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Show Armed Forces Local Girl Leaves For WAACs' Mildred Miller, 125 W. 3rd East, Springville, enlisted in the Women's Wom-en's Army Corps and left for basic bas-ic training at Fort Des Moines, la., Monday. Following her Army orientation she will be assigned to the transportation trans-portation corps as a parcel post clerk for service at the San Francisco Fran-cisco Port of Embarkation. A daughter of James Miller, Miss Miller was employed at Og-den Og-den Arsenal as a parcel post clerk prior to her enllstement. Local Man Is Assigned New Orleans, La. Pvt. Newell A. Lambson, son of Mrs. H. L. Nielson, has been assigned to the Army Service Forces Training Center, Camp Plauche, La., for basic military training. After six weeks basic work, he will receive nine weeks of specialized special-ized training to fit him for duty with the Transportation Corps which is charged with the mission of transporting men and war materials ma-terials to theaters of operations throughout the world. Gene Averett Comes From Texas Gene Averett, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ruel Averett, has spent a 15-day furlough with relatives and friends in Springville and will leave Friday for Camp Swift, Texas, a married man. France Childs Visits Home Town France Childs, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Childs, visited a few days the past week with his parents par-ents and other relatives and friends in Springville. He is stationed sta-tioned at Camp Atterbury, Ind. He called at the Herald office to express ex-press his appreciation for the paper, pa-per, and accompanying him was his sister, Theo Childs, who is employed em-ployed at Clearfield. Interesting Word Comes From Shirley Thorpe Shirley Thorpe, son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Thorpe, is now stationed sta-tioned in England and writes that he is certainly seeing the sights in that foreign country. He has visited a number of old castles which were especially interesting in-teresting to him. He said that he saw a castle which was built in 610 A. D., and then rebuilt in 1110, and he has learned a number of interesting stories about histori- one can't help but be scared when the battle starts and although the big battleships fire from a distance dis-tance of some fifteen miles, the ship's crew is always glad when it's over. The size of the big battleships bat-tleships and the number of men carried by them resembles a small city, he said, and one sees new faces every day. About the happiest experience Holt had was when he met his brother, Ray Holt, also serving in the South Pacifc. Max Nielson Finishes School, Is Transferred Max Nielson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Marcellus Nielson, has just completed a course in electrical work at a naval training base in New York, and has been transferred trans-ferred to a base in Newport, R. I., according to word received here. Local Man Goes To Electrical School Paul W. Cook, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Cook, 714 South Main, was enrolled recently in an intensive course at the Electrical Naval Training School, located at the St. Louis, Mo., Naval Armory. Selection to attend the school was made on the basis of his recruit re-cruit training aptitude tests. The Letter Of Appreciation Comes From Sailor I wish to inform you of my change of address so that the Herald Her-ald will reach me as quickly as possible. I look forward to it each week as that is the only way in which I am informed as to how many of my buddies from S. H. S. are anywhere near me. (It also helps me keep track of how many of my girl friends are getting married.) I really enjoy the paper and hope it may reach me wherever I go and I want to thank you very much for making it possible for we boys of Springville and Maple-ton Maple-ton to receive and enjoy the hometown home-town news. Thanks. Sincerely, Paul Hansen Floyd Anderson Gets Wings, Commission Floyd Anderson has received a comlsslon of second lieutenant and his wings, graduating from Luke Field, Ariz., base. He is spending spend-ing a 15-day furlough with his mother, Mrs. Ellen Anderson, and other relatives here. Before graduating, he trained at Santa Ana and Lancaster, Cal., and at Thunderbird No. 2 in Arizona. Ari-zona. Dan Alleman Writes Letter From France The Herald this week received a letter from Dan Alleman in France thanking those who made it possile for him to get it even If It is old. He also asks to have his APO changed so it will get through quicker and the Herald flnnrppintpn havener thA nnrrent nrl- cal places in old England. Glenn Brown Home From Boot Training Glenn Brown has completed his ten-weeks' boot training at Far-ragut, Far-ragut, Idaho and is spending a few days' leave with his wife and family fam-ily here. He will return to Farra-gut Farra-gut for re-assignment. During his leave, he called at the Herald office and expressed his appreciation for the Herald, stating that it really helps when one is away from home. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. I. S. Brown of this city. Springville Man Drives Truck In France Cpl. Meade H. Weight, son of Mr. and Mrs. Willis Weight, who is serving in the 3622nd Quarter Master Trucking Regiment of the Army somewhere in France, sent in the following item, clipped from a newspaper "over there." 