The Amherst news-times (Amherst, Ohio), 1945-05-31

              The Amherst News-Times (I 'J VOL XXVII, NUMBER 22 Sliman Awarded Bronze Star Medal For Action With Air Forces In Italy! 7 . V .. ,. MSgt. David P. Sliman (right) of Amherst, is congratulated by Brig. Gen. George R. Acheson of Lewiston, Me., and Tampa, Fla., I after being presented the Bronze Star Medal. MSgt. David P. Sliman of Rl. 1 Amherst, whose parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Sliman, reside at the same address, was recently awarded the 'Bronze Star Medal "for meritorious service in conjunction with military operations against the enemy." Sgt. Sliman is a B-24 crew chief with the veteran 460th Bombardment Group of the 15th Air Force. The citation accompanying the award stated, "The outstanding efficiency of his crew has been direc..y attributable to his un-usr nitiative, outstanding lead- er,;r' ana extraordinary proies- i skill. His aircraft have an extremely high percent age of the combat missions flown by the group, and he has greatly contributed toward a successful campaign which has caused tremendous destruction to numerous vital enemy installations." jYfter graduation, iro( Soyb.! Amherst High School in 1938, Sgt. Sliman was employed as a brakeman by the National Tube Co. until his entry into the Army Air Forces on October 15. 1941, at Fort Hayes. He received training at Langley Field, Va., and Los Angeles, Calif. imber a by P AMHERST, OHIO, THURSDAY, MAY "517 1945 THE SANDSTONE CENTER OF THE WORLD I ll ill 17 r f v rrs " f1 -v n ifl b f uihviaA nfn Milium m nn o o n n nnr "Si 11 II I 1 1 111 Jll ntV Al 1 II IV A I Vf IIMftl WJI II II I II llUl II KJ II 13 19 VV 1 1 I 1 IV. mm mm mam mwm m m m mw m mm mm m w m -ymw m m m m w m mm mm m m m. mr- a m. ,ar r. m t ' w mm a a a m a a a a m a (U U U U V M fc M JW mm w mm mm mm w Qj I i ' IV f , ' ': ) K Jimb4 i 1 Jl r '441 iV'A ; ? 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He and 160 other HELENA survivors rv fr ' Sine his arrival in Italy, he existed precariously on the island has been untitled to wear tht j for ten days until picked up by Good Conduct .Medal, the Distin- ! u. s. Naval forces. guished Unit Badye and th; European- African- Middle Eas campaign ribbon. Bo Braun In On Island Invasions i Subsequently he returned to the j ! States to be assigned to this cruis- i I jt, and has seen action in the iii-j vasion of Normandy, the bom- Dai ciment or Lneroourg, and the invasion of southern France. ! ' f':' : ''a?P v.. . j i ..M,.tii 4 iui-ivX-a , mU X - '"V " ' Ml pH;;' '4. , y-'i m x- L . T.;lv- '.',.'!,- '1 a'" d.L.' '" Morris Braun, Sic Rm, writes to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Phil Braun, Forest Street, that he Is ' - v' fine and wishes he could tell them of his experiences during the invasion of Iwo Jima. Pi ' 'n V : f '4 "Bo" is sta- '."V" j tioncd on a des troyer and also has been in the invasions of the Philippines and faaipan. He hasn t seen any 01 the Amherst boys yet but saw Gerald Schroeder's ship in the Pacific near him and is going to try to see him. He left for the navy two weeks after he graduated from Amherst High School, June 7, 1944. Be fore joining the service he was employed part-time at the U. S. Automatic Corp, Forty-four graduates of Amherst High receive diplomas tonight in commencement exercises at the high school. Shown above are the members of the graduating class. Not shown is Martin Ricket, although a member of the class, was inducted into the navy in March. Left to right, top row. are: Joseph J. Lach, Mildred E. Taylor, Ruth A. Leuszler, Victor J. Osyk, Thomas R. Hcinzerling, Rose Marie Gormley, Char-lene E. Becker, Raymond R. Arndt; Second Row: Elaine L. Reichert, Norman M. Werner, William D. Phillips, Marilyn J. Peabody, Wilma D. Haas, John J. Kingsley, Jr., John C. Bollens. LaVonne J. Becker; Third Row: Harry C. Wolf. Gerry A. Smith. Patricia R. Penton, Bob W. Schaeffer, Roy E. Koch, Lois M. Hamel, Kathryn Brown, Mac E. Darnell; Fourth Row: Sally Lee Krecger, Thomas J. George, Ray