Miss Murphy Engaged to Sam Curtin for August Wedding
Frank L York of Fourth Avenue Watervliet announces the engagement of his niece Margaret M Murphy of Watervliet to Samund R Curtin son of Mr and Mrs Daniel J Curtin of Third Street Watervliet. The ceremony is set for August 21 at St Patrick's Church Watervliet with a nuptial mass at 10 20 am officiated by Rev John C Carey. Margaret a Catholic Central High School graduate attended Skidmore College and Parsons Design School class of 1940 and is staff artist in display advertising for the Albany newspaper. Sam Curtin a Troy High School and Albany School of Accounting graduate is national advertising representative for the Schenectady Gazette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank L York
Fourth Avenue
Watervliet
Margaret M. Murphy
Samund R. Curtin
Daniel J. Curtin
Thid Street
Miss Murphy
Wilam J. Murphy
Trenton
N. J
Anabel York Murphy
St. Patrick’s Chureh
Albany School of Accounting
Schemectady Gazette
Harry Fiske
Congress Street
Marjorie Ann Fiske
Jec. Corp
Alfred J. Kaufman, Jr
Camp Cooke
Cal
A. J. Kaufman
Rensselaer
Kaufman
John Street
Fiske
Catholic Central High School
Adjustment Department
Montgomery Ward Co
Kanfman
Women Send Flowers To Shut-ins In Troy Club Effort
Members of the Troy Woman's Club branch of the National Plant Flower and Fruit Guild distributed flowers to sick and shut-ins yesterday and sent greeting cards to 42 Trojan recipients. Mrs Chauncey L Bradt led the effort assisted by Mrs John Elme with several other volunteers. Emma Willard Alumnae will take over next week under Mrs W W Rousseau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy Woman's Club
National Plant, Flower and Fruit Guild
Chauncey L Bradt
John Elme
Harry W. Hudson
Ralph Gully
Charles
Aldrich
Lowell H. Bryce
William Oats Hotchkiss
Frank Sutland
Ethel L. Irving
Emma Willard Alumnae
W. W. Rousseau
George Rysedorph Birthday Party Honoring Armed Forces Guest
George AL Rysedorph, who will leave Aug. 7 for service in the armed forces, was guest of honor at a birthday party at his home 2 Hlm Place. Guests included Mrs Rysedorph, Mrs. Sarah Rysedorph, Martha Rennie, Marist Welliams, Jean Welliams, Paula Claessens, and Charles Rysedorph. The table featured red, white and blue favors and a patriotic cake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George AL Rysedorph
Hlm Place
Rysedorph
Sarah Rysedorph
Martha Rennie
Green Island
Marist
Jean Welliams
Paula Claessens
Los Angeles
Charles Rysedorph
Phipps Becker Nuptials Announced
Mrs Joseph William Trepanier of Green Island announces the marriage of her sister Miss Amenae Becker to First Sergeant Charles W Phipps stationed at Fort Haan California. The ceremony was June 20 at St Rose Anna Church Bell with Miss Virginia Phipps and John Bennett as attendants. Attendees from Los Angeles Hollywood and nearby California towns attended. Phipps, son of Mr and Mrs Charles J Phipps of Bell California, is a nephew of Mr and Mrs Arthur Spaulding of Waterview. He met his bride during a furlough in the East. He attended Campton Junior College before enlisting four years ago. Mrs Phipps, a Schoharie Central School graduate, worked at Hughes Autograph Brush Co in Watervliet before marriage and is now living with her in laws near Fort Haan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph William Trepanier
George Street
Green Island
Amenae Becker
Charles W. Phipps
Fort Haan
Cal
Charles J. Phipps
Bell
St. Rose Anna Church
Virginia Phipps
John Bennett
Los Angeles
Hollywood
California
Sergeant Phipps
Troy Area
Arthur Spaulding
Waterview
Campton Junior College
Phipps
Schoharie Central School
Hughes Autograph Brush Co
Watervliet
Cinderella Ending Leads to Burglary Charges in Los Angeles
In Los Angeles Miss Eleanor Alice Stockdale an unemployed engraver is hauled into court on four counts of burglary after a slipper fits her foot triggering a Cinderella tale. The slipper was found in a burglarized home, prompting Detective Jeb Gebbart to continue the investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
UHW
Eleanor Alice Stockdale
Miss Stockdale
Jeb Gebbart
Personal notices from a local paper of vacations and illnesses
