Two Missing Boys Found At Watervliet
Two boys from Mechanicville aged 12 were found near Watervliet after three weeks missing. A young woman spotted them walking toward Troy and alerted authorities. They had traveled through Massachusetts and Connecticut working on farms before resuming their journey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meekanicville
Wetervliet
Clifford Nelson
Catal Street
Walace Gardner
Maple Avenue
Mechanicville
Congress Street Bridge
Troy
James FL
Mahon
Wate
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Watervliet Man Joins Signal Corps as Second Lieutenant
Thomas W. Dowling, son of Mrs. Josephine Dowling, was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Signal Corps at Fort Monmouth New Jersey during graduation exercises. A longtime Watervliet resident and St. Patrick’s School and LaSalle Institute graduate, he previously worked for New York Power and Light Company before entering service about twenty months ago. He will report for duty after a leave of absence. Local civic groups meet next week with officers presiding. activities include Columbian Squires and Royal Arcanum events, with meetings scheduled and officers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas W. Dowling
Josephine Dowling
Nineteenth Street
Wiervliet
Signal Corps
Fort Monmouth
N. J
Don’ts for Pimples and Skin Irritations
Don’t scratch or squeeze pimples. Do not scratch itching from pimples eczema or red blotches. Peterson’s Ointment offers quick relief for irritated skin, tired or itchy feet and cracks between toes. 35 cents at all druggists. Money back if one application fails to delight you.
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Paterson
Peterson
Watervliet Soldier Wounded Over Germany Receives Medal
A Watervliet man, Fajey son of Feey of 16 Waterveet, wounded over Germany during Allied air operations, has his mother informed by War Department that he is alive. Sergeant Foley, bombardier of a Flying Fortress, was awarded the Air Medal. he was wounded the day of the Allied invasion of southern France. He is a LaSalle Institute graduate, excelled in baseball and football, and has served in the Army Air Corps about two years in England with many missions over enemy territory. His mother will be telegrammed on his condition as reports come in.
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Fajey
Feey
Germany
Searam
War Department
Foley
Ng Hy
France
Air Force
LaSalle Institute
Army Air Corps
England
Watervliet Elks Entertain Inductees and Servicemen
Nineteen Watervliet Elks Contingent from Seree n Service Board 346 prepare for service and preinduction exams as guests of the Watervliet Elks last night. Five servicemen home on leave were honored. Jehan J. Stanton served as master of ceremonies, Daniel J. Peterson as pastmaster. A program of songs piano pieces and stories entertained about ten guests including members servicemen and friends. Martin Sehanz chaired the entertainment committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watervliet Sereen Service Board
Wawryles Lidge
Elks
Strlough
Jehan J. Stanton
Daniel J. Peterson
Morrie Hociman
James
Efkie Dilton
Howard Millngron
Francis Harmington
Dan Clancy
Club
Serv- Leates
Friends of the Elks
Martin Sehanz
Watervliet Woman Missing Since August 10
Police in seven states join the search for Eva Daty 35 missing from 2411 Second Avenue Watervliet since August 10. Believed to be injured in a spring accident she recently became nervous. Teletype alerts sent to New England states Pennsylvania New Jersey and Delaware. She is over five feet tall weighs 112 pounds and has black hair. She wore a dive suit and black Oxfords and carried a deck bag.
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Cos
Eva Datey
Second Avenue
Waterviiet
Annes
New England
Pennsylvania
Mw Jersey
Delaware
Watervliet Post Office Clambake Highlights Community
Watervliet postal workers held their first annual clambake at Picaré's Grove New Salem chaired by Martin Joseph Hannon. The event included a couples and singles softball game won by the bachelors, games of horseshoes and a potato race, plus planned Elks Club committee meetings to discuss tickets and reservations. A funeral for William Hinchcliffe of Albany was noted with details of survivors and services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watervliet
Watervliets ‘Postoffice
Hireis' Grove
Martin Joseph’ Hannon
Frank ML Keily
B. F. Prime
William McGlynn
George Scholea
Edward Skinner
McGlyn
Eugene
Elks Club
Picaré’s Grove
New Salem
Lee Mielewski
Watertlies Polies
Green Island Field Day Highlights and Civic News
Green Island held its annual field day and outing on the prairie Sunday afternoon with Arthur M. Clodge as chair. Events included a 287 pound pig capture, sack races, dashes, and bicycle races won by William Jordan. Local officials and residents attended as Chief Tobn Berg hamer and others returned to work and a George Street meeting planned. Police warn children about sidewalk bicycle riding to protect riders and pedestrians.
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Green Island
Paria
Arthur M. Clodge
Matthew J. Kelly
Thomas F. Dougherty
John J. Tower
Kiam H. Hikton
Donald 3. MacNaughtos
Bernard Cusack
Bill Sveney
Anthony Valenti
Willie Jordan
Ray Sins Gleton
William Jordan
Eith Pete Connally
Albert Valent
Jim Fisk
Charles Finning
Lee Irvine
George Vore
Eugene Spanswick
Nell McKeon
John McGivern
Jim Rysdorps
Tom Cietek
Joe Farka
John SieGivern
Robert Walton
Teys
Larry Finning
Bill Iveney
Welter Cameron
William Keaton
Bernard Neaton
John Fegier
Euegerous
Obituary notices from Argyle area and Troy
Obituaries report Samuel Rouse age 63 of Argyle dying at his son Harold Rouge’s home, with survivors including two other sons Lawrence and Raymond and three daughters. Other notices honor Mrs. Margaret Riley Sheehan Riley and George W. Holland, detailing their births, families, and church ties, with funeral arrangements at Mason Chapel and St Henry’s Church. Additional notices cover Emma Castle, Joseph Rupprecht, Patricia MacGregor, Miss Agnes Sheeran, and W. Hamm, listing survivors and funeral details across Troy and Averill Park communities.
