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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1968
Page
7
Pfc. David C Jenkins son of Mr and Mrs Oscar Jenkins Sr Route 2 has nearly completed basic training at Fort Benning Georgia He is due for a furlough around May 2 His address is Pvt David C Jenkins RA 11937562 Co C 4 Regt 1st Training B D E Fort Benning Ga 31905
W. F. Hardesty Jr station ed in Brooklyn aboard the USA Bristol has been promoted to torpedoman's mate third class. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Hardesty of 210 Rice Street Berryville.
Private Gary Dodson of Middletown is now stationed at Fort Bragg North Carolina. His address is Pvt Gary Dodson US 52941523 USATC 2nd Pvt Fort Bragg NC 28307.
Army Specialist Five Curtis V. Frazier, son of Mrs. M. Printz of Stevensburg, serves as a truck driver in the 47th Transportation Company near Long Binh, Vietnam, on April 1. His wife Anna resides in Stevenson.
Seaman Apprentice Earl E. Shiley USN son of Mr and Mrs Earl W Shiley Route 1 Stephens City has graduated from nine weeks of Navy basic training at the Naval Training Center Great Lakes Illinois.
Dennis M. Kave son of Mr and Mrs Oscar M Kave of 123 Swan Ave Berryville was promoted to Army specialist five on March 21 near Aschaffenburg Germany while serving with the 9th Engineer Battalion Spec Kave is a clerk typist with the battalion Headquarters Company He entered the Army in June 1966 completed basic training at Fort Jackson SC and was stationed at Fort Lee before arriving in Germany in November 1966 He graduated in 1964 from Clarke County High School and attended Ferrum Junior College prior to enlistment
Pfc Alan L Reid, son of Mr and Mrs Leo Reid Sr of Route 4, is stationed at Cherry Point North Carolina. Vietnam tour for Edward F Godfrey Jr began after a 30 day family leave. Airman Ronald D Hibbard of Route 4 completed basic training at Lackland and heads to Keesler for electronics schooling. Sp4 Daniel Sandridge, son of Mrs Loriie Sandridge, returns to the States after serving in Germany since May 1966. Robert M Gibson, son of Mr and Mrs Robert Gibson, graduates from a US Air Force technical school at Sheppard and serves in the Canal Zone. Pvt Melvin D Boone Jr from Wingate is stationed at Fort Bragg with basic training due May 10. Airman David M Jenkins from Route 5 Frederick Heights completes basic training at Lackland and moves to Sheppard for construction schooling, having graduated James Wood High in 1967.
Southside Virginia News and Colonial Heights Herald Tribune editor James A Hancock praises Godwin as a great Virginian and presidential caliber while noting his 1965 nomination for governor by the Democrats might be impractical. Hancock’s papers backed William Story for governor in 1965 with a total circulation of 6,600.
Miss Gail V. Reid, daughter of Mr and Mrs Leo Reid Sr of Route 4, has joined the WAVES for three years. She trains at Bainbridge Maryland for ten weeks and will receive a military address at USN Recruit Training Command.
President Johnson says he will engage in politicking this year though he will not seek reelection. He said his March 31 announcement does not mean he will be an uninterested bystander and hinted he may enter campaigning before the Democratic nominating process concludes.
The Rotary Club of Israel will grant up to 10 scholarships to youths from Singapore Thailand and India for study of technical and farming subjects in Israel.
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