Purcell Maslyn wedding at St Ambrose Latham
Miss Joan A Purcell daughter of Mr and Mrs Edmund Purcell of Goodrich Avenue and Troy Schenectady Road united in marriage Tuesday at St Ambrose Church Latham to Private First Class Masiyn son of Mr and Mrs Alphonse Maslyn of Clifton Springs. The ceremony was at 9 30 am with Rev Cleary and Rev Cronin. The couple will reside in Albany after a trip to Sacco Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan A. Purcell
Edmund
Purcell
Goodrich Avenue
Troy- Schenectady Road
Raymond A. Maslyn
Alphonse L. Maslyn
Pearl Street
Clifton Springs
St. Ambrose Church
Latham
Willian S. J. Cleary
Daniel Cronin
C. F. Burton
Jane Burns
Harold Maslyn
Army Mix Corps
Alexander Hofstetter
Henry Tripp
Helen Cathout
Park Avenue
Spring Street
Atlantic City visit of the Conway and Vreeland party
Mr and Mrs. Henry A Conway spend two weeks in Atlantic City New Jersey visiting classmates Lois Vreeland of Morristown arrives today at the home of her mother Mrs Lucretia Eckert Orth on Brunswick Road Miss Vreeland is a classmate of Miss Orth at Edgewood Junior College Briarcliff Manor New York
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
Henry A. Conway
N. J
Lois Vreeland
Morristown
N.J
Lucretia Eckert Orth
Brunswick Road
Miss Vreeland
Miss Orth
Edgewood Junior College
Briarcliff Manor
Miss O'Bryan Engaged to Soldier in Air Corps
Mr and Mrs Harvey Myers announce the engagement of their daughter Miss Mine O Bryan to Pvt Robert Vanderheyden of the Army air Corps son of Mrs John Vanderheyden of Green Island The couple plan a future wedding Miss O Bryan is a Troy High School graduate and with Behr Manning aviation division Vanderheyden is stationed in Fresno Cal and at home on furlough for a few days No wedding date is set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Myers
Tenth Street
Mine O'Bryan
Robert Vanderheyden
Army Air Corps
John Vanderheyden
Arch Street
Green Island
Miss O'Bryan
Troy High School
Aviation
Behr-Manning Corp
Vanderheyden
Fresno
Cal
Claud Sipes
Claremont, N. C
Witha Sipes
Pvt
Francis 3. McHale
Frank J. McHale
153
Seventh Avenue
Troy Central W C T U Has Final Meeting
The Troy Central W C T U held the last meeting of the year at the home of Mrs. Herbert Large on Brunswick Avenue. Miss Katherine Ott presided in the president’s absence and led devotions. Reports from departments were read and incoming president Mrs. Kornetzky announced the county convention at the W C A on Sept 14 with sessions. The next meeting is Sept 9 with new officers presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy Central
W.C T.U
Herbert Large
Brunswick Avenue
Katherine Ott
Beatrice Dallas
Ott
Martha, Kornetzky
Local residents host and visit relatives across states
Personal notices list Mrs Grace Butz of Jacksonville Fla visiting Mrs N Powers of Reid Avenue while Mrs Bertha Brownell of Lansingburg convalesces after surgery at Leonard Hospital. Several families travel or host in New York Latham Lake George and Camp Waziyagah. Lieutenant Reid returns on leave from the Army Air Corps as his brother Robert enters service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N Powers
Reid Avenue
Grace Butz
Jacksonville
Fla
Bertha Brownell
Second Avenue
Lansingburg
Leonard Hospital
Albert Curtis
Rutland, Vi
John Donnelly
Hendrick Hudson
P T Francis To Wed Next Month
Engagement announced for Miss Priscila Thorn dike of Forestside Farm Mullis Mass to Pomeroy Tucker Francis U S NLR quartermaster third class son of Mrs T Preston Lockwood of 1075 Park Avenue New York City. Wedding planned for September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Priscila Thorndike
Richard King Thorndike
Forestside Farm
Mullis
Mass
Pomeroy Tucker
Francis
U.S Nlr
T. Preston Lockwood
Park Avenue
New York City
Pomaroy Tucker Francis
Eugene Warren
John M. Francis
This City
Charles B. McEwan
Loudonville
Charles & Francis
Greece
Austria Hungary
Troy Couple Engaged to Wed
