Bill Colville

November 3, 1938 Davenport Times-Tribune

Rev. Charles B. Marrs, Boy Scoutmaster, and C. F. Joslin took the Reardan Scout troop to Spokane to swim at the Y. W. C. A. Wednesday night. Rev. W. S. Plowman, assistant Scoutmaster, Loyd McLain and Billie Colville furnished the cars. The boys were Billie Colville, Tommy Walsh, Jack and Jim Delamater, Jimmy Rinker, Carl Garber, Harold Mann, Glen Anderson, Richard Foland, Dean Anyan, George Koeller, Earl Travis, Marvin Evers, Berne Barnard, Carl Koeller and Elmer Wendlandt.

December 15, 1938 Davenport Times-Tribune

The Reardan high school basketball team accompanied by their coach George Anderson, and Hugo E. Schulz, attended the Eastern College of Education-Washington state college basketball game at Cheney Tuesday night. Boys that went were Quentin Landreth, Carl Koeller, Clarence Frounfelter, Ross Edwards, Bill Anderson, Billy Colville, Marvin Evers, Keith Denson, Pat Owens, Marvin Zwainz and Joe Mann.

May 23, 1940 Davenport Times-Tribune

Reardan Commencement Program

Commencement exercises for the Reardan high school class of 33 members will be held next Wednesday, May 29, in the Reardan school auditorium. Members of the class are: Phyllis Ahern, Alice Aman, Bill Anderson, Helen Anyan, Melvin Bilyeu, Lorraine Brommer, Eilene Carstens, Vernon Carstens, Marie Christensen, Bill Colville, Georginia Daughty, Ardth Edwards, Dorothy Ekins, Phyllis Emley, Marvin Evers, Clarence Frounfelter, Agnes Hiss, Mary Jean Hopkins, Hazel Krupke, Ellwood Landt, Eileen Lucht, Dorothy Meyer, Gladys Nunn, Margaret Olson, Bill Paul, Dorothy Remmers, Samuel Remmers, Bertha Schwartz, Gordon Thomas, Grace Travis, Agnes Weyan, Carl Weyen, Ernest Weyen.

• Trumpet quintet--Bill Anderson, Eilene Carstens, Marvin Evers, Mary Jean Hopkins, Lorraine Brommer
• Presentation of Gift--Vernon Carstens
• Trio--Agnes Weyen, Hazel Krupke, Dorothy Ekins
• Panel Discussion--Democracy--Dorothy Ekins, Marvin Evers, Marie Christensen, Vernon Carstens, Gordon Thomas, Bill Colville, Agnes Weyen
• God Bless America--Senior Class

April 10, 1941 Davenport Times-Tribune

Vernon Carstens, Marvin Evers, Bill Colville, Bill Anderson, Gordon Thomas, Gus Magnuson and Victor Hyslop came home Friday from WSC for their spring vacation.

January 15, 1942 Davenport Times-Tribune

Vernon Carstens and Bill Colville, students at Washington State college, spent the weekend at their homes.

October 1, 1942 Davenport Times-Tribune

Billy Colville, son of Mr. and Mrs. William J. Colville, enlisted in the second air force and left for Fort Lewis, Tuesday evening. He attended Washington State college and for the past several month attended a trade school in Spokane.

October 15, 1942 Davenport Times-Tribune

Mr. and Mrs. William J. Colvillead word that their son, Billy, who enlisted in the specialist department of the army air corps, saying that he is attending the Chico Flying school at Chico, Calif.

January 14, 1943 Davenport Times-Tribune

Private Billy Colville, who is with the [army] Air Corps writes his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Colville, that he has been sent from Lemoore Field, Calif., to Tucson, Arizona.

March 4, 1943 Davenport Times-Tribune

Billy Colville, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Colville, who is with the army air corps at Lemoore field, Fresno, Calif., was promoted to private first class, He is a graduate of the local high school and attended WSC.

March 2, 1944 Davenport Times-Tribune

Mr. and Mrs. Wm. J. Colville received word from their son, Bill Colville, that he has been promoted to the rank of corporal with the army air forces at Lemoore Field, Fresno, Calif. Cpl. Colville has been in the service since September 1942, and is a graduate of the local high school.

June 22, 1944 Davenport Times-Tribune

Mr. and Mrs. Wm. J. Colville received word from their son, Corporal Wm. Colville, stating that he had been transferred from Lemoore Field at Fresno to Carlsbad, N. M., where he is stationed with the air forces. Corporal Colville visited the Carlsbad caverns last week.

October 5, 1944 Davenport Times-Tribune

Corporal William Colville left on Monday for Carlsbad, N. M. following a fifteen day furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William J. Colville, and sister, Marcine Colville. He is a motor inspector in the air corps.

March 29, 1945 Davenport Times-Tribune

Corporal William A. Colville surprised his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. J. Colville, by coming home on a 23-day furlough. He is a motor inspector in the air corps and is stationed at Carlsbad, N. M. He entered the service in September 1942.

May 10, 1945 Davenport Times-Tribune

Corporal W. A. Colville, son of Mr. and Mrs. William J. Colville, is stationed temporarily at Camp Kearns, Utah. He is a motor inspector for trucks in the air corps. Corporal Colville has been in the service thirty-one months and was a graduate of the local high school.

July 26, 1945 Davenport Times-Tribune

Mr. and Mrs. William J. Colville had word that their son, Bill Colville, has arrived in India. He is a ground crew mechanic and entered the service three years ago, taking his training in California. His brother, Herman Wagner, is at Amarillo, Texas, and will soon go to Hongo, Texas, to complete his course in flight engineering.

September 6, 1945 Davenport Times-Tribune

Corporal William Colville has written his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William J. Colville, that he has been transferred by plane from India to somewhere in China via the "hump." He is a mechanic with the air force ground crew. Cpl. Colville entered the service three years ago.

November 22, 1945 Davenport Times-Tribune

Mr. and Mrs. William J. Colville had word that their son, Billy Colville, is at Shanghai, China, and that he had been advanced to sergeant. He is with the clerical department in the air corps. He entered the service over three years ago.