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Lancaster Eagle-Gazette, Tuesday, January 21, 20035A Obituaries Note: Obituaries are paid submissions and are published without editing changes. Fewer minorities in combat roles ON THIS DAY Archie Elliott Archie A. Elliott, 80, Lancaster, died Sunday, Jan. 19, 2003, at Crestview Manor Nursing Home. do that and he fled the scene.

30 YEARS AGO Lancaster High School's basketball team lost to Upper Arlington 68-56. 40 YEARS AGO The Lancaster-Fairfield County Ministerial Association requested Fairfield County Commissioners seek funds without a bond issue toward construction of a new county jail and local detention home. He was a member of Methodist Church, a U.S. Infantryman in World War Ijjl Everett McCormick Everett McCormick, 92, of Amanda, passed away Saturday January 18, 2003 at his residence. He was bora October 2, 1910 in Ross County and was the son of the late John and Bessie Nichols McCormick.

Everett was a lifelong farmer in the Amanda area He is survived by three sons, Everett E. (Marjorie) McCormick, Don A. (Linda) McCormick and Terry D. McCormick all of five grandchildren, four great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife, Evelyn and several brothers and sisters.

Funeral services will be held 1:00 P.M. Wednesday at the Taylor Funeral Home in Amanda with Rev. Robert Hayden officiating. Burial will be in Amanda Twp. Cemetery.

Friends may call from 24 6-8 P.M. Tuesday at the funeral home. The family suggests contributions be made to the Clearport United Church of Christ. Pauline Miller both of Somerset Dustin was a senior at Sheridan High School where he was a member of the Sheridan Football Team. He touched the hearts of many and will be greatly missed byalL In addition to his parents, Dustin leaves behind his stepmother, Deborah M.

Snider of Somerset; a brother, David L. Snider of Zanesville; a stepbrother, Robert L. Morningstar of the U.S. Marine Corp active duty, a stepsister, Crystal Morningstar of Carroll; his grandmother, Nita B. Snider of Canton; aunts: Tina (Pat) Blanchard and Kim (Matt) Rhodes of Canton; Susie (Rod) Dickson of Lancaster, and Sally Daubenmire of Grove-port; uncles, Jeff and Mike Bloss-er, cousins, Mike and Kelly Blanchard, Brian Rhodes, Wyatt Dickson, Tyler Daubenmire, Ed and Linda Snider, nephews, Trent Lee and Braylon; grandfather, Homer Blosser; and great-aunt, Wilda Snider.

He is preceded in death by his grandfather, Richard (Dick) Snider; his grandmother, Genny Blosser; his good friend, Larry Dennis; and his dog, Snidlee. Friends may call from noon to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2003, at the Somerset United Methodist Church and one hour prior to the service, which will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Jan.

22, 2003, at the church with Pastor Linda Pinson officiating. Burial will be in Somerset Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the Bope-Thomas Funeral Home, P.O. Box 188, Somerset, Ohio 43783. Looking Back 10 YEARS AGO River Valley Mall hosted a Wild West showthat included a 40-foot western town, a gun-fight and a western barn dance.

20 YEARS AGO A man attempting to rob the Dollar Savings Bank, Picker-ington, asked to use the telephone and said "Give me all your 10s and One of the bank's tellers said she could not Today in History The Associated Press Today is Tuesday, Jan. 21, the 21 st day of 2003. There are 344 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Jan. 21, 1793, during the French Revolution, King Louis XVI, condemned for treason, was executed on the guillotine.

On this date: In 1861, Jefferson Davis of Mississippi and four other Southerners resigned from the U.S. Senate. In 1915, the first Kiwanis Club was founded, in Detroit. In 1924, Russian revolutionary Vladimir Ilyich Lenin died at age 54. In 1942, Count Basie and His Orchestra recorded "One O'Clock Jump" in New York for Okeh Records.

