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Show , "I have been overseas for more than two years now, and up here in the islands over one year. I am in hopes of getting home before this year is over." He asks for Charles Hatfield s address in Australia and we are sending it to him immediately although al-though the address we have is just in care of the Postmaster, San Francisco, Calif. since entering tne toer of 1942. He will return to Roswell, N. M., where he is an instructor in the army a.r forces. Donald Hume, who has been stationed at the naval tfaining station at Farrgut, Ida. is spend- , ing a few days with his father and other relatives and friends. Monte Gustin, son or Mr. and Mrs Louis Gustin of this city Is spending a ten-day furlough with relatives and friends here. He has just completed training in Florida, l and has been transferred to Massachusetts Mas-sachusetts for further instrction. Armed Forces 4 A note of appreciation came this I week from Wayne R. Miller for the Springville Herald, which he states he doesn't want to miss and therefor sends his change of i address. He was recently trans-, ferred to Stockton, Calif. Aviation Cadet David B. Welch Jr., former University of Utah student, and a son of Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Welch of this city, recently arrived at Lubbock army field, at I Lubbock, Texas, to begin the final I period of pilot training at the ad- ed in several major eng-B""-""" includi the Tunisian campaign-Wi!h campaign-Wi!h thf infantry, he has been on overseas du !8 men "anrf ? Cnsenof ton has just been selected from a Sup of technicians from armored units all over the country, to take course In tank mechanics, according ac-cording to word received from school at Fort he is enrolled. Their object will be to keep the army's tanks in fight-ing fight-ing condition. Dorothy Dally, a former student of the local high school, now employed em-ployed in Helper, visited friends here the past week before leaving for training with the WAVES. She enlisted early this month, and plans to leave for Hunter College, N. Y., within several days. vanced two-engine school of the army air force training command. After a few more weeks of intensive inten-sive training on the ground and in the air, he will receive the coveted silver wings of a bomber pilot and become a flying officer in the army ar-my air forces. S. Loraine Allan of this city has just enlisted in the air corps and left Friday for Fort Douglas from where he expects to be transferred within a few days. With his wife and two daughters he recently came from Washington, D. C, where he has been employed in war department work three and a half years. Mrs. Allan and daughters daugh-ters will remain in Springville for Vaun Weight, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph B. Weight, spent several sev-eral days of the past week with his parents and other relatives and friends on a leave from the naval training station at Farragut, Ida. Ensign Carrol Liechty of the U. S. Navy, son of Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Liechty of this city, who received his commission of ensign in January Janu-ary from Notre Dame University at South Bend, Ind., is now at Raleigh, N. C, where he is attending at-tending the state university and taking further training in deiselj engineering. I Blair Binks, son 01 mi. a...-. Norris Binks of Mapleton, has completed his boot training at Farragut, Ida., and has been selected se-lected to take a course in basic engineering and will probably be sent to an eastern camp. J D. LeeMaster, son of Mr. and Mrs. O. D. LeeMaster, is spending a few days' leave ere with relatives rela-tives and friends. He is stationed with the navy at Farragut, Idaho. Pfc. James A. Thompson, son of Mrs. Melissa Thompson, has just returned from 32 months service in the Aleutians. He is to report on April 8 at Fort Douglas for a new assignment somewhere in the States. Lieut. Erie V. Boorman Jr., and his wife, the former Budie Boyer of Provo, arrived Sunday evening to spend a ten-day leave with their parents and friends. Lt. Boorman was graduated as bombardier bom-bardier at Roswell, N. M., Feb. 26 and as navigator at San Marcos on Dec. 4. He has been awarded two pairs of silver wings. This is 'his first visit to his home town the duration. Vera Bartholomew, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Bartholomew of this city, is visiting her parents and other relatives and friends here. She recently completed her boot training in the WAVES at Hunter College, New York, and was transferred from there to Maryland. She is now enroute to another station at San Diego, Cal. Lt. Grant Nielson, son of J. C. Nielson of this city, gave his folks here a happy surprise Tuesday morning when he called them by phone from Georgia, where he is confined to a veterans' hospital. He had just arrived from overseas a few hours before the phone call. Lt. Nielson suffered an injury to his right arm in the Cassino battle in Italy on Jan. 29, and has been in a hospital overseas since. Prior to his injury, he participat- Marine Private Paul Lindsay, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Lindsay Lind-say of Mapleton, recently completed complet-ed training at Camp Elliott, near San Diego, Calif. He now is ready for assignment to a combat unit, according to word from the school. Ronda Jenkins, who has been stationed at San Diego, Cal., with the army, is home on a 15-day furlough. fur-lough. He expects to go overseas in the near future. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Will Jenkins. Byron Hardy of this city has been promoted to a pharmacist mate third class in the U. S. Navy, according to word received here. He is stationed somewhere in the South Pacific. Finley Roylance, of this city, who is stationed with the armed forces at Camp Miles Standish, Mass., was a recent visitor at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Ray S. Alle-man Alle-man at Norwich, Conn., according accord-ing to word received from them. Also, Dr. and Mrs. Alleman, former form-er residents of Springville, recently recent-ly received a note from Richard Johnson, stating that he was not far from Norwich, Conn., and may drop in to see them some time soon. Raymond P. Jackson, son of Mrs. Mary Jackson of this city, has been wounded in action in Italy, It-aly, according to word received by his mother. The telegram gave no details other than that the wounds were not serious. Mrs. Jackson expects ex-pects to receive details later. She has two other sons in the service. An interesting note of aprpecia-tion aprpecia-tion for the Springville Herald came this week from Don Clyde, son of the late Mrs. Ella Clyde, who is stationed in New Guinea. He states, "The Herald has been reaching me regularly although it comes about sixty days after issue. is-sue. Will you thank the people responsible re-sponsible for sending it, as I really appreciate the news from home." |