Lowellville High School - Echo Yearbook (Lowellville, OH)

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In addltlon to attendlng and graduatlng from the many Coast Ar tlllery Schools General Fenton was selected to attend the Army War College ln 1922 and the Command and General Staff School ln 1927 The attendance at these latter two schools IS qulte a d1st1nct1on and only granted to certam selected offlcers In 1924 General Fenton returned to the Unlted States M1l1tary Academy as Assoclate Professor 1n the Department of Mathematlcs 1n whlch capaclty he served untll ordered to the Command and General Staff School Fort Leavenworth Kansas IH 1927 Upon graduatlon 1n 1928 he agaln returned to the M1l1tary Academy to become Asslstant Professor of Chemlstry and Electrxclty It IS lnterestlng to note at th1s t1me that this was to be a momentous step ln h1s career because w1th1n a years t1me he became Professor of Chemlstry and Electrlclty at the Umted States M1l1tary Academy whlch pos1t1on he fllled w1th d1st1nc tlon untll he reached the statutory age of retlrement m 1944 General Fenton wlth h1s characterlstlc energy gave to the Department of Chem lstry and Electrlclty the curr1culum of studle and reorgamzatlon of courses and laboratorles so solld that th1S department was recognlzed as one of the flnest It IS therefole small wonder that 1n 1944 when General Fenton was due to ret re from the Army for age the Superln tendent of the Unlted States Mlhtary Academy requested the War De partment to allow h1m to lemaln ln h1s present capaclty for the dura t1on of the war Th1s request was granted and to reward h1m for h1s many accompllshments as Professor of Chemlstry and Electrlclty h was awarded the Legxon of Merlt wl11ch ln essence lauded h1m for h1s efcceptlonal ab1l1ty and rare yudgment as Professor of th1s Department In 1946 General Penton ended hxs career as an actlve offlcer in the Army and was retlred and later appolnted a Brlgadler General Even though he was placed on the retlred l1st of army offlcers It IS lndeed flttlng and proper to say that General Fenton s enthuslasm for the Mllltary Academy and the thlngs for wh1ch lt stands IS as great today as It was IH the days of h1 HCIIVG serxlce He g1VeS freely of h1s tlme to the many actlx 1t1es of the Mllltary Academy and ln addltlon has been the Pres1dent of the ASSOCIJIIOH of Graduates from 1947 Thls offxce IS an 9l6Ct1Y6 one and not an honorary one General Fenton resldes at 26 Rlver Avenue Cornwall on the Hud son New York a dlstance of approx1mately SIX mlles north of West Polnt Practlcally each day General Fenton travels to and from West Polnt to not only perform hls dutles as the Pres1dent of the Flrst National Bank of Hlghland Falls and Pres1dent of the Assoc1at1on of Graduates but to glve to the MllltdTV Academx the benef1t of hls experlence and sound Judgment As a splendld cltxzen of these Umted States General Fenton IS just as enthuslastlc IH hls partlclpatlon 1n CIVIC functlons as he IS ln act1v1 t1es connected w1th the Army To mentlon only a few he IS a member of the Century Club of New York C1ty a member of the Lake Placld Club Army and Navy Club Washlngton D C Mllltary Naval Club of New York Cxty and an offlcer of the Republlcan Club of Cornwall New York Wrltten by Col John A McComsey Umted States Mxlltny Academy West Pomt New York . . . I . 9 . v Y 1 .1 I .1 . . A A A A A . u . i A. s ' I . Y . N . - . r 1 t 'v - , A H' . I . . .' . . .' AA . A A - . N . .N . . 1 , . . W . . . 4 , - , A . . .w I .H . - v ' v . . . . . N . . A 1 A 3 w A A L' Y A . A 4 y A , ' A l A ' Y . A I. . .w . A A - . .1 1 vf 1 4 . .1 . A A A A . X . L . . s r . , e . . . . N . . v 14 Q - AA 0 1 . . . . , A A . w . . . . . A A , . . . , . A . . .i . 7. . .w A D - . .7. . . . . . . Y K 9 v A'A' I my p nl . . .Y I '. ' - - - A A , ' .i . . . A 9 7 . . Y A' A Aw A I . 1 1 5 1. 11 . ' 1 A A AA A, . . . 1 ' Y .. . . A A . . . . . . . ' 1 Y . . . . . . . . . . . Y . . A . K - 1 A . , . I Y - 1 l . . . K , , A , . ., V . . . Y Y v 9 ' 1 1 . . A , I A 1 I . . 1 I 1 . 7 ' C- Av ' v

