Miss Harriet McCart Engaged to Pvt Don Stevens
Ralph R. McCart of The Troy Times Fresh Air Home Grafton announces the engagement of his daughter Miss Harriet Eliza McCart to Pvt Don Stevens son of Mr and Mrs Ralph Stevens of Cambridge. Harriet a Hoosick Falls High School and Albany Business College graduate is assistant cashier at Samaritan Hospital. Stevens attended Cambridge High School and is stationed at Camp Claiborne Louisiana. Wedding planned in near future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph R. McCart
Troy
Times Fresh Air
Grafton
Harriet Eliza McCart
Don Stewart Stevens
Ralph Stevens
Cambridge
Miss McCart
Hoosick Falls High School
Albany Business College
Samartan Hospital
Stevens
Cambridge High School
Camp Claiborne, le
Chanter To Aid School By DAR Chapter Meeting
Philip Schuyler Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution will hold a 2:30 pm meeting at Masonic Temple chaired by Regent Mrs Charles H Carroll. A Tamassee School shower will be held with gifts or money requested. Guest speaker Dr Donald K McMurray of Russell Sage College will discuss, plus a state conference report. Hostess chair Mrs Robert E Eckardt, assisted by several members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Schuyler
Daughters of the American Revolution
Masonica Temple
Charles H. Carroll
Tamassee
South Carolina
Donald K. McMurray
Russel Sage College
Robert E. Eckardt
Willan Otis Hotchkiss
Jessie W. Pitts
William McKay
Mary Skinner
LL W. Arms
J. Don Welch
G. Herbert Blake
R P I Faculty Member Takes Bride
Misa Alice Wrinn Schmitt, daughter of Joseph and Esther Schmitt of New Haven, married John Augustine Hart, a Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute faculty member, on October 23 at St Francis Church New Haven. Clergyman Rev David Hert officiated. reception at Oakdale Wallingford. couple resides in Troy after a wedding trip. Hart is Yale educated with MA and PhD in English. Schmitt taught at Sterling Memories Library Yale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Misa Alice Wrinn Schmitt
Joseph Edward Schmitt
New Haven
Conn
John Augustine Hart
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Peter Augustine Hart
David J. Hert
Stamford
St Francis’ Church
Cambridge Girl Weds Albany Man in Cambridge First Baptist
Miss Adelaide Burch daughter of Mr and Mrs Clifford P Burch of Cambridge married Donald Lang petty officer first class son of Mr and Mrs Herman Leng of Albany at 3 p m Saturday in Cambridge First Baptist Church. The ceremony featured yellow and white chrysanthemums and a double ring rendition. Bridesmaid was Mrs John McCarty and best man Herman Lang Jr. The couple left for a New York City wedding trip after a Cambridge House reception for families and friends. The bride worked as a supervisor at General Electric in Schenectady and Lang, previously stationed in Iceland, is on furlough. Out of town guests included the Langs and the Lewis, Van Den Houghten, and McMahon families of Albany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adelaide Burch
Clifford P. Burch
Cambridge
Donald Lang
Herman Leng
Albany
First Baptist Church
John McCarty
Herman Lang, Jr
Cambridge House
General Electric Co
Schenectady
Iceland
New York City
Herman Lang
Arthur’ Lewis
Walter van den Houghten
Frank McMahon
Albury
Women’s Club Card Party Fundraiser Planned at Sacred Heart
Mrs Leroy Holt named chair of the reservation committee for the Women’s Club of Sacred Heart parish card party to be held in the gymnasium on Tuesday evening Nov 23. General chair Mrs Edward E Ramroth and co chair Mrs Nelson Har Sour announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leroy Holt
Women's Club
Sacred Heart Parish
Edward E. Ramroth
Nelson Har Sour
John J. Sweeney
Willam Luby
Cnarge
Alice Downie Hayes
John Daly
E . alwWava
Tuesday Club Book Review at St Mark's Methodist Church
The Tuesday Club will host a book review this week at St Mark's Methodist Church House, 397 Third Avenue, at 2 30 pm. O Treharne will entertain, assisted by Mrs Leon Lonsdale Mrs Tiasman Van Keuren and Mrs Myron Adams. Guest speaker Mrs Joseph Bolton of Skidmore College will present the review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. Treharne
St Mark’s Methodist
Church House
Third Avenue
Treharne
Leon Lonsdale
Tiasman van Keuren
Myron Adams
Joseph Bolton
Skidmore College
