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‘Reveille!
By GRAHAM SAUNDERS
(Released by Associated Newspapers
WNU Service.)
HE WAS just a private, Drusilla
noticed, as he lounged easily |
into the drug store and draped his |
tall form against a pillar, waiting
‘attention; but she had to admit re-
'luctantly that he was the handsom-
lest man she had ever seen in all
her 26 years. And the daughter of
a small-town druggist is likely to | *
see quite a few men in ten years of
clerk subbing.
With infinite patience Drusilla
{helped old Mrs. Gordon select a new
face powder, some new rouge and
several other articles of makeup |
suitable for a 16-year-old flapper,
and when the 60-year-old devotee of
ithe modernists had departed she
came quietly up to the tall soldier
and asked him what he wanted.
“Gosh, sister,”’ he confided in a
tone that would have been fresh in
another, ‘““all I want just this minute
lis to feast my eyes on you. I guess
I know, now, why I stayed single |
so long!”’ Drusilla laughed merrily
and then said: “Our ice-cream
sodas are refreshing, uh, to the
memory as well as otherwise!” and
he lounged over to the fountain.
Later he discovered that he need-
ed a toothbrush, some shaving
cream, shampoo, a special face
soap and a box of chocolates. The
latter was the cause of their better
acquaintance, as he selected a rath-
er inferior brand in a very plain
wrapper and after a swift glance
she said: ‘‘These are very fine. I
buy them myself, and the box is
sure to please even the most fas-
tidious girl! You know,” she add-
ed naively, ‘sn many of us like to
keep the ribbons as reminders!”
‘“Uh—thanks for the tip. I'm a
stick in the mud. Have you a
large collection of ribbons?”’
“Not too many; none that has any
especial sentimental attraction, if
that’s what you mean,” she retort-
ed.
Later—it must have been six in
the evening—she looked up as the
last customer of a rush crowd
cleared from the store, and Drusilla
was startled to note the large
white-wrapped box on the soda
fountain table, With a strange thrill
she picked it up and saw lettered
neatly in one corner her name, and
the strange premonition that it was
from the tall soldier proved correct,
and she paused an instant to ponder
how he could have discovered her
name.
Opening the package, Drusilla
knew a strange thrill as she read
the scrawled note within. If she
could overcome her scruples
against a common soldier on a com-
mon private’s pay, would she meet
him outside the shop at closing time
and go canoeing with him? If she
would! And Drusilla’s eyes shone
and her face glowed all the evening
until her father finished putting up
prescriptions and came out to re-
lieve her. She walked on air as she
ran to powder her nose and she
laughed shakily as she removed the
ribbon from the chocolate box and
pinned it with the tiny crescent
diamond pin to the front of her
dress at the collar. And tucking the
box of chocolates under iier arm,
she went out to the street.
He stood in the shadows, close to
her father’s shop, and his curly
black head was bare as he came
eagerly forward to greet her.
dent admiration shone in his blue
eyes as he took her box and touched
her elbow lightly, piloted her across
town by the big, dimly lit library
and down to the river where the
boathouses and canoes were.
Later, as they drifted along under
the sweeping willow branches, he
hummed, and then at her urging
sang in a fine baritone the exquisite
words and music to “Girl of My |
Dreams,” and then fell strangely
silent. “Why so silent?’’ she teased,
and he answered honestly, ‘Afraid
your boss wouldn’t let you off, Miss
Dexter!” and she knew a guilty,
glad thrill; he didn’t know she was
the only daughter and heiress to
the Dexter drug stores—didn’t guess
she would one day inherit the for- |
tune made by the famous ‘Bix-
ell” drugs! And then they talked
and talked and talked.
“Do you truly have to wait for
some one to die for promotion,
Terry?” for they had become Terry
and Drusilla in four hours of magic
moonlight and canoeing!
“Uh, regular soldiers have to wait
in line, advancement—but I'll never
hate reveille any more!” he ended
eloquently as he beached the craft
skillfully.
“Why?” she asked softly as he
helped her ashore.
“Because I've heard it for the
last time, the real reveille, the
awakening to life and love and am-
bition! From now on I'm a civie,
hustling for regular promotion!”
“You mean you’ll quit the arn
and go into business?’’ she as
“Yup,” he answered joyously,
‘‘got to hustle now if I'm going to
win the one girl!”’
“What will you do?’’ she asked
faintly.
“Sell bonds and make love to
you,” he said exultantly.
“Do you have to?’ she asked
softly against the rough tan of his
coat as she burrowed her nose
deeper into the cigarry-scented
wool.
“You don’t answer reveille but
once, darling,” he said, tipping her
face up to kiss her tenderly. “Once
you're awake you stay awake.”
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THE UNION PRESS-COURIER.