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Brief History Brrgadler General Chauncey L Fenton VS e are proud to present at this time a brief hrstory of one of our rllustrrous alumni Chauncey I Fenton Brigadier Generrl bnrted States Army Retired General Fenton yy as born at Edinburg Layyrence County Penn sylyanra on January 14 1880 In his youthful days he attended the Grammar School and High School at Loyyellyrlle Ohio He was ap pointed to the Un1ted States Mrlrtary Academy by the Honorable R W Taylor from the 18th drstrrct State of Ohio and entered the Mrlrtary Academy as '1 cadet rn June 1900 He yy on his appointment rn a com petrtron examrnatlon held at Alliance Ohio rn the Sprrrrg of 1899 tyy enty three competing As a cadet at the Military Academy he dis trngurshed himself by achreyrng th ranks of Corporal and Sergeant rn the Corps of Cadets and also bv being the president of the YMCA He graduated from the Unrted States Mrlrtary Academv rn June 1904 with the drstrnctron of ranking la rn a class of 124 members and upon graduation yyas assigned as a 2nd Lieutenant rn the Artrllery Corps United States Army General Fentons military seryrce yvas one of great drstrnctron Hrs yersatrlrtv and adaptability to the many tasks confronting him earned the esteem and admiration of the superior officers under whom Fenton yyas ordered back to the Mrlrtary Academv to become an rn structor rn the Department of Mathematics Hrs performance of duty rn thrs respect formed the background for hrs later seryrce rn different capacities at the Mrlrtary Academy During the vears from 1910 to 1914 General Fenton rendered splendrd seryrce rn the Coast Artrllery Corps in manv capacities a feyy of yy hrch are listed Commandlng Of frcer of Coast Artrllery Companies Adlutant of the Coast Defenses of Chesapeake Bay Instructor rn the Coast Artrllery School and Professor of Mrlrtary Science and Tactics at the Argrcultural and Vlechanrcal College of Texas In June 1917 he yy as detailed to duty with the Gen eral Staff of the Army and rn thrs capacity yyas connected with the Brrtrsh and French Armres as a member of the staff of Mayor General Hugh L Scott He partrcrpated rn the mayor operatrons of the 61st Drvrsron of the Brrtrsh Army In April 1918 he became a member of the staff of the Chief of Artrllery First Army AEF and seryed rn that capacity untrl October 1918 During thrs period he sayy consrderable action and partrcrpated rn the Arsne Marne St Mrhrel Meuse Argonne and Somme Offensrye operatrons He later sery ed as Chief of the Artrl lery Information Seryrce of the Second Army untrl December 1918 Folloyyrng these assignments he returned to the Operatrorrs Dryrsron of the War Department General Staff rn Washington D C untrl August 1922 It yy as rn the performance of thrs latter duty yyhrch yy as so out starrdrng that he yy as ayy arded the Drstrngurshed Seryrce Medal by the YVar Department l ' s - V 'fa ' ' ' 1 y u ' n ' 6 Q Y , 1 4' T I . . , c V J. y c , 4 uv, I uf 1 y 4- ' 1 v N r v 9 ' tv w 'fy 1 1 -Av , ' 'w vv vvs, Y S L 7 . V . . . I - I Y Y D Y 1 v- ' f ' ' - 1 r ' - n ' X V 7 1 N . l 1 .IV V D , , l I .nI sInI. Cs . I I . , ,' . . Y. u .N . . he served. Within a short space of two years after graduation, General ry l . vs 1 Q K 1 7 . u .y , , . s 3 , N v 7 Q I N . , 3 v , V 7 . . - K - v s , W v VI 1 l 1 K o I Y? ! Y I I , . . I I ' 1 ' r I ' 9 7. is kwgw' S, Q . 1 I V. ' y y I v - - v U K, ' Q I 's . y, v ' v s -

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Alumni Backxvud tuln batkxxfud O tlme 111 thx fl1g,ht Hake me a Cllllfl agam Just fo1 tomght' CL-XSS OF 1886 Ibb1e D1CkSKJYl fMlS Pxttelsonl Lowellxllle Oh1o Feacher of pumus grades 1n Louellulle fox 28 seals VV11l1am L ElSk1HC Loxxellxllle Oh1o NN orked for the I'dll102ld Three 80118 Ibble Dlckaon Wllllam E1 kme CLASb OF 1893 Ola Nesele lMrQ Anon Qhontzy 639 Par Oh1o Kept books fox John Exsklne and John Frech One son three grandchlldren and s1X gleat glandchlldren Estella Justlce CMN VX C Dlcksonb 7489 H1tchcock Road Youngs town Oh1o Taught chool 1n Loxsellulle one daughter and two ku ood Ax e Youngstou n grandchlldren CLASS OF 1893 E tella Ju tlce Ola Nessle CNo Class betxx een 1893 18985 . . v .T n A . I T . , . 1 aw I 01 v vt l V I 1. 1 GY . .. c . , , . c K S . 7 vi ' 7 xl. . . , , . . K KNO Class between 1886-18931 S. .. 2 ' 1 , .. ' ' ., S ' , ' . 3 ' 'S ' . s , if . . ' N ' ' , ' ,..- . . .. . . , , . v U , , Y , r ' . 5 .' ' NY , ,, , . -