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Lykens Standard BAM NEEOS PILOTS DE A EM I ice per year. Single Copy, 5c Lykens, Friday Morning, August 11, 1944 Volume 46- -Number 32 Robert H. Grell, tty formerly Of Town, MO Illed In Action 8: eived by his father, Mr. Donald According to a telegram reAUrell, of Harrisburg, Thursday of week, his son, Lt. Robert enry Grell was killed in action France.

Lt. Grell born in Wilamstown, January 25th, 1922, th) was the son of the late Werdt Grell and Donald formerly of Lykens. He attended the Lykens Public chools for three years after which he entered the Hershey adustrial School, having gradTE fated from that institution in He was a member of the enna. National Guard and at he outbreak of hostilities was le to Camp Shelby. From SElamp Shelby he attended offitraining school and was missioned in 1943.

Connected with the 90th Field artillery he participated in the avasion of Normandy, having lech sent out of the country for Moseign duty in April 1944. Before entering the army he employed as a welder by Glenn Martin Baltimore, Maryland. At Camp Shelby in 1942 he vas united in marriage to Miss Louise Bittner, formerly of Naynesboro, now residing with ler mother, 220 Forster Street, 1 Harrisburg. Besides his father he is surived by his wife and one son, tobert Eugene, who was born ANTe ransfer to foreign after his duty. hip For a number of years Lt.

Frell resided with residents in and is well known in chis vicinity. JAP BEETLE DRIVE style holed With the use of a deadly "milINST disease' 'germ that will harm man, animal, plant or insect ccept Japanese beetle and a Every other undesirable grubs unturder ground, the second phase of 1944. battle on the invading nemy insect got under way in insylvania this month. In hon phase during late May eiproximately 2,400 Korean an TERSasp parasites were liberated, ach capable of killing close to DO beetle grubs. AST MONTH ESTABLISHED MARK AS DRIEST JULY IN 57 YEARS TOR July faded into the limbo LS past months the weather swelbu- officials announced to ring Pennsylvanians that it PA established a record of bethe driest July in 57 years.

nant incident came reports from the with this announcetate Department of Agriculture this prolonged hot and dry has reduced the yield of retable crops for canning but canneries were operating available supplies which leave little for civilian conlumption after meeting military equirements. FLYING FIELD BUILT NEAR ELIZABETHVILLE ow Two Elizabethville airmen recently transformed a leid on the William Klinger a short distance west of into what will 10011 be a private flying field. LET ke The two Elizabethville busimen, Edward Romberger Marlyn Lesher, now aviahave been flying for some JICA from the Penn-Harris AirHarrisburg. Romberger is at present ding a hangar in which to souse his Taylorcraft plane, and Lesher plans to bring his Cub plane to the field Zelour. LOCAL NAVY MAN HOME ON SURVIVOR'S LEAVE Ox terry Bordner, Petty Officer, U.

avy, who participated in the Ision of enjoying -day leave with his wife and d. in the Hensel apratments, lain street. The ship on which Petty Offier Bordner was returning to the tates in company with 235 othI mnen, was torpedoed and ber ably it sunk. Of the initial is believed but eleven lived. Bordner was one of men rescued after being ft for several days.

LLERSBURG AND MATAMORAS CARS FIGURE IN ACCIDENT Two pleasure cars, the one bedriven by A. K. Ulsh, of Milersburg, and the other by Mrs. Shuey, of Matamoras, figes red in a collision in Matamoras Monday evening, August 7th, P. M.

A According to released the Lykens sub station Penna. tars Police, both passenger Motor were traveling in opposite firections. Mrs. Shuey, the poice said, turned to the left in order to avoid striking several poxes in the street being unloaded from a truck. While passing the boxes, the car drivAn by Ulsh proceeded down the EN ill and in passing, the Ulsh and Shuey cars side-swiped.

