USO Cadet Dance Sponsored for RPI V-12 Cadets
The USO group will host a dance for about 200 V-12 students at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute today at 8:30 p.m. in Hendrick Hudon Hall. Cadet Lieut Comdr George Powell serves as master of ceremonies with Cadet Lieut Sheldon Claypool and several other cadet officers assisting. Mrs Byron C Keene leads the USO women in charge along with a large list of committee members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
USO
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
George Powel
Sheldon Claypool
Schuyler Bramley
Robert Meghreblian
Walter Patterson
Edward Barton
Robert Thurston
Byron C. Keene
Georse H Laskey, Jr
Earl D. Rhodes
Willam D. Hambrook
Daniel E
Ellen Donnelly to Wed Engineer John Conway
Ellen Celia Donnelly daughter of Mr and Mrs John E Donnelly of Watervliet announces engagement to John J Conway son of Mr and Mrs John A Conway of Mechanicville He is a radio transmitter engineer with General Electric Co They plan to marry August 18 at St Patrick Church Watervliet
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E. Donnelly
Sixth Avenue
Watervliet
Ellen Celia Donnelly
John J. Conway
John A. Conway
North Third Street
Mechanicville
Miss Donnelly
Waterview High School
St Peter's Hospital
Conway
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
General Electric C
St. Patricks Church
Town to Washington and summer plans noted
Mrs John Phillips of Brunswick Hills and Mrs Sanford L Cluett of Spring Avenue Road left yesterday for Washington DC where Mrs Phillips will reside. Mrs Charles H Mason of Third Avenue heads to Hawkeye in the Adirondacks to open her summer home. Clam Bake Furber Marshall of Pawling Avenue entertained men at a clambake at the Troy Country Club. Mrs Richard W Smeltzer of Eaton Road returned from a vacation at Falmouth Cape Cod.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John & Philips
Brunswick Hills
Sanford L. Cluett
Spring Avenue Road
Washington, D. C
Phillips
Charles H. Mason
Third Avenue
Hawkeye
Adirondacks
Furber Marshall
Pawling Avenue
Troy Country Club
Richard W. Smeltzer
Eaton Road
Falmouth
Cape Cod
Cambridge Girl Betrothed To Greenwich Sergeant
Miss Helen Margaret Andrews of Cambridge announced engagement to Sergt Meredith W. Hoag son of A Allan Hoag of Greenwich He is in the Army Air Corps photographic division at Boca Raton Field Fla She is a Cambridge High School and Mary McClellan Hospital graduate and research assistant at Albany Medical College He attended Greenwich High School and Cornell University where he was in Delta Chi fraternity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Margaret Andrews
Sergi Meredith W. Hoag
A. Allan Hoag
Greenwich
Nicholas Andrews
Cambridge
Miss Andrews
Cambridge High School
Mary McClellan Hospital
Albany Medical College
Sergeant Hoag
Greenwich High School
Cornell University
Delta Chi
Army Air Corps
Boca Raton Field
Fla
Warnocks Home From Marine Base
Mr and Mrs James B Warnock and daughter Rosemary of Sb2 River Street have returned from New River North Carolina where they visited their son Pvt James Francis Warnock US Marine Corps Rosemary gave a program of readings songs and dances at the USO during her stay A record of a recitation My Baby Brother and a dance was completed and has been heard by her grandparents Mr and Mrs Frank Veshia at the apartment 863 River Street
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James B Warnock
Rosemary
Sb2
River Street
New River
N. C
Pvt
James Francis Warnock
U. S. Marine Corps
USO
Frank Veshia
Miss Bulson and Dorsey Wed in July Ceremony
Miss Mae Edith Bulson and James J. Dorsey were married on Monday July 19 at Schaghticoke by Justice George J. Blair. Mrs Bulson is daughter of Samuel E. Bulson of Roseisle Park New Jersey and Mr Dorsey works in the printing department at Cluett Peabody and Co Inc. The couple will reside in Lansingburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mae Edith Bulson
James J. Dorsey
George J. Blair
Schaghticoke
Schaghtioke
Dorsey
Samuel E. Bulson
Roseisle Park
N. J
Parry Navigation Co
New York City
Peterson & Packer Coal Co
Cluett, Peabody & Co. Inc
Lansingburg
Lois Hickey Tendered Shower at Dellinger Home
Mrs Ralph Dellinger and Mrs Charles Dellinger hosted a miscellaneous shower Wednesday evening for Miss Lois Hickey of Stillwater a Scaghtucoke High School faculty member set to marry William Dellinger son of Mr and Mrs Ralph Dellinger Guests attended from Rome Cohoes Stillwater Valley Falls Troy and Schaghticoke