'Ever try to wrestle 60 tons of machinery up and ' down and around the winding lanes of Britain Brit-ain or France? That is one of the routine tasks the S. O. S. men do that few people hear about. As one soldier says, 'It's dangerous as hell." "The men in the tank-transport gangs hurtle along the narrow hedge-lined country roads with nothing but the strength of arm, skill and cold nerve between them and the pearly gates. There are others who haul all kinds of equipment equip-ment over all types of roads, and through all types of enemy fire. "These drivers' eyes are bloodshot blood-shot from peering through the the practical use of electrical tools, i Soldering, wiring, diagramming and repairing of telephone circuits. cir-cuits. A theoretical phase includes principles of electricity and mag-nettism. mag-nettism. Successful completion of the course will see him graduate with the petty officer rate of Electrician's Elec-trician's mate third class or receive re-ceive recognition, as eligible to qualify for that advancement. Letter Comes From Kenneth Boyer A letter arrived this week from Kenneth Boyer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harlan Boyer, telling us of a change in address to Miami, Fla., where he is attending a naval air gunners' school. He says receiving the Springville Spring-ville Herald every week has meant a lot to him and he expresses his thanks to the Junior Chamber of Commerce. He says he appreciates appreci-ates knowing where his friends are in the service and of the happenings hap-penings and changes at home. Kenneth reports that he recently recent-ly graduated from a 21-weeks' course in aviation machinist's mate school and from a short course in aviation radar operations, and is now nearing completeion of basic aerial gunnery and that he expects to enter operational training as an air crewman on an "Avenger" torpedo bomber soon. EDITOR'S NOTE: All of the limited production of Wrigley's Spearmint Chewing Gum is being shipped overseas to our Armed Forces. Wartime difficulties dif-ficulties make it impossible to produce sufficient quantity of quality gum to supply everybody. We are all missing Wrigley's Spearmint but until the Wrigley people can bring it back, they hope that you will get some satisfaction sat-isfaction and pleasure reading about your Service friends and relatives in this news column sponsored by Wrigley's. Wrigley's Spearmint is a little thing in size that our soldiers and sailors can have with them wherever wher-ever they are. And it's a big thing in importance to these fighting fight-ing men for helping calm the jitters jit-ters and easing dry parched, throats. To our men on the battle fronts chewing gum is a vital "on duty" requirement. , And when they chew Wrigley's Spearmint they know they are getting the same high quality and long-lasting flavor flav-or they always enjoyed at home. We appreciate the way you are so unselfishly giving up Wrigley's Spearmint Gum so that all we can make can be sent overseas only, to the men who want and need it. blackouts, their knees knock ana hands tremble with fatigue. Their palms, toughened from gripping a bucking wheel, grow blisters under un-der the callouses, gloves or no golves. If they relax at the wrong time, their vehicle may go crashing crash-ing through a stonewall. "These men are not unique. Like most soldiers, they are just earning earn-ing the future bread of peace, by the sweat of their brows. The only thing that makes them different is that their part in the war is usually us-ually forgotten. So this is a reminder re-minder of the titanic job these guys who drive trucks are doing. Here is our salute to your courage and important contribution to victory." vic-tory." ' Cpl. Weight has been in the Army Ar-my since December, 1942, and has been overseas nearly a year. Two brothers, Grant and Paul, are in the Navy and are serving somewhere some-where in the South Pacific. Another An-other brother, Robert, has recently recent-ly joined the Navy and is taking his boots training at San Diego, California. . : o - dress from him as well as others to whom the paper is being sent. Dan says he has seen only one Springville man, Bert Harrison, since he ' was in England and France but he expects to see some others in France later on. He says he has been in France about a month (his letter was written July 23, V-mail) and he says he likes the country all right. Lyman Madsen Gets Promotion Lyman Madsen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Madsen of this city and the husband of Mrs. Thonna Holt Madsen, has been promoted to a yeoman first class in the Navy, according to word received here. He enlisted in the U. S. Naval Reserve Re-serve July 16, 1942, and is at present pres-ent attached to and is petty officer offi-cer in charge of enlisted personnel departments governing application of educational data, legal and legal leg-al assistance matters at the U. S. Naval Air station at Banana River, Riv-er, Florida. Dean Averett Leaves For Service Dean Averett, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ruel Averett, left Friday for the armed forces, going to Fort Douglas. Local Man Given Honorable Discharge Dean Blackett, son of Mrs. Earl Blackett, has been given an honorable hon-orable discharge from the armed forces and is living wtih his wife in Ogden, according to word received re-ceived here. He contracted malaria fever in the South Pacific shortly after he arrived there and has been confined confin-ed to hospitals in the South Pacific, Pacif-ic, also in San Francisco, Calif., at Temple, Texas, and in Denver, Col., being released from the latter institution just recently. He has been ill since last January. Before contracting malaria, he served as an airplane mechanic at Bougainville and other points in the South Pacific area. Sailor Home After 19 Months At Sea Fon Holt, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Holt of this city, has been spending a few days leave from the Navy, his first visit in nineteen nine-teen months. During the time spent in the Navy, he has visited many lands and had many exciting and interesting inter-esting experiences. He has been in seven major battles, including Guadalcanal, Truk, Tarawa, Sai-pan Sai-pan and Santa Cruz. He spent seven months in the north waters, stopping at Norway and Sweden, and eleven months in the South Pacific. Holt sail |