Two Local Soldiers Wounded
The War Department reports two local men wounded in action in North Africa during the Sicily invasion. Corporal Thomas E. Derby of 23 Coolidge Avenue and Pfe Warren L. Jones of Averill Park, both in Army hospitals in Africa, are recovering. Derby, who enlisted before Pearl Harbor, has two brothers in service, and Jones’s brothers include Livingston S. Jones at Fort Devens and Russell H. Jones, now an assistant adjutant general in the Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
War Department
Sicily
Corp
Thomas E. Derby
Frank H. Derby
Coolidge Avenue
Pfe
Warren L. Jones
Lee E. Jones
Averill Park
Africa
Corporal Derby
Pearl Harbor
Peter H. Derby
Pensacola
Fia
Joseph Daniel Derby
Air Corps
Padawah
Derby
North Africa
Pacific Combat Zone
Boy Warned by Court After Disorderly Conduct
Thomas Bushnell, 16, of 10 Hutton Street, pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct in Troy Police Court before Judge James F. Byron. After refusing police directions at an accident scene and claiming rights as an American citizen, he received a suspended sentence and a stern admonition to go home and get some sense into his head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Bushnell
Hutton Street
James F. Byron
Troy
Edward Howard
Central
Howard
Byron Bushnell
Byron
Families relocate and travel notes from North Pownal and beyond
Michael Bradley and family moved from North Pownal to Bennington. Local students should register at Hoosick Falls High School today after V. S. Irwin returned to Watervliet from a 24 hour visit with friends. Mrs Valeska de la Fuente has returned to New York with her mother Elizabeth Plate remaining at Mooar place. Blanche Thompson returned from a brief Boston trip visiting a former North Pownal resident now in Peabody. Allen Beals and son from Washington DC arrived for a short vacation. Harriet Beals joined Anne Pratt in Daytona Beach and then returned to Washington to continue home. A large attendance marked the W S C S meeting at Mrs Leon Peckham’s home featuring a shower for Mrs Fred Bishop formerly Barbara Beals. A child’s wagon was turned into a miniature Bishop Express at the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Bradley
North Pownal
Bennington
Hoosick Falls High School
Aftes
V. S. Irwin
Watervliet
Valeska de la Fuente
New York
Elizabeth Plate
Mooar Place
Blanche Thompson
Boston
Michael Brady
Peabody
Allen M. Beals and Son
Washington, D. C
Harriet Beals
Anne Pratt
Daytona Beach
Fla
Washington
Leon Peckham
Fred Bishop
Barbara Beals
Bishop
Trojan's Brother Prisoner of Japs
Rev Henry Lee Irwin of Bridgeport Connecticut, brother of Mrs William H Murray, has been interned in the Philippines by the Japanese with 78 other American Jesuit priests. Mrs Murray is the wife of Supreme Court Justice Murray. Father Irwin, born in Bridgeport and educated at Holy Cross, went to the Philippines as a missionary and has been teaching at Ateneo de Manila in Manila since his arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Lee Irwin
Bridgeport
Conn
William H. Murray
Twenty- Fourth Street
Philippines
Philppine Bureau
New York City
Murray
Supreme Court
Father Win
Holy Cross College
Isis
Manila
Ateneo-De Manila
Family News From Wynantskill And Local Events
Wynantskill Mr and Mrs William Wolfe have gone to Little Rock Ark where Mr Wolfe is in service. Thomas J Ryan is on a thirty day furlough with his wife after fourteen months with the Seabees in Dutch Harbor Alaska. Frank Semmo celebrated his sixth birthday with a party at home. A Sunday School and church picnic was held on the Reformed Church lawn with games and a doll show followed by supper. Music by the Wynantskill Band directed by H D Vincent. One hundred persons attended. Suppor t was provided by several local ladies. The express was filled with gifts for the new home and a money gift. The guest of honor enjoyed a real surprise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Wolfe
