Independent petitions loom in Troy mayoral race
In Troy New York two petition groups race to copy candidate names for the mayoral contest. One side led by Republicans John J. Jepren and Raymond T. Finnan and the other by Julia Fitzgerald and supporters copy 145 sheets of names for or against Edward Fitzgerald. The independent bid needs 11 500 valid names to qualify for the ballot.
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Trovecard Co
Edward Kam
Fitzgerald
John J. Jepren
Raymond T. Finnan
Republican Party
Rensselaer County
Board of Elections
Court House
Julia Fitzgerald
Douglas Hudson
Relatives Share Estates of Three Rensselaer County Residents
Letters of administration issued by Surrogate Maurice D Isenbergh grant estates to heirs in three Rensselaer County deaths. Henry C North Hoosick Falls died Feb 5 leaving up to 1000. Eugene C North Williston Park as sole heir represented by H Bradley Moore Mineola. Ella E Holroyd Troy died May 3 leaving under 5000 to Normond S Holroyd Crossway. attorney Joseph D Foley. James A McGowan Valley Falls died Aug 30 leaving under 15000 to Mary M McGowan widow Valley Falls. Mackrell Ranney Rommel attorneys.
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Rensselaer’ County
Maurice D. Isenbergh
Henry C. North
Hoosick Falls
Eugene C. North
Williston Park
H. Bradley Moore
Mineola
Ella E. Holroyd
Troy
Normond S. Holroyd
Crossway
Joseph D. Foley
James A. McGowan
Valley Falls
Mary M. McGowan
Mackrell, Ranney & Rommel
Births at local hospitals list names and dates
At Samaritan and Leonard Hospitals during September 1955 several families announce new arrivals. Each notice lists parents and newborns such as Joan Marie Hogan and John Christopher Kaiser, with siblings named and mothers noted by former surnames.
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The
Samaritan Hospital
John T. Hogan
Latham
Joan Marie
Ruth
Kathy
Hogan
Joan Dippo
North Troy
Kaiser
Alfred J. Kaiser
John Christopher
Nicholas
Joseph
Heiser
Sarah McMaor
In Memoriam Notices Chronicle Sept Remembrances
In memory of Edward Braham died Sept 28 1939 and family notes. Also Mrs Raymond Buckley died Sept 28 1943, Madeline Ann Tacketta died Sept 28 1950 at age six. Joseph A Kroger died Sept 28 1955. Mary Elaine Palmer died Sept 28 1954. Bertha Zalucki died Sept 3 years ago. Bertha Salucki also referenced with Sept dates. Names appear with families expressing longing and love.
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F Braham
Edward Braham
Buckley
Raymond Mr. Buckley
Tacketta
Madeline Ann
Madeline
Louis
Frankie
Xrugler
Joseph A. Krogier
Falmer
Mary Elaine Palmer
Charles Awildren
Cecelia
Carl
Salucki
Bertha Salucki
Charles
Rita
Troy Club Sets Saturday Stag Buffet and Games
The Troy Club announces a Saturday stag buffet at The Troy Club for members and guests. William H. Killough, entertainment chairman, says the cocktail hour runs 12:15 to 1:15 p.m. followed by buffet lunch and a planned program of games.
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Troy Club
William H. Killough
Obituary notices from Center Berlin Cohoes Troy area
A string of obituaries from Sept 1955 list Mae L. Bentley widow of Fred Bentley and other relatives, with funeral details in Center Berlin Belchertown and Troy Saint Michael locations. Additional notices include Frances Bobko, Leo Der Kowski, Rosalie Zemlik, Marcare A McCarthy, and Dephine LaPorte with funeral times, church services, and interment at local cemeteries.
