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i POINTS A SPECIALTY HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH, Thursday, Nov. 29. 1945 Get Discharges Trevorton, Nov. 29. Honorably discharged from the Army at In diantown Gap Separation Center, Saturday, was T5 Edwin w.

Gon sar. T5 Blair E. Fisher, and TSgt Herbert M. Lebo. Weds Sergeant Tyrone, Nov.

29. Miss Helen Ieraci, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ieraci, Washington avenue, and MSgt Ralph Baker, Pittsburgh, were married on November 23, at Hollidaysburg, by the Rev. J.

P. Lewis. JSffl (COT) QSBM Mifflinburg Soldier Wounded on Okinawa Miffiinburg, Nov. 29. Pfc.

Or ren B. Mitch, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Mitch, of 341 Walnut street, who was wounded during active duty on Okinawa, suffered his second wound when shot in the thigh November 8 while carrying out his duties with the Military Police with the Army of Occupation in Korea.

News of his second wounding was received by his parents, who learned that the stitches would be removed in a few days. The young soldier has been on overseas service since ftiarcn or 1943, and participated in several major battles in the Pacific area, including the invasion of Leyte and Okinawa. He has a brother, Sgt. Charles Mitch, who is serv All work (urmnteed THE PEN DOCTOR ing with the Army Airways Communications Group on Greenland. PARKER SHEAFFER WATERMAN fVERSHARP CONKLIN ETC FOUNTAIN PENS REPAIRED REPAIRED i con gimnrm; Company, Umj handtiy, N.

Y. Franchited bottlers Lluverdale Spring Company, Harrisburg, Pa. II FOREVER AMBER" Now Available, 3.00 Phone and Mail Orders Promptly Filled GREETING CARDS and CHILDREN'S BOOKS A FULL LINE OF BOOKS ON HOME BUILDING OPEN EVERY EVENING UNTIL 10 BOOK SHOP 28 SOUTH FOURTH ST. PH. 4 3400 "BEAVER, PLEASE, for CHRISTMAS" "I want to wrap myself in its dark, silver gleaming softness the most beautiful retreat from winter that I can Imagine.

So please, Santa, prove that I am truly beloved and see "that I get a Beaver coat for Christmas." We have a feeling that her Christmas dream will come true and why shouldn't it? For there are many exceptionally lovely Beaver coats, priced from 1150.00 to 1675.00 in our Fur Salon second floor Tax Included BE A CHRISTMAS AN6EL SHOP EARLY 20? NORTH THIRD Daily 9.30 to 6: Thursdays Xoon to 9 P. M. Phone 4 4126 Former Resident Based on Honshu, Given Promotion Laurence M. Kissinger, formerly of 1525 Regina street, has been promoted from private first class to technician fifth grade, in recognition of proven ability with a quartermaster company. Cpl.

Kissinger is a member of the 81st Infantry "Wildcat" Division which is now occupying Aomori Prefecture, Northern Honshu. Two area men recently spent a vacation at the U. S. Armed Forces Recreation Center on the Riviera, France, where they enjoyed pleasures and tours organized by the Army. They are Pfc.

William S. Heicher, 260 Broad street, Highspire, and Pvt. Ed ward J. Gassert, 125 South Front street, Steelton. William H.

Brady, seaman 1c, 930 North Second street, saw the American flag raised over Omi nato, Japan, while serving aboard the seaplane tender, USS Tangier Robert Finney, boatswain's mate 2c, USN, 1500 Berryhill street, served during the war aboard the cruiser USS Vincennes, whose crew is now bringing high point Pacific veterans back home to the States. James Wallace Clark, seaman 2c, Hershey, served as a crew member of the auxiliary vessel Kern, which helped to keep the air arm and fleet continuously supplied with gasoline during the long, hard campaign in the Sgt. Paul Deibler, Elizabeth ville, R. D. 1, has landed in San Francisco with the 383rd Anti Aircraft Battalion, the first unit of the 14th An ti Aircraft command to be returned from the Western Pacific.

