Area Students Launch Drive In Bond Sales
Area high school students organize a war bond drive raising funds through the sale of bonds. Leaders Edward A Wachter and Meckrel rally multiple schools including Troy, Central, LaSalle, and Lansingboro to promote E-Bond contests. Enthusiastic students pledge cards to neighbors and friends as they aim to support the war effort.
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Begum
Enthusiastix
Edward A Wachter
Contes Geners
Trey High School
Meckrel
Central High
S. Godfrey
Las
World War Efforts and War Bonds Urged by Government
Fragmented text outlines wartime finance appeals urging public support for bonds and savings. Mentions war efforts, government appeals, and citizen contributions to financing, with garbled phrases about seven and inflation context.
Youth bond drive names 22 high school contestants
A list of 22 high school contestants for a community bond drive is announced. Troy High School features John Snyder Edward Gitte and Gwenn Taylor. Catholic Central LaSalle Lansdale LaSalle Catholic Central and Lansdale teams supply several participants.
Birthday Party For Local Musician Dewey Hancox
Friends gathered Sunday at 3 Second Avenue to celebrate the 4th anniversary of local musician Dewey Hancoxs birthday. Gifts included a velvet robe from his cousin Roy Goyer. Warren Lille and Edward Hite performed with Baward Hicks providing accompaniment. Henry Crowley recited a long poem Across the Pacific. Refreshments were served under Edward Snyders direction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey Hancox
Second Avenue
Mr Hancox
Roy Goyer
Warren Lille
Edward Hite
Baward Hicks
Henry Crowley
Pacific
Edward Snyder
Transferred At Sea By Breeches Buoy
Technician Callins, serving on a destroyer, was transferred at sea to the USS Fullam using a breeches buoy. Despite a rough sea, lines were secured between ships and Callins rode a pulley over without getting wet, describing the experience as tops.
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U. Fullam
Troy
Mrade
T. Leo Collins
Timothy L Calling
Plum Avenue
Callins
Lastle Institute
Siena College
Navy
Pacific
Trojan Avrites
USS Fullam
Ration Board limits canning sugar amid wartime shortages
The District OPA orders a 7 to 1 reduction in home canning sugar across all boards, averaging a ten pound per person cut though some receive more or less. CFA directs stricter review of applications to preserve supplies this year. Industrial and institutional sugar rations have already fallen 25 to 30 percent, with possible future cuts up to half of prewar levels.
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OPA
CFA
To Hold Party for Cambridge Hospital
The annual benefit card party of the Child Welfare Association of the Mary McCieren Hospital of Cambridge will be held tomorrow evening at Florence Nightingale Hall. Mrs. Theresa Ford chairs assisted by Miss Skatherine Brash tickets and prizes by others, with Jerome E. Wright handling tables and cards and a reception committee led by Miss K Francis Cleave and Mrs. G Hiney.
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Child Welfare Association
Mary McCieren Hospital
Cambridge
Florence Nightingale Hell of
Charles T. Skellie
Eva Carpenter
A. M Gallup
K. Francis Cleave
G. Hiney
Parish
Fellowship Body Selects Officers At Mechanicville
Miss Henrietta Mullen of Green Island was elected moderator for the coming year of the Westminster Fellowship of the Troy Presbytery. She was also named delegate to the synod meeting in Syracuse. Other officers include Miss Florence Adams vice moderator, Miss Shirley Becker clerk, William Varold treasurer, and Anita Dey Connie Smith Lois Danbury and Leon Supician as missionary members.
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Henrietta Mullen
High Street
Green Island
Westminster
Troy
Troy Presbytery
Syracuse
Mechanicville
Florence Adams
Glens Falls
Shirley Becker
Johnsonville
William Varold
How to Buy a Hat in Marengo Indiana
Mrs Elia Murphy a local milliner for three years explains the only positive test for a hat being in style is how it looks on the wearer. She advises trying on the hat before a husband to gauge his reaction and determine if the hat is outdated or fashionable.
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Marengo
Ind
Elia] Murphy
Khushend
Adjourn Driving Case In Troy Police Court
John Gzrwinski aged 49 pleaded guilty to a charge of giving while intoxicated when arraigned before Judge James F. Byron in Troy Police Court yesterday. Detective William J. McGrane said the arrest followed a zigzag drive on Second Street between Ferry and Iga Streets. The case was adjourned this morning and Byron suspended the defendant's driving license pending trial.
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John Gzrwinski
James F. Byron
Troy
William’ J. McGrane
Detective Bureau
Second Street
Ferry
Iga
Byron
Czrwinski
City War Council To Remain Open Declared
An official states the Troy War Council remains open despite Federal Office of Civilian Defense changes. Harold H. L. Schaff, executive secretary, says only the State Office of Civilian Protection will be abolished, while local war council activities and auxiliary forces are to be expanded.
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Troy War Council
Federal Office of Civilian Defense
Focal
Harold Hl] Schaff
Tes X. M
State War Council
State Office of Civilian Protection
War Council
Military equipment inquiries muddled in wartime notes
Fragmentary wartime text notes 108 local war equipment issues in the state. Statements suggest disordered inquiries about OCD gear loaned by the Federal Government through the state to authorities in Washington, with unclear disclosure of intentions and responses.
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Schatt
Washington
Plan Four Games in junior CYC Loop
Four junior CYC League games were scheduled for tomorrow. Don Caswell, director, announced the lineup featuring St Peter's vs St Augustine at Wath Street, St Francis vs St Patrick's, Water Vliet at Watervliet High, Sacred Heart Troy at Kinloch Park, and St Paul's vs Our Lady of Victory in Frear Park.
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C.Y.C
Don Caswell
St. Peter's
St Augustine
Wath Street
St Francis
St. Patrick's
Watervliet
Watervliet High
Sacred Pee Watervliet
Sacred Heart Troy
Kinnoch Park
St. Paul's
Our Lady of Victory
I Frear
Hoey Receives Bronze Star for World War II Service
James J. Hoey, chief warrant officer and son of Mr and Mrs Thomas E Hoey of Burgoyne Street Schuylerville, earned the Bronze Star Medal for meritorious service with Allied operations in France Belgium Luxembourg and Germany. His citation praises his efficiency technical knowledge and devotion to duty as personnel officer guiding his battalion administration. A Schuylerville High School graduate, he was inducted in August 1941 and has been overseas since February 194- (truncated due to source text).
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James J. Hoey
Thomas E. Hoey
Burgoyne Street
Schuylerville
France
Belgium
Luxembourg
Germany
Schuylerville High School
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