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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1943
Page
8
Miss Katherine Ellen Burnett, Russell Sage College graduate, wed Lieut. Arthur T. Howard of Cortland. Ceremony held Sept. 25 in the Army Air Base chapel at Dalhart Texas. Howard, a former RPI student, completed Army Air Forces navigation training last August.
Miss Mary Jane Kennedy daughter of Mr. and Mrs Kennedy of Los Angeles marries William H Norton son of Mrs Adelaide Norton of Hoosick Falls. The double ring ceremony was held at St Francis of Assisi Church Los Angeles with maid of honor Betty Jane Hinman and bridesmaid Jean Marie O'Brien. Best man Myles Smith and ushers Ireworth Dorr Harry Gallagher Edward L Kennedy. The bride wore a white gown with fingertip veil and carried orchids and white roses. A reception for 200 followed. the couple left for Big Bear Lake in California. The groom is a supervisor at the Northrop airplane plant in Los Angeles.
Mrs Richard Finley Hare of Fort Worth Texas announces the marriage of her daughter Miss Helen Hare to Lieut Kenneth Gordon Thorpe formerly of 1993 Fifteenth Street now at Camp Gordon. The Sept 3 ceremony in Fort Worth was attended by Lieut Thorpe's sister Lieut Margaret E Thorpe of the WAC stationed in Dallas.
Mrs Paul Melville hosted a linen shower for Mrs Joseph Fish of Albany at 58 Brookview Avenue with 15 guests and a pink white theme. A mock wedding featured Miss Mary Julien Margaret McGrath and Elsie Sorensen. Sunday School class met with Mrs Hugh Riordan hosting and Miss Carolyn Breed chairing. Guild Hears Chaplain Rev John G Tracey spoke at Seton Day Guild meeting led by Mrs Wilbur H Caney. Engagement announced for Charlotte Cros Morris Street city by Mr and Mrs Theodore M Cros.
Mr and Mrs Leland F Smith announce the marriage of their daughter Virginia Smith to Corp Franklin Manzer of the Marine Corps formerly of Gloversville. The ceremony took place at the bride's home on Sept 1 conducted by Rev Vern L Van Der Linden. The bride wore a blue suit with red rose corsage and the couple left for a North Carolina wedding trip.
The May Ross Guild of the First Presbyterian Church opened the fall season at a vestry meeting led by Mrs. Ogden J. Ross. Plans were made for the year and for the 14th anniversary next month. Hostesses at the social hour with fall flowers and candles were Mrs. Curley, Mrs. Conroy, and Mrs. Geiser. October birthdays were acknowledged with cards.
Gerbert F. Roy of Saratoga Springs visited Troy yesterday to attend Miss Cornelia Otis Skinner’s presentation and stayed as Eugene Warren’s overnight guest. Edgar H. Betts returned home after a weekend in Larchmont and Hollis. A cousin of Mrs. William Whiteside of East Cleveland is visiting Ethel M. Irving on Brunswick Road.
Miss Mary Croker of Hudson Falls recuperates after an operation at Troy Hospital. Mr and Mrs Francis Sullivan of R Cragin Avenue visited friends in New York over the weekend. Mrs Bessie Walsh Amyot returns from a five day stay in Asbury Park New Jersey. Miss Lucille Dunn moves from 2 Wall Place Troy to Boulevard Apartments Albany. Mr and Mrs Harry F Lauer spend three days at Manhattan Beach Brooklyn with their son and daughter in law and learn their son graduated from Quartermaster School. Mrs Burton W Feathes daughter Mary spend weeks in Hollywood Florida en route to see Feathers son Harry at Naval Air Training Center in Jacksonville. Pvt and Mrs Kenneth W White of Gulfport Mississippi visit White’s parents at 314 Sixth Avenue. Mrs White formerly Evelyn Mae Marbot of Wynants Kill. Private White is an instructor at Army Air Corps technical training command air mechanics school at Gulfport Field. upon return they will reside at West Beach Gulfport.
Hollywood designer returns to Seattle to study factory attire. She visits a plant with thousands of women workers, notes ill fitting clothes, and spends months designing functional yet attractive uniforms. Her new collection emphasizes practicality and movement while incorporating wartime fabrics.
The October meeting of the Sisterhood of the Third Street Temple features an 8 p.m. tea with speaker Mrs. Almedon C. Sears discussing American women on the home front and wartime price controls. Separate items note Olga Kashin's marriage to John H. Cannon Jr. in East Chicago. Also covered are Miss Penrose as guest speaker for Church of the Holy Cross and social notices including a WAVES honoree and a birthday party.
UPI reports from 1942 describe Thunderbolt the porcupine at a U.S. fighter station in England discovering powdered eggs and rapidly increasing his appetite. The story mixes light humor with wartime notes about service members, sightings of bravery awards, and domestic diversions during the war period.
A fragmented clipping describes a Bradshaw owned tool used for shaving at 40 cents, a new self service quarter price, Topeka Kansas noting penitentiary avoidance, and paint ration cutting inmate butter days. Jacksonville notes include a restaurant service dispute and a burglary incident. The piece ends with guidance on refreshing clothes during wartime.
A column advising women to restore hair luster after sun exposure recommends a twice daily scalp massage using the fleshy fingertips in firm circular motions until the scalp tingles. It notes brushing away loosened flakes before shampooing and suggests oil rubs or a soapless shampoo with conditioner to hasten recovery.
President Roosevelt told the 63rd AFL convention that price rollbacks should cut essential living costs and stabilize the economy. He praised American workers in ships, factories, and farms and urged continued sacrifice, wage stability, and no-strike policy to sustain war production. George Meany read the letter to W. Green as 600 delegates listened.
Women war workers respond to bright paint in factories as color experts report cheerful surroundings boost cleanliness and order, reducing personal injury risk. Many plants adopt the new color technique known as Three-Dimensional Seeing.
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