Watervliet Civic Chorus Elects Robson President
Robson was reelected president of the Watervliet Civic Chorus for a second term at the annual meeting in the Elks Club. Officers named include Ruth Decker as vice president and Frances Horton as treasurer, with Robert McCormick as secretary. Directors named are John Benemont, A O Young, Stanley Gruver, Mason Robinson, Bertha Waters, Celie Vartigian, Lois Waltous, and Colletha Gruver. A buffet supper followed under Louis Whitehouse’s direction. Seaman Teson, former Watervliet High School student, has joined the Navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Gruver
Mason Robinson
Bertha Waters
Celie Vartigian
Lois Waltous
Colletha Gruver
Elks’ Club
Louis Whitehouse
Navy training notes and local court report items
News items note pneumonia at the Naval Training Station in Sampson and a Navy family member in Camp Peary Virginia. The page also covers the theft sentence of Fred Laffin, the first lieutenant promotion for Joseph Paul Payette at Camp Van Dorn, and a luncheon for Miss Marjorie Ham as she nears marriage to Sergeant Joseph A. Weldon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naval ‘Training
Sampson
Joseph Teson, Jr
The
Cohoes PN. A
Navy
Camp Peary
Willamsburg
Joseph Paul Payette
Camp van Dorn
Miss
Camp Lee
Quartermaster Corps
Fourth Service Command
George F. Richenecker
Broadway
Marjorie Ham
Fairse Avenue
Jack’s
Albany
Socony Oil Co, Inc
Miss Ham
Joseph A. Weldon
May Draft Group In Watervliet Has Physical Test
Watervliet's draft group departed for the Albany Induction Station for final physical examinations. The event, led by Dr. Robert J. O'Brien and Samuel C. Archer, included preparations at City Hall and a planned assist by the Red Cross to file allotment forms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watervliet
Mas
Albany
Selective Service Board
Puid
Common Council
City Hall
Robert J. O’brien
Samuel C. Archer
Donald Court
Edward Cummings
VR. Gray
The
Red Cross
Charles Roberts
Watervliet Lodge of Elks
Elks
USO
Henry J. Hughes
Army Beavise
Othera
Navy
Maine
Poys
Regents elected delegate to state convention at Hotel Pennsylvania
Mechanicville Mrs. Anna Tierney, grand regent of Court St. Paul, Catholic Daughters of America, elected delegate to the state convention to be held June 2 and 3 at the Hotel Pennsylvania, New York. Installation of officers planned for June 7 with Mass Mary Cooney of Schuylerville as installing officer. Also reports on Foresters and Rotary activities plus Memorial Day message planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Tierney
Court St. Paul
Catholic Daughters of America
Pennsylvania
New York
Ic Hall
Mary Cooney
Schuylerville
Christian Endeavor Society
First Presbyterian Church
Marilyn Thomson
Madge Harvey
Joan Tordoff
Katrine Haddleton
Priscilla Haddleton
Forresters
George L. Daley
N. Charles Brusatori
Foresters of America
Knights of Columbus
Rotary Club
Frank A Mastrianni
Rotary
Victory Garden
Carmina D'Alola
Ann Lucarelli
Industrialist William H. Hayes Dies at Home in Troy
William H. Hayes proprietor of the oldest carriage and automobile spring works in Troy died at his home 58 Desson Avenue after a short illness. A Trojan native he led Troy Spring Works with his brother Edward J. Hayes and carried on the business started by their father in 1888. Survived by his widow Margaret Noonan and four children, the funeral is set for Friday at 9 a.m. from the home and 9:30 a.m. at Sacred Heart Church with requiem mass. interment in St. Mary's Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine Kelly
J. G. Nealon
St. Bridget’s Church
Peter Sheerin
Joseph Hervieux
Joseph
Thomas Walsh
Thomas Costello
William O'Hara
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Little Falls
George Sweeney
Wilbur ‘Sweeney
Eighth Avenue
J. Gregory Nealon
St Mary's Church
Fair Haven
St. Mary's Cemetery
William H. Hayes
Desson Avenue
Troy
Edward J. Hayes
Troy High School
Troy Business College
Sacred Heart Church
Local notes and wartime community updates
Residents return from Miami to Dunning Street while Mrs. Harry Pitman faces surgery in Troy Hospital. Pvt. Herbert Bell tours from Camp Adair on a 15 day furlough. Lt. Frank Yost visits grandparents at Fort Vel vote. Miss Viola Lozo and colleagues host Miss Hughes from South Glens Falls High School. Red Cross nurse recruitment meeting draws 43 at the high school. talks by Mrs. Maude Neubauer highlight nursing needs and training classes. two Red Drama films shown. Rev. Earl D. Wooddell announces Baptist summer camping programs for state youths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ger
Edward Cassing
Dunning Street
Miami
Fla
Harry Pitman
Troy Hospital
Herbert Bell
Camp Adair
Ore
Frank Yost
Fort Velvote
Henry Safford
Viola Lozo
Miriam Hughes
Betty Cornell
Red Cress
Red Cross
Maude Neubauer
Pruyn’s Hill
Army
Navy
Earl D. Wooddell
Memorial Baptist Church
Also Mentioned on This Page
Watervliet Civic Chorus
Robson
Seaman Teson
Robert Teson
Watervliet High School
Watervliet Elks
Fred Laffin
Albany County
John H. McMahon
Laffin
Madeline Kawela
Sixth Avenue
Kawala
Sergt Yancis W. Connors
Wiliam H. Connors
Jeutenant
Vincent E. Busone
Watervilet
Army Air Corps
Officers Candidate School
Troop Carrier Command
Baer Field
105Th Infantry
105Th
Pacific
Officers’ School
School of Applied Tactics
Orlando
R. C. Reynolds CO
Monument Square
Mannsville Massion Chapel
Gertude Cesare
Troy-Schenectady
William Mills
William Franklin
First Aveous Methodist Church
Elmer Hydorn
Mr. Mills
Richard Battige
Rosary Society
Frank Condon
Rosary Society of the Sacred Heart of Mary Church
Charles Bateman
James Murray
Charles Robinson
Central Police
Edward Schwab
Home Life Home Bureau
Athu
Carrey
Mt Vernon
Mechanicville
Pfc
Herbert G.bell
Francis Taylor
Newman Avenue
Edward Gullespie
George Mault
Lathrop Shippee
Francie Rossiter
Allen Vandecar
Alois Mault
Anthony J. Fantauzz
U. S. Medical Corps
Angeline Fantauzzi
Bernadine Fox
George E. McElroy
wMfechamicville-Waterford Road
Albany Hospital
Russell Babcock
Northampton
Mass
US Army
Clayton McCormick
Dayton
Robert 8. McCormick James Stewart
James K. Stewart
San Francisco
Cal
Edward Kohienber
Michael Deming
Aston Deming
Corps of Engineers
Engineer Officers’ Candidate School
Fort Belvoir
Deming
New York University
Clairborne
W. H. Hayes
United States of America
Prudential
Trey Prudential Association, Inc
South Glens Fails High School
Bank OF Troy
Troy’s Marine Midland Bank
Franklin Square
People’s Office
Second Avenue
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Corinth
Federal Home Loan Bank of New York
New York State League of Savings & Loan Assn
United States Building & Loan League
Troy Co-operative Savings and Loan Association
the Banking Department of the State of
Coopgrali Savings and Operats
Grand ST
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