February 22, 1945
fHE CENTRE DEMOCRAT, BECCEFONTE, PX,
Page Three
Julian Corporal’s Group
Cited For Work on Guam
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| &
received a
from Brigadier General H. S
sell, Jr
Bomber
orbed in the
ddition to thelr regular duties, have
commendation
Ham-
XXI
special
Commanding General
Command
With the aviation engineers ab-
task
rip,
of com-~
ground
upon 101
{f bullding
vice facilities
; qu ers. Men like
whose regular job
priority
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art
wmnic, moved in on th
battle wreckage and
1 20 Weeks
bombing
pleted Mariana
B-20 Superfort-
l'okyo from
DAS
work
usual under
eral Hansell
hare
official
labor
tubborn
Amer-
Bellefonte Soldier's Unit
Handled 50,000 Casualties
a
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Three Broth
LR
Cpl. John F. Heichel
Pleasant Gap Man's Outfit
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Wounded by Jap Mine,
Back at Work in G-E
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Bellefonte Corporal’s
Group Again Cited
om headquarters of
Fores Italy comes word that
B-25 Mitchell bombardment
which Corporal Donald W
Ran Bellefonte
erving as a transportation clerk,
has been cit again by the War De.
partment as a Distinguished Unit,
t3is time for the sinking of the
Italian eruiser Taranto In La Spezia
harbor September 23
Millions
No Jo
Thisd-
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prompt, effective N\
relief from dis~ .
tress of head colds with Va-tro-nol!
Works right where trouble is to reduce
congestion - soothe irritation — make
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HEAD COLDS!
Bellefonte, is
BE. McKean,
SEAMAN GILBERT
IN LSM TRAINING
W iibert
USNR
CAMAN Se
former resident
tationed at the
Base in Littl
training
Land
ne 3
new LSM
208-foot tank
throug
{f the Pacific at
s directly
peed
ontn
the speed carriers of
LSMs made their in-
vasion debut at Leyte and are now
disgorging their tanks and supplies
n the Philippine beachheads to
ipport General MacArthur's offen-
ive drive
Experts in the science of invasior
L8Ms are leaving the Little Creek
base in a steady flow to swell the
might of the amphibious forces
Gilbert and his mates will soon tak»
over one of the new landing ships
and sail to join the Pacific on-
siaught
Son of Mr. and Mrs, Ira L. Gil-
bert, who reside at Howard, R. D. 1,
Gilbert was employed at an alreratt
manufacturing concern before he
joined the Navy last September. He
a former student of Bellefonte
High School, ]
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Beech Creek Man Missing
The War Department has advised
the wife of Pvt. William McKean of
Beech Creek, that he has been miss
ing in action In France since Jan.
20. The message was relayed by Mrs,
McKean, who is visiting relatives in
Ohlo, to Pvt, McKean's mother, Mrs,
Annabelle McKean, widow of Lyle
of Beech Creek, last
Wednesday evening. Pvt. McKean's |
wife and small child have been
making their home with her par. |
ents at Osceola Mills since he enters |
ed the service in 1043, A brother, |
David McKean, Is also In the sec
is
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WA
ers, One Sister, 1
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Pvl. Cialr EE. Durkin
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William |
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sin In Service
a Durkin
Pvt. Joseph K
THREE MEMBERS OF HOWARD FAMILY IN SERVICE
vies
Missing Paratrooper Sgt. Harold R. Fisher Two Osceola Brothers
Returns to Action
Staff .Sg
,
&
Padisak, 20 of Mr
Teresa Padisak of Clarence, but now
living in Cleveland
reported missing in action in Bel.
glum since January 19, returned to
action on January 25, it was revealed
in a telegram received by his mother
last Thursday from the War Depart
ment
The Clarence Sergeant, whose
mother © was informed early last
month that her son had been wound-
ed in action in Belgium on Decem-
ber 20, was serving with the 101st
Airborne Paratroopers
He enlisted in the U. 8. Army in
the summer of 1942 and trained at
Pt. Benning, Ga., where he remained
until going overseas in the fall of
1943, landing in Prance. He then
went into Holland and finally into
Belgium.
He attended the Snow Shoe high
school and was employed about a
year by the J, H. Prance Company
at Clarence at the time of entering
service
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CLOTHING FOR MEN & BOYS
On
Ohlo, who was
2. H
Killed In Action
wt. Harold
killed In
mry 3
received by his
Fisher of 1
formation was given
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telegram
Raymond R
detalled in-
Oo a
pnecording
father
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Sgt. Fisher was born May 15, 1024
in Ty the son of Raymond R.,
and the late Elsie (Boob) Fisher. He
is survived by his father, two broth-
ers and a sister: Sgt. Donald. who
has been in the armed forces in
England for two years: Guyer, of
Tyrone, and Mrs. Pauline Burns, at
home. He was a member of the
First United Brethren church
Bgt. Fisher was a graduate of Ty-
rone high school, class of 1043, and
an outstanding athlete in the high
school. He enlisted January 1, 1043,
and was granted a furlough to coine
back for the commencement exere
cises. He was sent overseas in Oct«
ober 1944
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Minister's Two Sons Wounded
Two sons of the Rev, and Mrs, W.
E. Yingling have been wounded in
action. The Rev. Mr. Yingiling, now
pastor of the Burnham Evangelical
Church near Lewistown, was form-
erly pastor of the Lock Haven Mie,
sion of the Evangelical church. Sgt.
