The Friend Sentinel from Friend, Nebraska • 1

Tile FRIEND SENTINEL'' VOLUME FORTY -SEVEN FRIEND SALDfl COUNTY NEBRASKA JULY 30 1944 NO 42 TIRE SITUATION SERIOU8 CAROLINE JOHNSON INFANT DAUGHTER OF MR AND MRS ANDERSON PASSED AWAY Bonds Sold in the Rural School Districts Following is the report of the Fifth War Bond sale in the school district In the Friend community: ST CATHOLIC CHURCH Her Henry Scholtens Pastor Legion Auxiliary Will Need Some Help (Because of the success of the scrap paper drive in Friend (Wednesday the American Legion Auxi lkary will need some help to load the trucks and move the paper into the car when it arrives the flirst of the week If you can help please oall Mrs Kleinholz or Mrs Ernest Craig You can also contact them about the paper you have not brought In yet The library board and librarian arranged to give all the old out of date magazines to the Auxiliary and really raked up some weight If you want your favorite magazines and newspapers to keep com ing get in your old paper before the car arrives With Those In The Aimed Forces HIGH MILITARY OFFICIALS HONOR LYLE Diedrich Brunsen has received a a Honor" for his son Sgt Lyle Brunsen who was killed in India from' Arnold General Army Commanding General Army Air FORMS He has also received a card expressing sympathy from General Marshall and a memorial certificate from President Roosevelt Very comforting to Mr Brunsen are the two personal letters one from Richard Carmichael Colonel Air Corps (Commanding and Norman A Nelson Group Chaplain This paragraph is in Colonel letter: the time Lyle was with this organization he had always proven himself a good soldier and a gentleman Many of his fellow officers and enlisted men remarked of his pleasing personality and how much they enjoyed his sincerety and sense of Chaplain Nelson gives the details of the funeral which was held in India and with Lyle were three other members of his crew Twenty-four soldiers acted as pall-bearers six for each soldier Two men acted as honorary escort who lead the processsion the little cemetary followed by their Chaplain then the flag dropped caissons A firing squad stood near Death resulted from an airplane accident May 23rd 1944 THE SENTINEL'S PBICE-RATION GUIDE SUGAR: Sugar Stamp No 33 became valid June 10 for 5 lbe Sugar Stamps No 30 and 31 on last page of War Ration Book IV are good for five pounds indefinitely Applications for canning sugar must be accompanied by Stamp No 37 (not Stamp No 37) Stamp No 40 good for lbs of canning sugar PROCESSED FOODS: Blue Stamps War Ration Book IV A8 through A5 good for ten points indefinitely W8 X8 Y8 and AS became gofi July 1 and must last through July MEATS: Red Stamps War Ration B'xik IV A8 through Z8 valid indefinitely All meats except beef steaks roasts and lamb are still point free X8 Y8 and Z8 became valid July 2 and must last through July FATS: Your grocer will pay 4 cents and 2 Points a pound for household salvage fats and greases Aeroplane Stamps No 1 and 2 from War Ration Book No 3 are good for one pair of shoes each for an indefinite period Stamps interchangeable within the loose stamps not valid Gasoline: coupons val- GASQLENE: coupons valid for 3 gallons each but must last until September 21 coupons good for five gallons eachc TIRES: Provided you have an essential occupation preference and your looal ration board has sufficient allotment you will be eligible for Grade I tires Grade 111 tires are available without quota restrictions Your local ration board will issue certificates if used tires are available in your County Tubes are ration free now FUEL CgL: Period 4 and 8 coupons valid thru Sept 30 One unit unit coupons good for 50 gallons Coupons with encircled figures are worth that figure in gallons and valid for use through September 30 1944 A class 4 5 or 8 coupon sheet which one or mors Period 4 Period 5 or definite value coupons may at any time during tfegfctlod October 1 1944 through October 31 1944 be surrendered to the local board and exchanged for coupons valid for the 1944-40 heating year You Should return your re-application for 1944-45 heating rations to your local Ration Board