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

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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,

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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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