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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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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Nov 11, 20242 min read
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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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Aug 16, 20241 min read
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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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Apr 24, 20242 min read
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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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Apr 9, 20242 min read
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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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Feb 8, 20242 min read
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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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Jan 24, 20241 min read
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