Elks Entertain Draft Group At Watervitet
Watervitet Lodge hosts a party for the next draft contingent with locals Daniel Clancy James Don John Miter James Miller and others. Performers fronted by Joan Essly Mericrie Wy ty with songs and toasts by Jane Furret and White Jobe J. Stanton while Murtie Jl. Scher chaired the event.
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Watervitet
Joan Essly
Asd Mericrie
Greete DeRusso
Sar Engraham Eaves Gioeé
Mi Ye Ems
Bilek Fisher
Jane J. Furret
Jobe J. Stanton
Generst
Murtie JL. Scher
Church Notes Highlight Local Prayer Activities Tonight
Our Lady of Sir Carmel holds St Anthony prayers at 7 39. St Bridget’s Miraculous Medal devotion today at 7 09. St Patrick prays for peace and armed forces welfare. Beacon Light Mission prayer service Thursday at 7 34 p.m. Third Avenue Methodist midweek prayer tomorrow at 1 89 p.m. Wesleyan Methodist Women’s Society meets with Blinetts Hieley presiding. George Qisen leads the traverse tomorrow.
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St Patric
F. Wayer
Beacon Light Mission
HM. van Antwerp
Charze
Third Avenue Methodist
Lewis Barker
Pasioy
Wit
Blinetts Hieley
Wesleyan Methodist
George Qisen
Watervliet Doctor Honorably Discharged from Army
Dr. Joseph A. Zepf of Watervliet received an honorable discharge from the Army Medical Corps after service at several bases. He completed a term of duty ending on September 4. He had previously been assigned to a permanent corps unit and contributed as a medical officer during his tenure.
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Joseph’ A. Zepf
St. Sixteen
Army
Watervliet Club Learns of Fuel Saving at Waters
A Watervliet club was told about fuel saving methods amid discussions at a meeting. Details describe practical tips and possible savings for members in daily activities and transport.
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Watervliet Club
Watervliet Field Day Meeting Tonight In Council Rooms
Field Day Committee co chairmen Howard Decker and Harold Anderson will preside as the Watervliet Field Day event hosts meet in the council rooms tonight. Refreshments will follow the gathering. Grace D. Breen’s will probated last Tuesday left a $9 000 estate to her husband Martin B. Bishop. Dramatics student Miss Jane Gabriel of Watervliet is at Columbia University for a six week course in dramatics and crafts. she teaches dramatics at Watervliet School and holds M A degrees from St Roses College Albany and Smith College South Hadley Massachusetts. Heary Thomas F. Fitzgerald longtime Watervliet resident dies after brief illness at 1332 Fourth Avenue Watervliet. He was a member of the...
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Comain
Columbus
S&s
Howard Decker
Harold Anderson
Wille
Grace D. Breen
Martin B. Bishop
Jane
Waterviter
Columbia University
Gabriels
Watervliet 2
St. Roses College
Albany
Smith, College
South Hadler
Heary
Year Without Summer Notes and Local Obituary Fragments
fragmented clipping recalls historic weather extremes with cold months and crops ruined by frost. includes wartime era obituary notes for John J. Fitzgerald and service notices for clergy and military trainee Frances Mary Liberty. mentions Albany area connections and local church scheduling.
Books On U S Life High On Youths List
The American Library Association notes youth reading favors books about daily life and adventure over foreign settings or war reports. Stories rooted in family life appeal to boys and girls, with popularity driven by reviews and advertising. once established, readership can endure for years.
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Chiefgo
Iveka
Libeariane
Lfe
America
America Or ‘the Past,” Lithe Association
Associatios
British Museum Bombs Strike After Near Misses in 1940
In September 1940 a German air attack on the British Museum yielded two bombs that failed to explode after passing through walls. A third bomb struck the museum, causing destruction of about 150,000 medical, law, and other books.
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London
Army Drops Psychoneurosis Term Amid War Mental Health Debate
The Army discards the term psychoneurosis used to label men as unsuited for service. Officials say the word stigmatizes soldiers and masks the true issue of homesickness and personality differences. Capt Bernard Klauser notes the change aims to prevent lasting civilian label effects.
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Kennedy
Bernard Klauser
Nanedy Psychiat
Hleuber
Russians Grow Smooth Pine Trees For Knot-Free Timber
The Forest Log reports a method from Russian foresters to grow knot free pines. By restricting growth near the ground for eight years and pinching off new branches, trees develop a tall smooth trunk. A bushy top forms above, but no knots appear in the middle. Indianapolis police break up five boys who climbed a 175 foot school smokestack after neighbors alerted authorities.
