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4 ScmUwlcYohisla Fighter Ace Takes Sanford Wing Post Wednesday, Nov. 5, 1958 Brilliant Career Revealed By K. P. SUTTON SANFORD Through all the rates and ranks in naval aviation from seaman recruit to commander, the leading Ace in World War II for several months with eight kills and a hero of Fighting Six fVF-61 are onlv a few of the highlights of Comdr. Donald E.

Runvon's naval career. Comdr. Runyon is assigned to Heavy Attack Wing One as operations officer. Before his present assignment, Comdr. Runvon was the assistant operations and aviation safety officer of Heavy Attack Wing I I.

ut- i DjR Reception In New Smyrna Beach Miami, chaplain; Mrs. Robert Angle, Fort Lauderdale, second vic regent; Mrs. George Estelle, vice regent; Mrs. Stewart and Mrs. George Johnstone, regent of the Jane Sheldon Chapter in New Smyrna.

Sentinel Photo Receiving line at the reception in New Smyrna Beach for Mrs. Jackson Stewart, Orlando, state regent of the Daughters of the American Revolution, was composed of state and local officials, left to right, Mrs. G. F. Jacksonville, historian; Mrs.

Charles Wr. Bukett Miami Beach, recording secretary; Mrs. Elder G. Gongman, One. i COMDR.

Runyon enlisted in the navy in July, 1934, as a seaman recruit. Upon completion of recruit training and a service school in Norfolk. he was transferred to the USS Chester as a seaman working in the deck division. In March, 1936, he transferred to Scout Squadron 10S as a plane captain aboard the same ship. In June of 1937 Comdr.

COMDR. DONALD E. RUNYON Standing beside A3I) Skywarrior SUS.29 Cain oted Delegates Appointed By Women NEW SMYRNA BEACH Committees for coming events and delegates to the Volusia County federation meeting were appointed this week by the Junior Woman's Club. The club will enter a float in the annual Christmas parade Dec. 6 and Mrs.

Cecil Grant will be project chairman. She will work with Mrs. Jack Corey, Mrs. Miriam Ezelle, Mrs. James Donnelly, Rain No Deterrent To P-TA Carnival Runyon as a machinist mate third class was transferred to the naval air station.

Pen-sacola, for flight training to become a naval pilot. Completing flight training and being designated a naval aviator in April, 1938, he was assigned duty with Torpedo Squadron Six VT-6 aboard the USS Enterprise. Comdr. Runyon spent 18 months aboard the USS Lexington while assigned to Fighter Squadron Two VF-2. VF-2 is better known as the Old Chief's Squadron," comprised of only five officers and the remainder of chiefs.

Lt. Ramsey, now Rear Adm. Ramsey, was commanding of Kinley, Mrs. Edgar Weil, and Tom Cryer. A HAT FILL of thank yous to the volunteer carpenters for the booth construction work.

They worked against rain, time, and other odds the main one being no material. The regular booth material was discovered to have been burned, but community spirit won Mrs. William Sullivan, Mrs. Breece McCray, Mrs. J.

H. Hesselton, Mrs. Billy Shiles, Mrs. Thomas Wilder, and By ANN LINDSAY ORANGE CITY The belief that every cloud must have a silver lining was literally true Saturday at the P-TA carnival. Despite a two-day rain spell the show went on to gain $445.29 for the combined efforts of the P-TA members, community participants and the children.

More than 50 children en ficer of VF-2 during the assignment of Comdr. Runyon. COMDR. Runyon returned to the USS Enterprise in out and the booths went up. Scout Troop 444 had mem Lyman School Band Officers Mrs.

Betty McCray. DELEGATES TO the federation meeting Nov. 12 in DeLand include Mrs. Jack Hayman, Mrs. George Bond, club president, Mrs.

Thomas Wilder, Mrs. James Donnelly, and Mrs. T. C. Wilder Jr.

Heading the March fashion show committee will be Mrs. Paul Smith, Mrs. Rose Has-kill, co-chairmen, and Mrs. Richard Harper, Mrs. Gil Chisholm, Mrs.

