Newspapers: Part 1 - "The War Years", Pottsville Republican 1939-1945: Schulykill Co, PA Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Judi Gharst USGENWEB NOTICE: Printing this file by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from the submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. ____________________________________________________________ NOTE: Everyname Index online in these archives January 4, 1939- p. 3 GIRARDVILLE MAN HURT AT MAPLE HILL Geo. DATENO, 34, of E. Mahanoy Ave., Girardville, received a possible fracture of the skull and lacerations of the forehead, Wednesday morning when he was struck by an air compressor pipe at the Maple Hill colliery. He was removed to the Locust Mt. Hospital where his condition is reported as being fair. _____________________ SHENANDOAH BOY WAS STRUCK BY AN AUTO Albert, the four year old son of Mr. And Mrs. Jos. BUBNIS, of 217 E. Oak Street, Shenandoah, was struck by a car driven by John YURKNAVAGE of Gilberton, at the corner of Main and Center street, Shenandoah, Tuesday evening and seriously injured. The child was removed to the Locust Mt. Hospital with a possible fracture of the skull, and right leg. His condition, Wednesday was slightly improved. _____________________ TAKE MRS. QUINN TO PHILA. FOR OPERATION ON HIP. Mrs. Julia QUINN, of 10 N. Third St., formerly of 1728 West Norwegian St., who fractured her hip in a fall a few weeks ago was taken to Phila., Wednesday morning, in the Luther Hall ambulance, to undergo an operation at the Hahnemann Hospital. Mrs. Quinn, since her accident had been a patient at the Good Samaritan Hospital. The operation is being performed to permit proper setting of the broken bone. Mrs. Quinn, at present, is making her home with her brother and sister, John and Miss Nan DOYLE. The late Dr. Wm. F. DOYLE was a brother. _____________________ Underwent Emergency Operation Stricken with acute appendicitis Tuesday evening, Miss Betty SCHRANK, of 411 Front St., Jalappa, underwent an emergency operation at the Warne Hospital where she is employed as telephone operator. Her condition on Wednesday was fair. _____________________ September 1, 1939 FRACTURED RIBS Michael COLVENUS, Tamaqua, employed at the Tamaqua colliery, fell from the platform and received several fractured ribs. He was admitted to the Coaldale Hospital. _____________________ September 2, 1939 2 MINERS HURT BY FALL OF ROCK Anthony SHERKNESS, of 40 Liberty Hill, and Andrew FIGLE, of 419 W. Mahanoy Ave., Mahanoy City, were caught under a fall of rock at the Mahanoy City Colliery, Friday and seriously injured. Both are patients in the Locust Mt. Hospital, Sherkness suffering with broken ribs and a broken left foot and Figle with a possible fracture of the skull, lacerations of the scalp and left ear, and contusions of the back and right shoulder. Their conditions Saturday were fair. _____________________ May 11, 1940 FUNERALS Mrs. SARA TOBIN--The funeral of Mrs. Sara TOBIN was held from the home of her son, John, in Cumbola, Friday afternoon. Services at the home and in the Methodist Church, were conducted by Rev. Geo. KERR and Rev. Guy EVERLEY. Interment was made in the Lutheran Cemetery, Port Carbon. During the services Mrs. Emma MARTZ and Mrs. Neal MCDONALD sang several duets. The pall bearers were Warren TUPPIE, Harry, Claude and Nathaniel REYNOLDS, Thos. O'NEIL and Patrick TOBIN. W. R. MORGAN & Son, St. Clair were the funeral directors. _____________________ June 14, 1940 FATHER OF H. S. GRADUATE DIES Jos. TERWAY, 45, of Seltzer City, an independent miner injured when he was entombed in a coal hole near Greenbury Wednesday afternoon, died in the Good Samaritan Hospital at 3:20 o'clock Friday afternoon of internal injuries and multiple fractures. He is survived by his wife, Catherine nee BURKE, and these children, Francis, a member of the graduating class of the Pottsville High School, Elwood, Genevieve, Anthony, Lawrence and Ronald. The youngest of the children is two months old. _____________________ MINERSVILLE MAN HURT IN BOOTLEG HOLE Clement PETROVICH, 22, of Minersville, was admitted to the Pottsville Hospital Friday afternoon with injuries of the head and a possible fracture of the skull, received when he was caught under a fall of top coal in a bootleg coal hole near New Phila. Fellow miners rescued him and removed him to the hospital, where he is being treated for shock and the injuries. _____________________ LIFE FOR HAMBURG POLICE CHIEF MURDER. READING, Pa.--June 14, (AP)--Convicted of first degree murder in a crime committed 12 years ago, Morris ARENSTEIN of Philadelphia and Atlantic City had a request for a new trial before the court today. A jury of eight men and four women who reached a verdict after four hours deliberation late yesterday, recommend life imprisonment. ORENSTEIN was accused of being one of six men who fatally shot Pottsville Chief Wilson H. LEWARS of Hamburg, Pa., when surprised in a silk mill robbery. _____________________ BEAUTY OPERATOR IS FOUND MURDERED New Castle, Pa.--An attractive beauty operator was horribly slashed and beaten to death early today just outside of the city. Sheriff M. M. INGHRAM said two youths found the body of Helen NASAL, 28, near a beer parlor and added: "It looks as though she might have been a victim of jealousy. We have a good suspect in mind." Stab wounds as deep as four to six inches covered the body. One gash between the left shoulder and hip penetrated the lung and heart, causing death. District Attorney John G LAMOREE announced her brother-in-law, Arthur F. DEAN, 36, had been taken into custody and had given police "a full statement" admitting the slaying. _____________________ October 5, 1940 INJURED TUSCARORA BOY IS IMPROVING The condition of Michael HARVILLA, 8 year old son of Mr. And Mrs. Michael HARVILLA, of Tuscarora, who was seriously injured, when he fell under the wheels of a truck Thursday evening, near his home, was slightly improved Saturday morning. The child's liver was ruptured when the wheels of a truck he was attempting to board as it was driven through a field, ran over his abdomen. _____________________ TWO INJURED IN LONG RUN CRASH Coal Truck, Car and Barn Damaged As Result of Collision Two motorists were slightly injured, a coal truck, their car and a barn all badly damaged in a collision at the Long Run intersection at 3 o'clock Saturday morning. Warren SMITH, Lebanon, was treated in the dispensary of the Pottsville Hospital for lacerations of the face and the driver of the car in which he was riding, James GRAVATTI, 20, of 1138 Mifflin St., Lebanon, received lacerations of the face, but did not go to the hospital for treatment. According to the Motor Police, GRAVATTI was driving toward Long Run from Cressona, and crossing the main road, collided with a truck and trailor, driven by Howard SMITH of Lebanon, R D No. 4. SMITH swerved his truck to avoid the collision and crashed into the side of the STOYER barn. Damage to the truck is about $300, to the barn, $100 and to the GRAVATTI car, $100. Motor Police are continuing the investigation as the fog was very dense at the time of the accident. _____________________ October 16, 1940 HEAR PETITION TO HAVE DECLARED LEGALLY DEAD Judge GANGLOFF presided in Orphans Court over the hearing on the petition to have Andrew PHILLIPS, formerly of McAdoo, declared legally dead. PHILLIPS disappeared from his home in McAdoo, August 7, 1933, and since that time nothing has been heard of or from him. A search of the mountains was made and a nationwide search made with no avail. Attorney James J GALLAGHER represents the petitioners. _____________________ November 6, 1940 ENLISTED MEN SENT AWAY James B STRIDE, of Morea, and Philip SULISH, of Sch. Haven, have been sent away to Philadelphia U. S. A. Recruiting Headquarters. Sergt. W. A. MITCHELL, in charge of the county station, here, dispatched them unassigned. _____________________ November 18, 1940 'WHISTLING R. R. ENGINEER' DIES; TAMAQUA NATIVE Philadelphia, Pa.--Tunes from the whistle of a locomotive operated by William Henry WORDHOFF, no longer will echo over the New Jersey countryside. WORDHOFF, known as "The Whistler Engineer" died yesterday in Jefferson Hospital after a long illness. Years ago Wordhoff discovered he could play "How Dry I Am" as he sped through the Jersey pine forests on the Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines. He experimented--and eventually perfected other tunes. Passing through his home town of Audubon, he always played "Home Sweet Home." Wordhoff, born in Tamaqua, Pa., entered the employ of the railroad at 14 as an engine wiper. _____________________ December 5, 1940 MISSING HUNTER IS FOUND FROZEN Titusville, Pa.-A searching party today found the body of 73 year old Ira HAMILTON, missing hunter from Titusville, who apparently was the victim of exposure in near-zero weather. The snow blanketed body was found a mile west of Titusville in a section where he had gone deer hunting Tuesday. Searchers previously had given up hopes of finding him alive. _____________________ December 17,1940 CRESSONA BOY HIT BY CAR HAS SKULL FRACTURE The condition of Floyd AUNGST, six year old son of Mr. And Mrs. Lloyd AUNGST of Cressona, who was struck and seriously injured by an automobile at noontime Monday as he was on his way home from school is fairly good. He is a patient in the Good Samaritan Hospital with a fracture of the skull. The youth was struck by a car driven by Jay REIGEL of Cressona. He was unconscious when admitted to the hospital, but had regained consciousness Tuesday. _____________________ January 20, 1941 MAIZEVILLE CHILD DIES OF PNEUMONIA The funeral of John CHILDS, the six-week's old son of John and Mary (nee HIENE) CHILDS, of Maizeville, who died Saturday evening in the FT. Springs Hospital of Pneumonia, was held from the parents' home Monday afternoon. Interment was made in St. Joseph's Cemetery, Frackville. Besides the parents, a sister, Mary, survives. The Wright Funeral Service, Mahanoy Plane had charge. _____________________ January 31, 1941 DIES IN SHAMOKIN Peter FOBIA, 72, of Shamokin, father of Robert FOBIA, manager of the Mansion Hotel, Mahanoy City, died at his home in Shamokin, after an illness with pneumonia. Surviving are his wife, three sons and one daughter. _____________________ SHOWER FOR BRIDE Honoring Mrs. Anthony J. KNEIB who was recently married, Mrs. George GEISEN entertained at her home, 239 East Mahanoy street with a miscellaneous shower. Mrs. KNEIB is the former Miss Matilda WERTZ cashier of a local insurance company till her marriage. Present were: Priscilla TANNER, Rita DUBOSKY, Mary SHARPE, Rose CUMMINGS, Mrs. Joseph FOLEY, Mrs. Al PALONIS, Mrs. John FOY, Mrs. John MAGOTCH, Mrs. Charles W. BAUSMAN, of Mahanoy City; Mrs. Lawrence RYAN and daughter, Mary HILLS; Mrs. George I. SNYDER, Girardville; Mrs. Christina GIESEN, Mrs. Barbara SCHREYER, Mrs. Anthony KNEIB and the hostess, Mrs. George GIESEN. _____________________ ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED Announcement is made of the engagement of Miss Cecilia KUFROVICH of 604 West Market Street, and Fred PETRITSCH, son of John PETRITSCH, of Grier City. _____________________ Mahanoy City - Personals Joseph WYATT, ex-sheriff, is seriously ill at his home in Park Crest. Edward BRILL, employed at the local gas plant, is confined to his home with grip. John MAZUR, of Vulcan, suffered a laceration of the hand when he was caught by a rail while at work in a bootleg coal hole. He is in the Locust Mountain Hospital. Miss Mary GIESEN returned to her home, 614 East Pine Street from the Locust Mountain Hospital where she had been a patient for a week following an operation for a hand injury. _____________________ February 18, 1941 HOME DAMAGED AT MINERSVILLE While Pottsville firemen