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Newspaper

Troy Record

Location

Troy, New York, United States of America

Date

May 30, 1950

Page

3

Cohoes Girl to Be Bride Names and Dates

Mr and Mrs Bernard Lavin of 48 Ontario Street Cohoes announce the engagement of daughter Jane Lavin to William Alfred Chouiniers son of Mr and Mrs Ephriam Chouliniere of Northside Combes The prospective bride is a Coboes High School graduate and has art work at Behr Manning Corp He Chouiniere is La Salle Institute graduate and works in advertising The wedding will be Sept 2 at Sacred Heart Church Cohoes.

Bernard Charles Lavin Ontario Street Cohoea Jane Lavin William Alfred Chouiniers Ephriam Joseph Chouliniiere Charles Street Northside Com Coboes High School Behr-Manning Corp Choulniera la Salle Institute Sacred Heart Church Cohoes

Johnsonville Couple To Wed

Mr and Mrs Ellis N Jones of Johnsonville announce the engagement of their daughter Miss Harriet F Jones to Gerald D Barton, son of Mr and Mrs Thomas J Barton of Johnsonville. Miss Jones is an alumna of Hopaldk Falls High School and Troy Business College and works for Personal Finance Co of Troy. Barton is a Hoosick Falls High School graduate who studied at Cornell and works with the extension service in the county. The couple will marry soon.

Ellis N. Jones Johnsonville Mian Harriet F. Jones Geraid D. Barton Thomas J. Barton Ala Misa Jones Hopaldk Falla High School Troy Business College The Personal Finance Co Troy Barton Hoosick Falls

Prenuptial Shower Honors Rosemary Shortell Ahead of June 10 Marriage

Watermanlet hostess Mrs Joseph Bannon entertained fifty guests at a prenuptial shower for Miss Rosemary Shortell. The event, held Saturday evening, featured orchid and white decorations with spring flowers over the refreshment table. Miss Shortell received many gifts as she prepares to wed Thomas Columbus Farran on June 10.

Hadley Girl Janet Gilbert Engaged to Carl Waite

Mrs Daisy Gilbert of Hadley announces the engagement of her daughter Janet Gilbert to Carl Waite son of Mr and Mrs Walter Waite of Stony Creek Both attended Hadley Luzerne Central School with no wedding date set.

Daisy Gilbert Hadley Saratoga County Janet Gilbert Carl W. Waité Walter Waite Stony Creek Hadley-Luzerné Central School Russell Merwin Indian Lake Lois Ann Merwin John Paul Raup Henry Raup Kinderhook

Troy Girl Graduates From Cobleskill Institute With Honors

Miss Lee Gervais daughter of Mr and Mrs Eugene Gervais of 1 Walnut Grove Place was graduated Sunday from Cobleskill Institute with honors. She received the Alpha Sigma Delta award for outstanding senior in food service and majored in dietetics. She will be employed as a dietitian at St Peters Hospital in Albany.

Lee Gervais Eugene Gervais Walnut Grove Place Cobleskill Institute Gervais Alpha Sigma Delta St Peters Hospital Albany

Food Sale Planned by School 10 PTA

The Parent-Teacher Association of School 10 schedules a food sale in Frear's Store basement Friday from 10 am to 5 pm. Co chairs are Mrs. Betty Baneen and Mrs. Catherine Shupe.

Parent-Teacher Association of School 10 Frear Mre Betty Baneen Mra Catherine Shupe

Memorial Day supper at Troy Country Club clubhouse

Memorial Day observance tonight at the Troy Country Club clubhouse includes a bust supper from 5 to 7 pm. In Lake George, Arthur Firth and family travel up for the summer months, while holiday guests include Touls Davidson Sage visiting Mrs. Sare's mother. Luncheon honors Boas Trent Cluett as he prepares for marriage to Miss Patricia Connally.

