War service notes from Delphi and surrounding areas
Local and distant servicemen reports chronicle postings promotions and honors. Thomas Sales returns to New Jersey police duty. Dick Clifford arrives for furlough then airborne training in Mississippi. Gene Sheagley wins Navy Air Gunnery crown in Purcell Oklahoma. Richard Curts reports from overseas to Holland. Joe Mummert moves to Camp Ord California. Walter Barnard Jr. in Guam with yellow fever. Kenneth Cooke heads to sea on a transport group flagship. Robert DeWitt on 21 day furlough with wife and daughter in Bringhurst. Floyd Hylton promoted to sergeant with Seventh Army in France. Loyd Vanscoy returns to the States with 44th Naval Construction battalion. Francis Morrow returns home convalescent with Pfc. Bob Morrow. Meredith Dyer inducted at Fort Knox. Richard Shonk returns to Camp Blanding. Gerald Haslet awarded Bronze Star in Germany. James Collum discharged after eight years Navy service. Bill Parker Seaman first class with Sea Bees on Luzon. Lt Kenneth Vaughan awarded Soldier’s Medal Greenville Texas. Robert Ulm aviation cadet linked to Delphi. Ray Leatherman home on furlough from Pampa Texas. John Dickison wounded in Luzon. Francis Price promoted to sergeant serving medical corps.
Engagement for Katharine Dunlavy and Rev Roy A Sturm
Mrs Amanda Dunlavy of Otterbein announces the engagement of her daughter Katharine Dunlavy of Mishawaka to Rev Roy A Sturm of Madison Wisconsin son of Mrs Cora Sturm of Eckerly The wedding is planned for next summer at Howe Chapel Northwestern University Evanston Illinois Katharine studied at Purdue Chicago Conservatory of Music holds a masters in music from DePauw She teaches in Mishawaka and has sung with the American Opera company in Chicago She belongs to Mu Phi Epsilon and Tri Kappa and the American Guild of Pipe Organists Sturm is a DePauw graduate with an S T B from Boston University He will finish PhD residence at Wisconsin in August He is an Alpha Kappa Delta member and part of the American Sociological Society He previously pastored the Delphi Methodist Church in 1941 42.
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Mishawaka
The
American Opera Company
Chicago
Mu Phi Epsilon
Tri Kappa Sororities
American
Letters From Sgt Short On War Service And Roster News
The editor shares Sgt Raymond E Short former Delphi resident wounded in Europe and now recovering at Camp Atterbury A hero officer saved him at Gela Sicily He recalls Jan 28 1944 injuries at a hospital in Wakeman General His letter highlights the 39th Engineers Combat Regiment frontline work in Italy including bridges by passes culverts road blocks and mines The note also mentions Elizabeth Gardner rushing to Peoria Ill for Norwood Gardner hospital case and notes the unit’s varied actions in Italy with many Purple Hearts earned.
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Raymond
Italy
Lafayette Pfc Dickison Sends Message From Front
Paul Dickison of Lafayette dictated a message through a Red Cross representative stating he will write as soon as his arm permits. He expects to be sent back to the states soon. Dickison left with the National Guards in January 1941 and now serves with Co. G of the 151st Infantry.
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Pfc
Dickison
National Guards
Co. G
151St Infantry
Wakeland brothers serve in war injuries noted in Guam hospital
Harold Wakeland MoMM 2 C U S Navy is hospitalized on Guam in the Southwest Pacific. His parents Mr and Mrs Walter Wakeland of Adams township learn of his illness since last October after eight Pacific island invasions. His brother Sgt Jean A Wakeland was injured in a jeep accident on the western front in October with Patton's Third Army and has been a hospital patient for weeks. Capt John Carney formerly of Monticello, son of Dr C Co Carney of Delphi, was assigned to the base hospital caring for Wakeland. Jean A Wakeland U S Army Hospital Plant 4701 APO 511 New York N Y serves as contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Barnard
Logansport
Flora
Carrollton Township
Guam
Barnard
Carrollton High School
Navy
Harold Wakeland
Momm 2-C
U. S. Navy
Southwest Pacific
Mr. and
Patton
Third Army
John Carney
Monticello
Dr. C. Co. Carney
Delphi
Sgt. Wakeland
Local social notes from Monticello and nearby towns
Families and visitors across Locadeport Lafayette Logansport Delphi and Mishawaka are listed with weekend and weekday visits. Names include Poncebaker Metz Lilly Shafer Gaumer Wigner Ballard Lawrence Fry Keever Pence baker and others noted at homes hospitals and events.
