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Show J I. ! i . ml 11 . tfl iwi rl Mil 1 it " " ' Chief Merlin K. Jones US Navy Recruiter M. K. Jones, Wife Live at Mapleton Chief Aviation Machinists Mate Merlin K. Jones, U. S. Navy, recently reported for duty at the Navy Recruiting Station at Provo, but Maple-ton Maple-ton will be his home. C. O. Claudin sold him the new home at 640 N. 1600 West, built by L. Bjarnson and the Navy officer and his wife hope to settle permanently in this area after his retirement in about three years. Chief Jones has completed 18 years of Naval service including includ-ing tours in the Atlantic, Pacific, Pa-cific, South China Sea and Japan. He comes here from the Naval Air Station, Miramar, Calif., where he was a member mem-ber of the Carrier Attack Squadron 56, commanded by Ralph L. Walker of Nephi. Prior to that, he participated in Operation Deepfreeze 11, in the Atlantic. He is a native of Kansas and has maintained a home at Rhode Island and at San Diego. |