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''I SIB i SVfV 'l 1(1' ill PACE FOUR.A S' 11' IT'S i i. Ih POUGHKEEPSIE SUNDAY NEW YORKER SUNiW. "FEBRUARY 18. la Album of Area Men, Women in Service feuBBESsEXSl BBESsESsESESBEBfBM ttHH bbebesesesesesec Technlcan Fifth arde WILLARD t. RIVENBURO, son of Mrs.

Florence D. Rivcnburg. 17 South Clinton street, hu recently returned from 2S montru of duty In Alaska and the Aleutian theater of operation! where he aerved with a Quartermaster detachment and an engineering combat company. He has reported to the Army around forces redistribution itatlon at Lake Placid, for reprocessing. aKJ JHHoW JJ4T' BAFnurt Corporal EARL W.

DAT JR ion of. Mr. and Mrs. Earl W. Day.

67 Washington street, enlisted In the Army Dec 28, 1(39. He served In North Africa, Italy and three years In Panama with the Engineer corps. He 1 the holder of the Oood Conduct ribbon and the pre Pearl Harbor ribbon. An award of the Purple Heart wui made to Private ROCCO RANIERI, son of Mr. and Mrs.

Roc co Ranlerl, Wapplngers FalU, for wound! received in action In Prance en Dec. 4. He entered the Army Jan. 1944. and received his baste training at Camp Blending, Camp Van Dorn.

and Fort Meade', Md. He attended St. Marys school and was employed by the PVM corporation before he entered service. BEBEBEBEBEBEsWbBEW SBEBEBEBEBr "JI bbbbIbH BBxaxsKHLvi A. CAXBCTI c.

cAtiam Two Private First Class ACHILLES F. CALENTI and Private CARMTN CALENTI. son! of Mr. nd Mrs. Ouldo CalentL ST Dutchess avenue, are serving In the armed forces.

Private First Class Aehinei Calentl entered service Jan. 23, 1943 and received his basic training at Atlantic city, N. J. He trained as a telephone lineman with a Signal corps unit, attached to toe Air corps at Camp Kohler, Calif, and De Rider Army Air base. La.

He la now stationed the Aleutian Islands. Before entering service, he tu employed at the Whitman Publishing company. Private Carmln Calentl entered service Nov. 1143, nd received his basic training at Wood Island Park, Boston. He was then transferred to Newport.

R. I. end sent overseas. After five months of service, he was returned to the states for reassignment and Is now serving somewhere In France as a member of the Filth Ranger oai tallon. Prior to entering aervlce.

he was employed by the Whitman Pub lishing company. Bom croincra at tended Poughkeepsle i High school and Private Carmln Calentl was a member of the baseball team. What, No Lace? LONDON (API Downs of men re Walking around London wearing women's "panties." A men's shop coukuo get any mens snorts wun 33 lnch waist and bought a supply of women's panties made of a utility material. They went like hot cakes and the elastic tops were the most popular feature. tVnsltlvlty In radio Is a term used to define (he degree to which a radio receiving' set responds to signals of the frequency to which If Is tuned.

Marine Technical Sergeant ARTHUR A. OAKLEY, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Oakley, 80 Carroll street, has been promoted to nls present rank at El Torn, Marine corps Air station, Santa Ana, where he Is an ordnanccman in torpedo bomber squadron. lie Jrlas served one tour of duty In the south Pacific.

Sergeant ERNEST O. I.E ROY. son of Mrs. Per Le Roy, 30 Raymond avenue, who recently re turned from overseas duty, has re ported to the Army around Service Forces Redistribution sta tion. Lake Placid.

He entered service In April. 1041 and was overseas for S3 months, serving with an ordnance unit In the Caribbean theater of operations. KTaf A'assssssssssBSW. waVsAJpHBM BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBrk BaB IssssssssssaHKJassssfl CAMERON Lieutenant DONALD P. CAMERON Jr.

son of Mr. and Mrs. Cameron, of 7 St. John's parkway, who received his commission In December, 1S44. A graduate of Prince ton university.

