Lawrence Joseph Hewling
Kentucky Post, Thursday, 26 July 1917, page 1
J Lawrence Hewling of Newport left Ft Thomas Thursday with the
medical detachment for Ft Benjamin Harrison Ind. Hewling formerly was connected
with the Cincinnati Merchants and Manufacturers Association and the M & M
Package Freight Bureau. He is the eighteenth member of the Newport Baraca class
to join the colors.
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Kentucky Post, Saturday, 28 June 1919, page 3
Three young men, pals, returned to their Newport homes Wednesday from months of service at the battle front. But because they say they were only volunteers, they refuse to talk about themselves. Here is their history since 1916:
Oliver Schuck, Columbia av. and Lawrence Hewling, W Eighth s. both 16 years old, ran away from home to enlist with a Scotch regiment being formed at Windsor Canada. Young Hewling took sick and they were forced to abandon this plan. Returning home Oliver and his brother Walter tried for the Marine Corps and were refused. Finally they succeeded in making the Medical Division and in July 1918, went across as members of the famous "Wild Cat Division."
Hewling in the meantime joined the Ambulance Corps, Fifth Marines. At Vaux, Hewling was severely gassed, when a piece of gas explosion pierced his gas canister. And because he refused to give up until his battalion was relieved, he was cited for "devotion to duty." The boys took part in the battles of Verdun, Chateau Thierry, St Mihiel, Argonne and Meuse and were outside Metz when the armistice was signed.
Still they insist they have nothing to tell as they were "only volunteers."
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Kentucky Post, Thursday, 19 June 1958, page 1
Services for J Lawrence Hewling, 57, prominent Masonic and veterans groups leader, will be held at 9:30 am Saturday at the Dobbling funeral home, Ft Thomas. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery, South Ft Mitchell. Mr. Hewling, lifelong resident of Ft Thomas, died early Thursday at the Cincinnati Veterans Administration Hospital. Employed as a letter carrier, he was a veteran of World War I.
He was past commander of James Wallace Cositgan Post No 11, American Legion and a member of Robert D Johnson Post, American Legion, Ft Thomas. He was past commander of Knights Templar, Newport; member of Newport Lodge, F&AM and honorary member of Ft Thomas Lodge No 808, and a member of the York Rite Association. He also was a member of Chapter 269 Order of Eastern Star, which will meet at 8 pm Friday at the funeral home. Friends may call from 4 to 9 pm.
He leaves his widow, Clara; three daughters, Mrs. Helen Kreiling and Mrs. Francis Nickell, Ft Thomas and Mrs. Margaret Gaskins, Spring Lake; Three brothers, John G, Richard and Frank, all of Newport; a sister, Mrs. Pauline Klotzback, Cold Spring; 11 grandchildren and one great grandchild.