"December 16, 1943, _THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT, BELLEFONTE, PA. Page Five Jack Benny, Radio Comedian, Meets Bellefonts Physician in War Theatre Major R. H. Hoffman, as a doctor attached groups in Italy, and Richards H, Hoffman, former prom- to inent Bellefonte physician, is cred-| ited by radio comedian Jack Benny ny,” “postponed” the war for|you doing here?" pre- paring for battle, could see Benny's] with having a while so the boys in Italy, show. sage, and so I came up to him and | gave him the big greeting with: “I'm | Jack Benny.” “Well, for God's sakes, he sald. “What-the-hel] He didn’t know! “For heaven's sake!" repeated the ! major. “Imagine you over here in The account of his meeting with | Italy! How's Rochester?” Major Hoffman was related by! “Rochester's fine,” I said. “Didn't | Benny in an account of the trip he'you know we were coming? We're and his “Pive Jerks to Cairo” made here to play for the boys who just | recently, and appeared Saturday in come up from Sicily, We thought a . the Philadelpia Record and other| message would have gotten thru” newspapers. “Dick” Hoffman is the Air Corps Medical group and is give a show for Hines guys? is man, the one Push on up io hy puny known to be in Italy. Hence it almost certain that he is Benny met, it is felt here, The account which Benny's idea of the kind Major Hoffman was in back home, follows: Dear Folks: This message is directed the doctor attached to groups we finally played to in Italy. We missed certain lads in Tuni because they'd gone on to When we thought we'd caugh with them in Sicily, other reason than to play for particular fellow we got When we our audience into Italy that sina we found other 45 minutes we'd have them entirely, They w and ready, with full ment, and were Just sweat out a line at the mess a going-away meal, When our ship landed at Italy, we had hopes that expected. Aware that the og one of us t disembark would be the first tainer to set foot on cong fan soil, we'd drawn straws plane, I won. So when we 1 got out, Warm Welcome A jeep darted toward us back of one of the revetments, a major jumped out and came ward me, I thought he was field beginning Croto we nn ¢ irom ————— n includes of man peacetime to the) folks of Major R. H. Hoffman, He's gizeq us all up the fighter head Shetty. up fore they we found that they'd pushed on up to Italy. For no pgside from hi these special know, He permission to follow them &i«d made the trip of over the Straits of Mes-!avervthing they could arrived fp, was 1; prepared to move into battle. In an- missed "hig packed hecause equip- 10 wasn't hal] for were in and operation. to- greet- said: “You expect to Hell, ready to The major they're all : and Meanwhile Larry the gang had got out of the plane and we were all talking, Wini sald: “Don't we get to play for those fel- (lows? We missed them twice be- | fore.” | Hold Up the War! “You bet,” the major answered, He again and shook his and sald: “Imagine—all the way to Italy! This durn war can wait another hour and a half. Those guys are going to get that show be- shove off for Salerno.” major was Dr. Hoffman! medical knowledge, guy to be around and seems to have g great love wanted them to get He didn't tell himself, but could he people's jokes! appeared to be in middie 40 but that might be he was doing a tough job tough place and maybe he getting too much sleep. Doe looked like the who'd always We don't {f course, bi it me to learn that “Doc” was one of those fellows 1 a small tice; a fellow be routed of bed four times a night by mem- community, maybe, for a to deliver a baby, or even emergency appendicitis He seemed family doctor who's more intere in serving folks charging fees, and Wini and That 16's a great for his boys, nny stories at other * Hoffman in a The medico hard way a fact, © surprise Hoffman wouldn't Out three or bers of his bellyache, perform an the sted nin BOALSBURG YOUTH IS MILITARY PHOTOGRAPHER With eight other Pennsylvania Marines, Staff Sgt. James A. Kunes of Boalsburg is beginning his second vear of overseas duty in hazardous aviation photography. At