World War II Scrapbook, Table of Contents

Cowansville Soldier Checks Wire  – SGT John E. Elder

1

Worthington

G-I has Broken Leg – CPL Walter Anthony 

1

Worthington

Soldier is Wounded – CPL Walter Anthony 

1

Tarrtowner

Given Medal – SGT Joseph R. Leard 

2

Arrives

in England – LT John F. McGrady

2

Area

Youth A Prisoner – PFC Vernon Belles

2

Soldier

Brothers Meet in Germany – SGT Leonard S. Kilgore and PVT Robert Kilgore

2

Lost

Boys Found in Coal Mine – William Buzzard, 11, and Harry Buzzard, 8

2

District

Soldier Slightly Wounded – PVT. Donald J. Sedwick

2

Visits

Relatives – CPL Stanley J. Palinski

2

Soldier Sees Kin in Italy – SGT Oswaldo Gaggini

3

Beam Falls; Foot Injured – Elmer G. Sipes

3

West Kittanning Youth a Prisoner – Pfc Robert E. Sanders

3

Adrian Soldier is Missing in Action – 1st SGT Wade S. Toy

3

Ten-Day Furlough – PVT John S. Toy

3

Coal

Mine in a River

4

Young

Father Listed Dead – PVT Richard Joseph Brown

5

Local

Youth to Man Gun – CPL Fred Sanders

5

Father

of Two Killed in Battle Action in Belgium – PVT Reynolds Bowser

5

LT

Don Bone Back at Base

6

Father

of Three Dead – PVT Kenneth J. Rodges

6

SGT1st

Class Wayne Woodall Home on Leave

6

Furnace

Run Youth Wounded in Action – PFC Raymond Lemmon

6

Marriage

Application – John William Kennedy and Ernestine Jean Sipe

6

PVT

John S. Toy Home on Leave

6

Kittanning

GI Missing – PFC Yates Mast

7

Brothers

Meet in Philippines – Orville Bofinger, Petty Officer, 2nd Class and PVT

Charles Bofinger

7

(Recipe)

