Sewickley Herald

              The Herald
The Sewickley Valley’s Home News Weekly
Vol. 41 No. 44	SEWICKLEY,	PA.,	THURSDAY,	NOVEMBER	2,	1944	Price	Five	Cents
TWO SEWICKLEY AIRMEN MEET—Stanley Jackson and Lawrence Tiernan
republican meeting
Sherman Rogers To Speak
Sherman Rogers, editor, speaker and economist, will address tlie Sewickley Valley Council of Republican Women on ¡Friday night at eight o’clock in the Metlwdist Church Assembly ¡Room. Mrs. George R. Hemphill, vice president of the State Council, -will also speak.
Mr. 'Rogers took the chair of ¿Theodore Roosevelt as associate editor of .the Outlook Magazine in 19 li), wrote feature articles for' the Saturday Evening Post in the early twenties; was associate editor of the Liberty Magazine from 1932 tio 1035 and received the honor of appearing in the Reader’s Digest Anthology in 19'42 as the writer of the best articles of the year. He has addressed over six thousand audiences from coast to coast, including conventions, chambers of commerce, service clubs, high schools, colleges, mass ¡meetings and -foremen’s clubs. His topic will be “Where Do We Go From Here?”
All members are urged to be present and men are invited as the speakers will give them, reliable political material. A social hour and light refreshments will follow the meeting.
SEWICKLEY POLLING^ PLACES
Where Sewickley Eorougli Residents May Vo(te
First ward, first district: The Broad Street grade school pavilion, wear the Chestnut Street side. of the playground. Second district of the first ward: thte
0.	M. Armour garage, 817 Centennial Avenue (changed f rom the Pythian Hall on ¡Beaver Street).
Second ward: the frame building on corner of Little1 and Ferry Streets.
Third ward: basement of Sewickley Borough ¡Building, Thom Street.
HALLOWE'EN
Children Certainly Had A Good Time!
Hallowe’en in Sewickley "was celebrated this year on Monday evening, a day early, with a bail'd and parade, a bit of pio-eating and other popular contests, and a search in the ¡Broad Street Crowd for “Mr. Yellow Jacket” and “Mr. Victory,” each worth a $25 War bond to the discoverer. The parade was wot elaborate, including no floats' n'Or wcll-thoughit historic scenes .such as used to be staged by “Jimmy” Gray; no visiting fire companies nor erven advertising trucks1. But it was. just us much fun for the little folk and tliat was the main idea anyway.
“Mr. Victory” Still At Large “Mr. Yellow Jacket” was “recognized” and brought to the stand by Ohloris Carpenter—he .proved to be similing John Onothars, former Sewickley police Officer—but “Mr. Victory” ■ is Still at large. Many asked him whether he was “Mr. Victory,” but iioiio addressed him in. the proscribed manner: “YOU ARE Mr. Victory,” so ha is still undiscovered and at large. At a meeting yesterday it was decided to give Se-wieldoy people another chance at thait $25 bond, so—note this!— “Mr. Vic* tory” will be on Beaver Street between tho Trust Company .and the ¡Gulf filling station Saturday night, some time be-tweoji 7 ¡00 and 0:00 waiting for tho first person to address him in the prescribed form. Bo tiherel
The Maskers’ Parade Led by a police car and tho national colors carried by two Boy Scouts, tlio Swicklcy High School band, sotnd sixty _ strong, with, two liigli‘®teppin'g WajoretteS', made a fine nppcaranico in their red and bluo Uniforms, and. ttiil a thoroughly competent-job of playing the
.15t!i AAF in Italy: Staff Sergeant Stanley B. Jackson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Jackson, of 312 Tlrorn Street, has flown his fiftieth combat mission in the UBAiAF. He is a taiHurre.t gunner with a 15th iAiAjF B-24 Liberator Bomber Group which participated in some of the most outstanding aerial blows of the war against the Nazis and their Balkan satellites. Sgt. -Jackson took part in the A'Afl? “operations uppercut” which obliterated ¡Nazi shore and gun installations on the southern coast of France. He is believed to be now on his way homo.
