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The Sewickley Valley's Home News Weekly
Vol. 39.   No. 50.
SEWICKLEY, PA., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1942
Price Five Cents
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Samuel H. P. Stinson
William C. Irvin
Elmer F. Rosenfelder
Samuel H. P. Stinson, U.S.N., First
Class Petty Officer .and Aerogr'apher,
returned from 'tie -South Pacific recently and is now stationed at the Pearl
Harbor Navy Yard; he received his
flrst class ratings a few weeks ago. He
entered tlie service May 15, 1939, attended tlie aerographer 'school at Lake-
hurst, 1ST. J., in 1941; was among the
casualties following the attack on u?earl
Harbor and spent several weeks in the
hospital .there, later resuming his duties
with the Pacific fleet.   He is a son of
'Mrs. Jean Muegge of Duquesne Way,
Sewickley, last -week received birthday
congratulations by cable from her
grandson, Pilot Sergeant Willim C.
Irvin of the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Sergeant Irvin is attached to the R.A.F.
on overseas duty. He received his wings
at Upland, Canada, in September, 1942.
Mrs. James M. Stinson of Straight
Street, Sewiekley, a graduate of St.
James parochial school and Sewickley
high school.
Elmer Frank Rosenfelder of Haysville has been promoted to the rank of
sergeant, at Brookley Field, Mobile,
Alabama, where he has been since he
volunteered last January. He has been
a member of the Guard Squadron and
Military Police since he completed his
basic training. He is a graduate of the
Sewickley high school, and was one of
the first Eagle Seouts of Sewickley; he'
belonged to the Mounted Troop No. 1.
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Receives Navy 'E'
C. Sterling Parker II, son of Mr. and '
Mrs. C. Sterling Parker of Beaver Road,
•Glen Osborne, has beon awarded the
Navy 'E' pin for production efficiency.
Ho does all the purchasing for the
supply garage at Pearl Harbor, H. T.,
■where ho is stationed. Ho also has
charge of tho office, the parts department, and tho tire and battery dopart-
of that garage.
Promoted to Captain
Now it's Captain W. D. George, Jr.,
of 904 Centennial Avenue, for he recently received his promotion. A member of tho Reserve Corps for fifteen
yeans. Captain George was called to
active 'duty in April, 1942, and has been
stationed at the Pittsburgh Recruiting
station in the Old Postoffice Building,
for tho past six months.
Commissioned An Ensign
James E. Sincoll, son of Mr. and
Mrs. George L. Sincell of 321 Peebles
Stroet, lias boon commissioned an ensign in the U. S. Navy and will report
to Princeton Univorsity for training on
Doccmboi' ,11th. A graduato of Princo-
ton in 1937, ho has beon purchasing
.agent for tho Pittsburgh Coko and Iron
Company for several years.
Promoted
Alfred H. Johnson, of Glen Osborne,
organist of tho Sowickiey Presbyterian
Ohurch, now in the Army and stationed'
at Columbus, Ohio, has received promotion to the rank of corporal, second pro*
motion in two months' service. On a
furlough last week-end, ho visited his
former home in New Berlin, Pa., and
ciimo to Sowickiey for a few hours on
Sunday ovoning.
Enlists In Air Forces
Clarenco B. Clay of 405 Woodland
Road, Edgeworth, enlisted in the Army
Air Forces last Tuesday and will leave
next week for a sixty day training period at Oil City, Pa. Mr. Clay operated
the Walnut Auto Company, Chevrolet
dealers, for many years and since the
garage closed recently due to wartime
restrictions, has been employed in a
war plant. Ho has done considerable
flying and was a member of tho Civil
Air Patrol.
Robert B. Ivory, of Osborne Xiano,
Osborno, an attorney, was commissioned
a lioutenant, senior grado* in tho aeronautics branch of tho IT, S. Naval Reserves last Wednesday and is awaiting
ordors to report for training.
Home on Leave
Lieutenant Junior Grade William M.
Scaifo, Jr., son of Mrs. William M.
Seaifo of Linden Place, spent sovoral
days homo on loavo from. Washington,
D. C, whero hei is assigned to tho ordnance division of tho IT. S. Naval
Resorvo.
Lieutenant Junior Grade AVilliam F.
Merrill, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Merrill of Glen Mitchell Road, who was stationed at Pearl Harbor the day the
Japs mado their sneak attack, isi in San
Francisco, hoping to seeuro a leave be
foro being assigned to a ship. In tho
Navy two yoars, Lieutenant Merrill has
seen, action in various parts of tho
Pacific in tho last year.
Escaped Ship's Sinking
Donald Keith, son of Mrs. Perry
Keith of Haysville, was a member of
the crew of the U. S. S. Porter, which
was sunk recently in the South Seas,
for three and a half years, until October, 1940, when he became ill and "was
in the Philadelphia Hospital for several
weeks. The 'Portor' sailed without him
and recently he has been at Bay City,
Michigan, waiting for a P*'C boat to bo
ready to go to sea. At that time, Mr.
Keith -will receive a first class petty
officer rating.
Ensign David B. Oliver, son of Mrs.
John C, Oliver, Woodland Road, Edge-
worth, lias boon transferred to a naval
training school nt Woroton Heights,
Conn,, after spending a short loavo at
homo.
Merchant Marine
O nameless men who sail our seas
Upon their nameless Ships—
How gallant the philosophies
Unsaid on nameless lipsl
O nameless mon -who sail our seas
To reach a namoloss shore—
What groator patriots than theso
Now and forovormoro?
—Nan Emanuel
In N. Y. 'Bines, July 25, '42
Enlists in TJ. S. Marines
Silas T. Cogswell of Glenfield enlisted
in tho U. S. Marines last Wednesday.
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