New ODT Delivery Rules Tighten Small Package Shipments
The ODT announced tighter delivery limits for retail and wholesale orders with new allowances for certain items. Small packages under 5 pounds or 60 inches total could not be delivered by store trucks. mail and phone orders remained restricted. Exemptions include milk bread eggs meat produce and some medical parts. ice cream candy flowers and beer now have weekly delivery allowances. Two retail and two wholesale deliveries per week are allowed for several item groups including toys jewelry and antiques. The changes aim to conserve limited gas for essential transportation.
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ODT
Chamber of Commerce
Samuel W. McCochrane
Chamber
U.S
Camp Fire Group Holds Ceremonial at Green Island Home
Redeemer Lutheran Camp Fire Girls held a ceremonial with Rev. Dorr E. Fritts as guest. Frances Jacques joined as a new member. Betsy Wheeler and Elsa Mazanti led bird readings while others performed songs and poems. Wood gather rank ring presented to Helen Roscoe. War Stamps given by Sally Tschumi to pupils. Next meeting a mother and daughter picnic at Rod and Gun Club, Watervliet.
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Novetompattomin
Camp Fire Girls
Redeemer Lutheran Church
Maureen Sheedy
Albany Avenue
Green Island
Dorr E. Fritts
Frances Jacques
Betty Wheeler
Elsa Mazanti
Joan Gunther
Jean Quackenbush
Francis Jacques
Helen Roscoe
Sally Tschumi
Shirley Gotthchalk
Rod and Gun Club
Waterviret
Doris Dudley Married to Army Air Forces Lieutenant
Santa Monica news confirms stage and screen actress Doris Dudley wed Lieut Richard Leahy of the Army Air Forces on Sunday night in a private ceremony. The couple plans a forthcoming honeymoon and will reside in California.
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Doris Dudley
Santa Monica
Cal
Richard Leahy
Army Air Forces
Waterford High School Baccalaureate and Graduation Update
Commencement exercises for Waterford High School seniors scheduled for 8 pm today in the high school auditorium with admission by ticket only. The baccalaureate service Sunday featured Rev. Herbert Willenberg on the theme How Big is Your World with the spiritual world as the focus.
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Waterford High School
College
Rose Mai Chatfield
Edna Gertrude Cartier
Lois M. Curtin
Shirley Estella Follett
William Donald Hodges
William Francis Hill
Willian Hughes Howland
Jean Elizabeth Lear
Teresa June Michon
Donald Joseph Moore
Jean Lois Penrose
Neal James Swalling
Harold Marx Weber
Laura Rose Arquilla
Sylvia Rosemary Catallo
Audrey’ L. Crowther
Olga’ A Grega
Grega
Philip Louis Pallozzi
Ruth Dorothy Reynolds
Mildred M Robitaille
Gilda Louise Root
Tila Stephanowski
Barbara Jane Atkinson
George M. Bennett
Floyd Luther Bowdy
Alice Theresa Castracani
Raymond Leo Cicchinelli
Emma C de Palma
Norma B. de Voe
Walter W. Elliott
Arthur James Fero
John Raymond Fox
Lorraine Joan Gabriel
Joseph Gambelli
Gabriel Thomas Gentile
Kathryn Theresa Karker
Joseph John la Gatta
Mary Elizabeth le Beau
Gertrude J. Lucas
Lucille Therese Marchand
Orlando Pallozzi
Joan Schrader
Katherine Mary Sweeney
Helen Lois Whinnery
Helen Mary, Powers
Joseph Louis Slupski
Herbert ©. Willenberg
Willenberg
Four-Dimensional World View Shared At Graduation
Mr William Lenberg spoke of a four dimensional world to guide postwar thoughts. The graduating class processed in, with Miss Louise Sheldon playing Mozart and Rev James Kerr giving the invocation. Scripture was read by Rev William Perry and Miss Verna Dick offered a piano solo. Personal notes list several residents returning from Dial City weekend.