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Bentley
Center Berlin
Maie L. Ryder
Fred 3. Bentley
Elaine
Lloyd Bentley
Belchertown
Mass
Bobko
Cool Ridge Acres
Frances Studah
Peter Bobko
Charles P. Bobko
Seafoot
S. J
Thomas Afinowics
Gorski
Ontario Street
St. Michael
St. Michaela
Waterford
der Rowski
Veterans Ad Inistration
Albany
Leo M
Stanislaw
Josephine Gorski der Kowski
Frank
Alexander
Thomas der Kowski
Joseph der Kowski
Troy
Ann der Kowski
Josephine der Kowski
Edmund Dalton
Menee
Morrison Avenue
Michael's Church
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Troy- DY
Renarélaer Avenue
Cohoes
St. Michael's Church
St. Michael's Cemetery
Kelly
Marcare
A. McCarthy
Circle Lang
Stonehenge
William E. Kelly
James J. McCarthy
Kenneth P. McKeon
Frank J. Kelly
WoVeigh Funeral Home
North Allen Stree
St. Vincent de Paul's Church
the Rosary Society of Blessed Sacrament Church
Laporte
Congress Street
Dephine Menard
Alexis Laporte
Lena Thibodeau
Agnes Menard
Cohors
A. G. Boivin
Two Staff Members Named At Troy YMCA
The Troy YMCA announces two new staff members Terence A. Cordner and Frank B. Ward presented the appointments James E. Beskin becomes activities secretary and Raymond N. Wolfe is named assistant director of physical education Whiteley resigns to head the PE department at Redlands California Beskin is a Kansas City Wyandot alum and WWII veteran Wolfe studied civil engineering at Union College and earned a masters in education at Springfield College with focus on guidance and personnel work
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Troy
Redlands, Calif
YMCA
Beskin
Chicago
Kansas
Cali
Wolfe
Springfield College
Springfield
Mass
Swimming Classes Begin At Troy YWCA
The Troy YWCA Health Education Department announces vacancies in junior and senior swimming classes. Junior sessions meet Tue Thu Fri afternoons and Sat mornings while adult classes run Tue Thu evenings. Family night pool hours and a Volleyball Club meet are noted with new members welcome.
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Troy Ywca
Anne Clemente
Obituary Notes from Waterford Albany and Mechanicville Areas
Multiple obituaries list Mary Jane Wall widow of Edward Mitchell mother to John Harney and grandmother to two great grandchildren. Funeral from 10 Maple Ave Waterford to Grace Episcopal Church with interment at Waterford Rural Cemetery.
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Mary Jane Wall
Edward Mitchell
John ¥. Harney
Pelford Williams
Waterford
Grant Weaver
Poughkeepsie
John Mitchell Harney
Maple Avenue
Grace Episcopal Church
Waterford Rural Cemetery
Orse
Leonard G. Morse
Gladys Enos
Ward
Tracy
Paul
Walter
Peter
Gloria Morse
Clark & Blake Memorial
River Street
Elmwood Hill
Mary C. Oeil
Edwin J. Crosby
O.S.A
Chicago
Mary Edwin
CRELL
McKinley Street
Albany
St. Augustine's Church
Tres
McVeigh
Ousseat
Albany Veterans Hospital
Peter F. Sarris
John Sarris
Milwaukee
Wia
Koon
Bryce Meral
Fifth Avenue
St. Basil's Greek Orthodox Church
Mechanicville
Bertha B. Smith
Arthur EK. Smith
Billeworth L. Page
Arthur J. Smith
Prayn Hill
St. Clements Church
Peter's
Infirmary Opening Postponed in Rensselaer County
The new infirmary for the Rensselaer County Welfare Department on Blooming Grove drive Defreestville is postponed due to delayed lighting fixtures. Leo Watson says occupancy now after Oct 10 with grand jury tour planned today at 11 30 a m.
