wi Win- Iun- 1ave lem- Au- ~ y é Thursday, November 9, 1944 Laurito, of this place, now serving with a Sixth Airforce Signal Aircraft PATTON NEWS BRIEFS Warning Regiment in Panama, to the grade of staff sergeant is announced . - - at Air Force Headquarters, Sgt. Lau- rito, 27, entered the army in March of Pvt. and Mrs. Robert Miller an-{1942 and was assigned to the Sixth nounce the birth of a daughter, Bob-| Air Force in December 1942. He is in by Jean, at the Spangler hospital on| the medical section of his regiment Friday, November 3rd. Mrs. Miller| and has two brothers in the army. was the former Miss Bethel Mertens. Mr. and Mrs. Matt Dietrick receiv- Pvt. Miller is, at the present time,| ed word recently that their son, Lt. recuperating in an English hospital, | Gerald Dietrick has arrived safely from wounds received in action in|somewhere in the South Pacific. France. Cpl. Louise Biller and Mrs. Bertha Miss Evelyn Arnold of Tarboro, N.| Rosencrance of Fort Meade, Md., re- C., student at Duquesne University, | cently visited with their mother, Mrs. was a week end guest at the Gard-| Anna Biller of Mellon avenue. ner home on Magee avenue. { Pvt. Earl J. Long, son of Mrs. Geo. Pfc. Robert Leary, first class air-| Ww. Long, has won the right to wear plane mechanic at Barkdale Field, ngs and Boots of the United Sta- Louisana, is spending a twenty day | tes Army Paratroops. He has Lom» furlough at the home of his brother | pleted four weeks of jump training and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Wm, | 4uring Whicn time he made five Leary of Mellon avenue. He entered | Jumps, I 7 last 2 tactical jump at service on April 12, 1943, had train-| ENE volving 2 Sembal pucblem on ing at Greenboro, N. C., Goldsboro, S.| : i i Be and went to the airplane mechan- | chute school at Fort Benning, Ga. ic’s school at Henry Ford Willow Run| _ Pvt. Earl J. Long, Co. H. 54lst School at Ypsilanti, Mich. From there | Earachute Infantry, of Fort Benning, ; qs | Ga., is spending a fifteen day fur- as If Field oy be was Sent to Gulfport Field, Miss. lough at the home of his parents, Mr. Up to the present time he is the smallest man in the army, measuring : and Mrs. George W. Long. 4 feet, 10 in. and weighing 145 Ibs. | i lel § His mother, Mrs. Emma Leary, for- gy A 3 SO 0 3% merly of Patton, now residing in he b ro a th t ti he New York City, is visiting among th of the hoys irom iiag Secwion mn relatives here this week. | the service. Admission is 50 cents and . ij . . | the general public is cordially invit- Miss Louise Biller, who is employ- ' eq to attend. ed at Elkton, Md., visited over the; pyt Gerald Gooderham, of Camp week end with her parents, Mr. and, gipert, Okla., is spending a sixteen Mrs. Raymond Biller. Pvt. Robert Callahan, of Fort|ily. Rosecrans, San Diego, California, is Week end guests at the home of spending a twenty-five day furlough | Mr. and Mrs.Regis Hitch were El- with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank ! eanor Steffey of Pittsburgh and Paul Callahan. Norbert Callahan of Cleve-| Sautana of Aliquippa. land, Ohio, spent the week end at his| Petty Officer 1-c Joe Paddock re- home. | turned to his station in Philadelphia Banns of matrimony were announ- | Sunday after spending a week end ced in St. Mary's Church on Sunday | pass here with his mother. between Miss Coletta Cooper of Mc-| Mrs. Ella Marie Gill, daughter of Keesport, daughter of Mrs. Lucy Coo- | Mr. and Mrs. Max Gill, successfully per of Patton ,and Robert Swope of | passed the State Board Examination Patton. as a registered nurse at the Pitts- Miss Edna Kline who is employed | burgh hospital, Pittsburgh. at Plainfield, N. J, is spending her | Patton Sailors from Sampson, N. vacation at the home of her mother, | Y., who returned this Wednesday af- Mrs. Mary Kline of 613 Magee ave- | ter a ter a seven day leave with their nue. | parents, are Eddie Fisher 2-c¢ Sea- Pvt. Robert Yeckley of Washington | man, son of Mr. and Mrs. Rene Beu- D. C. visited his parents, Mr. and | nier, of Magee avenue; Edward Mc- Mrs. Jerome Yeckley Sunday. Another | Dermitt, 2-c Seaman; and Bernard