Keith Grimes Becomes Star Scout and Army Air Corps Pilot
Lt. Keith Grimes earned the rank of Star Scout and received pilot wings after extensive Army Air Corps training at Frederick. Ada High and East Central alumni notes highlight his football and basketball skills. The Grimes family has moved to Oklahoma City where they are employed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Barringer
Kenneth Vaughan
Keith
Ada High School
East Central
Army Air Base
Frederick
Ada
Grimes
Oklahoma City
Pvt Shortes Sees Land But No Action Overseas
Pvt J C Shortes Jr 21 entered service Aug 10 1943 at Ft Sill later to Camp Wolters Texas and now overseas. He’s been overseas since February mostly in the South Pacific at New Caledonia Guadalcanal and other locations. He’s a Ada high school graduate and East Central two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Shortes, Jr
Ft. Sill
Camp Wolters
Tex
South Pacific
New Caledonia
Guadalcanal
Pacific
Pvt. Shortes
Ada High School
East Central
Leah Manahan
Shortes
Put S. Shortes
J. C. Shortes
Webster Promoted to Staff Sergeant in England Base
John H. Webster has been promoted from sergeant to staff sergeant at a U S Eighth Air Force bomber station in England. He is the son of Mr and Mrs George W Webster of Route 4 Atoka.
Sgt. Jack Creech Home on Furlough
Jack W. Creech known as Buddy was home recently on furlough then transferred from Camp Haan California to Orlando Florida. He attended Ada schools and worked in Ada before entering the service and visited his mother Mrs Jesse Creech in Oakland California before returning to camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack W
Buddy) Creech
Camp Haan
Calif
Orlando
Fla
Ada
Sgt
Creech
Jesse Creech
Oakland
Camp
Radar Operator Seaman Wade Assigned to Camp Elliott
Seaman 2/c Charles Har old Wade, radar operator, is stationed at the naval detachment base at Camp Elliott in San Diego after completing boat training at Farragut Idaho. His wife Sharon and son Wayne returned from California after visiting Wade. He has been in the Mary since February 11 and spent one Ada leave before the new posting. Wade previously managed Standard Super Market on East Tenth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Harold Wade
Naval Detachment
Camp Elliott
San Diego
Calif
Farregut
Idaho
Sharon
Wayne
California
Seaman Wade
Mary
Ada
Standard Super Market
East Tenth
Sgt. Chester G. Lewis Serves In Photo Recon Unit
Sgt. Chester G. Lewis serves with a photo reconnaissance squadron of the 13th Air Force in the South Pacific. He cooks for the unit and helps send photos to planes, develop film, and rush prints to bomber intelligence to aid raid planning. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. George A. Lewis of 110 East Third and attended Maud High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester G. Lewis
South Pacific
13Th Aaf
Guadalcanal
Truk
Southwest Pacific
Sgt
Lewis
George A. Lewis
110
East Third
13Th
AAF
Set
Maud High School
Hazel Atlas Glass and Clarksburg Paper Co
Ada
AAF Cooks and Ee
Buckley Field
Olo
Pvt Keylor Serves in the Hawaiian Islands
Pvt. William Robert Keylor youngest son of Mr and Mrs C J Keylor serves with a fighter corps in the Hawaiian Islands after enlisting in February 1942. He trained at Hamilton Field California and was later stationed in Hawaii with a stay on Christmas Island. He began in the medical corps before transferring to the fighter corps. He visited Hawaii recently where he met his brother in law MM 1/c Audry B Click in a reunion after over two years. Keylor attended Horace Mann high school and played basketball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Robert
Billy Bob) Keylor
C. J. Keylor
Hawaiian Islands
Pvt
Keylor
Army
Hamilton Field
Calif
Christmas Island
Hawaii
Audry B. Click
Seabees
Pvt. Keylor
Horace Mann High School
Burns Promoted to Tech Sergeant in Italy Mission List
Jimmy Burns 23 son of Mr and Mrs G W Burns engineer gunner aboard a B 17 in Italy has been promoted to technical sergeant. He joined the Army Air Forces Oct 7 1942 after Ada High School and Gulfport Engineering School. He earned his wings in Las Vegas Sept 1945 and completed 16 combat missions with the 15th Army Air Force in the Mediterranean. His brother Cpl Ralph Burns serves in the infantry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy Burns
G. W. Burns
Italy
Sgt. Burns
Ada High School
Army Air Forces
Gulfport
Miss
Las Vegas
Nev
15Th Army Air Force
Mediterranean
Cpl
Ralph Burns
Davis Soldier Earns Third Oak Leaf Cluster to Air Medal
Staff Sergeant R. C. Staggs of Davis, gunner with the Eighth Air Force Flying Fortress group under Col. William B. Davis of Calhoun Ga., received his third Oak Leaf Cluster to the Air Medal for meritorious bombing over Nazi Europe. He is the son of Mr and Mrs William S Staggs of Davis and enlisted after serving as a mechanic in the RAF beginning in November 1942.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. C. Staggs
Davis
Eighth
AAF Flying Fortress Group
William B. David
Calhoun
Europe
Set. Staggs
William S. Staggs
RAF
Good Conduct Medal Awarded to England Service Member
