August 26, 1943. THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT, BELLEFONTE, PA. Page Three FAITH IN GOD AND SELF IS | THE SUBSTANCE OF HEROISM (From Weekly Unity) Distinguished performance, more often than we think, rests on the faith that with the help of God all things are possible to us. In such a faith we undertake and achieve what would* be altogether Impossi- ble to us without it. Out of such faith heroism grows. The hero fills & universal need in that he gives men a loftier ideal on which to fo- cus their thought, a more shining goal towards which to aspire In his column in the Newark Ev- ening News, Whitney Bolton an- nounces that he has at last found a hero and incidentally tells some- thing of how the impossible becomes first the possible and then an ac- We quote the News column has been looking Every person has a psy- chological need for hero, a syms- bol of security and the faith that all is or will be well “I think, after careful study for weeks dnd months, I've found my hero. He comes nearer to specifica- tions I need than anybody vet. He's a little man out of Texas, a sergeant, and his story just becoming known. His name is Harry M. Hayes San Antonio boy “Haves, with only knowledge of flying any kind of plane, took that most difficult of flving instruments—the Flying Fort- ress—from Java Australia, one thousand three hundred miles, with- out charts or maps, the plane fal tering, overloaded with eighteen men, and children, landed it without flaps, a miracle all by it- self, and delivered his refugees un- harmed. Ten minutes later, an as- tonished, stunned board of air-crops officers forthwith declared the giant plane useless and unfit for of any kind and had it dismantled His Flying Fortress was taken off complished fact “This for a hero " 1S the slightest to women with four hundred feet less runway | than an empty plane of its type is supposed to need, yet this shot, bat- | tered, patched giant, carrying hun- dreds of pounds more weight than a new one could or should, got off and was air-borne with plenty of runway footage to spare The frantic Dutch mechanics while the airfield In Java was bombed. Pieces of two other planes were used to patch this Flying Fort- ress. Eighteen desperate men, wom- en and children were packed into its aluminum shell and then Hayes climbed aboard, sat down in the wreck, gunned it, felt his way with the controls and got it wobbling into the air. He turned its nose to sea and prayed he would find Australia His instrument board lacked most of the supposedly acute essentials: gauges were missing, meters were gone. But he flew it, kept it air- borne, and when he found Australia and the field—he brought that weighted war-shattered crate down without wing flaps to check its speed and keep it balanced. He landed it as softly as a feather “The prayer ‘Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe,” is one that the air pilot may well make, with its at- tendant realization Prayer is the first and chief essential “1 LOST 52 Lbs.! WEAR SIZE 14 AGAIN" MRS, €. 0, WELLS FT. WORTH As Plotured Hore >» You mar lose pounds and have a moe sheader, gracefal Sgae “oe gender. No druge No msstives £ meat, potatoes The experience of M oe vay wot be diferent ¢ ONL why aot try the Ayde Pia at these resulta A yOare a’ Look Ia clinical teests under the direc tion of Dr Vou Hoover. 198 per- sons lost 14 10 15 Ibe. average in a few waeks with the Ayds Plan. 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Write us for appointments. “Only those who have flown can appreciate to the rich full the tre- mendous miracle of this flight, Not a pilot, not an officer, more a me- | ing, Hayes gum, wire, canvas and prayer. The average competent pilot, unused to large or military craft, would think a long time before attempting fly- ing one of the great fortresses. He would want a trained co-pilot, he would want a book of gauge instruc- tion, he would want at least a few hours of dual instruction and most certainly, next to full tanks and a flawless olling system, he would want wing flaps “In times of desperation some- thing happens to a