Sgt. E. R. Simmons, 329 South street, son of Mr. and Mrs.

S. Simmons, North Carolina, in the Air Corps for 43 months as an aviation engineer, has been honorably discharged from service. He served 18 months in the Pacific theater of operations. CpL Harry H. Kirk, husband of Mrs.

Margaret Peipper Kirk, 424 South Fourteenth street, has been awarded his honorable discharge at Greensboro, N. C. He is a veteran of a 22 month tour of duty overseas. Recently discharged from the service at Camp Atterbury, Indiana, were Pfc. Marlin L.

Weaver, 2940 Banks street, Penbrook, and T5 John I. Jovanelly, 839 High street, Enhaut. Stephen F. King, VT3c, 752 Chamber street, Bressler, has been honorably discharged from the United States Navy at the Naval Personnel Separation Center in Shoemaker, Calif. The following military person nel have been honorably dis charged from the service at Fort Dix, N.

T5 Franklyn J. Davis, 1807 North Third street; Second Lieutenant Dorothy Haines, 1506 Walnut street, Camp Hill; and WOJG James D. Deegan, Mata 37 Join Army At City Center Two Harrisburg men were among the thirty enlistments at the Army Recruiting Station, 31 North Second street, yesterday. They were Richard E. Jones, of 251 Crescent street, and Richard L.

Bartholomew, of 312 Rilev treet Harrisburg. Another Har risburg veteran, Cpl. Othal M. Lester, 24 Highland avenue, re enlisted yesterday in the Regular Army. The thirty enlistments were: Edward E.

Wolf, Hubert F. Harmon and C. Dowhower, all of Lebanon; William A. Redden, William D. Walker and Chester G.

Gethers, all of Johnstown; Joseph G. Ostermeier, Marvin W. Nelson, John R. Deisineer. George H.

Weaver and Robert L. Miller, all of Columbia; Melvin Keller and Lee H. Shannon of Altoona; Charles N. Stuck and George R. Tell of Lewistown; Charles R.

Reese. Hershey; Norman F. Egger, York; James R. Taylor, Graceton; Edward T. Ruda, Blairsville; Blaine R.

Stan lslawczyk, Portage; Russell I. Rose, McVeytown; Norman J. Moore, Indiana; Charles R. Fel tenberger, Mount Wolfe; Ralph E. Thompson, Mineral Point; James Potter, Clearfield: Earl L.

Har lin, Hollidaysburg: Joseph LiDto. Vintondale; Harold F. Allen. Hin ton, West Virsinia: and Richard Jones and Richard L. Bartholo mew of Harrisbure.

Seven re enlistments were: 1st Sgt. Joseph Balicki and Pfc. Isaac C. Settlemire of Johnstown; TSgt. Harris B.

Gibboney, Duncansville SSert. 11 A 1 1 Dzmelyk, Smoke Run; Sgt. Adam H. Long, York; Cpl. Othal M.

Les i ter of Harrisburg. and Col. How '5 ard F. Wheeler of Covington Kentucky. Three Union County 3Ien Are Inducted Lewisblirtf 'Mmr 90 TV, a 1 lOVVin? thrpp TTninn nnnnln tees left for induction into the oniicu iurues at tiarrisDurg yesterday morning: Jacob Stahl Beck, Lewisburg, R.

D. Nelson Binga man, Lewisburg, R. D. 1, and George Leroy Wertman, of Mifflinburg, R. D.

2 The youths, who 'left with another ernun nf fmmt I tr wuui 1 1 1 11 ui dered to report for pre induction Dhvsical dressed before their departure by Aiif. A 1 "uu' rursiey, secretary or tne board, who spoke in the absence of the chairman, Roy A. Stahl. More than half of ail tnii onH long distance telephone calls in tne united states begin or end in private branch exchange 5 Cumberland, Dauphin Officers Given Discharges Five Dauphin and Cumberland county officers were released from active duty and 45 area sol diers were honorably discharged today from the Army at Indian town Gap Military Reservation They are: First Lt. Clarence W.