Little Rock
Ark
Mr. Wolfe
Thomas J. Ryan
Helena Pitts
Brookside Avenue
Seabees
Dutch Harbor
Alaska
Frank Semme
William Semmo
the Reformed Church
Wynantskill Band
H. D. Vincent
Louise Biack
Addie Little
Mazie Pierson
Ruth Dearstyne
Rose Dickenson
Julia Kepner
Dewey Plans Campaign Stop For Hanley in Wyoming County
Governor Thomas E Dewey announced he will campaign for Sen Joe R Hanley Wyoming County Republican leader and candidate for lieutenant governor to fill the vacancy created by the death of Thomas W Wallace Schenectady. He said he will express his views clearly when the time comes in the forthcoming campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Thomas
Dewey
Joe R. Hanley
Wyoming County
Thomas W. Wallace
Schenectady
Dewey plans campaign focus on state administration move
Governor Dewey signals a campaign line centered on his Jan 1 administration. He backs Hanley over Lieut Gen. William Haskell, Democrat and American Labor Party candidate, to replace the late Lieut. Gov. Wallace. Dewey will attend a two day Republican governors meeting at Mackinac Island after returning to the capital from Pawling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paign
Dewey
Hanley
William N. Haskell
American Labor Party
Thomas W. Wallace
Schenectady
Pawling Farm
Mackinac Island
Mich
Chaplain Dillon Assigned to Camp Ward Idaho
Lieut. Dennis D. Dillon of the Chaplains Corps in the Navy is assigned to Camp Ward Farragut Idaho one of the nation’s six largest recruit training areas. The Cohoes native won his commission in April and recently graduated from the Navy School for Chaplains in Williamsburg Virginia.
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Dennis D. Dillon
Chaplains Corps In
Navy
Camp Ward
Farragut
Ida
Father Dillon
Cohoes
School For Chaplains
Williamsburg
Waterford A church officers and teachers meet tonight
Waterford A workers conference for officers and teachers of the Church School of the First Baptist Church will be held tonight at 8 pm at the Baptist parsonage. The session continues last week’s meeting as materials for fall and winter are chosen. All officers and teachers are invited. Also notes on local service members and furloughs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church School of the
First Baptist Church
Baptist Parsonage
Playground season closes as workers store equipment
Troy's 1943 summer program is officially closed on Saturday as workers begin removing playground equipment for storage until reopening next year. Throughout the week an exhibit of handicraft by playground children is on display at the Manufacturers' National Bank. The municipal swimming pool is also mentioned in the context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy
Manufacturers’ National Bank
Red Cross Surgical Dressing Unit Meets Thursday
The Laumont Church unit of the Red Cross will meet Thursday from 9 30 a m to 4 p m at the John House Memorial of the First Presbyterian Church. The group will fold dressings only on Thursdays until further notice under director Mrs B Emerson Devt chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Red Cross
John House Memorial
First Presbyterian Church
B. Emerson Devt
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pownal
Corr, Thomas K. Derby
PFC
Trojan
Wynantskill
Max Co. Walk
Anna Montgomery
Henry W. Pratt
Chaplain Dillon
Idaho
Waterford
Mechanicville
John P. Dunn
Joseph J. Cassella
Harl J. Mattison
Harold A. West
Frank E. Uber
Gabriel T. Gentile
Roland J. Nedde
John A. E. Shepard
George J. Melanson
Navy Air Base
Tallahassee
Saratoga Avenue
Norman Church
Camp Butner
N. C
Ictcont
Laumont Church of
Fairview Avenue
Prospect Park
Edward A. Wachter
Aii Sregan Washer CO
Anitin Sq
le Place
Pepsi-Cola Company
Long Island City
N. Y
Pepsi-Cola Albany Bottling Company, Inc
G.M
General Motors
Floyd C. Fox
United States
Canada
America
G.M. Employe
Esther Wrona
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