Page Five
September 14, 1944,
Lt. Shultz, Maj. Brown In
Same German Prison Camp
all emphasizing
rece ved
TXaree postcards,
that he Is well, have
by Mrs. Lila Shultz Lock
from her son, Lt Eugene Shultz
Flying Portress pilot, who was shot
down over Frankfurt Germany, and
15 now in a German prisoner of war
amp. Lieut. Shultz was employed
by ‘we Centre Democrat at the time
of his enlistment
Also in Stammilager Duft 3 Lt
Shultz revealed in one of the three
prisoner postcards is Major William
W. Brown, a bomber pilot. and
of Mr. ard Mrs. Fount LL. Brown
Mill Hall, R. D
Shultz was reported
March 2 and later was
prisoner of war. In his first postcard
dated May 19, he wrote that ad
escaped injury except for two skin-
ned knuckles, and asked for candy
ind gum, a small can opener, an
heavy cap and
The second «
i the pr
nid
and mentione J
heen
of
missing on
reported a
Gg a
weater
rd, written
isoners had
at
May 31
ongfest
re Were
N
t} the
Poets’
(Corner
AN ODE TO TWO SKUNKs
The following
by Martin Stere
grate of California
Pvt. Homer Fah
Mrs. Rowland Fahr of
1£ with the Army at Ft
The poem was written to expres
the probable feelings Pvt. Fah
dog. who missed his maste
poem written
1
Julian 1
Knox, Ky
ol 8
greatly r
I eam feeling very lonely
In f I'm awfully blue
mer never came nome
And 1 dont know whi
I watched
Then 1
I found one
And on it went
act
last nl
L tO ac
Hi
him all evening
for
went into the shed
Of his «
to
looks
t seem he same
not here to play
to blame
she
don
His mother
he house
For Homer he's
I know someone's
»
They have the
dow
Where
grew
Now
coud
1 ony
A biue War an
last
where
De?
wish | Knew
wlla sald he was hunti kunks
It they are Hitler and Tojo;
wi wh kunks
Ls
Per
| nde; te them
ip
If 1
went dows
I thought
Where he
nil
And
Knew
I
H
le
Hea
ald back dow
And t a
I think I'l] stay risit here
Till Homer comes back to me
M. Stere
4 ”
A n
tried bite
AUTUMN'S SMILE IN, BOUNTI.
FUL BRUSH VALLEY
is around the corner
the welcome donator
basket
Yyery O°
Autumn
Proves to be
Autumn's big
Making all people
thankful
again
again full
ful and
L
All were during summer
£As0n
Faithfully
reasons
Even if
mind
exercising
more fir
rein
DUSY
Dest balanced
a was visible in the
mist
the mind
ed
By making
continued faith in sunshine and
rain
again
grain
realize the world
an abundant crop
feed
in Bountiful Brush
ly live
In time of great need to freely give
Remembering our soldier boys’ pre-
cious sacrifice
Their blood-stains
big price
By
God blessed with the needed
the
people
need
All
of
in
all
is
to
All Valley real.
foreign land
on
Our soldier boys brave and
true
bravely
Is
Also
Ale
helping the world's cris-
through
believing
should be free
For which God destined
in glee
Hy
that all nations
them to be
all
should
Our patriotic old
Determined our great
not fall
all In
fully
none
Whirked
people, even
nation
50 defense industries faith-
worked
And from needed
nis nheip
E 8. BIERLY
Sept. 3 1004 Rebersburg, Pa
RED CROSS
Ten little dressing makers
Working migity fine
One thought she wasnt
Then there were nine
Nine little dressing maker
Working noon and late
Shipment was a bit delayed
Then there were eight
Bight Bittle dressing makers
Struggling to survive
Three let wt weather get them
Then there were five
Pive little dressing makers
Busy as a bee,
Two Joined a bridge game
Then there were three
Three little dressing makers
With so much to do
One got a permanent
Then there were two
Two little dressing makers
Bet to get em done,
One of them just overslept
Then there was one
One little dressing maker,
Car wouldn't run
Beoawse It had no gasoline,
Then there were none
gamewhere on a battlefield,
A soldier's life's at stake;
Will he die for want of dressings
YOU didn't make’
needed
Haven, !
on!