Damage to the Ulsh car was Prisestimated at $350. The Shuey tar escaped with $35.00 daamge. 5 Both drivers escaped injury. ATTY. PATRICK E.

KERWIN Pa ADDRESSES ROTARIANS The members of Rotary Club sykens held their regular porting Thursday when the tuest speaker was Attorney PatE. Kerwin, of town. John J. Frank In Navy Since 1923, Buried In Arlington Cemetery John J. Frank, C.

T. of the U. S. Navy, died at the Brooklyn Naval Hospital, Brooklyn, New York, on Tuesday, August 1st, at 7:30 A. M.

Mr. Frank was born in Lykens and the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Frank, of 765 East Main Street, Lykens, who survive in addition to his wife, the former Sue B.

Zeigler. He was a graduate of St. Mary's attended Catholic High School and Lebanon Valley College, Annville, Pa. He was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church, Lykens, and was a member of the Harrisburg and Providence, Rhode Island Lodges of the Knights of Columbus.

A choir of twenty sailors, from Brooklyn Navy Yard sang the Requiem High Mass. The organist and servers were also from Brooklyn Navy Yard. The Catholic Chaplain, Lt. J. P.

Lynch, was the celebrant of the which was held at the U. S. Navy Chapel, Brooklyn, N. on Thursday morning, August 3, at 10:00 A. M.

The Marines were the Guard of Honor until midnight when an escort of eight sailors under the supervision of Chief Warrant Officer Arthur F. Surface, who was a very close friend of Mr. Frank's accompanied the body from Brooklyn, New York, to the Chapel at Arlington Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia. Military services were held on Firday, August 3:15 P. M.

at Arlington Cemetery. Services were conducted by the Catholic Chaplain, Lt. F. J. Brynes, and Lt.

Commander R. A. Nelson, U. S. Officer of Navy Personnel, Washington, D.

C. The firing squad of twentyfour sailors and a bugler stationed at the U. S. Navy Headquarters in Washington, D. were After present the at services the mander Nelson turned to Mr.

Frank's parents and told them that their son died a hero and a martyr for his Country. He also stated that Mr. Frank was considered one of the best torpedomen in the U. S. Navy and that his next promotion, which bein processed, would have been Lt.

Commander. He congratulated Mr. Mrs. Frank on the excellent character of their son and said they should be very proud of him. The flag which covered the was presented to Mr.

Frank's wife a and his mother was presented with Mr. Frank's white uniform. Mr. Frank enlisted in the U. S.

Navy on July 21, 1923, in Philadelphia. He received his basic training at the U. S. Navy pedo School, Newport, Rhode Island, where he was placed on the Honor Roll as being the most efficient man in his company of 120 men. After completing his training at Newport he was sent China where he was assigned the U.

to S. S. Black Hawk and served there for two and one-half years. During the uprising in Shanghai, China, he saw action and was under gunfire. He was awarded a medal for his bravery, courage and leadership.

After his service in the Orient he spent several years touring South Pacific and Pacific Coast; parts of the Holy Land; England, France, Italy, Russia, Belgium, parts of Asia and Africa. He also served two and one From half years November in 1935 California. to February 1939, Mr. Frank was assigned as Officer in Charge of Recruiting at New Haven and Bridgeport, U. S.

Navy Recruiting Station. Following this assignment Mr. Frank was assigned to duty as Officer in Charge of the U. S. Navy Drill Team at the World's Fair in New York.

During this time he was one of the honor graduates congratulated by King George and Queen Elizabeth on their visit to the World's Fair. Mr. Frank first met King George in China when the king was a member of the British Navy in 1926. Mr. Frank then returned to active sea duty until three years ago when he was assigned to the Torpedo School, Newport, Rhode Island, as a Torpedo Instructor.

Those attending the funeral were his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Frank; his wife, Mrs. John J.

Frank; Miss Verna Leary, Mrs. Thomas J. Quinn, Mr. G. William Frank and Mr.