were battling the costly blaze at the old state police barracks here this morning, all five fire companies from Minersville were called out in that town. When they arrived they found smoke pouring from the roof of the Clinton MERVINE home at 26 Carbon Street. A booster and chemical line were applied and the blaze kept confined to the upper part of the building. Some shingles were burned off and the joists in the attic badly charred and there well be some damage from water, but the loss will be only a few hundred dollars. "continued" _____________________ SUDDEN DEATH OF DR. G. F. ZERBE Dr. G. Frank Zerbe, 52, a well known resident and dentist of Valley View died unexpectedly at his home early Tuesday morning. He had not been ill and Deputy Coroner GABLE was summoned to release his body. Dr. Zerbe was born and reared in Sacramento, a son of the late Mr. And Mrs. John ZERBE. He was educated in the Hubley Twp. Schools and later taught in the township schools for five years before entering Perkiomen Seminary. He was graduated with honors from Medico-Chirurgical Dental College and opened his offices in Valley View the same year, 25 years ago. He was a studious man and took a keen interest not only in local but in county politics. To survive beside his wife, the former Emma UPDEGRAVE, there are three sons: Grover Frank Zerbe, Jr. a student at Temple Medical College; John, a student at Lebanon Valley College, and Glen, a senior in the Hegins Twp. High School. A brother, Dr. Irvin ZERBE, of Erie, died within the last year and another brother, Harry, a tax collector in Hubley Twp., was fatally injured when struck by an automobile. The funeral will be private Saturday and interment will be made in the Union Cemetery, Sacramento. _____________________ FALLS OVER DEAD AT MOREA MINE A truck driver, believed to be James LEIBENSPURGER, about 50, of 1041 Court St., Reading, dropped dead Monday afternoon at Morea Colliery. Death, which resulted from a heart attack, occurred as he was signing a delivery slip at the colliery office. Frank BOCZKOWSKI, deputy coroner, viewed the remains and released the body to Funeral Director Louis TRUSKOWSKI pending disposition by relatives. The identity of the man was gleaned from the driver's cards which he carried in his wallet. _____________________ Notice--Schuylkill County Bar Members are requested to attend the funeral of Thomas A. McCARTHY, deceased, at his late residence, 10 N. Second St., St. Clair, Pa., on Thursday, February 20, 1941, at 9 o'clock. C. F. MUEHLHOF, Secretary. _____________________ February 25, 1941 Phillip LASCO Phillip N. LASCO, 41, general manager and owner of the gas station, 20th and W. Market Sts., died suddenly, at the Ft. Springs hospital, Monday afternoon, at 3:25 o'clock, of complications that developed following an operation for a hernia performed two weeks ago. He was recovering nicely until he was stricken suddenly Monday morning. He was born and reared here in Pottsville and was a son of the late Vincent J. and Nancy LASCO. He was a single man and made his home in the apartments of Dr. P. Ray MEIKRANTZ, corner of Third and W. Norwegian Sts. His only survivor is a brother, Anthony LASCO, residing at 125 W. Market St., this city. A funeral mass will be celebrated Thursday morning at 9:30 at St. Joseph's Italian Church of which he was a member. The funeral will be held from the T. D. BERGEN funeral home. The interment will be made at Hillside in the parish cemetery. _____________________ March 7, 1941 LOCAL LICENSE IS REVOKED BY BOARD Harrisburg, March 7--The State Liquor Control Board announced the revocation of one license and suspension of six others yesterday. The license of Patrick J. MCQUAIL, Pottsville, was revoked. Joseph PRIDOTKAS, 391 W. Mahanoy Ave., Girardville, 30 days. _____________________ CAR OVER BANK MAN CRUSHED James HOKE, aged 25, of Heckscherville was seriously injured about three o'clock, Friday afternoon at 23rd and West Market Sts. When his car skidded when he started to pass another car and went over a six foot embankment into a vacant lot. The car caught fire but the blaze was quickly extinguished by the Good Intent and Yorkville Hose companies and HOKE, who was pinned in the wreckage when the top of the car caved in, was taken to the Pottsville Hospital in the ambulance. It is believed that his back is badly injured and he has a large gash on the head. Fire Chief SMITH was also at the scene of the accident. HOKE is a miner and was traveling alone, going toward Minersville when the accident happened. The car was demolished. _____________________ Death of Former Ashland Woman. Darby, Pa.--Mrs. Hannah Pepper LAUGHLIN, 74, of Highland Park, died yesterday in Fitzgerald-Mercy Hospital after a long illness. Born in Ashland, Schuylkill County, Mrs. LAUGHLIN was active in the affairs of St. Joseph's Church there before moving to Highland Park 18 years ago. _____________________ FALLING ROCK KILLS MINER William SMULKSTIS, aged 59, of 142 North St., Minersville, was instantly killed in a coal hole on Thursday afternoon, while working in the Thompson drift, near Scott's, in the vicinity of the Lytle Mine. The working caved in and a flying rock struck him on the head and fatally injured him. Deputy Coroner KELLER released the body and it was prepared for the burial by Undertaker William TUSON, of Minersville. The funeral will take place from his home on Sunday afternoon. Mr. SMULKSTIS was a resident of Minersville, for the past 36 years and was president of the Lithuanian Alliance for 17 years. He is survived by his wife, the former Anna BRAZUKAS and one son, Vincent, a coast guard at Fisher's Island, New London, Conn. _____________________ March 15, 1941 DEATHS: Mrs. Harry REED Mrs. Beatrice REED, nee BECKER, wife of Harry REED of 23 Centre Street, Tamaqua, died in the mental hospital, Sch. Haven, Friday of a lingering illness. Mrs. Reed was a former resident of Mahanoy City and a member of St. Paul's Reformed Church, there. She is survived by her husband, Harry, a daughter, Mrs. Rob't PRICE, two sons, Rob't. and Howard, of Tamaqua, two sisters, Mrs. Anna BROWN, Reading, and Mrs. Lewis BRODE, Tamaqua, and one grandchild. Private funeral services will be held from the E. Franklin Griffiths Funeral Home, Tamaqua, Tuesday afternoon. _____________________ Henry A. KESSLER Henry A. KESSLER, 81, a retired farmer of Orwin, died at his home Friday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock of complications. He was a lifetime resident of that section. He is survived by four children: Mrs. Lillian SNYDER and Mrs. Bessie FRYE, Orwin; Sherman, Lebanon and Edgar, Mt. Joy. His wife died many years ago. The funeral will be held from his home Wednesday afternoon and interment will be made in the Reformed Cemetery, Orwin. _____________________ Peter LOGOTHETIDES Peter LOGOTHETIDES, of 26 N. West St., Shenandoah, a restaurant proprietor, died at his home Saturday morning, after an illness of two months. He had bee a patient at the Locust Mountain Hospital for four weeks, and returned home last Monday. He conducted a restaurant at 23 W. Centre St., Shenandoah, for many years. He was a native of Shenandoah for 21 years. He was a member of the Greek Orthodox Church, and of the A. H. E. F. A. Society. To survive besides his wife, Clara, there are five daughters: Mary, Irene, Frances, Alice and Helen, and six brothers: George, of Shenandoah; James, Wirmington, Del.; Two in Greece, two in South America. _____________________ Funeral arrangements are being completed by W. Harry WATERS, of Shenandoah. _____________________ Miss Minnie DIETRICH Miss Minnie DIETRICH, 60, of 1752 W. Market Street, Pottsville, died suddenly in the Good Samaritan Hospital at 9:52 o'clock Saturday morning. Miss DIETRICH was admitted to the hospital March 12th as a surgical patient and underwent a major operation, Thursday. Miss Dietrich was ill for three weeks before being admitted to the hospital. She was born and reared in Pottsville, a daughter of the late Em. And Louisa Dietrich, both pioneer residents of Yorkville. She lived her lifetime in Pottsville and for many years was employed at the Boltz Manufacturing Co. She was a devout member of Trinity Lutheran Church, and a faithful attendant at German services. She was also secretary of the G. A. Berner Class of Trinity Sunday School. To survive there are two brothers, Louis C., and Gutas A., both of Pottsville, and several nieces and nephews. Chas. DIETZ is completing funeral arrangements. _____________________ Mrs. Samuel COLLINS Mrs. Samuel COLLINS, who has been ill over a year at the Woman's Hospital at Baltimore, Md., died Wednesday morning. She will be remembered as Miss Alice FIREY, daughter of the late Dr. M. J. FIREY, who was pastor of the English Lutheran Church, this city, for a number of years. Mrs. Collins was buried in Charlotte, N. C. _____________________ Anniversaries Birthday--Saturday, March 15 Frank BORAN, Minersville. Mrs. John FEEMAN, 20 S. Centre St. Joseph ZIMMERMAN, Sch. Haven Robert BALDWIN, 608 Fairview St. Lois Ann HURST, daughter of Mrs. & Mrs. Walter HURST, Wash. St., her 6th. Frederick (FRITZ) NEBER, 119 S. Seventh St. Paul DAUBERT, Laurel St. Helen STEWART, Harrison St. Mrs. E. Nelson WILLIAMS, W. Market St. Mrs. Thos. QUINN, Mahantongo St. Mrs. Claude LAWRENCE, Greenwood Hill. Margaret MURPHY, Branchdale. Robert GREINER, son of Mr. & Mrs. Harvey GREINER, Jr. of 618 N. 8th St. Jerry SCHULTZ, s/Mr. And Mrs. Frank SCHULTZ, 614 N. 8th St., his 10th. Samuel LORD, of the Pottsville Mission. Margaret WILLIAMS, d/Mrs. Emily WILLIAMS, 707 Mahantongo Street. Shirley JONES, d/Mr. And Mrs. Francis JONES, 900 Laurel St., her 6th. Mrs. Anna NEY, w/Joseph NEY, of N. Centre St. Joseph ZIMMERMAN, Sch. Haven. Mrs. George CORBY, Wadesville. Robert MAZARAS, s/Mr. And Mrs. Frank MAZARAS, New Phila., his 3rd. John E. FOLEY, Minersville. J. M. SCHROPE, Hegins. Miss Helen GIBAS, Cumbola. Mrs. James DEVINE, Cumbola. Harrison MATTHEWS, Sr., Cumbola. Joseph RUTKA, Cumbola. Daniel J. MALONE, Cumbola. Rosalie GIBAS, Cumbola. Mrs. Bessie BALLENTINE, Phila. Sunday, March 6 Joseph S. DAVIES, 576 Peacock St. Jean HUGHES, d/Mrs. Helen HUGHES, 1024 W. Race St., her 15th. Mrs. Frederick LOMBEL, Leshers Court. Mrs. James JENNINGS, Jr. of 519 Spring Garden St. Bernadette SCHLITZER, d/ Mr. And Mrs. Michael SCHLITZER, Branchdale. Thomas MCGANN, Sr., Branchdale. Helen WUSTER, d /Mr. And Mrs. Wm. WUSTER, Port Carbon. Vera DEGUTIS, Minersville. WEDDING-- Saturday, March 15 Mr. And Mrs. Richard MACK, N. Centre St., their 10th. Mr. And Mrs. Henry SPOTTS, of George Ave., their 25th. She is the former Maud LORD. (?) (Lo*d) Sunday, March 16 Mr. And Mrs. Daniel DONNE, Palo Alto, their 20th. _____________________ Tuesday, March 25, 1941 DINNER HELD FOR MRS. WAGNER Frackville Woman Honored on Her 75th Birthday. A surprise family dinner was held by her children in honor of Mrs. Kate WAGNER, who celebrated her 75th birthday. Beautiful plants were received, also other useful gifts. Those who attended the dinner were: Marie WAGNER, Harry WAGNER, Mrs. Mary C. WAGNER, Douglas, Oscar, Jr. and Charlotte WAGNER, Mr. And Mrs. Victor WAGNER, George and Amy WAGNER, granddaughter, Ruth Ann, Mitchell WAGNER, George WAGNER, Charles, Geo. Jr., Mary Jane and Shirley WAGNER; Mr. And Mrs. Clarence BLICKLEY sons, Jackie and James, daughters, Lois and Jean; Mrs. Earl WAGNER and son, Earl, Mr. And Mrs. Arthur WAGNER and son, Arthur, of Shenandoah; Mr. And Mrs. John WAGNER of Ft. Springs; Mr. And Mrs. Paul WAGNER and sons, Mark, Robert, Ronald; Mrs. Senera HARTSELL, Mr. And Mrs. Michael HRESHKO and son, Michael, and John TAYLOR. _____________________ Mrs. FERTIG Buried Mrs. Mary FERTIG, widow of Geo. FERTIG, who died in Phila., was buried Monday afternoon in Greenwood Cemetery, with