Geo. W. Fetzer
259 E. Market St.
Harrisonburg, VA
John R. Wilfong
Race: White.
Sex: Male.
Nationality: American
Classification: Filling Station
Occupation: Operator
John Wilfong is employed by the Atlantic Refining Filling Station No. 2, in Harrisonburg, Virginia. His home is at Keezletown, Virginia. His father and mother, both American, live at Sugar Grove, West Virginia, where John was born in 1911, and is now in his twenty-eighth year. He is five feet seven inches tall and weighs one hundred and thirty-five pounds, not a large man but strong, and in good health, having been sick but very little in all his life. His father is a farmer, owning his farm, and John’s earlier years were spent on the farm where he did farm work, and having the benefit of outdoor life, which, no doubt, accounts for his good health and strong constitution.
He started school when six years of age at Sugar Grove, West Virginia, and finished his school days at Dayton, Virginia, where he graduated from the four year high school. Lack of funds prevented him from seeking more advanced education than can be had in the high school. Is preference of subjects in school was mathematics, science, etc. and today he is fond of reading such books and magazines pertaining to or based on those subjects. He was fond of school and derived much benefits there from.
After leaving school his first employment was as a clerk in a store at Montezuma, VA in which position he continued for five years, after that coming to Harrisonburg where for three years he worked in the silk mill, and is now employed by the Atlantic Filling Station Number Two, where he has been so employed for about two years. He likes his work and working conditions well enough, but is anxious for a position with better pay and larger possibilities of advancement, and I hope he succeeds in obtaining it, as he seems to be capable of something better than he now has. He believes however, in sticking to a job until he can assure himself of securing a better one.
John was very cordial with me as he seems to be with everybody, and generally speaking I think of a good disposition, at the same time I rather think that he has some temper and when occasion arises can speak very positively and with emphasis.
John is fond of reading newspapers, magazines, fiction and books on mechanical advancement and about aviation. He likes good music, though not the classical, and hasn’t much use for the jazzy kind. He likes the radio, and goes to the movies when he has time. He takes more interest in baseball than in any other sport or recreation and doesn’t care so much for football.
In 1935, John married Louise Keiter, and to bless and brighten their home two boys have been born to them—Joseph, now aged two years, and John, now about one year old. In these little ones they take much pride and find much pleasure and satisfaction. Pity the home in which the prattle of little children is not heard. What unconscience power is lodged in them and what a steadying and constant influence they wield, and the inspiration of our highest hopes and ambitions.
December 28, 1938 Geo. W. Fetzer
Harrisonburg, VA