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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1943
Page
6
Seven students from Troy and nearby areas are among about 3,300 new students at Syracuse University for the fall term. The entry lists local residents among the civilian enrollees in the university’s freshman class.
About 4 000 army enlisted students join Syracuse and push overall enrollment past 7 000. Listed Troy students include Sally A Simmons Patricia Connolly Ann Crowthers Jane Moscow Dorothy McShane and Robert Woodfield. Also registered is Alice Spitka of Watervliet.
Mrs Selch reelected president of the Saratoga County Women's Christian Temperance Union for the twentieth consecutive term at the annual meeting held in Saratoga Springs Baptist Church. Mrs Lavery elected treasurer with other officers including Miss Marguerite Funston, Rob ert Ball, and Ralph Foote. report noted strong year and war efforts, with plans to stress Alcoholic Education for schoolchildren and youth.
Mary Muller of Thompsonville Conn aims to complete a No 1 job for her country while seeking to surpass her mother Mary Muller, a former WAAC member decorated twice by the King of England. The Mullers’ wartime marriage in France was a notable service union approved by American, English, and French governments.
Charles Aiken, an inventor of the wacky Rube Goldberg style, unveils a three inch square mouse trap. The device lures a mouse then drops it into a steel bar room to drown. He also built a calendar clock the size of a radio that handles months and leap years automatically.
Hoosick Falls hosts Booster Night at All Saints parish hall with a talk on Safe and Customs in India by M G Broad of Wood Flong Corp plus greetings by National Master Albert S Goss and a Grange essay by Ardin Olson Jr. A "What Is the Grange Worth?" play, social dancing, and a corn and potato exhibit are planned. Also a rummage sale by Fidelis Class at the Carlos building.
Edward Merritt Prindle received leave after completing basic training at the Naval Training Station Sampson. Thomas Whalen, formerly at Camp Rooker Kan, was granted a medical discharge and is the son of Mr. and Mrs John A Whalen. A porch fall at Adams Street School left Holly Lee Jr six with a tongue cut needing four stitches treated by Drs Edward Farrell and Leslie A White. Mrs Clarence Perry hosted a Sunday party for her daughter Jean’s tenth birthday with guests Carol Manell Jeanne Wood Winifred Hupman Merle Baker Betty Hildreth Florence Wilson Shirley Hildreth Shirley Beverly Randall and Gloria and Anne Perry.
State Supreme Court Justice O Byron Brewster ruled the Defense Plant Corporation a Reconstruction Finance Corp not bound by New York crossing laws. The decision, filed yesterday in Elizabethtown, held the state had no right to compel the federal agency in building a railroad through the Adirondacks.
The corporation plans a three mile freight line from North Creek to Sanford. National Lead Co to lease the line and Delaware and Hudson Railroad will operate it. The railroad will cross nine public roads, two being state highways. Justice Brewster states the federal element in building the railroad to move war materials is acting in the performance of duties.
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