Barberton High School - Cigam Yearbook (Barberton, OH)

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HOWARD E WOODFORD Staff Sergeant Tlurd Battalion l30th Infantry 33rd Dxvuron Army of the Unxted States Howard Earl Woodford was bom mto the home of Mr and Mrs D D Woodford m Barberton Iune 21 1921 He was graduated from Barberton Hxgh School tn the Iune 1939 class and followmg hrs graduahon worked m the slnppmg department ofthe Babcock 61 Wxlcox Co lnducted mto the army Sep- tember 30 1942 he tramed at Fort Lewxs Washmgton and xn the Molave Desert Cahforma and was w1th the 130th Infantry of the 33rd D1v smce late 1942 He saw actxve servrce m the Central Pacrhc Area New Gumea and Netherlands East Indxes before gomg to Luzon Hav1ng reached the rank of S! Sgt wlth ehgrbllxty to wear three campcngn stars on hrs As1at1c Pacxfxc nbbon. Howard proved lnmself a good soldxer of hrs Country whxch awarded to hxm posthumously the Purple Heart In actxon rn Northern Luzon wlth the mtelhgence corps and as a leader of natzve guemllas Howard s brave leadershxp went far beyond the ordmary call of duty and led to successful actxon and the holdmq of the posmon gamed, as well as saving the hves of many of hrs comrades For lus performance m thxs achon he was awarded the Congressxonal Medal of Honor hnghest mxhtary award lus Country could bestow and m thxs performance he gave hrs lxfe At 4 30 on the mornmq of Iune 7 1945 a burst of grenade shrapnel struck him m the head and left snde causmg almost mstant death Hrs body was lard to rest at 9 00 a.m Iune 10 m the Amencan Mrhtary Cemetery No 1 at Santa Barbara. Penqasmxan Provmce Luzon. Phxhppxne Islands wxth a Chaplmn. his closest soldxer fnend Russell Stetler of Akron, and others sharmq m the ntes. Presented by AMERICAN LEGION HELEN THESING POST No 271 470 W Tuscarawas Ave SHerwood 7ll3 ARMY 6. NAVY UNION BARBERTON GARRISON No 3221 266 Wooster Rd N SHerwood 0231 VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS POST No 1066 75 Sxxth Street SHerwood 0106 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 1111 1 1 1 1 11 1 . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 - 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 11 1 1 1 11 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 l . 1 1 e e 1 11 o 1.11 .

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'C 'W-Q HOWARD E WOODFORD Stott Sergeant Third Battalion 130th Infantry gr 33rd Dlvxnon Army of the United States rg . . . ' I . I 3 A

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Ollgfa fu atL0n5 I1 I'a6lll,l1tL0l'l Mrs! W4 ea for the commq years QI an Industry Busmess or School ul-UMBIA CHEMICMI Three Old T1mers graduates of Barberton Hxgh School meet two recent graduates all Columbxans now Harley Crom Cstandmg centerl class of 07 assocrated w1th Columb1a Chem1ca1 for almost 30 years Mary Iosephme Wrlght Cstandmg nghtl also of class of O7 a Columblan for four years and Mart1n Muz1k Cseated left? class of 21 over 25 years a Co1umb1an swap school yarns w1th Rosanne Gamer Cseated centerl class of Iune 1945 and lack Yohe Kseated foregroundl class of Ianuary 1946 Rosanne and lack also heard oi the growth of Columbla 1ts employee GCIIVIIIGS and 1IS lnterest 1n Barberton commumty develop ment The front vlew of a busy place at Columbla the Em ployment Ofhce and mam plant entrance Thousands of Barberton resldents and h1gh school graduates have passed through these gates s1nce Columbla came to Barberton m 1899 The day shxft goes home A v1ew of the plant 1ns1de the gate at qu1ttxng trme showrng some old t1mers and newcomers many Barberton Hlgh School graduates Every graduat1ng class from Barberton Hrgh School has many of 1ts members mak1ng good at Columb1a THE COLUMBIA CHEMICAL DIVISION PITTSBURGH PLATE GLASS COMPANY BARBERTON OHIO