Service notes honor Doolittle and Eighth Air Force leaders
General James H. Doolittle congratulates nears and all personnel of the Eighth Air Force in England on January command tenure. Lee V. Amstutz, an ordinance worker, is noted as son of Mrs. Laura Amstutz. Shielded bonuses include furloughs and Purple Heart for wounded Pvt. Ralph Jentes. Roy Amstutz and wife visit brother Russell while Roy rests in hospital in Cambridge after transfers from Leyte and New Guinea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
100Th Bombardment Group
England
Light Air Force
James H. Doolittle
E Keighth
Lee V. Amstutz
Laura Amstutz
Clayton Wagner
DeRio
Texas
Memorial Day Observances Touch Town With Pageant
A large crowd celebrated Memorial Day with sunshine, flowers, and flags. The Dalton High School Band led the parade, marching from the band stand to the upper square behind Dr L L DeArment on a cream colored horse. Citizens, veterans, village officials, Blue Star Service and Garden clubs, and Boy Scouts joined the procession. At the cemetery flowers were placed on graves as the band played a dirge and performed selections. A male quartet sang, Vivian Douglas recited Gettysburg Address, Rev E W Spence offered the opening prayer, and the audience sang the Star Spangled Banner. Rev John Kindswater delivered a memorial address warning about dangers after war. Lee H Douglas presided, Rev Marion Berg gave benediction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. L. DeArment
Blue Star Service
Boy
Vivian Douglas
E. W. Spence
John Kindswater
Zion Lutheran Church
Wooster
Lee H. Douglas
Marion Berg
Funeral for Ada Cully Attended by Wide Circle
Friends and relatives from Akron Canton Elyria Cleveland Peoria and Wooster gathered Wednesday morning at the Dalton Presbyterian church for the funeral of Miss Ada Cully. Attendees included Mrs. Alice Scott Rex and Adelbert Mooney and families, Hiram Cully and Lloyd Cully, Flora Liechty Ada Liechty, Mrs. Ada Leedale, Harry Dague Tillie Feasel James Root Claude Neff Rice Davison and daughter Anne, Gertrude Kent and others from St Cloud and Wooster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada Cully
Dalton Presbyterian Church
Alice Scott
Rex Anderson
Adelbert Mooney
William
Marjorié
Akron
Hiram H. Cully
Cleveland
Lloyd Cully
Peoria
Til
Ada
Harry Dague
Tillie Feasel
James Root
Claude Neff
Rice Davison
Anne
Gertrude Kent
St. Cloud
Fila
Mary Erwin
Carrie Schultz
Wooster
Dalton Methodist Church
Nellie Marie Kraus
Henry J. Kraus
John Henry Erwin
U.S. Navy
John M. Erwin
Marshallville
A. F. Uphoff
Glen Berg
Ambrose
Evening Star
Tannhauser
Mallotte
Friml
Herm
Mendelssohn
Kathryn Erwin
Mary Alice Kraus
U. S. Navy
S. S. Corregidor
Aviation Fire Control School
Jacksonville
Fla
Massillon
Dover
Kent
Canton
New Philadelphia
Orrville
Kidron
North Royalton
Franklin
Golden Spike Marks Completion of Transcontinental Rail
The 1908 note recalls the Golden Spike event at Utah completing the first trans continental railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utah
Trans-Continental Railroad
Dalton Bible School Opens With 82 Enrollees
J M McDowell is ill of a heart attack. The Dalton Daily Vacation Bible School opened Monday with an enrollment of 82. The school will be a two weeks session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.M. McDowell
Dalton Daily Vacation Bible School
Memorial Day Visitors in Dalton Listed by Homes
Among the Memorial Day visitors in Dalton were numerous residents and guests from Canton Jackson Heights N Y Brooklyn and Cleveland along with locals from Wooster Akron Massillon and other towns. The note records names and affiliations visiting the Chas Wecht A E Schultz Fred Fairney and other households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalton
Chas. Wecht
Harry Rastetter
Richard Rastetter
A. W. Fries
Allen Robertson
Canton
Jane Rastetter
Jackson Heights
N. Y
Haddon O. Tate
Brooklyn
Guatemala
Walter Gros
Jean
Fredericksburg
Walter Wecht
Wooster
Glen Donelson
Schreiner
Fred Sayers
Akron
Norma Jean Wecht
A. E.schultz
R. W. Llewellyn
Columbus
Marietta Blethyn
East Greenville
Carrie Schultz
Durbin
Harry Schultz
Fred Fairney
Carol Moser
Karen
Albert Moser
Odessa
Brewster
David Edwards
Lloyd Zuercher
Cleveland
Harry .Wyre
Carrie Aker
Mary Erwin
Marline Lawrence
Mary Ellen Tyrrell
Massillon
Callie Jabas
Carl Stansberger
Paul Atkinson
Will Wenger
C. L. Arnold
Henry Leisy
Elta Thomas
Thomas Thomas
Harry Dague
H.C. Eckard
James Root
Martha Shriber
Harry Shriber
Arthur Lewis
Edith Mohrman
J. H Walker
Margaret Garrett
Elmer Stuck
Bess Wilson
G. W. Aker
Clyde Cantlebury
Chas
Camp
E.G. Andre
W. E. Erwin
Alive After Three Death Declarations Revealed
A man allegedly pronounced dead three times and even given a funeral service by an American Legion Post remains alive, as detailed in The American Weekly section distributed with this Sunday's Chicago Herald American.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
American Weekly
Chicago Herald- American
Local Sunday School Hayride Draws 26 Attendees
