Bronze Star Awarded for Army Sgt Patterson in Vietnam
Sgt. Robert N. Patterson of Oakland New Jersey and Handley High School alumnus earned the Bronze Star Medal for meritorious achievement in ground operations against hostile forces in Vietnam with the 9th Infantry Detachment 9 Division. He previously lived at Winchester and Oak land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert N. Patterson
Arthur N. Patterson
Iroquois Ave
Oakland
N.J
Henry Ave
Winchester
Vietnam
9Th Infantry
Det
Patterson
Handley High School
Robert L. Chaplin Jr
Robert L. Chaplin
Malden Drive
Margaret Hatfield
W. Martin St
Martinsburg
W. Va
Andrews Air Force Base
Sgt. Chaplin
Headquarters Command
Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base
Thailand
Armed Forces Service Updates Highlight Local Servicemen
Pvt Louis A. Butts Jr and Sgt Harry E. Baker sons of Clearbrook residents serve in the U S Armed Forces with the Marine Corps and Army. Steven M Dailey of Stephens City graduates from a USAF technical school. Captain Will L Owings Jr from Middletown completes Squadron Officer School and becomes an instructor pilot at McChord AFB.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis A. Butts, Jr
Harry E. Baker
Louis Butts
Clearbrook
U.S. Armed Forces
Butts
U.S. Marine Corps
Eartss
Ge Font Lee
Parris Island
S.C
White Hall
Stonewall
AIR University Gradus
Air Force
Will L. Owings, Jr
Will L. Owings
Middletown
Air University
Maxwell Air Force Base
Ala
Owings
McChord Force Base
Washington
James Wood High School
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps Program
Corporal Edward Orndorff Transferred to Naval Hospital
Corporal Edward L. Orndorff USMC has been moved to the U S Naval Hospital in Philadelphia after being wounded July 31 in Vietnam. He had been hospitalised aboard a hospital ship and is the son of Mr and Mrs Horace E Orndorff Sr of Kernstown. Address: Cpl Edward L Orndorff US Naval Hospital 17th and Patterson Sts Philadelphia PA 19145.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward L. Orndorff
USMC
U.S. Naval Hospital
Philadelphia
Vietnam
Horace E.orndorff
Kernstown
Cpl
Naval Hospital
17Th and
Patterson Sts
Religious groups host reception for Tanzanian bishop at White Church
Grace Church St John Rippon and the Sum mit Point Episcopal Church hosted a reception at the White Church in Middleway honoring Bishop John Madinda of Tanzania. Also mentioned are local visitors and community notices from Jefferson and Clarke counties including student returnees and local reunions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Meta Frazier
Summit Point
Grace Church
St. John’s
Rippon
Episcopal Church of
White Church
Middleway
John Madinda
Tanzania
Africa
Local Social News From Howard Chapel Area
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Harmon of West Virginia visited relatives in Howard Chapel. Numerous visits occurred across families including Whitacres, Kerns, Harmon, DeHaven, and Whetzel with Labor Day trips and Cass Scenic Railroad activity noted. Mentions of Irene Harmon returning to school and residents visiting Benjamin Franklin and family conclude the notes. The piece closes with a historical note about Virginia’s penitentiary in Richmond established in 1797.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Va
Jefferson County
Sue Snyder
Cheryl Starkey
Ann Winn Childs
Nick Snyder
Shepherd College
Crim
Rowland
Howard Huff
Norman
Charles Town
E. F. Doane
Hester Rowland
Winchester
Glassford
Allen Glassford
Frances Coleman
Edna. Farnsworth
United Methodist Church
Kabletown
Terri Yarbo
Charleston
W.va
Stuart Yarbo
Mattie Gore
Morton Carper
Jeanne Carper
Hagerstown
Myrtle Mauzy
Elsie Carver
Brucetown
Harry O
Ralph Davidson
Berkeley Springs
Lee Whitacre
Bess Whitacre
Paul
C. L. DeHaven
Zane Kerns
Frank Whetzel
Harry Kerns
Ward Kerns
Lynn Whitacre
Virginia
Thelma
Irene Harmon
Janet Adams
West Virginia
Leon Whitacre
A.L. DeHaven
Henry Harmon
David Flowers
George Harmon
Benjamin Franklin
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rynard Brannon
Naomi L. Brannon
Siler
1St Aviation Brigade
Winchester Evening Star
Robert Patterson
Steven M. Dailey
M.L. Dailey
Route 1
Stephens City
Air Force Technical School
Sheppard Air Force Base
Tex
Military Airlift Command
Martinsburg Base
Shenandoah College
Louis Butts, Jr
Phu Bai
Thomas R. Edens
101St Airborne
3Rd Marines
Edens
Louise Edens
Berryville
Joseph Edens
Clarke County
Fort Benning
Fort Hollabird
Pretoria
South Africa
Winston Churchill
Peter Digby
Churchill
Aylmer Haldane
Staats
Haldane
BTU LO Boy Furnace
Howards Chapel
Virginia State Penitentiary
Richmond
Montgomery
Wards Riverside
Riverside
Wornels Oe
Official
Apple Growers
H.W. Butler & Bro., Inc
Wyck St
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