Former Troy Girl Wed in Harrisburg
Mias B Elizabeth Barber formerly of this city wed Tech Sergeant Kenneth P Bjork son of Mrs Alma Bjork of Duluth Minnesota. The ceremony took place at Pine Street Presbyterian Church Harrisburg with Rev C R Smith officiating A J Barber was best man Phi Ciardelli of Philadelphia was maid of honor The couple will reside at 326 Crescent Street Harrisburg Bjork is stationed at Indiantown Gap Pennsylvania
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mias
B. Elizabeth Barber
Ambrose Barber
Harrisburg
Tech
Kenneth P. Bjork
Alma Bjork
Duluth
Main
Pine Street Presbyterian Church
C. Ralston Smith
Phi Ciardelli
Philadelpha
J. Barber
Bolton Hotel
Peerless Co
Uns Eity
Cresent Street
Bjork
Indiantown Gap
Local residents enjoy visits and travels around New York and beyond
Mrs James Culprime spends two weeks at Grafton while Arthur E Dahl and son Gene travel to Lake George. Howard Watson attends funeral in Pittsfield for sister. Raymond Bergmann convalesces in Samaritan Hospital after surgery. Wendells return from Kincaid's Hotel on Cassaguna Lake. Walker and family spend week in New York City. Berlin and Pouchett visit New York hosts. Elinor Wells visits Lake Luzerne then stays with parents in Petersburg. O'Brien and Walter Jensen plan Rhinebeck trip. Cusack and Pender return from Aberdeen Proving Grounds. Carpenter family visiting Eagle Mills relatives. former resident Anna Gottschalk. Mrs Miles returns from Embury-Riddle Field as Cadet Miles transfers to Walnut Ridge Arkansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Culprime
Third Street
Grafton
Arthur E Dahl
Gene
Sixth Avenue
Lake George
Howard Watson
Congress Street
Pittsfield
Kincaid
Robert Miles
Embury- Riddie Field
Union City
Tenn
Miles
Walnut Ridge
Ark
Watervliet Teachers To Wed In Watervliet
Miss Camellia C De Lollo daughter of Mr and Mrs Salvatore De Lollo and Alfred H Aulisi of Amsterdam plan marriage August 26 at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church Watervliet Both are Watervliet High School teachers with strong ties to local colleges and professional fraternities Marital union joins Watervliet educators in a union announced in advance of the ceremony
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvatore de Lollo
Troy-Schenectady Road
Camellia C. de Lollo
Alfred H. Aulisi
Asterdam
Joseph Aulsi
Market Street
Amsterdam
Miss de Lollo
College of St. Rose
Albany
Kappa Tau Phi Sorority
St. Rose
Troy
National Defense Training School
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church
Waterslet
Church Women Deliver for Flower Guild
The Giant Fruit and Flower Guild of the Troy Woman's Club will deliver Bowers to the sick and shut-ins tomorrow under Memorial Presbyterian Church. Mrs. J Warren Salisbury is chairman. volunteers should notify Mrs. Salisbury, Mrs. Charles S Aldrich, or Mrs. Chauncey L Bradt. Those not receiving bouquets will get a card. donations of flowers are appreciated and left at the clubrooms tomorrow morning. This week the Guild will be in charge of the Emma Whalad Alumpus Association with Mrs. William W Rousseau as chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy Woman’s Club
Memorial Presbyterian Church
J. Warren Salisbury
Salisbury
Charles S. Aldrich
Chauncey L. Bradt
Guild
Emma Whala d Alumpus Association
Willam W. Rousseau
Bride Shower Honors Miss Herrington Before North Carolina
Ethel Cushman of Raymer hosted a surprise shower for her niece Miss Helen Herrington daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry Herrington of Brunswick. The couple married Sunday to First Sergeant John R Wachtel of Brunswick. Thirty guests attended the red white and blue decor featured a bridal cake. The newlyweds left yesterday for North Carolina where Sergeant Wachtel is stationed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Cushman
Raymer
Helen Herrington
Harry Herrington
Brunswick
John R. Wachtel
North Carolina
Sergeant Wachtel
Couple Notes Anniversary
Mr and Mrs James Colaneri were honored at a Sunday evening party at the Lans ingburg home of Mr and Mrs Humbert Colaner for their 11th wedding anniversary. Music by Anthony Bottillo and Humbert Colaner, lawn refreshments, wedding cake, and white gladioli decor. Out of town guests included Mrs Lewis Tricarick and Mrs Joseph Mellow of East Elmhurst L I sister and niece of the honorees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Colaneri
