The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1946-01-03

1AGERSTOWN, MARYLAND
Leitersburg News
Ensign Robert Rodgers, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. James Rodgers, north
of town, gave his parents wonder
full Christmas gift by arriving home
from Pearl Harbor at o'clock on
Christmas morning. Landing on the
West Coast from the USS Saratoga,
he found, on arriving at Nashville,
Tennessee, that ordinary transporta-
ton would not get him home for
Christmas, so he and some fellow
officers hired a taxi there, for the
remainder of the trip to Maryland.
Ensign Rodgers, who spent the
past year in the Pacific area, has a
30-day furlough, at the end of which
he will report to Corpus Christi,
Texas. He expects to receive his
discharge from the Navy in June.
Sgt. Richard Eakle, who served
four years in the U. S Army, with
two years service in the European
theater returned home on Wednes-
day having received his discharge.
His wife, Mrs. Irene Kline Eakle,
and their son, Richard, Jr., resided
in the old bank building during his
absence.
Seaman Miller Smith, who spent
Christmas with his wife, Mrs. Lu-
ellie Smith, and his parents, Me-
and Mrs. John D. Smith, left the
day after Christmas to report to his
base in Florida His wife and par
ents accompanied him as far as
Washington.
Seaman Robert Morningstar, old
est son of Mr.. and Mrs. William
Morningstar, who has received his
discharge from the U. S. Navy, spent
several days with his parents here,
before poining his wife and chill
dren in Florida:
Pvt. Richard Verdier, husband of
Mrs. Isabella Vedier, has received
his discharge after serving two years
in the U. S. Army and has returned
home.
Seaman Charles Hurd has also re-
ceived his discharge from the U. S.
Navy and has returned home to
his wife and children, Connie and
Mildred.
Richard Myers, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Arthur Myers, north of town,
who was recently discharged from
the u S. Army, is patient at the
Washington County Hospital, as the
result of an automobile accident.
Richard and a friend were driving
along the road in the vicinity of
Chewsville one night last week,
when they unfortunately smacked
into a freight train.
Seaman Kenneth Hartman, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Hartman, Smithsburg
and Leitersburg road, has been dis
charged from the U. S. Navy. His
wife died about a year ago, leaving
an infant son.
Grover Cleveland Barkdoll, son of
the late Mr.. and Mrs. William Bark
doll, originally from Rock Forge,
died recently in Terra Haute, Ind,
and was buried in Waynesboro on
December %. He is survived by a
sister, DR. Eta Selsam, and son,
Grover Barkdoll, Jr. A druggist by
profession, he had been making his
home with his sister for the past
ten years, and assisted her in her
laboratory work.
His brother, the late DR.. Frank
Barkdoll, who died a number of
years ago, attended the Leitersburg
School when his parents resided in
Maryland.
The many friends and former pu-
pills of the late Howard Pinckney
Hartman, who was principal of the
Petersburg School in the late nine
ties, extend their sympathies to his
wife and daughter, Miss Marie Hart
man.
Holy Communion will be celebrat-
ed in the Lutheran Church here on
Sunday, January 13, at 1890 a. m.
The Womens' Missionary Society
will meet at 2 o'clock on Friday
afternoon, January 4, at the home
of Mrs. I. Keller Shank. Mrs. James
Rodgers will be the leader