ti ent time they are in the Sout cific area, Sgt. Kunes' unit makes naissance missions, long search operations, construction tographs, and aerial maps of areas, both our and the enemy's The Pennsylvania Marines’ squad- ron has had it planes in the air con- tinuously since November 5 1842 Tt Has logued 5.499 hours, af which 514 were in combat. They must get the headquartets fo r study planning new attacks on Without the ald of films these Be — many tories might have resullec 1 pos sible defeat, i a uip- ment needl pres- h Pa- recone range pho- all to Ip an emsy by vies film back and 1} the en taken ia Marines’ rofl has received a Presiden tation for “outstanding gall and determination.” a—————— EP ———————— We have no objection to any si sceriber paying his subscription three vears in advance We expect to doing business that antry 1 lane ong. When you run across a man who knows everything about the rush him to Washington: the ernment can use a man like that, BR Receives Silver Wings Lieut. Richard H. Lucas, who re- cently graduated from Victorville Army Air Field, Victory rille, Calif, and received the wings of the bom- bardier, the home of his parents, Mrs. Bernard Lucas, of Philipsburg. Lieut. Lucas is a graduate moyne High School, Lemoyne, Pa, and also attended the University of Mississippi at Oxford, Miss. He was an engineering clerk before enlist- ing for service in December, 1942. His brother, Lieut. jeans. Arrives Overseas Word has been received by Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Maurer, of Allport, that their son, Jennings G, 1y overseas somewhere in North Af- rica, He also states they had a nice | trip over and he didn't get seasick. | Jennings enlisted in the U. 8. Navy August 8, 1943. Stationed in laly Plc. James Murphy, of Edendale, | Patrick Mur | phy, is now stationed somewhere in! He has been in the service! 1, 1940, enlisting at that | son of Mr. and Mrs. Italy. since May time, be | war, gEOvV~- is spending a furlough at | Mr. and | of Le-! Robert B. Lucas, is an Air Force officer at New Or-| “MONUMENT Death came to one of residents of this little Mrs. Kathny Leech, wife of T. P. Leech. She be sadly missed by her many friends and relatives from and all who knew her. She leaves, besides her husband, a small baby, Thomas Graydon Leech: her mother, Mrs, Anna Cupples, Clear- leld: and a brother and three aise ters ‘One of her sisters is Mrs. Sonny Yeager, who was formerly of Mon- | ument Miss Jt went an operation of abscessed tonsils : the vast week, around again Miriam Schenck, work at Sylvania t Mr. and Mrs, Merrill ed her parents Mr Miller, to their on Baturday at Mackey al ering Miss Heverly have all our beloved town and took nere fl who under- the removal and adenoids bie to be up and fe a AD Her me Schenck, for Young help- and Mrs. Walter fall butchering Mackes sted at Lhe do ville Ka Heato and Mrs. Albert secured employment a fhm ae nryn M Sylvania plant | Wee We i \ d weather the past week. More bad M ds for some o The whooping cough epidemic raged here for awhil about ¥ ors at Albert Mackey's this weekend were Henry Schrrack, | Mrs. Francis McBride of Cedar Run, Walter Condo of Howard, R. D. Miss Kathryn Hendricks of Mill Hall, Edward and Walter Packer, Paul Mayes, Wayne and Nell Mer- ryman, Joan and Martha Durkin and Kay Anne Girton Christmas will soon be here. Shop- ping for gifts began a week or more | ago A dinner was held at the Clyde Phillips home, Howard R. D. in honor of Ray Phillips who is being induct- ed into the Army on Dec. 15. Those present: Mr. and Mrs. Russell Mc- Closkey, Dale and Clandene. Mrs. Ed. Durkin, Ken and Carol Ann, Miss Irene Kaplan, Mr. Arthur Cox of { Beech Creek, Mr. and Mrs, Phillips | and family, Ray, Max, Charles, Irene and Beverly, Harry Weaver, Mr. and | Mrs. Ellery Peters and Cheryl and | Jerry. ff 11 f w that is over the days in Renovo last week. | Mrs. Richard Baumgarner was a | Sunday supper guest of Pletchers, CLARENCE Mr. David Drapcho and son Mich- ael from Akron, Ohio, were hunting | in Clarence. Mr. Drapcho got an 8- point uck. Mr. Alert Kachik, Harry Council- butchering