Pic. James E. England, son of Mrs. J. E. England, recently received the Good Conduct Medal. The award honors faithful duty and efficiency, recognizing his service with the Seventh Ferrying Command group since November 22, 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pic
James E. England
J. E. England
Pfe. England
Seventh Ferrying Command Group
James Holland Receives Air Medal Promotion
James A. Holland of Prague earns the Air Medal for exceptionally meritorious achievement during five bomber missions over occupied Europe. A top turret gunner aboard a Flying Fortress, Holland is a former Ada high school student.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Medal
Europe
James A. Holland
Prague
Holland
Ada High School
Tsgt
Wofford Awarded Combat Infantry Badge
Pfc. Jessie E. Wofford receives the Combat Infantry Badge for actions against the Japanese at Bougainville. He served 14 months overseas in the South Pacific and is an assistant cook with a heavy weapons company. Before induction he worked as a ranch hand near Ada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie E. Wofford
Bougainville
Wofford
South Pacific
Ada
Army
Ludie Davis Receives Overseas Assignment in England
Sgt. Ludie E. Davis, with wife Cleo Fairchild Davis of Rofs, is posted as a hydraulic specialist in a service squadron at a USSTAF Air Service Command Depot in England. He previously worked at Oklahoma City Air Depot and has served about 11 months in the European theater. He attended East Central College. brother Bryce E. Davis serves in a guard squadron at Enid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ludie E. Davis
Cleo Fairchild Davis
Rofs
Usstaf Air Service Command
England
Sgt. Davis
Oklahoma City Air Depot
East Central College
Bryce E. Davis
Enid
Sergeant Promotion for R. J. Martin in Aleutians
R. J. Martin son of Mrs. Monta Rea of 101 East Seventeenth has been promoted to sergeant and is now stationed in the Aleutians area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. J. Martin
Monta Rea
East Seventeenth
Sgt. Martin
Aleutians
Hennepin Explored Upper Mississippi Valley in 1680
The pamphlet notes Hennepin explored the upper Mississippi River valley during 1680, detailing his journey and observations as a French explorer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hennepin
Mississippi River Valley
Rommel Cornered as Cherbourg Battle Heats Up
In wartime analysis, Rommel faces a tight defense around Cherbourg while Allies push ashore. Air power and Allied warships strike enemy batteries as reinforcements pour in. The objective remains to isolate the peninsula and seize Cherbourg port, amid a broader Soviet drive into Finland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rommel
Cherbourg
Europe
France
Moscow
Finland
Hitler
Miss Dotty Sugg Injured in Auto Accident Saturday
Miss Dotty Sugg daughter of Mr and Mrs H P Sugg sustained a skull fracture in an automobile gasoline truck collision eight miles northwest of Durant near noon Saturday Relatives said she was not in critical condition and had shown improvement after surgery Lt Jack Hess who drove the Ada known Maggie car was uninjured alongside Lt Norman and another passenger who were both scratched Authorities said parents were not yet contacted and complete details were pending
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dotty Sugg
H. P. Sugg
Durant
Saturda
Miss Sugg
Ada
Maggie
Jack Hess
Sugg
Hondo Field
San Antonio Tex
Harbord Sugg
Norman
Lake Murray
Valley View Hospital Opens Blood Plasma Bank
Ada takes ownership of a plasma bank installed at Valley View hospital two weeks ago. Donors began giving a pint each, funded by a $1000 Elks club gift for setup. The system allows ready emergency plasma, with tests and storage details, plus named donors listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
Valley View Hospital
Elks Club
Joe Bush
The
Kenneth Ambrose
Ambrose
Inez Hisle
Captain Norris Receives Air Medal for India China Wing Duty
Captain Philip A. Norris Jr and 20 officers and enlisted men earned the Air Medal for their work with the India China Wing of Air Transport Command. Norris was in India about a year, and he and Lt. Homer Hensler, both flying hump missions, have only left notes for each other. The report also oddly quotes an 1889 etiquette saying about coffee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip A. Norris Jr
India-China
Air Transport Command
Norris
India
Homer Hensler
Riley Cavin Receives Second to First Lieutenant Promotion
Riley F Cavin is promoted from second lieutenant to first lieutenant at an Eighth AAF Bomber Station in England. Before joining the RAF in June 1942 he worked two years as a clerk for Grigsby and Lamond Printing and Supply. He graduated from Wainwright Oklahoma high school and East Central College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riley F. Cavin
Eighth Aaf
England
RAF
Cavin
Grigsby and Lamond Printing and Supply Company
Wainwright
Okla
High School
East Central College
Sonny Williams dies in Texas car crash
