Fighting Husseys Rally in Navy and Army Duty
A community tribute notes Foster Hussey of 809 River Street and his two sons in active service. Foster Hussey Jr. is a private first class in Sioux Falls after radio operator mechanic school. Harry Hussey is a seaman first class with service from Casablanca to Russia convoys and now at New London. The piece lists other Hussey relatives in uniform and explains the family’s wartime involvement from Troy and Camp Shelby to Camp Edwards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Husseys
Foster R. Hussey
River Street
Navy
105Th
Harry Hussey
Casablanca
Russia
British Isles
Iceland
New London
Conn
Pearl Harbor
Foster Hussey
Seregt
John Hussey
All Corps
John Haason
California
Bill Hussey
Troy
320Th Street
Fifth Avenue
North Africa
Harry “Red” O'Grady
ED Hussey
Foster
Harry Ormsbee
Seabees
Virginia
John F. Golden
Third Avenue
Hussey
Pfe
Charley Golden
14Th Infantry
Panama
Mississippi
John Golden
Sioux Falls
M. D
Radio Mechanic's
Billie Golden
Dave Harris
Ciismi
Bill Blakesman
Jean
BR. D. 4
BIH
Miam
Samuel N. Blakeman, Jr
Route 4
Troy Hi
Tom Daley
William Daley
Sixth Avenue
Camp Maxey
Tex
LHS
Dick Sunkes
Saratoga Avenue
Northside
Drew Field
Tampa
Fie
Seaman
Fred Cole
Sampson
Charles N. Cole
Central Avenue
Cohoes
Lavoptik Eyewash advert from dramatic overwork era
A vintage advertisement claims Lavoptik relieves burning eyes and irritation from dust or wind with quick relief of soreness tiredness and itching. It promises money back after 25 years and notes availability at all druggists. Thousands praise the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted
Adv
Veterans and cadets stretch across the Atlantic to service duty
Davenport of 124 George Street notes promotion of her husband Mernard Davenport to metalsmith. Bernie called to active duty Jan 1 as a third class petty officer at the Naval Air Station Norfolk. Many locals report sons and relatives in Army Air Forces, Coast Guard and Navy training at Camp Peary, Lowry Field, Morris Field, Fort Myers, Lub bock and Glenn. Reunions, furloughs, and schooling changes shape daily life as families follow the war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
George Street
Mernard Davenport
Bret
North Africa
Bernie
Roddy
Naval Air Station
Norfolk
Alfred J
SA Sixth Avenue
G Samuels
Fred Samuels
Ninth Avenue
University of Mississippi
Camp Peary
Virginia
Seabee
Troy
Joe Tesoq
Paul Martin
Troy Bearcats
Wom
Joe
Paul
John Mlock
Fourteenth Street
Watervliet
Miami Beach
Fla
George Krakat
Karl Krakat
Fourth Avenue
Army Air Forces
Fort Myers
George
Chanute Field
Til
Curtiss- Wright
Buffalo
Corp
Walter Wynkoop
Fort Sheridan
Ray
Christine Wynkoop
Hudson Avenue
Green Island
Bernie Weiss, Jr
Bernard Weiss
Valley Falls
Army Air Force
Cochrane Field
Henry Eisel
Sheepshead Bay School
Behr- Manning's
Oakwood Avenue
Marion
Patty
Pie
Rudy Eisel
New Orleans
Local service arrivals list new personnel connections
Chesne Carleton Avenue Cohoes lists Ken Webster wife Dorothy in Latham and notes his THS service and Simmons Machine Tool Corp past. Adel ia Bauer, medical technologist, sworn into WAVES to report near Hunter College Bronx. George Collins recently at Fort Sheridan after circus work. John Looby enrolled at Will Rogers Field Oklahoma for quartermaster unit formerly Cohoes funeral director. Howard Davis enrolled as air cadet at Michigan State College East Lansing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bronx
George Collins
Edi&h Collins
Fort Sheridan
George
Perrell
John Looby
Elizabeth M. Looby
Remsen Street
Will Rogers Field
Olia
John
Cohoes
Howard Davis
Albert Davis
Highland Avenue
Michigan State College
East Lansing
Mich
Local Residents Move In as District School Closes
Haynerville residents Mrs. Mary Miller and Mr and Mrs Dexter Miller moved into a new home here. Stewart Humphrey of Pittstown visits daughter Mrs Clarabrough. Mr and Mrs Harold Akin visit relatives, Mr and Mrs Charles Akin. The district school closed with a bake sale on Friday afternoon. About forty parents and children attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Miller
Dexter Miller
Stewart Humphrey
Pittstown
Clarabrough
Harold Akin
Charles Akin
Airmen Learn To Combat Blaze
New Orleans reports a weekly training fire at the Naval Air Station on the lakefront. Fire crews rush into the flames to rescue “Dilbert the Dummy” from a frame plane ignited to train Navy firefighters. Citizens inquire as the mock blaze unfolds with all station personnel taking a turn at the rescue drill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