Mr and Mrs Ralph Fahrney and Mr and Mrs Myron Johnson hosted the Loyal You and I class of the Methodist Sunday school for a hayride and wiener roast on May 31. There were 26 present with contest prizes won by Mrs Paul Schultz and Very Bach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Fahrney
Myron Johnson
You &I
Methodist Sunday School
Paul Schultz
Very Bach
Dinner guests of Mr wot Mee at Beech Grove home
Mr wot Mee entertained a list of guests at a Sunday dinner including Mrs L G Flanagan and David and Mrs Lester Acker man Beech Grove Mrs P S Berg Columbus Miss Donna Douglas Orr ville Walter Kurzen and family Mrs David Lehman and daughter E L Ober and wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wot Mee
Fee
L. G. Flanagan
David
Lester
Ackerman
Beech Grove
P. S. Berg
Columbus
Donna Douglas
Orrville
Walter Kurzen
David Lehman
E. L. Ober
Former Philippine Missionary Rev Sanders Recounts War Experience
The Presbyterian church filled to capacity as Rev. A. Jd. Sanders and his wife spoke on four years as missionaries in the Philippines. They were interned by Japanese forces and recently liberated when Manila fell to Allied forces. A loose collection of 92 dollars was given to the Sanders family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Church
A. Jd. Sanders
Philippines
Rev. Sanders
Manilla
Sanders
Jimmy Buchanan Celebrates Third Birthday Party
The May 3 afternoon party at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Buchanan marked Master Jimmy Buchanan’s third birthday. He received many pretty gifts and cards and two birthday cakes on the refreshments table. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Victor Tschantz and daughter Virginia, Mrs. Minnie Hawk of Orrville, Russell Denbrook, his wife and daughter Celia Ann, Henry Denbrook and his wife, and Henry Beiner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy Buchanan
Robert Buchanan
Jimmy
Victor Tschantz
Virginia
Minnie Hawk
Orrville
Russell Denbrook
Celia Ann
Henry Denbrook
Henry Beiner
Dalton 7th War Loan Drive Progress Report
Dalton's 7th War Loan Drive quota is set at 202230. Subscriptions total 45000 with a goal of 101115 by June 15 1945. If over the top is reached, all will be required to buy the extra bond. intensified effort continues toward the June 25 goal. Dalton School District 7th War Loan Drive Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalton
the Gazette
Community Guild Dance at High School Gym Saturday
Community events note a dance at the Wooster area high school gym on Saturday evening June 9. Public is invited and local groups publish community updates and personal notices about moves, reunions, and military family news from Orrville area towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Community Guild
High School
Evening of Fun and Entertainment by East Greenville Scouts
The Boy Scouts of East Greenville sponsor a Wednesday evening show on April 1 at 8 15 in the Junior Hall East Greenville. Dr L L Bearment's educated Great Danes Don and King perform in an intelligence exhibition. Music by Barber shop Quartet Massillon and the Kauffman orchestra. Proceeds go to the Boy Scouts. Admission 20 and 35 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scouts of
East Greenville
L. L. Bearment
Don and
King
Massillon
Kauffman—orchestra
Boy Scouts
Davis to Speak at Community Club Meeting in Presbyterian Church
Cleveland Plain Dealer columnist Jack Davis will address the Community Club at the Presbyterian church on June 14 at 6 30 p.m. He recently completed a 17000 mile trip in South America with C R McDowell in charge of the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Davis
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Presbyterian Church
Davis
South America
C. R. McDowell
They Live Forever film to be shown at Dalton Church
They Live Forever a color sound film on WWII spirituality will screen at 8:30 Wednesday night June 138 in Dalton Presbyterian Church. Produced by Irwin A. Moon Moody Bible Institute. distributed by the Institute for army camps and naval stations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalton~ Presbyterian Church
Edw. W. Spence
Irwin A. Moon
Moody Bible Institute Extension
Army
Navy
James C. Whittaker
John Bartek
George S. Clarke
Bataan
Mr. Moon
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Gen. Doolittle
Dalton Boy
Kraus-Erwin
N. J. Fetter
LeAnn
Grand View
Lincoln Highway
Jasper. Gardner
Barberton High School
Betty Jane
Floyd Gardners
Lee Douglas
Char “Pe
RUPP
Animal Kingdom
John A. Jones
Canal Fulton
Sy Brickley
Carl Dague
First Christian Church
Samuel W. Campbell
Russell
Arlene Thompson
Marjorie Stein
Phill
Miss Thompson
Pokeberry
Glenn Spackey
Bowling Green
Cpl
Dale Spackey
Italy
Wil
Santa Ana
Calif
Pfc
Robert Spackey
Fort Ord
Aidss
Siarun
IGA
Iga Market
Clapp
IGA Coffee
Swan Soap
Onion
L .Unions
Garden Fresh
Marietta
Jumbo Sunkist
Berg’s Cash Market
Department of Agriculture
Savings & Loan
Ohio
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