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Rensselaer County Welfare Department
Leo Watson
Youth Indicted For Beating Albany Girl
A 16 year old Albany youth was indicted by the Albany County grand jury on second degree assault for beating neighbor Sandra Appel, choking and kicking her on Sept 15 near Hackett boulevard. Richard H. Mueller of 36 Joelson Ct was named in the indictment and is jailed at Albany County Jail. he has a nervous disorder treatment history and the victim was hospitalized at St. Peter's Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Albany County Grand Jury
Richard H. Mueller
Joelson Ct
Sandra Appel
Hackett Boulevard
St. Peter's Hospital
Mueller
Albany County
Obituary notices and funeral services from St Marys and area
Obituaries list several 1965 1955 notices: Wesley Stidnick Sr husband of KK brother of Michael Stidnick of Troy and Mae Wansovich of Troy. service at St Marys meral Home Cahots and St Peters and Pauls Church with Requiem Mass and interment in St Peters and Pauls Cemetery Waterford. Ida M Whitman of 383 Ninth Street aunt of several relatives. service at Morris Stenberg Funeral Home with interment Oakwood Cemetery. viewing Thursday. Clayton Rene Wolp funeral service at National Cemetery with Requiem Mass.
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Stfonick
St. Mary's Hospital
Wesley Stidnick Sr
Michael Stidnick
Troy
Mae Wansovich
Mary's Meral
Remeen
Columbia Streets
Cahots
St. Peter's and Paul's Church
St. Peter's and Paul's
Waterford
Whitman
City
Ida M. Whitman
Ninth Street
Walter & Whitman
Chatham
Leonard Kemmeth Bruce
Manchester
N. H
Mra. W. Donald Colemas
Morria--Stenbing
Fifth Avenue
Oakwood Cemetery
Wolp
Clayton Rene
Serriene x
National Cemetery
Siam
Liberal Vote Fight Continues in City Canvass Dispute
The Liberal and Democratic party ballots are under court scrutiny as clerks recount hundreds of ballots from 55 districts. Judges reserve decisions on disputed votes for Purcell and Brown amid challenges to tally sheets and handwriting.
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Colonel Purcell
Edward A. Fitzgerald
6Th Ward
Purcell
Brown
Thomas
Thomas H. Brown
Jurist
Recanvass
Edward T. Nehill
Board of Elections
Wilford A. la Forestier
Justice Deckerman
Liberal Party
William F. Malone
LeForestier
Nehil Im
Aed
Albany
Appellate di Vision
Self Defense Plea Expected From Woman Held In Slaying
Mrs Gladys Morse 5 of 111 Earl St faces murder charges after shooting her husband Leonard Morse 42 during a family dispute at their home. Attorney Harry O Lee states the defense will be self defense and that the case may go to a speedy trial if indicted. Children relocated to Vanderheyden Hall with welfare plans to place them in private homes. Morse waives preliminary examination pending grand jury action.
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Harry O. Lee
Troy
Gladys E. Morse
Earl St
Leonard G. Morse
Lee
Morse
Vanderheyden Hall
Rensselaer
St. Mary’s Hospital
Rensselaer County
Thomas J. O'Connor
Averill Park Studies New School Plans Progress
The Averill Park Central School District moves toward a new junior and senior high school on 60 acres in Sand Lake. The Citizens Committee approved preliminary plans for an 800 student building with office space showers locker rooms cafeteria auditorium and gymnasium with expansion potential. The board and committee will reconvene within a week to plan voter presentation and anticipate a two month window before voter approval.
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Averill Park Central
Citizens Committee
Board of Education
Sand Lake
H. H. Butler
Ronald H. Trathen
Robert Sencer
Warren Savage
Cochairmen
Citizen's Committee
Citizen’s Committee
Australian Expert to Lead Titanium Seminar at RPI
Dr. Hill Warner of Melbourne will head a joint chemistry and metallurgy seminar at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute on Titanium Metal and Titanium Alloys. The 4 pm session in Room 103 Walker Lab will cover extraction methods and properties of titanium and its alloys.