1
study cls which
tend to pass the time. (Officer
mers are not required to work
ler the Geneva convention)
The third card received, dated
June 4, mentioned Major Brown, re-
peated that (Shultz) was all
right, and said ie would probably
be better physically when he was
freed
nt-
pris.
uns-
ASSeS they could
he
The rear of the printed cards have
wbout six lines for the Hand-printed
message, headed by the German
scription ‘Kriegsgefangenenlager,”
which means prisoner of war
and the date
On the front Lt. Shultz had
printed “Mit Luftpost n Nord
Amerika--par avion-——air mail {
first two meaning airmail in
man and French respectively
The postcards had been
censored) by both German and
rican Thi
Kriegsgefangenenpost
war mail) and t
fy
free)
in-
camp
TER
al
Cher.
CGepruft
Am-
1"
called
censors cara are
(prisoner of
fr
i
wbhuhrenfred
tage
Monument Soldier
Is Awarded Medal
Clair E
promoted June
private first
awarded Good
His father, William
ves at Monument
Before his induction into the
in March, 1943, he was employed by
the Harbison Walker Brick Com-
pany. At the completion of his Quar-
termaster traini rt Lewis,
Wash., he went overseas in January
1944 When fired the carbine
several weeks ago, he qualified as
+ sharpshooter His spare time {i
with swimming, baseball
noe pit
LWO bre
Durkin
1944
class
who has been
from private to
also recently
Conduct
J. Dur-
has
been the
Medal
kin, I}
Army
ng
at
ne
occupied
and horse
He hae
who are the { Pvt
Willlamm E. Durkin, who is in the
Coast Artillery Edwards
Mass Pvt Durkin, who
is e omewhere In
Durkin
who Js
Fort
©
thers and a sister
also in rvice
Camp
K
at
Joseph
in we Alr Corps
England, and Pvt, Virginia
the Women's Army Corps
serving in the r Corps at
Oglethorpe, Ga. Pfe. Durkin is |
in New Calidonia
of
cated
Clarence Sergeant
Gets 4th Oak Leaf
¥ o.e
A graduate bf South
Senior High School
was stationed at La:
Filllamsport
Bgt Karmey
v Field. Va
bel
Howa d Soldier Gets
Good Conduct Medal
E
of Mr. and
{ Howard
the
Fall
Fall
1 awarded
Clair
Harve
D1
Conduct
the U
idonia
Before hi
in March
the Harbison
pany Mor
ceived Quartermaster
Fort Lewis, Was! he
ens in January, 1944
leyball, horseshos
swimming
Pvt. Palls is
Samuel D. Falls. who was
action In France on August
He has two other brothers
overseas: Pfc. John B. Palls
fantryman in Hawall, and Pvt
8. Palls. who i= In military
outfit in Italy
HOLTS HOLLO
Don't pet 1
ny
on
Good
atta
in New
hed to
Cal
induction into the army
1843, he was employed by
Walker Brick Com-
iment. After
training
went
Baseball
pitching
his leisure
bre
at he ree
and
time
of Sgt
killed
8 1944
MTYINR
an in-
Boyd
paiice
occupy
a her
ir
in
4]
fr .
: InN
) n
he net
Johnsor and
dinner
aig
Lae
Ann, were
Scholl |
Saturday
Mr. and
guest
ome at Centr
Watson
the
Mrs. Orvis
family spent Bunday at
Shee home near State
Mrs. Edith Burd spent a
the Milford Burd home
Gap, recently
Mrs. Emma Watson
days witiy her daughter, Mrs
Scholl and family, and also called
at the Clyde Watson home and the
Melvin Lucas home in Milesburg
Mrs. Mary Kelly and friend of
Bellefonte, visited at the Orvis Wat.
home recently
Mrs. Lee Jolmson
Claude Confer home
Bunday
and
Roy
Olirve
few days
at Pleas
ley {
at
1
a Tew
v
R). ¥
spent
son
visited at the
at Runvilie
- -
Brothers Meet on Battlefield.
