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I With Our Boys BoysIntheUSA BoysIn In IntheUSA the USA U S AArmed IntheUSAArmed Armed ForcesPvt Forces ForcesPvt Pvt Homer A Taylor and andPvt andPvt andPvt Pvt Lynn Shafer were arrivalsSunday arrivalsSunday arrivals arrivalsJmday Sunday CampMcClellan morning mormng from Camp CampcClellan Jmday McClellan Ala to spend a brief brieffurlough brieffurlough briefriough furlough with home folks They Theyare Theyare Theyare are being bemg transferred from fromCamp fromCamp fromCamp Camp McClellan where they received recerved re reJ'lved ceived cerved ' their basic training trammg to a aPacIfIc aPacific aicific PacIfIc J'lved Jlved coast camp Mrs Shafer Shaferwho Shaferwho Shaferho who had spent the past several severalweeks severalweeks severalweeks weeks with her husband in Ala Alabama Alabama Alabama bama returned to Moab the lat bat lattcr batter lattcr tcr ter part of the weekMinneapolis week weekMinneapolis Minneapolis Mmneapohs Mmn Jan 15Sgt 15Sgt 15 15Sgt --Sgt Sgt -Sgt - - Sgt Bernard Mecham 26 of ofMoab ofMoab ofMoab Moab Utah son of R B Me Mecham Mechain Mecham cham chain of Moab ha has < ; arrived arnved at atthe atthe atthe the University UmversIty of Mmnesota Minnesota Mmnesotafor Minnesotafor Minnesotafor for a course in army air force forceInstruction forceinstruction forceinstruction Instruction lasting lastmg approximate ly by approximately approximateby five months prior pnor to his ap appomtment appointment appomtment pomtment pointment as an aviation cadet cadetm cadetin cadetin Duringthis DurmgthIS m in the armv army air forces Durmg During thIS period penod he will take numer numerous numerous numerous ous academic courses as well wellas wellas wellas as elementary flying flymg trammg training trammgUpon trainingUpon trainingUpon Upon completion of oC the course coursehe coursehe coursehe he will be classified as a pIlot pIlotnavigator pilotnavigator pilotnavigator navigator or bombadier bombadler and go goon goon goon on to schools of the flying flymg tram train trammg training training mg ing command for training trammg m in mthese inthese mthese these specialtiesPvt specialties specialtiesPvt Pvt Tom Tibbetts who is m in mthe inthe inthe the army air corps statIon stationed cd at atAmarillo atAmarillo atAmanllo Amarillo Texas was an arnval arrival arnvalthe arrivalthe arrivalthe the last of the week to tq < ; spend pend a abrief abrief abrief brief furlough with home folksPvt folks folksPvt Ian 'an an ' Pvt Clyde Wnght WrIght wasIan was an ar arrIval arrival arrival rIval the last of the week on onfurlough onfurlough onfurlough furlough from active service m in mthe inthe inthe the south Pacific to visit hIS hISparents hisparents hisparents parents Mr and Mrs Chester ChesterA A Wnght Wright of Blandmg Blandml Blanding ' ! and oth other other other er relatives there and at Moab Moabpvt MoabPvt MoabPvt pvt Wnght Wright who is in the Ma Marme Mamine Marme rme mine Corps has seen intensiveservice servIce in m the south Pacificregion regIOn and ha has < ; . been furlougheddue due to disabilities sustainedPvt < ; sustained ustamed sustainedPvt Pvt Bob Tibbetts was an ar arnval arrival arrival , nval rival this week from Camp CampChaffee CampChaffee CampChaffee Chaffee Ark to spend a brIef brIeffurlough brieffurlough brieffurlough furlough with home folksDescribes folks folksDescribes Describes Life and CondItIons ConditionsIn In French rrench Trench North AfricaA Africa AfricaA A very vcry interesting mterestmg letter des descrIbmg describmg descubing crIbmg conditions in m AlgerIa AlgerIaFrench AlgeriaFrench AlgeriaFrench French North Africa has been beenreceIved beenreceived beenreceived receIved by Mrs Norman T THarrIs THarris THarris HarrIs of Moab from her hus husband husband husband band Sgt Harris under date of ofSept ofSept ofSept Sept 5 Due to its length it isimpossible IS ISImpossIble isimpossible ImpossIble to publish the com corn complete cornplete cornplete plete letter but several eAcerpts excerpts excerptswill excerptswill will " 1111 prove of especial mterest interest interestto mterestto to local people They followThe followThe follow followThe The appearance of the peo peopIe peopie peopie pIe is fascinating fascmatmg fascinatmg There are areqUIte arequite arequite qUIte a lot of French people here hereand hereand hereand and they res resemble mble Americans Amencans In Inmost inmost inmost most ways but they sure live hve a alot alot lot different than we do The TheArabs TheArabs Arabs are a lot different in most mostways mostwa was ways ) s They are dark in color