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Delphi Citizen

Location

Delphi, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Mar 08, 1945

Page

5

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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 Wscs of the 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 Hia
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