Mt Olivet WSCS Meets. Hattie Shaffer Hosts
The Mt. Olivet church WSCS met at Mrs. Hattie Shaffer’s home Thursday afternoon with 18 members present. Devotions were by Mrs. Dassie Moss, a lesson on The American Indian by Mrs. Howell, and a solo by Mrs. Cleo Wilson. Delighted refreshments followed. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Patty moved into a Flora home this week. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Townsend have
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett McCauley
Wanita Sheagley
Chicago
Robert Sheagley
Dale Brewer
Fot Lafayette
Hattie Shaffer
Cleo Wilson
Delicious Re
Robert Patty
Flora
Brehmer Serves At Saipan Base In World War II
Corporal Allen L. Brehmer of Delphi serves as a medical technician at a large B 29 base in the Marianas under Brigadier General Emmett O Donnell Jr. The unit helped bomb Japan's war industries and build homes for aircrews arriving last year. Brehmer, a 1941 Delphi high school graduate, previously worked for Aluminum Company of America before enlisting in February 1943.
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21St Bomber Command
Guam
Allen L. Brehmer
Delphi
Marianas
Curtis E LeMay
Japan
Brehmer
Emmett O’donnell, Jr
Saipan
Tokyo
Corporal Brehmer
O'Donnell
Brehmers
Gustaf W. Brehmer
Army
Democrat Farm Bureau to Host Box Supper at Cutler School
The Democrat township Farm Bureau meeting will be at Cutler school on Thursday March 15 at 7 p.m. A box supper is planned with a spelling B and ciphering match and prizes. After the business portion a poultry playlet directed by Mrs Emma Collum, Hatchery manager, will be performed. The program committee includes Mr and Mrs Floyd Lohrman Mr and Mrs Warren Wilson Mr and Mrs Paul Wilson Mr and Mrs Vernon Payne Mr and Mrs Irvin Humes and Mr and Mrs Loren Chittick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democrat Township Farm Bureau
Cutler
Emma Collum
Farm Bureau Hatchery
Floyd Lohrman
Warren Wilson
Paul Wilson
Vernon Payne
Irvin Humes
Board of Commissioners
County of
Carroll
Court House
Board OF Coners
Carro
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Thomas L. Sales
New Jersey
Gertrude Mur
Phy
Sales
Rines
Dick Clifford
James A. Clifford
Keeslerfield, Miss
Sgt
Clifford
15Th Air Force
Kingman, Ari
Zona
Amarillo
Texas
Gene Sheagley S. Jc
U. S. Navy Air Gunnery School
Purcell, Okla
Mrs. Clinton Curts
Richard Curts
Holland
Joe Mummert
Camp
Ord
Calif
Burlington Com
Camp Hood, Texas
Walter Barnard, Jr
Kenneth Cooke
C. C. Cooke
Norfolk, Va
Pvt
Robert DeWitt
Kokomo
Seventh Army
France
Beau
Mont
Camp Atterbury
Roberta ‘Kay
Henry Davis
Bringhurst
DeWitt
Miami
Florida
Floyd E. Hylton
Floyd Hylton
Hylton En
Loyd M. Vanscoy
USNR
States
44Th Naval Construction Battalion
South Pacific
New Hebrides
Miralty Islands
Vanscoy
Paul A. Teegarden
Francis
Mike) Morrow
Buckley Field
Denver, Colo
