Watervliet Draft Board Sees Few July Recruits
The Watervliet Draft Board notes unusually few new registrants in July 1925 after the first twenty days. Nine youths aged 18 registered, led by Bruno Chiera and Warren Dodge, with Arthur Fortin listed though over 18. The July contingent left for Army camp under Joseph McDonough, after City Hall drills led by Dr. Robert O'Brien. A Watervliet USO crew distributed candy and reading material to attendees. Meanwhile, Mrs. Elizabeth Daley of Watervliet, a longtime St. Bridget’s Catholic parishioner, died aged, with services and interment planned at St. Bridget’s and St. Agnes Cemetery. Additional items mention rationing meetings, tax grievance days, a card party for veterans’ women, and local notices on furloughs and duty.
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Watervliet
Canada
Joseph W. McDonough
Robert, JF. O'Brien
Raymond J. Doran
Sacred Heart of Mary Church
the Troy Record
USO
James G. Wiseman
Raymond E. Parker
Charles A. Morse
Albert Johnston
Sol Goldstone
Catherine Seaton
Elizabeth Daley
John Daley
George F. Daley
Shaker Road
Colonie
Daley
St. Bridget's Church
The
Rosary Society
James Daley
John F. Daley
George P. Daley
John J. Hanson
Menands
East Side Residents Share Vacation and Hospital News
East Side notices report Mrs. George Hart of Griswold Avenue hospitalized at Samaritan. Lois and Carolyn Snyder return from Hampton Beach. Donald F. McGrady of Rapid City, South Dakota, visits his mother on Forrest Avenue. William J. Giles and family resume a weeklong Saranac Lake vacation. Robert H. Prout, seaman second class, enjoys a five day furlough with the Millers on Brookview Avenue. Judy Ann Gilbert, daughter of the Gilberts of Herkimer, visits grandmother Lillie Gilbert on Hamilton Avenue.
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George Hart
Griswold Avenue
Samaritan
Theodore Miller
Brookview Avenue
Judy Ann Gilbert
Edward Gilbert
Herkimer
Lillie Gilbert
Hamilton Avenue
Obituary notices from Troy and vicinity span deaths and services
A trove of obituaries covers Jennie Fitzpatrick Kelly at Yonkers and many Troy area deaths. It lists survivors including spouses, children, siblings, and locations from West Sand Lake to Edmonton. Funeral details name churches, cemeteries, and interment sites across New York and Vermont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George T. Kelly
Jennie Fitzpatrick
Yonkers
Harry McCarthy
John Crimmons
George
Jr. Howard
Raymond
Wilbur
Flora Park
Thomas
Edmonton
Alberta
Catherine Fitzpatrick
Troy
Church of the Holy Innocents
Mt. Good Hope Cemetery
Westchester County
Accent Reveals Discipleship Sermon Declares
In a Waterford First Presbyterian Church sermon Rev. Herbert C. Willenberg warned Christians betray themselves by speech. He spoke of an unconscious Galilean accent formed by environment and imitation, urging speech to reflect reverence tolerance confidence and compassion and true discipleship.
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First Presbyterian Church of
Waterford
Herbert C. Willenberg
Peter
Mr. Wallenberg
Christ
Miracle ship repair crews wow North Atlantic fleet
Irish reporter dubs Lieut. Comdr. David H. Conklin the Miracle Man at a U S Navy base in Londonderry where his repair team, including Lts. Hills Meyer Teague True and Warrant Officer Myers, swiftly overhaul destroyers and corvettes damaged by U boats and heavy seas. They replaced generators and pumps in record time, earning praise from Canadian and British officers.
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Walter Hogan
United Press
Londonderry
Belfast
U. S. Navy
David H. Conklin
Battle Creek
Mich
Conklin
Miracle Man
Navy
L. F. Hills
Orlando
Cal
Iraq
Ben Meyer
Dover
Del
James E. Teague
Boston
J. G. J. R. True
Kewanee
Ill
G. R. Myers
Louisville
North Atlantic
Myers
Fire Department
New Guinea U Classes Go On Between Raids
At New Guinea, the University of New Guinea operates amid air raids with a grass shack for a classroom and three fighter pilot instructors halted only by urgent battle warnings. American Army air force fighters compose the student body alongside English and mathematics study as First Lieut. Jack Davis recalls the unit arose from demand for education and former teachers among the group.
