THIRTY OF ORIGINAL COMPANY I AT 20TH ANNUAL REUNION

Glenwood Opinion Tribune
July 29, 1948

Anniversary of Battle of Chateau Thierry

Thirty members of the Company I club of World War I attended the twentieth reunion at the Glenwood armory Sunday.  The gathering was set for the nearest Sunday to July 28th which is the date of the historic battle of Chateau Thierry in which the company took such an important part in 1918.

Officers elected for the coming year were:  President, Max Murphy, Shenandoah; vice president,  Harry Hixon, Omaha; secretary and treasurer, Phil Minner, Liberal, Kans.; historian, Frank D. Logan, Glenwood; chaplain, Norman Benedict, Pacific Junction; honorary president, Mrs. K. C. Dice, Malvern.

Following the business meeting the men recounted the battles and large offensive drives they had participated in together.  There was the 110 day assignment in the trenches at Alsace Lorraine.  The battle of Champagne and the major engagement in the Chateau Thierry when Company I lost 78 men taking Hill 212 and the numerous details of those days of thirty years ago.

Present were William Haley from Burlingame, Calif., who was captain of the company overseas.  Shirley Lewis of West Minister, Calif., attended his first reunion.

Two men have died since the reunion one year ago, Jack Stevens of Malvern and George Radford of Glenwood.

Paul Ross has been in the Naval Hospital at Long Beach, Calif. for two years and will be confined there for some time.

Those attending were:  Phil Minner, R. L. Boyce, Ed Hayes, A. Wilson, John Smith, Lloyd D. Woodruff, Alfred Coons, Carl Miller, Frank Dunn, N. T. Benedict, W. C. Meadows, Roy Shannon, Harry Hixon, Wilbur McKnight, Frank D.. Logan, David N. Barnett, Ed McClure, H.J. Widows, G. E. White, W.W. Walker, Jess Hunter, Max Murphy, W. D. Sawyers, A. S. Christopher, Edd Pein, Shirley Lewis, Charles W. Hunt, William Haley, J.D. Matchett and Jim Endencott.

The evening was climaxed by a bountiful banquet prepared by families of the members of Company I.