Watervliet Council Backs Elks Flag Day Parade
Watervliet city fathers endorsed the Elks Flag Day parade with Mayor Donlon named honorary chairman. Plans call for citywide participation by civic and fraternal groups, with the lodge as organizer. Meetings were set to expand the event and details. A separate ordinance proposed sale of Lot 527 on Fourth Avenue and a tax/penalty waiver for property in the First Ward. The council also discussed waiving taxes and water rents on a parcel sold to Albert C. Sharkey and related penalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watervliet
Gregory Nealon
James F. Donlon
Elks
Thomas ©. Sullivan
Fourth Avenue
Fourth Ward
Frank C. Decker
Henry J. Hughes
First Ward
Broadway
Ings Association of
Troy
Sullivan
Albert C. Sharkey
Watervliet Landslide Nearly Buries Troy Workman
James MacDonald, 37, of 542 River Street, Troy, was buried to his chest by dirt as a ditch for a sewer line at 417 Seventh Avenue, Watervliet, caved in about 8:30 am. He was pulled free by McIntyre Hose Co and police and taken to Troy Hospital with a bruised leg, back strain, and shock. condition listed as good with X-ray and observation to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James MacDonald
River Street
Troy
Seventh Avenue
Watervliet
Charles Colling Lumber Co
McIntyre Hose Co
James F. McMahon
Alvina Steiner
19Th Street
WAVES
Navy
Charles K. Spellman
Spring Avenue
Newport
R. I
Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Leona Schlegel
Lorena DelSignore
Margaret Razzano
Angelina Foglia
Giovanna DiNardo
Josephine Colaprete
Gloria Cranate
Josephine Cerri
Josephine Frascis
Amelia Cortese
Robert DelSignore
Thomas Ruemano
Joseph Bisio
Carmen Medica
Joseph di Mindugno
Frank Giuliano
Anthony Colaprete
Fifth Avenue
Ninth Street
Mass Schedule At Watervliet Churches Updated
Watervliet churches list mass times for St Bridget s St Patrick s St Nicholas Sacred Heart of Mary Immaculate Conception Our Lady of Mt Carmel St Ambrose Latham with low and high masses. Also notes May devotions at Our Lady of Mt Carmel with Rev Adalbert Callahan Siena College sermon on The Life of Our Blessed Mother and enrollment in the Children of Mary Sodality. Rogation Days at Trinity Church and Ascension Day schedules. Students from Watervliet High School Victory Corps to march in Troy Memorial Day parade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James P. Hanrahan
St. Patrick's
John C. Carey
St. Nicholas
Andrew P. Chrystum
Sacred Heart of Mary
A Nap LaPalme
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Ladislaus E. Guzielek
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
Jerome G. Scorzoso
St. Ambrose
Latham
Daniel F. Cronin
Adalbert Callahan
Siena College
Bve
Children of Mary Sodality
Trother
Holy Angels’ Society
Trinity Episcopal Church
Theodore Haydn
St Gabriel's Chapel
Watervliet High School
Victory Corps
Troy Armory
Armory
Troy
Sermon Topics At Watervliet
Multiple Watervliet churches schedule sermons and Sunday services tomorrow. Rev. Charles A. Dayston leads at Wesleyan Methodist, with others including Rev. Harry N. Van Antwerp, Rev. Louis A. Barker, Rev. Max O. McCamiey, Rev. Alfred J. Liljestrand, Rev. Arnaldo W Natino, and Rev. Theodore Haydn delivering sermons on themes such as Sharing Our Blessings, The Purpose of the Church, Lost by Neglect, Peace in the Midst of Tribulation, Do This in Remembrance, and Something to Remember. Church schools and youth activities are listed across several congregations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Smith
Wesleyan Methodist Church
Charles A. Dayston
Chester Fiet
W. B. Society
Stanley Klob
Fred Boe
Dayston
Harry N. van Antwerp
Serman
Beacon Light Mission Chapel
Third Avenue Methodist Church
Louis A. Barker
Young People’s Fellowship Group
David Herr
J. F. Minnis
India
Henry F. Hamlin
North Reformed Church
Max O. McCamiey
First Avenue Methodists Church
Alfred J. Liljestrand
Swedish Congregational Church
Walter Rosenberger
Mannsville
Walter Strangeway
Theodore Haydn
St. Gabriel’s Chapel
William J. Clark
First Presbyterian Church
Christian Endeavor
Complete Tests For Watervliet Oratorical Event
Students of Watervliet High School completed tryouts for a prize speaking contest to be held in the school auditorium Friday evening June 4. Prizes for boys and girls are 10 and 35 dollars. Judges will be unbiased outsiders. Finalists include Jane Smith Katherine Graves Marjorie Pryor Sophie Canga Ralph Vartigan Joseph Fowler Harry Beale and David Morrigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watervliet High School
