Charles Wilson Jr on first leave from service
Radar operator 2/c Charles P. Wilson Jr. is on leave visiting his parents at 623 West Main. He arrived home for the first time since entering service in February 1943 after a year in the Southwest Pacific. He wears two battle stars for American and Pacific Asia theaters. he is 21 and an Ada High School graduate formerly with the U S Engineers Department in Oklahoma City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles P. Wilson, Jr
Charles P. Wilson
West Main
Southwest Pacific
Ada High School
Wilson
United States Engineers Department of
Oklahoma City
Letters Help Break Lull Says Cavener
Pfc. Edwin C. Cavener, stationed in the Aleutians since 1942, writes his parents about daily life and letters breaking the lull. He grew up in Parrish Chapel, attended Vanoss High School, East Central State college, and worked at Gluckman's Department store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aleutians
Pfc
Edwin C. Cavener
E. C. Cavener
Parrish Chapel
Cavener
Infantry
Vanos High School
East Central State College
Gluckman’s Department Store
Camp Robinson
Ark
Camp Butner
N. C
Fort Ord
Calif
Boyd Struk Returns After 14 Months Overseas Duty
Boyd D. Struk 28 husband of Mrs Fairy B. Struk and father of Robert Leroy Struk 18 months, has returned to the state after 14 months overseas with an artillery unit. He took part in the Sicilian Italian campaigns serving a 105 mm howitzer and helped enter Rome in triumph. Struk entered service Sept 12 1940 at Ada after working in care and insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyd D. Struk
Fairy B. Struk
Robert Leroy Struk
Struk
Salerno
Volturno
Anzio
Rome
Ada
Pvt Shortes Pursues Jungle Warfare Training Overseas
Pvt James C Shortes trains in jungle warfare with a Southwest Pacific regiment, serving as a rifleman and leading reconnaissance patrols. Arrived overseas in March, briefly stationed at New Caledonia, his unit repulsed Japanese attacks on Hill 700 Bougainville. Wife Leah Manahan Shortes lives in Ada. Before service he worked at a California aircraft plant. The word hubbub is a modern rendering of a 16th century Irish battle cry described as oo booboo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwest Pacific
James C. Shortes
Shortes
New Calendonia
Bougainville
Leah Manahan Shortes
Ada
California
Marine Pfc Thomas Hooks Reports Guam Action
Pfc Thomas L Hooks son of Irene Crocker and Tom Hooks of Durant and Atoka in Oklahoma has served in the Marine Corps since 1943 and fought in the Southwest Pacific since January. In a letter home from Guam he says he is healthy and safe after fighting and close calls, thanks family prayers, and trusts the Lord.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas L. Hooks
Irene Crocker
Durant
Tom Hooks
Atoka
A.d
W. B. Kimbrough
Ada
Pacific
Marine Corps
Southwest Pacific
Guam
Fourth Oak Leaf Cluster Awarded to Sgt Wilbur Henson
S/Sgt Wilbur B Henson 24 receives fourth Oak Leaf Cluster to his Air Medal while serving with the RAF in Italy as left waist gunner aboard a B 24 Liberator. The citation notes destruction of one MB 109 enemy craft during bombing missions over Austria Romania and France. He previously played basketball for Francis High School in 1939 and is the son of Mrs Mary Henson of Francis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur B. Henson
RAF
Italy
Henson
Austria
Romania
France
Sgt
Francis High School
Air Corps
East Central
Mary Henson
Francis
Uncle Sam Furnishes Steak Dinner for Sailor in Hawaii
Roy Clyde Alletag of SK 3/c celebrated his lending in Hawaii with a steak dinner on his ship the Uncle Sam. Seabees chef Sam Farmer hosted the meal and Alletag reported the event in his first letter since landing. Letter dated August 15, received by his parents Mr. and Mrs Clyde Alletag on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Clyde Alletag
SK 3/c
Hawaii
Sam
Sam Farmer
Seabees
SK Alletag
Clyde Alletag
Pilot Lt. Sturman Returns Home From War Flight Leave
After eight months overseas with the 15th Air Force Lt. Grant E. Sturman Jr. flies a 21 day leave to Ada with wife and daughter while visiting Mt. Carmel parents. He logged 51 missions 267 combat hours with incidents of losing an engine and hydraulic system during Regensburg raids. He earned the Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal with cluster for his wartime service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
15Th Air Force
Grant E. Sturman, Jr
Phyllis
Carol
Ada
Grant E. Sturman
Mt. Carmel
Regensburg
Germany
Sturman
Shipman Returns To Teaching Duties In Baltimore
Harvey H. Shipman of the U S Coast Guard and Mrs Shipman have returned to Baltimore. He serves as an instructor in Maryland after previously teaching at the Coast Guard School of Fire Fighters at Fort McHenry. Mrs Shipman resumes her duties as Home Economics teacher in the Baltimore school system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey H. Shipman
Spie
U. S. Coast Guard
Seaman First Class Stewart Graduates at Norman School
