v ———pll December 23. 1943, | AAA KER CLL dead a TAT TTY With First Yanks (Continued from page one) | ® THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT, | lls survived by three sons, Carl G.| Reporter Goes Ashore . Bnavely, cornell University football coach, formerly Bellefonte Academy goach: Francis B. Snavely, of New- ark; and Earl R. Snavely, Rahway, N. J. Other survivors include a} _ { daughter, Mrs. Charles Kieb, of | Around Umbiligato village where the | Morristown, and two brothers, Jacob | Anding Was to take place, we would | ALVA N, SAXTON last August 17. Mr. Houtz was & of ge) Alr, Md., and Phillp, of Rural |P¢ ducks on the water. The bad A former resident of Flemington, | member of the Lemont Evangelical patreat, Va. ’ weather hoped for hed falled us. ! Alva Norman Saxton, 66, of Niagara church, State College B, P. O, E, Salt You could hear little black paddies Falls, N. Y., dled Noyember 16, 1943, 40d Lemont P. O. 8. of A, and Was| MRS, ESTHER ANN STEHLEY |SPlshing in the water, lightly al in Mount St. Mary's Hospital, Ni- @ charter member of the Lemont Mus. Esther Ann Stehley, widow of first, then seemingly louder as wel - Falls, according to word re- Band. Funeral services were held at| CR Stabila jcame closer to the ‘ungle cove be- : Charles E. Stehley. Altoona, died at | hind the white beach we were head- | ier home Saturday morning At Bing for, We were In perfect forma- | Uelod. He: sushi died 4h Ja. | tion when we reac.ed the coral reef, | nace A it 15. 1861. the £ FU [They had told us about the reef but mee August 15, 1861, the daughter {high tide everyone knew, would take of George and Eve (Waite) Walter, lus over : She was the last of her immediate | . 4 family. She was a life member of Jap Guns Open 1p | agara ceived by friends in Clinton County. his late home Saturday afternoon, Born in Eagleville, Mr. Saxton lived With Rev. J. H. Harkins of State in Flemington from about 1882 to College, officiating. Interment was 1912. At that time he moved to | made in Pine Hall. Niagara Falls and for 31 years he i aietemeren : had been employed as a baker by the RICHARD 8S. OVERDORF Shtedded Wheat Company and the| Richard 8. Overdorf, 44, dled on National Biscuit Company there. He Thursday of last week at the Ren- | the First United Brethren chureh.| NO one but the Japanese knew is survived by three daughters, Mrs. ovo Hospital] where he was admitted Surviving are two sons, Walter T Vincent Jerzewski, Mrs, Ethel Klein eight days ago for an operation for Siehley and Oscar 1. Stehles both and Mrs. Harry Creighton all of Ni- appendicitis. Born in Bugar Valley, of Altoona. and one daughter Mrs agara Falls; and two brothers Boyd he went to Renovo 10 years ago and Mary E. Caum, at home. and five Saxton of Renovo and LeRoy Saxton has since been employed at the grandchildren and four great-grand- of Harrisburg. His wife Maude Bell Pennsylvania Railroad shops. He children Saxton died in 1937. Funeral ser- was a member of the Presbyterian — PARRA vices were held in Niagara Falls and church here and Moose ledge, 8) interment was made in Oakwood Surviving are his wife, Martha: a cemetery there. son, Harvey, at home; his stepfath- 5 er and mother, Mr, and Mrs. Luther RECENT CHARLES E. RIEGEL | Yarrison, of Booneville; two sisters, ie E Rete 16 of Bevis M5. FE, orig of Sor WEDDINGS 4 / lec former Nittany Valley resident, died ville: anid three half-Urothers: Leon. Saturday evening, December 11, 1943, ] at his home, three days after suffer- 8d Yarrison, Loganton, R. D., and ing a heart attack. Born at Lamar, Sgt. Boyd and Cpl. Merl Yarrison,s Mr. Riegel farmed in that commu- nity and in the East End of the val- ley until he moved with his family to Berwick 48 years ago. He was the last member of the Isaac Riegel fam- ily. He was an active member of the] MARGARET LOUISE FEIDLER, Methodist Church and the P. O. 8 Miss Margaret Louise Feidier, 