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Marysville VFW post officials hope to identify men in historic imageJulie TreanorApptal DemocratTwo members of the Marysville post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars are determined to not allow history slip through their fingers.Chuck Carver, commander of the post, discovered a black and whitef**yh 0f Mid-Volleypeople |J| he l If believes are the original members of the Marysville VFW, Post 946.The cardboard backing to the 4-foot-long photo has 22 names written in red ink - names Carver believes match the people in the photo.Fifty-three men are pictured, and of those listed names on the back, Carver has only identified one thus far.“1 would like to find out who’s in theHISTORYpicture, because right now, I don't know,” he said. Even though he has a list of names to start with, he has yet to meet someone who can put a name to aface.Carver said he hopes someone will recognize the faces and tell him when the photograph was taken.“I want to talk to their families and see if they are interested in the picture, he said. “Someone might know if some of these men are deceased, and itPhoto courtesy of Marysville Veterans of Wars Post No. 946A segment of the 4-foot-long photograph which Marysville Veterans of Foreign War Post No. 946 officials believe depicts the original members of the post. Officials hope someone will recognize the faces and be able to provide more details about the photo.is possible that some of them were buried around here.”The VFW post was named after two men who were buried in Marysville, Lt. Paul Langenbach and Lester Bishop. While no one from the post is surewhen it was established, an article published in The Marysville Appeal on June 2, 1922, invited men to become members of the new post.The article states: “All men who have seen overseas service from the Span-LIST OF NAMESA list of what appears to be 22 names written on the back of the photograph.Edgar GeeJohn McDonaldErnest MilliganJoe BomfieldBill IrwinJimme DurcanYeatonNick ChangarisJames TraynerDick HeitchieEd (Bally) RobertsPinky ParkisonMerele EastmanGene CarollFrancis CovitchKennison (Fred)Webber PGluckmanY.CLew AnthonyAlvin DiverBilly Ambroseish-American War to the World War. are invited to join the new post.”The article attributed organization of the local post to Tom Harney, a name that was not listed on the back of the cardboard picture.Forty-four men are pictured wearing various uniforms, VFW armbands and medals. Along with the American flag, a VFW flag is in the center of the group. Post numbers 946 are tacked onto the flag, along with the name Bishop-Langenbach.Carver said he believes the nine men dressed in suits at the end of the photo could be dignitaries of the city Some them are also wearing VFW armbands and medals.“It would be nice if we could findTurn to PHOTO / C2
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Marysville Appeal Democrat
Marysville, California, US
Mon, Apr 30, 2001
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