scn, Francis Yeckley of Cleveland, O.,! Small, 2-c seaman. vigited them last week. Pfc. William Whiteford of San Mr. and Mrs. Steve Dietrick moved | Marcos, Texas, arrived here Tuesday | last week to Cleveland, O., where they | and will spend a twenty day furlough will reside. |at the home of his parents, Mr. and Guests that spent last week at the Mrs. William Whiteford of Mellon home of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Sey-| avenue. mour were Mr. and Mrs. John Squires| A birthday party was held at the of Detroit, Mich., Mr. and Mrs. Ben | home of Mr. and Mrs. Mark Brown Christoff and children, Bob and Rich- Terra Cotta Ave., in honor of their ard Squires of Cleveland, Ohio and |daughter, Norma Lou's eleventh bi-r Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Maher of |thday anniversary, Sunday, Nov. 5th, Johnstown. { from 3 to 6 P. M. Bingo and games The promotion of Sgt. James J. La- | were played and lunch served. Many urito, son of Mr. and Mrs. August | lovely gifts were received. 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A bingo party is held every Tues- | day furlough with his wife and fam- | UNION PRESS-COURIER, were: Stella Yahner, Mary Harvey Sunseri, Diana Milause, Rose Lapen- na, Janet Stevens, Bargara Rhody, Donna and Mary Jenkins, Eleanor Murphy, Geraldine Lauver, Linda Blankenhorn, Betty Ann Shuss, Eliz- abeth Haluska, Jane Petruynak, Mar- shall Swab, Anna Marie Yencho, Gladys Haluska, Helen Delozier, Jean Ann Bender, Jane Semelsberger, De- nice Fox, Peggy McKee, Silva Luzier, Janice Delphire, Virginia and Norma Brown. Church services Sunday evening, November 12th. English services at 7:30 at the Hebron Lutheran Church. C. E. Holmer, pastor. Pvt. Charles L. Hockenberry, of Texarkana, Texas, is spending a 21- day furlough with his wife and ten months’ old daughter, on McIntyre | Avenue. Mrs. Hockenberry is the for- | mer Mary Lapenna, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Angelo Lapenna. Bernard C. Smale, Seaman Second Class, of the U. 8S. Naval Training | Center, Sampson, N, Y., and his bro- | ther, Ronald A. Smale, Aviation Ra- dio Technician 2-c, of Quonset Point, R. I., spent the week end with their | parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Smale of | West Magee Avenue. | Eek Ek | Trinity Methodist Church. | Sunday, Nov. 12—9:45 a. m. “The | Church at Study.” Topic: “Interna- | ticnal Friendship Through the Chur- | ches.” 10:30 A. M. “The Church at Wor- | ship.” This is World Order Sunday. | 6:30 P. M.—Youth Fellowship. | 17:30 P. M.—Evening service. Wednesday, Nov. 15—Junior. Lea- | gue at 3:30 P. M. Mid-week service | at 7:30 P. M. Choir rehearsal at 8:30 | PM. | The Women's Society of Christian | Service of the Central Pennsylvania | Conference of the Methodist Church | is holding its annual convention at [Williamsport on the 15th and 16th of REGENT DEATHS Francis J. Coons, Francis J. Coons, 89, formerly of near Loretto died on Tuesday of last week at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Marian Walker, Altoona, R. D. He was born Aug. 9, 1855, a son of Joseph and Harriet (Watts) Coons and was a retired carpenter and far- mer. His wife died some years ago. Funeral services and burial were at Loretto. Sylvester Frank Ritter. Sylvester Frank Ritter, 56, a pro- nunent merchant in Hastings for the past 25 years, died last Thursday in the Clearfield hospital after a long illness. A former mail carrier. Mr. Ritter started a grocery business in the commnity 25 years ago. He was a member of the Methodist church and of the Masonic Lodge. Born Sept. 21, 1888, in Olanta, in Clearfield county, the deceased was a son of Sylvester G. and Valeria (Wal- ker) Ritter. His father resides in Hastings and his mother died Sept. 19, 1941. The Hastings man's wife, the former Vella Catherine Hurd, ex- pired May 1, 1927. In addition to his father he leaves two sons, Jack, Wilmington, Dela- ware, and Vernon, radio technician third class, serving with the Navy in | Honolulu. He was a brother of Miss | Jennie Ritter at home, and Mrs. Mel- vin Routh, Hastings. Funeral services were held on