Jack Fleming

January 26, 1939 Davenport Times-Tribune

Miss Dorothy Ekins honored Miss Lorraine Brooks and Miss Nadine Gehrke's birthdays Sunday with a skating party and at the same time celebrated her own birthday. Following the skating, refreshments were served at Miss Ekins home. Guests were Zelda Sprinkle, Doris and Phyllis Plaster, Lorraine Brommer, Bertha Schwartz, Agnes Weyen, Marjorie and Lorraine Brooks, Nadine Gehrke, Dorthy Wegner, Ruth Ann Olson, Elaine Rowland, Marvin Evers, Gus Magnuson, Gordon Thomas, Billy Colville, Bill Anderson, Clarence Frounfelter, Roger Mahrt, Jack Fleming, Marvin Zwainz and Ed Eckert.

May 4, 1939 Davenport Times-Tribune

Reardan High School News

More than 500 heard the Reardan School present in concert Friday night, the band and orchestra under the direction of George A. Stanley of Medical Lake and the Glee club under the direction of Miss Dorothy Williams. Featured soloists were Miss Marcine Erdman, Jack Fleming, and Marvin Evers. Following the program, the rooms were open for the exhibiting of work done by students over the past year. Refreshments were served by the home economics girls under the supervision of Miss Florence McEchran.

August 3, 1939 Davenport Times-Tribune

Among those attending the Luther League picnic at Granite Point, Loon Lake, Sunday, were Mrs. John Brommer, Lorraine, Ona May and Jack Brommer, Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Mahrt, Helen and Roger Mahrt, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Sprinkle, Zelda Sprinkle, Mrs. and Mrs. Roy Plaster, Evelyn, Phyllis and Doris Plaster, Mr. and Mrs. Hugo Wegner, Martha, Irene, and Freda Wegner. Mr. Ray Lillengreen and Paul, Lorene and Doris Nielson, Margaret Olson, Mary Jean Hopkins, Carl and George Koeller, Clarence Frounfelter, Gordon Thomas, Jack Fleming, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wegner, Agnes and Bernice Wegner, Lorraine Rowland, Joe Cox, Dorothy and Dickie Ekins, Rev. Karl Ufer, and George Reinbold of Egypt.

September 14, 1939 Davenport Times-Tribune

C. E. Perryman took his Smith-Hughes livestock judging team to the Stevens county fair at Colville Saturday to enter the judging contests there. The team placed second with 14 teams competing and were only six points behind the winning team. Sam Remmers was the second high point individual and Ellwood Landt seventh. The other member of the team is Bill Paul. Alternates are Ross Edwards and Jack Fleming. Friday the team will go to Davenport the enter the contests at the Pomona Grange and 4-H Fair.

October 24, 1940 Davenport Times-Tribune

The senior play "Tick" will be presented November 15 at 8:00. The...[left side missing] Irene Wegner, Betty Stevenson, Jack Fleming, ..Beattie, Earl Hein, Lloyd ..., Elaine Rowland, Zelda Sprinkle, Patricia Mahoney, Viola ..., Quintin Landreth, Joe Mann, ... Owens, Miss Dorothy..., director. Ruth Ann Olson, Carl Koeller Stage hands.

November 27, 1941 Davenport Times-Tribune

Many Reardan young people were home for the Thanksgiving vacation. Included were Lloyd Carstens and Lorraine Brooks from Kinman Business university, Gordon Thomas, Mary Hanning, Doris and Phyllis Plaster, Quintin Landreth, Marvin Evers, Billy Colville, Bill Anderson, Gus Magnuson, Jack Fleming, Vernon Carstens, Agnes Weyen, Zelda Sprinkle and Martha Joslin from Washington state college; Bertha and Lorraine Schwartz from the University at Seattle; Dorothy Ekins, Patricia Mahoney, Ruth Ann Olson and Harriet Mahrt from Spokane; Irene and Freda Wegner, Viola Walsh, Marcine Erdman, Helen Mahrt, and Elaine Rowland from Cheney.

March 25, 1943 Davenport Times-Tribune

Mr. and Mrs. Dick Fleming and Miss Annabelle Fleming accompanied Jack Fleming to Farragut naval training station Thursday.

March 25, 1943 Davenport Times-Tribune

Jack Fleming, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dick Fleming, reported on Thursday at the naval training station at Farragut, Idaho, to begin his navy career. He is a graduate of Reardan high School.

April 1, 1943 Davenport Times-Tribune

Jack James Fleming, son of Mr. and Mrs. Guy D. Fleming, Reardan, reported to the U.S. naval training station at Farragut this week. During the weeks he is in training at the station, he will be taught the fundamentals of seamanship and undergo intensive physical hardening. Upon graduating from recruit training, he will either be selected for further specialized training at one of many navy service schools or transferred directly to the fleet for action against the enemy.

May 6, 1943 Davenport Times-Tribune

Jack Fleming, who is with the U.S. navy at Farragut, is in the hospital with scarlet fever. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dick Fleming, drove to Farragut Sunday to ascertain his condition. They were informed that he was improving.

June 10, 1943 Davenport Times-Tribune

Home from Farragut is Jack Fleming, who is spending a nine-day leave with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dick Fleming. He is a graduate of the local high school with the class of 1941.

June 17, 1943 Davenport Times-Tribune

Jack Fleming, who has been spending a furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dick Fleming, returned to Farragut, Idaho, on Saturday.

July 1, 1943 Davenport Times-Tribune

Jack Fleming of Farragut Idaho, spent Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dick Fleming.