Troy Country Club Lake George Arthur Firth Pawling Avenue Touls Davidson Sage New York Sare C. W Kelsey Kelsey Patricia Connally Eugene F. Connally Boas Trent Cluett

Theresa Nates to Wed William Seeloff Jr in September

Announcement of the engagement of Miss Theresa Nates daughter of Mrs Peter Nates of 1518 Fifth Avenue Watervliet to William Seeloff Jr son of Mr and Mrs William Seeloff of 829 Broadway Watervliet with a wedding planned for September 10.

Theresa Nates Peter Nates Fifth Avenue Watervliet Mr. Nates William Seeloff, Jr William Seeloff Broadway, Watervliet

Former Troy Girl to Wed in Schenectady Ceremony

Shirley Conroy of Behenectady, formerly of Troy, will marry Joseph J. Hage of Amsterdam this Sunday. The bride, Mont Pleasant High School and Mildred Elley Secretarial School alumna, works in the U S Air Force office in Schenectady. Groom a St Mary's Institute Amsterdam graduate, attended Union College, employed at Scotia Naval Depot.

James F. Conroy Behenectady Troy Shirley Joseph J. Hage Samuel F. Hage Amsterdam Mont Pleasant High School Mildred Elley U.S & Air Force Schenectady Hage St. Mary's Institute Union College Scotia Naval Depot

Troy Couple To Be Wed

Margaret Burroughs of 153 Hill Street announces the engagement of her daughter Catherine Theresa Burroughs to Walter Lasky son of Mr and Mrs Peter Lasky of 393 Third Street. The wedding is set for Oct 4 at St Marys Church. Catherine Burroughs is a Troy High School graduate and works in the Wilson Brothers office in Lancing. Walter Lasky attended Troy High School and is a New York State Veterans Vocational School graduate. He served in the Marine Corps in World War I and works at the West Albany branch of the New York Central Railroad.

Margaret Burroughs Hill Street Catherine Theresa Burroughs Walter Lasky Peter Lasky Third Street St. Mary’s Church Miss Burroughs Troy High School Wilson Brothers Lancingburg Mr. Lasky New York State Veterans’ Vocational School Troy Marine Corps West Albany New York Central Railroad

Miss Champoux Host T dinner party at Paul’s restaurant

Miss Mathel Champoux china and glass buyer at Wra. H. Freer & Co. hosted a dinner for about 100 guests in the Georg ian room of Paul’s restaurant. The event featured solos by Miss Jane Dwyer and others, with a corsage and purse gift to the honoree who is to wed Charles E. later this year.

Mathel Champoux Wra. H. Freer & Co. Sters Paul Charles E

Squirrel Dodges Pursuit Through Geneva Jewelry Store Breezily

In Monica California a gray squirrel eluded pursuers for over an hour inside a Geneva jewelry store. The rodent scampered over optical gear, displays, and watchmaker tools without harm. Clerks finally cornered it by opening a rear door and brooming it out.

Monica Calif Geneva Tris Brooma

Geisha Girls Continue To Be Big Business

Tokyo reports to the national tax agency that geisha entertainment groups account for a notable share of top income. The four leading geisha troupes provide music, dance, and refined services as part of Japan’s famed entertainment industry.

Tokyo Japan Iil Toumr

Ida Hill Home Bureau Seeks Members Meeting June 1:30

The Ida Hill Home Bureau invites potential members to a June meeting at 1:30 pm in School 14. Learn how to join and participate in dressmaking, wood refinishing, meal planning, and aluminum tray projects. Edward J. Hogan vice chairman at Tre 2173-3 for details.

Ida Hill Home Bureau Edward J. Hogan

There’s More In The Bag Than Meets The Eye

Lanark Ul GP Don Buss invents a market idea selling fishing worms in transparent bags. Each bag contains 3 to 42 angle worms in a cellulose bedding. He aims to sell bedding in five pound boxes and notes kids can gather night crawlers quickly, even 200 per hour.

