Watervliet Chorus Names Two Guest Artists for Dec and May
The Watervliet Civic Chorus selected two guest artists for concerts on December 14 and May 9 at St. Patrick's Hall. Fred Hufsmith, a lyric tenor with opera experience, will open the season, joined by Laura Castellano, a rising professional soprano. The selections were made by a New York–seeking committee led by A. Stanley Gruver. Tickets go on sale next week, distributed by chorus members. Charles Holle oversees ticket sales and urges early purchase.
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Watervliet
New York
Mr. Gruver
Charles Holle
Mr. Hufsmith
University of Miami
Florida
Fourth Presbyterian Church
Miss Castellano
Roch
Soprano Castellano rises from Rochester to New York stages
The article traces a native city singer who became a favorite soprano in operetta and concert. In her first year she sang with the Rochester Symphony and appeared on radio and in flight opera. She later moved to New York and quickly built a notable record with Berkshires 1942 The Merry Wives of Windsor Mrs Ford and The Abduction from the Seraglio at Metropolitan Auditions of the Air. Women of Maplewood raised 4614.90 in War Savings Bonds at Watervliet. This week Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church women run the booth.
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Aster
Rochester Symphony
Miss Castellano
New York
Berkshire
Mrs. Ford
Women of Maplewood
National Bank of Watervlie
Women of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church
Watervliet Draft Board Names Contingent by Service Branch
Watervliet Draft Board No 346 selected thirty men for service. Fourteen join the Army and 11 the Navy on Saturday with a three week furlough for the Army contingent. One enters the Coast Guard and four join the Marines. Navy and Coast Guard personnel list includes Hugh Alexander Scott and John Barton House among others. Marines leaving for training include John Car Crandall and Thomas Joseph Halpin Jr.
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Watervliet Draft Board No
Army
Navy
Coast Guard
Marines
John Joseph Devine
Arthur Lewis Rosekrans
Harold Barl Smith
Frank Norman Michon
John Francis Yetto
Thomas Gregory Rogers
Maurice James Weldon
Richard Sylvester Bowles, Jr
John Benjamin Powley
John Rockey Ince
Bruno Joseph Chiera
Donald Robert Rich
Lloyd Harold Garrett
Donald Robert LaPierre
Hugh Alexander Scott
Samuel Ralph Valenti
Frank James Walker
Sidney Pendell Newbury
Frank Anthony Mazarilo
Charles Edward Gowie
John Barton House
David Horace Gunbault
Ralph Shutt
Beebe
Alfred Smith
William Edmund Lewis
John Henry Moran, Jr
Gun City Gal to Be Name of Second Bomber
Watervliet’s second bomber to be funded by the Third War Loan drive will be named Gun City Gal. A committee selected by the National Bank of Watervliet from many submissions chose the name submitted by Joseph Warnock. The drive exceeded its 3175,000 quota, pledging 3640,000 to build three bombers, with the first bomber named City of Watervliet.
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Watervliet
Joseph Warnock
Sixth Avenue
Eugene Kennedy
William Richmond
Victor A. Hagadorn
National Bank of Watervliet
City of Waterv
Rising Star Lodge Installs Officers at Watervliet
Rising Star Lodge of Watervliet opened its season with installation of officers at the Odd Fellows Temple in Watervliet. Mrs. Dorothy Schroil of Albany served as installing officer, supported by her staff. New officers include Noble Grand Mrs. Margaret Mertens Vice Grand Mrs. Anna Boyd and others. luncheon followed under Mrs. Boyd’s supervision.
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Rising Star Rebekah Lodge
Tues
Odd Fellows’ Temple
Watervliet
Dorothy’ Schroil
Albany
Distict
Albany District No. 2
Margaret Mertens
Anna Boyd
Mary van Vranken
Virginia Bertrand
Esther Shannon
Noble Grand
Dorothy Schroll
Margaret Martens
Mary VanVranken
Watervliet Amaranth Officers Night and Community Notices
Gifts were presented to officers by Hiawatha Court Amaranth during officers night in the Masonic Temple. Plans for a card party Oct 18 at Mrs. Louise Carr's home and a Halloween party Oct 27 were announced. A public social was planned at 174 Paine Street by the Webster Bailey Auxiliary, Sons of Union Veterans. Nearby, fire crews fought a small grass fire at Second Avenue and Nineteenth Street. Also noted are furlough returns of Pvt. Robert Simmons and family, and other Army Navy service updates. A weekly card party was held by Camp Anna R N A with high-score awards. A boys' shack behind signs burned, with cause undetermined.
