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Waldo Stubbins was married on
JMuory Ist to Miss Lull. The couple ~re b o t h r e s i d e n t s o f B i r m i n g h a m , Ala. Mr. Stubbins, who formerly a t - tended Birmingham Southern Col- lege, is now a senior at the University of Virginia and his wife is a graduate of Michigan University.
Dr. and Mrs. John Hundley Hos- kins announce the engagement of their d a u g h t e r , Emily Hume, t o Wistar Morris Heald, Jr., son of Mr. ond Mrs. W istar Morris Heald, all of Lynchburg.
Miss Hoskins was graduated from Hannah M o r e A c a d e m y , R e i s t e r s - town, Md., and State Teachers Col- lege Farmville. She is a member of Ga~ma Theta sorority and the Spin- sters Club.
Mr. Heald received his education in Virginia Episcopal School, E. C . G'ass High School, from which he was graduated, Lynchburg College Md University of Virginia. He is a member of Pi Kappa Alpha fratern- ity. .
Enlistinq in the Untted Stares Army while at the University of Virginia, he returned recently from more than three years service in t h e Pacific The- oter of Operations.
The wedding will take place in the lote spring.
1939
Lt. Arthur Heald, of the U. S.
Army, arrived in this country on Ja~­ u~ry 19th. With Mrs. Heald .he w•.ll visit his parents after complettng h1s separation process at Fort Meade, Moryland. Lt. Heald served overseas in Europe for 18 months. In Lynch- burg the couple will join Wistar M. H e a l d , J r . ( V . E. S . , ' 3 8 , n o w d i s - chorged after service in the Pacific.)
1941
Lt. Robert W. Evans, of the 9th
Photo Reconnaissance Squadron of the United States Air Force, visited the school recently. While at V. E. S. Lt. Evans was a football and baseba'l letterman. A f t e r leavinq t h e school. he attended the University of N. C.
Also visiting the school was John Emerick, recently discharged fro m the U. S. 15th Air Force, in which he saw service in Italy.
JAMES W. eALLOU HAS BEEN APPOINTED BY THE FACULTY TO FILL THE VACANCY IN THE COUNSELOR BODY
1942
Chill Perkins who served in Europe
with Co. A, 31 Ith Engr. Combat Battalion, 86th Division, returned to the United States in June. The di- vision was redeployed to the Pacific before V-J Day and is at present stationed in Manila. His present rank is first lieutenant.
1943
Arch Alexander, lately discharged from the U. S. Air Force, in which he served in the United States alone, was at the school during the past month. While attending V. E. S., he was a counselor, a member of the G. A. A., the Hop Committee, a co- captain of football, and o member of the "V" Club.
1944
David Griffith, of the United States Navy, visited V. E. S. recently. He is now stationed at Camp Peary, Va.
Pfc. David Perkins is now stationed at Greensboro, N. C., at the A. A. F. Ordnance Depot.
1945
Steve Hammett, U. S. N., now stationed at Camp Peary, Va., and Jesse Waller, now attending Hamp- den-Sydney College, were at the school during the past month.
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PEOPLE
was a t St. Lo where his company broke through the German lines. He
was in constant battle all the way
armss France, spearheading for the
Ist Army. In early October of 1944
he was among the American forces
that broke through the Siegfried Line.
Two months later he received or- ders to go to Ardens to stop the Ger- man winter offensive on the Belgium Bulge. In the spring offensive of 1945 he crossed Rhur, Rhine, and Waiser Rivers, spearheading up to Mage Burg on the Elbe River. He was or- dered to Berlin for the honor guard to the President in the Big Three meeting.
Flemer left Germany in August and sailed from LeHavre, France on October I. He reached the United States a week later at Boston. He received his honorable discharge at Fort Meade, Maryland on October
14, 1945. He is now a senior and plans to graduate in June. After graduation he plans to go to V. P. I. to study agricultural engineering.
Flemer was in the army a total of
thirty-nine and a half months, of
which twenty-nine and a half were
spent overseas. He received numer-
ous decorations, among them the
Bronze Star, six campaign stars, the
Good Conduct Medal, the Belgian
Fouragere, and the Presidential cita- tion.
Happy Birthday
January 3-Tom Allen. January 12-Vernon Dawson. January 13-Charles Johnson. January 18-Sears Harris. January 21-Charles McAlpine. January 27- Charles Way'and. January 30-Samuel Newberry. February 3-W . Pryor Perry. February 11-Arthur Murray. February 13-Henry Trevathan. February IS-Robert Hughes.
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Lewis C. Flemer, Jr. Lewis Charles Flemer,
Jr ., veteran of World War II, entered V. E. S. January 12, 1946. His home is in Oak Grove, Vo. In the fall of 1940 he entered Christchurch School, where he remained until the fall of 1942. On December 4, 1942 he was inducted in the army at Camp Lee as an enlistee. He received his basic
training at Fort Knox in the Armored Force Tank Corps.
On May 9, 1943 he sai'ed for over- seas duty. Two weeks later he landed at Oron, Africa, where he was in the forward observation post of a tank of the 2nd Armored Division. His battery was in the first wave at Sicily in 1943. From Sicily he went to Liver- pool, England for an operation. After convalescing for two and a half months, he was ordered on maneuvers with the 2nd Armored Division. June I0, 1944, Flemer landed in Nor- mandy on Omaha Beach. The first major engagement was the battle of Carrington, fought up in the British
sector of Coment. His next battle
February 20-Randolph son.
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