Rev. John Henry LEHN, rector of Christ Episcopal Church, officiating. Relatives acted as pallbearers. Mrs. FERTIG leaves to survive, one daughter, Mrs. Carl EASLEY, of Phila., and one sister, Lillie NICE, of Frackville. NICE was the Undertaker. _____________________ GIRARDVILLE Daniel CRAMER Buried. The funeral of Daniel CRAMER took place from Clarke's Funeral Home, and services were conducted by Rev. J. D. MECHLETTE, pastor of the Methodist Church. Mrs. Earl DREHER and Mrs. Bill HARRIS sang. Interment was in United Protestant Cemetery, Geo. MALLAMS, Samuel MOUNDS, Calvin MALLAMS, Raymond MALLAMS, Edward PURCELL and Robt. KLEESE, were the pallbearers. _____________________ DETURKSVILLE BOY BRUISED BY AUTO Marlin ZIMMERMAN, five year old son of Mr. And Mrs. Wm. ZIMMERMAN, of DeTurksville, escaped with minor injuries about 5 o'clock, Monday evening, when he was struck by a car driven by Thos. J. CAMPION of 227 W. Mahanoy Ave., Mahanoy City, when he darted across the highway, Route No. 443, near his home. The child was given first aid for bruises and lacerations and removed to his home. An older brother of the small victim, Wm. ZIMMERMAN, age 9 years, was seriously injured last October, when he jumped from a wagon into the path of a car near the township school. He was a patient in the Pottsville Hospital for weeks. _____________________ Saturday, March 29, 1941 COUNTY TRAINEES: Sch. Haven and Tower City Draft Districts Send More Young Men. The Schuylkill Haven District dispatched this group to Wilkes Barre Left to Right: (front row) Sterling STROUBHAUER, Pine Grove; Arthur HUBLER, Pine Grove; George KOONS, Pine Grove; Paul BERGER, Cressona; Walter SPITTLER, Pine Grove; (back row) Walter HEINBACH, Pine Grove; Francis HUGHES, Tremont; Jacob WILLIAMS, Tremont; William BAMBRICK, Tremont; Julian STUMPF, Pine Grove; and Paul HEINBACH, Pine Grove (Picture) >From the Tower City District, these men broke family and business ties to report to Selective Service: Left to right, (front row) James KEATING, Heckscherville; Timothy SMITH, Mowry; Herman HENTZ, Hegins; Marlyn OTTO, Hegins; (back row) Harry BAMBRICK, Heckscherville; Joseph RYAN, Heckscherville; Russel BOHR, Orwin; Dewey NELSON, Orwin and Carl BRESSLER, Hegins. (Picture) _____________________ Frackville-HOLD LAST RITES FOR REV. MOSER The funeral of Rev. Charles MOSER was held from his late residence on S. Balliet St. A brief service was held at the house. The cortege proceeding to Maple where services were held in the United Brethren Church, conducted by Rev. Victor GLERN. Interment followed in the Church Cemetery. Six grandsons of the deceased were pall bearers: Harry YODER, Chas. And Clarence MOSER, Elmer YODER, Ivan LUCAS, and Marlyn MOSER. NICE was the undertaker. _____________________ Howard S. HIRLEMAN Howard S. HIRLEMAN, 58, died at the home of his son-in-law, and daughter, Mr. And Mrs. Thos. IMBODEN, Columbia street, Sch. Haven Friday evening of a year's illness. He was formerly associated with the Laudenbacher Mills of Sch. Haven. He was a son of the late Frank and Tina nee RHODES HIRLEMAN of Sch. Haven and lived his life-time there. He was a member of Grace Evangelical Church. Besides his wife, the former Mary LAUDENBACHER, she is survived by one daughter, Grace, wife of Thos. IMBODEN, three sisters, Laura, wife of Geo. SCHAEFFER, and Eva, wife of aJs. TRIY, Sch. Haven and Vallie, wife of Robt. THOMPSON, Pottsville. The funeral will be held from the D. M. Bittle Funeral Home, Sch. Haven, Monday afternoon. Interment will be made in the Union Cemetery, Sch. Haven. _____________________ Tuesday, April 29, 1941 DEATHS Anton LOEPER Anton LOEPER, Sr., 81, prominent resident and business man of Ashland, died at his home 328 Centre street Tuesday morning following a 28 months' illness. Mr. LOEPER was born in Meschede Westphalia, Germany, April 25th, 1860 a son of the late Anton and Gertrude LOEPER and came to this country as a youth. He was a cabinet maker by trade and for many years conducted a planing mill and cabinet making plant in Ashland, and built many homes in this community. He was one of the founders of the LOEPER Hotel and was actively affiliated with a number of fraternal orders. He was a member of St. Mauritius Church of the Happy Death Society, the Knights of St. George, Holy Name Society, Washington Fire Company. His wife died in 1931 and to survive him are these children: Frank and Miss Marie, at home; Sister M. Columbana, of St. Bonaventure Convent, Phila., Peter A., and Anton W. Jr., Ashland, Mrs. Gertrude BICKERT and Mrs. Fred BICKERT, Phila. There are also a number of grandchildren and three brothers, Peter, a jeweler of Ashland, Frank and Joseph of Reading. Frank L. BURKE, Ashland, is completing funeral arrangements. _____________________ Andrew J SMITH Andrew J SMITH, 80, a retired farmer, formerly of East Brunswick Township, died at the home of his niece, Mrs. Homer RIBKEE, of 315 Haven street, Tuesday morning, of complications. He lived in East Brunswick until he retired five years ago and moved to Sch. Haven. He was a son of the late Daniel and Katherine nee ARNDT SMITH and was a member of Zion's Reformed Church, West Penn. He was also a member of Washington Camp No. 100, P. O. S. and A., New Ringgold, and Protective Council No. 934, O. of I. A., McKeansburg. To survive there are two sisters, Mrs. Ida HOOVER and Mrs. Ella MORRELL of California, nine grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. The funeral will be held from the D. M. Bittle Funeral Home, Sch. Haven, Friday afternoon. Interment will be made in the Zion Cemetery, West Penn. _____________________ John LONG John LONG, 85, a retired miner, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Wm. BREINER, of Tamaqua, of a months' illness. He was a native of Lehigh County and lived in Tamaqua for the past 52 years. He was employed by the L. N. C. Corp. until he retired 11 years ago. He was a member of Trinity Reformed Church. To survive there are a daughter, Mrs. BREINER; a son, Charles LONG, Tamaqua, and five grandchildren. The funeral arrangements are in charge of Bischoff's Estate, Tamaqua. _____________________ John HOREY- The funeral of John HOREY of Girardville, was held from the home of his brother, John BUTLER, Monday morning. A high mass of requiem was celebrated in St. Joseph's Church by Father Daniel GATENS, who also performed the rite of absolution and officiated at the committal services in the parish cemetery. The pall bearers were: George SIGARAITIS, Wm. SMITH, Jos. MURRAY, Chas. CUNNINGHAM, Edw. MCLAUGHLIN and Jos. BURNS. M. J. CLARKE, Girardville, is the funeral director. _____________________ FIND STEVE BUNCK DIED NATURAL DEATH An investigation by deputy coroner Allen KELLER of Minersville and members of the Pottsville sub station of the Motor Police disclosed that Steve BONK of Llewellyn who was found dead Monday morning in his automobile, had died a natural death. The man was found in his automobile, with his shoes off and a pillow under his head. The door of the garage was partly open and the windows of the machine were lowered and the ignition turned off so that he could not have died from monoxide poisoning. A heart attack in his sleep is attributed as the cause of his death. The funeral will be held Wednesday with Wm. TUSON of Minersville the funeral director. _____________________ GIRARDVILLE GIRL BRIDE OF HARRISBURG MAN The marriage of Miss Elva A. KARWOIS, of Harrisburg, daughter of Mr. And Mrs. John A. KARWOIS, of Girardville, and Homer K. LUTTRINGER, son of Col. And Mrs. Leo A. LUTTRINGER, of Harrisburg R. D. 1, took place Saturday April 26, in Paxton Presbyterian Church, with the Rev. Harry B. KING, D. D., officiating. Following a plane trip to New York City, N. Y., and a honeymoon there, the couple will reside at Harrisburg, R. D. 1. Both are graduates of Pennsylvania State College. The bride has been employed as an accountant in Harrisburg, and the bridegroom, a member of the Harrisburg Junior Chamber of Commerce, is employed in the editorial department of a Harrisburg newspaper. _____________________ TO HOLD INQUEST IN GINSBERG DEATH At City Hall tonight, at eight o'clock Deputy Coroner PENBERTH will conduct an inquest into the death of the late Mrs. Margaret E. GINSBERG, 71, of New St., who early in April was fatally injured at Centre and Market Sts. by the auto driven by Mrs. Wm. G. BUEHLER, of N. 18th St., this city. Mrs. GINSBERG died in the Pottsville Hospital from a compound fracture of the skull for which an operation had been performed. Traffic Officer J. CONNERS who was on duty at the corner at the time will be the principal witness. The office of the district attorney will be represented at the hearing. _____________________ Wednesday, August 6, 1941 Funerals-- Wm W. PALMER--The funeral of Wm. W. PALMER was held from his home on E. Mahanoy St., Mahanoy City, Wednesday morning with private services being conducted by Rev. J. ARMITSTEAD, pastor of the M. E. Church, who also conducted the committal rites at the grave in the Protestant Cemetery. The pall bearers were: William WEBB, Sr., Wm. WATKINS, Evan ROSSER, Jas. SNYDER, Geo. HAAK and Harry COSTELLO. Scheerer's Funeral Service, Mahanoy City, had charge. _____________________ ASPHYXIATED AT SALEM HILL John SAXON of McAdoo Heights, fireboss at the Salem Hill Colliery was asphyxiated at work early Wednesday morning. He was found unconscious by miners, when they entered the gangway and all efforts to resuscitate him were futile. He was making his routine inspection when overcome by black damp. He had been employed at the local colliery for the past two years but has been engaged in mining for many years and was a former inside superintendent of the Silver Brook Colliery of the Haddock Coal Co. for 16 years. Deputy Coroner Clarence MORGAN of Port Carbon, released the body. Among his survivors is his wife and three children: John Jr., Elizabeth, Eleanor, Margaret, Robert, Charles and Reta at home, Stephen of Bridgeport, Conn. And Joseph in the U. S. Army in Georgia. He was born in Old Honeybrook a son of Thos. And the late Anna SAXON. His father eight brothers and sisters and two stepsisters also survive. _____________________ MINER KILLED BY 400 FT. FALL Chas. SAVATSKY of Minersville, was instantly killed Wednesday shortly before noon when he fell to his death down a 400 foot shaft of a bootleg coal hole where he was working near Black Heath. His body was recovered and brought to the surface and removed to the Willinsky-Paulosky Funeral Home. The man formerly made his home with a sister, Mrs. KUPACAVAGE of 531 N. Third St., Minersville. Deputy Coroner Allen KELLER of Minersville, will conduct an investigation. The Minersville Good Will Ambulance was sent to the scene of the accident. _____________________ Wednesday, August 13, 1941 DR. FLANAGAN TO TAKE BRIDE Announcement is made of the coming marriage of Dr. Edward FLANIGAN now interning at the Mercy- Fitzgerald Hospital, Phila. And Miss Doris N. EVERETT, a school teacher of Baltimore. The wedding will take place Aug. 30 at Baltimore. _____________________ Thursday, September 18, 1941 SHENANDOAH MAN HURT IN COLLISION Albert PUNCAVAGE, 420 _ Centre St., Shenandoah, was treated for shock and a bruised shoulder, received when his coupe and a sedan driven by Jacob BARAUSKIAS of 202 E. Centre St., Shenandoah, collided on route 45 at Wm. Penn on Wednesday morning at 11:35 o'clock. The impact caused the coupe to roll over and it landed on its top. Damage to both cars amounted to $200. PUNCAVAGE was treated by Dr. E. G. SION of Shenandoah. _____________________ Monday, September 22, 1941 SEPTEMBER BRIDES: Minersville, St. Clair Churches Scene of Pretty Ceremonies Over Week-End. SAMILO-GONTARCHICK In St. Nicolas Greek Catholic Church, at Minersville, Miss Alexandria Olga GONTARCHICK, daughter of Mr. And Mrs. Wassel GONTARCHICK, was married to John SAMILO, son of Mrs. Anna and the late Harry SAMILO of Glen Carbon at noon, Saturday, with Rev. STRUTYNSKI and Rev. ULICKI, pastor and assistant pastor of the church officiating. The choir, under the direction of John SEMANICH, sang several numbers. The church was decorated in white asters. (etc.)