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Show Thurman., 1938 Scribe Editor, Pays Visit to Cubs Home recently on furlough was Sgt. Earl Thurman, ' Scribe editor in 1938, now serving in the U. S. Air Corps, who visited the South faculty, students and Scribe staff on May 22. Earl is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Arch M. Thurman of 1923 Atkin Avenue, and the brother of Alice Thurman, who attended South high school last year. While attending South, Earl played end on the "A" football team and he also played left guard on the "A" basketball team. His first fifteen months of army life were spent in San Luis Obispo, California, in the Field Artillery Division. While in the Field Artillery Artil-lery Division, he acquired the rating rat-ing of Corporal. He left the Field Artillery to join the Air Corps and wasstationed in southern California, where he started start-ed training about June 1. Earl was the chief of the arms 9 section, using a 205mm. Howitzer, which is one of the newest Field Artillery arms. After leaving South, Earl at- tended the U. of U., where he majored ma-jored in English. He revels in his army life and when asked if he liked the army, he said, "There isn't any other place I would rather be at this time when we are at war. "Just when the weather warms up and I meet new friends from South, my leave is at an end and I have to return to the coast," Earl remarked on his departure. During his visit here, he saw and was welcomed by many of his old friends and teachers. Joye May, left, tells Earl Thurman, former Scribe editor, how many Seltzers the staff used in editing the paper this year, while Milt Holl-stein, Holl-stein, '43 editor, grimaces at the right. |