Sgt.John M.Balaska;age 23 years;son of Mr.and Mrs.John Balaska;Sr.;of 12 James street;Belle Vernon;died in St.Lo;France;June 18;1944. His body will arrive Friday morning;and friends will be received at the Melenyzer Funeral Home. Services will be held there Sunday;February 8;1948;at 2:30 o’clock. Rev.I.E.Vangor;pastor of the St.Peter Evangelical Lutheran Church of Uniontown will have charge;and interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Belle Vernon American Legion Post 659 will have charge of military rites. Chas.L.and Edwin Melenyzer are the funeral directors.