(Picture) NEVERUSKY-SLINSKY The marriage of Miss Blanche SLINSKY, daughter of Mr. And Mrs. Theodore SLINSKY, Minersville and George NEVERUSKY, son of Joseph NEVERUSKY and the late Mrs. NEVERUSKY, Minersville, took place Sunday morning in Minersville at St. Francis' Church at 10:30 with Rev. Joseph NEVERAUSKAS officiating. (etc.)(Picture) BABILYA-SURMAY Miss Mary E. SURMAY, daughter of Mr. And Mrs. John SURMAY, of Tower City, and Michael BABILYA, son of Mrs. Anna BABILYA, of Coal Castle, were married Sunday morning in SS. Peter and Paul's Greek Catholic Church, Minersville, at 11:30, by Rev. V. E. KAPISINSKY. (etc.)(Picture) UNITIS-MAXINE Miss Katherine MAXINE, daughter of John MAXINE, of Forestville Road, Pottsville, and Alphonse UNITIS, son of Anthony UNITIS, of Minersville, were married at noon, Sunday, in St. Stanislaus Church, Minersville, by Rev. Sebastian P. BABLARZ. (etc.)(Picture) KOZLA-TOMCHANY Miss Eleanor TOMCHANY, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles TOMCHANY, of Arnots Addition, St. Clair, and Stephen KOZLA, son of Mrs. Mary WAYDA, of Arnots Addition, were married Saturday morning at 10 o'clock in St. Michael's Church, St. Clair, by Rev. Andrew SELPECKY. (etc.)(Picture) RACZKA-MARCHOCK The marriage of Miss Verna MARCHOCK, of St. Clair, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester MARCHOCK, of Cherry St., Arnot's Addition, and Victor RACZKA, son of Mrs. Adolph RACZKA of Jonestown, took place Saturday night. (etc.) (Picture) KVEDAROVICZ-KASLAUSKAS Miss Anna Esther KASLAUSKAS, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John KASLAUSKAS, of St. Clair, became the bride of John Richard KVEDAROVICZ, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles KVEDAROVICZ, of Nanticoke. The ceremony took place Sunday morning at 10:30 in St. Casmir's Church, St. Clair, with Rev. Peter LAUMAKIS officiating. (etc.) (Picture) _____________________ Anniversaries-- May MCGOEY, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Philip MCGOEY, Palo Alto. _____________________ Monday, November 24, 1941 Social News--- Mrs. George TOKANITZ Minersville Couple Wed at Church Ceremony SS Peter and Paul's Greek Catholic Church, Minersville, was the scene of a wedding, Sunday, when Miss Julia KALINIC, daughter of Mrs. Julia KALINICH, became the bride of George TOKANITZ, son of Mr. and Mrs. John TOKANITZ, of Arnot's Addition. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. KAPILCHINSKY, pastor of the church, in the presence of a large group of friends. (etc.) (Picture) PRETTY WEDDING TAKES PLACE IN ST CLAIR Mrs. John A. SHIMKUS At a pretty wedding, which took place Sunday morning in St. Clair, Miss Mary J. MISTICHEN, of Five Points, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew MISTICHEN, became the bride of John A. SHIMKUS, of Philadelphia. The ceremony was performed in Holy Trinity Church at 9:00 by the Rev. BADHO, followed by a high nuptial mass. (etc.) (Picture) MINERSVILLE CHURCH SCENE OF WEDDING Antoinette T. BEREFSKY and Leo V. BRADLEY Wed Sunday Morning. St. Stanislaus Church, Minersville, was the scene of a wedding on Sunday morning at 9:30 o'clock, when Miss Antoinette Theresa BEREFSKY, of Minersville, became the bride of Leo Vincent BRADLEY, Minersville. The ceremony was performed in the presence of a large group of friends of the young couple by the Rev. BABIAZ. (etc.) (Picture) PHOENIX PARK GIRL and FORRESTVILLE MAN WED Mrs. Felix WENTZ The St. Nicholaus Greek Catholic Church, Minersville, was the scene of a wedding at 11:30 o'clock Sunday morning, when Miss Annie DROBICK, of Phoenix Park, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Anthony DROBICK, became the bride of Felix WENTZ, son of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew WENTZ, Forrestville. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Andrew ULITISKY, assistant pastor of the church. (etc.) (Picture) WED AT FRACKVILLE-- Mrs. Michael KESSOCK, the former Margaret DEPSKY, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wassel DEPSKY, of Jonestown, whose marriage to Michael KESSOCK, of Frackville, took place Saturday morning, in the Holy Ascension Church, Frackville. (Picture) PORT CARBON GIRL IS BRIDE OF ARMY MAN Mrs. Frank J. ROGAUSKAS Anna Helen ANDRESCAVAGE and Sgt. Frank J. ROGAUSKAS Wed. Sunday morning at 10:30 Miss Anna Helen ANDRESCAVAGE, daughter of Mrs. Anna ANDRESCAVAGE, of Port Carbon, became the bride of Sergt. Frank Justin ROGAUSKAS, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. ROGAUSKAS, of Minersville. The ceremony was performed in St. Casimir's Church, St. Clair, by the Rev. LAUMAKAS, with the decorative scheme of the church being carried out in chrysanthemums. Presiding at the organ was Dr. Vincent MIKATAVAGE, a cousin of the bridegroom, who accompanied William BERNOSKY, of Minersville, who sang "Ave Maria." (etc.)(Picture) MISS LAURA TASSO is BRIDE of LOUIS PURIN Wedding Took Place Sunday Morning at St. Joseph's Church The marriage of Miss Laura TASSO, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Anthony TASSO, of Adams St., and Louis PURIN, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Louis PURIN, of Port Carbon, took place Sunday morning in St. Joseph's Church. The ceremony was performed at 11 o'clock in St. Joseph's Church by Father McDEVITT. (etc.) (Picture) RECEPTION FOLLOWS ORF-STASO WEDDING Mrs. Kenneth J. ORF The following attended the reception following the marriage of Miss Anna STASO, the daughter of Charles STASO and the late Mrs. Helen STASO, of St. Clair, and Kenneth J. ORF, son of Mrs. Anna Mae ORF and the late Joseph A. ORF, of this city, which took place at noon, Saturday, in the Trinity Lutheran Church, the reception being held at the Necho Allen Hotel; (etc.) (Picture) _____________________ Saturday, November 29, 1941 (page 1) JUDGE HOUCK IMPROVING The condition of ex-Judge Henry HOUCK on Saturday morning was very much improved. This was the report given out at the Ft. Springs Hospital where he is a patient. _____________________ CRASH NEAR ALMSHOUSE Pottsville Motor Police investigated an auto crash near the Almshouse early Friday evening in which a truck and pleasure care were damaged to the extent of $250 and no one injured. The driver of the truck, John KERANSKA, R. D. 3, Pottsville, coming out of the Almshouse road with a load of cinders collided with the car of Angelo ANTHONY, of Shamokin, at the intersection. _____________________ Saturday, November 29, 1941 (page 5) CARD OF THANKS The family of the late Mrs. William KOCHER of Frackville, wish to thank all those who so kindly assisted them in their recent bereavement also those who sent flowers and furnished cars. _____________________ LEGAL NOTICE ADMINISTRATION NOTICES--Estate of Nellie R. McARDLE, late of the borough of Middleport, County of Schuylkill, and State of Pennsylvania, deceased. Letters of administration on said estate having been granted to the undersigned, all persons indebted thereto are requested to make immediate payment, and those having claims or demands against the same will present them without delay for settlement to: Bernard McARDLE Administrator Middleport, Penna. Or to his Attorneys Henry HOUCK, Esq. 314 Schuylkill Trust Bldg. Pottsville, Pa. _____________________ Tuesday, December 9, 1941 E. MT. CARBON WOMAN DIES OF HEART ATTACK Mrs. Jennie Clouser SHOLLENBERGER died suddenly at 8 o'clock this morning, at the home of her daughter, Ms. Jennie PHILLIPS, East Mount Carbon. She had been in ill health for the last two weeks but her death came unexpectedly this morning following a heart attack. Her first husband, Edward CLOUSER, and her second husband, Edward SHOLLENBERGER, both proceeded her in death, the latter ten years ago. A son, Private Edward CLOUSER, died Aug 29, 1939. Since the death of her second husband she had been residing with her daughter in East Mount Carbon. She is survived by three children: Mrs. Jennie PHILLIPS, Mrs. Frances REILLY, and Abbie, wife of Clyde ERDMAN, the latter two of Eighth and Mahantongo Streets, Pottsville; a sister, Mrs. Harry ARCHIBALD, Pottsville; seven grandchildren, Andrew and John REILLY, both of New York; Mrs. Edgar LECHER, Pottsville; Mrs. Robert BRENNEMAN, Allentown; Jerome and Francis PHILLIPS, both of East Mt. Carbon, and Edward ERDMAN, of the U. S. Army at Fort Hulen, Texas, and two great grandchildren. Funeral arrangements under the direction of T. D. BERGEN, are incomplete. Mrs. SHOLLENBERGER was a member of St. Patrick's Church and of the Auxiliary of the G. A. R. _____________________ Monday, April 13, 1942 MINERSVILLE MAN IS KILLED John HERCHOCK, Struck By Auto; Died From Broken Neck John HERCHOCK, 58, of 590 W. Sunbury street, Minersville, an employee at the Kozack Store at Minersville for the past 20 years, was fatally injured Sunday night at 10:50 o'clock when struck by a car on the road a quarter of a mile west of Minersville in Cass Township and was pronounced dead at 11:20 o'clock by Dr. J. RADZIEVICH. The victim, according to police report, was walking in the middle of the road when he was struck by a car driven by Wm. GILGORE of 422 Wheeler Street, Pottsville, who swerved to the left side of the road at the time of the accident. The fatally injured man was removed to the doctor's office where he was pronounced dead from a broken neck and fractured leg and his body released by Deputy Coroner Thos WYTHE of Minersville. The man was a member of St. George's Ukranian Church, Minersville, and lived at the Kozack home and worked in the store for the past 20 years. (cont. on p. 3) _____________________ Wednesday, May 6, 1942 MAKES BRAVE FIGHT TO LIVE Unaware that Husband and Sister Died from Crash, Arnouts Woman Rallies. Unaware that her husband and sister, who were fatally injured in a truck crash on the Frackville highway Sunday evening, were buried this morning, Mrs. Mary GALENDA of Arnout's Addition is putting up a courageous fight to overcome a critical injury in the Ft. Springs Hospital. Both legs were horribly mangled when she was pinned between the truck and steel anchor posts of the guard railing along the road, and she has been given several blood transfusions. The funeral of her young husband, Geo. GALENDA, was held from the home of her brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Emanuel LOPEZ of Shaft Hill, St. Clair, Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock. A high mass of requiem was celebrated in St. Mary's Church at 9:30 o'clock by Father Wm. O'CONNELL, who also performed the rites of absolution. Interment was made in the St. Clair Cemetery. The pall bearers were Andrew PAVALKO, Benj. GARLAND, Wm. KERNS, Geo. BADIDA, Michael TOBIN and Peter SEDLOCK. Jos. C. McCULLOUGH was the funeral director. The driver of the truck, Walter ROMANSKY, Minersville, is a patient in the Warne Hospital, suffering with a fractured skull. His condition however is good. The funeral of his wife, Anna ROMANSKY, a victim of the same crash was held from the home of her parents in Frackville, Wednesday morning. The condition of the children of the couples, who are patients in the Ft. Springs Hospital, with head and body injuries, is also good. _____________________ Saturday, June 13, 1942 (page 1) FALL OF ROCK PROVES FATAL Frank PUKAS, 50, of Laurel St., Minersville, died in the Pottsville Hospital at 1:40 o'clock Saturday morning of injuries of the legs, arms and chest, received Thursday night, when he was caught under