Godfrey To Lead Troy War Chest Drive Division
Ernest L. Warnecke named Samuel Godfrey as division chairman for the Allied Communities War Chest second annual campaign. Major assistants are Robert P. Murray Edgar Stillman Richard M. Woods and Edmund J. Moore. The 126-man force will recruit five workers per team to cover downtown Troy excluding firms with more than five workers and gifts committee listed individuals. The men's drive runs Nov 12 to 24 aligning with 17 War Fund agencies plus 20 local agencies in Troy area and aims for 325000 dollars across Troy Waterford Green Island Waterford and rural Rensselaer County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allied Communities ‘War Chest
Ernest L. Warnecke
Samuel Godfrey
Godfrey
Robert P. Murray
Edgar ©. Stillman
Richard M. Woods
Edmund J.moore
Troy
National War Fund
Vicinity
Community Chest
Wateet
Green Island
Waterford
Rensselaer County
Watervliet
War Services
United Seamen's Service
United States
Form Student War Council Formed at Troy High School
A Youth Student's War Council was formed yesterday at Troy High School to foster cooperation among city secondary schools in support of the war effort. Rev. Harold B. Hinds presided. Miss Louise Gibb of the United States Employment Service urged part time work. November 4 plans for fall salvage drive to be discussed. Attendees included students from Troy High, Catholic Central, Lansingburg High, Emma Willard, and La Salle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy High School
Harold B. Hinds
Catholic Central High School
Louise Gibb
United States Employment Service
John Q. Driscoll
Gloria Gil Tbert
Driscoll
Troy High
Mary McGrath
Guinan St. John
Catholic Central
Helen Matthews
Tappen McQuide
Lansingburg High
Jane McCaffrey
Emma Willard
Vincent Poleto
la Salle
Card of Thanks for Local Bereavement Acknowledgments
The family of the late Joseph E. Le Febvre and the family of the late Frank Wolf express gratitude to those who donated cars and sent condolences. They thank the American Legion MR. AND MRS. MARSHALL PREGENT AND FAMILY and St Lawrence's Church groups for kindness, mass cards, and floral offerings. Daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph E. le Febvre
American Legion
Marshall Pregent
Wolf
Frank Wolf Wih
Relati
Beare
St. Joseph's Society
Rosary Society
St Lawrence's Church
Vereine
Obituary notices and birth reports from Troy hospital records
Several birth notices and obituaries dated 1933 to 1948 list newborns and mourners. Entries name parents Maurice K. Gripe and Catherine Ro mano as well as Mannara, O'Dell, De Nu, Derkowski, Farrar, Kane, Kelly, McGrath, Miter, Nichols, O Connell, Rogers, Ward, and others. Services are described at St Bridget's, Holy Trinity, Oakwood and St Marys Cemeteries with dates and parish details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude Farrar
Joseph
James F. Calkins and Sons
Mohawk St
Cohess
Oakwood
Kane
Albany
Gene R. Kane
Margaret Blackburn
Samuel E
Reston
J. Harry
R. Edwin Kane
Morris Funeral Home
Fifth Ave
Oakwood Cemetery
Mary William H.liam H. Kelly
Nneil
St. Paul the Church
John Shea
Hoosick Falls
William Mefe
St. Aaies Church
St. Mary's
Elizabeth A
Mary W. and
Nichols
Bern
N.Y
Get
Emma J. Nichols
Arethur Nichols
North Adams
Mass
Edgar S
Walter_H. Nichols
Benin
Vister
Fred Baldwin
Fort Miller
Berlin
Menands
Rogers
William L. Rogers
Julie M. Paradis
Saratoga Ave
Reformed Church
Ward
Chicago
James Ward
Rosella Hewitt
Huh Mel Firey
New York City
Walter J. Duffy
Columbia St
Cohoea
St. Peter's Church
Troy
Mit
Ration book distribution faces shortages and delays
Officials blame faulty calculations at the OPA mail headquarters in New York after 60 000 Book No 4 forms were sent to Troy but only 20 000 applications arrived. Registration at schools aimed to use 20 percent of expected totals with many sites reporting light enrollments and long lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPA
New York
Troy
George H. Krug
Lansingburg
Thomas O. Treharne
Knickerbocker High School
Third Street Temple Brotherhood Meeting Planned Tomorrow
The Third Street Temple Brotherhood holds its monthly meeting in the vestry rooms at 7 pm tomorrow. George W. Fallon of the F.B.I. district office in Albany will speak on The FBI in War Time. Committee members are Joseph Mintzer Henry Richman and Philip Applebaum. Refreshments and a social time follow. Od d Heere will be elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Third Street Temple Brotherhood
George W. Fallon
F.B.1
Albany
Joseph Mintzer
Henry Richman
Philip Applebaum
Odd Heere
Ahern to Seek State Probe of Troy Government After Jan 1
