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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1945
Page
6
A fragmented reflection appears in the page text addressing management. The garbled lines hint at a reader concern or a corrective note but lack clear details, names, dates, or events to identify a concrete action or outcome. The piece reads like an editorial aside rather than a formal notice.
A Norman relations office released names of service members discharged recently. Listed are George Henry Horsley aviation third class, Lawton Rudolph Smith first class, Berverd Fulgene Moore mate first class, Anderson and Carpenter’s mate, and other ranks with partial addresses and unit notes.
Tay Lee, aged 24, faced charges in a Petit involving Justice Chiappa Valu at a local venue. Smithson, aiding on title held by Mere Teas Jones, appeared before Judge Manning as Mrs. Jones testified to the complaint.
More than 15 Lawton and Canyanche county men were discharged recently at the naval separation center in Norman. The list includes Raymond Neal Strickland, John Hazel Dumas, Elmer Monroe Pettijohn, John Cordain Murphy, George Dale Mattey, Mike Salazar, Rey Shell, Henry Floyd Haslow, Jack Barnett Wilson, James Dodge Pool, Lloyd Hannassie, Jack E. Flahart, Garnell Wilks Hastings, Charles L. Taylor, Herman Dodson, Maynor William Holland, and Emmett James Davis, all sailors and service ratings, most qualifying under the release on the point plan.
Sgt Paul A Tate, serving with the Transportation Corps in Italy, spoke with his wife Learn and their sons Paul Eugene and Donald Owen by telephone on Wednesday morning. He described arranging 400 troops for a Naples discharge and hoped to be home by Christmas or January. The family received 17 jewel watches and Swiss gifts, and Tate’s prior service included Fort Sill and Fort Meade. Pvt Leo Wright, son of Mrs Bessie Wright, visited home at 1210 Taylor and prepared for European theater, after training at Amarillo and Kiesler Field.
Mr and Mrs John J Smith of Co Manche county are visiting relatives at Crater ville Park Cache after Mr Smiths honorable discharge from the Navy He served 28 months including 20 in the Wanduin and Philippine areas and on Midway He holds the American Asiatic Pacific and Philippine Liberation ribbons The couple will visit his mother and sister in Cache before heading to Denver Colo where Smith will return to forestry service He had a 42 year civil service run in forestry prior to enlistment Mrs Smith is formerly Thelma Jane Worley of Cache and was employed locally by Southwestern Trailways Bay Co during his service overseas
Henry Floyd Hadley a Norman discharge from the navy. His wife Katherine Houser Hadley and children live at 1604 Gore Mangum school and Radio Park employee prior to service. He trained at Camp Perry and served 11 months overseas. Jack Bennett Wilson of McKinney Texas discharged at Norman after 20 months overseas including ETO and Asiatic theaters with Good Conduct and Victory ribbons.
Lt. Virgil Smith returned to Lawton on terminal leave after three years and six months in the Navy with four Pacific trips and three to the Mediterranean. He will work as a petroleum production engineer with Sunray Oil in Tulsa following his Commission at the University of Oklahoma.
S-Sgt Wayne Paden has arrived in the United States after nearly a year in the European theater and will soon be home. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lesher C. Paden, report his return. he reached Camp Miles Standish on November 27 and phoned his wife Bernice, Kiowa county assessor, of arrival plans. He leaves the ETO via November 12 to join SA air force occupation troops, with service in Italy, Austria and Germany and two Presidential Unit Citations and nine campaign stars.
Private A Nunn of Mantle 1712 returns home with wife and son after 21 months in England France and Germany. He departed Feb 20 1944 aboard the Hermitage, earned the Bronze Star for meritorious conduct, plus Good Conduct and European Theater ribbons among others. He served ten years in field artillery at Fort Sill before overseas service and will report to Caray Chaffee Ark for further duties.
Seaman David A Mansel Minecl, son of Mr and Mrs Fletcher Minecl, entered service June 1944. After training at Peary Virginia and Camp Parks California he went overseas July 15 1945. He served at Pearl Harbor Iwo Jima Japan and Guam after farming south of Fletcher before enlistment.
Riley Winham 1013 returned this week after 27 months overseas in Europe. The former Army technician discharged Wednesday November 21 at Camp Chaffee Arkansas with 110 career points. He served in 2nd Observation Battalion after Fort Sill and Camp Bowie transfers. He left the U.S. August 21 2015 for Europe. He earned a Silver Service Star and campaigns including Naples Foggia Southern France Rome Arno Rhineland Central Europe. He wears the Bronze Star World War II Victory and other ribbons. He is the son of GP Winkie 1913 EB and attended Camerna College before service.
Lawton sailor Gael Froncherres, son of Mr and Mrs J C Fer berger of 1015 Garfield, enlisted in November 1947 as a merchant marine cadet in San Mateo California. He served as an eng inder on the cargo vessel Brown Victory, survived kamikaze attacks off Iwo Jima on May 23, and later served on the MV Coastal Viking. He earned two Dagifie War Zone ribbons and one At the expiration of his short voyage he will report to San Francisco.
Visits on leave after 28 months overseas with the navy in the Pacific theater. Forrest Harlan Landers, 28, consigned Lawton, is staying with his mother Mrs. Lenna Landers and grandparents Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Browning. He served seven months in the Aleutians and participated in Okinawa Saipan and Tinian campaigns earning three battle stars, and he also served in the Marshall and Gilbert islands, Southern Luzon and Japan, earning the Asiatic-Pacific ribbon and Philippine Liberation ribbon with a star.
A man reports dramatic cleansing after taking ERB-HELP claiming his body shed filth from stomach to knees easing headaches pimples and joint pain. The ad touts ERB-HELP as cleansing bowels clearing gas and supporting liver and kidneys with a 12-dose regimen. Sold at local drug stores in Livonia.
Fragmentary text indicates a reference to a victory ribbon and a Third Fleet bar with mentions of reporting to Oklahoma City for actions, and a forecast involving February. Names and precise events are not clearly discernible from the readable fragments.
Fenton James Lawson, a 12 month overseas veteran, has been discharged from the Navy at Nash- Sle, Tennessee. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Ausby Lawson of 504 Washington. Lawson enlisted in May 1943, trained in San Diego and San Pedro, and served overseas. He earns the American Theater, Victory, Asiatic Pacific and ETO ribbons. He is a Wilson High School graduate.
Sgt. Charlie N. Wells of Elgin received the Purple Heart for wounds in action. Brig. Gen. Omar H. Quade at Fitzsimmons General Hospital presented the medal to the overseas veteran, formerly of the 16th Infantry Regiment, 41st Division. Wells was wounded June 28, 1845 in Mindanao, Philippines.
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