AGD dinner party - Bentley Hotel - Alexandria Louisiana - January 26, 1943 Given by Lt. Col. Garrett W. Olds

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My great uncle is the second from the right - sitting.

I decided to type up all the names incase someone is searching for an old photo of someone in this party.  Maybe it will be of help to someone.

Seated from left to right

Cpl John F. Loose

Sgt Stephen Chrustowski

S/Sgt Ovid H. Kimsey

Sgt Rolland E. Johnson

S/Sgt Robert E. Evans

T/Sgt Wesley C. Berry

S/Sgt Ted E. Fultz

M/Sgt Howard E. Light

Mr. Cecil J. Hill

Lt. Thomas E. Hickman

Capt Carl C Dunham

Lt. Col. Garrett W. Olds

Major John Fissell

Lt Eugene I Knezevich

Mr. James J. Seybold

T/Sgt Robert E Clark

T/Sgt William T Chandler

Sgt Walter P Abbott

Sgt Arthur W Lederer

Cpl Henry Weinman

Cpl Melton C Patterson

Pvt Louis H Eades

Standing: 

Sgt J S Miller

Sgt Ambrose Pfister

Cpl Lawrence C Hernerdeen

Sgt Maurice E Adams

Cpl James Compton

Cpl Henry R Angelino

S/Sgt Grover L Wyman

Sgt Richard M Toal

Cpl Esta O Goodrich

Sgt Harry W Woirhaye

S/Sgt Robert P. Perkins

T/Sgt Jess R. Tarter

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I'm going to guess that some of the names listed here were in the 1927 class photo from Bloomfield, Stoddard, Missouri posted a few days ago.

I'm going type up the names here in case someone is looking for this information.

Class of 1929

Bloomfield High School

Class of Nineteen Hundred Twenty Nine

Commencement Exercises

Friday evening, May tenth

at eight o'clock

High School Auditorium

Class Roll: Darrol J. Aslin

Dovie Baker

Norman Poe Bennett

Ruby Bess

James R. Brannock

Cletis J. Capps

Nelson C. Chasteen

Russel Chasteen

Bessie M. Chiles

Opal Coyler

Alvin Milton Corbin

Howard Davis

Vernon L. Day

Idamae Eaker

James Carlton Eaton

Virgie M. Edwards

William Adam Ford

Lilian Foster

Ray J. French

Gail Harris

Geneva Williams Harris

Fred Hearn

Merrell T. Hobbs

Lena Joyce Howard

Sylvia M. Huggins

Lester E. Jones

William Charles Larsen

Elizabeth Marvel

Mary Kathleen Maupin

Dorothy Marie McLard

Norma Irene Miller

Elvis A. Mooney

Melton C. Patterson

Ruth E. Smith

Willena Evelyn Sorrell

Ancil L. Street

Naomi Elizabeth Trotter

Mildred Jewell Unger

Class Flower: Red Rose

Class Colors: Scarlet and Silver

Class Motto: Tonight we launch, where shall we anchor?

R. L. Calvin or Robert Lee Calvin photo and photo of home

Another photo I found in "the box". 

This is an image of R.L. Calvin or Robert Lee Calvin

Born February 18, 1884 near Meade Co, Kentucky

Died March 2, 1949 in Sikeston, Missouri

He married Lulu May Wooldridge 

He is buried in the Sikeston City Cemetery.

The back of this photo says, "Look at old Fred and the barn. This is our home." 

Addressed to Mrs. Homer Patterson

Melton Crist Patterson - Bloomfield Stoddard Missouri Class photo 1927

This is a class photo from Bloomfield, Stoddard, Missouri taken on February 14, 1927

My Grandfather's only brother is in this photo. His name is Melton Crist Patterson

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I've never been to my grandfather's grave site. Today I saw this photo of it for the first time.  Definitely brought tears to my eyes.  I'm so glad to know from my dad how much he loved his grandchildren.  He passed away when I was 5. Thank you FindAGrave

Briney Patterson - class photo in Bloomfield, Stoddard, Missouri

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This is a class photo from Bloomfield, Stoddard, Missouri.