29, Kean—Homan A, Yon rsvivan Ty . ave in Nashville, Tenn. Interment was of Pennsylvania Furnace, have made in Fairview cemetery, Logan- Couneectd the marriage of the on, vived by his wife, three daughters, Feidler, of Salona, R. D. died early goat one son and four grandchildren, all priday morning at her home ru residing in Berwick. The following an {liness of several years. She was white relatives were at the funeral Wed- poi in Clearfield apd was a mem- white nesday: Mr. and Mrs. 8. T. Riegel of ‘per of the Evangelical church at y,.. Centre Hall; Mr. and Mrs. Paul H. | Greenburr, Surviving, in addition to Seyler of Avis; Mr. and Mrs. H. M. er parents, are 15 brothers and sis- Taylor and Mrs. Cordelia Reish of ters. George, of Rote: Kenneth, roses, Her only attendant cousin, Mrs. John Hellman both with a tank destroyer division Mr. and Mrs, Samuel B. Homan Monday daughter, Mary Ellen. to Lt Glenn R. Kean, son of Mrs. W. A. Deets of Diamond, Pa. The double ring cere- mony was perform 3 thelr home ‘ b Ban A at Pennsylvania Fumace on Sep- of A. at Berwick. -Mr. Riegel is sur- daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John tember 5 with Rev. Phil Hall on ing, The bride, given in mar- after riage by her father. wore a pow of bgt ! Wr IALOer, wore a gown of net and carried a bouquet of wore a pink gown and carried a bou- quet of pink rcses. Ells Kean of 3 Franklin, served as best man and about the five machine guns and the 37 mm. cannon hidden in brush and trees along the slope Cpl. Homey ©. Jenest, Wrentham, Mass, crouched in the prow of ow boat, tommy gun in his bands, When the Japanese started fring, he emp- tied ls gun and then jivnped overs board A man sitting at hi into the water dead I Jumped over Li went down to my ne pack of rations ane that was to last me we were cut off pulled me wards and I slipped if The 37 mm, Oopeiu bank and pumped eigiit I'he shells were whi slammed 15 feel Into t boat Others did the samo When 1 couldn't hold my breath any longer, I came up snd gasped for air, realizing my glasses and hel- met were gone The boy next to me was in back I can’t make if he sald In a i whisper grabbed hi oO me Salona; Mrs. Clair Beck of Mill Hall» yoo’ Mary Womelsdor! sssie, and Mrs. Charles Earon of Ridgway. jis ay Nomeladost AY caste, — {ville; Mrs. Edith Wolfe, Salona, R WILLIAM H, HOUTZ D.; Cpl. Alvin, Nashville, Tenn; William H. Houtz, of Lemont, died Leonard, Wright, Bruce, Isabel, Dor- at his home at 5 a. m. Thursday, °thy, Grace, Margie and Robert, all December 18, 1043, of complication at home. Funeral services were held Jollowing an eight months’ illness. Sunday at 2 p. m. with prayer ser- Bofn on March 16, 1870. at Lemont, Vices at the home of her ; brother, he was a son of Jacob and Mariah George, in Rote, and services con- Garner Houtz. In 1893 he was mar- tinued at the Greenburr Evangeli- ried to the former Mary Fishel, who cal church! with the Rev. T. R. Hus- survives, with one son, Earl H. ler officiating. Interment was made Houtz, of State College: one half- In the Greenburr cemetery. brother, Lloyd Houtz, of State Col- ECR lege: and one half-sister, Mrs. John REY, CHARLES (. SNAVELY Fishel, of State College. Other sur-' Rev. Charles Cameron Snavely, vivors include four grandchildren 83, pastor of St. Pauls Methodist and two great-grandchildren. For church, State College, from 1008 to 20 years Mr. Houtz farmed on the 1009, and father of Coach Carl Dale farm near the Centre Hills Snavely. died at the home of a son Country Club. He then moved his in Newark, N. J. Thursday, Decem- family to Lemont, where he farm- ber 16 1943. The retired clergyman, ed for ten more years on another during whose State College pastor- Dale farm, Twelve years ago Mr. ate the first funds for the construc- Houtz moved to his present home in tion of the present church bulld- Lemont, where he lived during his ing were solicited, had been ill for