INS
Naval Air Station
Navy
Dilbert
Wynantskill Pro Kenneth F Braman Furlough Visit
Wynantskill Pro Kenneth F Braman spends a ten day furlough with his wife the former Miss Virginia Pitts. Missionary Friendly Circle and Ladies Aid Society meet at the Reformed Church tonight with Bob Henningson of the Greenport L I Coast Guard also on furlough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth F Braman
Virginia, Pitts
Missionary Friendly Circle
Ladies’ Aid Society
the Reformed Church
Ohn
Pane
Bob Henningson
Greenport, L. I
Children Day Observed at Reformed Church Services
Parents Mr and Mrs P W Henmingson announce Children Day at the Reformed Church this Sunday at 1030 am with decorations led by Ms Charles Loomis and Mrs A H White. Flowers to be left Saturday at 3 pm. A Fire Dept sponsored game and card party at Firemen's Hall tomorrow evening to raise funds for booster tank apparatus. Isaac Film Jr chairs assisted by Mrs Edward Jorden and Thomas Bogus, with Mrs Isaac Film providing refreshments and Mrs Nellie Kraus organizing games and Mrs Thomas Whalen handling tables.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. W. Henmingson
Charles Loomis
A. H White
Firemen’s Hall
Fire Department
Fremen
Noth Greenbush
Isaac Film, Jr
Edward Jorden
Thomas Bogus
Isaac Film
Nellie Kraus
Charles Buiunelle
Thomas Whalen
Local Notices Highlight Family Visits And Graduation Plans
Grafton Mrs Annie Simmons of Troy visited friends over the weekend. Mr and Mrs Myron Carringhe stay with Mrs Alice Milks in Troy. James W Sims and sister bought John W Craver's summer home at Second Pond. Roy Vermilyea, called home for his father’s funeral, returned to service. Francis Quacken bush and Cambridge visit Albert Quackenbush. Graduation exercises at the Baptist Church tomorrow night. Mrs Mildred H Craib will present diplomas to the pupils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myron Carringhe
Alice Milks
Troy
James W. Sims
John W. Craver
Second Pond
E. Roy Vermilyea
Francis Quackenbush
Cambridge
Albert Quackenbush
Baptist Church
Tomorow
Mildred H. Craib
Pup
County to confiscate skill machines in two towns
Dist Atty Earle J Wiley and Sheriff deputies seized 21 gambling devices in Hoosick Falls and Nassau after county officials stated gambling machines would not be tolerated. One machine was found at Frank Lezotte’s store in Nassau and four at Joseph Cuting’s shop in Hoosick Falls. The seizures follow prior vows to crack down on such devices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barle J. Wiles
Timothy L. Collins
Harold B. Harriman
Hoosick Falls
Nassau
Hany E. Clinton
Rensselaer County
Earle J. Wiley
Timothy L Collins
Tro
Frank Lezotte
Chatham Street
Joseph Cuting
John Street
Death summons Stillwater residents. Attica call follows
Mrs E R Hiller mother of Mrs Lyman A Talman dies prompting a district visit to Attica. Mrs Clark Cummings of Washington DC visits her mother Mrs Lucy Schoonmaker. District Attorney Wiley seeks a court order to destroy gambling machines and turn seized money to the Public Welfare department. no arrests reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra
Lyman A. Talman
Attica
E. R. Hiller
Clark Cummings
Washington, D. C
Lucy Schoonmaker
Wiley
Harry E. Clinton
John J. Ahern
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Roy Shud
Camp Shelby
Miss
Pete Daniele
Pete
Rocco Daniele
Congress Stroet
John A. Manning Paper Co
Fred Kilmer
Camp Edwards
Mass
Chara
Franklin Square
Mohican
Mohican AD Weekly
Hamburg
Gare
Ana
TOMA
Florida
Tbs
Boz
U. S. No
Bane
Charley Buchanan
Pacific
Bob King
Buck
Charles A .Buchanan
Lansingburg
John McKenna
Admiral Halse
South Seas
Paul Jensen
Bearcats
Colby College
Waterville
CCHS
Gifford Mertens
Margaret Bailey
Theodore Mertens
East Park Place
Giffs Lhs
Air Corps
The
Pete Nahal
Morris Field
Charlotte
N.C
Youll
Pop
Johnny Reilly
15Th Street
Lowry Field
Colorado
Bill Ryan
James J. Ryan
Ninth Street
Armament
Bull
Troy Eagles
Upton Jan
Buckley Field
Colo
Lowry
Cluett, Peabody
McDonald
Stuffy
Army Life
St. Joseph’s
Jimmy Barbuto
Mps
Brooklyn Army Base
John Atwater, Jr
John H. Atwater
Stephentown
Lubbock
New Lebaneon Central Hi
Air Force
Tifton
Pic
Louis Duchesne Ia
Delphia de
Haynerville
Wynantskill
Grafton
Annie Simmons
Father
Alfred D. McKelvy Company
Rockefeller Plaza
New York, K. Y
Dad
Conan
Stillawater
Zemo
OUR Office
Pioneer Building Loans— and Savings Association
Second ST
Racha
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