for Mr. and Mrs. John Ludwig while hunting here. They 2 are all from Cleveland Ohio, Why (3 Is So Good For Relieving Miseries of Childrens Colds More that tho 0, generations aio. in grandmother’s day--mothers rn covered Vicks VapoRub. Today it is the mast widely used home-remedy for relieving miseries of Childrens colds. And here is the neasn. v aoRub The moment rub Va on he tr east and back of Degtine J starts 10 work two wa; at once na keeps Ing pass bFEHIEVE usual E Moree ness. It promotes restfu Often pone ‘of the misery of 4 oh is gone | b Snoring! at's wh Va 890d VO oe When Try 419 ood Jack Ben- | are | aE : ; Maurer, Mrs. Ralph Pletcher spent several | Seaman first class, has arrived safe- | man and David Drapcho did some | described ing us because he'd received a mes | fighter presumably In Louisiana | # — . Harry W. ( Cpl T. Corporal 8! Mr Blanchar Shearer ~ of Cpl Joseph D. Way. ; Mrs some time played in the Ames lean Legion Band. After grad- uation from high school he was em- ployed by the Glenn Martin Co. of Jaltimore, Md err to — SCOTIA Buck deer Well we didn't have and we didnt get any either but we did an awful lot of traveling over the Barrens and saw quite a few doe and a couple of bucks, They are the ones that we didn't get. We had traveled over a certain section for four or five days and didn't see a thing, but last Saturday afternoon there were six bucks in this section that we had traveled over. There were enough hunters to get all of them, =o we were informed. Harry Johnson of State College got one and we were told that four of them went to Stormstown, but it would be our luck not to be there when the deer were. As we told you last week there were only a couple deer shot by any of the Scotia hunters. They were John Gahner and Willlam Saxion Jr. We noticed In one of last waek's papers that our old friend John Clark, formerly of Waddle, had a few Feves words to say in a letter to the editor | {and wondered why we didn't have {more news in about his old home, Waddle. Well, John, Waddle iz a little bit like Beotia. At the present time there {sn't much going on and | 80 there isn't much news. Give us a {call sometime when vou're in this section John and that will be news. | but the mayor | of Waddle, W. D. Stine and the may- | or of Paradise A. C. Thomas don’t | | seem to keep us very well informed | about what is going on in their little | We don’t know why. communities, Mr. and Mrs. Gray Reed of Al! | toona spent last Sunday with Oray's | {ed one day of hunting while home. brother and wife Mr. and Mrs. Ad- 0iph Reed, We took a little trip over around | Grays Dale a few days ago and we i noticed that the Roy Clouser family | had moved. Last Saturday we talk- ed to Roy and he told us that he had moved {o State College in October. Now Roy you should notify us when something like that is going on. MAN FROZE TO DEATH Kenneth G. Campbell, 34, of Jersey Mills, was found frozen to death in his car at a small cemetery near Jer sey Shore, after it had plunged over a 10-foot - embankment about 10 p. m. Saturday. It is estimated he had been dead for about 12 bourses. The man had suffered a fractured skull, broken shoulder and minor laceras tions of the face. mother is Serving in Africa Pvi. Donald R. Luca ft Soafier Wing $10,000 Has ward bought ¢ of 84 40. One of one-tenth of $100,000 prize ant’s grand Two Sons Serving Abroad, According to the last information received by Mr. and Mrs. Roy Hazel of East Lamb street. Bellefonte, their two sons, who have been in service for some time, are now signed to foreign duty. Sgt. Melvin Hazel iz presumed to be in England while Pfe. James Hazel is some where in the Pacific war area Returns to Camp Pvt. Russell C. Fisher has ed to his post at after spending a 12-day furlough with his sister, Mre. Vivian Bennett, of Wingate. pvt. Fisher also enjoy- return- Mrs. Fisher has two other sons in the Army. Home on Furlough Cpl. Kenneth C. Shields, of Camp | Polk, La. is spending a 15-day fur- lough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs, Dec. 30th and this is his first fur- lough. Ak~ i Camp Polk, La. | CHRISTMAS