Francis T. Wagner, of Philadelphia; Miss Martha Zeigler Mr. Arthur Zeigler, Red Lion, and Miss Rita M. Buggy, Lykens. REPUBLICAN OUTLOOK "NEV.

ER SAYS TAYLOR Senator M. Harvey Taylor, doubling this year as Republican State Chairman as well as a candidate to succeed himself in the Pennsylvania Upper House is a busy personage. Confident, as always, regarding Republican prospects, the Senator quipped, "I am so wrapup in tne candidacy of Gov. ernor Dewey that I almost forthat I am also a candidate from Dauphin County." asked Republican outThe Senatore beamed when look generally. "Never better," he said.

MANAGER OF GARAGE CONFINED TO HOSPITAL Mr. Charles Uhler, manager of the Lykens Motor Company, has been a patient since Tuesday in the Geisinger Hospital, Danville. His condition was reported as satisfactory. Activities And Happenings Among The Boys In Camp Pvt. Samuel Klinger, of Walter Reed Hospital, spent the week end with his mother, Mrs.

Sam Klinger, in Wiconisco. Pfc. Lawrence Rowe, of Camp Breckenridge, Kentucky, returned to Camp Sunday, after spending a furlough with relatives in Lykens and Wiconisco. Cpl. Isaac Snyder of Fort Dix, N.

is spending an eleven-day furlough with relatives in Wiconisco. Donald Seip, F. of the U. S. Navy, stationed at Fort Newark, N.

spent the week with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Seip, in Wiconisco. Mrs. Flossie Wiest Wiconisco received a change address of of her son Kenneth.

The new address is as follows: Cpl. Kenneth C. Wiest, 33510700, Btry. 796th A. A.

W. (S. A. P. O.

5764, Postmaster, N. Y. Harold Sierer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Sierer, of Wiconisco, who enlisted in the Navy, left Saturday, August 5th and has been assigned to Bainbridge Training Station, Maryland.

His address is: Harold Sierer, 4459 Bks. 422V, U. S. N. T.

This is son of Mr. Bainbridge, Mdthird and Mrs. Sierer to serve in the U. S. Navy.

The others Walter, serving for the past year in the Central Pacific and Chas. E. Sierer, S. Hospital Corp, T-1 Dispensary, Camp Endicott, Davisville, R. Mr.

and Mrs. Andrew Charney of Wiconisco, received word of a change of address of their son Andrew who received his basic training at Keesler Field, Miss. His new address is: Pvt. Andrew Charney, 13158539, Sec. 2, 2117 B.

V. A. A. Fort Myers, Florida. Mrs.

Robert Maurer of Wiconisco received word of her husband's arrival in France; also of his promotion from Corporal to Sergeant. Sgt. Charles Schell and Mrs. Schell of Fort Dix, N. spent the week with Mrs.

Charles Schell, in Wiconisco. Mrs. Daniel Jones of Wiconisco, received word that her son Pfc. Daniel Jones is hospitalized somewhere in England. Lt.

Reynolds A. Hedland, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. A.

Hedland, formerly of town, has graduated as a pilot at a Flying Base in Florida, received his Wings and the commission of Lieutenant. His sister, Peggy Ann Hedland, Yoeman is stationed at Washington, D. C. She received her boot training at Hunter College. Both are very well known by the younger set in town.

Pvt. Edward Hoffman, stationed in Mississippi, and his brother, Corp. Robert Hoffman, stationed in Nebraska, spent furloughs at the home of their ents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hoffman, North Second street.

Pfc. Galen Smeltz, of Toledo, Ohio, son of Mr. Benjamin F. Smeltz, Wiconisco, was recently transferred from Toledo to Aberdeen, Maryland. Paul Williams, S.

son of Mr. and Mrs. Allen Williams, North Second street, and Harold Erdmna, S. son of Mr. and Mrs.

