Our Fathers, Dads, Daddy, Papa, and Popie, are just a few of the names we call those special men in our lives.
Here’s a story of another one of our many mountaintop heroes.
This father was especially important to his daughter Donna Newhall Mazro. Private Warren W. Newhall was in the 101 Regimen, 26 th Infantry Division, Third Army of the United States.
He was born on December 2, 1912, and sadly was killed in action in France on November 23, 1944.
An article in the Examiner-Recorder from March 2, 1944, notes that another 46 soldiers and sailors will leave for the Armed Forces. Warren W. Newhall was on that list.
There is a hand-made American Flag, which hangs on display in the Tannersville American Legion Post 165 building. It’s large, approximately 3’ X 5’, and was made by his daughter. The plaque reads:
“IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY FATHER WARREN W. NEWHALL NOV. 11, 1975 — DONNA NEWHALL MAZRO.”
The Windham Journal, March 2, 1944, said that the War Department put out another report on casualties among Greene County boys. Pvt. Warren Newhall of Lexington was on that list. His parents were Mr. and Mrs. Leland Newhall.
Pvt. Newhall at one time was a State Fire Observer and was stationed at the Hunter Mountain tower. Surviving is his wife, Shirley V. Newhall of Rahway, N.J., his daughter Donna, and his grandmother, Mrs. Cora Hand of Lexington.
A Tidbit on Earthquakes
For anyone who felt the tremors from the earthquake a few weeks ago this little tidbit is for you. It was found in the February 19, 1914, Windham Journal, just a little later than 100 years after our recent tremors.