| Batchelder-Gorsuch\Batchelder .GED John Edward Batchelder (Stephen,Nathaniel,Nathaniel,Nathaniel,Nathaniel,Nathaniel,Nathaniel,John,Daniel Webster,John Emory) BIRTH 3 SEP 1919 Sacramento, California DEATH DATE JUL 1978 Lihue, Hawaii He was employed at the Sacramento Army Air Depot when he was married. Attended Sacramento Junior College Lived at 2931 20th Stree, North Sacramento, CA when Patricia was born. 15 APR 1944 Graduated, Class 44-D, Army Air Force Eastern Flying Training Command, Freeman Field, Training Flight, First Sergeant. Was a Flight Instructor at Hickam AFB, Hawaii during the Korean War. Started Pacific Skyways, Ltd, Kauai, Hawaii following WWII. Assistant Director of Aeronautics, Hawaii Aeronautics Commission, Territory of Hawaii ________________________________________________ Clipping from the Sacramento Paper - "Announcement was made today of the marriage of Miss Greta Jean Gorsuch, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Gorsuch of this city, and John E. Batchelder, Jr. the son of Mr. and Mrs. J.E. Batchelder, Sr., also of Sacramento. The ceremony took place last Saturday in Reno, Nev., with Rev. F. Carl Schmidt of the First Methodist Church officiating. The couple were attended by Mrs. Robert Hadler as the matron of honor and Dan C. Batchelder, the brother of the bridegroom, as the best man. For her wedding costume the bride wore a teal blue suit with a corsage of orchids. Mrs. Hadler wore a beige suit, with a corsage of gardenias.' Both the bride and bridegroom graduated from the local schools and are employed here. Following a brief honeymoon they will be at home to their friends at 2728 Capitol Avenue. A wedding supper was served after the ceremony. Those attending were: Messrs. and Mesdames John E. Batcheler, Jr. J. E. Batchelder, Sr., A. A. Hadler, Robert Hadler, J. R. Jackson; Miss Bunny Hadler; Mesdames H. B. Mooers and R. H. Gorsuch; Messrs. Robert J. Valley, Dan C. Batchelder, A. A. Hadler, Jr., and Buddy Gorsuch." __________________________________________________ Clipping from the Kauai, Hawaii Newspaper - "BURNS FIELD IS RE-OPENED FOR USE BY PLANES - Pacific Skyways, Ltd., a local firm operating charter planes and other activities in connection with air travel, formally opened Burns Field at Hanapepe last Friday when their first chartered plane from the K-T Flying Service, landed at the west side Airport. Burns Field which was crossed with ditches during the war to prevent enemy planes from landing, has been repaired by the Department of Public Works under the direction of Fred Schumacher, local resident engineer. The field is now in condition to be used by planes, and Pacific Skyways, Ltd. will have all their incoming and outgoing planes use the field. It was announced by K-T Flying Service that Pacific Skyways, Ltd. will also act as charter agent for the company on Kauai in conjunction with Mrs. Joe Quon the present agent. Bookings for charter service between the islands can be made with either agent. Pacific Skyways expects to have its own planes available soon for charter service."John Batchelder was General Manager and owner of Pacific Skyways. ___________________________________________________ Clipping from the Garden Island,Wednesday, April 13, 1966 - "John Batchelder - The assistant manager and Used Car manager of VHY, is well known on Kauai. He has been with the firm for the past three years. He, his wife and twO daughters live in Wailua Homesteads." ___________________________________________________ Clipping from The Garden Island, Wednesday, February 11, 1976 - "The owner of Island Rental, John Batchelder, held open house recently, to give people an idea of the great variety of things he has available for you to rent or by. Included in the list of such things are pick-up and flat-bed trucks; vans, including a van large enough to move furniture; and electric generators in a variety of sizes. With spring cleaning near at hand, he thought you might want to know that he has steam, regular and wet-back shampooers so you can give your carpeting a good cleaning. He also has dry vacs and floor polishers available. For gardeners, there areroto-tillers, lawnmowers, post hole diggers and wheel barrows. For those wanting to clean a house they're moving into or out of, if you don't have your regular supply of cleaning utensils available, you can see John about renting buckets, squeeges, brooms and mops, at a very reasonable price. For the tots there are high chairs and cribs that can be rented and wheel chairs available should you need them. He has front-loaders; compressors; all sorts of electrical tools, for small jobs and big ones; plumber's tools, ie. pipe cutters, dies and wrenches, plus water pumps; and even a trench digger. Mr. Batchelder has the largest variety of equipment available on the island, and he invites you to stop by and look it over at his place on Airport Road in Lihue." Greta Jean /Gorsuch/ BIRTH 25 JUL 1920 Wenatchee, Washington DEATH JAN 1995 San Diego, California DATE 25 JAN 1935 Graduated from Sutter Jr. High School, Sacramento, CA 28 JUN 1935 Installed into Order of Job's Daughters, Bethel Seventy-four, Sacramento, California Employed by the Sacramento Northern Railway company when she was married to John. 27 JAN 1938 Graduated from C. R. McClatchy Senior High School, Sacramento, CA ___________________________________________________ Clipping from Sacramento Bee - "Some of the Sacramento children who are at present being cared for at the Sun Mount Preventorium, in an effort to save them from the ravages of tuberculosis, are shown in the above photograph. The average monthly attendance at theinstitution, which is one of |
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