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Show jhtin1 injhamites eport . George Koukles of ySSkenrtSe, .Ky, spent Havs Friday and Saturday, 1-day furlough visiting his V. in-law and sister, Mr. Frank "zaccaria.. Sgt., kEhas been vacationing m northwest and visited six at Tacoma, Wash., with a (Chicago Charlie says the ijlids name is Angie Con- iitine). 1Pi R Jacobson, 24, husband Reatrice N. Jacobson. 13 Wolfe TL receiving his boot train-at train-at U S. naval training cen-Great cen-Great Lakes, 111. Seaman 1 C Man who was released July fm a hospital where he re-ly re-ly underwent an operation, in a technicians corps. ifc John A. Chipian has no-ed no-ed his parents, Mr. and Mrs. ast J Chipian, that he has ded in France. He wrote that mi to the roar of explod- shells "doesn't bothjpr me ch. It reminds me of the blast- at Bingham." fc Andrew J. Jimas, son of and Mrs. James Jimas, has ipleted the first ten days of ll-weeks training course for 't training for overseas duty ort Custer, Mich. Andy is a oughed soldier who was reed re-ed to duty. Vt Roy A. Mitchell, son of and'Mrs. W. L. Mitchell, aril ar-il home Monday for a 10-day lough- from Camp Gordon ,nston, Fla. eaman 1C Eldon (Tim) Archi-1, Archi-1, who was here recently vis-i vis-i his parents; Mr. and Mrs. G. Archibald, is now attend-armed attend-armed guard school in San SO. !pL Ornin Ray Argyle, who been on overseas duty the 1 18 months, arrived Sunday i 20-day furlough with his e, the former Irma Peterson, !he homes of Mr. and Mrs. rum Argyle, his parents, and andiMrs. J. A. Peterson. reman l'C Kenneth J. Ray :ved Monday morning from hpeton, N. D., to visit until arday with his parents, Mr. Mrs. Albert Ray of Copper-Fireman Copper-Fireman Ray is to report at semaker, Calif. gt. John W. Holmes, stationed England, recently sent his t and daughter, now residents Us Angeles, souvenir coin relets and pretty scarfs. yW. Pett, 19, son of Mr. and L. F. Pett, Copperton, is in )ecial Navy V-12 training unit -niversity of Wisconsin, Madi-upon Madi-upon completion of which U be sent to a midshipman ol and then commissioned as ensign in the U. S. naval re-re. eanan l'C Edgar Fernley left y to return to Great Lakes Training Station, 111., after eek's stay with his folks, Mr. : f're, S. E. Fernley, and wife Wtle son, in Salt Lake City, the past two-and-a-half fix Seaman Fernley has been Jyg radio and he has re-tea re-tea to Great Lakes to continue ! training. i vl' Theodore C. Dimas writes Camp Wolters, Texas, that enjoying his classes at ra-scnool ra-scnool at the message center, 3 though it is terrifically hot iexas. Harry English telephoned mother, Mrs. Mamie English ,7 Fork, Sunday from Fort Ky, to tell her that he is specialized division in radar mat after five weeks in the ie believes "everything . is .jnan 2 C Wilbur C. Thomas pending an eight-weeks basic &. sch001 at Great Lak' wal base. f0!? was recently received Va(mT Saltas, who is in the i hi J?ffei-son Barracks, Mo., cXalPrmoted t0 the rank -2nic Sergeant Gene Mc-, Mc-, ? of Drew field, Tampa, 4B spending a 14-day fur-aV'ting fur-aV'ting his parents, Mr. ; Mrs- Myles McDonald. Soh.n Pantalone of the -ved'u tioned at San Diego, 'im. ?me Wednesday morn-0B morn-0B 15-day furlough. S 'Bailey J. Santistevan the following letter L rman 1!C Glen L Sheen e Central Pacific: ved ,p"1, !9 my family re-t re-t Er JiZTam stating that airT1. J- Sheen had been st ,5 flction over Truk and iCL- further information continued on page 12) Many friends have written me to tell of their sympathies and many have given up hope of ever seeing Ernie again. I want to say to you, coach, that I have not for one minute let myself think this. Being very close to it all, I can sec the many possibilities that mifiht have happened. And we all know that if anyone can endure en-dure hardship of the highest degree, de-gree, spread a little faith among his friends or come through in a Pinch, it certainly in Ernie Sheen. Many things come to my mind at this time and to yours also, probably, but in closing I would like to say that in Ernie's last letter to me he wrote: "All this is just like football. You practice all week for the big event on F'riday and on Friday is the real enjoyment." He loved to win, of energy into the task of supporting sup-porting the troops on the firing line. Seaman 2,C Ernest Martin Prigmore is now at the University Univer-sity of Iowa, Ames, Iowa, taking an electrician's course. Two Binghamites reported at Shoemaker, Calif., the past week are Fireman 2'C James Serassio and Seaman 2!C Lawrence Kite. MMM 3!C Robert W. Siddoway was recently promoted to his present rating. Iiis latest letters were from Galveston, Texas. Seaman 2 C Kenneth Wells is now stationed in Alaska. