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The Post-Star from Glens Falls, New York • 12

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Hudson Falls NAOMI F. DWYER IS MARRIED TO SAVANNAH MAN Former Hudson Falls Girl Weds Norman Herbert Collier Miss Naomi Frances Dwyer, daughter of- Mrs. Mary R. Dwyer, Oak Street, and the late Thomas M. Dwyer, and Norman Herbert Collier of Savannah, son.

of Mr. and Mrs. James Collier, Baldwin Avenue, Glens Falls, were married at 10 A. Saturday, August, 30. at the Cathedral of St.

John's, Savannah. A nuptial Mass was celebrated with the Right Rev, Monsignor T. James McNamara The matron of honor Mrs. Edward C. Burns of this village, sister of the bride, while the best man WaS William Norton of Savannah, formerly of Hudson Palls: The bride WAS attired in dusty rose silk crepe, street length gown with brown accessories.

She wore dusty rose and brown feathered hat and her corsage was of white roses and pom The pons. matron of honor wore gray silk crepe gown with Navy blue, white accessories and a white hat with Navy blue, trimmings. Her gown was of street length and her corsage was of red roses. The gown of the bride's mother was black with black and White accessories, The bridegroom's mother wore Navy blue gown with matching accessories. A wedding breakfast was served at Hotel DeSoto, Savannah.

The center piece for the bridal table was of cut, flowers. The bride is a graduate of St. Mary's Academy, Glens Falls and has been employed in the factory office of the Union Bag and Paper Corporation. The bridegroom attended the Glens Falls High School and is employed by the Union Bag and Paper Corporation in Savannah. Following a wedding trip to Tybee Beach, Mr.

and Mrs. Collier will reside in Fifty-seventh Street, Savannah, after Sept, 15. Among those, who attended the wedding were Mrs. Thomas Dwyer, Mrs. Edward Burns, Mrs.

Glenn Putnam, Hudson Falls; Mrs. James Collier, Glens Falls; Mr. 'and Mrs. Bernard Newton, Mr. and Mrs.

Francis Kelley, Mr. and Mrs. WilItam Norton, Laysel Bancroft, Richard McDonald, Miss Mary Frances Kelley, Andrew McDonald and Joseph Ware of Savannah. Given Stork Shower Mrs. William Morency was tendered a stork shower recently at her home in Preston Street by Myst Harly Washburn and Mrs.

Melvin Welch. Games were played and The guest of honor received a number of gifts. present were Mrs. Peter Morenty, Miss Margaret- Morency, Mrs. Helen Rivelet, Mrs.

Frank Holnees, Mrs. Roy Havens, Miss Lorraine Havens, Mrs. Minnie Cardinal, Mrs. Jessie Ballard, Mrs. Laura Short, Mrs.

John Cronkhite, Mrs. Dennis Simmons, Mrs. George Simmons, Miss Marguerite Belden, Mrs. Lester Gaulin, Mrs. Harvey Wood, Mrs.

Howard Randall, Mrs. George Cardinal, Miss Marie Rivelet, Mrs. Fred Viele, Mrs. Louise McCoy, Mrs. Mary Washburn, Miss Alphid Lundgren, Mrs.

Earl Bigelow, Miss Kay Upton, Mrs. William Cronkhite, Mrs. Mae Macey, Miss Shirley Macey, Mrs. Fred Welch, Mrs. Vaughn Bentley and Miss Lucy Kinney, BIBLE CLASS TO MEET The Collin Bible Class of the Presbyterian Church will conduct its first Fall meeting.

P. M. Monday at the home of Mrs. Reynolds E. Vaughn in Kingsbury.

Mrs. Harry Rice will be the devotional leader. The assistant hostesses will be Mrs. Betty Waite, Mrs. Frieda Hamilton and Mrs.

