Watervliet Knights Plan Mass Attendance and District Meeting
Members of the Watervliet Knights of Columbus organize a Sunday mass for armed forces members at St Augustine's Church in Troy. They will meet at council rooms at 10 a.m. and march in a body. A district meeting in Green Island tonight will include a delegation, with first degree conferral planned for February 8 and a social Saturday night led by Joseph Halpin.
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Watervliet
Columbus
John J. Carroll
Augustine's Church
Troy
Green Island
Joseph Halpin
Edward Commeau
Joseph Murphy
Fiann Deene
Watervliet Democratic Committeeman dies in Watervliet
William F. Leonard Jr. longtime Watervliet Democrat dies after short illness at Samaritan Hospital. He resided at 2122 Third Avenue and leaves wife Marguerite, one son William F. III, two daughters, a brother Thomas I, and two grandchildren. Funeral from home Saturday at a.m. and 9:30 a.m. Mass at St Patrick's Church. Interment at St Patrick's Cemetery. Leonard active in Brotherhood Club and Exempt Fireman's Association. Managed as caremaker at Ludlow Valve plant. He attended St Patrick's Church.
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William F. Leonard, Jr
Watervliet
Democratic City Committee
Third Ward
Samaritan Hospital
Marguerite Dwyer Leonard
Third Avenue
Ludlow
Leonard
Brotherhood Club
Exempt Fireman's Association
St. Patrick’s Church
William F., Jr
Regina Leonard
Edward Campbell
Thomas I
St. Patrick’s Cemetery
Local boards review military classifications and reinduction plan
Board 346 has sent nearly 200 folders for review of classifications with about one third returned. most local board classifications affirmed though two out-of-town boards changed 2B to 1. Next week the first group will go to Albany for reinduction physical exams, selecting men to depart late February or early March to replace the February call group. In other notes, Corporal Richard Deratzian reports overseas service in Iran and buys a 750 war bond. a school fundraiser card party is planned at Sacred Heart of Mary School. chimney fire at 926 Twenty-third Street causes minor damage. a Court Regina CD card party is set for tomorrow at K of C rooms.
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Albany
Corp
Richard Deratzian
Iran
Deratzian
Watervliet
Voskin Deratzian
Twenty-sixth Street
U. S
Empire State Building
Charles Bateman
Sacred Heart of Mary
Mothers’ Club
Elizabeth Robinson
James Murray
Wilan Burke
John Meleski
Joann Adams
Helen Dunn
Joseph Anthony
Frank Burt
Twenty-third Street
Protection Hose Company
James
Percy Leitzell
Court Regina CD of A
K. of C
Broadway
Anna Russette
Margaret Armstrong
Anna Brennan
Watervliet Elks Host Homecoming For Harpin Leader
Watervliet Lodge plans homecoming for George J. Halpin district deputy grand exalted ruler of the Northeastern Elks. James T. Hallinan of Queens will speak with other dignitaries including George Hall Lynbrook Lodge and Michael J. Gilday NYS Elks president. Dinner at 6:30 p.m. followed by a floor show. More than 400 guests expected. committee to meet at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow.
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James T. Hallinan
Queensborough Lodge
National Association of Elks
George J. Halpin
District of Elks
Watervliet Lodge
Charles L. Roberts
George 1 Hall
Lynbrook Lodge
New York State Elks’ Association
Grand Lodge
John F. Scilippi
New York State Elks’ War Commission
Michael J. Gilday
New York State Association
William J. Schanz
New York City
Mr. Roberts
U. S. War Casualties Reach 142 289 in Latest Update
Washington report shows total U S war casualties at 142 289 with 32 662 killed in action. Navy losses through Jan 22 total 35 572 with 15 520 dead. Army casualties through Dec 31 total 106 717 with 17 442 killed and 25 521 prisoners of war.
