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Show Fightin Binghamites Report Air Cadet Kenneth R. Poulsen has completed the first step in pre-flight training as a bombardier bombard-ier at the Santa Ana air base, Santa Ana, California. Ken left home February 22 of this year and has been stationed at Santa Ana since his training began. A brother, Jay Dun Poulsen, left two weeks ago and is with the 173rd ordnance department atf Camp Polk, La. Don studied several month at the USAC and was interested in mechanical ui-i imauuLS. The boys are sons of Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Poulsen of Copper-ton. Copper-ton. Private Harry Rogerson, who is stationed at Kingman, Ariz., arrived in Salt Lake City by plane Saturday to spend until April 11 with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Rogerson, and with his wife, Mrs. Edith Roger-son Roger-son of Salt Lake City. Private Rogerson has nearly recovered from a six weeks' illness of pneumonia pneu-monia which he suffered early in the new year. As soon as doctors doc-tors say he is strong enough, he plans to resume flight training. Auxiliary Betty Kinsey Bush finished WAAC basic training at Daytona Beach, Florida, this week and on March 30 left by train for her first assignment, in communications and telephone work at Camp Polk, La. Kenneth Toy, son of Mrs. Florence Flor-ence Toy, left Salt Lake City at 11:15 o'clock last night (Thursday)' (Thurs-day)' for the U. S. naval training 'station at Farragut, Idaho. A senior se-nior at Bingham high school, Kenneth enlisted in the navy March 25. Officer Candidate DelBert V. Barrett and Mrs. Barrett are in Salt Lake City to spend a few days with his mother, Mrs. Henry Pelham, and - relatives of Mrs. Barrett. The latter leaves to return to her work in Reno, Nevada, Sunday. Mr. Barrett is to report at Fort Sill, Okla., on April 9. Saturday Mrs. George Manos received a letter from her son, Cpl. Stanley Richard McCluskey, which was postmarked February 14. On "one of the South Pacific islands", Cpl. McCluskey writes that they have plenty of fruits-pineapple, fruits-pineapple, papaya, limes, coconuts coco-nuts and bananas. It is terribly hot and the mosquitoes bad. The tents in which the men live are on the beach close to the water. Natives clean, carry water and wash clothes for six men for $1 a week. Cpl. McCluskey especially especial-ly requested that the salvage committee be thanked for the Christmas gift he received in February, lie asked his mother to send razor blades and buckskin buck-skin shoelaces, which are not obtainable ob-tainable whore he is. Stanley enlisted in the marines in June, 1940. He has been home once, when he finished his basic training at San Diego. He has been at Parris Island, South Carolina, Ca-rolina, and was stationed four months at Dutch Harbor, Alaska. His wife is visiting a sister in Savannah, Georgia. O |