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Category: Miscellaneous
Solution to Heroin Crisis: The Air Bridge to Frankford
This is a great story, good reading and explains a lot.
Since the late 1990s, pastors, police, and mayors in Puerto Rico have been sending hundreds of heroin addicts, many of them HIV-positive, to Philadelphia, New York, Chicago, and other cities. Read the story at the link below.
Source: Puerto Rico’s solution to heroin crisis: one-way tickets to Philly
Happy Veterans Day To Frankford’s Veterans and Their Families.
Frankford has a long tradition of military service. This is a list of the veterans we have identified so far. If you know of a name that should appear here, email gil@frankfordgazette.com with the information. *indicates deceased veteran. **indicates veteran died in the line of duty.
| John R. Abel Jr., Marines |
| Stanley Adams, Marines |
| Tillman Avery*, Navy |
| Eugene Baldwin Jr.*, Air Force |
| Harry L. Barr*, Army |
| Robert Barrett*, Army |
| John Bates*, Marines |
| Lennan Bates*, Marines |
| Tom Barland, Army |
| Tyrik Bell, Marines |
| Voci Bennett, Army |
| James Berry*, Army |
| John Berry, Army |
| Kenny Berry*, Army |
| William Berry*, Army |
| Bill Beverly, Army |
| Bernadette Birch, Army |
| James Birch*, Army |
| Roger Birch*, Navy |
| Tony Birch, Army |
| John Blackiston*, Marines |
| Ron Borum, Army |
| Richard Boston, Air Force |
| William Bounds, Air Force |
| Harold Bowen*, Army |
| Howard Bowen, Army |
| Wayne Bowen, Army |
| Calvin Boyd, Air Force |
| Ricky Boyd, Army |
| Darrell Bradsberry, Army |
| Charles Brady, Army |
| Jeffrey Brantley*, Army |
| Kim Brantley, Army |
| Leon Brantley, Army |
| Leonard Brantley*, Navy |
| Mike Brennan*, Army |
| John Brophy, Air Force |
| John W. Brophy*, Navy |
| Walter Brock*, Army |
| Gloria J. Brook , Army |
| Albert W. Brooks*, Army |
| James Brooks, Army |
| John Henry Brooks, Army |
| Kenny Brooks, Army |
| Robert Brown, Army |
| Doug Bryant, Air Force |
| Linwood Budd*, Army |
| Andre Burke, Marines |
| Frederick Burke*, Navy |
| Kareem Burke, Navy |
| Kenneth Burke, Army |
| Robert Burke, Marines |
| Cordell Butler, Marines |
| Jessie Butler*, Army |
| Harold G. (Butch) Byer*, Army |
| Jim Bynum, Army |
| Louis Carleo, Air Force |
| Clancey Carr Jr., Army |
| Christine Carter, Navy |
| Curt Carter, Navy |
| Ollie Carter, Marines |
| Winston Charleston, Army |
| Frank Cherry, Army |
| Jon Clodfelter, Army |
| Clayton Cole , Marines |
| Clayton Cole Jr., Navy |
| Floyd R. Coleman, Marines |
| Harry Collins, Navy |
| Jerry Collins, Navy |
| John Collins, Army |
| Paul Collins, Army |
| Robert Collins, Army |
| Donald A. Cosby, Navy |
| Donald M. Cosby, Navy |
| Eric Cosby, Navy |
| Henry Cosby, Army |
| Melvin Cosby, Navy |
| Joseph Costtello, Army |
| Allen Craig, Navy |
| Arthur Craig, Navy |
| Sonny Craig*, Navy |
| Edward Crenshaw, Navy |
| Freddie Crenshaw, Army |
| Lowell Dandridge, Army |
| Emanuel Daniel, Army |
| Charles W. Daut**, Marines |
| Louis Dawkins, Marines |
| Franklin Daniel, Army |
| Kelly Debman, Army |
| George Dennis, Army |
| George Dennis, Air Force |
| Louis Dennis, Army |
| Louis Dennis, Navy |
| Don Donaldson, Army |
| Don Donaldson, Marines |
| William Dorsey*, Army |
| Terren Durham, Navy |
| Skeet Ellis*, Army |
| Albert Fairhurst, Army |
| Daniel Fairhurst, Army |
| Fred Fairhurst, Army |
| James Fairhurst, Navy |
| Larraine Fairhurst, Navy |
| William M. Fairhurst**, Army |
| Walter Fenton, Army |
| Joseph J. Ferraro Jr., Marines |
| Joseph J. Ferraro Sr., Marines |
| William Ferry**, Army |
| William (Junie) Fletcher*, Army |
| Donna T. Flowers Travers, Army |
| Clarence Forrest*, Army |
| Doctor Forrest*, Army |
| Nathan Forrest*, Marines |
| Simmy Forrest, Army |
| Jeffrey Keith Foster, Army |
| Larry Fowler, Marines |
| Gene Furgenson*, Army |
| James Gary, Army |
| Ronald Gayle Sr., Navy |
| Angela Gayle , Navy |
| Charles J. Gibilterra**, Army |
| Henry Haskin, Army |
| Thomas Haskin, Army |
| Henry Haskin Jr., Army |
| John Heard, Air Force |
| Joseph M. Henry, Marines |
| Sam Hicks, Army |
| Vernon O. Higgins, Marines |
| Victor Higgins*, Army |
| Francis T. Hill, Army |
| Gerald Hill, Army |
| Nolan Hill*, Army |
| Joseph H. Hobson*, Army |
| Paul Hodge*, Army |
| Wesley Hodge , Army |
| Paul Hodges*, Army |
| Joe Holiday, Army |
| James Honesty*, Marines |
| Melvin Honesty, Army |
