Cohoes Girl Weds Navy Carpenter In Sacred Heart Ceremony
Alice Aline Robert daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry Robert of Cohoes wed Harold A Vadney warrant carpenter in the Navy at Sacred Heart Church Cohoes. The ceremony featured nuptial music and a reception at the bride’s home. After a Lake Placid honeymoon the couple will live in Key West Florida where the groom is stationed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Aline Robert
Henry Robert
Continental Avenue
Cohoes
Harold A. Vadney
Navy
Woodhaven
L. L
Sacred Heat
Raymond Robert
Leena Vadney
Lous Davin
General Electric Colm
Key West
Fla
Evelyn Scism
Whitehall
Winfred Polhemus
New York
Gitr
Catholic League To Distribute Flowers Today
The Catholic Women's Service League of Troy will distribute flowers to the sick and shut ins tomorrow for the Plant Flower and Fruit Guild of the Troy Woman's Club. Mrs Charles E McCarthy, chairman, said flower contributions and donations would be appreciated and those not receiving flowers will be remembered with cards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catholic Women’s Service League of Troy
Troy Woman's Club
Charles E. McCarthy
Bride's Book of Plans at Whitneys Store Gift
Brides-to-be are invited to Whitney's at 47 North Pearl Street to receive a free 165 page Bride's Book of Plans. Register with the store's brides consultant on the second floor to obtain a plastic bound volume that aids wedding arrangements beginning weeks before the big day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitney's
North Pearl St
Whitney’s
Troy Girl Engaged To Air Cadet
Mrs Pearl Lallman of 605 Third Avenue announces the engagement of her daughter Lois Lallman to Aviation Cadet Wiliam G. Christensen Army Air Corps son of Mr and Mrs Nels F Christensen of 425 Fifth Avenue Cadet Christensen is a Lansingburg High School graduate finishing pre flight training at Syracuse University Lois Lallman is a Behr Manning Corp engineering graduate The couple has not set a wedding date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Lallman
Third Avenue
Lois Lallman
Wiliam G. Christensen
Army Air Corps
Nels F. Christensen
Fifth Avenue
Miss Lallman
Lansingbore High School
Agaon
Behr-Manning Corp
Christensen
Lansingburg High School
Syracuse University
Miss Jameson Weds Marine Officer in Mechanicville
Miss Olive E. Jameson daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles E Jameson Mechanicville married Lieut Mark F Collins of the Marine Corps son of Mrs Elizabeth Collins also Mechanicville The ceremony was at St Pauls Church Mechanicville conducted by Rev Joseph E Hyson A reception followed at Cypress Inn Loudonville Road Attendants wore aqua and yellow outfits Orchids featured in corsages Both families and out of town guests attended from Schenectady Philadelphia Saratoga Springs Wappingers Falls Rutland and nearby areas
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olive E. Jameson
Charles E. Jameson
Mechaniccville
Mark F. Collins
Marne Corps
Elizabeth Collins
Mechanicville
St. Paul’s Church
Joseph E. Hyson
Frank Shaw
Joseph Collins
Wilkes-Barre
Cypacan’s
Albany
Collins
Mechanicville High School
Union College
University of Alabama
Schenectady Gazette
Schenectady
Philadelphia
Saratoga Springs
Wappingers Falls
Rutland
Watervliet Bride Weds in Troy Church Ceremony
Miss Marie E. Bostick daughter of Mr and Mrs John Bostick of 2417 Highth Avenue Watervliet became the bride last Wednesday of Elden Deskins son of Mr and Mrs P B Deskins of Pomona Kansas The ceremony was at St Pauls Evangelical Church Troy at 5 pm with Rev H P Vieth officiating The couple will reside in Lowell Massachusetts after a wedding journey
