World War I Student Files

Percy Wilfred Griffiths was born on March 30, 1893 in Taylor, PA. He was a student at the Bloomsburg State Normal School from 1913 until his graduation in 1916. After the war, Griffiths attended Pennsylvania State University where he graduated in 1921. He then attended Columbia University in New York and graduated in 1930. Griffiths held athletic coaching positions in several colleges and engaged as an automobiles salesman in Marietta, Ohio. He later became a Republican representative from Ohio in the United States Congress from 1943-1949. Griffiths died on June 12, 1983 in Clearwater, FL.

Harry Gruber was born on March 18, 1895 in Bloomsburg, PA. He was a student at the Bloomsburg State Normal School from 1912 until his graduation in 1915. Gruber served in Motor Truck Company 550 and then with Motor Supply Train #428. After the war, he worked for the Reading Railway Company in Hershey, PA as a clerk. Gruber died on November 14, 1961 in Harrisburg, PA.

John Henry Hodder was born on March 27, 1892 in Nanticoke, PA. He was a student at the Bloomsburg State Normal School from 1915 until leaving on November 3, 1917, to join the service. Hodder became a Machinist's Mate Second Class in the Navy during the war. He died from pneumonia on February 27, 1919 and is remembered in the World War I Memorial Pinery.

George Hague Howard was born on February 3, 1894 in Philadelphia, PA. He was a student in the model school at the Bloomsburg State Normal School from 1907-1908. Howard was in the 326 Infantry in the Allied Expeditionary Forces where he fought in Lorraine, Meuse-Argonne, and St. Michael. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for Heroism on October 16, 1918. After the war, Howard worked as a bookkeeper in Jenkintown and later as an accountant. He died on May 4, 1921, in Philadelphia.

Walter Leo Joyce was born on July 5, 1897 in Pittston, PA. He was a student at the Bloomsburg State Normal School from 1913 until his graduation in 1917. During the war, Joyce served at the Washington Navy Yard on active duty until 1919, reaching the rank of Yeoman 1st Class. He later worked as a tax claims adjuster. Joyce died on February 9, 1970 in Maryland.

Aldus Emerson Kegerreis was born on January 8, 1889 in Lancaster, PA. He graduated from Millersville State Normal School in 1908 and attained a Bachelor's degree from Franklin and Marshall College. Kegerreis taught arthmetic and algebra and served as manager of the football team at the Bloomsburg State Normal School from 1915-1917. He was in Ambulance Company 3 in the National Guard, then during the war in Ambulance Company 111, Sanitary Train 103. Following the war Kegerreis became a doctor of osteopathy. He died in July 1972 in Lancaster County, PA.