King Named To Watervliet Draft Board
Edward P. King was named as a member of Watervliet draft board yesterday and sworn in by Dr. Robert OBrien. He recently retired from Watervliet Arsenal after 41 years of service at Locations including the plant and service facilities. Plans for a fiftieth anniversary dinner for Catip Anas R. MN A were announced at a meeting of the group at Mrs. Messitt’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward P. King
Drake
Robert O'Brien
Ehaithas
Bownk
Rhee
Watervitet A
Piasenceatas
Impe
Patien- Post
American Legion Hi
Hnd
Cieb
Arsenal
Asd
Semesi Ce
Pha
Annex
Troy
Rochester
Charles Dunbar
Har
Sirs
Messitt
Troop 38
Sroix O
Lary Casele
James Vogel
Sacred Heart of Mary
Watervliet Notes and Soldier Promotion Highlight Local Items
Watervliet residents receive notices on gas ration records and a major update with Corporal Michael P. Gizzi, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Gizzi, newly promoted after service with the Eighth Air Force in England. Also listed are lodge events, a Maplewood Fire Department meeting, and Home Bureau committee appointments with planned programs and a St Patrick card party at Patten Post American Legion hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael P. Gizzi
Joseph Gizzi
Fifth Street
Watervliet
Watervliet High School
Gizzi
Eighth Air Force
England
Ar Janchary
Montgomery Ward and Co
Menands
Sailor Home
Adams Kapela
John Kapela
Watersuist
Deaver
Armed Guard Center
New York
Patten Post Anmerican Legion
Hattie Shorkey
Commues
Watervliet Board Warns Food Dealers Over Stamp Violations
The Watervliet Board warns grocers to avoid removing red ration stamps from books or restricting purchases to a single store. Officials report isolated violations, especially with child shoppers, and promise penalties for infractions as regulators monitor compliance. Also noted is the Purple Heart award for Donald D. Rich, who was wounded in Italy and hospitalized since last August after enlisting in 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPA
Watervliet
Lmare
Donal Henry Rich
Seventh Avenue
Donald D. Rich
Italy
General Hospital
Minnesotan Captain Bags Forty Germans in France Ambush
Captain Jack D. Stone of Minneapolis led a small force behind Allied lines in France when three German soldiers were spotted. He rounded up more Krauts from bushes and trees until forty surrendered. Stone kept them under guard and redirected his command post to the captured area.
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Seventh Army
France
INS
Jack D. Stone
Minneapolis
Minn
Stone
Land Fice
Kamerad
In Stone
PW Fage
Whitehall Briefs Honor Bronze Star Recipient and Navy News
Whitehall native Francis LaPoint earned the Bronze Star for heroism in Germany while Joseph Rich, A M M 3/c, returned from 11 months of Pacific duty aboard an aircraft carrier. Lt Walter Harper reported for duty on the west coast after furlough. A birthday surprise for Rita Hoy was given at Miss Nellie Jean Moore’s home with twelve guests. Seaman Thomas R. Stone, hospitalized in Brooklyn after torpedo damage, spent the weekend with his mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis LaPoint
N. J. LaPoint
Poultney
Whitehall
Germany
Joseph Rich
Georgia Rich
Broadway
Rich
Aate
Pacific
Dorothy Yackle
Washington
Nellie Jean Moore
Miss Host
Thomas R. Stone
Seaman Ife
Gertrude Stone
Naval Hospital
Brooklyn
Atlantic
Series of Troy Obituaries Reports Deaths and Funerals