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. George R. Wells. bers of Fraternal Order of Eagles I auxiliary to aerie No. 659, at the Stillman home. Honored were Mrs. J. J. Doyle, Mrs. Alvin Hall and Mrs. Sid Tregaskis of Tooele, Too-ele, all of whom recently celebrated cele-brated birthdays. Mr. and Mrs. Garn Stoker, Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Argyle and Mrs. Shirley Jensen picnicked in Big Cottonwood canyon Wednesday. No. 2 Firemen and auxiliary hied themselves to Butterfield canyon Wednesday evening for a picnic supper, softball game and songs about the campfire. In charge of preparing the hamburgers, ham-burgers, hot dogs and trimmings were Mr. and Mrs. John T. West, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence West and Mr. and Mrs. Clive Siddoway. Last evening, Thursday, the thirteenth birthday of Joyce FIGHTIN' BINGHAMITES REPORT (Continued from pae one) would come from the wur department. de-partment. Ernie was last seen March 30. I received word from my parents about 15 days after they received the telegram. Since then my father and mother have heard from three different sources sourc-es additional information about Ernie. His commanding officer wrote a personal letter to my mother, assuring her of the many possibilities that might have happened, and telling her the love that his buddies had for Ernie. They also received a letter let-ter from the general of the Thirteenth Thir-teenth air force confirming the telegram from the war department. depart-ment. The last word they received, receiv-ed, that I know about, was another an-other Irtegram from the war department, de-partment, stating that Ernie was not shot down, but rather lost in a terrific storm as his ship returned re-turned from a completed and r? successful bombing mission. Ernie has received the air medal me-dal of honor and another medal my parents didn't know the name . of. It is no surprise to you or me that Ernie is a national hero. You know that he was always one and I know he was born one. ana wnerever ne is, we know ne is doing the most good. With sincere good wishes, I remain, Glen (Shanny) Sheen Seaman 1 C Stanley J. Long returned home Sunday from Great Lakes naval training base, 111., where he spent two-and-a-half months training. He's enjoying enjoy-ing a week with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Glen L. Iong, and wife, Delana, and daughter, Linda. Last week Mrs. Joe Elk ins received re-ceived a letter she had been a-waiting a-waiting for six months, the first news in all that time from her son, Cpl. Lee Cardenas in the South Pacific. Set. Max Cardenas, Carden-as, who says "hes always a step behind Lee," and Pfc Cardenas of Camp Cooke, Calif., are the other sons of Mrs. Elkins, in service. ser-vice. Lt. W. Don Jensen, who is at a regimental headquarters in England, writes that the fellows work between 15 and 20 hours a day getting out supplies to troops in the invasion. The men have their ' hearts and souls in the effort and put every ounce Seaman 2,C Richard Blaine Wells is enrolled for a naval engineering en-gineering course at Gulfport, Miss. Ross Pino writes friends that he's enjoying naval training at Farragut, Idaho. Technical Sergeant Elmer Jack Householder writes from New Britain that the natives are always al-ways asking the American soldiers sold-iers for something. "What they want more than anything else is peroxide. What they do is peroxide per-oxide their hair and then the women go for them. If they didn't eat those beetle nuts they wouldn't look quite so terrible. What it does is make their teeth fall out and turn their mouths red." Recently Tech. Sgt. Householder House-holder was able to witness a native na-tive "Sing-Sing", a ceremony in which the men select wives. After Af-ter they have made their choice the men pay for the women they receive, "depending on the condition con-dition of the women", Householder House-holder wrote. O Mrs. Irvin Stillman and Mrs. Peter Smith were cohostesses last evening, entertaining mem- Wells, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George R. Wells, was celebrated at a party at her home. Games, birthday cake and refreshments were enjoyed. Joyce sent invitations invita-tions to Colleen King, Catherine Goris, Beverly Beard, Valene Rasmussen, Carol Murano, Frances Fran-ces .Fullmer, Maurine Moffitt, Darlene Moffitt, Colleen Jorgen-son, Jorgen-son, Roberta Johnston, Jerry Pollock, Doitha Jean Reid, Darlene Dar-lene Peterson, Maurine Morley, Anna Lee Burress, Mary Pappa-sideris Pappa-sideris and Melia Furgis. Mrs. Frank Rino and sons and Mr. and Mrs. James Gomez and family visited overnight Tuesday it the home of Mrs. Julius Ber-nardi Ber-nardi in Provo. The evening of July 12 Mrs. James Gomez entertained at supper sup-per and cards for Mrs. William Burke, Mr. and Mrs. Greg Tyson, Mr. and Mrs. Carmen Lepore and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rino. Ensign and Mrs. Bryant Jacobs, Ja-cobs, whose home is in Mt. Pleasant, Pleas-ant, and Lt. and Mrs. Frank Van Wagenen visited Monday with Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Smith of Cop-perton. Cop-perton. The naval officers recently re-cently completed a course at University Uni-versity of Arizona at Tucson. Ensign Jacobs has been assigned to further training at Harvard university. Mrs. Jacobs, a niece of Mrs. Smith, and her husband resided at Iowa City, la., where he graduated from Iowa State Teachers college in April, before he entered the navy. |