employment at Penn State College about two weeks. In addition to until retiring two years ago. For 18 State College, he served pastorates years Mr. Houtz served on the Col- in York, Altoona, Hazleton, Wil- lege township school board. He and liamsburg, Danville, Ramey, and Mrs. Houtz celebrated their golden Clearfield. Born at Rural Retreat, wedding anniyersary at their home Va, he attended seminary there. He the ushers were the bride's brothers, Elwood and Farl Homan. Miss Anna Jane Musser, soloist, sang several selections and was accompanied by them to open up and Mrs. Mary Ann Beckwith at » pl We tried t ano. Traditional wedding marches pottom and walk t were played. A reception was held too deep SG h boat 59 immediately following the ceremony. on an are to make the beach The bride, a graduate of the State Aine gun cn College High School, was employed 4nd killed a lieu by the Central Extension at the Col- pont lege. The bridegroom was graduated Stopped Breathing from the College and received hi when the boy nex O me sL0DDet commission at Fort Benning, Ga. He breathing 1 let go and his body slid 2 noy stationed at Camp Mackall, (0 ihe water. He just tipped ctm————— It didn’t seem awiul then becau YOUR HEALTH it looked as though we all were go- s——— ing to get it. I'm almost glad nov Most persons getting over a I don't kn Ho HC was O or influenza want to get k to he came work as soon as possible They caught u . It is during the recovery stag -ross fire next and we all . ur J y sag : ' aul When such respiratory diseases that com- the" hoai again. When plications are likely to develop ” . 2 . 4 ¥ 1 4 et h The 1043 type of Influenza is mild ig and a te n and of comparatively short duraticn:, Came closer. Ii didnt ma ut, as with all respiratory dis- Was precious and 1 deci 3 x 3 syrnfor ¢ +3 1 ont s £1} eases, exhaustion follows and time Was it I'd prefer a buliet in is required to overcome it to drowning The virus or germ of influenza is Bullet Hits Typewriter present in discharges from the nose Just then a bullet hit my typewrit- and throat of an influenza victim er and it flew by my head in two The best way to avoid influenza up. a big gun still Was white pattern of bullet SSB ELC oO 5 5-0 0-5 BRB Re SE 8 Er Riley 0 — III GIFTS FOR EVERYONE Cor. Allegheny & High Sis. RATE DRUGS OF QUALITY - Brockerhoff Bldg Jellefonte, Pa, xr WRIST WATCHES Men's Wrist Watches i 18 2 Hud Cabinette TOILET PEGGY SAGE GIFT MANICURE SETS BRBBNBRIDFEIRPRIEND JRBBEIIE; DRESSER SETS Lucite Dresser Sets E Piete Sel $12.55 § Piece Set Set § Piece Set RRB — a EE CR a A a aS is to stay away from persons having gr machine gun fire ripped into coughs, colds, or other respiratory our hont and we dove under again infection When I came up SAREONe Wh When colds, lnfluenza, and pneu- pesgling our half -limp boat, =o I got ([monia are previient, crowds should oi and shoved. Our feet hit cor- be avoided as much as possibie al. We tried to get the boal across 8 All persons should wash their oo hands frequently and use only clean, + 4 know how many more individual towels, their own toflel , 11oe shiot at us. 1 remember farticles, and eat and drink only anime between volleys and hear- |fram clean utensils jing them mouthing what must have Sleep, rest, and nourishing foods \ O.. sring remarks. The only two are excellent to bulld up body re- oo." | ever beard clearly were sistance (0 Influenza and colds “Toto AVelgers Clothing suitable to the weather! "0 0" ony just as we got it should be worn, and living and _ oo the reef. We had one wound- working in well-ventilated rooms is. non on ft and kept trying to a help In avoiding influenza. keen it afloat. As it went down, we The patient has a fever with dry spotted another rubber boat off to cough, and his back. head, and, left limbs may ache severdly. |" We called to Cpl. Roy ©. Jackson, At the first sign of a cold with Dallas Texas. who swung