Watervliet Price Panel Reports Cooperation in Survey
More than half the districts submitted reports to the Watervliet Price Panel meeting at City Hall. J Cotter Nash led the session noting merchant cooperation during the OPA price ceiling survey. No flagrant violations found. meetings shift from weekly to monthly. Obituary noted for Mrs James H Wilson with funeral in Watervliet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watervliet
J. Cotter Nash
Joseph D. Foley
Watervliet War Price and Rationing Board
Tenet
Green Island
Knights Plan Lawn Party at Watervliet Gathering
Final plans for the Wa tervliet Knights of Columbus lawn party and social were set at a Monday meeting in the Broadway council rooms. General chairman Fayette Morse led as refreshments, prizes, and attendees’ self supplied playing cards were noted. arrangements committee meets Sunday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watervliet
Knights of Columbus
Council Rooms
Broadway
Fayette Morse
Watervliet Draft Board Prepares August Induction
The Watervliet Selective Service Board 346 started preparations for sending a new July to August draft contingent. About 25 registrants underwent physicals by Dr. Clayton L. Gifford with Dr. Frank H. O’Bryan and Waterbury High School students James Fero Erich Lowey Lloyd Garrett and Frank Beegaardi among those examined. Several Seabees already have blood tests completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selective Service Board No
Watervliet
Clayton L. Gifford
Frank H. O'Bryan
Boy Scout Troop Plans Camping Trip Near Wynantskul
The Boy Scout troop of the Sacred Heart of Mary Church met Tuesday night in the parish hall to plan a camping trip at Shook Farm near Wynantskul. Supervised by Scout leader Delor Dufresne and fathers John Shook and Charles Robinson, the trip runs from yesterday through tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Sacred Heart of Mary Church
Shook Farm
Wynantskul
Delor Dufresne
John Shook
Charles Robinson
Draftees Farewell At Watervliet Lodge of Elks entertains July draft contingent
Watervliet Elks last night bade farewell to a July draft contingent including Green Island. A dinner and entertainment featured James Foley and Marilyn McCarthy among others. Exalted Ruler Martin Walsh spoke, and each draftee received a folding cigarette lighter. No City Council meeting tonight due to vacation. Senators defeat Rangers in a double header 16-2 and 5-0 with solid pitching from Cornell and Bagnardi. Hachigan tops in both games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watervliet
Lodge of Elks
Selective Service Board
Green Island
James Foley
Lansingburg
Frank Mooney
Marilyn McCarthy
Dorothy Maier
Frances Harrington
Troy
James Dillon
John Hansen
Henneth Benjamin
Martin Schanz, Jr
John Stanton
Martin Schanz
Martin J.walsh
George J. Halpin
Wateryliet Elks
Senators
Rangers
Choufi
Joseph Cornell
J. Bagnardi
George Hachigan
Local War News and Social Visits Highlight Community Ties
Personal notes recount Dennin and J Kilkullen starring in a loss as friends and relatives visit kin across the area. Robert Kelley of Merrick visits his aunt Mrs John F Leonard at 619 Seventeenth Street. Mrs Mabel Goodness of 1534 Fifth Avenue and Mrs Millie Stearns of 124 Palm Street see Jamaica friends. Pfc Carl Behan on ten days furlough visits parents Mr and Mrs Martin F Behan of 2321 Broadway. Lieut Helene F Mahoney Army Nurse Corps returns to Camp Shanks after visiting her mother Mrs Jerry Mahoney. Joseph A Napolitano of 1551 Third Avenue remains in Troy Hospital. veteran of World War I awarded the Purple Heart. Mrs Margaret Van Leuwen of 505 Eighth Avenue vacations in Jackson Florida to visit husband Corp Don W Van Leuwen. Pvt Walter J Daly air corps mechanic returns to Brookley Field Alabama after furlough with parents at 516 Fifteenth Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennin
J. Kilkullen
Robert Kelley
Merrick
S. J
John F. Leonard
Srteenth Street
Mabel Goodness
Fifth Avenue
Millie Stearns
Palme Street
Jamaica
Carl Behan
Tennessee
Martin F. Behan
Broadway
Helene F. Mahoney