For a Happy New Year

7

Worthington

GI Promoted – CPL William R. Beers

8

Happy

Birthday – CPL Neil Jack

8

Sipe

– Kennedy Wedding

9

James

B. Hindman, 61, Obituary

9

Lloyd

Pyle, Infant, Obituary

9

14 1/2 Inch Fall Covers Area; Travel Snarled

10

Snow

Falls 7 Mondays

10

Fresh

Snow Pelts Area

10

Drifts

Shut Some Roads

10

Rural

Road Shut Again

10

Snow Scenes

11

Local

Man’s Unit Cited – PVT William G. Curren

12

Killed

in Action – PVT Kenneth John Rodgers

12

Girl’s

Burns Prove Fatal – Dorothy Marie Pyle, 4

12

Leg

Fractured – Edward Pyle

12

Eleanora

Anthony’s Marriage Announced

12

Auto

Accident – Lester Pyle

12

Glassmere

Plant Damaged by Fire

12

Rural

District Couple United in Matrimony – Norabelle Schaeffer and Clair

Anthony

13

Makes

Sacrifice � PFC Kermit M. Claypool

13

Medal

Received by Widow of Soldier � Mst. SGT Daryl LaVerne Lowry

13

Picnic

Held at Buffalo Valley � Pyle Family

13

Father

of 3 Missing � PFC Theodore M. James

13

Listed

Missing � PFC John L. (Jack) Young

13

Dies

in Belgium � PVT Reynolds Bowser

13

Made

Sacrifice � PFC Kermit M. Claypool

14

Lies

Buried in Holland � PFC Harold C. Wray

14

Woundee

is Visited by Soldier Brother � PFC John Ulsky and PFC Walter Ulsky

14

Kittanning

GI Missing � PVT Wallace R. Belles

14

Prisoner

of War Writes � PFC Joe Polinsky

14

Baker

� Smith Wedding � Mildred M. Baker and PO 1^st Class Edwin

P. Smith

14

Kittanningite

is Made LT = 2^nd LT Evan L. Bowser

15

Soldier

Home for First Time in 39 Months � PFC John Hepfl

15

Route

Four Youth Dead � PFC Kermit M. Claypool

15

Memorial

Conducted � PFC Richard Joseph Brown

15

PFC

Jerry L. Slagle Arrived Safe in Germany

15

Home

on Leave � PFC James Brodhead

15

Marriage

License Application � Edwin H. Smith and Mildred M. Baker

15

Fatally

Wounded � PFC Henry A. Earley

16

Fort

Gunner is Promoted � Sergeant Fred H. Sanders

16

Sixth

Star Added to Palinski Flag � John Polinski, 17, leaves for duty with

Navy

16

Soldier

Hurt in Collision � CPL Richard Trudgen

16

Local

Women Visit Tucson Residents � Mrs. Carl Trudgen, Sr. and Mrs. Theodore

Trudgen

16

Girl

Breaks Leg � Shirley Adams, 7

16

PFC

William Slee Arrives Safely in France

16

Area

Soldier Listed Dead � PFC Percy B. Fiscus

17

Area

Soldier Listed Dead � CPL Homer Bish

17

Templetonite

Said Missing � PFC Jerry L. Slagle

17

Plane

Mechanic is Advanced � CPL Edward C. Lemmon

17

Missing

Soldier Back in Action � PVT Wallace R. Belles

17

Returns

from Wilkensburg � Mrs. Eberly Bowser

17

Jack

W. Vensel Promoted to Staff Sergeant

17

District

Autoists License Withdrawn � Francis M. Shaffer

17

Merle

Kunselman Promoted to Sergeant

17

Dramatic

Rescue in Burma

18

Trucks

Fall Over Bank

18

Cadet

Nurses are Capped � Marilyn Joy Wonderling

18

Harry

E. Toy Promoted to Private First Class

18

Youth

Goes to Seaman School � Robert Nelson Slagle, Jr.

18

Combat

Vet Ends Visit � PFC Donald C. Lasher

19

Farmer

is Found Dead � Calvin Bowser

19

West

Kittanning Soldier Wounded –  T/5

Bernard E. Fox

19

Frank

Mast Nearing 90

19

Listed

Missing � PFC Floyd C. Bowser

19

Seaman

1/C Virginia Marie Snyder Visits Parents

19

John

A. Snyder Promoted to Sergeant

19

Thomas

James Krautbauer, Jr., Seaman 1/C

19

Captain

Albert R. Montgomery, Jr. Spends Weekend with Parents

19

Local

Soldier is Air Gunner Grad � PFC Louis L. Karns

19

Wounded

Soldier � S/SGT Harry R. Hooks

20

Adrian

Soldier Reported Killed � PVT Charles E. Johnson, Jr.

20

CPL

And Mrs. Paul E. Collier Return to Georgia

20

Seaman

1/C Ralph G. Plyler Spends Weekend with Family

20

Son

Born to Mr. And Mrs. Chester Toy, February 22, 1945

20

Soldier

Completes Technical Course � William A. Schultze

20

PVT

Harry E. Toy Returns to Outfit

20

Petty

Officer 3/C Lawrence Dailey Telephones Sister

20

PFC

Wilbert Beckwith Arrives in France

20

Prisoner

of War � SGT Harry Shea

21

Killed

in Action � PFC Byron K. �Barney� Gould

21

Seaman

Sees Many Lands �Seaman 1/C Theodore C. Kerr

21

Johnson

� Claypool Wedding

21

Craigsville

Pilot Crash Lands B-24 After Wobbly Flight Home from Iwo � LT James B.

