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Show is taken up with studies. When we are not in class and have no studies, however, we are at liberty liber-ty to go into Boulder on weekdays; week-days; then on week-ends our liberty lib-erty extends to a 40-mile radius, including Denver. The discipline is pretty strict. Being as we are officer candidates, they look for every little thing that would tend to disqualify a trainee. Thus we have to be careful. Nevertheless I am enjoying my stay here. "Thanks again for the paper, "Sincerely, "Russell F. Groesbeck." Arrives At New Camp A recent communication from Joe Olsen states that he has been transferred from his old camp at Shelby, Miss., to Camp Beale, Cal. and desires his paper to follow him. He expresses his appreciation apprecia-tion for the paper, stating that he enjoys reading it very much. Service Man Visits Here Kay Rasmussen is spending a few days' furlough with his wife and baby and other relatives and friends in Springville. Armed Forces Paul Jones Leaves For Armed Forces Paul Jones left last week for training in the army air corps and is to be stationed at Amarillo, Texas, for his preliminary training. train-ing. Carl Curtis Left Recently For Navy Carl Curtis left recently for the naval training center and is stationed sta-tioned at Farragut, Ida. Local Men Meet In New Guinea Recently two local men, Lloyd Stewart and Bert Warren, accidentally acci-dentally met each other in the 1 far-off island of British New Guinea. Gui-nea. Neither knew of the whereabouts where-abouts of the other since they trained together at Camp Roberts, Calif. It was a happy meeting and the two boys spent an enjoyable time talking of school days and mutual friends. Lloyd is with the medical corps, and Bert is serving serv-ing in a port battalion as a stevedore. plane was said to have gone down 4 near Babo, New Guinea. Eldon Bartholomew Finishes Course A communication from Public Relations office at Great Lakes Naval Training Station, (Illinois) states that Eldon Bartholomew, son of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Bartholomew, Bar-tholomew, has graduated from the naval training school for cooks and bakers, at Iowa State College, Col-lege, Ames, Iowa. He visited with relatives and friends here the past week. Tom Clements Pitches For Army According to word received from Iceland, Tom Clements is still carrying on his baseball activities, pitching for the aviation engineers when they play with the other divisions di-visions stationed there. In a recent re-cent issue of the army paper published pub-lished in Icland, Tom was referred to as the "speed ball king." Service Man And Wife Visiting Here Mr. and Mrs. Robert Pierce have arrived here on a short visit vis-it during his furlough from Camp Carson, Colo. i Merchant Marine Visits Parents ' Cal Pinley, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Finley, has been spending a few days' leave with his parents par-ents and other relatives and friends in Springville. He is with the Merchant Marines and has just returned from a three-months' trip to and from New Guinea. Royal Oakes Visited Springville Cpl. Royal Oakes, son of Mrs: Mary Oakes, is spending a two-weeks' two-weeks' furlough with his mother and other relatives and friends here. During his visit, he called at the Herald office to express his appreciation appre-ciation for the Herald, stating that it really helps when one is away from home. He is stationed at Local Man Expresses Appreciation For Paper A letter this week from Robert Sumsion expresses his appreciation apprecia-tion for the home town paper and tells of his recent transfer. The letter follows: "I would very much like to express ex-press my thanks and appreciation for the Springville Herald. I have received the paper regularly and it has been a real companion. "Recently, I have been transferred trans-ferred from Camp Callan, Calif., to North Carolina, and I would like to notify you of my change in address. "Yours truly, "Robert J. Sumsion." Owen L. Fullmer Sends Letter TJ-ia frillr-ninno finp lprtpr tells Local Man Assigned To Battleship Mr. and Mrs. J. Albert Giles have received word that their son, the Hawaiian Islands. A fireman Wilbert E. Giles, has arrived in first class in the Navy, he has been assigned to a battleship. Betty Cranmer Gets Promotion Betty Cranmer, daughter of Mrs. William Obie, has been promoted pro-moted to a first class private in the Air WACs, according to word received by her mother. She is stationed in Washington, D. C. Capt. Robert Cranmer Gets War Bledals According to a letter received tamp r-mmps, tvan. Interesting Letter Comes From England "Dear Jaycees, "Received my first copy of the Herald since arriving safely somewhere some-where in France. It was surely a welcome sight, since I had not received re-ceived one since a long time before be-fore I left England. It was, of