January. 1943. Cam eron attended the Mldshlpmena school at Annapolis. from which he was graduated as an ensign In September, 1943. Training In steam turbine work, Cameron was assigned to destroyer escort duty and now Is engaged on patrol craft, and Is stationed at Pnget sound, off the coast of northwestern United States.

PITCHER Private OLIVER PITCHER, son of Mrs. E. Callmer Pitcher, Mont gomery street. Is serving with the Third army In France. Known In Poughkeepsle as a promising young playwright, he saw some of his work produced at the St.

Petetts Little Theater, the Catharine Street Cen ter and at Bard college. Before entering the Army In August. 194, he was' a student at Bard college and worked with Hallle Flannagan, now dean of Smith college when she was tnccharge of the Federal Experimental theater. While training at Fort Eustls, he wrote the revue, KP Shufler and a later one called, "This Is It" Private Pitcher went oversea in November, 1943, as a member of the 432nd Anti aircraft battalion. I BATO Technician Fourth Orade EDWARD A.

BATOR, sdn of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Bator. 10 Bain avenue. and husband of Mrs.

Dorothy Bator, 60 South Cherry street, was awarded the Bronae Star while serving vlth a medical unit attached to the 37th Infantry division. The citation accompanying the award read: "For heroic achievement In connection with military operations against the enemy at Salpan. Technician Fourth Orade Bator, in addition to his duties at the aid station, acted as litter bearer and aid man. On many occasions he had to go forward through heavy enemy Are and evacuate casualties. Seversl tunes he Volunteered la replsce air men, wounded at the front lines.

On July 7, 1944, during enemy counterattack on battalion command post, he went through heavy enemy mi chlnegun, mortar and small arms fire several times to "aid and evacuate the casualties." Sergeant Bstor entered the Army Jan. 20. 1941 and trained at Fort McClellan, Ala. Camp Hahn, and Camp Ord. Calif.

He has been serving overseas for three years with the 105th battalion of the 27th Infantry division. Prior to entering service, he was employed at the Hudson River State hospital. Ills brother, Staff Sergeant Stanley Bator, Is also serving with a medical detachment on Leyte Island. gv "BBBBBBSW 4 flBBBaBBBBBBBBBBIBI CBLE TRASS Corporal OEOROE H. CABLE, son of Mrs.

Anna Mae Williams, and husband of Mrs. Orace Cable. 128 Church street, has been awarded the Bronze Star for "meritorious achievement In combat duty during the period of May 11 to Nov. 23." He Is serving with the 85th "Custer" division with the Signal corps some, where In Italy. He also the holder of an Oak Leaf cluster and an expert driving medal.

Corporal Cable entered the Army May 11. 1942. and trained at Camp Shelby. Lees vllle, La. and Fort Dlx, N.

before going overseas in December. 1942. He Is the father of two sons. George Cable and William Henry cable. Seaman First Class CHARLES M.

FRASER. husband of Mrs. Alma Fraser, Noxon road. In a crewmem ber on the L8T (Landing Ship, Tank) "Number One" which recently returned to drydock after 21 months of continued service. The ship took part In the Sicily, Salerno, Arado and Normandy campaigns, and, though bombed and strafed, came through without a direct hit.

The ship carried men and supplies to the continent for the Allied armlea on the Western front. Seaman Nelson has been on active duty with the Navy since December, 1943. Prior to entering service, he was employed In the Art department at Vassax ABBEBEBEBEBEBEBBw' AHEEBBEBEBEbV KaaV. JflBBBin Ibb BBEBEBI 42 ''twSV JS Pi. ABEBkvjbWSi BBEBEBEbV'BBEBeB Douglass UOYNIHAN Borne scholars believe less tlian 20 per cent of American Negroes are of pure African descent.