at once TIRE INSPECTION: Although there Will be no tire inspection after April 20 you must retain tire inspection certificates for presentation when you apply for gas or tires In the future The two months old twin daughter of Mr and Mrs Walter Anderson passed away Sunday night Brief services conducted Iby Rev Peter Friesen were held at the grave Tuesday Burial was in the Andrew Cemetery Mr Anderson is in the army and at present is overseas NIMBLE FINGER The Nimble Finger Club met at the home of Laura Weber on June 28 with all members present and three visitors A musical program was given by the daughters of the club members to entertain the mothers and members of the club After the business meeting the time was spent socially A delicious lunch was served by the hostess and her (helpers The next meeting will be with Mrs Clara Zumpfe The Nimble Finger Club met with Clara Zumpfe on July 12th with 3 members absent and 2 visitors A very enjoyable tirile was spent visiting Red Cross sewing was taken home by each member to work on and bring completed to the next meeting A picnic was planned for Aug 13th at the park The next meeting iwill be with Freida Bruntz on August 30th FIRE AT KLEINHOLZ SERVICE STATION SUNDAY An overheated unit in a Coca (Cola cooling box stated a fire in the Kleinholz service station Sunday evening As the station was not open it is fortunate that some noticed the smoke before much damage was done The gas from the machine made it almost impossible to enter the building NEED ROOM AND BOARD FOR ISupt Hayek informs The Sentinel that the school may lose some teachers because it is difficult to find rooms and board here He wishes to learn the names ol those who can arrange their homes to care for the teachers Same who have not been renting rooms may (have to do so to relieve the situation Call Mr Hayek NEXT FILM COMEDY ON DOMESTIC When (Room arrives the first of the week at the Vogue Theatre those in the audience without domestic help may want to congratulate themselves over that fact After witnessing some of the wild oarryings-on by Paulette God dard and Fred MlacMurray no sane person would dare to have this combination in the house very long For Paulette and Fred cast as a cook and butler respectively encroach upon Roland hospitality as master of ai Washington household until on the verge of a nervous breakdown They real domestics of course but take the job in order to get room and (board in roomless Washington At the Vogue July 23 24 25 26 Mrs Andrew Hansen and Charles and Miss Daisy Hansen were Sunday afternoon visiors of Mr and Mrs Johnson and Anna Miarie Mrs Tessie Aitken and daughter Mass Naomi have gone to Falls Church Va to visit their son and brother Harold Aitken wife and baby skll Mr and Mrs Arlie Marcum of Omaha are spending a few days here this week visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Frank Red-man Viola Zajic Omaha underwent a major operation at the Falls City Hospital on day last week She is daughter of Mrs Anna Zajic of Friend Dist No Amt 69 $2412 A0 60000 71 1 75000 33 104375 61 176250 101 114375 108 44375 50 230626 47 68126 26 18750 56 18750 59 20626 57 183750 94 66250 35 595000 49 70000 13 308875 86 75000 23 151875 92 58125 42 28126 52 88250 90 26250 Local Happenings A group of relatives and friends helped Mr and Mrs Allen Gifford celebrate their wedding anniversary Saturday The time was spent socially and Mrs Gifford served refreshments Glen Andrew of California Mr and Mrs Andrew and two daughters of Seward Mr and (Mrs Andrew and Mrs Ernest Suesz and son were Sunday dinner guests of Mrs Clara Pollard and Mrs Mjargaret Sims Mr and Mrs Lee Walker entertained to dinner Sunday honoring Paul Combs an his birthday anniversary Those present were Mrs Lottie Combs and Paul Mr and Mrs Ed Combs Rex Wilson John Moore and Harold Jacox Mr and Mrs Oscar Johnson and Mr and Mrs Homer Johnson and daughters of Beaver Crossing (were Thursday guests of Mr and Mrs Gibson and also attended the funeral services of their mother and grandmother Mrs Caroline Johnson Betty Latta of Lincoln came out last week Tuesday and visited until Wednesday evening with the Ed