colorsome colorsome some are black their lips are us usually usually usually ually thinner thmner than our negroes negroesand negroesand and they are not quite ag- ag as a agdarkMy - dark darkMy darkMy My impression of the Arab IS ISthat isthat isthat that he is lazy dirty and rag ragged ragged ragged ged with no pride pnde to show am ambitIon ambition ambition bitIon The clothes are usually usuallyragged usuallyragged usuallyragged ragged dirty and made of many manycolors manycolors manycolors colors and over many patternsThey patternsThey patterns patternsblends They ha\ ha hae have \ e no regard for color colorblends colorblends blends and patch with any col color color color or or anv any grade of cloth Many Manyof Manyof Manyof of the clothes are made from fromburlap fromburlap fromburlap burlap Maybe they are color colorblInd colorblind colorblind blInd The dress isn ISD t very UD urn urnform umform ! form You w will l see the women womenwearmg womenwearing womenwearing wearmg wearing dresses and robes but butthe butthe butthe the men will be found wearmg wearing wearmgskIrts wearingskirts wearingskirts skIrts robes and their versions versionsof versionsof versionsof of trousers One style of trous trousers trousers trousers ers is tight legs about the knees kneeswith kneeswith kneeswith with the seat reaching reachmg about the the"ame thesame thesame "ame ame same " level nice DIce and baggy To Tosee Tosee Tosee see their clothes it is not hard hardto hardto hardto to understand why they like to toget toget toget get our clothes One Arab Vvas was Vvasseen wasseen wasseen seen wearing wearmg wearingi - n 1 -i i ' suit of long wm win wmter winter winter ter underwear as outer clothmg clothing clothmgwhlle clothingwhile clothingwhile : whlle while he was plowing plowmg and reallythought really reallythought reallythought thought he had something somethmg It IS ISnecessary isoften isoften Arab1m ' often necessary to see Sl"e Sle " the Arab Arabin Arabin 1m in the face to determine deterlDlne wheth whethler whether whether er it is a man of woman and andthen andthen andthen ler then at times it is hard to tell tellThe tellThe tellThe The robes have hoods attached attachedWhen attachedWhen attachedWhen When these hoods are not worn wornthe wornthe wornthe the men and women > \ wear ear tur turbms turbins turbins bms bins wrapped around 3rOlmd their theirheads theirheads theirheads heads even in m hot weather weatherNow weatherNow weatherNow Now the children dress consid considerably considcrabby considerably erably crabby lighter Their clothes are area area area a bit air conditioned with pro probabt probabl3 probabli babt babl3 ) only a jacket reaching reachmg to totheIr totheir totheir theIr waist and that is all that thatsome thatsome thatsome some of the children wear The Thewomen Thewomen Thewomen women are shy and most of ofthem ofthem ofthem them wear ve veils s which Vvluch leave leavetre leavethe leavethe tre the eyes and sometimes only onlyone onlyone onlyone one e-e e eye e ) . - e expo"edCleanlmess exposedCleanliness exposed expo"ed expoed exposedCleanliness " Cleanliness Cleanlmess doesn doesnt t seem to tocarry tocarry tocarry carry a very high value There Thereis IS t 1 " \ community commumty laundry to be befound befound befound found occisionilly occslon\lly occslon lly occasionally , , \ where they theyall theyall theyall all bring brmg the family faml1v wash anp and andalso andalso . also the soldiers that are lazy lazyerough lazycrough crough erough to let them have the theirContinued their theirContinued ! 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( Continued Contmued on last page ) f ( Moab Sc.hc Schc . School l News , News NewsContmued . - " ( Continued4rom Contmued.from Contmuedfrom Contmued , . Srom first fust page pate page ) a a Yery 'Ifry Ifry very ' ! entertaining entcrtafning skit and 15 is 15in isn . [ n keeping with the timesBooks times timesBooks , have been ordered and andrehearsals andrehearsals rehearsals will start as soon as asthey asthey they arnve arrive arriveJeanne arnveJeann -Jeann Jeann . . - Jeanne Neal ' 46 46Office - Office Notes NotesMrs NotesMrs Mrs Steward Stewart- Stewart Stewait Stewartand - and Mrs Turn Turnbow Turnbow " bow of the hot lunch depa depart department department ; , ment are both ill III this week T The Theschool Theschool lt- lt - ' school extends its best wIshes wIshesfor for their speedy recovery M Mrs s ' Pearl Kmght Knight 18 is asslstmg assisting in thIS " department until untll their return returnThe returnThe . The school has been wrIting wrItingto - to different film fllm exchanges . . 