Watervliet Couple Wed in Immaculate Conception Ceremony
Miss Stephie Motkowicz wed John Kilgelesk at Immaculate Conception Church Watervliet with Rev Boleslaus M Watroba officiating. Attendant Sophie Motkowicz wore blue, best man Walter Pszeniemy stood beside groom. They plan a Washington DC honeymoon and will live at 511 Sixteenth Street Watervliet. The bride works at Watervliet Arsenal and the groom, recently discharged after four years Army service, is with Albany Envelope Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephie Motkowicz
Sixth Avenue
Watervliet
John Kilgelesk
Twenty-fifth Street
Immaculate Conception Church
Boleslaus M. Watroba
Sophie Motkowicz
Walter P. Pszeniemy
Pulaski Club
Tin Watervliet
Washington, D.C
Sixteenth Street
Emma Willard School class officers named for 1944 term
Local girls named class officers after elections at Emma Willard School. Janet Rourke of this city chosen vice president for the class of 1944. Other officers include Gloria Martin of Ponca City Oklahoma as president Marion Keeler of Grand Rapids Michigan as secretary Beverley Bchweppe of Scarsdale as treasurer Matiad Anngen of Troy New York chosen vice president for the class of 145 Virginia Fitzgerald of Bridgeville Pennsylvania elected president Sara Gull of New York City named secretary treasurer Freshmen officers named Shirley Hornbeck president Lucille Packer vice president Ruth Beiermeister of this city to serve as secretary treasurer
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Willard School
Janet Rourke
Gloria Martin
Ponca City
Okla
Marion Keeler
Grand Rapids
Mich
Beverley Bchweppe
Scarsdale
Matiad Anngen
Lakewood Place
Troy
Virginia Fitzgerald
Bridgeville
Sara Gull
New York City
Shirley Hornbeck
Lucille Packer
Ruth Beiermeister
City
Emma Willard Founder’s Birthday Observed at School
Emma Willard School marked the 157th birthday of Madame Emma Willard during a Wednesday assembly. Miss Mary Todd highlighted Willard as a pioneer in education for advancing women’s schooling and for writing textbooks and training teachers ahead of her time. She noted that during the Civil War Willard, then over 70, organized relief workshops in Troy for soldiers families. The program ended with the National Hymn she wrote in 1864 for the Christian and Sanitary Commission, forerunner of the Red Cross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madame Emma Willard
Emma Willard
Mary Todd
Mrs Willard
Town News Roundup of Local Residents and Students
Mrs Edmund Fitzgerald returns home from New York to Westover Road. Patricia Connally named to Syracuse University dean's list majoring in English. Mrs Nelson Burroughs visits Palm Beach and returns to Cincinnati after a trip to her father former Congressman E Barold Cluett. Mrs Page Chapman of Morristown hosts Mr Cluett. Anne Wellington head mistress Emma Willard School attends School and College Conference events in New York City and Barnard College luncheon with participants. She also attends a Board meeting of the Headmistresses Association of the East.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmund Fitzgerald
Westover Road
New York
Patricia Connally
Eugene F Connally
College of Liberal Arts
Syracuse University
Connally
Florida
Nelson M Burroughs
Nancy Cluett
Cincinnaty
Wellington
Headmistresses’ Association of the
Hast
Troy Man Marries Mechanicville Girl
Troy man joins Mechanicville bride in Church of the Assumption ceremony performed by Rev. Serafino Aurigemma. The bride wore white bridal satin with a Queen Anne veil and carried white roses. Attendants included Miss Theresa LaPietre as maid of honor and John DeVito as best man. Out of town guests from Troy and Jamaica attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Misa Ann LaPietro
Pasco LaPietro
Mechanicville
Corp
Joan J. Taylor
John J. Gow
Troy
Church of the Assumption
Serafino Aurigemma
Mary Relihan Walsh
Theresa LaPietre
John DeVito
Mrs. Taylor
Gow
Beatrice Sarmi
Mildred Taylor
Edward Rice
Jamaica
Club Hostess Hosts Cards Night in Green Island
Miss Yo landa Iannone’s home at 109 George Street Green Island hosted a social event for the Happy-Go-Lucky Chib club. Guests enjoyed cards and entertainment with refreshments served by a committee led by Mrs Edith Catman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chib
Yolanda Iannone
