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411 1 W $ jyj l j ' 11 1 ij 11 J tt w, J .me Dke ^buck e5i Ji BRASS AND BLACK WoJern inette Now Iteine Manufactured by QUEEN CITY DINETTES, INC. 2000-68 Heading Road CINCINNATI, OHIO DIXIE DINETTES, INC. 707 Albany Avc., South RICHMOND, VIRGINIA AND TELEPHONES CYpress 2881 - 2 - 8 - 4 Plastic, Wrought Iron and Black Satin Chrome Dinette Sets For Homes — Restaurants and Institution:, 529-549 Stewart Avc., S. W., Atlanta, Georgia and for the townspeople. Shortly after the invasion (Nor mandy) which occurred in June, 1944. Uncle Sam’s virtuoso was shipped to France. He joined the Pennsylvania 28th Infantry Division as a rifleman and radio operator. The music which Sherman Frank experienced then was played to the tune of battles . . .the campaigns at Hurtgen Forest, Germany . . . Battle of the Bulge in Luxemberg and Belgium . . . and liberation of Colmar and the Alsace Lorraine- seetion of Southwestern France. After the war ended, he was at a rest camp outside Paris on VE Day and witnessed the great celebration which occurred on May 8, 1945. Following VE Day, Sherman Frank was stationed in Kaiserlautera, Germany, doing occupational duty. At that time, he was playing fre quently for two of the Divisional Generals (General Norman Coda and General Sebree) and through their contacts was offered an op portunity as an American Soldier for further musical studies in Par is. He had been in Europe at that time about 14 months. The Japan ese war was still in progress. The Division had orders to go back to the U. S. and then continue on for the possible invasion of Japan. In stead of taking the training which was offered, Sherman decided to stay with the Division which came back to the U. S. in August of 1945. After a 30-day furlough (during which time the Japanese war end ed), he was sent to Camp Shelby, Miss., where he received his dis charge from the army on Novem ber 21, 1945. He returned to Philadelphia and reentered Curtis Institute to con tinue his training. After six months of intensive practicing, Sherman was awarded from Eugene Orman- dy an appearance as soloist with the Philadelphia Orchestra at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia. The auspicious date was December 16, 1946. He played the Grieg Pi ano Concerto, and felt very excited, proud and happy that he was wor thy of the assignment. (This date was very significant to Sherman Frank, for it was on December 16 that the Germans broke the Amer ican lines, and Sherman was a part of the Division which was protect ing that particular part of the Lux emburg border when the invasion occurred. The Division was com pletely routed and many men were lost, killed and wounded. One of the 117 in the Battalion who re turned was Sherman Frank.) Many important professional achievements occurred during his last years in Curtis: Soloist in Car negie Hall, New York in an all- Gershwin program on June 10, 1947; Solosit, Philadelphia “Pops” los and Robin Hood Dell Orchestra (Grieg Piano Concerto) June 24, 1947; soloist, Philadelphia “Pops” Orchestra (Rachmaninoff Concerto No. 2 in C Minor March 28, 1947; soloist, Trenton Symphony Orches tra (Schumann Piano Concerto) March 16, 1948, Following his graduation from Curtis in May, 1948, he went to New York (as everyone dees aspir ing to a brilliant career). The first year in N. Y. was coupled with frustration and lack of friends in a THE CONTINENTAL FURNITURE CO. High Point-, North Carolina Designers and Manufacturers of FINE BEDROOM FURNITURE Since Nineteen Hundred and One Write for Booklet “To Match Your Dreams” — 25c REG. TRADE MARK Nationally Advertised in Lending Magazines The Southern Israelite (7)