Board of Education
Jane Smith
Katherine Graves
Marjorie Pryor
Sophie Canga
Ralph Vartigan
Joseph Fowler
Harry Beale
David Morrigan
Watervliet Welcomes New Pastor Max O McCamley at First Avenue Methodist
Members of Watervliet churches gathered at the First Avenue Methodist Church to welcome Rev. Max O. McCamley and Mrs. McCamley. Clergy from North Reform Swedish Congregational First Baptist and Third Avenue Methodist offered greetings. A prayer opened the program with music by the junior choir and soloists. Mrs Barbara Neville presented a toy to the pastor's son William.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Avenue
Swedish Congregational Church
Arnaldo Natino
First Baptist Church
Louis E. Barker
Third Avenue
Red Cross Seeks Women Workers At Watervliet
Watervliet women volunteers are urgently needed to make Red Cross surgical dressings. Mrs. Thomas Cavanaugh, chairman of the surgical dressing committee, announced the increased demand for bandages and dressings. The group will meet next Tuesday in place of Monday at the First Presbyterian Church from 9 am to 4 pm and 7 to 9:50 pm. Leave notes with Red Cross or call the church during hours. Selective Service Board No. 346 reclassified several registrants due to new age and occupation rules. Democratic committees in three wards chose candidates for supervisors. Plan a rummage sale for next month. Ladies' Aid plans a birthday festival for April to June anniversaries on June 26. Next meeting June 24 at Mrs. Gunnar Carlson's home. Penn State registrar notes high school students aim to finish college work before service calls.
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The
Red Cross of
Watervliet
Red Cross
Thomas Cavanaugh
Cavanaugh
First Presbyterian Church
Ladies’ Aid Society
Swedish Congregational Church
Agnes Gustafson
Chestnut Street
Cahoe
Alfred J. Wiljestrand
Lustrand
Gunnar Carlson
Sixth Street
Deaths Obituary Notices Move Across Local Obituaries
Obituaries report Mrs. Anna Koppel of Schodack died at home and funeral with Rabbi Rosenberg at 11 am. Burial in Hebrew Farmers Cemetery. Survived by daughter Daisy Koppel and siblings in Nassau Detroit Brooklyn. Also noted are funerals for Mrs. Lottie Tower of Ithaca, Martin Schneckenburger, Edward F. Nugent, Oscar Herald, Miss Victoria DuFresne, and Mrs. Flora Steenberg with details of their deaths, services, and survivors.
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Koppel
Anna Koppel
Schodack
Benjamin Rosenberg
Jewish Community House of
Tower
Lottie B. Tower
Louis
Edward Jones
Ithaca
Odd Fellows’ Home
Esperence Cemetery
Otto Voingt
Altamount Lutheran Church
Albany
Victoria DuFresne
Sau: Avenue
Troy
East Dorset
St. Jean Baptiste Church
Exide du- Fresne
Cohoes
Almond du- Fresne
Bennington
Cahin du- Fresne
Manchester
Arthur DuFresne
Andrew
Simplicity Marks Ford Funeral Rites
Detroit pays final tribute to Edsel B. Ford president of Ford Motor Co and son of the founder. Flags at half staff across city and county buildings. Private service held at Christ Church chapel in Grosse Pointe with family attendance and two state church officials officiating. Hundreds of Detroiters file through the chapel as the body lay in state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Edsel B. Ford
Ford Motor Co
Christ Church
Grosse Pointe
Ford
Frank W. Creighton
Michigan
Francis B. Creamer
Christ Church Parish
Henry Ford
Edsel Ford
Tokyo Bombing Frightened Japs Says Chilean Writer
Mario Planet of La Hora described Tokyo’s jitters after General Doolittle’s raid. He noted the raid’s psychological impact, with Japanese nerves unsettled and expectations of further bombing. He cited anti white prejudice among Japanese, and described incident of a camera seizure in Tokyo Park leading to a confrontation and refuge at the Colombian legation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Benning, Ga
INS
Tokyo
Mario Planet
la Hora
Santiago de Chile
Doolittle
Fort Benning
Planet
Japan
Tokyo Park
Coluombilan Legation
Nine-Year-Old Dionne Quintuplets Celebrate Birthday
The Dionne quintuplets marked their ninth birthday in Callander Ontario with a simple party attended by their parents and siblings. They recently christened five ships in Superior Wisconsin, originally planned to bear the girls’ names but renamed for U.S. frigate captains. The family prepares to move into a 32 room mansion next month, a visible sign of their substantial wealth. Dr Allan Roy Dafoe and Papa Olivar Dionne had tense relations in earlier years.
