Private Graham Rosenberger Completes Drafting Course
Private Graham Rosenberger 23 years old and stationed at Camp Gordon Ga has completed an 11 week car to graphic drafting course at The Engineer School Fort Belvoir. The program covered drawing land water and cultural features on overlays for map reproduction. He is married to Elna and they reside at 20 Shirley Street.
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Pvt
Graham Rosenberger
Elna
Shirley St
Engineer School
Fort Belvoir
Rosenberger
Camp Gordon
Local men enlist in Air Force per S Sgt Greathouse
Three area men have enlisted in the Air Force according to S/Sgt. Greathouse the local recruiter. The volunteers are Charles D Funkhouser son of Mr and Mrs Cecil Funkhouser of this city George P Moss son of Mrs Katie V Moss of Berryville and Ralph M Jones son of Mr and Mrs Ralph M Jones also of Berryville.
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Air Force
Greathouse
Charles D. Funkhouser
Cecil Funkhouser
This City
George P. Moss
Katie V. Moss
Berryville
Ralph M. Jones
Edward Miller at Camp Lejeune
Marine Pvt. Edward W. Miller, son of Mrs. Beatrice Smith, attends a four week training course with the 1st Infantry Regiment at Camp Lejeune NC. The program covers all phases of combat training aligned with boot camp instruction and graduates transfer to permanent duty stations.
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Edward W. Miller
Beatrice Smith
1St Infantry Regiment
Marine Corps
Camp Lejeune
N. C
Air Force and ROTC Cadets Enter Training and Service
Carl Gillespie junior enters U S Air Force Technical Training School at Sheppard AFB Texas for aircraft engine mechanic training with assignment prospects after graduation. ROTC cadets Walter Miller and Lynn Wolfe attend a four week summer program at MacDill AFB Florida after junior year. Philip Clem serves aboard USS Tarawa in Cuba. Jerry A White promoted to First Lieutenant in Japan, with planned discharge next spring.
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Frederick A. Gillespie
Carl L. Gillespie
White Post
United States Air Force Technical Training School
Sheppard Air Force Base
Wichita Falls
Texas
Sheppard
Air Force
Walter W. Miller
Walter G. Miller
Route 2
Lynn R. Wolfe
Sloan A. Wolfe
MacDill Air Force Base
Fla
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Miller
Wolfe
VPI
Air Force Reserve
Jerry White
Jerry A. White
Obelia White
Shenandoah Ave
Japan
Enlistment News From Navy Recruiter Whitmore
GMC USN reports seven area men enlisted in the Navy and were sent to Bainbridge Maryland for nine weeks of recruit training under the High School Graduate Program. Enlistees include Johnny Elwood Cornwell Willis Junior Hammer Charles David Wallace Donald Eugene Stotler Jerry William Stewart Jack Landon Shipman and Richard William Post. Other notes cover Marine Lt Irvan T O Connell Jr completing Reserve Summer Training. John Myers returns to the U S aboard USS Everglades after a four month Mediterranean cruise. the Everglades served as Fleet tender and flagship visiting Cannes Istanbul Naples Palermo Palma Lisbon.
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Woodrow W. Whitmore
GMC
USN
Navy
Bainbridge
U. S. Naval Training School
Johnny Elwood Cornwell
HSSR
William McKinley
Middletown
Jack Landon Shipman
E. C. Shipman
Highland Ave
Richard William Post
E. M. Post
Gore
EFSR
HSAR
HSHR
Seaman
John Myers
U. S
John W. Myers
Samuel L. Myers
Boome Road
Norfolk
Everglades
6Th Fleet
Mediterranean
Overseas Captain Jagiello to go on foreign duty in Germany
Assigned Overseas Captain Walter A. Jagiello of the R O T C Department of Fast Tennessee State College Johnson City has called for foreign duty in Germany. He will depart July 1 1955 returning from a long service record including 1945 48 in the Ninth and First Infantry Divisions and tours at Fort Knox and in the Far East.
