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FORMER TEACHER fSHOME FROM ABROAD•-CURLEW—Lieut, and Mrs.E. Crawford' aiTived Waited*; ■'vai*; ■ lie* returned5 toaiKl- Chateau TlUorr.v-- In* the- tlifok* of. many battles, Prichard once saw five, aides shot down by the . leiibmv. narrowly escaping death J5.: him self. After the first Worldthe- ‘United’States, reeently via Seattle, Wash,, jStates and screed* as an instructorafter two years service in Tokyo, [at West Point, his alma mater Japan. They were tea days on the jwhere in his student days he luid oceait on the homeward' trip. Mrs-, i been a star athlete..Crawford is the 'former Miss .Serf | Between World* War* I and II ‘nice Hansen of Alta, anlt;L a Covin- j he\rhult;l a . varied: and: prominent er teacher in the * Curlew Public j military career. * He graduated school, Lieut and Mrs.. Crawford jfrOiii the artUler-y, school at Fort visited..his relatives at Oklahoma 1-.SU1, Okla., attended-, tlie Armyof Notre Dame’s famed Glia Don-!as-Knute Rockne aerial team of j•that era, and, as the first, to really | exploit the passing game in the j east, they in great measure were j 'responsible- for Army’s first great'! team—the undefeated eleven 1914 which way captained bj 'Prichard;or:City, Okla: and • Mrs-, Crawford's, War college: in Washington andparents, Mr, and'Mrs. Hansen inisferved at many other military•Alta1. Lieut. Crawford 5s-now located at Fort Meade,, Maryland.* The' J unfor 'gro tip ' from* the local'posts,. He-also* served1 Professorof Military Science at Vale university fr:o?ipi^^5^29'.“*A:-general1 in*M. Y. F. who-left for CUmp Quest Tank: at the-, outbreak; of WorldvSunday . at- dhe* Methodist camp-at Okoboji* included^ Bonnie. Turner,: Garb Shixth* and- Ronald; Stoltfir. Clyde Stoltz furnished tranaporta-tloD,.Cot the. Curlew;. Youth .gmtp.. The. Rev. Robert R. Rings accompanied the- Mallard group:-•iOats harvest has been .under-way for the* past ten days. Some are shocking, .which makes* the landscape- picturesque ' and' is- remindful of fall. ■ v./. 1• Curlew and vicinity were well-represented at the Hobby-Day celebration; at Laurens Monday and I Tuesday;' The' Hobby ■ displays * were* Very attractive and* some- of: the:War I£rhe became chief. of staff of .the- Xtlt Armored- division* at Pine Camp.. 2ST. Y.. Later he: headed thei4th Armored division at Gamp. .Chaffee^, Ark,!. In .1944 ^ lie .went overseas to. assume command of Hie Tst Armored division, in Italy. Wounded iir action hi' the Mediterranean . theatre, he was. awarded: itfie'Purple Heart After-the wan lie was eomniisslbner of liquidation/in. the itTO:rTh 1946 he* returned to-America-; where he became 'chief; of the; public jnformar ’tion. dlvislW. with, -offices in.-the£ collective hobbies were- quite new, * Mr. and’ Mts. H'. Dl Bennett at-rtended - the Sibuy Rapids-Laurehs liallgame, at the.Hobby Day celebration in Laurens Tuesday afternoon.; Mrs. Gerkin of Charles City is spending several days at the homeArmy- Scores An Up.set The 1913 Army-Navy game was a classic, from Army’s standpoint. The Cadets entered the contest 5 to I underdogs. WiUi Prichard floating spot passes to Merrilat. thus accounting directly for two touchdowns. Army upset the favored Midshipmen. 22 to 9. ...The arniy squad of that year and the next couple of years were studded with young men who later :rose to military fame and whose ,names were by-words in World ‘War rr.Pentagon. He held-many decQra-•tiona-- including: • the-' Distigu-isheih Service medlt;U3 French Croix ile. Q-yer're with Palm and a number ,of foreign- honors;. ‘Survivors include- - his- widow, the fhrmer*. Charlotte Gibbs- Bless of Engle Pass, Tex.,:and daughter,, 'earjotta; At a;: later date^ filter-tn'ent Services iyill be held at the National- cemetery . at the tL S;..of her daughter, Mrs. Vic Graff I Military academy. West Point.and' family. •'Mrs. G. A. Speer Of Havelock .spent Friday at the home of Mr. and Mrs! IT. DV Bennett.