Sun- Hastings, by the Rev. H. B. Reily, | pastor of the Methodist church, ond | interment was in Union cemetery. Mrs. Rosemary Roberts. | Mrs. Rosemary (Gallo) Roberts, 54, | died last Thursday afternoon at the | home of her daughter, Mrs. Domon- | ick Giacento of Barnesboro. She was | born in 1890 in Italy, a daughter of | Rosemary and Josepn Gallo. Her hus- band died fifteen years ago. The de- | ceased had resided in Barnesboro for the past 35 years. Surviving are the following children: Frank, of New | Brunswick, N. J.; Domonick, Altoo- na; Mrs. Nevello, Detroit, Michigan; and Mrs. Helen Giacento, Barnesbo- | ro. There are 23 grandchildren. Fun- eral services were held on Monday morning in the Mt. Carmel Catholic church, and interment was in the | church cemetery. John Ahlstrom. John Ahlstrom ,aged 79 years, of | St. Benedict, died last Thursday af- ternoon at three o'clock in his home | after an extended illness. A native of | Sweden, he was born Jan. 23, 1865. | His wife died 23 years ago. Surviv- [ing are these children: Theresa, at home; Mrs. Frank Anderson, Minne- apolis, Minn.; Edmund, St. Benedict; Anthony, Akron, Ohio; Verne, St. Benedict; Mrs. G. W. Anderson, of Cresson; and Adelle, Pittsburgh. | There are 10 grandchildren and one | great-grandchild. Funeral services | were conducted on Sunday afternoon | and interment was made in Fairview cemetery at Patton. | — Anthony Hare. Anthony Hare, aged 86 years, was {found dead in bed last Thursday { | | | morning in the Commercial Hotel in | day afternoon at the Routch home in |, Spangler hospital, she also served for a time in a similar capacity in the Watson Home for Crippled Children at Leetsdale. Surviving are her husband, John C. Bauder, her parents, and two sisters and two brothers—Mrs. Edward Mc- Tague, Cresson; Walter, Barnesboro; Cpl. Jack, Camp Rucker, Ala., and Nancy, Ambridge. The remains were removed to Barnesboro, where funer- al services and burial took place. a— ————— COUNTY NEWS BRIEFS Items of General Interest from Area in Condensed Form, —Mr. and Mrs. Harry Johnston of Dean, have been notified that their son, Pfc. Regis, 19, was wounded on Sept. 24th on Peleliu Island in the Pacific. Inducted into the army on August 24, 1943, he trained in Ore- gon and California before going over- seas in July. Two brothers are in the armed forces—Tech. Sgt. Joseph who now is in Germany, and Sgt. Clarence serving in France. —Pfc. Lloyd Ebbs of Hastings has been decorated with the Purple Heart for shrapnel wounds received Sept. 19th while he was landing in Holland. The soldier, son of Mrs. Hannah Ebbs, of Hastings, is recuperating in a hospital in England and expects to be ready for duty soon. He is attach- ed to the glider infantry. —Pfc. George C. Bush, son of Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Bush of Frugality, was seriously wounded in the fight- ing in France on Oect. 15, according to word received from the War De- partment. He has two brothers in the service—Cpl. Philip ,in Italy, and Reuben, Jr., on duty with the Navy. —Selective service headquarters at Harrisburg reports that calls for military inductions in Pennsylvania still are largely being filled with men under 26 years of age. “We are trying as far as possible to fill all calls with men under 26,” said a spokesman, “but if we don’t have enough we go into the 26-29 and 30-37 age groups for some.” —Boosting his total to 15 enemy planes, on Thursday last, Maj. John L. (Moon) Elder, of Ebensburg, in one of the greatest air shows of the war, blasted one Nazi plane from the skies, and destroyed five aground. Ac- tion was over Germany and the fli- ers achievements brought him to the front in international news for the third time since ending a furlough in the States last June. —Discharged veterans who wish to return to military service may now do so under a new procedure Hereto- fore men honorably discharged from service have been classified automa- tically as 1-C—not available for in- duction, Under the new procedure the draft boards are authorized to class- ify as 1-A any honorably discharged men who wish to volunteer. —Pvt. John Skorupa, 