War Fund Drive forms in Mechanicville with Red Cross
The local Red Cross Chapter chaired by F Wayland Bailey will inaugurate the War Fund Drive on Wednesday March 1. Headquarters will open at the former Scarey store Mead Block Park Avenue 10 a m to 9 p m with Mrs Ralph Spring in charge. Quota is 15000 higher than 1943 and final meeting for drive directions set for Tuesday Feb 29 at 6 30 p m in the High School. Virginia Beecher Smith from Albany will attend to review drive plans and last years progress. All residents invited. Schools reopen today after holiday with L B Blakeman Library also resuming. Garfield Lodge Knights of Pythias conferred Esquire rank on new class. Knights work March 6 with rehearsal Feb 28. Lodge donated to Boy Scouts. Funeral for Joseph Coates held yesterday at John P Noonan Funeral Home and St Pauls Church. Mr and Mrs Charles Johnson of Hemstreet Park celebrate 40th anniversary with dinner at daughter Dorothy Browns home. Card party by Mason Erie Club at Masonic Temple drew 35 tables with auction, bridge, pinochle, euchre and refreshments by club and Star of.
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Red Cross
F. Wayland Bailey
National Red Cross
Scarey
Mead Block
Park Avenue
Ralph Spring
Virginia Beecher Smith
Albany
National Organization
L. B. Blakeman
Esquire Bank
Garfield Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Esquire
Boy Scouts
Joseph Coates
Homestead
John P. Noonan
St. Paul's Church
Edward Quinn
St. Paul’s Cemetery
Charles Johnson
Hemstreet Park
Dorothy Brown
Johnson
Troy
Temple
Masoniec Club
Masonic Temple
Star of
False teeth powder promises comfort and confidence
An advertisement touts FASTEETH powder to sprinkle on dentures for firmer bite with no gummy taste. It claims added security and comfort when talking or eating and urges purchase at drug stores. Also includes various legal notices about tax sales and city ordinances from Castleton on Hudson and Troy dated 1944.
Installation Plans For Eastern Star Lodges In 22nd District
James E. Phinney district deputy grand chancellor completed plans for installing lodge officers in the 22nd Pythian district. Lodges visited include Truth and Schenectady City of Schenectady Memorial Glens Falls Garfield Silver Acorn Charlton and Her mon of Ballston Spa. A Garfield Lodge delegation aided. Also notes scouting fund drive by Earl G. Whitbeck pledges $750 toward a $31 507 quota. campaign to close soon with subscriptions urged. Copyright notes list visits and local residents. includes several personal updates and church budget meeting details.
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James E. Phinney
22Nd Pythian
Truth and
Schenectady
Memorial
Glens Falls
Garfield
Silver Acorn
Charlton
Hermon
Ballston Spa
Garfield Lodge
Earl G. Whitbeck
Saratoga County Council
Stillwater
Halfmoon
Ur Whitbeck
Roll Call and Local Notices From Grafton
Mrs Josephine Langlois HL. The annual roll call will be held at the Methodist Church March 3. Howard Snyder is confined at home with an elbow infection. Miss Martha Littlefield will spend the remainder of the winter in Toy. Mr and Mrs William Tilley of Troy recently visited Mrs Susie Foster. Mrs Agnes Moore chairing March of Dimes reports 500 from this town. Mrs Millard Billett daughter Marilyn and son Douglas spent days with relatives in War 1 terview. Miss Sylvia Salkin has recovered and resumes studies at Russell Sage College.
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Grafton
Josephine Langlois
Methodist Church
Howard Snyder
Martha Littlefield
Toy
William Tilley
Troy
Susie Foster
Agnes Moore
March of Dimes
Millard Billett
Marilyn
Douglas
Sylvia Salkin
Russell Sage College
Mouse Traps Scarce Tabby Substitutes at Camp Campbell
Camp Campbell Kentucky reports a requisition failure for mouse traps by Lt. Col. Kent Lane for the 20th Armored Division. The quartermaster instead sent a tomcat, praised as capable of eradicating the rodent problem, illustrating a humorous substitution for missing supplies.
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Camp Campbell
Kent Lane
Lane
20Th Armored Division
Bemis Heights Grange Meeting and Local notices
Stillwater A covered dish supper preceded the repilar meeting of Bemis Heights Grange in the Grange Hall. A degree team rehearsed and will perform the third degree at Ballston Center tonight as a new Grange forms under Deputy Kellogg. A master and lecturer conference Feb 28 at Ten Eyck Hotel Albany will send delegates Miss Ruth Cowin and Miss Dorothy Rogers. March social committee includes Mrs. Arthur Henderson Mrs. Mary Britten and Spencer Kellogg. Walter Cowin received an award after games. Personal notes Paul Sheehan left yesterday to join the U S Navy. Ash Wednesday Lent services at St Peters Church with mass at 9 and ashes at 7:30 led by Rev Lawrence P Kelly. Obituary Miss Delia Bourke of Stillwater for 30 years died yesterday at Little Sisters of the Poor Convalescent Home Troy born in Ireland survived by sister Mrs John Maloney and several nieces and nephews. funeral time and body return to Mrs Maloney's home pending.
