Blood donors urged to register for Schenectady unit visit
Mechanicville readers were asked to register for the third visit of the Schenectady mobile unit to the Masonic Temple on July 21 from 11 am to 3 45 pm. Registration points included NYSEG, Frank DeLorenzo’s in Saratoga Avenue, WV Pulp and Paper lower Verdicchio Block, Stillwater stations, Round Lake Association Building, and others. The unit plans a September visit. 165 donors are needed per visit.
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Schenectady
Masonic Temple
West Virginia Pulp and Paper Co
Verdicchio Block
North Main Street
Percy Aldrich
Fisling
Harold Talmadge
Stillwater
Anthony Gainski
Riverside
Association
Round Lake
Sherry Brothers Serve in World War Effort
John Sherry of Syracuse, son of Maj. Alden B. Sherry, former Trojan, is inducted into the Army and will enter active service in three weeks while his brother Corp. Tech. Bradford W. Sherry serves in North Africa. Both are grandsons of the late Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Sherry of Troy. Maj. Sherry and Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker are in Moscow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlton J. King
Saratoga County
Rotary Club
Justice of the Peace
Grand Jury
Supreme Court
Trial Jury
Arthur H. Vinett
L. E. Waters
Frank A
Moon Mountain
Epaminodas
Patricia Anne Golden
Marie DeChene
Forest and Fort
Hervey Allen
Priestley
Gretley
Ben Ames Williams
Salt Lake City
Utah
Spokane
Wash
Pfc
Kevin Wixted
Blanche Wixted
Fort Belvoir
N.A. Albertson
Nicholas
Thomas F. Myers
Rochester
William Cassidy
John Sherry
Syracuse
Alden B. Sherry
Trojan
Moscow
Eddie Rickenbacker
Sherry
Yale University
Corp. Tech
Bradford W. Sherry
North Africa
A. G. Sherry
Troy
Skipper of Sunk Cruiser Charles Purcell Cecil Named
Captain Charles Purcell Cecil of Louisville commanded the U S S Helena when sunk in the Kula Gulf battle off New Georgia Island. He earned the Navy Cross for leading a destroyer group in the Battle of Santa Cruz near the Solomons last October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Purcell Cecil
Louisville
U. S. S. Helena
Kula Gulf
New Georgia Island
Cecil
Santa Cruz
Solomons
Watervliet Soldier Weds Aboard During Camp Edwards Trip
Sergeant William Neeb of Watervliet, stationed in North Africa, married Alberta Greenleaf on May 1 aboard a troop train near Camp Edwards before departing for Africa. Rev Franklin T. Miller officiated with Col Raymond Lang as chaplain and a bride maid present. Neeb enlisted December 26 1941 and was previously employed in Cohoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Neeb
North Africa
Sergeant Neeb
Thoralf Madsen
Fourth Avenue
Watervliet
Alberta Greenleaf
Clarence J. Greenleaf
Middleboro
Mass
Camp Eawarde
Franklin T. Miller
Camp Edwards
Africa
Neeb
Raymond Lang
Marguerite Ellington
Army
Cohoes
Navy Cadets Attract Many To Troy
R P L Troy hosts a boost in Naval cadet enrollment with about 1500 students. The Troy Chamber of Commerce reports a flood of hotel and facility inquiries from cadet families. A mimeographed letter with hotel rates and info was prepared for mailing to relatives. Travel to Troy this summer is expected to exceed the brisk tourist season, as cadets arrive from many regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
R. P. L. Troy Chamber of Commerce
Samuel W. McCochrane
Chamber
Troy
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Mechanicville
New York State Electric and Gas Corp
Frank DeLorenzo
Saratoga Avenue
Draft Board
Selective Service Board
Sidney W. Hewitt
George Guynup
Carl
Tenandahoi Creek
J. M. Purcell
Robert Bartlett
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Mechanicville Lody
Plo
Anna Tierney
Court St. Paul
Catholic Daughters of America
Elizabeth Walsh
Court St. Bernard, Cohoes
Hendrick Hudson Hotel
Marguerite Poole
Walter Heywood, Jr
Riverside Park
South
Freeman &. Kline
Methodist Church
Hudson View Cemetery
Homer Eckerson
Municipal Traffic Commission
Salvation Army
Salvation Army Corps
Cambridge
Hornsick Falls
Camp Carman
Earl D. Wooddell
Memorial Baptist Church
Patric Oe Murphy
Crntany
Fey
ST. Cor
River ST. Cor
Safedge
Rexall
Magnesia
Adrienne Cosmetics
Liggett’s
Polaroid
Crookes
DR. West
du Pont
Exton
Max Factor
Sponge
Miracle
A. L of L
KOTEX
Wonderform
Quest Deodorant Pwd
Revlon
Adheron
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