Marriages recorded by Home County probate office
The past week saw multiple marriage registrations including Joan M Camper of Vollajo California with Hall L Steward of Risdsville. Harvey Covington of 8 North Alice Street with Casale Marie Hordereen of 411 East Commerce Street. Royce Leonard of Rossville Georgia with Leala Barnett of 400 South Andrews. Tarrell Etheredge of Ashford Route Two with Robbie Kate Hall. Coy Ling of 408 North Oates Street with Sare Kathryn Holbrook of Akres Ale. James Carter Taylor of 501 Bea Street Andrews Street with Doris Sy. William David Heddock of Pasoma City with Ruby McWaters of Panama City. Private First Class Earnest Roberta of Piet Gap Virginia with Hattie Lee Pipkina of Headland Avenue Doeathen arrived at Menderbcg State Teachers College Arkedelphia Arkansas for a course of Army Air Forces instruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Covington
North
Alice Street
Casale Marie Hordereen
Commerce
William David Heddock
Pasoma City
Ruby & McWaters
Panama City
Earnast
Roberta
Piet Gap
Hattie Lee Pipkina
Headland
Pearce promoted to first class petty officer
Gayloe Pearce of Dothan route three has been promoted from second class to first class petty officer, per relatives' information. He served a year before entering the Navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gayloe
J. P. Pearce
Ano Pearce
Dothan
Local Army Flight Cadet Completes Gunnery Course
Franks McCarty Jenking of Dothan completes Flexible Aerial Gunnery Course at Laredo Army Air Field Texas. He is assigned to proceed to navigator training after receiving aerial gunner rating. Other local residents listed include numerous ages and hometowns in Alabama and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank McCarty Jenking
East North Street
Dothan
Army Air Forces Flazible
Laredo Army Air Field
Laredo
Texas
Hawan
Laredo Field
Air Cadet Maurice A Krasalaky Enrolled At Maxwell Field
Public relations announced that Maurice A Krasalaky son of Mr and Mrs Joe Krasalaky of 104 Woodland Drive has enrolled as an aviation cadet in the Army Air Forces Pre Flight School at Maxwell Field Alabama He attended Alabama Polytechnic Institute from 1941 to 1943 and the University of Alabama from 1943 to 1944.
Lieutenant Barnes Promoted to Second Lieutenant Rank
Ethel Liseaby Barnes of Dethan has been promoted to Second Lieutenant by the Wer De Department. Barnes serves as a dietitian and was announced on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Liseaby Barnes
Dethan
Wer de
Téeutenant Barnes
Arrives Overseas Corpl Lester W See in Africa
Corporal Lester W. See, known as Pat Seaborn, son of Mr and Mrs L W Seaborn of Columbia, arrived safely in North Africa. He enlisted in the Army Air Corps December 3, 1942, trained at Keesler Field Mississippi, then Ohio Institute of Aeronautics, Akron, and two weeks in Fuel Cell Repair School Ogden Utah. He graduated Houston County High School in 1942 at Co Tumbla.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester W
Pat” Seeborn Jr
Seaborn
Columbia
North Africa
Army Air Corps
Keesler Field
Biloris
Miss
Ohio Institute of Aeronautics
Akron
Ohio
Ogden
Utah
Houston County High School
Co Tumbla
Furlough and Basic Training Highlights for Army Air Cadets
Private Doren W. Dezsom of BH North Appletres Bureau lies on a ten month memory furlough visiting his mother and will report back to duty at Camp Marton North Carolina after twenty days. Aviation Cadet Julian B Upton, son of Mr and Mrs L G Upton of Dothan completed basic flying training at Gardiner Field California and proceeds to advanced flying school for pilot training after which he will be commissioned. Cadet Upton was accepted as aviation cadet at Wheeler Field Hawaii in November 1942 and attended Slocomb High School before enlisting and spending three and a half years in the Air Corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doren W. Dezsom
Mra
Arwetla Dea
North Appletres Bureet
Camp Marton
North Carolina
Julian B. Upton
L. G. Uptomief
Dothan
Army Air Forces
West Coast Training Center
Gardner Field
Cally
U. .S. Army
Upton
Wheel of Wiald
Territory of Hawaii
Slocomb High School
Air Corps
Aviation cadet earns silver wings after training
William B. Hall son of Horace and Mrs Hall of 301 Denton Street Dolhas has graduated from Minter Field Army Basic Flying Behood near Bakersfield California. Upon completion of advanced flying training he will be awarded the silver wings and commission as a lieutenant in the U S Army Air Forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William B. Hell
Horace Hall
Denton Street
Dolhas
Minter Field
Army
Bakersfield
Calif
U. S. ‘Army Air Forces
Kennedy receives Army Good Conduct Medal honor
