The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-06-21
Leitersburg News

MIS-. irene Kline Eakle, mas been
awarded the Bronze Star Medal for
meritorious service in the United
Kingdom, France, Belgium and
Germany, He is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Eakle, north of Letters
burg.
The citation read: AS battalion
communications chief, Sergeant
Ealtle consistently maintained COM
munications within the unit in high
state, under the most trying condi-
tions of combat and weather. Faced
with frequent descriptions of the
wires and occasionally pinned down
by enemy fire, he never failed to
complete his mission. His ability
and unending devotion to duty re-
fleet the highest credit upon
Sergeant Eakle and the Armed
Forces of the U. S. A."
The writer Of this column is par
ticularly proud of the honor won
by the Sergeant, since she had the
pleasure of instructing him during
his first two years in school and
she found him just as dependable
a pupil as he has been proven as a
soldier
DIR. Walter Wishard Wolfinger
has received an honorable discharge
from the Armed Forces and has re-
summed the practice of medicine in
Waynesboro, having taken over the
practice of the late DR.. Craig, who
was killed while in the service of
his country. DR.. Wolfinger had many
patients from this locality when he
was located in Smithsburg.
Miss Mary Poe entertained Mrs.
Francis Bittner at dinner at the
Hotel Alexander on June 9th, ceIe-
brating the closing of the school
year. Other members of the Letters
burg scnool faculty were unable to
be present
Fred zeigler entertained the fol-
lowing guests at his home here on
Sunday, June 9: Dr. and Mrs Theo-
dore Distler and Mr.. and Mrs. Will
lam Shand, of Lancaster, and Rev.
and Mrs. l. D. Norman of Letters
burg
Mrs. Mary Newcomer has return
ed from a visit to her sister, Mrs.
Alta Hellinger Huff, who resides
about seven miles from Syracuse,
N. Y.
Miss Esther Stoneham is spending
two weeks with Rev, and Mrs.
Cornelius Rand, Halfway Rever-
end Rand is pastor of the Halfway
Baptist Church
Miss May Newcomer, accom-
panied by Mr.. and Mrs. Hillary,
of Charles Town, w. Va, spent
several hours at her home near here
on Tuesday, where they were the
guests of Miss Newcomers sisters
and brother at dinner. Miss New
conner acts as companion to Mrs
Hillary, who is a semi-inva1id.
Patsy Rinehart, nine-year-old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Rinehart, recently spent several
days with her cousins, the Rine-
hart children, here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Bell enter
tanned Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Ham
of HagerstoWn at a Fathers Day
dinner on Sunday. In the afternoon
the hosts and guests drove to Harp
er's Ferry for a picnic supper but,
due to the severe thunderstorm in
that vicinity, they had hard time
finding a dry place in which to
picnic.
Sgt Richard Hollingsworth, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Sheridan Hollings-
worth, who has been in hospital in
Staunton, Va, for several months,
has been transferred to a GONZALES
cent camp in North Carolina
Sgt Dick Slime, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Chester Slime, Hagerstown,
paid visit to his grandmother, Mrs
c. Myers, last week. The Sergeant
is stationed at the convalescent
camp in North Carolina that
Sergeant Hollingsworth has been
transferred to. 1t is in a beautiful
part of the state and has just re-
Gently been made into GONZALES
cent camp.
William Hebb was stricken with
paralysis in the Finfrock garage on
Thursday afternoon and his condi-
ton is too serious to permit of his
being moved from the Finfrock
home at present. Mr.. Hebb, who is
a cousin of Mr.. Finfrock, will be
moved to the home of his son, Mr..
Clyde Hebb, as soon as his condi-
ton improves enough for him to
be moved.
Robert Huff, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Lauren Huff, has returned to his
home at Wood Point, near Hagers-
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