Sullivan, Mrs. Thomas Wilder, Mrs. Corey, Mrs. Hesselton, Mrs. Donnel Officers of Longwood's Lyman High School band are left to right Sgt.

Darlene Shea, Capt. Alice Ann Hull, Lt. Herklie Pyle, Lt. Janet Elgin, Sgt. Larry Alba-nese, and Sgt.

Delores Martin. Sentinel Photo tered their pets in the pet show or the costume parade. Melvin Nicely Scout Troop 444 led the parade on horseback with the gaily costumed Sandspurs Band playing a special style of music. WINNERS in the pet show were Ronald Bowman, largest dog, boxer; Brenda Thurs-by, smallest, kitten; Tom Hauser, cutest, puppy; Daniel Cooney, most unusual, rooster; Mary Vandervoort, best behaved, French Poodle, bers working from sun up to sun down. Bob Griggs was swamped wiih names for the doll and combat gun he gives away each year.

Laurie Stearns won the doll and Jack Pariso won the gun. BOOTHS were entered by the Orange City Garden Club, Home Demonstration Club Junior 4-H Girls, Firemen's Auxiliary, Hoover's 1942; this time assigned to Fighter Squadron Six VF-61. It was at the battle of Guadalcanal that he became leading Ace of World War II for several months while aboard the USS Enterprise and assigned to VF-6. It was in VF-6 that he was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation, Distinguished Flying Cross and Navy Cross. While attached to VF-6 he was commissioned an Ensign and later promoted to lieutenant junior grade.

The following is taken from These Men Shall Never ly, Mrs. Hayman, Mrs. Marvin Tavern, and the Orange City and Ronnie Lowery, bestjSorosis Club supplied music Seng, Mrs. Robert Hults, Mrs. Joyce Elzey, Mrs.

McCray, Mrs. Paul Bochiardy, Mrs. Tommy Lee, Mrs. Tom Jordan, Mrs. Ezelle, and Mrs.

Sandra Zapf. MRS. ELMER McNatt re groomed, Pekingese all day. Die by Lowell Thomas: VF-6, ported on the entertainment program for the senior club Judges were Mrs. J.

Beau-dette, Animal Rescue League; Mrs. J. Drummond, and Jim Luttrell, assistant county agent. Costume winners were Alma Jacobson, best girls; Don Leinfelder best boys; Jean Orr, cutest; Michael Nettles, funniest; Skeeter Wellmaker, ugliest, and Jeff A flash bulb camera was won by Kenneth Ruegger, and a cooler case by Angela Lindsay. This first try at a community carnival proved to go over with flying colors with many advance requests for booth space at next year's P-TA sponsored carnival.

Prizes for the pet show and costume parade were do Nov. 17 and Mrs. Hayman re-Dorted on the recent Hal fS y-piA c. Vi" IM, I'll 4k' tw ittl (v-7 1 AAhH Ji uHA fel3TJ S'f l4" j', AfM Pjfe: Wfftp'-' Wlvw -m'-' loween party. Mrs.

Bond reviewed the district six meetings in Palat-ka last week when Mrs. William Allen Mrs. Thomas Wilder, Mrs. Donnelly, and Mrs. Bond attended.

rey Williams, most original. nated by Orange City Fire- Judges were Mrs. D. Mc men. Mrs.

McNatt pantomimed better known as Hgnung carrier-based and flying Wildcat fighters, shot down 27 Japanese planes in one battle. Fighting Six lost four planes and two pilots. The top scorer was Pilot Machinist Runyon. Machinist Runyon was known to his fellow pilots as a Sun Worshiper. He would make his attacks from the Sunbeams and after a kill he would return for an-other attack.

It was during one of his returns in the sun, when a Zero swung in front of him. Down went the Zero, exploding. Runyon was still trying to get into the sun, when he saw a chance to zoom up under another dive bomber. That ended another Jap. The Sun Worshiper was credited with having shot down four in this one fight, but the records show another one went down and leveled off just above the sea, trailing smoke.