A lengthy Troy obituary page notes multiple deaths including Mrs Isabel Hines Wagar widow of Nelson Wagar, John Harper, Orrin Wright, Miss Maury Frances Boyne, Anthony F. Sweeney, Mrs Elizabeth Downes, Mrs Hubert Snyder, Mrs Ellen Toohey, and William H Gibson. It lists survivors, birthplaces, former employments, church affiliations, funeral details, and burial plans across Troy Oswego Avenue Elmwood Mount Ida Oakwood St Peters and local churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bmirs
Isabel H. Wagar
Isabel Hines Wagar
Nelson Wi. Wagar
1852 Avenue
Hiness
Troy
Hani N
Raymond F
Carl A. Water
John Harper
Joh Harper
Joan A. Manning Paper Co
Ireland
Harper
Minth - Presbyterian Church
Oswego Avenue
Himes
Fifth Avenue
S . Po Rey
Herold J. Quigley
Ninth Presbyterian Church
Elmwood
Orrin
First Baptist, Church
Hoosick Grange
Agnes ‘Brownet
Julia Free Curtice
Emily Jones
New Bedford
Maury Frances Boyne
Aliss
Mary Frances, Boyne
C. B. Boyne
Oakmont
Bitesburg
Miss Boyne
Euclid Avenue
Our Lady of Victory Church
Boyne
Anthony F. Sweeney
Rensselaer
New York
Sweeney
New York Central Railroad
Guaranty Trust, Co
Helen Murphy
Knights of Columbus
Matthew J. Sweeney
Albany
Raymond
John E
John
E. Sweeney
Dennis Shaw
Rochester
Rs. Downes
Elizabeth Downes
Morris Funeral Home
Killed in Action Pfc James Lamb 24 in Germany
Telegram from War Department reports Private First Class James Arthur Lamb of Hudson Falls killed in action in Germany on February 23. Lamb, attached to the Timber Wolves of the 104th Engineering Division in General Hodges First Army, had previously fought in Belgium, Holland, France and Germany. Survived by parents Mr and Mrs Arthur J Lamb and sister Frances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Arthur Lamb
Germany
War Department
Arthur J. Lamb
Hudson Falls
Lamb
The
Timber Wolves
104Th Engineering Division
Courtney Hodges
Cologne
Belgium
Holland
France
Frances
Requiem Mass Held At Sacred Heart Church
A requiem high mass was celebrated by Rev. John P Jones at Sacred Heart Church with George Geiger on the organ. Funeral services were held at St Mary’s Cemetery in Middle Granville. The note mentions a Russian institute attached to the University of Stockholm planning an open library with about 14 000 volumes in Russian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubert A Snyder
Troy
New York
Hubert C. Snyder
Sathering
Sar Snyder
Mew
Michael Hayes
Catherine Hayes
Aes | Malong
Second Avenue
St Mary's Church
le Agnes
Cohoes
Ellen Toohey
Mire
Elen Tooney
Frank Whales
Heosiex Street
E. J. Herbert
Seo Pucerat
Fifeh
Avenue
Harold J. Quigley
Ninth Presbyterian Church
Burin
Mount Ida
Toohey
Fourth Street
Sacred Heart Church
John P Jones
George Geiger
Edward J. Poland
William E. Bowen
John F. Clessdu
Aiter Wood
Leroy Jr
Hele
Colic Willeths
St Mary's ‘Conetery
Middle
Granville
Russian Institute
Stockholms
ENS
University of Stockholm
Sweden
Also Mentioned on This Page
King
Watervliet Draft Board
DEPT
Selery
Joe's Beauty Shop
Esward
Heng
Evening Star Lodge
A. M
Gary
Alasoric J Temple
Ernest Glouckner
Maplewood
Joseph Henry Memorial School
Academy Park
Arsenal Motors B
17Th ST
23Rd Street
Watervliet Board
Poey Cooperal Savings
Une
Crane ST
Franklin Square
Banking Department of the
State of New York
Fxexus
W. H. Gitsom
William HL Gibson
Second Baptist
Earl B. Robinson
Warren EL Gibson
Howard ES Flack
Lathrop Wilkie
Jefry Badprey
Oakwood Cemetery
Katherine Gardner
St. Peter's Church
Edward A. McManus
W. Leo McCarthy
St Peter's
Jesu
Chrisie
Bridget FL Mast
Bridget
Hart
Bridget -F. Feely
John E Hart
Mis
Wiliam V. McNotty
Anns
Wall Sheldon
Cherry ‘Valley
Katherine Feely
St Patrick's Church
St. Peter's Cemetery
K. Murray
Thomas K. Murray
Clinton Funeral
Irtfer Broadway
Branagan
Pevsteian
Troy Light CO
Congress ST
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