Mr and Mrs George J Hat of Griswold Avenue announce the engagement of their daughter Elizabeth F Hart to Victor A Mochon machinist mate second class of the Navy. Hart and Mochon are Catholics Central High School graduates. Hart studied accounting at Cluett Peabody. Mochon served at Waterbury Arsenal before enlisting and is now in the South Pacific war zone. No date set for the wedding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George J Hat
Griswold Avenue
Elizabeth F. Hart
Victor A. Mochon
Navy
Henry Mochon
Second Street
Hart
Catholic Central High School
Cluett, Peabody & Co
Vnc
Machon
Watervliet Arsenal
Dinners and Socials Highlight Local Notices
A series of social events and announcements from Menands Troy and surrounding areas includes a farewell dinner for Edith M Campbell who will marry Staff Sergeant Stanley G Lindgren at Columbia Air Base. Miss Hattie Hairs named assistant national aide for the National Auxiliary Army and Navy Union. A card party planned by the Botton Women’s Relief Corps and a brush demonstration at Mrs. Harts home are also noted with event details and locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Campbell
Cemetery Avenue
Menands
Stanley G Lindgren
Edith M. Campbell
Leigt
Columbia Air Base
S. C
Lindgren
Trinidad
Hattie Hairs
Army and Navy Union
Harts
National Auxiliary
Sixth Avenue
Sarah Harris
16Th Street
Botton Women's Relief Corps
Danish Brotherhood Hall
Lansingburg
Miss Coons Married at Mechanicville
Miss Laitan Betty Coons daughter of Harold E Coons of Mechanicville married Avialon Cadet Arthur Joseph Hebert son of Mr and Mrs Arthur Hebert of Mechanicville at St Pauls rectory Mechanicville Wednesday at 7 pm Rev Lawrence M Gerrity officiated The bride wore white satin with high neckline and train maid of honor Kathryn Ruth Coons wore blue marquisette with lace corsage of gardenias Best man was John E Holland reception at the bride’s home Couple leaves for a wedding trip to an unannounced destination Both graduates of Mechanicville High School Mrs Hebert works for New York Telephone Co Hebert stationed at Shepherd Field Texas Out of town guests came from Hadley Troy Orangeburg and Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laitan
Betty Coons
Harold E. Coons
South Second Avenue
Mechanicville
Avialon
Arthur Joseph Hebert
Arthur Hebert
North Main Street
St Paul's Rectory
Lawrence M. Gerrity
Mass
Kathryn Ruth Coons
John, E. Holland
Mechanicville High School
Hebert
New York Telephone Co
Shepherd Field
Tex
Hadley
Troy
Orangeburg
Oklahoma
Former Trojan Bridegroom Marries in New York City
Miss Ruth Edith Armstrong daughter of Mrs T Major Armstrong of the Bronx wed Lt Edmund Dwight Northup Jr son of Mass George Browning of Forest Hills at the Church of the Transfiguration in New York City. The ceremony was officiated by Rev Charles A Weatherbee with Grace Armstrong as maid of honor and Gordon Gary as best man. The bride attended Katherine Gibbs School and will reside with her husband at Fort Belvoir Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Ruth Edith Armstrong
T. Major Armstrong
Bronx
Edmund Dwight Northup, Jr
Mass
George Browning
Forest Hills
L. I
Gladys Morgan
Edmund Northup
Church of the Transfiguration
Rov
Charles A. Weatherbee
Grace Armstrong
Muss
Paula McGee
Yonkers
Gordon Gary
U. S WN. OR
Charles E. Weiss
Saddie River
N. J
Waldorf Astoria
Katherine Gibbs
Northup
New Yok University
Fort Belvoir
Miss Bennett Weds Ralph R McCumber in Schenectady
Hague announces the marriage of Lucille D Bennett to Ralph R McCumber. The ceremony was conducted yesterday at the First Congregational Church Schenectady by Rev Arthur K Blaze. Lucille, a Hague High School and College of St Rose alumna, will reside in Schenectady after a Canada wedding trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LeRoy Bennett
Hague
Lucille D. Bennett
Ralph R. McCumber
G. W Bahcock
Petersburg
First Congregational Church
Schenectady
Arthur K. Blaze
Hague High School