Heckman family (Miss Doris Heckman went to Lincoln Monday and is visiting in the Latta home and will also seek employment Fred Palmer Warren Beckman Cameron Kirk and Willard Pengelly all V-12 Navy students a Doane college Crete were weel end guests of parents Rev iand Mrs Pengelly Al Largent and Don Sturtevant from the Fairmont airbase were Sunday overnight guests in the Pengelly home The following persons from out of town attended the funeral services of James Beggs Sunday: Mrs Slaughter Lincoln Mr and Mrs A Li' Sigman and Ruth and Russell Sigman Hastings Beggs North Long Beach Calif Mr and Mrs A Beggs and daughter South Gate Calif Mr and Mrs Arlo Beggs and daughters Mrs James Widlck Henry Horan Mr and Mrs Arthur Johnson Mr and Mrs Lee McRhey-nolds and family Mr and Mrs Wm Mcllnay and Mr and Mrs Floyd Mcllnay Dorchester Mr and Mrs Fetzer Lincoln Mr and Mrs Gribble Omaha Mr and Mrs Cook and Miss Ruth Cook Mr and Mrs Larry Weber and daughter Fairmont Mr end Mrs Ray Beggs and son Mr and Mrs Edward Drevo Chas Kubes and son Thomas and daughter Geraldine Mrs James Kubes and grandson Larry Hall and Mr and Mrs Wm Russell Crete THE WEATHER- A half inch of rain helped this week and the temperature (has been tow for mid-summer although quite sultry The ranges for the week were: Thursday 80-56 Friday 86-62 Saturday 80-62 Sunday 76-66 Monday 84-62 Tuesday 82-62 Wednesday 74-58 08 of rain fell Saturday and 42 Tuesday The grain harvest is about finished and altogether the yield is not as disappointing as anticipated Com looks fine and will produce another bumper crop if the season stays favorable Local Happenings air-mail stationary at The Sentinel office Mir and Mrs Wayne Hager have purchased the Sallenbach property in Mhleb they are making their home Mr and Mrs Norris of Milford entertained to dinner Sunday for Mr and Mrs Easley and Opal Mr and Mrs George Barney and family were Sunday evening guests of Mr and Mrs Range and Glen Morris and daughter Mickey of Casper Wyo are here visiting in the Cogswell home and with other relatives Mr and Mrs Sparry Carr and family of Omaha were Friday afternoon and over night guests of Mr and Mrs Chas (Davison Bernard Ach returned home Saturday evening after spending a vacation with his grandparents Mr and Mrs Frank Fritz in Crete Miss Doris Wilkie of (Philadelphia spent Mat Thursday here visiting Mrs Mina Sims and they were dinner guests of Mr and Mrs Leonard Kellough and family HOTEL SOLD ((Geneva Signal) A de'l was completed yesterday whereby Bertram sold the hotel in Geneva to Mrs Benson of Imperial A residence in Lincoln was taken by Mr Bertram in the transaction Possession is to be given July 15 Mr and Mrs Bertram have operated Dan's hotel here more than twenty years The hotel formerly known as the Jameson has been greatly improved and kept up to date and has been a favorite stopping place for travelers The past several months the Bertrams son-in-law and daughter Mr and Mrs Reuben Herzog have assisted in the operation of the hotel Mrs Florence Bertram has been a valuable (assistant several years While their future plans are indefinite the (Bertrams and Herzogs will probably reside in Lincoln for a time when they get possession of the residence Aug-gust 15 Caroline Jacobson was born in (Rosen Sweden on Oct 24 1851 and passed away at the Warren Memorial Hospital of Friend Nebraska on July 10 1944 at the age of 92 years 8 months and 17 days In her early youth she was baptized and united with the Lutheran church In 1871 ahe was united in marriage to Karl Johnson To this union were bam 10 children of which 3 died in infancy Those living are A Johnson Friend Oscar of Beaver Crossing Mrs Alfred Swanson Friend Olgert Johnson Peoria 111 Mrs Fred Oglesby Benson Minn Mrs Frank Spencer Lewiston Idaho and Carl Johnson whereabouts unknown In the spring of 1888 the family came from Sweden to Friend where they have resided since Her husband (preceded her in death in 1923 After living a numbered years in her own home in Friend She (went to make her home on the farm with her daughter (Mrs Alfred Swanson In Febr 2 1930 ahe united with the First Congregational church of Friend Nebr