AT Mov ing 1 and Storage Crating shipping ERLOir 10 YEAR GUARANTEE iSggActr jlr k'? MOTHPROOFING SERVICE 8 M(TPTRiJlJT (Olt Falrvltw Avtnue) Corporal CLYDE DOUGLASS, husband of Mrs. Gladys Hand Douglass. Inwood avenue, has been awarded the Bronae Star while serving with a medical detachment of the Sixth Army group In France. The citation accompanying the award stated that, "Corporal Douglass repeaU dly exposed himself to enemy observation and (Ire by rushing to the aid of wounded comrades." His mother, Mrs. Ellen Douglass, resides at 330 Mansion street.

Second Lieutenant JOHN C. MOYNIHAN. son of Mr. and Mrs. John T.

Moynlhan, 7 Roosevelt avenue, has been awarded an Oak Leaf to the Aid medal for "meritorious achievement" while taking part in the Eighth Air force bombing attacks on vital German Industrial targets. Pilot of "Round Trlpper" a BI7 Flying Fortress, Lieutenant Moynlhan Is a member of the Third Air division, cited by the President for Its historic Eng land to Africa shuttle bombings of Messers'chmltt alrcrill factories at Regensburg. Germany. His wife, Mrs. Rita Moynlhan, lives at 102 Wurts street.

Kingston. Manpower Shortage? BLOOMINQTON, IND (API Monroe County Clerk Earl Baxter. annoyed at 1330 alimony gathering dust in his sale, advertised in a newsphper for the divorcee to come and get It. didn't know I'd been divorced," the beneficiary fold Bas ter When she called for the money. 't 'SiflBBBSB lC! LlSEBSBLflBMSSWaBtBBW KfeiRBBfflR2w4w BBBSBBSBW SB 5'B bbbbIbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbvV EBBBBBBbV BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBvf JtaHnr sbbbbbHi '''bbbbHbbbbbbbbLbVf BBBBIJ BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBWri aBlll aPrSXri 'bbbbbbbbbbWsbHI IBIbMBBBBBBSEv BBBBBBLbHB "rV CsB BBBBbBkBBBKmbHI LbbbbbbbbbbLbHbbH SBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBH ti iwSWtS'' BBBBBBBBBBHBBBBbVI I ft ffiJSfriif ibbbbbbbbbbbbbM I 'il.

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Edge, governor of New Jersey, and Major Luclle Van Bolt, WAC recruiting officer for the Second Service command, at the England General hospital in Atlantic City. Private Miner was wounded near Bologna, Italy and was returned to this country last December. bHkS 1 BfVrsf bbLbHbbKmW jB IIETTERNAN Sergeant LEO HEFFERNAN. son of Mrs. Catherine Allen, 41 Prospect street, who has recently returned from 33 months of overseas service with an ordnance unit In the Caribbean theater.

He has been In the Army since April. 1941, and Is now stationed at the Army Ground and Service Forces Redistribution station, Lake Placid. 4 EBBBsaBJEu BB1 WAil TRAVia ti IJWHWAT Marine Corporal CHARLES J. HEDINOER. has been graduated from the Infantry and Browning Automatic Rifle section school at Camp Pendleton, Calif.

A graduate of Poughkeepsle High school, he was employed by the Western Printing and Lithographing company before enlisting In the Marine corps In January, 1942. He aerved overseas aith the First Raider battalion for L18 months and participated In the Hamoan, New Caledonian, Tulagl, Guadalcanal. New Zealand and. New Georgia campaigns. He also took part In the naval engagements of Savo Island, Enogal Point and Bal roko on New Georgia.

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Fireman Wilson entered service in November, 1943 and trained at Sampson and the Brooklyn Navy Yard. He Is the father of a dauuh I ter. Lynne. Corpi ral JAMES ROB BINS, la serving oversess with the 1 188th General hospital In England, He entered service two vears ado and trained at Camp Pickett, Va. He was formerly employed, at Vassal college.

RAYMOND BCHOriXl Three sons of Mrs. Qeorge Bond. 48 South Bridge street, are serving in the armed forces. Private JOHN SCnOFIELD, 18, enlisted In the Army Feb. 9.