College of St. Rose
Albany
McCumber
General Electric Co
Canada
Jewish Center Camp to Open Final Period
The Troy Jewish Community Center day camp enters its last two weeks of a eight week program with a busy schedule. Activities include a Parents Day on Aug 15 a treasure hunt a nature hike a baseball game against Albany Jewish Center Aug 17 and a special swim program under Emmanuel Elfenbein. Rabbinic speakers and various contests plus a camp rally with crafts exhibition are planned for September at the center. Bernard Carp of the National Jewish Welfare Board praises the program as the most unique of its kind among upstate centers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ce-da-ca
Troy Jewish Community Center
Adele Gold
Albany Jewish Center
Troy Jewish Center
Mid City Park
Emmanuel Elfenbein
Joel Geffen
Alan Green
Isaac Teicher
Alberta Braveman
Ben Cohen
Ada Levine
Rosalyn Schwebel
Larry Koenig
Audrey Silverman
Estelle Novick
Eileen Solomon
Bernard Carp
National Jewish Welfare Board
Upstate
Mid- City
New York State
Tiev Jewish Center
Local notices and church events from Poestenkill area
Residents report returns from hospitals and visits with relatives. The Ladies Society of the Church of Christ holds its annual meeting at the church and a ham supper benefits Hillside Cemetery. Church services, communion, and Sunday School plans are announced with talks by Rev. Lester R. Snell and others.
Sailors face Communist pressure amid New Deal reforms
In Washington the New Deal labor and maritime agencies backed reforms after long mistreatment of sailors. Disciplinary backlash followed as some crews and officers faced persistent nagging and drunkenness reports. Communists push for sailors, while new ships require many licensed and unlicensed personnel. Government pushes civilian workers into unions, shifting balance at sea and ashore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Deal
Washington
United States
Armed Guard
Departments At Arsenal Stress Safety
Safety emphasis at Arsenal departments on page three continues with notes on vacationing staff and social visits. Mary McDermott entertained coworkers at Burden Lake with Grate Really Pauline Soroka Ella Loveday and Anna Cassidy among attendees. Private Whimpie visited by Roonie Kurta in Virginia during a Tan Repair Shop employee’s break.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tank Shop News
Mary McDermott
Burden Lake
Grate Really
Pauline Soroka
Ella Loveday
Anna Cassidy
Roonie Kurta
Pvt
William Whimpie
Virginia
Private Whimpie
Tan Repair Shop
CARE OF WOUNDED ON GUADALCANAL
Carlisle Barracks report says wounded soldiers on Guadal canal stayed within daylight to dark reach of battalion aid stations and within 24 hours of the division hospital. Statements come from Lieut. Col. A. H. Thompson, a Marine Corps medical officer who recently returned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlisle Barracks
Guadalcanal
A. H. Thompson
Marine Corps
Sunday services canceled at Eagle Mills Methodist Church
The Eagle Mills church will not hold Sunday services as pastor Rev G H Pettingell and Mrs Pettingell are on vacation. Sister Hileen Joseph of Amsterdam visits, air crew student William H Miller is transferred to Nashville, and Pvt Joseph L Welch leaves for Camp Rucker with the Army Medical Corps. Bible School at 10 am led by Miss Lorna Schriner, communion at 11 am. Pastor Paul E Diehl and family will be away August 15 and 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
G H. Pettingell
Joseph L. Welch
Catherine Welch
Mary
Kathleen
Camp Rucker
Ala
Army Medical Corps Services
Christ
Lorna Schriner
Sicily to Get Coal in 1944 Weekly Volumes
Sicily will receive from 50 660 to 30 000 tons of coal weekly in 1944 from British coal bins. Nicaragua sends rubber, having exported 2 500 000 pounds of raw rubber to the United States during 1942 and 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sicily