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Women's Society of Christian Service
First Avenue Methodist Church
Wilson Hayford
C. Malbin Wells
Eleanor Yaddow
Ernest Cathout
Charles Battige
William Etchele
Methodist Church
Wells
Ethel Joy
Soldiers’ Holiday Fund Institute
Missionary Guild of the Church
William Hichele
Marie Eichele
Benjamin Franklin
Victory Branch
Ella M. Oathout
Linberg Avenue
Latham
Oathout
Mary Coates
Clara Forster
Clara Horth
Soldiers and Sailors
Grace
Zugalla
Marjorie Walrath
E. R. Oathout
Broadway
Bertham Schanz
Jonn H. McMahon
Mabel Law
Hiawatha Court
Order of Amaranth
Masonic Temple
Dorothy A. Brown
John McBain
Louise W. Carr
Fourth Avenue
Olive Desnoyers
Watervliet Fire Department
Second Avenue
Nineteenth Street
Charlotte M. Bailey
Paine Street
Webster-Bailey Auxiliary
Sons of Union Veterans of the
Tab
Robert T. Simmons
William Simmons
Fifth Avenue
Camp Campbell
Lone Farrell
Shaker Road
Joseph M. Ahearn
Army
California
Paul T. Ahearn
Navy
Sampson
Camp Anna
R. N. of A
Fifteenth Street
Wilfred Tetrault
Thomas Coughlin
Winifred Mess
Surrogate's Clerk to Leave for Navy Training
DeForest C. Pitt of Hoosick Falls, clerk of Rensselaer County Surrogate's Court, has been accepted for Navy service and will depart soon for training. No successor named during his absence, with appointment unlikely until after the election. Pitt was part of the Hoosick Falls Selective Service contingent. Abbott H. Jones of Troy also passed the physical and will begin Army training.
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DeForest C. Pitt
Hoosick Falls
Rensselaer County
Edward J. Donohue
Navy
Pitt
Brazil Signs Engine Contract For Trainer Planes
The Republic of Brazil signed a contract with Fairchild Engine and Aircraft Corp to build Ranger plane engines for the Fairchild M-62 trainer, identical to the U S Army PT-19. The motors will power the Brazilian Muniz M-9 biplane and the two engined Grumman Widgon.
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Brazil
Washington
Republic of Brazil
Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corp
U. S. Army
Deaths and funerals in area obituaries reflect many lives
Mrs. Ruth B. Burroughs 69 of Scotia dies at son's Erie home. Funeral to Cambridge with Woodlands Cemetery interment tomorrow at 1 30 pm. Bonifacio Forcucci a Watervliet resident dies after short illness at Troy Hospital. Survivors include wife Anna Vesantis and four daughters. Samuel Krywy of East Galway dies after short illness. funeral at Wheeler Ballston Spa. Mrs. Catherine A. McCarthy buried after requiem Mass at St. Mary's with multiple delegations. Mrs. Bertha Mak Toccy Hasso funeral at Sacred Heart with Rosary Society guard of honor. Helen Timber of West Sand Lake dies. services Saturday at St. Patrick's. Rosanne Mochon nurse dies at 296 Second Street. funeral at St. Jean Baptiste. Fred B. Mattison of Schenectady dies. services today. Edward J. Forner Sr. dies. funeral Saturday at St. Mary's. Anthony Sambo of Brunswick Road dies. funeral tomorrow at St. Anthony's and Elmwood Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Mary Conaway Cox funeral at St. Augustine's and St. Agnes' Cemetery.
