Rotary Club Luncheon Features Mechanicville Leader Armer
Mechanicville speaker Donald F. Armer, a Rotary member and State Bank of Albany manager, addressed the Rotary Club at SLamoria Baptist Church. Attendee Fr. Avner discussed a feud of ancient science while a member visitor from New York joined the gathering and a fund-raising committee for a recreation building was formed. A birthday party and obituary items followed, noting Stephen A. Mickles of 1232 Van Buren Avenue and funeral arrangements at St Paul’s Church.
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Donald F. Armer
Mechanicville
State Bank of Albany
Rotary Crib
Slamoria
Baptist Church
Afr
Avner
Yeata
Second
Stephen A. Mickles
van Buren
Buri Nobe
Be Pauls
Harold W. Pangbure
Vie
Local notes and social items from area residents
Tribes Hill and nearby towns report residents visiting and returning from trips. Harold Pangburn honored at Fort McClellan while Sgt. Murphy of Camp McCall appears in local notes. Scholarships awarded to Jeanetta Biggs and music study continue. Community meetings include Selective Service Board 362 and city council, plus lodge and club activities and a church sermon on Elijah.
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Pvt
Harold Pangburn
Fort McClellan
Als
Louis G. Townsend
Tribes
Hill Hag
Raymond J. Pregent
Bas
Riverside
Edward Bailey
Howard Phillips
Charles E. Biggs
Chautauqua
Misa Biggs
New York State
Jamie €. Benedict
Biggs
Wendell Biehiel
Julliard School of Music
New York
Oiy
Selective Service Board
Sidney W. Hewitt
Homer Eckersor
Ster of Liberty
Order of Eastern Star
Elsie Wooddell
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Mechanicville Lodge
Cherbourg Becomes Allied Port After Secret Operation
Cherbourg port, long mined and shelled, has been opened to Allied forces. The first convoy led by the Liberty ship Nathaniel Bacon dropped anchor inside the breakwater in July. Amphibious trucks moved from new concrete ramps to beaches as Allied sweepers operated offshore.
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Cherbourg
UPI
Frasce
Mgermars
Nathaniel Bacon
Clearing Mines and Rebuilding Harbor After Assault
The port area faced mine concentrations as unloading began. Minesweepers were destroyed and the harbor contained many mines. American Captain Nostaa p ives led efforts to neutralize mines and the Nazi switching system. Engineers laid new pilings, rebuilt docks and rails, and LSTs and LCTs unloaded directly with Navy aid and Transportation Corps support.
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Macmoth Elegrance Jun
Somonander
Nostaapives
Petty
Su. Malo
Army
Navy
King Congratulates Allied Forces Victory
King George broadcasts congratulations to Dwight D. Eisenhower and the Allied Expeditionary Force for the victories in France. He expresses gratitude to God and thanks the forces and peoples for the outstanding success achieved.
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U. S
London
King George
Daright D. Eisenhower
France
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Sudie
Edward B. Halen
Arthur Herrick
Louis Korses
Beld
Terrace
VanDenburgh
Rantaid
Alvarez
Gustsey
Garry Owen
Lburgomaster Beer
Errsest
Fitzgerald
Brewing Company
Troy
N.Y
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WTRY
I Presse
Sand Lake
Sable Blend
Askrat
Sabie
Troy's
Hums
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Ming Saw Teil Bomer
Sarker
the Clipper
Manhattan
Arrow
Wells & Coverly
Wells & Sqyely
Shel
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