Notes About Our Men In Service In Depth
Private Bob Burkart is stationed at Aberdeen Proving Ground Maryland in a Training Center company of the Ordnance Replacement Training Center. John Burkart passed his final test and is now in the Navy at the U S Naval Academy Annapolis Maryland. J D Stokley inducted last November is stationed at St Petersburg in a Veterinary Detachment of the Medical Corps as an inspector of meat and dairy products. He visited his parents here on furlough and left to visit his brother who is an instructor in a flying school. Leonard Brantley was glad to receive a Father’s Day telegram from his son Walter Brantley from North Africa. He writes Walter is well and doing fine. Three Mount Dora men went to Camp Blanding for induction Clifton Freeman Boyd William Richard McQuillen and Walter Littleton Tucker. William Koen Stokley and Walter Litteton Tucker are to be inducted Friday. Mr and Mrs C D Stephens received two letters from Oscar Jr the first in three months and he is in the Navy on convoy duty. He asks for more friends to write him and offers his address from his parents or the Topic. Staff Sergeant Richard Widmer is home on furlough from Lubbock Texas and has begun training in gliders at South Plains Army Flying School where the Winged Commandos prepare for commissions. Harold Lane is in the New York City area in an engineer aviation battalion and expects overseas duty soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Stokley
St. Petersburg
Medical Corps
Charles Stokley
W. C. Stockley
Mount Dora
Camp Blanding
Clifton
Freeman Boyd
William Richard McQuillen
Walter Littleton Tucker
William
Koen Stokley
C. D. Stephens
Oscar, Jr
Navy
Richard Widmer
Lubbock
Texas
Mabel Northrope
Uncle Sam
South Plains Army Flying School
Winged Commandos
Dickie
Mount Dora High School
Air Forces trainee completes clerical course at Colorado college
Pfc. James B. Jackson son of Mr and Mrs A L Jackson Lake Jem completes an intensive clerical training course at the Training Detachment of the U S Army Air Forces Technical Training Command located on the campus of Colorado State College of Education Greeley Colo He received the Army Air Forces diploma at graduation and a College credit certificate the college will accept for full credit for work done in classrooms there during training He writes of visiting New York sights and seeing the Empire State Building the Normandie Liberty Island and a tunnel trip and hopes for a new assignment nationwide with travel in view.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James B. Jackson
A. L. Jackson
Lake Jem
Air Force
U. S. Army Air Forces Technical Training Command
Colorado State College of Education
Greeley
Colo
Army Air Forces
Rocky Mountains
Army Air Forces Technical Training Command
Southern farmers fare better as drought hits west
Officials report severe western droughts darken national food outlook while the southeast shows strong crops. Army beef supplies tighten as 45 percent set aside for army specs. South receives farming training via War Manpower Commission. OPA notes rising gas prosecutions. WPB allocates scarce lumber and barbed wire for farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Manpower Commission
OPA
Obituary of George H. Linton of Mount Dora
George H. Linton, longtime Mount Dora resident, died Sunday morning June 20 at 1414 Donnelly Avenue after a long illness. He is survived by his widow and sister Mrs. Lydia Mansfield of Canada. Formerly of Evanston Illinois, he was active in the Mount Dora Lawn Bowling Club. Funeral services were held Tuesday June 22 at 3 p.m. at Rehbaum Funeral Parlor conducted by H. C. Henricksen of the Christian Science Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. Linton
Mount Dora
Donnelly. Avenue
Lydia Mansfield
Canada
Linton
Evanston
Ill
Rehbaum
H. C. Henricksen
The
Christian Science Church
Death of Charles S. Brown in Oberlin and relocation to Cincinnati
Charles S. Brown 91 died June 23 at his Oberlin home after months of illness. Born in Cincinnati, he lived in Oberlin before moving to 416 East Ninth Avenue a year and a half ago with housekeeper Miss Mattie Ruhl. He was a Scottish Rite Mason, unmarried, with no relatives. Body to be sent to Cincinnati for family burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Sherman Brown
Mr. Brown
Cincinnati
Ohio
Oberlin
Mattie Ruhl
East Ninth Avenue
WAAC Uniforms Cost and War Bond Drive Highlight
Women in the WAAC serve overseas and train for demanding duties as the quartermaster supplies thousands of uniforms. A complete WAAC dress costs about 170 dollars and War Bonds help fund them. Invest at least ten percent of income through payroll savings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WAAC
Quartermaster’s Department
U.S. Treasury Department
Write What You Buy With War Bonds
Save now to buy later after the War. Common sense urges action to avoid rising prices. Durable goods are scarce. invest in War Bonds today and remodel after Victory is won.
Please Renew Your Subscription Before It Expires
The Topic urges subscribers to note their expiration date printed on the label and send renewal payments in advance to help keep the paper running. With declining advertising, subscriptions fund operations, and postal rules require advance payment. readers are asked to watch the tag and send renewal checks promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Baby shower on bus for Pvt. Marcel in Mineral Wells
While en route from Fresno to Dallas Pvt. V V Marcel learned his daughter was born days earlier. Passengers on the bus staged a surprise baby shower in Mineral Wells Texas bringing a blanket garments shoes a pad a bunny a rattle and other infant items arranged by Mrs. J Bardenhager and Mrs. J F Killough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fresno
Calif
Dallas
Tex
Pvt. V. V
Marcel
Mineral Wells
Texas
Signal Corps
Fragmentary Pocahontas Bus Message Surfaces
Reading lacks clear facts but hints at a Pocahontas Tennessee bus incident or discussion. It mentions saving money and tires by slow driving and a general remark about women and ammunition. The text is fragmented with no identifiable names, dates, or concrete events.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Thank Gow
Bussiciin
South
Standard Oil Company
Kentucky
Bob Burkart
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Ordnance Replacement Training Center
John Burkart
U.S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
Leonard Brantley
Walter Brantley
North Africa
Harold Lane
New York City
Empire State Building
Normandie
New York
OUR Democracy
Florence Nightingale
Clara Barton
American Red Cross
Ide
ARMY
WPB
Charles S. Brown
Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps
WAACS
J. Bardenhager
San Francisco
California
J. F. Killough
Homer Morris
Texaco
U. S. Highway 441
Lake County
Red Cross
Minnesota
Maple Lake
Berryville
Arkansas
Woman’s Home Companion
Better Homes and Gardens
Household Magazine
Lyr
Farm Journal & Farmer’s Wife
American Poultry Journal
Progressive Farmer
Farm Journal—Farmer’s Wife
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