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Show South Servicemen By Phyllis Clayton Seen at South not so long ago was W. Blaine George, of the Merchant Mer-chant Marine. Blaine entered the service on this birthday, July 19. After early training on iCatalina Island, California, he made one trip to the south-west Pacific, and reached the Gilbert' Islands 12 hours after the great raid there. Blaine is a Second Stewards Mate, that is, he has part charge of the store room and food supply. "It's one of the grandest 'rackets' there is," Blaine" remarked, which shows he thinks it's the best. He returned return-ed to San Francisco for further orders about the first of Febuary. Pfc. Rex Prince and Pfc. Earl Johnson wrote a letter to Scribe recently complaining about the ommission of marine corps men in this column. Both boys graduated in 1942, and were stationed at Camp Pendleton.. They are now en route to a .new post, or an embarkation em-barkation point. A graduate of 1939, B'ick Folk-erson, Folk-erson, is now a Fireman First Class of the U. S. Navy. Dick is now on the Seven Seas, visiting the far-flung port of the world. During his high school days, Dick played fine football on the 'A' and 'C teams. |