PAGE SEVEN,
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Though grim “military necessity” causes Chancellor Adolf Hitler of |
Germany, left, and Premier Benito Mussolini of Italy to build buge bomb-
ing planes in order to wipe out cities and their populations, the two |
dictators never fail to show their love for children—at least when they |
face a camera. Here Hitler playfully pats one of his youthful supporters |
who was singled out for the honor during a special celebration in Berlin's |
famous Olympic stadium. Mussolini proudly accepis a bouquet of flowers |
from a little Albanian child during his recent visit to Riccione. |
57477878 TaTaTaTaTa aa aa Tala Ta Ta TaTaTaTaTaTa TATA) Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Routch and
sons, Donald and Wilfred, are spend- |
HASTINGS BRIEFS ing this week in Detroit.
Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Niebauer were |
Te ssdav eve c risitors i ay |
OT 0VVVOCOTOOVOVU0 Welnonday evening visitors in Rey |
Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Bearer entertain- Mrs. Clement Gerin of Taylorsville, |
ed a group of young people at their | Jjis, former resident of this place, was
home in klder Township on Sunday | honor guest at a party at the Collette
evening of this week, the occasion be- | Kirk home on Tuesday evening. The
ughter, Mary's, 13th birth- | affair was tendered her by members
7. The young lady re- | of the L. A. of the A. O. H. Bingo |
was the amusement feature of the ev-
r an enjoyable evening of | ening, after which a delicious lunch |
nment the guests were served | was served. The guest list included the |
at lunch. The following attended: | following: Miss Margaret Rager, Mrs.
Misses Mildred and Jeanette Murphy, | Raymond Kline, Ann Beck, Theresa |
Agnes Lubert, Rose Mary Holtz, Anna | Beck, Mrs. Cyril McMullen, Mrs. Arch |
Mary Holtz, Agnes Holtz, Mary Ruth | pryce, Mrs. Cosmos Elder, Mrs, Al- |
Holtz, Dorothy Cunningham, Bernice pert Gill, Mrs. James Cunningham, |
and Avonell Cunningham, Gloria Stolz, | Mrs, A. F. Baker, Mrs. Pete Miiler, |
Dorothy Mae Stolz, Patrica Tyler, Dor- | and the honor guest. |
cthy Troxon, Rita Bender and Rose Miss Yvonne Yerger of Patton spent |
Bearer, all of this place, and Louise the week ‘end at the home of Mr. and |
Morthy of Altoona. Messrs. Leo and | npg neKillop, of this place.
Eugene Murphy, Tom Weakland, Tom | “qq. 0 guests at the Earl McKillop |
Lubert, Francis Yahner, Clement Holtz, home were Mrs. George Banfield and
Robert and Earl Holtz, George Crona- son, Harry, of Revloc, Mrs. Fred Mit- |
uer, Chas. Aray, Bob Miller, John chell ,of fatton; James Scaroyk of |
Strupka, Donald Cunningham, Walter | gp mesboro; Mr. and Mrs, Frank Me-
Stoltz, William Tyler and Earl, Clyde, | ii; of Philipsburg and Mr. Leon
eo and Maurice Bearer. McKillop and daughter, Rose Marie, of |
Mrs. Edwin Geus spent several days | Houtzdale.
last week in Carrolltown. Recent guests at the Collette Kirk |
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Drass and chil- | home were Mr. and Mrs. Earl Flanna- |
dren of Dayton, Ohio, spent the past | gan and Mrs. Steward Clifford and |
the Drass home on Spangler | aaughter, Corol, of Detroit, Michigan. |
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Robinson of Al
s, Pa., spent | toona, spent Saturday at the Thon
. C. Peters | Robinson home.
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Insano of Bar-
| nesboro spent the week end at the
caller in Clearfield | Joseph Mancusa home.
Miss Roseanna Gill of Pittsburgh | Miss Rita Riordan was a Sunday
{ at her home | caller-at the Joseph Rudolph Home.
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spent the past week end
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Gray, Mr. and Mrs.
Miss Naomi Strittmaster of Altoona Martin Yahner, Mr. and Mrs, John |
A : Franklin and daughter, Rita, and Les- |
is visiting at the A. J. Dillon home. re ue Ltn, and
Miss Rita Miller of Duke Center is | F Fisher of Patton, were Saturday
{ callers in town.
a guest at the Oscar Strassler home. | Mic Re hid Ho ¢ Ditisburoh |
i . Miss ¢ Vv itt gh, |
Mrs. H. J. Easly, Miss Mayme Koch] TASS 38ging Hoover of Putshurgh, |
iy Bionan Easly were Sunday call-| 5 visiting at the P. A. Strittmatter |
and pe RD a y ’ | home in East End. |
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5 vie Mr. and Mrs. g C g of}
Patrolman and Mrs. Sam Semelsber- | _ =" Ars, Frank Young of}
Se ch Se OBRE Pittsburgh visited relatives and friends
ger and son are spending two weeks | i |
S ate ne 1eer over the week end.