It did not count as it might have gotten away." DeLeon Date Bus Line Makes Stop For Passenger Service By SADIE GRIMM ners Restaurant, honoring DELEON SPRINGS De-Miss Glad's Fowler and Mrs. Leon Springs residents will James Stanton. Those present be pleased to know that thejwith the honor Suests were songs from My Fair Lady during the program portion of the meeting. MRS. HULTS urged members who did not participate in the club-sponsored Civil Defense course to sign for the one now being organized in Edgewater.

Hostesses for the meeting were Mrs. Cory, Mrs. Sullivan, Mrs. E. A.

Smith, and Mrs. T. C. Wilder Jr. BeBary Boy Sconls Brill Sandberg, Robert Corson, Kenneth La Roy and Welles-ley Corbett.

Sentinel Photo Members of DeBary Hawk Patrol of Troop 444, Boy Scouts include, left to right, Curtis Redman, Robert Grpvhound Bus Line hus ston Mrs- cuure, Mrs. ver na Bonk, Mrs. John Marshall, Mrs. Ernest Siebold, Mrs. Helen McKecknie, Mrs.

Em is now at Branton's Grocery. Both passenger and express service is offered. J. W. Bran-ton, manager, at one time Prizes Won By Couple ma Martens, Mrs.

Jack White served as local Greyhound Mr. John Gunn and aiciit iui a iiuiiiuti ui cells. NEW SMYRNA BEACH Mrs. Melva Davenport and Mrs. John Gardner.

MRS. H. P. GROVE, long. so it is not new business to him.

The turkey shoot, spon Rob Gunn were prize win ners for the best costumes at a Halloween party given by sored by the DeLeon Springs time resident of Burwyn Park the Mainland Shuffleboard Club Friday. Firemen's Assn. will be held left on Tuesday with her today from 4 p.m. and again I niece, Mrs. W.

R. Bollendorf, on Saturday from 12 noon, on and small daUghter, Peggy I. I- xii: y.M x)Vv i It St iMaawMaiwiiiiiiiiiiiiWiiBWtfc mhw FROM September, 1942 through April, 1944, Comdr. Runyon was assigned to Fighter Squadron Three aboard the USS Saratoga and HMS Victorious, and Fighter Squadron 18 aboard the USS Bunker Hill. While attached to each of these squadrons he was assigned collateral duty as engineering officer.

In April 1944 he saw another move coming as he was assigned as flight test officer at the Naval Training Center, Patuxent River, Md. His primary duty was to test new aircraft before they were accepted for use by the operating squadrons. Comdr. Runyon was one of the naval aviators to fly the Japanese Fighter Zero. The Fockewolf 190 and Zero, captured during World War IIV were as u.c.

nwy. ii, a siie near the forestry station. Walter Spangler is general chairman. Mrs. Emma Martens will have Some 35 members and: guests attended and refresh-j ments were served.

Saturday contest winners; were Mrs. Katie DeWalt and; Sam Stewart with Mrs. E. M. McCabe and Mrs.

George! Lou, for the North. Mrs. Grove has been residing with her niece at Belvidede, 111., for tbe past year. They came here to dismantle her residence and to self it. Mrs.

Grove will return to her for- charge1 of food. THE 1958 FROLICS and Darktown Minstrels Show Schas runners-up. Prizes were donated by Mr. and Mrs. S.

M. Casler. The regular Friday night will be held in the home at Princeton, 111. Nciv Squadron Commanders Introduced contests start at 7 p.m. and: tary school auditorium at Mrs.

J. L. Thurston, sister p.m. Friday. of Edward J.

McMenamin, The ladies of the DeLeon! has returned to her home at Springs Heights Neighbors) Whiteville, N. after an right. Comdr. H. L.

Lang, VAH-7. Comdr. Floyd Harris, VAH-9, Capt. Ramage, Comdr. Ernie Horrell, VAH-3, and Comdr.

Ed Winter, FRASON-51. Sentinel Photo special contest is booked for 7 p.m. Saturday when I prizes will be donated by Mr. and Mrs. Schas.

Capt. James D. Ramage, commander. Heavy Attack Wing One, at the Sanford Naval Air Station, introduces four new squadron commanders at a recent Seminole County Chamber of Commerce Coffee Club. Left to extended visit with the signed to him for flight test ing and evaluation.

entertained with a birthday dinner at the Chimney Cor-.