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Show ,.,jf '" ... Wiillm-o K. OI.W. 2-. J!.'.f ;iiul m,-s. John Wiilliwo 4fl ,f )lr' ,'!, .,' is now soi-vIuk us vlmnU- with a Mb-;:l,v'' Mb-;:l,v'' ,v in-iuln-r j;roup ovor- ;riu "tn' "'''n ',v,,-s,,!,s sim' ( tMs vonr Mini his !"U'"'-. oonsicl.-v.Ht ono of tho , Kit't''"" Ail' Vo,vo :.::''sl :.,,. Itavo consistently "with vita. Nlft,J g.vfinori.'s. and mil centers. ,.!.' Tn,inl"K Ht Ralph Goodrich, son .1 Crich. 301 Kst 3rd comply'1?' his tra,mn" on bomber at Tueblo 5 U lir Use. Ho is the pilot gander of his crow and "IL fitted to ho a valuable i bl 0f a 'team" that will :"e"'. the fic'it i"t0 P"0'"y t01'-''3rri t01'-''3rri Goodrich entered the serv- Miusimnd or i,,.i Wonmii AtlvHiiced Major Kloyd W. alllo , ' '" Mrs. .I(,sslo Hi,,, d,,,"" IO, m'"-, l"-'"''-.' of .miliary science d tactics ut tho v J verstty of ir,,lh, lms bo(M1 educntlon lnfornintlon ofrictr of "y corps in the southwest I aclllc. according to word re-ecvod. re-ecvod. A former U. of u. polo an, coach, ho was also coach of lu.rt lunulas football team while in tho states. A son Richard is serving- with the army in the Cliina-liurnia- India theater of operations. For the duration, Mrs Goates Is with her mother Mrs' Mary A. Hird. " . ' . Sends Letter Of Appreciation The Springville Herald Springville, Utah Gentlemen : May I talve this opportunity to express my gratitude to you for sending nie the Springville' Herald each week. It seems like our thoughts turn homeward even more than usual those" holiday seasons, and as I have never written before to Norman C. Smith i On Foreign Service With U. S. Army Service Forces Forc-es in France Pvt. Norman G. Smith of 256 North 2nd East, Springville, is a member of a U. S. Army engineer general service ser-vice regiment which despite lack of heavy equipment and time did a record job of clearing- roads through a bombed-out port area to beaches and quays now used by landing craft, DUKW's and lighters. ligh-ters. Laboring frequently in the six and seven-foot masses of rubble with only trucks and hand shovels, shov-els, members of the company com- ! pleted the assignment with a will that belied the colorless nature of the job in hand. As often as not they moved under the gTateful eyes of French civilians, many of whom watched with interest as the remains of their homes, destroyed de-stroyed accidentally in the. bombardment bom-bardment of German positions prior pri-or to the city's fall, were swept from key routes. In addition to performing an essential role, in the reading of the ports for re-use by the world's merchant fleets, the company materially ma-terially assisted the inhabitants of the port in the rehabilitation of the city. To add to the difficulties of the operations were the ever-present danger of mines and booby traps all of which had to be cleared or neutralized when found. Members of the company have swung axes, heaved shovels, drove trucks, and done whatever else was necessary to clear out an area that was razed before capture, and left extensively charged with demolitions after capture. Joe Cranmer Home On Furlough Joe Cranmer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cranmer, is spending spend-ing a few days home. He has been stationed at the University at Bozeman, Mont., and has now been transferred to the University Univer-sity of Utah. v l ie oym',,f0r "SPndi"S Spring- v v u,m' 1 thUKht this was a appropriate time to do so. My paper is always waiting for 0 on Monday or Tuesday eve- s tho i read cvery article- K 'the only way I have of ke , P with most of the old gang and what is going on, both ft homo and overseas. I keep tell-'"R tell-'"R my friends here that I am "-filly on overseas duty, because i-oston should be considered a for-Kn for-Kn port. The people here speak a language of their own. The work T do ia interesting and bke it very much. The experiences experien-ces I have had in the service have -surely been an education. How-ver, How-ver, when the war is over, I will be more than glad to come back to the West, for I had no idea I would miss so many things. It would be wonderful to see the mountains right now; to close my pyes and when I open them see th clouds like a thick velvety curtain cur-tain rolling back into the sky, leaving the snowcapped mountains glistening in the crisp winter air. We have had one snowstorm here, but it just isn't thesame without mountains. I guess I am a true-blue true-blue Western gal at heart. Once again, thank you so much for sending me -the Herald. Sincerely, Merlyne Mendenhall Keith Davis Gets Paper In Germany Germany, Friday, Nov. 3, 1944 Gentlemen : 1 received another copy of the Herald' last night. I don't get it regular, but it gets here sooner or later. I want to thank you and all that make it possible for me to receive it. I haven't run onto any Springville Spring-ville fellows since being in the ETO but with all that are over here, I'll probably see someone soon. There isn't much news from here so I'll close for now, . and thanks again for the paper. Sincerely, Keith Davis. |