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Callander
Ont
USP
Superior
Wis
Annette
Cecile
Emilie
Marie
Yvonne
Maritime Commission
U. S
Quints
Hne
Keith Munroe
Dionne
Jroof
Allan Roy Dafoe
Dafoe
Papa Olivar
Bomber Rescues Sailors on Raft
Navy patrol bomber glided over the Atlantic at night and found four survivors from a torpedoed British merchant vessel. Lieut Maurice Mauffman of Wappingers Falls piloted the craft to the raft where smoke signals were spotted by Ordnance Officer J Albert Willey of Alexandria Louisiana. The crew were plucked from the shark infested waters and flown to a US base.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Flying Best
Airc Raft
Atlantic
Maurice Mauffman
Wappingers’ Falls
Secon
J. Albert Willey
Alexandria
Plan Blood Bank For Chinese Plan Blood Bank For Chinese
A Chinese blood bank will open in downtown New York to supply plasma to Chiang Kai-shek s armies. Dr Donald Van Slyke announced the project at a Chinatown meeting and said donations from Chinese Americans Chinese residents and American supporters will be accepted starting June 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
CINS
Chiang Kai-shek
Donald Dr. van Slyke
American Bureau
China
Chinatown
New Bank
American Friends of China
Poppy Day sales surge as Troy veterans report strong response
The annual Poppy Day sale sponsored by Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion opened yesterday in Troy with early reports of strong public support. Funds raised aid veterans relief, with VFW dollars directed to the Orphans’ Home in Michigan and Legion proceeds to health camp costs in Sunmount Adirondacks. locally, aid goes to needy veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans’ Organizations
Veterans
Troy
Veterans of Foreign Wars
American Legion
V.F. Ws
V.F.W. Orphans
Micheigan
Legion
Sunmount
Adirondacks
Trojan Post
Masonic Temple
Leo F. Blume
Also Mentioned on This Page
St. Bridget’s
Rep
Rouen
Bertha Schanz
Court Regina
C. D. of A
K. of C
Mary McAndrews
Selective Service Board
Henry Hughes, Jr
Frank J. Fera
Albin V. Wickum
Charles J. Banaszewski
William Sheremeta
Charles A. Senecal
Francis E. Murray
Michael Omerek
Raymond E. Bernard
William H. Bibb
Leo M. Hickey
George A Hamilton
Raymond W. Riding
John J. Delaney
Denie E. Nolan, Jr
Gordon W. Sandberg
Fred Ee Pluff
Thomas F. Connery
Robert R. Knights
Harold A. Casey
Douglas J. Archambeath
John J. Law
Harry S. Beale, Jr
Ted
Thomas H Owens
Leo J. Struzewski
William H. Gethins
William G. Nugent
James Jackson
John Sliter
J. Thompkins
Louis la Pierre
State College
Pennsylvania
William 8. Hoffman
Pennsylvania State College
Martin Schneckenburger
Coolidge Avenue
Lam
St. Lawrence's Church
Francis J. Buechler
St Joseph’s Benevolent Society
Robert Geiger
Frank Wolf
Henry Hepp
Otto Volk
St .Jean’s Cemetery
Father Buechler
Edward F. Nugent
Seventeenth Street
Beman Park
St Paul the Apostle’s Church
Holy Name Society
Catherine A. Woods
James J. Ahern
Spring Lake
N. J
Reed LaFerriere
Charles J. Buckley
Oscar Herald
Clifton Park
Llness
Germany
St. Joseph's Church
Schenectady
St. George's Episcopal Church
Sophie
Adan Grald
Harry Herald
Elnora
Elizabeth Shultis
Rexford
R. D
Minnie Christie
David C. Huntington
St. George's Church
St. Luke's Church
Mechanicville
Bomber
Plan Blood Bank
J. Joyal
North Bay
New England
W. & M. Gross
Gabardine
B.V.D
USF
Cony
W.&m. Gross
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