Missing In Action Lloyd Ward Reported From France
Lloyd Ward of Midland City has been reported missing in action since November in France. The War Department notified his mother Mrs. Marie Ward. Ward trained at Camp Blanding Camp Chaffee and Camp Cooke before going overseas in January. His brother Private Grady Ward was wounded in France in August and is recovering in an English hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Ward
Midland City
France
War Department
Marie Ward
Camp Blanding
Camp Chaffee
Ark
Camp Cooke
Calif
Grady Ward
England
McIntyre Wounded Corporal Honored in European Action
Corporal James C. McIntyre, son of Mrs. Rena B. McIntyre of 390 1-2 Headland Avenue, was wounded in action in the European theater. The notice notes the event occurred on a Saturday and references his December 6 inauguration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James C. McIntyre
Rena B. McIntyre
Headland Avenue
Depnall Graduates From Harlingen Army Air School
Corporal Ralph Defnall son of Mr and Mrs H W Defnall Newton has graduated from Harlingen Texas Army Air School as an aerial gunner and has received silver wings the Public Relations Section announced today
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Defnail
H.W. Defnall
Newton
Harlingen, Tex. Army Air School
Obscure Names List Spells Local Notes From Busch
Mrs Callie F Preach of Busch and Josephine Suggs of Dothan appear in a fragmentary obituary or notices list alongside ages and placements for Willie Rex Coker four month old son of Mr and Mrs E W Coker, and entries for James C Branton 70 Ashford John C Ward 75 Hartford J Scarborough 70 Blue Springs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie Rex Coker
E. W. Coker
G. Waldron
Josephine Suggs
Dothan
James C. Branton
Ashford
John C. Ward
Hartford
J. ¥. Scarborough
Blue Springs
James Ewell Heath Awarded Silver Star Medal
Corporal James Ewell Heath of Geneva and Dothan receives the Silver Star for gallantry on Lone Tree Hill near Moffin Bay Dutch New Guinea June 23 1944. He volunteered with an artillery forward observer party and helped establish observation and communications under heavy fire. His mother Mrs James B. Heath resides in Geneva.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Ewell Heath
Geneva
Dothan
Danley Furniture Company
James FE. Heath
Field Artillery
U. S
Lone Tree Hill
Moffin Bay
Dutch New Guinea
Heath
James Bm.ieath
Weekly Marriage Licenses Issued in Local District
The past week saw several marriage licenses issued including Henrieton City Pecans, Edward Page Wester Jr. of Grand Ridge Florida, and Ruth Evelyn Bots of Dothan. Other couples listed include William H Downham of Wyoming Delaware with H Annette Stephenson of DoThan South St Andrews, Bonnie W Hart of Marianna and Brunese Pynes of Cottonwood Route One, Richard D White of Pansey and Ann Burdeshaw of Headland Route One, Jesse Alvin Sheerey of Auburndale and Laura Reynolds of Newville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Page Wester, Jr
Grand Ridge
Florida
Ruth Evelyn Bots
South Foster Street
Dothan
William H. Downham
Wyoming
Del
Annette Stephenson
South St. Andrews Street
Bonnie W. Hart
Marianna
Fla
Brunese Pynes
Cottonwood
Richard D. White
Pansey
Ala
Ann Burdeshaw
Headland
Jesse Alvin Sheerey
Auburndale
Laura Reynolds
Newville
Patterson Earns Third Oak Leaf Cluster in Air Medal
Staff Sergeant Maurice E. Patterson of Ozark and Russellville Kentucky is awarded his third Oak Leaf Cluster to the Air Medal announced by the Eighth Air Force commander. He serves as ball turret gunner on a EB-17 Flying Fortress and has flown missions over Hamburg Frankfurt Merseburg Metz and Aachen area supporting ground forces with outstanding courage and skill. Before joining the Army Air Forces in 1941 he studied at Dale County High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice E. Patterson
Claude A. Patterson
Ozark
Charlene G. Patterson
Russellville
Kentucky
Eighth Air Force
Patterson
Hamburg
Frankfurt
Merseburg
Metz
Aachen
United States
Pat | Air Forces
Patterman
Dale County High School
Dale County Men Wounded In Action
