Harrisburg Telegraph from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania • Page 18

Harrisburgesque A little of this 'n A little of that. By Nobe Frank "She was a frequent visitor at our home in fact, I should say sne was my dear motners aunt. Many times on Sunday Aunt Sally came to our home for dinner after having been to church. "Then she reached the point where she could not hear a word of Reverend Bassler's sermon, but she was in her place just the same as though she could hear every word. "The Rev.

Bassler realized her plight and formed the habit, which was his very own wish to hand her a typewritten copy of his ser mon after the service was over. "I cannot tell you how much Aunt Sally appreciated that I have always thought that it was wonderful for him to put himself to that extra work for one of his humble members. She passed on several years ago, but I have al ways rememDerea tnis very special service Mr. Bassler pqr iormed. "I wanted you to add this to all the other nice things you know about him just for yourself be cause I know it is too much for your column." Sincerely, "NORA BENNETT SHUNK." On the contrary, Nora, it isn't too much to add and I am glad to do it.

It only goes to prove just what a great man the Reverend Bassler was. No service was too great for him to perform in his labor of love. And by the way, the Rev. Henry Raab, who now oc cupies the pulpit at Second Reformed Church seems to have much 6f the Rev. Bassler about him and I am sure he will be successful as were the Reverends Bassler and Hoover.

Bill McKee writes to say that "people are still having birthdays. and I am celebrating mine June 3. As I recall, according to the old 210 roster, yours was in March." The guy has a memory like an elephant. Letter from Hap to Mayor Milli ken, which the Mayor sent to me, It appears that Hizzoner mailed Hap a police courtesy card from the local police department to him over in China, and he answer ed as follows: "Dear Howard I enjoyed your letter and the courtesy card which you enclosed. I doubt that Mayor of or two places near here could read it, let alone honor it.

But to show you my heart Is in the right place, I am going to PAY you for it. Enclosed find ten Chinese dollars just like that. At the present black market rate of exchange, it is worth about six cents in American money. I "shall keep the courtesy card although every place I have been, I must say, there has been little need of it. Town where the maycr could have read it, was such a nice place, I didn't need it, and I doubt if the mayor of City would have read it.

"Glad to know John Hargest is holding up the home front. He says I owe him a letter, but I doubt it. "How are things in Council Boy, it must be great to be in there now with Council begging for workers, instead of trying to find jobs for the faithful, "Best to you." Around the Block. Zev Laskowski forwarding to me a copy of the semi monthly news letter, published by the Old Bairn and Rifle and Pistol Club of Campbelltown (sounds like the Elves, Leprechauns, Gnomes and Little Men's Chowder and March ing Society.) Anyway, the club does a grand job in sending its regularly published news letter to the men of the community in the service, and from all reports, the lads and lassies, scattered around the world look forward with eagerness to its publication. M.

W. Dissinger is the editor, with Mrs. Mary Shirk and I. B. Baseshore acting as assistants.

Associated with these three in getting out the old home town sheet are Owen Hughes, Arlene Long, Mrs. Dorothy Dissinger, Ray Clawser, the Misses C. L. Horst, a Horst, Betty Hainly, Dorothy Flory, Harry Horst and Morns Bachman. Keep up the good work, boys and gals you're doing a great 30b.

And In the mailbag comes the following interesting note from Bob Crist, furnishing all manner of information on some we know. Everyone around Harrisburg memDers i eo MCManon ana a good many sports followers recall the great exploits of Tiny Hewitt, former Pitt and Army football star well, there's something in here about both of them, and also about Pic Robert G. Crist, Bob's son. "Dear Nobe: "A letter from Leo McMahon (Brig. Gen.

commanding 106th Division Artillery), today brought the enclosed clipping about "Tiny" Hewitt, who must have been at Pitt in the dim and distant days Letter from an old friend Noral Bennett Shunk. "When you were saying such nice things in your column, I feel that I should have added some thing too. "I did not have the pleasure of knowing the late Rev. Harry Nelson Bassler, either as a minister or a chaplain. had an aunt who was a member of his church here in the city.

As years went on, she became Nobe Frank very deaf, but she continued her attendance at church. "She was a widow, with a large lamny, and had difficulty rearing her family, financially, but she succeeded, and did a good job of it. NO THAT ONE'LL TAKE 3 ALGEBRA MAYBE GEOMETRY, ORCALCULUS AND fM A LITTLE RUSTY ON ME HIGHER MATHEMATICS 0 DON'T TELL ME YOU'VE FOUND ANOTHER BODY 7 BODY? OH, NO NOT THAT! NO BODY ft ItfS BEEN A BAD WEEK FOI GROGAN, THE DETECTIVE" BODIES ARE BOMESBUT HOW DID THEY SKfEAK INTO MAZIER BASEMENT faith AND fM JUST A SIMPLE I SEE WHAT YOU MEAN, GROGAN a. EQUALS THE UNKNOWN I WITHOUT MV GLASSES I I'M BLIND AS A BLAT Vyj A WELL I'M Jl9 GLAD TO KNOW 1A I (M It) iJbrJkl HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH. Saturday, June 10.

1944 i 3 Hi SIMPLE, EM? DO YOU MEAN TH SILLY SORT OF SIMPLE? I IT IT'S ONLY CCAHI IHk JOHN WUS CO. 1 fi i ii when you were in cursu there. "Thought you would find it interesting to know what he is doing and where he is. The 424th Infantry of which he is acting CO, is at Camp'Atterbury, which is also where Leo is. "It happens that my interest in Hewitt lies in the fact that my Bob, has just been assigned to the AT Company ot the 424th, which explains why Leo very graciously took time enough from a very busy schedule to clip the divisions' newspaper and forward the story to me while he is in the field.