Seaman Stewart of Stonewall has graduated from the aviation ordnance school at the Naval Air Technical Training Center Norman with the rating of seaman first class. He is the son of Mr and Mrs H Stewart of Stonewall and attended Stonewall High School. He enlisted last December and will be transferred to a naval unit afloat or another shore station for further instruction. Approximately 4000 varieties of the rose have been produced to date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seaman I. Stewart
Stonewall
Aviation Ordnance School
Naval Air Technical Training Center
Norman
Seaman Stewart
H. \. Stewart
Stonewall High School
Navy
Highway Commission Approves 12 Million In Road Projects
Oklahoma City official H E Bailey announced the state road program totals 12 393 576 in approved projects with 45 606 424 under survey. The overall highway needs study estimates 210 million and plans for property costing about 10 million. About half the projects await Public Roads Administration approval totaling 957 821.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
H. E. Bailey
Highway Commission
Bailey
Congress
Public Roads Administration
Bundy Receives Good Conduct Medal in Italy
S/Sgt. Garland A. Bunny earned the Good Conduct Medal while serving with a 12th AA B-25 group in Italy. The Ada veteran, who served with a veteran B-25 Mitchell Bomb Group, earned the honor in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations. Major and Mrs. Wesley H. Jones spent the weekend in Lawton and Ft. Sill visiting friends and relatives. Major Jones had returned from Italy last week where he served with the 45th Division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bundy
Garland A. Bunny
12Th AA
Italy
Ada
Mediterranean
Wesley H. Jones
Lawton
Ft. Sill
Major Jones
Letters From Overseas Compare Mail to Furlough for Sgt Marvin Rogers
Staff Sergeant Marvin L. Rogers, stationed in England, writes that letters from home feel like furlough and keep him connected to family. He and the Pioneer P-51 Mustang Group, first to fly the long range P-51 in combat, earned the Presidential Unit Citation for battles over Kiel Berlin and Cater Gydnie. They destroyed over 380 enemy aircraft in seven months, aided daylight precision bombing, and supplied Normandy ground support. Rogers notes lonesomeness without letters, speaks of experience in France, and recalls D‑day beaches and fox hole life with fellow sergeants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin L. Rogers
Pioneer
England
Sgt
Rogers
Germany
Kiel
Berlin
Cater Gydnie
Belgium
France
Normandy
Jim Rogers
Fox Hole
Thankful College Senior Praises Mr Molloy After 32 Years
A college senior expresses gratitude for Mr Molloy East Central College English teacher of 32 years. The piece lauds his teaching, kindness, and inspiring philosophy of if. It regrets he cannot guide postwar graduates but hopes new teachers rise to continue his legacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Mr. Moloy
Eer
Taching
Browning
Mr. Molloy
Coach C R Cox to Take One Year Leave of Absence
Ada area notes report C R Cox leaving East Central college and Ada High, moving with Mrs Cox to Gentry Arkansas for a year’s leave. They acquired a chicken ranch in northwest Arkansas near Siloam Springs and Bentonville. Cox, long associated with Horace Mann Training School and East Central, hopes health improvements allow return next July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. R. Cox
Ada
East Central College
Gentry, Ark
BPW Members Plan Blood Drive for Valley View Hospital
BPW chapter for 1944 45 launches a blood donation drive for Valley View Hospital. Health chair Mrs Nettie Wilburn reports several members have volunteered and more names are sought for the hospital blood bank. Donor calls are directed to her home. manager Joe Bush of Valley View seeks to keep a long donor list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valley View Hospital
Nettie Wilburn
Theospital
Pastor Arbuckle Leaves Oak Avenue for Frederick Call
Rev Milo B Arbuckle longtime Oak Avenue Baptist Church pastor resigns after eleven years to take the pastorate at First Baptist Frederick He led growth from about 75 to 1327 members helped baptisms rise and oversaw construction of a brick church and an auxiliary building He aims to transform the auditorium into an educational facility and build a south ground floor auditorium Arbuckle a East Central State College graduate once worked in a clothing store before entering ministry The Frederick church is described as one of western Oklahoma’s strongest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milo B. Arbuckle
Oak Avenue Baptist Church
First Baptist Church
Ofederick
Frederick
Oak Avenue Church
Bank R Association
Arbuckle
East Central State College
Southwestern Baptist Seminary
Fort Worth
Oklahoma
OCW Sees Record Enrollment For Fall Term