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Washington (P
Office of War Information
Marine Corps and
Coast Guard
Battle over Right to Use Name Helens in New York
Singer Helen Alexander. known as Helen Alexander, sues singer Helen Berger Bryan to stop use of the name. Mrs. Wolfert asserts Helen Alexander is her true name and seeks injunction in Supreme Court. Both are sopranos.
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New York
INS
Helen Alexander
Gabriel Wolfert
Supreme Court
Wolfert
Helen Berger Bryan
Navy seamen and local residents in service and visit notes
Joseph Lyons Jr. U S Navy recently completed boat training and spent days with his father Joseph Lyons. Mrs. Thomas Farrell and son returned to Watervilet after visiting her mother Mrs. Josephine Ryan. Seaman second class John Hoey is on furlough with his father William Hoey in Potter Street. Joan and Jean Fish of Davis Street visited relatives Mr. and Mrs George LaMay in Glens Falls, formerly Whitehall. Miss Claire LaFrance nurse at St Peter's Hospital Albany visits her parents Mr. and Mrs Edgar La France. Mrs. M F Daniel left Poultney Street to visit Mount Ramner Md then Cleveland Heights to see daughter Mrs Elliot Taylor and another daughter Mrs Elwood G Glass. Marilyn Trumbull of the Canadian Women's Corps promoted from lance corporal to corporal and sent to MacDonald College Québec for instruction. Wilfrey Brown elected trustee of Notre Dame des Victoires Church, succeeding Claude Kingsley. Local officials note acute coal shortage causing hard coal shortages and home heating problems. Assemblyman Henry Nedde discussed with Governor Dewey the fuel shortage and federal guidance. Thomas Francis Roberts machinist mate 2 c U S Naval Reserve, son of Mr. and Mrs Frank Roberts, is reported missing in action by the Navy Department.
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Joseph Lyons
U .S Navy
Thomas Farrell
Watervilet
Josephine Ryan
John Hoey
William Hoey
Potter Street
Hoey
Pacific Area
Joan
Jean Fish
Davis
Street
George LaMay
Glens Falls
Whitehall
Claire LaFrance
St. Peter's Hospital
Albany
Edgar LaFrance
Adams Street
M. F. Daniel
Poultney Street
Mount Ramner
Elliot Taylor
Cleveland
Claude Kingsley
Edmund F Gibbons
Edward 3. Maginn
J. H. Pelletier
M. M. Leo M Rocque
Whifred Brown
Henry Nedde
Board of Education
Dewey
Obituary Roundup Highlights Local Funerals and Arrangements
A vast obituary column notes deaths from Mrs. Bertha Geelan in South Cambridge to Mrs. Margaret Fitzpatrick in Troy, listing survivors, church affiliations, and funeral plans. Other notices cover William Dissosway, Delia Connell, and John Bazar with service times, locations, and interment details.
Hawaiian Mosquitoes Reach Islands via Water Barrel Breeding
Mosquitoes arrived in Hawaii after breeding in water barrels aboard ships departing United States ports, enabling their spread to the islands.
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Hawaiian
Hawaiian Islands
United States
Zimmer Bill Aims to Bar Institutional Labor
Albany report notes Assemblyman J Eugene Zimmer of Rensselaer County has introduced a bill to prohibit the use of institutional labor in certain industries. The measure would bar inmates in state prisons from working in the brush making industry. Zimmer has long ties to that Troy area field as a labor representative.
