December 3, 1943

COMPLETES BASIC TRAINING

Sea. 2/c John Harry Lance has completed basic training at Sampson Naval Training
Station and is spending a leave with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry J. Lance,
17 Cherry. Upon his return to Sampson he will be eligible for further
assignment which may qualify him for a Petty Officer rating.

December 15, 1943 CHERRY VALLEY BROTHERS IN SERVICE
S/Sgt. Donald G. Hinman F2/c Harold L. Hinman Sea. 2/c Martin Y. Hinman 

Cherry Valley - Mrs. Florence Hinman, this village, is the proud mother of three sons in service. First to be inducted was S/Sgt. Donald G. Hinman, stationed at Selman Field, Monroe, La. He entered the Army September 12, 1942, and received training at Lincoln, Neb., Inglewood, Cal., Kansas City, Mo., Savannah, Ga., and Stewart Field, West Point.

F2/c Harold L. Hinman enlisted in the Seabees the month after his brother was inducted and was called for training April 14, at Camp Peary, Va. He received
further training at Camp Parks, Cal., before being sent to the South Pacific.

Sea. 2/c Martin Y. Hinman entered the Navy August 27 and received boot training at Sampson before being sent to a Navy Radio School at Bedford Springs, Pa.

December 18, 1943 SEA. SLOAT HAS LEAVE

Milford Center - Sea. 1/c Neal Sloat, 17, stationed at Annapolis, Md., is
spending an eight-day furlough at the Upstate Baptist Home here where he
formerly resided. He enlisted in the Navy in March and received basic training
at Sampson. Her was a former student at Milford High School.

12/20 Sloane and Jones - December 20, 1943

TWO SIDNEY YOUTHS HOME FROM SAMPSON NAVAL BASE

Sidney - Home on furlough after completing boot training at Sampson Naval Base are Sea. 2/c George Richard Sloane, son of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Sloan, 17 Winegard, and Sea. 2/c Donald W. Jones, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Jones, 42 west Main. They will return to Sampson Thursday.

Sea. Sloane graduated from Sidney High School in 1942 and Sea. Jones graduated in 1943. Before entering the service, Sea. Sloane was employed at Scintilla and Sea. Jones worked in Sidney the Post Office.
December 22, 1943

Mrs. Charlotte St.Onge is visiting her husband, Edwin St.Onge, at Keesler Field, Miss., for a few weeks, and Mrs. Anna St.Onge is caring for little Wesley St.Onge, her grandson, while his mother is away.
December 28, 1943
NAVAL RESERVISTS ENTRAIN TODAY

Twenty-seven Naval reservists, members of the contingents sent by Board 404 to the Utica Induction Station this month, will entrain this morning for the Albany recruiting station, where they will receive transportation to the training station at Sampson. Other registrants accepted by the Army and Marine Corps from the December quota of the local board will not leave for service until next month.

Rev. William G. Boomhower, Pastor of the Lutheran Church, will address the reservists at a farewell ceremony in the Palace Theatre this morning at 8.  Gifts will be distributed to the men before they leave the theatre for the D&H station.

Joseph Scanion, Assistant Fire Chief and Chairman of the City War Service Committee, last night urged the reservists to attend the ceremony. “It had to be arranged on short notice and it was impossible for the committee to contact all of the men,” he said.

Navy men are usually given a seven-day leave after being inducted but, due to the fact that they could not be home for Christmas, a four-day extension was granted to 14 of the reservists. Several of the men leaving today are fathers. 
Leaving for service are:
Earl R. Parsons, Maryland; Ernest W. Johnson, 3 Reynolds, Maynard H. Crounse, 57 Union; Edward J. Secord, 44 Clinton; Bennie L. Pratt, 6 Thorn; Frederick L. Barnard, Milford; Roger G. Hughes, 1 Oak; Albert J. Grace, 54 Union; Edward J. Raynsford, College Terrace; Wallace H. Haase, Oneonta, RD1; Jesse G. Baker, 127 River; Donald R. Barbin, 2-½ Harmon; Vernon R. Vincent, 39 West End; Theodore Vodapivc, Schenectady. Earl S. Miller, Otego; Lauren S. Kettle, Guilford Center; William R. Barlow, 368 Main; Alfred E. Bennett, 5 Layman; Herman J. Peterson, Cobleskill; Donald E. Estabrook, 19 Morgan; Glenn Leathersich, 54 East; George L. Smith,. 54 Church; Kenneth S. Carson, 276 Main; Alfred D. Platt, 1 Clinton; Frank Struckle, East Worcester; Donald J. Dunbar, Westford; Thomas E. Bankston, Jr., 140 Main.
December 28, 1943

George Lambros Promoted

Promoted to First Class Private, George Lambros, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lambros, 12 Roosevelt, has been transferred to Camp Barkley, Tex. Inducted last July, PFC Lambros served basic training at Camp Grant, Ill., following which he was assigned to an armored division and transferred to Tennessee for maneuvers. PFC Lambros graduated from OHS, where he was prominent in athletics, and attended Notra Dame Univerisity.