Richard D. Yingling, a paratrooper,
was wounded in the Philippines on
Pie, Floyd R. Heverly
In German Prison
and Mrs
Mills
one
Mr
Osorola
Medal
cluster
Alex Petroski, of
holding two Air
with three oak leh!
awaiting the rium of
their two sons, Staff Sergeants
and Chester Petroski
prison camps somewhere
many
Mr. and Nrs. Petroski received
news from Chester last week. On
Monday they received a letter dated
October 19, 1044, in which he told
of his having been moved from a
camp in Austria to another camp
inside the Reich. He is now located
at the same camp as his brother,
Joseph. Notwithstanding the glad-
ness which came with the fact that
their two sons are together, Mr. and
Mrs. Petroski were doubly pleased
because this is the first word they
have had from Chester for over 14
months. The last letter they re-
ceived from him was dated Novem
ber, 1943,
Both brothers were awarded Alr
are
Jo
from
in Ger
wph
Medals for meritorious achievement |
in air fights,
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Shaving Cream Sent
The VFW Service Association of
Lancaster sent out “surprise” pack.
ages of shaving cream and styptic
pencils to 700 members of the armed
forces overseas—then discovered that
resides
Bellefonte Captain Aids
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Capt. Dor
per -
ArgeT evac-
chment
iL 10 bx
Radio Operator Writes of
Life In South Pacific Area
Berl
In the Navy
Bananas 25¢
= Bunch
service Club
In South Pacific
Wedding Dinner
For Service Man
Clarence Soldier
Arrives In Italy
28. of Clar-
and taken
a 15th AAF heavy
Seroka
in ital
radio operator and
a Liberator bomb-
had been assigned
organization which is
¢ 200-mission mark. Com-
H K. Mooney of
they hold a Dis-
Citation for their
of a German air-
i Voslau, Austria.
the Air
» foun
10
La
aly
th a beautiful wedding .
tng Seroka enlisted
Oct. 30, 194 and received
training at Scott Field, IL,
gunnery training at Yums,
Ariz. He holds the American theatre
ribbon for more than two Years ser
vice in the Panama Canal Zone with
(y
terpiece on table 2 1p
. Corps
ose who partook of the dis
and Mrs
y
Ah
vere: Mr
ner
! Ralph Hook and
hildren, Lois Jean and Charles, Mr
and Mrs. Evans Long and children
Dorothy, Eugene and Ruth of Spring
Mills; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hook the 7th AAF
and children, Leroy and Willlam. of
Tyrone, Mrs. Junie Hook, Miss June
Dot Thompson and Ronnie Hook of
D JULIAN
fi Potters Mills
Sout " et Bellefon I The revival meeting will begin in
Entering tl e n March 3 Those who paid them a visit in the UB. church on Wednesday eve-
1044 the afterhoon were: Mrs. Gordon ning. Feb 21 Services will begin
Vals Hook, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Walker at 7:30 o'clock. All denominations
"a and family, Norma Jean, Donna, are welcome to help in these series
the nt Miss Marian Palmer, all of Belle. of meetings. Please come and help
Chi after spending five months fonte; Mr. and Mrs. Claude MeClin- build up thy cause for the church of
in that \heate: of war making three te Se Sitliiten, on, Harold, God and its kingdom
whore ind : ARE , enn, Catherine, aude, Jr. o : :
vi io 8 Al Ig Mong Linden Hall. All departed wishing wn. Poctit, of ie Tortus, ne
and is now ‘taking part in the in. a Spd hire. ook the best of Tuck al the home of Mr. and Mrs. Melvin
vagions in hat War area i E. Williams on Sunday lass.
We Jearned that Mrs. Matilda Gill
| is 11 at this writing. We hope for a
speedy recovery
Mrs. Flora Dillen is visiting with
her brother, Mr. and Mrs. Orlando
Boyer of Windber. Mrs, Dillen exe
Mr. and 1y escaped injury recently when a Nov * Hpetid ihe Viztle With her
| German shell landed in a mud pud. DroiDer and his wife,
- {dle five yards distant from him Mrs. Sarah Flack, who has for
Receives Husband's Award and spattered him with mud. Brum. several months been located in Lock
Mrs. Violet Peter Rupert of Beech ‘gard is a machine gunner with the Haven, moved her furniture back to
racio
and
Donald §
Wor
ps
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Mong. RDM
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Close Call For Doughboy
Richard C. Brumgard, whose wife,
Edith M. and their four sons, James,
| 8, Randolph, 6, Richard, 5, and Clar-
ence, 2, live in Lock Haven, narrow.
Don withes to hear from some of |
his old friends: back home. His ad-
dress is Donld FF. Mong. RDM. Jc.
UBS Chicope ¢o Postoffice, !
Ban Franc Calif
His wile, the former June Tassier,
with her parents,
Fred Thassier, of Kane
Fleet
wo
Mrs
| Creek, has received the Purple Heart 338th Infantry Regiment of the 85th her home in Julian, but Mrs, Flack
medal from the government, awards Custer Division and
od posthumously to her husband, outside the squad's dugout when the
8 8gt. Paul A. Rupert, who was Nazis began shelling the position.
killed in action in Italy last Feb, 12, has been in army
He was reported missing nine and a eight years, spending
half months before his death was in
formally announced by the War De North
standing and family are still jocated in Lock
VICKS VATRO-NOL | nue sii
[16 on the list are WACS. | partment. Italy.