28. son of Mr. and Mrs. George Skorupa of Gal- litzin, has been reported missing in action in France. He was inducted on April 21, 1941, and went overseas in June, 1943, He had been wounded in Italy in November, 1943. A broth- er, Pvt. Joseph ,also is on duty with the army. —Raymond A. Lenz, 48, prominent Gallitzin citizen, and active Legion- naire, died Sunday night at his home of a heart attack. He had been at St. Vincents College, Latrobe, Sunday af- ternoon to visit a son, seminarian at | that institution. He was married to the former Aimee Gillen of Gallitzin, who survives with five sons—Cpl. Frank, serving with the army in Ice- land; and Paul of St. Vincents, Rich- ard, Jack, Glenn and Ray, all at home. JOE LOUIS IS | LONG TIME CHAMP. Joe Louis now has the distinction { of being the world heavyweight cham- pion longer than any other man. Lou- 1s won the title over Jim Braddock |on June 22, 1937 and he has seven { years and close to five months as ti- | tie holder. Jack Dempsey won the | crown from Jess Willard July 4, 1919 and lost it to Gene Tunney Septem- | ber 23, 1926, and had the previous all | time record of 7 years 2 months and {19 days. i That Louis still would be holding | the title had the war not checked his | ring career is taken for granted, el- though some think that Billy Conn Vi { might have beaten him in a return | ‘match. No one else seems to be able | to compare with Louis, so there 1s {no reason to say the champion has | held the title only by inactivity pro- | vided by his service in the army. | Jack Dempsey defended his title ' six times during his time as cham- { pion while Louis has fought twenty- ! one times. Joe Louis has done much | to help the boxing profession. He | met all recognized comers although | some gave him very little in the way of opposition. He is champion for the duration of the war and time will tell {hew much longer. Sgt. Joe Louis is | now back in the United States after i an exhibition tour in England. Louis met Billy Conn in England aboard a bomber. When Louis took a playful poke at Conn, the contender replied: “Don’t do that, I'm your meal tick- et!” | Barnesboro, where he resided. Coro- | On the return of Louis he disclos- ner Patrick McDermott listed his de- {ed that he took a couple of punches mise as due to a heart attack. The | at the Germans as well as at the deceased was unmarried and there | chins of his sparring partners. He are no known relatives in this sec- { weighed 215 pounds and was thirty tion. years old last May. SH { On his 14-months boxing tour, in- Mrs. Dorothy (Nicholson) Bauder. [cluding 8 months of camp visiting in Mrs. Dorothy (Nicholson) Bauder, | the U. S., Louis appeared before two 33, former dietician in Spangler hos- | million fighting men. Louis says “to pital, for two years, died early on | get the war over first” before he ex- Thursday morning of last week at | pects to defend his title, but he adds her home on Aliquippa, R. D. | that “next week would be soon eno- A native of Barnesboro, she was | ugh” providing the war is over. born Mar. 13, 1911, a daughter of J.|! Louis also added that he met two Ceorge and Susan (Richards) Nich- | American soldiers in Italy who offer- olson, and was a graduate of the Bar- | ed a definite threat to his title after nesboro High School and Dexel In-|the war. The American sports public stitute. | definitely will be hearing about them In addition to serving as dietitian in "as soon as the war is over, NOW is the time THIS is the place . . . our LAY-AWAY PLAN is the way ... to choose your Christmas Gifts. A small deposit holds your gifts till Christmas. ~ 3-diamond Engagement Ring in elegantly carved 18K gold mounting r - mond Engage- ment Ring in the stylish fish- tail mounting. 18-piece Dresser Set for ladies. The pieces are exquisitely fashioned and beautifully matched $ 95 in luxuriously lined boudoir chest 12 Dunhill Windproof 10K yellow gold with 3 Lighter. Uses no fuel. large flashing garnets Lights in a gale. Sterling Colorful. Distinctive silver. : Lady's Cocktail Ring in Swank set for men. 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