Two sons of Mr. and Mrs. George
J. Meyer, of Lamar, held their first
meeting since Bept. 1, 1042, on Aug-
fust 5, on the battlefields of France
BHgt. Willard © Meyer enlisted
June §, 1041, and went overseas last
{April, and his brother, Sgt. Ben
Meyer, entered the army service
(Oct. 6, 1042, and Is In the Quarter.
master Department in Prance
Not In
Mrs. Paul L. Miller, of Mill Hall,
RD 1 has received a letter from
her son, Pvi. Alfred Catherman,
dated August 26, stating that he |
had received a slight wound on his
arm but it Is expected to heal rap-
idly. He stated that he Is not hos
pitalized
Servicemen may look for more
‘mall hereafter, Coeds at the Penne
tuted a “letter writing nour.”
Machinist's Mate
“ger "
Sellers, MM 3/¢
in
enlisted
Sca-Bees
TWO BROTHERS AND
Pyil. Charles I. Weaver
We
Prot
Cieorge Walker
Some of } ' lks attend
ww men ] iv) it Mt Eagle
Pvt. William Leath
‘
Pa
Loyal
t het
Mr
the
cla \
Lomison *ntertained
Women's Sunday
home on Sa‘urday ¢
CVRRT
Ye
ning
M
her
Charles Barner returned
home here after being a patient
at the Lock Haven hospital. She
not improving as fast friends
would like
The Harvest Home held
in the church on Sunday night were
largely attended. The front of the
church was filled wit: fruits, vege-
tables and groceries
Mrs. Lester Rhoads, Mrs. John
Rhoads and Almenta Packer visited
Cpl. Lester Rhoads at New York
City over the weekend
Mr. and Mm. Ben
State College visited the William
Barnhart home Sunday, bringing
Call Bartfiart home after a four
weeks' visit with relatives at State
College
| Mr. and Mrs. Charles Heverly of
Lock Haven, visited Mrs, Heverly a
| mother, Mrs. Bertha Condo, Sunday
Mr. and Mrs. Hammell Young and
ison Donny, of Pleasant Gap, and
I Mrs. Leona Mayes of Lock Maven,
visited Sunday at the Charles Aber
| home
| Mrs. George Bechide! and daugh-
{ter Mary Lee, of Blanchard, spent
i 5
RE er
SIVICeS
Poorman
(ie weekend with Mrs. Bechdel's |
(aylvania State College Have insti- | parents, Mr, and Mrs. Clayton Wat- her sister and husband, Mr. an
win.
NASR PL ee
\ PW
ORVISTON
Mise
of |
Two Bellefonte Soldiers
Py
Donald
BETViCe
C. Bampspel
men overseas
51st Medical
Base Section
celebrated twe
two Bellefo
are
of! the 3atialion, P
Unit, which
VERTS Over
insular
cently
with an ann
Medical n-Coms
aly
CGRnce
“ub
ary it
No ( near
3
ple i
Under the command of
Joseph W. Patch, the
jon has followed
f »
ute of
f
2 it
the
retreating
re ne
mans from Africa
BELLEFONTE BROTHERS IN SERVICE ar
throug
. 3 Ts fr ¥
ip the Italian pel
fir
ation operation
Bamuel R. McKinley and Pyt
nits
members
en~
vi
an
Lhe
we
iE.
of
Attend Anniversary Dance
the Peninsular Base Bection’s
t Medical Battalion attended the
dance partnered by
undred Arm Nurses,
Red Cross girls,
from Liverpool
Morrison C. Stayer
headed the
Army med-
LWO- Years-
ally decor.
