The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1945-07-05

Service Editor of the Journal,
or telephone to Mrs. w. E.
Behrens. Phone 4-2671.
AS he mentions in the first para
graph of his letter, it has been a
long time since we have heard
from Pfc. Charles w. Clevenger
Phairsburg soldier now stationed
in Germany.
Brother of Tech/Sgt. Robert
Clevenger, who died of pneumonia
in France on June 18, Pfc. eleven
ger had evidently not known of his
brothers death at the time he
wrote us, (June 22). Yet, strangely
enough, his letter dwellS largely
on deaths of servicemen, prompted
by the Honor Roll of 90 Union
county war dead, published in the
May % issue of The Journal.
Pfc Clevenger's letter follows:
Kitizingen, Germany
June %, 1945
Service Editor
Union County Journal
MarySville, Ohio
Dear Sirs:
l have not bothered you with a
letter for quite some time, so will
do so tonight. l receive the Journ-
J al quite regular, and, as usual, en-
joy its news immensely.
But to me the May 28th issue
was a very sad one. Not because
of the fact that it was the issue
just proceeding Memorial Day, but
on account of the names of those
60 young men that appeared on
the front page The most of those
young men / knew personally and
will indeed miss their presence in
Union County, if and when l re-
turn back there.
Right now l am sweating out,
whether / will go directly to the
Far East and Pacific theater of
operations, or if / will be one of
the more fortunates and receive a
furlough in the States proceeding
action in the Pacific.
The Journal stated, These
boys have lost lives in service. l
would prefer the word given, in
place of "loSt"".a.The majority of
those young men, and perhaps all
of them, were good Christian young
men and any life that is rooted in
the Foundation of Jesus Christ, re-
gardless of how that life is taken
out of this world, is never lost.
Those young men have given
their lives and the parents of these
young men have given son, some
thing that can never be purchased
with gold or silver.
Some people, who have not given
a son or perhaps daughter in
this present world catastrophe, may
be of the opinion that they are hav-
ing to undergo a lot of unnecessary
hardshipS and an outlay of lot
of finances. But you take those 60
young men, and that undoubtedly
is not the full figure who repre-
sent Union County, consider Union
is but one of SO counties in Ohio
and Ohio but one of 48 states, the
number of lives that would figure
up would be an appalling number
and | believe it would far outshad-
ow any hardship or financial bur-
den that may have fallen upon any
childleSs parents in this war.
None of those young men
should ever have fallen upon a
foreign, battlefield. 1t was only
due to the fact, that we put too
much trust in Germany in the last
20 years. But it will take lot
longer than 20 years, if ever, for
Germany to build up another war
machine to engulf the world
Union county has never been
found Stacking when it comes to
backing her sons and daughters in
service with war bonds, which is
very gratifying to me. May we
look forward to the future with an
enlightening vision, hoping the con-
flict with our remaining enemy
may be brought to an end in 1916.
To the parents and loved ones
of our boys, (our friends and COM
rades), who have fallen on the
field of battle, may the consoling
hand of our Savior and Master be
ever with you, to console you,
guide you and make your steps
lighter.
Best regards to your paper, to
its staff and to all my friends in
good old Union county.
Sincerity,
Charles Warren Clevenger
P.S.-The enclosed are merely my
own thoughts, as dumb as they may
be worded, and no reflection upon
your splendid paper or any individ-
ual person. Please accept them as
such.
MISgt. Raymond Bader, hus-
band of Doris child Bader, for
merly of this community, spent |
Monday with the latter's grand
mother, Mrs. o. K. Eastman and
other relatives and friends.
Sgt. Bader is home after 33
months overseas, spending most of
this time in Africa and England |
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