Humbert Colaner
Lansingburg
Anthony Lzbottillo
Humbert Colanem
Lewis Tricarick
Joseph Mellow
East Elmhurst
L. L
Miss Dorr To Be Bride
Miss Helen Dorr daughter of Mrs Catherine Dorr and the late Thomas J Dorr of 25 Van Wert Court will wed Corp Edward 3 Johnson son of the late Mr and Mrs Edward Johnson of this city The corporal before service was with New York Telephone Co Miss Dorr is presently affiliated with Montgomery Ward Co The wedding is set for August 15 at Sacred Heart Church at 2 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Dorr
Catherine Dorr
Thomas J. Dorr
van Wert Court
Corp
Edward 3 Johnson
Edward ¥. Johnson
Corporal Johnson
New York Telephone Co
Mss
Dorr
Montgomery Ward & Co
Sacred Heart Church
Notable Summer Visits and Social Notes Across Town
Mrs Bertram Rebmann from Chestnut Hill Pa arrives Monday to spend the month with her parents Mr and Mrs Frederick K Blanchard on Pinewoods Avenue in Maine Atlis. Winthrop Mincher Dr Richard Ellis Mrs Ells and their son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs John Watters of New York City are spending weeks at Bastin Harbor Me. Miss Sarah B Tibbits of this city a patroness for a Canadian Red Cross bridge party at Murray Bay Quebec hosted by Manoir Tuchehen. Mrs James Lempke and Miss Lilian A Lempke return from Bristol Conn after visiting Mrs DeWitt Page at Mae mere. Mrs William W Morrell of Miami Fla visiting August with her parents Supreme Court Justice Pierce H Russell and Mrs Russell on Pinewoods Avenue. Morrell is the former Miss Anne Russell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertram Rebmann
Chestnut Hil
Frederick K. Blanchard
Pinewoods Avenue
Maine
Atlis
Winthrop Mincher
Richard Ellis
Ells
John Watters
New York City
Bastin Harbor
Sarah B. Tibbits
Murray Bay
Canada
Manoir Tuchehen
William W. Morrell
Miami
Fla
Supreme Court
Pierce H. Russell
Russell
Mra Morrell
Anne Russell
Miss Green Weds G B Martratt at Aunt’s Home
Ruth E Green niece of Mrs. John R. McCarty married George B. Martratt Sunday July 25 at the bride’s aunt’s house. Rev Earl Robinson officiated with John R. McCarty as best man and Miss Anya Sidley as maid of honor. The ceremony featured pink and blue crepe dresses and pink rose bouquets. A buffet luncheon followed and the couple planned a New York City trip before settling at 52 State Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth E Green
John R. McCarty
Congres Street
George B. Martratt
Earl Robinson
Second Baptist Church
Anya Maa Sidley
Giadio
New York City
State Street
Realize $65 for Cigarette Fund Social in Grafton
Taconic Valley Auxiliary in Grafton held a social and dance at Town Hall to raise 65 for the cigarette fund for servicemen overseas. Contributions came from local residents. funds to be presented to Mrs. Belle Okholm at the American Legion convention in New York on Aug 12. The drive runs through Aug 10 and continues next week with more records needed. A crocheted table scarf donated by Mrs. Irving Bonesteel was raffled for the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taconic Valley Auxiliary
Grafton Town Hall
Grafton
Belle Okholm
American Legion
New York
James van Buren
Auxiliary
Catherine Poole
Irving Bonesteel
Weekend visits and hospital update in community notes
Shushan Mr and Mrs Fayette Qua and three sons of Troy spent the weekend with Miss Jennie McIntire. Miss Selma Anderson of Waterbury Conn is spending this week at Mrs Lillian Piser’s home. Mrs Wendell Field daughter of Mr and Mrs Lionel Steele is in University Hospital recovering from a serious operation. Miss Florence Gilchrist who had been visiting her parents has returned to Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayette Qua
Troy
Jennie McIntire
Selma Anderson
Waterbury
Overall Chief For Sicily Named By State Dept