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Samuel Rouse
Rouse
Argyle
Harold Rouge
Lawrence
Raymond
Fort Ann
Attinur
Green
John
Sisson
Greenwich
Howard Crossem
Hebron
Margaret Riley
Margaret Sheehan Riley
Catherine Hartley
Peoy
Waterford
Albany
Westilton
James LesMar
Ralph .G. Sheehan
Hartley
Charles McCormick
Schenectady
George W. Holland
Eleventh Street
Hel
Proctor
Troy
Elizabeth Bailey Holland
Holland
First Presbyterian Church
Behr-Manning Corp
Sue Carol Holland
Alice
Georgia Holland
James Holland
Thomas Holland
Danbury
Emma Castle
Emma J. Castle
John E. Castle
Annie Street
Avenue Metcha—dist
Jacob H. Moon
David H Castle
Warren G. Lawless
William Bell
Harry Heuser
Fred Hunter
Joseph Atupprecht
Joseph Rupprecht
Averill Park
Troy Hospital
Catherine Bede
Sisters of St. Joseph of
St. Marys Cemetery
Miss MacGregor
Patricia MacGregor
List Street
St Mary's Church
T. Gerald Allsqueen
Catholic Central High School
Agnes Sheeran
Joseph Dillon
Panis
Allegheny-Ludian Steel Corp
Patrick J
Harold F. Doremis
aArthur TL Peterson
Henry May
Peter Backhhonsky
Jotn Zi
Paris Still Style Center Of World
A Paris dispatch notes the city remains the style capital as wartime restrictions ease. French women favor bold platform shoes, bright prints, and short dresses, with midlength hair in elegant pompadours and white accented cosmetics. Accessories include large envelope bags, white or black gloves, and starched lace earrings.
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BYLE
Caksoon
Combined . S. Press
Paris
CPI
Elizabeth Ardane
Amny
Europe
Local Trust Fund Linked to Yardley Hospital
In Yardley a $35,000 trust fund foundation was uncovered linked to a nearby hospital. Investigators reveal that Buck Yelem Vac financed procedures for a blind man and a crippled child, highlighting unseen acts of charity by an immigrant.
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Yardley
Buck Yelemvac
Sugar Mix Proportions for Fruit Preserves
To gireich sugar when making jellies jams or preserves use only three fourths as much sugar as recipes that call for equal parts by weight of sugar and fruit.
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Sereich
Gireich
Boom Season For Hotels In Resorts
A New York report notes a wartime hotel boom across major U S resorts with 70 to 100 percent occupancy in accessible locations. Gas rationing, travel restrictions, and wartime work kept many travelers local or redirected them toward servicemen and war workers, while Pacific and Gulf coasts saw many new guests.
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Thomas A. Boynton
New York
United States
American Hotel Association
Patriotic Conservation of Transportation
Afost Hotels
Pacific
Gulf
New England
Vacation resort habits show limited variety in meals and chores
The survey finds visitors to New England spared from hopping between sites with chores like bedmaking and carrying laundry done by guests. Golfers act as their own caddies while boaters skipper their craft. Only 10 percent of New England visitors were war workers, far below 50 to 80 percent in the South and 35 percent in the Great Lakes area.
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New England
South
Great Lakes
Fluffy Mashed Potatoes Tip Promises Light Texture
A cooking note advises adding hot milk when mashing potatoes to keep them soft and fluffy. It warns cold milk can make mashed potatoes soggy.
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Columbus
Grand Raighi Sesepa Fisipin
Columbian Squires
Robert Belanger Pre
Council
Werome Council
Royal Arcasum
Limerick
Fistagiahed
River Street
St Bridget’s
St. Anthony of Padua
Lady of My Carsel
Patrick’s Church
Third Avennue Methodist Church
Harey N. van Antwerp
Beacon Light
Mission Chanel
Laurel Lodge
Laurel Lodge of Ode Fellows
Odd Fellows Hall
Vani Vorst
George HE Miller
Grand Lodge
Mothers' Ciub of
the Sacred Heart of Mary School
Po. Mn
Fifth Avenue
Isieac
Thomas Murphy
John Bult
Sergyt
Gaturdan
Watervliet Elks
Edward Gregwere
Edward Gregware
Gregwaere
William H
Fifteenth Street
Sauna
Sacred Heart of Mary Church
WatervHet
St. Agnes
Cemery
Menands
Ben
COGPA
Jose Breena
Karvey
Mauldin
United Peature Syedicad
Francis Brady
McGowan
Tobn Berghamer
Russell Sparks
Daugh
By Galbraith
Beynewete
Funny
Peterman
Norito
Axel
Andy
Union National
Union
Union National Bank
Troy's
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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