Harold Erdman, Market have their boot train- ing at Bainbridge, and are spending a nine-day leave with their parents. Pvt. William Graeff, serving in a the Signal Corps at Fort Dix, N. spent Friday evening at the home of mother, Mrs. Chas.

Graeff. George Welker, S. of the U. S. Navy, stationed at Bainbridge, and his wife and daughter of Elizabethville, spent the week end at the home of the former's paernts, Mr.

and Mrs. Adam Welker. Pvt. David Harter, whore spent the past year the Medical Corps, and has been transferred to the Infantry at Camp Pickett, spent a furlough at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs.

Jess Harter, North Second Street. Lt. Arthur Klinger, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gurney Klinger, of Tower City, has arrived home for a month's furlough, after completing the required missions as a pilot over enemy territory.

He wears the distinguished Flying Cross and the Air with three oak leaf clustersal After his furlough he will report to Miami, before returning to active duty. The Silver Star for gallantry in action against enemy has been awarded to Tech. Sgt. LeRoy A. Bettinger, of Mr.

and Mrs. Arthur Bettinger, of Tower City, by his commander, Maj. Gen. A. V.

Arnold, in a ceremony held at a Central Pacific base. He is a platoon leader of machine gun platoon, a veteran of two campaigns and also fought in the battle of Attu. Lt. Charles R. Hoffman, son of Mr.

and Mrs. Charles R. Hoffman, 718 Market Street, is completing his training on a Liberator bomber at Pueblo Army Air Base, Colorado. He is the (Continued on Page 2) OUR DEMOCRACY- by Mat OUR GREAT LAKES 1678- FATHER HENNEPIN'S SHIP, THE GRIFFON, FIRST ATTEMPTED GREAT LAKES NAVIGATION, SAILED ERIE AND HURON, WAS LAST SEEN ON LAKE MICHIGAN. 1816- THE STEAMER, ONTARIO, ADVERTISED CARRY PASSENGERS AND MERCHANDISE WITH AS MUCH PUNCTUALITY AS THE NATURE OF LAKE NAVIGATION WILL ADMIT OF." HUBERT MATHIEL 1944- OUR INCOMPARABLE GREAT LAKES FLEET CARRIES TWICE AS MUCH TONNAGE YEARLY AS THAT WHICH GOES THROUGH THE PANAMA CANAL ITS GOAL THIS WAR YEAR 192 MILLION TONS OF ORE, COAL, LIMESTONE, WHEATSTEEL AND BREAD FOR VICTORY.

WE HAVE MADE THE GREAT LAKES MOST IMPORTANT INLAND WATERWAY SYSTEM IN THE WORLD. Trailer Truck Collides With Eliazethville Auto, Monday Eve A trailer truck's locked wheels skidding on the wet highway caused it to collide with an' au: tomobile in Middletown Monday afternoon resulting in approximately $150 damage to the truck, according to State Police. No one was injured. Peter Williams, of Philadelphia, was driving the truck and Merle Vanscyoc, of 50 East High street, Elizabethville, was driving the automobile, State Police said. They said the truck was proceeding east on a downgrade, near, the Williams Swatara Creek applied bridge his brakes and the trailer wheels locked, momentarily causing the rear of the trailer to slide to the left and strike the left side of an automobile which was being driven west.

STATIONERY In stock for the Army, Navy and Air Corps. 50 sheets beautifully engraved with a gold insignia and 50 envelopes, $1.00. 16-tf LYKENS STANDARD. PLAN SANITY TEST FOR ELIZABETHVILLE WOMAN Judge Rupp in Dauphin County Court Wednesday appointed Rexford M. Glaspey, Harrisburg lawyer; Dr.

Donald B. Stouffer and Dr. Charles William Smith, Harrisburg physicians, as a commission to inquire into the mental condition of Mrs. Dorothy E. Shaffer, of near Elizabethville.

