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All information which appears here is attributed to The Louisburg Herald.

This issue is about the October 12, 1944 issue of the Louisburg Herald. Obviously, most of the news items

from that period are related to the war.

October 12, 1944

Ens. Frank Moody is home on a 28 day leave to be

spent with Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Kelly and Mr. and

Mrs. Chas G. Kelly. Ens. Moody will report to

Daytona Beach, Fla. for three months advanced

training on the Navys best, the F6F Hellcat plane.

(note: Frank Moody lived with the Kellys while in

High School)

Cpl. Don Masterson visited his parents, Mr. and

Mrs. Roy Masterson, while on a 12-hour pass.

Don is a member of the 330th

Bombardment

Group, and is a crew member on the B-29 in the

Pacific.

Lieut. Archie G. (Gil) Jackson received Presidential

Citation due to a mission in which Gil piloted a P-

38 over Foggia, Italy in which he and his fellow

pilots destroyed 151 enemy airplanes on the

ground. Gil rotated stateside after flying 51

missions in the P-38 fighter in France, Africa, Sicily

and Italy. He will now be an aerial gunnery

instructor at Ontario, Cal. Gil is the son of Mr.

and Mrs. A. F. Jackson of the 3-f station south of

Louisburg.

Dale H. Carter, MM 1-C, is home on leave from

the Navy. Dale has seen service in Africa, Italy,

and the Mediterranean Sea. Dale is the son of

Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Carter and one of Sally

Carters three grandsons in the service.

Ginn-Ferrel Nuptials

The marriage of Miss Mildred Geneva Ginn to Cpl.

James F. Ferrel is announced. Miss Ginn is the

daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Ginn of Quantico,

Va. Cpl. Ferrel is the grandson of Dr. and Mrs. J.

V. Ferrel.

S-Sgt. George A. Windisch, son of Mr. and Mrs.

George Windisch of Louisburg, has been awarded

the Air Medal by Major General Partridge of the

8th

Army Air Force, for meritorious achievement

while participating in heavy bombardment

missions against the enemy over Continental

Europe.

Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Barkis are the parents of a

baby girl, born at the Smith nursing home in

Paola, KS. Lloyd is a brother of Marvin Barkis of

Louisburg.

A son weighing 7 1-4 pounds was born to Mr. and

Mrs. Fred Dalrymple of the Somerset community.

A photograph appears of Cpl. Paul Maynard

casting his ballot from somewhere in France.

Paul is serving as a lineman with the 6th

Armored

Division.

From the Purple and White section, the following

appears:


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I believe Delores Little became Delores Sillyman.

In 1944, High School football was played in the

afternoon and at Rogers Field.

The Sun Theater is showing Wing and a Prayer

and Uncertain Glory, plus a cartoon and news.

(Note: I believe Mollie Wells was the owner.)

(Note: I believe Howard Cooper owned this

shop.)

Mrs. Vernon White has returned from Meridan,

Miss., after spending several weeks with her

husband, S-Sgt. Vernon White.

Miss Jane Smith left Saturday for Abilene, Texas

after spending two weeks vacation with her

mother, Mr. L.G. Wilson and Mr. Wilson. Miss

Smith is a technician at the Regional Hospital,

Camp Barkley. (Note: Jane Smith married Ted

Matzkanin)

Roseanna Larkin Thomas celebrated her fourth

birthday anniversary with a number of little


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friends at her parents home in west Louisburg.

Rosanna is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. S.

Thomas.

Forty-eight patrons and pupils of the Moore

school, east of Louisburg, with the teacher, MissEtta Gillogly, enjoyed a wiener roast last Friday

evening.

Kenneth Windisch was at Trinity Lutheran

Hospital Wednesday morning where Dr. Hicock

removed three pieces of steel from his hand.

Mrs. David Wilson and Mrs. Frank Wilson arrived

at the home of the formers parents, Mr. and Mrs.

C. G. Weaver, Wednesday night. The latter spent

two weeks as a guest of her son and wife. (Note:

Mrs. David Wilson was Bettie Weaver, the wife of

the young man killed in the plane crash near

Drexel in 1946.)

T-5 Donald Nutt, brother of Mrs. Wilbur Wren,

has arrived safely in France. Mrs. Wren spent the

weekend with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.

Harry Sherar of near Paola.

Mr. and Mrs. Homer Steger, with Gene andTommy were weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs.

Jack Nelson at Drexel.

Pvt. Herman Henry, on furlough from Brook Field,

Tex., was a Wednesday caller in the Charles

Kircher home.

Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. O. C.

Gillogly were Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Goss with

Johanna; Miss Ruth Gillogly, Kansas City; Mr. and

Mrs. Joe Gillogly of West Line; and Mr. and Mrs. J.

F. Eggleston with Jerry Jay and Patricia.

Mr. Roy Watrous of Phoenix, Ariz., Mr. Henry

Watrous, Kansas City, and A.O.M. 3-C Chester

Watrous of Hutchinson, were visitors Sunday in

the J. H. Phillips home. Mrs. E. J. Lovett and Ed

Phillips of Lawrence were weekend guests in the

Phillips home.


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(Note: The Fall Wea Trap Shoot has been around

for a long time.)


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(Note: Like Ed Cook and Bill Kubitzki, Raymond

Barnes was a USAAF flight crew member.)


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