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n;r•»ehen)fn»£Korean Ex-POWsVets EntertainedBy Cove Lions1*Morrison’s Cove’s two returned prisoners of war, along with five j other Korean veterans, were guests j of honor at the regular meeting of j the Cove Lions Club at Loysburg ;Thursday night !Pfc. William Koontz of New Enterprise and Cpl- Dale Clabaugh,formerly of Waterside and now living in Roaring Spring, were the returned POWs. Cpl. Claybaugh ] -was accompanied by his wife and j | father, Alvin Claybaugh. Pfc.; Koontz’ father, Wilson, attended j | the meeting with him. A brother, Clair, is a member of the club.The Lions had asked all fourteen of the Cove - Hopewell Township r area Korean veterans to be their J guests at the meeting. Five were j able to be present. They were:: j ° Master Sergeant Cletus Imler of j; New Enterprise R. D.; Cpl. Donald Batzel of Hopewell twp.; Cpl.!. Richard B. Fluke of Hopewell twp.; j1 Sgt. Jack Weicht of New Enter- j \ prise: and Cpl. Maynard Over of j * Woodbury. Several of the veterans *c brought guests.The Lions were pleased to observe that their two honor guests appeared in good health, although j* - j both could well stand a few extra j5 ] pounds of weight. ^ Both Pfc. Koontz ; 1 j and Cpl. Claybaugh spoke briefly of their experiences while in the hands of the Communists.Club president J. Lawrence Guy- N er introduced the speaker of the :1 evening. Ally. Ray Replogle, who; 1 — Continued on Page 2t.isI
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Bedford Gazette
Bedford, Pennsylvania, US
Fri, Sep 25, 1953
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