Chalmers Sheetz
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Title
Chalmers Sheetz
Subject
Sheetz, Francis Chalmers (1917-2007)
Sailors - United States - Virginia - Shenandoah County
Description
Portrait photograph of F. Chalmers Sheetz as a young man in his U.S. Navy uniform.
Chalmers was the son of Abe and Ruth (Jennings) Sheetz. He served in the U.S. Navy from June 1943 to December 1945.
He then worked at the American Viscose plant and married Betsy Ann Bowman, a waitress from Woodstock, in 1946.
Shortly after Chalmers died, the Free Press newspaper published a column by Jim Morrison of Edinburg that said this about Chalmers:
"The second event sadly was the passing of one of Woodstock's true icons, Francis Chalmers Sheetz. Chalmers was well known to all in Woodstock, and I never heard a harsh word from anyone directed toward him He was a very active person all of his life and I can't recall anyone his age at any time who was in better physical condition He was a postman but oh so much more than that."
Chalmers was the son of Abe and Ruth (Jennings) Sheetz. He served in the U.S. Navy from June 1943 to December 1945.
He then worked at the American Viscose plant and married Betsy Ann Bowman, a waitress from Woodstock, in 1946.
Shortly after Chalmers died, the Free Press newspaper published a column by Jim Morrison of Edinburg that said this about Chalmers:
"The second event sadly was the passing of one of Woodstock's true icons, Francis Chalmers Sheetz. Chalmers was well known to all in Woodstock, and I never heard a harsh word from anyone directed toward him He was a very active person all of his life and I can't recall anyone his age at any time who was in better physical condition He was a postman but oh so much more than that."
Creator
Morrison Studio
Source
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
The glass plate negative of this image was stored in a box labeled "June 1945".
Contributor
Identified in 2013 by Daniel Hottel.
Free Press article referenced in the Description Field was published on September 13, 2007.
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
Relation
F. Chalmers Sheetz appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 003891, 017777, and 025155.
One page from F. Chalmers Sheetz's Naval Separation Packet appears in Morrison Studio Collection number 025348.
F. Chalmers Sheetz' U.S. Navy Discharge Certificate appears in Morrison Studio Collection number 026059.
Identifier
025155
Original Format
Glass negative
Collection
Citationzork
Morrison Studio, “Chalmers Sheetz,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed December 5, 2025, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/54814.
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