Bob Morrow
Temple
Texas, McCloskey General Hospital
Morrow
Germany
Aachen
Seaman
Mrs
Son
Mare Island
Meredith Dyer
Fort Knox, Ky
Sam Dyer
Cpl
Richard Shonk
Orval Shonk
Camden
Camp Blanding
Fla
Pfe
Gerald Keith Haslet
Bessie Haslet
Ninth Army
Haslet
Rossville
James Thomas Collum
Cation
Bill Parker
Seabees
William Clay Parker
Luzon
Philippines
Parker
Will Cowdin
Henry H., Coxswain
Naval
Pacific
Kenneth Vaughan
Joe Vaughan
Lincoln, Neb
Greenville
Aloe
Robert B. Ulm
Leo S. Ulm
Josephine Boyd Ulm
Lafayette
Ray Leatherman
Oscar Leatherman
Pampa
Ceive
Naval Air Corps
Christie
Naval Air Station
John Dickison
Delphi Na
Tional Guards
Tion
Francis Price
Harvey Dilling
Near, Delphi
Set. Price
Marine Mass Om Gass
Potente Wiset
Clausohn M. Durrant
America Fork
Utah
Teks Durrant
Durrant
Mtsgt
Elmer Wexler
StfSgt
Bob Davis
John J. Bump
Waverly
Kan
Bump
Sear
Roy A. Sturm
Amanda Dunlavy
Otterbein
Dau
Ghter
Katharine Dunlavy
Rev A. Sturm
Dison, Wis
Cora Sturm
Eckerly
Howe Chapel
Western University
Evanston, Ill
Miss Dunlavy
Purdue University
Chicago Conservatory of Music
DePauw University
Mary Phillips
Guild of Pipe Organists
Rev
Sturm
Boston University
University of Wisconsin
Pha Kappa Delta Fraternity and
American Society of Sociological Socie
Rev. Sturm
Del
Phi Methodist Church
39Th Engineers Combat Regiment
Arch R. Walker
Anzio
Gela
Sicily
Tery
Jerry Biled
Sam¢ Hospital
Wakeman General Hospital
Fifth Army
39Th Combat Engineers Regiment
Jack of All Trades
Qran
Salerno
Anzio Beachhead
Regi
Ment
Mussolini Canal
Elizabeth Gardner
Peoria
Ill
Sor
Norwood Gardner
Paul Dickison
Pfc. Dickison
Mes
Sage
Red Cross
Walter Wakeland
Adams Town
Pacific Islands
Jean A. Wakeland
Wakeland
U. S. Army Hospital
New York
N. Y
Patton Miss Thyrza Henry
Frank Poncebaker
Locadeport
Mabel Metz
Alice Million
Oak Grove
Dallas Gunyon
Fancesville
Alfred Lilly
Ralph Smith
Thomas ‘Pierson
Lela Bollinger
This Place
Home Hospital
Frank Wigner
Yeoman
Gertrude Shafer
DeVon
Shafer
Frank Pencebaker
Mrs. Albert
Zarse
Cass County Hospital
Don Roth
Frank Keever
Mildred Gaumer
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Emerson Gaumer
Mildred
Harmon
Fern Jones
Mrs. Ross, Hoffman
Carl Metz
Mabel
Thyrza Henry
Logan
Joseph Cook
Earl Primmer
Eastern Star
Burlington
Doyle Shaffer
Goldie Rodkey
Dillinger
Sedalia
Guy Kenrick
Moine
Rodkey and Son
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Mt. Olivet Church
Dassie Moss
Howell
Mrs. Earl Townsend
Paul Johnson
Delphi, Ind
Cpl. Allen Brehmer
Superfortress
Acme
Berlin
Frank Bishop, Jr
Norman, Oklo
Hermann Wilford
Winner, S. D
Fraker
Mary Rock
Akron
Ohio
Democrat
F. B
Loren Chittick
Central States
Joseph T.ives
Russell Harter
Carroll County
Riley
Ders
Indiana
R. R
Ind
Frankfort
Jersey
Guernsey
Hampshire
Chester
V. C. Tractor
Ball Hill Ladies
Ray Miller
Ralph ‘Rinehart
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