George Street
Green Island
Edith Catman
Shirley Dunn and Jay Melton Valentine Day Wedding
Miss Shirley G Dunn daughter of Harry Dunn and Sergt Jay Melton son of Mr and Mrs Abraham Melowsky were wed at Jack s Restaurant Albany on Valentine Day Rabbi Joel S Geffen officiated with gardenias ivy and palms The bride a Troy High School Albany Business College graduate works with Consumers Durable Goods Division in Washington DC to transfer to Olympia Washington The groom a Schenectady High School graduate serves in the Army Ordnance Branch at Fort Lewis Washington Guests came from Schenectady Mount Vernon and Buffalo
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shirley G. Dunn
Harry Dunn
First Street
Jay Melton
Abraham Melowsky
Schenectady
Albany
Joel S. Geffen
David Meyers
Lou Melton
Troy High School
Albany Business College
Delta Psi Sorority
Consumers’ Durable Goods
War Production Board
Washington, D. C
Olympia
Wash
Sergeant Melton
Schenectady High School
Ordnance Branch
Army
Fort Lewis
New York
Credit Women Plan Essay Contest At Troy Meeting
The Credit Women's Breakfast Club of Troy met at the Crystal Bar with President Mrs. M. G. Harmon presiding. Minutes were read and reports given. An essay contest on continued credit regulation was announced by the National Association of Credit Women's Clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Credit Women’s Breakfast Club of
Troy
Crystal Bar
M. G. Harmon
Margaret Dunphy
Constance Ackart
David Greeks
National Association of Credit Women's Clubs of North America
Elsie Taylor Quinlan
Creditabs
Harmon
New York
Clara Butcher
Evelyn Prentiss
Carolyn Snyder
Jean Reed
Marriage Announcement for Marjorie Craner and Arthur Franks
Miss Marjorie Craner daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Craner of Salem married Arthur Edwin Franks son of Mr and Mrs Arthur Franks of Schenectady on February 4 in Buffalo at the Ontario Street Methodist Church Rev Gordon Gould officiated. Franks is a RPI graduate and works for General Motors in Buffalo. Engagement announced for Mary Lapishka daughter of Mr and Mrs Stephen Lapishka to Corp Francis R Comtois of Mr and Mrs Philp Comtois of Remsen Street Cohoes. Corporal Comtois is stationed in North Carolina. Flint and Flower Guild meeting of the Troy Womans Club postponed due to icy streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Crener
Salem
Marjorie Craner
Arthur Edwin Franks
Arthur D.| Franks
Schenectady
Buffalo
Ontario
Street Methodist Church
Gordon Gould
Samantan Hospital Training School of Nursing
Staf
Gardenias
Franks
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
General Motors Corp
Stephen Lapishka
Railroad Avenue
Waterviset
Mary Lapishka
Corp
Francis R. Comtasson
Philp
Comtois
Remsen Street
Cohoes
Flint and Flower Guild
Troy Woman 'S Club
Edna May Harris Wed to Staff Sergeant Massey
Miss Edna May Harris daughter of Mr and Mrs George Harris of 398 Eighth Street marries Staff Sergeant Thomas R Massey son of Mrs Helen Massey at St Peters Church. Rev Edward A McManus officiates with bridesmaid Johanna Moore and best man Pfc Martin Mahar. The couple travel on a war time honeymoon and will live with her parents while Massey returns to Fort Meade MD. Brother hood supper observed at Church of Christ on Hoosick and Fifteenth Streets with Wear Time Service Fund pledges. Mrs Winfred J MacPhee to join husband at Oak Ridge TN. birthday party for Peggy O Connor marked by games and gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Harris
Eighth Street
Edna May Harris
Thomas R. Massey
Helen Massey
St Peter's Church
Edward A. McManus
Johanna Moore
Pfc
Martin Mahar
Matime Corps
Harris
Pride
Massey
Fort Meade
Brotherhood
Church of Christ
Diseples
Hoosick
Fifteenth Streets
Winfred J. MacPhee
Fifth Avenue
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Leo HI. Blume Auxilary
F. W
Post Rooms
Third Street
Harriet E. Daly
Auxiliary
Local residents return from trips and school news
