A Belle Vernon sailor lost his life on the bomb-torn USS Franklin. He was Aviation Ordnanceman Third Class Paul Grata;27;husband of Mrs.Joan Netspoon Grata of Broad Avenue;Belle Vernon. Mrs.Grata received a telegram on April 6;stating her husband had been killed in action and buried at sea with full military honors. A/O Grata had been in service 17 months and overseas for 11 months. Besides hie wife;he is survived by a young son;Paul;Jr.;his parents;Mr.and Mrs.William Grata of Portage;four sisters;Mary;Mildred;Lucy and Helen. Two brothers also survive;Sgt.Stanley in Germany and Pvt.Joseph in Italy. The family formerly resided in Monessen.

Mrs.Jane Edwards Weiberg died at the home of her daughter;Mrs.Robert Price in Allenport;August 27;1945;at 6:35 a.m. She was a member of the Belle Vernon Christian Church. She is survived by one daughter;Mrs.Robert Price;three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Friends will be received at the Melenyzer Funeral Home. Services will be held there Thursday;August 30;1945;at 2 p.m.;in charge of Rev.John Bowers of the Fayette City Christian church. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Chas.L.and Edwin Melenyzer are funeral directors.