Joint Masonic Investiture Set for Troy Temple
New masters elect from 17 Masonic lodges in the Rensselaer Schenectady District will be invested at a joint ceremony in the Troy Masonic Temple Thursday. Dinner at 6:30 pm precedes a program led by William Christie of Evening Out Lodge Watervliet and features Right Worshipful C Stowell Carroll and Ray Ellis of New York as principal speaker. Grand Lodge officers including Robert J Swackhamer of Schenectady will participate.
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Rensselaer-Schenectady
Troy Masonic Temple
Pup
William Christie
Watervliet
C. Stowell Carroll
King Solomon’s Primitive
King Solomon’s Lodge
Righ
Ray Ellis
New York
Grand Lodge Endowment Committee
Robert J. Swackhamer
Schenectady
Goebbels Sees Nazis Hopeful for Future in London Speech
Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels, in a Christmas Eve message broadcast from Berlin, declared the Nazis still hold hopes for victory and welcomed a forthcoming arms test in the West. He said Germans march with light kit, many having little to lose, and that loss of belongings hardened resolve to fight. He suggested the enemy underestimates this renewed strength and hinted at a spring clash with Allied forces in the West.
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Goebbels
London
Joseph Goebbels
Berlin
Soldiers Visit Bethlehem Scenes of Christ's Life
Americans of varying ranks from Persia Syria Egypt and Africa toured Jerusalem and Bethlehem as war fronts faded for a Christmas rebirth. Generals Royce Cheves and other officers attended the Church of the Nativity broadcasts while troops retraced Christ's Passion along the Way of the Cross and gathered at the Grotto. Amid scarce holiday displays Mrs Pinkerton and the YMCA sponsored a lone Christmas tree scene and the Red Cross and YMCA served the 360 pounds of turkey for a Christmas feast at the American base in the Holy Land.
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Jerusalem
Persia
Syria
Egypt
Africa
Gethsemane
Golgotha
Bethlehem
Ralph Royce
Middle East
Gilbert Cheves
Church of the Nativity
Church of Nativity
Grotto
Christ
Praetorium
Pontius Pilate
Jesus
Stoss
Holy Little
Redeemer
Brooklyn
Memphis
San Francisco
Julian’s Way
King David Hotel
L. C. Pinkerton
U. B
Y. M. Cla
Sharafat
American Red Cross
Holy Land
Christmas Party Highlights at Presbyterian Sunday School
Mechanicville notes thank offerings and perfect attendance awards at the Presbyterian Sunday School Christmas party held in the church parlors. Rev J K Stewart presided over a gifts dedication to War Relief Fund.
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Presbyterian Sunday School
Presbyterian War Relief Fund
J. K Stewart
Madge Harvey
Glenn Purdy
H A. Donnelly
Arthur C. Herrick
Local Legion and club events mark week in Schenectady
Fred H. Clark Post meets Monday at 3 p.m. in the Legion Home. Crescent Temple ladies cancel tonight's variety program for the holiday. The cantata The Hope of the World Part I is set for Memorial Church service tomorrow morning. Memorial Baptist Church choir to present a special music program tomorrow morning. Mechanicville Lodge holds a Monday meeting in Ellis Hall with Exalted Ruler Frank J. Flanagan presiding. Troop 38 Boy Scouts move meeting night to Wednesday. Masonic Club dance postponed tonight. rhythm makers David Silverman directing. Memorial Baptist and Sunday School plan a Tuesday dinner at 6 p.m. Judson Club to supervise. War worker killed: Lawrence Broderick, 45, of 104 Brinkerhoff, Schenectady, employee at the Army Service Forces Depot, died after being struck by an automobile on Curry Road Thursday evening. driver Francis Cain, 31, Albany Road Stop 35, Albany, detained.
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First Methodist Church
Freeman S Kline
Wilma Spaulding
John L. Fort
Schnecker
First Presbyterian Church
James K. Stewart
Walter J. File
Church of the Assumption
Serafino Aurigemma
Salvation Army
Hall
North Central Avenue
John E. Trask
Christian Science Society
Buchdahl Block
Park Avenius
St. Luke's Episcopal Church
David C. Huntington
Henry J. Leyland
St. George’s Episcopal Church
Clifton Park
Trinity Episcopal
Trinity Episcopal Church, Schaghticoke
Fred H. Clark Post
American Legion
Legion
Crescent Temple
Pythian Sistera
Methodiat
Memorial Baptist Church
Mechanicville Lodge
Ellis’ Hall
Frank J. Flanagar
Troop 38
Boy Scouts
Hemstreet Park
John Christianson, Jr
Masonic Club
Masonic Temple
Rhythm Makers
David Silverman
Judson Club
Lawrence & Broderick
Brinkerhoff Street
Plattsburg
Schenectady
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A.M. Tos Poe
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By Paul Ford
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Chas. Freihofer Baking CO
Merry Christmas
Management and
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Joy Toyo
Berners Jewelers Optometrists
Third ST. WE
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Morris Stores
Best
Seeley
Millinery
Fulton ST
Houlihan
Burden Ave. Tel
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George Tucker
Herman Katz
Hoosick Street
Mechanicville
Dorothy Treadway
Port Henry
Burt L. Hack
Meyor
Homer Eckerson
Lowell B. Eckerson
Northport
Wesley Sweet
Tha Jocal Fire Department
Feinburg
Luella Muir
Greenport
Greenport, L. I
Fred Muir
Irene Ten Eyck
Islip
W. Edward Ten Eyck
Doris Sarle
Robert Sarle
Cornell Engineering College
Curtisa-Wright
Buffalo
Mias Sarle
Fredenial State Teachers’ College
E. J. Zibro Tire Co
U. 3
Posner
Herald of the Dawn
Kelly Shop
Fulton
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Charles H. Mason & Son
Second Avenue
Taga Book Shop
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William E. Dunn
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Boylan Products Co., Inc
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Hendrick Hudson Hotel
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