a fall of rock at the Repplier colliery. He was born in Lithuania and came to this country 33 years ago and settled in Minersville. He was a member of St. Francis Church and societies. To survive besides his wife, the former Beatrice MITSKY, there are these children: Alma, wife of Peter MESERAVAGE, Minersville; Herbert, with the U. S. forces in the Panama Canal Zone; Florence, Billie and Joan Marie at home. There are a brother, Joseph and a sister, Mrs. Simon BALMANOSIS of Minersville, his parents, two brothers and two sisters in Lithuania. The funeral will be held from his home, Wednesday morning. Wm. TUSON, Minersville, is the funeral director. _____________________ COALDALE YOUTH HURT IN FREAK ACCIDENT Geo. KEVALIC, 22, of W. Ruddle street, Coaldale, was seriously injured Friday night in a freak accident on the highway between Hometown and Hauto. KEVALIS was coasting down hill on the rear bumper of a car that had stalled , when he fell to the highway on his head and received a fracture of the skull. He was removed to the Coaldale Hospital where his condition is critical. _____________________ TWO TRUCKS OVERTURN ON PINE GROVE ROAD Pine Grove Motor Police investigated two accidents Friday afternoon and evening involving two trucks which overturned on the highways. The first accident happened about 3 miles from Pine Grove, when a tire on the truck tractor driven by Howard HEFFNER of Cressona, blew out as he was driving from Sch. Haven to Pine Grove. The blowout caused the truck to upset on the highway, spilling the load of coal dirt over the highway and causing $400 damage to the truck. The second accident happened on the road from Fountain to Newtown when the lights on a truck driven by Chas. D. EDWARDS of Hegins, R. D., blew out and he lost control of the truck, which ran up an embankment and overturned, damaging the truck to the amount of $250. Neither driver was injured. _____________________ WANTED TO BE A MARINE, DIES AFTER OPERATION. Post-operative shock following an operation for the removal of a goiter which was performed in order to enable him to join the U. S. Marine Corps, caused the death Friday afternoon of Henry Foster (Buddy) SPOTTS, Jr. of 610 Fairview St., at the Good Samaritan Hospital. He had passed all other physical examinations. Buddy who was 17 years old was a son of Henry and Veronica SPOTTS. He was a member of the Junior Class of Pottsville H. S. and attended the Second Presbyterian Church. He is survived by his parents and a sister, Kathryn, at home. The funeral will be held on Monday afternoon, at the family residence. Claude LORD is the funeral director. _____________________ Thursday, June 4, 1942 FALL ON STEPS FATAL TO MINER. John KARDESKI of Mt. Pleasant, died in the Pottsville Hospital at 11:45 o'clock Wednesday evening of a broken neck, received Wednesday afternoon, when he fell down a flight of steps at his home. He was born in Poland and came to this country 44 years ago and was a miner by occupation. He was a member of St. Stanislaus Church. To survive besides his wife, Rose, there is a daughter, Mrs. Victoria DUDASH of Shenandoah. Deputy Coroner Thos. WYETH of Minersville, released the body to the Ritzel Funeral Home, from where the funeral will be held Monday morning. _____________________ SLIGHT COLLISION A coupe owned and driven by John FERTIG, of Twelfth and Laurel St., was damaged slightly in a crash that occurred about 1:30 Thursday afternoon, at the corner of Mahantongo and Centre Sts. In a collision with a truck. _____________________ Saturday, June 13, 1942 (page 4) FRACKVILLE: THREE COUPLES ARE MARRIED A pretty wedding was solemnized in the Church of the Annunciation of the B. V. M. this morning when Miss Agnes PETRUSKY, R. N. the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. PETRUSKY of Fifth St., Frackville became the bride of Albert, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. SCHLACK of Shenandoah. The nuptial mass was celebrated by the Rev. Leon PECIUKEVICH and the pastor the Rev. S. J. NORBUTAS performed the marriage ceremony. (etc.) DENGLER-HEATON NUPTIALS At a nuptial high mass celebrated in the Holy Rosary Church, Mahanoy Plane at 10 o'clock this morning. Miss Dorothy HEATON of Gilberton, the daughter of Mr. and the late Mrs. Wm. HEATON became the bride of Joseph J. DENGLER, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred DENGLER of Frackville. The marriage ceremony was performed by the pastor, Rev. P. J. FLEMING and the Rev. John J. CARROLL, read the mass. (etc.) GILBERTON Miss Anna WEEKS, daughter of Mrs. Minnie WEEKS, became the bride of Thomas KIRBY, son of John KIRBY of Mahanoy Plane, at a ceremony in the Holy Rosary Church, Gilberton, by Father CUMMINGS assisted by Father FLEMING. They were attended by Miss Catherine KIRBY and William MEADE. They will reside in Pottstown where the bridegroom is employed. _____________________ LEGAL NOTICE I (Charles A. PILLSBURY) will not be responsible for any bills contracted by anyone other than myself... Charles A. PILLSBURY. TESTAMENTARY NOTICE Estate of Annie NEMETH (Annie CERMAK), late of the village of Glen Dower, Foster Twp., County of Schuylkill, and State of Pennsylvania, deceased. Letters testamentary on said estate having been granted to the undersigned, all persons indebted therein are requested to make immediate payment, and those having claims or demands against the same will present them without delay for settlement to. Walter SIDORIAK, Pottsville, Pa. Executor. TESTAMENTARY NOTICE Estate of Julia MAYTIA or MATTEA, late of the Village of Brockton, County of Schuylkill, and the State of Pennsylvania, deceased. Letters testamentary on said estate having been granted to the undersigned, all persons indebted therein are requested to make immediate payment, and those having claims or demands against the same will present them without delay for settlement to. Joseph J. MATTEA Brockton, Pennsylvania Administrator Or Malcolm D. REEVES, Attorney 602 Thompson Bldg., Pottsville, Pa. _____________________ Wednesday, June 17, 1942 AUTO SKIDS ON CURVE NEAR BUCK RUN An accident happened at 9:30 o'clock Wednesday morning two miles north of Minersville on a curve on the road between Duncittand Buck Run, when the automobile skidded and struck a pole. The car was driven by Ellen SCHMIDT of 2037 Centre St., Ashland, who was going toward Minersville, when the accident occurred. She was taken to the Good Samaritan Hospital by a passing coal trucker, for treatment of injuries of the left knee. Damage to her car was about $75. _____________________ Friday, June 19, 1942 RECOVER BODY ENTOMBED MAN The body of John YATSKO, 43, an independent miner of Maryd., who was entombed when the roof caved in at the coal hole in which he was working Thursday afternoon was recovered several hours later by fellow workers and others who volunteered in the rescue work. The victim was working with Geo. KUPETZ and John SCHAEFFER when the fall trapped him. Several times he was uncovered but recurrent falls kept the rescuers from recovering him alive. The victim is unmarried and resided at the home of a nephew, John YATSKO, in Maryd. To survive there are these brothers and sisters: Andrew, Peter and Adam, all of Maryd; Mrs. Jeff LENTZ, and Mrs. Stanley BROZNA of McAdoo. The funeral will be held from the home of his nephew, Monday morning with a requiem mass in St. Bartholomew's Church and interment in McAdoo. Deputy Coroner A. R. SNYDER, Tamaqua, released the body to A. J. AZLONIS of New Phila. _____________________ CRITICALLY ILL AT HOSPITAL Mrs. Mary H. YOUNGFLEISCH of 1500 W. Norwegian St., widow of John YOUNGFLEISCH, is a patient at the Warne Hospital. She has been under treatment for the past three weeks and her condition is regarded as critical. Mrs. Youngfleisch is the mother of City Councilman Youngfleisch. _____________________ Wednesday, July 8, 1942 BREAKS ARM IN FALL Mrs. Margaret HORNING, of the Anna D. Apartments, N. Second St., slipped and fell on the sidewalk at Centre and Market Sts., Tuesday night, and received injuries that caused her removal to the Pottsville Hospital for treatment. She sustained a fracture of the left arm, between the wrist and the elbow and a sprain of her right ankle. Policemen COLLINS and CONNERS assisted Mrs. HORNING, who later was removed to her home. _____________________ Roedersville WASHINGTON TP. HOURS FOR GAS Residents of Washington Township residing in the Conrads, Big Dam and Roedersville school sections are asked to register at the Roedersville school building on July 9-10 and 11th. On the 9th the residents of the Conrad school section are asked to call at the Roedersville school building from 12 noon to 6 p.m. On the 10th the residents of the Roedersville school section from 12 noon to 6 p.m. On the 11th the residents of the Big Dam section are asked to come between 7 a.m. and 12 noon. PERSONALS Mr. and Mrs. Walter GUILDIN of Sch. Haven visited Mr. and Mrs. Oscar NAGLE and family. Mr. and Mrs. George FELTY of Suedberg visited their daughter, Mrs. Wm. DOUGLAS of Friedensburg. Mr. and Mrs. Roy BOYER of Llewellyn visited the latters parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank HAIN. Walter REED Jr. of Pottsville is spending his vacation with his grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. Frank HAIN Mr. and Mrs. Earl HUMMEL and daughters, Pearl and Rheta visited the former's father Sherman HUMMEL and family of Friedensburg. Mr. and Mrs. William REBER of Flat Hill residing on the former Fred HUMMEL farm have purchased the Snyder Valley school house and are preparing to convert it into a home. Mr. and Mrs. Abner HAFER of Hamburg visited with Mr. and Mrs. Samuel STUMP. Milton NAGLE placed a new shingle roof on the Daniel GERBER barn. Irvin HUMMEL, Sr. took the school children census for the Washington Township district. Mr. and Mrs. Marlin WOLFE of Lancaster made a business trip to this section. Mr. and Mrs. Dennis KRAUSE and family of Long Run Valley visited Mr. and Mrs. Lester BROWN and family on the FELTY farm. Mr. and Mrs. Theodore DARCAS and daughters, Arlene and Erma of Friedensburg, visited Mr. and Mrs. Walter STUMP. _____________________ Thursday, August 20, 1942 Funerals Mrs. Wm. NEIDLINGER--The funeral of Lyda, wife of William NEADLINGER was held Wednesday afternoon from her late home, 215 S. 4th St., Minersville. Services were conducted at the house by Rev. C. B. FELTON, pastor of the Methodist Church and Interment was in the Union Cemetery. The pall bearers were: Jacob GREGORY, Wm. I. MORGAN, Roy WILLIAMS, Guy ALLEN, Garfield TURNER, Mason DITZLER. The Ritzel Funeral Home had charge. _____________________ Saturday, August 29, 1942 RIDING ON RUNNING BOARD CAUSED DEATH. Arthur FELKER, 16, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick FELKER, of Lavelle, who died in the Fountain Springs Hospital, Friday afternoon, of injuries received Thursday afternoon, was riding home from his work at the Hi-Grade Fuel Company at Lavelle, when he fell from the running board of a car. The youth and two companions Henry MAY and Warren KLASS, were standing on the side of the road when Daniel DENGLER, of Mowery, a justice of the peace and deputy coroner for that section, offered them a ride home. Warren sat in the car and the other two boys clung to the side of the car while standing on the running board. Arthur FELKER lost his hold and fell to the road and was knocked unconscious. He rallied and appeared none the worse, but several hours later collapsed and was taken to the hospital. Besides his parents, the youth is survived by two brothers, Kenneth and William, and two step-brothers, Robert and Ralph SELTZER. The Frackville Motor Police investigated the accident. _____________________ Tuesday, September 22, 1942 PLANE CRASHED INTO MIDDLETOWN HOUSE, PILOT BELIEVED KILLED. Middletown, Pa.