Forty and Eight Inducts Officers in Rensselaer County
The Forty and Eight Society of the American Legion installed officers at the Ritz Tavern led by Third District Cheminons Posse Joseph E Abbott and Bernard J Dooley. New officers include Jacob G Kromer Averill Park as chef de gare Harold Farrar Clinton Heights as chef de train and Fred C Anderson Troy as correspondant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rensselaer
Conduc
Sie Stevens
Trso Conducteur
Ernest J. Heyman
Clinton Heights
Aumonier
Joseph W. Messick
Troy
Sous
Aumoner
Frank A. Doney
Garde
la Porte
William Edwards
Rens
Sous Garde de la Porte
Juin- EL Albright
East Greenbush
Lampiste
Willard E. Bonesteel
Comis Voyageur
Fred Blain
Cohoes
Thomas P. Hay
Avocat
Timothy L. Collins
Historien
Joseph J. Sullivan
Cheminous Locale
Ernest A. LaValley
Alexander ©. Hing, Jr
Daniel D. Purcell
Bernard J. Dooley
John E. Heenan
Joseph E Abbott
Edward L. Ryan
Gerritt Roozeboom
Ir. Garde de la Prisonniers
Arthur L. Cummings
Averill Park
Garde de la Prisonniers
Frank Ferson
Charles _VanDeKerck
Hove
Watervliet
Merl Flatt
Elmer A Lindberg
Averill Par Tyo
Gerritt Roozeboom, Jr
Contingent Selective Service Board Induction List
A December contingent will travel to Albany for examination and possible induction. The Marine list includes Myers, Sunukjian, Rathenhever, Rouhow, Gration, Keeler, F. George, and others. Local boards may reexamine registrants previously rejected for hernia, but only a few men are expected to be called. one board says six registrants would be affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selective Service Board
Albany
Mar-ine
Myers
Avedies Sunukjian
Rathenhever
William Rouhow
Mathias D. Gration
Donald J. Keeler
Joseph E. F. George Vze
Henry E. It
Henry P. D. Gaffey
Robert R.crum
Charles F. Paulson
Paul C. Palmer
Alise Barton Goldstein
Abe Levy
Frank P. Ham
Thomas B. Curley
Lawrence P. Shevlin
John J. Neville
William J. Zimmer
Charles R. Ireland
John J. Weville
Edward C. Hughes
Henry W. Cunningham
James E. McHeever
Charles H. Homsinger
Daniel Zeibert
Thaddaeus H. Sokoyowski
Walker J. Pinka
Pownal’s Gum Store Razed After 1782 Heritage
The Pownal trading post known as the gum store, built in 1782 by the Wright family and long run by Edgar R. Senecal since 1935, has been razed with plans to grade and seed the site next spring. Old residents lament the loss of a pioneer gathering place once tied to General Potter and Fort Massachusetts family history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pownal
Edgar R. Senecal
Wright
Solomon Wright, Jr
Fort Massachusetts
Augustus Weatherwax
John M. Potter
General Potter
Cambridge School Second in National Waste Paper Contest
Pupils of Cambridge School District No. 18 led by Mrs. Ethel Schweineger collected 8745 pounds of waste paper and earned a War Production Board commendation ranking first in New York State. The five students Norme Sawtelle James Sawtelle Eleanor Wilson Grace Harrington and Michael Dumas shared a $40 award, giving $20 to the BSO and $20 to the Red Cross, with the remainder divided among them. The national winner was in Minnesota.
