Edward Oland Nixon, 1918
New Egypt Press 4 Apr 1918
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Personal Mention with Local Interest
from the New Jersey Courier 16 Nov 1916 Edward Yarnall, son of Captain Davis L. Yarnall, formerly of Forked River, has been re-elected clerk of the Bradley Beach School Board George W. Anderson, a former Toms River lad, recently transferred his headquarters from Lansdown, PA, to Alden, PA. George is a builder and l ike most building mechanics, his work takes him from one place to another. Chief Justice William S. Gunmere, who is now living at Point Pleasant, and Chancellor Walker, who has many friends in this county, were among the guests at the dinner given Vice Chancellor John R. Foster of Atlantic Highlands at Port-au-Peck on Saturday afternoon last in honor of his appointment to the Chancery Court. Major John C. Patterson of Ocean Grove, who, before the war lived at Toms River and left here to go to the front with the Fourteenth NJ Volunteers, has been reappointed a member of the Monmouth Board of election as a Republican. Alphonso Platt, only son of Howard Platt of Bay
News From Lakehurst, 1939
New Jersey Courier 15 Dec 1939 Commander Charles E. Rosendahl, former commandant of the Lakehurst Naval Air Station, has been promoted to the rank of captain. He is among 81 commanders who have been elevated. Commander Rosendahl, survivor of the crash of the dirigible Shenandoah in 1925, is regarded as the best informed man in America on the operation of lighter th an air craft. He is as present on sea duty as executive officer of the cruiser Milwaukee. He was given his present assignment July 9, 1938 according to Navy regulations that land and sea duty must be alternated to remain eligible for promotion.
Archibald Benners obituary, 1918
from the New Jersey Courier 26 Jul 1918 Beach Haven, July 22--Lieutenant Archibald D. Benners of the United States Marine Corps and a summer resident of this place since early boyhood died recently from wounds received while fighting for his country somewhere in France. Lieutenant Benners was twenty one years of age and had a very promising career ahead of him. He was born in Philadelphia and was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Bartleson G. Benners and a graduate of the Virginia Military Academy of Lexington, VA. He was well known and well liked. His two aunts, Misses Kate and Nannie Benners reside here and received the bad news of the brave young Lieutenant's death last Friday morning.