--An airplane crashed into a home near the Middletown Army Air Depot today. First reports were that the pilot was killed and the plane caught fire and burned. Witnesses said the plane barely cleared a church steeple and plunged against the corner of Dr. O. H. SWARTZ'S home, three blocks from the business district. Middletown's Fire Apparatus together with the fire fighting equipment of the Air Depot was rushed to the scene but could not reach the pilot because of the intense heat from the burning gasoline and plane. _____________________ SPECIAL PANEL, MURDER TRIAL Eleven Obtained When Regular Panel is Exhausted. A special panel of 25 jurors was ordered by Pres. Judge Cyrus M. PALMER to be summoned by Sheriff WALTER to report at 9:30 Wednesday morning in No. 1 Court Room to complete the jury being selected to try 15-year-old Emma POLETTI of Deep Creek, Barry Twp., on the charge of murder. The regular panel became exhausted at the noon hour today after 76 jurors had been examined and 11 were accepted and sworn, leaving one more juror to be obtained and two alternates. There are 12 jurors in a manslaughter trial that ended this afternoon in the court room of Judge DALTON that will be called on Wednesday morning as prospective jurors and will be called first thing before the special list of jurors are pressed into service. Dist. Atty. WHITEHOUSE and his deputy C. W. STAUDENMEIER for the Commonwealth and Attys. Frank A. GALLAGHER and J. F. MAHONEY, defense counsel stated this afternoon that they expected to secure the remaining three jurors by noon Wednesday, immediately after which the Commonwealth would start weaving their case on which they will ask the jury for the death penalty for the youthful defendant for killing her 44 year old father last March with a pumpkin charge fired from a shotgun. Of the 11 jurors so far secured, 6 are women. The jury is quartered at the Necho Allen Hotel. The Jurors The jurors obtained so far includes the following: Harry DORNBLASSER, Tamaqua, foreman; Salem SMITH, Orwigsburg; Miss Amy MOYER, Sch. Haven; Eva S. MILLER, Reinerton; Harry GERHARD, Orwigsburg; Morris RIZZARD, Orwigsburg; Mrs. Kathryn SHELER, 214 N. Third St., Pottsville; Mrs. Milton MARKLE, Walker Twp.; Mrs. Marion MAY, Port Carbon; Mrs. Carrie M. WALTON, 622 N. Second St., Pottsville; and Charles CASPER, New Phila. _____________________ Saturday, September 26, 1942 SENT ALL ITS SONS TO WORLD WAR I... SCHAEFFER'S HILL DOES IT AGAIN. Thos. W. BOYCHALK, killed in action August, 1942 (picture) Seaman 2nd Class Stanley W. PLEVA, killed in action, August 1942 (picture) Pvt. Peter BURKAS (Picture) Corp. Vincent LEWIS (Picture) Corp. Jos. PURCELL (Picture) John PLEVA Pfc. (Picture) Pvt. Nick DeSTEFANO (Picture) Raymond F. PLEVA Pfc. (Picture) Staff Sergt. Harold BERNER (Picture) Pvt. George SIRKO (Picture) Pvt. Jos. BROBST (Picture) Sgt. Walter S. PLEVA (Picture) Pvt. Jas. BERNER (Picture) Corp. Geo. PANAK (Picture) Pvt. Alfred BAXTER (Picture) Seaman Chas BAXTER (Picture) Pvt. Wm. PURCELL (Picture) 2nd Lt. Vincent PANAK (Picture) Sgt. Albert J. PLEVA (Picture) Pvt. Martin KODASH, believed to be one of the smallest men in the army. (Picture) John BOYCHALK (Picture) History has repeated itself in the small community of Schaeffer's Hill, near Minersville, which sent all of its eligible sons to serve in World War I and has done so in this conflict. Of the 111 residents of the community, 23 have answered their country's call and two of these have made the supreme sacrifice. Sunday afternoon at 3:15 o'clock the entire community and friends from all sections of the county will hold a patriotic rally and dedicate the community's service flag, with its 21 blue and two gold stars. Tribute will be paid to the youths serving in the Army, Navy, Marines, and Air Force, and a special memorial tribute will be paid to the two boys, who have died as heroes. It is probably an unprecedented fact that no other community has sent all of its eligible sons to war, and therefore the ceremony, in which the living will be honored and the dead remembered will excel all others in its fervor and patriotism. There are 30 homes in the community and eight of these homes have sent brothers to their country's call and two of these homes are bereft of sons and brothers. All of the boys except two are graduates of Cass Township High School and of these two, one is a graduate of Pottsville Catholic High School and the other a native of Czecho Slovakia, who came to this country as a youth. The entire populace has contributed to the fund for the service flag and it is their goal to place a lasting memorial in stone and bronze in the town, a fitting tribute to all the brave sons. E. J. BOYLE and Mrs. Henry LEWIS have been tireless in their preparations for the gala day Sunday. Judge James J. CURRAN, Minersville, will be the principal speaker and Thomas C. CONDRON, Jr., will be the master of ceremonies. _____________________ LEGAL NOTICE Testamentary Notice Estate of Thomas J. DOUGHERTY, late of the Borough of McAdoo, County of Schuylkill, and State of Pennsylvania, deceased. Letters testamentary on said estate having been granted to the undersigned, all persons indebted thereto are requested to make payment immediately and those having claims or demands against same will present them without delay for settlement to: John Y. DOUGHERTY and Joseph M. DOUGHERTY., Executors. 72 Tamaqua St., McAdoo, Pa. _____________________ Thursday, January 21, 1943 FATALLY HURT IN ALASKA MINE. Engaged in robbing pillars at the Alaska colliery, of the P. & R. C. & I. Co., Walter GINGALESKI, 28, a mine laborer, of the Mt. Carmel district, was instantly killed Wednesday evening at 7 o'clock. Assisting him was Nicholas BROKENSHIRE. They were clearing away loosened coal preparatory to replacing props that had been knocked out by a previously discharged shot. A big piece of rock dropped suddenly from the roof. It struck him on the top of the head and body, knocking him down. Dr. Samuel of Mt. Carmel, with the "first aid" team, removed the body to the surface. His skull was crushed showing that death came quickly. BROKENSHIRE, a few feet away from the ill-fated mine worker, escaped with a few slight cuts from small pieces of flying debris. GINGALESKI was single. He lived at 490 Snyder St., at Atlas. _____________________ Missing in Action--Corp. Leo M. MILLER Son of Mrs. Emma J. SULLIVAN of 2 S. Railroad street, Frackville, and Pvt. Leo SULIVAN of Santa Ana, Calif., who has been reported missing in action in North Africa. The last letter from her son was received by Mrs. SULLIVAN on Dec. 24, strangely enough on the day on which he was lost in action. It had been written several weeks before. _____________________ Wednesday, January 27, 1943 F. E. MELLET DIES AT SHENANDOAH Bank President Succumbs After 5 Weeks Illness Frank E. MELLET, aged 53, well known banker, died at his home, 10 S. White St., Shenandoah, at 6:20 Wednesday morning after being ill for the past 5 weeks with a heart condition. He was born in Shenandoah on Sept. 7, 1889, a son of the late Michael and Barbara MELLET. He resided in Shenandoah all his life, was educated in the Shenandoah schools and graduated from the Holy Cross College, Worcester, Mass. He had been a director in the First National Bank at Shenandoah since 1921, succeeding his father who died then, and he later organized the Union National Bank and was president at the time of his death. He was also treasurer of the Mutual Building and Loan Association and president of the Mutual Realty Co. as well as the vice president of the city National Bank, Pottsville. For many years, he was a member of the Fountain Springs Country Club and of the Pottsville Club and for years was a director of the County Insane Hospital. He belonged to the Shenandoah Elks Lodge and the American Legion and served a term as school director in Shenandoah. He was a member of the Church of the Annunciation and was well known for his charity work which was always done very quietly. He is survived by two sisters, Mrs. David REEVES, of Pottsville and Mrs. Irvin HEINTZ, of Brownfield, Mass. And one brother, Wm. M. MELLET, of Phila. He had several nephews and nieces, among them being Atty. Frank MELLET and his sister, Miss Barbara, who made their home with Mr. MELLET. The funeral will take place on Saturday morning, with the Flaherty Estate in charge. _____________________ FAMILY OF NINE HOMELESS IN SPRING GARDEN ST. FIRE A Pottsville family of nine, including a 15 day-old infant, were left homeless and lost most of their clothes and furnishings when fire gutted the dwelling they occupy at 323 Spring Garden St., shortly before 10 o'clock this morning. The furnishings of another family living next door at 321 were carried out into the street by the neighbors and firemen when the blaze threatened that dwelling also and succeeded in burning through a partition at the top of the staircase on the second floor. The burned out family is that of Mrs. William WEIKEL and includes these members: Elmer and Francis, adults; John, 18; Jean, 16; James, 14; Mrs. Betty MELICHIONE and her 15 day old son, Stephen, and a granddaughter, Joyce WEIKEL, five, Mr. WEIKEL, father of the family, is working in Philadelphia. The family whose furniture it was necessary to move because of the threat of flames was that of Mr. and Mrs. Harry ARTZ who have seven children. (etc.) _____________________ Thursday, February 11, 1943 ELLENGOWAN MAN DROPS DEAD AT COLLIERY Robert McLAUGHLIN, 49, of Ellengowan, an employee at the Knickerbockers Colliery, dropped dead from natural causes in the gangway at the colliery Thursday. He is survived by his wife and two children. _____________________ February 22, 1943 Miss Agnes KEPKO is Bride of Soldier Mrs. Edward JACOBY Miss Agnes KEPKO, daughter of Mrs. Mary KEPKO, of Nichols St., became the bride of Pvt. Edward JACOBY, son of Mrs. Catharine JACOBY, of St. Clair, Wednesday February 17. The ceremony was performed in SS. Peter and Paul's Church, St. Clair, by Rev. Father KOPEC. Miss Steffie BLAHOSKY and Edmund MONAHAN, St. Clair, were the attendants. Mrs. JACOBY is employed by the Pottsville Tobacco Company. Pvt. JACOBY is stationed at Camp Wheeler, Ga. Before his induction he was with the St. Clair police force. (picture) _____________________ KLINGERSTOWN BOY PRISONER OF JAPS Mr. and Mrs. William ADAMS, of Klingerstown, R. D. received word from the government that their son, Bernard ADAMS, is a prisoner in the Philippines. No word was received from him since one year ago in October. He is their eldest son. His mother is a niece of Mrs. Edith HODGE, of this city. _____________________ AUBURN SOLDIER TO WED DARBY GIRL Mr. and Mrs. John A. SCHULTZ of Auburn, announce the engagement of their granddaughter, Shirley GEHRIS, to Richard BROBST of Auburn. Miss GEHRIS attended the Upper Darby Schools and is employed by the War Price and Rationing Board. Mr. BROBST, who attended the Auburn Schools, will be inducted into the U. S. Army on Tuesday, Feb. 23. He has been employed at the Cramp Ship Yards. _____________________ PRETTY WEDDING TAKES PLACE IN HECKSCHERVILLE MRS. MICHAEL KONDRASKY St. Kieran's Church, Heckscherville, was the scene of a pretty wedding when Miss Anna Mae CARR, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John CARR of Glen Dower, became the bride of Michael KONDRASKY, son of Mr. and Mrs. Makita KONDRASKY of Primrose. The ceremony was performed Saturday morning at 10 o'clock followed by a nuptial mass with Rev. John MATSKO officiating. (etc. Picture) _____________________ Monday, March 8, 1943 TAMAQUA AIRMAN LOST IN CARIBBEAN Washington, Mar. 8--An Army plane with a crew of five, missing in the Caribbean area since January 24, has been listed as "definitely lost" the War Department said. Among those aboard were Maj. Lewin B. BARRINGER of Wayne, Pa. Chief of glider production and training unit, Air Support Command: First Lieut. Aneef K. KOURY, Chester, Pa. And Tech. Sgt. Joseph DRAGELIS, Engineer, Tamaqua, Pa. _____________________ Thursday, March 14, 1943 CARD OF THANKS The family of the Late Sylvester WELDA of Phila., wish to thank all those who so kindly assisted them in their recent bereavement, also those who sent cards, flowers, and furnished cars. The family of the Late Mrs. Frank YALSIE of 21 N. George St., wish to thank all of those who so kindly assisted them in their recent bereavement, also those who sent cards, flowers and furnished cars. The family of the late Rev. Nicholas STRUTYNSKY of Minersville wish to thank the Clergy, Church Societies, Boy Scouts, Parishioners and friends who so kindly assisted them in their recent bereavement, also those who sent cards, mass cards, flowers and furnished cars. The family of the late Joseph BURCH of 1245 Pottsville St., Mechanicsville, wish to think all those who so kindly assisted them in their recent bereavement, also those who sent cards, flowers and furnished cars. The family of the late Mrs. Mary ZAKAUSKAS of Minersville, wish to thank all those who so kindly assisted them in their recent bereavement, also those who sent cards, flowers and furnished cars. