved to Troy Hospital by Central Police Station officers and kept under hospital care.
John D. Freeman 33 of Wilton dies from skull fracture after a car veers and hits a tree near Maple Avenue in Saratoga Springs. His daughter Janet Louisa Freeman 9 dies from ruptured spleen at Saratoga Springs Hospital. another daughter Joan 6 sustained fractures and bruises. Autopsy shows Janet’s injuries. eye witness cited possible sleepiness or mechanical failure. Freeman formerly with Standard Furniture, then General Electric. married Blanche Scott. Janet was a Wilton fourth grade student.
Troy and Albany area families share in a dramatic reunion after Army service across North Africa and Sicily. Corporal Joseph DeMario and his brother Pfe. Anthony DeMario, separated since June 1942, meet in Sicily with two Trojan friends. Mrs. DeMario’s letter notes further plans to locate another brother, Tech. Corp. Eugene Smith, while Pfc. Frank DeMario remains with Military Police in Alabama.
The Lansingburg High Schools Parents-Teacher Association outlined plans for the coming year at its first meeting of the season. Hostesses included Mrs E M Tripp Mrs Edward Malone Miss Lois Brown and others. Principal Marshall Wheeler spoke on low enrollment while Paul Rogers led community singing. a social followed.
Mrs Laura Maddalena of 18 Factory Street Granville received a Purple Heart citation signed by Secretary of War Samson honoring the death of her son Sergi Sullivan Fring killed in action with the Army during the Saheily invasion. The station was dated September 2.
Dr. Robert E. Plunkett of Troy reported an upstate New York rise in tuberculosis tied to war conditions. In the first seven months there were 1,349 deaths, 39 more than 1942, and 4,442 new cases in eight months, 192 higher than last year. Overwork fatigue and overcrowding contribute, but mass X-ray efforts in the armed forces and industry may reveal more cases. Hospital utilization fell about 20 percent from 1942 to 1943, prompting calls for new prevention and control methods.
Rev George T Quinlivan a former St Jean Baptiste assistant pastor and Army chaplain was wounded in Sicily and awarded the Order of the Purple Heart in a letter to his mother Mrs Ernestine Quinlivan of Cohoes. He said his wounds are superficial and spoke of attending a chaplains conference. Born Albany and ordained May 1932, he served at several churches before Troy assignment.
The board of trustees announced that Dr William C Hotchkiss has reached retirement age and will retire October 1 1943 after eight years as institute president. Livingstone W Houston was elected interim president, with Kenneth E Applegate taking a key secretary role. Prof Matthew A Hunter becomes dean of the faculty and Dr Ray Palmer Baker named dean of students. Edward P Hamilton elected life trustee.
Instruction sessions for first six wards led by Jacob W Caplan and Daniel S Barry drew over eighty inspectors at the Rensselaer County Court House last night. Additional wards and outlying districts join a statewide effort to explain new state election amendments and inspector duties, with sessions scheduled across Hoosick Falls Berlin Wynantskill Greenbush Schodack Nassau Hast Greenbush and surrounding towns over the coming days.
Pins were presented to 135 observers at the North Greenbush Plane Spotters station near Wynantskill for fifty or more hours of volunteer service at a Wynantskill fire house meeting. County director Robert L. Ruickerson addressed the group and presented the pins. Edward Harley and Robert Tobin provided entertainment. Committees for a Halloween masquerade on Saturday October 30 at the Wynantskill fire hall were named by president J. L. Dickinson, with Willard Prepner tickets Mrs. Charles Brunell awards George O. Brunell music Stanley Pfeiffer hall Mrs. Mary Simmons decorations Edward S. Harley entertainment Mrs. Harvey Robillard refreshments.
Officers and teachers of the First Presbyterian Church Sunday School in Lansingburz attended a dinner at Mr and Mrs E W Tobullard home, 93 Fifth Avenue North. Mrs John Powell named Superintendent of the primary department. New teachers Ethel Maynes and Mrs Jack Bradt. Miss Williams to be pianist. Joan Powell to resume conducting a boys class. John Vedder, 482 Second Avenue, to host next meeting on October 24.
A compensation judge awarded John F Weber 400 for a 40 percent loss of his right index finger while with Fort Nelson Express Co. Referee Lyman A Kalbu presided. Charles A Vaugan received 21.59 for loss of use of his right thumb with Stanton Brewing Co.
He was called to Washington to help organize a bureau for war service with the rank of brigadier. He served in this capacity for nearly a year before returning to the Institute last December.
Coroner and state police investigate the death of Mrs. Hannah Krug 74 of Petersburg after a Thursday automobile accident on old Plank Road between East Poestenkill and Berlin. Autopsy cites punctured lung and fractured ribs. driver Caroline Vanderbilt of Yonkers was en route to a Berlin doctor when the vehicle struck a boulder. Another passenger, Goldie Mulson 52 of Petersburg, sustained multiple fractures and was hospitalized in fair condition.
Democratic mayoral hopeful Daniel W. Carhart told Tenth Ward workers at The Hotel Troy that the administration's financing program will lift Troy's debt margin to 2.2 million by year’s end and reduce refunding bonds to 500,000 by 1947, projecting tax relief and postwar construction. He noted progress under current officials and urged continuation of the plan, citing a possible tax rate improvement. First Ward meeting at Joseph Chuckrow Sons, Inc., heard Ben Chuckrow and J. B. Fallon.
Grange League Federation patrons will discuss the coming year’s farm prospects at an annual meeting Thursday at 8 p.m. in the Syeaway Community Hall. Harry H. Hardenburgh will preside and two committeemen will be named by ballot. Terms for Brunswick’s Fred Berney and Averill Park’s the late George Muellecker will be filled. Allen Hayner of Bald Mountain is chairman with O. W. Sheldon and other Grange League officials attending to discuss production factors and future plans. Sound movies and refreshments planned.
An alarm from Box 573 at 6 40 PM yesterday sent firemen to the three story brick factory at 316 First Avenue owned by William E Sherman of 102 Second Avenue. The blaze started in the furnace and a draft caused heavy smoke. firefighters used gas masks.
Wilter Baker of 4 Jackson Avenue Cohoes is in Cohoes Hospital with a head injury from a fall at his home. He was admitted by ambulance and is under the care of Dr James Mac F Archibald.
The Seventh Ward hosts an Honor Roll gathering at St. Peter's Lyceum tomorrow evening at 8 p.m. All residents are urged to attend.
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