He looks back on his combat record with satisfaction, for in tho course- of 'his (fifty miSsions, he has seen action over tho aircraft factories *of Wiene-r-Neustadt, Munich, Swechat and Vienna; the, railroad centers of Ferrara, Piacenza; the harbor installations of Nice and Toulon, and the ¡oil refineries, of Ploesti. His ¡most memorable experience occurred.-over Ploesti:
“Our hydraulic systo-m was shot out by flak and to add to our troubles, we wore jumped by ‘.Terry’ fighters. The tail-turret was out and I had to work it with my hands and feet. I got one attacking fighter in my siglit/s -and let him have about fifty rounds. He went down burning like a big bon-firc. The other fighters didn’t let up and after a ten minute running battle, we- ¡managed to chase them off. We had a hard
marc'li musie that led tho parade over ■Broad, Beaver and Thorn Streets in a pretzel-shaped route that gave everybody a chiance. to see. Following the band ca.me -the children, hundreds of them in costumes fanciful, gaily colored or eerily black or white, grouped according to ages; first, the seven and eight year olds', then their elders of nine, ten and eleven,, and so on up to fifteen and 'over.
■All sorts of characters' were represented! a Captain Kidd; a number of witches; Little Bo-Peep; several brides; numerous cushiony fat women and mien; a grey-clad nurse-; a few cowboys, well armed; a gaudily dressed Mexican.lady; a Statue of Liberty, extremely Well portrayed; an Uncle Bam clown; a bright* ly spotted leopard; tho Big Bad Wolf; aji Indian chief in full-feathered regalia; a group of white-clad ¡Ku Kluxers j a Pistol Packin’ Mama; a tiny gentleman in, correct evening dress and what not, Oddities wore a maskor whose head was a great church-tower* size clock face, and a walking cardboard carton of large size.
Group by group, the parade halted in front of tlio- stand on Broad Street while half a dozen judges passed in aivd out
time getting back to our base- and when we landed I counted almost forty flak holes in the ship.”
Sergeant Jackson flew his fiftieth mission with an old-timer friend, with whom be attended school. It was 2nd. Lieutenant Lawrence T. Tiernan of SSS Thorn Street, Wh;o was flying his first mission in combat. Upon completion of the mission, Bombardier Lt. Tiernan stated:
“It seemed like the good old days when we used to play ball together. I made the assist and Stan made the put-out on this mission.”
Both Sewickley men graduated from Sewickley High School in 1942.
Sergeant Jackson is- the recipient of the Air Medal with three clusters, awarded for “meritorious achievement while participating in sustained operational mission® against the enemy,” and is authorized to wear -the- European-African-Middle East theater ribbon.
Prior to his entrance in the service on December 4, 1-942, lie was employed as a garage attendant by Jackson’s garage. Sergeant Jackson received his technical training at ¡Lowry {Field, Denver, Colorado, and lids aerial gunnery wings at Tyndall Field, Florida.
He has two brothers in the- Armed Forces. They are Sergeant Ralph B. Jackson, with the- AA'F in ¡England and Master Sergeant J. R. Jacks'on in Alamogordo, N. M.
-among the- .maskers, handing out numbered tickets representing the prizes given by the Board -of Trade, Iviwanis and the local merchants; these, prizes were handed out at the- stand afterwards -to the lucky winners, over -two hundred of them. Prizes consisted of all sorts of toys or groceries or wares of various sorts—one girl drew a package of d!og food but had no dogl Many of the prizes were envelopes containing War stamps.
The judges were: J. W. Cameron, A, E. Miller, ¡Charles Reott, Dr. William Boyd and Ernest Ivrape. Master of Ceremonies on, the. stand was Harris B, WiniiCj physical director of tho- YiMOA, badly handicapped because the address system refused to work.
It was a busy scene, this giving out the prizes, interspersed with contests and acts that kept the watching crowd eagerly interested and amused meanwhile.
Half a dozen, boys with hand's behind backs made short work 'of nuzzling the pies along the front of the stand, with Bobby Marttea carrying off the- hionors. Six girls had to eat dry crackers, after
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Dr. Witalis Decorated
With t-lie lotli AiAF in Italy: Cap-t. Theodore W. Witalis of Sewickley lias been awarded the Air -Medal for “¡meritorious achievement in aerial flight against the enemy.’ Serving as Flight Surgeon with a Bj24 Liberator bomb squadron somewhere- in Italy, Captain Witalis lias participated in bombing missions over Germany, France, I-taly and the Balkans to observe the combat reac'tion-s of the airmen in his charge.
Mrs. Betty Jane Witalis, his wife, is living at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. Stanley McPherson, 714 Blackburn Avenue, Sewickley.
Wounded in Italy
Police Chief A. W. Noland of Leets-dale and Mrs. Noland have received the word that their son Pfe. Loyal Noland was wounded in action October 2 in Italy and, in a hospital in Italy, has received the Purple -Heart. With an Infantry division, he has been in Africa and Italy for the past 11 months.
■His brother, Charles Noland, completes his boot training at Great Lakes this week.