Fagen

22

Air

Vet to Ferry Ships � LT Charles C. Soloski

22

Pacific

Vet Given Tests � PFC John T. Hepfl

22

District

Man Commended for Heroic Achievement � PFC Joseph E. Wyant

23

District

Woman in Good Health at 88 � Mrs. Carrie Corbett

23

Palinski

Family Attend Funeral

23

Elmer

E. Eckman Admitted to Veterans Hospital; PFC Albert L. Eckman Transferred

to New Guinea

23

Sidney

Sedwick Promoted to Captain, Army Medical Department

23

Wounded

Soldier Telephones Wife � PVT Warren Dosch

23

District

Soldier Wounded on Luzon � SGT Gerald Trudgen

24

Captain

Jacob C. Fair Returns to Base

24

Cowansville

Man Rescues Engineer After Collapse of Bridge at Remagen � SGT Merle

Williams

24

Pauline-Anthony

Wedding � Miss Virginia Pauline and Charles Anthony

24

1^st

LT James E. Goodwin Arrives in U.S.

24

Merchant

Seaman Visits Parents � Mr. and Mrs. John Stubrich

24

Gunner�s

Mate Leno Baresi Visits Parents

24

Twin

Sons Born to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Bowser

24

Mr.

and Mrs. Charles A. King have Son, February 23, 1945

24

Airman

is Listed Dead � 2^nd LT Robert S. Shearer

24

Father

of Two Killed � S/SGT Paul F. Edwards

24

Soldier�s

Buddies Send Condolences to Parents: 

Adrian Couple Told of Death and Burial of SGT Ernest Eugene Steffey

25

Wounded

Soldier Returns to Duty � PVT Harry E. Toy

25

SGT

Patyck Reported Ill

25

Open

Letter � CPL L. Arnold Bish

25

Seamen

End Visits Home � Seaman 2^nd Class William R. Allott and

Seaman 1^st Class Carl Lasher

25

Seaman

Wayne W. Wible at Boot Camp

25

LT

Claude (Boomer) McNabb On Way into Active Duty

25

Mrs.

Ralph Plyler and Son Visiting in Fairmount City

25

Service

to Honor Soldier�s Memory � PFC Kermit M. Claypool

25

District

Soldier Report Missing � PFC John L. Young

25

Kittanning

Soldier Awarded Star Medal � CPL Eli M. Smith awarded Bronze Star

27

Heart

Medal Received � PVT Reynolds C. Bowser

28

Adrian

Soldier Slightly Wounded � PFC William A. Bouch

28

Awarded

Combat Badge � PFC William Slee

28

Seaman

1/C Paul William Long transferred to Norfolk

28

STM

2/C Robert C. Whitesell Home on Leave

28

PFC

Paul Bennett Arrives Safely in England

28

Robert

Paul Garis receives rating of Fireman First Class

28

Mrs.

Pearl Woods receives letter from grandson, Robert Woodrow Conway, in South

Pacific

28

Marriage

License Application � Norman George Bennett and Mary Alice Schultze

28

Templetonite

is Prisoner � PFC Jerry L. Slagle

28

Army

Driver Gets Stripes � PVT Charles I. Yockey

29

Death

Word is Confirmed � PVT, Earl M. Lytle

29

Terrace

Wall is Damaged in automobile accident

29

Navy

Enlistee is Honored at Tarrtown � Walter Matthews

29

Jack

Nolan Toy, aged four weeks, dies, March 23, 1945

29

Local

Seabee on Iwo Jima Island – Edward �Ted� Atwood

29

Killed

on Iwo � John A. Bentley, Jr.

30

Makes

Sacrifice � PFC Bernard Polinski

30

Kittanning

Airman Reported Missing � S/SGT William Klester

30

PVT

Frank Recupero now in Germany

30

Mr.