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie E. Bostick
John Bostick
Highth Avenue
Watervliet
Elden Deskins
P. B. Deskins
Pomona
Kan
St Paul's Evangelical Church
H. P. Vieth
Steimhalber
Lucy Vartigan
Edward Bostick
Lowell
Mass
Deskins
Bebr-Manning Corp
Teleweld Co
Chicago
Town News Roundup of Home Visits and Guests
Mrs Herbert S Ide returned from Syracuse after weeks away. Miss Dorothy Anna Diefendorf of Glens Falls visits a week with her aunt Miss Isabel R Mann on Sage Avenue. Mrs Edward Roby Jr and children Polly and Barbara of Peoria Ill visit Mrs Roby’s mother Mrs William W Rousseau for several weeks. Prof Edwin A Fessenden and Mrs Fessenden of Oakwood Avenue host houseguests son Second Lieutenant James D Fessenden of the Marine Corps and daughters Mrs James W Squires of Charlotte NY and Miss Eleanor Fessenden of Binghamton. Mrs Squires is with her husband. Lieutenant Fessenden recently graduated from the 29th Reserve Officers’ Class at Quantico Va.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Anna Diefendorf
Glens Falls
Isabel R Mann
Sage Avenue
Edward Roby, Jr
Polly and
Barbara
Peoria, Ill
Mrs. Roby
William W. Rousseau
Fessenden
Edwin A. Fessenden
Oakwood Avenue
James D. Fessenden
Marine Corps
James W. Squires
Charlotte, N. Y
Eleanor Fessenden
Binghamton
Squires
Quantico. Va
Change Location of Lawn Party By RPL Women's Club
The lawn party set for tomorrow by the R P L Women's Club moves from Mrs William Nolier on Brunswick Road to Mrs Wilbur H Caney 64 First Street Waterford. It starts at 2 pm. Miss Mary Agnes Gruber wed James Joseph Peters at noon Monday in Schuylerville rectory. Rev Joseph P Kelly officiated. Attendants were Miss Marie Peters and John Peters. An executive meeting of the Rensselaer County W C T U is tonight at 8 at the W C A. Townsend Club No 2 holds its regular meeting Friday at 8 pm at the W C L AL.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. P. L Women's Club
William Nolier
Brunswick Road
Wilbur H. Caney
First Street
Waterford
Mary Agnes Gruber
Charles Houseman
Chestnut Street
Schuylerville
James Joseph Peters
Emelia Peters
Pearl Street
Church of the Visitation
Joseph P. Kelly
Marie Peters
John Peters
Townsend Club No. 2
Watervliet Man To Take Bride
Mr and Mrs Urban Longaker of Bayside announce the engagement of their daughter Miss Lilan Longaker to Pvt Norman W Roberts US Marine Corps son of Mr and Mrs William O Roberts of Watervliet. Miss Longaker is a Syracuse Central High School and Hunter College graduate. Roberts also attended Syracuse Central High and Rensselaer, now at Cornell Ithaca training to become an officer. No date set for wedding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Urban Longaker
Bayside
L. 1
Lilan Longaker
Norman W. Roberts
Wiliam O. Roberts
Watervliet
Miss Longaker
Syracuse Central High School
Hunter College
New York
Mr. Roberts
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institutute
Bethesda Home To Conduct Lawn Party Sept 17
The Bethesda Home Board of Managers met with Mrs Henry Martin presiding. Devotions by Mrs Robert Ewing and piano by Mrs Homer Warren opened the session. Reports were given by Secretary Mrs Edward Webster Treasurer Mrs Ralph Bodie and home superintendent Mrs Taylor. The Missionary Society of Evangelical Lutheran Church visited in July and served refreshments. Plans were set for a lawn party at the home on Friday Sept 17 at 2 30 pm chaired by Mrs Henry Martin with committees for baked goods salads ice cream and fanned goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Managers
Bethesda
Henry Martin
Robert Ewing
Homer Warren
Edward Webster
Ralph Bodie
Taylor
Missionary Society Ofhhe Evangelican Lutheran Church