where she held her membership until her death She also leaves to mourn 21 grandchildren 29 great grand children and 3 great great grand dhilc'fen and a great host of neighbors and friends The funeral was held in the First Congregational church Thursday afternoon with Rev Friesen officiating The singers were Mrs Lester Cogswell and Mrs Harry Volz Burial was in the Andrew cemetery Funeral Home was in charge JAMES BEGGS James Andrew Lee son of Andrew Lee Begtgs and Mary Ann Gregory Beggs was bom in Madoe Canada February 6th 1867 In 1871 he came with his parents to (Friend where they lived on a homestead lft mile east and lft miles south When he was about 14 years old they moved into Friend and his father became the first Methodist preacher and organized the first class (here around April 1871 On May 17th 1893 he was married to Kate Alina Green and immediately-moved to a farm south of Friend To this union seven children were bom and one daugh ter Ester May Kubes preceded her father in death In 1910 he with his family moved to the Dorchester community where he continued to farm until he retired in 1927 when he moved (back to Friend where he lived until (his death on July 14th 1944 He was 77 years 5 months and 6 days old He Is survived Iby one daughter and five sons: lArlo Lee of Dorchester Ray Meridith of Crete Bertha Elizabeth McReynolds of Dorchester Herbert Sydney of North Long Beach Calif Alvin LeeRoy of South Gate Oalif Kenneth Clair of Mt Rainer Maryland Two half sisters and one (half brother also survive him: Mrs Mina Slaughter of Lincoln Grace Beggs of Boston Mass George Beggs of Boston Mass He had 16 grandchildren and one great grandchild His wife (Kate passed away April 5th 1938 The funeral was held in the Methodist church Sunday afternoon iwith Rev Pengelly officiating Mrs Grlbble ol Omaha was soloist with Miss Esther Blanchard at the organ Burial was in the Andrew cemetery LINE LEFT OUT OF WEDDING ARTICLE In the Kahm-Dllley wedding article printed last week a line was accidently taken out This line read Dilley son of Mrs (With this line in the name of the bridegroom would have been properly given Only one person called our attention to this and we presume the others knew the contracting parties or notice the error We cannot blame the proofreader as the line was okay in the proof Waste Your Stamps send mall that fit to have your nam: signed to shallow and a waste of time The addressee does not accept this kind of mail and that takes it to the waste paper basket at the Post Office Mn Emmett GUI Is back on duty at the Beauty Shop Crete Nebr Phone 85 for appointment (Week-end visitors in the home of Mary and Thomas Ahem was their sisters Mrs McVaney and daughters Mrs John Wink of Kearney and Miss Beatrice McVaney of Berkley Call! They also visited with other relatives The tire situation is very critical at this time and will continue to be for the balance of July and August In order to keep the necessary automobiles running the Ration Board can issue tires only to those that are essential to toe war effort and then only when they absolutely must have a tire to keep going-not when they Just think they have a tire wihloh will not run very long The Board asks the cooperation of the public in this critical War price and Rationing Board No 6522 Crete Nebraska A TO MEET JULY 26TH The Royal neighbors will meet at the Woodman Hall on July 26to at 2:30 in the afternoon BEAT HIM TO Judge: Have you nothing to offer the court before sentence is passed on you? Prisoner: No Judge I had $10 but my lawyer took that fellows in toe Battery were to complete final examinations for entrance to Officers Candidate school We have waited for these examinations a long time Just one word in favor of the American Red Cross They are doing a wonderful job bath here and abroad sure if any women with a few minutes time each week could see the results of the Red Cross they would be happy to help toe local chapter at their meetings Just this afternoon I folded a large pile of surgical dressings and1 the grey-uniform woman in charge repaid me by offering free cigaretts Magazines books candy and a pair of bedroom slippers