Ada learns Arthur Sonny Williams formerly of the city died from injuries in an automobile accident in Pasadena Texas where he had lived recently. The body will be returned to Ada for funeral services Tuesday as Criswell Funeral Home announces arrangements. He attended Washington grade school Ada High and Horace Mann High. Survived by grandmother Mrs Art Williams and brother Herbert Williams Pasadena Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
Arthur
Sonny” Williams
Pasadena
Texas
Criswell Funeral Home
Williams
Washington
Ada High
Horace Mann
Art Williams
Herbert Williams
Tex
Bromide Soldier Killed By Train Near Bromide
The body of Pvt. William Wisdom of Bromide, Oklahoma, was found on the Missouri Kansas and Oklahoma railroad tracks four miles north of Wapanucka. His mother Adeline Wisdom identified him. he was returning home on furlough from an army camp at Salina Kansas and is survived by his widow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wapanucka
Okla
Johnston County
William Wisdom
Bromide
Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma
Here
Adeline Wisdom
Salina
Kas
Wisdom
Oklahoma Soldiers Wounded In Action Named
The War Department lists twenty Oklahoma soldiers wounded in three war areas European and Mediterranean and Southwest Pacific. Names include Sgt Edward Allred S/Sgt Junior Blue Jacket Pfc Edward Bush Pvt Dale Dorl T/Sgt Cov Gifford S/Sgt Hubert Lawson Pvt Jay Wilkerson and others with family connections in Oklahoma City Norman Lawton Ardmore Minco and more. In Montebourg German counterattacks ended by noon after street fighting and tower removal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Oklahoma
Edward L. Allred
Irene Allred
Oklahoma City
Junior W. Blucacket
Clara P. Bluejacket
Collinsville
Errol A. Self
Dorothy M. Self
Mediterranean
Edward D. Bush
Viola Bush
Chickasha
Dale J. Dorl
Rose Dorl
Perry
Cov G. Gifford
Nora Gifford
Norman
Leslie L. Guthrie
Elsie Luthy
Tulsa
J. B. Hubbard
Carrie J. Hubbard
Tipton
Hubert H. Lawson
Tech
Emerson C. Kinter
Virgilene J. Kinter
Lawton
Taking Montebourg Proved Tough Job
Troops of the Fourth division entered Montebourg in France after two days of heavy bombardment and fighting against German storm battalions. Leading elements faced delays outside the town while artillery and naval fire targeted the medieval church tower used as an observation post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Lesueur
Ces
Associated Press
France
Fourth Division
Normandy
Montebourg
Cherbourg
Oklahoma sees widespread soaking with heavy rains
Most of Oklahoma received renewed rainfall overnight causing localized flooding and damage to wheat crops. Ada reported 0.46 inch while Oklahoma City measured 3.17 inches with a 73 mph wind, and rail and road disruptions were noted near Kingfisher and along Highway 33.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Grest Wheat Belt
Ada
C. H. Hailey
Oklahoma City
Tuttle
Grady County
Shawnee
Yukon
Kingfisher
Phillips to Build for Bartlesville Recreation and Office Complex
Frank Phillips of Phillips Petroleum announces plans for a 3,009,000 nine story recreation and office building in Bartlesville. The block between Fourth and Fifth streets on Keeler Avenue will add offices and recreation facilities for growing staff, including gymnasium seating 2700, bowling alleys, and a swimming pool, connected by a tunnel to the existing Phillips structure. The company outgrows its current space in Bartlesville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bartlesville
Okla
Frank Phillips
Riliips Petroleum Co
Fourth
Keeler Avenue
Phillips
Phillips Company
First National Bank
Oklahoma Post War Roads Allocation Sparks Doubt
Oklahoma faces criticism from France Paris of the state highway commission who says the first year allocation of 10.5 million dollars for the 1.5 billion postwar road program is inadequate. Paris notes the plan is in formative stages and likely to change in the Senate. The statewide share compares with Texas and Missouri allocations, with a 50 50 match expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
House Roads Committee
France
Paris
State Highway Commission
Senate
Texas
Missouri
Kansas
Iowa
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Keith Grimes
Army Air Corps
Harry Miller
First 1St Church
Robert W. Grimes
Stewards
Treaurer
Church School
First Methodist Church
Church
Evans Hardware
Ada News
Jack Creech
Florida
Seaman H. Wade
Sailor
Sgt. Lewis
Medical Corps
Burns
James Holland
Ludie Davis
Dewitt MacKenzie
Sir Bernard Montgomery
Elks
Kenneth E. Ambrose
Ralph Chiles
Henry Grant
W. P. Jeter
Clyde Rawl
Hicks Smith
Earl T. Sumner
Eva Olsen
Sylvia Brown
Bryce Tomsi
Dorothy Olson
Virginia Harris
Wynne McLachlan
Wayne Pitt
Marjorie W. Ryan
Ruth Rice
Sara Boswell
Carrie Louise Neal
Claude V. Thompson
Capt
Riley Cavin
Sonny’ Williams
Sof
Hubert Lawson
Ponca City
Ponca
Guthrie
Lovan
Chester W. Mitchell
Wheat Belt
Northwest
Trace
Woodward
Alva
Sayre
el Reno
Chandler
Altus
Elk City
Muskogee
Newkirk
Oxkmulgee
Sallisaw
Vinita
Ardmore
Idabel
Lindsay
McAlester
Calvin
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