Army Nurse Corps
Camp Shanks
Orangeburg
Jerry Mahoney
Sixth Avenue
Joseph Aa. Napolitano
Third Avenue
Troy Hospital
Napolitano
Margaret van Leuwen
Eighth Avenue
Jackson
Fla
Corp
Don W. van Leuwen
Army Air Corps
Walter J. Daly
Air Corps
Brookley Field
Ala
James Daly
Fifteenth Street
Waterford drive to fund St Mary's Drum Corps tops goal
The Citizens' Committee announced about 400 was raised toward purchasing new equipment for St Marys Sponsored Drum and Bugle Corps at a final meeting Wednesday night. Committee heads included Angus Garrett town supervisor and John Walsh mayor cochairmen with Wellington Bishop Bank of Waterford president treasurer and Frank Murray Drum Corps secretary. The draft board will meet today at 10 am in Mechanicville. Red Cross surgical dressing committee met at John House Memorial under Mrs S Emerson Devitt. Dorothea and Robert Juenger are vacationing at Winook Lake Newburg. Mrs John F Walsh and Mrs Juanita McGarty returned from two weeks in Portland Me visiting Ensign Margaret I Huggarty of the U S Naval Reserves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Mary's
Citizens’ Committee
Angus Garrett
John #. Walsh
Cochairmen
Wellington
Bank of Waterford
Frank Murray
Mechanicville
Red Cross
Raa Cross
John House Memorial
Emerson Devitt
Dorothea
Robert Juenger
Mercer Street
Winood Lake
Newburg
John F. Walsh
Juanita McGarty
Portland
No-cause Verdict In Wotkyns Suit
A jury in Troy City Court returned verdict of no cause of action in a Vermont Transit Co lawsuit against Tom S. Wotkyns & Co. The bus line sought damages for an August 1941 accident involving a Wotkyns coal truck and a bus, seeking 500 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy
Vermont Transit Co, Inc
Tom S. Wotkyns & Co
Wotkyns
Green Island reaches ten percent in armed forces
Green Island's population of 3,988 sees 385 men serving, nearing 10 percent. With an August call, officials expect the 10 percent threshold to be surpassed soon as more names are added to the village honor roll.
Watervliet Elk Leader Named District Deputy
George J. Halpin, former exalted ruler of Watervliet Lodge 1500, is appointed district deputy grand exalted ruler of the Northeastern District of New York by Frank J. Lonergan, elected grand exalted ruler. Halpin will supervise 15 lodges from Hudson to the Canadian border and Hoosick Falls to Gloversville, marking a second such honor for Watervliet. He previously served as exalted ruler for two years, boosting membership about 30 percent, overseeing a new building purchase and mortgage payoff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George J. Halpin
Watervliet Lodge
New York
Frank J. Lonergan
Mr. Lonergan
Boston
Mr. Halpin
Hudson
Hoosick Falls
Gloversville
Watervliet
Claude Tibbitts Named Building Superintendent
Albany notice reports Claude C. Tibbitts 55, former sheriff and baseball player, appointed deputy state superintendent of public buildings at 4100 dollars yearly to oversee the State Capitol Building. He ran a Albany cigar store and refereed boxing locally. The dispatch notes his political ties to Albany Democrats and past Republican leadership. Prison-made munitions and wartime contracts are listed separately with totals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Claude C. Tibbitts
Albany County
Tibbitts
Troy
A'Connell
John F. Franey
Bloody revolt noted in Bucharest over troop move
An Istanbul dispatch reported a bloody rebellion in Bucharest as Romanian troops moved to the Russian front. King Mnicheel and the Queen Mother reportedly supported Peasant Party leader Julius Maniu in demanding withdrawal for defense only of the Bessarabian frontier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
INL
Istanbul
Exchange Telegraph Co
Bucharest
Rumania
Mnicheel
Julius Maniu
Bessarabian
Didn't Know His Bank Number
A CQ at the Army Air Forces Instrument School in Bryan Texas chased a prank caller who claimed to be in bank 24. The caller demanded to speak to the fella in bank 24 in barracks 32. The CQ located the supposed trespasser in bunk 2, barracks 32 and ended the prank.
