Individual Details

Arkansas Marriage License shows that Glen was 19, Jennie Lou, 18 when married. He was of Stone Co; she was of Izard Co. License dated same day of marriage.

World War II Draft Registration
16 Oct 1940
Alford Glen Hinkle of Mountain View, Stone Co, Ark, was age 21, b. 17 Nov 1918 in Mountain View. Mrs. Jennie Lou Hinkle, wife, would always know his address. Self employed. 5'11" tall, 200 lb., brown eyes, brown hair.

Enlisted in the US Army, 21 Sep 1944 at Camp Joseph T. Robinson, Little Rock, AR, as a Private. Had 4 years of high school. Skilled linedman and serviceman, telegraph, telephone and power.

The Courier News, Blytheville, AR, Thur. 21 Sep 1944, p.4
Mountain View, Ark.
Residents of Mountain View, county seat of Stone County, know how bad war ca be. They haven't any local telephone service and they won't have for the duration.
Glen Hinkle, owner and operator of the Mountain View telephone exchange, reported for induction in the armed forces yesterday. Unable to employ anyone to service the dial system, he received permission from the Arkansas Utilities Commission to close the system for the duration. However, the 745 residents of the town will have one long distance connection.
A direct line to nearby Sykamore will furnish telegraph service. And the Southwestern Bell Telephone Company is expected to install a toll phone in the little county seat soon.

Transported on Pan American Airways, 15 Jan 1945. From La Guardia Field, NY to San Juan, Puerto Rico. Manifest included Glen Hinkle, age 30, USA passport.

Birth	17 Nov 1918	Mountain View, Stone County, Arkansas
Marriage	11 Oct 1938	Stone County, Arkansas - Jennie Lou Watts
Death	27 Dec 2004	Mountain View, Stone County, Arkansas

Spouse	Jennie Lou Watts (1920 - 2004)
Child	Living

Father	Hubert Hinkle (1895 - 1983)
Mother	Beulah Cordelia Kendrick (1894 - 1972)