In 1950, former State Department official Alger Hiss, accused of being part of a Communist spy ring, was found guilty in New York of lying to a grand jury. (Hiss, who always maintained his innocence, served less than four years in prison.) In 1950, George Orwell, author of "1984," died in London. In 1954, the first atomic submarine, the USS "Nautilus," was launched at Gro- By DAVE MONIZ and TOM SQUITIERI USA TODAY WASHINGTON Contrary to popular belief, the soldiers likely to do most of the fighting and dying in a war against Iraq are not disproportionately blacks and other minorities, demographic data show. Instead, minorities have gravitated toward skilled, non-combat jobs, while white solders make up the vast majority of U.S. front-line combat forces.

The tilt toward white combat troops is part of a little-publicized trend recognized by many senior commanders and a small group of scholars who study the military. "If anybody should be complaining about battlefield deaths, it is poor, rural whites," said Charles Moskos, a military sociologist at Northwestern University. When Rep. Charles Rangel, called recently for the return of a military draft, he evoked images of inequality raised during the early years of the Vietnam War, when black soldiers died at rates much greater than their share of the U.S. population.

But while Rangel is right that blacks and lower income Americans still serve in disproportionate numbers, that fact misses another significant trend. While the military is about 20 percent black compared to some 12 percent of the U.S. population blacks make up a far smaller percentage of troops in front-line combat jobs. In a host of high-risk slots from Army commandos to Navy and Air Force fighter pilots African Americans constitute less than 5 percent of the force, statistics show. African Americans, especially in the enlisted ranks, tend to be disproportionately drawn to non-combat fields such as unit administration and II, a member of the American Legion Post 11, and was a retired pasteurizer after 45 years at the luscan Dairy, Union, N.J.

He is survived by his wife, Alexandria Elliott; daughter and son-in-law, Dotty and Kenny Drake, all of Lancaster; grandsons and wives, Scott and Son-dra "Nikki" Drake, Amanda, Chad and Nikki Drake, Lancaster; and great-grandchildren, Mikaila Drake, Sonny Alexandra Drake and Camron Drake. He was preceded in death by his brother, James Elliott. Funeral service will be held at 1:30 p.m. Thursday in Frank E. Smith Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Thomas P.

Rogers officiating. Burial will follow at Floral Hills Memory Gardens, where the Lancaster Veterans Burial Detail will conduct services. Friends may call 2 until 4 and 6 until 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Memorials may be given to the Lancaster Area Parkinson's Support Group.

ton, Conn. In 1976, the supersonic Concorde jet was put into service by Britain and France. In 1977, President Carter pardoned almost all Vietnam War draft evaders. In 1997, Speaker Newt Gingrich was reprimanded and fined as the House voted for first time in history to discipline its leader for ethical misconduct. Five years ago: President Clinton angrily denied reports he'd had an affair with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky and tried to get her to lie about it.

Today's Birthdays: Actor Paul Scofield is 81. Actress Ann Wedgeworth is 68. Blues singer-musician Snooks Eaglin is 67. Golfer Jack Nick-laus is 63. Opera singer Placido Domingo is 62.

Singer Richie Havens is 62. Singer Mac Davis is 61. Singer Edwin Starr is 61. Actress Jill Eiken-berry is 56. Singer-songwriter Billy Ocean is 53.

Actor Robby Benson is 47. Actress Geena Davis is 46. Basketball player Hakeem Olajuwon is 40. Actress Charlotte Ross is 35. Actor John Ducey is 34.

Actress Karina Lombard is 34. Rapper Levirt (B-Rock and the Bizz) is 33. Rock DJ Chris Kilmore (Incubus) is 30. Juanita Trickett Larry Lax Sr. Larry E.

Lax 55, of Lancaster, passed away Monday, January 20, 2003 at Fairfield Medical Center. Larry was a Vietnam Army Veteran and he attended New Life Christian Center, Lancaster. Pauline E. Miller, 97, Baltimore, passed away Sunday, Jan.19, 2003, at Crestview Manor Nursing Center. She was a member of the New Zion United Methodist Church, Baltimore.