Building
Italian World
# originally
of the
2al
anniversary
about
WAC
vy
three |
American
no
“nag F
Ma jor
English lass
General
Pen
son of
i Belle
Corporal
with
Pri-
Army
with
vice in En-
iclly, and
awrded four
he son of
of Belle
the Arms
WO years
mt in En-
end
‘
ong
il
AwWardea
Gearhartville Boy
Killed in Fran
Pvt, Paul B. Kepler
Kenneth ©. Brown
tussell Brown
lelegr
not
re
la
BROTHER-IN-LAW IN SERVICE
: Flies ‘Black Widow’
Martin Conners and
Bradford WM:
f Qerset hrs Wf 1
Mn
or of
«1 Bmes
Pvt. Earl Weaver Mo hoskey
Rupert Koski
>
®
DWA
Benne;
i atiended the
the Willi
my nism
wa
woo
Stean
TT
: }
Sept
’
AMAIX
ma Guisewile
While there
and Mrs. Harry
Bammer
night
Av Ine
they
Kren
ret
-
Bellefonte Soldier
Promoted to T-Sqt.
Austin
1
OE
Ww
SNO
YX )
1 3H
sv
ton u
Ih
n
W SH
Urscay
| Ref}
post
having had a short
relatives here
Mr and Mrs. Adam Adams
children of Northumberiand
Labor Day guests of her brother
sister law, Mr. and Mrs C
Reffner, and her parents, Mr
Mrs. W. E Reffner
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wolf
friend, who enjoyed thes
at the home of her parents
Mrs. Charlie Hosterman
Day
Finia
for his dut n
and M1
burgh
if
‘
|
after :
ation wilh
Bellefonte
ranck of
that of
According to a re.
from his unit
Richard (
Das been |
Technical §
Stal
cent
headquarters
France left
will be one of many
to take the board examination
France js a graduste of Philip=-
State Hospital School of Nurs
for
Miss Rut)
DUrg., where
the
from
omoted
af : : g re
M JU \ ! ad UTE creeant
Niats al X > 5
A Biya : ain
Haa
Ham
' Sergeant
gen. wi a i { tl | «in
Haagen
Other
announcement
in Tal
Sergeant Austin has been
a member of the United States Army
Alr Force since March 8 11. Is the
son of Mrs, Bertha M. Austin, of
Bellefonte. He Is a graduate of the
Bellefonte High School and Is a
former student of the Pennsylvania
State College
Sgt. Austin Ia now 8 mobile
ed home after visiting the former's Mog Tongtin Rill hum: repair unit chief with a Fifteenth
ih Aa, Y |Alr Foree Bervice Command ser-
mother, Mrs. Mary Sickle Krape were Sunday visitors with Mr !
Misses Velta Reese and Audrey jand Mrs. Claude Oingery and fam- Vice squadron
Harnish visited relatives at Harris- {ily of Linden
burg and Washington, D C, last! p WwW. Hasgen of Beech Creek,
week | was Oelping to cut corn at his fathe
Mrs. Trey Wiilte of Bunbury, spent er's place on Saturday afternoon
A few days with her mother, Mrs |
Julia Sinclair
Mr. and Mrs. James Butterworth
of Harrisburg, spent the weekend
with the former's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. John Butterworth ,
Mrs. Ira Hall, Sr. visited her ia {Miele Brown, North Thomas street,
ter and Husband, Mr, and Mrs, Slim
Workman at Willlamsport
Mrs. Murray Glllllang Is vis
burg
ng
Miss Ew
adel; in
iting her m
LOM after
visitors Lhe
time Mr. and Bamuel
Dickey M Maude Kaufman of
Lock Haven Mr. and Mrs. An
drew Rockey af this vicinity
noot ame
who
gt
N were Mrs
Lucas, R of Phil
returned home aller vise
Mrs. Mabel Lucas
She was accompanied by Miss Lu
cas’ sister, Miss Pauline, who spent Mr. and Mrs. Will Fisher and
a few days last week in that eity granddaughter, Phvilis of Bellefonte
Mr. and Mrs William Sickle, sons were afternoon visitors at the Lutz
Bill and Bob. of Woudbury, return. home on Bunday
ce
Mr
Woodw
mnher and
home in Buffalo, N. ¥
Day
by Mr
on
and Mrs. Rowells, daug!