Sellers, 3113 North Third street: Capt. Beverly M. Ward, 1112 North Thirteenth street; 2nd t. ward J. Sawyer.

2 State High. wav. West Fairview; Capt Hugh J. Peeling. 2208 Logan street, Camp Hill; Capt.

William T. Har ris, Dauphin. T5 Paul R. Foreman, 2916 George street: Pfc. Stanley C.

Keller, Grantville, K. JJ. Henry S. Haldeman, Hershey, R. D.

T5 Joseph A. Fenicle, 218 Market street. Duncannon; S5gt. Emanuel L. Weiss, 340 boutn Thirteenth street; TSgt.

Stephen D. Kranchalk, 1933 Whitehall street; CpL William M. Radle, 23 South Twenty ninth street, Camp Hill; T5 Henry Frost, 501 North Front street. Steelton; T4 Walter J. Fox, 400 South Lincoln street, Palmyra.

T5 Clyde E. Armstrong, 271 Christian street, Steelton; SSgt. Lloyd. R. Overholser, 1117 North Third street; T5 Harold P.

Hess, 214 Mvers street, Steelton; Pfc. Robert S. Reigel, 141 'Ivan Ter race; T4 James R. McKelvey, 1935 Logan street; SSgt. Richard L.

Jones, 1103 Wallace street; T5 Carl L. Hocker, Lmglestown; 11 Mahlon E. Fertig, 271 Hamilton street; Pfc. Charles R. Boyers, Harrisburg, R.

D. T5 Stephen Mehalko, West Market street, Williamstown; Cpl. John A. Hollenbach, Millersburg; Pfc. Harvey F.

Miller, Lingles town, R. D. SSgt. Stuart H. Derrick, Duncannon; MSgt.

Evan L. Ludwig, 35 North Third street, Newport; Pfc. Nicholas Schoen, III, 323 Swatara street, Steelton; Pfc. William A. Grigsby, 38 Balm street; Sgt.

Paul A. Glaa, 865 South Third street, Steelton; Pfc. Quentin F. Heaps, Camp Hill. Pfc.

Arthur R. Poormar. Route 1, Middletown; Cpl. James A. Mikos, Halifax, R.

D. SSgt. Earl M. Hosier, 745 North Railroad street, Palmyra; T3 Anthony O. Gerlach, 220 Peffer street; Sgtr John Sansone, 1355 Vernon street; T5 Lee B.

Schorr, Millersbu TSgt. Lloyd C. Flory, 212 East Cherry street, Palmyra; T4 Clarence E. Steck, 648 Camp street; Sgt. Ken Rear Admiral Given Award Philadelphia, Nov.

29, (JPh Rear Admiral Milo F. Draemel, com mandant of the Fourth Naval Dis trict and the Philadelphia Navy Yard, yesterday was awarded the Grand Officer of the Southern Cross by Rear Admiral Sylvio de Noronha, Naval Attache to the Brazilian Embassy in Washington. The decoration, his third from a foreign government, was presented for work on Brazilian war ships at the Philadelphia Navy Yard during the war. Admiral Draemel also holds decorations of the French Legion of Honor and the Venezuelan Or der of Bolivar, awarded for out standing service rendered early in his Naval career to tnat country. neth L.

Hover, 3312 Spring street. Progress. T5 Sylvester E. Treichler, 218 South Thirtieth rtreet, Penbrook; Ti Alfred F. Lappano, 271 South Second street, Steelton; MSgt.

Louis Brodnick, South Third street, Steelton; T5 Richard G. Lantz, West Fairview; Pfc Charles E. Lesher, New Cumber land, R. D. Pfc.

Norwood H. Beistel. 801 State street, Millers burg; Cpl. Howard M. Coplin, 1948 Main street, Oberiin; SSgt, Dean O.

Hatfield, 201 Hummel street; Sgt. Clark S. Baker, 207 Fifth street, New Cumberland. Veterans Will Attend Lewisberry Services Lewisberry, Nov. 29.