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE Estate of Mrs. Frank ZIMMERMAN, also shown as Kate Zimmerman, and Catherine Zimmerman, late of Mill Creek, East Norwegian Twp., county of Schuylkill, State of Pennsylvania, deceased. Letters of Administration on said estate having been granted to the undersigned, all persons indebted thereto are requested to make immediate payment, and those having claims or demands against the same will present them without delay for settlement to: Ambrose CULBERT, Mill Creek Manor, East Norwegian Twp. Administrator. _____________________ April 7, 1943 KATHRYN E. HEIM WEDS SGT. NAFFIN AT SCH. HAVEN The Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church, Schuylkill Haven, was the setting for a pretty wedding which took place on Tuesday morning at 8 o'clock, when Miss Kathryn E. HEIM, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur C. Heim, 409 Columbia St., Schuylkill Haven, became the bride of Staff Sergt. Robert S. Naffin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul R. NAFFIN, of Star Route, Schuylkill Haven. The double ring ceremony was performed by Rev. E. Richard ACKER, pastor of the church. An organ recital by Miss Isabelle HOFFMAN, cousin of the bridegroom and church organist, preceded the ceremony. White roses decorated the alter. Mrs. A. S. SMITH, a close friend of the bride and sister-in-law of the bridegroom, was matron of honor, and A. S. NAFFIN, brother of the bridegroom, the best man. (etc.) _____________________ Norman W. CLEMENS, of Washington, D. C., son of Elmer and the late Verna Bruce Clemens, was inducted into the Army on May 16, 1942, and has been at Las Vegas, Nev.; Kessler Field, Luke Field, and now is stationed at Santa Maria, Calif. He writes his aunt, Mrs. John F. CONFAIR, of this city, that he is well. He and his father are natives of this city. Pvt. William SCHROPP, Jr., a radio operator in the U. S. Air Corps stationed at Will Rogers Field, Okla., is spending a ten day furlough at the home of his mother, at 603 W. Race Street, this city. He has been in the service for eight months and this is his first visit home. His brother, Corp. Jas. SHELHAMMER, of Ft. Monmouth, N. J., visited him over the weekend, before leaving for a southern camp, to which he has been assigned. Pvt. Vincent H. LINKHURST of Pottsville is home from Fort Meyers, Florida, on a 15 day furlough. Pvt. William E. MADARA, son of Mrs. Roy MADARA, of 605 Mauch Chunck St., this city, who entered the service on March 6, 1942, has been assigned to the Coast Artillery Camp Haan, Calif. He will observe his birthday anniversary on Thursday, April 8. Jack FAULLS, 17, of 219 N. George St., so of Alderman and Mrs. John T. FAULLS, took examinations at Reading on Wednesday for enlistment in the Air Corps of the U. S. Navy. He is a senior at Pottsville High School and is a graduate in June. He was a member of the Pottsville High School Band and the A-Cappella Choir. Jack is 6 feet one inch tall and weighs over 200 pounds. Jack RYAN, U. S. N., returned to Washington D. C. after spending the weekend at the home of his aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Al. DEGREGORIO, of East Market St. Mah. City. Pvt. Charles MCLAUGHLIN, son of Chief of Police and Mrs. A. P. MCLAUGHLIN, Mah. City, has been taking an active part in the North African campaign, according to letters received locally from the young man. He has been in the service two years, five months of which has been overseas in England, Scotland and North Africa. Staff Sergt. Earl R. LORD, who has finished his flying training and received his bomber wings at Lake Charles, La., has returned to camp after spending 10 days with his wife, the former Merl June THOMAS, at the home of her father, Robert J. THOMAS, St. Clair. He is now ready for active service. FRACKVILLE ENGINEER NAMED SEABEE CHIEF Charles G. KOCH , 45, of 116 S. Fourth St., Frackville, left Phila. Tuesday for training at Camp Peary, Magruder, Va., with the rating of Chief Carpenter's Mate in the Seabees, the Navy's construction battalions. Mr. Koch, assistant colliery engineer of the East Bear Ridge Colliery Co., Packer No. 5, Girardville, at the time of his enlistment, will be Chief of Party of a Seabees surveying unit. The Seabees are charged with the job of building and maintaining Navy bases and installations outside the continental limits of the United States. Under a newly established procedure, men 18 to 38 years of age with specialized skills can apply for voluntary induction in the Seabees. Immediate ratings as high as chief petty officer are open to qualified craftsmen. Applications for enlistment can be filed at the Navy Recruiting Stations in either Reading or Allentown. Similar enlistments are open in the Army Engineers. _____________________ Mr. KOCH served in the Army during the last war, Mrs. KOCH and two sons, Robert, 13, and John, 14, reside at Frackville. A third son, Charles William, 17, enlisted in the Navy last month. _____________________ GHOST FIGHTERS Pvt. EDWARD M. FRITZ, son of Mr. and Mrs. Michael FRITZ, Arnout street, St. Clair (picture) Pvt. Clarence J. HEONICH, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence HOENICH, 422 Lewis Street, Minersville, are two Schuylkill county youths being trained as ghost fighters officially called sanitary technicians at the medical replacement center, Camp Pickett, Va. Their job will be to fight plague and disease that haunt battlefields, and soldier camps. FRITZ is a graduate of St. Clair High School. Anniversaries-Wednesday April 1 Birthday- Joseph KALOVCAK, son of Mr. and Mrs. John KALOVCAK, of 276 Wallace St., his 16th. Mrs. George HARTZEL, 350 Front St., Jalappa. George KLINGER, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thos. KLINGER, of 604 Harrison Street. Agnes BAWN, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank BAWN, 583 E. Market St., her 16th. Stone OSBECK, son of Mrs. Marian OSBECK, 12th and W. Arch Sts. Henry REHMAN, 1327 Mt. Hope Ave. Grace HOUSER, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George HOUSER, 19th and W. Norwegian St. Jean Irma FETTER, daughter of Mark FETTER, Girardville, her 14th. James SYLVESTER, grandson of Mrs. Arthur SYLVESTER, S. Centre Street. Barbara TAVENNER, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. TAVENNER, Howard Ave. Wedding- Dr. and Mrs. Frank OLMES, Orwigsburg, their 3rd. Mr. and Mrs. Vincent GALLIANO, Schuylkill Ave., their 3rd. JACK HOCHGERTEL NOW IN CALIFORNIA HOSPITAL Jack HOCHGERTEL of this city, marine, who was wounded in fighting at Gudalacanal, is now in the U. S. Naval Hospital at Mare Island, Calif., his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Hochgertel of 408 N. Tenth street, have been informed by telegram. He has been brought to California from New Guinea where he was in a hospital and has been in five different hospitals since suffering his wound. His recovery has been retarded because of malaria he also contracted. Jack has been in service 15 months, on April 21, and left for overseas duty last April 11. _____________________ PFC. LEO CORBY JAP PRISONER Pfc. Leo J. CORBY hurrying through the rain and snow storm, Tuesday evening at 8:30 o'clock, Manager William S. BROBST went to Diener's Hill, a suburban point of St. Clair, in his private car to deliver a telegram that was received at the Western Union Telegraph Office in this city, which he handed to Mrs. Loretta L. CORBY. It carried the news that her son, Pfc. Leo J. CORBY, 22, from whom she had heard nothing for 15 months, was alive and well, but a prisoner in the Nipponese-occupied Philippines. Though a prisoner, his mother said she was overjoyed to be assured that he was alive. She said that she had never lost faith that her prayers for her son's safety would be answered. Mrs. CORBY informed BROBST that she has another son, now in training with the Marine Corps on Parris Island, S. C. She told the messenger that he was a most welcome visitor to her home. Pfc. CORBY was a member of a quartermaster detachment at Fort McKinley, having been sent directly to the Philippines after his enlistment on his 18th birthday in April of 1940. He attended the St. Clair High School and left school in his senior year and served 18 months in CCC camps. His father, Leo, is a veteran of the First World War. ** SOLDIER DIES OF HEAD INJURY Staff Sergeant David F. BERWICK, 20, of 114 East Market St., Mahanoy City, died in a hospital at Camp Bowie, Texas, from a head injury, according to word received by his father, David BERWICK, Sr., on Tuesday afternoon. Monday evening, Mr. BERWICK received a telegram that his son was critically ill with recovery doubtful. The second telegram came Tuesday afternoon announcing his death. No details of his passing were contained in the telegram only that a letter was following. Born in Mahanoy City, a son of David and the late Mrs. Ethel, nee SCHAEFFER, BERWICK, Sgt. BERWICK resided here all his life. He graduated from the Mahanoy City H. S. with the Class of 1940 and for a period of time before his enlistment on June 6, 1942, was employed at the Brilliant Works at Temple. Upon his enlistment, he was sent to Fort Riley, Kans., for his basic training and then to Camp Hood, Texas, where he was a member of a tank destroyer outfit. He was a member of St. Paul's Reformed Church. Surviving are his bride, two months, Salina of White City, Kans.; his father, at home; two brothers, Sgt. William BERWICK, at Alamogordo, New Mex., and Paul, of Phila.; his paternal grandmother, Mrs. Alice BERWICK, at home. The body is expected to arrive here Friday. Burial from home of uncle, Wm. SCHAEFFER, 522 E. Railroad St., H. F. CLIFFORD is in charge of the funeral. DOUBT OF IDENTITY Wednesday morning the BERWICK'S received a special air letter in which the name of the other son, Sgt. William BERWICK was used instead of that of David's name, used in the previous two messages, telling of his injury and death. Inasmuch as David was stationed in Texas and Wm. In N. Mexico, there was little doubt about the authenticity of the news of David's death in Texas. The Red Cross at Mahanoy City is waiting word from El Paso with the correct information on which of the BERWICK soldier brothers is dead. _____________________ April 19, 1943 PVT. STANZIOLA JAP PRISONER Mahanoy City Mr. and Mrs. John STANZIOLA, of New Boston, received word from the War Department that their son, Pfc. Gerard Joseph STANZIOLA, who was previously