The Red Cross is tops to me The weather in Alabama has been rather moderate for the past week and rais fall each afternoon The natives of the state inform us that the hot days ore yet to come Earlier in the summer we experienced same torrid 'weather so I dread to see these hot days they speak of certainly appreciate hearing from more of the (Friend people In and around toe vicinity Every letter receives a prompt answer Sincerely Cpl Richard Engel 37477567 Ward A-5 Station Hospital Camp IRucker Ala Sgt Lloyd Mika and wife are here visiting his parents Mr and Mrs Emil Mika and other relatives' and her parents Mr and Mrs Ghas Votipka of Belvidere Sgt Mike is stationed at Colorado Springs Colo Pvt Roland Hahnbaum of King-man Ariz arrived here Monday to visit is parents Mr and Mrs Hohnbaum and brother Mar-len and sister Mrs Carl Jensen and husband of Exeter An VIII Air Force Service Command Station Staff Sergeant Louis Kohout son of Mr and Mrs Emil IKohout Friend Nebraska has been promoted from Sergeant far efficiency in his duties at this strategic air depot bomber repair base where he Is a technical supply inspector seeing that aircraft and Air corps supplies are handled and stored properly (Before entering the Army June 9 1941 at Fort Leavenworth Kansas he was a salesman of hardware and appliances at She Harry Johnson Drug and Hardware Company Staff Sergeant Kohout has (been stationed in the European Theater of 6peration nine months Pvt Donald Freeman of Fort Leonard Wood Mo Is here visiting his parefts Mr and Mrs Clee Freeman and sons Donald is being transferred to California Basil Haack A-S and wife of Spokane Wash came to visit Mrs parents Mr and Mrs Frank Halligan July 11th Mr Haack returned on Sunday and Mrs Haack will remain for a tew weeks before joining her husband S-Sgt and Mrs (Paul Halligan of Athens West Virglna came for a fifteen day furlough Monday with his parents Mr and Mrs Frank Halligan S-Sgt Halligan is transferred to Maxwell Field Montgomery Alabama Donald Sallertaach medical student in toe University of Nebraska School of Medicine Omaha is here visiting his aunt Mrs Godfrey Eurich and husband Lt Comdr Elliott and Mrs Elliatt of Great Lakes HI were the guests this past week of her mothwer Mrs Nels Barney and her brother and sister-in-law Mr and Mrs John Barney Lt Comdr Elliott has been stationed at Great Lakes HI for toe past year Cpl (Donald Kelly and wife of Shreveport La have been here this week visiting his grandparents Mr and 'Mrs A Woulf and his aunt Miss Margaret Kelly and other relatives Saturday evening cofessions will be heard at 7:30 Sunday July 23rd 8th Sunday after Pentecost Holy Mass at 8 o'clock After toe Mass a meeting for the ladies about arrangements for the ice cream socal which will take place toe following Saturday for toe benefit of our parish Would it be a good suggestion to Inform our friends and out of town relatives with our plans to cut down the debt on this parish? I am sure that some are very eager (help out If they would hear our proposal St Parish counts numerous friends everywhere and many will give us a hand and a lift in lightening toe burden of our Indebtedness Mention it sometime when the occasion permits And forget to save if you take the installment plan The first Sunday of August you can bring the first installment Our goal At least fifty dollars from every wage-earner and farmer I read a fine passage by Daniel Webster (Political and professional fame cannot last forever but a conscience void of offense before God and man is an inheritance for eternity Religion therefore is a necessary an lndlspensible element in any great human character There is no living without it Religion is the tie that connects man with his Creator If that tie is sundered or broken man floats aiway a worthless atom in the proper attractions gone destiny thwarted and the whole future nothing but darkness desolation and death A man with no sense of religious duty Is he whom the Scriptures describe in so terse but terrific a manner as without hope and without God in the Such a man is out of his proper being out so the circumstances of ali bis happiness end away