Chalices Stolen From Watervliet Church
Robbers broke into St. Bridget's Church in Watervliet Friday night and stole two sacred chalices from the sacristy. One chalice carries a gift history linking it to Rev Pete Sheeran and friends and relatives. Police say the cups may be offered for sale. an investigation led by Sergt John F Nash and others includes fingerprint photos, with arrests anticipated.
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St. Bridget's Church
Watervliet
Watervliet Pelce
Vpete Sheeran
John F. Nash
Watersnet
Robert M. Conlen
James W Russell
Troop G
New York State Police
Watervliet Elks Host Draftees for July Military Service
Watervliet Lodge of Elks will host selectees at its next meeting at 8 p.m. in the clubhouse. A dinner and entertainment follow and furloughed men are invited. Members will attend Ellis' night at Hawkins Stadium Thursday with reservations at the clubhouse. After the game a buffet supper and entertainment will conclude the events.
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Waterviet Lodge of Elks
Hawkins Stadium
Watervliet Soldiers Honored in Southwest Pacific
Two Watervliet residents received Air Medal honors from the War Department for bravery in the Southwest Pacific theater. First Lieut. George K. Bhako, a former RPI athlete, and Master Sergeant Mack Glazier of 716 Fifth Avenue were presented the medals alongside 76 others by Lieutenant General George C. Kenney. Staff Sergeant Charles E. B. McMahon of Albany's 162 Eagle Street was also listed among the honorees.
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War Department
Southwest Pacific
George K. Bhako
Mack Glazier
Fifth Avenue
George C. Kenney
Charles EB. McMahon
Eagle Street
Albany
Watervliet Housewives Urged to Save All Fats
Alfred C. Meneely, chair of Watervliet salvage committee, urged housewives to save kitchen fats and drippings. He warned glycerine from salvaged fats is essential for surgical dressings antiseptics and burn jellies and that shortages could cripple war munitions and hospital care. The appeal stressed women nationwide lag behind other states in fat saving as war effort hinges on this supply.
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Watervliet
Alfred C. Meneely
Meneely
Water Main At Watervliet Meets City Council
Residents appeal for a new water main on Sixteenth Street between Broadway and Third Avenue. Spokesman Edward Curler notes lack of fire hydrants in the district and warns long hose runs would be needed to fight fires without a nearby main.
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Sixteenth Street
Broadway
Third Avenue
Watervliet
Edward 2. Curler
Watervliet Club Hosts Lawn Party and Civic Notices
The Mother's Club of Sacred Heart of Mary School held a garden party on the lawn of Mrs. George McGregor, with cochairwomen Mrs. McGregor and Mrs. Harry Hayner and a long committee list. A Camp Anna R.N.A. party at Mrs. Winiffred Messitt’s home followed, distributing prizes to attendees such as Miss Grace Foley and Mrs. Anna O'Brien. Also announced: Civilian Defense film on gas and bombs at Maplewood at 7:39 pm, Chest Clinic at City Hall at 2 pm with Dr R J Ericson, and Laurel Lodge I.O.O.F. meeting tonight at Odd Fellows Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mother's Club
Sacred Heart of Mary School
George McGregor
Third Avenue
Camp
Anna
R. N
Winiffred Messitt
Seventh Avenue
Grace Foley
Owen Gilmurry
Anna O'Brien
Edna Hayes
Charles Decker
Kathrine Halpin
Anna Dunbar
John Harlow
Edward Schwab
Betty Cannon
Edward Nutting
Irene Connell
Peter Cummings
Alice O'Grady
Wilfred Tetreault
Civilian Defense Service
Maplewood
Tne
R J. Ericson
Mildred Browne
Laurel Lodge
Odd Fellow's
Watervliet Third Party Backs GOP Ticket
Independent Watervliet group, led by Edward P. Curley of 139 Sixteenth Street, says it will back the entire Republican Party ticket. Plans for a separate ticket were dropped after talks with mayoral candidate Benjamin F. Comstock and city chairman Andrew Hoblock. Curley says the party, in existence for weeks, will organize permanently and that about 95 percent of its members come from former Democratic ranks.
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Watervliet
Republican Party
Edward P. Curley
Sixteenth Street
Benjamin F. Comstock
Andrew Hoblock
Curley
Democratic Party
Watervliet Draft Board Reclassifies 43 Registrants
Watervliet selective service changes 43 men including 27 moved from 1-A to 1. They include Adam J. Batza John V. Gaynor Philp DeRing and many others. One fatality Earl Hourigan formerly in 3-AH noted funeral in Green Island. Local updates list several 2A to 2B moves and 3A to 1-C and 1-A changes. Short notices cover residents Floyd H. Perdue and families traveling or visiting in New York Rochester and Saratoga Lake areas.