man, It happen- ed to Hayes. This column has never set forth any article of faith, it is not now hysterical about Hayes and his gigantic feat, but It cannot close without stating that if man ever needed some sign that there is a divine power which helps, Hayes needed it then. And his astonishing flight seems to me to be reliable proof that he received it "Navy Aviation Cadet William Charles Kellerman Naval Aviation Cadet William Charles Kellerman m of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kellerman, of 382 East Bishop street, Bellefonte, i= now re- ceiving his initial flight training at the Civil Aeronautics hority War ining School lege Lock Haves his preliminary at the University Penn- Flight Preparatory School last May. Following his enlistment November 6, 1942 left Villanova College in January, 1943, to enter active service &( Tra C sry) i completed sion nia Navy in- of he Poets’ WW Corner SUMMER about the Autumn t Spring seasons all talk the aOq Lie We know these fine But t are very ti and he he grain t bloom mostly in the good old Sum- ail Hower in Come mer flit so gally on the grass s0 green food for hungry mouths patiently await Plucked from an earth- never seen their young have It ia Summer when children crowd in one short day, The fascinating games so long with- held For ile in school thelr little with learning must be filled While childish pleasures from thoughts dispelled uy to heads their | Then cast your eyes at yonder plane at fields of waving grain And rows of corn like sentinels they stand With their green, full-grown and their silky tasseled ears, What more beauty could be seen our land 850 make the most each one shorter grows For we've drifting toward tumn of our lives When nothing counts deeds wrought in OUTS Be it Autumn Summer time ~ Mrs stalks in of every day, as the Au- but kindly these hearts of Winter Spring or W. J. Hackenberg, Rebersburg, Pa SOLDIER BOY. Soldier Boy, take God with you He will lead you across the waves He will give you peace and camfort, When all the world has tried and failed You can't take that dear old mother You can't take your father kind; You can't take your wife or sister— You must leave them all behind But there is One who can You "Tis the Blessed Son of God: You can ever keep Him near you, You can tread the path He trod! Soldier Boy, take God with you. You will find In Him a friend One who will love and keep you God is faithful to the end Respectfully dedicated to all our sol- dier boys by Mrs. James Andrews, Philipsburg, Pa TO OUR FIGHTING MEN, The men of Kearns are on review And mighty impressive they look, too Some are short and some are tall, But very good Americans all! With hearts as true as the sky is blue, #0 with So They're determined to keep our flag the same hue [Uncle 8am was a bit sleepy for a while, | But suddenly he awoke with a smile | He dreamed he heard the sounds of : war, {And decided to keep it from our i shore. Soitly he spoke as he raised hie hand And summoned our boys to defend their land; From all walks of life they answered the call, Race or creed didn't matter at all. For ours is the greatest nation today, Artillery stationed at Camp Rucker, | And we mean to keep it just that Ala, has been promoted to the rank Way For liberty and freedom will not die As long as there is an American alive ~Pyt. Curtis B. ligen, Kearns, Otab. ‘chanic with a slight feel for pillot- | took eighteen doomed |B souls to safety with string, chewing | promoted to corporal announcement by i College, received | “Bomewhere igunner in a bomber squadron {has been {North Thomas Is Flying Armorer Pfe. Ellis F. Pvt. Houser E. R. Houser Bellefonte, entered December 1942 ception center at was sent to Miami where he was igned the Alr Corps. In February this year he was transferred to Denver Colorado, and in April was sent Dyersburg Tenn., where he is tationed a a flying armorer Private Houser Bellefonte High School in of 1940, was em Bernstein agency, prior vice In March Colorado, he was married to the Miss Jane Alkey and Mrs. Clark Alkey, of East Linn Bellefonte. Mrs. Houser is continuing her work in the off DeHaas Electric Houser Mr. and High wrvice Mi treet the on i fr 1 In Cumberiand Florida 29 an om the re- New jeach a to to now a graduate of the Miller & std uli the i by Lewistown distrib entering the ! 