He Is stationed at Camp Dlx, N. awaiting his station assignment. Prior to' entering service, he was employed at the Hoffman company. Staff Sergeant JAMES SCHOFIELD, entered service Aug. 29, 1942 and Is stationed at Lemoore Air field.

Calif. He Is serving as a flight engineer with the Air corps and was stationed for some time In Brazil. His wife, Elizabeth, and son, James reside In Hopewell Junctions Private RAYMOND SCHOFIEIJ3 Is also serving with the corps. He entered the Army In September. 1942, and Is stationed In California.

Prior to entering service, he was employed at the Braendly Dye Works, Beacon. TOBIAS rORTMAH CHARLES R. TOBIAS, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles P.

Tobias, 8 Mitchell avenue, received hLs silver wings and commission as second lieutenant at the graduation exercises of the Advanced Two engine Pilot school, Pecos Army Air field. Pecos. Tex. A graduate of Poughkeepsle High school, he was a student of Clarksnn College of Technology at the time he entered service. Second Lieutenant HENRY J.

PORTMAN. son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Portman, Pendell road, has been awarded the Air medal for "meritorious achievement while participating In sustained aerial operations against the enemy A graduate of Roosevelt High school, he was employed at the International Business Machines corporation when he entered the Army In June, 1942. Mr.

and Mrs. O. Walton Travis, 25 Roosevelt avenue, have been Informed that their daughter, LILLIAN TRAVIS, has arrived safely In France. Miss Travis Is serving with the American Red Cross at the 227th Qeneral Hospital unit. Private First Class ROBERT LASHWAY.

son of Mr. and Mrs. Ross Lafhway, 382 Mansion street. Is serving at the 182nd Station hospital in Italy. Prior to his entry In the armed forces, he was employed at the Fallklll National Bank and Trust company.

He went overseas In August. 1943, and has served In North Africa and Italy. He wears the European African Middle Eastern campaign ribbon with one Bronze Star for participation In the Italian campaign and the Oood Conduct medal. jJbbMb1bbbbVL (prj tW 'c JfM ffj i jet Jar JebbBL. i ebbebbsIebbebbbbHbbbbIBIH CONTE UOODYEAR 18 Reasons for Care CLEARWATER, FLA.

(API The cards were stacked against a motorist who sldeswlped two cars here. He did It In full view of 18 patrolmen lined up In fropt of the police station for a photograph. An English penny Is equal In value to about twice as much as an American jxfn. CO AN OERM1L1.ER Serving In Belgium as a paratrooper Is Private ALFRED O. COR GAN.

son of Anson B. Corgan, Unadllla. and husband of the former Muriel Cross, 44 Taylor avenue. He entered service Frb. 11, 1944 and completed 17 of infantry training at Camp Standing.

Fla He was then sent to Fort Bennlng. where he" won the boots end wings of a paratrooper. His next station was Fort Meade. and from there he was sent overseas In November, 1944. Private Corgan holds several marksmanship medals.

Mrs Mabel Germiller. West street, Wap plngers Falls, has been notified by the War department that her husband. Private JAMES GERMILLER, Is convalescing. from a spinal injury received In action In Germany. Dec 10, 1944, and has been awaitjed the Purple Heart.

Private Germiller entered the Army In May. 1944, and was sent overseas In November, 1944. lie trained at Camp Croft. S. He Is now stationed at the 117th Genual hospital tomgwhert In France.

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Is receiving his final phase of training as an aerial gunner on a B24 Liberator bomber at Walla Walla Army Air field. Wash. Prior to entering the Air corps. Corporal Conte was employed by the DeLaval Separator comDanv Pri vate First Class JAMF1S A. GOOD YEAR, son of Mrs.

Orace T. Goodyear, Salt Point, has been awarded a battle star fur his Asiatic Pacific campaign ribbon In recognition of his combat duty during the battle for the Empress Augusta bay sector on Bougalenv'ille. In addition, he wears the Good Conduct medal. Inducted In the Army April 9. 1942, Private Goodyear trained at Sea Olrt.