Short notices list residents confined by illness vacationing at lakes and hotels convalescing after surgery and hosting visitors. Names include Arson Hedges Ruth Bibb Gertrude Magill Alma Snyder Howard J Snyder Arlene Chambers Ardith Pryor Arthur Reed Faun Bracken Lois Bracken Helen Kelly John R Bove Joseph A Bove. Event mentions include a birthday party at the Bove home tomorrow at 7 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arson Hedges
Third Avenue
Ruth Bibb
Gertrude Magill
Alma Snyder
Crooked Lake
Howard J Snyder
Ninth Street
Leonard Hospital
Arlene Chambers
Frear Avenue
Ardith Pryor
Oakwood Avenue
Chamber Summmer
Hedges Lake
Arthur T. Reed
Fifth Avenue
Crawford Lake
White Mountains
N. H
Northfield
Lake Pleasant
Faun Bracken
Sixth Avenue
Lois
Bar Horner
Brackenss
Helen Kelly
New York City
Long Island
John R. Bove
Joseph A. Bove
Bove
County W C T U Plans Meeting
The Official Board of Rensselaer County W C T U held a business conference at the YWCA with Miss Lavina Francisco presiding in Mrs Harriet L Doyle’s absence. Plans for the annual meeting on Tuesday Aug 17 include 3 to 5 pm and 7:30 pm sessions, reports from 31 department directors, memorial exercises for deceased members, and an evening program arranged by Mrs Hans P Lund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rensselaer
Harriet L. Doyle
Lavina Francisco
Elisabeth Maxwell
Martha, Korietzki
Hans P. Lund
Donald Dean
Kornetzki
Bond Sellers To Meet At Y W C A
Troy women engaged in selling War Bonds and Stamps will hold the first War Finance Committee meeting at the YWCA Monday at 2 30 pm. Thomas W. Rourke, Rensselaer County chairman, explains duties for the upcoming Third War Loan. Mrs James H Donnelly named vice chairman. Mrs Henry Galden jr urges participation from all women's groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Finance Committee
Troy
Y. W. CA
Thomas W. Rourke
Rensselaer County
James H. Donnelly
Rensselaer County War Savings
War Finance Group
Rourke
Henry Galden, Jr
Ity
Wonlans
P T. A
Bertram Robinson
Green
Lois Hakes Weds Texan Ivan Lee Smith in Second Baptist Church
Miss Lois Erma Hakes daughter of Mr and Mrs Everett Hakes of 1901 Highland Avenue wed Ivan Lee Smith of Port Arthur Texas son of Mrs Frederick Alvin Smith of Erie Pa and the late Mr Smidt The ceremony was at 8 pm Saturday with Rev Earl B Robinson officiating A reception followed in church parlors The couple plans a return trip to Ene Pa on their way to Port Arthur where Smith works as a mechanical engineer for Texas Co The bride attended Troy High School and Troy Business College The groom is a graduate of Erie Academy Valley Forge Military Academy and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lois Erma Wakes
Everett Hakes
Highland Avenue
Ivan Lee Smith
Port Arthur
Tex
Frederick Alvin Smith
Erie
Smidt
Second Baptist Church
Earl” “B. Robinson
Th.d
Howard D Hekes
Miami
Fla
Mildred Thayer
Carol Agan
Vincent Richard Smith
Ford City
Joseph Throop
Edward Haber
Buffalo
Daniel Peckham
George Barringer
John Demers
Eric Kombat
Rodman Fox
Warren Gibson
Lloyd Studio
Montreal Guest Gwendolyn Halliday Visits Passannos
Miss Gwendolyn Halliday of Montreal is a guest of Mr and Mrs Charles J Passanno of Collins Avenue. Mrs Passanno recently returned from a six week trip to Canada. At Cohasset Mr and Mrs Robert H Betts of Spring Avenue Road left yesterday for Cohasset Massachusetts to visit Mr Betts brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs Philip Benson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gwendolyn Halliday
Montreal
Charles J. Passanno
Collins Avenue
Robert H. Betts
Spring Avenue Road
Cohasset, Mass
Mr. Betts
Philip Benson
Marjorie Kincaid Married In Alabama
The marriage of Miss Marjorie F. Kincaid daughter of Harold B. Kincaid of Hoosick Falls to Pvt James A. McIntyre son of Mrs Cora McIntyre of Warners was announced by the bride's father. Rev D C Whitsett officiated at Montgomery Alabama. The wedding followed by a reception. the bride is a Syracuse University graduate and Little Falls High School home economics teacher. She will remain in Montgomery where her husband is stationed at Maxwell Field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marjorie F. Kincaid
Harold B. Kincaid
Hoosick Falls
James A. McIntyre
Cora McIntyre
Warners
Montgomery
Ala
D. C. Whitsett
St. Mark’s Methodist Church
Richard Bowen
Detroit
John Pattillo