Mrs Miller and Mrs Pitts Visit West Medford Mourning
Mrs Henry Miller of Niskayuna and Mrs Clifford Pitts of Mohawk View have mourned home after visiting Mrs Wilson Rogers at West Medford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Miller
Niskayuna
Clifford Pitts
Mohawk View
Wilson Rogers
West Medford
Mase
Moving to Scarsdale and other notices
Mr and Mrs Walter F Witman and their children of Terrace Place will move today to Scarsdale where they will make their home. Mr Witman was recently transferred to New York City. On hunting trip Matthew H Davidson Jr and George B Cluett of Brunswick Hills left Saturday for Underwood. Miss Ruth Harvie is recuperating in Samaritan Hospital after an appendectomy. Lieut and Mrs Peter Schuyler Thompson were weekend guests of Lieut Thompson's parents in Rensselaer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scarsdale
Walter F. Witman
Terrace Place
Witman
New York City
Matthew H. Davidson Jr
George B. Cluett
Brunswick Hills
Underwood
Ruth Harvie
Peter L. Harvie
Samaritan Hospital
Peter Schuyler Thompson
Lieutenant Thompson
William Leland Thompson
House Farm
Rensselaer
Emma Willard holds book exhibition during Book Week
Emma Willard School began observance of Book Week on Friday with a student led book review display. Harriot Harvie and Jane Hubbell reviewed books, Josephine MacArthur urged purchases for a War Fund sale, and Anne Summers designed Christmas cards. Cynthia Thom and another winner were noted in a poster contest, while Constance Cluett earned honorable mention for her Atlantic Monthly review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Willard School
Harriet Harvie
Jane Hubbell
Josephine MacArthur
War Council
War Fund
Anne Summers
Barbara Bowen
the Triangle
Cynthia "Or the
Keki Thom
Constance Cluett
Missionary Society Meets at Ninth Presbyterian Today
The Woman's Missionary Society of Ninth Presbyterian Church schedules a 4 pm chapel meeting led by Mrs. Albert Hall with several members named. An additional note mentions a First Presbyterian Guild meeting led by Mrs. Clarence Russell with Mrs. Robert Campbell hosting, and an extra sewing session at 11 30 am at Mrs. James MacChesney on Pawling Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Missionary Society of the
Ninth Presbyterian Church
Albert Hall
John C. Ross
Mary Stannard
Canute Grainger
Frank Welch
Albert Hoffman
Edward Barnes
Guild of the
First Presbyterian Church
Clarence Russell
Robert Campbell
James MacChesney
Pawling Avenue
Seth Parker
Sardi
C. Wilson Chembelin
Flack
Donald W. ” Haskins
Miss Fiske Marries Alfred J Kaufman Jr in Troy
Miss Marforie A. Fiske daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry L Fiske 553 Congress Street Troy wed Tech Corp Alfred J Kaufman Jr son of Mr and Mrs A J Kaufman 25 John Street Rensselaer Rev Patrick J Crowe officiated at St Francis de Sales Church. Attendants included Miss Josephine Kenney maid of honor Thomas F Maley best man. Bridesmaids Miss Marie E Seeloff and Miss Joan E Fields in pink gowns. Bridal party wore gardenias and velvet accents. Breakfast at The Hendrick Hudson and wedding reception followed at bride's home. Mrs Fiske wore brown crepe. mother of groom blue crepe. The couple traveled to New York. bride in red dress with furs and gardenias. Mrs Kaufman a Catholic Central graduate works at First Trust Co Albany. Corporal Kaufman stationed at Camp Cooke California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marforie A. Fiske
Harry L. Fiske
Congress Street
Tech. Corp
Alfred J. Kaufman, Jr
John Street
Rensselaer
A. J. Kaufman
St. Francis de Sales’ Church
Troy
Patrick J. Crowe
Josephine Kenney
Thomas F. Maley
Albany
Marie £. Seeloff
Joan E. Fields
Hendrick Hudson
New York
Kaufman
Catholic Central High School
First Trust Go
Corporal Kaufman
Times Union
Camp Cooke
Cal
Couple Wed 45 Years Honored at Dinner
Mr and Mrs DeWitt J Rose of Tomhannock celebrated forty five years of marriage with a dinner hosted by their daughter Mrs B Frank Kepner Jr of Speigle town Raymertown Road. Grandchildren presented gifts including a floor lamp and money. Other guests were Emma Loux Mildred Snell Pauline Rose Raymond Rose and families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeWitt J. Rose
Tomhannock
B. Frank Kepner
Speigletown
Raymertown
Mildred Snell
Pauline Rose
Raymond Rose
Fred Rose
Irving Rose c
Alexander Rose
Donald Rose