Oakley Sharpe
W. W. Wilson
Phoebe Burnt
Willard Bead
Bessie Young
Fred Bunce
Robert Flamey
Otto Lehman
Mechanicville Bride Weds Corp Gordon Mercer at Pope Field
Irene Elizabeth Bodaner and Corporal Gordon C. Mercer wed at Pope Field Chapel Fort Bragg. Mercer, son of the late Mrs. Aurelia Carey of Schenectady, is an educator at Jefferson School Schenectady and a 1943 Army inductee. Mrs. Mercer wore a brown garbardine suit with white accessories. Mercer previously worked at General Electric in Schenectady's motor generator unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Bodner
Chestnut Street
Mechanicville
Irene Elizabeth Bodaner
Corp
Gordon C. Mercer
Aurelia Carey
Schenectady
Pope Field Chapel
Fort Binge
Mre. Mercer
Schuylerville High School
Oneonta Teachers
Teachers’ College
Jefferson School
Corporal Mercer
Nott Terrace
Albany School of Accounting
General Electric Co
Hae
Pope Field
N. C
Local Notes From Glen Rock and Nearby Areas
Local social notes list Miss Frances Beale recovering from appendicitis surgery at Samaritan Hospital. Visitors include Miss Ann Clement of Waterford visiting cousin in Glen Rock. Family travels include Mr and Mrs Samuel McNrell and children to Cossaguna Lake. Others report trips to Ocean Grove Boston Glenburnie Lake George and Babcock Lake. St Marys Church prepares the annual triduum for the feast of the assumption with masses and services led by Rev James J Dagey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Beale
the Samaritan Hospital
Ann Tresa Clement
The
Waterford-Mechanicville Road
Glen Rock
Samuel McNrell
Henry
Pegsy
Cossaguna Lake
Grace F. West
Ocean Grove
Boston
Clara Gray
Mae Burke
Babcock Lake
St. Mary’s Church
James J. Dagey
Miss Shaver Weds Edward Riley in Sacred Heart Rectory
Miss June Shaver daughter of Mr and Mrs Lewis Shaver of Second Avenue Lansingburg and Edward Riley son of Mr and Mrs Arthur Riley of 6 Miller Avenue were married Sunday in Sacred Heart Church rectory at 2 PM Rev Edward T Reilly officiating Miss Phyllis DeRenzo was maid of honor Robert Willis was best man The couple will reside at 21 Second Avenue after a honeymoon in Long Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
June Shaver
Lewis Shaver
Second Avenue
Lansingburg
Edward Riley
Arthur Riley
Miller Avenue
Sacred Heart Church
Edward T. Reilly
Phyllis DeRenzo
Robert Willis
Lansingburg W C T U Hears Annual Report
The Lansingburg W C T U met at St Mark's Church with President Mrs F R Kenyon presiding. Devotions were led by Mrs W Thurston Gibbs and Mrs Cora Lund led the choir. Reports were given by Secretary Miss Elizabeth Maxwell and Treasurer Mrs W E Hughes, plus a Red Cross rooms report and a vocal solo by Mrs Gibbs. The first meeting of the 1943 44 season will be Sept 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansingburg
St. Mark's Church
F. R. ¥. Kenyon
W. Thurston Gibbs
Cora Lund
Elizabeth Maxwell
W. E. Hughes
Y. M. C. A. Campers Begin Final Period Sunday
The Troy Y. M. C. A. summer camp at Camp Van Schoonhoven Burden Lake will start Sunday and run until August 21. Camp director M. W. Paine said the camp household totals 140, same as the last period, with about 80 boys expected for a Kingston Point boat trip. Dr. A. W. Benson reported the general health of the camp is excellent after a routine check-up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy Y. M. C
Camp van Schoonhoven
Burden Lake
M. W. Paine
Kingston Point
A. W. Benson
Life Bowl of Sour Cherries For Pilot at Guadalcanal
