Former Great Meadow Warden Dies
Wilam Hunt, 7, former warden of Great Meadow Prison at Comstock, God Sunday in Buffalo where he had lived since retirement last year. He was the first warden of Attica Prison, drafted for three two year extensions after reaching the 70 retirement age in 1913. He later served as Commissioner of Charities and Corrections for Erie County, and held roles at the Erie County Penitentiary before becoming warden at Great Meadow and then Attica. Funeral services will be held Wednesday. the report notes his long career in state and county corrections.
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Great Meadow
Comstock
God
Buffalo
Attila Brigog
Aries
Hunt
Charities Aid
Erie County
Keener
Wamen
Great
Americans Reveal New Secret Weapons for Berlin Drive
Allied chief ordnance officer Maj. Gen. Henry Benton Seyler described several new secret weapons for the push to Berlin. He cited longer range aircraft replacing fragile observation planes, and noted some weapons have seen use in Normandy while others remain in reserve or undisclosed. Also reported is the death of Cape Vincent mayor John R. Buders, age 15, a former Jefferson County school board leader.
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Berlin
Henry Benton Sayter
Ord
Westerlies
Stendy
Seyler
Ftr
Normandy
Bayler
Cape Vincent
John RB Kuders
Cape Vinceny
Central School Board
Jefferson County Board of
Mechanicville Rector Plans To Retire
Rev. David C. Hustington, rector of St Luke's Mechanicville and linked parishes, will retire after a long ministry. He was ordained in 1899 at St. Pauls Buffalo and served in Grand Rapids and Barre before Mechancville. During his career he guided dozens of confirmations and funerals and aided flood relief efforts in Vermont, active with Red Cross and Salvation Army. He belongs to Masons, Knights of Pythias, and other groups and will live in Waterford with his son-in-law and daughter nearby.
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David C. Hustington
St Luke's Spisional
Chetek
Mechanicville
St. George's Church
Clifton Park
Trinity
St. Luke's Church
Church of the Good Shepherd
Barre
Huntington
Red Cromu Chapter
Salvation Army Corps
Ats
Publc
Vermont
Mr. Huntington
Ondawa Lodge
Masons
Garfield Lodge
Knight of Pythias
Ivanhoe Company
Uniform Bank
Knights of Pythias
Waterford
Robert Wade
Naval Rookie Pilot Shoots Down Six Japs in Raid
Wilbur Burcher Webb, a two year old Hellcat pilot from Wichita Falls, Texas, rose from obscurity to become a famed naval aviator. On June 19 he led a raid on Crete airfields, downing six dive bombers in the first 23 minutes and claiming five more probable kills in the next ten minutes aboard a U S carrier in the Western Pacific. Webb, a native of Ardmore, Oklahoma, resides with his wife Ruth in Wichita Falls.
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Western Pacife
Wilbur Burcher
Webb
Naval Aviation
Crete
Western Gupen
Round Lake community notices span meetings and social events
Round Lake residents attend a conference in Green Mountain Academy Poultney and host guests from nearby towns. A School District 9 meeting at Round Lake School House is announced. Grange gathering July 13 includes a social hour with refreshments. Porch dinner honors Rev. Weld and family. Women’s Christian Service Fair July 19 at the auditorium features food sales, lawn display of quilts and silver offering. Newspaperman Guy Myron Chase, former Schenectady Telegraph editor and 26 year Elizabeth Daily Journal county editor, dies in Elizabeth New Jersey.
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Round Lake
Milwanze Boyce
Erve Duffield
Green Mountain Acréemy
Poultney
Florence
Turner
Catsvan
Long Lake
Bessie Wilson
Poughkeepssi¢ Bes
Andrews Avenue
Richard P. Weld
Green- Selt Cester
C . A. Mac Bilan
Richard P. Wedwife
Wilson E. Gerham
Patricia
Linda
Andra
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Methodist
Charea
Hound Lake
Thaimnen
Guy Myron Chase
Schenectady Gazette
Alexian Brothers Hospital
Elizabeth
Elizabeth Daily Journal
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Rev
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DE Soto
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Chevsies Corporation
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Henry Aldrich’s
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