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New Guinea
University of New Guinea
Jack Davis
Reading
Past Presidents' Club to Meet at Crogan Home
Mrs Grace Tero of 677 Fifth Avenue and Mrs Edna Crogan of 610 Fourth Avenue plan two weeks at Lake George. The Past Presidents' Club of the Boston Relief Corps will meet this evening at Mrs Alice M Crogan's home 677 Fifth Avenue.
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Grace Tero
Fifth Avenue
Edna Crogan
Fourth Avenue
Lake George
Presidents’ Club
Boston Relief Corps
Alice M. Crogan
Glens Falls Veteran Named Commanding Officer
Maj Clair A Buck a World War I veteran at 48 Horicon Ave Glens Falls has been named commanding officer of the 223rd Station Hospital at Camp Berkeley Texas The Iowa native practiced in Glens Falls as an ear nose and throat specialist and serves on the Glens Falls General Hospital staff He belongs to Senate Lodge F and A M Glens Falls Lodge B P C E Glens Falls Post American Legion and Adirondack Post 2475 VFW as post surgeon
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Maj
Clair A. Buck
Horicon Avenue
Glens Falls
223Rd Station
Camp Berkeley
Texas
Iowa
Major Buck
Glens Falls General Hospital
Senate Lodge
A. M. Glens Falls Lodge
American Legion
Adirondack
Pitching Ace Gets Commission in Navy
Alexander M. Clement of Fair Haven Vermont former pitching ace for Williams College has been commissioned a lieutenant junior grade in the Navy. He will report for duty Thursday at Chapel Hill North Carolina. Clement previously directed the Berkshire County WPA recreation project after college and has served as instructor and athletic coach at Fair Haven High School.
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Alexander M. Clement
Fair Haven
Williams College
J.g
Navy
Chapel Hill
N.C
Clement
Berkshire County
Modern Naval Base Hustles To Support War Effort
The base, rebuilt quickly after emergency repairs, shows advanced shops for generators, foundry and machine work. A 10 by 15 foot underwater welding tank helps train crews while plans foretell wartime use post the second front. Canadians view the base as a second home port, praising American methods.
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Derry
Conklin
Chaplain Dare Praises Servicemen Courage and Ingenuity
War Department report by Captain Norman P. Dare highlights American soldiers in camp maneuvers and in the South Pacific noting humor, adaptability, generosity, coolness in emergencies, and innate religiousness. He cites calm response when the President Coolidge hit a mine and describes improvised bread, showers, and chapel construction on a Pacific island. Dare, a former rector of St. Peter's Bennington, recalls his service and ordination.
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Record Newspapers Bureau
Washington, D. C
South Pacific
President Coolidge
Norman P. Dare
St. Peter's Church
Bennington
War Department
Dare
Coolidge
Daie
National Guard
Vermont
United States
New Zealand
Berkeley Divinity School
Middletown
Groundless Fears Sermon Topic At Waterford
Rev. William A. Perry urged Waterford Methodist Church listeners that 92 percent of fears are unwarranted while 8 percent are legitimate. He advised dismissing needless anxieties, methodically facing remaining fears, and sharing burdens with friends and God to deepen fellowship and religious living.
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William A. Perry
Waterford
Church Calendar Highlights Weekend Activities and Meetings
Church calendar lists St John’s St Barnabas Trinity Lutheran First Baptist and other congregations with Thursday sewing for Red Cross holy communion and board meetings Friday prayer sessions street meetings and charity sewing at guild house plus services at St Paul’s St Luke’s Third Presbyterian and Christian Missionary Alliance. Also notes a political speech denouncing New Deal propaganda tied to fascist rhetoric.
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St. John’s
American Red Cross
Samaritan Hospital
U.S.C
Britain
America
Christ
St. Paul’s Church
Tommorow
The
Red Cross
Guild House
Child Burned In Poling Water Incident At Bennington
Lawrence F. Mattison, two year old son of Wallace Mattison of the Bennington Fire Department, suffered second and third degree burns from shoulders to knees after toppling into a kettle of boiling water at Putnam Hospital.
