Servicemen Leno and Canton Recruits Assigned to Forts
News notes several Canton area servicemen and trainees. Lawrence R. Leno, son of Grace Leno, begins basic training June 4 at Fort Knox with the 83rd Ren. Bn. of the 3rd Armored Division. he will turn 18 July 17 and is a McKinley High School alumnus. Three Canton men—Pvt. William Cotopolis, Pvt. Robert D. Myers, and Pvt. Jack A. Jolliff—are assigned to Fort Lewis, Washington. Jolliff, a Canton Township High School football letterman, worked at Timken before enlisting last January. Cotopolis enlisted January and was assigned to Fort Knox. Myers was assigned to Camp Kilmer after enlisting July 7, 1948. Pfe. Francis Mihalik, son of Steven and Mary Mihalik, is with the 7th Bomb Wing at Carswell AFB, Texas, as an airplane propeller mechanic, after Chanute. Pfc. Paul Armatas, son of John and Maria Armatas, trains as an air force technician at Fort Warren in Wyoming. Also, Pvt. Vera L. Cousins, sister of Mrs. G V Wolford, recently graduated as clerk typist at the Women’s Army Corps Training Center at Camp Lee, Va., and heads to Fort Belvoir after leaving S S Kresge Co. in Akron.
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Fort Knox
3Rd Armored Div
McKinley High School
Canton
Fort Lewis
Washington
William Cotopolis
James Cotopolis
21St St
Robert D. Myers
Harry A. Myers
9Th St
Jack A. Jolliff
Charles Jolliff
Schneider Rd
Jolliff
Canton Township High School
Pvt. Cotopolis
Pvt. Myers
Camp Kilmer
N. J
Pfe
Francis Mihalik
Steven J. Mihalik
16Th St NE
7Th
Carswell Air Force Base
Fort Worth
Texas
Chanute Air Base
Ill
Pfc
Mihalik
Paul Armatas
John Armatas
Brown
Air Force
Air Forces Technican School
Fort Francis E. Warren
Cheyenne
Ft. Warren
Army Corps Training Center
Camp Lee
Pvt
Cousins
S. S. Kresge Co
Akron
Timken Vocational High School
Four Canton men sail on Navy cruise to Panama and Galapagos
Four Canton men recently left San Francisco aboard the heavy cruiser Helena for a four week cruise to Panama and the Galapagos Islands. The Helena is the First Task Force flagship with two heavy cruisers and four destroyers. Also noted are Canton men selected for a new reserve officer candidate program and others serving aboard destroyers during Independence Day duties.
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Canton
San Francisco
Panama
Galapagos Islands
Helena
Theodore D. Cable
Joseph Cable
40Th St
Leslie P. McGovern
L. L. McGovern
Crescent Rd
Charles R. Gibson
Dwight A. Gibson
Middlebranch Rd
John E. Heighway
Frank E
Mahoning Rd
Robert E. Brendlen
19Th St
Robert J. Gasser
Broad Ave
Robert J. Everhart
Maplest NE
Thomas G. Pappas Jr
14Th St
Beatty
New Orleans
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Lawrence R. Leno
Grace Leno
High Ave
Lawrence J. Leno
Houselave SE
Vera L. Cousins
G. V. Wolford
Wom
Fort Belvoir, Va
Lawrence Leno
Equator
Navy
Myron R. Koyle
Raff Rd
John D. Farrell
Croydon Rd
William J. Detwiler
Stanley J. Marshall
Park
San Diego
Calif
Marsheakl
Drake University
Koyle
Farrell
Detwiller
Organized Reserve
Kent State University
Galveston
Tex
Albert J. Chekan
Gulf Coast Ports
Merlin E. Gardner
Earl R. Gardner
Paris
Charles R. Dietrich
C. R. Dietrich
Millersburg
Island of
Crete
Mr. Gardner
Meredith
Mr. Dietrich
McCard
Suntan
Lilac —Rose
America
NASH
Bowlus Nash, Inc
Cleve. Ave
Massillon
Massillon Nash, Inc
Tremont Ave., SE
Harry L. Smith
Market Avenue N
Elgin
Waltham
Bulova
Gruen
Hamilton
Winton
Wolo
Ohio
Kobacker
Cropackers
Rob
Huaraches
Kobacker’s
N. Market
Canton, Ohio
Peggy
Rose
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