Springville Herald | 1955-08-04 | Page 7 | Hal Burrows Gets News from Home in Far-Away Attu

Hal Burrows Gets News from Home In Far-away Attu Hal R. Burrows, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lorin Burrows of Springville sends his thanks for the Spring-vllle Spring-vllle Herald from far away Attu Island, part of the Aleutians off flonl Alaska. Stationed there with 2.2 other men in the Navy the only Inhabitants of the islands, Hal says he really appreciates news from liome. Mail to the islands comes every two weeks and aside from duty three hours a day, three days each week, there is very little to do on what they call "The Rock." He writes that he does, how ever, enjoy fishing, having caught an 11-pound silver salmon and at another time caught 35 smaller silver trout in two hours. He had also killed a fox with a rock, indicating in-dicating the wild desolate spot on which the navymen must keep a lookout. Of the 23 men on the little island, is-land, he is the only member of the LDS faith. Hal writes that they seldom see the sun in this far-away spot; that it rains much of the time and the wind blows in between. Their beds are equipped, however, with inner spring mattresses and aside from the lonesomeness, they are fine, he writes. He really appreciates ap-preciates the Springville Herald. He expects to be located on the island perhaps until next June. He went into the navy in October 1954, and after boot training at San Diego, was sent to Attu.