Groveville Veterans of WWII

This is a photo of the men and women of Groveville after returning from serving our country during World War II.

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The amazing point is, at the time Groveville was comprised of three streets, Church Street, Main Street, Allen Street, and a portion of the Yardville-Crosswicks Road (Broad Street) and there are 56 men and women veterans in this photo, that is a lot of people from such a small area, that same spirit still exists today as almost every house in Groveville flies an American Flag.

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A committee was formed from the men and women of the the Groveville Volunteer Fire Company and the Groveville United Methodist Church and a Dinner Dance was given to these men and women. The Dinner Dance was held in the almost completed Groveville Fire House that was being built by the men of the community.

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Those seated are the men and women veterans, those standing are a portion of the committee that arraigned this Dinner Dance.

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I am trying to put together the names of these Veterans, I do know some, but not all.

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I am proud to say that one of the veterans is my father, Ken Lippincott and my uncle, Alfred Johnson, I am also proud to say that one of the women standing as one of the people putting on this affair is my Great Grandmother Naomi Rollings and my Grandmother, Katharine "Kate" Johnson. I'll bet that every person that spots a relative in this photo is just as proud as me.

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Thanks to Denny Moyer for this photo, his Grandfather, Nimrod "Nim" Dwier and his mother, Erdith Moyer, are both in this photo, as one of those organizing the dinner.

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There are two photos because this is almost a panoramic photo and my scanner does not do pieces this long, one way or another, I was either cutting off Victor "Vic" Champion on one side or William "Bill" Straley on the other.

Just Some Groveville Kids, Late 1950's

Thanks to Carol Heaton for these pictures, I still have more from Carol, but I wanted to get some up and will do the rest later. Carol, I didn't forget you want these back, I have these in an envelope ready to go this week, just want to make sure, one more time, I scanned them all.

Carol Heaton

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Daryl Dwier

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Jean Miller
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Robert "Bob" Matlack
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Jill Jones
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Albert "Buddy" Weiss

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Groveville Baseball - 1920

Front Row, kneeling, Charles Stackhouse ~ Fred Luke ~ Len Purdy ~ Everett Sutts ~ Charles Bennett ~ Cap Cole ~ Archie "Arch" Middleton ~ Charles "Pud" McClure ~ Bat Boy Charles "Dusty" McClure.

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2nd Row, Standing, Harry Inman ~ Alfred McClure ~ William "Bill" Tantum ~ Wilbur Carey ~ Raymond "Ray" Danley ~ Ray "Bick" McClure ~ Walt McCabe ~ Unknown. Gentleman in the background with tie is Ed Berkeheiser.

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If you ever saw he movie "Field of Dreams, with Kevin Costner, these men look like they walked out of the movie with these uniforms.

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This is the Groveville Baseball Team, 1920, this had nothing to do with the fire company, this was made up from the people of Groveville. The top photo is the complete photo, the bottom has been cropped to show the men better.

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This was taken on Main Street, on the right side leaving Groveville, where it bends to the right, past the Cemetery entrance. The building on the right is a portion of the barn owned by the Bowers family, at the time this was the last house on Main Street. The house in the background was the house last owned by Mina Shelton.

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This is where the town Baseball Field was located and was know to all as the Peach Orchard, for obvious reasons at the time.

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It is hard to believe but at this time between this point in Groveville and the town of Crosswicks there was nothing but fields and woods and two farms.

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Thanks to Joan McClure for finding this in her collection for me. Her husband, Pud, is on the right, next to the dog.