Personal Miss Dorothy Finder returns home on Pinewoods Avenue after a three month stay at Canandaigua and will resume teaching at Troy High School on March 1. Miss Hilda Willetts of Sixteenth Street has been elected to Sigma Pi Sigma at Oneonta State College and will visit her parents this weekend. Mr and Mrs John L Jones and daughter Mary return from Washington's Birthday in New York and attend a Washington Birthday dinner hosted by Mrs John J Caney. Esther L Pratt of South Lake Avenue returns from New Orleans and Mobile with her brother in law and sister Seret and Mrs Peter Ramberg who plan a weekend visit with Mr and Mrs Charles H Pratt before returning to Braintree, Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Finder
Pinewoods Avenue
Canandaigua
Finder
Troy High School
Hilda Willetts
A. EB. Willetts
Sixteenth Street
Sigma Pi Sigma
Oneonta State College
Willetts
John L. Jones
Mary
New York
Washington
John L. Jones, Jr
John J. Caney
Esther L. Pratt
South Lake Avenue
New Orleans
Mobile
Ala
Seret
Peter Ramberg
Milanese in Bridal Showers and Upcoming Wedding
Miss Concetta M Milanese daughter of Mr and Mrs Clarence Milanese has hosted several pre nuptial showers with relatives and friends. A family dinner will honor her fiancé Sergt Joseph R Paul before the Sunday wedding at St Anthony's Church. Also engaged is Agnes Barton to Corp Samuel Rospo of Valley Falls with wedding date to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concetta M Milanese
Clarence Milanese
Bouton Road
John Campano
Dow Street
Alice Strong
Frances Pickering
Mildred Hartley
Miss Strong
Fifteenth Street
Miss Milanese
Keeler
Lawrence Barton
Buskirk
Agnes Barton
Corp
Samuel Rospo
Salvadore Rospo
Valley Falls
Corporal Rospo
Camp Gruber
Oklo
Auxiliary Plans Tea At Troy Hospital
At a Troy Hospital Auxiliary meeting at Mrs. William B. O Connor s home plans were made for a membership tea at the hospital on March 11. Mrs. Mary Murray McArdle presided and named Mrs. O Connor membership chairman with several committee chairs identified for tables servers cakes finance decorations invitations and accessories. Further committees will be announced later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy Hospital
William B. O’connor
Mary Murray McArdle
O'Connor
John D. Carroll
Alfred E. Roche
Cochairmen
James T. Brady
Michael E. DeLuca
James J. Sheedy
Michael E. Malloy
Edward A. Conners
Edward W. Golden
James G. Barrett
Frank M. Collins
Peter F. Cahill
John J. Ramey
James G. Gallagher
Charles J. Ramey
Rep Coffee Calls For Break With Franco
Representative John M. Coffee urged immediate U S break with Francisco Franco in Spain and aid to the Spanish people. He described a united anti Fascist movement in Spain forming a supreme council of national union to drive out the fascists and Nazis and condemned appeasers embracing neutrality toward Franco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John M. Coffee
Wash
United States
Francisco Franco
Spain
Supreme Council of National Union
Franco
Hitler
Army flyer in crash during leave peril
Filbert Arbagast, an Army flyer with many hours in the air, dozed at the wheel of his automobile en route home on leave, crashed into a bridge and was taken to the hospital. Teasing references note Bear Tae Winfield, Pa as locations in the fragmentary report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winfield, Pa.ave
Aneut
Filbert Arbagast
Storm Maroons 63 In California
Rescue squads with radio gear pursued the stranded as 68 people were marooned in Southern California mountains. A forestry agent reported 48 trapped at New combs ranch and 20 snowbound at a conscientious objectors camp, with none in danger. Crews cleared blocked roads under cloudy skies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
California
Red Box
Santa Anita
Newcomb
Conscientious Objectors
Marmola Weight Loss Claim Promotes Thyroid Deficiency Cure
Advertises Marmola as a safe weight loss aid for those with thyroid related weight gain. Promises sensible use with package directions and cautions. Claims Marmola has sold over twenty million packages in thirty years and urges consulting a physician if in doubt.
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Anne’s
King ST. Troy
John Kiseleski
Homburgs
Montgomery Ward
Menands, N. Y
Posner
Jewelers
Ofticians
Broadway
Troy Man
Shirley Dunn
R. P
Miss Harris
Frank J. O'Connor
Schaghticoke
Peggy
Mary Williams
Flore Gaylord
T. R. Mossey
Milanese
Rep
RED Cross Flans
Red Cross
Storm Maroons
Singer
Singer Sewing Center
River St
Vogue Tailors
L. Weissblum
Fourth Street
HEPPS
B. Stonning
Dorothy Posner
Hollywood
Troy, N. Y
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