Both Mrs. Shaffer and her son, William, 16, are detained in the Dauphin County jail on suspicion pending investigation and a hearing before Alderman Armstrong in connection with the alleged shotgun slaying of the woman's husband, William A. Shaffer, 43, quarry worker, who was found dead in bed last July 4. The mother blamed her son and the young man denies the accusation and claims he was asleep when the shot was fired, State Police said. The commission, which was appointed on a petition from the district attorney's office, will probably meet Thursday or Friday of next week, and will later make its report to the court.

FORMER LOCAL MAN WOUNDED IN FRANCE Mr. A. B. Minnich received word that his son, Pvt. Damon Minnich, serving with the Infantry in the 83rd Division was wounded in the leg while on active duty in France and is confined to a hospital in England.

He was inducted into the service one year ago and received his basic training in Camp Campbell, Ky. For many years he has resided in Brooklyn, N. Y. His wife was the former Miss Dorothy Kriner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Chester Kriner, of Brooklyn, formerly of Lykens. His present address is: Pvt. Damon Minnich, 32820673, Infantry, 83 Division, Hqrs. Det. of Patients, 4144 U.

S. Army Hospital Plant, A. P. O. 204, co Post Master, New York, N.

Y. WEEK END PARK ATTRACTIONS The entertainment committee of West Boro Park announce the following free attractions in the park Saturday and Sunday: Saturday night, August 12th, "Dusty Lawson and His Gang." Sunday, August 13th, afternoon and evening, "Breininger's Marimba Band." School Board Meeting Held Tuesday; School To Open Sept. 5th The regular monthly meeting of the Lykens Board of Education was held in the Director's Room of the school building on Tuesday evening, August 8th. T. Herman Butcher, President, presided at the meeting with all other members present, namely Klinger, Ramsey, Clay and Bateman.

Regular routine business was transacted. The new school term will begin on Tuesday, Sept. 5th at 9:00 A. M. All children who will be 6 years of age on or before February 28th, 1945, inclusive, may enter school, provided they have been vaccinated and can show a physician's certificate of successful vaccination when they register.

O. E. S. GARDEN PARTY To be held at Charlotte Hawk's grove, Tower City, Thursday, August 17th, 7 P. M.

Cards will be in play and refreshments served. Admission 50c. All welcome. Benefit Swatara Chapter 294, Order of Eastern Star. 32-1t COW TESTING REPORT FOR JULY 1011 cows were on test in the Dauphin County Dairy Herd Improvement Association during the month of July, according to the report of the supervisors for the Association, Cletus Gerber and Carl Schmucker.

The report shows 106 cows produced over 1000 pounds milk and 124 over 40 lbs. of butterfat. 126 cows produced over 1200 lbs. of milk and 49 over 50 lbs. of butterfat.

2 cows were sold for dairy purposes and 15 for non-dairy purposes. TOMATO GROWERS TO MEET IN FISHERVILLE Two meetings, for tomato growers, have been arranged by County, held Agent on A. S. Monday, Frommeyer August 14, at the following farms: 2:30 P. of David Heisey, one mile north of Highspire (Known as Edith Yingst Farm).

7:00 P. of Ira and Charles Keiter, east of Fisherville. J. M. Huffington, Vegetable Specialist from State College, will demonstrate the picking and grading of tomatoes and discuss other problems farmers may have on the growing of this crop.

All tomato growers and their pickers are urged to attend one of these meetings. MEETS WITH PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE ON FARM PROBLEMS Mark N. Witmer, widely known Dalmatia poultryman and farmer, who is a member of the executive committee of the Pennsylvania Council of Co-operative Organizations, attended a meeting of state agricultural representatives in Pittsburgh, last week. Governor Thomas E. Dewey, Republican candidate for president, had requested the meeting to afford him an opportunity to sit down with agricultural leaders of Pennsylvania to discuss farm problems in this state.