1I1 in 1I1ar inar _ . ar effort to secure the fIlm of ofI ofThe ofThe I The Tale of Two Cities " for educational ed ediucatIona iucatIona ucational ! purpo purpows purposes s We hope hotle we weean wecan ? ? , can ean secure this film hIm for all Eng EngIl1sh English , Il1sh lish classes to to'study tostudy to"study .study study . " ' and enjoy enjoyI enjoyand enjo ' and especially the Engb English h II IIcla IIclaps ' I class claps cla sinqe since sln e they are stl1dymg studying stl1dymgIthlS studyingthis " this thi famous novel by Charles CharlesDIckens CharlesDiccens ChartDickens IthlS DIckens Diccens ) at the - present - timeSpeech time ' Speech Class Notes NotesThe . The members of the speechclass speech speechclass ; class have lust just completed the thestudy thestudy study of 'The The ' The Merchant of Ven Van Venice Vanice ice by William Shakespeare ShakespeareFamous ShakespeareFatuous Famous Fatuous quotations and out outstandmg outstanding standing standmg dramatic scenes are arebeing arebeing a eg being memorized by the mem member memberg ( berg ber ? of the classGrade class ' Grade News _ . _ More 14ore ; - cert1flcates certificates f t have been beer beenearned , earned for satisfactory work 111 is 111wrltmg iswriting writing wrltmg Grades 3 and 4 sent 111 is 111penmanshIp ispenmanship penmanship specimens to the thenational thenational e national board of examiners exammers Is Isgrade In Ingrade . ' grade 2 those awarded certil certIfl certifi certIflcates certifiGates cates Gates are Ada Jean Walker WalkerKennalee WalkerKennalee Walkc " Kennalee Hawks * . Joyce ParrishGery ParrISh ParrIShGery Parrii Gery Learning Leammg Eddie Stout StoutMarIl StoutMarilM Stoi " Marilyn MarilM MarIl n Thomson Anne Pace PaceGeraldine Pat , " . ' Geraldme Geraldine Taylor Tanny Me MelIch Meinch lich inch Susanne Taylor , DavId DavIdCleaveland Davin DavinCleaveland Cleaveland Dorothy Moore Moore'Jean MooreJean MOO ] " 'Jean Jean ' Jean _ Allred . Mona Lou . , Pogue PogueJoyce Pogi . . f * * . Joyce ChrIstensen Allce Alice Jackson Jack Jack'son 'son son ' son Tommy W Kay- Kay KayIn KayIn Kay - . In grade 4 these people pebple re recelved _ , elved celved the award Clmton Clinton Baty BatyRodney BatyRodney , Rodney Dalton Betty Graves GravesRex Grav ' " , Rex Hayes Mary Coleen Holy HolyI Holyoak Holyoak ' I oak Bill B1l1 Loveridge Sheldon Sheldor Sheldon'McConkle SheldorMcConkie Sheld Sheldothy ' 'McConkle McConkle McConkie ' Barbara Moore Dorothy Dor Dorothy " othy Newman , . Cecilia Ceclba Thom Thomson Thomson Thoson son Gloria Turner Irene WIll WIlliams WillJams iams Jams iamsL L JamsThose Those students not receivmg receiving receivingcertificates receivi ; ! certificates cert1flcates now have the PrIVI privilege , lege of trying again agam on a re tes1 tes tes1March tesMarch ( March 15I 15THIRD 15 I THIHD THIRD GRADE - The thlre thiic thlret thiicgrade t grade , reports many chIldret children childrenhome ! home and absent from schoodue scho01 schoo scho01I I due to colds and the mfluenza influenza influenzaDespite ; Despite these conditions we arE arc arcbusy ! busy drawing draWlDg pictures anc ancstudymg ancstudying ai studying studymg the interesting mterestmg stor3 storj stor3of storjof - of Baa Baa Black Sheep - Marilyn Thomson ThomsoI ) . reporter , , ' , Sego School NewsThe NewsThe News . The Sego aelementary elementary school schoolclub schooclub club held its mid vear year elechon election electionearly elechonearly electioiearly early in m January The new of offlcers offacers officers flcers facers are President RoseMane RoseMarie RoseManeGlmple RoseMarieGimple BoseMarnGimple , Glmple Gimple vice president 'Ned Ned 'NedDalton NedDalton ' "NetDalton NetDalton " Dalton secretary , , Mary Jean JeanG1mple JeanGrmple JeaiGimple G1mple Grmple treasurer Frank Cop Copley CopIcy Copley ley Icy Jack Kay Dons DorIs Coccio COCCI0 and andSeraph andSeraph anSeraph ( Seraph Olearam OIearain were appomted appointed appomtedao appointedas appointeeas ao as ; chairmen challmen of the committeesOur committeesOur committees committeesOur Our superintendent supermtendent Mrs MrsIhmght Mrsknight MrsKnight Ihmght knight visited us on MondayJan Monday MondayJan MondayJan Jan 10The 10 10The The party for Lorrame Lorraine Coc Coccm Coccio cm ( ' 10 and Seraph Olearain Olearam whose whosebirthdays whosebirthdays whosfbirthdays 1 1The birthdays were in December Decemberwas Decemberwas Decemberwas was postponed It was given last last'Wednesday lastWednesday Wednesday afternoon 'Wednesday Wednesday ' | _ -Mary Mary - afternoonMary Mary Jean Gimple Glmple |