N. and Fort Monmouth. N. with the Signal corps. In August of 1943, he was transferred to the Quartermaster corps and sent to Camp Eltts.

111., where he received training for overseas duty. Prior to his lnduc'lon In the Army, he was employed by John Arborlo, contractor. SHARKEY OKOdAN UC KENNA Technical Sergeant JAMES MC KENNA. son of Mr. and Mrs James MrKenna, l'42 Pine street, was recently commended for his "outstanding devotion to duty.

Initiative and at an Air Service command depot in England. The commendation certificate was presented to Sergeant McKejina 'at a ceremony attended by hundreds of soldiers at the depot's theater. As chief of the Inspection department of the depot's vast supply division. Sergeant McKenna and his crew of 30 men keep constant watch that supplies are stored correctly, are kept serviceable, ready for Immediate shipment to a frontline combat organization; A graduate of St. Peter's High school, he wns employed by the Barbara Leather Goods company before Joining the Air forces.

He has been serving overseas with the Air Service command since August, 1942. If ml lift bbHI bbH RjV 'M A sbBEil if 5 MOREHOCS Second Lieutenant RICHARD MOREHOUSE, son of Mr. and Mn, Ouy W. Morehouse, has been assigned to Buckingham Army Air field to attend co pilot school, a graduate of Mlddlebury college. VI, he received his wings and conimU.

slon at Freeman field, In De. ccmber, 1944. He Is a member of Delta Upsllon fraternity. 1 KNUTIN 8TEVEKSKI ROBERT I. KNIFFIN.

son of kot Mae KnlfBn and the late Ira I Knlffln. has received a promotion from corporal to sergeant. He enter. ed service in October, 1942, and Joined the paratroops In June, 1943. Hi went overseas In August, 1944.

Sergeant KnlrTtn's grandparents. Captain and Mrs. Garfield Lansing, reside at 24 Gate street. Private JOHN STEVENSKI, son of Mr. and Mn Joseph Stevenskl, 49'i Taylor are nue, has been serving overseas tor two years.

He entered the Army to July. 1942, and went overseas as St Infantryman. Prior to entering IM Army, he was employed at Dutchess Diner. RAYMOND SHARKEY. Merchant Marine fireman, and son of Mr.

and Mrs. James Sharkey. 34 Bain avenue, was recently home on leave after duty In the south Pacific theater. He entered the Merchant Marine In August. 1944.

at the age of 16 and was on active duty In the Panama canal, at EnJwetok and Leyte. At Panama. Fireman Sharkey found that prices out dld those In the United States by fsr. He said that soft drinks, obtained for five cents here, cost 50 cents there if you drank them standing up and two dollars If you sal at a table. He told of shopping for nylon hose for his sister and buying eight pairs.

However, when he back to his ship he opened the packages and found that he had eight dlsrags. Glad to be Home, the 17 year old veteran' finds It hard to adapt himself to the cold climate. Before entering service, he was an employe of Vassar college and attended local schools. Petty Officer Second Class NELSON OROOAN, son of Mrs. Harriett Orogan.

and husband of Mrs Virginia Gro'gan, 123 Union street. Is serving In New Guinea as a radio operator. He enlisted in the Navy In December, 1942. and trained at the University of Wisconsin and Carthage, before going overseas a year ago. Prior to entering service, hewas employed at the Standard Oage corporation.

He Is the father of a daughter, ralth Joy. Nebula In astronomy Is the pame given to certain luminous patches, In tos'4lgb BPAJIN UKAHAU Private First Cass EMIL 8PAHN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ludwlg Spahn, 218 South Cherry street, has been awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received action In France, Dec. I Private Spahn Is a graduate of Poughkeepsle High school and has been In service for twq years.

He trained at Camp Ballls, and Fort Meade, before going overseas in October, 1943. In addition to the Purple Heart, he wears the Oood Conduct medal, t'lf Italian campaign ribbon with two's! ars, the Presidential Unit citation ribbon, and the Combat Infantryman's bpdge. TELFORD A. GRAHAM, son of Mr. and Mrs.