• Mrs. James- A. Ausland. and. small daughter, Bettvreturned to their home, from Storm Lake. Friday. Mrs^ Anri and completed her Iwork at Buena Vista' college, where she has been attending summer FChooL ' ’ 1N;miialtty .XiglH*Ah iti Zumach. or 'Ffhltou received a bad cut on TiFfHe/t foot Saturday night when a ghus# ulietfabove the bath tub fell' when he ;wa« taking a bath* The shelf broke agnteri the water faucet, nnd hit hiit foot. The cut required two clamps to do Be.,HOSPITAL ROTESRecent pat lento admitted io the. local hcBPltal Inchute:Mrdfr*!: Charles rtW*bftTHterKCut tew, Juiy.*4*Vr • **-».■ SHrR|Aift-,«^n,s. -Orville tanfik.' WhitternPre, July*]*; Mrs. Mijiot? Honsb, Mallard. July in; Arthur Emrteb, Ehjhist»i»Mrg« July. 20.iBOND ISSUE WINSdteltfci lb en teres the Mia and oriujp *. bus mechanic shop and I# improve anil equip science I a bora inti pf.LOCAL RESIDENTS OR COLLEGE HONORA 56.00C1 feotid Jt\\o wss voted oti and carried by Monday itin,c con^i.i^sd '^mbinauon• • AN IRONIC note to the tragedy, according- to- Leslie . Prichard,, was that his brother was. nbr anxious to take the Potomac cruise but consented when others of the party urged him to- go. His wife was with him as were a grnnp of wealthy Washingtonand New York persons, 3n^ elurling Col., and Mrs. Anthony DroNel Btikfie. ownersor the tusurious yachL Mrs, • /■ Priclinrd. escaped serious injury. Her (utsbiind and a retired navy officer, WIJfred E. Painter of New York, were fatally hurt.'Death tvasattributed lo concuBsfbn.t\ Ve ' lt;t?Washington, New York and oilier, large dally papers carried columns on the former Iowan-1* violent death. The officer h*lt;V visited Emmclaburg recently 011 route from s trip to bnawtt to;nee lil* .aged mottier- He was « handaohie, _ nlst .man. pjf strlklur pemumt-^^p^09TWjd»reil*lt;oiie:or the Tin*ittbtTs'tou VnflMary Afffcefs,In ft special slory tool Friday, Hie Chicago Tribune ran n feature oa Gea. Prichard, tell-tne or h»s fame ss a West Point athlete. The Tribune story entit^ led 'PrJchsrd To Merillat' An Army Memory is*, reprinted here:- r,PHeiiBinT to Merillat1*. To West i'btr»ters”ahd eastern football fansMiss IriUa- VaiidervePIe. daugh' {ier of Mr. and Mrs. William Van-j dehvelde. and Pat Hand. Mon ofand. Mi'S. IL M, Hatici. of Bm*jnietsburg. iiave heeb placed- oh I trie spring term honor roil at. [Morningside college. onx GiU% Dr. TkomaR E. Twelto. college deon announced.The Enintefshurg Rtudente ro-IceivQd the honor l;y niainUiiiipe !at least j.O lt;D grade averages I throughout the semester. There :Were I?n stUfichle oti the roll, *This means that Irma and Pat are In the top of the college.Miss Vaiidervelde a sophomore at Mornings!de last semester and V.-W majoring in reMglovm odiicatFm while Hand was a senior and nmjoring in education.PRICHARB—(Contmued from page 1.)was ae ffitnotis -16 years ago as the Ilidiichiird and Da.xdN combinetloii of a later era*■ They ere only a memory now, Maj. Qbu Vernon K. Prichard test his life in a motor boat blast on th^. Potobtec river lawl weekend, i-rdiis: A* Merlllat, Jr., tltesl two ye?irB-ago in Chicago;TJide Jifvlms fmnoiT ITcejsorBut on the plains up the river the memory Is very vivid indeed. TKe jsrldlfon.expldttR of thia fine papiiipg totubnatiati have hecohie a rlrtudl tradition of the acadetiiy, with time Only etching It dfecpci*.They were the eastern version'rived for member* of the officer’s family, expressing sympathy inthe tens of the army loader. The Emmctsburg Lions' club, of which Lea is president, sent a beantllxil floral offering. An English friend iscni ?t’00 worth of•oi-cbids from Great Brit**P, and United Slates officials and prominent fafef»mcn were among others who gavenrem1-orinl rifts.lt;r.r;1OTHER members of the Prrcliard family who went easf; for the last rites were the victim's mother. Mrs. j. A. Prichard, and her' snn, Bert, both of Onawa.. Another brother of the officer. Judge George Prichard, nf Onawa was Oir \nCation and could net he reached in time for the services. Other relatives from the east and south also attended t.he funeral. Mrs. Leslie Prichard, accompanied her husband by car a* far as Des Moines. After the Washington rites, he flew- back to Dos ?.foines and the two drove to EmmeUburg.A veteran of both World wars. Gen, Trickard, r7, wa*- horn in Smithfieid, la. 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Emmetsburg Democrat
Emmetsburg, Iowa, US
Thu, Jul 21, 1949
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