July 15, 1943 Davenport Times-Tribune

Jack Fleming, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dick Fleming, visited over Saturday night and Sunday with his parents. He is with the navy and stationed at Farragut, Ida., for several months, where he is a seaman guard.

September 2, 1943 Davenport Times-Tribune

Seaman guard Jack Fleming of Farragut spent he weekend at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dick Fleming.

September 23, 1943 Davenport Times-Tribune

Seaman Guard Jack Fleming and George Schmidlin of Farragut, Idaho, spent Saturday night with Jack's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dick Fleming.

November 11, 1943 Davenport Times-Tribune

Seaman Guard Jack Fleming spent the weekend at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dick Fleming. Jack is stationed at Farragut.

November 25, 1943 Davenport Times-Tribune

Seaman Guard Jack Fleming of Farragut, Idaho, spent his weekend with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dick Fleming.

January 20, 1944 Davenport Times-Tribune

Seaman Guard Jack Fleming is home from Farragut for a 15-day leave with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dick Fleming. Seaman Fleming has been in the service for nearly a year and is a graduate of the local high school.

February 17, 1944 Davenport Times-Tribune

Jack Fleming, seaman second class, writes his parents from San Diego, Calif., that he is attending school for a month at the naval base there studying to be a gunner. At the end of the four week course he will be an armed guard on a merchant vessel. Jack took his basic [training] at Farragut and has been stationed there as a seaman guard since finishing his basic training in June. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Dick Fleming and is a graduate of the local high school.

March 16, 1944 Davenport Times-Tribune

Seaman second class Jack Fleming, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dick Fleming, has completed his schooling at San Diego and has been transferred to Treasure Island where he is with the armed guard division of the Navy. He had his basic training at Farragut and was stationed there for several months before going to San Diego. He is a graduate of the local high school.

March 23, 1944 Davenport Times-Tribune

Jack Fleming, seaman second class, called his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dick Fleming, from Seattle and said that he had been transferred from San Francisco to a ship and is with the armored guards on a merchant marine vessel.

May 18, 1944 Davenport Times-Tribune

Mr. and Mrs. Dick Fleming received word from their son Jack Fleming, seaman 1c, that he is now confined to a hospital in Panama where he is receiving treatment for an ear infection that he received while swimming in the south Pacific. He expects to be in the hospital for about 10 more days, but the infection has been checked. He is an armed guard on a merchant marine ship and was formerly stationed at Farragut.

July 20, 1943 Davenport Times-Tribune

Seaman Second Class Jack Fleming called his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dick Fleming, Sunday morning, to tell them that he was in New York and would be leaving in a day of so for a leave at home. He has been an armed guard on a merchant marine vessel which was torpedoed and he was one of the survivors. He was on a life raft in the ocean for two days. That was all the details he gave his parents. He said he intended to take in a big league baseball game in New York on Sunday.

August 10, 1944 Davenport Times-Tribune

Jack J. Fleming, first class seaman, is spending a leave with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dick Fleming, and is helping during harvest. Jack was among the survivors of a ship that was torpedoed and he spent two days in a life boat before being rescued. He said that the life boat had enough food and medical supplies to last a month. He is an armed guard on a merchant marine vessel and received his training at Farragut and at San Diego.

September 14, 1944 Davenport Times-Tribune

Mr. and Mrs. Dick Fleming have received word from their son, Jack Fleming, that he has been assigned to a new Liberty ship. He was aboard a ship that sank recently and just left after spending a leave here with his parents.

October 26, 1944 Davenport Times-Tribune

Jack Fleming, who is with the armed guard in the navy, phoned his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dick Fleming, last week that he had returned from a trip at sea and was spending several days at San Francisco.

February 1, 1945 Davenport Times-Tribune

Jack Fleming, seaman first class, writes his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dick Fleming, that he has been in the Philippines for some time. He is an armed guard and spent time in New Guinea.

February 22, 1945 Davenport Times-Tribune

Seaman first class Jack Fleming, who is an armed guard on an LST boat, now in the Philippines, met his cousin, Don Johnson, of Eureka, Calif. Johnson is a signalman third class with the coast guard and recognized the name of the boat that Fleming was on. He signaled messages and learned that his cousin was there. The next morning Fleming went to the coast guard boat and spent three hours with Johnson. Don Johnson spent several summers at the Dick Fleming home and is well known here.

March 22, 1945 Davenport Times-Tribune

Seaman first class Jack Fleming arrived home Saturday by plane to spend a 15-day leave with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dick Fleming, and sister Annabelle Fleming, a student at Washington state college. He is an armed guard and since his last leave has been in the south Pacific at New Guinea, the Hebrides, and the Philippines.

April 5, 1945 Davenport Times-Tribune

Seaman first class Jack Fleming left Saturday morning by plane to report to Treasure Island for his new assignment. He is an armed guard. He spent a 21-day furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dick Fleming.

September 20, 1945 Davenport Times-Tribune

Jack Fleming, who is an armed guard in the navy, called his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fleming, Saturday evening from Seattle, saying he was on shore leave for a few days. Mr. and Mrs. Fleming drove to Seattle Sunday to be with him.

October 18, 1945 Davenport Times-Tribune

Jack Fleming, who is with the armed guard in the navy, called his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dick Fleming, from San Francisco on Wednesday. He told them that he is doing shore duty on Treasure island. He had been on a troop ship in the Philippine area.

Mar 14, 1946 Davenport Times-Tribune

Seaman 1/c Jack Fleming, who served three years with the armed guard in the Pacific and some in the Atlantic, received his discharge Friday from Camp Shoemaker, California. He arrived home Monday to be with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dick Fleming.