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Lawrence F. Mattison
Wallace Mattison
Bennington
Jam Putnam Hospital
Knox Charges New Deal Led To Communism And Despotism
The article notes Knox accusing the New Deal of fostering propaganda to glorify the party at public expense and claims President Roosevelt moved the country toward socialism. He argues the President seeks one-man rule and blames Roosevelt for the rise of Communism Nazism and Fascism in a wider critique of Fascist and Communist tactics.
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Mussolini
Hitler
Henry Wallace
Labor
Hitler Labor Front
Wallace
Ten
Treasury
Knox
Dlctien
People
New Deal
Roosevelt
Loans to Factory Workers NZ Household Finance Ad
Workers can obtain small loans from Household Finance with no endorsers. Loans range from 20 to 300 dollars for salary, car or furniture purchases. Multiple repayment plans offered with clear interest, including weekly and monthly options. Apply by phone, write, or visit and use the funds for debts, medical bills, taxes, repairs or training fees.
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France
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Watervliet War Price and Ration Board
New York Power and Light Corp
State Street
Albany
Cook
OPA
Board of Assessors
Albany County & and
American Legion Auxiliary
Richard Dean
Broadway
Catherine Kelly
Mary Lyons
Eleanor Diamond
Irene Hosking
Rose Whalen
Jessie S Robinson
Lous Jennings
Corp
Harold Fitch
New London
Conn
Ralph Anderson
Eduard
Twenty Fifth Street
Lake George Pie
David R Tomlinson
Robert W. Tomlinson
David A. Tomlinson
Twenty-third Street
Tech. Corp
William J. Murphy
Camp Belvoir
Thomes Murphy
Third Avenue
East Side
Selective Service Board No. 346
Robert J. O’brien
Ces
Marcus Mattison
Shushan
Mr. West
Lawrence E. West
Himes
Robert A Leslie
Eagle Malls Methodist Church
Riniwaog Hill Cemetery
Hunt
Garfield
Stephentown
Minnie Wager
Maimie Waldron
Pittsfield
Mass
Garfield Cemetery
Richard Lay
Sand Lake
Leonard Hospital
Faith Mall
Averill Park
West Sand Lake
Edward J. Connally
Connolly
Joseph J. Hogan
Cornelius F. Burns
Berman Park Hose Company
Minnie Hamm
Minnie Luella Hamm
Minnie Lappens
Nathan W Hamm
Pawling Avenue
Pawley Avenue
Elinwood Hill Cemetery
Henry Warner
Casseline F Jones
East Nassau
Flora Sirge
Lester Aldridge
Leo Gimstead
Earl Iknapp
Chester Warner
Mutterer
Clair Carpenter
Grace Methodist Church
Nassau
Woodbine
Christopher C. Mahoney
Glen Avenue
Josephine G. Devette
Phillip J. Dower
Catherine Batterbury
Clarence J. Rhodes
St. Patrick's Church
St. Peter's Cemetery
William I. Shannahan
South End
Oakwood Avenue
St. Joseph’s Parish
la Salle Institute
St. Joseph's Club
St. Joseph’s Vested Choir
Sheehan Coali Co
Ella D. Russell
Helen I. Shannahan
William R. Shannahan
St. Joseph's Church
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Susan M. Youmans
I. A. Youmans
Latham
Allen A. Raymond
Buffalo
Youmans
Calvary Methodist Church
Crescent
Howard C. Bennett
Calvary Church
Frank B. Provo
Veterans Hospital
Bronx
Woodlawn Court
This City
Provo
Jeanette DuFresne
Joseph Huskie
John O'Brien
Pfe
David Provo
Marcus D. Russell Camp
United Spanish War Veterans
Sacred Heart Church
Hermann Goering
Algiers
New York
Lansingburg
S. K. Hoffan
Williamsport
Bowling Green
American Airlines
Trammel
Hoffman
Trinity Evangelical Lutheran
Board of Trustees
Sixth Avenue Baptist
Trinity Lutheran
First Baptist
Fellowship Hall
St. Barnabas Church
Christian and Missionary
Young People's Group
Franklin Square
First Church of Christ, Scientist
St. Luke's Episcopal
the Daughters of the Cross
C. F. Millhouse
Bouton Road
Third Presbyterian
COE la
Burdett Building
River Street
6Th Ft
Nat's Savings Bank
State St
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