He mentioned, of course, that you probably knew Hewitt. And that's the whole, story. Leo writes me that he is fine and that the 106th Division is one of the best, which is confirmed by. the personal and private opinion of Pfc. Robert G.

Crist, so it must be true. I know you share the opinion of Leo's many friends in these parts that any. outfit with which he is connected can't help but be good, if he just has a chance to work on it. Yours, BOB. Congratulations to a grand old gal Sally Harris, our society editor, than whom there is none whomer, when it comes to gadding about, recently returned from Vassar College, where she attended the 50th reunion of her grad uating class when I have been out of college fifty years, which will be in 1975 well, what's the use ot talking I probably won't be around to know anything about it but there's Sally, just running along like Tennyson's brook, or whatever the brook did.

Persons you just run into in VES LET DONT AND BE TELL ME TH' STIFFS V.TOU WEVE GOT NOW EXPECT TO GET 7 I 4 ITT I I VAA' WE'RE PRAKIULy h. SURROUNDED i i I By DA NIP6, I HUBERT OlNieWE BETTER IS 6E.T INSIDE TME6E AZC "ijlftA WOODEN B.V.D DRAFTIE OQjCOTr N. SAVE US 'CAUSE IT LOOKS AlprTSzlJJ 'SIP WE'RE GONNA SGte HAPTA HIDE BUT good, ft A lm fr 'MfM mm 1 1 v. 'ea 'J fei ji I i 1 I NOT1. I MEAN I'M MAYBE A LITTLE SLOW.

BUT THOROUGH wmim NOW. THAT FIRST BODY. BILL BIESTl HOW THAT GOT INTO TMIS BASEMENT CAW BE FIGURED OUT LIKE ARITHMETIC AMOTMER UNEXPLAINED BODY? FORBID! I heyP WHAT'S THE MATT ANNIE yC GENERAL MIT INSLUCTS MS 7HEDA8NDEST THINGS HAPPEN IN 7 1 YSrrv 7 7 0 feiy 'Wir making the rounds Sol Smith, 'Third and Walnut streets, where he holds forth as "Mayor" Tom Evans, Chief counsel for the Highway Department, practicing up on his speech he was scheduled to give. to a graduating class last week Lloyd Zinn, rcently made vice president of the Howard Foley Company Harry Dayhoff, up and about again, without a cane, and taking the wife, Mandy, out to lunch Joe Kline, always giving you the appearance of having moro business on his mind than he can handle Joe telling me that Governor Bourke B. Hickenlooper, for the Governors' Conference was anxious to meet some of the boys who played against the Cedar Rapids team in 1924 that 4 4 niJtTLA A 'ff SPARS DIS A I A I ip da nips I I .1 EVER RNE OUT UK I DESE TREES ARE US DEVL.L 1 SERRATE US 7 FROM RE6UIAR JV(S could.

have been arranged had we. known it And just to' conclude. The cavalry recruit was instructed to bridle and saddle a horse. Ten minutes later the sergeant major came along for his mount and found the recruit holding the bit close to the horse's head. "What are you' waiting for?" he roared.

"Until he yawns," answered the recruit. Student Listening Post Los Angeles, (JP) Montebello high school students, who assembled a short wave set, use their classroom as a listening post, for Tokio broadcasts. Messages from war prisoners are mailed to relatives. rv lit' "31:. 7 HAROLD 5RAt BUT TH SECOND ONE! HOW Dlb SALAME SAM'S STIFF SNEAK IN HERE AND EVERY DOOR $1 GUARDED? 4r gee! i i dqktt hey! just a head! NO LEGS! IT DIDNt WALK IN HERE GET SOME WATPR.TO THROW OM GDORAkiI MAKES MONKEYSLINES Is I AT ME BEFORE MY lJ SLOLD1ERS tt.

ill It MORE ARITHMETIC. MAYBE IS THAT IT? KNOW EXACTLY I WAS JUST POKIN AROUND BACK THESE BOXES tHfOH, SURE, MAZIE 'RIGHT AWAY LOOKS l1 DA SAME ON DA LIKE A GENKRAU 1 3 COLUMN COMIN I IS LEADING THE NIPS MV WAV WELL ON MV .1 IT WAS NICE KNOWN 3. I ANDVOUSAy JJIJI CAPNAN'IFAAE Sv NEITHER OF f. AN' MUBEQTC'N GET 4 i YOU FIRED JLiK CLOSE ENUF T'THUMB iV I A SHOT? fTsrSil TOJOS AND HITLER'5 if tCS 'EM we 'A" i Vi CN END DA WAR Mother Is As Mother Does Stratford on Avon, (JP) A young flight sergeant from New York edged timidly over to a young Red Cross 'worker with a bouquet of flowers. "Would you mind being my mother for today? he asked.

"If she were here, I'd give her these." The Red Cros worker congratulated the ser geant, iand talked with him fop a few minutes before she was called away. But the sergeant was' right after her. "If my were really here," he "she'd kiss me." mother called, Marines Tell 'Em i In 39 Languages An Advanced Pacific Base, (JP) Enlisted men of the 4th Marine Division apparently would have little trouble establishing theii own League of Nations. A recent survey of Marines who; fought on Roi and Namur, in the! Marshall Islands, revealed that more than 1000 of them speak a variety of 39 different lan i guages, some fluently. 3.