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Bryan
Tex
ENS
Army Air Forces Instrument School
Army Air Forces
Barracks
Died at Troy Hospital Four Obituaries Are Noted
Martin Fox of 2 Mechanic Street dies after brief illness in Troy. He was born in Scotland and worked as a machine operator for Allegheny Ludlum and American Locomotive in Schenectady. Survived by widow Anna Elvins, son Alfred, daughter Rose Mary, two brothers, sister, and father. Funeral from Healy funeral home then St Michael's Church. Interment in St. Mary's Cemetery. John H. Berrigan dies at Troy Hospital. survived by widow Anna Shey. World War I veteran. Funeral from Fourth Avenue home then St Peter's Church. Burial in St. Peter's Cemetery. Stephen H. Duffy funeral held at St Peter's Church with solemn requiem mass. Dorothea G Jennette of Hadley dies at Saratoga Hospital. survived by husband Earl A. Jennette, son Robert, mother Catherine Carr, three sisters and three brothers. Services from her mother’s home then St John’s Church Schaghticoke. Interment in St John’s Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Fox
Mechanic Street
Troy Hospital
Scotland
Allegheny- Ludium Steel Corp
American Locomotive Co
Schenectady
St. Michael's Parish
Anna Elvins
Alfred Fox
Rose Mary Fox
William
James Fox
Margaret Morrissette
John Fox
Troy
Thomas F. Healy and Sons
Third
van ‘Buren
St. Michael's Church
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Martin H. Berrigan
Eighth Street
Watervliet
Patrick Berigan
Anne Connery
Anna Shey
Berrigan
John J. Buehler
Fourth Avenue
St. Peter's Church
St. Peter's Cemetery
Stephen H. Duffy
J. W. Burns Sons, Inc
Fifth Avenue Chapel
St Peter's Church
Michael F. English
Edward McManus
Harold L. McKeon
W. Leo McCarthy
Joseph Hervieux
Edward J. Sheedy
Thomas J. Evers
Walter P. Moloney
Augustus F. Buesser
Father MecKeon
Dorothea G. Jennette
Hadley
Earl A. Jennette
Saratoga Hospital
Robert Earl Jennette
Catheriine Carr
Easton
Michael Delury
Willam Murrane
Agnes Thurber
Valley Falls
Leo
Gerald Carr
St. John's Church
Schaghticoke
St. John’s Cemetery
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James H. ‘Wilson
Burns’ Funeral Home
J. Welfred Findley, Jr
Seventh Avenue
M. E. Zion Church
George Whitbeck
Edward DeWitt
Alfred Jackson
Gilbert Wilson
Albany Rural Cemetery
Findley
Draft Board
James F. Donlon
R.c.reynolds CO
River Street
Monument Square
Konee
Rose Point
R. C. Reynolds Co
Wilton Bugs
Woolface
Otis V. Calhoun
Mobile
Henderson Field
Guadalcanal
Waterford
George E. Kendall
Watervliet Arsenal
Kendall
Missouri School of Journalism
International General Electric Co
International G. E
Waterviet Greenal
Arthur J. Dupont
Hudson Avenue
Leonard Hospital
Charles W. Owens
Virginia
C. W. Owens
George Street
James Poleto
Wilfred Gareau
Oliver LaFlamme
Leonard Curtin Post
American Legion
John Keefe
American Legion Hall
Frank Hamel
Joseph Hunt
Vagabond Club
Ar Ee
John Cietek
Watervliet Elk Heads District
Claude Tibbitts
Barre
Herman Grethen
Rock of Ages Memorials
Ave
114Th St
Dorothea C. Jennette
W. & M. Gross
Gabardine
Congress Street
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