1043, at Denver, loved On 10 BET e former of Mr daughter street ice of tl the Company In Naval Reserves Tinan, How - Hee ilistedq in the 8 Navy serves on | at Baltimore Leen empioyed by t i i“ » 1e Cilent M aircraft ir Nig basi U. 8 Naval N af ol Al - un Company in I= He recelved training at the ing Station at Sampson arded the re 2nd Class training on he spent a with his family Stabilizer Drive, die River, Md. Jes el] Ww ive dut va. and we join vith hig former class- mates at the Howard High and townsfolk in wishing him every SLMCOesS xt” Train YT. and Seaman un completion of July 186, at wventeen-day who re Victory K has y at Lion ing his which furl ide at Villa, & been assign- act Norfolk, V 3 $100 Promoted to Corporal Private Robert P. Hodge, who is in training at Camp Polk, La. has been according to his commanding officer ist Lieut Kemple Tucker Corporal Hodge is a member of Co D. 36th Armored Regiment, 8th Ar- mored Division. He is a sof of Mrs Rhoda Hodge, of Pine Glen Arrives Overseas Mrs. Earl Boal of State word this week Staff Bgt. Charles had arrived safely England.” He is a He for two! Mr. and from their Boal, that son, he in in the Alr Force years Promoted to Corporal i Mr. and Mrs. John QGordon, of street, Bellefonte, ! learned this week that their son! | Fred Gordon, has been raised to the irank of corporal. Cpl. Gordon is in H {duty overseas and his brother is! and after a period of training there | the Medical Corps and is stationed in England ] Brothers Promoted i Jay and Richard Knapp, sons of Mrs. Dorothy Knapp of Bellefonte, | were recently promoted to the rank of private first class. Jay ls now on! stationed at Groton, Conn. Quick Promotion Morris Houser, who is in the Pield | of corporal, his wife, the former Verna Bickle of pike street, learned Cpl. Houser has been in the service only one month, BROTHERS SEPARATED BY OCEAN al | prep woo Pyl Clyde E. McKinley McKinley R EFFORT —_— rT FAMILY AIDING IN WA el j 8 Pyl. Fred Meckley K K re rmit An ar ai * Was set Seamaz Ak ckley formerly WerVice i the Jacksonville road and who a member was employed for a time at the Buick junk class at the garage Water Bellefonte 3 » erteredd the ser has two children: Mary, who is with the Peter Lyons family along the far Jacksonville road, and William, who Privat on Bellefonte on street vice { Ty 4] In Army Service ta me ue na Corporal Frank S. Pachipka Corporal Pachipka, son of Mrs Emro Pachipka of Clarence, is 21 years of age. He entered the U. 8 Army on October 30, 1042, after an pnsuccessful attempt to enlist in ithe Air Corps. From the reception . icenter at New Cumberland he was Cpl. David M. Breon sent to Port McClellan, Alabama, Corporal Breon, a former employe and later transferred to Camp of the Fish Hatchery, is a son of Mr. Breckinridge, Kentucky, While on {and Mrs. Harry E. Breon of Belle- maneuvers at Nashville, Tenn, he fonte, R. D. 3. He was inducted Aptil received his corporal stripes and was 25, 1042, and underwent 12 weeks! sent back to Ca np Breckinridge. Be- army training at Camp Wheeler, Ga. fore entering the army “Frankie In November of the same year he Pachipka was employed at the O'- wae sent to Port DeMoines, Iowa, Brien coal mines at Moshannon. i a — wag transferred to Daytona Beach, 1. 8. Hospital Florida, his present post of duty, | Py Roy in 1. 5. 