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Repilar
Bemis Heights
Grange Hall
Ballston Center
Spencer Kelloge
Ten Eyck
Albany
Ruth Cowin
Dorothy Rogers
Grange
Arthur Henderson
Mary Britten
Spencer Kellogg
Walter Cowin
Paul Sheehan
U. S. Navy
St. Peter's Church
Lawrence P. Kelly
Delia Bourke
Stillwater
Little Sisters of the Poor
Troy
Miss Bourke
Ireland
John Maloney
Maloney
Valley Falls Community News and Local Notices
Valley Falls School reports January and February fundraising through War Bonds and Stamps totaling 3343.60. In England, Sergt Carl Osterhout has been promoted to technical sergeant. Newark NJ resident Miss Elizabeth Cordner and Miss Lillis Hull of New York visit Mr and Mrs G B Hull. The All American Club was hosted by Mrs Charles H Sproat with luncheon and bridge. winners included Mrs Howard Akin of Troy, Mrs Jane M Millman, and Mrs H H Sharpe.
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Valley Falls
Carl Osterhout
England
Elizabeth Cordner
Newark
N. J
Lillis Hull
New York
G. B. Hull
Charles H. Sproat
Howard
Local Notes On Residents And Visitors In Stephentown
Stephentown residents are noted in brief items including Henry F. Lapp who is improving from neuralgia, Austin W. Silvernail returning to Philadelphia after a home visit, Pvt. Ernest Lindsey visiting his wife’s family, Helen Kenyon returning to Sykes' store, Mrs Donald P. Sutherland traveling to Fort Totten for a weekend, a Home Bureau Civics meeting led by Mrs. Frank Hallinan at Mrs. Jesse Snow’s home, and Mary A. Nealon, a Stephentown native long resident of New Lebanon, spending winter with her niece Elizabeth Neaton.
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Cohoes Court
Anna Tierney
Coure St Paul
Catholic Daughters of America
Court St. Bernard
Cohoes
Nora Rheimhamer
Rheimhamer
Tierney
Florence White
Grace Reavy
Elizabeth Walsh
Benjamin Wheeler
Whitehall
Mary Nelson
Katherine Ryan
WAC
Fort Bragg
N. C
Rosanne DeWitt
Homer Eckerson
Robert Muir
City College
New York City
Fred Muir
Luella Muir
Greenport
Francis Casey
Army Quartermaster’s Department
Staten Island
T. L. Cassidy
Harold Lana
Hemstreet Park
Leonard Hospital
Henry F. Lapp
Austin W. Silvernail
Philadelphia
Pvt
Ernest Lindsey
Camp Shanks
Lindsey
Ernest Reynolds
Helen Kenyon
Sykes
Donald P. Sutherland
Sutherland
Fort Totten
Jesse Snow
Home Bureau
Frank Hallinan
Mary A. Nealon
Stephentown
New Lebanon
Elizabeth Neaton
Side Glances Local Obituaries and Social Notes
Galbraith and brothers died at Mrs. George Nesbit home in Pittsfield Massachusetts Friday while she visited since Jan 30. Funeral held Monday at St. Marys Church with solemn Mass of requiem. Body placed in vault at St. Joseph Cemetery Pittsfield. Women’s Society meeting at Mrs Walter Sykes home with ten members. president opened, devotion led by Mrs Edwin Lawless and Mrs Albert Strobel. Regents served by Mr and Mrs Ernest McClintock and sons Robert and William who returned from Sarasota Florida. daughters Janet and Barbara stayed with grandmother Mrs Nelile Chin in Troy.
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George Nesbit
Pittsfeld
St. Marys Church
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Pittsfield
Mass
Women's Society of Christian Service
Methodist Church
Walter Sykes
Edwin Lawless
Albert Strobel
Herman Howlett
Itn Sivernol
Strobe
Ernest McClintock
Robert
William
Sarasota
Fla
Janet
Barbara
Nelile Chin
Troy
Gets Prison Term for 20 Year Old Shooting
UticaUT yesterday Santo Andidero 51 Palto Pa began a ten to twenty year sentence after pleading guilty to first degree robbery tied to a 1924 shooting of Antonio Del Ghante a former grocer. Del Ghante testified he was shot in the neck and, feigning death, robbed of his watch and money as they walked in Frederick Protector Park June 18 1924.
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Utica
Santo Andidero
Palto
Antonio del Ghante
Andidero
Ezra Hanagan
del Giante
Hig
Frederick Proctor Park
John Brown storage shed razed for park site
In Chambersburg Pennsylvania borough officials leveled a stor age shed tied to abolitionist John Brown. The 1859 Harper's Ferry raid weapons were housed there. Civil War bayonets were removed years earlier to create space for a new community parking lot.
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John Brown
Chambersburg
Harper’s Ferry
W. Va
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Castleton
Hudson
N. F
M. F
N. Y
Board of Justees
Max A. Platzer
Heney
AWC
PA Co
Green Ave
Keller
Firat Bt
Downer
Margaret
Welfers Wallace
N. Main &T
C. Pelaney
Mary Ann
Giles
Platzer
Iet
N. Main St
Ennis
Charles
Fey
Rs Salisbury
Lathem Welts
Ned F
Siver
N. Main’ St
Dor
Ee Village
Castleton On
Max A Platzer
Common Council of
City of
Rensselaer County Court House
Miggina
City of Troy
Capitol District Transportation Company
Capitol Dist. Transportation Company
Campbell Avenue
Sherman Avenue
Sheridan Avenue
Thomas Street
B. Stewart Jones
Walter J Shea
Traffe Committee
Edward J Donohue
Renssainer
Zachary Zuppe Tate
Troy NY
Fourth Street
Macon
Tella Bemis
Michael L Coun
Andris
Zachary Zuppe
Heinrich Himmler
Adolf Hitler
Hua
Liberty Chapter
Order of Eastern Star
George Walke
Thomas Alvarez
Arthur Alvarez
Lawson B. Phinney
Navy
James 8. Phinney
Waterford Road
First Presbyterian Church
Charles E. Vondrachek
Valley City
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U. S
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