Emma Willard Alumnae to Honor Miss Lay at Tea
Troy Chapter of the Emma Willard Alumnae Association meets Thursday at 3 p.m. in Sage Hall with president Mrs William W. Rousseau presiding. A tea and reception follows for Miss Clemewell Lay associate headmistress, with Miss Anne Wellington and Mrs Albert S. Loring at the tea table and several ladies assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy
Emma Willard Alumnae Association
Sage Hall
Wiliam W. Rousseau
Clemewell Lay
Anne Wellington
Albert S. Loring
Charles O. Freischer
Henry ¥. Closson
Robert Aldrich
Lattimer W. Reeder
Workers Needed for Surgical Dressings at Red Cross
The American Red Cross dressings rooms at Manufacturers National Bank will operate daily this week except Saturday. Madeleine Henry, chairwoman, urges former workers and new helpers to assist with thousands of dressings to be completed in four weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Red Cross
Manufacturers National Bank
Madeleine Henry
Rossell speaks on Radio and the News at Emma Willard
Ernest W. Rossell news editor of station WTRY addressed Emma Willard School students in a radio class on Radio and the News. Introduced by Mrs. Dorothy H. Kirkland the speech course leader, the session marked the first in a new cowed series for the year. The Daughters Plan Bazaar at the United Presbyterian Church follows in community notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Willard School
Ernest W. Rossell
WTRY
Rossell
Dorothy H. Kirkland
Christmas Bazaar Plans Set At Doepz Home
The group meets at 8 pm at Mrs. Herman Doepz's residence 17 Fales Court. Miss Margaret Simpson leads the program to finalize plans for the church Christmas bazaar on December 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Doepz
Fales Court
Margaret Simpson
Waterford PTA Meeting Plans and Obituaries
Waterford Public notices include a Waterford Parent-Teachers Association meeting at School 2 auditorium at 8 p.m. with Mrs William J Sullivan in charge and themes We Believe in the School Keeping Faith. Obituary notes Mrs Matilda Charland Paradise 93 longtime resident died Saturday. services set at Quandt Funeral Home and St Mary's Church with interment at St Joseph's Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Sullivan
Waterford
Parent- Teachers Association
School 2
C. Wilson Chamberlin
Michael Harrigan
Spencer Brundige
Kenneth Hart
Thayer Montgomery
Irwin Walters
Fred B. MacHaffie
Frederick Shear
Matilda Charland Paradise
Third Street
Eli Paradise
Canada
St. Mary's Church
Nelson Brouse
Quandt
Broad Street
Furlough Move Brings Soldier Home To Visit Dying Dog
Sherwood Park soldier Pvt. Franklin E. Higgins, just finishing basic training, had his furlough date advanced to visit his gravely ill 17 year old bulldog, while Red Cross spokesmen clarify they cannot grant furloughs but relay verified facts. Protests and telegrams from readers and friends, including mentions from California to Pennsylvania, accompanied Higgins as the dog suffered but gained strength from his return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherwood Park
Red Cross
Rensselaer County
Home Service Department
Franklin E. Higgins
Giicen
Higgins
Prigate Higgins
Home Service
Red Cross Home Service Department
Higgin
California
Connecticut
Maryland
Massachusetts
New Yerr
Ohio
Pennsylvania
New York States
Pal
New York
Round Lake Women Club and World Community Day Notes
Ada M Harwood returns from Nassau visit. Study Club of Coreen T ice discussed The Latin Americans in the United States led by M G Cole. World Community Day observed with theme The Price of Enduring Peace. Readings piano solos hymns prayers and church remarks at local Methodist and All Saints Episcopal churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Round Lake
Ada M. Harwood
Samuel Corps
Nassau
Rodney A. Kenn
M. G. Cole
United States
Winans
Cnecing
Odist
Rodney CO. Winans
Clifford Arras
Fred G. Leich
Frances Woodruff
H. Beecher Williams
Willam M. Lighthall
Y. G. Cole
Missionary and Ladies Aid Plans Advertised
A Bacon Hill meeting set for November 18 at Mrs Cox home and a special session November 23. Members to donate sale items. Ladies Aid Society met at Mrs Weslie McClaren home planning a December sale and supper. They approved a $5 USO contribution. Mrs George Beau read patriotic pieces for Amistice Day observance. Refreshments served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bacon Hill