Nicaragua
U. S
Troy Board Announces 1943 44 Public School Calendar
The Troy Board of Education released a war adjusted 1943 44 calendar with 186 school days and potential changes due to transportation or fuel limits. Schools start Sept 7, 1943, with holidays on Election Day Armistice Day Thanksgiving Christmas recess Regents exams Easter recess Memorial Day and the term ends June 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy Board of Education
Troy Public
Albany
New York State Teachers’ Association
Washington
Engagements and notices from Whitehall and nearby towns
Announcement of Miss Mary Ann Murray's engagement to Leonard Murphy is released. Maurice Murphy of Whitehall, a Fordham and Whitehall High School graduate, works as a physicist with the U S Coast and Geodetic Survey in Washington D C. Phoenix Lodge 96 F and A M greets Right Worshipful Roy C Allen on his new district deputy role and honors Brother Charles Holcomb with a 50 year Grand Lodge medal. Notre Dame des Victoires Church centenary committee organizes under Theodore Belanger with appointed officers and drive to wipe parochial debt set for August 22 29. captains listed and a parochial hall meeting slated Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Sullivan
Gloria
LeRoy Sullivan
Chicago
Mary Ann Murray
Andrew Murray
Poughkeepsie
Leonard Murphy
Maurice Murphy
Whitehall
Murphy
Whitehall High School
Fordham University
U. S Coast and Geodetic Survey
Washington, D. C
Phoenix Lodge
Roy C. Allen
Fort Ann
Washington
Charles Holcomb
Clemens
Allen
Holcomb
Otto Rehm
Notre Dame Des Victoires
Theodore Belanger
William J. Gordon
Medr- Gandron
Albert Touchette
Achille DeCelles
Violet DeLora
John F. Rodd
J E Guay
Thomas
Montclair Visitor Returns After Week with Aunt in City
Miss Mary Eugenia Kelly of Montclair, guest of her aunt Miss Mary T Kelly at 2253 Fifteenth Street for a week, has returned home. Mrs. Edward Nugent and James of 2338 Seventeenth Street also returned from a vacation with Mrs. Nugent's daughter Mrs. James Ahern of Spring Lake and grandson Sergi, and Mrs. Reed LeFerriere of Fort Monmouth, N J.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Eugenia Kelly
Montclair
M. J
Mary T Kelly
Fifteenth Street
Edward Nugent
James
Seventeenth Street
Also Mentioned on This Page
Joan Purcell
Bride of
Wwedleenares Studio
Arthur F. Durivage
R. D
Mane E. Durivage
Joseph V. Wermiller
Cyrus J. Wermsler
Sim & Co
Broadway
Second St
Miss Mina O'Bryan
Miss O’bryan
Raymond Luce
Sinth Avenue
New York
Shirley Luce
Shirley Snyder
Lake George
Eugene S Foley
Eddie and
Pete
Little Falls
Edward A. Foley
Leon C. Laub
New Rochelle
Maine
Mary Ellen Laub
Camp Waziyagah
Shirley Cohen Goodman
Jackson
Tenn
Alfred L. Goodman
Wno 15
Walnut Ridge
John Joyce
Terrace Avenue
Ossining
Joyce
Charles Berringer
Camp Upton
Army
John H Reid
Mary J Reid
Rensselaer County
Red Cross
Lieutenant Reid
Texas
Robert
Servce
Syracuse University
Grace Belknap
Nettie Lakso
Whalamazoo, Mich
Belknap
Eva Ridgeway
Ridgeway
Samuel
Sampson Naval Training Station
P. T. Francis
Miss Thorndike
Shipley School
Bryn Mawr
Winsor School
Boston
Vincent Club
Taft School
Mohonk
Lake Mohonk
Yale University
Catherine Grace Mickie
Troy Hospital
BE. Curtin
B Reedy
J. Fitzgerald
Coons
Trojan
Miss Bennett
R.r.mccumber
Jewish Center
Poestenkill
Lester R Snell
Samaritan Hospital
Jessie Stephens
Frank
Malone
Richard Chistie
Society of the Church of Christ
Hillside
Norma
Church of Christ
Lester R. Snell
Witte Us
Ghtaca
Lutheran Church
Wall
RB. J van Deusen
Robert E van Deusen
Tampa
Walter Cowen
Edward Roby, Jr
Polly
Barbara
Peoria, Jr
Roby
William W. Rousseau
Jimmy Byrnes
Paul Ford
Sam Raygurn
Arsenal
RK. P. J
Koe Rose
Mary Murray
Evelyn Rocha
Rocky
Augut Lake
Edwin Snyder
Lucille LaPointe
Jane Fialka
Gabriel Bonacci
Pauline Saroka
Margaret McCauley
Earl Zugallalana
Ralph Witze
Anna Wands
Eagle Mills
Knitcrafe
Herbert & Co
Fulton
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