Staff sergeant Paul C. Kennedy son of Mr and Mrs Thomas L Kennedy of Headland Alabama received the Army Good Conduct Medal at the Second Army Air Forces Service Group Training Center Greenville D C in a ceremony at the base headquarters. Kennedy a Midland City High School class of 1938 graduate attended Jacksonville State Teachers College prior to enlisting September 6 1939 and now works as a clerk in the training center S-4 office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul C. Kennedy
Thomas L. Kennedy
Headland Routa One
Army
Second Army Air Forces Service Group
Greenville
D. C
Sgt. Kennedy
Victor H. King
Sergeant Kennedy
Midland City High School
Air Corps
Jacksonville State Teachers College
Torpedo Squadron Eight Receives Dual Presidential Citations
A World War II era report details Torpedo Squadron Eight aboard an aircraft carrier earning two Presidential unit citations for valor. From Midway to the Solomons, the squadron conducted decisive attacks despite extreme fuel limits, destroying multiple ships and sustaining heavy losses. Officers and sailors from Cottonwood and Pensacola are named among those cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Midway
Navy
Pecome
Cmdr
Jobsi Waldron
Pensacola
Fla
Torpedo Eight
LA Comdr
Herold H
First Marine Division
Solomons
Torpedo Squadron Eight
Wilhelm GG
Elders
Rubs McAdoo Francis
Calif
J. G. Corwin F. Morgan
Gainesville
Fis
Carpenter
Woodbury
Tenn
James Clyde Hammond
Brent Lane
BRL
Edwardg Camp
A Toute
Cottonwood
Ala
Conrad Hugh Lawrence
Saen Metalsmith
Daytons Beach
Charles Mattison Sparks
Spartanburg
Unclear fragmentary historical note on bills and names
Fragmentary OCR text mentions mi Labatra Ale Bill Brugge Hermes Bald Wileby Jr and phrases about machinist meals and abbreviations. Details are sparse and uncertain. no clear event, date, or place established.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Brugge
Svietion
Hermes Bald Wileby, Jr
Arly
WAVES Recruit Hughes from Dothan awaits induction
Mies Mary Evelys Hughes of 8 Reads Appdat street Dothan has been accepted for WAVES and awaits orders for induction Chief Petty Officer J W Hutchins said the data was received Monday She applied through the Dothan station and named a physical examination earlier This follow up notes two more youths enrolled at the Dothan Navy recruiting station for boat training Bryan Coke Deese of Dothan and Glenn Byron Casey of Graceville Fla route 3 were named by CPO J H Hotching Then Jeane Eugenia Brooks of Dothan has graduated from the Big Spring Bombardier School in West Texas as a Second Lieutenant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mies
Mary Evelys Hughes
Appdat Street
Dothan
Petty
J. WH. Hutchins
Dolhas Station
Miss Hughes
OIN
NAVY
J. H. Hotching
Bryan Coke Deese
Fast North Street
Glenn Byron Casey
Graceville
Fla
Bombardier
Jeane Eugena Brooks
Births Report From Fort Benning and Nearby Areas
A sequence of birth notices records a son born to Captain and Mrs Randolph Crockett of Fort Benning Georgia on an October date named Larry Wheaton. James Royce is named for a son born October 2 to Mr and Mrs Tim Helws. A daughter named Patrick Ann to Sergeant and Mrs Harry M Robbins in September. A son to Howard Aplig of Columbia Route 1 on September 27 named Howard Kenneth. A son to Rhett Bryson and wife born October 0 named Rhett Bryson Jr. A daughter named Betty Jean to Mr and Mrs William C Davis. A son named Thurman Taft to Mr and Mrs Clarence Kirkland of Headland on October 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randolph Crockett
Fort Benning
Larry Wheaton
Tim Helws
James Royce
Harry M. Robbins
Patrick Ann
Howard Aplig
Columbia
William C. Davis
Betty Jean
Clarence Kirkland
Headland
Thurman Taft
Corporal Joel Fletcher Promoted in Air Transport Command
Private first class Joel Fletcher of Abbeville is promoted to corporal with the Tth Ferrying Group of the Air Transport Command at Great Falls Montana. Fletcher has served with the 11th Ferrying Group since February 19, 1943 and entered the Army in December 1942.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joel 8. Fletcher
A. L. Fletcher
Abbeville
Tth
Air Transport Command
Great _ Falla
Montana
Fletcher
11Th
Army
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Service Men’s News Digest
the, Dothan Eagle
Trip
Kresam
Home County
Joan M. Camper
Vollajo
Paul C. Dean
Hartford
Alabama Polytechnic Institutes
Wield Artilery
Field Artillery School
Fort
API
Wriday
Ollie Moatma
Pannama City
Mary James
P. E. Alexander
Bilton
George Marpeart
Robert Holden Weeks
Wicksburs
Alice Gaylord
James Madison
Cottenwood Sailor
D Newton Eugene Delchampe
Aviation Ordnanceman
Bay
DR. Pepper Bottling CO
Dothan, Ala
Dothan United Charities
USO
Southern Liquid Gas
Isten
Sons OF the Pioneers
Dick Foran
Martha Mears
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