LYKENS FLYER ARRIVES HOME AFTER 30 MISSIONS Having completed thirty successful missions over enemy territory in the European theatre of operations, Eugene A. Hoffman, U. S. Air Forces, arrived in the United States, Tuesday, having been granted a 21- day furlough. He is a son of Mr.

and Mrs. Robert Hoffman, North Second street, Lykens, and before his induction was employed by this newspaper. entered the U. S. Army Air Forces in October 1942 and was sent out of the country for foreign service October 1943.

He was based in England for ten months. After spending his furlough in Lykens and vicinity, he will report to a base in Nebraska where he will be instructed on the new B-29 bomber, the type used for the recent bombing of the Japanese mainland. J. P. NESTOR UNDERGOES OP.

ERATION IN HARRISBURG HOSPITAL Mr. J. P. Nestor, senior member of the firm of Reiff Nestor Lykens, underwent a major operation in the Harrisburg Hospital, Tuesday. His condition was announced as somewhat improved yesterday morning.

He was taken the hospital Monday in the Reiff Helt ambulance. APPROVED RECOMMENDATION FOR DIVORCE Judge Rupp approved the recommendations of masters for these divorces: Mrs. Evelyn Arlene Angstadt, Wiconisco, from Earl F. Angstadt, Stak General Hospital, Charleston, S. married in Reading October 6, 1934.

separated June 10, 1938, on the grounds of desertion. RECEIVES PURPLE HEART Corp. Albert Adams, husband of the former Mae Edwards, of Williamstown, recently was awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received in action in France. Vincent McCormick Wounded In France; In England Hospital P. F.

C. VINCENT McCORMICK Pfc. Vincent D. McCormick, youngest son of Mrs. Katharine McCormick and the late James McCormick, East Main Street, is hospitalized in England after being seriously wounded while serving with the Infantry in Normandy, France.

He left for overseas duty in May and visited at his home in town before his departure. Pfc. McCormick was inducted into the U. S. Army on May 10, 1943 and was assigned to the Infantry at Camp Shelby, where he received his basic training.

He was transferred to Camp Meade, and later sent to an embarkation point. He left the States in May and landed in Wales and later in England. Shortly after arriving in England he was sent to Normandy, France, where he seriously wounded in action on July 18th. His mother has received several latters from him from a hospital in England. Prior to leaving for Service he was employed as a clerk in the A.

P. Store, Lykens. He has two brothers serving their country. They are James F. McCormick, medical Bn, stationed at Camp Atterbury, Indiana, and John R.

McCormick, G. M. serving in the U. S. Navy in the Pacific Area.

WILLIAMSTOWN GETS NEW FIRE TRUCK The new fire truck which was purchased by the American Legion of Williamstown to be presented to Liberty Hose Company No. 1 of Williamstown, arrived at that place recently. The truck is a product of Hahn Motors, of Hamburg, and has all the latest improvements found on fire fighting hicles. It is up-to-date in every respect. The underwriters made their inspection the truck on Wednesday of last week and approved the truck in every detail and it is being equipped ready for use.

A presentation and dedication ceremony will be held in the near future, the defnite date to be announced later. PVT. ROBERT MALICK MISSING IN ACTION A telegram was received by Mrs. Betty Fromme Malick, of Dayton, from the War Department last Thursday advising her that her husband, Pvt. Robert Malick, was listed as missing in action since July 8.

Pvt. Malick who is of age, was with the invasion forces that landed in He entered the service Normandy: ber, 1943, and received his basic training at Fort McClellan, bama, prior to being sent overseas in May of this year. He was a graduate of Williamstown high school and prior to entering the service was employed as a truck driver by Raymond A. Wren of Williamstown. Pvt.

Robert Malick, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Malick, of Dayton, east of this vicinity. He has two brothers, Raymond, in France, and Earl, stationed at Fort Dix, N. J.

A third brother, Jack was scheduled to report for Naval training on Tuesday. WOMAN APPOINTED TAX LECTOR The Dauphin County Commissioners Friday appointed Miss Edith Shepley, Halifax, R. D. 1, as tax colector of Halifax Township. She will succeed Charles I.