SPIRIT TO PFREVAIL DESPITE WAL branci were nded for decorat am“ —. ————— RUNVILLE and N Floyd Da f Tom My D Anna Mae Lewistown hoo] next Sunday morn Christian Endeavor 7 o'clock, and preaching service 7:45. Everybody | ervices at invited to these nd ——— S——— KENNEDY Mr. and Mrs. HE. McCartney and son Mr. and Mrs LL. Lo McCartney and children also Mrs. J. F. McCart- ney attended the butchering at Sam Mulbergers home at Pleasant Gap, Monday Mr. and Mrs ats Milford Lucas tended church Sunday morning at Howard Clarence Pye and sister of Jack- sonville attended the butchering at Harry Bickle's home on Wednesday Mr. antl Mrs. Russell Lucas and John H Hoy in Arkansas Warren DeCoursey, is the son of erine DeCoursey Bellefonte, who in Baltimore the father a maintenance me- the Baltimore Distilling wernment i0r where nufacturers of g cohol for Private the WAL USO Warren wa service on October Fort Meade, Md. On same month he was Chaffee, Ark. He has to the 68th Armored the 16th inducted into 18, 1943, at 22nd of the to Camp been assigned Infantry Bat- Armored Divis- the sent talion of on Born December 28, 1824, at Roops- burg, Benner Township, he later resided in Spring Township for 15 vears, attending the Bush Addition and Pleasant Gap schools. He had been employed for two years by the Glenn L. Martin Co. of Baitimore as an assistant mechanic before be. ing inducted into the service ct —— HOLTS HOLLOW Pfe Kenneth Lucas is home from Hawalian Islands, for a viet with home folks Mrs. Al Franco and daughter spent a few days with Mr. and Mrs. James Wesley and family at Clearfield. Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Reese and idaughter of Gum Stump, called at daughter Miss Evelyn of Fatrview | i called in our village on Sunday p. m Mr. and Mrs. L. L. McCartney and | children called at the Sam Mulber- | {ger home at Pleasant Gap Sunday —— a d—— Promoted in Haly. : | the Pred Watson home, on Sunday. Mrs. Roy Woomer of Maryviand, is spending some time with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. IL. Heaton. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Leathers were recent visitors at the Joseph Butler home in Moose Run Arthur Burd was successful in| | bringing in a nice 8-point buck last | week. William Berg of Wingate called on Private Pirst Class Glenwood L.!friends at this place on Saturday Alfred Shields, Chester Hill. He will { Gillette, son of Mrs. Pannie Gillette evening. have been in the army a year on [of Snow Shoe, has been promoted to | corporal. He is now serving with troops of the Fifth Army in Italy. J. M. KEICHLINE INSURANCE AGENCY One of the Oldest Agencies in Centre County EDW. L. KEICHLINE Temple Court Phone 2521 1 { Orvis Watson and sons were callers at the D. C. Poorman home on Sun- | day. Mrs. Roy Leathers called on friends in Bellefonte on Saturday. Home on Furlough Tech-Sgt. and Mrs, Ceorge L L. Swope, of Augusta, Georgia, ar- rived last week for a 15-day fur lough with Mr. and Mrs, Frank Eis- enhauer and Elmer 8wope of Jack- soniville. | i PORCUPINE OF THE PACIFIC By OTTO TOLISCHUS The second ersary of Harbor--that saw Japan's America’s greatest military al disaster--| casion more gallant Uy Lo LAVARe anmy day of infamy greatest trea for sober retrosp poignant by tl 5000 who lald stop the first enemy. It for a sober apprals which Wwe can mak 1 achievement ultimate with vi n ie men pa ty of make the Loo ' 4] Pearl which fanatic And O00 mi fre and treach- her conquests from north to 0.000 miles {rom tn mid. FW home ands of east he points of clories topped invade we are oi THA TL a pane Armament School Graduate ‘ Lowy Franklin Berwick Man Wounded Cpl. Samuel B. Johnson wounded in action whi) the European war area notice sent his mother, M A. Kieffer of Berwick, In partment La the Enjoys Furlough at Home T 5 Mervin Lucas enjoyed day furlough from his duties North Camp Polk, La, He returne to camp on Tuesday, This was Mer- vin's first furlough since entering the service March 20 Private is Wounded The War Department has Mrs. Rose Bonady of Mill Hall, that her son Pvt. 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