Oroville Mercury-Register
July 11, 1941
Looking Backward- Twenty Five Years
Ago (1916)
If orders come for the second regiment to go
to Mexico for war service, Company I will leave Oroville recruited
up to the limit. The recruiting Officer of the company declared,
when he learned this afternoon that the president would probably
call out the militia for service in Mexico, that Company I would
have no trouble in securing all the men it needed for service.
Local fishermen will be glad to learn that 250,000 rainbow trout
are to be planted in Berry Creek, some twenty miles north of Oroville,
by the state fish and game commission this month. The trout
were secured for Berry Creek and the local fishermen though the
efforts of U. M. Damon and A. C. Tucker, both ardent anglers.
Oroville Mercury Register
March 22,
1945
In The Fight Bob Toney Fires
Torpedoes at the Japanese
Robert Roney, Torpedo man 3-c, is serving in
a submarine somewhere in the Pacific. Such strict censorship
is maintained in that branch of the service that he has not been
able to write home about where he has been or what he is doing.
He enlisted in January, 1943, and received his initial training
at Norfolk, Va., and New London, Conn. Just before being sent
overseas 13 months ago, he was able to fly home for a short visit.
Roney is the son of Mrs. Neva Smith of Myers Street and attended
the local schools where he excelled as a hurdle jumper and won medals
at district meets. He also played football for Oroville Hi
and was interested in hunting.
Oroville Mercury Register
March 22,
1945
In The Fight News Flashes
From Four Oroville Boys
A letter from Mrs. C. J. Wheaton of Livermore
tells about four Oroville boys who are fighting in various parts
of the world. Pfc. Wilbur Wheaton of the 3
rd Battalion
Marine division is now fighting on Iwo Jima. He attended both
grammar and high school here and won his block O in track.
He was a mile runner and also was drum major for the Boy Scouts
drum and bugle corps.
Leon Compton 4
th class, is in the
40
th Tank Battalion fighting somewhere in Germany.
He says the going is tough and he longs for some California weather
and a home cooked meal. His father lives in Thermalito and
he attended Oroville Schools.
Sgt. Art Allison is now in India with a heavy
artillery unit. He graduated from the local high school in
1935 and has been overseas for three years. His brother, Sgt.
Vernon Allison is on Saipan with the Air Corps. He was wounded
during the invasion of that island and was in the Saipan hospital
for a while.
Fifty awards ranging from the Distinguished Service
Cross to the Bronze Star have been awarded to members of this battalion,
most of them for action in Italy. Over 200 such awards are
pending. Four division citations have also been awarded.
Oroville Mercury Register
March 22,
1945
In The Fight
PFC. Rose Takes Part In Tough Assignment
Pfc. Vernon L. Rose, formerly of Cherokee and Oroville is one of
the American Infantry veterans participating in a drive in the Philippines
against strong Japanese positions where only foot troops can find
and hit the enemy. A rifleman, he is working in terrain where
supplies must be carried in packs. The drive is the American
Division’s third campaign against the Japanese. The infantry
men met the enemy for the first time on Guadalcanal and fought again
on Bougainville before coming to the Philippines. Rose is
the son of Mrs. Ethel Straub of Cherokee. He is about 22 years
of age. For several years he came down from Cherokee to pick
fruit in the Oroville district. He lived in Oroville prior
to his military service. He was a close friend of the Worthy
brothers, the late Alphie (Tex) Worthy of the U. S. Navy, Bobby
Lee Worthy of the Navy, now taking an electrical course at gulf
Port, Miss. and James Worthy, honorable discharged from the Navy.
Stu’s Notes: Thing’s are beginning to happen
at The Oroville Veterans Memorial Park Honoring all of Butte
County Park site. The “call before you dig” Gas
people has made marks on the side walk. Could digging be soon
to come, stay tuned?
Yes, Oroville did send troops to Mexico.
The following is taken from a book, with permission, “Yohema” (Little
Flower) by Yohema’s Great Granddaughter, Rose Waugh. She writes
of a man John Adam Clark, who I’ve written about before, thanks
to information from JoAnne Bond who is the Granddaughter of John.
John served in the Spanish American War (Go to our web site at
www.OrovilleVeteransMemorialPark.org. for that story.) Then in 1916 when Co.1 of Oroville California was called for Mexican
Border Patrol duty, he went with them. He thought about going
to WWI but was too old. Some of the proceeds from Rose’s book
will go to the Veteran’s Memorial.
The boys of Oroville, what
more can I say. HEROES ALL! A street in Oroville is named
in honor or Alphie Worthy.