Virginia Episcopal School - Vestige Yearbook (Lynchburg, VA)

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CombaT lnTanTryman's Badge and The ribbon designaTing The Purp,le,,,HearT l The MeTeor, Dec., I94-Tl Feceived Tor wounds susTained aT Anzio beach- head. In The reconnaissance deparTmenT OT service wiTh General PaTch's Sev- enTh Army, The Lynchburg soldier was aT Salerno and Anzio and was wiTh his uniT in France and Germany. having been cuT OTT behind The Ger- man lines aT one Time Tor Two days, reTurning unharmed To his regimenT l The MeTeor, Dec., I-944l. Bearing The signaTure oT Colonel' Charles E. Johnson, General STaTT ChieT, and LieuT. Col. S. J. Rogers, AdiuTanT General, The general order oT Brigadier General SexTon noTing The award oT The Silver STar To This Lynchburg soldier conTains The Tol- lowing ciTaTion: To Lucius S. NoTTingham, Jr., Tor gallanTry in acTion. On 26 January. l945, PTC. NoTTingham near Ried- wihr, France. direcTed TD lTank de- sTroyerl Tire upon Two Mark Vl Tanks, 400 yards away, killing Two enemy and Torcing Tanks To wiThdraw. ATTer enemy arTillery had knocked ouT his OP posiTion, PTC. NoTTingham crawled and ran 300 yards To locaTe anoTher OP. halTifng along The way To reTurn The small arms Tire oT enemy snipers 50 To IOO yards away. PTC. NoTTing- ham inTlicTed several casualTies upon The enemy and puT The new OP in operaTion in minimum Time. PTC. NoTTingham aTTended boTh E. C. Glass High School and Vir- ginia Episcopal School. He was on The TooTball squads aT boTh schools. AT V. E. S. he was a counselor, a member oT The V-Club, and a Hop commiTTeeman. He enlisTed in The service in i942 while a cadeT aT The Virginia MiliTary lnsTiTuTe, oT which his TaTher is an alumnus. He Trained aT ForT Meade, ForT Wheeler, and oTher inTanTry camps in This counTry. He wenT overseas in I943. I9I8 E. W. Cowling, oT Knoxville, Tenn., and ScoTTsboro, Ala., was wed during The monTh oT AugusT To Miss Gladys Johnson, oT Knoxville. ATTer leaving V. E. S. Mr. Cowling was graduaTed Trom The Unix4ersiTy oT Virginia. He is now associaTed wiTh The T. V. A. and has lived in Knoxville Tor a good many years. I9I9 B. H. SmiTh died recenTly. i924 ' Comdr. Harry D. ForsyTh, USNR, has reTurned To civilian liTe. and is 6 now in Lynchburg, Va. Comdr. For- syTh's laTesT assignmenT was wiTh The aircraTT carrier, USS Bunker Hill, wiTh which he expecTed To go To The combaT area in The PaciTic beTore The end OT hosTiliTies. I925 Edward S. Evans, Jr., has been elecTed presidenT oT The Evans Prod- ucTs Company, succeeding his TaTher, The laTe E. S. Evans. He has been chieT execuTive under his TaTher Tor I0 years. .l926 FirsT LieuT. Lee Hall Beasely, who has been wiTh a miliTary police de- TachmenT Tor Two years, arrived in This counTry recenTly Trom overseas service in Europe. He was wounded in combaT buT reTurned To his ouTTiT shorTly aTTer compleTion oT TreaT- menT. He saw service in lTaly, Ger- many, France, and oTher areas. LT. Beasely, who is The son oT RoberT P. Beasely oT Lynchburg, will reporT To ForT Bragg, N. C., beTore coming home. He is also an alumnus oT Ran- dolph-Macon College. . I932 CapT. Don PresTon PeTers, Jr., has received his honorable discharge, and and will make his home aT ATlanTa, Ga., serving on The sTaTT oT one oT The ciTy's hospiTals. i935 STuarT KeiTh EuTsler OT Goldsboro, N. C., is in The Tinance division oT The Army aT ForT Dix, N. J. I936 Reverend William