Smith, June M. Ponders, Constance T. Kominis, Manfred Manichl, Gerald F. Flock, Phyllis E. Beesing; Fifth Row: Joseph P. Brown, Rosemary Wcttrich, Lois J. Roscnkranz, Donald W. Smythe, Stephen J. Meyer, Donna J. Leimbach, Vivian J. Bruce, Enrico Gigli-otti; Bottom Row: Gloria D. Whitman, Donald MacKenzie, Dorothy M. Beres, Martin Ricket. m Jack McCann And Gene Poor Meet Playing Bask'tball Jack McCann, Sic, now station ed in the Philippines, says they have a new basketball court with score board and lights for night games and he recently played in a game against the "61" Seabees, a team on Which Gene Poor, MM2c, was a player. His station also has a new stage and now enjoy U.S.O. stage shows. Jack is on the lookout for his friend "Kick" Anthony, who Is somewhere In the Islands, but so far has not been lucky enough to find him. Borocz At Home j Following Injuries! On German Front i Wearing three battle stars, Pfc. Charles Borocz. 24, a member cf the 704th Tank Destroyer Bn., connected to Patton's Third Army is at home on 30 days sick leave. Charles entered service Jan., 1942 and trained at Ft. Knox, Ky., Pine Camp, N. Y.i Camp Hood, Texas, and after six months desert training at Camp Young California, was sent to Camp Maxey, Texas, leaving for overseas February, 1943, arriving In England. He saw action in Normandy, Britain and Ardenes. He took part in the break-through at Bastione, going on into Germany to a point about six miles from Coblentz when he met with an accident which caused hospitalization. He attended the Amherst schools and was employed at the National Tube Co., Lorain, pre-vi6us to induction. Three brothers are also in service. Cpl. Eugene, with the army somewhere in the Pacific area; Pvt. George, with the army, in Germany and Frank, QM2c, now back in the U. S. after two years Pacific service.. Sales Of War Bonds Slow In Third Week f-a'.es of war bonds in the current drive have slowed ci.Avh to the point where the community is behind the average necessary to be maintained if the quotas are to 1 e met by the end of the drive, Conrad Zilch, community chairman, said this week. The latest address of Elmas R. Towne, EM3c, is N.T.S., N.O.B., Norfolk, Va. Sales of "E" bonds in the first three weeks of the drive amount to only $48,937, with sales of other individual bonds totalling only $6,362. Quota for "E" bonds is $114,221, and that for other individual bonds is $64,265. During the drive the community will have to average sales of nearly $17,000 in "E" bonds and $9,000 in other bonds each week, Zilch said. And if the community is going to uphold its record of being the first in the county to meet its quota, sales must greatly exceed this average. Ralph Prittie, chairman for Amherst, requested that workers assigned to the village make their calls as soon as possible. He has, he said, received many telephone calls from people wanting to .purchase bonds but who have not as yet been contacted. 2nd Lieut. Celia Ward, ANC, 769652, Newton D. Baker General Hospital, Martinsburg, W. Va. Gnes R. Schmitz, Y2c, Box 5, NP.O., U. S. Coast Guard Base, Ketchikan, Alaska. Entertains Board Mrs. Frances Lleb of Leavitt Road, Amherst, dellzhtfullv en- nibiiiuvia vi bile Lorain War Price' and Rationing Board at Vicl's restaurant In Amherst recently in honor of Mrs. Irene Popov, chief clerk of the Price Control Dept. who has announced that she !s resigning from her duties effective June 1. Paper Collections To Continue For Summer Months In view of the fact that War Production Board figures show only a two-weeks supply in paper-board mill inventories, local collection of waste paper will continue at least once a month throughout the summer, Harry Earl, local salvage chairman, said this week. Present plans call for collec tions to be handled under the supervision of the "Rec" Center and the Booster Club. Proceeds will be split between the Center and the supervised playground program. Pointing out that the increased war effort In the Pacific will take even more paper products than both war theatres prior