Sewickley Herald

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The Sewickley Valley's Home News Weekly
Vol. 40.   No. 6.
SEWICKLEY, PA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 1943
Price Five Cents
Major Charles A. Ackley
Major Charles A. Ackley of the
United States Army Engineers, son o_
Mr. and Mrs. Harry A. Ackley of 610
■Charette. Place, has returned safely to
England after a visit to this country
on a government mission, according to
a wire received by his parents last Saturday. A lieutenant at Port Belvoir-,
Va., in September, 194-1, Major Ackley
was promoted to captain in December,
I Ml and arrived first in England in
September, 1-42. He was promoted to
major in October.
The promotion of Robert Wardrop II
of Sewickley lo the rank of captain lias
been announced at Port Sill, Oklahoma,
where he is serving as an instructor in
the Pield Artillery school. He had been
advanced from second lieutenant to first
a few months ago.
WITH THE COLORS
Gets Lieutenant's Commission
William Wallace Patterson III, of 807
Beaver Street, has this month received
his commission as second lieutenant at
the Officers Training School in Miami,
Florida. Ho is now at Brooks Pield,
Texas, and taking a course in aerial
observation.
Enlisting in the Army Air Forces in
December, 1941, ho studied air navigation at Montgomery, Alabama, thence
went to San Antonio, Texas, where last
September he held the rank of corporal,
and won eligibility to the officers' training; sehool.
A Glider Pilot
William Stephen Barley, son of Mrs.
C. Barley of Glenfield, has been appointed a. Flight Officer in the Army Air
Forces. He lias recently completed his
training at the Stuttgart, Arkansas,
air field, and now joins the armed forces'
newest air aim, glider transport, as a
pilot. He attended Allegheny High
School and was a printer before entering the Army.
The Stuttgart Air Field is unlike any
other in the country, for her-e are to be
found huge fifteen-place gliders soaring
high above the rice fields of .Arkansas;
gliders whose pilots are receiving their
final instruction. They emerge as Flight
Officers, newest Army rank, and veritable Commandos of the Air; for in
addition to flight framing behind the
controls of these -troop-carrying 'Whisper Ships,' they are instructed in all
the arts of modern all-out war. Graduates of this Advanced Plying School
may soon be pilcting tens of thousands
of glidd-'bonio American doughboys on
all of America's far-flung battle fronts.
Pvt. Daniel O'Day
Transferred from his former station
at Fort Bragg, N. C, Private Daniel
O'Day, Jr., is now located at Camp
Pickett, Virginia, in a Medical Training Battalion. He was formerly in the
Navy with the rating of a pharmacists
mate.
Three Sons In The Service
Mrs. Alice O'Neil, 219 Kilbuek
Street, Glenfield, now has three sons
in the Army of the United States. John
Allen O'Neil is a top sergeant with
an anti-aircraft battery at Camp Stewart, Georgia. Private Earl "C O'Neil is
in the Quartermaster Corps at Camp
Rucker in Alabama and tho latest to
be inducted, two weeks ago, Private
William J. O'Neil is at Fort George Cf.
Meade, Md.
The Annual Y.M.C.A. Financial Campaign Opens Tomorrow
Annual Drive Opens Friday Night
Tho meeting of majors and captains
with tho Campaign Committee on Tuesday tho 10th was splendidly attended
and gave the united olfort to underwrite the work of the YMOA for 1043
a running start. Responses to tho letters sent out by each of tho .twonty-
eight teams have been coming in steadily and tho thanks of tho Committoo
aro extended to every individual who
has helped so largely by this pro-campaign reply. Eneli contribution received before Friday noon, tho 29th,
will savo the timo and tiros of ono
loyal worker. If you have not mailed
your card to date, will you do it today?
Tomorrow (Friday) at 7:30 p. m. in
the Auditorium of the 'Y' tho official
opening of tho drivo will tako placo
with George R. Young, tho chairman,
giving .tho signal. Team captains are
asked to have all thoir workors on
hand to receive the revisod lists, ou
which the ton days effort will depend.
Our   mail   canvass   is   succeeding   but
(Continued ou Pago 5)
Tomorrow's Leaders — Young America looks to the "Y." Six hundred, girls, boys, young1 men ami women belong to the Sewickley "Y."
U. S. O. Club Room — in the "Y" — facilities for shower baths, gymnasium, swimming1, letter writing to home folks and relaxation -*- for
Coast Guard men and our own boys home on furlough.
The Saturday Night Club — fortnightly recreation for Sewickley's
youth —■ close to home! Dancing, swimming, badminton, bridge, ping-
pong — good fellowship.   Civilians and service men.
Inter-School Basketball League — Edgeworth, the Academy and "Y"
teams — every game under careful supervision.
Development — thirty-five distinct activities provide three-fold training of physique, character and intellect — Gradale, Girl Reserves, Blue
Triangle, Phalanx, Hi-Y, Gra-Y, Cadets.
Defense Workers — And a home at the
Location Service.
'Y" or a room through the
Needs of the community — Civic organizations use the "Y" for headquarters or meeting — Junior
Commandos, Boy Scouts, Kiwanis Club, Eastern Star, Ministerial Association, School groups and Hospital Nurses.
News from Home *— Regular news sheet and letters sent to "our boys'* in the four corners of the
earth,   Pine appreciation expressed.
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