During World War II, the Town of Bovina created this Honor Roll of its men and women who were serving in the war. It stood by the Bovina Public Library (now the Bovina Historical Society museum). The roll was taken down sometime in the 1960s to protect it from the elements. Below are two pictures that both date from the 1940s. Compare them with each other and with the roll as it looks today and you'll see that names were regularly being added during the war.
Here's an alphabetical list of the names on the Honor Roll, courtesy of Ed Davidson:
I would love to hear from anyone who knows the history of this roll or of the names on it. As far as I know, there are two people on this roll who are still with us: Ed Davidson and Stanley (Stub) Hewitt. If there are others, let me know. I am pursuing getting funding to stabilize the honor roll and erect it somewhere in town where it can be seen. So stay tuned for further developments.
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| Photo from 1940s by James Hoy, courtesy of Jim and Tom Hoy. |
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| Photo courtesy of family of Jack Hilson - click on image to see larger view |
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| Photo by Ray LaFever, May 21, 2011 - click on image to see larger view |
HAROLD AITKENS
HERMAN ARCHIBALD
LEONARD ARCHIBALD
LYNN ARMSTRONG
HAROLD BARBOUR
SAMUEL BARLOW
EDWARD BARNES
DONALD BARNHART
HERBERT BARNHART
PAUL BELLINO
JOHN BIGGAR
JOSEPH BIRDSALL
JOHN BURDICK
AMOS CHASE
EDWIN CHASE
LESTER CHASE
FREDERIC COLE
GLENN COLE
KENNETH CURTIS
ALLAN DAVIDSON
EDWIN DAVIDSON
FRANCES DECKER
DONALD DeSILVA
ETHEL DeSILVA
FRED DeSILVA
JACK DITTY
WARREN EITNER
ODE EKSETH
ROBERT ERKSON
FLOYD ESTUS
ROBERT FINKLE
EDWARD GERRY
ELBRIDGE GERRY
HENRY GERRY
ROBERT GERRY
CRAIGHTON GONYO
NOEL GONYO
LeROY GRAHAN
RICHARD GRUNDY
LAUREN HEWITT
STANLEY HEWITT
ALEX HILSON
JACK HILSON
ROBERT HOAGLAND
ROBERT HOY
WILLIAM HOY
DONALD HOYT
RUDOLPH HUNT
EVERETT HYATT
RALPH HYATT
ALLAN JOHNSTON
ARTHUR JONES
RAY JOSCELYN
SYLVAN LaFEVER
CLARK LAY
ROBERT LEE
LAWRENCE LEWIS
ROBERT LEWIS
ROY LEWIS
ROBERT LIDDLE
ARTHUR MAYHEW
DAVID MAYHEW
DONALD MAYHEW
HARVEY McCLELLAN
BOYDEN McCUMBER
CHARLES McINTOSH
FORREST MEADE
ERNIST MILLER
LEORA MILLER
ARNOLD PERRY
BERNARD PERRY
GORDON RABELER
HENRY RABELER
PAUL RABELER
RUTH RABELER
ARTHUR REINERTSEN
ROBERT REINERTSEN
SEGARD REINERTSEN
CLIFTON RUSSELL
EVAN RUSSELL
ARNOLD SCHNEIDER
CARL SCHNEIDER
ALBERT SIMONSON
ADRIAN SLIUTER
ROBERT TODD
CARL TUTTLE
ARTHUR VanALSTINE
HARVEY VanBUREN
WILBUR VanNOOY
THOMAS WALLIS, Jr
PALMER WATERMAN
ROBERT WATERMAN
WILLIAM WILSON
MARCUS YOUNG
I would love to hear from anyone who knows the history of this roll or of the names on it. As far as I know, there are two people on this roll who are still with us: Ed Davidson and Stanley (Stub) Hewitt. If there are others, let me know. I am pursuing getting funding to stabilize the honor roll and erect it somewhere in town where it can be seen. So stay tuned for further developments.
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