Service members' updates from Delphi area during WWII
Pvt Louis Kent returns from overseas and heads to Camp Atterbury then Aberdeen Proving Grounds to be assigned. 1st Lt Brewster Harness on terminal leave at Ft Knox before inactive status. Lt Oscar Kirkpatrick separated at Camp Butner and on terminal leave. Dr Joseph McKinley to report for army service in Columbus Ohio. MM2c William Pearson returns home after 21 months overseas with multiple ribbons. Dr John S Carney to Chicago for post graduate work before resuming practice in Monticello.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Kent
Delphia
Pvt
Kent
Camp Atterbury
Aberdeen Proving Grounds
Maryland
Florida
Brewster C. Harness
Ft. Knox
Kentucky
Army of the United States
Camp Butner
N. C
Oscar B. Kirkpatrick
Delphi
Ind
Army
Kirkpatrick
Joseph McKinley
Clarence McKinley
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Lafayette
Columbus
Ohio
Carlyle Barracks
Eddie Wingard Plans Return From Hawaii Mission
Eddie Wingard writes his parents Mr and Mrs Ed Wingard of South Delphi that he expects to return to the United States before Christmas. He is a medical technician with a general hospital now located in Hawaii.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie Wingard
Ed Wingard
South Delphi
United States
Eddie
Hawaii
Local Servicemen Return and Naval Updates from Delphi Area
Major William Brackinridge and family visit Delphi as Lt. Cmdr. Charles Sheets and relatives travel from Johnsonburg. Sgt. Ray Robertson reports leaving England aboard the Queen Mary for New York. Eddie Gerald and Woodrow Hawn listed as passengers aboard ships docking at Norfolk and Seattle respectively. Evan Nichols recalls Tokyo Bay refueling duties on the Tappahannock with operations from the Gilberts to Okinawa. Capt H A Thompson returns from overseas duty in China with wife Betty Peirce and son James Lewis. Pvt. Robert C Smith visits Delphi before returning to Great Lakes. Lt. Roger Mayhill notes transfer from El Caney to Leyte awaiting transport home and discharge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Robertson
Charles. Robertson
Burlington
England
Will
New York
H. A. Thompson
Fort Worth
Texas
Betty Peirce
Near
Delphi
China
James Lewis
Navy Men from Delphi Area Return Home and Report for Duty
Gene A Maxwell of Carroll county returns to Alameda California Naval Air Base after a 30 day home leave and combat service aboard the USS Bataan off Okinawa and Japan. His brother Bob serves on the USS Midway. John David Rhine MoMM 2-C arrived home from San Francisco on leave from the USS Wisconsin. Roscoe SF 1-C left the Philippines Oct 25 aboard a repair ship and will be discharged at Great Lakes. Dr Joseph E Mullin discharged and pursuing post graduate work at Indiana University hospitals. Pvt James French to report November 10 to Camp Pickett Virginia for overseas duty in Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Bernard Pearson
USNR
United States
Pearson
June Bowen
Delphi
Larry Boone
Gene A. Maxwell
ARM 2-C
Lee Maxwell
Carroll County
Naval Air Base
Alameda
Calif
Maxwell
Bataan
Okinawa
Gene
Japan
Navy
Bob
Midway
Joseph E. Mullin
Rockfield
Indiana University Hospitals
Indianapolis
Pvt. James
French
Camp Pickett
Germany
Joseph T. Robinson
Little Rock
Arkansas
Delphi High School
John David Rhine
Momm
Wisconsin
San Francisco
David Rhine
Roscoe
Philippines
Great Lakes
States
Weekend Visits and Local War Service Notes
Weekend visitors include Mr and Mrs C J Christianson and Mr and Mrs Fred Miller in Crawfordsville. The Sanders family visited Frankfort with Ken Lucas and family. Harry Stigers and Rev Marshall Weaver, both home from overseas, are noted. War Mothers II activities and a funeral in Pontiac Illinois are mentioned alongside local visits by Rollie Isaac and Mrs Harley Douglas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. J. Christianson
Fred Miller
Crawfordsville
Truman Sanders
Gertrude Sanders
Kenneth Lucas
Frankfort
Harry Stigers
Marshal Weaver
U. S. Army
Mary Nipple
Georgia Coble
Star City
William Smith
Walter Smith
Pontiac
Illinois
Myers
Rollie Isaac
Harley Douglas
Former Resident Hazel Ross Dies in Lafayette Home
Death reported for Hazel Grace Preston Ross 69 at her mother Ella Preston’s Lafayette home after three months of illness. Born near Delphi, she lived most of her life in Oregon. Survived by husband John P. Ross Dean P. McCarty Lafayette a son from a former marriage son Eugene Ross Lafayette and daughter Mrs John Wise Greenmount Maryland. Funeral rites held in Lafayette Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel Grace (Preston) Ross
Ella Preston
Lafayette
Ross
Delphi
Oregon
John P. Ross
Dean P. McCarty
Eugene Ross
John Wise
Greenmount
Maryland
Mrs. Josephine Ulm improving in Lafayette hospital
Mrs. Josephine Boyd Ulm a Lafayette schools teacher and former local resident is listed as a patient at St Elizabeth's hospital Lafayette with a report of slow improvement Mrs Ralph Melin and Mrs Nina Lyon Dean visited the hospital on Tuesday evening to see her
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine Boyd Ulm
Lafayette
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
Ralph Melin
Nina Lyon Dean
Ulm
Emergency budget hearing for Carrollton School and Township
Carrollton School and Civil Township in Carroll County Indiana will hold a meeting at 7:00 p m on November 1945 to determine extra expenditures beyond the published budget. The agenda includes purchasing a stoker and safety devices for the Spurcotiton Township School Building at 2292 50. Trustees Willard Allbaugh Glenn Booth John T Billings George E Flora appeal for attendance under state law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Indiana
Carrollton School
Civil Township
Willard Allbaugh
Stoker
Spurcotiton Township
Carrollton Township
Glenn Booth
John T. Billings
George E. Flora
Nee Tae
Civil
Also Mentioned on This Page
John S. Carney
Monticello
Cal Carney
Chicago
Cook County Hospital
Carney
Army Medical Corps
Iceland
France
NEW DE Laval Milkers
U. S
de Laval
Deca Sey
Fas
Seiotiams
Tee
Labo
LM. Pletcher
the Welcome Inn
Vivian Clarke
Bertha and
Alline Chissom
Ington
William Brackinridge
Keesler Field
Mississippi
Catherine Brackenridge
Josephine Frye
Charles Sheets
Charles, Jr
Johnsonburg
Pennsylvania
C. A. Sheets
James F
Eddie) Gerald of
S. S. Rutledge
Newport News
Virginia
Woodrow W. Hawn
Camden
S. S. Marine Shark
Seattle
Washington
Tappahannock
Tokyo Bay
Evan. Paul Nichols
The
Gilberts
Marshalls
Marianas
Robert Carl Smith
USMC
Great Lakes, Ill
W. B. Smith
Roger Mayhill
B. B. Mayhill
el Caney
Leyte
Mayhill
Cecil Criswell
Charles Smith
Mishawaka
Laura Wallace
Bishop & Lane
Kerlin Hatchery and Feed Mill
City OF
Carroll Circuit Court
Court House
Charles L. Bell
Joseph T. Ives
Petitioners
Leavell & Bates
Main Street
North Indiana Street
Harvard
Taupe
Electrolux
Coronado
Singer
Harve Hoshaw, Auctioneer
Florence Hoshaw
Pearl Harbor
Phillips Research
Phillips
Purturs Petroleum Company
Bartlesville, Okla
Flora
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