Lawrence Lore
Jan 92 min read
Wingfoot Homes in Bridgeport
Soldiers returning from WWII faced a dismal housing shortage. To accommodate them, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co developed a completely...
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Lawrence Lore
Nov 11, 20242 min read
Two War Heros
Page 1 of The Daily Record, published in Lawrenceville, Illinois on Monday, November 24th, 1947 Bodies of two Lawrence County War Heroes...
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Lawrence Lore
Aug 16, 20241 min read
Whipping Post
At the jury term of 1827 the whipping post was yet in use in Lawrence County, and James Langley and Levi Rush were each sentenced to...
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Lawrence Lore
Apr 24, 20242 min read
Buried at Sea
Eugene Bailey, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ira Bailey graduated from Sumner High School with the class of 1941 and then attended Sanford Brown’s...
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Lawrence Lore
Apr 9, 20242 min read
Youngest Volunteer WWII
James Harold Bailey became one of the youngest, if not the youngest, Army volunteer inducted by the local board as reported by the...
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Lawrence Lore
Feb 8, 20242 min read
Aided in WWII
The 505th Bombardment Group of the Army Air Force was activated on March 11, 1944. Â First equipped with B-17's, the group later trained...
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Lawrence Lore
Jan 24, 20241 min read
Home on Furlough? Let's Get Married
“Mr. and Mrs. Fred Cogdill of St. Francisville, who have three sons overseas are expecting one son Cpl. Andy Codgill home on furlough....
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