Glace, who resigned last Feb. ruary 18. The commissioners will give her the 1944 county tax duplicate for collection after the necessary bond is filed. FORMER WILLIAMSTOWN SEAMAN MISSING IN ACTION Mr. and Mrs.

John Medvic, of 3443 North Fifth Street, Philadelphia, have been recently notified by the War Department that their son, John Medvic, S. is missing in action. The Medvic family are former residents of Williamstown. Real Estate Transfers Estate of Mary Matilda Graham. late of Williams Township, to Carrie Klinger and son, William Hummel, two-tsory frame dwelling along the northern side of West Broad street, Williams Township, $500.

Home Owners' Loan Corporation to Edward J. Golden, 645 Main Street, Lykens, $400. Corp. Raymond H. Holwig, Of Wiconisco Killed In Pacific Area Corp.

Raymond Harry Holwig, 23, U. S. Marine Corps, was killed in action in the Pacific area, according to a telegram received by his wife, Mrs. Harry Holwig, the former Miss Eleanor Smeltz, of Gratz, Tuesday. August 8th.

Corp. Holwig was born in Wiconisco and was the son of the late Mrs. Annie Witmer Holwig and Harry Holwig, now residing in Elizabethville. He attended the Wiconisco schools and after mother's death resided with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.

George Witmer. July 26th, 1942 he was united in marriage to Miss Eleanor Smeltz, of Gratz, who with his grandfather, Mr. George Witmer, of Wiconisco, and his father, Holwig, of Elizabethville, survive. Two brothers, Staff Sgt. William George Holwig, U.

S. Marines; Edward Henry, Holwig, S. and one sister, Miss Margaret Holwig, who makes her home with her grandfather, also survives. Corp. Holwig, who was inducted in the U.

S. Marines, July 25, 1942, was last heard of on Saipan Island, in the Pacific, where he met his brother, William, while in the front lines. He was a member of the Wiconisco Methodist Church, Veterans of Foreign Wars and Lykens Hose Company Band. ELECT TEACHERS FOR BERRYSBURG SCHOOLS Two Williamstown Miners Killed In Mine Blast At Tremont Two Williamstown miners were killed and two others were injured, one seriously, on Monday when a pneumatic drill struck a charge of dynamite that had been previously placed in rock tunnel the men were driving at the Indian Head Coal Company colliery four miles east of Tremont. George Kochko, 48, of 125 East Broad street, Williamstown, was killed almost instantly after the explosion.

He is survived by his wife. Funeral services were held Thursday morning. George Serenko, 34, of Mountainside, Williamstown, hours afterward in the Warne Hospital, Pottsville. Surviving him are his wife and three children, two sisters and two brothers. Funeral services were held this morning.

Alfred Chupik, 35, of 119 West Market street, Williamstown, was seriously injured and is undergoing treatment in the Warne Hospital, Pottsville. Chupik's condition reported fair. His injuries were to the head and face and included a compound fracture of a forearm. His eyes were badly damaged, it being necessary to remove one of them. George Mallinich, 54, also of Williamstown, was blown away from the operation and suffered cuts and bruises.

Deputy Coroner William Shultz of Tremont, issued a report that the deaths were accidental. He said an inquest held later. ELIZABETHVILLE COUNCIL SELECTS TAX COLLECTOR Elizabethville borough council by a vote of 4-3 elected Harvey Hoffner, tax collector, to serve the remainder of the term of James F. Hoffner, who died several weeks ago. The term expires in January, 1946.

BLAKE-WARDE The engagement of Miss Mary Elizabeth Warde to Pfc. Arthur Benedict Blake, son of Mr. and Mrs. Azel Ficke Blake, of St. Johns, New Brunswick, has been announced by her mother, Mrs.