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Ruth B. Burroughs
Ruth Brownell Burroughs
Scotia
Noel Burroughs
Erie
Burroughs
Daniel and
Mary Brownell
West Cambridge
Noel
Cambridge
Woodlands Cemetery
Bonifacio Forcucci
Bonifacio
Benny) Forcucci
Troy Hospital
Watervliet
Third Avenue
Forcucci
Italo-Balbo Club
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
Anna Vesantis
Joseph Montebara
Gavina
Frances Forcucci
Pfe
Susan M. Foreucci
Williama Field
Aviz
Pvt
Lewis P
Henry P
Camp Orlando
Fila
Henry Forcucci
Albany
Samuel Krywy
Austria
East Galway
Benedict Memorial Hospital
Ballston Spa
Schenectady
St. Mary’s School
Brady Maternity Hospital
St. Joseph’s School
Edmund Horan
Thomas F. Conroy
James H. Mulcahy
Neal Rourke
Daniel F. McGrath
Karl Fandl
St. Mary's Cemetery
Fathers O'Neill
O'Malley
James J. Casey
The
Rosary Society
St. Vincent de Paul's Society
Hasso
Bertha Mak- Toccy Hasso
Michael Hasso
Pawling Avenue
Sacred Heart Church
Howard T Reilly
George A. Geiger
William E. Duncan
Philip Horton
Edward Ramroth
Edward McGrath
James Costello
Frank Kelly
Mary McDermott
Rosary Society of Sacred Heart Church
Nelson A. Corey
Harry P. Probent
Albert J. Maier
Nelson F. Harbour
Paul P. Jones
John J. Ryan
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Father Reilly
Rosary Society of Sacred Heart
Helen Timber
Frank Timber
West Sand Lake
William Corrigan
Ninth Street
Berlin
Helena Hoffman
James Leffier
Brooklyn
Alice Leffier
Rensselaer
Clara Warren
Snyder's Lake
Emma Fields
Harry Bashford
Rosanne Mochon
Second Street
Troy
St. Jean Baptiste Church
Eva Dupris Mochon
Alfred Mochon, Jr
Florence Mochon
Marci Ann Mochon
St. Jean’s Cemetery
Mattison
Fred B. Mattison
Edwin Surdam
Hoosick
Charles Talbot
Bennington
Baxter Funeral Home
Harold Buckland
Albany Street Methodist Church
Surdam
Talbot
Edward J. Forner
Adams Street
Newtonville
Stanton Brewery, Inc
St. Mary's Church
Gertrude Dinon
William Clum
Cohoes Road
Catherine Bethman
Coast Guard
Fred Forner
Menands
George Forner
Leo
Andrew Forner
Florida
James J. Clinton
Fourth Street
Our Lady of Angels
Anthony Sambo
Brunswick Road
Italy
St. Anthony's Church
Himes
Fifth Avenue
Elmwood Hill Cemetery
Cox
Mary Conaway Cox
James D. Cox
First Avenue
St. Augustine's Church
Thomas A. Kelly
O.S.A
Peter 3. Dundon
Peter 3. Dundon, 0.S. A., As Deacon, and Rev. Vincent J. McGarvey, O.S.A
Peter J. Bertasso
Fred and
William Bliss
Kenneth Connors
Arthur Quinlan
St. Agnes
North Bennington Man Prisoner of Japanese
Private Marshall Cole of North Bennington is listed as a prisoner of war held by Japan at Fukuoka Camp. He joined the Air Corps in 1940 and served in the Philippines, remaining there when Manila capitulated to Japanese forces. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harold H. Cole, were informed by the International Red Cross.
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Pvt
Marshall Cole
Harold H. Cole
North Bennington
Fukuoka
Japan
International Red Cross
Cole
Air Corps
Philippines
Manila
Aviation Cadet Caravan to Visit Troy
An aviation cadet caravan will tour Troy from October 26 to November 2 as part of a circuit of area cities to recruit boys over 17 for the Aviation Cadet Corps. The 15-vehicle caravan will display aeronautical products and a trailer will be present for enlistment on the road.
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Troy
Aviation Cadet Corps
Four Local Residents Accepted for Navy Training
Four local residents have been accepted for Navy service and assigned to Sampson for training. The recruits are William J. Sheehan of 866 Third Avenue, Anthony Bocketti of 278 Fourth Street, John A. Greeley Jr. of 58 Paine Street Green Island, and Robert H. Martyn of Hoosick Falls.
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Green Island
Hoosick Falls
Navy
Sampson
William J. Sheehan
Third Avenue
Anthony Bocketti
Fourth Street
John A. Greeley, Jr
Paine Street
Robert H. Martyn
Hoosick Ails
Chess Strategist at Camp Abbot Leads Nationwide Campaigns
Major Lawrence F. Fuller, commanding officer of a Camp Abbot Engineers training battalion, directs 21 national campaigns using his West Point and Fort Leonard Wood training in a complex correspondence chess tournament.
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Camp Abbot, Ors
INS
Lawrence F. Fuller
Camp Abbot
West Point
Fort Leonard Wood
Missouri
Fuller’s Longest Chess Game Spanned Three Years
Former West Point team member and Fort Leonard Wood player Major Fuller engaged in a three year correspondence match with an English opponent. The piece highlights his long running game and ties to military chess circles.
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West Point
Fort Leonard Wood
Major Fuller
England
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