Oosick Falls High School
Syracuse University
Little Falls High School
Maxwell Field
Army Air Corps
Townsend Club Rally at Griggs Farm in Cropseyville
Mrs Cora Travers will MC a Townsend rally at the Warren Griggs grave site in Cropseyville farm tomorrow. Groups depart from Syeaway bus terminal at 1 30 pm and 5 30 pm. She will welcome Thomas J McGinnis and recount Townsendism in Troy, review Club histories, host a quiz on the Townsend plan’s status in Congress, with accordion solos by William Cunningham. In rain, hosts Mr and Mrs Giggs open their home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora Travers
Warren Griggs
Cropseyville Farm
Syeaway
Troy
Local Travel and Camp News Include Hampton Beach Trips
East Side resident Grace Hall spends two weeks at Camp Yonochas in Grafton while Fannie Upham travels to Cape Cod for a week. Marcia Heger and Florence vacation at Hampton Beach New Hampshire. Edward and Buckley of Philadelphia stay at 12 Griswold Avenue. Read of others returning from Hampton Beach and Camp Wadsworth in Georgia. A Camp Stewart tale notes a WAC wife prompting her husband to seek a job, with the husband employed as a store keeper after being rejected by the Army for physical reasons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Hall
Belle Avenue
Camp Yonochas
Grafton
Fannie Upham
Elmgrove Avenue
Cape Cod
Marcia Heger
Florence
Griswold Avenue
Hampton Beach
N. H
Edward J. Buckley
Philadelphia
Frank McNeil
William Loesch
Billy McNeil
Charles Penrose
Elaine Upham
Camp Stewart
B. F. Dilion
Dillon
Stewart
WAC
Waterford Women Hold Outdoor Service at Crooked Lake
The annual Girls' Division service of Waterford Methodist Church met Tuesday morning on Crooked Lake shore with Jean Sorensen leading devotionals assisted by Dorothy Holcomb. Theme God and Nature featured a musical invocation. Rev. William A Perry told The Story of the Sea. A breakfast and swimming followed before a pause until school resumes. Sergt Narence Anderson visits on furlough. Ford Hose Company to meet Monday at Hill Street. Volleyball added at Waterford playground with morning baseball for older youth and afternoon badminton and games supervised by Miss Kathryn Kirker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Waterford Methodist Church
Crooked Lake
Jean Sorensen
Dorothy Holcomb
William A Perry
Ford Hose Company of
Northside
Hill Street
P.m
Waterford Playground
Kathryn Kirker
Eisenhower Offers Peace With Honor to Italians
General Eisenhower urged Italy to end hostilities with honor, stating only German troops blocked peace and outlining a five point program including immediate cessation of fighting, cessation of Italian support to German forces, and safe return of prisoners. He pledged mild Allied occupation and restoration of Italian liberties amid rising civil unrest and calls for peace across Italian cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eisenhower
Associated Press
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Italy
Fiume
Trieste
Yugoslavia
Istrian
Madrid
Milan
Turin
Hitler
France
Germany
Sicly
Vatican City
Mainland
Pietro Badoglio
London
Badoglio
Balkans
Rome
Genoa
Virginio Gayda
Mussolini
BBC
Gauda
Roberto Farinacci
Fascist Party
Mario Appelius
Berlin
Umberto
Ilhan
Greece
Bern
Adolf Hitler
Budapest
Romania
Bucharest
Istanbul
Bulgaria
Sycaway 4-H Club Plans Benefit Peanut Social
Sycaway The Sycamore 4-H Club met at Memorial Methodist Church with Mrs Helen Campbell and Miss Dorothy M McCabe directing. A committee was appointed to run next week's benefit peanut social. Ariayne Lewis Constance Taplin Ruth Smith Joan Richards and Patricia Zarnick named officers to organize games awards and refreshments. Most uniforms reported completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sycamore 4-H Club
Memorial Methodist Church House
Helen Campbell
Dorothy M. McCabe
Ariayne Lewis
Constance Taplin
Ruth Smith
Joan Richards
Patricia Zarnick
Also Mentioned on This Page
George Rysedorph
Vogue Tailors
Weissblum
Fourth Street
USS
Larey
Phipps-Becker
Cinderella
Sam
County
W.C. T. U. Plans Meeting
Y.W.C.A
Lois Hakes
Marjorie Kincaid
Alabama
Townsend Club
East Side
Waterford
Sergt
Narence Anderson
First Street
Gilbert
Congress & 13Th
Hersert & Co
Fulton
Rist
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