Andrew Jackson Bohl Millersburg. Her father was the late Ernest L. Warde, of Millersburg. Miss Warde was in June from Millersburg High School where she was elected to membership in the National Honor Society. She has studied music at Pennsylvania State College and is registered in the De Forest Training School Chicago, where she will study radio electronics after December 1.

She is the granddaughter of Mrs. Chas. H. Smiley, Belvedere Apartments. Private Blake attended St.

John's High School and Andover Academy. He received his BE degree from Yale University where he was on the championship shell crew and is a member of Alpha 'Chi Sigma fraternity. Now stationed at Camp Crowder, in the Signal Corps, he received his basic training at Fort McClellan and was enrolled in the ASTF in the University of Alabama. RECOVERING FROM TONSILECTOMY Miss Shirley Thompson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

John Thompson, Market street, is recuperating at her home, following an operation in the Polyclinic Hospital, Harrisburg, for the removal of tonsils. Miss Thompson was a member of this year's graduating class. At a recent meeting of the Lykens Valley Joint Vocational School Board, Berrysburg, the members elected George Light, Killinger, supervisor of music of Berrysburg schools. Light, a graduate of the Shippensburg State Teachers' College and Ithaca Conservatory of Music, New York, served as music supervisor in the Corning, New York schools, and was director of the Elizabethville Shcool Band year. He succeeds Dennis Geesey who resigned.

Mrs. A. L. Zechman, of Elizabethville, was elected teacher of mathematics and science in the high school. She is a graduate of Bloomsburg State Teachers' College and Ursinus College.

She also taught in the Collegeville a Shoemakersville hi schools. She succeeds Capt. Robert L. Shetron, who has been granted a military leave of absence. He is serving with the Army in the Pacific area.

STATE CONVENTION OF GION TO BE HELD IN HARRISBURG, AUG. 16 TO 19 The State Convention of the American Legion and the American Legion Auxiliary will be held in Harirsburg on August 16 to 19, inclusive. Delegates from the Legion and Auxiliary will attend the sessions, ELIZABETHVILLE MAN WOUNDED IN FRANCE Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Buffington, West Main street, Elizabethville, have recently been advised by the War Department that their son, Pfc.

Buffington, was wounded July 10 while fighting in France. The soldier, in a letter to his parents, writes that his condition is improving and he is a patient in a United States Army hospital. Private Buffington entered the Army in March 1942, and has been overseas since early this year. Williamstown Soldier Killed In Action In France, July 27th According to a telegram received Thursday, Pvt. Robert J.

Host, 23, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Host, of Williamstown, was killed in action in France on July 27th. The telegram was received by his wife, the Mabel Howe, of Williamstown, who with his one son, 18-months of age survive. Pvt.

Host is also survived by two brothers, James Host, Pvt. Jack Host, Harold, at home; and two sisters, Mrs. Gladys Behney and Shirley Host at home. Letters In Estate Charles O. Kessler, late Rush Township, left a $1175 estate to his children under a will filed for probate at the Dauphin County Courthouse Monday.

The will provides that his sons, Clinton P. Kessler and Clyde Kessler, shall receive a saw mill. The residue of the estate shall be given in equal shares to his four children, Ciniton P. Kessler, Tower City, who is named executor of the estate, Mrs. Ruth Scheib, Miss Hilda Kessler and Clyde Kessler.

Amos Robert Rothermel, late of Lykens Township, left a $500 personal property estate. The heirs are his widow. Mrs. Laura Irene Rothermel, Gratz, who applied for letters of administration to settle the estate, a son. Stanley Junior Rothermel, and two daughters, Arlene Louise and Mildred Marie Rothermel, all of Gratz.

Mrs. Amanda E. Miller, late of Jackson Township. left a $16,000 estate in personal property according to an estimate filed at the Dauphin County Courthouse, Wednesday. The heirs are a son, John L.

Miller. Halifax R. D. 1, who applied for letters of administration to settle the estate, and a daughter, Miss Katie E. Miller, also of Halifax R.

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