Lanark Don Buss Buss Teays

Vicar Links Milk Bars to Gangster Hangouts

The Rev. E C. Childs of Bathampton in Bath argues milk bars are gathering spots for young gangsters in a parish magazine. He notes this echoes a Lords debate and urges temperance groups to take note. He says it is disconcerting to see milk, not alcohol, tied to crime.

Bath England Church of England E C. Childs Bathampton India Parich Magazine House of Lords

June Wedding Date Fixed for Quantock Quesstock and Jones

Miss Claire L. Quesstock of Chen ter Court announces her forthcoming marriage to Harley I. Jones of 715 Fifth Avenues. Miss Quesstock, Lansingburg High School graduate and RPI employee, will wed Jones, a World War II Naval Air Force veteran and Western Electric employee in Ohio City, on June 13 at St Mark's Methodist Church.

St. Mark’s Methodiat Church

Miss Fath Guest At Shower Party

A shower for Miss Geraldine Fath was held at the Royal Order of Moose Hall on Seventh Avenue. Hostesses included Miss Barbers Sheehy Dorothy Kern Audna Graham Mrs Shirley Napplea and helpers Mrs Otto Kern Mrs Ruth Dunham Mrs Mary Bidwell Mrs Rose Gordon and Mrs Elsie Fath. Pink and white decor featured a bride's cake center. Seventy five guests attended and Miss Fath will wed Arthur C Gordon on June 25.

Royal Order of Moose Seventh Avenue Geraldine Fath Arthur C. Gordon

Chloromycetin gives typhoid cure in Singapore outbreak

Singapore authorities battle a typhoid surge with chloromycetin touted as a cure after accidental discovery by U S Army scientists. Two misdiagnosed typhus cases at Veterans' Hospital in Saratoga produced quick recoveries, leading to nine additional typhoid cures. The report notes concurrent social visits from Mrs Hattla L Bookmuller and relatives from Amsterdam.

Singapore Joseph E Smadel U. S. Army Matthew J. Kelly, Jr Kuala Lumpur Christie Street Veterans’ Hospital Saratogal

Ships In Bottles Built To Last A Thousand Years

Lopez creates and collects miniature sailing ships mounted in bottles of various sizes. A full rigged ship sits in a five gallon bottle, another in a tiny eight ounce bottle worn as a pin by his wife. He aims to craft a gamut of ship types, all lasting a thousand years.

Long Beach Call Gauss Lopez Lopez

Horn Plays The Flute In Colorado Band

Myron Horn of Long Island, New York, performs on the flute in the University of Colorado band during a campus performance in Boulder.

Boulder, Colo. U Myron Horn Long Island, N University of Colorado

Catholics Aid DPs In Reaching America

The National Catholic Welfare Conference aided about a third of displaced Germans and Austrians who emigrated to the United States, with 46,494 processed out of roughly 150,000 total emigrants in four years, per Rev. Stephen A. Bernas.

Frankfurt United States Germany Austria National Catholic Welfare Conference Stephen A. Bernas Catholic Conference Ameri

Scotland to create national park around Loch Lomond

Britain’s Secretary of State for Scotland announced plans to buy a 12,370 acre estate that includes Ben Lomond and 13 miles of the Loch Lomond shoreline. The move aims to establish a new national park protecting the bonnie banks and surrounding landscape.

London Bonnle Loch Lomond Britain Scotland Ben Lomond

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Jane M. Lavin Harriet Jones Trunk Shop Troy Girl Gerries Trey, N.Y Shirley Conroy Fordyce Catherine T. Burroughs Miss Champoux Bante LaRue Loughhead Rochester Baptist Church Hadson Falls Nelewn K. Croseman Whitesboro D. J. Sweeney South Glens Falls Barbara Ann Sweeney Hubert H. Swan Julia Swan Keenan Street Glens Falls Hubert Swan Sureau Vicar Fulton Street Fath Hattla L. Bookmuller Oakwood Avenue Ella Dearborn Gerling Dearborn Gerling Ethel France America Agere-magic Loveller Morepice
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