week's vacation in town
A —
Graduates as Nurse,
Helen Ross, of Centre Hall, R. D. Sunday guests of their parents
|
>
of Nursing of Temple University, |
Drama Section to Meel | Philadelphia, on Thursday morning,
Members of the Drama Section September 14, at 11 o'clock, when |
of the Bellefonte Woman
a short visit indeed
| Medicine of the University. A total 18-day furlough
m. Wednesday, Septem- of 111 senlors, including eight wom- to meet him
ber 20. The meeting will be inlen, will receive the degree of doe
be hostess and Mrs. Paul Carner co-j ence degrees In medical technology (cal church. EL. ©. E services
‘Mrs. Qrey Croyle of Johnstown, will be conferred on 20 technicians. |e evening at 7:30.
ce
ain
ify
e“ived
iph
and Mrs Aus
Mr
nng
ro
mer
ng
and
were
and
Aris
and
and
vacation
and
ard
Hotel host and hostess, Jeft for their
Labor
They were also accompanied
ter
and son-in-law who also enjoyed a
Mr
will be among the recipients to land Mra. CE. Kreamer and Mr. and
receive a diploma from the School | Mrs. George Bechtol, respectively
They all returned to their respective of Mr. and M
posts of duty that afternoon. It was
Club commencement exercises are held | Pfe Carl Motz of Buckley Field,
will meet atl the home of Mrs. Alex- for the Schools of Nursing and 720. arrived home last Friday on a
We were all glad
| Simp
Reich Tightens
Its Belt Again
eighth
1 sent
incing Lhe
rman students
studying In
work ana
nded
dy at
Bellefonte Soldier
Slightly Wounded
Albert Knisely, Jr. of Belle.
UNOS
tier
w in
oy
from
futhor
East Bishop
officer
Knisels
a
bia
a meni.
Bellefonte
Feb
into
BY
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Jeg
OUR BOYS IN
THE SERVICE
ot
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EDITOR'S NOTE:
familiar
vou
because
mint Gum is bee
only to our
Wrigley people
limited produce
sible to supply
appreciated
won't be
be enough
around
en joy
Spon «
Arent seeing that
package
these davs
on
nten
Bw
jealers
Wrigle
VOT Seq «
The
er
im}
ome. They
i nl! hope it
} before there will
Spearmint to ge
they you'll
WwW
are
nn 1)
Bellefonte Girl Promoted
TS Ruth V. Poorman, WAC. serv.
ing somewhere In Austraila, has
been promoted to the grade of Tech-
nician Pourth Grade. Her parents
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Poorman reside
in Belicfonte. T4 Poorman joined
the service In May of 1943 and prior
10 that time was employed as & ste-
nographer. Her borthers, John and
Durward Poorman, are also in the
SIVICe
i Ver stop
hag : : Pp
little thi
mink that
hings we take for
granted at home like & drink of
waler, a smoke or a stick of chew
Ing gum become vitally important two
fighting men. It's a fact that
Wrigiey s Spearmint Gum is an on-
uty requirement for calming the
fitters and relieving parched throats
and easing the desire 10 smoke
Arrives In England.
Mrs. Harry W. Townsent, the for.
mer Doris Brown,
received word
last week that he Is now stationed
somewhere In England
Our
Going wi out your favorite Wrig-
ley’s Spearmint Gum is easter when
|
you remember that all that ean be
produced Is being shipped to our
Service men overseas. You know that
its going where it's needed most,
Sgt. Clair H. Kreamer of Atlantic and you can be sure the boys af
City, N. J. 8 2/¢ James Bechdol of | preciate how willingly
(Newport, R 1, and 8 /8gt. Kenneth | possible their
{ Bechdol of Langley Field, Va, were Spearmint wherever they are,
you made
Oaving Whigley's
Transferred to Hawall
Seaman Samuel R. Callahan,
of Philipsburg,
ted at
Sunday school next Sunday at there are lots of pineapples
charge of Miss Eleanor Wion, chalr« | tor of medicine, 37 nurses will re- 19:15 a m., followed by prayer ser
man of the section. Mrs. Brown will | ceive diplomas, and bachelor of sel | vices at 10.30 in the local Evangell-