Oklahoma College for Women projects about 1000 students this fall, nearly double the usual. President Dan Proctor notes most dorms are filled and many students are housed off campus as the term opens September 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chickasha
Okla
Oklahoma College For Women
Dan Proctor
Proctor
Original Ada Returning To Make Her Home Here
After more than 35 years away Ada Reed Hemmler is returning to Ada to live with her mother Mrs Jeff Reed. Ada Reed gave Ada the post office name and the town grew around that family. Reed has died. her daughters Bailey Johnson in Magnolia Arkansas and Evelyn Hemmler in Dayton Ohio pursue their lives while friends of Ada welcome the returning original Ada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeff Reed
Irving School
Reed
Indian Territory
Texas
Reeds
Ada Reed
Ada
Hemmler
Milden
Bailey Johnson
Magnolia
Ark
Evelyn Hemmler
Dayton
Ohio
Asia
Hew
Ada Reed Hemmler
Louisiana
Murphy Brothers Do Over Seas Duty In World War II
Lt V V Murphy entered the army in 1942 and trained at Camp Stewart. He served in P-47 fighter duties in England and France earning the Air Medal with a fourth oak leaf cluster awaited. His brother Cpl James H Murphy joined in 1943 and served in Alaska and later overseas. Their mother is Mrs. Gertrude Murphy of Ada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
V. V
Pat) Murphy
Army
Camp Stewart
Air Corps
Harding Field
Baton Rouge
England
France
Wanda Oliver
Ada
Cpl
James H
Tony) Murphy
Seattle
Wash
Alaska
Murphy
Gertrude Murphy
West
Blood Bank Donor Sessions Aid Emergency Care
Donors available to call in case of emergency. Three flood relief blood drives have occurred since establishment. The first involved Fiks club members, the second supported the Red Cross Motor corps, and the third aided volunteers. Transfusions from the bank saved several lives. Blood here is for hospital use, not military needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fiks Club
Red Cross Motor Corps
Push
Bush
Ada to Celebrate V Day with Ada Legion Parade Plan
The Norman Howard post of the American Legion in Ada plans a V Day celebration with a parade and large community meeting at Glenwood Park if weather permits. Abe Pollock chairs the committee with Dr. Sam A. McKeel Joe Roper and Mr. Hamilton as members. Public business closures are possible to allow universal participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Ada Dill
Norman Howard Post
American Legion
France
Ada
Glenwood Park
Abe Pollock
Legion Committee
Sam A. McKeel
Joe Roper
Mr. Hamilton
The
Legion
City Pair To Wed in East On Early Date
Miss Doris Morgan of Centrahoma to wed Ensign F L Hoipkemier of Cambridge Massachusetts in Cambridge Baptist Church. Miss Morgan teaches at Centrahoma High School after attending Cent ral State College. Hoipkemier trained at Harvard radar program while stationed in Cambridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Morgan
Centrahoma
Doris Morgan
Ensign F. L. Hoipkemier
Cambridge
Mass
F. W. Hoipkemier
West Twenty-fifth Street
Cambridge Baptist Church
Morgan
Centrahoma Highchool
Centrahoma High School
Ensign Holpkemier
East Central
the University
Oklahoma
Harvard University
Ada Soldier Wounded in Action in France
Pvt. Robert Scott German Jr. was wounded in France on July 27, as his mother received word from the War Department. He entered service December 7, 1942 at Fort Leavenworth and trained at Camp Robinson. The Ada native attended Horace Mann and Ada High School and worked in Kansas City before enlisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Scott German, Jr
France
War Department
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Camp Robinson
Ark
German
Ada
Horace Mann
Ada High School
Kansas City
Robert S. German
East Main
Sailors Scuttle German Fleet In Southwest France
IRUN Spain August 19 UP German fleet in southwest France has been scuttled in the Bay of Biscay and Gironde channel near Bordeaux. The vessels included torpedo boats submarine auxiliaries light submarines armed trawlers and coastal freighters. Crews returned ashore in lifeboats after scuttling. Heavier U boats had already left Bordeaux days before.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irun
Spain
France
Naal
Mercantile
Bay of Biscay
Gironde
Bordeaux
Bayonne
St. Jean de Luz
English
Young Swordfish Grows Long Snout After Maturity
The swordfish lacks a sword in youth, with jaws of equal length. Only after maturation does a true extended rostrum form, enabling its iconic sword.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Charles Wilson
Edmond Covener
Aleutian Islands
Boyd Struk
Gloria Smith
Women’s Marine Corps
Lee F. Smith
San Leander
San Diego
Marine Base
Camp LeJeune
Pfc. Smith
Thomas Hooks
Marines
Thomas
Hooks
Wilbur Henson
Uncle Sam
Seabee
Roy Alletag
Shipman
Stewart
Norman School
Highway Commission OK
Adam News
Marvin Rogers
R. Cox
Ck. Ox
Chicken Ranch
Arkansas
BPW
Valley View ‘Bank
Frederick Church
Milo Arbuckle
OCW
Pat Murphy
Tony Murphy
Japan
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Pvt
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