J. Gordon, Jr., is a missionary aT PoinT Hope, Alaska. He recenTly moved an old sTore, added The lumber Trom iT To ThaT Trom a house, and builT a small chapel. Mr. Gordon has received many giTTs Trom people in The STaTes. An organ is being senT Trom a Triend in Tennessee. The people oT his parish have Taken a greaT inTeresT in his work. l938 SgT. WisTar M. Heald, Jr., son oT Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Heald, of Lynch- burg, reTurned recenTly To The UniTed STaTes Trom The Pacific TheaTre of operaTion, where he had been Tor Three and one-halT years. i939 LT. George Ambler Brown, Air Corps Reserve, has been TransTerred Trom Savannah, Ga., To WashingTon, D. C. AT V. E. S. he was a counselor, a member oT The G. A. A. and oT The V Club, and also of The TooTball and Track Teams, being capTain oT The laTTer. He aTTended V. P. l., where he received a B. S. degree in AeronauTical Engineering and en- Tered The service. LieuT. ArThur Heald, oT Lynchburg, is in Germany wiTh The Army gasoline supply deTachmenT. While aT V. E. S., LT. Heald was a counselor, leTTer- man in TooTball, baseball and Track, and class propheT oT The Class oT l939. I 940 Cpl. Dick Mahome visiTed The school during The pasT monTh. While aT V. E. S. he was a member of The V Club and a parTicipanT in each oT The maior spo,rTs. Cpl. Mahome enTered The service in I942 and is a graduaTe oT NorTh Carolina STaTe College, Class oT 1944. He was over- seas a year wiTh The 84+h lnTanTry Division and saw acTion in Two cam- paigns, serving in Belgium, Ho'land, and Germany. He was wounded in December, I944, beTore The BaTTle oT The Bulge and reTurned To The UniTed STaTes in SepTember OT This year. He is now awaiTing reassignmenT or pos- sible discharge. I94I The wedding oT Cullen C. Walker To Hilda Anne STevens oT Richmond. Va., has recenTly been announced. ATTer leaving V. E. S., where he was a counselor, a TooTball and Track leT- Terman, and winner oT The V. E. S. IN LYNCHBURG IT'S' l For All Your Shopping Needs lMillner Qualify Cosfs No Moral Come ln.and Look Over The NEW FALL STYLES Wills-Camp Co. BI9 Main STreeT See SCOTT THE METEOR

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8 ALUMNI Serving The UniTed NaTions On The Three big, gray boards on The chapel walls appear The names of over 600 sons oT V. E. S. who have served orare serving in The armed Torces oT The UniTed STaTes and her allies, who have helped To bring abouT V-E Day and Then V-J Day. 28 oT Those names are marked wiTh gold sTars. Here is The rosTer oT Those alumni who have given Their lives Tor Their counTry in World War II ArThur Barlow, '25 PresTon Bellamy, '40 William B. Blanchard, '42 Arnold Breckenridge, '33 Elmer I. CarruThers, '20 Churchill Chalkley, '35 Banks C. Clarke, '40 Don F. Cox, '37 4 -James G. CoxeTTer, '32 Richard P. Dillon, '4l PeyTon Fravel, '40 WalTer O. Gibson, '43 WaITer T. Green, '38 Izaac H. HanTT, '36 George P. HuTTon,- '37 James JarreTT, '30 Isham KeiTh, '25 Beniamin KearToTT, '38 Malcolm M. Lasher, '3I -William D. Langhorne, '39 Jack McManus, '4l Brooks Miller, '39 MaTT W. Ransom, '40 James R. Shaw, '38 Cleson H. Tenny, Jr., '38 Russell M. Thurmond, '22 Jack W. WesTon, '40 Frederick B. WebsTer, '35 May Their gold sTars never Tarnish T AnoTher Gold STar Word has been received of The deaTh ,oT PTC. William Garland Blan- chard, '42, HerTTord, N. C. Accord- ing To The inTormaTion received, The young man died in a Nazi prisoner OT war camp on March I oT This year. He was 20 years oT age aT The Time oT his deaTh. A graduaTe of Perqui- Tin The V. E. S. library hangs a picTure of one alumnus killed in World War I. This picTure does noT carry The name of The subiecT. Can some alumnus supply The miss- ing name? 