Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1954-04-01
MEN IN SERVICE

art, Newbury, Ohio, was re-
Gently transferred to the 7th
Infantry Division in Korea.
Weikart, who arrived on the
peninsula last August, had been
serving as security guard with
the 45th Infantry Division, which
is being returned to the U. S.
He will finish his Korean tour
of duty with the 7th Division,
now training to maintain COM
bat efficiency.
Private Weikart entered the
Army in March 1858 and COM
pleted basic training at Indian
town Gap, Pa.
CAMP GORDON, GA. Army
Pvt. Donald L. Goforth, 81, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Goforth,
Route /, HuntSburg, Ohio, will
move to Fort Bragg, N. c.,
from Camp Gordon, Ga, with
the 56th Military Police Prison
er of War Processing Company
to take part in Exercise Flash
Burn.
His unit, which will reach the
maneuver area April 7, will
receive, search and process all
captured enemy aggreSsor"
soldiers during the training
maneuver in which 10000 troops
will test the Army's e W e S t
weapons and tactics.
Private Goforth entered t h
Army in June 1858 and COM
pleted basic training at Camp
Gordon, Ga.
NEWBURY - Mary Mealand
of Pekin Rd., visited Western
Reserve university Wednesday,
Mar. "a, on VIRUS third an
nual High School Music Day.
One of 80 students visiting the
university in Cleveland, M i S
Mealand heard recitals and a
rehearsal of the Reserve band,
toured the WRU campus, and
met outstanding students in the
Division of Music there. S h e
was guest of the university
att dinner.
Miss Mealand is the daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. George
Mealand of Pekin Rd. In the
18th grade at Newbury high
school, she is pianist with the
school orchestra, accompanies
the choir on the piano, a n d
sings alto with the choral group
Pvt. 2 James c. Reed, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Alice Reed,
Huntsburg, Ohio, whose address
is Huntsburg, Ohio, has been
assigned to the Military Police
Company, The Infantry Center,
Fort Denning, Georgia.
AS member of Fort Ben
ning'S Special Troops c o m =
mand, the M. P. Company dut-
les cover a wide scope. Or
ganized in 1919, the unit is.
broken down into three sec
tions with each section cem-
pleting its own separate mis-
sion. The Administrative Sec
ton works directly with tn e
Provost Marshal filing delin-
ouency reports and handling We
hicle registrations. Investiga
tions are under the jurisdiction
of the Criminal Investigation
Division. Under the MP Oper-
ations Section, Traffic and
Range Guard activities, along
with all other on and off-post
police functions are co-ordinat-
ed.
Lieut.. william Pekarek of
the U. S. Airforce son of Mr..
and Mrs. william Pekarek OF ,
Restful Lake, who was station
ed at Samson Airforce Base at ,
Geneva, New York, this last
month, has been assigned to
Biloti Airforce Base in Missis-
Biloxi Airforce Base in Missis-
school for the next 25 weeks
and study electronics. !
On his journey down, Lieut..
Pekarek was accompanied by
his mother. They visited Lin
coins birthplace in Kentucky,
the Hermitage, home of Andrew +,
and Rachel Jackson in Tenn.
They also stopped at historic
Vicksburg and at Natsehez,
where they visited some of the j
ante bellum mansions of the old
south. Upon arrival in N e W
Orleans, they took a sight-see-
ING tour, visiting the old French
quarters and other ancient
landmarks.
This is where the journey
ended for Mrs. Pekarek. She
flew back home via Capital ]
Air Line Constellation and
Lieut.. Pekarek continued h S
Journey to Biloxi, which is a.
bout 70 miles from New Or ]
leans. t
MIDDLEFIELD A ! e n 2
Foust, who is stationed at Nor t
folk, spent the weekend with I
his family, called here by the t
illness of his wife. Mrs. Foust {
is improving now. Allen re- {
mained to help his mother cele-
brate her birthday, Sunday. I
Callers in the F'oust home v
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