A Chris tian social action service, with servicemen and discharged vet erans attending, will be held Sunday at 7.30 p. m. in the St. Paul's Evangelical Church, near New berrytown, by the pastor, the Rev. J.

F. Rohrbaugh." The Alpine Evangelical congre gation will worship with the May town United Brethren congregation, the Rev. Palmer M. Slenker, pastor, at 9.30 a. in observ ance of American Bible Sunday.

The sermon will be delivered by the Rev. Mr. Rohrbaugh. Other services on the Evangeli cal charge, the Rev. J.

F. Rohrbaugh, pastor, are as follows: Mt. Airy, Sunday School, 9.30 a. worship, 10.45 a. Lewisberry, Sunday School, 9.30 a.

Youth Fellowship, 6.30 p. worship, 7.30 p. m. Slc Bernard F. Erney received an honorable discharge from the Navy at the Separation Center at Sampson, N.

and has returned to his home in the borough. Victory Loan Bonds Arc Sold By School Pupils Middletown, Nov. 29 Sponsor ing sales of bonds and stamps in excess of $9000 in the i Loan Drive enabled students of Andrew G. Curtin Junior High School, Williamsport, to place sponsorship panels on three beds at the Station Hospital here on Friday. The presentation was the second in Pennsylvania, the first being at Deshon General Hospital, Butler.

Duplicate panels will be sent to the school as a memento. Army. Navy and Air Force hos Ditals have made it possible for a school sponsorship panel to be placed on a serviceman Hospital bed for each $3000 war bona campaign completed within the school Although hospital costs vary, doc tors in the service have agreed upon this amount as the estimated cost of the facilities and medical equipment for each sick and wounded man. Knowing that servicemen's hospitalization must be paid even after victory, children sold over $63,400,000 in bonds and stamps last year in Pennsylvania schools. J.

W. Marvin, Philadelphia, State director of the Community Division, Pennsylvania War Fi nance Committee, attended the presentation as did Mrs. Clyde Reighard, education chairman of Lycoming County War Finance Committee. Students from the Williamsport school who made the presenta tions were Joan Cooper, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Perry Cooper, 610 Rural avenue; Louise Klump, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. George S. Klump, 1209 Locust street; Ar thur Thomas, son of Mr. and Mrs.

James Thomas, 220 Jerome ave nue, and Jerry Goldberg, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Goldberg, 356 Harding avenue. Accompanying them on the trip were Robert D. Smink, principal of the school; Fred E.

Lehman and Robert W. Mahaffey of the fac' ulty, who are in charge of bond sales at the school. After the presentation, Lt. Lucio E. Gatto, area and base surgeon, accompanied the party on a tour of the depot.

17 to Get Exams Bellefonte, Nov. 29. Seventeen men from Bellefonte Draft Board have been ordered to report to Harrisburg on December 7 for pre induction examinations, mem bers of the board announced. 'DECEMBER IS FOR THE LADIES" at I STORE HOURS I jySj5 Thursday 12 to 9 I I 21 NORTH THIRD STREET I THE STYLE CENTER OF HARRISBURG I 1 li I Lifes I I 8 OVERCOATS TO LIVE IN Did you ever notice how difficult a job you give your overcoat? Worn in all weathers, twisted in all positions, it must have the snap to regain its shape overnight. Our coats are tough as they are handsome They are beautifully tailored to guarantee you complete satisfaction and they're priced right.

Need we say more? 32.50 to $55 You May Use Your Regular or Extended Charge Account Aik Any Saleiperton at why. vft I I I 1 I Swagger for Christmas. a quilted, plaid brunch coat at 22.50 White rayon satin with white fur collar by Oomphies 5.50 plus tax 1 1 1 Blue or pink rayon satin by Jerro, 8.95 Slippers by Ernie Barbush 6OOOOOO0 OO 00v 0 Chantilly sets by that master perfumer, 5.00 to 10.00 plus tax OOO Cocktail mixer set, eight glasses, swizzler and mixer. $5 Barth Art Modera crystal bronco ponies for bookends or ornaments. $7, pr..

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