Page Three February 10, 1944, prrp— EH Ch wo El all ” ARMY NURSE TELLS OF HE EXPERIENCES | ot LL. Martha E. Walker Lt. Walker, U. 8. Army nurse, sta- tiohed In Siclly, writes most ters estingly of her experiences in that war ared, in letters to her narents Mr, and Mrs. W. Scott Walker, of Milesburg. Lt. Walker is billeted at an army base in Sicily, where nurses live in tents in an olive grove During recent rains Lt. Walker and her roommate have been flooded out of their tent on several occasion: A- graduate of the Centre County Hospital school of nursing in Belle- fonte, Lt. Walker entered the ser- vie more than two vears ago. She went overseas in April 1943, and served in Tunisia and Casablanca, North Africa, before accompanying the United Nations drive on Sicily, | where she first worked hospital before moving an area where tents are sheller available Since her arrival in the North Af- rican area, Lt. Walker has sent home a large number of trinket chased in the countries she has vis- ited. Pottery, lamps, hassocks, fleece lined boots and many other inter- esting ‘items are now in the collec- tion being kept for her by her par- ents. In the following letter Lt. Walker tells of Christmas In Sicily and of a visit to the Isle of Capri “Weill, another Christmas gone but I'm sure I'll be home next year “I must admit a very nice in a large forward to the onl; DIT - pur I had day. Ron (her tentmate) and I had | a Jot of fun getting ready Tor it We were oil the decorating commit- te8. for our mess hall. When we were finished with old tent you would Hever have recognized it had & fieplace, a lovely ree wreaths all around beautiful. We had to ous table cloths but looked nice. The table down the nd “Had our dinner at 6 p. m. and ate by candlelight. A wonderful dinner with turkey and all that. After dine uél. we had a party. One of the of- floers dressed as Santa and gave owl gifts to each of The nurses drew the doctors’ names and vice-yersa sacgach: of us liad to buy a dolinr gift and wrap it for the person whigse name we drew. We also had to, write, 2 poem and some of them were Very woud. There were g lobe laughs “I've heen quile busy since 1 came off night duty I never did tell youl. about the trip Ron and 1 took, not the one to Africa but another ong. We had some time on the We Lree Ie Lables were Hise eels for had greens center candl¢ us 0 USE 666 Leal SALVE. NOSE DROM Women Who Are Hard of Hearing Te make this simple, no risk hearing test, If you are temporarily deafened, bothered by ringing butzing head noises due to hard. hed of coagulsted wax (cerumen), try the ne Home Method test that so many say as enabled them 32 hear wail again. Y must bear better after making this simple test or you get your money back at ones, Ask about Ourine Far Drops today at Widmann & Teah, Parrish, Drug Stores Everywhere. and NURSE LOSES FAT SAFELY AYDS WAY Got slimmer without exercise Bat starches, ic 0% ut cut down, AY safe, sermible, easier. No exer. Cine, No drugs, No lasatves, BE a. in Ayds. Start the Ayds way a VLC) Money GU " results, Just phone ry Sy PARRISH DRUG STORE Bellefonte, Pa, and } really | | Let Us Have Your Tires BELLEFONTE, PA. WE MAKE KEYS N WAR ZONE hands, “with permission.” Started tout and finally ended up on the Isle {of Capri-—the most beautiful place I have ever seen or cver expect to { see, “We were treated lke queens {dancing dinners and breakfast in {bed, It was all like a dream and I {sure hated to wake up | “Oh, T almost forgot to tell you 11 saw Jim Peters (Lt. James Peters, ison of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Peters {of Bellefonte and husband of the | | former Martha Hugg of Milesburg) | while IT wus on the Isle of Capri. He wis staying there for a night, he and about five of his friends. | “Several days later, busy doing f this and that | “January 1, Happy New Year. “I'm fine and getting along O. K {Don’t worry if you don’t hear from {me for a while for vou never know {from one day to the next where {we're going to be | “Good night ang ogain Happy | New Year and a victorious 1944 | “Love to both MARTHA.” written Miss Janus Walker letter g Moe father In ary sald: i You'd How and wuother 8 Ww her could see seven officers seated around a hot, pot-bellied stove in the mess hall. We just finished the eating and all pulled our chairs around the stove. The ones that received mail all reading it. Some are writ. ing letters, one of the girls is sew- Ing. some are just sitting. After while some will say, “let's play cards.” Then someone might say, “Walker, how about playing the plano?” I say O laugh if You There are about six nurses all are K. If you aren't sick of everyone sings. We really have fun. No doubt we'll stay here until bed- time for