here at the home of the former's par- |
OY Wa Mr. and Mrs. Halgar Anderson of |
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Steve Semelsberger. rel |
J : = Pittsburgh, were week end guests at|
Mr. and Mrs. Cosmos Elder and the DF Vahner h |
Mary Louise Elder were Saturday | il qome, : |
lary | | In observance of her 14th birthday, |
shoppers in Barnesboro. | Mis l a
! 8 : : : wil- | Miss Alberta Baker entertained a |
Mrs. Richard Chelton and son, Wil- ey |
1 visiting at the | Rumber of friends on the lawn at her |
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| reported, was an enjoyable one. he |
lunch table was becomingly decorated
and a program of games was carried |
out. the guests were Eleanor Anna, Ag-
nes Bednar, Emma Jean and Dolores
Miller, Eleanor Wain, Erma Bearer,
Mary Keklak, Ellen Chuygas, Gerald-
ine Miller and Eleanor Baker.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Banar of Pitts- |
burgh, spent Sunday at the P. F. Yah- |
ner home.
Jake Kunki was a Monday caller in
Portage.
Misses Monica Holtz, Pauline Cassi-
dy, Thias Bearer spent the week end in
York.
here.
Wilfred Holtz home.
Mrs. Wilfred Holtz and daughter,
Dorothy, and son, Dickie, were Mon-
day afternoon shoppers in Barnesboro.
Miss Regina Kirk spent the past
week in Detroit and Canada, visiting
relatives and friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Chevelland and Mary
Flannag f Detroit, were week end
guests at the Colletta Kirk home.
Joseph Easly of Pittsburgh, is vaca-
tioning at his home here.
Going My Way?
“DEAD END KIDS” COMING
TO THE GRAND THEATRE IN
PATTON, SUNDAY, ONE DAY
More sympathetically presented than
they have ever been before, the “Dead
End K ? e the central characters
hen,” the Warner Bro
to the Grand Theatre
1 Sunday-—matinee and ev-
Wy. AY Re-
G1 nkie Bur-
ne ( rsona-
eir ! i sta led to the
Dead End ang
In absorbing sequences
vhich from the luridly melodra-
matic t € ‘iously humorous, the
picture Is > regeneration of the
* played by Fields as
rmpathy aroused by
A baby donkey and a young vaca- thuggish rackete
tionist strike up a friendship at a result of the sy :
Blackpool, England. The four-legged him by the tot sh but essentially good
baby isn’t quite strong enough to inmates of a shelter home for beys.
The boys, leaders among who are
sand. 5 just such kids as Fields realizes he was
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himself as a youngster. They are half
starved and brutally treated and even-
tually they revolt against their intoler-
able lot.
Fields original interest in the shelter
home has been that of a racketeer who
has just come across something from
which he can make some money but it
hasn't taken long for the boys to ar-
ouse in him a rough but genuine pa-
ternal interest. And he proves this ef-
fectively when he voluntarily surren-
ders himself for a prison term just so
that he can help in defending and ex-
onerating the boys from the consequen-
ces of their revolt.
r, late
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against the me
known without delay to:
Harry J. Nehrig, Executor
Patton, Pa
Reuel Somerville, Attorney,
Patton, Pa.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE
In the Estate of Onufer Sciranko,
late of Elder Township, Cambria Coun-
ey, Pennsylvania, deceased.
Notice is hereby glven that Letters
of administration in the estate of the|
said decedent have been granted to
the undersigned. All persons indebted
to said estate are requested to make
payment and those having claims or
demands against the same will make
them known without delay to
RAYMOND D. BUCK,
Administrator, Patton, Pa
Reuel Somerville, Attorney,
Patton, Pa. 6t
EXECUTOR'S NOTICE.
In the estate of Sarah Jane Lodge,
Patton Borough, Cambria coun-
lva deceased
t Letters
of the
been
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FOR SALE—$85 Airway Sweeper,
this year's model, used one month, for
$30; 1934 Plymouth Two door car in
A-1 condition, all new rubber, price
235.—Mrs. Adolph Hofer, 415 Palmer
Avenue, Patton.
FOR SALE—Modern white enamel-
ed Cook Stove. Inquire of Sue Gill, at
St. Lawrence. 3t
Predicts Labor Peace
Washington.—William Green, presis
dent of the A. F. of L., and John UL.
Lewis, head of the C. I. O,, now at
will shake
hands, their unions will be merged and
the labor movement will continue to
go forward, Senator Elbert Thomas,
Democrat of Utah, forecast the other
day
loggerheads, some day
1939
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