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Walter A. Jagiello
R. O. T. C. Department of
Tennessee State College
Johnson City
Germany
Jagiello
State College
Pershing Rifles
Commader
Fort Knox
Far East
Wildflecken
Navy Keeps Mediterranean Watch as Intrepid Sails Six Months
The USS Intrepid arrives Gibraltar on June 8 to relieve USS Randolph for a six month Sixth Fleet tour in the Mediterranean. Local men aboard the USS Salem include Godfrey P. Nichols and Kenneth O. Cooke serving as crew in the region aboard the heavy cruiser. More than 1,000 ROTC cadets began six weeks of summer training at Fort Meade to learn weapons and officer skills, with several Virginians among the cadets. Douglas W. Boyd, 17, reported to Norfolk Naval Air Station for duty in the Atlantic Fleet air arm after enlisting in Winchester last year.
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Intrepid
Randolph
Gibraltar
6Th Fleet
Mediterranean
Godfrey P. Nichols
USN
Wheeler Nichols
Woodstock Lane
Kenneth O. Cooke
E. Cecil St
Salem
Commander Six Fleet
United States
Clay B. Carr, Jr
Hume Carr
This City
Clay B. Carr
Boyce
Washington and Lee University
Luther T. Conner, Jr
Conner
N. Cameron St
James D. McFadden
S. D. McFadden
Route 3
Jonathan Rosenberger
Graham Rosenberger
Shirley St
Arthur R. Shiley
A. L. Shiley
White Post
Reserve Officers Training Corps
ROTC
Fort Meade
Douglas W. Boyd
Maynard Latine Boyd
W. Pall Mall St
Norfolk Naval Air Station
Navy
Boyd
Winchester
Naval Training Center
Bainbridge, Md
Church of Christ In
E. W. Barr Packing House
Eight area men enlist in Air Corps for training
Eight area men enlisted in the Air Corps and one re enlisted. Those headed to Samp son Air Force Base Geneva New York for basic and indoctrination training include David L Burks Bob by Burks Layne A Secrist Arthur H Lewis Lawrence C Wolverton Charles W Corbin Jack S Ernest of 440
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Air Corps
Sampson Air Force Base
Geneva
N. Y
David L. Burks
Mary Cecelia Burks
Bobby Burks
Michael Burks
Layne A. Secrist
Melvin Secrist
Gore
Arthur H. Lewis
Handley Graduate Wins VPI Award for 300 Scholarship
Randall Thomas Davis, a 1955 Handley graduate, earns a $300 scholarship to VPI after a competitive exam and will enter the freshman class next September to study engineering. He is the son of Mrs. Randall Thomas Davis of 1272 S Braddock St.
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Randall Thomas Davis
Handley
VPI
Davis
Randall’ Thomas Davis
S. Braddock St
Grant Park Garage Handles Up To 5000 Cars Daily
The Grant Park Garage in Chicago has a capacity of 2359 spaces yet accommodates as many as 5000 cars per day making it the world’s largest underground parking facility.
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Grant Park
Chicago
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Chrysler
Chapman Motor CO
Boscawen St
N. Cameron
Carr Publishing CO. Inc
Wolfe St
Tee
Miller's
N. Loudoun St
O Carl Gillespie
Sheppard Afb
McDill Afb
Philip Clem
Cuba
Ernest Clem
Tarawa
Philip R. Clem
Fleet Post Office
New York
Irvan T. O'Connell, Jr
S. Loudoun St
Quantico
the Everglades
Fleet Service Force
Cannes
France
Istanbul
Turkey
Naples
Italy
Palermo
Sicily
Palma
Spain
Lisbon
Portugal
Walter Jagiello
Ben Rogers
Ben E. Rogers, Jr
Ben E Rogers
Chevrolet
Seiberling
Cammer Tire CO
USS
Chase
Douglas Boyd
Kenneth E. Henry Co
American Finance
E. Boscawen ST
Loudoun & Cameron Sts
Virginia
Waffie
Winchester's Shopping Center
Plymouth
America
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