Capt Lloyd E B Whitley of Highpoint North Carolina flies with the 42nd Bombardment Group on Guadalcanal. During a nightly snooper mission he crawled into the bomb bay to change fuses as the doors jammed and later dropped two bombs on a Japanese base, earning praise and a stern rebuke for the dangerous stunt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guadalcanal
INS
Lloyd EB. Whitley
Highpoint
N.C
Whitley
North Carolina
Kula Gulf
New Georgia
Beatrice Wheatley Hosts Farewell WAVES Party
Miss Beatrice M Wheatley daughter of Mr and Mrs Harold Wheatley of 1523 Fifth Avenue Watervliet enlisted in the WAVES and was guest of honor at a farewell party given by her sister Miss Mar joie Wheatley on Monday night Approximately twenty attended She is a Tu High School graduate and worked at the Cluett Peabody cravat office before reporting Thursday to begin basic training at Hunter College
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beatrice M. Wheatley
Harold Wheatley
Fifth Avenue
Watervliet
Marjoie Wheatley
Miss Wheatley
Tio High School
Halt Blaze in Arsenal Dynamo
Fire at Watervliet Arsenal broke out in the main dynamo room and was quickly put out. The blaze caused only slight damage with no injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arsenal Dynamo
Watervliet Arsenal
East Side Social Notes Highlight Local Seabees Family News
East Side residents share weekend updates from Leland Palitsch a Seabee sailor stationed in Davisville R I to visiting relatives Ed Marco of the Army Medical Detachment Utah and Misses Ella Shields Flo Marquin Mrs Louise Schumann wounded after a leg fracture and multiple family visits including Martha's Vineyard and Ogunquit Me plus seamen Pvt Harry E Whitney with Marines in the Southwest Pacific and Chanute Field Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Palitsch
Winter Street
Leland
Seabees
Davisville
Ed Marco
Army Medica Detachment
Utah
Ella Shields
Flo Marquin
William H. Bell, Jr
Forrest Avenue
Harold Bell
Corp
Joseph P. Huskie
Aberdeen Proving Grounds
Woodlawn Court
Sophie Kavanaugh
Pawling Avenue
Ogunquit, Me
Louise Schumann
Leonard Hospital
William
Baylis
Ned
McChesney Court
Martha's Vineyard
Lucille Baylis
Robert J. Whitney
William C. Whitney
Ford Avenue
Army Air Force School
Balkan Tensions Rise as Balkans See Political Upheaval
Rising political tension in Bulgaria and Hungary was reported from the Balkans. In Sofia opposition deputies under Nicholas Moushanoff prepared a deputation to King Boris demanding swift action to avert catastrophe. Rumors claimed Premier Bogdan Filoff fled Sofia with a pro Allied government taking power. Hungary saw student riots trigger a cabinet clash with calls to resign. Premier Kallay consulted Regent Horthy on the crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Istanbul
Bulgaria
Hungary
Balkans
Sofia
Nicholas Moushanoff
Boris
Balkan
Bogdan Filoff
Nicholas Kallay
Nicholas Horthy
Bomb Run Ends In Jammed Racks Over Target
A veteran captain faces mounting strain as his bomb racks jam repeatedly during a mission. Two other Mitchell aircraft score four direct hits while their destroyer breaks apart. Captain Whitley of Highpoint North Carolina endures extreme pressure as the crew scrambles for action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitley
Lurfe
Highpoint
N. C
Whitleys
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Catholic League
Brules
Troy
Mrs. Elden Deskins
Miss Jameson
Marine Officer
Fur Showy
Vew
Bombay
Gerten Fur
Fourth ST
Taoyaly
Troy Church
Herbert S. Ide
Yestead
Syracuse
W.C.T.U
Rensselaer County
W. C.T.U
W.C.A
Lillian Longaker
Miss Shaver Bride of
W.C.T.U. Hears. Annual Report
Life
Lieut
Chalmer Gustafson
Duluth
Minn
Japair
Vila
Isl Jang If
Kolombangara
Gus
East Side
Zero
St. Paul Proctor
4Th ST
Stroock’s
Coats
HerBert
Fulton
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