for for away from the purposes of fits Thus said Daniel Webster A long passage indeed to quote but so beautiful and true Read lt over once more another time and you will feel the depth of that bit of literature probably for your awn benefit Every living being has a reason for its existence Even our failure to understand why some things exist ought to bring us to the definite conclusion of the existence of a governing Supreme Being It must baffle any human mind to find out why man exists in this world when all his efforts mere below prove imperfect and unsatisfactory after their accomplishment There is always something wanting something missing even if we have obtained success beyond expectation Our human heart is simply created that way It craves lor satisfaction for more Therefore there must be some place of complete satisfaction somewhere as our relward It is not here on earth Henoe it must be somewhere else Viz in our after-life And lt is up to everybody hlmseli what his after-life will be like God has given us all the prlvllegt of a free will We may choose But how foolish is he who chooses the worst deal for himself For it will be either everlasting happiness in the glories of Heaven or never ending (hideous punishment and pain in hell What are you heading for? Look out now You never know when your last hour is going to strike Better be ready and take up that spirit of religion which Daniel Webster advocates for you with severe force of necessity Oh don't be foolish be religiously minded go to church on Sunday and live with a dear conscience Then there is nothing to fear For you will be heading for happiness and bliss CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH Peter Friesen Pastor This Sunday evening Chaplain Anderson accompanied by his male quartette will bring us a musical program Tell your friends and be present if you can We had two fine services last Sunday The attendance wa good Thank God for those who have learned the secret of seeking first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness Plan to worship with us this Day Sunday school 10:00 a Morning Worship 11:00 a Young People's 7:15 Evening Service 8:00 (Prayer Meeting Tuesday 8:00 Worship the (Lord With METHODIST CHURCH NOTES Pengelly Pastor The church school meets at 10 A Worship and Sermon at 11:00 A (Continued to page five) A-S Donald IW Fleischauer of the Colorado college V-12 unit has been on an eight-day leave vising his parents Mr and Mrs Fleischauer and brothers Dean and Wayne at Fairmont At Colorado Springs the past year he is nofw being sent to school at Columbia university and reported there last Wednesday morning Signal LT BILL BECKER FAILS TO (Ogallala News) Now it's Bill Becker who is missing Lieut William Becker Rev and Mrs William Becker Ogallala received a telegram Friday saying their son had been missing since June 26 following a bombing mission over Austria Lieutenant Becker navigator bombardier on a (Liberator and squadron leader is the second son of the Rev Beckers to (be missing after bombing missions S-Sgt Robert Becker has been a prisoner in Germany for nearly a year after the bombing of toe Ploesti oilfields in Rumania Lieutenant Becker enlisted in toe air corps in April 1942 He visited here during the Christmas holidays after completing several months of anti-sulbmarien duty in the Oaribean area A few weeks before the report of his missing Lieutenant Becker wrote (his parents of fierce battles with German fighter planes as toe Liberator returned from German bombing missions (Rev Becker said he was somewhat prepared' for the news and could only hope now that their son is a (prisoner Rev Becker writes The Sentinel that their son Robert writes them from toe prisoner camp in Germany The last letter being dated March 11th A letter dated December 11th and a post card dated December 19th arrived in April Sgt Opal I Grandorff daughter of Mr and Mrs John Grandorff Friend Nebr has reported for duty at toe Carlsbad Army Air Field Carlsbad New Mexico Before coming to the Carlsbad base she had been stationed at Pyote Texas Cpl Richard Engel writes: a line to inform you that Lt Stanley