course, several weeks delayed, but still I enjoyed it as much as if I had got it off today's press, you and the townspeople are really doing do-ing a spiendid job by sending it tc the boys and girls in the service and we all appreciate it a lot. "I was really very sorry to hear of Lt. Grant Nielson's getting wounded, but he can rest assured that the rest of the boys will carry car-ry on from where he left off. I miss the interesting letters he wrote to the Herald, it would be nice if we could hear from him and some of the other boys who are having interesting experiences. experienc-es. "Thanks again for the paper, I am looking forward to the next copy. "Sincerely, "Harold E. Giles." how the boys in the service feel at getting the home town paper: Camp Lee, Va., July 16, 1944. "Dear Friends, "Here I am, attempting to write under the sweltering heat of a mid-day Virginia sun. It may be very hot now, but two minutes from now, it may be raining in torrents. Fifteen of us Mormon boys came to Camp Lee and ten of us have been together through all of our training. We just came back from church services in the Petersburg, Va., branch. It really is wonderful to participate in religious re-ligious work with these " church members here. It gives a guy the power and courage to go on. "I sincerely wish to thank the Herald, Junior Chamber of Commerce, Com-merce, and all those who make the Herald possible for servicemen. service-men. No one will realize what it means to a soldier to have his name called at mail-call and is handed his home town paper. The Herald was a major help in getting get-ting me through basic training. It is wonderful to hear of all the experiences ex-periences of all our Springville friends. If we receive the paper regularly in the future as we have done I. know we'll all do our share efficiently. "I am in a ' Postal school now and after six weeks I'll be assigned as-signed to a unit. "Again I wish to thank you all for the Herald." "Sincerely, "Owen L. Fullmer." rjy Mrs. William Obie from her son, Capt. Robert Cranmer, stationed sta-tioned with the Air Corps in England, Eng-land, he has recently been awarded award-ed the air medal and Oak Leaf Cluster, in recognition of meritorious merito-rious achievement. He mentions in the letter that he has seen and talked with Douglas Brown, and has received a fine letter from Lt. Joe Salisbury in the South Pacific. Pacif-ic. He also mentions briefly that he has seen Berlin and Paris from the air. Capt. Cranmer left for overseas duty in March and is now believed to be making regular missions over ov-er enemy territory. Lt. Richard Loveridge On Leave In Springville Lt. (j. g.) Richard Loveridge is spending a few days' leave with his wife, the former Eva Starr, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Loveridge, and other relatives and friends. It is his first visit in eight months and during that time he has visited many foreign countries, coun-tries, including Australia, Ceylon, Cey-lon, India, South Africa, Egypt, and Italy. He has been in charge of a navy gun crew and has had a varied number of interesting experiences. ex-periences. During his visit, he stopped at the Herald office to express his thanks for the Herald, stating that he doesn't get them regularly, regular-ly, but when he does get to port they are read from cover to cover. Lt. Loveridge is to report back for duty on August 5. Honors Come To T4 George Bird Double honors have been awarded award-ed T4 George R. Bird, 720 So. 4th street E., Springville, post public relations announced today. T4 Bird simultaneously received receiv-ed his promotion to Staff Sargeant and the Army's Good Conduct ribbon. rib-bon. The ribbon denotes exemplary exempla-ry conduct for at least one year. S Sgt. Bird is a member of a Finance Unit stationed at Camp ; Forest, Tenn. Clifford Pierce And Wife Here Pfc. Clifford Pierce, with his wife, recently came from Camp Claiborne, La., to spend a short furlough here with relatives and friends. Mrs. Pierce will remain In Utah. Government Reports On Lt. Geo. C. Kohl, Jr. According to a communication received by Mrs. Lewis Clark from the war department, her son, Lt. George C. Kohl Jr., who was first reported missing July 10, 1943, will still be carried in the status of missing in action. After a thorough investigation into the case and taking into consideration con-sideration the great distance and isolation of the area, the exact facts could not be determined. His I Sends Letter Of Appreciation "I have just received my first paper today and it was surely welcome. wel-come. The Armed Forces column was especially interesting. I want to express my most sincere thanks to you of the Herald office and the Jaycees for sending it to me. "I'm enjoying my stay here at the University of Colorado more all the time. The C. P. O.'s are okay if you don't try to cross them. Of course, most of our time |