https://barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/13/338/Dibble_Text0207.pdf 1de23e6286076bd3ca6696ef5b83a29a PDF Text Text jfHasfing's Students fHonor Memory of I School’s War Dead Hastings High school students honored the memory of former students who gave their lives during World Wars I and II yesterday afternoon in a memorial service held at 2 o’clock in Central auditorium. | Of the 27 men who at one time attended high school here, who lost | their lives during the last confla gration, Merrill Isham and Howard Shellington were added to the roll of the war dead since the ceremon ies were held last year. The program was to open with a piano prelude by Richard Branch to be followed with the salute to the Flag by the assembly, led by MayorElect Kingsley Zerbel. Mrs. Jean I | j ’ ) aid’s naming “Those We Remem- Robert King Talks Raymond Kenyon, who graduated in 1943 and served overseas, followed with “Words of Remembrance” and Mrs. Irene Hamilton gave “Poems in Remembrance." Tire High School I choir rendered several selections and Robert King, a captain in the army serving with General Patton's army, ' delivered a short talk on “War is Not Romantic,” followed by the as sembly singing "America the BeauAfter the audience rendered the Lord’s Prayer, the program con cluded with a piano postlude by Richard Branch. included Cleo Card, Charles Casey, George Cashmore, Lewis Castle, Orville Cooley, Richard Babcock, Ber nard Davis, William DeCou. James Robert Gardner, Martin Haw- bert McCallum, Michael McPharlin, Robert Reid, Frank Rogers, Howard L Shellington, Cleon Smith, DeForest Snyder. Duane Stamm, Merle Tas’ ker and Wesley Vandenberg. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource James P. Dibble: Killed in Action Description An account of the resource Typically pilots rotated home after their 50th mission. James took off for his 49th mission on Septemebr 9, 1943, and never returned. He was shot down on a straffing run near the town of Padula, Italy. Initially there was much confusion amongst the other P-38 pilots, and it was thought James survivied and may have been taken prisoner. Ultimately it was discovered that James had been shot down and then killed by German soldiers. James was ultiamtely brought home and buried in Mt. Hope Cemetery in Middleville, Michigan. See information on his gravesite at <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40312090/james-p-dibble" target="_blank" title="James P. Dibble's Gravesite" rel="noreferrer noopener">FindAGrave.com</a>. See reports, documents and letters around James' missing in action status and then the determination that he was killed in action. Included are letters from the Army to his wife Maxine and parents, newspaper clippings and local memorials. Jump to other sections of the collection: <ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/5">James P. Dibble: World War II P-38 Fighter Pilot</a><ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/6">His Early Life</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/7">High School into the Army Air Corps</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/8">Flight Training</a><ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/17">We Got Married!</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/9">Combat!</a><ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/10">Mission Reports</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/11">Letters Home</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/16">Flying with Eisenhower</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/12">The Day of Armageddon - August 30, 1943</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/13">Killed in Action</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/14">The Search for Answers</a><ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/15">The Monument in Padula, Italy</a></li> </ul></li> </ul></li> </ul> <ul><li> <ul><li><a href="http://omeka/collections/show/15"></a></li> </ul></li> </ul> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Newspaper Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Newspaper clipping announcing a tribute to war dead at Hastings High School Subject The topic of the resource Hastings, Michigan. War Memorials. Description An account of the resource Newspaper clipping announcing a tribute to war dead at Hastings High School. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newspaper Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource unknown Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource unknown Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-NC/1.0/ Rights Holder A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource. Hastings Public Library Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Jim Dibble Date Accepted Date of acceptance of the resource. Examples of resources to which a Date Accepted may be relevant are a thesis (accepted by a university department) or an article (accepted by a journal). 1/18/2022