| Carl A. Hunt*, Army |
| Robert Hunt, Air Force |
| Wayne Hunt, Air Force |
| Bill Jackson, Army |
| Edward Jackson*, Army |
| Kevin Jackson, Army |
| William Jackson, Army |
| Kenny James*, Army |
| Leonard James, Army |
| William James*, Army |
| Mike Jennings*, Army |
| Andrew Johnson*, Army |
| James Johnson*, Army |
| Phillip Johnson*, Army |
| Richard D. Johnson, Navy |
| Richard W. Johnson, Army |
| Russell Johnson, Army |
| Samuel Johnson*, Navy |
| Wallace Johnson, Army |
| Brenda Jones, Army |
| Corey Jones*, Army |
| Justin Jones, Army |
| Willie Jones*, Army |
| Tom Keane, Army |
| Edward Keith, Army |
| Richard Kennedy, Army |
| Martin King, Navy |
| Darrly Lampkin, Marines |
| Jamie Lampkin, Army |
| William Lampkin*, Army |
| Adolph Lang, Marines |
| Floyd Lang, Marines |
| James Lang, Marines |
| Clarence E. Lewis*, Army |
| Donald Lewis, Army |
| Gary Lewis*, Army |
| Gregory Lewis, Army |
| Guy D. Lewis, Army |
| Henry Lewis*, Army |
| Keff Lewis, Navy |
| Nathan Lewis, Army |
| Paul Lewis*, Army |
| Maynard B. Lott, Army |
| James Madden, Army |
| Barry Marblex, Army |
| Erin McAvoy, Navy |
| Thomas A. McAvoy, Marines |
| Tom McAvoy, Army |
| Calvester McCoy*, Army |
| Russell McCoy*, Army |
| Brian McFarland, Air Force |
| Bill McGeehan, Air Force |
| Francis J. McGrath*, Army |
| Joseph McGuigan, Army |
| Russell Mcoy*, Army |
| Benjamin Miller*, Marines |
| Robert Miller, Army |
| Calvester Montgomery*, Army |
| John Montgomery, Army |
| John Montgomery, Army |
| Tommy Nash*, Army |
| Jose D. Negron, Air Force |
| Joseph Newman*, Army |
| Earl (Wayne) Niblock, Marines |
| Angelita Nix*, Marines |
| William M. Parker*, Marines |
| Raymond W. Perry Jr., Navy |
| Walter G. Pierce, Army |
| Arron Pittman, Navy |
| Charles Pittman, Air Force |
| Thomas Pittman, |
| Nathan Porter, Navy |
| Fred A. Prescott*, Army Air Corps. |
| Fred C. Prescott, Air Force |
| William Pryor*, Army |
| Charles Randolph Sr.*, Army |
| Wallace Randolph*, Army |
| William Randolph, Army |
| Charles Randolph Jr., Army |
| Robert C. Randolph Jr.*, Marines |
| Doctor Reddman, Army |
| Walter Rice, Army |
| Higgins Richard G., Air Force |
| David Rivera, Army |
| Jonathan Rivera, Air Force |
| Shelly Roberson, Army |
| Nathan Robinson*, Army |
| Phil Robinson, Army |
| Robert Rose, Marines |
| Jimmy Salamatin, Army |
| Daniel Savage**, Army |
| Timmy Salamatin, Marines |
| James Scott, Army |
| Silas Sharp, Navy |
| Warren H. Siegmann*, Navy |
| Gilford D. Smiley*, Coast Guard Reserve |
| Joseph Smiley, Air Force |
| Robert Smiley, Air Force |
| Kevin Sorden, Army |
| Jane Sorendino, Army |
| David Taylor, Army |
| Henry J. Taylor*, Navy |
| Joe Taylor, Navy |
| Joseph H. Taylor, Navy |
| William Tenant, Army |
| Gregory Thomas, Marines |
| Tyrone G. Thomas*, Army |
| Jeffrey Thomas, Army |
| Gene Turner, Marines |
| Joseph Turner*, Army |
| Thornton Turner, Army |
| Joseph Turner , Army |
| Robert Turner Sr.*, Marines |
| Harold M. Vaughan*, Marines |
| Harold Vaughn Jr.*, Marines |
| Bill Volz, Army |
| Richard Whitaker, Army |
| Henry Whitmore*, Army |
| Alphonso Whitmore, Army |
| Leonard Whitmore, Army |
| Calvin Wilkerson, Army |
| John E. Wilkerson, Army |
| Melvin Wilkerson, Army |
| Karl Wilkinson, Navy |
| Allen Williams, Army |
| Charles Williams, Army |
| Felicia Williams*, Navy |
| Jessie Williams*, Navy |
| Lawrence Williams, Marines |
| Melvin Williams, Army |
| Robert Williams*, Army |
| Antonio Wilson, Army |
| Lloyd C. Wilson**, Army |
| Maxwell J. Wright, Air Force |
| Sylvester E. Wright, Navy |
| Barry E. Young , Army |
| Walter Young Jr., Army |
Veterans Day Freebies
Veterans Day is Friday, November 11th and there are many restaurants offering great deals for veterans.
The militarywallet.com has about the best, most up to date list of what is available. You can find it at this link.
Stop back at this page on Friday for our honor roll of Frankford veterans. If you or someone you know should be on that list, email me with the name and branch of service and I’ll make sure the name is included. gil@frankfordgazette.com
Where Do I Vote
A reader just called to ask where the polling place is. It used to be at St. James. If you voted at St. James, the new polling place is at the String Theory School (Edmunds) on Haworth Street.
Vote.org is a good place to start if you are in doubt. You can find it at this link.