Republican mayoralty candidate John J. Ahern announced he will request a state comptroller audit of Troy city departments. He spoke at a ward 8 reception and argued the probe would reveal conditions, fix weak points, and ensure the city runs efficiently under a fulltime mayor. He criticized the incumbent administration and pledged Republican leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy
Frank C. Moore
John J. Ahern
Ahern
Frank J. Hogan
Lawrence J. Collins
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Tam
Dance Pupils Present Congdon Studio Revue at St Patrick's Hall
Pupils from the Congdon Dance Studio staged a three act revue at St Patrick's Hall last night. The show featured solo and group pieces with a Mid Winter theme, world dances, and a Navy dedication scene. Principal soloist was Mrs Elisa Saner and John Romeo performed accordion numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congdon
St. Patrick's Hall
Elisa Saner
John Romeo
Cooperation of Faiths Commended at Jewish Center
Benjamin Eisenstein praised cooperation of Protestant Catholic and Jewish faiths in arranging religious services for servicemen after a tour of Army camp operations. He spoke to the Troy section at the Jewish Community Center and urged adopting men at camps such as Camp Rucker Alabama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Eisenstein
Schenectady
State Army and Navy Committee
Jewish Welfare Board
USO Council
Third Army District
Troy
South
Camp Rucker
Ala
Jewish Welfare Boards
New York
Frances Goldstein
Council
Fred Glass
Religious Services Committee
Myron W. Jacobs
Hunters Find Deer Plentiful in Adirondack Report
Adirondack region reports show a plentiful deer herd as the antlerless season for does and fawns closed. A five day open season for special permits yielded more male deer than does or fawns, with Lake George area stations reporting about thirty deer checked and many more bucks.
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Adirondack
Conservation Department
Lake George
Anthony Lavigne Heads Bankers' School Staff
Anthony Lavigne, tied to Manufacturers National Bank main office, elected president of the Bankers' School of Efficient Service. New officers include Con stance Van Patten as first vice president, Virginia Lewis as second vice president, Walter H. Flanivan as treasurer, Helen Conboy and Helen Everingham as secretaries. A Banking Fundamentals course by Hollis Harrington of Albany is offered to all bank employees, and a six to eight week Banking for Beginners course for new staff will be taught by J. Don Welch and T Earl Ives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony Lavigne
Manufacturers National Bank
Bankers’ School of Efficient Service
Constance van Patten
Virginia Lewis
Walter H. Flanivan
Helen Conboy
Helen Everingham
Hollis Harrington
Albany
Bankers’ School
J. Don Welch
T. Earl Ives
Dr Hickman Addresses YWCA Membership Meeting
Dr Emily G Hickman professor of history at Rutgers University spoke at the YWCA fall membership meeting stressing shifts from isolationism to world cooperation postwar and the three issues for women economic race and international problems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emily G. Hickman
New Jersey Colege For Women
Rutgers Univerisity
National
Young Women’s Christian Association Board
Paul E.hemke
Laura E. Burdick
Hickman
America
Dr. Hickman
W.C. A
Home Bureau
Second Presbyterian Church
Mabel Milhan
L. B. Schneider
W. C. A. Board
Bernice Smith
J. Wilfred Findley
Ralph Graham
Andrew Brock
Burdick
Green Island Lodge Installs New Noble Grand
Mrs. Anna E. Barnes was installed as noble grand of the Green Island Rebekah Lodge at the Green Island Odd Fellows Hall. Officiating was Mrs. Blanche Roberts with her Albany district staff. Other officers and appointed members were seated, and a chicken dinner followed the ceremony with many area Rebekah lodges in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna E. Barnes
New Noble Grand
Green Island Rebekah Lodge
Green Island
Odd Fellows Hall
Blanche Roberts
Albany Rebekah
Elizabeth Roscoe
Ada Williams
Christine Wynkoop
Laura Millington
Ethel Wagner
Adelaide Vetoich
Vetoich
Noble Grand
Elizabeth Philipper
Rebekah Assembly of New York
Fred Moch
Lodge
Joan Cahill
Marjorie Calender
Frances Delong
Emily Horton
Elizabeth Smith
Addie Paterson
Rena Gilbert
Sarah Vetoich
Guardian
Grene Bergeron
Claim Soldiers Stole Cigarette Fund Bank
Two men in Army uniforms stole a glass bank used for soldiers cigarettes from a Ballston Spa grill early Sunday. Police report one suspect fled in a car but was caught by Patrolman Garvin after a disturbance at about 2:30 a.m. Names and details are incomplete in the report.