The State Department appointed Wesley A. Sturges to oversee American civilian economic activity in Sicily after hostilities end. Sturges, ex Yale law professor and current Office of Economic Warfare chief in North Africa, will coordinate OEW, Office of Foreign Relief and Rehabilitation, and lend-lease operations through a central staff hub. The Lehman foreign relief mission will continue rebuilding the island’s civilian economy under E. R. Fryer, while Treasury may place representatives in Sicily. In Kingston Marine death, Freder ick James Naccarato, 19, of Kingston N C died from a broken neck after a row dive at a beach in Onslow County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
Sicily
Wesley A. Sturges
Yale University
North Africa
Office of Economic Warfare
Sturges
Sicly
Office of Foreign Relef
OEW
Staf
Treasury Department
Office of Foreign Economic Coordination
Roosevelt
OQEW
Sieily
Herbert H. Lehman
Office of Foreign Relief and Rehabilitation
E. R. Fryer
San Francisco
Office of Indian Affairs and
the War Relocation Authority
Lehman Mission
i= S
Reily
Tunisia
Kingston
Camp LeJeune
New River
N. C
Frederick James Naccarato
Onslow County
Danes Describe Chaos From Hamburg Air Attacks
Danish consulate official in Copenhagen reports all work obligations suspended as Allied bombings halt Hamburg wartime production. A Danish worker quoted in Svenska Dagbladet describes streets burning, ruins everywhere, naked figures, and bodies with eyes open from blast injuries. German authorities acknowledge devastation and question German invincibility as victory remains uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Hamburg
Copenhagen
Germany
Svenska Dagbladet
Round Lake and area social notes and travels
Round Lake Miss Nora Tripp spent the weekend with Miss Rachael McEwan of Ballston Spa. Mr and Mrs Walton Tuck returned to Buffalo after visiting his mother Mrs Willem H Tuck. Miss Barbara Rubin a Vassar College teacher visits her cousin Miss Joanne Palmer. Rubin lives in Tenafly. Mr and Mrs Alpert Evans and daughter returned to Wilmington Del after visiting his parents Mr and Mrs Ernest J Evans. Dr and Mrs Arlington J Seeley returned from Clair Mich where they attended the funeral of his mother Mrs Margaret A Seeley. The annual sale by the Woman's Auxiliary All Saints Episcopal Church is in the Circle at 11 am today with home cooked foods fancy articles mystery packages and two children's tables. Mrs Wilson N Gorham hosted a birthday party for her daughter Linda on her third birthday. Guests included Julie Cheshire Jeanne Baird Zcille Bennet Phyllis Perry Esther Chim Joan O'Brien Doris Gorsling Gail Tritt Gail Glover and Linda's sister Patricia Gorham. Several mothers and Linda's grandmother Mrs C A MacMinn attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nora Tripp
Rachael McEwan
Ballston Spa
Walton Tuck
Buafflo
Willem H. Tuck
Barbara Rubin
Vassar College
Joanne Palmer
Arlington J. Seeley
Claire
Mich
Dr. Seeley
Margaret A Seeley
All Saints’ Episcopal Church
Wilson N. Gorham
Linda
Julie Cheshire
Jeanne Baird
Zacille Bennet
Phyllis Perry
Esther Chim
Joan O'Brien
Doris Gors+line
Gail Tritt
Gail Glover
Patricia Gorham
C. A. Mac Minn
Lutheran Church Services Led By Rev Fanning In Rochester
Raymertown and Melrose Women’s Missionary Society events set for tomorrow and Tuesday. Mrs John Ford hosts a meeting on Aug 10. Banker family reunion at Mrs Phebe MacGrady’s in Troy drew 56 attendees with three brothers and eight sisters present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Wing
Women’s Missionary Society
Melrose
Women's Missionary Society
John Ford
Robert Fanning
Rochester
Lutheran Church
M. C. Snyder
Henrietta Holbritter
Banker
Phebe MacGrady
Troy
Youth returns from YMCA camp at Burden Lake
Syeaway John Duncan Jr of Lord Avenue has come back to his parents Mr and Mrs John Duncan after a vacation at the YMCA camp on Burden Lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Duncan, Jr
Lord Avenue
John Duncan
Y. M.ga
Burden Lake
U S Flyer Dives at Near Sound Speed in P 38
Lt. Col. Cass S Hough, of Plymouth Michigan, diving a P-38 Lightning to 25,000 feet at over 780 mph nearly the speed of sound, earns the Distinguished Flying Cross. His dives in September 1941 and February 1943 yielded invaluable data for fighter pilots and increased the combat usefulness of the P 38 and P 47. He is Daisy Air Rifle co executive and Michigan graduate with a family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Cass S Hough
Plymouth
Mich
Eighth Fighter Command
United States Army Air Forces
