William C. Sachleben
Rank: Lieutenant, U.S. Navy
Hometown: Erial, New Jersey
Died: November 1951, Lost at Sea, 15 miles west of San Diego, California
Lieutenant William C. Sachleben was a resident of Erial, NJ, formerly of Jarvis Road. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Sachleben Sr. He graduated from Haddonfield High School in 1940 and entered the Navy, receiving his commission at Pensacola Naval Air Station. Lieutenant Sachleben was piloting a Douglas Skyraider bomber when it disappeared 15 miles at sea on a routine night flight from the San Diego, California, Naval Air Base in September 1951. He was 28 years old. His wife Phyllis and their three children — Billy (age 6), Jean (age 4), and Pamela (18 months) — were residing in Minneapolis, Minnesota, at the time. Lieutenant Sachleben was survived by three brothers, Harold (Crescent Park), Nicholas Jr. (West Berlin), and Russell (Erial), and one sister, Mrs. Mark Jennings of Sicklerville.
Memorial Service For Lt. Sachleben
Camden Courier-Post —
Memorial service will be held Sunday at 2.30 p.m. in the Erial Community Church for Lt. William C. Sachleben, formerly of Jarvis road, Erial, whose plane disappeared at sea in September.
Sachleben, son of Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Sachleben Sr., was piloting a Douglas skyraider bomber when it disappeared 15 miles at sea on a routine night flight from the San Diego, Calif., Naval Air base.
Lieutenant Sachleben, 28, and his wife, Phyllis, had resided in Minneapolis, Minn. Mrs. Sachleben is staying there now with the couple’s three children, Billy, 6; Jean, 4, and Pamela, 18 months.
While in this area, Lieutenant Sachleben was active in the affairs of the Erial Church and served for a time as assistant superintendent of the church’s Sunday school. After his graduation from Haddonfield High school in 1940, he entered the Navy and was commissioned at Pensacola Naval Air station.
The missing pilot has three brothers, Harold, of Crescent Park; Nicholas Jr., of West Berlin, and Russell, of Erial, and one sister, Mrs. Mark Jennings, of Sicklerville.
When the plane was reported missing, a squadron of planes and ships searched the area and found no trace of the aircraft, but reported citing an oil slick. The San Diego base officials announced the plane is presumed lost.
Haddon Heights Hi Selects Editors
Camden Courier-Post —
Staff of ‘Scribe’ Named for 1938-39 School Year; Hobby Club Elects
Reuben Cummings has been named editor-in-chief of the 1938-39 “Scribe” staff at Haddon Heights High School. Kathryn Siegener is the associate editor and Paul Denlinger is news editor.
Other editorships are Thomas Cooney, sports editor; Betty Faunce, assistant news editor; Robert Davey, feature editor; Mary Lynch, assistant sports editor and Emily Haldeman, exchange editor. Mrs. Sue O’Neil is faculty adviser of the editorial staff.
Reporters are Richard Sauer, Bertha Haines, Edna Simmler, Dolores Travis, Jeanne Zordo, Eleanor Rhodes, Samuel Frisch, Alfred Davies, Samuel Silverman, Harry Davis, Priscilla Lippincott, Jacob Lippincott and George Lenard.
The business staff is headed by Kathryn Ulmer. The assistant manager is Jane Strang. Dorothy Rudderrow is circulation manager. Betty Hutchinson is typist, assisted by Anna Mae Ahrens, Anna Olt, Kathryn Killen, Marie Pothenig and Sylvia Frost. Miss Kathryn Cameron and Guy P. Wharton are faculty advisers of the business staff.
Burton Anderson was elected vice president of the Hobby Club. Two club insignias given for achievement in the various hobbies, were awarded at last week’s meeting. William Pearson Lockwood won the insignia for building models of the China Clipper and Curtiss Amphibian airplanes. Evon Wells exhibited several perfect fossils, and Stuart Mitchell displayed his collection of military insignias. The latter are candidates for club insignias.
A Biology Club has been organized under the sponsorship of Miss Fanny Barnes. The members are Margaret Plugge, Phyllis Caravelli, Patricia Rearll, Virginia Melchert, Virginia Carter, Gladys Fischer, Betty Reamer, Margaret Dean and William De Sieghardt.
Kenneth S. Slagle, sophomore and junior English instructor, left Haddon Heights this week to take a professorship at West Chester State Teachers’ College. Slagle will teach English composition and literature.
Ten freshmen were elected last week to represent the underclassmen in the high school senate. The senators-elect are Bertha Muller, Jacob Lippincott, Hall Carney, Evon Wells, Thomas Fean, Ralph Boyer, William Sacheiben, Jean Frowatkin, Perry Flynn and Michael Tomksa.
The election officers were James Swackhamer, Louise Gianunzio, Dorothy Reilly, Reuben Cummings, Richard Leswing, Burton Anderson, Robert Burns, William Goodman, Harry Davis and Jack Leo. The freshmen representative attended the regular meeting of the Senate last Friday, and President William Goodman welcomed the new senators and introduced them to other Senate members.
The “Scarlet Masque,” freshmen dramatic club, will present an amateur program in freshmen assembly on Wednesday. Try-outs are being held daily under the supervision of Miss Helene Novak, dramatic coach.
The Alumni Association will honor the girls of the hockey and basketball teams at a banquet that will be given in March.
The chairman in charge of this affair is Miss Margaret Parker. Plans have been progressing for several weeks and all members of the association have been working hard to develop them.