Killed in action during the Korean Campaign;the body of Cpl.Melvin Watkins;son of Mr.and Mrs.Albert Watkins;414 May street;Belle Vernon;is due to arrive home for burial Monday afternoon;Oct.25;1954. The Department of Defense in an official telegram notified Mr.Watkins as follows: Remains of Corporal Melvin Watkins;U.S.Army;escorted by Master Sergeant Willard Tillman;departing Jersey City Monday;October 25;arriving in West Newton Baltimore and Ohio station Oct.25 at 4:44 p.m. The body will be received there and removed to the Toner Funeral Home;North Belle Vernon. Cpl.Watkin’s body was found in a fox-hole where he had been killed by enemy fire. The remains were temporarily interred in Korea and have just recently reached the Jersey City clearing center. Surviving are his father;Albert Watkins;two sisters;Kathryn and Margaret;both at home;three brothers;Raymond;Albert;Jr.and Robert;all of Belle Vernon. Friends will be received at the Antioch Baptist Church;Henry street;Belle Vernon;beginning at 1 p.m.Tuesday;Oct.26. Funeral services will be held from there;Thursday;Oct.28;at 11 a.m.;with Rev.A.C.Morris officiating. Military rites will be conducted by the American Legion;Joseph H.Ford Post 691;Monessen;and the Belle Vernon Post 659;American Legion. Interment will follow in Soldiers Memorial Plot;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold R.Toner;Broad avenue;Belle Vernon;funeral director.

FUNERAL DIRECTOR WAS JAMES E.PERRY;PHILADELPHIA;PA.

Albert F. Wilson died at the
home of his sister; Mrs. John
Hawker of Fourth street; Fayette City; with whom he made
his home; Thursday; August 19;
1954; at 4 a. m.
He was born January 4; 1895;
in Lonaconing; Maryland.
He is survived by two sons;
John A. of Fayette City ard
Willis of Imperial; two sisters;
Mrs. John Hawker of Fayette
City and Mrs. Thomas Findley
of Miami; Florida; and four grandchildren. Friends will be received at the McCrory Funeral Home. Services will be held there Sasturday;August 21;1954;at 3 p.m.;in charge of Rev.Harry W.Beveridge of the Fayette City Methodist Church. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. George M. McCrory and Son are the funeral directors.

Russell L.Wergin;46;of 24 Mulberry street;Belle Vernon;died Thursday;July 29;1954;of a heart attack while at Pittsburgh Steel Co.in Monessen. Mr.Wergin;a brakeman for the Monessen Southwestern Railroad;was reporting for work on the 7 a.m.-3 p.m.shift when he was stricken with his fatal attack shortly after 6:30 a.m. Company officials said that he collapsed and died outside the railroad round house at the East end of the Monessen plant. He had just been driven to work by his wife;Catherine. employed by the plant railroad since February;1948;Mr.Wergin was pronounced dead at the plant hospital by Dr.R.J.Herron. He is survived by his wife;Catherine Wergin;two daughters;Latricia and Linda;at home;one son;James;at home;four sisters;Mrs.Margaret Novak;of Youngstown;Ohio;Mrs.Joseph Reda;of Monessen;Mrs.Clarence Albright;of Belle Vernon;and Mrs.Earl Gosney;of Roscoe;four brothers;Edward and John;both of the state of Oklahoma;Carla and William;both of Youngstown;Ohio. Friends will be received at the Toner Funeral Home;North Belle Vernon;beginning July 30th. Visiting hours will be from 1 p.m.to 5 p.m.and from 7 p.m.to 10 p.m. Funeral services will be held at the funeral home Monday;Aug.2;at 2 p.m. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold R.Toner;funeral director.

Mrs.Helen Vojska (Wasco) of Belle Vernon;R.D.3 died Thursday morning;Feb.18;1954 at 1:45 a.m.at the home of her son;Bernard Wasco;after a short illness. She was a member of St.Sebastian’s R.C.Church;Belle Vernon. She is survived by her husband;John. Surviving along with her son;Bernard;is another son;Charles of Sturgon;five daughters;Mrs.Pauline Rusnak;Belle Vernon;Mrs.Helen Zekan;Scottdale;Barbara Wasco;at home;Mrs.Mary Miksin;McKeesport;and Mrs.Antoinette Chabalka;Belle Vernon;R.D. Friends will be received at the Toner Funeral Home. Services will be held in St.Sebastian Church;Saturday;February 20;1954;at 10:30 a.m.;in charge of Rev.Francis Martin. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold R.Toner is the funeral director.

Herman Douglas White;615 Ninth Street;died Friday;Jan.29;1954;at 2:25 p.m.in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital. An employee of the Pittsburgh Steel Co.plant for the past 25 years;the deceased had served in World War II;and was a member of the American Legion;Joseph H.Ford Post. Surviving are three sisters;Mrs.Alma Miller;with whom he made his home;Mrs.Bridget Gamble;of Selma;Ala.;and Mrs.Sallie Wallace;Chatanooga;Tenn.;a son;M.Sgt.Clifford White;with the U.S.Marine Corps;stationed in Oceanside;Calif.;and four grandchildren. Friends will be received at the Carter Funeral Home;McMahan avenue;beginning at 1 p.m. on Jan.31;1954. Funeral home visiting hours are from 1 to 5 and from 7 to 10 p.m. Funeral services will be held Tuesday;Feb.2;at 11 a.m.from the Union Baptist Church;with Rev.Boyd Hinton officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. DuBoise H.Carter;funeral director.