Soutowick Is hack in iQamp Rucker Ala and also is assigned to our Field Artillery Battalion He arrived here Just recently from Fort Bragg Conrad Eurich and wife who are transferring from Camp Van Dorn Miss to Camp Beale Calif visited his parents Mr' and Mrs John Eurich and other relatives here leaving Sunday They (were accompanied by Mrs Virgil Burkhart who will visit her husband at Fort Ord Calif iCpl (Bernard Simith of Camp Gruber Okla has been home visiting his parents Mr and Mrs Edward Smith and helping with the farm work Dad Smith reports that Bernard makes him work too hard RICHARD ENGEL IN HOSPITAL July 14 1944 Dear Art: I think it could happen to me but they have placed me in the hospital for a week of special treatment then an operation for the removal of a pilonidal Cyst It appears that the next two months of my army life will be spent here as a Convalescence period It was rather unfortunate for me to become ill at this time because on July 19 several of us A VERY INTERESTING LETTER FROM REV WM BECKER Under separate cover I am sending you a copy of the Keith County News our weekly paper On the front page you will see picture Last (Friday evening July 7th we received the news from the War Department that he is missing in action June 26th over Austria This makes the second one and I sincerely hope land pray that he is safe somewhere in Germany or Austria It will just be another long wait yet not without hope We have been holding our breath as it were for some time because he has been in the thick of it for so long Me wus navigator not only of htls ship but his squadron The fore part of June they were in a rest camp in Italy for a week That means that he must have been up quite high in the number of missions completed We had word from Robert about May 29 a letter he had written March 11th Thought some of the many friends would be interested to know about the boys 1 a an enclosing a check for two dollars kindly send me the Sentinel for a time I forget what the subscription rate is now It will bring it to us for a while Every once in a while some of the friends of Friend send us a copy and its like hearing from home We are well working right on through Am kept busy as I also have a supply pastorate at Keystone Nebr in a Presbyterian Church about 17 miles from here north i like it Sunday afternoons and hi ve a good attendance Many of the ranchers from the sand hills come Mary is home with us working here in a war plant and likes it very much Paul is working part-time afternoons and Saturday evenings in the Penny store and likes it very much He is quite a boy almost as tall as I cm Church work is going good Attendance is fine and many new people coming Thanks again for you kindness and most interesting and helpful letter Sincerely Wm Becker Mr and Mrs Thomas Fide of Lincoln visited Sunday evening in the Glenn Fick home Wilma Pick returned with them to spend a two week visit in their bogie Chaplain Philip Anderson and the Chapel Quartet from Bruning Army Air Field Brun-lng Nebraska will conduct a service in the Congregational Church at Friend on Sunday July 25th at 8:00 Chaplain Anderson holder of toe AB Th and STM degrees entered the service in May 1943 from the pastorate of toe First Baptist Church of Brewster New York S-Sgt Vernon Botob tenor soloist and second tenor of the quartet entered toe service from a position as deputy county treasurer of Auglaize County Ohio He has had 14 years experience in choir and choral music Pft James McDonough first tenor of Reading Mass who is the youngest meihber of the quartet was drafted before completing high school He has since received his di- ploma in absentia Pfc Paul Price bass of Oalcago 111 was drafted at toe completion of his second year of study at Woodrow Wilson Junior College Cpl Travis Millins baritone of Cullendale Arkanses has had 5 years experience in choral music He hopes to return to the Henderson State Teachers College where he was studying prior to (his induction The group will furnish a program of sacred solos duets and quartet numbers As a special feature Chaplain Anderson will render an instrumental number on the Hammond Solovox.