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Show thanking: the Junior Chamber of' Commerce through you because I'm not artistic enough to write direct to th Junior Chamber of Commerce. Flying is slow down here. We are flying P-39's right now, but the weather has been bad and we haven't had much time in the air. We will probably go back to P-38's P-38's as soon as we finish gunnery and combat practice in the P-39. Captain Robert A. Cranmer 326 Fighter Squadron S. R. A. A. D. Santa Rosa, California A fine letter of appreciation arrived this week from Beth Evans, as follows : Jan. 2, 1944 Dear Sirs : I want to take this opportunity opportun-ity to wish everyone a "Happy New Year," and at the same time, thank the Jaycees for the very nice Christmas letter. It was wonderful and only one away from home can really appreciate ap-preciate it. They are doing a wonderful job of morale building. build-ing. Ask any one of us in the service and I'm sure the answer would be the same. "A rousing cheer for them." To save the mail clerk some extra work I'll give you my new address. I'll end this letter by saying, "Greetings," to everyone at home. making many improvements as masters of carpentry, creating a fine shop set-up with power tools and making considerable outdoor out-door equipment. He did outstanding out-standing work in carpentry n high school, making a record in several contests. Paul W. Weight, son of Mr. and Mrs Willis Weight, is spending a few days' leave with his parents and other relatives. He has just completed his quartermaster school at Farragut, Ida., and received re-ceived a promotion to seaman first class in the U. S. Navy. He has been transferred to Shoemaker, Shoemak-er, Calif. Ross Weight, somewhere in the Pacific, has been promoted to a third class petty officer in the Navy, according to word received hre. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Weight. Richard L. Loveridge, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Loveridge of this city, has been promoted to a lieutenant (j. g.) in the U. S. Navy, according to word received here. A graduate of the B. Y." U., he enlisted in the Navy in 1942, and receiveo a commission of Ensign. He later trained at Tucson, Ariz., in San Francisco, Calif., and at San Diego, Calif. He has been on active duty in the Pacific for the past nine months with San Francisco Fran-cisco his home base. Armed Forces ' Robert B. Harrison has been in the Armed Forces since November. Novem-ber. He is stationed at Fort Schuyler, N. Y. Don Humphrey, who has been stationed at Camp Crowder, Mo., spent a few days of the past week on furlough in Springville. James M. Whiteheeaed, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Whitehead, spent a few days of the past week here with his parents and other relatives. He has been stationed at Treasure Island, Calif. Kent Thorn, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Thorn, has been transferred trans-ferred from Jefferson, Mo., to Wichita, Kan., where he is stationed sta-tioned with the U. S. Army Air Corps. Finley Roylance spent a few days of the past week on furlough in Springville visiting his wife and baby and other relatives rela-tives and friends. He came from Fort Riley, Kansas. Lt. Harold Thorn, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Thorn, has returned re-turned to Camp Fort Leonard cently transferred from Granite Wood, Mo., where he was recently re-cently transferred from Granite City, Til. He spent a few days' furlough with his parents and other relatives and friends in Springville. Dr. Rex Whiting, a lieutenant in the Navy, with his wife, the former Florine Merrill of Liver-more, Liver-more, Calif., paid a surprise visit to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Whiting at Mapleton, recently. Lt. Whiting has returned to California Cali-fornia to await further orders and his wife will remain here for the present. Dr. Quinn Whiting, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Whtiing, of Mapleton, Maple-ton, is to leave today for Pennsylvania, Pennsyl-vania, where he will be stationed with the Armed Forces. Mrs. Whiting and childrn plan to remain re-main in Price for the present. Sincerely, Beth Evans, Y 2C From Staff Sgt. Roldo Ollerton, son of Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Ollerton, Oller-ton, stationed somewhere in England, Eng-land, came the following letter of appreciation Tuesday: "Dear Sirs: "I received my first copy of the Springville Herald today (Dec. 25) since arriving in the ETO, and it was really a nice Christmas present for we have received very little mail in the past two months, and it sure was great to get the news from Springville, even if it was a month old. "I haven't met up yet with any one from Springville or Utah around this part of the British Isles, but not being so well .acquainted .ac-quainted in Springville, I wouldn't know a lot of the boys if I did see them. "There is very little we can write about, but we eat three good meals a day and have pretty good living quarters. "Thanking everyone responsible for sending me the paper, I am Yours very truly, "SSgt. Roldo L. Ollerton" Mont Earl Gusttn, son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Gustin of this city, has been transferred to Lowry Field, Colo., to continue his instruction in-struction in the Army Air Forces technical training command, according ac-cording to word received here. Sgt. Ivan D. Peirce, son of Mrs. Mary E. Peirce, is spending a few days with his mother and other relatives and friends here. He came from Camp Clabourne, Louisiana. In appreciation of the Herald sent him by the town of Mapleton, the following is printed from a ltter from Melvin L. Whiting; "I certainly enjoy the paper. It is about the only way I have of keeping up with the home town, and I sure appreciate it. Thanks." Pfc. Melvin L. Whiting Vera Bartholomew, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Bartholo-mw, Bartholo-mw, has joined the WAVES and expects to take her basic training at Hunter College, N. Y. A graduate grad-uate of the local high school, Miss Bartholomew has been employed in defense work for some time before be-fore enlisting. Elliott Cameron, son of Mr. and Mrs. Archie Cameron of this city, has been promoted to technical sergeant in the Army Air Corps, according to word received here. He was recently transferred from Mountain Home, Idaho, to Tonap-ah, Tonap-ah, Nev. He has been in the service ser-vice about nine months, serving in the medical division. Evan A. Allan, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Allan of Mapleton, has been promoted to lieutenant in the Army Air Corps, and is spending a few days' furlough with his parents and other relatives rela-tives and friends. He received his commission at Douglas Field, Ariz., and had previously trained at Santa Ana and Gardner Field, Calif., and at Thunderbird, Ariz. iTrn: mV '. . -I Cpl. Ray Casaday, son of Mrs. Clair Wareham of this city, is on leave from the Navy, taking a 30-day rest period before reporting report-ing to San Diego, Calif., to be treated for injuries received in action. Cpl. Casaday was recently awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received in the Tarawa battle during the occupation of the Gilbert Islands. Lloyd Barker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hyrum Barker of this city, is reported to be carrying on the same fine work in carpentry in the army camp as he did in high school. According to a story in the army paper from Colorado Springs, Lloyd, with several other oth-er men, were given credit for vviiiidin vj. j. annage, son 01 Mrs. Hattie Talmage of this city, left Saturday for camp in Amaril-lo, Amaril-lo, Texas, after spending six days with relatives and friends in Springville. He has just completed com-pleted a course in mechanics and is now an aviation cadet. He called at the Herald office during his furlough and expressed his thanks to the Junior Chamber of Commerce , for . sending the Springville Herald. This note of appreciation arrived ar-rived this week from a local serviceman: ser-viceman: Hello, Verl, By the way, I forgot to thank you when I was home for sending me and the rest of the boys the Herald each week. Speaking about home, the paper is a big help. I'm- |