Harris Community Building Ties Memorial to Fire Service Past
The Harris name features prominently as the Middletown community dedicates its building on the former fire site. Attendees include Mrs. Howard E. Shull and Ainsworth Sperry, with praise for the Auxiliary’s fundraising of thousands for equipment. The Harris Community Building, begun Nov 4 1950, now houses two fire trucks and a busy hall used by local groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harris
O’neal
Middletown
Frederick van Hogendorp
Miss Harris
Judy
Janie Harris
Charles Harris
America
J. F. Everly
W. R. Campbell
E. B Caplinger
Reliance E. A. B
Howard E. Shull
Middletown Fire Company Auxiliary
S. Ainsworth Sperry
Harric Communty
Fire Company
Seed dispersal by plants with explosive >50 ft potential
Some plants disperse seeds by explosive action or other means without wind. The sandbox plant Hura crepitans can explode and scatter seeds like shrapnel over more than 5 ft, illustrating that certain species can project seeds farther than wind dispersal alone.
Navy recruits and sailors in training and exercises highlighted
AS Donald S. Herring, seaman USN, son of Mr and Mrs Paul Herring, joins the Recruit Training Command Drum and Bugle Corps at the Naval Training Center. Henry G. Vickery, seaman USN, son of Mrs Jessie Kruser, took part in Santangles 54 near Camp Lejeune aboard USS Rockbridge. Charles T. Green, 18, promoted to corporal with the Army Security Agency in Tokoro after enlisting in 1952.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald S. Herring
Seaman
USN
Paul Herring
Highland Ave
Recruit Training Command
U. S. Naval Training Center
Henry G. Vickery
Jessie Kruser
Route 3
Camp LeJeune
N. C
Rockbridge
Onslow Beach
Charles T. Green
Charles E. Green
Army Security Agency
Tokoro
Corporal Green
Army
Camp Gordon
Billy W. Shank
F. W. Shank
E. Piccadilly St
Brooke Army Medical Center
Medical Training Center
Army Medical Service
Jack Pitcock Joins Seabees in England
Jack E. Pitcock son of Mrs. Mary E. Grim of Stephens City recently returned home on a 14 day leave and will go to England to join a Seabee Battalion trained as a Diesel mechanic. Seabees draw from over 55 trades and built 300 naval bases between 1942 and 1945. A2c Donald E. Huff also a veteran returns from 28 months in Japan for a 30 day leave and is stationed with the 67th Fighter Interceptor Squadron at Presque Isle Maine as a jet mechanic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack E. Pitcock
Mary E. Grim
Stephens City
England
Seabees
Navy
Donald E. Huff
Japan
Ida T. Huff
E. Picadilly St
67Th Fghter Interceptor Squadron
Presque Isle
Maine
Army training notes and local land transfers from Winchester area
Pvt. Elmer Clowser trains eight weeks at Fort Leonard Wood with the 6th Armored Division before advanced training. Other soldiers complete courses at Fort Belvoir and Brooke Army Medical Center. Local residents Junior Fuller at Camp Gordon and multiple Winchester land transfers are listed with names, parcels, and districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pvt
Elmer C. Clowser
Irving Clowser
Hayfield
Fort Leonard Wood
6Th Armored Division
Pvt. Clowser
Realty Transfers In and Around Winchester Area
Real estate transfers listed include H H Omps to Ira W Sirbaugh two lots near U S Highway 522 south of Winchester and Pine Motor Co to Newton B Shingleton on Hill Creek Grade Road. Dorothy B Riley to Stanley W Riley one acre on U S Highway 50 west of Gore. John G Schwier to Raymond K MacMillan two Elm Street lots in Stonewall District. Glaize Developments Inc to Richard L Hawkins in Harrison Addition on Paper Mill Road. James Allen to Stephen Franek Buffalo Lick Road Winchester area. Stephen Franek to Kenneth H Godlove Buffalo Lick Road two parcels near Winchester. Ben E Rogers to Joseph R Jenkins Church Street Middletown. Cc D Dye to Emory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. Omps
Ira W. Sirbaugh
Winchester
U.S
Pine Motor Co., Inc
Newton B. Shingleton
Hill Creek
Dorothy Bess Riley
Stanley W. Riley
Gore
Back Creek
John G. Schwieer
Raymond K. MacMillan
Elm St
Stonewall
Glaize Developments, Inc
Richard L. Hawkins
Paper Mill Road
Harrison
James Allen
Stephen Franek
Shawnee
Buffalo Lick Road
Kenneth H. Godlove
Ben E. Rogers
Joseph R. Jenkins
Church St
Middletown
Cc. D. Dye
Emory
Also Mentioned on This Page
Singer Sewing Center
Loudoun St
Court House
C. B. Smalts & Son
National Ave
Ilyine Hiedoms
Anne Adams
Winchester Evening Star
Attern Dept
West 17Th St
York 11
N. Y
Donald Herring
Bainbridge
Henry Vickery
USS
Charles Green
Jack Pitcock
Donald Huff
Elmer Clowser
Leonard Wood
James Huntsberry
Fort Belvoir
James W. Huntsberry
E. Rhodes Huntsberry
Tennyson Avenue
Engineer School
U. S. Army
United States
Billy Shank
Texas
Handley High School
Shank
Junior Fuller
Junior L. Puller
Otto Fuller
Georgia
Stonewall School
Heatwale Motor Company
Pvt. Fuller
Mary Jenkins
Wils
Richard D. Kern
H. P. Motors
Emory Wilson
Webber's Plumbing & Heating, Inc
Charles W. Webber
J. P. Darlington
Marguerite B. Golar
Robert E. O'Neal
Rodney G. Wolverton
Berlyn S. Yancey
Clarence N. Campbell
Neta O. Loveless
Robert H. Heterick
Robert Smelser
White Hall
Boyd R. Ambrose
Rosa M. Ramey
German St
Green St
Bertha Belle Riley
Russell L. Holliday
Opequon
City OF
Paul Schneider
Henry Schneider
Virginia Ave
Frances E. Massie
Lewis M. McGulerick
Euclid Ave
Roscoe V. Nickerson
Bennett W. Russell
Watson Ave
Eugene D. Russell
Hazel M. Nelson
Morningside
Charles L. Cameron
Kern St
Roy R. Boyce
Commercial & Savings Bank of
N. Loudoun St
Frank Clevenger
Ernest Jennings
Henry Ave
George Kelchner
William D. Bowley
Braddock St
J. C. Penney Company, Inc
Wnyeet
SAFEW
Cello
Ibs
Margaret Flickinger
Virginia Power Company
Berryville
Freezer
Northern Virginia Power CO
Frederick County
Chrysler
Chapman Motor CO
West Boscawen St
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