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Hill Warner
Melbourne
Australia
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Walker Laboratory
Worner
Warmer Weather Expected With 70 Degree High
The weather bureau forecasts a 70 to 75 degree day with rain early morning. Rain ends by noon and skies clear with moderate temperatures. A cooler, cloudy day follows tomorrow as a shift in pattern moves in.
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TB Tey
Weather Bureau
Hoosick Falls Youth Held As Accessory In Slaying
In Hoosick Falls three Air Force students and two accomplices face accessory charges in the Marrett murder case. Koenig Burns and others allegedly lured Marrett then killed him in his Heidelberg Hotel room, with details of the assault and theft disclosed by Chief Pierce as the FBI aided the investigation.
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Hoosick Falls
Dougherty
Fernandez
la Rocco
Marrett
Koenig
Burns
Pierce
Air Force
Lal Rocco
Jackson
Pass
Murrett
Heidelberg
Wall
la Rocca
Will S. Ryan
FBI
Keesler Air Force Base
Doctor Illness Delays County Truck Collision Suit
Supreme Court in Rensselaer County postponed the $56,000 civil case filed by Michael Cristo and his son Michael Cristo Jr. against Earl Greenhill and Albert Van Nedernnen due to a physician illness. Greenhill’s case was dismissed without prejudice for failure to serve a notice of claim. late claim allowed within 30 days. Van Nedernnen’s case postponed because Dr. Blase’s illness. The Oct 30, 1953, collision involved a County truck and a car owned by Van Nedernnen. Settlement terms not announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Deckerman
Supreme Court
Rensselaer County
Michael Cristo
Rensselaer
Michael P. Cristo Jr
Earl G. Greenhill
6Th Ave
Albert van Wnedergnen
Castleton
James E. Brearton
Greenhill
Justice Deckerman
van Nedergnen
Michael A. Blase
Albany
Aristo
Ina County of
van Nederynen
County Veterans Service Agency
Sanford Soffer
John P. Taylor
Mr. Brearton
Kenneth J. Dugan
Arthur L. Rosen
Thomas J. Burke
van Nederynes
Worner’s Ottawa Post Under CSIRO Exchange
Dr Worner is currently at the Canadian Department of Mines in Ottawa as part of an exchange arrangement with the CSIRO. The note places his location within the ongoing professional exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Wor [Ner
Canadian Department of Mines
Ottawa
CSIRO
YWCA Record Sale To Benefit Friday Niter Club
The Teenage Department of the Troy YWCA will host a phonograph record sale Friday night at the YWCA building on 1st Street. Sponsored by the Friday Niters Club, proceeds support the club’s treasury for service projects and social events. Many used records remain popular and will be offered.
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Troy Ywca
1St Street
Friday Niters
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Hudson
John J. Purcell
Crandall
Milton Crandall
S. Michael
Kathryn
James
Kathryn Murphy
Corey
Bellevue Aerony Hospital
James Prp
Harrigan
Mary Evelyn
Root James
Michael
Kevin
Irene F
Hebert
the Leonard Hospital
Charles Hebert Jr
Deborah Hike
Charles Hebert III
Sispert
Marcia Aia Hilton
St. Mars’s Hospital
Peter H. Huton
Janet
Lucile
Lisbeth
Laure
Bilton
Regina ‘Keany
Stan
James Schirmer
Wyn
William James
James Jr
Barbara
Christine
Schirmer
Edna Scheck
van Namee
William E. van Names
Cynthia
Dean
Sharon Linda
van Names
Geraldine Rudebush
Pittsburgh
Ontario
Bret
Cohoen
Edececar Saria
Mds
Rosary Sodality
P.M. A
Troy Ymca
James £. Beskin
Raymond N. Wolfe
YWCA
17Th
Bravin
Mr. Gray
Thomas Brown
Averill Park
Wormer
University of Melbourne
Broken Hit Associated SmeHers Ltd
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization
Salem Camper
Coyote
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