Cox
Ladies’ Aid Society
Weslie McClaren
USO
George Beau
Keene Promoted to Captain Rank in War Department
First Lieut. John Byron Keene, serving in the south, has been promoted to captain after enlisting in February 1942 and working at Behr Manning Corp. He is 22 turning 23 in March, a Waterford High School and Amherst College graduate, son of Mr. and Mrs Byron C. Keene, married to Marion McClure of Troy. First Lieut. Harry Edgar Ear of Hudson Falls also promoted to captain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Edgar Ear
Hudson Falls
Mother Held For Selling Child in Hammond Case
In Hammond Indiana a 28 year old mother of five is jailed after allegedly selling her youngest child and abandoning her family. The case involves Owen Clark and Harriet Horton who pleaded guilty to driving a stolen car across state lines. Bail is set at 2500 each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hammond, Ind
Hammond City
St. Louis
F.B.I
Harriet Horton
Owen Clark
Clark
San Quentin
Horton
Hammond
F.B.L
Springfield
San Francisco
State Line
Delinquent Tax Sale Opens Today At City Treasurer Office
The city’s annual delinquent tax sale starts today at 10 am in the City Treasurer John F. Shannon’s office. About 2800 to 2900 parcels are listed, mostly lots, with many bought by developers. Taxpayers continue to appear in force to save parcels, with around forty yesterday and sixty before noon Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Shannon
Workers reject CIO at Norquis Products in Jamestown
In a National Labor Relations Board election at Norquis Products Inc. workers in Jamestown voted 89 to 18 against the CIO United Furniture Workers of America becoming their collective bargaining agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamestown
National Labor Relations Board
Norquis Products Inc
C. I. O. United Furniture Workers of America
Hull Pledges Freedom of Philippines From Japan
Secretary of State Cordell Hull on the eighth anniversary of the Philippine commonwealth vowed U S support for true freedom. He said Japan cannot withdraw voluntarily and will be driven out, contrasting real independence with its name only and urging Filipinos to resist imperial manipulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Philippines
Cordel Hull
Philippine Commonwealth
Hull
Japan
Watervliet Woman's Estate Goes to Brother
The estate of Elizabeth M. Egan of Watervliet, who died November 4 in this city, goes to her brother John J. Egan of Troy as per her probate will in Rensselaer County Surrogate's Court. A $40 bequest to Rt. Rev. Mgr. John F. Glavin funds masses for the repose of the cestatrix and late family members. The remainder of real and personal property is left to the brother, who is named executor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth M. Egan
Watervliet
John J. Egan
Sixth Avenue
Troy
Renssealer County
Mgr
John F. Glavin
Society For the Propagation of the Faith
Rensselaer
Cestatrix
James Egan
Minstrel Show To Be Produced Again In Albany This January
George N. Miller, director, announced that the minstrel show presented Wednesday at Diamond Rock Hall for I O O F encampments will be repeated in Albany in January. A dinner was held at the hall after the performance. Tap dancers included Mary Ann McCracken and Lila Grant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diamond Rock Hall
Albany
George N. Miller
Mr. Miller
Mary Ann McCracken
Lila Grant
Albany Pilot Helps Bomb Rabaul In Pacific Raid
Lieut. T. H. Stetson of Albany flew torpedo bomber in a carrier task force striking Rabaul on Thursday. Reports from Admiral Halsey’s quarters in the Pacific said the raid involved a strong air group based about 200 miles from Rabaul.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Rabaul
T. H. Stetson
Admiral Halsey
Pacific
Auxiliary Inspection at Marcus D. Russell Camp
The annual inspection of the United Spanish Auxiliary Marcus D. Russell Camp will be at 8:30 p.m. today at 405 Broadway hall. Dinner honoring department president Mrs Elizabeth Schaeffer precedes the meeting at 6:30 p.m. at the Clermont Restaurant. Officers will wear white.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marcus D. Russell
United Spanish Auxiliary
Broadway
Elizabeth Schaeffer
Cloremont
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