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Ballston Spa
James W. Bere
Sovare
Scott Hielghill
Morale Builder United Seamen's Service Aids Merchant Sailors
The United Seamen's Service Inc. supports merchant seamen facing submarine and air attack dangers. It joins the Allied Communities War Chest drive from November 5 to 23 to fund rest centers hotels clubs and personal services for sailors at home and abroad. Seventeen USS units operate in major ports with loans passports and family assistance offered. over 60 000 services performed since inception.
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Merchant Marine
United Seamen's Service, Inc
Allied Communities War Chest
War Shipping Administration
War Chest
United Seaman
Ser Ice, Inc
USS
United States
United Nations
USO
Prosecutor Outlines Duties At Lansingburg High Fathers Night
District Attorney Earle J. Wiley spoke at Lansingburg High School PTA Fathers Night outlining the office's duties and urging uniform criminal laws to curb cross state crime. A quartet from the Troy Waocal Society—Webster Burnell, J. G. Flack, Theron Reynolds, and William H Marvin—sang after the talk, with refreshments served by a fathers committee led by president Mrs. F. C. Patterson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earle J. Wiley
Lansingburg
Theron Reynolds
William H Marvin
F.C. Patterson
Hudson Falls Man Missing in Action
Staff Sgt. Gordon W Shields, 31, of Hudson Falls, waist gunner on a Flying Fortress, is missing in action in the European theater, the War Department informed his half brother. Shields wrote from England after a Bremen mission that his plane had three engines shot away and he downed one of five German attackers. He enlisted in September 1942. His wife Helen Miller, of Hudson Falls, resides at Hotel Broadway Albany, and their two children stay with Mrs. Shields' parents in Hudson Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon W- Shields
Hudson Falls
War Department
Gomar E. Williams
Russell Street
Williams
Shields
England
Bremen
Helen Miller
Broadway
Albany
David Miller
John Street
Poultry Prices Set By OPA Cut and Ceiling Adjustments
The OPA announced price changes for dressed and drawn poultry after a three week review. Ceilings rose for broilers roasters and fryers to 45 cents per pound, while fowls and drawn poultry saw mixed shifts. Turkeys under 18 pounds capped at 4.35 dollars, with various 18 to 22 and over 22 pound categories adjusting to 52 to 63 cents dressed and 60 to 64 cents drawn. Young birds rise small amounts while turkeys over a year old run 2 to 3 cents lower.
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OPA
Parish Plans Reception for Incoming and Outgoing Priests
The St. Michael's Church reception at 2 p.m. today bids farewell to Rev. Thomas F. McBride who moves to Our Lady of Victory Whitehall and welcomes Rev. William D. Con nell from Greenfield Center Mass as his successor. Principal speaker will be Rev. William G. Byron of Albany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Michael's Church
Thomas F. McBride
Our Lady of Victory Church
Whitehall
William D. Connell
St. Joseph’s Church
Greenfield Center
Mass
William G. Byron
St. Vincent's Church
Albany
St Michael's Church
Joseph Sullivan
Thomas Maloney
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Troy Record
Troy, N.Y
Ter Frevre
Grupe
the Samaritan Hospital
Maurice K. Gripe
William Maurice
Grups
Lois Wightman
Mannara
Joseph’s Maternity Hospital
Out
Mme
Benedict Mannara
James Anthony
Catherine Romano
Ration Books
Cooperation of Faiths
Bankers
Y.W.C.A
Troy Y. W.C. A
Harry A. van Velser
Paul E. Hemke
Keera BE. Burdick
Cheirman
United Seamen’s Service
Hudson
United States Treasury
U. S
Trust Department
the National City Bank OF Troy
Third Street
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
THE
Troy Real Estate Board
Jemnex F. Johnson
Clarence Milanesa
Mary M. Miller
Levi BH
Moore Koch
Nicoll & Son
John F. Bhannon
James HM
Richards Forest
White
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