'I'From a IeTTer by Mrs. J. C. Blanchard, moTher of William B. Blanchard. THE METEOR mans CounTy High School. he was acTive in boy scouT work while a sTu- denT aT local schools and was HerT- Tord's TirsT eagle scouT. ATTer com- pIeTing Perquimans High School, he aTTended Virginia Episcopal School and The School of Engineering, Duke UniversiTy. AT Duke he was a mem- ber oT The Pi Kappa Phi TraTerniTy. He enTered The armed Torces on June I6', I944, and aTTer receiving his basic Training aT Camp Blanding, Florida, he was TransTerred wiTh a re- pIacemenT group To The 35+h InTanTry Division oT The Third Army. .He wenT overseas on November 23, I944, and was capTured in Belgium by The Ger- mans on January 5, I945. Word was IaTer received by The parenTs ThaT Their son was a prisoner oT war aT STaIag I2-A. Besides his parenTs, he is survived by Two sisTers, Mrs. Marcus E. Hobbs oT Durham, N. C., and Mrs. C. W. Morgan, Jr., oT Cleveland, Ohio. And AnoTher i ProTessor M. S. Breckenridge of The UniversiTy oT NorTh Carolina and Mrs. Breckenridge received word re- cenfly ThaT Their only son, LT. Arnold Breckenridge, '33, was killed in an aircraTT accidenT in California. LieuTenanT Breckenridge was born in Chicago in November, I9I5, and came To Chapel Hill wiTh his Tamily in I926. ' He received his A. B. degree aT NorTh Carolina in I937, and wenT To The medical school wiTh a fellowship unTiI I940. He compIeTed The work Tor his M. D. degree aT McGill Uni- versiTy, MonTreaI, in I942. He Tin- ished his inTernship The Tollowing year aT ST. Mary's HospiTaI in San Fran- cisco and Then he enTered The Navy. being senT To Pensacola, Florida, To Train as a TIighT surgeon. AT The Time oT his deaTh LT. Breck- enridge was sTaTioned aT Camp Kear- ney, San Diego, wiTh The air combaT service uniT Tor commandos. AnoTher DecoraTion ' Award oT The Silver STar Tor gal- IanTry in acTion To PTC. Lucius S. NoT- Tingham, Jr., '42, HeadquarTers Com- pany, 30Th RegimenT, Third InTanTry Division, SevenTh Army, has been an- nounced in General Orders oT The division and The ciTaTion and medal have been conferred on The young soldier, son of Mr. and Mrs. NoTTing- ham, I08 Lee Circle, Lynchburg, Va. Holder of The Bronze STar, award- ed him early This year. PTC. NoTTing- ham wears among oTher insignia The Alf, f J ik' ' 6 . i 1 - . , cf 'Q U-9.1111 eff. . - , I Good QuaIiTy Value RighT MEN'S FURNISHINGS College Pharmacy RIVERMONT and NORFOLK AVENUES PHONE I046 A YOUNG STORE CATERING TO YOUNG MEN Knight-Sneed Co. BI7 MAIN STREET Fashions in Fashions A Young STore 'for Young Men See RIANHARD ' ATHLETIC EQUIPMENT MUSIC DEPARTMENT PHILLIP'S BROS. IncorporaTed 906 Main STreeT 'illissqnffarrgi , 805 Main STreeT DAVIS RIANHARD, AgenT The Lynchburg Trust and Savings Bank MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION JEWELERS Q 0 x OPTICIANS 5

