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Show Armed Forces Joel Steele Is Made Army Captain Joel Steele, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Steele of this city, has been promoted from first lieutenant to captain in the Infantry somewhere in the South Pacific, according to word received by his parents. lie enlisted in the Army in 1938, and was at Pearl Harbor when the Japs attacked. His wife, the for-er for-er Dorothy Andrews, resides in Mississippi. Teressa Sumslon Goes To Texas Teressa Sumsion, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elvin Sumsion, has Just completed her boot training with the WAVES at Hunter College, Col-lege, New York, and has been transferred to Texas. She will be stationed at Corpus Christi. Ray Richards Sees Local Men Lt. Ray L. Richards writes that he saw Monty Groesbeck last Sunday Sun-day at church; also a Barney boy from the Fourth ward, "proving that the world is a small place, after all." He doesn't give his station sta-tion but from the address we take it he was somewhere in the Pacific. Pa-cific. Floyd Gabbltas Visits Home Here Floyd Gabbitas, son of Mrs. Ed Gottfredson, is enjoying a visit home before going overseas. He has just finished his boot training with the navy at Camp Perry, Va., where he was also confined for a time at the station hospital, due to illness. Gives Thanks For Home Town Paper Pvt. Lee J. Taylor send a change in his address, stating that he is now stationed at San Diego, Cal., TJ. S. naval station with the transportation trans-portation section, and he expresses ex-presses his sincere thanks and appreciation for the weelky home town paper. Harry Zabriskle Visits Relatives Harry Zabriskie visited in Springvilie this week after spending spend-ing 25 months in the South Pacific, Pa-cific, a member of the 15th Construction Con-struction Battalion. A machinists' made second class with the Seabees, he landed at New Hebrides in October 1942, and participated in the Green Island invasion in February of this year. He mentioned that it really seemed seem-ed good to be back in this country. coun-try. He has been given a 30-day leave and is to report back to Camp Parks, Calif. |