to V-E day, Earl said that every effort would be made to get as much waste paper as possible. Increased distances and the climate re quire the packaging in paper of many more items than the European war required, and all pack- ages must be two or three times To Start Summer Kindergarten Here For the first time in several years, Amherst children of preschool age will have the opportunity of attending kindergarten this summer. Miss Elaine Hamann, a student of Heidelberg College. Tiffin. will open a school for children of five and six years, starting June 4, at St. Peter's Evangelical Reformed Church. Classes will be held in the Primary room and may be attended from 9 to 11 a.m. or 1 to 3:30 p. m. St. Joseph School To Graduate 12 Sunday, June 3rd Commencement exercises at St. Joseph School will be held at 7:30 p.m. Sunday. June 3rd. in St. Joseph's Church. Twelve graduates, five girls and seven boys will receive diplomas. The commencement address and conferring of diplomas and awards will be given by Rev. Fr. James H. Smith. Plan Book Review For Monday Night "Anything Can Happen" is the j interesting book which will be I reviewed by Aileen Benninghoff in the high school auciiiorium on I Monday. June 4 at 8:00 p.m. This I l-trtnl- rnt'irni) a Kn 5 n rf cnnncnrarl hu t h e Amherst Parent-Teachers' Association and several members of this group are selling tickets. Persons wishing to purchase their tickets at the door may do so. Guest Speakers Guest speakers at the 70th Anniversary celebration of St. Paul's Lutheran Church Sunday were Rev. Henry Abram, Ft. Wayne, Ind., a former pastor here and Rev. Martin Sommerfield, Cleveland.Members of the Ladies' Aid Society were in charge of the social hour and serving lunch following the evening service. heavier, Earl said. With the action against Japan already being stepped up, prodigious amounts of paper must be returned to the mills from civilian sources. All scrap paper can be re-converted to good paper for military and civilian re-use; and the scrap can be made into good paper with less trouble and expense than that made from raw materials, as well as saving the country's natural resources. Local collections were handled during the past month by students of St. Joseph's Parochial School. No report has been made yet on the amount of paper gathered. Graduates are: Joan Sposato, Susanna Staplcton, Joyce Kovach, Germaine Niesen, Shirley Ann Henry, Harvey Lodge, Walter Hoy, George Roling, Richard Na-gel, Robert Hudak, William Gil-lis, and James Horvath. Honor students are: religion, Joan Sposato, grade eight, first honors; Walter Hoy, grade eight, second honors; Susanna Stapleton, grade eight, third honors. Highest average for the year: Joan Sposato, first honors; Susanna Stapleton, second honors; Shirley Ann Henry, third honors. School spirit: George Roling and Shirley Ann Henry. I A dinner will be served to the graduates by their parents In the school hall, Saturday at 6:30 p.m. at which the seventh graders will be their guests. Eagles Plan For Joint Installation Joint installation of officers of Amherst Aerie of Eagles and the auxiliary was planned for June 7 when the auxiliary met last week. Officers of the auxiliary will wear formats and the install ing team will come from Elyrla. Women of the auxiliary voted to purchase a $100 war bond and John Koba was named as the sol dier of the month. Prizes in the contest went to Mrs. Pearl Renner and Mrs. Bessie Avery. Are Honored On 25th Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Telzerow, was honored last week In their home, 758 Park Avenue, by sur prise party for their 25th wedding anniversary. Cards were the diversion of the evening. The couple was presented gifts of silver and a sum of money In the form of silver dollars. Coke and ice cream was served to the honored guests, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Stang and son, Gary, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Barck, Amherst; Mr. and Mrs; Ed Stang, Mr. and Mrs. Rene Stanf and ton, Kay, Mr. Gene Stang of Elyria. 7