KINDNESS: We have a mystery on our hands.
Tony Falconi of Lewis Run was touched when a couple of people went out of their way to do something nice for him. But who were they?
Tony contacted us Saturday to share his story.
He writes, “It is keeping me awake nights. I cannot figure out who the couple is that paid for my dinner about a week ago at the Hong Kong restaurant. When I went to pay for my dinner the cashier informed me it was paid for by the couple who just got in their automobile.
“I looked out the window and waved as they left the parking lot but could not see who they were.
“Would that kind couple please call me at 368-9517 or 598-2766? I certainly want to thank you.
“But what a happy day for me to know who you are. God bless you.”
So, if the pair is reading this, know you cheered up a man in Lewis Run.
SGT. SPRAGUE: For Memorial Day, Deb Pradhan shared the story of a local soldier who died while serving the United States during World War II.
Deb tells us that Sgt. Howard E. Sprague, who was born Sept. 22, 1924, was in the U.S. Army Air Forces, 20th Command/21st wing/314th Group/ 19th Squadron/28th detachment R., Station APO 24, Unit 2, AGPC_S 201.
He was a radio operator on B29 and went down on April 24, 1945, in Tachikawa, Japan. This was his ninth mission.
Sgt. Sprague is buried in Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo., Graves 4 & 5 in Section 82.
We found a little more about him at www.jfgvictoryverlag.com, which indicated he was from the Bradford area and was only 20 years old when he died.
The website states that he was “on a B-29 on mission to Hitachi aircraft plant at Tachikawa. The B-29 was hit by flak and crashed” — and he was killed along with five others.
