Denton Native Lt Altfather On Foreign Duty In Air Corps
Co Pilot Lt Harry D Altfather of the U S Air Corps is on foreign duty. He joined the service July 14 1941 after working at A and P stores in Denton and Dover and with American Oil Company. He is a son of Mr and Mrs J W Altfather of Denton and has three brothers in the armed forces and three sisters pursuing nursing careers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry D. Altfather
U. S. Air Corps
A and P
Denton
Dover
American Oil Company
J. W. Altfather
Altfather
Kenneth W
USMC
Pacific
Nevin C
Camp Blanding
Fla
Harold J
Ordnance Department
Camp Phillips
Kansas
Allfather
Capt
Dawson Orme George Jr
Burma
Army Air Corps
Dawson
George
Univerity of
Virginia
Faulkner Joins Ferrying Command in World War II
Corporal John W. Faulkner Jr. enlisted July 1, 1942, training at Atlantic City and Love Field before six weeks at Cincinnati and Miami Beach. He earned good conduct and sharp shooter medals. Former button cutter at Schwanda Button Factory, Denton, Md, he now serves in the Air Transport Command at Lunken Field, Cincinnati. Parents Mr and Mrs John W. Faulkner live at 108 Fifth Avenue, Denton, with sisters Gladys and Betty. He expects furlough in July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cpl
John W. Faulkner Jr
Atlantic City
Love Field
Dallas
Texas
Cincinnati
Ohio
Miami Beach
Fla
Cpl. Faulkner
Schwanda
Denton
Air Corps
Air Transport Command
Lunken Field
John W. Faulkner
Gladys
Betty
Fifth Avenue
Faulkner
Soldier Harry Helemon: overseas service in England
Corporal Harry R Helemon of the Quartermaster Truck Co is serving overseas in England after entering the Army on December 11, 1942. He previously worked as a second class pipe fitter at Sun Shipyard in Chester PA and was born in Canandaigua NY. He married Violet Trice near Hickman in November 1946 and has a daughter Jo Anne. He was hospitalized with a leg injury for sixteen days in England. last contact June 5, the day before the invasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cpl
Harry R. Helemon
Quartermaster Truck Co
Servig Overseas
England
Sun Shipyard
Chester
Helemon
Canandaigua
New York
Martin Noble
Hickman
Violet Trice
Near
Jo Anne
Cpl. Helemon
Denton Soldier Grows From North Africa To France Duty
Truck Gunner Cpl. Lacey R. Orme son of Mr and Mrs E T Orme of Denton has served with the Quartermaster Corps since the National Guard unit left in 1911. He has been in North Africa and England and now is likely taking part in the invasion of France. He was a gunner on a truck in Africa and trained at Camp Pickett Va. He passed his examination for the Officers Training Course but was overseas before a vacancy appeared. He is married and his wife lives with her people in Goldsboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cpl
Lacey R. Orme
E. T. Orme
Denton
Quartermaster Corps
National Guard
North Africa
England
France
Africa
Camp Pickett
Goldsboro
Navy Sound Man John Nashold Wins Navy Service Ribbons
Navy sound man John Marshall Nashold is the son of Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Nashold of Greensboro. Enlisted March 17, 1941, he has served four years in the Navy, training at Norfolk and serving aboard the Ranger and a destroyer mine sweeper. He earned the rank of Sound Man Second Class and wears four battle ribbons. He saw action in Atlantic and Mediterranean theaters and later transferred to the Pacific. He wrote to his parents in June indicating long absences, then added a farewell wish for a safe return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Marshall Nashold
So. M
G. H. Nashold
Greensboro
Navy
Naval Training Station
Norfolk
Ranger
Fleet Sound School
Miami
Fla
Nashold
Atlantic
Mediterranean
Pacific
Pvt Clay Monroe Enlists in Army Antiaircraft Unit
Pvt. Clay A. Monroe, son of Mrs. Brenda A. Monroe of Greensboro, entered the Army on October 8, 1942. He trained two months at Fort Eustis Virginia, served overseas in December 1942 with the Antiaircraft unit of CAC, earned medals for sharp shooting and good conduct, and has a brother in the Canal Zone. Before service he worked for George Reach Co. of Greensboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pvt
Clay A. Monroe
Brenda A. Monroe
Greensboro
Army
Fort Eustis
Clay
Canal Zone
P. E. Taylor
Tayllor
First Baptist Church
Balboa Heights
George\. Reach Co
Pacific Action Grover Willoughby Navy Motorist in Service
In the Pacific Action Grover T Willoughby son of Mr and Mrs James A Willoughby Denton holds the rating of S A O 2. Special Artificer Optical He has served since early 1939 spent three years in the Pacific area before a Washington training assignment and is now en route His wife Joyce Christie lives in San Francisco Their daughter Sharon Kay was born May 20 1944
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grover T. Willoughby
James A. Willoughby
Denton
Pacific Area
Washington
Joyce Christie
San Francisco
Sharon Kay
Hughes in Navy V-12 program at Mt. St. Marys College
A S Harry R. Hughes is now located at Mt. St. Marys College Emmittsburg Md in the Navy V-12 course. He graduated from Caroline High School and spent a year at Mercersburg Academy before joining up. He is a son of Mr and Mrs J L Hughes of Denton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A S
Harry R. Hughes
Mt. St. Mary’s College
Emmittsburg
Caroline High School
Mercersburg Academy
J. L. Hughes
Denton
Gems of Thought From Shakespeare and Nature
A reflective pairing of lines that echoes Shakespearean wit with nature imagery. Tongues in brooks and stones hold sermons and wisdom, suggesting meaning exists in everyday elements and the world around us.
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Mussolini
Germany
Tojo
America
Farmers Supply Co
William H. White
Army Air Forces
John White
Christ Church, Denton
Naval Aviation
Gilbert H. Emerson
A.M.M
Usnr
J. E. Emerson
Vero Beach
Navy Sound
Dack
United Nations
Wilmer Fell Davis
Federalsburg, MD
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