Emma Cornell. Mrs. William Cozzens will be the social leader, CARPENTER TAKEN ILL George Carpenter, veteran mall carrier, Upper Main Street, who serves the residents in the vicinity of Mechanic, Oak, Elm, Willow, John, William Streets and Coleman Avenue, was taken suddenly 111 Wednesday evening near the court house. He suffered a heart attack. He was treated by a Hudson Falls physician and taken' to his.

home. TO HONOR JUSTICE Supreme Court Justice Willard Best of Gloversville, who will preside for the first time in Washington County at a term of Supreme Court to be convened Monday at the Salem courthouse, will be guest of Ahonor at a testimonial dinner to be served Thursday, Sept. 11, at 7 P. -M. in the Cambridge Hotel under the auspices of the Washington County Bar Association.

ALLEN CONVALESCING Robert Allen, who has been seriously ill at his home on Mosher HIll, is slowly recovering. (Additional Hudson Falls News Appears on Page 13) In Memoriam In loving memory of our dear mother, Mrs. Florence H. Farley, who died Sept, 5, 1940. God took her home, It was His will But in our hearts she liveth still.

Mrs. William Jacobie, Adv. Mr. Robert E. Farley.

Card of Thanks We wish to thank all those who assisted us during the illness and at the time of the death of our beloved daughter, Mrs. Lillian Pond Blanchard, and for floral tributes and use of cars we are grateful. Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Pond Adv.

and family, THE POST-STAR, GLENS FALLS, N. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1947 Fort Edward 4-H JUNIOR FAIR SET ON SEPT. 12-13 Miss Helen Benning of Olyde, Wayne County, will be in the county for the next two weeks to assist Charles Calvin Smith, Washington County 4-H Club agent, in pianning for and conducting the Junior Fair program, The fair will take place Friday and Saturday, September 12 and 15, on the county. highway grounds on Upper Broadway. Miss Benning la trained in home economics and has taught homemaking in high school for several years, acting as local leader of 4-H Club four years.

During the past two months she has worked in other counties with fair programs and project visits. Her, duties here will deal primarily, with the and setting up of the 4-I homemaking department of the fair exhibits. and programs. She will. assist 4-H leaders in any WAy possible to have their clubs well represented with exhibits and their girls ready to take part in clothing revues and demonstrations, during the program while working to promote the successful conduct of the fair program.

The Junior Fair program includes exhibits of the work and activities of the boys and girls in 4-H Clubs, Future. Farmers of America, school homemaking departments, "Juvenile Grange and Older Youth. Exhibits will be in place and the program will be officially open to the public at 1 P. M. with free admission.

There will be exhibits, strations, clothing revue, judging and showmanship as part of the young people's program, with entertainment and games. The 4-H Club Counell will have food bar and plans to sell sand- wiches in variety, milk, soft drinks and ice cream. Dance Series to Open The Arst in a series of weekly Saturday night dances, sponsored by the Felloweraft Club, will be held in Masonic Hall tomorrow from 9 P.M. to 1 A. Members and friends are invited.

Music for round and square dancing will be furnished by Art Shepard's Orchestra. Extensive repairs are under way in the hall located on the first floor of Masonic Temple, Eddy Street. Steel girders are being put in place, replacing the posts formerly used as supports. Other alterations have been made to the building during the past year including relocation of stairs, new coat and powder rooms and new equipment and furniture. Further improvements in the hall are planned by.

the committee in charge. 275 See Navy Films The outdoor film program presented by members of Organized Surface Division 3-67, U. 8. Naval Reserve of the Glens. Falls area, under the sponsorship of the Fort Edward Post, 1133, American Legion, attracted a crowd of 275 persons to the Underwood, Park last, night.

The Alms were "New York, a Silent at Oothe The last was film on the purpose of the new civilian Naval Reserve. BAZAAR SUCCESS The opening night of the bazaar sponsored by Fort Edward Counoll, 336, K. of last evening on the lawns of the council home- was successful, a large crowd being on hand. The affair will be repeated again tonight and tomorrow night and if the favorable: weather continues, it expected that the council bazaar committee will feel well repaid for its efforts in reviving this former annual entertainment feature. COMMISSION TO MEET A meeting of the Fort Edward Recreation Commission at 8.P.

