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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1944
Page
6
Mechanicville reports only about half of the $15,000 War Fund target collected with a week left. Committee chair Linehan urges captains and workers to finish soliciting and report totals to gauge progress. Also notes district drives and local church notices plus a promotion and arrival update.
Corporal Alfred H. Collins son of former Mayor Anson B. Collins and others receive ranks and postwar updates. Residents in New Guinea, Australia, and at Fort Dix are noted along with family visits. Church events, lodge activities, bowling leagues, and local civic notices fill the week’s listings.
WF ynantskill Tweeph Wolfe is seriously ill at his home. Miss Dorothy Banker underwent an operation Thursday at the Troy Hospital. Mrs. Charles Brunell hosted a bridal shower for her niece Miss Thelma Brunell, who will marry tomorrow. Guests received gifts and refreshments for 15 attendees around a bridal cake. Services at the Reformed Church Sunday at 10 30 a.m. Rev. Nelson Van Raalte to speak on Jesus as the Door of Life. Choir performance Beside Still Waters. Sunday School after service. Over 100 attended the ninth annual dime card supper and social Wednesday. Program included Mr and Mrs Charles Loomis, Mr and Mrs Fred Little, and Rev Nelson Van Raalte among others. Supper committee listed as P Craver and several ladies.
Jesse S. Cottrell longtime head of The Record Newspapers Bureau in Washington died suddenly at his Arlington Virginia home. He was 65 and a former diplomat who served in World War I and as minister to Bolivia. He is survived by wife Mary James Cottrell and daughter Betty Anne Cottrell. Burial arrangements are set for Arlington National Cemetery.
Nelson, head of the War Production Board, urged a House subcommittee to back Rep. Clara Boothe Luce’s limited service bill allowing the drafting of rejected, discharged or over age men for vital war work. He said the measure would ease bottlenecks in war industry and could be broadened if needed.
Round Lake hosts hostesses for a Wednesday bridge evening and a Thursday tea at the Methodist Church. The Women's Round Lake Improvement Society plans a library hall gathering Tuesday at 8 pm with Charlies Searls presenting the program and refreshments by MacMinn and committee. A death in Brooklyn is reported for Mrs Alice McCreedy, former local resident, survived by daughters Nellie Young and Harriet McCreedy and grandson Harold Young. A food sale by the Woman's Society of Christian Service, April 29, replaces March 29. Members attend a Third Key Conference on Community Planning for Post-war Conditions today at Skidmore College.
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