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Cambridge
Ethel Schweineger
War Production Board
New York State
Norme
James Sawtelle
Eleanor Wilson
Grace Harrington
Michael Dumas
Bso
Red Cross
Minnesota
All-Troy Minstrel Plans With Club Meetings
The All-Troy Club schedules a committee meeting at 2 pm in the clubrooms to finalize plans for the twenty third annual minstrel revue at Thomas A Knickerbocker Junior High School on Monday and Tuesday at 3 15 pm. A chorus of noted minstrel performers and specialty actors will perform, with a regular meeting moved to Monday end of next Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
All-Troy
Ldth Street
Second Avenue
Thomas A. Knickerbocker
Taconic Hiking Club Banquet At Church Disciples
Taconic Hiking Club holds winter banquet at 6 30 pm Saturday at the Church Disciples with Rudolph of Albany lecturing on rocks near Tr sections, mats shown, snowshoe and skiing program to be announced in Rollins. Robert is in charge of arrangements and Miss Helena Grimm handles decorations. COST ACCOUNTANTS MEET in Albany address by NYU professor on standards at Shaker Ridge Coll Loudonville Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taconic Hiking Club
Church Disciples
Rudolph of
Albany
Mer
Rollins
Robert T
Helena Grimm
Har
School of Commerce, Accounts and Finance
New York University
National Association of Cost Accountants
Shaker Ridge
Loudonville
Albany Chapter Dinner Presided by L Paul DeLong
On December 14 Albany chapter president L Paul DeLong will preside over a dinner served at 6 30 p.m. Chapter Secretary Ronald B Hibard will take reservations up to noon Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Paul DeLong
Albany
Ronald B. Hibbard
County AAA Delegates To Be Named
Elections of community committeemen for the Rensselaer County Agricultural Adjustment Agency will take place Tuesday Dec 14 at 2 pm in nine communities across the county. Voters must have participated in the 13 Agricultural Conservation program. Delegates, alternates, and officers will be elected for each community to aid in fertilizer, lime, machinery, and production goals. The county convention will be held December 17 at the Cannon Building in Troy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rensselaer County Agricultural Adjustment Agency
AAA
Schaghticoke
Pittstown
Tomhan_ nock
Hoosick and
Petersburg
All Saints
Hoosick
Brunswick
Grafton
Grange Hall
Center Brunswick
East Greenbush
North Greenbush
Luther
Sand Lake
Poestenhill
Averill Park
Berlin
Stephentown
Sehodack
East Schodack
Nassau
Masonic Temple
Rensselaer County
Agricultural Conservation Association
Cannon Building
Troy
Navy enlistments from Troy area men cited in notice
Three Troy area men Henry W. Druba of Poestenkill Richard A. Wade of Green Island and John Hofelich Jr of 8106th Street have enlisted in the Navy after accepting training at Sampson. The item notes a committee of three elected by vote and that the AAA now covers former Agricultural War Board duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
AAA
Agricultural War Board
NAVY
Troy Area
Sampson
Henry W. Druba
Poestenkill
Richard A. Wade
High Street
Green Island
John ©. Hofelich, Jr
106Th Street
Johnsonville Marine Killed in Action on Tarawa
Pfc. Edward Hunt of Johnsonville was killed in action on Tarawa in the Gilbert Islands. He was 23 and had lived in the area. He joined the Marine Corps about a year and a half ago and had served in the South Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Hunt
Johnsonville
Marine Corps
Tarawa
Gilbert Islands
South Pacific
Obituary fragment for Hunt family notice
Some time previous to the attack er. the Gilberts. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hunt of Johnsonville, and six brothers. His aunt, Mrs Frank Baker, resides in South Cambridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilberts
Hunt
Johnsonville
Frank Baker
South
Cambridge
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New York Legion Department
State Senate
Assembly
Ten Eyck Hotel
Seal Sale Booth
Rensselaer County Tuberculosis and Public Health Associaerday
Frank M. Collins
George N. Patrick
Seal Sale
T. A
Booth
Hadassah
Association
Lele
Friendship Built
Third St
Troy, N. J
Ancholf
Apply Employment Department
iBase Pownal
Cambridge School
County
Mediciors Krown
Bellans
Gordon L.hayes
Gordon L. Hayes
Hunior
CATAN
Wells & Coverly
Cuae
Wells & Coverly’s
River St
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