Leroy E. Waning - School Days 1929

I think this is a charming school picture!  It is a photograph of Leroy E. Waning and was taken in 1929.  Leroy was born the 19th of June 1919 in Newcastle, ME.  He was the son of Elmer and Edna Godding Waning.   He grew up in Newcastle and was a 1937 graduate of Lincoln Academy. He was an avid trumpet player in grammar and high school.  He played solo for Admiral Bird when the admiral visited Maine.

He served in the Air Force as a sergeant during WWII and received the American Theater Ribbon, European African Middle Eastern Service Ribbon with Four Bronze Stars, Good Conduct Medal, Air Medal with Three Oak Leaf Clusters, and the Victory Medal.

He was employed at Round Top Farms and local boat builders as a boats craftsman.  He apprenticed for his father and uncle who laid the original phone lines for Nash Telephone, and later obtained his master electrician's license.  He worked for Bath Iron Works where he became foreman of the electrical department.

He was an avid hunter and fisherman, and enjoyed researching property deeds in Lincoln County and Brooks, ME where his family originated.   

Leroy was a 2nd cousin to James W. Waning, and died in Damariscotta, ME the 10th of July 2008.