She is survived by daughters and sons-in-law, Marjorie and Bill Grooms of Grove City; June Miller of Columbus, Jo Ann and Earl Fauble of Amanda; Evelyn Miller of Columbus; son and daughter-in-law, Robert and Donna Miller of Junction City; five grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; sisters, Dortha Swine-hart of Columbus and Genevie Swinehart of Blue Rock; and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, Eldo Miller; parents, Barney and Fannie Conrad; sisters, Leona Myer and Marguerite Schull; and brothers, Chester Conrad and Paul Conrad. Funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the Johnson-Smith Funeral Home Chapel, Baltimore, with the Rev. Cheryl Foulk officiating.

Burial will follow in Union Evangelical Cemetery, Baltimore. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Memorials may be given to the New Zion United Methodist Church in Pauline's memory. He is survived by his wife, June Lax; daughters, Kathy Wells, Ta i a (Bradley) Forrest; Juanita M.

Trickett, 79, Rushville, died Sunday Jan. 19, 2003, at her residence. She was born to Bill and Beu-lah Shahan DeVault on Aug. 7, 1923, in Fairmont W.Va. She was retired from Essex Wire and National Meter Parts.

She is survived by daughters, Shirley (Butch) England of Lancaster, Pat (John) Tirtonegoro of Rushville, Mary Miller of Bremen and stepdaughter Sherry (Wayne) Seymour of Williamsport; six grand children; and three great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by husbands, Albert Boyd Trickett and Kenneth A. Campbell; grandson, Jay Michael England; brothers Harry and Francis DeVault; her parents; and son-in-law, Bob Miller. Services will be held at 3:30 p.m. Thursday at the Good Shepherd Church with Pastor Michael Dexter officiating.

Interment will follow in Maple Grove Cemetery. Friends may call at Frank E. Smith Funeral Home 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday and one hour prior to the service at the Church. Memorial Gifts may be given to the Good Shepherd Church Building Fund do Pastor Dexter 1017 S.

Broad St. Lancaster, Ohio 43130. 1 5 Months 24 Months 36 Months 2.52 quarterly APY 3.03 quarterly APY 3.29 quarterly APY sons, Larry Lax Steven Lax, step-son, Bob (Cheryl) Taggart; 13 grandchildren; brothers, Les (Judy) Lax, Lawrence (Diana) Lax, sister, Delores Adkins Mack; several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, Ernest and Lovella Lax and a twin brother, Terry. Funeral services will be held at 12:00 p.m.

Thursday at Halte-man-Fett Dyer Funeral Home. Burial will be in Floral Hills Memory Gardens where the Lancaster Veterans Burial Detail will perform military services. Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Dustin Snider Enjoy a one-time interest rate adjustment after six months.

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In The All New Alumni Hall Valeria M. Mack, 88, Lancaster, formerly of Glenford, died Sunday, Jan. 19, 2003, at Sun-bridge Homestead in Lancaster. Valeria was born Nov. 11, 1914, in Hopewell Township, Glenford, Ohio, the daughter of the late Rufus and Dessie Luva-da "Louie" Hanby Helser.

She was of the Lutheran faith, being a former member of Good Hope Lutheran Church where she was a past organist; a 1932 graduate of Glenford High School; a member of Glenford Senior Citizens and Lancaster Olivedale Senior Center and was a charter member of Hopewell Township-Glenford Fireman's Auxiliary. Surviving are two daughters, Doris (David) Shiltz and Carol (John) King, all of Sugar Grove; three grandchildren, Jennifer (Kirk) Hickman, Holly (Rob) Bope and Erin King; five greatgrandchildren, Robert Hickman, Kristina Hickman, Kaylee Hickman, Courtney Bope and Colin Bope. She was preceded in death, in addition to her parents, by her husband of 40 years, whom she married June 24, 1933, Lloyd R. Mack (Jan. 24, 1974); two brothers, Jay and Carl Helser; and one sister, Vera Trout.

Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2003, at the Bope-Thomas Funeral Home in Somerset. Private family services will be observed on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2003, with the Rev.

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