First Ward to Dedicate Honor Roll
The honor roll of about 250 First Ward residents in the armed forces will be dedicated tomorrow at 4 p.m. Morris Koenig announces the committee. Earle J. Wiley Edward Wachter and clergy will speak and prayers will be offered. The unveiling at Division and Third Streets features Mrs. Calligan presenting an American flag, with veterans Chuckrow and Pafundi hoisting it. If any service member’s name is missing, notify Mrs. Harriet Dennis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Ward
Morris Koenig
Gray M. Brandy
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Division and
Third Streets
Washington
Ferry Street
Koenig
Benjamin Chuckrow
Dominick Pafundi
Harriet B. Dennis
Division Street
Holiday Closures Affect Bank Dressing Rooms
The Manufacturers Bank surgical dressing rooms close Monday for a holiday and reopen Wednesday until 9 p.m. Volunteers are urged to makeup time missed on Wednesday and Friday of next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manufacturers Bank
Promotion News for James W. Smith Naval Reserve Pilot
James W. Smith son of Mr and Mrs Joseph J Smith of 5 Thompson Street has been promoted to lieutenant junior grade in the U S Naval Air Reserve as of May 1 He joined as a pilot cadet after earning a B S from Union College class of 1941 He earned his wings at the advanced training center in Jacksonville and was commissioned an ensign May 1942 He has served in Iceland Ireland and North Africa where he is a plane patrol commander currently on active duty since November as first pilot in North Africa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NAVY
James W. Smith
Joseph J. Smith
Thompson Street
J.g
U. S. Naval Air Reserve
Smith
Naval Air Reserve
Union College
Union
Government
Floyd Bennett Field
Advanced Training Center
Jacksonville
Fla
Iceland
Ireland
North Africa
Candy spree after handbag found by canoeing tragedy
A handbag lost by Marilyn Kroll of Athens in the Hudson River after a canoeing accident surfaced ashore. Clarence Dedrick and friends spent 95 cents plus $2.60 from ring sales in candy purchases before the purse and rings were returned to Miss Kroll. The engagement ring, valued at $100, was among the items recovered. Dedrick's father Blanchard Dedrick acted quickly. The rings had been sold to Mary S. Tappan, who kept them for safekeeping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marilyn Kroll
Athens
Hudson River
Raymond Gadder
Clarence Dedrick
Dedrick
Blanchard Dedrick
Clarence
Miss Kroll
Two Trojans File in Bankruptcy
Irving Dembo a meat salesman formerly of Union Market Troy fled a voluntary bankruptcy petition in U S Court at Utica with debts of 1910 and no assets. Creditors include Domestic Finance Co Swift & Co John Lemon Julius Weiss and others. James F Brogan bus operator filed for bankruptcy with debts of 1634 and assets exempt 75.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irving Dembo
Union Market
Congress Street
Troy
U. S
Utica
W. Joseph Shanley
Dembo
Domestic Finance Co
Swift & Co
John Lemon
Julius Weiss
Cohoes
James F. Brogan
Seventh Avenue
Taconic Valley Bus Lines
William Fitzgerald
K. M. Ziter
Donald C. Brogan
Mae Long
Paul Berner
Dunlop Tire Co
Eugene Cottrell
Green Island
Daniel J. Michel
Beth El Clubs Stage Vaudeville Show At Temple
Members of the Young Judea Clubs of Beth El Religious School present a variety musicale titled A Little Bit of Everything in the temple vestry rooms. The show features songs recitations and dances to benefit the school library fund Jerome Brownstein serves as chairman Beeswax noted as a byproduct of honey production
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young
Beth el Religious School
Temple
Jerome Brownstein
Navy Cadet Lands Plane In Farm Field Near North Greenbush
Navy cadet Edward Noe of LaCrosse Wisconsin made a forced landing at 9 am in a grassy field on Justice of the Peace William J Lessoe's farm near Defreestville in the town of North Greenbush. He was uninjured and the training ship 4 Luncombe damaged slightly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Troy Flyers Inc
Troy
Justice of the Peace
William J. Lessoe
Waat
Sand Lake-Albany
Defreestville
North Greenbush
Edward Noe
LaCrosse
Wis
Luncombe
John J. Degnan
Degnan
Cadet Noe
Lossoe
C.A.A.— War Training Service School
Farmer Severely Injured Leading Cow to Pasture
Willard Ogsbury, 60, of Altamont, suffered severe arm lacerations when a chain on a cow he led to pasture caught, tearing flesh and muscle as the animal bolted. He was taken by Altamont fire department ambulance to Bilis Hospital, Schenectady. doctors hope the arm can be saved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard Ogsbury
Altamont
Ogsbury
William Lockyer
New York
Bilis Hospital
Schenectady
Deputy Sheriff Claude A. Davis Dies at Home
Deputy Sheriff Claude A. Davis of Rensselaer County Jail died at his Cropseyville residence after a long illness. Born in Cropseyville he lived there all his life and was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Brunswick. Survived by his wife Foie Pattison and two daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude A. Davis
Rensselaer County
Cropseyville
First Presbyterian Church of
Brunswick
Foie Pattison
Davis family notices a funeral at Brunswick
Eleanor D. Gilbert and Margery E. Davis mourn the death of a family member leaving one son Philip A. Davis, the deceased's mother Mrs. 5S. A. Davis, sisters Gertrude Calkins and H. Oskley Sharpe, and grandchildren Richard and Susan Gilbert. Funeral set from the residence tomorrow at 2 30 p m with Rev Robert Campbell officiating at Brunswick burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanor D. Gilbert
Margery E. Davis
Philip A. Davis
5S. A. Davis
Gertrude Calkins
H. Oskley Sharpe
Richard
Susan Gilbert
Robert Campbell
D.D
Brunswick
Troy Public Schools Closed for Holiday Monday
George H. Krug, superintendent of schools, announced yesterday that Troy public schools will be closed Monday in observance of the holiday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy Public
George H. Krug
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Joan Foro
Edwin Cox
Nicholas
Columbia University
Canaan
Beth el
Muhifelder
Lisleshirts
Varva
Suiver
Carol Craiwford
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