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Strem. Ore
Oregon State Board of Forestry
Indianapolis
Patrohnen
Survey Upsets Theories on Delinquency
C J Jackson superintendent at Minnesota State Training School for Boys discusses a report on 279 inmates. Findings challenge common beliefs about delinquency linking family structure and immigrant background to crime. Most youths come from American born two-parent homes. property crimes are linked to non poverty factors.
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Red Wisg
Mion
C.J. Jackson
Statisthal
Minnesota
Jackson
Jacksons
Aiso Tsb
Btare Training School
Two Escape From Jail Through Ceiling Light
Evansville Indiana sheriff Arva Bare reports two inmates escaped Vanderburgh County Jail by removing ceiling light fixtures, crawling to the attic, ripping roof shingles, and leaping twenty five feet to the ground. They remain at large as jail defenses are strengthened. Port Colborne Ontario reports George Bolt of Buffalo drowned while attempting to wade ashore from a broken pier near Expire Bezen.
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Evansville
Ind
Arva Bare
Vanderburgh County
Port Colborne
Ont
George
Bolt
Buffalo
Expire Bezen
Port Coldorne
Deaths and Funerals in Watervliet Area Obituaries
Miss Elizabeth Hall of 915 Twenty third Street Watervliet died Sunday at home after long illness. She was born in Vermont and a longtime Watervliet resident, a member of First Presbyterian Church. Survived by sisters Mrs. Jo Baker and Mrs. Thomas Lewis. Funeral today at 2 from Jobs McBain Funeral Home Broadway Watervliet. Burial in Albury Rural Cemetery. Harriet J. Vadney 54 of Newtonville died Saturday at home Loudon Road. Wife of Albert A Vadney, mother of Elisterth J. Vadney, Newtonville. Survived by four brothers and four sisters. Funeral 2:30 PM tomorrow at home, burial Albany Rural Cemetery. Miss Marty Shields funeral held yesterday at residence then St Mary’s Church with Mass of Requiem. Interment St Mary Cemetery. Miss Helen K Lowe died Friday at Samaritan Hospital. Funeral yester day from residence 840 Third Avenue and St Augustine’s Church Requiem High Mass. Interment St John’s Cemetery. Mrs Jennie P Morris funeral held at Mason Chapel then Oakwood Cemetery. William Horton funeral held St Patricks Church and St Peters Cemetery. Elmer J Nichols died yesterday at Samaritan Hospital after brief illness. Born 1885 in Troy, lifelong resident. survived by wife and two sons. Funeral Thursday 2 PM from Foutas Funeral Home with burial Oakwood Cemetery. James Warnack funeral held today at St Peter’s Church after Mass. interment St Peter’s Cemetery.
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Elizabeth Hiell
Elizabeth Hall
Watervliet
Vermont
First Presbyterian Church of
Wetervlies
Jo. Baker
Thomas Lewis
Jobs McBain
Buseral
Albany
Mliss Shields
Marty
Edward M. Cahill
John J. Mulcahy
Joseph J. Horan
James F. Kennedy
John J. Mc Redmond
Fred C. Casey
St. Mary Cemetery
Father O'Malley
Rosary Society
Miss Lowe
Helen K. Lowe
Edmund
Neil
Murray Lowe
Third Avenue
St. Augustine's Church
Robert J. Newburg
Emil Catricala
William A Ward, Jr
William A. Montgomery
James W. McNarmee
William J. Robinson
Nirenberg & Sons
Catholic Central High School
Father Newburg
St. John’s Cemetery
Mra. Morris
Jennie P. Morris
Mason
Wumeral
Mt. Horta
William J. Horton
St Patricks Church
James P. Lawlor
John O'Grady
William H. Sheridap
Merton Orris
Jobe Cantwell
Theodore T Catenan Henry
Kalktwener
William McDermott
St. Peters
Elmer J. Nichols
Etuer J. Nichols
Tocal
J. W. Burns
Pitth Avenue
St. Peter's Church
Michael F. English
Lea MaCarethy
Thomas H. Benjamin
James JF. Doody
Frederick Burgess
Bernie Berneshoff
St. Peter's Cemetery
Freries C. Smith
English Bride of 61 Gives Blood 44 Times
English bride Mrs. Mebel Tabis, wife of a Chicago soldier, has donated blood 44 times since 1937. She gave 43 times in England and once in America. She met her husband, Pfc Edwin Tabis, in London after a fall while serving refreshments to soldiers. She praised American blood banks for thoroughness.
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Chicago
Mre
Mebel Tabis
England
America
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Associated Press
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Cambridge
Eaters
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Lawrence J. Liberty
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Champlain Valley Nursing School
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British Museum
Jousie
Dewar
Edward J. Quinn
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