we have no heat in our tent. Broke our stove, so unti] it gets fixed or get a new one, we freeze, unless we spend our time here or in one of the other kid's tent | It's Saturday night. We could {have gone dancing but it's too far {to go, about 40 miles. So decided to {stay home tonight and go to the {opera, tomorrow { Did write you all about | Christmas, also about my trip to [ the Isle of Capri. Have also sent {you several boxes which 1 i hope you receive for there are some nice things in them All for now. We're going to play ome cards, Good night to you both love MARTHA | Philipsburg Sailor Gets Wish Granted Mere should {the Navy now! When Yonker, USN, a native of Philips. jburg, stationed at Corpus Christi, j Texas, recently asked the Pennsyl- ivania Electric Company to help him (locate a traveler's electric iron which jhe could buy, he little dreamed he {would get such quick results, Here tis what happened: Reading of Penelec's Appliance i Trading Post inn newspapers which {his family sent him from home, | Yonker wrote to, the company's of- ice In hig Lome town, and asked {them to advertise his need in their free classified ad column. Penelec's officials "appealed the ad's case In newspapers throughout their terri (tory. Within twenty-four hours M. D. Southworth, a: Erie,’ Louse wife, read of the “Navy's problem.” Having a nephew in Bougainville and a son who is “almost old enough to go,” Mrs, Southworth Jost no time. Obtaining Yonkers address he told Penelec that she not only had such an iron. but would like to wend it to the Navy man as a gift, and a traveler's electric iron was on its way to Yonker in no time wrinkles in Francis H be no Mr Philipsburg Pilot Buried In England | The death of Second Lieut, John W. Crago. son of Mr. and Mrs. Wal- ter P. Crago, of Philipsburg, last | week was announced by the Eighth {AAF Command in England. The 23- isear-old P-38 pilot was killed when this airplane crashed near a farm as he was taking off on a combat mis- sion Witnessing pilots sald Lieutenant |Crago’s plane was making a circle of the fiving field at approximately 500 to 600 feet when it suddenly went into a spin. The hip made one {complete turn before crashing fo ithe ground. The fiyer was killed In- stantly. i Lieut, Crago, a graduate of Phil- { ipsburg High School and former res. | taurant and grill manager In his | hotne town, entered training as an (aviation cadet In August, 1042, and {received his wings in April of the | following year. | The fighter pllot was given a mill- tary burial with Chaplain Arnold E. Heltmsoth, of Cole Camp, Mo, con- ducting the service, T— a I ——— Drifting Soldiers Overseas According to word received the {same day dat the Ollinger home at William Beightol, former Gertrude Ollinger, and Robert Olinger, bro- . Belghtol, both have the service, but It Is believed still in the U. 8. Prior to bh the same old tunes. So I play and] our | surely 2 | At Fort Knox K RO —— | i us ng Li Robert Dale Cheesman Lt. Cheesman, son of Mrs. Luella Dale Cheesman, of East © {street, Bellefonte is now at Knox, Ky pecial trainin wit} unit. Lt. Chee 1921, is a graduate of the High School, class 1939 graduated from the Penn Stat or estry school in 1943 During his college career, Lt Cheesman com [pleted four years of military train Ing and was a membe; jorary militar; {Rifles and Scabbard and {also was ag member social fraternity On April 29. 1843 he into the enlisted re called to active v + y reporting at where receiving an armored 1 February 16 Bellefonte man O Pershing Blade. He Phi Tau of the hon SOCiet les of the was inducted erve d uty on corps and June the reception cen New Cumberiand. July 11 he Armored Come Ks where he Candidate School November 6. upon the Course ; COMMISION pr Bee : wa HB, we School al Fi. Knox. After cks of raining Hh ine here went Lm FL. Knox er in was assigned to the mand at Fort Knox attended Officer: for 17 week ompletion of wived a [tenant Armorey) id Lieu- § H VW i fou battle e after which | December | to nth with nd work Serving in India Sgt. Mahlon ( Sergeant Spicer {Clarence O. Spicer police force and Mi: of Bellefonte: also A EA Mrs. Effie Spicer of Milesburg He entered the A. A. F. April 1980, and was sent ‘o Will Roger: Field, Oklahoma Cit) for hres months. At the end of that period he was transferred to Hunter Field Savannah, Georgia for" {training and at the ceremony Waycross, Ga. Army {Alr Field he was awarded the cov. eted wings of the hombardier Bergeant Spicer was then sent to (Victorville Army Air Base, Victor ville, Cal, and sometime later wa sent abroad He Is now located omewhere in India Bergeant Spicer relates an luter- esting experience he had after mak- ing a Night to China. He had re- loeived a box of chocolates