Frank O'D. Hunter
Hough
England
Daisy Air-rifle Manufacturing Co
University of Michigan
Republic Aviation Corp
Farmingdale
L. A
War Outlay For July Under June's
Treasury daily statement shows July war outlay about 1 billion less than June at 6.4316 billion, the lowest since February, with June boosted by year end adjustments. July receipts total 2.048 billion, deficit 5.105 billion, gross debt 145.316 billion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Treasury
Donald M. Welson
RFC
Local servicemen and engagements noted in town notices
Greenwich Pvt. Frank M. Bowles of Camp Lee Virginia spends furlough with his wife. Sergt. Frank Corcoran of Camp Shelby Mississippi is home on a 12 day furlough with Mrs. Corcoran and other relatives. Mr and Mrs Elmer Norton announce the engagement of their daughter Ednad Emily to Donald Hedden of West Cornwall Connecticut. Norris Doubleday of the Navy School of Music Washington spending a few days with his parents Mr. and Mrs Edward Doubleday. Services held Sunday at the Methodist Church were the last until Sept 5. The pastor Rev Charles R Edgington is on annual vacation. Sergt Meredith W Hoag stationed at Boca Raton Field Florida is spending a few days with his father Allan A Hoag. Announcement was made of the engagement of Miss Helen M Andrews of Albany to Nicholas Andrews of Cambridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank M. Bowles
Camp Lee
Frank Corcoran
Camp Shelby
Miss
Edward Doubleday
Charles R. Edgington
Meredith W. Hoag
Boca Raton Field
Florida
Allan A. Hoag
Helen M. Andrews
Albany
Nicholas Andrews
Cambridge
Argyle Social Guests Attend Sunday Visit
Cassaguna Mr and Mrs John Greenford Miss Naida Richards and Donald McBough of Argyle spent Sunday with A KK Richards and Leola R Barkley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Greenford
Naida “Richards
Donald McBough
Argyle
A. KK. Richards
Leola R. Barkley
Rehearsal Delayed for Wynants Kill Band at Firemen Hall
Firemen's Hall unavailable, the Wynants Kill Community Band rehearsal moved to Friday night. Announcement says next week the regular rehearsal will resume on Wednesday as usual.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wynantskill
Moonlight Moonshine Raid Revived Nevada
Federal agents revived a moonshiner raid in Nevada over the weekend and reported breaking up a bootleg ring selling illicit whiskey in the Las Vegas area. The operation indicates ongoing efforts to curb illegal alcohol activity in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reno
Nev
Nevada
Las Vegas
Area Men Sent to Manhattan Beach for Coast Guard Training
Two Troy area men were transferred by the U S Coast Guard to Manhattan Beach for basic training. Ensign Doris B Menshaw in Albany announced the transfers including Norman A Bernard of Cohoes and James E Fitzgerald of Rensselaer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy Area
U. S. Coast Guard
Manhattan Beach
Doris B. Menshaw
Coast Guard
Albany
Norman A. Bernard
Cohoes
James E. Fitzgerald
Rensselaer
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aAndreax Stuke
William Behan
Private Behan
Hoosick Falls
Camp McCain
Veronica Stuka
Maude Towne
Broadway
Postoffice
Watervliet
aAndack Studio
Frederck LeBlanc
Corporal LeBlanc
Bennington
Vera Alecnovic
Anthony Alecnovic
Camp Edwards
Mass
Miss Dorr
James Lempke
Lilian A. Lempke
Bristol
Conn
DeWitt Page
Maemere
Miss Green Bride
G. B. Martratt
Shushan
James H. Donnelly, Jr
Anne of
Lockport
James H. Donnelly
Dorothy Donnelly Long
South Lake Avenue
Captain Donnelly
Army Medical Corps
Australia
Round Lake
Raymertown
Syeaway
U. S
Greenwich
Twin Falls
Ida
Salt Lake City
Hazel Sharp
Red Cross
Kearns Army Air Base Hospital
Post Library
Pocatello, Ida
Jimmie McNichols
Edward H. Lindhall
Pocatello Army Air Base
Lamp
SUN
Harrington
Willie Lamp
Vee
Marives
Minnie Spotted Wolf
Marines Women's Reserve
John
Maggie Spotted Wolf
Marine Corps
Heart Butte
Mont
Syracuse
Neb
E C. Finke
Paul Presly
Pont Whittle” Corns
Bauer & Slack
Department of Assessment and Taxation
City of
City Hall
Central Fire Station
Troy High School
Stanton P. Lee
Tetallin
East Schodack
Rensselaer County
Siatia Brukley
Harria Jon
East Schodack, N
Tome
Blue
Grayson
Srrnsi
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