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Dellinger
Charles Dellinger
Dellinger
Lois Hickey
Stillwater
Scagatucoke High School
William Dellinger
Rome
Cohoes Stallwater
Valley Falls
Troy
Schaghticoke
Pownal Residents Visit Proud Cottages Then Plan Move
Pownal families from Saranac Lake spend the week at Proud Cottages and plan a future move to a Grafton farm. War Chest drive for town yields 38 in the hands of Max C Walk with Raymond Beaudry and a roster of assistants. Bennington County quota set at 21,000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
Arthur Wells
Kenneth Wells
Saranac Lake
Grafton
Max C
Raymond Beaudry
Gertrude Arpour
Margaret Ryan
W. Crispell
Raymond McDonald
Bennington County
Former Trojan Wed in Elkins Park
Mr and Mrs Fred J Rosenau of Elkins Park announce the marriage of their daughter Loraine Joy Rosenau to Richard Laup son of Mr and Mrs Leonard Haas of Elkins Park. The ceremony was held Saturday at the brides parents home. Mr Laup is grandson of Mrs Charles I Laub a former Trojan and the late Mr Laub of Troy. The couple will reside at Carter Lane Elkins Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred J. Rosenau
Elkins Park
Loraine Joy Rosenau
Richard Laup
Leonard Haas
Brides Paren
Laup
Charles I
Laub
Troy
Carter Lane
Elnins Park
Personal Finests E Bonesteel Family Return From Glass Lake
Personal Finest E Bonesteel of Excelsior Avenue 1g com salesc ng at Samaritan Hospital Dr Harry Jo Whie and family reside 87 Second Avenue North Troy and have returned from Glass Lake where they spent Jury month. Mrs Alton V Hotaling and her daughter Judy visit Aunt and Uncle Jesse C Esmond in Troy Schenectady area. Charles J Connolly hosts a picnic for Erwin Cronk and family guests of Cronk parents James and Mrs Cronk. Helen Parmenter and daughter Phoebe of 265 Congress Street visiting William J Stalker family of Columbus Ohio. Both Parmenter and Mrs Stalker are daughters of Frank Parmenter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finest E Bonesteel
Excelsior Avenue
Samaritan Hospital
Harry Jo Whie
Second Avenue
Noth Troy
Glass Lake
Alton V. Hotalhng
Judy
Jesse C Esmond
Troy-Schenectady
Charles J. Connolly
Erwin Cronk
Mr. Cronk
James Cronk
Helen Parmenter
Phoebe
Congress Street
William J. Stalker
Columbus O
Mrs Stalker
Frank
Parmenter
R R Y Unit Seeks Funds For Prisoners
Mrs Leland Wadsworth hosts the women's auxiliary of the Railroad Y M C A for a tea at her Terrace Place home to plan a benefit board party on Monday Oct 11 at 8 pm in the Railhoad Y gymnasium. They aim to raise at least 50 for prisoner of war work and will send funds to the national headquarters World Service Committee. War Savings Stamps prizes will be awarded at each table and refreshments served. The men's boards of the Central and Railroads are invited. Morris Stephen Pieper acts as secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leland Wadsworth
Terrace Place
Railhoad Y Gymnasium
World Service Committee
National Headquarters
Central and
Railroads
Mors Stephen Pieper
WAVES Observe First Anniversary
President Roosevelt marked the first anniversary of the WAVES formation praising the women’s branch of the Navy for patriotic service in the present war. He said women stepped forward as descendants of pioneer daughters who nurtured freedom and that thousands of fighting men are at battle stations thanks to women who filled vital jobs ashore and aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Tns
Roosevelt
WAVES
Navy
Free Land
Naval Service
Church Ends Second Play Center Season
Grace Methodist Church finished the Play Center season with a picnic and field day, bringing attendance to 1025 children for the month. Rev. Milton M. Lavery noted the program offered safe, constructive play five mornings a week for ages 2 to 12, aided by many instructors and volunteers. Winners listed for age groups and events included Jane Robertson, Anna Mae Denaker, Fred Golde, and others, with an amateur stunt show preceding the field events. Outdoor activities featured swings, sandbox play, races, and relay games, while indoors children did needlework, painting, and crafts under supervision by Afra, Rayburn Myers, Mrs. Herbert Lance, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Methodist Church
Board of Education
Milton M. Lavery
Race Jane Robertson
Anna Mae Denaxer