December 28, 1943
NAVAL RESERVISTS ENTRAIN TODAY

Twenty-seven Naval reservists, members of the contingents sent by Board 404 to the Utica Induction Station this month, will entrain this morning for the Albany Recruiting Station, where they will receive transportation to the Training Station at Sampson. Other registrants accepted by the Army and Marine Corps from the December quota of the local board will not leave for service until next month.

Rev. William G. Boomhower, Pastor of the Lutheran Church, will address the reservists at a farewell ceremony in the Palace Theatre this morning at 8. Gifts will be distributed to the men before they leave the theatre for the D&H Station.

Joseph Scanlon, Assistant Fire Chief and Chairman of the City War Service Committee, last night urged the reservists to attend the ceremony. “It had to be arranged on short notice and it was impossible for the committee to contact all of the men,” he said.

Navy men are usually given a seven-day leave after being inducted but, due to the fact that they could not be home for Christmas, a four-day extension was granted to 14 of the reservists. Several of the men leaving today are fathers.

Leaving for service are:
Earl R. Parsons, Maryland; Ernest W. Johnson, 3 Reynolds; Maynard H. Crounse, 57 Union; Edward J. Secord, 44 Clinton; Bennie L. Pratt, 6 Thorn; Frederick L. Barnard, Milford; Roger G. Hughes, 1 Oak; Albert J. Grace, 54 Union; Edward J. Raynsford, College Terrace; Wallace H. Haase, Oneonta, RD1; Jesse G. Baker, 127 River; Donald R. Barbin, 2-½ Harmon; Vernon R. Vincent, 39 West End; Theodore Vodapive, Schenectady. Earl S. Miller, Otego; Lauren S. Kettle, Guilford Center; William R. Barlow, 368 Main; Alfred E. Bennett, 5 Layman; Herman J. Peterson, Cobleskill; Donald E. Estabrook, 19 Morgan; Glenn Leathersich, 54 East; George L. Smith, 54 Church; Kenneth S. Carson, 276 Main; Alfred D. Platt, 1 Clinton; Frank Struckle, East Worcester; Donald J. Dunbar, Westford; Thomas E. Bankston, Jr., 140 Main.
December 30, 1943
STUDYING FIRE CONTROL

Sea 2/c John C. Eldred, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford J. Eldred, 10 Raymond, has been assigned to the Naval Fire Control School at Newport, R.I.

Graduated from OHS in June and employed at the Post Office at the time of his enlistment September 20, Sea. Eldred completed boot training at Sampson. 
12/30 article to come
ONEONTA STAR December 31, 1943
# PVT. AND MRS. THOMAS P. O'HARA were married Sunday In St.
Marys Catholic Church. She was Miss Margaret Schoeller.
MISS SCHOELLER SOLDIER'S BRIDE

Miss Margaret Elizabeth Schoeller, daughter of Mr. And Mrs. Oakley B. Palmeter, East End, became the bride of Pvt. Thomas Patrick O'Hara, Camp Millard, Bucyrus, O., son of James O'Hara and the late Mrs. O'Hara, Otego, at 2 Sunday in St. Marys Catholic Church, the ceremony being performed by Very Rev. Arthur A. Cunningham.

Mrs. Thomas Hebert, Patchogue, L.I,. was matron of honor and Ambrose O'Hara, 16 Gault, brother of the groom, was best man, Wedding music was played by James Keeton, Organist.

The bride was charming in a gown of powder blue with feather hat to match, and wore a corsage of lemon orchids. Her matron of honor was gowned in orchid print and wore a corsage of pink roses.

Thirty-five attended a reception at the bride's parents' home where Christmas decorations were used. Present from out of the city were: the groom's father; Mr. and Mrs. William Anteman and daughter, East Worcester; PhM1/c Robert Herron, USN, and Mrs. Herron, Brooklyn; Miss Marion Simonson, Albany; and Sea.1/c Thomas Hebert, Coast Guard, Patchogue.

The couple will go to Bucyrus, O., for their wedding trip. A graduate of OHS in 1937, the bride is a dancing teacher and Scintilla clerk at Sidney,. The groom graduated from Otego High School in 1940 and was a Sidney Scintilla employee before he entered the Army. Many friends will extend good wishes.