reported missing in action, is a prisoner of the Japanese. Pfc. STANZIOLA enlisted, in the Signal Corps at Brooklyn, N. Y. in March 1941, and was stationed at Fort Monmouth, N. J. when sent overseas on July 1941. He was stationed at Fort McKinley in the Philippine Islands when they fell to the Japs. MILITARY BURIAL Military honors were accorded Francis MCCULLOUGH, veteran of World War I, who was buried from his late residence, 624 E. Mahanoy street. Services were held at the house and in the Grace Reformed Church by the Rev. C. M. BAVER, pastor, who officiated at the grave in the Protestant Cemetery where burial was made. Military rites were in charge of members of Hall-Reese Post 1420, Veterans of Foreign Wars. The casket bearers, all members of the V. F. W., were Adam BOWEN, Charles THOMAS, Frank REARDON, John GILLESPIE, Peter DEESING and Michael EVANKO. The members of the firing squad were John PETRITSCH, Bert WHITCOMB, George DIETRICH, Joseph LUCAS and Nicholas BURKE. The color bearers were Albert ANSPACH and Roy HEITZ and the color guards were Bert LORD and Martin HOUSER. The bugler was George HEFFNER, Jr. Louis TRUSKOWSKI was the funeral director. ** DELANO WOMAN DIES Mary, wife of Alphonsus LONG, of 17 Walnut St., Delano, died at her home, after an illness of several years. Born in Shenandoah, 43 years ago, she was the former Miss Mary JALINSKY and for the past 27 years resided in Delano. She was a member of St. Canicus' R. C. Church, Mahanoy City. Surviving are her husband, three daughters, Mrs. Howard KESTER, Delano; Mrs. Paul GIMBEL and Alma, at home; one son, John, in the U. S. Army stationed at Camp Hood, Texas, and one grandson, three sisters, Mrs. Wm. MORGAN, Patriotic Hill; Mrs. Matthew EVANS, Shavertown and Miss Katherine, of Wilkes-Barre. Higgins, Mt. Carmel, is the funeral director. ** GIRARDVILLE CHILD INJURED BY AUTO Mary HEINE, 3 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John HEINE of Girardville, was struck by a car driven by Jos. WEIDE of Girardville and received injuries of the head. She was admitted to the Ft. Springs Hospital. ** FUNERALS Mrs. Rose RICHARDS-The funeral of Mrs. Rose Paciasas (Blazis) was held Saturday morning from her home in Marlin. A solemn requiem mass was celebrated in St. Francis' Lithuanian Church by Father Chas, Rauckauskas, sub deacon. Interment was made in the parish cemetery. The pall bearers were John KUNIGONIS, Frank DELLAGO, Anthony FANICK, Robt. NAUYALIS, Jos. TARONIS and Peter SUPKO. Wm. Tuson, Minersville, was the funeral director. ** _____________________ April 29, 1943 Our Men and Women in Service In a letter received by Mrs. May Anna BEHNEY, of Pinegrove, from Miss Sergine CHATELAIN, of New Caledonia, where Mrs. Behney's son, Jim, was stationed until recently, Miss Chatelain writes that Jim is on the way to the United States, where he will attend officer's candidate school. Miss Chatelain, who has become a close friend of Jim's, also states that Jim is in good health and is very happy. The letter was mailed April 4. Jim has a brother, Richard, also in the service in a camp in the U. S. ** Orwigsburg WAVE Jane B. MOYER, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eli MOYER, Orwigsburg, who made her home with an aunt, Mrs. Emma BERG, also of Orwigsburg, enlisted in the WAVES at Phila. On March 22, and will leave for Hunter College on May 4. She is a graduate of Millersville State Teachers College and was employed as a teacher in the Landingville schools. _____________________ May 1, 1943 CAROLYN MALICK BRIDE OF PVT. EDWIN H. SMITH At a very lovely wedding which was solemnized Saturday afternoon at 2 in the Trinity Reformed Church, Miss Carolyn A. MALICK, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John MALICK of Fairview St., became the bride of Pvt. Edwin H. SMITH, of Camp Van Dorn, Miss., son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry SMITH, of W. Market St. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Robert A. BAUSCH, pastor of the church. Miss Pruella CHRIST of Pine Grove, a cousin of the bride, was her maid of honor and only attendant. Douglas JONES of Tamaqua, now stationed at Fort Dix, was the best man and the usher was Allen WAGNER, stationed at New York, N. Y. (etc., Picture) ** FORMER MINERSVILLE GIRL WEDS SOLDIER IN LEBANON Saturday morning at 8:15, Miss Mary Flora ORFF, of Lebanon, formerly of Minersville, and Pvt. Dan GAFFORD, of San Diego, Calif., were married during a nuptial mass celebrated by Reb. Robert MAHER, assistant rector of St. Mary's of the Assumption Church, Lebanon. They were attended by Mr. and Mrs. John L. KING of Lebanon, brother-in-law and sister of the bride. (etc.) ** 19 SONS OF BUCK RUN CHAPEL TO BE HONORED Service Flag, Honor Roll Dedicated To Them At Special Service Sunday. (Pictures) Nineteen sons of the English Lutheran Chapel at Buck Run will be honored Sunday morning when a service Flag and honor roll will be dedicated to them in an impressive ceremony scheduled in the Chapel at 9. a. m. (etc.) Pvt. Robert ZERBEY- son of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel ZERBY, Lower Buck Run. He is a member of an Infantry group on service at Camp Atterbury, Ind. He has one brother, Frederick, at home. Pvt. Stephen NEMETH. PFC. Alex NEMETH-sons of the late Mr. and Mrs. John NEMETH, Glendower. Alex was inducted on June 23rd, 1942 and is a members of the Engineers at present stationed at Nashville, Tenn. Stephen, who is a member of an Infantry group, in service at Fort McClellan, Ala. They have two sisters, Mrs. Mary DIETRICH, Buck Run and Mrs. Anna CONVILLE, Pottsville. Pvt. Elwood EVANS-son of Wm. EVANS, Buck Run and the late Mrs. Ella EVANS, who is stationed at Camp Polk, La; with an armored tank division. He has two brothers, Robert and John and one sister, Mrs. Clarence RAUTZHEN all of Buck Run and a sister, Mrs. Hazel MATTERN, Somersville, N. J. Pvt. George STERLING, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry STERLING, Buck Run. He is a member of a guard squadron in the Air Corps at Hondo, Texas. He has the following sisters and brothers: Miriam, Henry, Clarence, Ronald, Raymond, and Marilyn, and a sister Margt. Wife of M/Sgt. Blair GRESENS, at Camp Gordon Johnson, Fla. And Mae, wife of Corp. Demerest B. UTTER, stationed at Camp Shenanog, Greenville, Penna. AVN. Cadet Kay PHILLIPS Russell PHILLIPS Sons of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas PHILLIPS, Buck Run. Kay is at the Classification Center, Nashville, Tenn., where he is taking mental and physical tests prior to being assigned to a flight school. Russell is a member of the graduating class of the Drexel Institute of Technology at Phila. And is a member of the U. S. Army Reserves and will enter the service upon graduation, as a mechanical engineer. PVT. Clarence HARTER, son of Mrs. Kate HARTER, and the late Riley HARTER, Glendower. He entered the service June 23rd, 1942, and was honorably discharged Feb. 1943 due to age. He has a brother Arthur, who is a member of the Army stationed at Macon, Ga. And another brother, Howard, and a sister Gertrude, at home; also 3 other sisters, Mrs. Charles DUPREY, Rutland, Va., Mrs. Fletcher GLEASON, Procterville, Vt., and Mrs. Ed. DAVENPORT, Elizabeth, N. J. T/Sgt. John GREAGOR, son of Mrs. Cora GREAGOR, Hegins, and the late Herbert GREAGOR. He is stationed at the Army Air Force Field at Gulfport, Miss. Corp. James ZIMMERMAN Pvt. George ZIMMERMAN, sons of Mrs. Elizabeth and the late John ZIMMERMAN, Glendower. George is a member of a ground crew of the Air Corps whose mail is addressed to an A. P. O. Number. James was graduated on Monday, Apr 26th, from the Flexible Gunnery School at Tyndall Field, Fla. And received his wings and a commission. He has four sisters and three brothers: Jane, Ruth, and Cletus at home; Mrs. James BOWERS, Mt. Pleasant, Mrs. Elias KESSLER, Antioch, W. Va.; Robert attending the Hershey Industrial School. Pfc. Robert STEWART Pvt. Wm. STEWART, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Charles STEWART, of Buck Run. Robert is a member of a service squadron now in Australia. Wm. Is a graduate of the U. S. Air Forces Fighter Aircraft Armorer School and his location is unknown at the present time. Pfc. James SCALES, Pvt. John SCALES, Petty Officer 3/C W. SCALES, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Robert SCALES, Buck Run. James is a member of an Engineers company in service in England. He is married to the former Elizabeth GILMARTIN, Jonestown. John is an asst. gunner and a radio operator in a tank division, stationed at Camp Polk, La. Wm. SCALES is a petty officer on board a U. S. battleship and has been on convoy duty but is now at Norfolk, Va. Their father is a veteran of World War I, and had been a prisoner of the Germans. They have three sisters, Martha and Elizabeth, at home and Mrs. Jean NETHERCOTT, Milwaukee, Wis. Marlen BEURY, son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard BEURY, Buck Run, who is in the service of the Sea Bees stationed at Camp Endicott, Davisville, R. I. He has the following brothers and sisters: Howard, Guy, Herman, Pearl and Martha at home. Corp. Thomas BUCHANAN, son of Mr. and Mrs. John BUCHANAN, Buck Run, who is a member of a ground crew of the U. S. Air Forces somewhere in the South Pacific. He is married to the former, Mary Ellen SACHS, 9-03 W. Race St., Pottsville. Following are his sisters and brothers: Mrs. Alex MACGREGOR and John of Buck Run; Wm., Baltimore, Md.; Mark, Long Island, N. Y.; George, Tremont; James, Conschocken; Robert and Mrs. Catherine JONES, Phila 27 SONS OF SUMMER HILL LUTHERAN CHURCH TO BE HONORED Pvt. Lester STRAUSE, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph STRAUSE, of Schuylkill Haven, R. D., whose mother will be the Gold Star Mother of St. Paul's Church at the dedication. Lester was killed while fighting in Tunisia, February 19th, of this year. He was inducted February, 1942; after training in several camps was sent to England and landed in Africa in November. His parents have been given his Purple Heart Medal. The soldier hero has one brother and two sisters. Staff Sergeant Guy H. HAND, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis H. HAND of 138 Columbia St., Sch. Haven is the first Sch. Haven youth to receive the Medal of the Purple Heart for meritorious service in action. He was wounded in the left arm during the Jap attack on Wheeler Field, Hawaii. He has been in service since August 1940 and is in training for air pilot in Hawaii. He has a brother, Lamar, and twin sisters, Fay and Fern at home. (etc. pictures) _____________________ Tuesday, June 8, 1943 FORMER MARYD SOLDIER MISSING Mrs. Mary SHADUSKY of 213 East Elm St., Tamaqua, has been notified by the U. S. war office that her son, Private Charles SHADUSKY, 24 is missing in the European area. The wire message was received via the Western Union and was delivered by William S. BROBST last night at 9 o'clock. The family since the soldiers induction, moved to their present address from 124 Main St., Maryd. The telegram being directed to the latter address. Charles enlisted during November 1941. Only last Saturday, a letter written by him a few days before he was reported missing, was received by his parents. The father is a miner. The SHADUSKYS have three other sons, two of them also in the army service. They are Stiney, 26, training at Camp Leonard Wood, Mo. And John, 28, receiving his training at Fort Hancock, N. J. The third brother, Joseph, lives at home. ** LOCAL WOMEN MISSING The local women reported missing are being sought by local police at the request of their families. The first is Mrs. Jennie RUPP, 35, of Mill Creek Manor, and the other is Doris DELKER, 20, of this city. The former is reported missing since May 29 while the latter left home last Saturday.