Fred Golde
Raymond Luce
Mary Arzoumanian
Margaret Frisch
James Smith
Russell van Alstyne
Francis Oswald
Jack Roddy
Bully Killian
Fred‘ Golden
Mary Purcell
Jane Robertson
Anna Mae Denaker
Marlyn Smith
Joseph Calve
Dors Ruiddington
George Speidel
Richard Wiseman
Fred B. Hancox
Local clergy and guests gather in Round Lake events
Round Lake figures include Dr Russell Carter New York State Superintendent of Music visiting town. Mrs Irving Van Zandt Me chanicville and Mr and Mrs Walton Tuck Buffalo hosted relatives. Church and churchwoman meetings note Holy Communion sermon Rev Fielding Haylor All Saints. Sunday School at Methodist Church hosts beginners. Auxiliary plans annual sale Aug 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Carter
New York State
Irving van Zandt
Mechanicville
Clayton R. Walker
Walton Tuck
Buffalo
Ww. L Fielding Haylor
Grant M. Calkins
Harry S Foster
Virginia
Calkins
Norman M Moss
Methodist Church
Saratoga Springs
Myra H Volk
Raymrond
William Volk
Volk
Cnucally
Great Barrington
Mass
Shirley Bond
Richard Bond
Saratoga
Edward Jr. Blanchard
Edward
Dalton H. Blanchard
Syracuse
Methodist
Difford ‘Aring
All Saints Episcopal Church
Carl W. Robbins
Eloise McKean
Auditorum
Homer J. Brewster
James S Love
Vincent Sancheili
Philadelphia
Alfred’ Green
Albany
Church mercy and war effort notes in Eagle Mills column
Eagle Mills items cover visits by Mrs Kendrick and Miss Clickner, Rev Diehl leading sermons and services at Church of Christ, Bible School times, two church food sales on Aug 7 and Aug 21, Eagle Mills Volunteer Fire Company meeting, and a Watervliet church guest speaker. Also reports Liberty ship Billy Mitchell rivet record at Wilmington California with crews averaging 3638 rivets per hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James B. Kendrick
Virginia
Burbank &Cal
Irene Freemyer
Paul E. Diehl
Behr-Manning Corp
Rosamond Clickner
Ralph Pearse
Chattanooga
Tenn
Paul E Diehl
Llam
Church of Christ
Bible School
Christian Endeavor Society
Loyal Women’s
Eagle Malls Volunteer Fire Company, Inc
Brunswick Sportsman’s
Cropseyville
Mitchell
Wilmington
Cal
Billy Mitchell
Former Revolver Champion Dies At Pittsfield
George R. Brown 63, a nationally known pistol marksman who once defeated Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands, died at his Pittsfield Massachusetts home after a long illness. He was born in Waterloo Iowa and held the 1927 national revolver championship in Match 6g and was a familiar figure on eastern and midwestern ranges. His last match was a year ago, and he had notable encounters with royal guards during a Berkshire visit by Bernhard and Princess Juliana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George R. Brown
Prince Bernhard
Netherlands
Pittsfield
Mass
Waterloo
Brown
East
Middlewest
Lee
Berkshires
Juliana Brown
Secret Service
Permit Sought For Plane Route
Kenmore GP John Van Son, 41 year old bus operator, seeks a post war helicopter passenger service between Buffalo and Niagara Falls. He filed with the Civil Aeronautics Board in Washington for an air route paralleling Grand Island Transit Corp, which he heads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenmore GP
John
van Son
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Civil Aeronautics Board
Washington
Grand Island Transit Corp
Community Notes From Wynamskill and Nearby
Wynamskill residents share updates from a week at Eagle Point Schroon Lake and a two week Schroon Lake vacation return. Reverend A A Seso will preach at Pawling Avenue Methodist Church tomorrow morning. Kenneth Wolfe, in the Navy, is home on furlough after months abroad. The Ketchums of Long Island visit Mr and Mrs SB Ketchum. Chester Wendell, formerly here and treated at Samaritan Hospital, returns to Barbersville. Fred E Pitcher at Veterans Administration Hospital Bronx plans cataract removal next week. Vernon Pierson and family return from a two week vacation with Floyd Pierson joining for the weekend. Geraldine Wilson hosts a 13th birthday outdoor picnic with friends. decorations pink, gifts plentiful. Attending guests include Martha Carrol, Elinor DuMour, Delores Furry, Lorraine Kornetski, Katherine DeLair, Delores Horton, Carol Wilson, Marion, Joan and Peggy Southwitch, Betty Austin, Helen Dietz, Phyllis Dietz, Billy and David Heffner, William DeLair, William Sickles, Robert Bryan and Edward Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertie Austin
Eagle Point