1 i vt. James P. Holt, son of Mr. and {Mrs Pat Holt of Milesburg, who had Goes to Westover {been in a government hospital since Pfc. Darel A. Boob, son of Mr and being injured last March, wag re- Mrs. Arthur Boob of Bellefonte, who cently transferred to Lowell Gen- was sent to Mitchell Field, L. I, a eral Hospital at Ft. Devens, Mass, short time ago, recently was trans- | Pvt. Holt suffered a hip injury when ferred to the Army Air Base at he was accidentally shot while on Westover Field, Mass. jo at a foreign camp. High the "In Kentucky Camp Cox or vil Pvt, James D Marlin W. Watkin ¢ HO ne son of How Cyrus was maneu- Watkin Har- t Monu- Oklahoma nm July 8th he transferred oulsiana on ivale al th Suffers Leg Fracture While in Australia IM leamer R 1 weekend ral Tech- iS an an slradig Te- Woodring, received a fractured Cpl. We amphilso engineer been in "Austr nhs, rts od rine who i with the who has LE over- to be and dlig Op ie past he TE red mn that and hb SON hospital Wis given as to how he suffered the injury it is believed the ident happened while he was participating in man- euve 1g tea dily abie to 1 Lie No information ave but aq 8 Is First Lieutenant Mr. and Mrs. John Popaon, of East Bishop street, Bellefonte, received (word that thelr son, Ray Popson, a {fighter pilot semmewhere in the South! | Pacific, was raised from the rank of second to first Ueutenant. He en- listed in the Army Alr Force and was called in February, 1942. He was sent to Hawall in February, 1943, and has been in the South Pacific since April. Lt. Popson has named his pur. suit plane “The Zoot Shooter,” his {parents learned in a letter received this week. | Gets Swimming Award | Pfc. Robert B. Shaffer, son of Mrs. | {Stella Martin of North Spring street, | Bellefonte, was given a senior award | (after completing the third course of “functional swimming under combat | conditions” in England. He is a member of Bellefonte's Battery B. Pvt. Shaffer qualified as a senior life | i | saver. Arrives in England ! Bellefonte friends received word this week that Lit Leroy “Junior” Elder, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Elder, 8r., formerly of Bellefonte, bas arrived safely in England. 4 OF BOMBER'S CREW WOUNDED, GUNNER'S COURAGE SAVES ALL This is the story how a bomber came back, wounded and dripping with the blood of its men, and the story of a quiet hero who tells you It happened somewhere In New Guinea “There B-25" It began In the alr near Wewak where American planes smased 215 Japanese aircraft in a two-day as- sault That it did not end tragically is a tribute to the five crew members who wouldn't give up Japanese Zeros hit the as it started a bombing run the Dagua airstrip, forcing it out of for- mation. Enemy planes prevented the ship from joining another unit, and for the next 45 minutes attacked the bomber mercliessly wis a Jot of man in that B-25 over "w “wii In the crippled Mitchell, only | Joseph Carroll long Island, N Y And until raped Ww a belly -landl ater Bergenat College Point injury and Lime escaped the ship bumped 1g BOLE H hier he proved himself a bh 50 did the other Four of Crew Injured. The three pliot had been h Lime it had wa ana the SHOOK 1 the who was gunner Ad the radioinan Going forward navigator fl nearly ae LOGY LG over Refused to Lhe Ball Out. he pilot told the radion out i he wanted bail ed Carroll bound up ’ Pr wi will : off hi Then he tore and made bandages for the oco-pi- ots head and the pllot's arm Complications arose. The plane climbed to 17.000 feet, requiring oxy- gen for the crew. But the radio op- erator found the front oxygen tank damaged with supply only enough for one. He also discovered the pi- lot's and OXYREN INAsKS were shot Only Two Masks Left Carroll put one mask on the navi- gator, who was in the most serious condition; crawled back WwW help the ana returned mask. The CoO~-puot, who co-pllot's out wounded Lal with the offered It gunner remaining u oniy pliot Lhe insisted that the pilot keep clear-headed The bombers suck rip home The pl found . trio walchiing mid enabled He t OUrne n followeq No Rudder Control nrougn the the men AK, Tal~ ainaz~ rid uriner i holes one and lad PHILIPSBURG AREA SOLDIER IN JAP MILITARY PRISON CAMP the of the Robinson) 10 rest family and Geraldine The last card received from Steve form ¢ g ¥s id thelr Clin Hi in feiegram armen nave tie been wr 1 Japanes Seaman On leave i Kellan jwalg Keilander following raining at al ung Station He is now eligible for wnment where gdGitaonal 3 will be given Upon com- this next step in his navel Blu t Kellander ms "~ pletion of Career LEE i pet er rata jailf A = 4 Ww (Ghee iv Lhe ilal- ! Wanted! 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