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.