Janies A. Bailey, 22, .radio operator and gunner on a Flying Fortress participating in Eighth Air Force bombing of Germany, has been promoted from sergeant to staff sergeant. He is the son of Mr. and ¡Mrs. J. A. Bailey of 315 Elizabeth Street, Sewickley; before, entering the Army he was a rate clerk.
Second Lieut.. B. Lawrence Pearce, son of Mr. and Mrs-. David J. Pearce, 217 Beaver Road, Edgeworth, has reported to Amarillo, Texas, army air field for duty. He was commissioned on October .1, 1943; before entering the service he was employed as a plumber’s apprentice.
Reginald A. Savage
Pfc,. Reginald Alan Savage, sou of James Savage of Franklin Township, formerly of Scwickliey, was slightly wounded in action in Holland 'September 25th, according to a War Department telegram received by his father last Thursday. Inducted into the Army in March, 1943, ho trained in the Infantry at Camp .Butner, N, ¡0., and. Nashville, Tenu.; lie went overseas to England last June. -He -was attached to an infantry glider unit when ho was wonnded in 'Holland.
Technician 5th Grade Eva R, Sick-elor, Women's Army Corps, of Sewick* ley, landed at Miami, Florida, Army Air Meld, .first stop on her homeward journey front overseas. She arrived tliero on one of the. Air Transport Com» ntand’s giant transport planes after serving a SS-month tour of duty in the Me d i t e rratt ean Tli eat re.
Awarded Air Medal
A 9tli T. A. C. Fighter-bomber Base, France; Second Lieutenant Abner H. Rainbow, 22, of Sewickley, who has flora .more than 05 missions in tho European theater of operations and France, has been promoted to the rank of first lieutenant it was announced here by headquarters of the group to which he is attached'.
Lieutenant Rainbow, a member of Lieutenant-iColonel Harold N. Holt’s P-47 Thunderbolt fighter group of the 9th Tactical .Air Command, a component of tho 9th Air Fo-rce, lias' been awarded tine Air Medal with ten bronze oak leaf clusters for combat tliglit over the European continent.
Lieutenant Rainbow and the pilots of his group were commended by Lieutenant-General Omar N. Bradley and Lieu-'tenant-General Lewis H. Brereton for their effective support of ground troops during and since D-Day in western France.
Soon after D-Day Lieutenant Rainbow and his group were the first American combat pilots to fly their P-47 Thunderbolts- from an. air strip based :on French soil.
In a recent series of attacks on German artillery positions, in France, Lt. Rainbow and other pilots of his group forced an entire enemy unit to surrender by the mere threat of strafing. Tho German unit, listening in on the radio channel used by American air and ground forces, heard the order to strafe their positions and ran out with their hands in the air to surrender to American ground forces.
Lieutenant ¡Rainbow is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond S. Rainbow, Jr., 230 ¡Chestnut Street, Sewickley. He is an alumnus of Pennsylvania State College.
Awarded Second Cluster
An Eighth Air Force- Bomber Station, England: First Lieutenant Walter R. Bower, son of Mrs. Hilda R. Bower, 607 Nevin Avenue, pilot of a B-0.7 Flying Fortress, has won a second Oak Leaf Cluster to tibe Air Medal for “meritorious achievement, coolness, courage and skill” during Eighth Air Force bombing attacks on targets in Germany and Nazi occupied Europe.
Lieutenant Bower’s wife, Mrs. Marian R. Bower,, lives in Edgeworth. The Pennsylvania airman is a member of the Third Bombardment Division, cited by the President, for its now historic Eng-land-iAfrica shuttle bombing- -of Messer-schmitt plants at Regensburg, Germany, in August of 1943.
. Awarded Legion of Merit
Captain Samuel R. Shumaker, USN, whoso wife, Mrs. Eleanor Mclvnight Shumaker, formerly of Sewickley, lives at 3512 Rodman Street N. W., Washington, D. C., was- posthumously awarded the Legion of Merit for “exceptionally meritorious conduct” as commander of tho USS New Orleans against the Jap-s in the Solomons.
Enlists In Navy
Allan C, Singer, .son of Mr. and Mrs. George N. Singer of Cochran Street, lias enlisted iti ¡the U. S. Navy and is wait* ing a call for active duty.
Squire Appointed In Glenfield
Harry L. Zcbcr, Jr., efficient secretary of council for a number of years, was appointed justice ¡of (lie pea.ee for Glenfield borough by Governor Martin Fri* day, to replace. Louis 13bner, resigned.
He is a bwie.fac.tor of mankind who contracts the great wiles of life into short sentences, that may be easily impressed on the memory, and so recur habitually to the mind.—Johnson