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Forest Grove Methodist Episcopal

Forest Grove Methodist Episcopal Service Flag

The Oregonian, 20 Apr 1918, page 14

The Methodist Epispocal Church of this city has unveiled a service flag with 21 stars, representing boys who have gone from that church to serve the Nation. The boys are

  • Orval Mann
  • Guy E. McNutt
  • Francis Porter
  • Andrew Yost
  • Walter McPherson
  • Glenn Morgan
  • Vinton Robinson
  • Charles Robinson
  • Cecil McKay
  • Oliver Buxton
  • Herbert Dunlap
  • Howard Reeher
  • James Denny
  • Clarence Rice
  • John Zenor
  • Charles Staley
  • Claude Elford
  • Harold Bond
  • Edgar Morford
  • Charles Kennady
  • John Taylor
  • Ray Percival

[ The article says 21 stars, lists 22 men ]

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