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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1943
Page
2
Veterans and families report from Troy and nearby areas on service members overseas and in training. Soldiers, sailors, and airmen such as Johnny Fitageraid, Charles Hunt, Doris Bielass, Elton Cook, John Paparian, and more are noted for training, promotions, postings in England, Sicily, and the United States. Relatives share updates on marriages, furloughs, and waiting news as wartime letters reveal hopes for action against the foe.
Leaders of Rensselaer County factions plan a six week campaign ahead of voter registration on Oct 6. Republicans aim to fix a parity conference to ratify a platform while Democrats prepare a campaign manager. War conditions prompt efforts to maximize service member turnout and overall vote percentage.
Raoul Gauthier son of Mr and Mrs Raoul L Gauthier of 15 Kemp Avenue is serving with an anti aircraft division at Camp Stewart Georgia He was formerly employed by Behr Manning s
War production and wartime jobs pull senior boys from Troy area high schools as new term starts. Troy High notes a drop in registrations, with figures due later. State Education Commissioner Stoddard urges students to continue learning. Catholic and other area schools reopen. School 3 to School 5 move saves about $10,000 yearly. Notre Dame activities proceed.
East Side hosts Mr and Mrs A H Baker at 31 Hamilton Avenue for son Donald J Baker seaman first class on 12 day furlough. Awards to Mr and Mrs John Lane Elwin File and Emma Lynch. A purse given to Seaman Baker. Mid week prayer 730 pm Pawling Avenue Methodist Church. Rally Day planned next Sunday. Andrew Strait radio technician from Buckingham Air Field Fort Myers recently spent 12 day furlough with parents.
Miss Juliana Joan Marcil joins the Coast Guard SPARS at the Albany Recruiting Office. Her sister Helen M. Marcil is in training in Palm Beach and brother John J. Marcil is a Coast Guardsman in Virginia Beach. She graduates Catholic Central High and worked at Aird-Don Co. She will train September 30 in Palm Beach and study at Miami University.
Fest residents report Mrs Alda Fellows visiting her daughter in Troy and Mr Mrs Warren Rescott along with their daughter staying with her parents on Long Island. Miss Virginia Kinnon returns to Boston after weeks with the Kinnons. Trinity Lutheran plans Sunday services and Sunday School as Rev Harry Lanasond resumes duties. Division B of Trinity Lutheran Women’s Missionary Society to meet at Mrs George Lape’s home with a covered dish supper at 64.
Second Lieut Warren B Dillon 23 son of Mr and Mrs Newton K Dillon of 470 Second Avenue has been confirmed as a prisoner of war in Germany after a Flying Fortress raid over Hamburg in July. Dillon, a bombardier on one Fortress shot down, had been listed as missing in action prior to the War Department notice to his parents yesterday.
The board sent a contingent to Army reception centers and to Navy and Marine Corps training. John P. Ryan and James T. Murray led an informal farewell from the USO lounge. Army group headed by Stanton P. Lee included Louis J. Capano and others. Red Cross calls women to Wednesday workgroup sessions from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Newtonville town hall to sew hospital garments, chaired by Mrs. Clyde Orreil.
The western district including North Adams and Pittsfield will conduct the most extensive daylight alert yet. Emergency equipment will move, civilian defense workers will mobilize, fires will be started for the fire department to combat, Red Cross first aid workers will aid the wounded, and local industries will be asked to cooperate.
A 25 year old Negro woman Margaret Rivers of Sixth Avenue was fined and sentenced to thirty days in jail by Judge James F. Byron in Troy Police Court for disorderly conduct and intoxication after abusive behavior toward social workers at the Rensselaer County jail on Sunday.
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