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AThleTic Cup, Mr. Walker aTTended Virginia PolyTechnic InsTiTuTe CapT. Clifford W. Peeler visiTed The school during The pasT monTh. He was a member oT The school's TooT- ball, baslceTball and baseball Teams and capTain oT The TirsT and lasT. Also he was head counselor and a member OT The German Club, V Club, and Hop CommiTTee. CapT. Peeler joined The air Torce in l94I and was com- missioned in I943. He wenT To The SouThwesT PaciTic in l944. and served as a member oT The Jolly Roger B-24 ouTTiT, in New Guinea, The Phil- ippine Islands, and Okinawa. He re- Turned To The UniTed STaTes, aTTer eighTeen monThs overseas, in AugusT l945, and is now waiTing To be re- assigned. Among alumni oT The school whom CapT. Peeler has seen during his air Torce service are: Mason BlanTord, '393 Roderick Perry, '4Op and Buck Thompson. AnoTher member oT The Class oT I94I who recenTly visiTed The school is LT. Charles R. W. Schoew, Army Air Forces. He was, while aT V. E. S., a prominenT aThleTe, being on The All-STaTe TooTbaII Team oT l94I, and co-capTain oT The All-STaTe baslceT- ball Team oT The same year. WiThin The school, he served as capTain oT The TooTball, baslceTball, and Tennis Teams, managing ediTor oT The Me- Teor, presidenT oT The General ATh- leTic AssociaTion, head counselor, and a member OT The Hop CommiTTee. He aHended The UniversiTy oT Vir- ginia. l942 A ZOO-mile Taxiing Trip across choppy PaciTic waTers by a Twin- engined Navy Dumbo seaplane was reporTed by The AssociaTed Press. The plane's righT wing Tip and verTi- cal sTabilizer were brolcen by a wave when iT seT down To rescue six crew members oT a MiTchell B-25 bomber in The waTer oTT Kyushu Island. Among Those rescued was LT. Arnold C. The Peoples National Bank EIGHTH AND MAIN STS. LYNCHBURG, VA. Member F. D. I. C. THE MEJTEOR , f x Z' ' . 'df' A' V? ' J.. .- is .f to 5 if -4-'36 N gi. rw . -: -'T- -X 32. 'i K A -,f .i K .X ,-I J If f if i Li-gitj -x...i A 2 f ,I - -1- H-' 7 -1- - T X., fl ' , W' V fi 43, . , E Q g . 'TBQTOTQ l1,:..!i T -1.7 . f'-'Q Z fy rf . ' fl! K P t ' 1 112211: Tlgfaireofj ii 3. ' 5 . A T' J - iii 4 'I . T T ' T I I - S 5' 7 7 A Qxrt-ev .A .1 l I T' 5, -1-I-LT-g iq-. ,,. if W.-we 4- .....X...-H -' - fest - - s-i f HQM-T T 71? T T SMASH! ' . . . his delicaTe I4-3E . . . Sayer, Jr., of Queens, N. Y. LT. Sayer leTT Virginia Episcopal School. where he had been assisTanT business manager oT The MeTeor, in I942 To enlisT in The Army. He received his wings in November I943, and is a member oT The 4-7Th Bomber Squad- ron, in which he is a piloT, He re- ceived The Air Medal in I944, and has been in The PaciTic TheaTre oT operaTion since receiving his com- mission. KenneTh LeiTh was discharged Trom The U. S. Navy in June, I945. Jack Reed, Tormer counselor, mem- ber oT The Honor CommiTTee, and Twice winner oT The Big BroTher Prize. visiTed school recenTly. He enTered The U. S. Navy in July I943, and is signalman, second class, in The Signal Corps oT ThaT branch OT service. DisasTera' We were all labouT 20 oT usl siT- Ting on ye ole bull and song bench running The regular ATTer Supper rouTine when Our FooTs comes run- ning up Trom The rear and slams his delicaTe I4-3E on The beloved Green Gopher made oT wood and decayed nails lbuT a symbol oT many a good sTory and equally as many lcnoclced ouT songsl. Then iT came,-crack,- crack,-and The boTTom Tell ouT oT everyThing. Boys came Tumbling down ouT oT The sky Tor The nexT I5 minuTes. Finally we heard a weak cry Trom up in The blue and glanced skyward To see Skinny Bowen lTor The beneTiT oT ouTsiders: Bowen, 4 TT. 62, l98 poundsl sTuclr in a limb oT a Tree. The only casualTy was The main parT oT apair oT panTs, uTTerly ruined. 'An eye wiTness accounf. 7