I wish I knew what year it was.

My grandfather, Briney Patterson, is sitting on the front row, 

2nd from the right in a light color shirt and light color overalls.

If you have any information regarding this photo, please let me know.  I'd love to know the year and the names of any of his classmates so I can share them here.

Briney Patterson - early military Man

Information about these photos from Briney's son:

I am not sure when the other photo was taken but it is also a WW2 photo. It was probably taken shortly after he transferred from the Navy to the Army.  It was before he became an officer. He served on the Salt Lake City which was a heavy cruiser. It had the distinction of being in more engagements during WW2 than any other ship in the pacific fleet.  The hull number was CA-25.  He served on the SLC until about 1940 when he switched over to the Army.  I don't know the exact dates.  He was stationed at Ft Knox during his tank training. That is where the armor school was located.  He never talked about that part of his life.

Melton Crist Patterson

This photo is from World War II in the Philippines where my Uncle Pat or rather Melton Crist Patterson served in the United States military. I will list all of the names below just for search engines to pick up.

   

List in this photo are:

Walter P. Abbott -  from Mississippi

Shirley B. Herndon - from Kentucky

John Reeves from Iowa

Steve Chrustowski from Indiana

Arthur Lederer from New Jersey

Maurice Adams from Indiana

Ted E. Fultz from Ohio

John F. Loose from Indiana

Orville E. Goodrich from Indiana

Julius R. Lawrence form Kentucky

Richard Toal from Pennsylvania

Henry Weinman from New York

Maxwell A. Ryan from Iowa

Robert D. Evans from Indiana

Harry Wuirhaye from Indiana

Melton C. Patterson from California

Floyd A. Cooper from Indiana

Marion H. Hart from South Carolina

Maj. Carl C. Dunham from West Virginia

George J. Weidley from Pennsylvania

Ambrose A. Pfister from Indiana

Lt. Col. John Fissel from Indiana

Howard E. Light from Indiana

W.C. Berry from Indiana

Briney Patterson - military Man

The photo on the left was taken after he was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the Armored Infantry.  He was a tank platoon leader on the M5 Stuart tank.  It was not a very heavily armored tank and had a very small gun on it  and was not much use to the war effort. Most of the men who were M5 crew members thought of themselves as pop up targets for the enemy.

Simon William Wooldridge - Photo of Cy Wooldridge

Here is an old photo I found of Cy Wooldridge (name written on the back) from my Aunt Inez's box of pictures. She loved family history.

Son of Rev. William S. Wooldridge & Sarah Sallie Amanda Crist

His Siblings are: Courtenay Elizabeth Wooldridge Patterson

Ora J. Wooldridge Thompson

Lulu May Wooldridge Calvin

Dr. Walter Briscoe Wooldridge

and 

Grace Pearl Wooldridge Mathis

Cy married Bertha Beatrice Corbin on 24 Dec 1911 in Stoddard County, Missouri

He is buried in the Bluff Cemetery in Idalia, Stoddar, Missouri Plot:Row 11

His FindAGrave Memorial Number is: 32514537

Headstone Photos by Brent Gillespie

Briney Patterson

 He was born 10 November 1913 in Bloomfield, Stoddard, Missouri to Homer Milton Virgil Patterson & Courtenay Elizabeth Wooldridge

He married Emily Catherine Barnett on Sept 4, 1943 when her daughter Ruth Jean Miller was 18 months old.

He and Emily had three children together: Dvina Inez, Dennis Crist, and Steven Briney Patterson.

He served in the United States Air Force for several decades.

After the death of their daughter Dvina Inez at the age of 17 and years of trouble in their marriage, Briney and Emily divorced in 1969, while living in Arizona.

He remained single after that.

During his life he lived in California, Florida, Alaska, Mississippi, Montana,and Arizona.

He suffered from prostate cancer and lung cancer from smoking cigarettes.  Eventually he passed away at the age of 63 on July 1, 1981 in California.