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bringing-spondentMils. GARNETT GARDINER.Cohoes Group Hear Former Prisoner of JapsMrs. Garnett Gardiner, who was a prisoner of war in Shanghai it was taken over by the wiil lecture to members of the Saturday Club at a meeting of the group Saturday at 2:30 p.m. In the church house of Stllimnn Memorial Presbyterian Church, Cohoes.The speaker will tell of the capture of the city, the shelling of the ships in the harbor, the treatment of the American and Allied sub-by the conquering Nipponese of the long and dangerous on the mercy ship. Grip-Mr3. Gardiner's liusband was aphysician and when J. R Powell,the American newspaperman, losthalf his feet while imprisoned by I i\ the Japanese, was in charge ol that well known cor re-back home. £The meeting will be presided over by Mrs. George P. Me£1 vein, president of the club and the speaker will be introduced by Mrs. John McCreary. Hostesses for the afternoon will be Miss Dorothy Smith and Miss Marjorie MacLcan.Obituary.Funeral services for Thomas J. Jones were conducted yesterday at the funeral home of John F. Looby Sun, Reinsert ami Howard Streets, and at 9;SO n.m, at St. Bernard’s Church, where a requiem mass was cekhrntc-ri by Rev. Joseph A. Kelly, assistant pastor. Raymond J. Coulu presided at the organ and Miss M. Loretta Hayden sang during the mass, rendering Adoro To Devote” at the offertory and Softly and Tenderly Jesus Is Calling” at the conclu sion. Bearers Included William Dame, Oliver Russell, George Chnric tools and Frederick Boomhower. Rev. Peter II. Smith officiated at the grave iQ St. Mary’s Cemetery. Waterford. Members of the Holy Name Society of parish visited the funeral home Tuesday when prayers for iha dead were reeked by Father Kelly, chaplain.The funeral of William F. Murphy was held . yesterday from the residence of Nicholas Normile, 61 White Street and at S:30 a.m. from St. Bernard's Church, where a requiem mnsa was celebrated by Rev. Peter H. Smith, assistant pastor. Raymond J. Coutu presided at the organ and Miss M. Loretta Hayden sang during the mass, rendering Ave Verum at the offertory and “Abide With Me” at the conclusion. Bearers included Harry E. Donahue, Janies E. O’Brien, James J. O'Donnell and William R. Couch. Father Smith officiated at the grave in St. Joseph’s Cemetery, Wa-Lerlord.To Interview Claimants.A representative uf the Social Security Board, Bureau of Old-Age and Survivors Insurance, will bo in the Cohoes Postoffice today at 10 a.m, for the purpose of interviewing claimants for old-age and survivors' insurance and all other matters pertaining to the So-eiai Security Act.initiation Held.Initiation of a class of candidates was conducted at a meeting of Imperial Chapter, O. E. S., held Tuesday a I the Masonic Temple. Mrs. Elaine Hutchinson, worthy matron, and Charles J, El-lett, worthy patron, were in charge of the evrnl.The next meeting of the group will be held Tuesday, Nov. 20, at the Masonic Temple. The meating i will begin nt 7:30 p.m. ins tend of the usual time of 8 p.m, Following the meeting the officers and members will attend the district grand lecturer reception at the Schenectady lodge.'Tumid Party.The annual “Pound Party nt the Home for Aged Women on VUet Street will conducted Wednesday, Nov. H. from 2 to f p.m.Plans for the affair were outlined at a meeting of tHr Board of Managers of lb a home Tuesday afternoon In the church house of Sillimnn Memorial Presbyterian Church. Mrs. William A, R-KrtHise, president, presided.At the party lefreshmenis will bo served under the direction of Miss Grace VunSantvoord, assisted by the board members.Person n!.Mrs. Aithur Lavigna and daughter, Miss Margaret Lavigne, of 30 Caytlaga Street and Frank Schcnck of 57 Mohawk Street have returned from a xs-eek-end visit to New York during which they visited the USS Missouri/
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Thu, Nov 08, 1945
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