M. Monday has been called by Mayor Francis J. -Tierney. AlL members of the commission are expected to be present to discuss plans for Winter program of recreation for the village. SEEK SCOUT AIDES Volunteers to assist in teaching knitting to members of the Eagle patrol of Girl Scouts are wanted.

Anyone who will give a short time each week to help the girls in this project is asked to call the patrol leader, Mrs. A. M. Priar. TOWN BOARD TO MEET.

The town board will meet at 7:30 tonight in the town clerk's office. PERSONALS Miss Jean Gebo has returned to Miami, after 'spending several weeks with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin' Wood, Notre Dame Street. I.

G. Ashton and friends from hoes were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Roland Hamel, 8 Stevens Lane, Bunday. Mrs.

Cleo Lavigure, Mr. and Mrs. Leonell Charland and Marie, Paul and Claud Charland were also guests at the Hamel home Sunday and Monday. Mrs. Bessie Carter of Keeseville is visiting her Gordon o.

Derby, and Mrs. Derby at their home, Stevens Lane. Miss Joan Tillotson, senior at Cortland State Teachers College, returned there yesterday after spending a short vacation with her parents, Dr. and Mrs. B.

O. Tillotson. Miss Tillotson is an assistant in the freshmen orientation program. She is also president of the Student Christian Movement, Esther Putnam, Mrs. Miles Jones, Mrs.

Thomas Whiting, Miss Marie Roach, Miss Janet Norton, Miss Martha Abbott, Pat Jones and Mrs. Roy Stone. Games were played and primos awarded. BAPTISTS PLAN PICNIC The Young People of the Baptist Church are sponsoring a picnic to be held at Loon Lake tomorrow. Cars will leave from the church at 1:30 P.

M. Donald Hamilton, Carson Jones and Charles Burnett arein charge of the food committee. All young people are invited to bring their friends, and nearby Virginia and Maryland, To qualify in the examination, tele- competitors must pass written basic test. In addition, they must have $2,168 had from six to 18 months of expertthe ence as a telephone operator, the amount required, depending upon D. the type of experience they have Super MARKET NOW AVAILABLE Van Cinder ORANGE JUICE PURE UNSWEETENED 46-OZ.

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BAGS 816 Civil Service Lists Exam An examination for filling phone operator positions at annual salaries of $1,954 and WAS announced yesterday by U. 8. Civil Service Commission. Venemalee are in Washington, ARMOUR'S MAZDA TREET 18 can 15 TO BULBS 60W DEVILED HAM 176 PLUS each de TAX CORNED BEEF HASH JELLY MOTT'S POTTED 10-os. MEATS Cans JAr 180 VIENNA SAUSAGE 170 CORINTH, MAIN for had and which the they grade are of rated.

the Detailed position information is given in the examination announcement. Information and application forms may be secured at the local post office, or from the U. 8. Civil Service Commission, Washington, 25, D. in C.

the Applications commission's must be Washingtor received office not later than September RIDING CLUB TO MEET CORINTE The Corinth Riding Club will meet tonight at 8 in Pagenstecher Park. Fire Levels Five Barns On Powers Farm Fire starting about 10:30 Inst night leveled five barns, corn house and silo on the farm of Francis Powers, Mud Street. The blaze believed to have started in a barn where baled hay was stored last week connected spread units rapidly and threatened through the Powers home. A bucket brigade was formed to keep the end of the house, which faced the fire, soaked with water. Livestock lost in the fire was reported as a pig and chickens.

