Guard Truck Unit Seeks Recruits for Second Regiment
Lieut Wentworth of the Second Section Third Truck Company calls for volunteers at the Armory on Fifteenth Street. Vacancies exist for drivers with or without Griver experience. new Army trucks from Camp Smith will support general transport for the Second Regiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wl Wentworth
State Guard
Sifteenth Street
Peekskill
Camp Smith
I Dominick Piscavelli
Edward Jasper
Army
Gerald Marchese
Navy
Ce Np Smith
Wentworth
Bernard W. Kearney
Lester Cughee
Air Medal Awarded to Sergeant Pascarell
Sergeant Anthony F Pascarell tail gunner in the Eighth Air Force Liberator unit earned the Air Medal for meritorious achievement on heavy bombardment missions over occupied Europe. He is son of Mrs Rose Pasarell of 12 Liberty Street and a Troy High School graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony F. Pescarell
Eighth Air Force
Europe
Rose Pastarell
Liberty Street
Pascarell
Troy High School
ALE. F
Wright, Underwear Co
Waterford Visitors Sailor Tales and Local Notices
Waterford notes include a Belfast radio officer visiting 46 Eighth Street, reflecting on four years with the British Merchant Marine and wartime adventures. The town also lists library hours, personal updates, church activities, youth group reorganization, and funeral services for Grace L Graham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James J. Rolston
Eighth Street
Waterford
Robston
George Henry Pearson
Belfast
Ireland
Great Britain
Australia
Martha Pearson
WAAF
England
Daniel McMaster
Poysl Air Force
Canada
Alex Pearson
End Corp
John Pearson
Air Corps
Sam
General Walker of Pittsfield Killed in Action
Brig. Gen. Nelson ML Walker of Pittsfield was killed in Normandy while leading an assault on a German position. Aged five years since his service, he had been honored with the Legion of Merit and the Purple Heart. His widow Doris and daughter Nancy reside in Pittsfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson ML Walker
Normandy
Walker Ap Lhé
Perrin Walker
Walker
Army
Washington
Pearl Harbor
France
Doris Walke
Pittsfeld
Nancy
Red Cross
Whitehall Girl Injured After Fall From Tower
Miss Joyce AleKee an 18 year old from Whitehall sustained serious injuries when she fell twenty feet from a diving tower at Lake St. Catherine. Face injuries shock and two missing teeth reported. treated at Pair Haven and at home by Dr. Leslie A. White after attempting to descend from the tower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joyce AleKee
Whitehall
Vernon L. McKee
Lake St. Catherine
Pair Haven
Leslie A. White
Waterford Parents Plan franks roast fundraiser
Members of the Waterford Half Moon School District No 1 PTA will host a frankfurter roast Saturday at 6 p.m. at the home of Mrs Matthew Kelts on the Waterford Mechanville Road. Mrs Percy Willetts chairs the event and leads a committee including Mrs Arthur Vermelyen Mrs Charles Kuhen Mrs Charles Morse and Mrs Kelis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterford-Halfmoon
Parent- Teachers’ Association
Matthew Kelts
Waterford-Mechanicville
Percy Willetts
Arthur Vermelyen
Charles Kuhen
Charles Morse
Kelis
Arsenal Workers Clamsteam Fourth Annual Event
The fourth annual clamsteam by PB My Department at Water Viier Arsenal will be held Sunday August 27 at La Salle Field in Lar Singburg. About four hundred guests are invited including Brig Gen Gillespie Mandan and Maj H Moffe works manager. Frederick Pring is honorary chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterviier Arsenal
la Salle Field
Larsingburg
AL. G. Gillespie
Arsenal
Maj
HH. Moffe
Rederick H. Pring
P.M
Lea Adams
Albert Casey
Frederick ‘Taylor
James A ‘Folan
Walter Cantweil
Leon Benoir
Lloyd Barlow
Harry DeVan
Octave Moise
George Potter
John Geiss
Arthur Golden
Raymond Leonard
John Sweeney
John Liotia
Clarence Belinick
Private Joseph J. Foster Wounded on Saipan
Private Joseph J. Foster, 23, son of Harry E. Foster of 400 Fourth Street, was wounded on Saipan with the 105th Infantry Company on July 8. A letter dated July 22 and received Aug. 1 says he was lucky in the battle of Selpan. Foster attended Troy High School and worked for Clueti, Peabody Co. before joining the Blaze Guard eight years ago. his brother George Foster serves in the Navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saipan
Pfe
Carmen J. D’augustine
105Th Infantry
Margaret McGregor
Sixth Avenue
D’augustine
Makin
Gilberts
Eniewetok
Troy
Troy High School
Joseph J. Foster
Harry E. Foster
Fourth
Street
Foster
Selpan
Foster J
Clueti, Peabody Co
Blaze Guard
George ‘Poster
Navy
Retired Dr. Smith Dies at Home After Long Ophthalmology Career
Dr. Smith, a retired ophthalmologist, died at his home after a long career spanning Troy Cohoes Hudson River area and extending to Poughkeepsie. He studied at Cornell and Columbia Eye and Ear Hospital, practiced in multiple hospitals, and is survived by his wife Mary, four children, and several grandchildren. Funeral set for 2:30 p.m. at Earl Memorial Chapel Wood Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams Smith
Semeritas Hospital
Fer Chen
Dr. Smith
Ofice Om
Ren
A. Leland Ng
George PF. de Forboy
Brandchidren
Zandra Turpell
Adama de Forest de Forest
Guy Galen
Earl Memorial
Chatwood
Home Canning Film to Be Shown at School
A home canning demonstration led by Dorothy Donnelhy Long, under the board of education, will be shown at School 22 at 2 pm. The program covered pressure canning and hot water bath methods, based on a national survey of canning problems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Donnelhy Long
Board of Education
Soldier Adolph Brown Improving After Saipan Wound
Corporal Adolph J L Brown son of Mr and Mrs Howard Christopher of 165 Fourth Street writes that he is recovering from a bullet wound to his left leg in a hospital on Saipan He was wounded June 2 and says he is getting good care and will be up and around soon He served with the Medical Detachment of the 105th Infantry and has fought in three major Pacific battles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie Stephens
Second Street
Ocean Grove
N. J
Matthew T. Hares
State
Sureet
Syracuse
J. Fisher
Fisher
J. E. Alderman
Saratoga Avenue
Buffalo
The
Methodist Church
Marvin Hazzard
Grace Episcopal Church
James T. Kerr
Cath Fark
Waterford Methodist Church
Clinton Merritt
C. Wilson Chemberlin
Raymond Dingman
Donald L. Marino
Adolph JL Brown
Howard Christopher
Fourth Street
Saipan
War Department
Corporal Brown
105Th Infqnitry
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Air Medal
Martie Firearms Co
Fea
Norwich
Chas. H. Gardner Agency
First St
Troy, N
Watervliet
Arseriare
James F
Tray
Anthony Raltanasco
Schenectady
E. Bevid Jacques
Joan A. Deardul
John L. Metz, Jr. Menands
Arthur Hansen
Hansen Reaély
A. G. Gillespie
Ruth Thornton
E. S. Webster
M. D. Irwin
Grace L Graham
St Mary's Church
Francis
E. O'Bryan
G. S. AL Sirs
Marybelie Cuomo
Jesus
Margaret l Golten
Walker of
Pittsfield
James Doody
Thomas Doody
Joseph Doody
Cornelius Whaten
Philip Pallozzi
Frank Whiting
St Mary's Cemetery
Father Oryan
Lady Fair
Wm. H. Frear & Co
Botany and Forstmann
America
McCall
Forstmann
Cohama
Eri
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