his boat fever or aching, the sufferer should our yy Two of us were paddling go lo 1d and the rest pushing 8 limited. f WATER Merry Christmas | Royal DeMuth Rocky Briar Yello Bowl ‘on gi Imperial Yello Bowl The Tourist Kaywoodie Pipes ...... : Es " s Breezewood Pipes | pact ef pe in cord = ww wid removal Lr . Dr. Grabow : x Polish " Royal Duke |. Duke of Dundee Imported Briar | cen 53.50 TOBACCOS | # Y- 8 ————————— — A CANDY In order lo take care of our - Lid a Oda SO SEP R NN ARRAY a customers some guaniilivs are on ih. Prince Albert He should remain in bed until the When we combined our =n loads, doctor says it is safe to get up Thanks for your understanding DO YOU KNOW when we just didn’t have what you wanted. It is with real feeling that we wish you a Merry Christmas! who eat their food raw. The name Eskimo is believed 0 have been given to signify people Forest alr Is pure. The foliage on trees catches dust and other par- ticere were 37 altogether We put the wounded men in the boat and the rest of us swam alongside, push- ing and pulling as best we could when they'd fire on us, we'd 20 un- derneath and hold out as long as we could Vanilla Creams, Caramels ¢ Raspberry Creams Orange Creams "3. Peppermint Creams . Union Leader ,..... . Kentucky Club .. Half and Hall .. Edgeworth . Velvet . Granger ’ , George Washington | ticles in the air over forests. Germs After a while, you could almost on the leaves are quickly killed bY | get the rhythm of their five and the sun know when to come up : . D H { Eh pn A little doctor named Wickard eHaas Electric Co. BRAKEMANS ARM AMPUTATED] A lille doctor tamed Wickard | Rolandic Skipper, of Altoona R. D. |; ot with my notes, swam up to 13, a Middle Division brakeman of | ur boat and gate morphine to tho the Pennsylvania Railroad, had his | o.... 461 men. He was a little slight | right arm amputated at the shoulder |... with blonde hair and a boyish after the member became crushed | He kept swimming from boat when run over by a freight car in to boat, caring for wounded men He eee, | the East Altoona Yard Sunday | inally came back to our boat and) I TE CL CL CLI CL CLOSER COLL OLEL OL istayed | Whitewash i ze had another doctor along | | If color has been destroyed by us- | named Kelley who talked to the men | {ing whitewash it can often be re-|... his excellent swimming gave us| stored by washing it immediately in| 1; courage. When things got bad, istrong vinegar. | someone always had the courage to] - ltalk us into trying harder. i Read the Classified as . 2 Killed In Motor Crash, (Continued from page one) H : later in Altoona, and went to Lock | Haven about seven years ago. He] is a member of the Elks and Moose lodges, and js survived by his wife, a son, Richard C. and his mother, Mrs. Charles Frye, of Altoona, Miss Brown, who was well known in Lock Haven. was born in Jersey Shore and graduated from the Jer- sey Shore High School, In addition to her parentg she is survived by a younger isster Patricia, at home. EERE ERE ERIE Allegheny Street Season’s Greetings a - I's new! MAIS OUI Elmo favorites mn The piquant, capricious To : me. For ; is & regular vires! : To odd the dash of dor ee co foun . Set J $3.00 Pls ton! , ing ond the poised self- Mais Oul Perfume $1.50" 10 | # : 1 § . confidence that the hour demands ... to hold fast to the things that count —hope, faith ond love: | Perfume —$1, $2, 53.50, $6.50 ¢ Concentrated Cologne, $1.50 A. C. Turner Co. Rf Wenwe Guns, Juli BR vs Sha f 4 BF SEE OUR SELECTION OF Allegheny Street A 49¢, 79¢, 98¢c 5 " . : : ¥ é ay a semble of three FRET A ETE EEE) % Our Merry Christmas to you is in the same glad holiday spirit as in years gone by, including a heart- felt prayer for Peace! Balleries For Hearing Aids Batteries designed for use in hear . — er SF! CHRISTMAS CARDS aR GRANITE WORKS idl ed a is | a FRANK WALLACE, Prop.
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