The Hudson Falls Fire Department and Hartford Fire Department responded to the alarm and worked with chemicals to prevent the spread of the blaze. SMOKY FURNACE BRINGS FIREMEN Burning rags in furnace at the house at 36 John Street resulted in the fire department being called to the location yesterday at 5 P. M. It developed that the chimney was clogged and the smoke entered the building. The damage was from smoke only.

The alarm was from Box 44, Principal Dearlove Teacher Delegate Arvie Eldred, secretary of the New York State Teachers Association, has notified Homer P. Dearlove, principal of the Hudson Falls High School, of the latter's appointment to the Credentials Committee for the House of Delegates. Mr. Dearlove replaces Nathan Gifford, former principal of the Warrensburg Central School. The House of Delegates meeting will be held in November at Rochester.

Under the constitution no persun is entitled to a seat in the House of Delegates until they have been passed upon by the Credentials Committee. Maria Barbieri Engaged Mr. and Mrs. Henry Barbleri, Main Street, announce the engagement of their daughter, Miss Maria Barbleri, to Edward Abodeely, son of Mrs. David Abodeely of 22 Wall Street, Worcester, Mass.

Miss Barbieri is a graduate of the Hudson Falls High School and employed as secretary to Homer P. Dearlove, principal of the Senior High School. Mr. Abodeely is a graduate of the Commerce High School, Worcester, and has served three years with the United States Naval Forces as a signalman petty officer in the Communications Division. No date has been set for the wedding.

A CLUB LISTS PICNIC The Falls Garden Club announces that a picnic will take place Saturday afternoon and evening, Sept, 13, at the home of Carroll, Carpenter in Fort Miller. SOUTH GLEN CAME Dental Hygienist Hired For Central District 1 The Board of Education of Gentral District 1, South Glens Falls, has contracted with Miss Evelyn E. Lancaster to perform the work of a dental hygienist in the schools of the Central District for the year 1947-1948. Each pupil will receive note to his parent explaining the program and containing a permission slip. to be returned to the school.

Miss Lancaster will start her work in the junior -senior high school building in South Glens Falls beginning Monday. She will make a thorough examination and clean each child's teeth and give advice to each child for the proper way to care for his teeth. Following her work parents will be notified if dental work is needed. Mrs. Johnson Named Legion Auxiliary Head Mrs.

Maude Johnson was elected president of the South, Glens Falls American Legion Auxiliary at a meeting Tuesday in the rooms. A report was made on the Auxiliary Convention recently held at Niagara Falls by Mrs. Georgiana Ormaby, outgoing president. Other new officers are first vice president, Mrs. Nellie O'Niel; second vice president, Mrs.

Cora MoCarthy; secretary, Mrs. Catherine Labonte; treasurer, Mrs. Jane Cofcoran; chaplain, Mrs. Anna Whiting; historian, Mrs. 'Mary Jones; executive committee, Mrs.

Georgiana Ormsby, Mrs. Dorothy Daha, Mrs. Sadie Skromme; county committee, Mrs. Maude Johnson, Mrs. GeorgiAna Ormsby, Mrs.

Dorothy Daha and Mrs. Anna Whiting. Installation of officers will. take place Sept. 16 at the Town Office Building.

A covered dish supper will be served at 6:30 P. M. Miss Joyce Ormsby Given Bridal Shower Miss Joyce Ormsby was guest of honor at a bridal shower given recently by the Misses Eiste and Betty Jean Putnam, assisted by Mrs. Claude Hayes, at the Putnam home, 217 Main Street, South Glens Falls. Miss Ormsby is the daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Warren Ormsby, and is a graduate of the Fort Edward High School. She 18 employed at the Glens Falls Insurance Co. Miss Ormsby will marry Hubert Akins, son of Mr. and Mrs.

Ward Akins of Glens Falls, Sept, 14. Guests at the shower were Mrs. Warren Ormaby, Mrs. Ward Akins, Mrs. Esther Akins, Mrs.

Sterling Akins, Mrs. Mason Ormsby, Mrs. George Ormsby, Mrs. Ralph Nellson, Mrs. -Nellie Ostrander, Mrs.

