The Daily News, November 20, 1944 DUQUESNE NEWS Appeal for Workers Opens War Loan Drive With an appeal for volunteer workers, leaders opened the Sixth War Loan Drive in Duquesne today. Although crews have been set up and the house-to-house canvass started today, Drive Chairman Willis F. Doney urged all persons able to aid with the drive to report at either of the city banks. "With the Allies driving toward Berlin, demanding more ammunition and more equipment of all kinds," Mr. Doney said, "we must concentrate on this phase of the home front efforts with all our energy." City divisions entered the drive in an organized manner similar to past campaigns. Schools, the city payroll and other units conducted their own collections. Members of the permanent workers' staff are handling the house-to-house canvass, soliciting in most places the all-important Series E bond. The bond, which is of the small denomination type, is the basis of the drive, leaders said. Both the Duquesne plant of the Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp. and the city have joined the solicitation, and will combine efforts for the community total. Last summer the Fifth War Loan Drive went past $2,700,000 to set an all-time record for the city, and to place the community well up in the campaigns through the state. Leaders and workers expressed hope today that the new drive would pass that amount. Draft Board Lists Twenty Twenty more men from the city have entered the armed forces following their induction at Pittsburgh last week. Local Draft Board No. 26 announced today. Names received from induction headquarters for the call last Tuesday included eight taken into the Navy and 12 listed for Army training. Those in the Navy, all in training at Sampson, N. Y., are William F. Morgan Jr., Steuben Sawko, Louis Kacinko, Edward G. Ragan, John G. Holman, Edward J. Bavolar, David D. Abbatangelo, and Joseph H. P. Kennedy. Army inductees, who went to new Cumberland, Pa., are Chalmer P. Hunt, Albert J. Ochap, Stewart A. Mell, Bernard S. Ballough, Walter A. Salopek, Newton M. Fisher, John Legin, John J. Brecko, John T. Gorscak, Joseph J. Arena, and James R. Kurzdorfer. Schools Schedule Holiday Vacation Thanksgiving vacation will start Wednesday afternoon for city schools and will end when classes resume on Monday, it was announced today by Superintendent of Schools Fred C. Gillespie. Traditional suspension of classes on Thursday and Friday for the annual holiday will follow an early-week discussion of the Thanksgiving theme at the schools. Classes will dismiss early Wednesday. Students at the senior high combined Thanksgiving programs with plans for opening of the Sixth War Loan drive when they held programs last week. A sophomore assembly on Thursday and a short assembly on Friday had the Thanksgiving theme. Sergeant Gets Medal, Cluster Technical Sergeant John A. Lisi, son of Mrs. Anna Lisi, of 921 Chestnut St., Duquesne, has been awarded the Air Medal with one Oak Leaf Cluster, it was announced by the Army Air Forces today. Sgt. Lisi, a nose gunner and radio operator on a Liberator Bomber with the Fifteenth Air Force has had 20 combat missions since going overseas in September. He flew over targets in Southern Europe, from Munich to Axis-occupied Greece. A former Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp. masonry worker, Sgt. Lisi was graduated from Duquesne High School in 1938. He entered the Army in March, 1943, and was recently promoted to his present grade. Council to Meet With Board Here Council will be doing double duty tomorrow when it holds two sessions in the City Hall. The regular meeting will be held at 9:30 a.m. in the Council Chamber, having been postponed from last week due to the death of Mayor Elmer J. Maloy's mother, Mrs. Bridget Jane Maloy. Tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. they will meet with Duquesne School Board to discuss possible annexing of Duquesne Annex. It was reported today that Burgess George W. Lynn would call a meeting of West Mifflin Council for a vote against this part of the borough, which lies adjacent to Duquesne. Schedule Listed By Local Church Events for this week were listed today by the Rev. C. W. Baker Jr., pastor of the First English Evangelical Lutheran Church. Meeting of the Dunamis Bible Class will be held tomorrow at 7:45 p. m. in the parish house with nomination of officers slated. Wednesday evening members will join with other churches of the Ministerial Assn. in union services at the First Methodist Church. At 7:45 p. m. Wednesday, meeting of the Triple L's Class will be held at the home of Mrs. Glenn Harvey, 238 Scott Drive, Dravosburg. Dorcas Class will meet Friday and on Sunday a Thanksgiving theme will continue at the church with Mr. Baker speaking at the 10:45 a. m. services on "The Foundation of Thanksgiving." Evening services will also be held. Plans are complete for the annual congregational meeting on Sunday, Dec. 3 at 10:45 a. m. when church council members will be elected and business will be transacted. Lions to Hear Talk on Light The story of light will be told members of Duquesne Lions Club when they meet today at 6:30 p. m. in the steel works main office dining room. Alex Hampsey, of the Duquesne Light Co., will tell the story and will demonstrate the history of lighting since time began by means of candles, incandescent and fluorescent lamps. John Martin will aid with the talk. New rules for attendance will be instituted in January, officers announced today, with explanation due tonight on the setup. Father-Son Banquet Set for Kiwanians Duquesne Kiwanis Club will hold its first Father-Son banquet tomorrow when it meets at 6:15 p. m. in the First Methodist Church Social Rooms. Harry C. Smith will be in the chair for the business session. Plans are under way for attendence [sic] at the Chartiers Heights Kiwanis Club Charter Night on Wednesday, Nov. 29. The event will be at the Fort Pitt Hotel at 6:30 p. m. Holy Name Mothers Will Meet Tonight Holy Name Mothers Club will hold its regular meeting today at 8 p. m. in the Holy Name School Hall, with Mrs. Sylvester Terza in the chair. Chairman of the social committee for the evening will be Mrs. George Letchford, who will be aided by Mrs. P. J. Conroy, Mrs. Thomas Conroy, and Mrs. John Repsik. Boosters to Meet Meeting of the Boosters Club will be held tomorrow at 8 p. m. in the City Hall Council chamber to discuss plans for the January banquet honoring the Duquesne High football team.