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BILYOU SAVED CAR FROM BURNING
George Bilyou of 17 Hone street, an employee of Connelly Drug Company, corner of Broadway and Strand, this morning extinguished a fire that might have caused considerable damage in the downtown area, if it were not for his quick action. A Packard touring car, parked near the dry goods store of David Weil on Broadway, just around the corner from the Strand, in some manner caught fire, and the blaze was making rapid headway when seen by Bilyou. He ran into the Connelly drug store where he works, and got a fire extinguisher. Hastening to the car, he poured the chemicals onto the flames, quenching them before they had gained uncontrollable headway. The action of Mr. Bilyou, who is one of the youngest members of the Union Hose Volunteer Fire Company, was highly commended by downtown merchants who realized that his act saved the city considerable money in that the fire trucks were not called out and in preventing the flames from spreading to other cars parked nearby and possibly to awnings causing considerable damage to store fronts. - The Kingston Daily Freeman, Kingston, N.Y., Wednesday Evening, December 16, 1931 [1]
Wedding Announcement: THE KINGSTON DAILY FREEMAN KINGSTON N. Y. TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 21, 1940 Bilyou-Howard Miss Priscilla Howard of 32 Murray street and George Bilyou of 24 Gill street were united in marriage Sunday afternoon at the Fair Street Reformed Church by the pastor, the Rev Dr. Frank B. Seeley. The bride was given in marriage by her lather, Lemuel Howard, and wore a pale blue gown with white accessories and carried an old fashioned bouquet of white roses and ageratum. Miss Naomi Libolt, maid of honor, wore a pale peach gown with matching hat and white accessories and carried an old-fashioned bouquet of talisman roses and baby's breath. Clarence Bilyou, brother of the groom, was best man. Marion Howard and Ruth Best, nieces of the bride, were flower girls. They wore long pink dresses with blue dots and blue and white accessories and carried baskets of rose petals. Ushers were Edward Bilyou, Harry Rappelyea, Joseph Sparling and John Murphy. A reception was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. James Howard of 32 Murray street. Relatives of the bride and groom attended.
-Was classified as 1-A, available for military service, as noted in the Kingston NY Daily Freeman of December 18, 1942.
-Was reclassified as 4-F, not available for military service, as noted in the Kingston N.Y. Daily Freeman of April 22, 1943
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