& Mrs. Howard Lemmon move to new home

30

Soldier�s

Wife Gets Souvenirs � Mrs. Melvin R. Toy

30

Sea

Shells Sent Home � Seaman 2/C D. R. Johnson

30

Gunner�s

Mate 2/C George Gelles surprises parents with telephone call

30

Local

Men Meet in Marianes Islands � Charles Enders, USN, and Chester Black,

Marine Corps

30

Kittanning

Marine Wins Medal for Saipan Action � Marine Platoon SGT John W. Slagle

31

Killed

in Action � T/5 Joseph M. Geidel

31

Ernie

Pyle Killed

31

Soldier

Gets Home before Embarkation � S/SGT Richard E. Clepper

31

PVT

Jay R. Edwards spends furlough with parents

31

Wounded

Soldier Leaves Hospital � S/SGT Franklin C. Mechling

32

Brothers

United at Pearl Harbor � Seaman 2/C John Henry and PFC Ralph Henry

32

Soldier

Tells of Months Old Wound � PFC Linford Toy

32

PVT

Francis Shaffer reports to Fort Meade, MD

32

CPL

Stanley J. Palenski home on emergency leave

32

Adrian

Woman�s Son a Prisoner � SGT Wald S. Toy

32

LT

Claude McNabb Breaks Right Arm in Fall

32

Flowers

Sent Here from Bermuda Shop � Mrs. Thomas M. Bowser

32

Souvenirs

Sent Home � PFC Harry J. Wagaman

32

Cowansville

Man Lauded � CPL Melvin Zellefrow

33

Motor

Wreck Kills Miner � Leonard Arthur Davies, 33

33

PVT

Herman W. Jones now in Germany

33

Slagle-Eckman

Wedding:  Miss Ruth Slagle and

Elmer Eckman

33

Steward�s

Mate 3/C Fred Jones Reports to New London, CT

33

Rural

Kittanning Soldier Wounded � PVT Harry Toy

33

PVT

John McNutt Lands in France

33

Local

Soldier Killed by Mortar Shell Fragments � PVT Earl N. Lytle

34

Helm-Adams

Wedding � Miss Annabel Emmaline Helm and Capt. Vernon G. Adams

34

West

Leechburger Held by Germans � PFC Paul Libarakis

34

West

Kittanning Church To Be Wedding Scene � Miss Mary Alice Schultze and

Norman Bennett

34

Seaman

1/C Ralph G. Plyler Transferred to Naval Training Base in California

35

SGT

C. J. Toy Lands in France

35

PFC

Paul Bennett Sends Mother Flowers from France

35

Mrs.

Ralph Plyler and Son Return from Detroit

35

PFC

Paul Palleno is Given Medical Discharge

35

Mrs.

And Mrs. Glenn Hooks are parents of a son born March 26, 1945

35

Harrison

Street Soldier Wounded � Staff Sergeant Clyde Mechling

35

Worthington

Man Honored � LT Donald Lewis

35

Injured

Soldier Returns to U. S. � CPL Richard Trudgen

35

Ends

Life by Hanging � Frank Painter, 89

35

Makes

Sacrifice � PFC Harold W. Nulph

36

Dies

in France � CPL Homer Bish

36

PFC

Senes A. Orton returns to Camp Bowie, TX

36

Jack

G. Nicely receives Seaman First Class rating

36

Woundee�s

Wife Receives Medal � PVT Warren Dusch receives Purple Heart

36

Non-Support

Charged

36

Killed

in Combat � PFC Percy B. Fiscus

37

Memorial

Rites to be Conducted � PVT Reynolds V. Bowser

37

Brother

of Combat Casualty Missing � PFC Floyd C. Bowser

37

Sympathy

Extended � PVT Joseph Brown

37

Soldier

Dies from Wounds � PFC John A Stover

37

Arm

Operation Undergone � PVT Warren Dosch

37

CPL

Samuel Slee Was Among First to Land on Luzon on D-Day

37

Wounds

Fatal � PFC John A. Stover

38

Krautbauer

� Foster Wedding � Miss Mary Jane Krautbauer and S/SGT Meade J. Foster

38

 Airman

Gets Third Leaf � S/SGT Earl P. Clark

38

District

Soldier Helps Wreck Tanks in Luzon � PFC William J. Walls, Sr.

