Lions Club hears wartime chaplain Stonesifer speak
Lt. Donald Stonesifer US Army chaplain, freshly liberated from a German camp and captured at the Battle of the Bulge, spoke at the Tuesday Lions Club luncheon at Hotel Alexander. He shared frontline Holy Communion duties, front line service details, and German attitudes toward chaplains, plus personal officer and soldier struggles. Guests included Roger Charlton, Eric Summers, Rev. Marsh, and others. the meeting was led by Rev. Fesperman and Wilson Sperow. More than 13,000 Americans take their own lives each year.
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Donald Stonesifer
U. S. Army
Lions Club
Hotel Alexander
Isoner
Jean England
France
Stonesifer
Germany
H. A. Fesperman
Wilson P. Sperow
Roger Charlton
Eric CG. Summers
Harry C. Marsh
Clinton F. Beckner
Newville
Martinsburg
United States
Summer Parade of Radio Programs Delivers New Detectives
New York radio listings for July 5 show a longer summer slate with two added detective mysteries. NBC offers Philo Vance at 7:30, Abbott and Costello slot mystery at 10, and We Come This Way at 10:30. CBS features Maisie at 8:30 and The Last Detail at 9, plus San Francisco Charter at 11:15. ABC presents A Letter to America at 9:30 with Paul Muni. other highlights include Roy Shield, Bing Crosby, Jack Haley, and Musical Serenades through the evening.
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New York
NBC
Philo Vance
Bob Burns
CBS
Ann Sothern
Maisie
Hilton Berle
Rudy Vallee
Alisa
ABC
America
Paul Muni
Comdr
Harold B. Sta
Washington
San Francisco
Roy Shield
Bing Crosby
Jack Haley
Joan Davis
CBS—& Suspense
Morton Gould
Larry Douglas
Ripley
Donaldson Theater
Avcf
Universal Military
Bea Wain
Stolen Money and Watch Reported as Birth Rates Decline
Mrs Edythe Sheldon of the 600 block Potomacavemus reported $35 stolen from a trunk in her home. Harold Turner of Harmonalley reported a watch stolen from a truck. The article notes an eight to nine percent drop in U S birth rates is expected in 1945 from 1943 peak.
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Edythe Sheldon
Block
Potomacavemus
Harold Turner
Harmonalley
United States
News of Our Men and Women in Uniform
Continued from Page 14 a Navy tanker crew member James M Staubs 27 son of Mr and Mrs A L Staubs Washington Square spent 14 months at sea logged the distance of four times around the globe visiting 47 ports in Atlantic Pacific and Indian Oceans He returned from the Naval Center New Orleans where attached He was a gun crew member and before enlisting in 1944 worked as a brakeman on the Pennsylvania Railroad in Hagerstown His wife and two sons live in Martinsburg In the Atlantic Lt (jg) Thomas Baker Hollyday 26 USNR of Boonsboro Md aided in the rescue of a naval aviator while serving as antisubmarine officer aboard a destroyer escort He has served in the Southwest Pacific and Atlantic convoy duty and holds ribbons for American European African Middle Eastern and Asiatic Pacific theaters with four bronze stars on the latter His parents live in Boonsboro He has two brothers En Joseph S Hollyday USNR and Pfc James Hollyday in the Army He attended Franklin and Marshall College before enlisting in 1942 At Guam Air Depot Harmon Field Cpt Herbert H Liggon S Jr of Hagerstown Md works on teletype installations at the RAF base in the Marianas area
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James M. Staubs
A. L. Staubs
Washington Square
Atlantic
Pacific
Indian Oceans
Staubs
Naval Center
New Orleans
Navy
Pennsylvania Railroad
Hagerstown
Martinsburg
Thomas Baker Hollyday
USNR
Boonsboro
Hollyday
Southwest Pacific
Solomons
William C. Hollyday
Ens
Joseph S. Hollyday
Pfc
James Hollyday
Franklin & Marshall College
Guam Air Depot
Harmon Field
Herbert H. Liggon, S Jr
Marianas Islands
Local Service Notes And Military Furloughs
Liggon's mother Mrs Mary 0 Liggon resides at 621 South Potomac street. He graduated from Hagerstown High School in 1942 and joined the service in March 1943 after working for C & P Telephone Company. Roy Bud Cave of the Blackhawk 86th Division is on a 30 day furlough at home and will report to Fort Meade July 21. Sgt George J Zimmerman of Williamsport Route 2 arrived by transport plane for a 30 day furlough home. He was a crew member.
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Liggon
Mary 0. Liggon
South Potomac Street
Hagerstown
C. & P. Telephone Company
Roy
Bud) Cave
Blackhawk 86Th Division
Pvt
Cave
Fort Meade
George J. Zimmerman
Williamsport
Route 2
Bombardier in 15th Army Air Force Receives Care in Italy
A heavy bomber crew member of the 15th Army Air Force in Italy is noted for receiving care during a Charleston embarkation. He was furnished new clothing and treated to a feast as part of the welcome. Classified ads remind readers they can find two wants when they want it.
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15Th Army Air Force
Italy
Charleston
S. C
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