The Tri-County Heritage Society, Morgantown, has rescheduled their WWII program which had been scheduled for June 6 until Saturday, August 26. The event will be held in the Community Room of the Caernarvon Township Municipal Building at 3307 Main Street, Morgantown, PA. The public is invited to drop by between 1 and 4 p.m. for this free event.
The society has researched the 75 WWII veterans listed on the Caernarvon Township War Memorial War Memorial located at the American Legion in Joanna. They have compiled a booklet of this information along with additional biographies of local and society member WWII veterans. Other historical information has also been included. A listing of these veterans is available to view on the society’s webpage and Facebook. There will be various displays with World War II memorabilia. Period music with be played.
The 75 veterans listed on the monument who will be honored at the event include:
Walter H. Ames, Edward Beam, Grant K. Beam, Jay L.Beam, John Blaszuk, Michael Blaszuk, Jr., George Bush, Charles E. Byler, George Z. Byler, Oscar W. Byler, William W. Byler, William E. Cashwiler, Clarence E. Fillman, Eugene Frey, George Gentner, Robert E Grove, Earl K Grubb, Ellis R. Grubb, George E Grubb, Lloyd Grubb, William J. Hanley, James F. Harner, Luther Hartenstine, James Heister, Leon Herb, Charles S. Hoffman, Cloyd Hoffman, Ernest Hostetler, William L. Jacobs, William M. James, Ralph G. Kendall, George R. Kennedy, Samuel King, Charles Kline, James Robert Kline, Charles Kohl, Edward Krisanosky, Elwood Lorah, Howard W. Millisock, J. Tyson Montgomery, Arthur C. Moore, Luther Muckel, G. Lucille W.Nornhold, Charles Peck, Frank E. Peck, Karl Peplau, Benjamin F. Plank, Walter F. Plank, Walter Putt, Earl W. Ranck, Fred W. Frank Jr., Russell H. Ranck, Robert Rodruan, Walter Segner, Charles Smith, James Smith, Robert E. Smith, Richard Snyder, Paul Sokol Jr., Clavin N. Stoltzfus, Howard W. Stoltzfus, John H. Stoltzfus, Melvin C. Sweigart, Paul W. Sweigart, Elmer Sweitzer, Paul F. Todt, Willits Troop, A. Raymond Wallace, Clarence Wanner, Robert F. Weaver, Frank C. Witman and David K. Zook.
The TriCounty Heritage Society has been unable to find information on the following two WWII veterans – James Heister and John H. Stoltzfus. If anyone has information on these men please contact us as soon as possible.
At 3 p.m., Winifred Woll will present a program on WWII nurses, especially at Pearl Harbor.
A Rosie the Riveter contest will be held. Anyone coming dressed as the iconic woman worker of the period will be entered to win a prize.
favorite fundraiser from the 1940s will be revived – the cake walk – to provide funding for the society. The cake walk will be held at 2 p.m. Other raffle items will also be available. A silent auction will be held of WWII military items and vintage items from the 1940s.
Light refreshments will be served and there will be door prizes.
The Tri-County Heritage Society is a non-profit charitable organization whose mission is to collect, preserve and disseminate the history that relates to the people, properties and events of the tri-county area (Berks, Chester and Lancaster).
For more information please go to the society’s webpage at www.tricountyheritage.org or their Facebook page. You may also contact Diane Bowman at 610-286-6991.