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Willenberg
God
Louise Sheldon
James T. Kerr
Grace Episcopal Church
William A. Perry
Waterford Methodist Church
Verna Dick
Tannhauser
Wagner
East Side Plans for Strawberry Festival at Mt Ida Church
East Side members map a strawberry festival on the lawn of Mt Ida Memorial Presbyterian Church for Friday July 2. The Young People's Union and men’s church repairs committee sponsor the event.
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Mt. Ida Memorial Presbyterian Church
Young People’s Union
Cole’n Grove
Pinewoods Avenue
Missing in action list includes two local soldiers
Pte. John R. LaFountain of Glens Falls and Pfc. John A Bartowski of Schenectady are named on the missing in action list. LaFountain is married to Mrs. John LaFountain of 25 Pine Street Glens Falls and Bartowski is married to Mrs. Antonette Bartowski of 361 Mason Road Schenectady.
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John R. LaFountain
John LaFountain
Pine Street
Glens Falls
John A Bartowski
Antonette Bartowski
Mason Road
Schenectady
Brunswick Honor Roll Site Selected
Representatives from each section of Brunswick met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Roswell Lee to discuss plans for the town Honor Roll. The Town Board, chaired by D. C. Gutbrodt, aims to erect the display in Eagle Mills on state land. About 300 names are in hand. full active service status is required for eligibility.
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Brunswick
Roswell Lee
Eagle Mills
D. C. Gutbredt
R. D
Troy
Lee
Leslie Moody
Mr Gutbrodt
Fred H. McCabe
Syeaway
Cochairmen
George Grabo
Town Road
Cecil Kline
Mountain View
McCabe
Miraculous Medal Novena At St Paul’s Tonight
The weekly novena in honor of the Miraculous Medal is at 7 30 p.m. at the Church of St Paul the Apostle followed by Benediction. An adults meeting will follow in the school hall at 8 p.m. Plans for July Moonlight festival continue.
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Boy Scouts of America
St. Mary's Hall
Church of St. Paul the Apostle
At & P.m
Walter J. Torpey
Errors in fuel oil blanks confusion readers in rural areas
Rural residents in Rensselaer County return renewal fuel oil ration blanks improperly filled. Officials warn that the form must be signed at the bottom square four and that signing the last line does not indicate a lower oil allotment.
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Rensselaer County
Dutch Bombed By Lansingburg Man Keep Calm
Dutch civilians remained calm after a US air attack on a freight locomotive near Alkmaar in the Netherlands. Sergt Leslie Moore of Lansingburg opened fire, then observed the Dutch steady on a nearby road as the Canadian Wings report cites the incident. Moore, son of Mrs. Alice M. Moore, is linked to recent war news about raids on German-occupied areas.
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Cove
Alkmaar
Holland
Lieut Shako's Plane Evades Gremlins in New Guinea
United Press reports from the battle area say Lieut George Shako, once a notable RPI athlete, faced gremlins aboard a Flying Fortress over Rabaul. A live bomb rolled free, two stuck explosive devices were found, and crewmen battled tropical storms as they aborted the mission.
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George Shako
New Guinea
United Press
Flying Fortress
Rabaul
Plane lands safely after engine trouble in flight
A Palatine Bridge resident, Sergt. Herbert M. Billington, and a Watervliet resident Lieutenant Shako faced engine failure in the last hour as passengers prepared to bail out. The engine finally held and the aircraft landed without incident. Shako's wife is from Watervliet.
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Gine
Herbert M. Billington
Palatine Bridge
Shako
Watervliet
Area Youths Enlisted in Navy
Three Troy area youths, all 17, enlisted for U S Navy by Chief Gunners Mate Joseph Sullivan at the Rensselaer County Court House recruiting office. They are assigned to Camp Sampson for training. Enlisted are John Fruth of 389 Third Avenue, Howard Paul Matteson of 271 Ninth Street, and Wilbur Luther Simon of Melrose.
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Troy Area
U.S. Navy
Joseph Sullivan
Navy
Rensselaer County Court House
Camp Sampson
John Fruth
Third Avenue
Howard Paul Matteson
Ninth Street
Wilbur Luther Simon
Melrose
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