Grove City College - Ouija Yearbook (Grove City, PA)

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lean was the first Butler County woman to die while in the service of the United States Armed Forces. After graduation from Grove City College in 1940, lean taught in the Butler High School where she was liked and respected by all who came in contact with her, just as she had been liked and respect- ed here on the campus. uary 8, 1943, as an instructor. by those who felt her influence. Ensign Jean R. Parker . Dick graduated from Penn Township Hi h School and attended Grove City College, graduating in 1939. Flis home town is Renfrew, Pa. While in college he was a member of Pi Gamma Mu and was interested in photography, music, and travel. Besides a wide range of interests, Dick was a brilliant student. In May, 1941, he joined the United States Army infantry, but in April, 1942, was transferred to the Air Forces and entered Cadet School at Maxwell Field, Ala. Lt. Edwards was killed in a plane crash near Newton, Texas, while he was on routine maneuvers with a squadron of pilots from his nearby base. uated in 1940. Forces. On September 15, 1942, lean enlisted in the WAVES, and com- pleted her officers training course at Smith College. She was assigned to active duty in the United States Naval Reserve on Ian- Ensign Parker was killed in an automobile accident, bringing to a close a life -that had brought happiness and friendship to all who knew her. The memory of her fine character will long be cherished Lt. Richard F. Edwards Lt. Gorman attended Grove City College for a while and then transferred to the Cincinnati College of Embalming where he grad- Clyde entered the service on April 9, 1941, and served for a time in the chemical warfare service. On Iuly 28, 1943, he received his commission and the silver wings of the United States Army Air While making a night test flight on November 22, 1943, he made the supreme sacrifice by keeping a disabled plane aloft while the i other members of the crew parachuted to safety. Lt. Clyde E. Gorman Ken Partrid e attended Grove City College after he graduated from Fredonia I-figh School. He worked for Leedom and Worral Co. in Butler before he entered the service. While in school here he was interested in baseball and golf and taking moving pictures. Ken was inducted into the Army Air Forces on August 6, 1942, and graduated from Buckley Field, Colo., as an armorer in Novem- ber, l942. He then went to Laredo, Texas. . On August 13, 1943, Ken died following an appendectomy in the hospital at Laredo Air Field, Laredo, Texas. i Cpl. Kenneth W. Partridge

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Tom, one of the best liked and most popular students ever to attend Grove City College, graduated from Grove City High School in 1938 and entered the college that fall, graduating from here in 1942. He was a talented singer and a member of the Adelphikos fraternity. Tom left to begin his training in the Naval Air Corps the day before Commencement in Iune, 1942. He took his first three months of training as a Naval aviation cadet at Chapel Hill, N. C., from where he went to Norman. Okla. He was in the last three months of his training at Corpus Christi, Texas, when he was fatally injured. A mid-air collision of dive-bombing planes at the Corpus Christi air base on March 10, 1943, caused the untimely death of one of the best friends Grove City ever had, within three weeks of the time he would have received his Navy wings of gold. AfC Thomas White Claude was always an interesting boy, happy, full of life and busy at something. Time and effort meant nothing when he was doing some intricate work. While Claude was in high school in his home town of Emlenton he was active in sports. In college he was president of the Outing Club and ver active in its affairs. He also was an active member of the Camera Club and an engineering major. He received his military training at the Weather School of the Army Air Corps in Grand Rapids, Mich., where he received his com- mission as a second lieutenant in November, 1943. He was ordered to Iackson Army Air Base, Miss., where he was killed in a plane crash on December 28, 1943, while on a mission of mercy with an- An unusual combination of talents-Tom always gave his best. other officer. Cpl. Robert Kenneth Dickson Ace, as we knew him, graduated from Altoona High School Lt. Claude King Not many students knew of two of Ken's hobbies, which were writing music and poetry. Most of us knew of his sports activities, his basketball and football, and knew that he was interested in dramatics. Ken was graduated from Grove City High School where he also excelled in sports. He was a student of medicine, and at the time of his death was working on a cure for cancer. Ken entered Grove City College in 1942 and soon became en- deared to all. His friendly grin and cheery Hi made him one of the most popular men on the campus. He was in the Medical Corps, continuing work in the field in which he was most interested, having been a pre-medical student here at school. Cpl. Dickson died in the Billings General Hospital at Fort Ben- jamin Harrison, Ind., on Ianuary 14, 1944. A true soldier of life- such was Kenny Dickson. in 1937 and entered Grove City College. He graduated from here in 1941 and was associated with the Sheraw Motor Co. until he enlisted in the Army. Ace stands ace-high in the memories of those of us who knew him. He took his primary flight training at Tulsa, Qkla., and his basic training at the West Point of the Air, Randolph Field, Texas. He received his wings and commission as a lieutenant in the Army Air Forces at Foster Field, Victoria. Texas, on April 29, 1942. He was then transferred to Reutschler Field. East Hartford, Conn. Ace lost his life in a plane crash on August 17, 1942, on a routine flight from Reutschler Field. Lt. Harry Sheraw

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supervisor in a plant in Ogden. Utah. active duty. in the waters of the Atlantic Ocean. Ensign John B. McClelland Bill was an engineering student at Grove City and attended colle e here from 1936 to 1938. He was a popular member of the Pan Sophic fraternity and enjoyed squash and tennis and was a mem- ber of the Y. M. C. A. On December 18, 1941, he enlisted in the Army Air Forces and did his elementary flying at Sikeston, iMo., and received his basic training at Randolph Field, Texas, where he was on the staff of the field's official publication. His advanced flying was completed at Ellington Field, Texas. On Iuly 29, 1942, after completing 222 hours in the air, death terminated Bil1's flying career in a plane crash at Houston, Texas. Iohn graduated from Grove Cit in Iune, 1937. and was em- ployed in the office of the Cooper-Blessemer Corporation for two years. Then he worked at Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio, and was soon put in charge of the tabulating machines. Next he worked as a ' He received his training for the Navy in Boston, Mass., and at the Navy Yard in Norfolk, Va. After receiving his commission as an Ensign in the United States Naval Reserve, he was assigned to A few weeks after he received his assignment to sea duty. Ensign McClelland's ship was sunk by a torpedo from an enemy ship sir Lt. William Simpson, Jr. Graduated from Oil City High School in 1938, lim attended Lt. James H. Redding Grove City College for the following year and a half. He was well liked by all the students and faculty alike and his absence was keenly felt when he left school at the end of the first semester of his soph- omore year. In May, 1941, lim enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force, and received his wings. He served as a flying instructor in Canada and was also stationed, for a time, on patrol duty in the Canadian northwest. After joining the United States Army Air Force, he was sta- tioned at Turner Field, Albany, Ga., where he was an instructor. Three months from the time he was transferred from the RCAF to the USAAF lim made the supreme sacrifice when his plane crashed ten miles north of Albany while flying with a student. Lt. Howard O. Evans graduated from Grove City High School in 1935 and Grove City College in 1940 where he was an extremely popular member of the student body. When he left school he was employed by the Sun Oil Co. at its Pittsburgh office. Howard entered the United States Army in February, 1942, and received his basic training at Camp Wheeler, Ga., and at Camp Howe, Texas. He was a first lieutenant in the Army when fatally wounded on November 23, while fighting with Gen. Clark's Fifth American Army at Venafro, Italy. He died the following day,