Schroon Lake
A. A. Seso
Pawling Avenue
Kenneth Wolfe
Milton Ketchum
Long Island
B. Ketchum
Chester Wendell
Samaritan Hospital
Barbersville
Fred E. Pitcher Ig
Veterans’ Administration Hospital
Bronx
Vernon Pierson
Floyd Pierson
Geraldine Wilson
Clifford Wilson
Martha Carioi
Elinor DuMour
Delores Furry
Lorraine Kornetski
Katherine DeLair
Delores Horton
Carol Wilson
Marion
Joan
Peggy Southwitch
Betty Austin
Helen Dietz
Phyllis Dietz
Billy
David Heffner
Wiliam DeLair
Wiliam Sickles
Robert Bryan
Edward Smith
Poestenkill Scouts and Red Cross Open Town Programs
Poestenkill residents hold a Scout troop hike at Davitt's Lake where members passed fire building and cooking tests. A new Casualty Center in the school plans emergency units, with 29 first aid students taught by Jack and Mrs Short, meeting weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christina Hull
New York
Beatrice Piector
Kilgore
Tex
Gotthard Janson
Gotthard
Boy Scouts
Troop 28
Davitt's Lake
Charles Cessop
Charles Schreiner
Daniel Hearne
Gene Hoffay
Red Cross
Poestenkill
Jack Short
Traffic death toll cut in half in first half of 1943
The United States cut its traffic death toll during the first six months of 1943 to about half of the prewar figure, a National Safety Council report says. The six month total was 30,030, with drops from 1941 and 1942 across 38 states and 337 cities. Wartime speed and mileage restrictions and public cooperation are credited. Major reductions occurred in rural areas and several large cities led by St. Paul Providence and New Orleans with perfect early 1943 records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United States
National Safety Council
Ned H. Dearborn
Council
St. Paul
Providence
New Orleans
Vernon
Minnneapoli
Minn
Rochester
Yonkers
Trenton
N. J
Mt. Vernon
New Rochelle
Coyingston
Klamath Falls
Ore
Kenmore
Palo Alto
Cal
Will Rogers Abroad Opens British Tour in Quest for Facts
Rep. Will Rogers Jr. arrives in Britain and will tour British plane factories U S air bases and American troop encampments. He plans to stay about a month as he gathers information on war production and Allied efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Rogers
London
U. 3
Will Rogers, Jr
D- Calf
Britain
U. S
Progressive Party seeks Bridgeport candidates for city election
The Progressive Party of Bridgeport ran a help wanted ad in the Bridgeport Telegram calling civic minded residents to seek independent candidacy in the upcoming municipal election. It seeks applicants with civic interest and clean legal voting residence in Bridgeport to run against the Socialist administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport, Conn
Progressive Party of
Bridgeport
Help Wanted
Bridgeport Telegram
Progressive Party
City of
Grafton Lamphere Visits Aunt in Troy and Local Events
Grafton Ronnie Lamphere spends a week with aunt Mrs Burr Hakes in Troy. Jackie and Sharon Gayop return from Poestenkill visit with aunt Mrs Vaillant Hogan. A silver tea at Miss Ann Golden’s Second Lake summer home benefits the Catholic Church from 4 to 6 pm today. A Town Hall social and dance supports the American Legion Overseas Cigarette Fund with free admission for children under 14 bringing 14 phonograph records. Numerous Troy guests and a cast of locals attend events and visits throughout the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronnie Lamphere
Burr Hakes
Troy
Jackie
Sharon Gayop
Vaillant Hogan
Poestenkill
Ann Golden
Second Lake
William Hogan
Pat
Billy
Poestenkitl
Frances Weidenbacker
Trey
Hogan
Everett Lamphere
Town Hall
American Legion Overseas Cigarette Fund
Mis M Knight
New York
Frank Baker
New Jersey
Anna Watson
Agnes Cone
Katie Molley
Musa Marie Clancey
Catherine Cone
Mae Schaffie
Also Mentioned on This Page
USO Group
Ellen Donnelly
Cape
Frank J. Lumley
Fourth Avenue
Frances Lumley
Michael J. Mulcahs
M. J. Mulcans
Brookin
Sergeant Mulcans
Florida
Ee Pepe
Regan Washer CO
Franklin Sq
Lroy
Lorey Studie
Warnocks
Marine Base
Miss Bulson
Goldvine Studio
David Boyd
Mary Jane Boyd
Pfc
William H. Stokes
William Stokes
Cohoes
Watervliet High School
Albany Comptometer School
Stokes
Allegheny-Ludlum Steel Corp
Pownal
Trojan
R.R.Y. Unit
Church
Round Lake
Lloyd Studia
Eagle Mills
Harry W. van Antwerp
Third Avenue Methodist Church
Joseph Duncan
Wynamskill
Lydia
Pinkham
America
Bowza'r
U.s
Ted
River ST
Bet. Wells & Coverly's
Triangle Shoe Store
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