Two Dale County men were wounded in action in the European theater. Private Hildry Childree, son of William Childree of Ozark Route One, and Private Robert E. L. Pladsor, husband of Mrs Annie L. Pladsor of Ozark, were named by the War Department on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale County
Hildry Childree
William Childree
Ozark
Robert E. L. Pladsor
Annie L. Pladsor
War Department
Ruling On Coconuts Issued Here By OPA
Merchants in Dothan selling fresh coconuts in the shell separately violate OPA price rules. Coconuts must be sold by the pound with a two cent per pound markup allowed for Group One and Two stores and one and a half cents for Groups Three and Four. Officials ordered an immediate price adjustment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothan
OPA
Houston
Birth notices from Dothan and surrounding areas
A series of birth announcements list daughters and sons born in early December to families in Dothan Ashford Pansey Geneva Pensacola and nearby areas. Names include Lucianne Sandra Jean Billy Gene Gillis Craig Mary De Wayne Don David Barbara Jan Gordon Lawrence Joseph Edwin II Edward Ward Jr and more with parental or postal references. Also Penuel Lloyd Fredrick a Marine Technical Sergeant from Columbia is assigned to Eagle Mountain Lake Texas after return from the South Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Waddell
Dothan
Lucianne
Huey Godwin
Vicksburg
de ‘Tane
Yamea Paulk
Ashford
Sandra Jean
Coley Dickerson
Billy Gene
Gillis Griffin
Cottonwood Road
Gillis Craig
Harold D. Culbreth
Pansey
Mary DeWayne
Gordon Lawrence
Joseph Rudd
Geneva
Joseph Edwin II
Robert Woods
of Woods, Jr
Ed Boswell
Edward Ward, Jr
Penuel
Lloyd Fredrick
Fred D. Penuel
Columbia
Marine Corps Air Station
Eagle Mountain Lake
Texas
South Pacific
Houston County High School
A. HL. May and Company
Standard Oil Company
New Caledonia
Dowling Son Assigned to Army Service Depot
Mr and Mrs R A Dowling announce their son Lieutenant Noel M Dowling has been assigned to the Quartermaster Officer Replacement Pool at Memphis Army Service Forces Depot Tennessee He joined the service April 15 1942 and previously ran the Dowling Company in Prichard He attended Officer Candidate School at Camp Lee Virginia July 28 1944 and was commissioned November 24 1944 He is currently in a training course on Army supply procedures at the Memphis ASF Depot before a permanent assignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowling
R. A. Dowling
Prichard
Noel M. Dowling
Memphis Army Service Forces Depot
Memphis
Tennessee
Dowling
Dowling Company
Pinechard
Camp Lee
Virginia
Quartermaster Corps
Deviling
ASF
Wartime notes from Ozark and Dothan military updates
Martell McGee of Ozark serves aboard PT-39 in New York Harbor to aid war bond sales during the Sixth War Loan Drive. Lieutenant James Richard Lane of Dothan graduates from Officer Candidates' Class at Quantico, a former Alabama Polytechnic Institute chemist. Posthumous Purple Heart awarded to Staff Sergeant Irby A. Gamble of Feedland for actions in France. Corporal William B. Griffin Jr. promoted to sergeant at Smoky Hill Army Air Field, Salina, Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martell McGee
Ozark
Pacific
New York City
Petes
Covonander John Bulkeley
New Guinea
W. C. Gamble
Feedland
Irby A. Gamble
France
Gamble
Second Armored Division
William B. Griffin, Jr
W. B. Griffin
407
Headland Avenue
Ralph W. Rodleck
Smoky Hill Army
Air Field
Salina
Kansaa
Also Mentioned on This Page
Biss
Gong
the Service Men’s News Digest
McIntyre
Depnall Graduates
Southside Granite Co
Mac’s Tire Shop
S. Oates St
Texaco
Max
Max’s Grill
Callie F. Preach of
Busch
Silver
Sive Henieton
Lane
James Richard Lane
Reamer Y. Lane
South College Street
Marine Corps School
Quantico
Lieut
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
American Chemical Society
Tommy G. Edwards
Cakeville-Ozark Highway
White Legh Farm
J. T. Horne
Coh
Homer Lewis
Kinsey
Wiles
J. E. Fowler
Root
Sto
Turner
W. E. Buie
Winear Green
J.land City
Beth Ham
Daleville
J. E. Bonner
Hodgesville
Carl Dyson
Route 3
Tumbleton
Abbeville
Enterprise
Owensboro
Wageut
Oliver
GF. Cameron
Wilson
MI Dothan
B. M
Slocomb
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