Monday, September 8, 2014

Miscellaneous News Items from the 1940s

D.M. Copley Elected as Director of Pharmacal Company
Bainbridge News & Republican, November 8, 1945
 
D.M. Copley was elected a member of the board of directors of The Norwich Pharmacal Company at a meeting of the board Nov. 3, it is announced by R.S. Eaton, chairman of the board of directors of the company.  At the same time, Otis A. Thompson, president of the National Bank & Trust Company of Norwich, was elected to membership on the executive committee.  Mr. Thompson has been a director since 1916. 
 
Mr. Copley is chief chemist of the company, a position he has held since April, 1939.  He graduated from Colgate University in 1919, and joined the company immediately following his graduation.   He was appointed chief analyst in June, 1921.
 
Mr. Copley has had many years of broad experience in pharmacy and pharmaceutical research and control.  He is a member of the American Chemical Society and The American Pharmaceutical Association.  He also is company representative to the scientific section of the American Drug Manufacturers Association and a member of the association's combined contact committee.  he also has taken an active part in the development of the U.S. Pharmacopoeia and the National Formulary. 
 
Other members of the Norwich Pharmacal Company directorate include Messrs. Oliver W. Benedict, George W. Bengert, Melvin C. Eaton, John K. Hill, Guy L. Marsters, Frank L. McCartney, W.P. McNulty and H.A. Sumner.  Mr. Copley is a son of Mr. and Mrs. D.H. Copley, of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] 
 
Clara Wilcox Graduates from Syracuse University
Bainbridge News & Republican, May 29, 1941
 
 
Clara Wilcox
 
 Miss Clara R. Wilcox, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert C. Wilcox of 15 Bixby street, Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], will be candidate for a baccalaureate degree from Syracuse University during its 70th annual commencement exercises at Archbold stadium on the Syracuse campus Monday, June 2.  Leonard W. Brockington, prominent Canadian lawyer who is special war-time assistant to the prime minister of Canada, will deliver the commencement address.  Following his talk, Chancellor William P. Graham will confer honorary degrees.  Undergraduate degrees will be awarded by the deans of the respective college.  Miss Wilcox studied in the College of Home Economics.  A member of Beta Phi Alpha sorority, she has been a member of the Chapel Choir and the Home Economics Club. 
 
Marian Beatty Awarded State Scholarship
Bainbridge News & Republican, August 21, 1941
 
Miss Marian Letitia Beatty, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Beatty, of this village, and a graduate of Bainbridge Central High School Class of '41, has just been notified that she was one of the winners of the State Scholarships in Chenango County.  This entitles her to $100 per year for the four years of her college course.  Miss Beatty has been accepted at the College of Home Economics Cornell University, where she will enter this Fall.  She was valedictorian of her class and she won the Reader's Digest award for scholastic achievement.  Miss Beatty held the highest average in the county.  The following are the winners in order of their standing:
1.  Miss Marian Letitia Beatty, 94.47
2.  Loren Wayland Guy, Afton, 94.33
3.  Eleanor R. Marks, Sherburne, 93.57
4.  Gloria R. Crain, Sherburne, 92.47
5.  Pauline Lewis, Oxford, 92.00
 
Local Students Ready for College
Bainbridge News & Republican, September 4, 1941
 
The following students of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] will enter the various colleges this fall:
William Butler, Hamilton College
Fred Neidlinger and Lloyd Sipple, Alfred University
Bruce Holman, Duke University
Miss Barbara Campbell and Miss Mary Payne, Syracuse University
Graydon Cass, Cornell University
Miss Marian Beatty, Cornell University
James Noyes, Buffalo College of Pharmacy
Robert Smith, Mechanics Institute, of Rochester
Donald Peckham, Oberlin College, Oberlin, O.
Miss Emilou Howland, Plattsburg Normal
Miss Elnore Hitchcock, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, Mass.
Miss Zita Armstrong, Binghamton City Hospital
Miss Ann Vawter, Cornell University
Miss Geraldine Getter, Hartwick College


 


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