Leonard Call, Mrs. Howard Gilman, Mrs. Morton Myott, Mrs. Walter Mason, Mrs. Fino Nadolney, Mrs.

VILLAGE SCHOOLS HAVE 793 PUPILS The total number of pupils registered in the Fort Edward Schools on the first day of school Wednesday was 993, Supervising Principal C. Archie Hopkins stated yesterday. During the next two weeks that figure is expected to be increased 4 pupils in the various rooms turn from vacations, employment or from being detained by illness. The registration in the Powers School was 246; in the O'Donnell School, 229; in the junior high school, 118, and in the senior high school, 210. Six post-graduates and two veterans are enrolled in the high school.

Old Fort Miller Church, Redecorated, to Open When the congregation of the Fort Miller Reformed Church resumes services Sunday, Sept. 6, they will find the church auditorium completely redecorated, with the pews painted white as in the past This church is an old landmark, having been erected in either 1813 or 1818 by Shepherd Norcross, local carpenter. Only the auditorium with gallery was erected at that time. The church hall was added to the original building in 1896 and this past year a completely new and, kitchen has been financed by the Vereenghiet Circle of the church. For the first year or 80, the church bullding was used for public meeting place, but in 1822, 15 men of the village whe belonged to local society, probably temperance, sent in 4 petition to the Classis of Saratoga to be organized into Dutch Reformed Church.

In the year 1867, the church numbered 67 members. A deed to the church property was secured by the church officers in 1894. In the year 1876, Miss Brisbin and 8 Miss Lutfin were appointed a committee to make cushions for the seats. It is thought that these cushions are still in use. In the year 1922, the Fort Miller Church celebrated its centennial with special services and programs.

In 1980, two years after the present pastor, the Rev. J. Servis LaRue of Hudson Falls, began to conduct services at Fort Miller, the church was redecorated, hardwood floors laid and electric lights installed, at cost of about $1,500, Last year new bell, the gift of C. C. Carpenter, was installed in the belfry of the church after being removed from the old Baptist Church, since razed.

Services have been held. continuously. in this old church since 1622, Marks Fourth Birthday Miss Sharon Bunker celebrated her fourth birthday anniversary Saturday at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Bunker, in Durkeetown.

The table centerpiece was a large birthday cake with colored balloons hanging over the table. The, color scheme was pink fallow. Games were played and prizes awarded, Those present were Harriet Durkee, Patricia Moumblo, Barbara Ellis, Lourene Hammond, Gordon and Keith Jackson, Willard and Gerald Durkee, Lhdon Ellis: also, Mrs. Lawrence Hammond, Mrs. Iona Ellis and Mrs.

Judy Jackson. INVITED TO CEREMONIES Members of Fort Edward Unit, will be the installing officer, 1183, American Legion Auxiliary, have been invited to attend installation ceremonies of the Argyle: Unit Monday evening at Argyle. Mrs. Dora Derby, president of the Washington County organization, BOB HOPE STARS Favorite Brunette with Bob Hope and "Stage Coach to Denver" are the current offerings of the Fort Edward Theatre. Card of Thanks We wish to express.

our sincere thanks and deep Appreciation for the many sots of kindness, for use of cars and for floral tributes at the time of death of our beloved son and brother, Joseph. Mr. and Mrs. James L. Adv.

penter, Jr. and Family, FT. EDWARD THEATRE TODAY- SATURDAY Hope "My Favorite Brunette" Plus 'Stage Coach to Denver' Also Cartoon, Chap. Son of the Guardsman ADVERTISMENT Heavenly Rest From POISON IVY culia heavenly you Fort Edward Council K. of BAZAAR Tonight and Saturday NIGHTS 167 Broadway FORT EDWARD LUSCIOUS RIPE (VIRGINIA ELBERTA FREESTONE BUSHEL APPLES VARIETY EARLY 6.

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