38

Citation

Received by Soldier�s Widow � PVT Clarence D. Hill

38

Seaman

2/C Thomas R. McMillen home on leave

38

Franklin

D. Roosevelt

39

Kittanning

Joins Nation in Mourning Over Death

39

Churchill

Calls Meet

39

Stalin

Pays High Tribute

39

Muffled

Drums Signal Nation�s Mourning at Loss of Great Leader

39

High

Naval Officers Form Honor Guard on Long Journey to Washington

39

As

President Accepts His Nomination

40

Casket

with Guard of Honor

40

Roosevelt�s

Body Rests

40

The

Thirty-First President of the Nation is Laid to Rest

41

Navy

Enlistee is Honored at Party � Walter James Matthews

42

Navy

Man Advanced � Radioman 3/C Clarence Eugene Claypool

42

Schultze-Bennett

Wedding � Miss Mary Alice Schultze and Norman Bennett

42

Crawford-Shaffer

Wedding � Miss Nellie Virginia Crawford and Clifford Lloyd Shaffer

42

Mrs.

Lester Pyle Visits Husband, S 1/C Pyle, in New York City

42

Richey-Shaffer

Wedding � Miss Rhode M. Richey and Francis M. Shaffer

42

Eberhart-Walcott

Wedding � Miss Emogene Rosalie Eberhart and CPL Reginald B. Walcott,

USMC

43

Mrs.

Charles (Yingst) Hepler

43

Claude

�Boomer� McNabb Promoted to 1^st LT

43

County

Men Are Freed � PFC Floyd Bowser, PFC John L. Young, and S/SGT Paul

Kutch Released from German Prison Camps

43

Cowansville

Man Serving on Luzon � CPL James D. Shearer

43

Nine

to Leave for Service for Navy � Gerald Franic Hicks, John Dohrman

Sinclair, Lester Byron Pyle,

Thomas

Frederick Crofutt, Anthony Paul Vota, Ralph Glenn Plyler, Richard James

Webster, Jack Greely Nicely, and David Lee Cousins. 

Carl Noble Adams is also mentioned

44

Farewell

Dinner Held for Navy Selectee � Lester B. Pyle

44

PVT

Theodore E. Anthony Obituary

44

Seaman

Honored in Cowansville Home � Seaman Lester B. Pyle

44

Local

Pilot Parachuted � Capt. Hollis Roofner

45

Killed

on Luzon � PFC George Ulisky

45

Twice

Wounded Vet Returns to Family � PFC Harry E. Toy

45

In

Memorium � PVT Clarence D. Hill, Husband

45

In

Memorium � PVT Clarence D. Hill, Father

45

Kittanning

Soldier Freed From German Prison Camp � PFC Floyd C. Bowser

46

Air

Medal is Awarded � Sgt. James F. Rau

46

Three

Hurt in Accident � Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Burns and Joe Hepfl

46

Freeport

Woman Accepts Congressional Medal of Honor in Behalf of Dead Son � PVT

Donald R. Lobaugh

47

Prisoner

16 Months Local Man on Way Home � S/SGT James Norton

47

Information

Made in Feed Mill Fire � Edgar Allen Stennett

47

Seaman

1/C Lester B. Powell arrives in New York from overseas

47

Air

War Vet in Florida � S/SGT Earl P. Clark

48

District

Soldier Given Wound Medal � PFC Joseph Edward Wyant

48

Seaman

1/C Lester B. Pyle returns to New York after a 4-day leave

48

Soldier

Held for Military Police � Robert M. Slagle

48

Veteran

Soldier Coming Home Soon � T/SGT Leonard S. Kilgore

48

West

Kittanning Youth Liberated � PFC Robert E. Sanders

48

Driver

Will Face Charges � William R. Bowser

48

Recuperating

� PVT Robert W. Kilgore

49

Twice

Wounded Vet Returns to Family � PFC Harry E. Toy

49

Boy

Admits Guilt in Fire

49

Kittanning

Soldier Missing in Action � PFC Carlyle T. Hall

49

In

Memorium � Thomas Black

49

Seaman

1/C Stewart Bowser Home on Leave

49

Overseas

Soldier�s Body Brought Home � PVT Theodore Anthony

50

Petty

Officer 1/C Lawrence Daily returning to overseas duty

50

Coxwain

Charles H. Delp Home for 22-day Leave

50

Services

for Theodore E. Anthony

50

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