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Selective Service Board
Watervliet
Earl
Hourigan
Green Island
Adam J. Batza
John V. Gaynor
Philp DeRing
William J Waters
Raymond N. Riding
Albert
Edward N. Wrigley
John J. Voland
Lawrence K Krumanecker
Frank J. Germano
James R. Largay
Frank L Mackie
Angelo C. Ragosta
Frank A. Azadian
William E. Marrocks
Pete Sawiuk
Harold A. Casey
Church Calendar and Weekly Activities
Salvation Army hosts daily vacation Bible school for children under 45 at the Salvation Army Temple. Church of Christ Scientist holds Wednesday testimonials. Reading room open daily 10 to 5. St Barnabas Church offers Holy Communion Thursdays. Sixth Avenue Baptist prays Thursdays and a Saturday class outing is planned. First Baptist reports Red Cross bake sale lunch and sewing at Mrs. Howard Dill’s home. Third Presbyterian conducts Wednesday prayer service led by Community Couples. St Pauls holds all day sewing and knitting for Red Cross Friday at Guild House. Central Lutheran serves public supper Friday 5 to 7:30. St Johns Women sew for Red Cross Thursday 10:30 and box lunch noon.
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Salvation Army
Salvation Army Temple
Church of Christ, Scientist
Sixth Avenue Baptist
Philathea
Courtney Magee
Mechanicville Road
First Baptist
Red Cross
Howard Dill
Troy-Schenectady Road
St. John's Church
America
August Rainfall Soars Far Above Normal Levels
Weather Bureau reports August rainfall at 2.48 inches by 7 30 am Saturday, well above the 1.27 inch normal for the month. The period up to Saturday has featured sudden drenching showers and unusually chilly, damp conditions despite August’s typical hot, corn growing weather.
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Weather Bureau
Power of God Highlighted in Green Island Service
In a Green Island Methodist Church service yesterday Rev Henry D Smith of the Presbyterian Church spoke on The Power of God the Greatest Power in the World Today He warned that military might causes disorder but God’s power will triumph for the Allied Nations He described God’s power as constructive transforming and capable of turning latent talents into spiritual service and profit
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Methodist Church of
Green Island
Henry D. Smith
Presbyterian Church
Mr. Smith
Funeral of Earl Hourigan Held in Watervliet
The funeral was held Saturday from Parker Brothers Memorial Watervliet and St. Josephs Church for Earl Hourigan with a requiem high mass by Rev. Peter H. Smith. Alicia Leonard presided at organ. Mrs John Berghamer and Peter A Heffern sang. Interment in St Jean de Baptiste Cemetery Troy. Fathers Smith and Guerin officiated. William F Hurley promoted to first class hospital aid after Navy service since March 192 and overseas deployment in April. Walter J Kane Jr and James Jr Hurley of Green Island Electric Light Dept began vacations Saturday.
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Elizabeth A. McCann
Fourth Avenue
St. Bridge's Church
T. Gerald Mulqueen
Catholic Central High School
Peter Sheeran
James P. Henrahan
Joseph Hervieux
William Duncan
Thomas F. Cody
John Jackson
William Healy
James Riordan
Howard Hartnett
Charlies H. MecComber
St. Mary's Cemetery
John J. M Flynn
Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Richmond Hill
Father Hanrahan
Rosary Society of
Rosary Society of St. Bridget’s Church
Peter Reine
Second Avenue
St. Bridget's Church
Leo P. Brady
St. Theresa's Church
Albany
Peter E. Sheeran
St. Bridget’s
James P. Han Fahan
Joseph Hervicus
Thomas
Daniel Keating
James
Donald Mott
Brady
St. Marys Cemetery
Earl Hourigan
Parker Brothers
Broadway
Watervliet
St. Joseph's Church
This Village
Peter H. Smith
Alicia Leonard
John Berghamer
Peter A. Heffern
Paris Angelicus
Harold Paris
Bertrand Bouchey
William Sullivan
William Tabor
Harry Gogan
Frank Coogan
St. Jean de Baptiste
Troy
Fathers Smith and Guerin
Thomas D. Hurley
Hudson Avenue
William F. Hurley
William
South Pacific
Floyd Westinghouse
Cray Avenue
Greenwich
Greenwich Baptist Church
Greenwich Union Water Works
Parker and Cleveland Hardware Store
Bernice Basics
Fonda Funeral Home
River Street
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Waterford
John H. Kakule
Luke Heagney
George A. Kakule
Pittstown
White Plains
Kakule
John Kakule
Joseph P. Shaw
John Morvig
Chester J. Atkinson
St. Joseph’s Cemetery
Edmund J. Burns
William H. McLean
Cohoes
Wright
Altamont
Anna Rogers
Hugh McLean
Utica
Frank C. Reavy-Smart
Remsen Street
St Bernard’s Church
St. Agnes
Edward S. Sanborn
Sixth Avenue
Saratoga Springs
Thomas ,E. Wallace
J. Y. Burns’ Sons, Inc
Fifth Avenue
St Mary's Church
Edward L. O'Malley
Agnes C. Sheeran
Church Plans Diamond Jubilee Celebration at St. Lawrence's
Parishioners plan a three day diamond jubilee for St. Lawrence's Church in October. A solemn requiem high mass will open the event on a Sunday with Bishop E. F. Gibbons of the Albany Diocese attending. Civic sessions and talks follow in the church school auditorium. A committee led by Joseph Zeph drafts the church history and lists officers Ramroth Miorin Buechler. Parishioners are invited to a meeting Wednesday at the church school.
