New Britain herald., 1929-11-01

ven, Conn, and operates a small restaurant He waits on the tables while his pal does the cooking.
 For what he did that day, Early spent five months in hospital Just the other day-11 years, less three days after his heroic exploit the government awarded him the D. $. C. Except for York, who also holds the Congressional Medal of Honor. Early is the only one SO decorated. Four of the others got brigade citations for gallantry-but that was all.
 Merrithew Is Now
 \ Truck Driver
 Corporal Morrithew lives at | Brooklnc. Mass, and has a job at driving a truck for the state high way department. Two little daugh- ters brighten his home, Jeanne IT months, and Anna, 5--and he values them more than he does his one good lung. Gas. if you must knoW). He enlisted and served under the name of William B. Cutting-a name he adopted when he ran away from home as a boy-and is so identifie1 ] in Sergeant York's book. Private Muzzi's old wound in his shoulder doesn't interfere with his job as a baker at the National Bis cult Co. plant in New York city, ! although it cost him two months in the hospital back in 1918.
 Private Beardsley has gone back to his fathers farm near RoXbury, Conn. He is the son of Nate" Beardsley, champion breeder of Dcvonshire cattle. He has never married.
 Private konotski is a mill worker at Holyoke, Mass, and has two children. Not long ago when the war department planned to recnact the York episode in a military spec tacle at Washington, they were sup | posed to send an airplane to bring | him up. Escorted by the local l American Legion post and Chamber l Of Commerce, konotski trGmpcd out to the airport to take off: Put some 1 body in Washington forgot 10 send the plane; after waiting four hours, | konotski and his escort gave up in l disgust and went home. | The whereabouts of Private Sok | is unknown. The war de partment records his address as 96 Barnes street, Ashley, Penn, but inquiry there brought no answer. The same applies to Private Johnson, last reported as living at 414 Ninth street, Denison, Tex.
 Sacina Hat Checker
 In Barber shop
 Private Sacina, born in Italy and reared in New York, was working at a wire spring factory there when | he was drafted in 1917. He told a reporter the other day that since his return from the army he has had very hard luck, being out of a job quite often. He is a very small man. Recently, he applied for job as a subway guard and was turned | down because he was too short; the employment agent didn't think him 1 big enough to handle the rush hour crowds. Just now he has the coat and hat checking concession in a New York barber shop. Private Donahue is a mill worker in Lawrence, Mass, but has had tht icfo tN 1,o ~ inf, gently. He is unmarried.
 Private Wills. already mentioned drives his feed wagon in South Philadelphia every day and not even his customers know that he is a war hero. He's had a lot ot hard luck. too.
 Parsons Accessory
 Store Is Success
 Sergeant Parsons. who ordered Acting Sergeant Early to take the two squads and put the German ma chine guns out Of action and who is pretty much of a war hero. him. self, is making a successes of his auto accessory store in Brooklyn. He was the first to see York and his little band come trooping back tc the American lines with their 1 g. prisoners-and could hardly believe
 his eyes.
 And what about the other mem.
 bers of the York party, the six who
 went west" as the doughboys useC
 to say? They were Corporal Mur'
 ray Savage, Privates Maryan E. by
 moUski, Ralph F. Weller. Frec
 Wareing, William Wine and Car
 Swanson.
 The hill that was stained witt
 their blood became their monument
 They buried them where they fell.