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Albany
J. _Eugene Zimmer
Rensselaer County
Zimmer
Troy
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Democratic
Jermain Guild
Ernest Ioeckner
Jermain Memorial Presbyterian Church
Christopher Lape
Seventh Avenue
Earl Sargent
Albert Whittaker
Robert Welch
Delaware Court
Dr. Caldwell
Caldwell Senna
Methodist Institute
Max C. McCamley
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Midwinter Institute
Fifth Aver State Street
Dorothy Ott
Joseph Duncan, Jr
Eagle Mills
DON Cowley, Inc
Ford Dealer
Call North
Watervliet Elks
Harpin
Plan Party
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Elks’ Lodge l
Herbert Bond
Lawrence Kehoe
William O’brien
Cyril Davis
John Hansen
Peter Pryor
C A. Christiansen
George Hipwood
Hipwood
Charley Maley
William Wilson
Leonard Stockwell
Wiliam Lane
Vamp Plouche
Waterview Fire Department
Ffth Street
Schuyler Park Welfare Association
Mother's Club of Sacred Heart Church
Thalian Society
National Bank of Watervliet
Postoffice
March of Dimes
Robert Williams
Thomas Bacher
Richard Preston
Harry Doust
Welfare Association
Charles Robinson
Mother's Club
Harriet Benjamin
Betty, Mort
The
Home Bureau
Schuyler Home Bureau Unit
Barclay Jermain Gymnasium
J E. Coughlin
Rising Star Rebekah Lodge
Odd Fellows Rooms
Margaret Boyd
Masons
George J, Halpin
Helens
Thomas Francis Roberts
U. S Naval Reserve
Frank Roberts
Fifth Avenue
Navy Department
Beats Obituary
Bertha Geelan
Peter Geelan
Lee Thomas
North Cambridge
Geelan
South Cambridge
Methodist Church of
Pleasant Valley Grange
Thomas
Thomas Gannon
Foster Geelan
Asa Bailey
Buskirk
Amy Bailey
John Beadle
Caitla
Harvey Bailey
Spurr
Cambridge
Margaret O'Keefe Fitzpatrick
St. Augustine’s Church
St. John's Cemetery
William Reinfurt
North Hoosick
Palm Beach
Fla
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Hoosick Falls
Florida
St. Mary's Cemetery
Harry Munchmyer
Dora Weingartner
Frances O'Connor
Bayl Place
Muncintger
Oceanside
L. I
Claire O'Connor
William Farrell
Waterviet
Nettie P. Weber
Nettie Pearl Weber
Schenectady
Church of
St. John the Evangelist
Howard Weber
Frank
Edward
Lauren Hess
Helen Lund
Angeline Martine
Leonard Hospital
Italy
Martine
St. Anthony's Church
Joseph Moscatello
Jennie Martine
Minnie Martine
Andrew
Joseph
Michael
Anthony Martine
Joseph Vadala
Theodore
John Potenza
Delia Connell
John J. Gillick
Francis Street
St. Joseph's Church
Edmund J. Burne
Julia Walsh
St. Joseph’s Cemetery
Father Burns
Charles E. Black
Troy Hospital
Fourth Avenue
Mr. Black
Rensselaer Lodge
Grace Methodist Church
Mary Thompson
Andrew Feeley
Staten Iigland
Fonda
River Street
Fev
Mailton M. Lavery
Elmwood Cemetery
W. A. Dissosway
William A. Dissosway
Wilson Memorial
Revy
Henry F. Hamlin
North Reformed Church
Theodore Robinson
Frank Quick
James Black
William McCarthy
Evening Star Lodge
Russell Graham
Robert H. Hill
Edwin C. Heathcote
Sixth Avenue
Eldon H. Martin
State Street Methodist Church
Albany Rural Cemetery
Mary Louise Wynkoop
William Wynkoop
James Street
Valley Falls
Sarah Elliott
O. F. Eliott
George Street
Elliott
Moriah
Essex County
Sarah Burtt
Masten Avenue
Cohoes
Peter ‘J. Sheeran
John A Tracy
W. Leo McCarthy
Clara Watson
John J. Hackett
John Redmond
John Bazar
South End
Second Street
St. Nicholas’ Church
Andrew Ivanyshyn
Joseph Yaletchko
St. Michaels Church
Hudson
St. Nicholas’ Society
Alexander Zayaca
Harry Gingereski
Peter Menter
Paul Byko
Stephen ‘Bomba
Stephen Lefkowitch
Wasyl Hubicki
St. Nichael Cemetery
Ivanyshyn
Yaletchko
Fay NS
Barrington Hall
Qrington
R.C. Reynolds CO
Monument Square