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St. Lawrence’s Church
E. F. Gibbons
Albany
Church School
Joseph Zeph
Francis J. Buechler
Cochairman
George N. Ramroth
Anton J. Miorin
Waterford Gun Club Meeting Tonight At Broad Street Rooms
Waterford Red and Gun Club will hold its meeting today at 8 p.m. on Broad Street to plan the annual outing. Fred Hoffman says ten full grown pheasants were received from the state game farm and released in nearby cover. Also notes on the new antlerless deer season and copies of the 1943 sylabus to be handed out. Personal items report travels and local visits, with notes on graduates from Seymour Johnson Field and a Poestenkill canning demo at the Firehall.
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Waterford Red and Gun Club
Broad Street
Fred Hoffman
The
Game Committee
Conservation Commission
Obituaries fill Troy area with multiple deaths and services
A slate of obituaries from Rensselaer County lists Nicholas Teal aging 74, William F. Rose age 53, Mary A. Rady age 79, Floyd Westinghouse, Bernice Basics, John H. Kakule, Mrs Sara A Cronin, William H McLean, Edward S Sanborn, and Thomas E Wallace. Deaths occur across Sand Lake, Troy, Barbersville, Cohoes, and Greenwich with funerals and church services planned at local homes, St Joseph's, St Patrick's, and St Mary’s churches, plus Woodbine and Oakwood cemeteries.
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Nicholas Teal
Rensselaer County
Troy-West
Sand Lake
Katherine Momrow
Elizabeth Shumaker
W. R. Keeler
Thelma M. Keeler
Corp. Holman
Ingalls Avenue
Troy
St. Patrick's Church
Bemis Heights
Mary A. Rady
Mary A. Wend
Philip Rady
Barbersville
Poestenkill
Rady
Lewis A. Miller
Cornelia Shumann
Catherine Rymiller
Charles Wend
Sayville
L. I
Mra
Poestenkil! Lutheran Church
Italian Envoy Arrest Reported in Berlin
Italian ambassador to Berlin Dino Alfieri was reported under arrest on Saturday. Swiss radio broadcasts cited reliable sources and claimed he had been alerted by a U.S. government monitor. No location was specified, but reports said he had returned to Italy.
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New York
INS
Dino Alferi
Italy
Berlin
Schwarzenburg Radio i
A. S
Alfieri
Hoff man and Clark families mourn in two funeral services
Funeral services held for Lewis Hoffman at St Lawrence's Church with a 9:30 am requiem and burial in St Jean's Cemetery. Bearers included Edward Hoffman and Louis Furry. Also noted is the death of 72 year old Mrs Mary T Clark of Pittsfield with services to be held at 2 pm and burial in Greenbush Cemetery. she leaves two sons and two daughters and 12 grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph L. Wallace
Edmund FB. Wallace
Walter J. Kane, Jr
Andrew J. Sears
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Father O'Malley
Mr. Hoffman
Lewis Hoffman
Sophie Fittig
Sixth Avenue
St Lawrence's Church
Francis J. Buechler
Edward G. Hoffman
Frank J. Hoffman
Albert J. Hoffman
John Clark
Joseph E. Fittig
Louis Furry
St. Jean’s Cemetery
Father Buechler
Mary T. Clark
Pittsfield
Rensselaer
St. Luke’s Hospital
Cornelus
Mary Miller Teeling
William Frank
Albany
Greenbush Cemetery
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Watervliet Draft Board
Floyd H. Perdue
Saratoga Lake
James A. Agars
Eighth Street
Mary
Peggy
Bloomfeld
N. J
J. E. Duffney
Ruth
12Th Street
Rochester
St. Barnabas Church
Third Presbyterian
Chile
Charles Mealy
H. H. Perkett
St. Paul's Church
Guild House
Central Lutheran
Mary Golden
High Street
Irene McGurk
Wales Avenue
Bronx
John McGurk
Beck Street
Josephine McGurk
Golden
McGurk
John
James, Jr. Hurley
Green Island Electric Light Department
David Flynn
Philadelphia
Elizabeth Slavin
Saratoga Avenue
Adam Muraski
Williamsburg
H Club
Poesenkill
Florence H. Thayer
Funerats
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Margaret
Kathryn
Alfred M. Mikesell
George
Norman
Raymond H. Mikesell
Washington
Dayton
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Remsen St. Cohoes
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