Edgar T. Graham. 14 Halght avenue, received the commission of second lieutenant and the silver wings of an aerial navigator at the San Marcos Army Air field. San Marcos, graduation exercises last Saturday. While studying at the navigation school, Lieutenant Graham was a student Pffiff WYANT EEv.Ss'' IBBESESESrBBEal 'ABEwHBk iBBESESESEkBBESESB SjW Ja alH 4csbeseseseI BBESESEEwIbW 1 BsH'cBBEfl Marine Corporal OAKLEY E.

WYANT, son of Mr and Mrs. Roy A. Wyant. 49 South Cherry street, has returned from the Pacific where he served as an ordnance man with a Fourth Marine Air Wing squadron. Based In Hawaii and the Marshall Islands, he underwent bombing and shelling raids but was never Injured.

A graduate of Poughkeepsle High school, he also attended Delhi Agricultural and Technical institute. Prior to enlisting In August. 1942. he was employed at the Maravaux farm, Pleasant Valley. Authorization to wear the Distinguished Unit badge has been granted to Sergeant HOWARD F.

HOPKINS, son of Mrs. Mae Hopkins. C7 Albany street. He Is entitled to wear this badge as a member of the 465th Bombardment group of the 15th Army Air force, stationed In Italy, with which lie serves as an airplane mechanic. This group was honored for Its accomplishments In attacks on the Florlesdorf refinery which was "rendered non opCratlonal." Sergeant Hopkins has been In service since Sept.

1, 1942, and overseas since February, 1944. bolce Ttixrm Private FLOYD BOLDE, husband of Mrs. Edith Bolde, Peckham road, was recently home on an eight dsj furlough from Camp Blandlng, Fls. He reported to Fort Meade, Md for further training. He entered the Army In October, 1944.

and trained as 'an Infantryman. Prior to JiU Induction, he was employed at tht Dalrylea Milk company. He Is the father of two children. Floyd Jr. and Sherry.

Private Bolde's mother. Mrs. Joseph Llttell, resides at Brickyard hill. Private FRANK J. TIL LIETS.

22 Delafleld street, Is a member of the 39th Engineer Combat regiment with the Fifth army In Italv. The 39th has. in Italy alone, built 125 bridges. 77 bypasses. 13 culverts, 24 major road blocks, seven airstrips and a floating bridge.

rki BT aABBlKsErTr I CENTENARIAN DIES Natives of Owalraka. New Zealand, report the death of Mrs. Ngaa. mo Kerrhka 103. She was the great great grandmother pf six.

and great grandmother of 23. Natives showed their respect for her great age, many tribes being representee! at the fulcra! UNKIY Lieutenant ROBERT 8ENKIEB. son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Senkler; 565 Main street.

Is home on lesv after 21 months of duty on an sir craft carrier In the Pacific. completes four years of active duty this month, during which timt he has had duty on a destroyer in the Atlantic aifd a battleship and an aircraft carrier In the Pacific; Lieutenant Senkler participated In every major campaign In the Pacific slnei the landings on Guadalcanal In lj up to and Including the battle Leyte gulf. Graduated as salutato rlan of the class of 1935 keepsle High school, he received A. B. and M.

A. degrees from Columbia university. His w. the for mer Mary T. Kelly, and dWJ Pamela Jean, reside In New Yort City.

Private First Class HAROUi P.1.INKEY, husband of the former Pearl Decker, 318 South avenue, ctk tered service March 11. celved his basic training at boro, N. nd advanced tralnlnl at Scott field. 111.. Harllngen TWj and Westover field.

Mass. He i nef stationed at Chattham field, an assistant engineer and gunner on a Liberator bomber, rnj to entering service, he wafL ed by the Buslnr Machine corporation. Son of wj and Mrs. Jacob Linker, WUk avenue. Trlvate Ltakey is the tatM of a daugbter, Beverly Ana..