from home and, meeting some American (boys, he offered to share them. He had no sooner uttered the Invita- tion with “Fellows come and get some good Pennsylvania chocolates,’ {when a big sergeant jumped up and exclaimed “Now you're talking my { language.” and explanations follow. fed. It tumed out that Sergeant {Spicer and the other sergeant had come from the same Lown Altoona ! Sergeant Spicer was employed as (manager of the Prankiin Plate Glass Co, In West Philadeiphia, prior to becoming a cadet on April 27, 1940 Spicer {f Officer: Altoona ary Spicer ndson of on of further graduation 4 ne Kille2 in Plane Crash Sergeant Earl Charles Crump, son Mr. and Mrs. Charles W, Crump, Altoona, was killed in an airplane follow, all details having been omit. Pvt, Edward V. Hull Pvt. Clarence 9. Hull LOVE brother ' Bellefonte, a Mi John Hul Pri Edward © He army Au | Cumberiand r 0 Fort Was Ass ats £0 IBNed there he went Tr % 8 { ~~ wg ann BREON BR Seaman Le Hwa Brean NEA TINA 13 Mahle F. Berm Waring’s Orchestra Honors Nurse Corps . 4 Aerial Gunner \ ny 1 { t week whet Fred Waring d i Ms 7 to 7:15 broadcast to t nursh tafl the Philipsburg Among taf Angels of Mercy ul the PB Ove i 154 a descriptive umber Mamie The hymn the Day Is Over” closed the brief but artistically dered program Mr. Waring dedicated casted program Philipsburg nursing staff in appreciation for the kindly service given his mother dur- ing her several weeks a patient at the institution State | 131} local for Now ene- the broad- to um a Missing Flier Heard From T Bgt. Ardell Bollinger, son of Mr and Mrs. Scott L. Bollinger, of Phil- {adeiphla, formerly of Lock Haven, iwho has been reported missing in {action over France last summer iwhere he was bombardier and radio {man on a Flying Fortress, has been {heard from. His parents had a cable {from him stating that he was in {England and would write them, Mr and Mrs. A. C. Nichols, of Lock Haven, R. D., are uncle wnd aunt of the sergeant - a———————— Mifflinburg Man Killed Pvt. Andrew M. Elsenhauer, 20, of MifMlinburg, was killed In action in Italy on January 10. The official) telegram from the War Department! to his wife stated that a letter will! Pie. Bruce FF. Zettle Pfc. Zettle, aged 34. halls from Spring Mills. He was inducted April 20, 1943. and assigned to the Army Alr Corps. He graduated from Dene ver Alreraft School on December 7 1943. as a gunner. He Is now sta- tioned at Great Bend, Kan, Before ihe was inducted, Pvt Zettle was {employed at White ‘Deer, near Wil. Hamsport. He is married to the for. mer Sara N. Solt, of Beliefonte Graduates as Mechanic, The Army Air Forces Training Command has announced the grad. uation of Ple, Loran LL, Wingfield from the B-24 Liberator bomber me jehanies school at Keesler ¥ Miss. Ple. Wingfield, son of Mr and Mrs. Roy 8, B. Immel, of Mill Leather Hall. R. D. 1, formerly of Bellefonte, When cleaning leather, add a Ui«| has just completed a course of ap- tie vinegar to warm water and wash proximately 17 weeks of training in with a clean cloth. Wipe dry and'all phases of servicing the heavy polish with this solution. Slightly bomber, its fuel, electrical and hy- beaten whites of two eggs, mixed draulic systems. instruments, en with 2 teaspoonfuls of turpentine. |gine operation, etc. ted. His wife, a young daughter, his parents and several brothers and sisters survive para SOLDIER » omaobion Kevealed OTHERS SERVING UNCLE SAM Overseas Soldiers To Be Furloughed Aare now commen avallabl sald Lhe plan African th 18 months will begin Alaskan where after sort) \Orih furioughed wi Liv 44 NIMANGs will el Aribbean probably ave ervice ellos - son Killed: One Missing Mrs, Cyrus Dideum of have received word that Pie. Roy Dideum m late in January He had receiving and Mr. and Shamokin one of thei was killed In pot in the line of duty In aly previously been wounded, the Purple Heart decoration, had returned to duly. Another Stafl Sgt. Clyde Dideum, has been missing since alr action over many last month ws Bm Training al Lowry Field Rodman Lee Hall, son of Mrs "Roy L. Mall of Mileaburg, as an anmm- ees Technical Training Command at Lowry Pleld, Colorado, Pyl, Hall is a graduate of Bellefonte High School [clase of 1041, und wR member of Demolay. He was formerly employe ed by the Button Engineering Co. (where he had charge Of material {for machines, Pvt. Hall received his | basic training at Amarillo, Texas son, i COer- : Field, ament student at the Army Alr For. | : IN {the Mediterranean Week) —— Wn ct— Four Recruits Arrive t the U. 8 Naval Creat Lakes, Ii- New rechuits a maining Station linois, are four Centre county men They are: Bruce D, Geatzel, 18, son Mrs. Corn Gentael, Boalsburg: Ivan D. 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